Exhibit 10.39

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement for U.S. Based Employees

 

AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC.

STOCK OPTION GRANT

Dated as of February 1, 2006

 

AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC., a Delaware corporation (“Grantor”), hereby
grants to                  (“Participant”), an employee of Grantor or one of its
subsidiaries, the option to purchase (“Option”), at the exercise price set forth
below, a total of              shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(“Common Stock”), of the Grantor, pursuant to and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Grantor’s 2002 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
and to such further terms and conditions as are set forth below.

 

  •   Exercise Price. The exercise price applicable to the shares of Common
Stock that may be purchased by the Participant pursuant to the Option is
$             per share, representing the Fair Market Value (as defined in the
Plan) of the Common Stock on the date hereof.

 

  •   Non-Qualified Stock Option. The option to purchase shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the Option is granted as a “non-qualified stock option”, within the
meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

 

  •   Vesting. Participant’s right to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant
to the Option shall vest in three equal installments on each of the first
anniversaries of the grant, unless otherwise cancelled pursuant to Section 6 of
the Plan.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized officers of the Grantor named below have
hereunto subscribed as of the day and year first above written.

 

    AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC. Attest:      

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    By:           Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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        Secretary        

 

This document constitutes part of a prospectus covering securities that have
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933.