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Exhibit 10.2

 

	
   

  	
  

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Sturlugata 8

  IS-101 Reykjavik

  ICELAND

  Phone: +354 570 1900

  Fax: +354 570 1981

  E-mail: info@decode.is

  Web Page: www.decode.com

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  18 August, 2003

  

 

 

J. Neal Armstrong

141 Needham Street

Newton, MA 02464

 

Dear Neal,

 

We are delighted that you have agreed to
serve as a member of the Board of Directors of deCODE genetics, Inc. (the
“Company”).  This letter will confirm
our understanding regarding your service. 
You have agreed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Board”) and as the Chairman and financial expert of the Audit
Committee of the Board and will perform the duties of those positions in
accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws and all applicable laws and regulations.   We understand that you will dedicate such time as is necessary
or appropriate to the performance of these services.

 

In consideration of your services the
Company shall pay you (a) an annual retainer of $12,000 which shall be paid on
the Commencement Date  (as defined
below) and on each anniversary of the Commencement Date (subject to pro ration
in the final year of the term of this agreement if you resign from the Board
prior to an anniversary of the Commencement Date) and (b)  $3,000 per day for each Board or committee
meeting that you attend whether personally or by telephone participation and
for each other day on which you provides services to the Company at the
Company’s request.  The Company will
also reimburse you for first class travel and accommodations and incidental
expenses you incur on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company, including
travelling to and from Board and committee meetings, upon receipt of a request
from you supported by appropriate receipts and other relevant documentation.

 

In addition, on the Commencement Date the
Company will grant you a non-qualified stock option under its 2002 Equity
Incentive Plan to purchase up to 60,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at
a price equal to the closing price of the stock as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on the day prior to the Commencement Date on the terms and
conditions contained in the stock option grant agreement attached as an exhibit
to this letter.

 

 

The
agreement contained in this letter shall become effective upon your election as
a member of the Board (the “Commencement Date”) and shall continue until the
close of business on the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or
such earlier date, if any, that you resign from the Board and thereafter until
terminated by either party upon 90 days’ written notice to each other.

 

If the terms set forth in this letter are
satisfactory to you, please indicate by signing the enclosed copy of this
letter and returning it to me.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Very truly yours,

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/  Kári
  Stefánsson

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Kári Stefánsson

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Chairman of the Board of Directors

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Agreed:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  /s/ J. Neal Armstrong

  	
   

  
	
  J. Neal Armstrong

  	
   

  
					

 

2EXHIBIT 10.61

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT,
NO SHARES OF WESTERN SIERRA BANCORP’S COMMON STOCK SHALL BE ISSUED PURSUANT
HERETO UNLESS THE WESTERN SIERRA BANCORP 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN SHALL HAVE
FIRST BEEN APPROVED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS OF WESTERN SIERRA BANCORP.

 

WESTERN SIERRA BANCORP

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (the
“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 1st day of July, 2003,
by and between Western Sierra Bancorp, a California corporation (the
“Bancorp”), and Charles Bacchi, (“Optionee”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Western Sierra Bancorp 1999
Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”), a copy of which is attached hereto, the Board
of Directors of the Bancorp has authorized granting to Optionee a nonqualified
stock option to purchase all or any part of one thousand ninety-eight  (1,098)
authorized but unissued shares of the Bancorp’s common stock at the price of thirty-two
Dollars and seventy-nine Cents ($32.79) per share, such option to
be for the term and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter stated;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed:

 

1.  Grant of Option.  Pursuant to said action of the Board of
Directors, the Bancorp hereby grants to Optionee the option to purchase, upon
and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan which is incorporated in
full herein by this reference, all or any part of one thousand ninety-eight
(1,098) shares of the Bancorp’s common stock (hereinafter called
“stock”) at the price of thirty-two Dollars and seventy-nine
Cents ($32.79) per share, which price is not less than one hundred
percent (100%) of the fair market value of the stock as of the date of action
of the Board of Directors granting this option.

 

2.  Exercisability.  This option shall be exercisable as to:

 

	
  Number of Shares

  	
   

  	
  Vesting
  Date

  	
   

  
	
  1,098

  	
   

  	
  immediate

  	
   

  

 

This option shall remain exercisable as to all vested shares until July 1,
2013 (but not later than ten (10) years from the date this option is
granted) unless this option has expired or terminated earlier in accordance
with the provisions hereof or in the Plan. 
Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, shares as to which this option becomes
exercisable pursuant to the foregoing provision may be purchased at any time
prior to expiration of this option.

 

3.  Exercise of
Option.  This
option may be exercised by written notice (substantially in the form as that
which is attached as Exhibit A) delivered to the Bancorp stating the number of
shares with respect to which this option is being exercised, together with (a)
cash in the amount of the purchase price of such shares, or (b) subject to
applicable law, with the Bancorp’s stock previously acquired by Optionee and
held by Optionee for a period of at least six months.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Optionee does
exercise the option by utilizing (b) above, Optionee should obtain tax advice
as to the consequences of such action. 
Not less than ten (10) shares may be purchased at any one time unless
the number purchased is the total number which may be purchased under this
option and in no event may the option be exercised with respect to fractional
shares.  Upon exercise, Optionee shall
make appropriate arrangements and shall be responsible for the withholding of
any federal and state taxes then due.

 

4.  Cessation of
Directorship or Employment.  Except as provided in Paragraphs 2 and 5 hereof, if Optionee
shall cease to be a director or an employee of the Bancorp or a subsidiary
corporation for any reason other than Optionee’s death or disability [as
defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time (the “Code”)], this option shall expire three (3)
months thereafter.  During the three (3)
month period this option shall be exercisable only as to those installments, if
any, which had accrued as of the date when Optionee ceased to be a director or
an employee of the Bancorp or a subsidiary corporation.  If Optionee is both a director and an
employee, then such option shall expire three (3) months after the latter of
the date of termination of Optionee’s directorship or employment.

 

5.  Termination of
Employment for Cause. 
If Optionee’s employment with the Bancorp or a subsidiary corporation is
terminated for cause, this option shall expire thirty (30) days from the date
of such termination.  Termination for
cause shall include, but not be limited to, termination for malfeasance or
gross misfeasance in the performance of duties or conviction of a crime
involving moral turpitude, and, in any event, the determination of the Board of
Directors with respect thereto shall be final and conclusive.

 

6.  Nontransferability;
Death or Disability of Optionee.  This option shall not be transferable except
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable
during Optionee’s lifetime only by Optionee. 
If Optionee dies while serving as a director or an employee of the
Bancorp or a subsidiary corporation, or during the three

 

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(3) month period referred
to in Paragraph 4 hereof, this option shall expire one (1) year after the date
of Optionee’s death or on the day specified in Paragraph 2 hereof, whichever is
earlier.  After Optionee’s death but
before such expiration, the persons to whom Optionee’s rights under this option
shall have passed by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or the
executor or administrator of Optionee’s estate shall have the right to exercise
this option as to those shares for which installments had accrued under Paragraph
2 hereof as of the date on which Optionee ceased to be a director or an
employee of the Bancorp or a subsidiary corporation.

 

If Optionee terminates his or her directorship or
employment because of disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code),
Optionee may exercise this option to the extent he or she is entitled to do so
at the date of termination, at any time within one (1) year of the date of
termination, or before the expiration date specified in Paragraph 2 hereof,
whichever is earlier.

 

7.  Employment.  This Agreement shall not obligate the
Bancorp or a subsidiary corporation to employ Optionee for any period, nor
shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Bancorp or a subsidiary
corporation to reduce Optionee’s compensation.

 

8.  Privileges of
Stock Ownership. 
Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to the
Bancorp’s stock subject to this option until the date of issuance of stock
certificates to Optionee.  Except as
provided in the Plan, no adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights
for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificates are
issued.

 

9.  Modification
and Termination. 
The rights of Optionee are subject to modification and termination upon
the occurrence of certain events as provided in Sections 13 and 14 of the Plan.

 

10.  Notification
of Sale.  Optionee
agrees that Optionee, or any person acquiring shares upon exercise of this
option, will notify the Bancorp not more than five (5) days after any sale or
other disposition of such shares.

 

11.  Representations
of Optionee.  No
shares issuable upon the exercise of this option shall be issued and delivered
unless and until the Bancorp has complied with all applicable requirements of
California and federal law and of the Securities and Exchange Commission and
the California Department of Corporations pertaining to the issuance and sale
of such shares, and all applicable listing requirements of the securities
exchanges, if any, on which shares of the Bancorp of the same class are then
listed.  Optionee agrees to ascertain
that such requirements shall have been complied with at the time of any
exercise of this option.  In addition,
if the Optionee is an “affiliate” for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933,
there may be additional restrictions on the resale of stock, and Optionee
therefore agrees to ascertain what those restrictions are and to abide by the
restrictions and other applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

Furthermore, the Bancorp may, if it deems appropriate,
issue stop transfer instructions against any shares of stock purchased upon the
exercise of this option and affix to any certificate representing such shares
the legends which the Bancorp deems appropriate.

 

Optionee represents that the Bancorp, its directors,
officers, employees and agents have not and will not provide tax advice with
respect to the option, and Optionee agrees to consult with his or her own tax
advisor as to the specific tax consequences of the option, including the
application and effect of federal, state, local and other tax laws.

 

12.  Notices.  Any notice to the Bancorp provided for in
this Agreement shall be addressed to it in care of its President or Chief
Financial Officer at its main office and any notice to Optionee shall be addressed
to Optionee’s address on file with the Bancorp or a subsidiary corporation, or
to such other address as either may designate to the other in writing.  Any notice shall be deemed to be duly given
if and when enclosed in a properly sealed envelope and addressed as stated
above and deposited, postage prepaid, with the United States Postal
Service.  In lieu of giving notice by
mail as aforesaid, any written notice under this Agreement may be given to
Optionee in person, and to the Bancorp by personal delivery to its President or
Chief Financial Officer.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

 

	
  OPTIONEE

  	
   

  	
  WESTERN
  SIERRA BANCORP

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By

  	
  /s/ Charles
  Bacchi

  	
   

  	
  By

  	
  /s/ Gary D. Gall

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Charles Bacchi, Optionee

  	
   

  	
  Gary D. Gall,
  Pres/CEO

  
								

 

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