Exhibit 10.2

 

 

LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES, inc.
2015 Equity incentive PLAN

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of
_______________ (the “Date of Grant”), between LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ___________________ (“Optionee”).

 

 RECITALS:

 

A.      The Company has adopted the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”),
which Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by reference and made a part
hereof. Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Agreement but defined in
the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan.

 

B.       The Company has determined that it would be to the advantage and in the
interest of the Company and its stockholders to grant the rights and options
provided for in this Agreement to Optionee as an incentive for increased efforts
on behalf of the Company and its affiliates.

 

 AGREEMENT

 

   Based on the foregoing and the agreements set forth herein, the parties agree
as follows:

 

1.       Option Grant.   The Company hereby grants to Optionee the right and
option (the “Option”) to purchase from the Company on the terms and conditions
set forth herein all or any part of an aggregate of ___________1 shares of the
Company’s Common Stock. The Option Price per share of Common Stock subject to
the Option shall be $_____2.

 

The Option granted hereunder is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock
option” within the meaning of that term under Section 422 of the Code; provided
that, to the extent the aggregate Market Value per Share (measured on the Date
of Grant) of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Option becomes
exercisable for the first time during any calendar year under the Plan and all
other plans of the Company and its affiliates exceeds One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000), the Option shall be treated as a non-qualified stock option
to the extent of the excess.

 

2.       Vesting.   The shares covered by the Option shall vest 20% on the first
year anniversary date from the Date of Grant. Thereafter, the shares covered by
the Option shall vest monthly over 4 years with the Option being 100% vested on
the fifth anniversary of the Date of Grant.

 ______________________

1 Insert number of shares subject to option.

 

2 Insert “Market Value per Share” (as defined in the Plan; generally the last
market sale price) of common stock on Date of Grant. If the option is granted to
an employee who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company or certain affiliates on the Date
of Grant, the option price per share must be at least 110% of the Market Value
per Share on the Date of Grant.

 

 
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Any portion of the Option not exercised when vested shall accumulate and be
exercisable at any time during the term of the Option prior to the applicable
termination date set forth in paragraph 3 below. In no event shall the Company
be required to issue fractional shares. No portion of the Option that remains
unvested on the date upon which Optionee’s continuous service with the Company
or any Subsidiary terminates for any reason, including by reason of death or
Disability (as such term is defined in paragraph 3 below), shall vest after the
date of such termination.

 

3.        Term.   The Option shall be exercisable only during its term. The term
of the Option commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the earliest of
the following:

 

(a)     three (3) months after the termination of Optionee’s continuous service
with the Company or any Subsidiary for any reason other than cause, death or
Disability;

 

(b)     immediately upon termination of Optionee’s continuous service with the
Company or any Subsidiary for cause;

 

(c)     twelve (12) months after the termination of Optionee’s continuous
service due to Optionee’s Disability;

 

(d)     twelve (12) months after Optionee’s death if Optionee dies during
Optionee’s continuous service; or

 

(e)     the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant.3

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means Optionee is unable to engage
in any substantial gainful activity for the Company and/or its Subsidiaries by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months. Optionee shall not be
considered to be disabled unless Optionee furnishes proof of the existence
thereof, in such form and manner, and at such times, as the Board may require.

 

4.        Method of Exercise.   To the extent then exercisable, Optionee may
exercise all or any portion of the Option by providing notice of exercise to the
Company in such form as may be designated the Company from time to time,
accompanied by payment of the Option Price and any associated tax withholding
amounts that are due in connection with Optionee’s exercise of all or any part
of the Option. The Company shall not be required to deliver Common Stock
pursuant to the exercise of the Option until payment of the full Option Price
and any associated tax withholding amounts are received by the Company. Optionee
may elect to make payment of the Option Price by any of the following:

 

(a)     cash or by check acceptable to the Company or by wire transfer of
immediately available funds in United States dollars; 

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3 If the option is granted to an employee who owns stock possessing more than
10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or
certain affiliates on the Date of Grant, then this expiration date must be no
later than the fifth anniversary of the Date of Grant.

 

 
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(b)     subject to any procedures that the Board may approve from time to time,
delivery of shares of Common Stock that (i) are owned by Optionee, (ii) have a
fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate Option Price
for the portion of the Option that is being exercised, (iii) were not acquired
by Optionee pursuant to the exercise of a stock option, unless such shares have
been owned by Optionee for at least six months or such other period as the Board
may determine (iv) are all, at the time of such surrender, free and clear of any
and all claims, pledges, liens and encumbrances, or any restrictions which would
in any manner restrict the transfer of such shares to or by the Company (other
than such restrictions as may have existed prior to an issuance of such Common
Stock by the Company to Optionee), and (v) are duly endorsed for transfer to the
Company; or

 

(c)     by a combination of the foregoing.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph 4, the Board
reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Board’s sole and absolute
discretion, to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or
procedure providing for payment of the Option Price through any of the means
described in clauses (b)-(c) above of this paragraph 4, including with respect
to Optionee notwithstanding that such program or procedures may be available to
others.

 

5.        Securities Law Compliance.   The Company will make reasonable efforts
to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws; provided,
however, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company will
not be obligated to issue any Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement if the
issuance thereof would result in a violation of any such law.

 

6.         Transferability.   The Option is not transferable, except by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during Optionee’s
life only by Optionee (or, in the event of the Optionee’s legal incapacity to do
so, by his or her guardian or legal representative acting on behalf of Optionee
in a fiduciary capacity under state law and/or court supervision); provided that
any successor or transferee of Optionee shall not be entitled to further
transfer the Option and any shares acquired upon exercise of the Option shall be
subject to the restrictions set forth herein and in the Plan. In the event of
any attempt by Optionee to alienate, assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise
dispose of the Option, or of any right hereunder, except as provided for in this
Agreement, or in the event of the levy of any attachment, execution, or similar
process upon the rights or interest hereby conferred, the Company, at its
election, may terminate the Option by notice to Optionee and the Option shall
thereupon become null and void.

 

7.         Adjustments.   The Option may be adjusted or terminated in any manner
as contemplated by the Plan (including Section 12 therein) or this Agreement.

 

8.       No Employment Rights.   The Plan and this Agreement are not employment
or service contracts, and will not be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any
obligation on Optionee’s part to continue in the employ of the Company or a
Subsidiary, or of the Company or a Subsidiary to continue Optionee’s employment.
In addition, nothing herein shall obligate the Company or a Subsidiary to
continue any relationship that Optionee might have as a Director or consultant
for the Company or a Subsidiary.

  

 
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9.        No Stockholder Rights.   Optionee shall not have any stockholder
rights with respect to the Common Stock subject to the Option until Optionee has
exercised the Option.

 

10.      Withholding Obligations.

 

(a)     At the time Optionee exercises the Option, in whole or in part, or at
any time thereafter as requested by the Company, Optionee hereby authorizes
withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to Optionee, and
otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the
federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or
a Subsidiary, if any, which arise in connection with the Option.

 

(b)     Upon Optionee’s request and subject to approval by the Board, in its
sole discretion, and compliance with any applicable conditions or restrictions
of law, the Company may withhold from fully vested shares of Common Stock
otherwise issuable to Optionee upon the exercise of the Option a number of whole
shares of Common Stock having a fair market value, determined by the Company as
of the date of exercise, not in excess of the minimum amount of tax required to
be withheld by law.

 

(c)     Optionee may not exercise the Option unless the tax withholding
obligations of the Company and/or any Subsidiary are satisfied. Accordingly,
Optionee may not be able to exercise the Option when desired even though the
Option is vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue a
certificate for such Common Stock.

 

11.      Notice. If Optionee sells or otherwise disposes of any of the shares of
Common Stock acquired pursuant to this Option on or before the later of (a) the
date two (2) years after the Date of Grant or (b) the date one (1) year after
the date of exercise, then Optionee must immediately notify the Company in
writing of such disposition. Any notice required to be given under the terms of
this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of its
Corporate Secretary at the office of the Company at 30452 Esperanza, Rancho
Santa Margarita, California 92688 and any notice to be given to Optionee shall
be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address given by Optionee beneath
Optionee’s signature to this Agreement, or such other address as either party to
this Agreement may hereafter designate in writing to the other. Any such notice
shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when enclosed in a properly sealed
envelope addressed as aforesaid, registered or certified and deposited (postage
or registration or certification fee prepaid) in a post office, (b) on the date
of personal service, or (c) on the day after sending notice by an overnight
delivery service.

 

12.      Governing Plan Document.   The Option is subject to all the provisions
of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of the Option, and
is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations
which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In
the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Option and those of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. The Plan and this Agreement
constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety
all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Optionee with respect
to the subject matter hereof.

  

 
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13.      Board Decisions Final and Conclusive.   All decisions of the Board with
respect to any question arising under the Plan or under this Agreement shall be
final and conclusive.

 

14.     Successors.   This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of any successor or successors of the Company. Where the context
permits, “Optionee” as used in this Agreement shall include Optionee’s executor,
administrator or other legal representative or the person or persons to whom
Optionee’s rights pass by will or the applicable laws of descent and
distribution.

 

15.      Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.   To the extent applicable,
it is intended that this Agreement and the Plan comply with the provisions of
Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section
409A(a)(1) do not apply to Optionee. This Agreement and the Plan shall be
administered in a manner consistent with this intent.

 

16.      Data Protection.   Optionee consents that the Company may process
Optionee’s personal data, including name, Social Security number, address and
number of shares of Common Stock purchased hereunder (“Data”) exclusively for
the purpose of performing this Agreement, in particular in connection with the
Option awarded to Optionee. For this purpose the Data may also be disclosed to
and processed by companies outside the Company, e.g., banks involved.

 

17.       Country-Specific Terms and Conditions.   If this Agreement includes an
Appendix, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, the Option shall be subject to the specific terms and conditions, if
any, set forth in such Appendix that are applicable to Optionee’s country of
residence, the provisions of which are incorporated in and constitute part of
this Agreement. Moreover, if Optionee relocates to one of the countries included
in any such Appendix, the specific terms and conditions applicable to such
country will apply to the Option to the extent the Company determines that the
application of such terms and conditions is necessary or advisable in order to
comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan or this
Agreement.

 

18.      Governing Law.   The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware,
regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of
laws.

  

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed on its
behalf by a duly authorized officer, and Optionee has signed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

By:__________________________________________

 

Name:_______________________________________

 

Title:_________________________________________

 

 

 

OPTIONEE:

 

 

 

____________________________________
          (Signature)

 

____________________________________
          (Print Name)

 

Address: ____________________________________

 

____________________________________________

 

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