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<![CDATA[Form of Stock Option Agmt under 2007 Amended & Restated Equity Compensation Plan]]>

 Exhibit 10.15 
 FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 
 2007 AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN 
 STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (the “Company”) hereby grants the following Option to purchase shares of the
Class B Common Stock of the Company, subject to the terms of this Stock Option Agreement and the Company’s 2007 Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”): 

1. Participant: 
 2. Grant Date:

 3. Exercise Price: $             per share 

4. Number of Option Shares:              shares of Class B Common Stock

 5. Expiration Date: Ten (10) years from Grant Date, unless terminated sooner in accordance with the Plan. 

6. Type of Option: Nonqualified Option 

7. Vesting Schedule: The Option shall initially be unvested and shall vest as follows:
             percent (__%) of the Option shall vest upon Participant’s completion of each year of Service measured from the Grant Date set forth above until the Option has
vested in full. In no event shall any additional portion of the Option vest after Participant’s cessation of Service, except that if the Participant’s cessation of Service is due to death or Disability, the Option shall vest in full upon
the date of such death or Disability. 
 8. Terms and Conditions of Option and Shares: The Participant understands and agrees that the
Option is granted subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Participant further agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and this Stock Option Agreement. In addition, the Participant understands that any Shares
purchased under the Option will be subject to the terms set forth in a stock purchase agreement, a copy of which will be provided to Participant for review a reasonable period of time prior to the exercise of the Option (the “Stock Purchase
Agreement”), as well as the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”), a copy of which will be provided to Participant for review a
reasonable period of time prior to the exercise of the Option. Finally, Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

	9.	Manner of Exercising Option. 

 (a) In order to exercise this Option with respect to all or any part of the Shares for which this Option is at the time exercisable, Participant (or any other person or persons exercising this Option)
must take the following actions: 
 (i) Execute and deliver to the Company an exercise notice in the form
determined by the Company for the number of Shares for which this Option is exercised. Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure (described below) is utilized in connection with the exercise of this Option, payment of the Exercise Price
must accompany the exercise notice delivered to the Company in connection with the exercise of this Option. 

(ii) If not previously executed and delivered by the Participant, execute and deliver to the Company a counterpart
signature page to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement and/or such other stockholders agreement as may then be in effect or Company may then generally require upon exercise of options, a copy of which will be provided
to the Participant for review a reasonable period of time prior to the exercise of this Option. 
 (iii) Pay the
aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased Shares in one or more of the following forms: 
 A. cash or check
made payable to the Company; or 
 B. Should the Shares be registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act at
the time this Option is exercised, then the Exercise Price may also be paid as follows: 
 1. in Shares held by
Participant (or any other person or persons exercising this Option) for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date (in
general, if the Participant utilizes this provision to pay the Exercise Price; 
 2. to the extent this Option
is exercised for vested Shares, through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Participant (or any other person or persons exercising this Option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (a) to a
Company-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased Shares in the open market and remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise

  
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Price payable for the purchased Shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Company by reason of such exercise and (b) to
the Company to deliver the certificates for the purchased Shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale; provided, that the number of purchased Shares which the Participant directs the brokerage firm to sell, shall in
no event exceed the number of Shares necessary to cover the Exercise Price plus required tax withholding; or 

3. such other methods as the Committee may in its sole discretion determine. 

(iv) Furnish to the Company appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising this Option (if other than
Participant) have the right to exercise this Option. 
 (v) Execute and deliver to the Company such written
representations as may be requested by the Company in order for it to comply with the applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws. 
 (vi) Make appropriate arrangements with the Company (or the Subsidiary employing or retaining Participant) for the satisfaction of all Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding
requirements applicable to the exercise of this Option. 
 (b) As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Company shall
issue to or on behalf of Participant (or any other person or persons exercising this Option) a certificate for the purchased Shares, with the appropriate legends affixed thereto. 

(c) In no event may this Option be exercised for any fractional shares. 
 10. REPURCHASE RIGHTS. PARTICIPANT HEREBY AGREES THAT ALL SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THE OPTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN REPURCHASE RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL
EXERCISABLE BY THE COMPANY AND ITS ASSIGNS. THE TERMS OF SUCH RIGHTS ARE SPECIFIED IN THE STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND THE STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT. 
 11. At Will Employment. Nothing in this Stock Option Agreement or the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with
or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company (or any Subsidiary employing or retaining the Participant) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate the Participant’s Service at any time
for any reason, with or without cause. 

  
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 12. Definitions. All capitalized terms in this Stock Option Agreement shall have the meaning assigned
to them in this Stock Option Agreement or in the Plan. 
 13. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the
Coompany under the terms of this Stock Option Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant
at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified. 

14. Construction. This Stock Option 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 terms of the Plan. All decisions of the Committee with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Stock Option Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in
this Option. 
 15. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Stock Option Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Arizona without resort to that state’s conflict-of-laws rules. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned parties have entered into this Stock Option Agreement as of August 29, 2008. 
  

