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EXHIBIT 10.1
JT STORAGE, INC.
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED ON MARCH 19, 1996
APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS ON ____________, 1996
1. PURPOSES.
(a) The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which
selected Employees and Directors of and Consultants to the Company, and its
Affiliates, may be given an opportunity to purchase common stock of the
Company.
(b) The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the
services of persons who are now Employees or Directors of or Consultants to the
Company or its Affiliates, to secure and retain the services of new Employees,
Directors and Consultants, and to provide incentives for such persons to exert
maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.
(c) The Company intends that the Options issued under the Plan
shall, in the discretion of the Board or any Committee to which responsibility
for administration of the Plan has been delegated pursuant to subsection 3(c),
be either Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options. All Options
shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock
Options at the time of grant, and in such form as issued pursuant to Section 6,
and a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares purchased
on exercise of each type of Option.
2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) "AFFILIATE" means any parent corporation or subsidiary
corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in
Sections 424(e) and (f) respectively, of the Code.
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(b) "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(d) "COMMITTEE" means a Committee appointed by the Board in
accordance with subsection 3(c) of the Plan.
(e) "COMPANY" means JT Storage, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(f) "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an advisor, engaged
by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting services and who is
compensated for such services, provided that the term "Consultant" shall not
include Directors who are paid only a director's fee by the Company or who are
not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors.
(g) "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR OR CONSULTANT"
means that the service of an individual to the Company, whether as an Employee,
Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. The Board, in its
sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant shall be considered interrupted in the case of: (i) any
leave of absence approved by the Board, including sick leave, military leave,
or any other personal leave; or (ii) transfers between the Company, Affiliates
or their successors.
(h) "COVERED EMPLOYEE" means the chief executive officer and the
four (4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total
compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under the Exchange Act,
as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(i) "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board.
(j) "DISINTERESTED PERSON" means a Director who either (i) was not
during the one (1)-year period prior to service as an administrator of the Plan
granted or awarded equity
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securities pursuant to the Plan or any other plan of the Company or any
affiliate entitling the participants therein to acquire equity securities of
the Company or any affiliate except as permitted by Rule 16b-3(c)(2)(i); or
(ii) is otherwise considered to be a "disinterested person" in accordance with
Rule 16b-3(c)(2)(i), or any other applicable rules, regulations or
interpretations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(k) "EMPLOYEE" means any person, including Officers and Directors,
employed by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company. Neither service as a
Director nor payment of a director's fee by the Company shall be sufficient to
constitute "employment" by the Company.
(l) "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(m) "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of the
common stock of the Company determined as follows:
(1) If the common stock is listed on any established
stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the
National Market of The Nasdaq Stock 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 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 Stock
Market (but not on the National Market thereof) 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
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the day of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other
source as the Board deems reliable;
(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.
For Options granted prior to the date of the first registration of an
equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, Fair
Market Value shall also be determined in a manner consistent with Section
260.140.50 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations.
(n) "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" means an Option intended to qualify
as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and
the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(o) "NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION" means an Option not intended to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
(p) "OFFICER" means a person who is an officer of the Company
within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(q) "OPTION" means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
(r) "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the
Company and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual
Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan.
(s) "OPTIONEE" means a person who holds an outstanding Option.
(t) "OUTSIDE DIRECTOR" means a Director who either (i) is not a
current employee of the Company or
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an "affiliated corporation" (within the meaning of the Treasury regulations
promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the
Company or an "affiliated corporation" receiving compensation for prior
services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), was not an
officer of the Company or an "affiliated corporation" at any time, and is not
currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an
"affiliated corporation" for services in any capacity other than as a Director;
or (ii) is otherwise considered an "outside director" for purposes of Section
162(m) of the Code.
(u) "PLAN" means this JT Storage, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.
(v) "RULE 16B-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any
successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with
respect to the Plan.
3. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Board unless and until
the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection
3(c).
(b) The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the
limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
(1) To determine from time to time which of the persons
eligible under the Plan shall be granted Options; when and how each Option
shall be granted; whether an Option will be an Incentive Stock Option or a
Nonstatutory Stock Option; the provisions of each Option granted (which need
not be identical), including the time or times such Option may be exercised in
whole or in part; and the number of shares for which an Option shall be granted
to each such person.
(2) To construe and interpret the Plan and Options
granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for
its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any
defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any
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Option Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or
expedient to make the Plan fully effective.
(3) To amend the Plan or an Option as provided in
Section 11.
(c) The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a
committee composed of not fewer than two (2) members (the "Committee"), all of
the members of which Committee shall be Disinterested Persons and may also be,
in the discretion of the Board, Outside Directors. If administration is
delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the
administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board,
including the power to delegate to a subcommittee of two (2) or more Outside
Directors any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to
exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the
Committee or such a subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to
time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest
in the Board the administration of the Plan. Additionally, prior to the date
of the first registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12
of the Exchange Act, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the Board may delegate administration of the Plan to any person or
persons and the term "Committee" shall apply to any person or persons to whom
such authority has been delegated. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3
to the contrary, the Board or the Committee may delegate to a committee of one
or more members of the Board the authority to grant Options to eligible persons
who (1) are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and/or (2) are
either (i) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered
Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Option, or
(ii)
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not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section
162(m) of the Code.
(d) Any requirement that an administrator of the Plan be a
Disinterested Person shall not apply (i) prior to the date of the first
registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, or (ii) if the Board or the Committee expressly declares that
such requirement shall not apply. Any Disinterested Person shall otherwise
comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3.
4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock, the stock that may be sold pursuant to
Options shall not exceed in the aggregate nine million (9,000,000) shares of
the Company's common stock. Such share reserve is comprised of (i) the four
million (4,000,000) shares in the aggregate reserved for issuance under the
Plan prior to this March 1996 amendment and restatement plus (ii) an additional
five million (5,000,000) shares reserved pursuant to this March 1996 amendment
and restatement of the Plan. If any Option shall for any reason expire or
otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in
full, the stock not purchased under such Option shall revert to and again
become available for issuance under the Plan.
(b) The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or
reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
5. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees.
Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted only to Employees, Directors or
Consultants.
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(b) A Director shall in no event be eligible for the benefits of
the Plan unless at the time discretion is exercised in the selection of the
Director as a person to whom Options may be granted, or in the determination of
the number of shares which may be covered by Options granted to the Director:
(i) the Board has delegated its discretionary authority over the Plan to a
Committee which consists solely of Disinterested Persons; or (ii) the Plan
otherwise complies with the requirements of Rule 16b-3. The Board shall
otherwise comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3. This subsection 5(b)
shall not apply (i) prior to the date of the first registration of an equity
security of the Company under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, or (ii) if the
Board or Committee expressly declares that it shall not apply.
(c) No person shall be eligible for the grant of an Incentive
Stock Option if, at the time of grant, such person owns (or is deemed to own
pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent
(10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company
or of any of its Affiliates unless the exercise price of such Option is at
least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of such stock at
the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of
five (5) years from the date of grant. Prior to the date of the first
registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, the provisions of this subsection 5(c) shall also apply to the
grant of a Nonstatutory Stock Option made to a ten percent (10%) stockholder as
described in the preceding sentence.
(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock, no person shall be eligible to be granted
Options covering more than one million (1,000,000) shares of the Company's
common stock in any calendar year.
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6. OPTION PROVISIONS.
Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The provisions of separate
Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through
incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the
substance of each of the following provisions:
(a) TERM. No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of
ten (10) years from the date it was granted.
(b) PRICE. The exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option
shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of
the stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted; the exercise
price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be not less than eighty-five
percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option on
the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option
(whether an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option) may be
granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding
sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution
for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of
the Code.
(c) CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant
to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and
regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised; or (ii) at
the discretion of the Board or the Committee, at the time of the grant of the
Option, (A) by delivery to the Company of other common stock of the Company,
(B) according to a deferred payment arrangement, except that payment of the
common stock's "par value" (as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law)
shall not be made by deferred payment, or other arrangement (which may include,
without limiting the generality of
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the foregoing, the use of other common stock of the Company) with the person to
whom the Option is granted or to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to
subsection 6(d), or (C) in any other form of legal consideration that may be
acceptable to the Board. In the case of any deferred payment arrangement,
interest shall be payable at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum
rate of interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any
applicable provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to
be interest under the deferred payment arrangement.
(d) TRANSFERABILITY. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be
transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the person to whom the Incentive
Stock Option is granted only by such person. A Nonstatutory Stock Option shall
not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution
or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order satisfying the requirements
of Rule 16b-3 and the rules thereunder (a "QDRO"), and shall be exercisable
during the lifetime of the person to whom the Option is granted only by such
person or any transferee pursuant to a QDRO. The person to whom the Option is
granted may, by delivering written notice to the Company in a form satisfactory
to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the
Optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.
