As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2005
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ITERIS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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95-2588496
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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of incorporation or organization)
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1515 South Manchester Avenue, Anaheim,
California 92802-2907
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(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
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1997 STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS; and
ITERIS, INC. 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(as assumed by Iteris, Inc., formerly Iteris Holdings, Inc.)
(Full titles of the plans)
JACK JOHNSON
President and Chief Executive Officer
Iteris, Inc.
1515 South Manchester Avenue
Anaheim, California 92802
(Name and address of agent for service)
(714) 774-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
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Amount
to be
Registered(1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
per Share(2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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1997 Stock
Option Agreements
common stock, $0.10 par value
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1,518,690 shares
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$
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3.00
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$
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4,556,070
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$
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536.25
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Iteris, Inc.
1998 Stock Incentive Plan
common stock, $0.10 par value
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4,525,866 shares
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$
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3.00
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$
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13,577,598
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$
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1,598.08
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Total
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6,044,556 shares
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$
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18,133,668
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$
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2,134.33
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(1) This Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become
issuable under the 1997 stock option agreements and the 1998 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding
shares of common stock of Iteris, Inc.
(2) Calculated solely for
the purpose of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the Securities Act), based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrants common stock on July 19, 2005, as reported by the
American Stock Exchange.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Iteris,
Inc. (formerly Iteris Holdings, Inc.) hereby incorporates by reference into
this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission:
1. Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 filed with
the SEC on July 14, 2005;
2. Our
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 14, 2005;
3. Our
Current Report on Form 8-K furnished to the SEC on June 2, 2005; and
4. The
description of our common stock (including the description of our preferred
stock purchase rights) contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A
filed with the SEC on December 8, 2004, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All
reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed by Iteris, Inc.
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not
Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not
Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
Under Section 145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, Iteris, Inc. can indemnify its directors and
officers against liabilities they may incur in such capacities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.
Iteris, Inc.s bylaws provide that Iteris, Inc. will indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law and require
Iteris, Inc. to advance litigation expenses upon receipt by Iteris, Inc. of an
undertaking by the director or officer to repay such advances if it is
ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to
indemnification. The bylaws further
provide that rights conferred under such bylaws do not exclude any other right
such persons may have or acquire under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Iteris, Inc.s
certificate of incorporation provides that, under Delaware law, its directors
shall not be liable for monetary damages for breach of the directors fiduciary
duty of care to Iteris, Inc. and its stockholders. This provision in the certificate of
incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate
circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of
non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to
be subject to liability for breach of the directors duty of loyalty to Iteris,
Inc. or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving
intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, for actions leading to
improper personal benefit to the director, and for payment of dividends or
approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware
law. The provision also does not affect
a directors responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal
securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
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Iteris, Inc. has entered
into agreements to indemnify its directors, the directors of certain of its
subsidiaries and certain of its officers in addition to the indemnification
provided for in the certificate of incorporation and bylaws. These agreements, among other things,
indemnify Iteris, Inc.s directors and certain of its officers for certain
expenses, attorneys fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by
such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the
right of Iteris, Inc., on account of services as a director or officer of
Iteris, Inc., or as a director or officer of any other company or enterprise to
which the person provides services at the request of Iteris, Inc..
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
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Description
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Where Located
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4.1
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Specimen of Common
Stock Certificate
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrants Registration Statement on
Form 8-A as filed with the SEC on December 8, 2004
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4.2
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Amended and Restated
Rights Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2004, by and between the Registrant and
U.S. Stock Transfer Corporation, including the exhibits thereto
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrants Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A as filed with the SEC on June 18, 2004
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5.1
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Opinion of Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
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Filed
Herewith
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23.1
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Consent of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
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Filed
Herewith
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23.2
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Consent of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP
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Filed
Herewith
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23.3
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Consent of Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
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Included
in Exhibit 5.1
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24.1
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Power of Attorney
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Included
in signature page
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99.1
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Iteris, Inc. 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K
as filed with the SEC on July 14, 2005
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99.2
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Form of Notice of
Grant, including forms of Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement
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Filed
Herewith
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99.3
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Form of Addendum to
Stock Option Agreement
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Filed
Herewith
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99.4
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Form of 1997 Stock
Option Agreements
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Filed
Herewith
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Item 9. Undertakings
A. Iteris, Inc. hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act, (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement, and (iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii)
shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Iteris, Inc.
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
Iteris, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
B. Iteris, Inc. hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of Iteris, Inc.s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of Iteris, Inc. pursuant to the
indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 above, or otherwise, Iteris,
Inc. has been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by Iteris, Inc. of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of Iteris, Inc.
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, Iteris, Inc. will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, Iteris, Inc. certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Anaheim,
California, on this 22nd day of July 2005.
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ITERIS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
JACK JOHNSON
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Jack
Johnson,
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President
and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
the undersigned officers and directors of Iteris, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
do hereby constitute and appoint Jack Johnson and James S. Miele, and each of
them, their lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority
to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which
said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or
advisable or required to enable Iteris, Inc. to comply with the Securities Act
and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the
power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors
in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and
all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or
supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. This Power of
Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this
Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ JACK JOHNSON
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President, Chief
Executive Officer and
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July 22, 2005
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Jack Johnson
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Director
(principal executive officer)
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/s/ JAMES S.
MIELE
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Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
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July 22, 2005
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James S. Miele
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Secretary
(principal financial and
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accounting
officer)
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/s/ GREGORY A.
MINER
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Chairman of the
Board
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July 22, 2005
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Gregory A. Miner
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/s/ KEVIN C. DALY
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Director
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July 22, 2005
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Kevin C. Daly
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ GARY
HERNANDEZ
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Director
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July 22, 2005
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Gary Hernandez
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/s/ JOHN W.
SEAZHOLTZ
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Director
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July 22, 2005
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John W. Seazholtz
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/s/ JOEL SLUTZKY
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Director
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July 22, 2005
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Joel Slutzky
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/s/ THOMAS L.
THOMAS
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Director
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July 22, 2005
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Thomas L. Thomas
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/s/ PAUL E.
WRIGHT
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Director
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July 22, 2005
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Paul E. Wright
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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Description
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Where Located
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4.1
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Specimen of Common
Stock Certificate
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrants Registration Statement on
Form 8-A as filed with the SEC on December 8, 2004
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4.2
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Amended and Restated
Rights Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2004, by and between the Registrant and
U.S. Stock Transfer Corporation, including the exhibits thereto
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrants Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A as filed with the SEC on June 18, 2004
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5.1
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Opinion of Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
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Filed
Herewith
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23.1
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Consent of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
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Filed
Herewith
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23.2
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Consent of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP
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Filed
Herewith
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23.3
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Consent of Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
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Included
in Exhibit 5.1
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24.1
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Power of Attorney
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Included
in signature page
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99.1
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Iteris, Inc. 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K
as filed with the SEC on July 14, 2005
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99.2
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Form of Notice of
Grant, including forms of Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement
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Filed
Herewith
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99.3
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Form of Addendum to
Stock Option Agreement
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Filed
Herewith
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99.4
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Form of 1997 Stock
Option Agreements
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Filed
Herewith
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EXHIBIT 5.1
OPINION AND CONSENT OF DORSEY & WHITNEY
LLP
July 20, 2005
Iteris, Inc.
1515 South Manchester Avenue
Anaheim, California 92802
Re: Iteris, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-8 for 6,044,556 Shares of common stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Iteris, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the registration on Form S-8
(the Registration Statement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the Act), of 6,044,556 shares of the Companys common stock (the Shares)
for issuance under the Iteris, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the 1998
Plan) and certain option agreements granted outside such plan (the Option
Agreements).
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the
requirements of Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of
Regulation S-K.
We have reviewed the Companys charter documents and
the corporate proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the
assumption of the 1998 Plan and the Option Agreements. Based on such review, we are of the opinion
that if, as and when the Shares are issued and sold (and the consideration
therefor received) pursuant to (a) the provisions of option agreements
duly authorized under the 1998 Plan and the Option Agreements and in accordance
with the Registration Statement or (b) duly authorized direct stock
issuances under the 1998 Plan and the Option Agreements effected in accordance
with the Registration Statement, such Shares will be duly authorized, legally
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1
to the Registration Statement. In giving
this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder or
Item 509 of Regulation S-K.
This opinion letter is rendered as of the date first
written above and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts,
circumstances, events or developments which hereafter may be brought to our
attention and which may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed
herein. Our opinion is expressly limited
to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication
or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the Plans or the
Shares.
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Very truly
yours,
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/s/ Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
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DORSEY &
WHITNEY LLP
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement of Iteris, Inc. on Form S-8, to be filed on or about July
22, 2005 of our report, dated June 1, 2005 (except for the four paragraphs
under the caption Deferred Compensation Plan in Note 7 as to which the date
is July 12, 2005), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Iteris, Inc. for the year ended March 31, 2005.
