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Exhibit 10.17
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD GRANTED UNDER THE
POSITIVEID ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION
2010 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN
POSITIVEID ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION
2010 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN
Name of Option Recipient: [insert name of Grantee]
On [insert applicable date] (the Grant Date), PositiveID Animal Health Corporation (the
Company) awarded you a stock option. You were granted an option to buy [insert applicable number]
Shares of the Common Stock at the price of $[insert applicable amount] per Share on or after
[insert vesting date], and on or before [insert expiration date]. [Where the option award is to
vest in tranches, use the following sentence as a replacement for the one immediately prior: You
were granted an option to buy [insert applicable number] Shares of the Common Stock at the price of
$[insert applicable amount] per Share on or after the following dates[insert number for first
tranche] on [insert first vesting date]; [insert number for second tranche] on [insert second
vesting date]; and [insert number for third tranche] on [insert third vesting date]and, in each
case, no later than [insert expiration date]. If to vest over more than, or less than, three
tranches, customize as necessary.]
IMPORTANT: By signing below, you agree to be bound by, and acknowledge receipt of, the
attached Terms and Conditions of this Non-Qualified Stock Option Award and the PositiveID Animal
Health Corporation 2010 Flexible Stock Plan.
PositiveID Animal Health Corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Read and agreed to this
_____ day of _____, 20___.
_____ day of _____, 20___.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD GRANTED UNDER
POSITIVEID ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION
2010 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN
1. Definitions
(a) | Committee | The Committee (or, in certain cases, its designees) who administers the Stock Option Plan | ||
(b) | Company | PositiveID Animal Health Corporation, a Florida corporation | ||
(c) | Option | The option granted by the Option Award | ||
(d) | Option Award | The Non-Qualified Stock Option Award to which the Terms and Conditions are attached together with, except where the context requires otherwise, these Terms and Conditions | ||
(e) | Participant | The recipient of an Option Award | ||
(f) | Stock Option Plan | PositiveID Animal Health Corporation 2010 Flexible Stock Plan |
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms by
the Stock Option Plan.
2. Evidence of Option Grant and Option not an Incentive Stock Option
The Option Award evidences a grant to the Participant of an Option to purchase that number of
Shares (Optioned Shares) of the Common Stock of the Company (Shares) set forth on the Option
Award. The Participant may exercise the Option as shown on the Option Award. In no event shall the
Option or any part of the Option be exercisable after [insert expiration date] (the Option
Expiration Date). The Option shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option, as defined in
Section 422 of the Internal Code of 1986, as amended (Code), notwithstanding the fact that
certain provisions of these Terms and Conditions incorporate portions of Code Section 422 and/or
comply with the requirements of such section.
3. Exercise of Option
The Option shall be exercised by the Participant delivering a written notice of exercise to
the Companys corporate headquarters at 1690 S. Congress Ave., Suite 200, Delray Beach, Florida
33445. This notice shall specify the number of Optioned Shares the Participant then desires to
purchase.
4. Payment of Option Price
Payment for the Shares purchased under the Option shall be made to the Company in cash
(including cashiers check, bank draft or money order).
In addition to the foregoing methods of payment, payment of the Option price may, at the
discretion of the Committee, be made in whole or in part in other property (including Shares owned
by the Participant), rights and credits, including the Participants promissory note.
5. Form of Notice of Exercise
The Participants notice as required by Section 3 shall be signed by the Participant and shall
be in substantially the following form:
I hereby exercise my Option to purchase Shares in accordance
with my Option Award dated ,
_____, granted
under the Companys 2010 Flexible Stock Plan.
The aggregate Option price of the Shares I am purchasing is $ . I
hereby tender in payment of such price, my cashiers check, bank draft or money order made
payable to the Company in the amount of $ .
I
hereby represent to the Company that I own the
Shares delivered
herewith in payment of the purchase price for the Shares free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances.
If the Shares purchased have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, I hereby
further represent to the Company that I am acquiring the Shares
that I am purchasing solely for investment and solely for my own account and that I have no
present intention of selling or offering for sale any of such Shares to any other person or
persons.
6. Stock Certificates
Upon the exercise of the Option and payment of the Option price for the Shares being acquired
upon such exercise, whether in cash or cash and property, rights and/or credits specifically
permitted by the Committee, the Participant shall be entitled to a certificate evidencing the
Shares acquired upon exercise.
7. Legends on Certificates
The certificate or certificates to be issued under Section 6 shall be issued as soon as
practicable. Such certificate or certificates shall contain thereon a legend in substantially the
following form if the Shares evidenced by such certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended:
The shares represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933 or any applicable state law. They may not be offered for sale, sold, transferred or
pledged without (1) registration under the Securities Act of 1933 and any applicable state
law, or (2) at holders expense, an opinion satisfactory to the Company that registration is
not required.
The certificates shall also contain such other legends as may be appropriate or required by law,
such as a legend relating to any stockholders agreement that may apply to the Shares.
8. Termination of Employment/Service; Nonassignability
8.1 Voluntary Termination of Employment or Termination of Employment for Cause.
a. If the Participant shall voluntarily terminate his or her employment prior to
attainment of age 65, the Participants full interest in the Option shall terminate on
the date of such termination of employment and all rights thereunder shall cease, whether
or not the Option is then exercisable.
b. If the Participants employment is terminated by the Employer for Cause, as defined
below, then the Participants full interest in the Option shall terminate on the date of
such termination of employment and all rights thereunder shall cease, whether or not the
Option is then exercisable.