(e) VESTING. The total number of shares of stock subject to an
Option may, but need not, be allotted in periodic installments (which may, but
need not, be equal). The Option Agreement may provide that from time to time
during each of such installment periods, the Option may become exercisable
("vest") with respect to some or all of the shares allotted to that period, and
may be exercised with respect to some or all of the shares allotted to such
period and/or any prior period as to which the Option became vested but was not
fully exercised. The
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Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times
when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria)
as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual
Options may vary; provided, however, that Options granted prior to the date of
the first registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of
the Exchange Act will in each case provide for vesting of at least twenty
percent (20%) per year of the total number of shares subject to the Option.
The provisions of this subsection 6(e) are subject to any Option provisions
governing the minimum number of shares as to which an Option may be exercised.
(f) SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. The Company may require any
Optionee, or any person to whom an Option is transferred under subsection 6(d),
as a condition of exercising any such Option, (1) to give written assurances
satisfactory to the Company as to the Optionee's knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative
reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in
financial and business matters, and that he or she is capable of evaluating,
alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of
exercising the Option; and (2) to give written assurances satisfactory to the
Company stating that such person is acquiring the stock subject to the Option
for such person's own account and not with any present intention of selling or
otherwise distributing the stock. The foregoing requirements, and any
assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (i) the
issuance of the shares upon the exercise of the Option has been registered
under a then currently-effective registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or (ii) as to any particular
requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such
requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable
securities laws. The Company may
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require the Optionee to provide such other representations, written assurances
or information which the Company shall determine is necessary, desirable or
appropriate to comply with applicable securities and other laws as a condition
of granting an Option to such Optionee or permitting the Optionee to exercise
such Option. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place
legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems
necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws,
including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the stock.
(g) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR RELATIONSHIP AS A DIRECTOR OR
CONSULTANT. In the event an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant terminates (other than upon the Optionee's death or
disability), the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that
the Optionee was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination) but
only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3)
months after the termination of the Optionee's Continuous Status as an
Employee, Director or Consultant (or such longer or shorter period specified in
the Option Agreement, which period shall be no less than thirty (30) days for
Options granted prior to the date of the first registration statement of an
equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the Exchange Act), or (ii)
the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.
If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within
the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate, and the
shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again become available for
issuance under the Plan.
(h) DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE. In the event an Optionee's Continuous
Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant terminates as a result of the
Optionee's disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the
extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise
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it as of the date of termination), but only within such period of time ending
on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination
(or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement, which
period shall be no less than six (6) months for Options granted prior to the
date of the first registration statement of an equity security of the Company
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act), or (ii) the expiration of the term of
the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, at the date of
termination, the Optionee is not entitled to exercise his or her entire Option,
the shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to
and again become available for issuance under the Plan. If, after termination,
the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified
herein, the Option shall terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall
revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.
(i) DEATH OF OPTIONEE. In the event of the death of an Optionee
during, or within a period specified in the Option Agreement after the
termination of, the Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant, the Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionee was
entitled to exercise the Option as of the date of death) by the Optionee's
estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the option upon the
Optionee's death pursuant to subsection 6(d), but only within the period ending
on the earlier of (i) the date eighteen (18) months following the date of death
(or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement, which
period shall be no less than six (6) months for Options granted prior to the
date of the first registration statement of an equity security of the Company
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act for Options granted prior to the date of
the first registration statement of an equity security of the Company under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act), or (ii) the expiration of the term of such
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Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, at the time of death, the
Optionee was not entitled to exercise his or her entire Option, the shares
covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to and again
become available for issuance under the Plan. If, after death, the Option is
not exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and
the shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again become available
for issuance under the Plan.
(j) EARLY EXERCISE. The Option may, but need not, include a
provision whereby the Optionee may elect at any time while an Employee,
Director or Consultant 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. Any
unvested shares so purchased shall be subject to a repurchase right in favor of
the Company or to any other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate.
