Form of Share Option Agreement for 1992 Directors Share Option Plan



 Exhibit 10.3A 
 Share Option Agreement 
 Under the XOMA Ltd. 
 1992 Directors Share Option Plan 
  

							
				
	(A)	  	Optionee:	  		  	
				
	(B)	  	Grant Date:	  	(E)	  	Expiration Date:
				
	(C)	  	Shares:	  	(F)	  	Exercise Price:
		  	[    ] shares	  		  	$[ ] per share
				
	(D)	  	Share Installments:	  	(G)	  	Option Type:
		  	All shares vest on [one year from date of grant]	  		  	Non-Qualified Share Option

 Subject to the terms of the XOMA Ltd. 1992 Directors Share Option Plan, as amended and restated
through May 19, 2004 (the “Plan”) and to the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement (the “Agreement”), XOMA Ltd. (the “Company”) has granted you, as of the Grant Date shown in item (B) above, a
non-qualified share option (not entitled to special tax treatment under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) to purchase the number of Common Shares of the Company shown in item (C) above
(the “Optioned Shares”) at the Exercise Price shown in item (F) above. 
 The details of your option are as follows:

 1. Term. This option has a maximum term of ten years measured from the Grant Date and will, unless sooner terminated in
accordance with Section 4 or Subsection 6(a) hereof, expire on the Expiration Date shown in item (E) above. Upon the Expiration Date or upon the sooner termination of this option under Section 4 or Subsection 6(a), this option will
cease to be exercisable and have no further force or effect whatsoever. 
 2. Transferability. This option is transferable and
assignable by you to your spouse or descendent (any such spouse or descendent, an “Immediate Family Member”) or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust so long as all of the shareholders, partners, members or
beneficiaries thereof, as the case may be, are either you or an Immediate Family Member, provided that there may be no consideration for any such transfer, and, following transfer, (i) subsequent transfers of this option will be prohibited
other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and (ii) this option will continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions 








 
as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, provided that for purposes of this Agreement any references to “you” will refer to the
transferee. 
 3. Exercise Schedule. The option granted herein is exercisable with respect to 100% of the Optioned Shares
beginning on the first anniversary of the Grant Date and exerciseable shares may be exercised in whole or in part, and to the extent not exercised, will be exercisable at any time on or before the Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option
term. 
 4. Accelerated Termination of Option Term. The option term specified in Section 1 will terminate (and this option
will cease to be exercisable) prior to the Expiration Date should one of the following provisions become applicable: 
 (a) Except as
otherwise provided in Subsections (b), (c) and (d) below, if you cease to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Company who is not a full or part-time employee of the Company or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company (a
“Director”) at any time during the option term, then you will have up to three months commencing with the date of such cessation of Director status in which to exercise this option, but in no event will this option be exercisable at any
time after the Expiration Date. Upon the expiration of such limited period of exercisability or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option will terminate and cease to be outstanding. 
 (b) If you die while this option is outstanding, then the personal representative of your estate or the person or persons to whom the option is
transferred pursuant to your will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution will have the right to exercise this option. Such right will lapse and this option will cease to be exercisable upon the earlier of (i) the expiration
of the one-year period measured from the date of your death or (ii) the Expiration Date. 
 (c) If you become permanently disabled and
cease by reason thereof to be a Director at any time during the option term, then you will have a period of twelve months (commencing with the date of such cessation of Director status) during which to exercise this option; provided, however, that
in no event will this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date. Upon the expiration of such limited period of exercisability or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option will terminate and cease to be outstanding. You
will be deemed to be permanently disabled if you are, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of not less than twelve consecutive months or more, unable to
perform your usual duties as a Director of the Company. 
 (d) If your status as a Director is terminated on account of any act of
(i) fraud or intentional misrepresentation or (ii) embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion of assets or opportunities of the Company, or any unauthorized disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets of the Company, this
option will terminate and cease to be exercisable immediately upon the date of such termination of Director status. 
 5. Adjustment
Upon Changes in Capitalization. 







 (a) If the number of shares of the Company as a whole is increased, decreased or changed into, or
exchanged for, a different number or kind of shares or securities of the Company, whether through reclassification, share dividend, share split, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or the like, an appropriate and
proportionate adjustment will be made in the number, kind, and per share exercise price of shares subject to unexercised options or portions thereof granted prior to any such change. Any such adjustment in an outstanding portion, however, will be
made without a change in the total price applicable to the unexercised portion of the option, but with a corresponding adjustment in the price of each share covered by the option. 
 (b) If the Company is the surviving or continuing entity in any merger, amalgamation or other business combination, then this option will be
appropriately adjusted to apply and pertain to the number and class of securities which the holder of the number of Common Shares of the Company subject to this option immediately prior to such merger, amalgamation or other business combination
would have been entitled to receive in the consummation of such merger, amalgamation or other business combination, and an appropriate adjustment will be made to the Exercise Price payable per share, provided the aggregate Exercise Price will remain
the same. 
 6. Corporate Transaction. 
 (a) In the event of one or more of the following transactions (“Corporate Transaction”): 
 (i) a merger, amalgamation or acquisition in which the Company is not the surviving or continuing entity, except for a transaction the principal purpose of which is to change the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, 