/s/ McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
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July 20, 2005
EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8, pertaining to the 1997 Stock Option Agreements and Iteris, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan of our report
dated June 8, 2004, except for Note 1 Restatement of Consolidated
Financial Statements for the Year Ended March 31, 2004, and Note 7
Deferred Compensation Plan, as to which the date is July 13, 2005, with
respect to the restated consolidated financial statements and schedule of Iteris, Inc. included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended March 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Irvine, California
July 20, 2005
Exhibit 99.2
INSTALLMENT
OPTION
ITERIS, INC.
NOTICE OF GRANT OF STOCK
OPTION
Notice is hereby given of the following option grant
(the Option) to purchase shares of the Common Stock of Iteris, Inc. (the
Corporation):
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Optionee:
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Grant Date:
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Vesting
Commencement Date:
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Exercise Price:
$
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per share
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Number of Option
Shares:
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shares
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Expiration Date:
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Type of Option:
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Incentive Stock
Option
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Nonstatutory
Stock Option
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Exercise Schedule: The Option shall become exercisable for the
Option Shares in a series of four (4) successive
equal annual installments upon Optionees completion of each year of Service
over the four (4) year period measured from the Vesting Commencement
Date. In no event shall the Option
become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionees cessation
of Service.
Optionee understands and agrees that the Option is
granted subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated
Iteris, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan). Optionee further agrees to be bound by the
terms of the Plan and the terms of the Option as set forth in the Stock Option
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A. Optionee hereby acknowledges
receipt of a copy of the Plan in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
No
Employment or Service Contract. Nothing in this Notice or in the attached
Stock Option Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Optionee any right to
continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or
otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) or of Optionee, which rights are
hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Optionees Service at any time
for any reason, with or without cause.
Definitions. All capitalized terms in this Notice shall
have the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the attached Stock
Option Agreement.
DATED:
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ITERIS, INC.
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By:
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Title:
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OPTIONEE
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Address:
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ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit A
- - Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit B
- - 1998 Stock Incentive Plan
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IMMEDIATELY EXERCISABLE
EMPLOYEE OPTION
ITERIS, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
RECITALS
A. The
Board has adopted the Plan for the purpose of retaining the services of
selected Employees, non-employee members of the Board or the board of directors
of any Parent or Subsidiary and consultants and other independent advisors in
the service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. Optionee
is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or a Parent or Subsidiary),
and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the
purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporations grant of an option
to Optionee.
C. All
capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in
the attached Appendix.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby
agreed as follows:
1. Grant of Option. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as
of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares
specified in the Grant Notice. The
Option Shares shall be purchasable from time to time during the option term
specified in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.
2. Option Term. This option shall have a term of ten (10) years
measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at the close of
business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with
Paragraph 5 or 6.
3. Limited Transferability.
(a) This
option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by
will or the laws of inheritance following Optionees death and may be exercised,
during Optionees lifetime, only by Optionee.
However, Optionee may designate
one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of this option,
and this option shall, in accordance
with such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or
beneficiaries upon the Optionees death while holding this option. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take
the transferred option subject to all the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including (without limitation) the limited time period during which
this option may, pursuant to Paragraph 5, be exercised following Optionees
death.
(b) If
this option is designated a Non-Statutory Option in the Grant Notice, then this
option may be assigned in whole or in part during Optionees lifetime to one or
more members of Optionees immediate family or to a trust established for the
exclusive benefit of one or more such family members or to Optionees former
spouse, to the extent such assignment is in connection with the Optionees estate
plan or pursuant to a domestic relations order.
The assigned portion
shall be exercisable
only by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the
option pursuant to such assignment. The
terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect
for this option immediately prior to such assignment.
4. Dates of Exercise. This option shall become exercisable for the
Option Shares in one or more installments as specified in the Grant
Notice. As the option becomes
exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and the
option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the
Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5 or
6.
5. Cessation of Service. The option term specified in Paragraph 2
shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the
Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become applicable:
(a) Should
Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason (other than death,
Disability or Misconduct) while holding this option, then Optionee shall have a
period of three (3) months (commencing with the date of such cessation of
Service) during which to exercise this option, but in no event shall this option
be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.
(b) Should
Optionee die while holding this option, then the personal representative of
Optionees estate or the person or persons to whom the option is transferred
pursuant to Optionees will or the laws of inheritance shall have the right to
exercise this option. However, if
Optionee has designated one or more beneficiaries of this option, then those
persons shall have the exclusive right to exercise this option following
Optionees death. Any such right to exercise this option shall lapse, and this
option shall cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionees
death or (ii) the Expiration Date.
(c) Should
Optionee cease Service by reason of Disability while holding this option, then
Optionee shall have a period of twelve (12) months (commencing with the date of
such cessation of Service) during which to exercise this option. In no event shall this option be exercisable
at any time after the Expiration Date.
(d) During
the limited period of post-Service exercisability, this option may not be
exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of Option Shares in which
Optionee is, at the time of Optionees cessation of Service, vested pursuant to
the Vesting Schedule specified in the Grant Notice or the special vesting
acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6.
Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon
the
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Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease
to be outstanding for any vested Option Shares for which the option has not
been exercised. To the extent Optionee
is not vested in one or more Option Shares at the time of Optionees cessation
of Service, this option shall immediately terminate and cease to be outstanding
with respect to those shares.
(e) Should
Optionees Service be terminated for Misconduct or should Optionee otherwise
engage in Misconduct while this option is outstanding, then this option shall
terminate immediately and cease to remain outstanding.
6. Special Acceleration of Option.
(a) Should
any Corporate Transaction or Change in Control occur during the Optionees
period of Service, then the Option Shares at the time subject to this option
but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that this option
shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction or
Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the Option Shares as
fully-vested shares and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares
as vested shares. However, the Option
Shares shall not vest on such an accelerated
basis if and to the extent: (i) this
option is assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in the
Corporate Transaction and the Corporations repurchase rights with respect to
the unvested Option Shares are assigned to such successor corporation (or
parent thereof) or this option is otherwise continued in full force and effect
pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) this
option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the Corporation or
the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing on the unvested
Option Shares at the time of the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control (the excess of the Fair
Market Value of those Option Shares over the Exercise Price payable for such
shares) and provides for subsequent payout of that spread in accordance with
the same Vesting Schedule applicable to those unvested Option Shares as
set forth in the Grant Notice.
(b) Immediately
following the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, this option shall
terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) in the Corporate Transaction or
otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the
Change in Control transaction.
(c) If
this option is assumed in connection with a Corporate Transaction or continued
in effect following a Change in Control, then this option shall be
appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate Transaction or Change
in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction or
Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such
Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, and appropriate adjustments shall
also be made to the Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise
Price shall remain the same. To the
extent that the actual holders of the Corporations outstanding Common Stock
receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the
Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, the successor corporation
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may, in connection with the assumption of the
outstanding options under this Plan, substitute one or more shares of its own
common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid
per share of Common Stock in such Corporate Transaction or Change in Control.
(d) This
Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part
of its business or assets.
7. Adjustment in Option Shares. Should any change be made to the Common Stock
by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of
shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common
Stock as a class without the Corporations receipt of consideration,
appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total number and/or class
of securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price in order
to reflect such change and thereby preclude a dilution or enlargement of
benefits hereunder.
8. Stockholder Rights. The holder of this option shall not have any
stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person shall
have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and become the record holder
of the purchased shares.
9. Manner of Exercising Option.
(a) In
order to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option
Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other
person or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:
(i) Execute
and deliver to the Corporation a Purchase Agreement for the Option Shares for
which the option is exercised.
(ii) Pay
the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares in one or more of the
following forms:
(A) cash
or check made payable to the Corporation; or
(B) a
promissory note payable to the Corporation, but only to the extent authorized by
the Plan Administrator in accordance with Paragraph 14.
Should the Common Stock be registered
under Section 12 of the 1934 Act at the time the option is exercised, then
the Exercise Price may also be paid as follows:
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(C) in
shares of Common Stock held by Optionee (or any other person or persons
exercising the option) for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to
the Corporations earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair
Market Value on the Exercise Date; or
(D) to
the extent the option is exercised for vested Option Shares, through a special
sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person
or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable
instructions (a) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect the
immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the
sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the
aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable
Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by
the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (b) to the Corporation to
deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage
firm in order to complete the sale.
Except to the extent the sale and
remittance procedure is utilized in connection with the option exercise,
payment of the Exercise Price must accompany the Purchase Agreement delivered
to the Corporation in connection with the option exercise.
(iii) Furnish to the
Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the
option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.
(iv) Execute
and deliver to the Corporation such written representations as may be requested
by the Corporation in order for it to comply with the applicable requirements
of Federal and state securities laws.
(v) Make
appropriate arrangements with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary
employing or retaining Optionee) for the satisfaction of all Federal, state and
local income and employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the
option exercise.