With respect to Options granted prior to the date of the first registration of
an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the
right of the Company under this subsection 6(i) to repurchase at the original
purchase price shall lapse at a minimum rate of twenty percent (20%) per year
over five (5) years from the date the Option was granted, and (ii) such right
shall be exercisable only within (A) the ninety (90) day period following the
termination of employment or the relationship as a Director or Consultant, or
(B) such longer period as may be agreed to by the Company and the Optionee (for
example, for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 1202(c)(3) of
the Code (regarding "qualified small business stock")), and (iii) such right
shall be exercisable only for cash or cancellation of purchase money
indebtedness for the shares. Should the right of repurchase be assigned by the
Company, the assignee shall pay the Company cash equal to the difference
between the original purchase price and the stock's Fair Market Value if the
original purchase price is less than the stock's Fair Market Value.
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(k) WITHHOLDING. To the extent provided by the terms of an Option
Agreement, the Optionee may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding
obligation relating to the exercise of such Option by any of the following
means or by a combination of such means: (1) tendering a cash payment; (2)
authorizing the Company to withhold shares from the shares of the common stock
otherwise issuable to the Optionee as a result of the exercise of the Option;
or (3) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of the common
stock of the Company.
7. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
(a) During the terms of the Options, the Company shall keep
available at all times the number of shares of stock required to satisfy such
Options.
(b) The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory
commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be
required to issue and sell shares of stock upon exercise of the Options;
provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to
register under the Securities Act either the Plan, any Option or any stock
issued or issuable pursuant to any such Option. If, after reasonable efforts,
the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency
the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful
issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from
any liability for failure to issue and sell stock upon exercise of such Options
unless and until such authority is obtained.
8. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.
Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to Options shall constitute
general funds of the Company.
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9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) From and after the first registration of an equity security of
the Company under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Board shall have the
power to accelerate the time at which an Option may first be exercised or the
time during which an Option or any part thereof will vest pursuant to
subsection 6(e), notwithstanding the provisions in the Option stating the time
at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.
(b) Neither an Optionee nor any person to whom an Option is
transferred under subsection 6(d) shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to
have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject to such
Option unless and until such person has satisfied all requirements for exercise
of the Option pursuant to its terms.
(c) Throughout the term of any Option, the Company shall deliver
to the holder of such Option, not later than one hundred twenty (120) days
after the close of each of the Company's fiscal years during the Option term, a
balance sheet and an income statement. This section shall not apply (i) when
issuance is limited to key employees whose duties in connection with the
Company assure them access to equivalent information; or (ii) after first
registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act.
(d) Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Option
granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Employee, Director, Consultant
or Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate
(or to continue acting as a Director or Consultant) or shall affect the right
of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate the employment of any Employee,
with or without cause, to remove any Director as provided in the Company's
By-Laws and the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or to
terminate the
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relationship of any Consultant in accordance with the terms of that
Consultant's agreement with the Company or Affiliate to which such Consultant
is providing services.
(e) To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined
at the time of grant) of stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options
are exercisable for the first time by any Optionee during any calendar year
under all plans of the Company and its Affiliates exceeds one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000), the Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit
(according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as
Nonstatutory Stock Options.
(f) (1) The Board or the Committee shall have the authority
to effect, at any time and from time to time (i) the repricing of any
outstanding Options under the Plan and/or (ii) with the consent of the affected
holders of Options, the cancellation of any outstanding Options and the grant
in substitution therefor of new Options under the Plan covering the same or
different numbers of shares of common stock, but having an exercise price per
share not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value (one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value in the case of an Incentive
Stock Option or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a ten
percent (10%) stockholder (as defined in subsection 5(c)), not less than one
hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value) per share of common
stock on the new grant date. Prior to the date of the first registration of an
equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, a new
Nonstatutory Stock Option granted to a ten percent (10%) stockholder (as
defined in subsection 5(c)) in substitution for the cancellation of an
outstanding option pursuant to the provisions of this subsection 9(f) shall
have an exercise price per share not less than one hundred and ten percent
(110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of common stock on the new grant
date.
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(2) Shares subject to an Option canceled under this
subsection 9(f) shall continue to be counted against the maximum number of
shares that may be covered by Options granted to a person pursuant to
subsection 5(d) of the Plan. The repricing of an Option under this subsection
9(f), resulting in a reduction of the exercise price, shall be deemed to be a
cancellation of the original Option and the grant of a substitute Option; in
the event of such repricing, both the original Option and the substituted
Option shall be counted in the applicable year against the maximum specified in
subsection 5(d) of the Plan. The provisions of this subsection 9(f) shall be
applicable only to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code.
10. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.
(a) If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or
subject to any Option (through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, 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 Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the
class(es) and maximum number of shares subject to the Plan pursuant to
subsection 4(a) and the maximum number of shares subject to award to any person
during any calendar year pursuant to subsection 5(d), and the outstanding
Options will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of shares
and price per share of stock subject to such outstanding Options. Such
adjustments shall be made by the Board or Committee, 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) Upon the occurrence of certain corporate events, Options then
outstanding under the Plan shall be subject to the following provisions:
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(i) In the event, after the date of the first
registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, 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 but the shares of the Company's 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, to the extent permitted by applicable law: (i) any surviving
corporation shall assume any Options outstanding under the Plan or shall
substitute similar Options for those outstanding under the Plan, or (ii) such
Options shall continue in full force and effect. In the event any surviving
corporation refuses to assume or continue such Options, or to substitute
similar options for such Options outstanding under the Plan, then, with respect
to Options held by persons then performing services as Employees, Directors or
Consultants, the time during which such Options may be exercised shall be
accelerated and the Options terminated if not exercised prior to such event.
(ii) In the event, prior to the date of the first
registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, of: (1) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not
the surviving corporation or (2) a reverse merger in which the Company is the
surviving corporation but the shares of the Company's 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, to
the extent permitted by applicable law: (i) any surviving corporation or an
Affiliate of such surviving corporation shall assume any Options outstanding
under the Plan or shall substitute similar Options for such Options outstanding
under the Plan, or (ii) such Options shall continue in full force and effect.
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In the event any surviving corporation and its Affiliates refuse to assume or
continue such Options, or to substitute similar Options for such Options
outstanding under the Plan, then such Options shall be terminated if not
exercised prior to such event. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of
the Company, any such Options outstanding under the Plan shall terminate if not
exercised prior to such event.
11. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND OPTIONS.
(a) The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the
Plan. However, except as provided in Section 10 relating to adjustments upon
changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the
stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the
adoption of the amendment, where the amendment will:
(1) Increase the number of shares reserved for Options
under the Plan;
(2) Modify the requirements as to eligibility for
participation in the Plan (to the extent such modification requires stockholder
approval in order for the Plan to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of
the Code); or
(3) Modify the Plan in any other way if such modification
requires stockholder approval in order for the Plan to satisfy the requirements
of Section 422 of the Code or to comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3.
(b) The Board may in its sole discretion submit any other
amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not limited to,
amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m)
of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder regarding the exclusion
of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of
compensation paid to certain executive officers.
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(c) It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan
in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide Optionees with
the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the
Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock
Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under
it into compliance therewith.
(d) Rights and obligations under any Option granted before
amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless
(i) the Company requests the consent of the person to whom the Option was
granted and (ii) such person consents in writing.
(e) The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the
terms of any one or more Options; provided, however, that the rights and
obligations under any Option shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless
(i) the Company requests the consent of the person to whom the Option was
granted and (ii) such person consents in writing.
12. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.
(a) The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.
Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the last business day of
February, 2006. No Options may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is
suspended or after it is terminated.
(b) Rights and obligations under any Option granted while the Plan
is in effect shall not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan,
except with the written consent of the person to whom the Option was granted.
13. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.
The Plan was adopted in March 1995. In March 1996 the Board adopted
this amendment and restatement of the Plan (the "1996 Amendment"). The 1996
Amendment became effective upon adoption by the Board, but no Options granted
from and after the 1996 Amendment shall
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be exercised unless and until the 1996 Amendment has been approved by the
stockholders of the Company. Such approval shall be within twelve (12) months
before or after the date of the 1996 Amendment was adopted by the Board, and,
if required, an appropriate permit has been issued by the Commissioner of
Corporations of the State of California.
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IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY
CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, WITHOUT PRIOR
WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THE
COMMISSIONER'S RULES.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
_________________________, Optionee:
JT Storage, Inc. (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1995 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan"), has granted to you, the optionee named above, an option to
purchase shares of the Company's common stock ("Common Stock"). This option is
intended to qualify as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
The grant hereunder is in connection with and in furtherance of the
Company's compensatory benefit plan for participation of the Company's
employees (including officers), directors or consultants and is intended to
comply with the provisions of Rule 701 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"). Defined terms not explicitly defined in this agreement but defined in
the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan.
The details of your option are as follows:
1. TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES SUBJECT TO THIS OPTION. The total
number of shares of Common Stock subject to this option is ____________________
(______).
2. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, ___ of
the shares will vest (become exercisable) on ____________, 19__ and the
remaining shares will then vest equally over the next _______________ ( )
months thereafter until either (i) you cease to provide services to the Company
for any reason, or (ii) this option becomes fully vested.
3. EXERCISE PRICE AND METHOD OF PAYMENT.
(a) EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price of this option is
___________________ ($______) per share, being not less than the Fair Market
Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant of this option.
(b) METHOD OF PAYMENT. Payment of the exercise price per
share is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of each installment which
has accrued to you. You may
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elect, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, to make
payment of the exercise price under one of the following alternatives:
(i) Payment of the exercise price per
share in cash (including check) at the time of exercise;
(ii) Payment pursuant to a program
developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board which,
prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash
(or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the
aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds; or
(iii) Payment by a combination of the
methods of payment permitted by subparagraph 3(b)(i) and 3(b)(ii) above.
4. WHOLE SHARES. This option may not be exercised for any number
of shares which would require the issuance of anything other than whole shares.
5. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, this option may not be exercised unless the shares
issuable upon exercise of this option are then registered under the 1933 Act
or, if such shares are not then so registered, the Company has determined that
such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements
of the 1933 Act.
6. TERM. The term of this option commences on _______________,
19__, the date of grant, and expires on ______________________ (the "Expiration
Date"), which date shall be no more than ten (10) years from date this option
is granted, unless this option expires sooner as set forth below or in the
Plan. In no event may this option be exercised on or after the Expiration
Date. This option shall terminate prior to the Expiration Date as follows:
three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Status as an
Employee, Director or Consultant with the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company unless one of the following circumstances exists:
(a) Your termination of Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant is due to your disability. This option will then expire
on the earlier of the Expiration Date set forth above or twelve (12) months
following such termination of Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant. You should be aware that if your disability is not considered a
permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 422(c)(6) of the
Code, and you exercise this option more than three (3) months following the
date of your termination of employment, your exercise will be treated for tax
purposes as the exercise of a "nonstatutory stock option" instead of an
"incentive stock option" under the federal tax laws.
(b) Your termination of Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant is due to your death or your death occurs within three
(3) months following your termination of Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant for any other reason.
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This option will then expire on the earlier of the Expiration Date set forth
above or eighteen (18) months after your death.
(c) If during any part of such three (3) month period you
paragraph 5 above, then your option will not expire until the earlier of the
Expiration Date set forth above or until this option shall have been
exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after your termination
of Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant.
(d) If your exercise of the option within three (3)
months after termination of your Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant with the Company or with an Affiliate of the Company would result in
liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, then your option will expire on the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date
set forth above, (ii) the tenth (10th) day after the last date upon which
exercise would result in such liability or (iii) six (6) months and ten (10)
days after the termination of your Continuous Status as an Employee, Director
or Consultant with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
However, this option may be exercised following termination of
Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant only as to that number
of shares as to which it was exercisable on the date of termination of
Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant under the provisions
of paragraph 2 of this option.
In order to obtain the federal income tax advantages associated with
an "incentive stock option," the Code requires that at all times beginning on
the date of grant of the option and ending on the day three (3) months before
the date of the option's exercise, you must be an employee of the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company, except in the event of your death or permanent and
total disability. The Company has provided for continued vesting or extended
exercisability of your option under certain circumstances for your benefit, but
cannot guarantee that your option will necessarily be treated as an "incentive
stock option" if you provide services to the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company as a consultant or exercise your option more than three (3) months
after the date your employment with the Company and all Affiliates of the
Company terminates.
7. EXERCISE.
(a) This option may be exercised, to the extent specified
above, by delivering a notice of exercise (in a form designated by the Company)
together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such
other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours,
together with such additional documents as the Company may then require
pursuant to subsection 6(f) of the Plan.
(b) By exercising this option you agree that:
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(i) as a precondition to the completion
of any exercise of this option, the Company may require you to enter an
arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax
withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of
this option; (2) the lapse of any substantial risk of forfeiture to which the
shares are subject at the time of exercise; or (3) the disposition of shares
acquired upon such exercise;
(ii) you will notify the Company in
writing within fifteen (15) days after the date of any disposition of any of
the shares of the Common Stock issued upon exercise of this option that occurs
within two (2) years after the date of this option grant or within one (1) year
after such shares of Common Stock are transferred upon exercise of this option;
and
(iii) the Company (or a representative of
the underwriters) may, in connection with the first underwritten registration
of the offering of any securities of the Company under the 1933 Act, require
that you not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company during such period (not to exceed one
hundred eighty (180) days) following the effective date of the registration
statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act as may be requested by the
Company or the representative of the underwriters. You further agree that the
Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to securities
subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of such period.
