Stock Option Agreement under the 2003 Non-Employee Director's Stock Option Plan



 Exhibit 10.37 
  
 CORGENTECH INC. 
 2003 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN 
  
 STOCK OPTION GRANT
NOTICE 
  
 CORGENTECH INC.
(the “Company”), pursuant to its 2003 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to Optionholder an option to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock set forth below.
This option is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Stock Option Agreement, the Plan and the Notice of Exercise, all of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. 
  

			
	Optionholder:	 	__________________________________
	Date of Grant:	 	__________________________________
	Vesting Commencement Date:	 	__________________________________
	Number of Shares Subject to Option:	 	__________________________________
	Exercise Price (Per Share):	 	__________________________________
	Total Exercise Price:	 	__________________________________
	Expiration Date:	 	__________________________________

  

			
		
	Type of Grant:	 	Nonstatutory Stock Option
		
	 Exercise Schedule:
	 	 ̈        Same as Vesting
Schedule                 ̈        Early Exercise Permitted
		
	Vesting Schedule:	 	 
	
	 [Alternative Vesting Schedules to be Chosen at Time of Grant:

		
	 	 	1/48th of the shares vest monthly over four
years.
	 	 	1/12th of the shares vest monthly over one
year.]
		
	 	 	The vesting of this Option is subject to Optionholder’s Continuous Service (as defined in the Plan). This vesting schedule may be accelerated as provided in the Plan and the Stock Option
Agreement.
		
	Payment:	 	By one or a combination of the following items (described in the Stock Option Agreement):
		
	 	 	 ̈        By cash or check
		
	 	 	 ̈        Pursuant to a Regulation T Program if
the Shares are publicly traded
		
	 	 	 ̈        By delivery of already-owned shares
if the Shares are publicly traded








 Additional Terms/Acknowledgements: The undersigned Optionholder acknowledges receipt of, and understands and
agrees to, this Stock Option Grant Notice, the Stock Option Agreement and the Plan. Optionholder further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Stock Option Grant Notice, the Stock Option Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire
understanding between Optionholder and the Company regarding the acquisition of stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) options previously granted and delivered to
Optionholder under the Plan, and (ii) the following agreements only: 
  

			
	OTHER AGREEMENTS:	  	______________________________________
		
	 	  	 ______________________________________          


  

							
	CORGENTECH INC.	 	OPTIONHOLDER:
				
	By:	 	  

	 	 	 	  


	 	 	Signature                        	 	 	 	Signature
	Title:	 	  

	 	Date:	 	  


	Date:	 	  

	 	 	 	 

  
 ATTACHMENTS:    Stock Option Agreement, the Plan and the Notice of Exercise 







 CORGENTECH INC. 
 2003 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN

  
 STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT 
 (NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION) 
  
 Pursuant to your Stock Option Grant Notice (“Grant
Notice”) and this Stock Option Agreement, Corgentech Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you an option under its 2003 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) to purchase
the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock indicated in your Grant Notice at the exercise price indicated in your Grant Notice. Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Stock Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the
same definitions as in the Plan. 
  
 The details
of your option are as follows: 
  
 1.
VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your option will vest as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service and that your vesting may be
accelerated as provided in the Plan. 
  
 2.
NUMBER OF SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to your option and your exercise price per share referenced in your
Grant Notice may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments. 
  
 3. EXERCISE PRIOR TO VESTING (“EARLY EXERCISE”). If permitted in your Grant Notice (i.e., the
“Exercise Schedule” indicates that “Early Exercise” of your option is permitted) and subject to the provisions of your option, you may elect at any time that is both (i) during the period of your Continuous Service and
(ii) during the term of your option, to exercise all or part of your option, including the nonvested portion of your option; provided, however, that: 
  
 (a) a partial exercise of your option shall be deemed to cover first vested shares of Common Stock and then the
earliest vesting installment of unvested shares of Common Stock; 
  
 (b) any shares of Common Stock so purchased from installments that have not vested as of the date of exercise shall be subject to the purchase option in favor of the Company as described in the Company’s form of Early Exercise
Stock Purchase Agreement; and 
  
 (c) you shall enter into
the Company’s form of Early Exercise Stock Purchase Agreement with a vesting schedule that will result in the same vesting as if no early exercise had occurred. 







 4. METHOD OF PAYMENT. Payment of the exercise price
is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of your option. You may elect to make payment of the exercise price in cash or by check or in any other manner permitted by your Grant Notice, which may include one or more of the
following: 
  
 (a) In the Company’s sole discretion
at the time your option is exercised and provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the
Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds.

