EX-10.2 11 nt10022251x6_ex10-2.htm EXHIBIT 10.2
Exhibit 10.2
FINAL FORM
PaySimple Holdings, Inc.
2016 Equity Incentive Plan
Article 1. Establishment & Purpose
1.1 Establishment. PaySimple Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby establishes the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (this “Plan”) as set forth herein.
1.2 Purpose of this Plan. The purpose of this Plan is to attract, retain and motivate the officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and to promote the success of the Company’s business by providing them with appropriate incentives and rewards either through a proprietary interest in the long-term success of the Company or compensation based on fulfilling certain performance goals.
Article 2. Definitions
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth below.
2.1 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person (for the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise).
2.2 “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, or Other Stock-Based Award that is granted under this Plan.
2.3 “Award Agreement” means either (a) a written agreement entered into by the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under this Plan, or (b) a written statement signed by an authorized officer of the Company to a Participant describing the terms and provisions of the actual grant of such Award.
2.4 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.5 “Cause” means: (i) an indictment or conviction of the Participant of, or a plea of nolo contendere by the Participant to, any felony or other crime involving moral turpitude, (ii) the commission of any other act or omission involving fraud with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise in connection with the performance of the Participant’s duties, (iii) reporting to work under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs, the use of illegal drugs at the workplace or other repeated conduct causing Company or any of its Subsidiaries public disgrace or disrepute or substantial economic harm, (iv) failure to perform material duties as lawfully directed by the Board, (v) material violation of any Company policy or procedure applicable to the Participant, (vi) breach of fiduciary duty, gross negligence, or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vii) any other material breach of any employment agreement, the Award Agreement (or any other written agreement between Company and the Participant), and, with respect to (iv), (v) or a breach that triggers (vii) that is not a breach of a restrictive covenant, such breach (if capable of cure) is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to the Participant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition of “Cause”, if the Participant has an employment agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary that includes a definition of “Cause” or an equivalent term, “Cause” shall be determined in accordance with the definition in such employment agreement, if any.
2.6 “Change of Control” means a transaction or series of related transactions in which a person, or a group of related persons, acquires from stockholders of the Company, Shares representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting power of the Company or the sale or disposition, in a transaction or series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any person or group of related persons.
2.7 “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
2.8 “Committee” means the Board, or any committee designated by the Board to administer this Plan in accordance with Article 3 of this Plan.
2.9 “Consultant” means any person who provides bona fide services to the Company or any Affiliate or Subsidiary as a consultant or advisor, excluding any Employee or Director.
2.10 “Director” means a member of the Board who is not an Employee.
2.11 “Disability” means if the Participant has been unable to substantially perform his or her duties and responsibilities to the Company for a period of 90 consecutive days or 180 days in any twelve (12) month period due to a physical or mental disability; provided, that, if the Participant has an employment agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary that includes a definition of “Disability” or an equivalent term, “Disability” shall be determined in accordance with the definition in such employment agreement, if any.
2.12 “Employee” means an officer or other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, including a member of the Board who is such an employee.
2.13 “Stockholders’ Agreement” means the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2016, by and among the Company and the stockholders from time to time party thereto.
2.14 “Fair Market Value” with respect to equity securities (including, without limitation the Shares) or other property as of any date of determination, means: (i) if there is a public market for such equity securities or other property on such date, the closing bid price for such equity securities or other property on the applicable stock exchange on which the equity securities or other property are principally trading on such date, or (ii) if there is no public market for such equity securities or other property on such date, the fair market value of such equity securities or other property as determined in good faith by the Board, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(B)(1).
2.15 “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to meet the requirements of an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Code and designated as an Incentive Stock Option in accordance with Article 6 of this Plan.
2.16 “IPO” means an initial underwritten Public Offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act on Form S-1 (or any successor form under the Securities Act).
2.17 “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
2.18 “Option” means any Option granted from time to time under Article 6 of this Plan.
2.19 “Option Price” means the purchase price per Share subject to an Option, as determined pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Plan.
2.20 “Other Stock-Based Award” means any Award granted under Article 9 of this Plan.
2.21 “Participant” means any eligible person as set forth in Section 4.1 to whom an Award is granted.
2.22 “PSG Stockholders” means Providence Strategic Growth II L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Providence Strategic Growth II-A L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and PSG PS Co-Investors L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
2.23 “Permitted Transferee” a transferee of an Award by a Participant made for bona fide estate planning purposes, either during his or her lifetime or on death by will or intestacy to his or her spouse, child (natural or adopted), or any other direct lineal descendant of such Participant (or his or her spouse) (all of the foregoing collectively referred to as “family members”), or any other person approved by the Board, or any custodian or trustee of any trust, partnership or limited liability company for the benefit of, or the ownership interests of which are owned wholly by, such Participant or any such family members.
2.24 “Person” means any natural person, sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, governmental authority, or any other organization, irrespective of whether it is a legal entity and includes any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
2.25 “Public Offering” means the completion of a sale of Shares pursuant to a registration statement which has become effective under the Securities Act (excluding a registration statement on Form S-4, S-8 or a similar limited purpose form), in which some or all of the Shares are listed and traded on a national exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market System.
2.26 “Restricted Stock” means any Award granted under Article 8 of this Plan.
2.27 “Restriction Period” means the period during which Restricted Stock awarded under Article 8 of this Plan is restricted.
2.28 “Service” means service as an Employee, Director or Consultant. Service shall be deemed to continue while a Participant is on a bona fide leave of absence, if such leave was approved by the Company in writing or if continued crediting of Service for such purpose is required by applicable law (as determined by the Company).
2.29 “Share” means a share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.00001 per share, or such other class or kind of shares or other securities resulting from the application of Article 11 of this Plan.
2.30 “Stock Appreciation Right” means any right granted under Article 7 of the Plan.
2.31 “Subsidiary” with respect to any entity (the “parent”) means any corporation, limited liability company, company, firm, association or trust of which such parent, at the time in respect of which such term is used, (i) owns directly or indirectly more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity, membership interest or beneficial interest, on a consolidated basis, or (ii) owns directly or controls with power to vote, directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, shares of the equity, membership interest or beneficial interest having the power to elect more than fifty percent (50%) of the directors, trustees, managers or other officials having powers analogous to that of directors of a corporation. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, when used herein the term Subsidiary shall refer to a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company.
2.32 “Ten Percent Shareholder” means a person who on any given date owns, either directly or indirectly (taking into account the attribution rules contained in Section 424(d) of the Code), stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate.
2.33 “Transfer” means to transfer, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, give, create a security interest in or lien on, place in trust (voting or otherwise), assign or in any other way encumber or dispose of (including any deprivation or divestiture of any right, title or interest), directly or indirectly and whether or not by operation of law or for value, any Shares or Award.
Article 3. Administration
3.1 Authority of the Committee. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full power to interpret and administer this Plan and full authority to select the Directors, Employees and Consultants to whom Awards will be granted and determine the type and amount of Awards to be granted to each such Director, Employee or Consultant, the terms and conditions of Awards granted under this Plan and the terms of Award Agreements to be entered into with Participants. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, interpret, clarify, construe or resolve any ambiguity or inconsistency in any provision of this Plan or any Award Agreement, accelerate or waive vesting of Awards and exercisability of Awards, extend the term or period of exercisability of any Awards, modify the purchase price or Option Price under any Award, or waive any terms or conditions applicable to any Award, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 12.2 of this Plan. Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be made under this Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by the Company or an Affiliate or a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines. The Committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary power to adopt rules, forms, instruments and guidelines for administering this Plan as the Committee deems necessary or proper. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee or by the Board (or any other committee or sub-committee thereof), as applicable, shall be final and binding upon the Participants, the Company and all other interested individuals.
3.2 Delegation. The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members, one or more officers of the Company or any Subsidiary, or one or more agents or advisors such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable.
Article 4. Eligibility and Participation
4.1 Eligibility. Participants will consist of such Employees, Directors and Consultants as the Committee in its sole discretion determines and whom the Committee may designate from time to time to receive Awards under this Plan. Designation of a Participant in any year shall not require the Committee to designate such person to receive an Award in any other year or, once designated, to receive the same type or amount of Award as granted to the Participant in any other year.
4.2 Type of Awards. Awards under this Plan may be granted in any one or a combination of: (a) Options; (b) Stock Appreciation Rights; (c) Restricted Stock; and (d) Other Stock-Based Awards. Awards granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements (which need not be identical as between Participants or between multiple Awards to the same Participant) that provide additional terms and conditions associated with such Awards, including, without limitation, restrictive covenants, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, however, that in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Plan and any such Award Agreement, the provisions of this Plan shall prevail.