I. Whether a Participants employment is terminated for Cause shall be determined
by the Committee.
II. Cause shall include, but not be limited to, gross negligence, willful
misconduct, flagrant or repeated violations of the Employers policies, rules or
ethics, a material breach by the Participant of any employment agreement between
the Participant and the Employer, intoxication, substance abuse, sexual or other
unlawful harassment, disclosure of confidential or proprietary information,
engaging in a business competitive with the Employer, or dishonest, illegal or
immoral conduct.
8.2 Other Termination.
a. Death, Disability or Retirement. If the Participants employment shall be terminated
for death, disability (as such term is defined in Section 422(c)(6) of the Code), or
voluntary termination by the Participant after attainment of age 65 (Retirement), such
termination shall have no effect on his or her rights under the Option, regardless of
whether or not the Option is then exercisable. The Option shall continue to vest and
remain outstanding and exercisable until it expires by its terms.
b. Termination by the Employer without Cause. If the Participants employment shall be
terminated by the Employer without Cause, such termination shall have no effect on his or
her rights under the Option, regardless of whether or not the Option is then exercisable.
The Option shall continue to vest and remain outstanding and exercisable until it expires
by its terms.
8.3 Termination of Service on the Companys Board of Directors (the Board).
a. For purposes of determining the rights of a member of the Board (a Director) under
this Section 8.3, the Participants service as a member of the Board shall be terminated
when he or she ceases to be a Director.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if a Participant is both a Director and an
Employee, his or her employment shall not be deemed to have been terminated as long as he
or she remains either a Director or an Employee, as the case may be.
b. If the Participant shall voluntarily terminate his or her service as a Director prior
to attainment of age 65, and before the expiration of his or her term, the Participants
full interest in the Option shall continue to vest and remain outstanding and exercisable
until it expires by its terms.
c. If the Participants service as a Director terminates as a result of not running for
reelection after the expiration of his or her term, said Director shall not be deemed to
have incurred a termination of service as a result of such term expiration. For purposes
of this Option, the Director shall be deemed to continue to serve on the Board until
(i) the expiration of the Option or (ii) as otherwise provided by the Committee in its
sole and absolute discretion.
d. If the Participants service as a Director terminates as a result of his or her death,
disability (as such term is defined in Section 422(c)(6) of the Code), or Retirement,
such termination shall have no effect on his or her rights under the Option, regardless
of whether or not the Option is then exercisable. The Option shall continue to vest and
remain outstanding and exercisable until it expires by its terms.
e. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 8.3, if the Participants service
as a Director is terminated for Cause, then the Participants full interest in the Option
shall terminate on the date of such termination of service and all rights thereunder
shall cease, whether or not the Option is then exercisable.
f. The Participants service as a Director shall be deemed to have been terminated
without Cause if the Participant ceases to serve in such a position solely due to the
failure to be reelected or reappointed, as the case may be, and such failure is not a
result of an act or omission which would constitute Cause. If the Participants service
as a Director is terminated without Cause, such termination shall have no effect on his
or her rights under the Option, regardless of whether or not the Option is then
exercisable. The Option shall continue to vest and remain outstanding and exercisable
until it expires by its terms.
8.4 Non-Transferability of Rights; Designation of Beneficiaries. The Option shall not
be transferable by the Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution
or as provided in this Section 8.4. During the lifetime of the Participant the Option shall be
exercisable only by the Participant. The Participant, however, may file with the Company a written
designation of a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise, in the event of death of the
Participant, the Option granted hereunder, subject to all of the provisions of this Section 8. A
Participant may from time to time revoke or change any such designation of beneficiary and any
designation of beneficiary under the Plan shall be controlling over any other disposition,
testamentary or otherwise; provided, however, that if the Committee shall be in doubt as to the
right of any such beneficiary to exercise the Option, the Committee may determine to recognize only
an exercise by the personal representative of the estate of the Participant, in which case the
Company, the Committee and the members thereof shall not be under any further liability to anyone.
8.5 Deemed Termination of Employment and Transfer. If the Employer that employs the
Participant (or of which the Participant is a Director) ceases to be an Employer, the Participants
employment shall be deemed to have been terminated by such Employer without Cause as of the date
that it ceases to be an Employer. The transfer of a Participants employment (or a Directors
service as a Director) from one Employer to another Employer shall not be deemed a termination of
employment.
9. Withholding
The Company or any Affiliate that employs the Participant shall have the right to deduct any
sums that federal, state or local tax law requires to be withheld with respect to the exercise of
the Option, or as otherwise may be required by such laws. The Company or any such Affiliate may
require as a condition to issuing Shares upon the exercise of the Option that the Participant or
other person exercising the Option pay any sum that federal, state or local tax law requires to be
withheld with respect to such exercise. In the alternative, the Participant or other person
exercising the Option, may elect to pay such sums to the Company or the Affiliate delivering
written notice of that election to the Companys corporate headquarters at 1690 S. Congress Avenue,
Suite 200, Delray Beach, Florida 33445, prior to or concurrently with exercise. There is no
obligation that the Participant be advised of the existence of the tax or the amount which the
employer corporation will be so required to withhold.
10. Right to Exercise Acceleration
On or before the Option Expiration Date, the Option shall be immediately exercisable in full
(if not already exercisable) upon a Change of Control.
11. Stock Option Plan Controls
The Option Award and these Terms and Conditions are subject to all terms and provisions of the
Stock Option Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any conflict, the
Stock Option Plan shall control over the Option Award and these Terms and Conditions.