			
	 FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 CORPORATION

		
	By:	 	 
	Title:	 	William L. Mendello

  

			
	PARTICIPANT:
	
	 
	Name:	 	
	 Address:
	 	 
		 	 

 Attachments: 
 Exhibit A         2007 Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan 

  
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 Exhibit 10.16 
 FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 
 STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 THIS AGREEMENT made this             day of
                ,             , by and between Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and                      (“Optionee”) under the Corporation’s
2007 Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan. 
 All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned
to them in this Agreement or in the attached Appendix. 
 A. EXERCISE OF OPTION 

1. Exercise. Optionee hereby purchases
             shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Purchased Shares”) pursuant to that certain option (the “Option”) granted Optionee on
            ,             (the “Grant Date”) to purchase up to
             shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Option Shares”) under the Plan at the exercise price of
$             per share (the “Exercise Price”). 
 2. Payment. Concurrently with the delivery of this Agreement to the Corporation, Optionee shall pay the Exercise Price for the Purchased Shares in accordance with the provisions of
the Option Agreement and the Plan and shall deliver whatever additional documents may be required by the Option Agreement or the Plan as a condition for exercise. 
 3. Stockholder Rights. Once Optionee has exercised all or a portion of the Option, Optionee (or any permitted successor in interest) shall have all the rights of a stockholder
(including voting, dividend and liquidation rights) with respect to the Purchased Shares, subject, however, to the provisions of this Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement (as defined herein). Optionee acknowledges that, in addition to the
restrictions set forth in this Agreement, the Purchased Shares shall be subject to the provisions of the Corporation’s Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, as such agreement may be amended from time to time (the “Stockholders
Agreement”). Optionee has carefully read and hereby represents and warrants that he, she or it understands the terms and provisions of the Stockholders Agreement. 
 B. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE 
 1. Restricted
Securities. The Purchased Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act or the applicable securities laws of any state and are being issued to Optionee in reliance upon one or more exemptions from such registration, including the
exemption provided by SEC Rule 701 for stock issuances under compensatory benefit plans such as the Plan. Optionee hereby confirms that Optionee has been informed that the Purchased Shares are restricted securities under the 1933 Act and may not be
resold or transferred unless the Purchased Shares are first registered under the Federal securities laws and under any applicable state securities laws or unless exemptions from such registration requirements are available. Accordingly, Optionee
hereby acknowledges that Optionee is prepared to hold the Purchased Shares for an indefinite period and that Optionee is aware that SEC Rule 144 issued under the 1933 Act which exempts certain resales of unrestricted securities is not presently
available to 

 
exempt the resale of the Purchased Shares from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Optionee represents and warrants that it is acquiring the Shares, for its own account for investment
and not with a view to distribution, assignment, resale or other transfer, and that by reason of his or her business or financial experience, or the business or experience of his or her professional advisors, Optionee has the capacity to protect his
or her own interests in connection with acquiring the Shares. 
 2. Restrictions on Disposition of Purchased
Shares. Optionee shall make no disposition of the Purchased Shares (other than a Permitted Transfer) unless and until there is compliance with all of the following requirements: 

(i) Optionee shall have provided the Corporation with a written summary of the terms and conditions of the proposed
disposition. 
 (ii) Optionee shall have complied with all requirements of this Agreement and the Stockholders
Agreement applicable to the disposition of the Purchased Shares. 
 (iii) Optionee shall have provided the
Corporation with written assurances, in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation, that (a) the proposed disposition does not require registration of the Purchased Shares under the 1933 Act or under any applicable state securities laws
or (b) all appropriate action necessary for compliance with the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and for compliance with any applicable state securities laws or any exemption from registration available under the 1933 Act (including
Rule 144) and under any applicable state securities laws have been taken. 
 The Corporation shall not be required (i) to
transfer on its books any Purchased Shares which have been sold or transferred in violation of the provisions of this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement or (ii) to treat as the owner of the Purchased Shares, or otherwise to accord
voting, dividend or liquidation rights to, any transferee to whom the Purchased Shares have been transferred in contravention of this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement. 
 3. Restrictive Legends. The stock certificates for the Purchased Shares shall be endorsed with one or more of the following restrictive legends: 

“The shares represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any
applicable state securities laws. The shares may not be sold or offered for sale in the absence of (a) an effective registration statement for the shares under such Act and such state securities laws, (b) a “no action” letter of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and from each applicable state securities authority with respect to such sale or offer or (c) satisfactory assurances to the Corporation that registration under such Act and such state securities laws is
not required with respect to such sale or offer.” 
 “The shares represented by this certificate are
subject to certain repurchase rights and rights of first refusal granted to the Corporation and accordingly may not be sold, assigned, transferred, encumbered, or in any manner disposed of 

  
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except in conformity with the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement dated by and between the Corporation and the registered holder of the shares (or the predecessor in interest to the shares). A
copy of such agreement is maintained at the Corporation’s principal corporate offices.” 
 “In
addition, the shares represented by this certificate are subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Corporation’s Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time. A copy of such agreement is
maintained at the Corporation’s principal corporate offices.” 
 C. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

 1. Restriction on Transfer. Optionee shall not sell, assign, transfer, gift, pledge, encumber,
hypothecate, grant a security interest in or make any other voluntary or involuntary disposition of any Purchased Shares in contravention of the terms of this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement. 

