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Exhibit 10.41




[Executive Officers (Other than CEO)]




COLOR KINETICS INCORPORATED




Incentive Stock Option Agreement




     Color Kinetics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants as of the
date below (the “Grant Date”) to the person named below (the “Employee”) and the Employee hereby
accepts, an option to purchase the number of shares (the “Option Shares”) listed below of the
Company’s Common Stock $.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), at the price per share and with
a vesting start date (the “Vesting Start Date”) listed below, such option to be subject to the
terms and conditions specified herein and in the attached Exhibit A.



     Employee Name:



     Grant Date:



     Total Number of Shares:



     Exercise Price Per Share:



     Expiration Date of Option:


Vesting Schedule: This Option shall become exercisable for 25% of the Total Number of
Option Shares on ____________, and for an additional 6.25% of the Total Number of Option
Shares at the end of every three month period thereafter.



Acceleration of Vesting Upon Change-in Control: If, within 12 months after or during the 3
months prior to a Change in Control, your employment is terminated (A) by the Company for any
reason other than for Cause or (B) by you for Good Reason, then, provided you sign, on the date of
your termination, the Release Agreement previously provided to you as Exhibit A to your agreement
dated May 1, 2007, the vesting of your Option Shares shall be fully accelerated on the date of your
termination (after giving effect to any applicable revocation periods in the Release Agreement). In
addition, the vesting of your Option Shares shall accelerate by twelve months upon a Change in
Control, provided you are still an employee at the time of the Change in Control. For purposes of
clarity, in the case of a Change in Control in which the consideration received by holders of the
Company’s common stock consists entirely of cash, options vesting at or post the Change in Control
are cash settlement instruments, payable at the difference between the Change in Control purchase
price and the exercise price.




     For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean (i) any material breach by you of (A) any
provision of any Employment Agreement, if any, between yourself and the Company, (B) any written
Company policy, or (C) any other agreement between yourself and the Company, or (ii) the commission
of, conviction of or plea of nolo contendere by you to (A) a felony or (B) a misdemeanor involving
moral turpitude, dishonesty or fraud, or (iii) any other materially dishonest act or statement of
you with respect to the Company or any of its affiliates, or (iv) any material misconduct, willful
or deliberate non-performance or gross negligence in the performance (other than by reason of
disability, as reasonably determined by the Company) by you of any of your duties and
responsibilities. The cessation of your employment shall not be for Cause unless (x) there shall
have been delivered to you written notice from the Company specifying the basis for such
termination and (y), with respect to clauses (i) and (iv), you have been provided with a period of
not less than thirty (30) days to cure such conduct determined to constitute Cause hereunder.



     For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) a substantial adverse change or
diminution in the substantive nature or scope of your responsibilities, authority, powers,
functions and duties (including office, titles and reporting requirements); provided, however, that
neither any failure of the Company to continue you in the position of director, officer or employee
of any of its subsidiaries or other affiliates, nor the mere fact of a Change in Control in which
the Company thereafter becomes a subsidiary or division of a corporation or similar entity shall in
and of itself constitute a substantial adverse change or diminution in the substantive nature or
scope of your responsibilities, authority, powers, functions and duties (including office, titles
and reporting requirements), or (ii) a reduction in your compensation to which you are entitled, or
(iii) any material failure of the Company to provide you with such other material employee benefits
to which you received



 









 







immediately prior to termination (for purposes of clarity, a reduction in the amount of a
benefit does not constitute a material failure to provide such benefit so long as you are receiving
such benefit in a manner consistent with other employees who receive such benefit), or (iv) the
relocation of the offices at which you are principally employed to a location more than 25 miles
from Boston, MA (until August 30, 2007) or, thereafter, Burlington, MA without your consent.



