Company: FWDI
Filing Date: 2025-06-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001683168-25-004653
Chunk: 117

Company: Forward Industries, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-20
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 117
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 or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section
409A of the Code.

6.4 Consideration.
The Option Exercise Price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes
and regulations, either (a) in cash or by certified or bank check at the time the Option is exercised or (b) in the discretion
of the Committee, upon such terms as the Committee shall approve, the Option Exercise Price may be paid by: (i) delivery to the
Company of other Common Stock, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, with a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal
to the Option Exercise Price (or portion thereof) due for the number of shares being acquired, or by means of attestation whereby
the Participant identifies for delivery specific shares of Common Stock that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of
attestation equal to the Option Exercise Price (or portion thereof) and receives a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
difference between the number of shares thereby purchased and the number of identified attestation shares of Common Stock (a “Stock for Stock Exchange”); (ii) a “cashless” exercise program established with a broker; (iii) by reduction in
the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon exercise of such Option with a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate
Option Exercise Price at the time of exercise; (iv) any combination of the foregoing methods; or (v) in any other form of legal
consideration that may be acceptable to the Committee. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Option, the exercise price
of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option that is paid by delivery (or attestation) to the Company of other Common Stock acquired,
directly or indirectly from the Company, shall be paid only by shares of the Common Stock of the Company that have been held for
more than six months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting
purposes). Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period for which the Common Stock is publicly traded (i.e., the Common Stock
is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system) an exercise by a Director or Officer that involves or
may involve a direct or indirect extension of credit or arrangement of an extension of credit by the Company, directly or indirectly,
in violation of Section 402(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 shall