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EX-10.29:

 

Exhibit 10.29

GENCORP INC.

1999 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

Restricted Stock Agreement

               WHEREAS, __________________(the “Grantee”) is an employee of GenCorp Inc. (the
“Company”) or a Subsidiary; and

               WHEREAS, the execution of a restricted stock agreement in the form hereof (the “Agreement”)
has been authorized by a resolution of the Organization and Compensation Committee (the
“Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company duly adopted on _________,___
200_;

               NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the Company’s 1999 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”), the Company grants, as of _________, 200___(the “Date of Grant”), to the Grantee
____________(___) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the
“Stock”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the following terms, conditions,
limitations and restrictions:

          1. Issuance of Stock. The Stock covered by this Agreement shall be fully paid and
nonassessable and shall be represented by certificates registered in the name of the Grantee and
bearing a legend referring to the restrictions hereinafter set forth.

          2. Restrictions on Transfer of Stock. The Stock subject to this Agreement may not be
transferred, sold, pledged, exchanged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the
Grantee, except to the Company, until it has become vested in accordance with Section 3 of this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Grantee’s interest in the Stock covered by this Agreement
may be transferred at any time by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any purported
transfer, encumbrance or other disposition of the Stock covered by this Agreement that is in
violation of this Section will be null and void, and the other party to any such purported
transaction will not obtain any rights to or interest in the Stock covered by this Agreement. When
and as permitted by the Plan, the Company may waive the restrictions set forth in this Section with
respect to all or any portion of the Stock covered by this Agreement.

          3. Vesting of Stock.

           (a) The Stock covered by this Agreement will become nonforfeitable over a ___-year period
beginning on the Date of Grant, on the [first and second\first, second and third\ first, second,
third and fourth] anniversaries of the Date of Grant, subject to the conditions set forth below and
provided that the Grantee has remained in the continuous employ of the Company or a Subsidiary
until each such anniversary:

(i) Share Allocation. The total number of Shares granted hereunder may become
nonforfeitable, in ______increments, on the following anniversaries of the Date of Grant:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Total Grant

	 	___ ___, 200_
	 	___ ___, 200_
	 	___ ___, 200_
	 	___ ___, 200_
	______

	 	______
	 	______
	 	 	 	______

     (ii) The vesting of Shares on the each anniversary of the Date of Grant shall be determined by
the Committee based upon performance goals for each Fiscal Year as set forth on Schedule A attached
hereto. At the discretion of the Committee, performance goals for each Fiscal Year after the first
Fiscal Year covered by this Agreement may be revised or established annually, and will be set

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forth on a supplemental Schedule A.

     (iii) If the performance goals for each Fiscal Year are not satisfied, as determined by the
Committee, the Share grant allocated to such Fiscal Year in accordance with subparagraph (i) above
shall be irrevocably and forever forfeited.

     (iv) If the performance goals for each Fiscal Year are satisfied, as determined by the
Committee, the number of Shares allocated to such Fiscal Year in accordance with subparagraph (i)
above shall become vested and no longer subject to forfeiture on the anniversary of the Date of
Grant immediately following the completion of such Fiscal Year.

               (b) For the purposes of this Agreement, the continuous employment of the Grantee with the
Company or a Subsidiary shall not be deemed to have been interrupted, and the Grantee will not be
deemed to have ceased to be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, by reason of (A) the
transfer of his employment among the Company and its Subsidiaries or (B) an approved leave of
absence.

               (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section, in the event of the
death, disability or retirement of the Grantee: (i) any of the Stock covered by this Agreement that
has become nonforfeitable prior to the death, disability or retirement of the Grantee shall remain
nonforfeitable; and, (ii) the Committee will consider whether, in its sole discretion, to
accelerate pursuant to Section 17(e) of the Plan the vesting of any or all of the Stock subject to
this Agreement which remains subject to forfeiture. For purposes of this Agreement, “Retirement”
of the Grantee shall mean eligibility for normal or early retirement under the defined benefit
retirement plan of the Company applicable to the Grantee (as determined by the Committee).

               (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section, all of the Stock covered
by this Agreement will become immediately nonforfeitable upon the occurrence of a change in control
of the Company that shall occur while the Grantee is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary.
For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “change in control” will have the meaning given such
term under the Plan as in effect on the Date of Grant.