8. TRANSFERABILITY. This option is not transferable, except by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your
life only by you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice
to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a
third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to
exercise this option.
9. OPTION NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. This option is not an
employment contract and nothing in this option shall be deemed to create in any
way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the
Company, or of the Company to continue your employment with the Company. In
addition, nothing in this option shall obligate the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company, or their respective shareholders, Board of Directors, officers or
employees to continue any relationship which you might have as a Director or
Consultant for the Company or Affiliate of the Company.
10. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in this option or the Plan
shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt
or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to you, five (5) days after
deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the
address specified below or at such other address as you hereafter designate by
written notice to the Company.
11. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. This option is subject to all the
provisions of the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto and its provisions
are hereby made a part of this option, including without limitation the
provisions of Section 6 of the Plan relating to option provisions, and is
further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which
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may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the
event of any conflict between the provisions of this option and those of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
Dated the ____ day of __________________, 19__.
Very truly yours,
_______________________________________
By_____________________________________
Duly authorized on behalf
of the Board of Directors
ATTACHMENTS:
JT Storage, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan
Regulation 260.141.11
Notice of Exercise
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The undersigned:
(a) Acknowledges receipt of the foregoing option and the
attachments referenced therein and understands that all rights and liabilities
with respect to this option are set forth in the option and the Plan; and
(b) Acknowledges that as of the date of grant of this option, it
sets forth the entire understanding between the undersigned optionee and the
Company and its Affiliates regarding the acquisition of stock in the Company
and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the
exception of (i) the options previously granted and delivered to the
undersigned under stock option plans of the Company, and (ii) the following
agreements only:
NONE _________________
(Initial)
OTHER ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
(c) Acknowledges receipt of a copy of Section 260.141.11 of Title
10 of the California Code of Regulations.
___________________________________________
OPTIONEE
Address: __________________________________
__________________________________
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IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY
CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, WITHOUT PRIOR
WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THE
COMMISSIONER'S RULES.
NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION
_________________________, Optionee:
JT Storage, Inc. (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1995 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan"), has granted to you, the optionee named above, an option to
purchase shares of the Company's common stock ("Common Stock"). This option is
not intended to qualify and will not be treated as an "incentive stock option"
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code").
The grant hereunder is in connection with and in furtherance of the
Company's compensatory benefit plan for participation of the Company's
employees (including officers), directors or consultants and is intended to
comply with the provisions of Rule 701 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"). Defined terms not explicitly defined in this agreement but defined in
the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan.
The details of your option are as follows:
1. TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES SUBJECT TO THIS OPTION. The total
number of shares of Common Stock subject to this option is ____________________
(______).
2. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, ___ of
the shares will vest (become exercisable) on ____________, 19__ and the
remaining shares will then vest equally over the next _______________ ( )
months thereafter until either (i) you cease to provide services to the Company
for any reason, or (ii) this option becomes fully vested.
3. EXERCISE PRICE AND METHOD OF PAYMENT.
(a) EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price of this option is
___________________ ($______) per share, being not less than 85% of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant of this option.
(b) METHOD OF PAYMENT. Payment of the exercise price per
share is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of each installment which
has accrued to you. You may
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elect, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, to make
payment of the exercise price under one of the following alternatives:
(i) Payment of the exercise price per
share in cash (including check) at the time of exercise;
(ii) Payment pursuant to a program
developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board which,
prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash
(or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the
aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds; or
(iii) Payment by a combination of the
methods of payment permitted by subparagraph 3(b)(i) and 3(b)(ii) above.
4. WHOLE SHARES. This option may not be exercised for any number
of shares which would require the issuance of anything other than whole shares.
5. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, this option may not be exercised unless the shares
issuable upon exercise of this option are then registered under the 1933 Act
or, if such shares are not then so registered, the Company has determined that
such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements
of the 1933 Act.
