Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between Aqua Society, Inc. and Hugo J.A. Terberg dated effective as of June 7, 2007
DIRECTOR / OFFICER NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT OF
AQUA SOCIETY, INC.
A Nevada Corporation
THIS AGREEMENT is made between AQUA SOCIETY, INC., a Nevada corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and HUGO J.A. VAN DER ZEE of Konrad-Adenauer Strasse 9-13, Herten, Germany D-45699 (hereinafter referred to as the Optionee), a director or officer of the Company, or a director or officer of the Companys subsidiary, effective as of the 7th day of June, 2007.
1. | Option Granted |
The Company hereby grants the Optionee non-qualified stock options to purchase One Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand (1,350,000) shares of the Companys Common Stock at a purchase price of $0.23 US per share for a term commencing on the effective date of this Agreement and expiring at 5:00 pm (Pacific Time) on the 7th day of June, 2009 (the Expiration Date), subject to termination as set forth herein. All options will be fully vested upon execution of this Agreement. The Optionee may choose to pay the purchase price in Euros at the rate of exchange of June 7th, 2007.
2. | Time of Exercise of Option |
The Optionee may exercise the options granted herein at any time after the effective date of this Agreement until the date of termination of the options as provided herein.
3. | Method of Exercise |
The options granted herein shall be exercised by written notice delivered to the Company at its principal place of business, stating the number of shares for which the options are being exercised. The notice must be accompanied by a check or other methods of payment acceptable to the Plan Administrator for the amount of the purchase price, and comply with all the requirements of the Companys 2006 Stock Incentive Plan dated December 21, 2006, as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on December 21, 2006, a copy of which has been provided to the Optionee.
4. | Capital Adjustments |
The existence of the options granted herein shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to: (1) make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business; (2) enter into any merger or consolidation; (3) issue any bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks ahead of or affecting the common stock or the rights thereof, (4) issue any securities convertible into any common stock, (5) issue any rights, options, or warrants to purchase any common stock, (6) dissolve or liquidate the Company, (7) sell or transfer all or any part of its assets or business, or (8) take any other corporate act or proceedings, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
5. | Reorganization, Merger, Amalgamation and Consolidation |
If there shall, prior to the exercise of any of the options provided for by this Agreement, be any reorganization of the authorized capital of the Company by way of consolidation, merger, subdivision, amalgamation or otherwise, or the payment of any stock dividends, then there shall automatically be an adjustment in either or both of the number of shares which may be purchased pursuant hereto or the price at which such shares may be purchased so that the rights evidenced hereby shall thereafter as reasonably as possible be equivalent to those originally granted hereby. The Company shall have the sole and exclusive power to make such adjustments as it considers necessary and desirable.
In the event of a complete liquidation of the Company or a merger, reorganization, or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, or the Company
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becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of another corporation, any unexercised options granted under this Agreement shall be deemed cancelled unless the surviving corporation in any such merger, reorganization, or consolidation elects to assume the options under this Agreement or to issue substitute options in place thereof; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if such options would be cancelled in accordance with the foregoing, the Optionee shall have the right exercisable during a ten-day period ending on the fifth day prior to such liquidation, merger, or consolidation to exercise such option in whole or in part without regard to any installment exercise provisions in this Agreement.
6. | Transfer of this Option |
During the Optionee's lifetime, the options granted herein shall be exercisable only by the Optionee. The options shall not be transferable by the Optionee other than by the laws of descent and distribution upon the Optionee's death. In the event of the Optionee's death during the term of this Agreement, the Optionee's personal representatives may exercise any portion of the options granted herein that remain vested and unexercised at the time of the Optionee's death, provided that any such exercise must be made, if at all, during the period within six (6) months after the Optionee's death, and subject to the option termination date specified in Paragraph 7(d) below.
7. | Termination of Option |
This Agreement and the Optionee's right to exercise any options shall terminate on the earliest of the following dates:
(a) | The Expiration Date; | |
(b) | Subject to subsection (c) below, the date which is 30 days from the later of the dates on which: (i) the Optionee ceases to act as a director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; (ii) the Optionee ceases to be engaged as a consultant of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; or (iii) the Optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company. For the purposes of this subsection, the Optionee will be deemed not to have ceased to act as an employee, officer, director or consultant (the Original Position) of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company if the Optionee continues to act as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company in some other capacity immediately upon ceasing to act in the Original Position; | |
(c) | In the event of the termination of the Optionee as a director, officer, employee or consultant as a result of a breach of the Optionees obligations to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or as a result of any dishonesty, fraud, misconduct, the unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, or conviction or confession of a crime punishable by law (except minor violations) (each of which being a termination for Cause), the earliest date on which the Optionee is terminated as a director, officer, employee or consultant; or | |
(d) | The date which is six (6) months from the date of the Optionee's death or the date the Optionee is determined by the Company to be unable to perform his or her duties as an employee, director, officer or consultant of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company as a result of any mental or physical disability that is expected to result in death or that is expected to last for a continuous period of 12 months or more. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Optionee dies after he ceases to be an employee, director, officer or consultant of the Company for reasons other than a termination for Cause or for disability determined in accordance with subsection (d) above, the Optionees rights to exercise any options granted herein shall terminate on the earliest of the Expiration Date and the date which is six (6) months after the date of death.
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8. | Rights as Shareholder |
The Optionee will not be deemed to be a holder of any shares pursuant to the exercise of this option until he or she pays the option price and a stock certificate is delivered to him or her for those shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is delivered.
9. | Integration with the Companys 2006 Stock Incentive Plan |
All of the terms and conditions of the Companys 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, a copy of which has been provided to the Optionee, are specifically made a part of this Agreement and shall control with regard to the interpretation or construction of any provision that is inconsistent herewith. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the 7th day of June, 2007.
AQUA SOCIETY, INC. | |
by its authorized signatory: | |
/s/ Robert Terberg | |
ROBERT TERBERG, DIRECTOR |
OPTIONEE: | |
/s/ Hugo J.A. Van Der Zee | |
SIGNATURE OF DIRECTOR / OFFICER | |
HUGO J.A. VAN DER ZEE | |
NAME OF DIRECTOR / OFFICER | |
Konrad-Adenauer Strasse 9-13 | |
ADDRESS | |
Herten, Germany D-45699 | |
1,350,000 | |
NUMBER OF OPTIONS |