          4. Forfeiture of Stock. Any of the Stock covered by this Agreement that has not become
vested in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement will be forfeited unless the Committee
determines to provide otherwise. In the event of a forfeiture, the certificates representing all
of the Stock covered by this Agreement that has not become vested in accordance with Section 3 of
this Agreement shall be cancelled.

          5. Dividend, Voting and Other Rights. The Grantee will have all of the rights of a
shareholder with respect to the Stock covered by this Agreement, including the right to vote the
Stock and receive any dividends that may be paid thereon. Any additional Stock that the Grantee
may become entitled to receive pursuant to a share dividend or a merger or reorganization in which
the Company is the surviving Company or any other change in the capital structure of the Company
will be subject to the same restrictions as the Stock covered by this Agreement.

          6. Retention of Share Certificates by Company. The certificates representing the Stock
covered by this Agreement will be held in custody by the Company, together with stock powers
endorsed in blank by the Grantee with respect thereto, until those shares have become vested in
accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement.

          7. Compliance with Law. The Company will make reasonable efforts to comply with all
applicable federal and state securities laws; provided, however, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the Company will not be obligated to issue any restricted or
unrestricted Stock pursuant to this Agreement if the issuance thereof would result in a violation
of any such law.

          8. Adjustments. The Committee will make any adjustments in the number or kind of shares of
stock or other securities covered by this Agreement that the Committee may determine to be
equitably required to prevent any dilution or enlargement of the Grantee’s rights under this
Agreement that would result from any (a) stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares,
recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, (b) merger,
consolidation, spin-off, spin-out, split-off, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete
liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities
or (c) other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.

          9. Withholding. To the extent that the Company is required to withhold federal, state,
local or foreign taxes in connection with any issuance of restricted or unrestricted Stock or other
securities pursuant to this Agreement, and the amounts available to the Company for such
withholding are insufficient, it will be a condition to the receipt of such Stock that the Grantee

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make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of the balance of such taxes required to
be withheld. If necessary, the Committee may require relinquishment of a portion of such Stock to
cover the payment of taxes.

          10. Employment Rights. The Plan and this Agreement will not confer upon the Grantee any
right with respect to the continuance of employment or other service with the Company or any
Subsidiary and will not interfere in any way with any right that the Company or any Subsidiary
would otherwise have to terminate any employment or other service of the Grantee at any time.

          11. Relation to Other Benefits. Any economic or other benefit to the Grantee under this
Agreement will not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which the Grantee may be
entitled under any profit-sharing, retirement or other benefit or compensation plan maintained by
the Company or a Subsidiary and shall not affect the amount of any life insurance coverage
available to any beneficiary under any life insurance plan covering employees of the Company or a
Subsidiary.

          12. Agreement Subject to the Plan. The Stock granted under this Agreement and all of the
terms and conditions hereof are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan. In the
event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern.

          13. Amendments. Any amendment to the Plan will be deemed to be an amendment to this
Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that no
amendment will adversely affect the rights of the Grantee under this Agreement without the
Grantee’s consent.

          14. Severability. In the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is
invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated shall
be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof
will continue to be valid and fully enforceable.

          15. Governing Law. This Agreement will be construed and governed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Ohio.

          16. Certain Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, when used in
the Agreement, terms with initial capital letters have the meaning given such term under the Plan,
as in effect from time to time.

               This Agreement is executed as of the ___day of ______, 200_.

GENCORP INC.

By:______________________________________________________

 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________

               The undersigned Grantee hereby acknowledges receipt of an executed original of this Restricted
Stock Agreement and accepts the right to receive the Stock subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan and the terms and conditions herein above set forth.

_________________________________________________________

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IRREVOCABLE STOCK POWER

FOR CERTIFICATE NO.__________________

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,_____________________does hereby sell,
assign and transfer
to_____________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

(Social Security or Taxpayer Identifying No.)

_________shares
of the common stock of GenCorp Inc. issued on _________,____________, pursuant to that certain Restricted Stock Agreement executed by and between GenCorp Inc. and _______________
effective             as          of         _______________, such shares to be represented by a certificate, the
number of which shall be entered in the indicated space in the caption immediately upon issuance of
said certificate.

The undersigned does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________________

_______________
attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of said company with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated ____________________________,__________

___________________________

37EXHIBIT 10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

FIRST AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CORP. 

2005 NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN 

ARTICLE I 

Purpose of Plan 

This 2005 NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN (the "Plan") of FIRST AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CORP. (the "Company") for persons employed or associated with the Company, including without limitation any employee, director, general partner, officer, attorney, accountant, consultant or advisor, is intended to advance the best interests of the Company by providing additional incentive to those persons who have a substantial responsibility for its management, affairs, and growth by increasing their proprietary interest in the success of the Company, thereby encouraging them to maintain their relationships with the Company.  Further, the availability and offering of Stock Options under the Plan supports and increases the Company's ability to attract, engage and retain individuals of exceptional talent upon whom, in large measure, the sustained progress growth and profitability of the Company for the shareholders depends. 

ARTICLE II 

Definitions 

For Plan purposes, except where the context might clearly indicate otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:  

"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee, or such other committee appointed by the Board, which shall be designated by the Board to administer the Plan.  The Company shall be composed of two or more persons as from time to time are appointed to serve by the Board and may be members of the Board or the entire Board. 

"Common Shares" shall mean the Company's Common Shares $0.001 par value per share, or, in the event that the outstanding Common Shares are hereafter changed into or exchanged for different shares or securities of the Company, such other shares or securities.

"Company" shall mean FIRST AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CORP., a Nevada corporation, and any parent or subsidiary corporation of FIRST AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CORP., as such terms are defined in Section 425(e) and 425(f), respectively of the Code.  

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"Optionee" shall mean any person employed or associated with the affairs of the Company who has been granted one or more Stock Options under the Plan.

"Stock Option" or "NQSO" shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

"Stock Option Agreement" shall mean the agreement between the Company and the Optionee under which the Optionee may purchase Common Shares hereunder. 

ARTICLE III  

Administration of the Plan 

1.   The Committee shall administer the plan and accordingly, it shall have full power to grant Stock Options, construe and interpret the Plan, establish rules and regulations and perform all other acts, including the delegation of administrative responsibilities, it believes reasonable and proper. 

2.   The determination of those eligible to receive Stock Options, and the amount, price, type and timing of each Stock Option and the terms and conditions of the respective stock option agreements shall rest in the sole discretion of the Committee, subject to the provisions of the Plan. 

3.   The Committee may cancel any Stock Options awarded under the Plan if an Optionee conducts himself in a manner which the Committee determines to be inimical to the best interest of the Company and its shareholders as set forth more fully in paragraph 8 of Article X of the Plan.

4.   The Board, or the Committee, may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any granted Stock Option, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to carry it into effect. 

5.   Any decision made, or action taken, by the Committee or the Board arising out or in connection with the interpretation and administration of the Plan shall be final and conclusive. 

6.   Meetings of the Committee shall be held at such times and places as shall be determined by the Committee.  A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of those members present at any meeting shall decide any question brought before that meeting.  In addition, the Company may take any action otherwise proper under the Plan by the affirmative vote, taken without a meeting, of a majority of its members. 

7.   No member of the Committee shall be liable for any act or omission of any other member of the Committee or for any act or omission on his own part, including, but not limited to, the exercise of any power or discretion given to him under the Plan except those resulting form his own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

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8.   The Company, through its management, shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to the eligibility of Optionees, their duties and performance, and current information on any Optionee's death, retirement, disability or other termination of association with the Company, and such other pertinent information as the Committee may require.  The Company shall furnish the Committee with such clerical and other assistance as is necessary in the performance of its duties hereunder. 

ARTICLE IV 

Shares Subject to the Plan 

1.   The total number of shares of the Company available for grants of Stock Options under the Plan shall be 10,000,000 Common Shares, subject to adjustment as herein provided, which shares may be either authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Shares of the Company.

2.   If a Stock Option or portion thereof shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased shares covered by such NQSO shall be available for future grants of Stock Options.

ARTICLE V 

Stock Option Terms and Conditions 

1.   Consistent with the Plan's purpose, Stock Options may be granted to any person who is performing or who has been engaged to perform services of special importance to management in the operation, development and growth of the Company.

2.   Determination of the option price per share for any stock option issues hereunder shall rest in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Committee. 

3.   All Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by agreements which shall be subject to applicable provisions of the Plan, and such other provisions as the Committee may adopt, including the provisions set forth in paragraphs 2 through 11 of this Article V.

