Common use of Stock Option Exercise Clause in Contracts

Stock Option Exercise. The price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased under a stock option shall be paid in full at the time of exercise in cash or, if permitted by the Committee, by means of tendering Common Stock or surrendering another award, including restricted stock, valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, or any combination thereof the Committee shall determine acceptable methods for tendering Common Stock or other Awards to exercise a stock option as it deems appropriate. The Committee may provide for loans from the Company to permit the exercise or purchase of Awards and may provide for procedures to permit the exercise or purchase of Awards by use of the proceeds to be received from the sale of Common Stock issuable pursuant to an Award. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event shares of restricted stock are tendered as consideration for the exercise of a stock option, a number of the shares issued upon the exercise of the stock option, equal to the number of shares of restricted stock used as consideration therefor, shall be subject to the same restrictions as the restricted stock so submitted as well as any additional restrictions that may be imposed by the Committee.

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Sources: 1998 Acquisition Option Plan (Cliffs Drilling Co)

Stock Option Exercise. The price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased under a stock option shall be paid in full at the time of exercise in cash or, if permitted by the Committee, by means of tendering Common Stock or surrendering another award, including restricted stock, valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, or any combination thereof the thereof. The Committee shall determine acceptable methods for tendering Common Stock or other Awards to exercise a stock option as it deems appropriate. The Committee may provide for loans from the Company to permit the exercise or purchase of Awards and may provide for procedures to permit the exercise or purchase of Awards by use of the proceeds to be received from the sale of Common Stock issuable pursuant to an Award. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event shares of restricted stock are tendered as consideration for the exercise of a stock option, a number of the shares issued upon the exercise of the stock option, equal to the number of shares of restricted stock used as consideration therefor, shall be subject to the same restrictions as the restricted stock so submitted as well as any additional restrictions that may be imposed by the Committee.

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Sources: Acquisition Option Plan (Transocean Sedco Forex Inc)