Article 5. Shares Subject to this Plan and Maximum Awards
5.1 Number of Shares Available for Awards.
| (a) | Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in this Article 5 and Article 11 of the Plan, the maximum number of Shares available for issuance to Participants pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall be 7,897,868. The number of Shares available for granting Incentive Stock Options under the Plan shall not exceed 7,897,868 subject to Article 11 hereof and the provisions of Sections 422 and 424 of the Code and any successor provisions. The Shares available for issuance under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or treasury Shares. Any Shares delivered to the Company as part or full payment for the purchase price of an Award granted under this Plan or associated taxes shall again be available for Awards under this Plan. |
| (b) | Additional Shares. In the event that any outstanding Award expires, is forfeited, cancelled, settled in cash or otherwise terminated without consideration (i.e., Shares or cash) therefor, the Shares subject to such Award, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cancellation, expiration, termination or settlement, shall again be available for Awards under this Plan. If the Committee authorizes the assumption under this Plan, in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization, of awards granted under another plan, the maximum number of Shares available for issuance to Participants under Section 5.1(a) shall be increased by the number of Shares subject to such awards. |
Article 6. Options
6.1 Grant of Options. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Options to Participants. Each Option shall permit a Participant to purchase from the Company a stated number of Shares at an Option Price established by the Committee, subject to the terms and conditions described in this Article 6 and to such additional terms and conditions, as established by the Committee, in its sole discretion, that are consistent with the provisions of the Plan. Options shall be designated as either Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options; provided, that, Options granted to Directors shall be Nonqualified Stock Options. An Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option shall, to the extent it fails to qualify under the Code as an Incentive Stock Option, be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option. Neither the Committee, the Company, any of its Affiliates, nor any of their employees or representatives shall be liable to any Participant or to any other Person if it is determined that an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option does not qualify under the Code as an Incentive Stock Option. Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement which shall state the number of Shares covered by such Option. Such Award Agreement shall conform to the requirements of the Plan, and may contain such other provisions, as the Committee shall deem advisable.
6.2 Option Price. The Option Price shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant, but shall not be less than one-hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant. In the case of any Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, the Option Price shall not be less than one-hundred-ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant.
6.3 Option Term. The term of each Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant and shall be stated in the Award Agreement, but in no event shall such term be greater than ten (10) years (or, in the case on an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, five (5) years).
6.4 Time of Exercise. Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall in each instance approve, which terms and restrictions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant.
6.5 Method of Exercise. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in an Award Agreement, an Option may be exercised for all, or from time to time any part, of the Shares for which it is then exercisable. For purposes of this Article 6, the exercise date of an Option shall be the later of the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company and, if applicable, the date full payment is received by the Company pursuant to the following sentence (including the applicable tax withholding pursuant to Section 13.3 of the Plan). The aggregate Option Price for the Shares as to which an Option is exercised shall be paid to the Company in full at the time of exercise at the election of the Participant: (a) in cash or its equivalent (e.g., by cashier’s check); or (b) solely to the extent approved by the Committee in advance, (i) in Shares (whether or not previously owned by the Participant) having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price for the Shares being purchased and satisfying such other requirements as may be imposed by the Committee; (ii) partly in cash and partly in such Shares (as described in (i) above); (iii) by reducing the number of Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option by the number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the Option Price; or (iv) if there is a public market for the Shares at such time, subject to such requirements as may be imposed by the Committee, through the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to sell Shares obtained upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount out of the proceeds of such sale equal to the aggregate Option Price for the Shares being purchased. The Committee may prescribe any other method of payment that it determines to be consistent with applicable law and the purpose of the Plan.
6.6 Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or of a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” (as such terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code) at the date of grant. The aggregate Fair Market Value (generally determined as of the time the Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year under all plans of the Company and of any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or the Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option, but only to the extent of that portion of the Option in excess of the limit. For purposes of the preceding sentence, unless otherwise designated by the Company, Incentive Stock Options will be taken into account in the order in which they are granted. Each provision of the Plan and each Award Agreement relating to an Incentive Stock Option shall be construed so that each Incentive Stock Option shall be an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Code, and any provisions of the Award Agreement thereof that cannot be so construed shall be disregarded.
Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights
7.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that shall conform to the requirements of the Plan and may contain such other provisions, as the Committee shall deem advisable. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, a Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall confer on the holder thereof a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of: (a) the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Shares on the date of exercise over; (b) the grant price of the right as specified by the Committee on the date of the grant. Such payment may be in the form of cash, Shares, other property or any combination thereof, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.
7.2 Terms of Stock Appreciation Right. Each Stock Appreciation Right grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement which shall state the grant price (which shall not be less than one-hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant), term, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine. No Stock Appreciation Right shall have a term of more than ten (10) years from the date of grant.
Article 8. Restricted Stock
8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Participants. An Award of Restricted Stock is a grant by the Committee of a specified number of Shares to the Participant, which Shares are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of specified events. Participants shall be awarded Restricted Stock in exchange for consideration not less than the minimum consideration required by applicable law. Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall conform to the requirements of the Plan and may contain such other provisions, as the Committee shall deem advisable.
8.2 Terms of Restricted Stock Awards. Each Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock grant shall specify the Restriction Period(s), the number of Shares of Restricted Stock subject to the Award, the purchase price, if any, of the Restricted Stock, the performance, employment, or other conditions (including the termination of a Participant's Service whether due to death, Disability or other reason) under which the Restricted Stock may be forfeited to the Company and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine. Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates (in which case, the certificate(s) representing such Shares shall be legended as to sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other encumbrances during the Restriction Period and deposited by the Participant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Company, to be held in escrow during the Restriction Period). At the end of the Restriction Period, the restrictions imposed hereunder and under the Award Agreement shall lapse with respect to the number of Shares of Restricted Stock as determined by the Committee, and the legend shall be removed and such number of Shares delivered to the Participant (or, where appropriate, the Participant's legal representative).
8.3 Voting and Dividend Rights. The Committee shall determine and set forth in a Participant’s Award Agreement whether or not a Participant holding Restricted Stock granted hereunder shall have the right to exercise voting rights with respect to the Restricted Stock during the Restriction Period (the Committee may require a Participant to grant an irrevocable proxy and power of substitution) and/or have the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock during the Restriction Period (and, if so, on what terms).
8.4 Performance Goals. The Committee may condition the grant of Restricted Stock or the expiration of the Restriction Period upon the Participant's achievement of one or more performance goal(s) specified in the Award Agreement. If the Participant fails to achieve the specified performance goal(s), the Committee shall not grant the Restricted Stock to such Participant or the Participant shall forfeit the Award of Restricted Stock to the Company, as applicable.
8.5 Section 83(b) Election. If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code concerning Restricted Stock, the Participant shall be required to submit promptly a copy of such election with the Company.
Article 9. Other Stock-Based Awards
The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Awards of Shares and Awards that are valued, in whole or in part, by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market Value of, Shares (the “Other Stock-Based Awards”), including without limitation, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights, and other phantom awards. Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be in such form, and dependent on such conditions, as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, the right to receive one or more Shares (or the equivalent cash value of such Shares) upon the completion of a specified period of Service, the occurrence of an event, and/or the attainment of performance objectives. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine to whom and when Other Stock-Based Awards will be made, the number of Shares to be awarded under (or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards, whether such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares, and all other terms and conditions of such Awards (including, without limitation, the vesting provisions thereof and provisions ensuring that all Shares so awarded and issued shall be fully paid and non-assessable). Each Other Stock-Based Award grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall conform to the requirements of the Plan.
Article 10. Compliance with Section 409A of the Code
10.1 General. The Company intends that the Plan, all Award Agreements and all Awards be construed to avoid the imposition of additional taxes, interest, and penalties pursuant to Section 409A of the Code (together with all regulations, guidance, compliance programs, and other interpretative authority thereunder (“Section 409A”). Notwithstanding the Company’s intention, in the event any Award is subject to such additional taxes, interest or penalties pursuant to Section 409A, the Committee may, in its sole discretion and without a Participant’s prior consent, amend the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement and/or Award, adopt policies and procedures, or take any other actions (including amendments, policies, procedures and actions with retroactive effect) as are necessary or appropriate to (a) exempt the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement and/or Award from the application of Section 409A, (b) preserve the intended tax treatment of any such Award and have the least possible economic effect on the Participant as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company and the Participant, or (c) comply with the requirements of Section 409A, including without limitation any such regulations, guidance, compliance programs, and other interpretative authority that may be issued after the date of the grant. In no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalties that may be imposed on a Participant under Section 409A or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A.