4.   All Stock Options granted hereunder must be granted within ten years from the date this Plan is adopted. 

5.   No Stock Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date such NQSO is granted.  The Committee, in its discretion, may provide that an option shall be exercisable during such ten year period or during any lesser period of time.  The Committee may establish installment exercise terms for a Stock Option such that the NQSO becomes fully exercisable in a series of cumulating portions.  If an Optionee shall not, in any given installment period, purchase all the Common Shares which such Optionee is entitled to purchase within such installment period, such Optionee's right to purchase any Common Shares not purchased in such installment period shall continue until the expiration or sooner termination of such NQSO.  The Committee may also accelerate the exercise of any NQSO. 

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6.   A Stock Option, or portion thereof, shall be exercised by deliver of (i) a written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Common Shares to be purchased, and (ii) payment of the full price of such Common Shares, as fully set forth in paragraph 7 of this Article V.  No NQSO or installment thereof shall be reusable except with respect to whole shares, and fractional share interests shall be disregarded.  Not less than 100 Common Shares  may be purchased at one time unless the number purchased is the total number at the time available for purchase under the NQSO.  Until the Common Shares represented by an exercised NQSO are issued to an Optionee, he shall have none of the rights of a shareholder.

7.   The exercise price of a Stock Option, or portion thereof, may be paid: 

A.   In United States dollars, in cash or by cashier's check, certified check, bank draft or money order, payable to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the option price; or,      

B.   At the discretion of the Committee, through the delivery of fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares, with an aggregate fair market value (determined as the average of the highest and lowest reported sales prices on the Common Shares as of the date of exercise of the NQSO, as reported by such responsible reporting service as the Committee may select, or if there were not transactions in the Common Shares on such day, then the last preceding day on which transactions took place), as of the date of the NQSO exercise equal to the option price, provided such tendered shares, or any derivative security resulting in the issuance of Common Shares, have been owned by he Optionee for at least 30 days prior to such exercise; or, 

C.   By a combination of both A and B above. 

8.   The Committee shall determine acceptable methods for tendering Common Shares as payment upon exercise of a Stock Option and may impose such limitations and prohibitions on the use of Common Shares to exercise an NQSO as it deems appropriate. 

9.   With the Optionee's consent, the Committee may cancel any Stock Option issued under this Plan and issue a new NQSO to such Optionee. 

10.  Except by will, the laws of descent and distribution, or with the written consent of the Committee, no right or interest in any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be assignable or transferable, and no right or interest of any Optionee shall be liable for, or subject to, any lien, obligation or liability of the Optionee.  Upon petition to, and thereafter with the written consent of the Committee, an Optionee may assign or transfer all or a portion of the Optionee's rights and interest in any stock option granted hereunder.  Stock Options shall be exercisable during the Optionee's lifetime only by the Optionee or assignees, or the duly appointed legal representative of an incompetent Optionee, including following an assignment consented to by the Committee herein. 

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11.  No NQSO shall be exercisable while there is outstanding any other NQSO which was granted to the Optionee before the grant of such option under the Plan or any other plan which gives the right to the Optionee to purchase stock in the Company or in a corporation which is a parent corporation (as defined in Section 425(e) of the Code) of the Company, or any predecessor corporation of any of such corporations at the time of the grant.  An NQSO shall be treated as outstanding until it is either exercised in full or expires by reason of lapse of time. 

12.  Any Optionee who disposes of Common Shares acquired on the exercise of a NQSO by sale or exchange either (i) within two years after the date of the grant of the NQSO under which the stock was acquired, or (ii) within one year after the acquisition of such Shares, shall notify the Company of such disposition and of the amount realized upon such disposition.  The transfer of Common Shares may also be restricted by applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ARTICLE VI  

Adjustments or Changes in Capitalization 

1.   In the event that the outstanding Common Shares of the Company are hereafter changed into or exchanged for a different number of kinds of shares or other securities of the Company by reason of merger, consolidation, other reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination of shares, stock split-up or stock dividend:

A.   Prompt, proportionate, equitable, lawful and adequate adjustment shall be made of the aggregate number and kind of shares subject to Stock Options which may be granted under the Plan, such that the Optionee shall have the right to purchase such Common Shares as may be issued in exchange for the Common Shares purchasable on exercise of the NQSO had such merger, consolidation, other reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination of shares, stock split-up or stock dividend not taken place;