(b) As
soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on
behalf of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising this option) a
certificate for the purchased Option Shares, with the appropriate legends
affixed thereto.
(c) In
no event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares.
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10. REPURCHASE RIGHTS. ALL OPTION SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE
OF THIS OPTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE CORPORATION AND ITS
ASSIGNS TO REPURCHASE THOSE SHARES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS SPECIFIED IN
THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
11. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.
(a) The
exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such
exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with
all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable
regulations of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if
applicable) on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of
such exercise and issuance.
(b) The
inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having
authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and
sale of any Common Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the Corporation
of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock
as to which such approval shall not have been obtained. The Corporation, however, shall use its best
efforts to obtain all such approvals.
12. Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise provided in
Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and
Optionee, Optionees assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and legatees
of Optionees estate.
13. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered
to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and
addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered
to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address
indicated below Optionees signature line on the Grant Notice. All notices shall be deemed effective upon
personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and
properly addressed to the party to be notified.
14. Financing. The Plan Administrator may, in its absolute
discretion and without any obligation to do so, permit Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price for the purchased Option Shares by delivering a full-recourse,
interest-bearing promissory note secured by those Option Shares. The payment schedule in effect for any
such promissory note shall be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole
discretion.
Note: If the Optionee is a consultant at the time
of exercise, then the promissory note delivered in payment of the Exercise
Price must be secured by collateral other than the purchased Option Shares.
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15. Construction. This Agreement and the option evidenced
hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects
limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan. All decisions of the Plan Administrator with
respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall
be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this option.
16. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
California without resort to that States conflict-of-laws rules.
17. Stockholder Approval. If the Option Shares covered by this
Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock
which may be issued under the Plan as last approved by the stockholders, then
this option shall be void with respect to such excess shares, unless
stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with
the provisions of the Plan.
18. Additional Terms Applicable to an Incentive Option. In the event this option is designated an
Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, the following terms and conditions shall
also apply to the grant:
(a) This
option shall cease to qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive
Option if (and to the extent) this option is exercised for one or more Option
Shares: (i) more than three (3) months after the date Optionee ceases
to be an Employee for any reason other than death or Permanent Disability or (ii) more
than twelve (12) months after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee by
reason of Permanent Disability.
(b) This
option shall not become exercisable in the calendar year in which granted if
(and to the extent) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant
Date) of the Common Stock for which this option would otherwise first become
exercisable in such calendar year would, when added to the aggregate value
(determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of the Common Stock
and any other securities for which one or more other Incentive Options granted
to Optionee prior to the Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option
plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable
during the same calendar year, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000)
in the aggregate. To the extent the
exercisability of this option is deferred by reason of the foregoing
limitation, the deferred portion shall become exercisable in the first calendar
year or years thereafter in which the One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000)
limitation of this Paragraph 18(b) would not be contravened, but such
deferral shall in all events end immediately prior to the effective date of a
Corporate Transaction or Change in Control in which this option is not to be
assumed or continued in effect, whereupon the option shall become immediately
exercisable as a Non-Statutory Option for the deferred portion of the Option
Shares.
(c) Should
Optionee hold, in addition to this option, one or more other options to
purchase Common Stock which become exercisable for the first time in the same
calendar year as this option, then the foregoing limitations on the
exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be applied on the
basis of the order in which such options are granted.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the
Agreement:
A. Agreement shall mean this Stock
Option Agreement.
B. Board shall mean the Corporations
Board of Directors.
C. Change in Control
shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through
any of the following transactions:
(i) the
acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons
(other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation), of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13-d3 of the 1934 Act) of
securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined
voting power of the Corporations outstanding securities pursuant to a tender
or exchange offer made directly to the Corporations stockholders, or
(ii) a
change in the composition of the Board over a period of thirty-six (36)
consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members cease, by
reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised
of individuals who either (A) have been Board members during such period
or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during
such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who
were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or
nomination.
In no event shall any public offering of the
Corporations securities be deemed to constitute a Change in Control.
D. Code shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
E. Common Stock shall mean the
Corporations common stock.
F. Corporate Transaction shall mean
either of the following stockholder-approved transactions to which the
Corporation is a party:
(i) a
merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporations outstanding
securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons
holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction, or
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(ii) the
sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
Corporations assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
G. Corporation shall mean Iteris, Inc.,
a California corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially
all of the assets or voting stock of Iteris, Inc. which shall be
appropriate action assume this option.
H. Disability shall mean the inability
of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is expected to
result in death or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of twelve (12) months or more.
I. Employee shall mean an individual
who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject
to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be
performed and the manner and method of performance.
J. Exercise Date shall mean the date
on which the option shall have been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 9 of
the Agreement.
K. Exercise Price shall mean the
exercise price payable per Option Share as specified in the Grant Notice.
L. Expiration Date shall mean the date
on which the option expires as specified in the Grant Notice.
M. Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the
following provisions:
(i) If
the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the
Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock
on the date in question, as the price is reported by the National Association
of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market and published in The
Wall Street Journal. If there is no
closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the
Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date
for which such quotation exists.
(ii) If
the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair
Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on
the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator
to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially
quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange and published in The
Wall Street Journal. If there is no
closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the
Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date
for which such quotation exists.
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(iii) If
the Common Stock is at the time neither listed on any Stock Exchange nor traded
on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined
by the Plan Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Plan
Administrator shall deem appropriate.
N. Grant Date shall mean the date of
grant of the option as specified in the Grant Notice.
O. Grant Notice shall mean the Notice
of Grant of Stock Option accompanying the Agreement, pursuant to which Optionee
has been informed of the basic terms of the option evidenced hereby.
P. Incentive Option shall mean an
option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.
Q. Misconduct shall mean the
commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized
use or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of
the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional
misconduct by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not in any way
preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary)
to discharge or dismiss any Optionee, Participant or other person in the
Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or
omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes
of the Plan or this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for
Misconduct.
R. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
S. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an
option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.
T. Option Shares shall mean the number
of shares of Common Stock subject to the option.
U. Optionee shall mean the person to
whom the option is granted as specified in the Grant Notice.
V. Parent shall mean any corporation
(other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with
the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than
the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
W. Plan shall mean the Corporations
1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
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X. Plan Administrator shall mean
either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as
administrator of the Plan.
Y. Purchase Agreement shall mean the
stock purchase agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit B to the
Grant Notice.
Z. Service shall mean the Optionees
performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in
the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or
an independent consultant.
AA. Stock Exchange shall mean the
American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
BB. Subsidiary shall mean any
corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations
beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last
corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination,
stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
CC. Vesting Schedule shall mean
the vesting schedule specified in the Grant Notice pursuant to which the
Optionee is to vest in the Option Shares in a series of installments over his
or her period of Service.
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INSTALLMENT
OPTION
ITERIS, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
RECITALS
A. The Board has adopted the Plan for
the purpose of retaining the services of selected Employees, non-employee
members of the Board or of the board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary
and consultants and other independent advisors who provide services to the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. Optionee is to render valuable
services to the Corporation (or a Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is
executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in
connection with the Corporations grant of an option to Optionee.
C. All capitalized terms in this
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix.
NOW,
THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Grant of
Option. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as
of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares
specified in the Grant Notice. The
Option Shares shall be purchasable from time to time during the option term
specified in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.
2. Option
Term. This option shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years
measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at the close of
business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with
Paragraph 5 or 6.
3. Limited
Transferability. This option shall be neither transferable nor
assignable by Optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution following Optionees death and may be exercised, during Optionees
lifetime, only by Optionee. However, if
this option is designated a Nonstatutory Option in the Grant Notice, then this
option may, in connection with the Optionees estate plan, be assigned in whole
or in part during Optionees lifetime to one or more members of the Optionees
immediate family or to a trust established for the exclusive benefit of one or
more such family members. The assigned
portion shall be exercisable only by the person or persons who acquire a
proprietary interest in the option pursuant to such assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion
shall be the same as those in effect for this option immediately prior to such
assignment.
4. Dates of
Exercise. This option shall become exercisable for the
Option Shares in one or more installments as specified in the Grant
Notice. As the option becomes
exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and the
option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the
Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5 or
6.
5. Cessation
of Service. The option term specified in Paragraph 2
shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the
Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become applicable:
(a) Should Optionee cease to remain in
Service for any reason (other than death, Permanent Disability or Misconduct)
while this option is outstanding, then the period for which this options shall
remain exercisable shall be limited to a period of three (3) months
commencing with the date of such cessation of Service, but in no event shall
this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.
(b) Should Optionee die while holding
this option, then the personal representative of Optionees estate or the
person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to Optionees will
or in accordance with the laws of inheritance shall have the right to exercise
this option. Such right shall lapse, and
this option shall cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionees
death or (ii) the Expiration Date.
