Exhibit 10.43


 


FORM OF EXECUTIVE


OPTION AGREEMENT


INTERLINE BRANDS, INC.


2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE
PLAN


NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT


THIS OPTION AGREEMENT
(the “Agreement”), dated as of 
December__, 2004  (the “Date
of Grant”) is made by and between Interline Brands, Inc. (the “Company”)
and _________ (the “Optionee”).


W I T N
E S S E T H:


1.             Grant of Option.


(a)           The Option.  The Company hereby grants to the Optionee an
option (the “Option”) to purchase __________ shares of Common Stock on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and as otherwise provided
in the Plan.  This Option is not
intended to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option, as such term is defined in
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.


(b)           Incorporation by Reference, Etc.  The provisions of the Plan are hereby
incorporated herein by reference. 
Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall be
construed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and any capitalized
terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning set forth
in the Plan.


2.             Terms and Conditions.


(a)           Purchase Price.  The price at which the Optionee shall be
entitled to purchase shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of all or any
portion of this Option shall be $____ per share.  Shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of the Option
shall hereinafter be referred to as “Option Shares.”


(b)           Expiration Date.  The Option shall expire at 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time on the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant (the “Expiration
Date”).


(c)           Exercisability of Option.  The Option shall be immediately vested and
exercisable on the Date of Grant.


(d)           Restrictions on Transfer of Option
Shares.  The Optionee may not
assign, alienate, pledge, attach, sell or otherwise transfer or encumber the
Options Shares (a “Transfer”) and any such purported assignment,
alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and
unenforceable against the Company; provided;  however that the Optionee
may Transfer (i) (A) 25% of the Option Shares underlying the Option
on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant, (B) 50% of


 

















 


the Option Shares underlying the Option on the second
anniversary of the Date of Grant, (C) 75% of the Option Shares underlying
the Option on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant, and (D) 100% of
the Option Shares underlying the Option on the fourth anniversary of the Date
of Grant (the “Lapse Date”); (ii) subject to, and in accordance
with Section 2(e) hereof, a sufficient number of Option Shares to satisfy the
aggregate Option Price in connection with the Optionee’s exercise of all or a
portion of the Option pursuant to Section 2(e) hereof; and (iii) a sufficient
number of Option Shares to satisfy the Optionee’s obligations pursuant to
Section 3 hereof (taxes) in connection with the Optionee’s exercise of all or a
portion of the Option in a manner set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.


(e)           Method of Exercise.  The Option may be exercised only by written
notice, in a form to be provided by the Committee, and delivered to the Company
in person or sent by mail in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof and, in
either case, accompanied by payment therefor. 
The Option Price shall be payable (i) in cash and/or shares of Stock valued
at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised (including by
means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Stock in
lieu of actual delivery of such shares to the Company); provided, that
such shares of Stock are Mature Shares, (ii) in the discretion of the
Committee, either (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date
of exercise equal to the Option Price or (B) by delivering to the Committee a
copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to deliver promptly to the
Company an amount of loan proceeds, or proceeds from the sale of the Option
Shares subject to the Option, sufficient to pay the Option Price or (iii) by
such other method as the Committee may allow. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be
permitted to exercise an Option in the manner described in clause (ii) of the
preceding sentences if the Committee determines that exercising an Option in
such manner would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, any other applicable
law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or
inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company or any of
its Affiliates are listed or traded.


(f)            Exercise Upon Termination of
Employment.  In the event that the
Optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and its Affiliates the Option
held by the Optionee (to the extent then outstanding) shall terminate as
follows:


(i)            Without Cause or by the Optionee.   If the Company or its Affiliates terminates
the Optionee’s employment with the Company or its Affiliates without Cause or
the Optionee resigns for “Good Reason” (as such term is defined in any
employment agreement entered into by and between the Company and the Optionee
in effect on the Date of Grant), then the Option shall remain exercisable until
the earlier of (x) the Expiration Date or (y) a period of one-hundred twenty
(120) days following such termination of employment, and shall thereafter
terminate without further consideration to the Optionee.  If the Optionee’s employment with the
Company or its Affiliates is terminated by the Optionee without Good Reason,
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earlier of (x) the
Expiration Date or (y) a period of ninety (90) days following such termination
of employment without further consideration to the Optionee.