B.   Rights under unexercised Stock Options or portions thereof granted prior to any such change, both as to the number or kind of shares and the exercise price per share, shall be adjusted appropriately, provided that such adjustments shall be made without change in the total exercise price applicable to the unexercised portion of such NQSO's but by an adjustment in the price for each share covered by such NQSO's; or, 

C.   Upon any dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any merger or combination in which the Company is not a surviving corporation, each outstanding Stock Option granted hereunder shall terminate, but the Optionee shall have the right, immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation, merger or combination, to exercise his NQSO in whole or in part, to the extent that it shall not have been exercised, without regard to any installment exercise provisions in such NQSO. 

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2.   The foregoing adjustment and the manner of application of the foregoing provisions shall be determined solely by the Committee, whose determination as to what adjustments shall be made and the extent thereof, shall be final, binding and conclusive.  No fractional Shares shall be issued under the Plan on account of any such adjustments.    

ARTICLE VII

Merger, Consolidation or Tender Offer 

1.   If the Company shall be a party to a binding agreement to any merger, consolidation or reorganization or sale of substantially all the assets of the Company, each outstanding Stock Option shall pertain and apply to the securities and/or property which a shareholder of the number of Common Shares of the Company subject to the NQSO would be entitled to receive pursuant to such merger, consolidation or reorganization or sale of assets.

2.   In the event that: 

A.   Any person other than the Company shall acquire more than 20% of the Common Shares of the Company through a tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise; 

B.   A change in the "control" of the Company occurs, as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933; 

C.   There shall be a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;  any then outstanding Stock Option held by an Optionee, who is deemed by the Committee to be a statutory officer ("insider") for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be entitled to receive, subject to any action by the Committee revoking such an entitlement as provided for below, in lieu of exercise of such Stock Option, to the extent that it is then exercisable, a cash payment in an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate exercise price of such NQSO, or portion thereof, and, (i) in the event of an offer or similar event, the final offer price per share paid for Common Shares, or such lower price as the Committee may determine to conform an option to preserve its Stock Option status, times the number of Common Shares covered by the NQSO or portion thereof, or (ii) in the case of an event covered by B or C above, the aggregate fair market value of the Common Shares covered by the Stock Option, as determined by the Committee at such time. 

3.   Any payment which the Company is required to make pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article VII, shall be made within 15 business days, following the event which results in the Optionee's right to such payment.  In the event of a tender offer in which fewer than all the shares which are validity tendered in compliance with such offer are purchased or exchanged, then only  that portion of the shares covered by an NQSO as results from multiplying such shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares acquired purchase to the offer and the denominator of which is the number of Common Shares tendered in compliance with such offer, shall be used to determine the payment thereupon.  To the extent that all or any portion of a Stock Option shall be affected by this provision, all or such portion of the NQSO shall be terminated.

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4.   Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article VII, the Company may, by unanimous vote and resolution, unilaterally revoke the benefits of the above provisions; provided, however, that such vote is taken no later than ten business days following public announcement of the intent of an offer of the change of control, whichever occurs earlier. 

ARTICLE VIII 

Amendment and Termination of Plan 

1.   The Board may at any time, and from time to time, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part or amend it from time to time in such respects as the Board may deem appropriate and in the best interest of the Company. 

2.   No amendment, suspension or termination of this Plan shall, without the Optionee's consent, alter or impair any of the rights or obligations under any Stock Option theretofore granted to him under the Plan.

3.   The Board may amend the Plan, subject to the limitations cited above, in such manner as it deems necessary to permit the granting of Stock Options meeting the requirements of future amendments or issued regulations, if any, to the Code. 

4.   No NQSO may be granted during any suspension of the Plan or after termination of the Plan. 

ARTICLE IX 

Government and Other Regulations 

The obligation of the Company to issue, transfer and deliver Common Shares for Stock Options exercised under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, regulations, rules, orders and approval which shall then be in effect and required by the relevant stock exchanges on which the Common Shares are traded and by government entities as set forth below or as the Committee in its sole discretion shall deem necessary or advisable.  Specifically, in connection with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, upon exercise of any Stock Option, the Company shall not be required to issue Common Shares unless the Committee has received evidence satisfactory to it to the effect that the Optionee will not transfer such shares except pursuant to a registration statement in effect under such Act or unless an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company has been received by the Company to the effect that such registration is not required.  Any determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.  The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to take any other affirmative action in order to cause the exercise of a Stock Option or the issuance of Common Shares purchase thereto to comply with any law or regulation of any government authority. 

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ARTICLE X 

Miscellaneous Provisions 

1.   No person shall have any claim or right to be granted a Stock Option under the Plan, and the grant of an NQSO under the Plan shall not be construed as giving an Optionee the right to be retained by the Company.  Furthermore, the Company expressly reserves the right at any time to terminate its relationship with an Optionee with or without cause, free from any liability, or any claim under the Plan, except as provided herein, in an option agreement, or in any agreement between the Company and the Optionee. 

2.   Any expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company.

3.   The payment received from Optionee from the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan shall be used for the general corporate purposes of the Company.

4.   The place of administration of the Plan shall be in the State of Nevada, and the validity, contraction, interpretation, administration and effect of the Plan and its rules and regulations, and rights relating to the Plan, shall be determined solely in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.

5.   Without amending the Plan, grants may be made to persons who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States, or both, on such terms and conditions, consistent with the Plan's purpose, different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to create equitable opportunities given differences in tax laws in other countries.

6.   In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as members of the Board or Committee, the members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suite or proceeding to which they or any of them may be party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any Stock Option granted thereunder, an against all amount paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except a judgment based upon a finding of bad faith; provided that upon the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding a Committee member shall in writing, give the Company notice thereof and an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such Committee member undertakes to handle and defend it on his own behalf.

7.   Stock Options may be granted under this Plan form time to time, in substitution for stock options held by employees of other corporations who are about to become employees of the Company as the result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or the acquisition by the Company of the assets of the employing corporation or the acquisition by the Company of stock of the employing corporation as a result of which it become a subsidiary of the 

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Company.  The terms and conditions of such substitute stock options so granted my vary from the terms and conditions set forth in this Plan to such extent as the Board of Director of the Company at the time of grant may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the stock options in substitution for which they are granted, but no such variations shall be such as to affect the status of any such substitute stock options as a stock option under Section 422A of the Code.

8.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, if the Committee finds by a majority vote, after full consideration of the facts presented on behalf of both the Company the Optionee, that the Optionee has been engaged in fraud, embezzlement, theft, commission of a felony or proven dishonesty in the course of his association with the Company or any subsidiary corporation which damaged the Company or any subsidiary corporation, or for disclosing trade secrets of the Company or any subsidiary corporation, the Optionee shall forfeit all unexercised Stock Options and all exercised NQSO's under which the Company has not yet delivered the certificates and which have been earlier granted the Optionee by the Committee.  The decision of the Committee as to the case of an Optionee's discharge and the damage done to the Company shall be final.  No decision of the Committee, however, shall affect the finality of the discharge of such Optionee by the Company or any subsidiary corporation in any manner.  Further, if Optionee voluntarily terminates employment with the Company, the Optionee shall forfeit all unexercised stock options.

ARTICLE XI 

Written Agreement

Each Stock Option granted hereunder shall be embodied in a written Stock Option Agreement which shall be subject to the terms and conditions prescribed above and shall be signed by the Optionee and by the President or any Vice President of the Company, for and in the name and on behalf of the Company.  Such Stock Option Agreement shall contain such other provisions as the Committee, in its discretion shall deem advisable. 

ARTICLE XII 

Effective Date 

This Plan shall become unconditionally effective as of the effective date of approval of the Plan by the Board of Directors of the Company.  No Stock Option may be granted later than ten (10) years from the effective date of the Plan; provided, however, that the Plan and all outstanding Stock Options shall remain in effect until such NQSO's have expired or until such options are cancelled. 

 

 

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Number of Shares: _______________
	
Date of Grant: _______________       

 

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 

AGREEMENT made this _____ day of __________________, 20____, between ____________________________ (the "Optionee"), and FIRST AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CORP., a Nevada corporation (the "Company").

1.   Grant of Option.  The Company, pursuant to the provisions of the 2005 First American Scientific Corp. Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the "2005 Plan"), set forth as Attachment A hereto, hereby grants to the Optionee, subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated herein, an Option and Purchase from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of _______________ Common Shares, as such Common Shares are now constituted, at the purchase price of $_______________ per share.  The provisions of the 2005 Plan governing the terms and conditions of the Option granted hereby are incorporated in full herein by reference. 