(c) Should Optionee cease Service by
reason of Permanent Disability while this option is outstanding, then the
period for exercising this option shall be limited to a period of twelve (12)
months commencing with the date of such cessation of Service. In no event, however, shall this option be
exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.
(d) During the limited period of
post-Service exercisability, this option may not be exercised in the aggregate
for more than the number of Option Shares for which the option is exercisable
at the time of Optionees cessation of Service.
Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon
the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding
for any exercisable Option Shares for which the option has not been
exercised. However, this option shall,
immediately upon Optionees cessation of Service for any reason, terminate and
cease to be outstanding with respect to any Option Shares for which this option
is not otherwise at that time exercisable.
(e) Should Optionees Service be
terminated for Misconduct, then this option shall terminate immediately and
cease to remain outstanding.
6. Special
Acceleration of Option. In the event
of any Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, the Option Shares at the
time subject to this option but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest
in full so that this option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of
the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, become exercisable for all of
the Option Shares as fully-vested shares and may be exercised for any or all of
those Option Shares as vested shares.
7. Adjustment
to Option Shares. Should any change be made
to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change
affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class
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without the Corporations receipt of
consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total
number and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the
Exercise Price in order to reflect such change and thereby preclude a dilution
or enlargement of benefits hereunder.
8. Shareholder
Rights. The holder of this option shall not have any
shareholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person shall
have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and become the recordholder
of the purchased shares.
9. Manner of
Exercising Option.
(a) In
order to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option
Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other
person or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:
(i) Execute
and deliver to the Corporation a Notice of Exercise for the Option Shares for
which the option is exercised. However,
if the option is exercised prior to the Section 12 Registration Date, then
a Purchase Agreement for the Option Shares for which the option is exercised
must also be executed and delivered to the Corporation.
(ii) Pay
the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares in one or more of the
following forms:
(A) cash
or check made payable to the Corporation;
(B) a promissory note payable to the Corporation, but only to
the extent authorized by the Plan Administrator in accordance with Paragraph
13;
Should the Common Stock be registered under Section 12
Registration Date, the Exercise Price may also be paid as follows:
(C) in
shares of Common Stock held by Optionee (or any other person or persons
exercising the option) for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to
the Corporations earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair
Market Value on the Exercise Date; or
(D) through
a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any
other person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide
irrevocable instructions (a) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to
effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation,
out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to
cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all
applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be
withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (b) to the
Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to
such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure
is utilized in connection with the option exercise, payment of the Exercise
Price must accompany the Notice of Exercise (or Purchase Agreement) delivered
to the Corporation in connection with the option exercise.
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(iii) Furnish to the
Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the
option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.
(iv) Make
appropriate arrangements with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary
employing or retaining Optionee) for the satisfaction of all Federal, state and
local income and employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the
option exercise.
(b) As
soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on
behalf of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising this option) a
certificate for the purchased Option Shares, with the appropriate legends
affixed thereto.
(c) In
no event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares.
10. Compliance
with Laws and Regulations.
(a) The
exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such
exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with
all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable
regulations of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if
applicable) on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of
such exercise and issuance.
(b) The
inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having
authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and
sale of any Common Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the Corporation
of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock
as to which such approval shall not have been obtained. The Corporation, however, shall use its best
efforts to obtain all such approvals.
11. Successors
and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise provided in
Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and
Optionee, Optionees assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and legatees
of Optionees estate.
12. Notices.
Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under
the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the
Corporation at its principal corporate offices.
Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in
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writing and addressed to Optionee at the
address indicated below Optionees signature line on the Grant Notice. All notices shall be deemed effective upon
personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and
properly addressed to the party to be notified.
13. Financing.
The Plan Administrator may, in its absolute discretion and without any
obligation to do so, permit Optionee to pay the Exercise Price for the
purchased Option Shares by delivering a full-recourse, interest-bearing
promissory note secured by those Option Shares.
The payment schedule in effect for any such promissory note shall
be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion.
14. Construction.
This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant
to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the
Plan. All decisions of the Plan
Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or
this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an
interest in this option.
15. Governing
Law. The interpretation, performance and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
California without resort to that States conflict-of-laws rules.
16. Excess
Shares. If the Option Shares covered by this
Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock
which may without shareholder approval be issued under the Plan, then this
option shall be void with respect to those excess shares, unless shareholder
approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan.
17. Additional
Terms Applicable to an Incentive Option. In the event
this option is designated an Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, the
following terms and conditions shall also apply to the grant:
(a) This option shall cease to qualify
for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to the extent) this
option is exercised for one or more Option Shares: (A) more than three (3) months
after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee for any reason other than
death or Permanent Disability or (B) more than twelve (12) months after
the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee by reason of Permanent Disability.
(b) No installment under this option
shall qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to the
extent) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant Date) of the
Common Stock for which such installment first becomes exercisable hereunder
would, when added to the aggregate value (determined as of the respective date
or dates of grant) of the Common Stock or other securities for which this
option or any other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior to the Grant
Date (whether under the Plan or any other option plan of the Corporation or any
Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable during the same calendar year,
exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate. Should such One Hundred Thousand Dollar
($100,000) limitation be exceeded in any calendar year, this option shall
nevertheless become exercisable for the excess shares in such calendar year as
a Nonstatutory Option.
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(c) Should the exercisability of this
option be accelerated upon a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, then
this option shall qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option
only to the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant
Date) of the Common Stock for which this option first becomes exercisable in
the calendar year in which the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control
occurs does not, when added to the aggregate value (determined as of the respective
date or dates of grant) of the Common Stock or other securities for which this
option or one or more other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior to the
Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option plan of the Corporation
or any Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable during the same calendar
year, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate. Should the applicable One Hundred Thousand
Dollar ($100,000) limitation be exceeded in the calendar year of such Corporate
Transaction or Change in Control, the option may nevertheless be exercised for
the excess shares in such calendar year as a Nonstatutory Option.
(d) Should Optionee hold, in addition to
this option, one or more other options to purchase Common Stock which become
exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year as this option, then
the foregoing limitations on the exercisability of such options as Incentive
Options shall be applied on the basis of the order in which such options are
granted.
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EXHIBIT I
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
I hereby notify Iteris, Inc. (the Corporation)
that I elect to purchase shares
of the Corporations Common Stock (the Purchased Shares) at the option exercise
price of $ per
share (the Exercise Price) pursuant to that certain option (the Option)
granted to me under the Corporations 1998 Stock Incentive Plan on ,
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Concurrently with the delivery of this Exercise Notice
to the Corporation, I shall hereby pay to the Corporation the Exercise Price
for the Purchased Shares in accordance with the provisions of my agreement with
the Corporation (or other documents) evidencing the Option and shall deliver whatever
additional documents may be required by such agreement as a condition for
exercise. If the Option is exercised
after the date the shares of Common Stock are first registered under Section 12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, I may also utilize the special
broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure as specified in my agreement to
effect payment of the Exercise Price.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the
Agreement:
A. Agreement shall mean this Stock Option
Agreement.
B. Board shall mean the Corporations Board
of Directors.
C. Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or
control of the Corporation effected through any of the
following transactions:
(i) a stockholder-approved merger or
consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of
the total combined voting power of the Corporations outstanding securities are
transferred to a person or persons different from the persons holding those
securities immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) a stockholder-approved sale, transfer
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets in
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or
(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly,
by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a
person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, the Corporation), of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13-d3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more than
fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporations
outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to
the Corporations stockholders.
In no event shall any public offering of the
Corporations securities be deemed to constitute a Change in Control.
D. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
E. Common
Stock
shall mean shares of the Corporations common stock.
F. Corporate
Transaction
shall mean either of the following shareholder-approved transactions to which
the Corporation is a party:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which
securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined
voting power of the Corporations outstanding securities are transferred to a
person or persons different from the persons holding those securities
immediately prior to such transaction, or
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(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets in complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Corporation.
G. Corporation shall mean Iteris, Inc., a
California corporation, and any successor corporation
to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Iteris, Inc.
which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.
H. Employee shall mean an individual who is in
the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the
control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be
performed and the manner and method of performance.
I. Exercise
Date
shall mean the date on which the option shall have been exercised in accordance
with Paragraph 9 of the Agreement.
J. Exercise
Price
shall mean the exercise price per Option Share as specified in the Grant
Notice.
K. Expiration
Date
shall mean the date on which the option expires as specified in the Grant
Notice.
L. Fair
Market Value
per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance
with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time
traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be
deemed equal to the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date
in question, as the price is reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market. If there is no closing selling price for
the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be
the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation
exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time
listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be deemed equal
to the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question
on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary
market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the
composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the
Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the
closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation
exists.
(iii) If the Common Stock is at the time
neither listed on any Stock Exchange nor traded on the Nasdaq National Market,
then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after
taking into account such factors as the Plan Administrator shall deem
appropriate.
