FORM OF STOCK OPTION AWARD
Published on October 15, 2009
Exhibit
10.22
INCENTIVE
STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
UNDER
THE
CRYOPORT,
INC.
2009
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
This
Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement (“Agreement”) is between CryoPort, Inc.
(“Company”) and ________________________ (the “Optionee”), and is effective as
of the ____ day of _____________, 20__ (“Grant Date”).
RECITALS
A. The Board
of Directors of the Company (“Board”) has adopted the Plan to promote the
interests and long-term success of the Company and its shareholders by providing
an incentive to attract, retain and reward persons performing services for the
Company and by motivating such person to contribute to the continued growth and
profitability of the Company.
B. The
Compensation Committee (or any such committee designated by the Board) has
approved the granting of Incentive Stock Options to the Optionee pursuant to
Article 6 of the Plan.
C. To the
extent not specifically defined in this Agreement, all capitalized terms used in
this Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.
AGREEMENT
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Optionee agree as
follows:
1. Grant of
Option. Subject to the
terms of this Agreement and Article 6 of the Plan, the Company grants to the
Optionee the right and option to purchase from the Company all or any part of an
aggregate of _________ shares of Stock (“Option”). The delivery of
any document evidencing the Option is subject to the provisions of Section
6.1(d) of the Plan. The Option granted under this Agreement is intended to be an
“incentive stock option” (“ISO”) under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
2. Purchase
Price. The purchase
price under this Agreement is $_________ per share of Stock, as determined by
the Committee, which shall not
be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Grant
Date.
3. Vesting of
Option. The Option shall
vest and be exercisable according to the following schedule:
[INSERT
VESTING SCHEDULE HERE]
4. Exercise of
Option. This Option may
be exercised, to the extent vested (under Section 3 above), in whole or in part
at anytime before the Option expires by delivery of a written notice of exercise
(pursuant to Section 5 below) and payment of the purchase price. The
purchase price may be paid in cash or such other method permitted by the
Committee under Section 6.1(c) of the Plan and communicated to the Optionee
before the date the Optionee exercises the Option.
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5. Method of
Exercising Option. Subject to the
terms of this Agreement, the Option may be exercised by timely delivery to the
Company of written notice, which notice shall be effective on the date received
by the Company. The notice shall state the Optionee’s election to
exercise the Option and the number of underlying shares in respect of which an
election to exercise has been made. Such notice shall be signed by
the Optionee, or if the Option is exercised by a person or persons other than
the Optionee because of the Optionee’s death, such notice must be signed by such
other person or persons and shall be accompanied by proof acceptable to the
Company of the legal right of such person or persons to exercise the
Option.
6. Term of
Option. The Option
granted under this Agreement expires, unless sooner terminated, ten (10) years
from the Grant Date, through and including the normal close of business of the
Company on the tenth (10th)
anniversary of the Grant Date (“Expiration Date”).
7. Termination of
Employment.
(a) If
the Optionee Terminates Employment for any reason other than death or
Disability, the Optionee may at any time within the 90-day period after the date
of his or her Termination of Employment exercise the Option to the extent that
the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination,
provided that in no event shall the Option be exercisable after the Expiration
Date.
(b) If
the Optionee Terminates Employment by reason of his death or Disability the
Option will lapse on the earlier of (i) the Option’s expiration date, or (ii)
one year after the date the Participant Terminates Employment on account of
Disability or death.
8. Nontransferability. The Incentive
Stock Options granted by this Agreement shall not be transferable by the
Optionee or any other person claiming through the Optionee, either voluntarily
or involuntarily, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or as
otherwise provided by the Plan’s Committee (See Article 13 of the
Plan).
9. Continuation of
Employment. This Agreement shall not be construed to confer
upon the Optionee any right to continue employment with the Company and shall
not limit the right of the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, to
terminate Optionee’s employment at any time.
10. Administration. This Agreement
shall at all times be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the
Plan shall in all respects be administered by the Committee in accordance with
the terms of and as provided in the Plan. The Committee shall have
the sole and complete discretion with respect to all matters reserved to it by
the Plan and decisions of the majority of the Committee with respect thereto and
to this Agreement shall be final and binding upon the Optionee and the Company.
In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
11. Waiver and
Modification. The provisions of
this Agreement may not be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification
is in writing and signed by a representative of the Committee.
12. Adjustments. The number of
shares of Stock issued to Optionee pursuant to this Agreement shall be adjusted
by the Committee pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Plan, in its discretion, in the
event of a change in the Company’s capital structure.
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13. Securities
Act. The Company shall
not be required to deliver any shares of Stock pursuant to the vesting of
Options if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such issuance would
violate the Securities Act of 1933 or any other applicable federal or state
securities laws or regulations.
14. Voting and Other
Shareholder Related Rights. The Optionee will
have no voting rights or any other rights as a shareholder of the Company with
respect to any Incentive Stock Options until exercised by the
Optionee.
15. Copy of
Plan. By the execution
of this Agreement, the Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the
Plan.
16. Governing
Law. This Agreement
shall be interpreted and administered under the laws of the State of
Nevada.
17. Amendments. This Agreement
may be amended only by a written agreement executed by the Company and the
Optionee.
18. Tax upon
Disposition of Shares Subject to § 422 Restrictions. In the event that a
Participant shall dispose (whether by sale, exchange, gift, the use of a
qualified domestic relations order (as defined by the Code or Title I of ERISA)
in favor of a Spouse, or the rules thereunder, or any like transfer) of any
shares of Stock of the Company that are deemed to have been purchased by the
Participant pursuant to an incentive stock option and that the Participant
acquired within two (2) years of the Grant Date of the related Option or within
one (1) year after the acquisition of such shares of Stock, the Participant will
notify the secretary of the Company of such disposition no later than fifteen
(15) days following the date of the disposition. Such notification
shall include the date or dates of the disposition, the number of shares of
Stock of which the Participant disposed, and the consideration received, if any,
for such shares of Stock. If the Company so requests, the Participant
shall forward to the secretary of the Company any amount requested by the
Company for the purpose of satisfying its liability, if any, to withhold
federal, state or local income or earnings tax or any other applicable tax or
assessment (plus interest or penalties thereon, if any, caused by delay in
making such payment) incurred by reason of such disposition.
MANY OF
THE PROVISION OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT ARE SUMMARIES OF SIMILAR PERTINENT
PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN. TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS SILENT
ON AN ISSUE OR THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PLAN AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLAN
PROVISIONS SHALL CONTROL.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its
duly authorized representative and Optionee has signed this Agreement, and this
Agreement shall be effective as of the day and year first written
above.
CryoPort,
Inc.
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By:
__________________________
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Name:
________________________
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Date
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Title:
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Optionee
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