Common use of Significant Transaction Clause in Contracts

Significant Transaction. (i) All the Purchased Shares subject to this option at the time of a Significant Transaction but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest and the Company’s Repurchase Right with respect to those Purchased Shares shall immediately terminate so that all of the shares subject to the Option are fully-vested shares of Common Stock. No such accelerated vesting of the Purchased Shares, however, shall occur if and to the extent: (i) the Option is, in connection with the Significant Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or to be replaced with a comparable option to purchase shares of the capital stock of the successor corporation (or parent thereof), and the Company’s Repurchase Right with respect to the unvested Purchased Shares are to be assigned to such successor corporation (or parent thereof) or (ii) the Option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing on the unvested Purchased Shares at the time of the Significant Transaction (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Purchased Shares over the Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the vesting schedule in the Option. The determination of option comparability under clause (i) shall be made by the Plan Administrator, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. (ii) The Repurchase Right shall be assignable to the successor entity in any Significant Transaction. However, to the extent the successor entity does not accept such assignment, the Repurchase Right shall lapse immediately prior to the consummation of the Significant Transaction. (iii) To the extent the Repurchase Right remains in effect following a Significant Transaction, such right shall apply to the new capital stock or other property (including any cash payments) received in exchange for the Purchased Shares in consummation of the Significant Transaction, but only to the extent the Purchased Shares are at the time covered by such right. Appropriate adjustments shall be made to the price per share payable upon exercise of the Repurchase Right to reflect the effect of the Significant Transaction upon the Company’s capital structure; provided, however, that the aggregate purchase price shall remain the same. Any capital stock or other property (including any cash payments) received in exchange for the Purchased Shares may be held in escrow. (iv) The Repurchase Right shall automatically lapse in its entirety, and all the Purchased Shares shall immediately vest in full, upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee’s Continuous Status as an Employee within eighteen (18) months following the effective date of a Significant Transaction in which the Repurchase Right has been assigned.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Sun BioPharma, Inc.), Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Sun BioPharma, Inc.)