M. Grant
Date
shall mean the date of grant of the option as specified in the Grant Notice.
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N. Grant
Notice
shall mean the Notice of Grant of Stock Option accompanying the Agreement,
pursuant to which Optionee has been informed of the basic terms of the option
evidenced hereby.
O. Incentive
Option shall
mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.
P. Misconduct shall mean the commission of any
act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or
disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct
by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or
any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner.
The foregoing definition shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the
acts or omissions which the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) may
consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of Optionee or any other individual in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent
or Subsidiary).
Q. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
R. Nonstatutory
Option
shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.
S. Notice of
Exercise
shall mean the notice of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
T. Option
Shares
shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option as
specified in the Grant Notice.
U. Optionee shall mean the person to whom the
option is granted as specified in the Grant Notice.
V. Parent shall mean any corporation (other
than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the
Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the
Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
W. Permanent
Disability
shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
which is expected to result in death or has lasted or can be expected to last
for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or more.
X. Plan shall mean the Corporations 1998
Stock Incentive Plan.
Y. Plan
Administrator
shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity
as administrator of the Plan.
Z. Purchase
Agreement
shall mean the stock purchase agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit B
to the Grant Notice.
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AA. Section 12
Registration Date shall mean the date on which the Common Stock is
first registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act.
BB. Service shall mean the Optionees
performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in
the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or
a consultant or independent advisor.
CC. Stock
Exchange
shall mean the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
DD. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other
than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the
Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the
unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
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ITERIS, INC.
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made
this ____ day of _________________________ 200__, by and between Iteris, Inc.,
a California corporation, and _________________, Optionee under the Corporations
1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
All capitalized terms in
this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Agreement or in
the attached Appendix.
A. EXERCISE OF OPTION
1. Exercise.
Optionee hereby purchases ____________________ shares of Common Stock
(the Purchased Shares) pursuant to that certain option (the Option) granted
Optionee on ____________________ (the Grant Date) to purchase up to ________
shares of Common Stock (the Option Shares) under the Plan at the exercise
price of $__________ per share (the Exercise Price).
2. Payment.
Concurrently with the delivery of this Agreement to the Corporation,
Optionee shall pay the Exercise Price for the Purchased Shares in accordance
with the provisions of the Option Agreement and shall deliver whatever
additional documents may be required by the Option Agreement as a condition for
exercise, together with a duly-executed blank Assignment Separate from
Certificate (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I) with respect to the
Purchased Shares.
3. Shareholder
Rights. Until such time as the Corporation exercises
the First Refusal Right, Optionee (or any successor in interest) shall have all
the rights of a shareholder (including voting, dividend and liquidation rights)
with respect to the Purchased Shares, subject, however, to the transfer
restrictions of Articles B and C.
B. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE
1. Restricted
Securities. The Purchased Shares have not been registered
under the 1933 Act and are being issued to Optionee in reliance upon the
exemption from such registration provided by SEC Rule 701 for stock
issuances under compensatory benefit plans such as the Plan. Optionee hereby confirms that Optionee has
been informed that the Purchased Shares are restricted securities under the
1933 Act and may not be resold or transferred unless the Purchased Shares are
first registered under the Federal securities laws or unless an exemption from
such registration is available.
Accordingly, Optionee hereby acknowledges that Optionee is prepared to
hold the Purchased Shares for an indefinite period and that Optionee is aware
that SEC Rule 144 issued under the 1933 Act which exempts certain resales
of unrestricted securities is not presently available to exempt the resale of
the Purchased Shares from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.
2. Restrictions
on Disposition of Purchased Shares. Optionee
shall make no disposition of the Purchased Shares (other than a Permitted
Transfer) unless and until there is compliance with all of the following
requirements:
(i) Optionee
shall have provided the Corporation with a written summary of the terms and
conditions of the proposed disposition.
(ii) Optionee
shall have complied with all requirements of this Agreement applicable to the
disposition of the Purchased Shares.
(iii) Optionee shall have
provided the Corporation with written assurances, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Corporation, that (a) the proposed disposition does
not require registration of the Purchased Shares under the 1933 Act or (b) all
appropriate action necessary for compliance with the registration requirements
of the 1933 Act or any exemption from registration available under the 1933 Act
(including Rule 144) has been taken.
The Corporation shall not
be required (i) to transfer on its books any Purchased Shares which have
been sold or transferred in violation of the provisions of this Agreement or
(ii) to treat as the owner of the Purchased Shares, or otherwise to accord
voting, dividend or liquidation rights to, any transferee to whom the Purchased
Shares have been transferred in contravention of this Agreement.
3. Restrictive
Legends. The stock certificates for the Purchased
Shares shall be endorsed with one or more of the following restrictive legends:
The shares represented
by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933. The shares may not be sold or
offered for sale in the absence of (a) an effective registration statement
for the shares under such Act, (b) a no action letter of the Securities
and Exchange Commission with respect to such sale or offer or (c) satisfactory
assurances to the Corporation that registration under such Act is not required
with respect to such sale or offer.
The shares represented
by this certificate are subject to certain repurchase rights and rights of
first refusal granted to the Corporation and accordingly may not be sold,
assigned, transferred, encumbered, or in any manner disposed of except in
conformity with the terms of a written agreement dated ,
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of the shares (or the predecessor in interest to the shares). A copy of such agreement is maintained at the
Corporations principal corporate offices.
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C. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
1. Restriction
on Transfer. Except for any Permitted Transfer, Optionee
shall not transfer, assign, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of the
Purchased Shares which are subject to the First Refusal Right or the Market
Stand-Off.
2. Transferee
Obligations. Each person (other than the Corporation) to
whom the Purchased Shares are transferred by means of a Permitted Transfer
must, as a condition precedent to the validity of such transfer, acknowledge in
writing to the Corporation that such person is bound by the provisions of this
Agreement and that the transferred shares are subject to the First Refusal
Right and the Market Stand-Off, to the same extent such shares would be so
subject if retained by Optionee.
3. Market
Stand-Off.
(a) In connection with any underwritten
public offering by the Corporation of its equity securities pursuant to an
effective registration statement filed under the 1933 Act, including the
Corporations initial public offering, Owner shall not sell, make any short
sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option for the purchase of, or
otherwise dispose or transfer for value or otherwise agree to engage in any of
the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Purchased Shares without the
prior written consent of the Corporation or its underwriters. Such restriction (the Market Stand-Off)
shall be in effect for such period of time from and after the effective date of
the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Corporation or
such underwriters. In no event, however,
shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days and the Market Stand-Off
shall in all events terminate two (2) years after the effective date of
the Corporations initial public offering.
(b) Owner shall be subject to the Market
Stand-Off provided and only if the officers and directors of the
Corporation are also subject to similar restrictions.
(c) Any new, substituted or additional
securities which are by reason of any Recapitalization or Reorganization
distributed with respect to the Purchased Shares shall be immediately subject
to the Market Stand-Off, to the same extent the Purchased Shares are at such
time covered by such provisions.
(d) In order to enforce the Market
Stand-Off, the Corporation may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect
to the Purchased Shares until the end of the applicable stand-off period.
D. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
1. Grant.
The Corporation is hereby granted the right of first refusal (the First
Refusal Right), exercisable in connection with any proposed transfer of the
Purchased Shares. For purposes of this Article D,
the term transfer shall include any sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or
other disposition of the Purchased Shares intended to be made by Owner, but
shall not include any Permitted Transfer.
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2. Notice of
Intended Disposition. In the event
any Owner of Purchased Shares desires to accept a bona fide third-party offer
for the transfer of any or all of such shares (the Purchased Shares subject to
such offer to be hereinafter referred to as the Target Shares), Owner shall
promptly (i) deliver to the Corporation written notice (the Disposition
Notice) of the terms of the offer, including the purchase price and the
identity of the third-party offeror, and (ii) provide satisfactory proof
that the disposition of the Target Shares to such third-party offeror would not
be in contravention of the provisions set forth in Articles B and C.
3. Exercise
of the First Refusal Right. The
Corporation shall, for a period of twenty-five (25) days following receipt of
the Disposition Notice, have the right to repurchase any or all of the Target
Shares subject to the Disposition Notice upon the same terms as those specified
therein or upon such other terms (not materially different from those specified
in the Disposition Notice) to which Owner consents. Such right shall be exercisable by delivery
of written notice (the Exercise Notice) to Owner prior to the expiration of the
twenty-five (25)-day exercise period. If
such right is exercised with respect to all the Target Shares, then the
Corporation shall effect the repurchase of such shares, including payment of
the purchase price, not more than five (5) business days after delivery of
the Exercise Notice; and at such time the certificates representing the Target
Shares shall be delivered to the Corporation.
