Zale Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan Incentive Stock Option Agreement with Participant
Contract Categories:
Business Finance
›
Warrant Agreements
Summary
This agreement is between Zale Corporation (on behalf of its subsidiary Zale Delaware, Inc.) and an employee participant. It grants the participant incentive stock options to purchase company shares at a set price, with options vesting over four years. The agreement outlines how and when options can be exercised, and what happens if employment ends due to resignation, disability, death, or cause. It also specifies that all options become fully exercisable upon a change in control of the company. The participant must notify the company of certain stock dispositions within one year of exercise.
EX-10.4B 2 d18967exv10w4b.htm FORM OF STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT exv10w4b
EXHIBIT 10.4b
ZALE CORPORATION
2003 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
PLAN AGREEMENT
Social Security Number | ||||||
Participant | Grant Date | Number of Options | Option Exercise Price | |||
Grant | Zale Corporation (the Company), on behalf of Zale Delaware, Inc., its | |
wholly-owned subsidiary, hereby grants to the Participant named above, as | ||
of the grant date above, the above number of Incentive Stock Options to | ||
purchase common stock of the Company (Company Stock) at the above | ||
option exercise price subject to the terms and conditions set forth in | ||
this Plan Agreement and in the Zale Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan | ||
(the Plan). | ||
Vesting | Each Option shall become cumulatively exercisable as to 25 percent of the | |
shares covered thereby on each of the first, second, third and fourth | ||
anniversaries of the date of grant. | ||
Expiration | No Option shall be exercisable more than 10 years after the date of grant. | |
Exercise | An Option may be exercised for all or any portion of the shares as to | |
which it is exercisable; provided, that no partial exercise of an Option | ||
shall be for an aggregate exercise price of less than $1,000. | ||
An Option shall be exercised by delivering notice to Zale Corporation | ||
Investor Relations, MS 6B-3, P.O. Box 152777, Irving, Texas 75015-2777 no | ||
less than one business day in advance of the effective date of the | ||
proposed exercise (Please call Investor Relations for the proper form). | ||
Such notice shall be accompanied by this Plan Agreement, and may be | ||
withdrawn at any time prior to the close of business on the business day | ||
immediately preceding the effective date of the proposed exercise. | ||
Payment for shares of Company Stock purchased upon the exercise of an | ||
Option shall be made on the effective date of such exercise by cash, | ||
certified check, bank cashiers check or wire transfer. | ||
Certificates for shares of Company Stock purchased upon the exercise of | ||
an Option shall be issued in the name of the Participant, or other person | ||
entitled to receive such shares, and delivered to the Participant or such | ||
other person as soon as practicable following the effective date on which | ||
the Option is exercised. |
Termination | Other than Cause, Disability or Death In the event that the employment | |
of a Participant with Zale Delaware, Inc. shall terminate for any reason | ||
other than Cause, Disability or death (i) Options granted to such | ||
Participant, to the extent that they were exercisable at the time of such | ||
termination, shall remain exercisable until the date that is three months | ||
after such termination, on which date they shall expire, and (ii) Options | ||
granted to such Participant, to the extent they were not exercisable at | ||
the time of such termination, shall expire at the close of business on | ||
the date of such termination. The three-month period described above | ||
shall be extended to one year in the event of the Participants death | ||
during such three-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Option | ||
shall be exercisable after the expiration of its term. | ||
Disability or Death In the event that the employment of a Participant | ||
with Zale Delaware, Inc. shall terminate on account of the Disability or | ||
death of the Participant (i) Options granted to such Participant, to the | ||
extent they were exercisable at the time of such termination, shall | ||
remain exercisable until the first anniversary of such termination, on | ||
which date they shall expire, and (ii) Options granted to such | ||
Participant, to the extent that they were not exercisable at the time of | ||
such termination, shall expire at the close of business on the date of | ||
such termination; provided, however, that no Option shall be exercisable | ||
after the expiration of its term. | ||
Cause In the event of the termination of a Participants employment | ||
with Zale Delaware, Inc. for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to | ||
such Participant shall expire at the commencement of business on the date | ||
of such termination. | ||
Miscellaneous | Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, each Option granted under the | |
Plan and outstanding at such time shall become fully and immediately | ||
exercisable and shall remain exercisable until its expiration, | ||
termination or cancellation pursuant to the terms of the Plan. | ||
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings | ||
assigned to them in the Plan. | ||
Disqualifying Dispositions | Each Participant shall notify the Company of any dispositions of shares | |
of stock purchased under an Incentive Stock Option if such disposition | ||
occurs within one year of the exercise date. Such notice shall be | ||
provided within 10 Days of such disposition, and shall be addressed to | ||
the attention of Zale Corporation Investor Relations, MS 6B-3, P.O. Box | ||
152777, Irving, Texas 75015-2777. | ||
Zale Corporation | ||
Authorized Officer | ||
I hereby agree to be bound by all the terms and | ||
Conditions of this Plan Agreement and the Plan. | ||
Participant | ||
Date: |