     For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” with respect to a party means (a) the
direct or indirect acquisition, whether in one or a series of transactions, by any person or
related person constituting a group, of (i) beneficial ownership of issued and outstanding shares
of stock of such party, the result of which is that such person or such group possesses in excess
of fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of all then-issued and outstanding stock of
such party, or (ii) the power to elect, appoint, or cause the election or appointment of at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such party; (b)
a merger or consolidation of a party with a person, or a reorganization or recapitalization of a
party, provided that the result of such transaction, whether in one or a series of related
transactions, is that the holders of the outstanding voting stock of such party immediately prior
to such consummation do not possess in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power
of all of the then-issued and outstanding stock of such party or surviving person of such party,
whether directly or indirectly, immediately after the consummation of such transaction; or (c) the
sale or disposition, whether directly or indirectly, in one or a series of related transactions, of
substantially all of the assets of a party. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the terms
“person,” “group” and “beneficial ownership” shall have the meanings given to such terms under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


Lock-Up Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions: All shares purchased upon exercise of this
Option are subject to the lock-up agreement set forth in Section 9 of the attached Terms and
Conditions and to the other terms of the Option and Plan.




     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Employee have caused this instrument to be executed as
of the Grant Date set forth above.



	 	 	 
	__________________________________________

(Employee Signature and Date)


	 	COLOR KINETICS INCORPORATED

10 Milk Street, Suite 1100

Boston, MA 02108

	__________________________________________

(Street Address)


		 
By:__________________________________________

      William J. Sims

      President & CEO
	__________________________________________

(City/State/Zip Code)

	 	 






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EXHIBIT A




Incentive Stock Option Agreement

 Terms and Conditions 




Color Kinetics Incorporated 2004

Stock Incentive Plan




     This option is granted pursuant to and governed by the Company’s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “Plan”) and, unless the context otherwise requires, terms used herein shall have the same
meaning as in the Plan. Determinations made in connection with this Option pursuant to the Plan
shall be governed by the Plan as it exists on the Grant Date.



     Section 1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the
Holder is hereby given the right and option to purchase from the Company shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). The Incentive Stock Option Agreement
to which these Terms and Conditions are attached sets forth (i) the expiration date of the Option,
(ii) its exercise price per share, (iii) the maximum number of shares that the Holder may purchase
upon exercise hereof, (iv) the vesting schedule and (v) certain other terms and conditions
applicable to this Option and incorporated herein. The right to purchase shares hereunder shall be
cumulative.



     This Option is and shall be subject in every respect to the provisions of the Company’s
2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereof. The Holder hereby accepts this Option subject to all the terms and
provisions of the Plan and agrees that (i) in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof
and those of the Plan, the latter shall prevail, and (ii) all decisions under and interpretations
of the Plan by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or the Committee shall be final,
binding and conclusive upon the Holder and his heirs and legal representatives. References herein
to the “Committee” shall mean the Committee as defined in the Plan.




     Although this Option is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Company makes no representation as to the tax treatment to
the Holder upon receipt or exercise of this Option or sale or other disposition of the shares
covered by this Option .



     Section 2. Exercise of Option. This Option may be exercised only to the extent such Option
has vested pursuant to the terms of Section 1. Purchase of any shares hereunder shall be made by
delivery to the Company of a written notice of exercise (the “Notice”) setting forth the number of
shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and the address to which the certificate
for such shares is to be mailed, accompanied by:




     (i) cash, certified or bank check or postal money order payable to the order of the
Company for an amount equal to the Option price of such shares;




     (ii) with the consent of the Committee, shares of Common Stock of the Company which
(a) either have been purchased by the Holder on the open market, or (b) have been
beneficially owned by the Holder for a period of at least six months and are not then
subject to restriction under any Company plan (“mature shares”); such surrendered shares
shall have a fair market value equal to or less than the Option price of such shares and
shall be accompanied by cash or a certified or bank check or postal money order in an amount
equal to the difference, if any, between the Option price of such shares and the fair market
value of such shares;




     (iii) with the consent of the Committee, a personal recourse note issued by the Holder
to the Company in a principal amount equal to such aggregate exercise price and with such
other terms, including interest rate and maturity, as the Company may determine in its
discretion, provided that the interest rate borne by such note shall not be less than the
lowest applicable federal rate, as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.




     (iv) with the consent of the Committee, if the class of Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at that time, subject to rules as may be
established by the Committee, irrevocable instructions



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to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable
to the Company for the purchase price;




     (v) with the consent of the Committee, instructions to reduce the number of shares
otherwise issuable to the Holder upon the exercise of the Option by a number of shares of
Common Stock having a fair market equal to the aggregate exercise price; provided, however,
that the Holder otherwise owns an equal number of mature shares; or




     (vi) with the consent of the Committee, a combination of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and/or (v).



     For the purpose of the foregoing, the fair market value per share of the Common Stock so
delivered to the Company shall be the closing price per share on the date of delivery as reported
by such registered national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or, if the
Common Stock is not listed on such an exchange, as quoted on NASDAQ; provided, that, if there is no
trading on such date, the fair market value shall be deemed to be the closing price per share on
the last preceding date on which the Common Stock was traded. If the Common Stock is not listed on
any national registered securities exchange or quoted on NASDAQ, the fair market value of the
Common Stock shall be determined in good faith by the Committee.



     Section 3. Conditions and Limitations. The Company, in its discretion, may file a
registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 to register shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. At any time at which such a registration statement is
not in effect, it shall be an additional condition precedent to any exercise of this Option that
the Holder shall deliver to the Company a customary “investment letter” satisfactory to the Company
and its counsel in which, among other things, the Holder shall state that the Holder is purchasing
the shares for investment and acknowledges that they are not freely transferable except in
compliance with state and federal securities laws.



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     Section 4. Delivery of Shares. Within a reasonable time after receipt by the Company of the
Notice and payment for any shares to be purchased hereunder and, if required as a condition to
exercise, the investment letter described in Section 3, the Company will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Holder (or if any other individual or individuals are exercising this Option, to
such individual or individuals) at the address specified in the Notice a certificate or
certificates for the number of shares with respect to which the Option is then being exercised,
registered in the name or names of the individual or individuals exercising the Option, either
alone or jointly with another person or persons with rights of survivorship, as the individual or
individuals exercising the Option shall prescribe in writing to the Company at or prior to such
purchase; provided, however, that if any law or regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or other body having jurisdiction in the premises shall require the Company or the
Holder (or the individual or individuals exercising this Option) to take any action in connection
with the shares then being purchased, the date for the delivery of the certificates for such shares
shall be extended for the period necessary to take and complete such action, it being understood
that the Company shall have no obligation to take and complete any such action. The Company may
imprint upon such certificate the legend set forth in the Plan or such other legends referencing
stock transfer restrictions which counsel for the Company considers appropriate. Delivery by the
Company of the certificates for such shares shall be deemed effected for all purposes when the
Company or a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have deposited such certificates in the
United States mail, addressed to the Holder, at the address specified in the Notice.



     Section 5. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. The existence of this Option shall not
affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or
all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital
structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of Common
Stock, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock or other capital
stock ahead of or affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business,
or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.



     If the Company shall effect a stock dividend, stock split or similar change in capitalization
affecting the shares of Common Stock outstanding, in any such case without receiving compensation
therefor in money, services or property, then the number, class, and price per share of shares of
Common Stock subject to this Option shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle
the Holder to receive upon exercise of this Option, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the
same total number and class of shares as the Holder would have received as a result of the event
requiring the adjustment had the Holder exercised this Option in full immediately prior to such
event.



     Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issue by the Company of shares of stock of any
class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for
labor or services, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe
therefor, or upon the conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such
shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason therefor shall be made
with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock then subject to option.



     Section 6. Effect of Certain Transactions. After a merger of one or more corporations with or
into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the
stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation own after such merger
or consolidation shares representing at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the
Company or the surviving or resulting corporation, as the case may be, the Holder shall, at no
additional cost, be entitled upon exercise of this Option to receive in lieu of the shares of
Common Stock as to which this Option was exercisable immediately prior to such event, the number
and class of shares of stock or other securities, cash or property (including, without limitation,
shares of stock or other securities of another corporation or Common Stock) to which the Holder
would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation if,
immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, the Holder had been the holder of record of a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares for which this Option shall be so
exercised.



     If the Company is merged with or into or consolidated with another corporation, other than a
merger or consolidation in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger
or consolidation continue to own after such merger or consolidation shares representing at least
fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company or the surviving or resulting corporation,
as the case may be, or if the Company is liquidated, or sells or otherwise disposes of
substantially all its assets to another corporation while this Option remains outstanding, then




     (i) subject to the provisions of clause (ii) below, after the effective date of such
merger, consolidation, liquidation, sale or disposition, as the case may be, the Holder of
this Option shall be entitled, upon exercise of this



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Option, to receive, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock as to which this Option was
exercisable immediately prior to such event, the number and class of shares of stock or
other securities, cash or property (including, without limitation, shares of stock or other
securities of another corporation or Common Stock) to which the Holder would have been
entitled pursuant to the terms of the merger, consolidation, liquidation, sale or
disposition if, immediately prior to such event, the Holder had been the holder of a number
of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares as to which such Option shall be so
exercised; or




     (ii) this Option may be canceled by the Committee as of the effective date of any such
merger, consolidation, liquidation, sale or disposition provided that (x) notice of such
cancellation shall be given to the Holder and (y) the Holder shall have the right to
exercise this Option to the extent that the same is then exercisable or, if the Committee
shall have accelerated the time for exercise of this Option pursuant to clause (ii) above,
in full during the 10-day period preceding and including the effective date of such merger,
consolidation, liquidation, sale or disposition.



     Section 7. Rights of Holder. No person shall, by virtue of the granting of this Option to
the Holder, be deemed to be a holder of any shares purchasable under this Option or to be entitled
to the rights or privileges of a holder of such shares unless and until this Option has been
exercised with respect to such shares and they have been issued pursuant to that exercise of this
Option.



     The granting of this Option shall not impose upon the Company any obligations to employ or to
continue to employ the Holder; and the right of the Company to terminate the employment of the
Holder shall not be diminished or affected by reason of the fact that this Option has been granted
to the Holder.



     The Company shall, at all times while any portion of this Option is outstanding, reserve and
keep available, out of shares of its authorized and unissued stock or reacquired shares, a
sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock to satisfy the requirements of this Option; shall
comply with the terms of this Option promptly upon exercise of the Option rights; and shall pay all
fees or expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection with the issuance and delivery
of shares pursuant to the exercise of this Option.



     Section 8. Transfer and Termination. This Option is not transferable by the Holder otherwise
than by will or under the laws of descent and distribution.



     This Option is exercisable, during the Holder’s lifetime, only by the Holder, and by the
Holder only while the Holder is an employee of the Company, except that if the Holder’s employment
by the Company terminates for any reason other than death, Disability (as defined in the Plan),
Normal Retirement (as defined in the Plan) or for Cause, the Holder shall have the right to
exercise this Option within thirty (30) days after the date of such termination of employment (but
not later than the expiration date of this Option) with respect to shares which were purchasable by
the Holder by exercise of this Option at the time of said termination of employment.



     As used herein, “Cause” shall mean (x) any material breach by the Holder of any agreement to
which the Holder and the Company (or any parent or subsidiary) are both parties, (y) any act (other
than retirement) or omission to act by the Holder which may have a material and adverse effect on
the business of the Company (or any parent or subsidiary) or on the Holder’s ability to perform
services for the Company (or any parent or subsidiary), including, without limitation, the
commission of any crime (other than ordinary traffic violations), or (z) any material misconduct or
material neglect of duties by the Holder in connection with the business or affairs of the Company
(or any parent or subsidiary) or any affiliate of the Company (or any such parent or subsidiary).



     In the event of the Normal Retirement or Disability of the Holder while the Holder is in the
employ of the Company (or any parent or subsidiary of the Company) and before the expiration date
of this Option, this Option shall terminate on the earlier of its expiration date or ninety (90)
days from the date of said Normal Retirement or Disability.



     In the event of the death of the Holder while the Holder is in the employ of the Company (or
any parent or subsidiary of the Company) and before the expiration date of this Option, this Option
shall terminate on the earlier of its expiration date or a date one hundred eighty (180) days after
the date of his or her death. After the death of the Holder, the Holder’s executors,
administrators or any person or persons to whom the Holder’s Option has been transferred by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution shall have the right to exercise this Option at any time
prior to the earlier of the date of expiration of this Option or one hundred eighty (180) days
after the date of the death of the original Holder.



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     Section 9. Lock-Up Agreement. The Holder agrees for a period of up to 180 days from the
effective date of any registration of securities of the Company (upon request of the Company or the
underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Company’s securities), not to sell, make any
short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any shares
issued pursuant to the exercise of such Option, without the prior written consent of the Company or
such underwriters, as the case may be.



     Section 10. Notification of Disqualifying Disposition. The Holder agrees to notify the
Company in writing immediately after making a Disqualifying Disposition of any shares of Common
Stock received pursuant to the exercise of this Option. The Holder also agrees to provide the
Company with any information that the Company shall request concerning any such Disqualifying
Disposition.



          10.1 Disqualifying Disposition. A “Disqualifying Disposition” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 421(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
provision; as of the date of grant of this Option, a Disqualifying Disposition is any disposition
(including any sale) of such shares before the later of (i) the second anniversary of the date of
grant of this Option or (ii) the first anniversary of the date on which the Holder acquired such
shares by exercising this Option, provided that such holding period requirements terminate upon the
death of the Holder.



          10.2 Forfeiture of Favorable Tax Treatment. The Holder acknowledges that he or she will
forfeit the favorable income tax treatment otherwise available with respect to the exercise of this
Option if he or she makes a Disqualifying Disposition of shares received upon exercise of this
Option.



     Section 11. Withholding of Taxes.



          11.1 Upon a Disqualifying Disposition. If the Company in its discretion determines that it
is obligated to withhold tax with respect to a Disqualifying Disposition of shares of Common Stock
received on exercise of this Option, the Holder agrees that the Company may withhold from the
Holder’s wages, or other amounts due to the Holder from the Company, the appropriate amount of
federal, state or local withholding taxes attributable to such Disqualifying Disposition.




          11.2 Upon Treatment as a Non-Statutory Option. If any portion of this Option is treated as a
Non-Statutory Option (as defined in the Plan), the Holder hereby agrees that the Company may
withhold from the Holder’s wages, or other amounts due to the Holder from the Company, the
appropriate amount of federal, state and local withholding taxes attributable to the Holder’s
exercise of such Non-Statutory Option.




          11.3 Election as to Method of Satisfying Withholding Obligation. At the Holder’s election,
the amount required to be withheld may be satisfied, in whole or in part, by: (i) authorizing the
Company to withhold from shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the exercise of such
Non-Statutory Option a number of shares with an aggregate fair market value that would satisfy the
minimum withholding amount due with respect to such exercise, or (ii) transferring to the Company a
sufficient number of mature shares of Common Stock with an aggregate fair market value that would
satisfy the minimum withholding amount due.




          11.4 Agreement to Reimburse Company for Withholding Obligation. The Holder further agrees
that, if the Company does not withhold an amount from the Holder’s wages sufficient to satisfy the
Company’s withholding obligation, the Holder will reimburse the Company on demand, in cash, for the
amount underwithheld.




     Section 12. Notice. Any notice to be given to the Company hereunder shall be deemed
sufficient if addressed to the Company and delivered by hand or by mail to the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, 10 Milk Street, Suite 1100, Boston , Massachusetts 02108, or such other
address as the Company may hereafter designate.



     Any notice to be given to the Holder hereunder shall be deemed sufficient if addressed to and
delivered in person to the Holder or when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the
Holder at the Holder’s address furnished to the Company.



     Section 13. Government and Other Regulations. This Option is subject to all laws, regulations
and orders of any governmental authority which may be applicable thereto and, notwithstanding any
of the provisions hereof, the Holder agrees that the Holder will not exercise the Option granted
hereby nor will the Company be obligated to issue or sell any shares of stock hereunder if the
exercise thereof or the issuance or sale of such shares, as the case may be, would constitute a
violation by the Holder or the Company of any such law, regulation or order or any provision
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obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the exercise of this Option or the
issuance or sale of shares pursuant hereto to comply with any such law, regulation, order or
provision.



     Section 14. Governing Law. This Option shall be governed by, and construed and enforced
in accordance with, the substantive laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.




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