(ii)           For Cause.  If the Optionee’s employment with the
Company or its Affiliates is terminated by the Company or its Affiliates for
Cause, then the Option shall terminate and expire on the date of such
termination of employment without further consideration to the Optionee.


(iii)          Death or Disability.  If the Optionee’s employment with the
Company or its Affiliates is terminated by reason of his death or Disability
then the Option shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (x) the
Expiration Date or (y) the first anniversary of such date of termination.


(g)           Transferability.  The Option may not be assigned, alienated,
pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by the Optionee
other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any such
purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or
encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company; provided,
that, the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an
assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.  No such permitted transfer of the Option to
heirs or legatees of the Optionee shall be effective to bind the Company unless
the Committee shall have been furnished with written notice thereof and a copy
of such evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity
of the transfer and the acceptance by the transferee or transferees of the
terms and conditions hereof.  During the
Optionee’s lifetime, the Option is exercisable only by the Optionee or his or her
legal representative.


(h)           Rights as Stockholder.  The Optionee shall not be deemed for any
purpose to be the owner of any of the Option Shares subject to this Option
unless, until and to the extent that (i) the Option shall have been
exercised pursuant to its terms and (ii) the Company shall have issued and
delivered to the Optionee the Option Shares.


3.             Withholding Taxes.


(a)           As a condition of the exercise of the Option,
the Optionee shall pay to the Company or make arrangements
satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of any federal, state or local
taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld upon the exercise of the
Option and the Company shall, to the extent permitted or required by law, have
the right to deduct from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Optionee,
federal, state and local taxes of any kind required by law to withheld upon the
exercise of the Option.


(b)           Without limiting the generality of
clause (a) above, the Optionee may satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing
withholding liability (but no more than the minimum required withholding
liability) by (i) the delivery of Mature Shares owned by the Participant having
a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability or (ii) having the
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pursuant to the exercise of the Option a number of
shares with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability.


4.             Miscellaneous.


(a)           Notices.  Any and all notices, designations, consents,
offers, acceptances and any other communications provided for herein shall be
given in writing and shall be delivered either personally or by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, which shall be addressed, in the case of the
Company to the Secretary of the Company at the principal office of the Company
and, in the case of the Optionee, to Optionee’s address appearing on the books
of the Company or to Optionee’s residence or to such other address as may be
designated in writing by the Optionee.


(b)           No Right to Continued Employment.  Nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement
shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the
Company or its Affiliates shall interfere with or restrict in any way the right
of the Company or its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to
remove, terminate or discharge the Optionee at any time for any reason
whatsoever.


(c)           Bound by Plan.  By signing this Agreement, the Optionee
acknowledges that he has received a copy of the Plan and has had an opportunity
to review the Plan and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of
the Plan.


(d)           Successors.  The terms of this Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns, and
of the Optionee and the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and
successors of the Optionee.


(e)           Invalid Provision.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any
particular provision hereof shall not affect the other provisions hereof, and
this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or
unenforceable provision had been omitted.


(f)            Modifications.  No change, modification or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same be in writing and
signed by the parties hereto.


(g)           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the Plan contain the
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter contained herein and therein and supersede all prior communications,
representations and negotiations in respect thereto.


(h)           Governing Law.  This Agreement and the rights of the
Optionee hereunder shall be construed and determined in accordance with the
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(i)            Headings.  The headings of the Sections hereof are
provided for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for
interpretation or construction, and shall not constitute a part, of this
Agreement.


(j)            Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this
Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto on the first
set forth above.


	
   

  	
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