2. Transferee Obligations. Each person to whom any Purchased Shares are transferred by means of any sale,
assignment, transfer, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, grant or security interest or any other voluntary or involuntary disposition of Purchased Shares must, as a condition precedent to the validity of such transfer, acknowledge in writing
to the Corporation that such person is bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement. 
 3.
Market Stand-Off. The Optionee hereby acknowledges that the Purchased Shares shall be subject to the market stand-off restrictions set forth in Section 6.17 of the Stockholders Agreement. 

D. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL 
 The Optionee hereby acknowledges that the Purchased Shares shall be subject to the rights of first refusal and rights of co-sale set forth in Section 3 of the Stockholders Agreement. Such rights of
first refusal and rights of co-sale shall be exercisable in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Stockholders Agreement. 
 E. REPURCHASE RIGHT 
 The Optionee hereby acknowledges that
the Purchased Shares shall be subject to the repurchase rights set forth in Section 4 of the Stockholders Agreement The Repurchase Right shall be exercisable in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of the Stockholders Agreement.

 F. VOTING FOR DIRECTORS 
 The Optionee hereby acknowledges that once Optionee has exercised all or part of the Option, Optionee shall be subject to the voting requirements set forth in Section 5 of the Stockholders Agreement.

  
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 G. GENERAL PROVISIONS 

1. At Will Employment. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Optionee any right to continue in
Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) or of Optionee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to
terminate Optionee’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause. 
 2. Notices. Any
notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 16 of the Stockholders Agreement. 
 3. No Waiver. The failure of the Corporation in any instance to exercise any of its rights under this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any
other rights that may then exist or may subsequently arise under the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Corporation and Optionee. No waiver of any breach or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of
any other or subsequent breach or condition, whether of like or different nature. 
 4. Cancellation of
Shares. If the Corporation shall make available, at the time and place and in the amount and form provided in this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement, the consideration for the Purchased Shares to be repurchased in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement, then from and after such time, the person from whom such shares are to be repurchased shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such shares (other than the right to receive payment of
such consideration in accordance with this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement). Such shares shall be deemed purchased in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, and the Corporation shall be deemed the owner and holder of such shares,
whether or not the certificates therefor have been delivered as required by this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement. 

5. Optionee Undertaking. Optionee (or any permitted successor in interest) hereby agrees to take whatever additional
action and execute whatever additional documents the Corporation may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on either Optionee (or any permitted successor in interest) or
the Purchased Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. 
 6. Complete Agreement. This Agreement
and the Stockholders Agreement constitute the complete agreement between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement is made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and shall in all respects be construed in conformity
with the terms of the Plan. 
 7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any conflicts of law provisions thereof. 
 8.
Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and upon Optionee, Optionee’s permitted assigns and the legal
representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionee’s estate, whether or not any such person shall have become a party to this Agreement and have agreed in writing to join herein and be bound by the terms hereof. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the day and year
first indicated above. 
  

			
	FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 

 
			
	Title:	 	 

 
			
	Address: 	 	 
		 	 

  

			
	
	 
	OPTIONEE
	Address: 	 	 
		 	 

  
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 APPENDIX 
 The following definitions shall be in effect under this Agreement: 
 A.
Agreement shall mean this Stock Purchase Agreement. 
 B. Board shall mean the
corporation’s board of directors. 
 C. Common Stock shall mean the corporation’s common stock.

 D. Corporate Level Change in Control shall mean any of the following transactions involving a change in
control or ownership of the corporation: 
 (i) a stockholder-approved merger or consolidation in which
securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior
to such transaction, or 
 (ii) a stockholder-approved sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation’s assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; or 
 (iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
Corporations outstanding securities. 
 E. Corporation shall mean Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets of voting stock of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation which shall by appropriate action adopt the plan. 

F. Exercise Price shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1. 

G. Grant Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1. 

H. Grant Notice shall mean the Notice of Grant of Stock Option pursuant to which Optionee has been informed of the
basic terms of the Option. 
 I. 1933 Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

J. Option shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Paragraph A.1. 

K. Option Agreement shall mean the Stock Option Agreement issued in connection with the Grant Notice. 

  
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 L. Optionee shall mean the person to whom the Option is granted under
the Plan. 
 M. Permitted Transfer shall mean any sale, assignment, transfer, gift, pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation, grant or security interest or any other voluntary or involuntary disposition of Purchased Shares to a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement). 

N. Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2007 Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan, as amended from time
to time. 
 O. Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its
capacity as administrator of the Plan. 
 P. Purchased Shares shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Paragraph A.1. 
 Q. SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 R. Service shall mean the Optionee’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any
Subsidiary) in the capacity of an employee, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance, a non-employee member of the board of directors or an independent
consultant. 
 S. Subsidiary shall mean any entity (other than the corporation) in an unbroken chain of
entities beginning with the corporation, provided each entity (other than the last entity) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power in one of the other entities
in such chain. 
 T. Vesting Schedule shall mean the vesting schedule specified in the Grant Notice
pursuant to which the Optionee is to vest in the Option Shares in a series of installments over his or her period of Service. 

  
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