EXHIBIT 4.8
TRI-LITE INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Stock Option Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of August
27, 1999 by and between Tri-Lite Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Company"), and ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ (the "Optionee"), in connection with services
performed by the Optionee pursuant to that certain Agreement for National
Marketing Associates of even date entered into by and among the Company, Aim
Energy, Inc. (a subsidiary of the Company) and National Marketing Services (of
which the Optionee is a principal).
1. Grant of Option; Registration of Underlying Shares. The Company hereby
grants to Optionee an option (the "Option") to purchase all or any portion of a
total of 375,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Common Stock of the Company at a
purchase price of $2.00 per share (the "Exercise Price"), subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein. The Company shall register on Form S-8 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as soon as is practicable, all of the shares
underlying the Option.
2. Term of Option. Optionee's right to exercise this Option shall terminate
upon the expiration of five (5) years from the date of this Agreement;
3. Exercise of Option. Subject to Section 2 above, the portion of this
Option which has vested may be exercised in whole or in part by the Optionee
(or, after his or her death, by the person designated in Section 5 below), by
delivery of the following to the Company at its principal executive offices:
(a) a written notice of exercise which identifies this Agreement and
states the number of whole Shares (which may not be less than 100, or all
of the Shares if less than 100 Shares then remain covered by this Option)
then being purchased;
(b) payment of the Exercise Price in cash or by check (or by such
other form of lawful consideration as the Board of Directors of the
Company, or an authorized committee of the Board of Directors, may approve
from time to time;
(d) a letter, if requested by the Company, in such form and substance
as the Company may require, setting forth the investment intent of the
Optionee or the person designated in Section 4 below, as the case may be.
4. Death of Optionee: No Assignment. The rights of the Optionee under this
Agreement may not be assigned or transferred except by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and may be exercised during the lifetime of the
Optionee only by such Optionee. Any attempt to sell, pledge, assign,
hypothecate, transfer or dispose of this Option in contravention of this
Agreement shall be void and shall have no effect. If the Optionee should die
prior to the termination of this Option, Optionee's legal representative, his or
her legates, or the person who acquired the right to exercise this Option by
reason of the death of the Optionee (individually, a "Successor") shall succeed
to the Optionee's rights and obligations under this Agreement. After the death
of the Optionee, only a Successor may exercise this Option.
5. Representations and Warranties of Optionee.
(a) Optionee represents and warrants that this Option is being
acquired by Optionee for his or her personal account, for investment
purposes only, and not with a view to the distribution, resale or other
disposition thereof.
(b) Optionee acknowledges that the Company may issue Shares upon the
exercise of this Option without registering such Common Stock under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), on the basis of certain
exemptions from such registration requirement. Accordingly, Optionee agrees
that his or her exercise of the Option may be expressly conditioned upon
his or her delivery to the Company of an investment certificate including
such representations and undertakings as the Company may reasonably require
in order to assure the availability of such exemptions, including a
representation that Optionee is acquiring the Shares for investment and not
with a present intention of selling or otherwise disposing such Shares and
an agreement by Optionee that the certificates evidencing the Shares may
bear a legend indicating such non-registration under the Act and the
resulting restrictions on transfer. Optionee acknowledges that, because
Shares received upon exercise of an Option may be unregistered, Optionee
may be required to hold the Shares indefinitely unless they are
subsequently registered for resale under the Act or an exemption from such
registration is available. Optionee further acknowledges that federal
securities laws and the securities laws of the state in which he or she
resides may require the placement of certain restrictive legends upon the
Shares issued upon exercise of this Option, and Optionee hereby consents to
the placing of any such legends upon certificates evidencing the Shares as
the Company, or its counsel, may deem necessary.
6. Limitation of Company's Liability for Non-issuance. The Company intends
at all times to reserve and keep available, and to use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction any requisite
authority in order to issue and sell, such number of shares of its Common Stock
as shall be sufficient to satisfy its obligations hereunder. Inability of the
Company to obtain, from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, authority
deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale
of any shares of its Common Stock hereunder shall relieve the Company of any
liability in respect of the non-issuance or sale of such shares as to which such
requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
7. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capital Structure, Merger, Etc.
(a) In the event of any changes in the outstanding shares of Common
Stock of the Company resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split,
stock dividend, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure
of the Company, appropriate and reasonable adjustments shall be made to the
number and kind of Shares subject to this Option and to the Exercise Price
per share.
(b) In the event of a merger, consolidation or other reorganization in
which the Company is not the surviving corporation, this Option shall
terminate upon the effective date of such transaction unless a successor
corporation assumes this Option, provides substantially similar
consideration to Optionee as was provided to the shareholders of the
Company, or substitutes substantially equivalent options covering shares of
the successor corporation.
8. No Employment Contract Created. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to constitute or be evidence of any right with respect to employment
or continuance of employment with the Company or any subsidiary or parent of the
Company, or to limit in any way the right of the Company or any subsidiary or
parent of the Company to terminate Optionee's employment at any time, with or
without cause.
9. Rights as Shareholder. The Optionee (or a Successor pursuant to Section
5 hereof) shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares
covered by this option until the date of the issuance of a stock certificate or
certificates to him or her for such Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of this
Option.
10. Notices. Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be
given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when
delivered personally or three days after being deposited in the United States
mail, as certified or registered mail, with postage prepaid, and addressed, if
to the Company, at its principal place of business, Attention: the Chief
Financial Officer, and if to the Optionee, at his or her most recent address as
shown in the employment or stock records of the Company.
11. Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation, and effect
of this Option shall be governed by and determined in accordance with the laws
of the State of California.
12. Severability. Should any provision or portion of this Agreement be held
to be unenforceable or invalid for any reason, the remaining provisions and
portions of this Agreement shall be unaffected by such holding.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall be deemed one instrument.
14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties pertaining to its subject matter and supersedes all prior
written or oral agreements and understandings of the parties, either express or
implied.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
TRI-LITE INC.
By:
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Its:
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The Optionee hereby accepts this Option subject to all the terms and
provisions hereof. The Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive
and final all decisions or interpretations of the Board of Directors of the
Company (or an authorized Committee thereof) regarding any questions arising
under this Agreement. The Optionee authorizes the Company to withhold in
accordance with applicable law from any compensation payable to him or her any
taxes required to be withheld by federal, state or local law as a result of the
exercise of this Option.
OPTIONEE
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