6. TERM. The term of this option commences on ____________,
19__, the date of grant, and expires on _________________ (the "Expiration
Date"), which date shall be no more than ten (10) years from date this option
is granted, unless this option expires sooner as set forth below or in the
Plan. In no event may this option be exercised on or after the Expiration
Date. This option shall terminate prior to the Expiration Date as follows:
three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Status as an
Employee, Director or Consultant with the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company unless one of the following circumstances exists:
(a) Your termination of Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant is due to your disability. This option will then expire
on the earlier of the Expiration Date set forth above or twelve (12) months
following such termination of Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant.
(b) Your termination of Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant is due to your death or your death occurs within three
(3) months following your termination of Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant for any other reason. This option will then expire on
the earlier of the Expiration Date set forth above or eighteen (18) months
after your death.
(c) If during any part of such three (3) month period you
may not exercise your option solely because of the condition set forth in
paragraph 5 above, then your option will
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not expire until the earlier of the Expiration Date set forth above or until
this option shall have been exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3)
months after your termination of Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant.
(d) If your exercise of the option within three (3)
months after termination of your Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant with the Company or with an Affiliate of the Company would result in
liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), then your option will expire on the earlier of
(i) the Expiration Date set forth above, (ii) the tenth (10th) day after the
last date upon which exercise would result in such liability or (iii) six (6)
months and ten (10) days after the termination of your Continuous Status as an
Employee, Director or Consultant with the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company.
However, this option may be exercised following termination of
Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant only as to that number
of shares as to which it was exercisable on the date of termination of
Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant under the provisions
of paragraph 2 of this option.
7. EXERCISE.
(a) This option may be exercised, to the extent specified
above, by delivering a notice of exercise (in a form designated by the Company)
together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such
other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours,
together with such additional documents as the Company may then require
pursuant to subsection 6(f) of the Plan.
(b) By exercising this option you agree that:
(i) as a precondition to the completion
of any exercise of this option, the Company may require you to enter an
arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax
withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of
this option; (2) the lapse of any substantial risk of forfeiture to which the
shares are subject at the time of exercise; or (3) the disposition of shares
acquired upon such exercise. You also agree that any exercise of this option
has not been completed and that the Company is under no obligation to issue any
Common Stock to you until such an arrangement is established or the Company's
tax withholding obligations are satisfied, as determined by the Company; and
(ii) the Company (or a representative of
the underwriters) may, in connection with the first underwritten registration
of the offering of any securities of the Company under the 1933 Act, require
that you not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company during such period (not to exceed one
hundred eighty (180) days) following the effective date of the registration
statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act as may be requested by the
Company or the representative of the underwriters. You further agree that the
Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to securities
subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of such period.
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8. TRANSFERABILITY. This option is not transferable, except by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to a qualified
domestic relations order satisfying the requirements of Rule 16b-3 of the
Exchange Act (a "QDRO"), and is exercisable during your life only by you or a
transferee pursuant to a QDRO. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering
written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may
designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be
entitled to exercise this option.
9. OPTION NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. This option is not an
employment contract and nothing in this option shall be deemed to create in any
way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the
Company, or of the Company to continue your employment with the Company. In
addition, nothing in this option shall obligate the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company, or their respective shareholders, Board of Directors, officers or
employees to continue any relationship which you might have as a Director or
Consultant for the Company or Affiliate of the Company.
10. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in this option or the Plan
shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt
or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to you, five (5) days after
deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the
address specified below or at such other address as you hereafter designate by
written notice to the Company.
11. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. This option is subject to all the
provisions of the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto and its provisions
are hereby made a part of this option, including without limitation the
provisions of Section 6 of the Plan relating to option provisions, and is
further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which
may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the
event of any conflict between the provisions of this option and those of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
Dated the ____ day of __________________, 19__.
Very truly yours,
_______________________________________
By_____________________________________
Duly authorized on behalf
of the Board of Directors
ATTACHMENTS:
JT Storage, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan
Regulation 260.141.11
Notice of Exercise
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The undersigned:
(a) Acknowledges receipt of the foregoing option and the
attachments referenced therein and understands that all rights and liabilities
with respect to this option are set forth in the option and the Plan; and
(b) Acknowledges that as of the date of grant of this option, it
sets forth the entire understanding between the undersigned optionee and the
Company and its Affiliates regarding the acquisition of stock in the Company
and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the
exception of (i) the options previously granted and delivered to the
undersigned under stock option plans of the Company, and (ii) the following
agreements only:
NONE _________________
(Initial)
OTHER ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
(c) Acknowledges receipt of a copy of Section 260.141.11 of Title
10 of the California Code of Regulations.
______________________________________
OPTIONEE
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
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