2.   Exercise.  The Option evidenced hereby shall be exercisable in whole or in part (but only in multiples of 100 Shares unless such exercise is as to the remaining balance of this Option) on or after __________________, 20___ and on or before _________________, 20___, provided that the cumulative number of Common Shares as to which this Option may be exercised (except as provided in paragraph 1 of Article VI of this 2005 Plan) shall not exceed the following amounts:     

	
Cumulative Number of Shares 
	

Prior to Date (Not Inclusive of) 

 

 

The Option evidenced hereby shall be exercisable by the deliver to and receipt by the Company of (i) a written notice of election to exercise, in the form set forth in Attachment B hereto, specifying the number of shares to be purchased; (ii) accompanied by payment of the full purchase price thereof in case or certified check payable to the order of the Company, or by fully-paid and nonassessable Common Shares of the Company properly endorsed over to the Company, or by a combination thereof; and, (iii) by return of this Stock Option Agreement for endorsement of exercise by the Company on Schedule I hereof.  In the event fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares are submitted as whole or partial payment for Shares to be purchased hereunder, such Common Shares will be valued at their Fair Market Value (as defined in the 2005 Plan) on the date such Shares are received by the Company and applied to payment of the exercise price. 

 

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3.   Transferability.  The Option evidenced hereby is NOT assignable or transferable by the Optionee other than by the Optionee's will, by the laws of descent and distribution, as provided in paragraph 9 of Article V of the 2005 Plan.  The Option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee during his lifetime. 

FIRST AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CORP. 

BY: ______________________________  

John B. Nichols, President  

ATTEST: 

________________________________________ 

Secretary 

Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the 2005 Plan, attached hereto and accepts this Option subject to each and every term and provision of such Plan.  Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding,  conclusive and final, all decisions or interpretations of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors administering the 2005 Plan on any questions arising under such Plan.  Optionee recognizes that if Optionee's employment with the Company or any subsidiary thereof shall be terminated with cause, or by the Optionee, all of the Optionee's rights hereunder shall thereupon terminate; and that, pursuant to paragraph 10 of Article V of the 2005 Plan, this Option may not be exercised while there is outstanding to Optionee any unexercised Stock Option, granted to Optionee before the date of grant of this Option, to purchase Common Shares of the Company or any parent or subsidiary thereof.  

Dated: _________________________________  

___________________________________  

Optionee 

___________________________________ 

Type or Print Name 

___________________________________ 

Address 

___________________________________ 

Social Security No.

 

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Attachment B 

Date:

Secretary, 

FIRST AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CORP. 

100 Park Royal South 

Suite 811 

West Vancouver, British Columbia  

Canada V7T 1A2

Dear Sir: 

In accordance with paragraph 2 of the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement evidencing the Option granted to me on _____________________ under the 2005 First American Scientific Corp. Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, I hereby elect to exercise this Option to the extent of __________________ Common Shares. 

Enclosed are (i) Certificate(s) No.(s) ____________________ representing fully-paid common shares of First American Scientific Corp. endorsed to the Company with signature guaranteed, and/or a certified check payable to the order of First American Scientific Corp. in the amount of $_______________ as the balance of the purchase price of $______________ for the Shares which I have elected to purchase and (ii) the original Stock Option Agreement for endorsement by the Company as to exercise on Schedule I thereof.  I acknowledge that the Common Shares (if any) submitted as part payment for the exercise price due hereunder will be valued by the Company at their Fair Market Value (as defined in the 2005 Plan) on the date this Option exercise is effected by the Company.  In the event I hereafter sell any Common Shares issued pursuant to this option exercise within one year from the date of exercise or within two years after the date of grant of this Option, I agree to notify the Company promptly of the amount of taxable compensation realized by me by reason of such sale for federal income tax purposes. 

When the certificate for Common Shares which I have elected to purchase has been issued, please deliver it to me, along with my endorsed Stock Option Agreement in the event there remains an unexercised balance of Shares under the Option, at the following address:

Include Optionee's address here.                                

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Signature of Optionee 

__________________________________ 

Type or Print Name 

 

 

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