Should the purchase price
specified in the Disposition Notice be payable in property other than cash or
evidences of indebtedness, the Corporation shall have the right to pay the
purchase price in the form of cash equal in amount to the value of such
property. If Owner and the Corporation
cannot agree on such cash value within ten (10) days after the Corporations
receipt of the Disposition Notice, the valuation shall be made by an appraiser
of recognized standing selected by Owner and the Corporation or, if they cannot
agree on an appraiser within twenty (20) days after the Corporations receipt
of the Disposition Notice, each shall select an appraiser of recognized
standing and the two (2) appraisers shall designate a third appraiser of
recognized standing, whose appraisal shall be determinative of such value. The cost of such appraisal shall be shared
equally by Owner and the Corporation.
The closing shall then be held on the later of (i) the fifth
(5th) business day following delivery of the Exercise Notice or (ii) the
fifth (5th) business day after such valuation shall have been made.
4. Non-Exercise
of the First Refusal Right. In the event
the Exercise Notice is not given to Owner prior to the expiration of the
twenty-five (25)-day exercise period, Owner shall have a period of thirty (30)
days thereafter in which to sell or otherwise dispose of the Target Shares to
the third-party offeror identified in the Disposition Notice upon terms
(including the purchase price) no more favorable to such third-party offeror
than those specified in the Disposition Notice; provided, however, that
any such sale or disposition must not be effected in contravention of the
provisions of Articles B and C. The
third-party offeror shall acquire the Target Shares free and clear of the First
Refusal Right, but the acquired shares shall remain subject to the provisions
of Article B and Paragraph C.3.
In the event Owner does not effect such sale or disposition of the
Target Shares within the specified thirty (30)-day period, the First Refusal
Right shall continue to be applicable to any subsequent disposition of the
Target Shares by Owner until such right lapses.
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5. Partial
Exercise of the First Refusal Right. In the event
the Corporation makes a timely exercise of the First Refusal Right with respect
to a portion, but not all, of the Target Shares specified in the Disposition
Notice, Owner shall have the option, exercisable by written notice to the
Corporation delivered within five (5) business days after Owners receipt
of the Exercise Notice, to effect the sale of the Target Shares pursuant to
either of the following alternatives:
(i) sale
or other disposition of all the Target Shares to the third-party offeror
identified in the Disposition Notice, but in full compliance with the
requirements of Paragraph D.4, as if the Corporation did not exercise the
First Refusal Right; or
(ii) sale
to the Corporation of the portion of the Target Shares which the Corporation
has elected to purchase, such sale to be effected in substantial conformity
with the provisions of Paragraph D.3.
The First Refusal Right shall continue to be applicable to any
subsequent disposition of the remaining Target Shares until such right lapses.
Owners failure to
deliver timely notification to the Corporation shall be deemed to be an
election by Owner to sell the Target Shares pursuant to alternative (i) above.
6. Recapitalization/Reorganization.
(a) Any new, substituted or additional
securities or other property which is by reason of any Recapitalization
distributed with respect to the Purchased Shares shall be immediately subject
to the First Refusal Right, but only to the extent the Purchased Shares are at
the time covered by such right.
(b) In the event of a Reorganization,
the First Refusal Right shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply
to the new capital stock or other property received in exchange for the
Purchased Shares in consummation of the Reorganization, but only to the extent
the Purchased Shares are at the time covered by such right.
7. Lapse.
The First Refusal Right shall lapse upon the earliest to occur of
(i) the first date on which shares of the Common Stock are held of record
by more than five hundred (500) persons, (ii) a determination is made by
the Board that a public market exists for the outstanding shares of Common
Stock or (iii) a firm commitment underwritten public offering, pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, covering the offer and
sale of the Common Stock in the aggregate amount of at least ten million
dollars ($10,000,000). However, the Market
Stand-Off shall continue to remain in full force and effect following the lapse
of the First Refusal Right.
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E. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Assignment.
The Corporation may assign the First Refusal Right to any person or
entity selected by the Board, including (without limitation) one or more
shareholders of the Corporation.
2. No
Employment or Service Contract. Nothing in
this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Optionee any right to continue
in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise
restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary
employing or retaining Optionee) or of Optionee, which rights are hereby
expressly reserved by each, to terminate Optionees Service at any time for any
reason, with or without cause.
3. Notices.
Any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the
U.S. mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid and properly addressed to
the party entitled to such notice at the address indicated below such partys
signature line on this Agreement or at such other address as such party may
designate by ten (10) days advance written notice under this paragraph to
all other parties to this Agreement.
4. No Waiver.
The failure of the Corporation in any instance to exercise the First
Refusal Right shall not constitute a waiver of any other rights of first
refusal that may subsequently arise under the provisions of this Agreement or
any other agreement between the Corporation and Optionee. No waiver of any breach or condition of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or
condition, whether of like or different nature.
5. Cancellation
of Shares. If the Corporation shall make available, at
the time and place and in the amount and form provided in this Agreement, the
consideration for the Purchased Shares to be repurchased in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, then from and after such time, the person from
whom such shares are to be repurchased shall no longer have any rights as a
holder of such shares (other than the right to receive payment of such
consideration in accordance with this Agreement). Such shares shall be deemed purchased in
accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, and the Corporation shall be
deemed the owner and holder of such shares, whether or not the certificates
therefor have been delivered as required by this Agreement.
F. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
1. Optionee
Undertaking. Optionee hereby agrees to take whatever
additional action and execute whatever additional documents the Corporation may
deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the
obligations or restrictions imposed on either Optionee or the Purchased Shares
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
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2. Agreement
is Entire Contract. This
Agreement constitutes the entire contract between the parties hereto with
regard to the subject matter hereof.
This Agreement is made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and shall
in all respects be construed in conformity with the terms of the Plan.
3. Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without
resort to that States conflict-of-laws rules.
4. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
5. Successors
and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and
assigns and upon Optionee, Optionees permitted assigns and the legal
representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionees estate, whether or not any
such person shall have become a party to this Agreement and have agreed in
writing to join herein and be bound by the terms hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties have executed this Agreement on the day and year first indicated
above.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions
shall be in effect under the Agreement:
A. Agreement shall mean this Stock
Purchase Agreement.
B. Board shall mean the Corporations
Board of Directors.
C. Code shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
D. Common Stock shall mean the
Corporations common stock.
E. Corporation shall mean Iteris, Inc.,
a California corporation, and its successors.
F. Disposition Notice shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph D.2.
G. Exercise Notice shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph D.3.
H. Exercise Price shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1.
I. Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock on any relevant date, prior to the initial public offering of the
Common Stock, shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after taking into
account such factors as it shall deem appropriate.
J. First Refusal Right shall mean the
right granted to the Corporation in accordance with Article E.
K. Grant Date shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1.
L. Grant Notice shall mean the Notice
of Grant of Stock Option pursuant to which Optionee has been informed of the
basic terms of the Option.
M. Incentive Option shall mean an
option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.
N. Market Stand-Off shall mean the
market stand-off restriction specified in Paragraph C.3.
O. 1933 Act shall mean the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
P. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Q. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an
option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.
R. Option shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1.
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S. Option Agreement shall mean all
agreements and other documents evidencing the Option.
T. Optionee shall mean the person to
whom the Option is granted under the Plan.
U. Owner shall mean Optionee and all
subsequent holders of the Purchased Shares who derive their chain of ownership
through a Permitted Transfer from Optionee.
V. Parent shall mean any corporation
(other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with
the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than
the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
W. Permitted Transfer shall mean (i) a
gratuitous transfer of the Purchased Shares, provided and only if Optionee
obtains the Corporations prior written consent to such transfer, (ii) a
transfer of title to the Purchased Shares effected pursuant to Optionees will
or the laws of intestate succession following Optionees death or (iii) a
transfer to the Corporation in pledge as security for any purchase-money
indebtedness incurred by Optionee in connection with the acquisition of the
Purchased Shares.
X. Plan shall mean the Corporations
1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
Y. Plan Administrator shall mean
either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as
administrator of the Plan.
Z. Prior Purchase Agreement shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph D.4.
AA. Purchased Shares shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1.
BB. Recapitalization shall mean any
stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange
of shares or other change affecting the Corporations outstanding Common Stock
as a class without the Corporations receipt of consideration.
CC. Reorganization shall mean any of
the following transactions:
(i) a
merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is not the surviving entity,
(ii) a
sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
Corporations assets,
(iii) a reverse merger in
which the Corporation is the surviving entity but in which the Corporations
outstanding voting securities are transferred in
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whole or in part to a person or persons different from the persons
holding those securities immediately prior to the merger, or
(iv) any
transaction effected primarily to change the state in which the Corporation is
incorporated or to create a holding company structure.
DD. SEC shall mean the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
EE. Service shall mean the Optionees
performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in
the capacity of an employee, subject to the control and direction of the
employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method
of performance, a non-employee member of the board of directors or an
independent consultant.
FF. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation
(other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning
with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last
corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination,
stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
GG. Target Shares shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph D.2.
