EXHIBIT 10.5
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
TYPE OF OPTION (CHECK ONE): [ ] INCENTIVE [ ] NONQUALIFIED
This Stock Option Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of
____________, 199_, by and between Powerwave Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") and ___________________ (the "Optionee") pursuant to
the Company's 1996 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
1. GRANT OF OPTION. The Company hereby grants to Optionee an option (the
"Option") to purchase all or any portion of a total of ___________________
(______) shares (the "Shares") of the Common Stock of the Company at a purchase
price of $_______ per share (the "Exercise Price"), subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein and the provisions of the Plan. If the box marked
"Incentive" above is checked, then this Option is intended to qualify as an
"incentive stock option" as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). If this Option fails in whole or in part to
qualify as an incentive stock option, or if the box marked "Nonqualified" is
checked, then this Option shall to that extent constitute a nonqualified stock
option.
2. VESTING OF OPTION. The right to exercise this Option shall vest in
installments, and this Option shall be exercisable from time to time in whole or
in part as to any vested installment. The Optionee's right to exercise this
Option shall vest in ________ Shares on the first anniversary hereof, and
thereafter at the rate of________ Shares per month commencing on ___________,
199__, and, subject to the terms of this Agreement, continuing each month
thereafter and shall be fully vested as of _________________, 199__ when ______
Shares shall so vest.
No additional shares shall vest after the date of termination of Optionee's
"Continuous Service" (as defined in Section 3 below), but this Option shall
continue to be exercisable in accordance with Section 3 hereof with respect to
that number of shares that have vested as of the date of termination of
Optionee's Continuous Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, immediately prior
to the consummation of a Change in Control (as defined in Section 10 below), the
vesting of this Option shall accelerate as if Optionee had held such Option for
a period two years longer than actually held.
3. TERM OF OPTION. Optionee's right to exercise this Option shall
terminate upon the first to occur of the following:
(a) the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of this Agreement;
(b) the expiration of three (3) months from the date of termination of
Optionee's Continuous Service if such termination occurs for any reason other
than permanent disability or death; provided, however, that if Optionee dies
during such three-month period the provisions of Section 3(d) below shall apply;
(c) the expiration of one (1) year from the date of termination of
Optionee's Continuous Service if such termination is due to permanent disability
of the Optionee (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code);
(d) the expiration of one (1) year from the date of termination of
Optionee's Continuous Service if such termination is due to Optionee's death or
if death occurs during either the three-month or one-month period following
termination of Optionee's Continuous Service pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c)
above, as the case may be; or
(e) a Change in Control of the Company if such options are terminated
pursuant to Section 10.
As used herein, the term "Continuous Service" means (i) employment by
either the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company, or by
a corporation or a parent or subsidiary of a corporation issuing or assuming a
stock option in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies, which
is uninterrupted except for vacations, illness (except for permanent disability,
as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) or leaves of absence which are
approved in writing by the Company or any of such other employer corporations,
if applicable, (ii) service as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company, or (iii) so long as Optionee is engaged as a consultant or service
provider to the Company or other corporation referred to in clause (i) above.
4. EXERCISE OF OPTION. On or after the vesting of any portion of this
Option in accordance with Section 2 above, and until termination of this Option
in accordance with Section 3 above, the portion of this Option which has vested
may be exercised in whole or in part by the Optionee (or, after Optionee's
death, by the successor designated in Section 5 below) upon 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 Shares then being purchased (but no fractional Shares may
be purchased);
(b) a check or cash in the amount of the Exercise Price (or payment of
the Exercise Price in such other form of lawful consideration as the
Administrator may approve from time to time under the provisions of Section 5.3
of the Plan);
(c) a check or cash in the amount reasonably requested by the Company
to satisfy the Company's withholding obligations under federal, state or other
applicable tax laws with respect to the taxable income, if any, recognized by
the Optionee in connection with the exercise of this Option (unless the Company
and Optionee shall have made other arrangements for deductions or withholding
from Optionee's wages, bonus or other compensation payable to Optionee, or by
the withholding of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Option or the delivery
of Shares owned by the Optionee in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Plan,
provided such arrangements satisfy the requirements of applicable tax laws); and
(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 person designated in Section 5 below, as the case may be.
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5. 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 or the Plan shall be void and shall have no effect. If the Optionee's
Continuous Service terminates as a result of Optionee's death, and provided
Optionee's rights hereunder shall have vested pursuant to Section 2 hereof,
Optionee's legal representative, Optionee's legatee, 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.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF OPTIONEE.
(a) Optionee represents and warrants that this Option is being
acquired by Optionee for Optionee's 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 the Option without registering such Shares under the Securities Act
of l933, as amended (the "Act"), on the basis of certain exemptions from such
registration requirement. Accordingly, Optionee agrees that Optionee's exercise
of the Option may be expressly conditioned upon Optionee's 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 thereof 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.
(c) Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
understands that all rights and obligations connected with this Option are set
forth in this Agreement and in the Plan.
7. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. Optionee hereby acknowledges that federal
securities laws and the securities laws of the state in which Optionee 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 or advisable.
8. LIMITATION OF COMPANY'S LIABILITY FOR NONISSUANCE. The Company agrees
to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from any applicable regulatory
agency such authority or approval as may be required in order to issue and sell
the Shares to the Optionee pursuant to this Option. Inability of the Company to
obtain, from any such regulatory agency, authority or approval deemed by the
Company's counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of the Shares
hereunder and under the Plan shall relieve the Company of any liability in
respect of the nonissuance or sale of such Shares as to which such requisite
authority or approval shall not have been obtained.
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9. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE. In the event that the
outstanding Shares of Common Stock of the Company are hereafter increased or
decreased or changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares
or other securities of the Company by reason of a recapitalization, stock split,
combination of shares, reclassification, stock dividend or other change in the
capital structure of the Company, then appropriate adjustment shall be made by
the Administrator to the number of Shares subject to the unexercised portion of
this Option and to the Exercise Price per share, in order to preserve, as nearly
as practical, but not to increase, the benefits of the Optionee under this
Option, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.2 of the Plan.
10. CHANGE IN CONTROL.
(a) In the event of a Change in Control (as defined below) of the
Company, if the Change in Control is not approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors (as defined below), the Administrator shall cause written
notice of the proposed transaction to be given to Optionee not less than fifteen
(15) days prior to the anticipated effective date of the proposed transaction
and, concurrent with the effective date of the proposed transaction, this Option
shall be accelerated and concurrent with such date Optionee shall have the right
to exercise this Option in respect to any or all shares subject thereto. The
Administrator in its discretion may, at any time, (regardless of the
acceleration or non-acceleration of this Option), take one or more of the
following actions: (A) provide for the purchase of this Option for an amount of
cash or other property that could have been received upon the exercise of this
Option, (B) adjust the terms of this Option in a manner determined by the
Administrator to reflect the Change in Control, (C) cause this Option to be
continued or assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by the surviving or
another entity, or (D) make such other provision as the Administrator may
consider equitable. In the event of a Change in Control in which this Option is
not continued, assumed or substituted therefor by the surviving or another
entity, regardless of whether such Change in Control is approved by a majority
of the Continuing Directors, this Option shall be accelerated and fully
exercisable upon the effective date of the Change in Control and the
Administrator shall cause written notice of the proposed transaction to be given
to Optionee not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the anticipated effective
date of the proposed transaction.
(b) "Change in Control" shall mean (i) the acquisition, directly or
indirectly, by any person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the beneficial ownership of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding securities of the Company; (ii)
a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity,
except for a transaction the principal purpose of which is to change the state
in which the Company is incorporated; (iii) the sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (iv) a
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or (v) any reverse merger in
which the Company is the surviving entity but in which securities possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
Company's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons
different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to such
merger.
(c) "Continuing Director" shall mean any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company who was a member of the Board prior to the effective
date of the Plan, and any person who is subsequently elected to the Board if
such person is recommended or approved by a majority of the Continuing
Directors.
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11. NO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT CREATED. Neither the granting of this Option
nor the exercise hereof shall be construed as granting to the Optionee any right
with respect to continuance of employment by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries. The right of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate
at will the Optionee's employment at any time (whether by dismissal, discharge
or otherwise), with or without cause, is specifically reserved, subject to any
other written employment agreement to which the Company and Optionee may be a
party.
12. RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER. The Optionee (or transferee of this option by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution) 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.
13. "MARKET STAND-OFF" AGREEMENT. Optionee agrees that, if requested by
the Company or the managing underwriter of any proposed public offering of the
Company's securities, Optionee will not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of
any Shares held by Optionee without the prior written consent of the Company or
such underwriter, as the case may be, during such period of time, not to exceed
180 days following the effective date of the registration statement filed by the
Company with respect to such offering, as the Company or the underwriter may
specify.
14. INTERPRETATION. This Option is granted pursuant to the terms of the
Plan, and shall in all respects be interpreted in accordance therewith. The
Administrator shall interpret and construe this Option and the Plan, and any
action, decision, interpretation or determination made in good faith by the
Administrator shall be final and binding on the Company and the Optionee. As
used in this Agreement, the term "Administrator" shall refer to the committee of
the Board of Directors of the Company appointed to administer the Plan, and if
no such committee has been appointed, the term Administrator shall mean the
Board of Directors.
15. 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 (3) 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 Optionee's most recent
address as shown in the employment or stock records of the Company.
16. ANNUAL AND OTHER PERIODIC REPORTS. During the term of this Agreement,
the Company will furnish to the Optionee copies of all annual and other periodic
financial and informational reports that the Company distributes generally to
its shareholders.
17. 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.
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18. 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
"POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC." "OPTIONEE"
By:_________________________________ ___________________________________
Its:________________________________ (Signature)
___________________________________
(Printed Name)
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