Form of Employee Stock Option Agreement



 Exhibit 10.8 
 FORM OF EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
 

 
 Pegasystems Inc. 
  


			
	 Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement
	    	 Pegasystems Inc.
 ID: 04-2787865
 101 Main Street
 Cambridge, MA 02142


  

					
	First MI Last	    	Option Number:	 	0000XXXX
	Address 1	    	Plan:	 	2004
	Address 2	    	ID:	 	XXXXX
	City, State Country Zip Code	    		 	

 Effective X/X/20XX, you (the “Optionee”) have been granted a Non-Qualified Stock Option (the
“Option”) to buy XXX shares of Pegasystems Inc. (the “Company”) common stock at an exercise price of $X.XXXX per share (the “Exercise Price”), pursuant to the Pegasystems Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”). 
 The total exercise price of the shares granted is $X,XXX.XX. 
 Shares subject to this Option will vest in equal increments over the five-year period measured from the Effective Date on the last day of each completed full three-month period after the Effective Date. 
 The undersigned Optionee agrees to all of the terms of the Plan and all those set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Optionee have executed this instrument as of the date set forth above. 
  

			
	Pegasystems Inc.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Alan Trefler

		 	Alan Trefler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
		
		 	  

		 	First MI Last









 Exhibit A 
 To Notice of Grant of Stock Option and Option Agreement 
 1. Exercise Price. The Exercise Price is equal to Fair
Market Value, as defined in Section 2(o) of the Plan, of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the Notice of Grant of Stock Option and Option Agreement (of which this Exhibit A is a part) (the “Option
Agreement”). 
 2. Option Exercise. Once vested, the Option shall remain exercisable in whole or in part at any time through and
including the day immediately preceding the date set forth under the heading “Expiration” on the Option Agreement (the “Expiration Date”), after which the Option shall expire and no longer be exercisable. 
 The Option shall be exercisable by notice to the Company or the Company’s designated stock option administrator, which shall: 
 (a) state the election to exercise the Option, the number of shares with respect to which it is being exercised, and, if different than the Optionee, the
person in whose name the stock certificate or certificates for such shares of common stock are to be registered, and the address and Social Security number of such person; 
 (b) be signed by the person or persons entitled to exercise the Option, and if the Option is being exercised by a person or persons other than the Optionee, be accompanied by proof satisfactory to the Company’s
legal counsel of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Option; and 
 (c) if to the Company, be in writing and delivered in
person or by certified mail to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company or, if to the Company’s designated stock option administrator, be in the manner and form specified by such stock option administrator. 
 Payment of the full purchase price of any shares, with respect to which the Option is being exercised, shall accompany the notice of exercise of the Option and such
payment may be made in cash or check payable to the Company. Alternatively, the Optionee may elect to pay the full purchase price of any shares, with respect to which the Option is being exercised, by having the Company withhold, or by tendering to
the Company through a stock swap, such number of shares of Common Stock as are equal in value to the full purchase price. The certificate or certificates for shares of common stock as to which the Option is exercised shall be registered in the name
of the person or persons exercising the Option. 
 3. Termination of Service. If the Optionee terminates Service other than by reason of
the Optionee’s death, Disability or Retirement, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option for three months following such termination to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the
expiration of the term of the Option). 
 4. Retirement of Optionee. If the Optionee terminates Service as a result of Retirement, the
Optionee may exercise his or her Option for 24 months following such termination to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of the Option). 
 5. Disability of Optionee. If the Optionee terminates Service as a result of the Optionee’s Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her
Option for 24 months following such termination to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of the Option). 







 6. Death of Optionee. If the Optionee dies while a Service Provider, the Option may be exercised by
the Optionee’s estate or by a person who acquires the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance for 12 months following the Optionee’s termination of Service because of death. 
 7. Optionee’s Agreement. The Optionee agrees to all the terms stated in the Option Agreement (of which this Exhibit is a part), as well as to
the terms of the Plan (which shall control in case of conflict with the Option Agreement), a copy of which is attached and of which the Optionee acknowledges receipt. 
 8. Withholding. The Optionee consents to fulfill all withholding obligations for all applicable payroll and income taxes with respect to the Option when they are due and arrange for satisfactory
payment of all withholding obligations in a manner as set forth in Section 13(h) of the Plan. The Company may delay issuance of a certificate until proper payment of such taxes has been made by the Optionee. The Company may satisfy such
withholding obligations by withholding, or by having the Optionee tender to the Company through a stock swap, such number of shares of Common Stock as are equal in value to the amount of the required withholding. 
 9. Rights as Shareholders. The Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder of the Company with respect to any of the shares covered by the Option
until the issuance of a stock certificate or certificates upon the exercise of the Option, and then only with respect to the shares represented by such certificate or certificates. 
 10. Non-Transferability. The Option may not be transferred in any manner other than as permitted in Section 13(j) of the Plan. The terms of the Option shall be binding upon the executors,
administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee. 
 11. Compliance with Securities, Tax and Other Law. The Option may not be
exercised if the issuance of shares upon such exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities law or any other law or valid regulation. As a condition to the exercise of the Option, the Company may require the
Optionee, or any person acquiring the right to exercise the Option, to make any representation or warranty that the Company deems to be necessary under any applicable securities, tax, or other law or regulation. 
 12. Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any change in the shares subject to the Plan or to any Option granted under the Plan
by reason of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, or other change in the structure of the Company, the number of shares subject to each outstanding Option and/or
the Option price with respect to the shares shall be appropriately adjusted by the Company and such adjustment shall be final, binding and conclusive. 
 13.
No Right to Employment. The granting of the Option does not confer upon the Optionee the right to continue in the Service of the Company, or affect in any way the right and power of the Company to terminate the Service of the
Optionee at any time with or without assigning a reason therefor, to the same extent as the Company might have done if the Option had not been granted. 
 14. No Guarantee. The Company offers no guarantee or assurance that the Company’s stock has any value at the time of this grant or will have any value or liquidity at any future time. 
 15. Amendment and Termination of Option. The Company may not, without the consent of the Optionee, alter or impair any Option granted under the
Plan. The Option shall be considered terminated in whole or in part, to the extent that, in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, it can no longer be exercised for shares originally subject to the Option. 







 16. Governing Law. The Option Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the
laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to any applicable conflicts of law provisions thereof. 
 17. Severability. In
the event any one or more of the provisions of the Option Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Option Agreement shall be unimpaired, and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable provision, which being valid, legal and enforceable, comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision. 
 18. Definitions. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan.