Exhibit 10.10


 


FORM OF STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT


 


NYIAX, INC.

STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

2017 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN


 


	
     Optionee:
	 	 
		 	 
	Award Date:	 	 
	 	 	 
	Exercise Price per Share (1):	 	 
	 	 	 
	Number of Shares (1):	 	 
	 	 	 
	Expiration Date (2):	 	 
	 	 	 
	NSO or ISO (3):	 	 
	 	 	 
	Exercise/Vesting Schedule (2):	[_(_______) shall fully vest and become exercisable on ______, __ 201() and an additional (_____) shall fully vest and become exercisable on _____, _ 202()]


 





 






	(1)	Subject to adjustment under Section 4.3 of the Plan.



 


	(2)	Subject to early termination if the Optionee’s employment
or other service relationship terminates or in certain other circumstances. See Sections 6.4 and 12 of the Plan for exceptions and
additional details regarding possible adjustments, acceleration of exercisability and/or vesting and/or early termination of the Option.



 


	(3)	Subject to Section 5.3(c) of the Plan.



 


THIS AGREEMENT is among
NYIAX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and is granted pursuant to and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the NYIAX, INC. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned by the Plan.


 


If the Company has designated
the Option as an ISO above, the Company intends that the Option will be treated as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422
of the Code (an “ISO”) to the maximum extent permissible under all of the ISO rules and restrictions. Any shares acquired
upon exercise of the Option without compliance with all applicable ISO rules will be treated as acquired upon exercise of a Nonstatutory
Stock Option (a “NSO”). If the Company has designated the Option as a NSO above, the Company intends that the Option
will be treated in its entirety as a NSO and not as an ISO.


 






     


     


    

 


WHEREAS, pursuant to
the Plan, the Company has granted to the Optionee with reference to services rendered and to be rendered to the Company, effective as
of the Award Date, an Option upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.


 


NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
of services rendered and to be rendered prior to exercise by the Optionee and the mutual promises made herein and the mutual benefits
to be derived therefrom, the parties agree as follows:


 


1.   Exercisability
of Option. The Option shall vest and become exercisable during its term in accordance with the Exercise/Vesting Schedule as set forth
above and with and subject to the applicable provisions of the Plan and this Agreement. The Option may be exercised only to the extent
the Option is exercisable and vested, and, subject to Section 6.5 of the Plan, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the
Optionee. In no event may the Optionee exercise the Option after the Expiration Date as provided above.


 


2.   Exercise
of Option. To the extent vested and exercisable, the Option may be exercised (for whole numbers of shares only) by the delivery
to the Company of a written exercise notice stating the number of shares to be purchased pursuant to the Option accompanied by payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares to be purchased and the payment or provision for any applicable employment or other taxes
or withholding for taxes thereon. Subject to Section 14 of the Plan, the Option shall be deemed to be exercised upon receipt and
approval by the Company of such written exercise notice accompanied by the aggregate Exercise Price and any other payments so required.


 


3.   Method
of Payment. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be by any of the methods permitted under Section 6.3 of the Plan,
or a combination thereof, at the election of the Optionee.


 


4.   Continuance
of Service Required. The vesting schedule requires continued Service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to
the vesting of the applicable installment and rights and benefits under this Agreement. Partial Service, even if substantial, during any
vesting period will not entitle the Optionee to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon
or following a termination of Service.


 


5.   Effect
of Termination of Service on Exercise Period. If the Optionee’s Service terminates, the Option and all other rights and
benefits under this Agreement terminate, except that the Optionee, at any time within the applicable period specified in Section 6.4 of
the Plan, may exercise the Option to the extent the Option is exercisable on the date of termination of Service and has not otherwise
expired or terminated.


 


Notwithstanding the foregoing
exercise periods after termination of Service, to the extent the Option otherwise is an ISO, the Option will qualify as an ISO only if
it is exercised within the applicable exercise periods for ISOs and meets all other requirements of the Code for ISOs. If the Option is
not exercised within the applicable exercise periods or does not meet such other requirements, the Option will be rendered a NSO.


 






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6.   Adjustments
Upon Specified Events. As provided in Section 4.3 of the Plan, upon the occurrence of certain events relating to or affecting
the Company’s stock contemplated by Section 4.3 of the Plan, the Board shall, in such manner, to such extent (if any) and at
such times as it deems appropriate and equitable in the circumstances, make adjustments in the number, amount and
type of shares (or other securities or property) subject to the Option, the Exercise Price and the securities deliverable upon exercise
of the Option (or any combination thereof), and the Board may under Section 12 of the Plan provide for a cash payment and cancellation
or the assumption, substitution or exchange of the Option or the shares or other securities subject to the Option in connection with a
Change in Control of the Company. All rights of the Optionee hereunder are subject to such adjustments and other provisions of the Plan.



 


7.   Optionee
not a Shareholder. Neither the Optionee nor any other person entitled to exercise the Option shall have any of the rights or
privileges of a shareholder of the Company as to any shares of Company Stock until exercise of the Option and the issuance and delivery
to him or her of a certificate evidencing the shares registered in his or her name. No adjustment will be made for dividends or other
rights as a shareholder as to which the record date is prior to such date of delivery.


 


8.   Non-Transferability
of Option. The Option and any other rights of the Optionee under this Agreement or the Plan are nontransferable except as expressly
provided in Section 6.5 of the Plan.


 


9.   Notices.
Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company at _________________, _______,
to the attention of [name or title], and to the Optionee at the address given beneath the Optionee’s signature hereto, or at such
other address as either party may hereafter designate in writing to the other.


 


10.   Effect
of Award Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company,
except to the extent the Board determines otherwise.


 


11.   Entire
Agreement; Governing Law. The Plan is incorporated herein by reference. The Plan and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement
of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the
Company and the Optionee with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified except by means of a writing signed by the
Company and the Optionee. The construction, interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement and the Option shall be governed
by the internal substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of the State of New York.


 


12.   Plan.
The Option and all rights of the Optionee with respect thereto are subject to, and the Optionee agrees to be bound by, all of the terms
and conditions of the provisions of the Plan, incorporated herein by reference, to the extent such provisions are applicable to Awards
granted thereunder. The Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, which is made a part hereof by this reference, and agrees
to be bound by the terms thereof. Unless otherwise expressly provided in other Sections of this Agreement, provisions of the Plan that
confer discretionary authority on the Board do not (and shall not be deemed to) create any rights in the Optionee unless such rights are
expressly set forth herein or are otherwise in the sole discretion of the Board specifically so conferred by appropriate action of the
Board under the Plan after the date hereof.


 






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	NYIAX, INC.,	 	AGREED AND ACKNOWLEDGED:
	a Delaware corporation	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	By: 	      	 	
	 	 	 	(Optionee’s Signature)
	Its: 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	(City, State, Zip Code)
	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	(Address)



 


 


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