Acme Packet, Inc. Incentive Stock Option Agreement with Keith Seidman

Summary

This agreement between Acme Packet, Inc. and Keith Seidman grants Seidman the option to purchase up to 30,000 shares of company stock at $0.85 per share under the company's 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. The options vest over a four-year period, with provisions for accelerated vesting in the event of a company sale or certain employment changes. The agreement outlines conditions for exercising the options, transfer restrictions, and the impact of employment termination. It is governed by Massachusetts law and is binding on successors and legal representatives.

EX-10.18 20 a2170770zex-10_18.txt EXHIBIT 10.18 Exhibit 10.18 ACME PACKET, INC. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT This INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of November 23, 2005 (this "AGREEMENT"), is between ACME PACKET, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and Keith Seidman (the "OPTIONEE"). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Company's 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT A (the "PLAN"). 1. GRANT OF OPTION. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company grants to the Optionee an option (the "OPTION") to purchase from the Company all or any number of an aggregate of 30,000 shares, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan (the "OPTION SHARES"), of the Company's common stock, $.001 par value per share, at a price of $.85 per share. The Option is granted as of November 23, 2005 (the "GRANT DATE"). 2. CHARACTER OF OPTION. The Option is intended to be treated as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "CODE"). 3. DURATION OF OPTION. Unless subject to earlier expiration or termination pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Option shall expire on ten year anniversary of the Grant Date. 4. EXERCISE OF OPTION. (a) VESTING SCHEDULE. Until its expiration or termination, the Option may be exercised, in the manner specified in Section 7.1(g) of the Plan, for 25% of the Option Shares on November 23, 2006, and for the balance of the Option Shares in monthly installments, with each installment being as nearly equal as practicable (as determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion), at the end of each calendar month beginning December 31, 2006 and ending November 30, 2009. The provisions of this Section 4(a) shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7.1(e) of the Plan. (b) ACCELERATION OF VESTING (i) Notwithstanding anything in Section 4(a) above to the contrary but subject to the provisions of Section 7.1(e) of the Plan, in the event a Sale of the Company Transaction (as defined below in Section 4(d) below) occurs and the Option is not exercisable in full for all of the Option Shares immediately prior to such Sale of the Company Transaction, then the exercisability of the Option shall be accelerated such that, immediately prior to such Sale of the Company Transaction, the Option shall become exercisable for an additional number of Option Shares equal to fifty percent (50%) of the then Unvested Option Shares (as defined below in Section 4(d) below). The foregoing -2- provisions of this Section 4(b) shall be implemented ratably across all Unvested Option Shares that are subject to the Option immediately prior to such Sale of the Company Transaction regardless of when the Option would have otherwise become exercisable for such Unvested Option Shares pursuant to Section 4(a) above. (ii) Notwithstanding anything in Section 4(a) above or in Section 5 below to the contrary, in the event that, at any time following a Sale of the Company Transaction, (i) the Purchaser dies, (ii) the Purchaser voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company following any relocation of the Purchaser (without his written consent) by the Company to a location that increases Purchasers commute prior to such relocation by more than twenty miles, (iii) the Purchaser suffers any material adverse change in authorities, duties or responsibilities or (iv) the Company terminates the Purchaser's employment with the Company for any reason or no reason (other than Cause), then the vesting of all Shares that are then outstanding and that have not already previously vested shall be accelerated such that all of such Shares shall be fully vested on the date of the Purchaser's death or on the effective date of such termination by the Company or the Purchaser, as the case may be. (c) Notwithstanding anything express or implied to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, the Option may, as provided in Section 7.l(d) of the Plan, at any time be further accelerated at the discretion of the Committee, PROVIDED that, without the consent of the Optionee, such acceleration would not cause the Option to fail to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code. (d) For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms below: "SALE OF THE COMPANY TRANSACTION" shall mean any Transaction in which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such Transaction do not own or hold, immediately after consummation of such Transaction, shares of capital stock of the surviving person or entity or acquiring person or entity, as applicable, in connection with such Transaction representing at least a majority of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock of such surviving person or entity or such acquiring person or entity, as the case may be. "TRANSACTION" shall mean any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person or entity, the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the sale or transfer by the stockholders of the Company of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, in each case in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions. "UNVESTED OPTION SHARES" shall mean, at the relevant time of reference thereto, those Option Shares for which the Option has not yet become exercisable at such time pursuant to Section 4(a) and without giving effect to the provisions of Section 4(b) above. -3- 5. TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE COMPANY. If the Optionee's employment with the Company is terminated, whether voluntarily or otherwise, the Option, to the extent the Option is exercisable on the date of termination, may be exercised by the Optionee, but only within 90 days after the Optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company, unless terminated earlier by its terms. For purposes of this Section 5, military or sick leave shall not be deemed a termination of employment, PROVIDED that it does not exceed the longer of 120 days or the period during which the absent Optionee's reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract. Death or disability (other than sick leave as specified in the preceding sentence) shall be deemed to be a termination of employment. 6. TRANSFER OF OPTION. Other than as expressly permitted by the provisions of Section 7.1(f) of the Plan, the Option may not be transferred except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and, during the lifetime of the Optionee, may be exercised only by the Optionee. 7. INCORPORATION OF PLAN TERMS. The Option is granted subject to all of the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the limitations on the Company's obligation to deliver Optioned Shares upon exercise set forth in Section 9.1 (Violation of Law), Section 9.2 (Corporate Restrictions on Rights in Stock), Section 9.3 (Investment Representations) and Section 9.7 (Tax Withholding). 8. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the internal, substantive laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or assign of the Company and any executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or other legal representative of the Optionee. [THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.] -4- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Incentive Stock Option Agreement as a sealed instrument as of the date first above written. ACME PACKET, INC. OPTIONEE By: /s/ Andrew D. Ory /s/ Keith Seidman -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Name: Andrew D. Ory Keith Seidman Title: CEO Optionee's Address: 9 Violet Circle Sharon, MA 02027 EXHIBIT A 2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN