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Exhibit 10.14

 

	
  NOTICE OF GRANT OF STOCK OPTIONS

  	
  Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation

  
	
  AND OPTION AGREEMENT

  	
  ID:  77-0138960

  

 

	
  Employee
  Name

  	
  Grant
  Number:

  	
  XXX

  
	
  Address

  	
  Plan:

  	
  2001

  
	
   

  	
  ID:

  	
  XXXXXXX

  

 

You
(“Optionee”) have been granted a Stock Option (“Option”) to purchase Common
Stock of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”), subject to the
terms and conditions of the Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Amended and
Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and this Stock Option Agreement
as set forth below.

 

	
  Date
  of Grant:

  	
   

  
	
  Total
  Shares Granted:

  	
   

  
	
  Exercise
  Price per Share:

  	
  $

  
	
  Type
  of Option:

  	
  Non-Qualified Stock
  Option

  
	
  Expiration
  Date:

  	
   

  

 

This Option shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, according to the
following vest schedule:

 

 

The
exercise of this Option shall be conditioned upon the following:

 

	
  [(i)

  	
  at
  least one year and one day has passed since the grant of this Option;

  
	
  (ii)

  	
  the
  filing by the Company of a registration statement on Form S-8 with the
  SEC to register the offer and sale of the common stock underlying this
  Option; and

  
	
  (iii)

  	
  the
  common stock underlying this Option is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market or
  such other national securities exchange as described in Section 18 of
  the Securities Act of 1933 or in Rule 146 promulgated thereunder.]

  

 

This
Option may be exercised for a period of thirty (30) days after termination of
employment from the Company or such longer period as may be applicable upon
Death or Total and Permanent Disability of the Optionee, or by other written
agreement with the Company, according to the terms and conditions of the Plan,
but in no event after the Expiration Date set forth above.

 

By
your online acceptance of this Option you and the Company agree that this
Option is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the
Company’s Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as posted on ETRADE
as of the date of this Option Agreement, which is incorporated herein by
reference, and this Option Agreement.

 

	
   

  	
  Vitesse
  Semiconductor Corp.

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title:Exhibit
10.15

 

	
  NOTICE
  OF GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK

  	
  Vitesse
  Semiconductor Corporation

  
	
  UNITS
  AND RSU AGREEMENT

  	
  ID:  77-0138960

  

 

	
  NAME

  	
  Grant Number:

  	
  XXXXXX

  
	
  ADDRESS

  	
  Plan:

  	
  2001

  
	
   

  	
  ID:

  	
  XXXXXX

  

 

Effective
                            
(“Award Date”), you have been granted an award of                   
Restricted Stock Units (“RSU”).  Subject
to your continued employment or service, these units are restricted until the
vest date(s) shown below, at which time you will receive shares of Vitesse
Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”) common stock.

 

	
  Number of Shares

  	
   

  	
  Vest Date

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

[The
release of the Shares shall be conditioned upon the following:

 

(i)                                     at least one
year and one day has passed since the Award Date; and

 

(ii)                                  the common
stock underlying these RSUs is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market or such other
national securities exchange as described in Section 18 of the Securities
Act of 1933 or in Rule 146 promulgated thereunder.]

 

By
your online acceptance of this RSU award, you and the Company agree that this
award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Company’s
Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, the Restricted Stock Unit Award
Terms and Conditions, as posted on ETRADE as of the date of this RSU Agreement,
which are incorporated herein by reference, and this RSU Agreement.

 

 

	
   

  	
  Vitesse
  Semiconductor Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

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RESTRICTED
STOCK UNIT AWARD

TERMS
AND CONDITIONS

IN
CONNECTION WITH

VITESSE
SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

AMENDED
AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1.             Defined Terms. 
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Vitesse Semiconductor
Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

2.             Grant.  Set
forth herein are the terms and conditions applicable to the Restricted Stock
Unit Award reflected by the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units and RSU
Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”).  The Notice evidences the grant to the
Employee of a Restricted Stock Unit Award with respect to an aggregate number of
restricted stock units as set forth in the Notice, subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 10 of the Plan (the “Restricted
Stock Units”).  As used
herein, the term “restricted stock unit” shall mean a non-voting unit of
measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping purposes to be equivalent to one (1) outstanding
share of the Company’s common stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10
of the Plan) solely for purposes of the Plan, the Notice and the terms and
conditions set forth herein.  The
Restricted Stock Units shall be used solely as a device for the determination
of the payment to eventually be made to the Employee if such Restricted Stock
Units vest pursuant to Section 3 hereof. 
The Restricted Stock Units shall not be treated as property or as a
trust fund of any kind.

 

3.             Vesting. 
Subject to Section 8 hereof, the Award shall vest and
become nonforfeitable as set forth in the Notice.

 

4.             Continuance of
Employment.  The vesting schedule requires continued
employment or service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to
the vesting of the applicable installment of the Award and the rights and
benefits as set forth herein.  Partial
employment or service, even if substantial, during any vesting period will not
entitle the Employee to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a
termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of employment
or services as provided in Section 8 hereof or under the Plan.

 

Nothing
contained herein or in the Plan constitutes an employment or service commitment
by the Company, affects the Employee’s status as an employee at will who is
subject to termination without cause, confers upon the Employee any right to
remain employed by or in service to the Company, interferes in any way with the
right of the Company at any time to terminate such employment or services, or
affects the right of the Company to increase or decrease the Employee’s other
compensation or benefits.  Nothing in
this paragraph, however, is intended to adversely affect any independent
contractual right of the Employee without his consent thereto.

 

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5.             Dividend and Voting Rights.

 

(a)           Limitations on Rights Associated with Units. 
The Employee shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, no
dividend rights (except as expressly provided in Section 5(b) hereof)
and no voting rights, with respect to the Restricted Stock Units and any shares
of common stock underlying or issuable in respect of such Restricted Stock
Units until such shares of common stock are actually issued to and held of
record by the Employee.  No adjustments
will be made for dividends or other rights of a holder for which the record
date is prior to the date of issuance of the stock.

 

(b)           Dividend Equivalent Rights Distributions. 
Within 60 days of any date that the Company pays a cash dividend on its
common stock, the Company shall pay Employee an amount equal to the per share
cash dividend paid by the Company on its common stock on such date multiplied
by the total number of outstanding and unpaid Restricted Stock Units (including
any dividend equivalents previously credited hereunder) remaining subject to the
Award as of the related dividend payment record date.  No such payment shall be made with respect to
any Restricted Stock Units which, as of such record date, have either been paid
pursuant to Section 7 hereof or terminated pursuant to Section 8
hereof.

 

6.             Restrictions on Transfer. 
Neither the Restricted Stock Unit Award, nor any interest therein or
amount or shares payable in respect thereof may be sold, assigned, transferred,
pledged or otherwise disposed of, alienated or encumbered, either voluntarily
or involuntarily.  The transfer
restrictions in the preceding sentence shall not apply to (a) transfers to
the Company, or (b) transfers by will or the laws of descent and
distribution.

 

7.             Timing and Manner of Payment
of Restricted Stock Units.  On or as soon
as administratively practical following each vesting of the applicable portion
of the total Award per Section 3 hereof, but in no event later than 60
days following vesting, the Company shall deliver to the Employee a number of
shares of common stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units subject to
the Award that vest on the applicable vesting date, unless such Restricted
Stock Units terminate prior to the given vesting date pursuant to Section 8
hereof and in any event subject to Section 9 hereof.  The Company’s obligation to deliver shares of
common stock or otherwise make payment with respect to the vested Restricted
Stock Units shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)                                  at least one year and one day shall have
passed since the Award Date;

 

(b)                                 Vitesse common stock underlying the Award
must be listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market or such other national securities
exchange as described in Section 18 of the Securities Act or in Rule 146
promulgated thereunder; and

 

(c)                                  the Employee or other person entitled
under the Plan to receive any shares with respect to the vested Restricted
Stock Units shall have delivered to the Company any representations or other
documents or assurances required by the Company.

 

The Employee shall have no further rights with respect to any
Restricted Stock Units that are so paid or that are terminated pursuant to Section 8
hereof.

 

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8.             Effect of Termination of
Employment.  Except as provided in Section 7(e) of
the Plan, the Employee’s Restricted Stock Units shall terminate to the extent
such units have not become vested prior to the date the Employee is no longer
employed by the Company, regardless of the reason for the termination of the
Employee’s employment by the Company, whether with or without cause,
voluntarily or involuntarily.  If any
Restricted Stock Units are terminated hereunder, such unvested Restricted Stock
Units shall automatically terminate and be cancelled as of the applicable
termination date without payment of any consideration by the Company and
without any other action by the Employee, or the Employee’s beneficiary or
personal representative, as the case may be.

 

9.             Adjustments Upon
Specified Events.  Upon the occurrence of certain events
relating to the Company’s stock contemplated by Section 10 of the Plan,
the Committee shall make adjustments if appropriate in the number of Restricted
Stock Units and the number and kind of securities that may be issued in respect
of the Restricted Stock Unit Award.  The
Committee may accelerate payment and vesting of the Restricted Stock Units in
such circumstances as it, in its sole discretion, may determine, but in all
events, payment shall be made within 60 days of vesting.

 

10.           Tax Withholding. 
Upon any payment of dividend equivalents and/or the distribution of
shares of the common stock in respect of the Restricted Stock Units, the
Company shall have the right at its option to (i) require the Employee to
pay or provide for payment in cash of the amount of any taxes that the Company
may be required to withhold with respect to such payment and/or distribution,
or (ii) deduct from any amount payable to the Employee the amount of any
taxes which the Company may be required to withhold with respect to such
payment and/or distribution.  In any case
where a tax is required to be withheld in connection with the delivery of
shares of common stock hereunder, the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
direct the Company to reduce the number of shares to be delivered by (or
otherwise reacquire) the appropriate number of shares, valued at their then
Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to the Plan), to satisfy such
withholding obligation.

 

11.           Notices. 
Any notice to be given under these terms and conditions shall be in
writing and addressed to the Company at its principal office to the attention
of the Secretary, and to the Employee at the Employee’s last address reflected
on the Company’s records, or at such other address as either party may
hereafter designate in writing to the other. 
Any such notice shall be given only when received, but if the Employee
is no longer an employee of the Company, shall be deemed to have been duly
given by the Company when enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as
aforesaid, registered or certified, and deposited (postage and registry or
certification fee prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly
maintained by the United States Government.

 

12.           Plan. 
The Award and all rights of the Employee hereunder are subject to, and
by accepting the Notice, the Employee agrees to be bound by, all of the terms
and conditions of the provisions of the Plan, incorporated herein by
reference.  In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between the terms and conditions herein and of the Plan, the
terms and conditions of the Plan shall govern. 
By accepting the Notice, the Employee agrees to be bound by the terms of
the Plan and the terms and conditions herein and acknowledges having read and understood
the Plan and the terms and conditions herein. 
Unless otherwise expressly provided in other 

 

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sections herein, provisions of the Plan that confer discretionary
authority on the Committee do not (and shall not be deemed to) create any
rights in the Employee unless such rights are expressly set forth herein or are
otherwise in the sole discretion of the Committee so conferred by appropriate
action of the Committee under the Plan after the date hereof.

 

13.           Entire Agreement.  The
Notice, the terms and conditions herein and the Plan collectively constitute
the entire agreement and supersede all prior understandings and agreements,
written or oral, of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.  The Plan and the terms and
conditions herein may be amended pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.  Such amendment must be in writing and signed
by the Company.  The Company may,
however, unilaterally waive any provision hereof in writing to the extent such
waiver does not adversely affect the interests of the Employee hereunder, but
no such waiver shall operate as or be construed to be a subsequent waiver of
the same provision or a waiver of any other provision hereof.

 

14.           Limitation on Employee’s
Rights.  Participation in the Plan  confers
no  rights or interests other than as
herein provided.  The terms and
conditions herein and the Notice create only a contractual obligation on the
part of the Company as to amounts payable and shall not be construed as
creating a trust.  Neither the Plan nor
any underlying program, in and of itself, has any assets.  The Employee shall have only the rights of a
general unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to amounts credited and
benefits payable in cash, if any, with respect to the Restricted Stock Units,
and rights no greater than the right to receive the common stock (or equivalent
value) as a general unsecured creditor with respect to Restricted Stock Units,
as and when payable thereunder.

 

15.           Section Headings. 
The section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and
shall not be deemed to alter or affect any provision hereof.

 

16.           Governing Law.  The
Notice and the terms and conditions herein shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without
regard to conflict of law principles thereunder.

 

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