10.2 Payments to Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or Award Agreement, any payment(s) of nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) that are otherwise required to be made under the Plan to a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A) as a result of his or her separation from service (other than a payment that is not subject to Section 409A) shall be delayed for the first six (6) months following such separation from service (or, if earlier, until the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid (in a manner set forth in the Award Agreement) on the day that immediately follows the end of such six-month period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter. Any remaining payments of nonqualified deferred compensation shall be paid without delay and at the time or times such payments are otherwise scheduled to be made.
10.3 Separation from Service. To the extent Section 409A is applicable, a termination of Service shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits that are considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A upon or following a termination of Service, unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A and the payment thereof prior to a “separation from service” would violate Section 409A. For purposes of any such provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement relating to any such payments or benefits, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment,” “termination of service,” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.”
Article 11. Adjustments
11.1 Adjustments in Authorized Shares. In the event of any corporate event or transaction involving the Company, a Subsidiary and/or an Affiliate (including, but not limited to, a change in the Shares of the Company or the capitalization of the Company) such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, combination of Shares, exchange of Shares, dividend in kind, extraordinary cash dividend, amalgamation, or other like change in capital structure (other than normal cash dividends to stockholders of the Company), or any similar corporate event or transaction, the Committee, to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under the Plan, shall substitute or adjust, in its sole discretion, the number and kind of Shares or other property that may be issued under the Plan or under particular forms of Awards, the number and kind of Shares or other property subject to outstanding Awards, the Option Price, grant price or purchase price applicable to outstanding Awards, and/or other value determinations (including performance conditions) applicable to the Plan or outstanding Awards. All adjustments shall be made in good faith compliance with Section 409A. For the avoidance of doubt, the purchase of Shares or other equity securities of the Company by a stockholder of the Company or any third party from the Company shall not constitute a corporate event or transaction giving rise to an adjustment described in this Section 11.1.
11.2 Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control after the Effective Date, unless otherwise specifically prohibited under applicable laws or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges, or unless the Committee shall specify otherwise in the Award Agreement, the Committee is authorized (but not obligated) to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of outstanding Awards, including without limitation the following (or any combination thereof): (a) continuation or assumption of such outstanding Awards under the Plan by the Company (if it is the surviving company or corporation) or by the surviving company or corporation or its parent; (b) substitution by the surviving company or corporation or its parent of awards with substantially the same terms for outstanding Awards (excluding the consideration payable upon settlement of the Awards); (c) accelerated exercisability, vesting and/or lapse of restrictions under outstanding Awards immediately prior to the occurrence of such event; (d) upon written notice, provide that any outstanding Awards must be exercised, to the extent then exercisable or that would become exercisable upon the occurrence of such Change of Control, during a reasonable period of time immediately prior to the scheduled consummation of the event or such other period as determined by the Committee (contingent upon the consummation of the event), and at the end of such period, such Awards shall terminate to the extent not so exercised within the relevant period; and (e) cancellation of all or any portion of outstanding Awards for fair value (in the form of cash, Shares, other property or any combination thereof) as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee and which fair value may be zero; provided, that, in the case of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights or similar Awards, the fair value may equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration to be paid in the Change of Control transaction to holders of the same number of Shares subject to such Awards (or, if no such consideration is paid, Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such outstanding Awards or portion thereof being canceled) over the aggregate Option Price or grant price, as applicable, with respect to such Awards or portion thereof being canceled; provided, further, that if any payments or other consideration are deferred and/or contingent as a result of escrows, earn outs, holdbacks or any other contingencies, payments under this provision may be made on substantially the same terms and conditions applicable to, and only to the extent actually paid to, the holders of Shares in connection with the Change of Control.
Article 12. Duration; Amendment, Modification, Suspension and Termination
12.1 Duration of Plan. Unless sooner terminated as provided in Section 12.2, this Plan shall terminate on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date.
12.2 Amendment, Modification, Suspension and Termination of Plan. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate this Plan or any portion thereof or any Award (or Award Agreement) hereunder at any time, in its sole discretion, provided, that, no action taken by the Committee shall adversely affect in any material respect the rights granted to any Participant under any outstanding Awards (other than pursuant to Article 10, Article 11, or as the Committee deems necessary to comply with applicable law, including without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) without the Participant’s written consent.
Article 13. General Provisions
13.1 No Right to Service or Award. The granting of an Award under the Plan shall impose no obligation on the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate to continue the Service of a Participant and shall not lessen or affect any right that the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate may have to terminate the Service of such Participant. No Participant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant (whether or not such Participants are similarly situated).
13.2 Settlement of Awards. Each Award Agreement shall establish the form, or the formula for determining the form, in which the Award shall be settled. The Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards, other securities or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be issued, rounded, forfeited, or otherwise eliminated.
13.3 Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold automatically from any amount deliverable under an Award or otherwise, or require a Participant to remit to the Company in cash, the minimum statutory amount to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the Plan. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit Participants to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum statutory total tax that could be imposed in connection with any such taxable event.
13.4 No Guarantees Regarding Tax Treatment. Participants (or their beneficiaries) shall be responsible for all taxes with respect to any Awards under the Plan. The Committee and the Company make no guarantees to any Person regarding the tax treatment of Awards or payments made under the Plan. Neither the Committee nor the Company has any obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment of any tax on any Person with respect to any Award under Section 457A of the Code or Section 409A of the Code or otherwise and none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of their employees or representatives shall have any liability to a Participant with respect thereto.
13.5 Non-Transferability of Awards. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or in connection with a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, an Award shall not be transferable or assignable by the Participant except in the event of such Participant’s death (subject to the applicable laws of descent and distribution) and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate. No transfer shall be permitted for value or consideration. An Award exercisable after the death of a Participant may be exercised by the heirs, legatees, personal representatives or distributees of the Participant. Any permitted transfer of the Awards to heirs, legatees, personal representatives or distributees of the Participant shall not be effective to bind the Company unless the Committee shall have been furnished with written notice thereof and a copy of such evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and the acceptance by the transferee or transferees of the terms and conditions hereof.
13.6 Conditions and Restrictions on Shares. The Committee may impose such other conditions or restrictions on any Shares received in connection with an Award as it may deem advisable or desirable. These restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, requirements that the Participant: (a) become a signatory to the Company’s then-existing stockholders agreement; (b) hold the Shares received for a specified period of time; or (c) represent and warrant in writing that the Participant is acquiring the Shares for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares. The certificates for Shares may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any conditions and restrictions applicable to such Shares.
13.7 Shares Not Registered. Shares and Awards shall not be issued under this Plan unless the issuance and delivery of such Shares and any Awards comply with (or are exempt from) all applicable requirements of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, state securities laws and regulations, and the regulations of any stock exchange or other securities market on which the Company’s securities may then be traded. The Company shall not be obligated to file any registration statement under any applicable securities laws to permit the purchase or issuance of any Shares or any Awards under this Plan, and accordingly any certificates for Shares or documents granting Awards may have an appropriate legend or statement of applicable restrictions endorsed thereon. If the Company deems it necessary to ensure that the issuance of securities under this Plan is not required to be registered under any applicable securities laws, each Participant to whom such security would be purchased or issued shall deliver to the Company an agreement or certificate containing such representations, warranties and covenants as the Company reasonably requires.
13.8 Awards to Non-U.S. Employees or Directors. To comply with the laws in countries other than the United States in which the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate operates or has Employees, Directors or Consultants, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (a) determine which Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (b) determine which Employees, Directors or Consultants outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (c) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Employees, Directors or Consultants outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws; (d) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable to obtain approval or comply with any necessary local government regulatory exemptions or approvals; and (e) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable.
13.9 Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.
13.10 Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person, or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
13.11 Unfunded Plan. Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts. The Plan is not subject to the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
13.12 No Constraint on Corporate Action. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to: (a) limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets; or (b) limit the right or power of the Company to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.
13.13 Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.
13.14 Governing Law. This Plan and each Award Agreement and all claims or causes of action or other matters (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Plan or any Award Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Plan or any Award Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflict or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.
13.15 Effective Date. The Plan shall be effective as of the date of adoption by the Board, which date is set forth below (the “Effective Date”).
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This Plan was duly adopted and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on January 17, 2017.
Exhibit 10.2(a)
PAYSIMPLE HOLDINGS, INC.
2016 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (the “Award Agreement”), is made effective as of the [●] (the “Date of Grant”), by and between EverCommerce Inc. (fka PaySimple Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [●] (the “Participant”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the PaySimple Holdings, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Plan”).
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Award Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant the options provided for herein to the Participant pursuant to the Plan and the terms set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Options. The Company hereby grants to the Participant options to purchase, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, all or any part of an aggregate of [●] Shares (the “Options”), subject to adjustment as set forth in the Plan. The Options are intended to be Nonqualified Stock Options. At any time, the Options that have become fully vested are hereinafter referred to as the “Vested Options” and the Options that have not become fully vested are hereinafter referred to as the “Unvested Options”.
2. Option Price. The purchase price of each Share subject to the Option shall be $11.00 per Share (the “Option Price”), subject to adjustment as set forth in the Plan.
3. Vesting of the Option.
(a) The Options shall vest upon the consummation of a Change of Control or the closing date of an IPO if the Closing Date Price in the Change of Control or the offering price in the IPO, as applicable, is at least $33.00 (which may be adjusted in the event of a corporate event or transaction involving the Company, a Subsidiary and/or an Affiliate described in Section 11.1 of the Plan, as determined by the Committee), subject to the Participant’s continued Service on the applicable vesting date.
(b) “Closing Date Price” means the closing date cash consideration received in respect of a Share. For purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Option will vest in accordance with Section 3(a), solely in connection with a Change of Control in which all or a portion of the consideration is initially contingent or deferred or constitutes non-cash proceeds, or in which securities of the Company or its successor are retained by the PSG Stockholders, the Committee shall value in good faith and treat as Closing Date Price such contingent, deferred or non-cash proceeds or retained securities, taking into account applicable discounts, contingencies and the time value of money.
4. Forfeiture. Any Unvested Options shall be forfeited without consideration upon termination of the Participant’s Service for any reason or no reason. In the event (a) the Participant’s Service is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Participant when grounds for Cause exist without regard to any applicable cure rights and are asserted by the Company or its Affiliates within sixty (60) days of such resignation (a “For Cause Resignation”), or (b) the Participant breaches any restrictive covenants included in this Award Agreement or any employment, service or similar agreement in effect between the Participant and the Company or its Affiliates (the “Restrictive Covenants”), the Vested Options also shall be forfeited without consideration.
5. Period of Exercise. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and this Award Agreement, the Participant may exercise all or any part of the Vested Options at any time prior to the earliest to occur of:
(i) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant;
(ii) the date that is ninety (90) days following termination of the Participant’s Service by the Company without Cause or by the Participant for any or no reason;
(iii) the date that is twelve (12) months following termination of the Participant’s Service due to death or Disability; and
(iv) the date of termination of the Participant’s Service by the Company for Cause or by the Participant in a For Cause Resignation.
6. Method of Exercise.
(a) Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Vested Options may be exercised by delivering to the Company at its principal office written notice of intent to so exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (such notice, a “Notice of Exercise”). Such Notice of Exercise shall be accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate Option Price for the Options to be exercised. In the event the Options are being exercised by the Participant’s representative, the Notice of Exercise shall be accompanied by proof (satisfactory to the Committee) of the representative’s right to exercise the Options. The aggregate Option Price for the Options to be exercised may be paid in cash or its equivalent (e.g., by cashier’s check) or, to the extent permitted by the Committee, (i) in Shares having a having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price, (ii) by reducing the number of Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Options by the number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price, or (iii) if there is a public market for the Shares at such time, through broker-assisted exercise.
(b) Neither the Participant nor the Participant’s representative shall have any rights to dividends or other rights of a stockholder with respect to Shares subject to the Options until the Participant has (i) given a Notice of Exercise of the Options, (ii) paid in full for such Shares, (iii) been issued certificates in the Participant’s name representing such Shares, (iv) executed a joinder to the Stockholders’ Agreement, and (v) if applicable, satisfied any other conditions reasonably imposed by the Committee pursuant to, and consistent with, the Plan.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Award Agreement to the contrary, the Options may not be exercised prior to: (i) the Participant making or entering into any customary written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may request in order to comply with applicable securities laws, with this Award Agreement or otherwise, and (ii) the completion of any registration or qualification of the Options or the Shares under applicable securities or other laws, or under any ruling or regulation of any governmental body or national securities exchange that the Committee shall in its sole discretion reasonably determine to be necessary or advisable.
(d) Upon the Committee’s determination that the Options have been validly exercised as to any of the Shares, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to issue certificates (which may be in book-entry form with no physical certificate issued to the Participant) in the Participant’s name for such Shares as promptly as reasonably practicable under the circumstances. However, the Company shall not be liable to the Participant for damages relating to any delays in issuing the certificates to the Participant, any loss of the certificates, or any mistakes or errors in the issuance of the certificates or in the certificates themselves; provided that the Company has used commercially reasonable efforts in attempting to issue such certificates or has taken all reasonable steps to rectify any such errors.
(e) In the event of the Participant’s death, the Vested Options shall remain exercisable during the period set forth in Section 5 hereof by the Participant’s executor or administrator, or the person or persons to whom the Participant’s rights under this Award Agreement shall pass by will or by the laws of descent and distribution as the case may be. Any heir or legatee of the Participant shall take rights herein granted subject to the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement and the Plan.
7. Repurchase Election.
(a) In the event of termination of the Participant’s Service for any reason prior to an IPO, the Company, the PSG Stockholders or their designees (the “Repurchasing Entity”) may elect to repurchase all or any portion of the Shares received by the Participant upon exercise of the Vested Options (whether any such Shares are held by the Participant or one or more of the Participant’s Permitted Transferees other than the Company) (the “Repurchase Shares”) by delivering written notice (the “Repurchase Notice”) to the Participant and his or her Permitted Transferees prior to the date that is twelve (12) months following the later of (i) the date such Repurchase Shares were issued, or (ii) the date the Participant’s Service was terminated. The Repurchase Notice will set forth the number of Repurchase Shares to be acquired from the Participant, the aggregate consideration to be paid for such Repurchase Shares and the time and place for the closing of the transactions. The closing of the purchase of the Repurchase Shares shall take place on the date designated by the Repurchasing Entity in the Repurchase Notice, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days following the date the Repurchase Notice is given nor less than five (5) days after the delivery of the Repurchase Notice.
(b) The purchase price for the Repurchase Shares (the “Repurchase Price”) will be the Fair Market Value of such Repurchase Shares as of the date of the Repurchase Notice; provided, that if the Participant’s Service is terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Participant in a For Cause Resignation the Repurchase Price will be the lesser of (i) the actual out-of-pocket cost paid by the Participant for such Repurchase Shares and (ii) the Fair Market Value of such Repurchase Shares.
(c) If the Participant breaches the Restrictive Covenants, regardless of whether such breach occurs prior to or following an IPO, the Company may elect in its sole discretion to require the Participant to repay the Repurchase Price to the Repurchasing Entity, as applicable, less any Option Price paid by the Participant with respect to such Repurchase Shares, within thirty (30) days of the date the Company becomes aware of such breach.
(d) The Repurchasing Entity will pay the Repurchase Price, at its option, (i) by a check or wire transfer of funds or (ii) to the extent payment of the Repurchase Price in cash would adversely affect the Company’s liquidity or would be restricted by the Company’s financing arrangements, in each case, as determined by the Board in good faith, by a subordinated non-amortizing note with a three year term beginning on the closing date of the purchase of the Repurchase Shares (the “Note”). The Note shall be subject to required prepayment upon the earlier of (i) a Change of Control, or (ii) the date that payment of the Repurchase Price in cash would no longer adversely affect the Company’s liquidity or would no longer be restricted by the Company’s financing arrangements, in each case, as determined by the Board in good faith. The Note shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time. Payment of the Repurchase Price shall be made after offset of any bona fide debts owed by the Participant to the Repurchasing Entity, which will be entitled to receive customary representations and warranties from the Participant or its Permitted Transferees, as applicable, regarding such sale.
8. Restrictive Covenants.
(a) Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. In view of the unique and valuable services expected to be rendered by the Participant to the Company, the Participant’s knowledge of the trade secrets and other proprietary information relating to the business of the Company and in consideration of the compensation to be received hereunder and the Participant’s direct or indirect ownership interest in the Company, the Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that:
(i) Non-Competition. During his or her Service with the Company and, if the Participant is not a California resident at the time of termination of his or her Service with the Company, for a period of one (1) year following the termination of the Participant’s Service (the “Restrictive Covenant Period”), the Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, be employed by or otherwise provide services for, including, but not limited to, as a consultant, independent contractor or in any other capacity, or own or invest in (other than ownership for investment purposes of less than one percent (1%) of a publicly traded company) any company or other entity or organization that engages, operates or is substantially involved in the business carried on by the Company as of the date of termination of the Participant’s Service or that otherwise competes with the Company as of the date of termination of the Participant’s Service (a “Restricted Business”) in any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries engages or plan to engage in or has notified Participant that it intends to engage in a Restricted Business immediately prior to the termination of the Participant’s Services.