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Exhibit 99.3
INSTALLMENT
OPTION
ADDENDUM
TO
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
The following provisions are hereby incorporated into,
and are hereby made a part of, that certain Stock Option Agreement (the Option
Agreement) by and between Iteris, Inc. (the Corporation) and (Optionee)
evidencing the stock option (the Option) granted on ,
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Incentive Plan, and such provisions shall be effective immediately. All capitalized terms in this Addendum, to
the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Option Agreement.
INVOLUNTARY
TERMINATION FOLLOWING
CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL
1. To the extent the Option is, in
connection with a Corporate Transaction, to be assumed in accordance with
Paragraph 6 of the Option Agreement, the Option shall not accelerate upon the
occurrence of that Corporate Transaction, and the Option shall accordingly continue,
over Optionees period of Service after the Corporate Transaction, to become
exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments in accordance
with the provisions of the Option Agreement.
However, immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionees
Service within eighteen (18) months following such Corporate Transaction, the
assumed Option, to the extent outstanding at the time but not otherwise fully
exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that the Option shall become
immediately exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to the
Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully
vested shares.
2. The Option shall not accelerate upon
the occurrence of a Change in Control, and the Option shall, over Optionees
period of Service following such Change in Control, continue to become
exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments in accordance
with the provisions of the Option Agreement.
However, immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionees
Service within eighteen (18) months following the Change in Control, the
Option, to the extent outstanding at the time but not otherwise fully
exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that the Option shall become
immediately exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to the
Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully
vested shares.
3. The Option as accelerated under
Paragraph 1 or 2 shall remain so exercisable until the earlier of (i) the
Expiration Date or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured
from the date of the Optionees Involuntary Termination.
4. For purposes of this Addendum the
following definitions shall be in effect:
(i) An Involuntary
Termination shall mean the termination of Optionees Service by
reason of:
(A) Optionees
involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than
Misconduct, or
(B) Optionees
voluntary resignation following (A) a change in Optionees position with
the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing Optionee) which materially
reduces Optionees duties and responsibilities or the level of management to
which Optionee reports, (B) a reduction in Optionees level of
compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits and target bonus under any
corporate performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than fifteen
percent (15%) or (C) a relocation of Optionees place of employment by
more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such change, reduction or
relocation is effected by the Corporation without Optionees consent.
(ii) A Change in Control shall be deemed
to occur in the event of a change in ownership or control of the Corporation
effected through either of the following transactions:
(A) the
acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons
(other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation) of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of
securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined
voting power of the Corporations outstanding securities pursuant to a tender
or exchange offer made directly to the Corporations stockholders, or
(B) a
change in the composition of the Board over a period of thirty-six (36)
consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by
reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised
of individuals who either (i) have been Board members continuously since
the beginning of such period or (ii) have been elected or nominated for
election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the
Board members described in clause (i) who were still in office at the time
the Board approved such election or nomination.
5. The provisions of Paragraph 1 of
this Addendum shall govern the period for which the Option is to remain
exercisable following the Involuntary Termination of Optionees Service within
eighteen (18) months after the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control and
shall supersede any provisions to the contrary in Paragraph 5 of the Option
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Iteris, Inc.
has caused this Addendum to be executed by its duly-authorized officer as of
the Effective Date specified below.
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Exhibit 99.4
CENTRO CORPORATION
NOTICE OF GRANT OF STOCK OPTION
Notice is
hereby given of the following option grant (the Option) to purchase shares of
the Common Stock of Centro Corporation (the Corporation):
Optionee:
Grant
Date:
Vesting
Commencement Date:
Exercise
Price: $ per
share
Number
of Option Shares: shares
Expiration
Date: 09/30/07
Type
of Option: Non-Statutory Stock Option
Exercise
Schedule: The Option shall become exercisable for the
Option Shares in a series of four (4) successive equal annual installments
upon Optionees completion of each year of Service over the four (4) year
period measured from the Vesting Commencement Date. In no event shall the
Option become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionees
cessation of Service.
Optionee
agrees to be bound by the terms of the Option as set forth in the Stock Option
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A. Optionee understands that any
Option Shares purchased under the Option will be subject to the terms set forth
in the Stock Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B.
No
Employment or Service Contract. Nothing in this Notice shall confer
upon Optionee any right to continue in Service for any period of specific
duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) or of
Optionee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate
Optionees Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.
Definitions. All capitalized
terms in this Notice shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or
in the attached Stock Option Agreement.
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OPTIONEE
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ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit A
Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit B
Stock Purchase Agreement
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Schedule of
1997 Stock Option Agreements
Optionee
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Grant Date
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Vesting Period
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Exercise Price
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Option Shares
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Gregory
McKhann
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09/30/97
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48
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$
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0.53
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37,500
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Thomas
Bartholet
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09/30/97
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48
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74,998
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Gary
Smith
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09/30/97
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48
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0.53
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74,998
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Richard
Crawshaw
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09/30/97
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48
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0.53
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112,496
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Francis
Memole
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09/30/97
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48
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0.53
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112,496
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James
Barbaresso
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09/30/97
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48
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0.53
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93,746
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Cliff
Heise
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09/30/97
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48
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0.53
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93,746
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Richard
Hooper
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09/30/97
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48
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0.53
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93,746
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Stephen
Rowe
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09/30/97
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48
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John
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STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
RECITALS
A. The
Board has adopted the Plan for the purpose of retaining the services of
selected Employees, non-employee members of the Board or of the board of
directors of any Parent or Subsidiary and consultants and other independent
advisors who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. Optionee
is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or a Parent or Subsidiary),
and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the
purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporations grant of an option
to Optionee.
C. All
capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in
the attached Appendix.
NOW,
THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Grant of Option. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as
of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares
specified in the Grant Notice. The Option
Shares shall be purchasable from time to time during the option term specified
in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.
2. Option Term. This option shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years
measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at the close of
business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with
Paragraph 5 or 6.
3. Limited Transferability. This option shall be neither transferable nor
assignable by Optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution following Optionees death and may be exercised, during Optionees
lifetime, only by Optionee. However, if
this option is designated a Nonstatutory Option in the Grant Notice, then this
option may, in connection with the Optionees estate plan, be assigned in whole
or in part during Optionees lifetime to one or more members of the Optionees
immediate family or to a trust established for the exclusive benefit of one or
more such family members. The assigned
portion shall be exercisable only by the person or persons who acquire a
proprietary interest in the option pursuant to such assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion
shall be the same as those in effect for this option immediately prior to such
assignment.
4. Dates of Exercise. This option shall become exercisable for the
Option Shares in one or more installments as specified in the Grant
Notice. As the option becomes
exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and the
option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the
Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5
or 6.
5. Cessation of Service. The option term specified in Paragraph 2
shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the
Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become applicable:
(a) Should
Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason (other than death, Permanent
Disability or Misconduct) while this option is outstanding, then the period for
which this options shall remain exercisable shall be limited to a period of
three (3) months commencing with the date of such cessation of Service,
but in no event shall this option be exercisable at any time after the
Expiration Date.
(b) Should
Optionee die while holding this option, then the personal representative of
Optionees estate or the person or persons to whom the option is transferred
pursuant to Optionees will or in accordance with the laws of inheritance shall
have the right to exercise this option.
Such right shall lapse, and this option shall cease to be outstanding,
upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve (12)-month
period measured from the date of Optionees death or (ii) the Expiration
Date.
(c) Should
Optionee cease Service by reason of Permanent Disability while this option is
outstanding, then the period for exercising this option shall be limited to a
period of twelve (12) months commencing with the date of such cessation of
Service. In no event, however, shall
this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.
(d) During
the limited period of post-Service exercisability, this option may not be
exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested Option Shares for
which the option is exercisable at the time of Optionees cessation of
Service. Upon the expiration of such
limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option
shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any vested Option Shares for
which the option has not been exercised.
However, this option shall, immediately upon Optionees cessation of
Service for any reason, terminate and cease to be outstanding with respect to
any Option Shares in which Optionee is not otherwise at that time vested or for
which this option is not otherwise at that time exercisable.
(e) Should
Optionees Service be terminated for Misconduct, then this option shall
terminate immediately and cease to remain outstanding.
6. Special Acceleration of Option.
(a) This
option to the extent outstanding at the time of a Corporate Transaction, but
not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that this
option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Corporate
Transaction, become exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time
subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option
Shares as fully vested shares of Class A Common Stock. No such acceleration of this option shall
occur, however, if and to the extent: (i) this
option is, in connection with the Corporate Transaction, to be assumed by the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) or (ii) this option is to be
replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which
preserves the spread existing at the time of the Corporate Transaction on the
Option Shares for which this option is not otherwise at that time exercisable
(the excess of the Fair Market Value of
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those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price
payable for such shares) and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with
the same option exercise/vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice.
(b) Immediately
following the Corporate Transaction, this option shall terminate and cease to
be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof) in connection with the Corporate Transaction.
(c) If
this option is assumed in connection with a Corporate Transaction, then this
option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate
Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had the
option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, and
appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided
the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.
(d) This
Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part
of its business or assets.
7. Adjustment to Option Shares.
(a) Should
any change be made to the Class A Common Stock by reason of any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of
shares or other change affecting the outstanding Class A Common Stock as a
class without the Corporations receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments
shall be made to (i) the total number and/or class of securities subject
to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price in order to reflect such change
and thereby preclude a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder.
(b) Should
the Corporation effect a divestiture of one or more Subsidiaries through a
distribution or spin-off to the Corporations stockholders of the securities of
the Subsidiary held by the Corporation (Divestiture), then the Plan
Administrator may, in its sole discretion, make appropriate adjustments to the
number and/or class of securities subject. to this option and the Exercise
Price in order to reflect the effect of the Divestiture on the Corporations
capital structure and the relative Fair Market Values of the Class A Common
Stock and the distributed securities of the Subsidiary following the
Divestiture. Such adjustment may
include, without limitation, the division of this option into two separate
options, one for the shares of Class A Common Stock at the time subject to
this option and a second option for the securities of the Subsidiary
distributable with respect to those shares.
The Plan Administrator may also, in its sole discretion, accelerate the
vesting and exercisability of this option (or any separated option) for one or
more shares of the Class A Common Stock or distributed securities at the
time subject to this option (or any separated option), if and to the extent the
Optionee is to remain in the Corporations Service following such Divestiture
or is otherwise to provide services to the divested Subsidiary.
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8. Stockholder Rights. The holder of this option shall not have any
stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person shall
have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and become a holder of
record of the purchased shares.
9. Manner of Exercising Option.
(a) In
order to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option
Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other
person or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:
(i) Execute
and deliver to the Corporation a Notice of Exercise for the Option Shares for
which the option is exercised.
(ii) Pay
the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares in one or more of the
following forms:
(A) cash
or check made payable to the Corporation;
(B) a
promissory note payable to the Corporation, but only to the extent authorized
by the Plan Administrator in accordance with Paragraph 13;
(C) shares
of Class A Common Stock held by Optionee (or any other person or persons
exercising the option) for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to
the Corporations earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair
Market Value on the Exercise Date; or
(D) through
a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any
other person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide
irrevocable instructions (I) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to
effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation,
out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to
cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all
applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be
withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (II) to the
Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to
such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure is utilized in
connection with the option exercise, payment of the Exercise Price must
accompany the Notice of Exercise delivered to the Corporation in connection
with the option exercise.
(iii) Furnish to the
Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the
option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.
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(iv) Make
appropriate arrangements with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary
employing or retaining Optionee) for the satisfaction of all Federal, state and
local income and employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the
option exercise.
(b) As
soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on
behalf of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising this option) a
certificate for the purchased Option Shares, with the appropriate legends
affixed thereto.
(c) In
no event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares.
10. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.
(a) The
exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such
exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with
all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable
regulations of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if
applicable) on which the Class A Common Stock may be listed for trading at
the time of such exercise and issuance.
(b) The
inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having
authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and
sale of any Class A Common Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the
Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Class A
Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained. The Corporation, however, shall use its best
efforts to obtain all such approvals.
11. Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise provided in
Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns
and Optionee, Optionees assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and
legatees of Optionees estate.
12. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered
to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and
addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered
to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address
indicated below Optionees signature line on the Grant Notice. All notices shall be deemed effective upon
personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and
properly addressed to the party to be notified.
13. Financing. The Plan Administrator may, in its absolute
discretion and without any obligation to do so, permit Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price for the purchased Option Shares by delivering a full-recourse
promissory note payable to the Corporation.
The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate, the
requirements for collateral and the terms of repayment) shall be established by
the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion.
14. Construction. This Agreement and the option evidenced
hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects
limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan. All decisions of the Plan Administrator with
respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall
be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this option.
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15. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
California without resort to that States conflict-of-laws rules.
16. Excess Shares. If the Option Shares covered by this
Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Class A
Common Stock which may without stockholder approval be issued under the Plan,
then this option shall be void with respect to those excess shares, unless
stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares
of Class A Common Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance
with the provisions of the Plan.
17. Additional Terms Applicable to an Incentive Option. In the event this option is designated an
Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, the following terms and conditions shall
also apply to the grant:
(a) This
option shall cease to qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive
Option if (and to the extent) this option is exercised for one or more Option
Shares: (A) more than three (3) months
after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee for any reason other than
death or Permanent Disability or (B) more than twelve (12) months after
the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee by reason of Permanent Disability.
(b) No
installment under this option shall qualify for favorable tax treatment as an
Incentive Option if (and to the extent) the aggregate Fair Market Value
(determined at the Grant Date) of the Class A Common Stock for which such
installment first becomes exercisable hereunder would, when added to the
aggregate value (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of the
Class A Common Stock or other securities for which this option or any
other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior to the Grant Date (whether
under the Plan or any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or
Subsidiary) first become exercisable during the same calendar year, exceed One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate. Should such One Hundred Thousand Dollar
($100,000) limitation be exceeded in any calendar year, this option shall
nevertheless become exercisable for the excess shares in such calendar year as
a Nonstatutory Option.
(c) Should
the exercisability of this option be accelerated upon a Corporate Transaction,
then this option shall qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive
Option only to the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the
Grant Date) of the Class A Common Stock for which this option first
becomes exercisable in the calendar year in which the Corporate Transaction
occurs does not, when added to the aggregate value (determined as of the
respective date or dates of grant) of the Class A Common Stock or other
securities for which this option or one or more other Incentive Options granted
to Optionee prior to the Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option
plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable
during the same calendar year, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000)
in the aggregate. Should the applicable
One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation be exceeded in the calendar
year of such Corporate Transaction, the option may nevertheless be exercised
for the excess shares in such calendar year as a Nonstatutory Option.
(d) Should
Optionee hold, in addition to this option, one or more other options to
purchase Class A Common Stock which become exercisable for the first time
in the same calendar year as this option, then the foregoing limitations on the
exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be applied on the
basis of the order in which such options are granted.
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APPENDIX
The following
definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:
A. Agreement shall mean this Stock Option
Agreement.
B. Board shall mean the Corporations
Board of Directors.
C. Class A Common Stock shall mean
shares of the Corporations Class A common stock.
D. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
E. Corporate Transaction shall mean either
of the following stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is
a party:
(i) a
merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporations outstanding
securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons
holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the
sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporations
assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation
F. Corporation shall mean Odetics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation.
G. Divestiture shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Paragraph 7(b).
H. Employee shall mean an individual who
is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to
the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be
performed and the manner and method of performance.
I. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which
the option shall have been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 9 of the
Agreement.
J. Exercise Price shall mean the exercise
price per Option Share as specified in the Grant Notice.
K. Expiration Date shall mean the date on
which the option expires as specified in the Grant Notice.
L. Fair Market Value per share of Class A
Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the
following provisions:
(i) If
the Class A Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq National
Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be deemed equal to the closing selling
price per share of Class A Common Stock on the date in question, as the
price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the
Nasdaq National Market or any
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successor system If there is no closing selling price
for the Class A Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market
Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which
such quotation exists.
(ii) If
the Class A Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then
the Fair Market Value shall be deemed equal to the closing selling price per
share of Class A Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock
Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Class A
Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of
transactions on such exchange. If there
is no closing selling price for the Class A Common Stock on the date in
question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the
last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
M. Grant Date shall mean the date of grant
of the option as specified in the Grant Notice.
N. Grant Notice shall mean the Notice of
Grant of Stock Option accompanying the Agreement, pursuant to which Optionee
has been informed of the basic terms of the option evidenced hereby.
O. Incentive Option shall mean an option
which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.
P. Misconduct shall mean the commission of
any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use
or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct
by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or
any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner.
The foregoing definition shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the
acts or omissions which the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) may
consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of Optionee or any other
individual in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
Q. Nonstatutory Option shall mean an option
not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.
R. Notice of Exercise shall mean the
notice of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
S. Option Shares shall mean the number of
shares of Class A Common Stock subject to the option as specified in the
Grant Notice.
T. Optionee shall mean the person to whom
the option is granted as specified in the Grant Notice.
U. Parent shall mean any corporation
(other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with
the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than
the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
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V. Permanent Disability shall mean the
inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason
of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is expected
to result in death or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of twelve (12) months or more.
W. Plan shall mean the Corporations 1997
Stock Incentive Plan
X. Plan Administrator shall mean either
the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator
of the Plan.
Y. Service shall mean the Optionees
performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in
the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or
a consultant or independent advisor.
Z. Stock Exchange shall mean the American
Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
AA. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation
(other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning
with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last
corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination,
stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
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