Common use of Option Vesting and Exercise Clause in Contracts

Option Vesting and Exercise. The Option may be exercised in accordance with the following vesting schedule if Optionee is rendering Service (as defined in the Employment Agreement) on the respective dates indicated below: To exercise any portion of the Option that has vested, the Company must receive both written notice of exercise specifying the number of Option Shares to be purchased and payment for the full purchase price of such Option Shares plus the corresponding amount of any taxes the Company is required to withhold in connection with such exercise. The purchase price for such Option Shares and any corresponding tax withholding amounts may be paid in, or in any combination of, cash, cash equivalents or shares of Common Stock that are not subject to any pledge, other security interest or other applicable restriction under the Plan. Such Option Shares will be issued, in whole shares only, by or on behalf of the Company as soon as practicable upon the Company’s or its agent’s receipt of the full purchase price for such Option Shares and all corresponding tax withholding amounts. Except as provided in Section 3 below with respect to Optionee’s Retirement and subject to Section 4 below, Optionee will immediately forfeit all rights, title and interests in and to any portion of the Option that has not vested on the date Optionee’s Service is terminated.

Option Vesting and Exercise. The Option may be exercised in accordance with the following vesting schedule if Optionee is rendering Service (as defined in employed by the Employment Agreement) Company or its Subsidiaries on the respective dates indicated below: To exercise any portion of the Option that has vested, the Company must receive both written notice of exercise specifying the number of Option Shares to be purchased and payment for the full purchase price of such Option Shares plus the corresponding amount of any taxes the Company is required to withhold in connection with such exercise. The purchase price for such Option Shares and any corresponding tax withholding amounts may be paid in, or in any combination of, cash, cash equivalents or shares of Common Stock that are not subject to any pledge, other security interest or other applicable restriction under the Plan. Such Option Shares will be issued, in whole shares only, by or on behalf of the Company as soon as practicable upon the Company’s or its agent’s receipt of the full purchase price for such Option Shares and all corresponding tax withholding amounts. Except as provided in Section 3 below with respect to Optionee’s Retirement and subject to Section 4 below, Optionee will immediately forfeit all rights, title and interests in and to any portion of the Option that has not vested on the date Optionee’s Service employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries is terminated.