  
 (b) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common
Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, by delivery of already-owned shares of Common Stock either that you have held for the period required to avoid a charge to the Company’s reported earnings
(generally six (6) months) or that you did not acquire, directly or indirectly from the Company, that are owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, and that are valued at Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise. “Delivery” for these purposes, in the sole discretion of the Company at the time you exercise your option, shall include delivery to the Company of your attestation of ownership of such shares of Common Stock in a form approved
by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not exercise your option by tender to the Company of Common Stock to the extent such tender would violate the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the
Company’s stock. 
  
 5. WHOLE
SHARES. You may exercise your option only for whole shares of Common Stock. 
  
 6. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your option unless the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered, the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. The exercise of your option also must comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing your option, and you may not exercise your option if the Company determines that such exercise would not be in material compliance with
such laws and regulations. 
  
 7. TERM. You
may not exercise your option before the commencement or after the expiration of its term. The term of your option commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the earliest of the following: 
  
 (a) three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous
Service for any reason other than your Disability or death, provided that if during any part of such three (3) month period your option is not exercisable solely because of the condition set forth in Section 6, your option shall not expire
until the earlier of the Expiration Date or until it shall have been exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service; 
  
 (b) twelve (12) months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to your Disability; 







 (c) eighteen (18) months after your death if you die either during your Continuous Service or
within three (3) months after your Continuous Service terminates; 
  
 (d) the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice; or 
  
 (e) the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant. 
  
 8. EXERCISE. 
  
 (a) You may exercise the vested portion of your option (and the unvested portion of your option if your Grant Notice so permits) during its term by
delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such
additional documents as the Company may then require. 
  
 (b) By exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to any exercise of your option, the Company may require you to enter into an arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax withholding obligation
of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of your option, (2) the lapse of any substantial risk of forfeiture to which the shares of Common Stock are subject at the time of exercise, or (3) the disposition of shares of
Common Stock acquired upon such exercise. 
  
 9.
TRANSFERABILITY. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, your option is not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and your option may be exercised only by you during your lifetime.
However, you may, with the approval of the Board, transfer your option for no consideration to (i) any person or entity, if, at the time of such transfer, a Form S-8 registration statement under the Securities Act is available for the issuance
by the Company of the shares upon exercise of the transferred option or (ii) your employer at the time of the transfer or an affiliate of your employer at the time of the transfer. Any such transfer is subject to such limits as the Board may
establish, and subject to the transferee agreeing to remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to your option prior to such transfer. The forgoing right to transfer your option shall apply to the right to consent to amendments to
this Stock Option Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until you transfer your option, you may designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise your option by delivering written notice to the
Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company. 
  
 10.
OPTION NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your option is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any
obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your employment. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the Company or an Affiliate, their respective
stockholders, Boards of Directors, Officers or Employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or Consultant for the Company or an Affiliate. 







 11. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. 
  
 (a) At the time you exercise your option, in whole or in part, or at
any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for (including by means of a “cashless exercise” pursuant
to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or an
Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection with the exercise of your option. 
  
 (b) Upon your request and subject to approval by the Company, in its sole discretion, and compliance with any applicable legal conditions or restrictions, the Company may withhold from fully vested shares of
Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon the exercise of your option a number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined by the Company as of the date of exercise, not in excess of the minimum amount of tax required to
be withheld by law (or such lower amount as may be necessary to avoid variable award accounting). If the date of determination of any tax withholding obligation is deferred to a date later than the date of exercise of your option, share withholding
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be permitted unless you make a proper and timely election under Section 83(b) of the Code, covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise with respect to which
such determination is otherwise deferred, to accelerate the determination of such tax withholding obligation to the date of exercise of your option. Notwithstanding the filing of such election, shares of Common Stock shall be withheld solely from
fully vested shares of Common Stock determined as of the date of exercise of your option that are otherwise issuable to you upon such exercise. Any adverse consequences to you arising in connection with such share withholding procedure shall be your
sole responsibility. 
  
 (c) You may not exercise your
option unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your option when desired even though your option is vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to
issue a certificate for such shares of Common Stock or release such shares of Common Stock from any escrow provided for herein unless such obligations are satisfied. 
  
 12. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your option or the Plan shall be given in writing and
shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the
Company. 
  
 13. GOVERNING
PLAN DOCUMENT. Your option is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your option, 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 option and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.