(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or 
 (iii) any other business combination in which fifty percent (50%) or more of the Company’s outstanding voting shares is
transferred to different holders in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, 
 then the exercisability of this option will automatically be
accelerated so that such option may be exercised simultaneously with consummation of such Corporate Transaction for any or all of the Common Shares of the Company subject to this option. No such acceleration of exercise dates will occur, however, if
and to the extent the terms of any agreement relating to such Corporate Transaction provide as a prerequisite to the consummation of such Corporate Transaction that outstanding options to purchase the Company’s Common Shares (including this
option) are to be assumed by the successor corporation or parent thereof or are to be replaced with options to purchase shares of capital stock of the successor corporation or parent thereof. In any such case, an appropriate adjustment as to the
number and kind of shares and the per share exercise prices will be made. No fractional shares will be issued on account of any adjustment specified above. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, this option will, to the
ex- 








 
tent not previously exercised or assumed by the successor corporation or its parent company, terminate and cease to be exercisable. 
 (b) This Agreement will not in any way affect the right of the Company to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise make changes in its capital or
business structure or to merge, amalgamate, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. 
 7. Privilege of Share Ownership. You will not have any rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to the Optioned Shares until you have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and been issued the purchased
shares. 
 8. Manner of Exercising Option. 
 (a) In order to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Optioned Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable, you (or in the case of exercise after your death, your executor,
administrator, heir or legatee, as the case may be) must take the following actions: 
 (i) Provide the Secretary of the
Company with written notice of such exercise, specifying the number of Optioned Shares with respect to which the option is being exercised. 
 (ii) Pay the Exercise Price in full, in cash or by check payable to the Company’s order, for the Optioned Shares being purchased. 
 (iii) Furnish to the Company appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the option, if other than you, have the right
to exercise this option. 
 (b) In no event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares. 
 9. Compliance with Laws and Regulations. 
 (a) The exercise of this option and the issuance of Optioned Shares upon such exercise will be subject to compliance by the Company and by you with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all
applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which Common Shares of the Company may be listed at the time of such exercise and issuance. 
 (b) In connection with the exercise of this option, you will execute and deliver to the Company such representations in writing as may be requested by the Company in order for it to comply with the applicable requirements of Federal and
State securities law. 
 10. Restrictive Legends. If and to the extent any Optioned Shares acquired under this option are not
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, the share certificates for such Optioned Shares will be endorsed with restrictive legends, including (without limitation) the following: 







 “The Shares represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933. The shares have been acquired for investment and may not be sold or offered for sale in the absence of (a) an effective registration statement for the shares under such Act, (b) a ‘no action’ letter of the Securities and
Exchange Commission with respect to such sale or offer, or (c) an opinion of counsel to the Company that registration under such Act is not required with respect to such sale or offer.” 
 11. Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 2 and Subsection 6(a), the provisions of this Agreement
will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, your successors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns and the successors and assigns of the Company. 
 12. Liability of the Company. 
 (a) If the Optioned Shares covered by this Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of Common Shares of the Company which may without shareholder approval be issued under the Plan, then this option will be void with respect to
such excess shares unless shareholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of Common Shares of the Company issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. 
 (b) The inability of the Company to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Company to be necessary to the lawful
issuance and sale of any Common Shares pursuant to this option will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the non-issuance or sale of such shares as to which such approval will not have been obtained. 
 13. No Right to Nomination. Neither this Agreement nor any action taken hereunder will be construed as giving you any right to be nominated
for re-election to the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 14. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the
Company under the terms of this Agreement will be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary at its corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to you will be in writing and addressed to you at the address
indicated below your signature line herein. All notices will be deemed to be given or delivered upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified. 
 15. Construction. This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited
by and subject to the express terms and provisions of the Plan. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this Agreement will be submitted to the Plan Administrator (as that term is defined in the Plan) for resolution. The decision of the Plan
Administrator will be final, binding and conclusive. Questions regarding this option or the Plan should be referred to the Legal Department of the Company. 







 16. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement will
be governed by the laws of the State of California. 








			
	XOMA LTD.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Steven B.Engle
		 	Chairman of the Board
		 	Chief Executive Officer and President
		
	Dated:	 	 


 I hereby agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan.

  

			
		
	By:	 	 
		
	Dated:	 	 


 If the optionee resides in California or another community property jurisdiction, I, as the
optionee’s spouse, also agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan. 
  

			
		
	By:	 	 
		
	Dated: