MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

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EX-10.71 4 c86709exv10w71.htm EXHIBIT 10.71 Exhibit 10.71
Exhibit 10.71
MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP.
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT dated as of the       day of                     , between Meade Instruments Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and                      (the “Director”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Corporation has adopted and the stockholders of the Corporation have approved the Meade Instruments Corp. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 8 of the Plan, the Corporation has granted an option to the Director upon the terms and conditions evidenced hereby, as required by the Plan, which Option is not intended as and shall not be deemed to be an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the services rendered and to be rendered by the Director, the Corporation and the Director agree to the terms and conditions set forth herein as required by the terms of the Plan.
1. Grant of Option. This Agreement evidences the Corporation’s grant to the Director, as of                      (the “Option Date”), of the right and option to purchase, under Section 8 of the Plan, on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, all or any part of an aggregate of                      shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, at the price of $                     per share (the “Option”), which amount represents the Fair Market Value of the shares as of the Option Date, exercisable from time to time, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, prior to the close of business on the day before the tenth anniversary of the Option Date (the “Expiration Date”).
2. Option Exercisability and Term. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Plan, the Option shall first become and remain exercisable as to       of the shares on the first anniversary of the Option Date and as to an additional       of the shares on each of the                                          of the Option Date.
3. Exercisability of Option. To the extent the Director does not in any year purchase all or any part of the shares to which the Director is entitled, the Director has the right cumulatively thereafter to purchase any shares not so purchased and such right shall continue until the Option terminates or expires. Fractional share interests shall be disregarded, but may be cumulated. No fewer than ten (10) shares may be purchased at any one time, unless the number purchased is the total number at the time available for purchase under the Option.
4. Method of Exercise of Option. The Option shall be exercisable by the delivery to the Corporation of a written notice stating the number of shares to be purchased pursuant to the Option and accompanied by payment made in accordance with and in a form permitted by Section 8.3 of the Plan for the full purchase price of the shares to be purchased.

 

 

 

5. Non-Transferability of Option. Subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Plan, the Option and any other rights of the Director under this Agreement or the Plan are nontransferable.
6. Service and Effect of Termination of Service. The Director agrees to serve as a director in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and applicable law. If the Director’s service as a member of the Board shall terminate, this Option shall terminate at the times and to the extent set forth in Section 8.5 of the Plan.
7. Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal office to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer, and to the Director at the address given beneath the Director’s signature hereto, or at such other address as either party may hereafter designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been duly given when enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as aforesaid, registered or certified, and deposited (postage and registry or certification fee prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Government.
8. General Terms. The Option and this Agreement are subject to, and the Corporation and the Director agree to be bound by, the provisions of the Plan that apply to the Option. Such provisions are incorporated herein by this reference. The Director acknowledges receiving a copy of the Plan and reading its applicable provisions. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the Plan, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall govern. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
             
  MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP., a Delaware corporation
 		  
  By:        
      Print Name:     
      Its:      
     
  NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR:
 		  
     
  Signature  
     
     
  Print Name   
     
  Address:     
         
         

 

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SPOUSAL CONSENT
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Stock Option Agreement by Meade Instruments Corp., I,                                         , the spouse of the Director therein named, do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof and of the Plan.
         
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  Signature of Spouse    
 
        
 
 
 
    
 
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