EX-10.3



 Exhibit 10.3 

XENOPORT, INC. 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT NOTICE 

(2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN) 

XenoPort, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”), hereby awards to Participant a Restricted Stock Unit Award covering the number of restricted stock units (the “Stock Units”) set forth below (the “Award”). This Award
shall be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”). This Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the applicable Award Agreement and the Plan, each of
which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. 
  

					
		 	 Participant:
	  	  

		 	Date of Grant:	  	  

		 	Vesting Commencement Date:	  	  

		 	Number of Stock Units:	  	  

		 	Payment for Common Stock:	  	  


 Vesting Schedule: 
  

					
	 Shares
	 	 Vest Type
	 	 Full Vest Date

		 		 	
		 		 	
		 		 	
		 		 	
		 		 	

  

							
	Special Tax Withholding Right:	  	x	  	(i)	 	You may direct the Company to withhold, from shares otherwise issuable upon vesting of the Award, a portion of those shares with an aggregate fair market value (measured as of the delivery date) equal to the amount of the
applicable withholding taxes, as provided in Section 10 of the Award Agreement.
				
		  		  	Or	 	
		  		  	(ii)	 	You may make a cash payment directly to the Company equal to the applicable withholding taxes, and the Company shall remit such withholding directly to the appropriate taxing authorities, as provided in Section 10 of the Award
Agreement.








 Delivery Schedule: Delivery of one share of Common Stock for each Stock Unit that vests shall occur at the
time set forth in Section 3(a) of the Award Agreement.  
 Additional Terms/Acknowledgements: Participant acknowledges receipt of, and
understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Award Agreement and the Plan. Participant further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Grant Notice, the Award Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between Participant
and the Company regarding the award of the Stock Units and the underlying Common Stock and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of Stock Awards previously granted and delivered to Participant under the
Plan. 
 XENOPORT, INC. 
  

			
	By:	 	  

		 	William G. Harris
		 	Senior Vice President of Finance and
		 	Chief Financial Officer

 ATTACHMENTS:     Award Agreement, 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
Prospectus and 2014 Equity Incentive Plan 







 XENOPORT, INC. 

2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 

Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”) and this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
(“Agreement”), XenoPort, Inc. (the “Company”) has awarded you a Restricted Stock Unit Award pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”) for the number of Stock Units as indicated in the Grant Notice (collectively, the “Award”). Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same
definitions as in the Plan. Subject to adjustment and the terms and conditions as provided herein and in the Plan, each Stock Unit shall represent the right to receive one (1) share of Common Stock. 

The details of your Award, in addition to those set forth in the Grant Notice, are as follows. 

1. NUMBER OF STOCK UNITS AND SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK. The number of Stock Units in your Award is set forth in the Grant Notice. 

(a) The number of Stock Units subject to your Award and the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable with respect to such Stock
Units may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments as described in the Plan. You shall receive no benefit or adjustment to your Award with respect to any cash dividend or other distribution that does not result in a
Capitalization Adjustment pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply with respect to any shares of Common Stock that are delivered to you in connection with your Award after such shares have been delivered to
you. 
 (b) Any additional Stock Units, shares of Common Stock, cash or other property that becomes subject to the Award pursuant to
this Section 1 shall be subject, in a manner determined by the Board, to the same forfeiture restrictions, restrictions on transferability, and time and manner of delivery as applicable to the other Stock Units and Common Stock covered by your
Award. 
 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1, no fractional Stock Units or rights for fractional shares of
Common Stock shall be created pursuant to this Section 1. The Board shall, in its discretion, determine an equivalent benefit for any fractional Stock Units or fractional shares that might be created by the adjustments referred to in this
Section 1. 
 2. VESTING. The Stock Units shall vest, if at all, as provided in the Vesting Schedule
set forth in your Grant Notice and the Plan, provided that vesting shall cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service. 
 3.
DELIVERY OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK.  

(a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, in the event one or more Stock Units vests, the Company shall deliver to
you one (1) share of Common Stock for 







 
each Stock Unit that vests on the applicable vesting date. However, if a scheduled delivery date falls on a date that is not a business day, such delivery date shall instead fall on the next
following business day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that (i) any shares covered by your Award are scheduled to be delivered on a day (the “Original Distribution Date”) that does not occur during an open
“window period” under the Company’s policy permitting officers and directors to sell shares only during certain “window periods” in effect from time to time (the “Policy”) and you are not permitted to
sell shares of Common Stock pursuant to a written plan that meets the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act or you are otherwise prohibited from selling shares of Common Stock on the open market on the Original Distribution Date and
(ii) the Company elects not to satisfy its tax withholding obligations by withholding shares from your distribution, then such shares shall not be delivered on such Original Distribution Date and shall instead be delivered on the first business
day of the next occurring open “window period” applicable to you pursuant to the Policy (regardless of whether you are still providing Continuous Service at such time) or the next business day when you are not prohibited from selling
shares of Common Stock on the open market, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third calendar month of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the shares covered by the Award vest. Delivery of the shares
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3(a) is intended to comply with the requirements for the short-term deferral exemption available under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) and shall be construed and administered in such
manner. 
 (b) The form of such delivery (e.g., a stock certificate or electronic entry evidencing such shares) shall be
determined by the Company. 
 4. PAYMENT BY YOU. This Award was granted
in consideration of your services for the Company. Subject to Section 10 below, except as otherwise provided in the Grant Notice, you will not be required to make any payment to the Company (other than your past and future services for the
Company) with respect to your receipt of the Award, vesting of the Stock Units, or the delivery of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Stock Units. 

5. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. You may not be issued any Common Stock under
your Award unless either (i) the shares of Common Stock are then registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or (ii) the Company has determined that such issuance would be exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Your Award must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Award, and you shall not receive such Common Stock if the Company determines that such receipt would not
be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 
 6. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. The Common Stock
issued under your Award shall be endorsed with appropriate legends, if any, determined by the Company. 
 7. TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS. Prior to the time that shares of Common Stock have been delivered to you, you may not transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares in respect of your Award. For example, you may not use shares that may
be issued in respect of your Stock Units as security for a loan, nor may you transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares. This restriction on transfer will lapse upon delivery to you of shares in respect of your vested Stock Units.
Your Award is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of 







 
descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party who, in the event of
your death, shall thereafter be entitled to receive any distribution of Common Stock to which you were entitled at the time of your death pursuant to this Agreement. 

8. AWARD NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your Award
is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your Award shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the service of the Company or any Affiliate, or on the part of the Company or any
Affiliate to continue such service. In addition, nothing in your Award shall obligate the Company or any Affiliate, their respective stockholders, boards of directors or employees to continue any relationship that you might have as an Employee or
Consultant of the Company or any Affiliate. 
 9. UNSECURED OBLIGATION. Your Award is
unfunded, and even as to any Stock Units that vest, you shall be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement. You shall not have voting or
any other rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Common Stock acquired pursuant to this Agreement until such Common Stock is issued to you pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement. Upon such issuance, you will obtain full
voting and other rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Common Stock so issued. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind or a
fiduciary relationship between you and the Company or any other person. 
 10. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS.

 (a) On or before the time you receive a distribution of Common Stock pursuant to your Award, or at any time thereafter as
requested by the Company, you hereby authorize any required withholding from the Common Stock issuable to you and otherwise agree to make adequate provision in cash for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign income and
employment tax withholding obligations of the Company or any Affiliate which arise in connection with your Award (the “Withholding Taxes”). If specified in your Grant Notice, you may direct the Company to withhold shares of
Common Stock with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the date shares of Common Stock are delivered pursuant to Section 3) equal to the amount of such Withholding Taxes; provided, however, that the number of such shares of Common Stock
so withheld shall not exceed the amount necessary to satisfy the Company’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal, state, local and foreign tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are
applicable to supplemental taxable income. 
 (b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are
satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to deliver to you any Common Stock. 
 (c) In the event the Company’s obligation
to withhold arises prior to the delivery to you of Common Stock or it is determined after the delivery of Common Stock to you that the amount of the Company’s withholding obligation was greater than the amount withheld by the Company, you agree
to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any failure by the Company to withhold the proper amount. 







 11. CHANGE IN CONTROL.  

(a) If your Continuous Service terminates within twelve (12) months following the effective date of a Change in Control due to
(i) an involuntary termination (excluding death or Disability) without Cause, or (ii) a voluntary termination for Good Reason, the vesting of your Award shall be accelerated in full. 

(b) “Cause,” “Change in Control,” “Continuous Service” and “Disability” shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Plan. 
 (c) “Good Reason” means that one or more of the following are undertaken by
the Company without your express written consent: (i) the assignment to you of any duties or responsibilities that results in a material diminution in your function as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control;
provided, however, that neither a change in your title or reporting relationships nor the Common Stock ceasing to be listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market shall provide the
basis for a voluntary termination with Good Reason; (ii) a material reduction by the Company in your annual base salary, as in effect on the effective date of the Change in Control or as increased thereafter; provided, however, that Good
Reason shall not be deemed to have occurred in the event of a reduction in your annual base salary that is pursuant to a salary reduction program affecting substantially all of the employees of the Company and that does not adversely affect you to a
greater extent than other similarly situated employees; (iii) any failure by the Company to continue in effect any material benefit plan or program, including incentive plans or plans with respect to the receipt of securities of the Company, in
which you were participating immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control (hereinafter referred to as “Benefit Plans”), or the taking of any action by the Company that would materially adversely affect
your participation in or materially reduce your benefits under the Benefit Plans or deprive you of any material fringe benefit that you enjoyed immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control; provided, however, that Good
Reason shall not be deemed to have occurred if the Company provides for your participation in benefit plans and programs that, taken as a whole, are comparable to the Benefit Plans; (iv) a relocation of your business office to a location more
than fifty (50) miles from the location at which you performed your duties as of the effective date of the Change in Control, except for required travel by you on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with your
business travel obligations prior to the effective date of the Change in Control; or (v) a material breach by the Company of any provision of the Plan or this Agreement or any other material agreement between you and the Company concerning the
terms and conditions of your employment. 
 12. BEST AFTER-TAX PROVISION.

 (a) If any payment or benefit you would receive pursuant to a Change in Control from the Company or otherwise
(“Payment”) would (i) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (ii) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the
Code (the “Excise Tax”), then such Payment shall be 







 
equal to the Reduced Amount. The “Reduced Amount” shall be either (x) the largest portion of the Payment that would result in no portion of the Payment being subject to the Excise
Tax, or (y) the largest portion, up to and including the total, of the Payment, whichever amount, after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest
applicable marginal rate), results in your receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the Payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. If a reduction in payments or benefits
constituting “parachute payments” is necessary so that the Payment equals the Reduced Amount, reduction shall occur in a manner necessary to provide you with the greatest economic benefit. If more than one manner of reduction of payments
or benefits necessary to arrive at the Reduced Amount yields the greatest economic benefit, the payments and benefits shall be reduced pro rata. 

(b) The accounting firm engaged by the Company for general tax purposes as of the day prior to the effective date of the Change in
Control shall perform the foregoing calculations. If the accounting firm so engaged by the Company is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change in Control, the Company shall appoint a nationally
recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder. The Company shall bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such accounting firm required to be made hereunder. 

(c) The accounting firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder shall provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting
documentation, to you and the Company within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date on which your right to a Payment is triggered (if requested at that time by you or the Company) or such other time as requested by you or the Company. If the
accounting firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable with respect to a Payment, either before or after the application of the Reduced Amount, it shall furnish you and the Company with an opinion reasonably acceptable to you that no Excise Tax
will be imposed with respect to such Payment. Any good faith determinations of the accounting firm made hereunder shall be final, binding and conclusive upon you and the Company. 

13. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your Award or the Plan shall be given in writing to each of the
other parties hereto and shall be deemed effectively given on the earlier of (i) the date of personal delivery, including delivery by express courier, or (ii) the date that is five (5) days after deposit in the United States Post
Office (whether or not actually received by the addressee), by registered or certified mail with postage and fees prepaid, addressed at the following addresses, or at such other address(es) as a party may designate by ten (10) days’
advance written notice to each of the other parties hereto: 
  

									
		 	COMPANY:	  	XenoPort, Inc.	  		  	
		 		  	Attn: General Counsel	  		  	
		 		  	3410 Central Expressway	  		  	
		 		  	Santa Clara, California 95051	  		  	
					
		 	PARTICIPANT:	  	Your address as on file with the Company at the time notice is given	  		  	








 14. HEADINGS. The headings of the Sections in this Agreement are inserted
for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Agreement or to affect the meaning of this Agreement. 
 15.
AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing executed by the Company and you which specifically states that it is amending this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended solely by the
Company by a writing which specifically states that it is amending this Agreement, so long as a copy of such amendment is delivered to you, and provided that no such amendment adversely affecting your rights hereunder may be made without your
written consent. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company reserves the right to change, by written notice to you, the provisions of this Agreement in any way it may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the grant as a result of
any change in applicable laws or regulations or any future law, regulation, ruling, or judicial decision, provided that any such change shall be applicable only to rights relating to that portion of the Award that has not been delivered to you in
Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. 
 16. MISCELLANEOUS. 

(a) The rights and obligations of the Company under your Award shall be transferable by the Company to any one or more persons or
entities, and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company’s successors and assigns. 

(b) You agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the
Company to carry out the purposes or intent of your Award. 
 (c) You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its
entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing and accepting your Award and fully understand all provisions of your Award. 

(d) This Agreement shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies
or national securities exchanges as may be required. 
 (e) All obligations of the Company under the Plan and this Agreement shall be
binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company. 

17. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of
the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award, 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 your Award and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control; provided, however, that Section 3 of this Agreement shall govern the timing of any distribution of Common Stock under your
Award. The Company shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation, and application 







 
of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Board shall be final and binding upon
you, the Company, and all other interested persons. No member of the Board shall be personally liable for any action, determination, or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Agreement. 

18. EFFECT ON OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.
The value of the Award subject to this Agreement shall not be included as compensation, earnings, salaries, or other similar terms used when calculating benefits under any employee benefit plan (other than the Plan) sponsored by the Company or any
Affiliate except as such plan otherwise expressly provides. The Company expressly reserves its rights to amend, modify, or terminate any or all of the employee benefit plans of the Company or any Affiliate. 

19. CHOICE OF LAW. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall
be governed by the law of the state of California without regard to such state’s conflicts of laws rules. 
 20.
SEVERABILITY. If all or any part of this Agreement or the Plan is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not invalidate any portion of this Agreement or the
Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Section of this Agreement (or part of such a Section) so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of
a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid. 
 21. OTHER
DOCUMENTS. You hereby acknowledge receipt or the right to receive a document providing the information required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act (which includes the prospectus for this Award).
In addition, you acknowledge receipt of the Company’s Policy Regarding Stock Trading by Directors, Officers and Other Designated Insiders. 

* * * * * 
 This Restricted Stock
Unit Award Agreement shall be deemed to be signed by the Company and you upon your electronic signing of the Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice to which it is attached.