(ii) Non-Solicitation and Non-Hire of Employees. During Restrictive Covenant Period, the Participant shall not without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment or hire any employee or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (collectively, the “Restricted Persons”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this provision shall not prevent or restrict in any manner the placement of general advertisements that may be targeted to a particular geographic area or area of expertise but that are not specifically targeted toward the Restricted Persons (provided, that in no event may any of the Restricted Persons be hired as a result thereof).
(iii) Non-Solicitation of Customers. During the Restrictive Covenant Period, the Participant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly (i) persuade or attempt to persuade any potential customer or client to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made a presentation, or with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has had discussions, in each case to the extent that such presentations or discussions took place during the last eighteen (18) months of the Participant’s Service and that the Participant had actual knowledge of such presentations or discussions, not to hire the Company or such Subsidiary, or to hire another company in connection with any business of the type and character engaged in providing services of a similar nature to those provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the Participant’s Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case in the United States or in any other geographic location where the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates do business or, during the Participant’s Service, have specific plans to conduct business in the future and as to which the Participant has knowledge of such plans (“Restricted Activities”); or (ii) except on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries, solicit for any person the business of (x) any customer or client of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the termination of the Participant’s Service, or (y) any person who was a customer or client of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries within the one year period prior to the termination of the Participant’s Service in connection with any Restricted Activities.
(iv) The restrictive covenants set forth in this Section 8 in addition to any similar covenants that the Participant is subject to pursuant to any employment or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or its Subsidiaries and such covenants are in no way superseded by the restrictive covenants included in this Section 8 and, in the event of any conflict, the more restrictive of the conflicting restrictive covenants shall apply. The restrictive covenants set forth in this Section 8 shall apply only to the extent permissible under applicable law.
(v) Tolling. In the event of any violation of the provisions of this Section 8(a), the Participant acknowledges and agrees that the post-termination restrictions contained in this Section 8(a) shall be extended by a period of time equal to the period of such violation, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the running of the applicable post-termination restriction period shall be tolled during any period of such violation.
(vi) Remedies. It is specifically understood and agreed that any breach of the provisions of this Section 8 is likely to result in irreparable injury to the Company and that the remedy at law alone will be an inadequate remedy for such breach, and that in addition to any other remedy it may have in the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Section 8, the Company shall be entitled to enforce the specific performance of this Award Agreement by the Participant and to seek both temporary and permanent injunctive relief (to the extent permitted by law) without bond and without liability should such relief be denied, modified or violated.
(b) Confidentiality; Intellectual Property; Non-Disparagement.
(i) Confidential Information.
(1) Except as otherwise required by applicable law or pursuant to any judicial or administrative proceedings (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar process), or in the good faith performance of duties for the Company and its Affiliates, during the term of the Participant’s employment with the Company or its Affiliates and at all times thereafter, the Participant shall not, and shall cause the Participant’s Affiliates not to disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate to any person or use or otherwise exploit for their own benefit or for the benefit of anyone other than the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, any Confidential Information; provided, however, that in the event that disclosure of the Confidential Information is required by applicable law or pursuant to any judicial or administrative proceeding, the Participant shall provide the Company with prompt written notice of such requirement prior to making any such disclosure so that the Company may, at its own expense, seek an appropriate protective order. The Participant further agrees to (x) follow any of the Company’s policies regarding the use of Confidential Information as they may from time to time be adopted and (y) immediately notify the Company upon learning of any unauthorized disclosure of the Confidential Information. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1833(b), Participant shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
(2) “Confidential Information” means customer pricing, supplier lists, business or operational methods or processes, records, compilations of information, projects, developments, fees, costs, technology, inventions, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, know-how, software, marketing methods and data, strategic plans, sales strategies, financial data or other specialized confidential or proprietary information with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates; provided, that “Confidential Information” does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (w) is or becomes available to the Participant on a non-confidential basis from a source (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates) not prohibited from disclosing such information to the Participant, (x) was independently developed by the Participant or an Affiliate of the Participant without a breach of the applicable confidentiality and use provisions, (y) was known by the Participant prior to the disclosure thereof by the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates without any obligation of confidentiality or (z) is or becomes generally known or available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Participant or an Affiliate of the Participant.
(ii) Assignment of Inventions. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that all writings, works of authorship, technology, inventions, discoveries, ideas and other work product of any nature whatsoever, that are created, prepared, produced, authored, edited, amended, conceived or reduced to practice by the Participant individually or jointly with others during the period of the Participant’s Service and reasonably relating to the business or contemplated business, research or development of the Company and its Subsidiaries (regardless of where such work product is prepared or whose equipment or other resources are used in preparing the same) and all printed, physical and electronic copies, all improvements, rights and claims related to the foregoing, and other tangible embodiments thereof, as well as any and all rights in and to copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks (and related goodwill), patents and other intellectual property rights therein arising in any jurisdiction throughout the world and all related rights of priority under international conventions with respect thereto, including all pending and future applications and registrations therefor, and continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, reissues, extensions and renewals thereof shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company.
(iii) Non-Disparagement. The Participant agrees and covenants that the Participant will not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum or to any person with whom the Company or its Subsidiaries have an existing or prospective business relationship (including, without limitation, existing or prospective employees or customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries), any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning (x) the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their businesses, any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective Affiliates, employees, officers and directors (in their capacity as such), or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ existing or prospective customers or suppliers (in their capacity as such) and investors from and after the date of the Participant’s agreement with the Company or (y) the Company’s Investors, their Affiliates or their respective employees, officers and directors (in their capacity as such) from and after the Date of Grant. This provision does not, in any way, restrict or impede the Participant from exercising protected rights to the extent that such rights cannot be waived by agreement or from complying with any applicable law or regulation or a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized government agency; provided, that such compliance does not exceed that required by the law, regulation or order. The Participant shall promptly provide written notice of any such order to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
(iv) Permitted Disclosure. This Agreement does not limit or interfere with the Participant’s right, without notice to or authorization of the Company, to communicate and cooperate in good faith with any self-regulatory organization or U.S. federal, state, or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency, commission, or entity (collectively, a “Government Entity”) for the purpose of (x) reporting a possible violation of any U.S. federal, state, or local law or regulation, (y) participating in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted or managed by any Government Entity, including by providing documents or other information, or (z) filing a charge or complaint with a Government Entity, provided that in each case, such communications, participation, and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Additionally, the Participant shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. If the Participant files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Participant may disclose the trade secret to the Participant’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the Participant files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. All disclosures permitted under this Section 8(b)(iv) are herein referred to as “Permitted Disclosures.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance will the Participant be authorized to disclose any Confidential Information as to which to the Participant’s knowledge the Company may assert protections from disclosure under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine, without prior written consent of the Company.
9. No Right to Continued Service. The granting of the Options evidenced by this Award Agreement shall impose no obligation on the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to continue the Service of the Participant and shall not lessen or affect any right that the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate may have to terminate the Service of the Participant.
10. Shares Not Registered. Shares and Awards shall not be issued under this Award Agreement unless the issuance and delivery of such Shares and any Awards comply with (or are exempt from) all applicable requirements of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, state securities laws and regulations, and the regulations of any stock exchange or other securities market on which the Company’s securities may then be traded. The Company shall not be obligated to file any registration statement under any applicable securities laws to permit the purchase or issuance of any Shares or any Awards under this Award Agreement, and accordingly any certificates for Shares or documents granting Awards may have an appropriate legend or statement of applicable restrictions endorsed thereon. The Company shall act in a commercially reasonable manner in taking all necessary actions to issue the Shares. If the Company deems it necessary to ensure that the issuance of securities under this Award Agreement is not required to be registered under any applicable securities laws, each Participant to whom such security would be purchased or issued shall deliver to the Company an agreement or certificate containing such representations, warranties and covenants as the Company reasonably requires.
11. Transferability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or in connection with a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, the Participant shall not be permitted to Transfer or assign (a) the Options except in the event of death and in accordance with Section 13.5 of the Plan, or (b) any Shares received upon exercise of the Options except in accordance with the Stockholders’ Agreement.
12. Adjustment of Option. Adjustments to the Options (or any Shares underlying the Option)
shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 of the Plan.
13. Withholding. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold automatically from any payment or Shares deliverable under this Award Agreement, or require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash or by check, the minimum statutory amount to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of this Award Agreement.
14. Notices. Any notice or other communication provided for herein or given hereunder to a party hereto must be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when personally delivered or delivered by facsimile transmission with confirmation of delivery, (b) one (1) business day after deposit with Federal Express or similar overnight courier service, or (c) three (3) business days after being mailed by first class mail, return receipt requested. A notice shall be addressed to the Company at its principal executive office, attention Chief Financial Officer and to the Participant at the address below his or her name on the signature page hereto (or to such other address with respect to a party as such party notifies the other in writing as above provided).
