Company: ATLN
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001605888-25-000017
Chunk: 47

Company: ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 47
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2 Exercise Price . The Administrator will establish each Option’s and Stock Appreciation Right’s exercise price and specify the exercise price in the Award Agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the exercise price will not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the grant date of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right.

5.3 Duration . Each Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable at such times and as specified in the Award Agreement, provided that, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator in accordance with Applicable Laws, the term of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right will not exceed ten years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant, prior to the end of the term of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, violates the non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality or other similar restrictive covenant provisions of any employment contract, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the right of the Participant and the Participant’s transferees to exercise any Option or Stock Appreciation Right issued to the Participant shall terminate immediately upon such violation and cease to be exercisable, unless the Administrator otherwise determines.

5.4 Vesting of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights . Each Option or Stock Appreciation Right may, but need not, vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments that may, but need not, be equal. The Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on a performance goal, which may be based on the Performance Criteria, or other criteria) as the Administrator may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options and Stock Appreciation Rights may vary.

5.5 Exercise .

(a) Options and Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised by delivering to the Company a written notice of exercise, in a form the Administrator approves (which may be electronic), signed by the person authorized to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, together with, as applicable, payment in full (i) as specified in Section 5.6 of the exercise price for the number of Shares for which the Award is exercised and (ii) as specified in Section 9.8 for any applicable taxes. Unless the Administrator otherwise determines, an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

(b) If an Option is granted to an Employee who is a non-exempt employee for purposes of the Fair