Amended and Restated Stock Option Agreement between StoryFirst Communications, Inc. and Myron A. Wick III
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StoryFirst Communications, Inc. and Myron A. Wick III have amended and restated their previous stock option agreement. Under this agreement, Mr. Wick is granted the option to purchase up to 500 shares of the company's common stock at $629 per share. The option is fully exercisable as of December 19, 1997, and expires on December 18, 2007, unless terminated earlier due to death, disability, or cessation of service. The agreement also outlines conditions for exercising the option and specifies that it is non-transferable except by inheritance.
EX-10.7 17 file012.htm RESTATED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.7 STORYFIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT This Amended and Restated Stock Option Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of April 17, 2003, amends and restates in its entirety the Stock Option Agreement dated of December 19, 1997 between STORYFIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and MYRON A. WICK III ("Optionee"). Preliminary Statements: A. Optionee renders valuable services to the Corporation (or a Parent or Subsidiary). B. The Corporation wishes to retain the services of Optionee and as an incentive to retain such services has agreed to grant to Optionee an option to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Corporation. C. The Corporation and the Optionee wish to amend and restate the Stock Option Agreement dated as of December 19, 1997 to reduce the total number of shares covered by the Option from 1,500 to 500 and to delete all references to "A Option Shares", "B Option Shares" and "C Option Shares". NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows: 1. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions shall be in effect under this Agreement: (a) AGREEMENT means this Stock Option Agreement. (b) BOARD means the Corporation's Board of Directors or any committee thereof designated by the Board to act on behalf of the Board. (c) COMMON STOCK means the Corporation's common stock. (d) CORPORATION means StoryFirst Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation. (e) DISABILITY means the inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment. (f) EXERCISE DATE means the date on which the Option shall have been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 10 of this Agreement. (g) EXERCISE PRICE means $629 per share. (h) EXPIRATION DATE means December 18, 2007. 1 (i) GRANT DATE means December 19, 1997. (j) 1934 ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (k) OPTION shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 2. (l) OPTION SHARES shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 2. (m) OPTIONEE means Myron A. Wick III. (n) PARENT means 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. (o) PURCHASE AGREEMENT means the stock purchase agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A to this Agreement. (p) SERVICE means Optionee's performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an employee, a non-employee member of the Board or an independent consultant. (q) SUBSIDIARY means 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. (r) TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE means the involuntary removal, dismissal or discharge of Optionee by the Corporation for reasons other than (i) the commission of any act of fraud or embezzlement by Optionee, (ii) the commission of any act of dishonesty by Optionee which act adversely affects the business or affairs of the Corporation in a material manner, (iii) the unauthorized use or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation or (iv) any other intentional misconduct by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation in a material manner. 2. GRANT OF OPTION. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, an Option (the "Option") to purchase up to 500 shares of Common Stock (the "Option Shares"). 3. 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 6. 2 4. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY. The Option shall be exercisable only by Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution following Optionee's death. 5. DATES OF EXERCISE. The Option shall become exercisable in full for the Option Shares on December 19, 1997. 6. 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 die while the Option is outstanding, the Option shall lapse and shall cease to be outstanding six months following Optionee's death, but in no event shall the Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date. (b) Should Optionee cease Service by reason of (i) Termination Without Cause or (ii) a Disability, in each case, while the Option is outstanding, then Optionee shall have until six months following the effective date of such termination to exercise the Option, but in no event shall the Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date. (c) Should Optionee cease Service for any reason (other than a reason specified in (a) or (b) above) while the Option is outstanding, then Optionee shall have a period of sixty (60) days (commencing with the date of such cessation of Service) during which to exercise the Option, but in no event shall the Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date. (d) During the limited period of post-Service exercisability, the Option shall not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of Option Shares for which the Option is, at the time of Optionee's cessation of Service, exercisable pursuant to Paragraph 5. Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, the Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any Option Shares which were exercisable at the time of such termination but for which the Option has not been exercised. To the extent the Option Shares are not exercisable at the time of such cessation of Service, the Option shall immediately terminate and cease to be outstanding with respect to those shares. 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 Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total number and/or class of securities subject to the Option and (ii) the Exercise Price in order to reflect such change and thereby preclude a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. 8. NON-STATUTORY OPTION. Optionee acknowledges and accepts that the Option is a non-statutory option that does not satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 3 9. SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. Optionee shall not have any shareholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until Optionee shall have exercised the Option, paid the Exercise Price and become a holder of record of the purchased shares. 10. MANNER OF EXERCISING OPTION. (a) In order to exercise the Option with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for which the Option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons permitted to exercise the Option hereunder) 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 Board in accordance with Paragraph 15. (b) If the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act at the time the Option is exercised, then the Exercise Price may also be paid as follows: (x) 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 Corporation's earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at fair market value on the Exercise Date; or (y) through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable written 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. 4 (c) 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. (d) Furnish to the Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the Option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise the Option. (e) 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. (f) Make appropriate arrangements with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) for the satisfaction of all U.S. federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the option exercise. (g) 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 the Option) a certificate for the purchased Option Shares, with the appropriate legends affixed thereto. (h) In no event may the Option be exercised for any fractional shares. 11. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS. (a) The exercise of the 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 Paragraph 4, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Optionee and any successor-in-interest of Optionee. 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 5 and addressed to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee's signature line on the signature page hereto. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified. 14. FINANCING. The Board 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 Board in its sole discretion. 15. GOVERNING LAW. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules. 16. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Any controversy between the parties, including the construction or application of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement shall on written request of one party served upon the other, be submitted to arbitration and be governed by the rules of the American Arbitration Association in effect on the date of referral to arbitration, except that in the event of any conflict between those rules and this Section 16, this Section 16 shall govern. The arbitration shall take place in New York, New York. The parties may agree upon one arbitrator, but in the event they cannot agree there shall be three, one named in writing by each of the parties within ten days after demand for arbitration is given and a third chosen by the two so appointed. The arbitrator or arbitrators (i) shall not have any power or authority to add to, alter, amend or modify the terms of this Agreement and (ii) shall interpret and construe this Agreement and any exhibit hereto in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. The cost of such arbitration, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall be borne by the losing party or in such proportion as the arbitrator(s) shall decide. [THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK.] 6 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first above written. STORYFIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC By: /s/ Robert J. Clark -------------------------- Robert J. Clark President OPTIONEE /s/ Myron A. Wick III ------------------------------ Myron A. Wick III Address c/o McGettigan, Wick & Co 50 Osgood Place The Penthouse San Francisco, CA 94133 7
Exhibit 10.7 STORYFIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made this _______ day of ______________ 20 ____, by and between StoryFirst Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Myron A Wick III, Optionee under the Stock Option Agreement dated as of December 19, 1997. 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 December 19, 1997_ (the "Grant Date") to purchase up to 1,500 shares of Common Stock (the "Option Shares") under the Option at the exercise price of $___________ per share (the "Exercise Price") as set forth in the Option. 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. 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 an exemption from such registration. 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. 1 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 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 _____________, 20__ between the Corporation and the registered holder of the shares (or the predecessor in interest to the shares). A copy of such agreement is maintained at the Corporation's principal corporate offices." 2 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 in contravention of 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 (i) the Repurchase Right and (ii) 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 Corporation's 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 Corporation's 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. 3 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 Corporation's 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 Corporation's 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. 4 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 Owner's 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. Owner's 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. 5 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 Option 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 Optionee's 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 mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party entitled to such notice at the address indicated below such party's 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 repurchase rights and/or 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. 6 2. AGREEMENT IS ENTIRE CONTRACT. This Agreement constitutes the entire contract between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. 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 State's 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, Optionee's permitted assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionee's 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. STORYFIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. By: ---------------------------------- Title: ------------------------------- OPTIONEE -------------------------------------- Myron A. Wick III Address: c/o McGettigan, Wick & Co. 50 Osgood Place The Penthouse San Francisco, CA 94133 7 APPENDIX The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement: A. AGREEMENT shall mean this Stock Purchase Agreement. B. BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors. C. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's common stock. D. CORPORATION shall mean StoryFirst Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation. E. DISPOSITION NOTICE shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph D.2. F. EXERCISE NOTICE shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph D.3. G. EXERCISE PRICE shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1. H. FIRST REFUSAL RIGHT shall mean the right granted to the Corporation in accordance with Article D. I. GRANT DATE shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1. J. MARKET STAND-OFF shall mean the market stand-off restriction specified in Paragraph C.3. K. 1933 ACT shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. L. OPTION shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1. M. OPTION AGREEMENT shall mean all agreements and other documents evidencing the Option. N. OPTIONEE shall mean Myron A. Wick III. O. OWNER shall mean Optionee and all subsequent holders of the Purchased Shares who derive their chain of ownership through a Permitted Transfer from Optionee. P. 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. A-1 Q. PERMITTED TRANSFER shall mean (i) a gratuitous transfer of the Purchased Shares, provided and only if Optionee obtains the Corporation's prior written consent to such transfer, (ii) a transfer of title to the Purchased Shares effected pursuant to Optionee's will or the laws of intestate succession following Optionee's 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. R. PURCHASED SHARES shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1. S. RECAPITALIZATION shall mean any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration. T. 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 Corporation's assets, (iii) a reverse merger in which the Corporation is the surviving entity but in which the Corporation's outstanding voting securities are transferred in 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. U. SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. V. SERVICE shall mean the Optionee's 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. W. 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. X. TARGET SHARES shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph D.2. A-2