15. Entire Agreement. This Award Agreement, including Exhibit A attached hereto, and the Plan constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements, agreements and understandings, whether oral or written and whether express or implied, and whether in term sheets, presentations or otherwise, among the parties hereto, or between any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
16. Amendment; Waiver. No amendment or modification of any provision of this Award Agreement shall be effective unless signed in writing by or on behalf of the Company and the Participant, except that the Company may amend, restate or modify the Award Agreement without the Participant’s consent in accordance with the provisions of the Plan or as otherwise set forth in this Award Agreement. No waiver of any breach or condition of this Award Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or condition whether of like or different nature. Any amendment or modification of or to any provision of this Award Agreement, or any waiver of any provision of this Award Agreement, shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given.
17. Successors and Assigns; No Third Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Award Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and its successors and assigns (whether the existence of such successor or assign is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company) and upon the Participant, and the Participant’s heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Award Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the Company and the Participant, and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Award Agreement.
18. Choice of Law; Arbitration. This Award Agreement, and all claims or causes of action or other matters (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Award Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Award Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed in such State of Delaware, excluding any conflict or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation thereof to the substantive laws of another jurisdiction, as to all matters, including but not limited to matters of validity, construction, effect, performance and remedies. If any contest or dispute arises between the parties with respect to this Award Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Award Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than injunctive and equitable relief with regard to breach of any Restrictive Covenants, such contest or dispute shall be submitted to binding arbitration for resolution in New York, New York in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then in effect. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and may be entered in any court of applicable jurisdiction. The parties shall bear their own legal fees in any arbitration and shall split the fees of the AAA and the arbitrator.
19. Severable Provisions. The provisions of this Award Agreement are severable and the invalidity of any one or more provisions shall not affect the validity of any other provision. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision of this Award Agreement or the application thereof is unenforceable in whole or in part because of the duration or scope thereof, the parties hereto agree that said court in making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration and scope of such provision to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and that the Award Agreement in its reduced form shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
20. Options Subject to Plan. By entering into this Award Agreement the Participant agrees and acknowledges that the Participant has received and read a copy of the Plan. The Options are subject to the Plan. The terms and provisions of the Plan as it may be amended from time to time are hereby incorporated herein by reference. In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan will govern and prevail. The Participant has had the opportunity to retain counsel, and has read carefully and understands the provisions of the Plan and this Award Agreement. The Participant agrees to sign such additional documentation as may reasonably be required from time to time by the Company in connection with this Award Agreement.
21. Signature in Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Award Agreement.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AWARD AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
EverCommerce Inc. (fka PaySimple Holdings, Inc.)
c/o Providence Strategic Growth Capital Partners L.L.C.
50 Kennedy Plaza, 18th Floor
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
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Ladies & Gentlemen:
1. Exercise of Options. This constitutes notice to PaySimple Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) that pursuant to my Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement, effective [ ] (the “Award Agreement”), under the Plan I elect to purchase the number of Shares of the Company set forth below and for the price set forth below. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Award Agreement. By signing and delivering this notice to the Company, I hereby acknowledge that I am the holder of the Options exercised by this notice and have full power and authority to exercise the same.
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2. Form of Payment. Forms of payment other than cash or its equivalent (e.g. by cashier’s check) are limited by the Plan and are permissible only to the extent approved by the Committee, in its sole discretion, or as otherwise specified in the Award Agreement.
3. Delivery of Payment. With this notice, I hereby deliver to the Company the full purchase price of the Optioned Shares and any and all withholding taxes due in connection with the exercise of my Options, subject to satisfaction of any and all withholding taxes in any other manner consistent with the Award Agreement and the Plan.
4. Rights as Stockholder. While the Company will make commercially reasonable efforts to process this notice in a timely manner, I acknowledge that until the issuance of the Shares underlying the Optioned Shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to such Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of my Option. No adjustment shall be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance of the Optioned Shares.
5. Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this notice shall be submitted promptly by me or by the Company to the Committee which shall review such dispute at its next regular meeting. The resolution of such a dispute by the Committee shall be final and binding on all parties.
6. Entire Agreement. The Plan and the Award Agreement under which the Optioned Shares were granted are incorporated herein by reference, and together with this notice constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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PaySimple Holdings, Inc.
2016 Equity Incentive Plan
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (the “Award Agreement”), is made effective as of the [●] (the “Date of Grant”), by and between EverCommerce Inc. fka PaySimple Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [●] (the “Participant”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the PaySimple Holdings, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Plan”).
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Award Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant the options provided for herein to the Participant pursuant to the Plan and the terms set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Options. The Company hereby grants to the Participant options to purchase, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, all or any part of an aggregate of [●] Shares (the “Options”), subject to adjustment as set forth in the Plan. The Options are intended to be Nonqualified Stock Options. At any time, the Options that have become fully vested are hereinafter referred to as the “Vested Options” and the Options that have not become fully vested are hereinafter referred to as the “Unvested Options”.
2. Option Price. The purchase price of each Share subject to the Option shall be [●] per Share (the “Option Price”), subject to adjustment as set forth in the Plan.
3. Vesting of the Option. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Option shall vest on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant and the balance shall vest in thirty-six (36) equal monthly installments beginning one month after the first anniversary of the Date of Grant, such that 100% of the Option shall be vested on the fourth anniversary of the Date of Grant, subject to the Participant’s continued Service on each applicable vesting date.
4. Forfeiture. Any Unvested Options shall be forfeited without consideration upon termination of the Participant’s Service for any reason or no reason. In the event (a) the Participant’s Service is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Participant when grounds for Cause exist without regard to any applicable cure rights and are asserted by the Company or its Affiliates within sixty (60) days of such resignation (a “For Cause Resignation”), or (b) the Participant breaches any restrictive covenants included in this Award Agreement or any employment, service or similar agreement in effect between the Participant and the Company or its Affiliates (the “Restrictive Covenants”), the Vested Options also shall be forfeited without consideration.
5. Period of Exercise. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and this Award Agreement, the Participant may exercise all or any part of the Vested Options at any time prior to the earliest to occur of:
(a) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant;
(b) the date that is ninety (90) days following termination of the Participant’s Service by the Company without Cause or by the Participant for any or no reason;
(c) the date that is twelve (12) months following termination of the Participant’s Service due to death or Disability; and
(d) the date of termination of the Participant’s Service by the Company for Cause or by the Participant in a For Cause Resignation.
6. Method of Exercise.
(a) Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Vested Options may be exercised by delivering to the Company at its principal office written notice of intent to so exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (such notice, a “Notice of Exercise”). Such Notice of Exercise shall be accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate Option Price for the Options to be exercised. In the event the Options are being exercised by the Participant’s representative, the Notice of Exercise shall be accompanied by proof (satisfactory to the Committee) of the representative’s right to exercise the Options. The aggregate Option Price for the Options to be exercised may be paid in cash or its equivalent (e.g., by cashier’s check) or, to the extent permitted by the Committee, (i) in Shares having a having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price, (ii) by reducing the number of Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Options by the number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price, or (iii) if there is a public market for the Shares at such time, through broker-assisted exercise.
(b) Neither the Participant nor the Participant’s representative shall have any rights to dividends or other rights of a stockholder with respect to Shares subject to the Options until the Participant has (i) given a Notice of Exercise of the Options, (ii) paid in full for such Shares, (iii) been issued certificates in the Participant’s name representing such Shares, (iv) executed a joinder to the Stockholders’ Agreement, and (v) if applicable, satisfied any other conditions reasonably imposed by the Committee pursuant to, and consistent with, the Plan.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Award Agreement to the contrary, the Options may not be exercised prior to: (i) the Participant making or entering into any customary written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may request in order to comply with applicable securities laws, with this Award Agreement or otherwise, and (ii) the completion of any registration or qualification of the Options or the Shares under applicable securities or other laws, or under any ruling or regulation of any governmental body or national securities exchange that the Committee shall in its sole discretion reasonably determine to be necessary or advisable.
(d) Upon the Committee’s determination that the Options have been validly exercised as to any of the Shares, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to issue certificates (which may be in book-entry form with no physical certificate issued to the Participant) in the Participant’s name for such Shares as promptly as reasonably practicable under the circumstances. However, the Company shall not be liable to the Participant for damages relating to any delays in issuing the certificates to the Participant, any loss of the certificates, or any mistakes or errors in the issuance of the certificates or in the certificates themselves; provided that the Company has used commercially reasonable efforts in attempting to issue such certificates or has taken all reasonable steps to rectify any such errors.
(e) In the event of the Participant’s death, the Vested Options shall remain exercisable during the period set forth in Section 5 hereof by the Participant’s executor or administrator, or the person or persons to whom the Participant’s rights under this Award Agreement shall pass by will or by the laws of descent and distribution as the case may be. Any heir or legatee of the Participant shall take rights herein granted subject to the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement and the Plan.
7. Repurchase Election.
(a) In the event of termination of the Participant’s Service for any reason prior to an IPO, the Company, the PSG Stockholders or their designees (the “Repurchasing Entity”) may elect to repurchase all or any portion of the Shares received by the Participant upon exercise of the Vested Options (whether any such Shares are held by the Participant or one or more of the Participant’s Permitted Transferees other than the Company) (the “Repurchase Shares”) by delivering written notice (the “Repurchase Notice”) to the Participant and his or her Permitted Transferees prior to the date that is twelve (12) months following the later of (i) the date such Repurchase Shares were issued, or (ii) the date the Participant’s Service was terminated. The Repurchase Notice will set forth the number of Repurchase Shares to be acquired from the Participant, the aggregate consideration to be paid for such Repurchase Shares and the time and place for the closing of the transactions. The closing of the purchase of the Repurchase Shares shall take place on the date designated by the Repurchasing Entity in the Repurchase Notice, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days following the date the Repurchase Notice is given nor less than five (5) days after the delivery of the Repurchase Notice.
(b) The purchase price for the Repurchase Shares (the “Repurchase Price”) will be the Fair Market Value of such Repurchase Shares as of the date of the Repurchase Notice; provided, that if the Participant’s Service is terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Participant in a For Cause Resignation the Repurchase Price will be the lesser of (i) the actual out-of-pocket cost paid by the Participant for such Repurchase Shares and (ii) the Fair Market Value of such Repurchase Shares.
(c) If the Participant breaches the Restrictive Covenants, regardless of whether such breach occurs prior to or following an IPO, the Company may elect in its sole discretion to require the Participant to repay the Repurchase Price to the Repurchasing Entity, as applicable, less any Option Price paid by the Participant with respect to such Repurchase Shares, within thirty (30) days of the date the Company becomes aware of such breach.
(d) The Repurchasing Entity will pay the Repurchase Price, at its option, (i) by a check or wire transfer of funds or (ii) to the extent payment of the Repurchase Price in cash would adversely affect the Company’s liquidity or would be restricted by the Company’s financing arrangements, in each case, as determined by the Board in good faith, by a subordinated non-amortizing note with a three year term beginning on the closing date of the purchase of the Repurchase Shares (the “Note”). The Note shall be subject to required prepayment upon the earlier of (i) a Change of Control, or (ii) the date that payment of the Repurchase Price in cash would no longer adversely affect the Company’s liquidity or would no longer be restricted by the Company’s financing arrangements, in each case, as determined by the Board in good faith. The Note shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time. Payment of the Repurchase Price shall be made after offset of any bona fide debts owed by the Participant to the Repurchasing Entity, which will be entitled to receive customary representations and warranties from the Participant or its Permitted Transferees, as applicable, regarding such sale.
8. Restrictive Covenants.
(a) Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. In view of the unique and valuable services expected to be rendered by the Participant to the Company, the Participant’s knowledge of the trade secrets and other proprietary information relating to the business of the Company and in consideration of the compensation to be received hereunder and the Participant’s direct or indirect ownership interest in the Company, the Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that:
(i) Non-Competition. During his or her Service with the Company and, if the Participant is not a California resident at the time of termination of his or her Service with the Company, for a period of one (1) year following the termination of the Participant’s Service (the “Restrictive Covenant Period”), the Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, be employed by or otherwise provide services for, including, but not limited to, as a consultant, independent contractor or in any other capacity, or own or invest in (other than ownership for investment purposes of less than three percent (3%) of a publicly traded company) any company or other entity or organization that engages, operates or is substantially involved in (i) the business of developing, marketing, implementing, commercializing and/or supporting field service management and fleet management technology and, to the extent related to such technology, providing services with respect thereto including, but not limited to, customer management, estimating, scheduling, invoicing and payments, Quickbooks integration, inventory management, time tracking & payroll, reporting, and integrated voice and text or (ii) any other activities which are competitive with the business of the Company as of the date of termination of the Participant’s Service (a “Restricted Business”) in any Restricted Territory. For purposes of this Agreement, “Restricted Territory” means any state, province, territory or jurisdiction in the United States, Canada, Mexico and any other country in which the Company operates or conducts business or plans to operate or conduct business as of the date of termination of the Participant’s Service.
(ii) Non-Solicitation and Non-Hire of Employees. During Restrictive Covenant Period, the Participant shall not without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment or hire any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (collectively, the “Restricted Persons”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this provision shall not prevent or restrict in any manner the placement of general advertisements that may be targeted to a particular geographic area or area of expertise but that are not specifically targeted toward the Restricted Persons (provided, that in no event may any of the Restricted Persons be hired as a result thereof).
(iii) Non-Solicitation of Customers. During the Restrictive Covenant Period, the Participant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly (i) persuade or attempt to persuade any potential customer or client to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made a presentation, or with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has had discussions, in each case to the extent that such presentations or discussions took place during the last eighteen (18) months of the Participant’s Service and that the Participant had actual knowledge of such presentations or discussions, not to hire the Company or such Subsidiary, or to hire another company in connection with any business of the type and character engaged in providing services of a similar nature to those provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the Participant’s Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case in a Restricted Territory (“Restricted Activities”); or (ii) except on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries, solicit for any person the business of (x) any customer or client of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the termination of the Participant’s Service, or (y) any person who was a customer or client of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries within the one year period prior to the termination of the Participant’s Service in connection with any Restricted Activities.
(iv) The restrictive covenants set forth in this Section 8 in addition to any similar covenants that the Participant is subject to pursuant to any employment or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or its Subsidiaries and such covenants are in no way superseded by the restrictive covenants included in this Section 8 and, in the event of any conflict, the more restrictive of the conflicting restrictive covenants shall apply. The restrictive covenants set forth in this Section 8 shall apply only to the extent permissible under applicable law.
(v) Tolling. In the event of any violation of the provisions of this Section 8(a), the Participant acknowledges and agrees that the post-termination restrictions contained in this Section 8(a) shall be extended by a period of time equal to the period of such violation, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the running of the applicable post-termination restriction period shall be tolled during any period of such violation.
(vi) Remedies. It is specifically understood and agreed that any breach of the provisions of this Section 8 is likely to result in irreparable injury to the Company and that the remedy at law alone will be an inadequate remedy for such breach, and that in addition to any other remedy it may have in the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Section 8, the Company shall be entitled to enforce the specific performance of this Award Agreement by the Participant and to seek both temporary and permanent injunctive relief (to the extent permitted by law) without bond and without liability should such relief be denied, modified or violated.
(b) Confidentiality; Intellectual Property; Non-Disparagement.
(i) Confidential Information.
(1) Except as otherwise required by applicable law or pursuant to any judicial or administrative proceedings (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar process), or in the good faith performance of duties for the Company and its Affiliates, during the term of the Participant’s employment with the Company or its Affiliates and at all times thereafter, the Participant shall not, and shall cause the Participant’s Affiliates not to disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate to any person or use or otherwise exploit for their own benefit or for the benefit of anyone other than the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, any Confidential Information; provided, however, that in the event that disclosure of the Confidential Information is required by applicable law or pursuant to any judicial or administrative proceeding, the Participant shall provide the Company with prompt written notice of such requirement prior to making any such disclosure so that the Company may, at its own expense, seek an appropriate protective order. The Participant further agrees to (x) follow any of the Company’s policies regarding the use of Confidential Information as they may from time to time be adopted and (y) immediately notify the Company upon learning of any unauthorized disclosure of the Confidential Information. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1833(b), Participant shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
(2) “Confidential Information” means customer pricing, supplier lists, business or operational methods or processes, records, compilations of information, projects, developments, fees, costs, technology, inventions, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, know-how, software, marketing methods and data, strategic plans, sales strategies, financial data or other specialized confidential or proprietary information with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates; provided, that “Confidential Information” does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (w) is or becomes available to the Participant on a non-confidential basis from a source (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates) not prohibited from disclosing such information to the Participant, (x) was independently developed by the Participant or an Affiliate of the Participant without a breach of the applicable confidentiality and use provisions, (y) was known by the Participant prior to the disclosure thereof by the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates without any obligation of confidentiality or (z) is or becomes generally known or available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Participant or an Affiliate of the Participant.
(ii) Assignment of Inventions. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that all writings, works of authorship, technology, inventions, discoveries, ideas and other work product of any nature whatsoever, that are created, prepared, produced, authored, edited, amended, conceived or reduced to practice by the Participant individually or jointly with others during the period of the Participant’s Service and reasonably relating to the business or contemplated business, research or development of the Company and its Subsidiaries (regardless of where such work product is prepared or whose equipment or other resources are used in preparing the same) and all printed, physical and electronic copies, all improvements, rights and claims related to the foregoing, and other tangible embodiments thereof, as well as any and all rights in and to copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks (and related goodwill), patents and other intellectual property rights therein arising in any jurisdiction throughout the world and all related rights of priority under international conventions with respect thereto, including all pending and future applications and registrations therefor, and continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, reissues, extensions and renewals thereof shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company.
(iii) Non-Disparagement. The Participant agrees and covenants that the Participant will not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum or to any person with whom the Company or its Subsidiaries have an existing or prospective business relationship (including, without limitation, employees or customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries), any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning (x) the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their businesses, any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective Affiliates, employees, officers and directors (in their capacity as such), or any investors from and after the date of the Participant’s agreement with the Company or (y) the Company’s Investors, their Affiliates or their respective employees, officers and directors (in their capacity as such) from and after the Date of Grant. This provision does not, in any way, restrict or impede the Participant from exercising protected rights to the extent that such rights cannot be waived by agreement or from complying with any applicable law or regulation or a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized government agency; provided, that such compliance does not exceed that required by the law, regulation or order. The Participant shall promptly provide written notice of any such order to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
(iv) Permitted Disclosure. This Agreement does not limit or interfere with the Participant’s right, without notice to or authorization of the Company, to communicate and cooperate in good faith with any self-regulatory organization or U.S. federal, state, or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency, commission, or entity (collectively, a “Government Entity”) for the purpose of (x) reporting a possible violation of any U.S. federal, state, or local law or regulation, (y) participating in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted or managed by any Government Entity, including by providing documents or other information, or (z) filing a charge or complaint with a Government Entity, provided that in each case, such communications, participation, and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Additionally, the Participant shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. If the Participant files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Participant may disclose the trade secret to the Participant’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the Participant files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. All disclosures permitted under this Section 8(b)(iv) are herein referred to as “Permitted Disclosures.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance will the Participant be authorized to disclose any Confidential Information as to which to the Participant’s knowledge the Company may assert protections from disclosure under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine, without prior written consent of the Company.
9. No Right to Continued Service. The granting of the Options evidenced by this Award Agreement shall impose no obligation on the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to continue the Service of the Participant and shall not lessen or affect any right that the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate may have to terminate the Service of the Participant.
10. Shares Not Registered. Shares and Awards shall not be issued under this Award Agreement unless the issuance and delivery of such Shares and any Awards comply with (or are exempt from) all applicable requirements of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, state securities laws and regulations, and the regulations of any stock exchange or other securities market on which the Company’s securities may then be traded. The Company shall not be obligated to file any registration statement under any applicable securities laws to permit the purchase or issuance of any Shares or any Awards under this Award Agreement, and accordingly any certificates for Shares or documents granting Awards may have an appropriate legend or statement of applicable restrictions endorsed thereon. The Company shall act in a commercially reasonable manner in taking all necessary actions to issue the Shares. If the Company deems it necessary to ensure that the issuance of securities under this Award Agreement is not required to be registered under any applicable securities laws, each Participant to whom such security would be purchased or issued shall deliver to the Company an agreement or certificate containing such representations, warranties and covenants as the Company reasonably requires.
11. Transferability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or in connection with a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, the Participant shall not be permitted to Transfer or assign (a) the Options except in the event of death and in accordance with Section 13.5 of the Plan, or (b) any Shares received upon exercise of the Options except in accordance with the Stockholders’ Agreement.
12. Adjustment of Option. Adjustments to the Options (or any Shares underlying the Option) shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 of the Plan.
13. Withholding. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold automatically from any payment or Shares deliverable under this Award Agreement, or require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash or by check, the minimum statutory amount to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of this Award Agreement.
14. Notices. Any notice or other communication provided for herein or given hereunder to a party hereto must be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when personally delivered or delivered by facsimile transmission with confirmation of delivery, (b) one (1) business day after deposit with Federal Express or similar overnight courier service, or (c) three (3) business days after being mailed by first class mail, return receipt requested. A notice shall be addressed to the Company at its principal executive office, attention Chief Financial Officer and to the Participant at the address below his or her name on the signature page hereto (or to such other address with respect to a party as such party notifies the other in writing as above provided).
15. Entire Agreement. This Award Agreement, including Exhibit A attached hereto, and the Plan constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements, agreements and understandings, whether oral or written and whether express or implied, and whether in term sheets, presentations or otherwise, among the parties hereto, or between any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
16. Amendment; Waiver. No amendment or modification of any provision of this Award Agreement shall be effective unless signed in writing by or on behalf of the Company and the Participant, except that the Company may amend, restate or modify the Award Agreement without the Participant’s consent in accordance with the provisions of the Plan or as otherwise set forth in this Award Agreement. No waiver of any breach or condition of this Award Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or condition whether of like or different nature. Any amendment or modification of or to any provision of this Award Agreement, or any waiver of any provision of this Award Agreement, shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given.
17. Successors and Assigns; No Third Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Award Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and its successors and assigns (whether the existence of such successor or assign is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company) and upon the Participant, and the Participant’s heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Award Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the Company and the Participant, and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Award Agreement.
18. Choice of Law; Arbitration. This Award Agreement, and all claims or causes of action or other matters (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Award Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Award Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed in such State of Delaware, excluding any conflict or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation thereof to the substantive laws of another jurisdiction, as to all matters, including but not limited to matters of validity, construction, effect, performance and remedies. If any contest or dispute arises between the parties with respect to this Award Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Award Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than injunctive and equitable relief with regard to breach of any Restrictive Covenants, such contest or dispute shall be submitted to binding arbitration for resolution in New York, New York in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then in effect. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and may be entered in any court of applicable jurisdiction. The parties shall bear their own legal fees in any arbitration and shall split the fees of the AAA and the arbitrator.
19. Severable Provisions. The provisions of this Award Agreement are severable and the invalidity of any one or more provisions shall not affect the validity of any other provision. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision of this Award Agreement or the application thereof is unenforceable in whole or in part because of the duration or scope thereof, the parties hereto agree that said court in making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration and scope of such provision to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and that the Award Agreement in its reduced form shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
20. Options Subject to Plan. By entering into this Award Agreement the Participant agrees and acknowledges that the Participant has received and read a copy of the Plan. The Options are subject to the Plan. The terms and provisions of the Plan as it may be amended from time to time are hereby incorporated herein by reference. In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan will govern and prevail. The Participant has had the opportunity to retain counsel, and has read carefully and understands the provisions of the Plan and this Award Agreement. The Participant agrees to sign such additional documentation as may reasonably be required from time to time by the Company in connection with this Award Agreement.
21. Signature in Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Award Agreement.
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[Signature Page to Award Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
PaySimple Holdings, Inc.
c/o Providence Strategic Growth Capital Partners L.L.C.
50 Kennedy Plaza, 18th Floor
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
| Attention: Gopi Vaddi | Date of Exercise: | |
Ladies & Gentlemen:
1. Exercise of Options. This constitutes notice to PaySimple Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) that pursuant to my Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement, effective [_________________] (the “Award Agreement”), under the Plan I elect to purchase the number of Shares of the Company set forth below and for the price set forth below. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Award Agreement. By signing and delivering this notice to the Company, I hereby acknowledge that I am the holder of the Options exercised by this notice and have full power and authority to exercise the same.
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| Total exercise price: | $ |
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| Cash payment delivered herewith: | $ |
2. Form of Payment. Forms of payment other than cash or its equivalent (e.g. by cashier’s check) are limited by the Plan and are permissible only to the extent approved by the Committee, in its sole discretion, or as otherwise specified in the Award Agreement.
3. Delivery of Payment. With this notice, I hereby deliver to the Company the full purchase price of the Optioned Shares and any and all withholding taxes due in connection with the exercise of my Options, subject to satisfaction of any and all withholding taxes in any other manner consistent with the Award Agreement and the Plan.
4. Rights as Stockholder. While the Company will make commercially reasonable efforts to process this notice in a timely manner, I acknowledge that until the issuance of the Shares underlying the Optioned Shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to such Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of my Option. No adjustment shall be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance of the Optioned Shares.
5. Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this notice shall be submitted promptly by me or by the Company to the Committee which shall review such dispute at its next regular meeting. The resolution of such a dispute by the Committee shall be final and binding on all parties.
6. Entire Agreement. The Plan and the Award Agreement under which the Optioned Shares were granted are incorporated herein by reference, and together with this notice constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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