Document:

Exhibit 10.2

 

Nektar
Therapeutics

2012
Performance Incentive Plan

 

Performance
Stock Option Agreement

 

Pursuant to the Stock
Option Grant Notice, which may be in such form (including electronic form) as prescribed by the Administrator from time to time
(“Option Notice”), and this Performance Stock Option Agreement, Nektar Therapeutics (the “Company”)
has granted to you, as of the date of grant specified in the Option Notice (the “Date of Grant”), an
option under its 2012 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to purchase the number of shares of the
Company’s Common Stock indicated in the Option Notice at the exercise price indicated in the Option Notice. Defined terms
not explicitly defined in this Stock Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan.

 

The details of your
option are as follows:

 

1.            Vesting.
Your option is subject to both the time-based and performance-based vesting requirements provided below in this Section
1, provided that vesting will cease upon the termination of your continuous employment or service with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (your “Continuous Service”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event your Continuous
Service is terminated as a result of your death, the time-based and performance-based vesting requirements shall be deemed satisfied
and your option shall become fully vested and exercisable as of the date of such termination.

 

(a)          Time-Based
Vesting. Subject to Section 1(b) below, your option will vest in
forty-eight (48) substantially equal monthly installments (each a “Monthly Vesting Date”) following the
Vesting Commencement Date specified in the Option Notice, subject in each case to your Continuous Service through the applicable
Monthly Vesting Date.

 

(b)          Performance-Based
Vesting. Notwithstanding the vesting schedule set forth in Section
1(a), the vesting of your option is contingent upon the achievement by the Company of the performance goal set forth below in this
Section 1(b) (the “Performance Goal”) at any time during the period of five (5) years commencing on the
Date of Grant (the “Performance Period”). If the Company achieves the Performance Goal during the Performance
Period and your Continuous Service with the Company continues through the date on which the Performance Goal is achieved,
your option will be vested and exercisable on the next Monthly Vesting Date following the date that the Performance Goal is achieved
to the extent the time-based vesting requirements set forth in Section 1(a) had been previously met and, as to any portion of your
option that is outstanding and unvested on such date1, shall continue to be eligible to vest and become exercisable
in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Section 1(a). In the event that the Company does not achieve the Performance
Goal set forth below on or before the last day of the Performance Period (and the option has not previously vested in connection
with your death as provided above in Section 1(a) or in connection with a corporate transaction as provided in Section 7.2 of the
Plan), your option, to the extent then outstanding, will terminate on the last day of the Performance Period.

  

 

1 In the event
your Continuous Service terminates after the achievement of the Performance Goal but prior to the immediately following Monthly
Vesting Date, your option will be vested as to the number of shares that would have been vested as of the Monthly Vesting Date
that preceded the date that the Performance Goal was achieved.

 

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The Performance Goal
applicable to your option shall be the filing and acceptance by the Company, or a collaboration partner of the Company, of either
a new drug application (a “NDA”) or biologics license application (a “BLA”)
with the United States Food and Drug Administration or a marketing authorization application with the European Medicines Agency
(an “MAA”) for any Proprietary Company Program (as hereinafter defined), including without limitation,
any one of the following drug candidates: (1) etirinotecan pegol (a topoisomerase I inhibitor); (2) NKTR-061/Amikacin Inhale (a
drug-device combination for an inhaled solution of amikacin); (3) Ciprofloxacin Dry Powder for Inhalation; or (4) NKTR-181 (an
oral opioid analgesic drug candidate). For the purposes of the foregoing, a “Proprietary Company Program”
includes drug candidates for which the Company acts as the sponsor of the NDA, BLA or MAA, as the case may be, or drug candidates
licensed by the Company to a third party (and in such case the third party is the sponsor of the NDA, BLA or MAA, as the case may
be) in which the Company is entitled to an average potential royalty on net sales of the drug candidate equal to or greater than
7.5%. The “average potential royalty on net sales” is determined by the quotient of (x) the sum of the
lowest and highest applicable royalty rate payable to the Company based on net sales of the drug candidate, divided by (y) 2.

 

2.            Number
of Shares and Exercise Price. The number of shares subject to your option and your exercise price per share referenced
in the Option Notice may be adjusted from time to time for capitalization adjustments, as provided in the Plan.

 

3.            Exercise
Restriction for Non-Exempt Employees. If you are an employee eligible for overtime compensation under the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, as amended (i.e., a “Non-Exempt Employee”), you may not exercise your option
until at least six (6) months following the Date of Grant, notwithstanding any other provision of your option.

 

4.            Method
of Payment. Payment of the exercise price is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of your option. You may elect
to make payment of the exercise price in one or more of the following forms:

 

(a)          In
cash or by check;

 

(b)          Provided
that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded on a nationally recognized stock exchange, and subject to such
procedures as the Administrator may adopt, in cash by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Company to whom you have submitted an irrevocable
notice of exercise; or

 

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(c)          (i)
by delivery of already-owned shares of Common Stock and that are valued at fair market value on the date of exercise (as determined
under the Plan), or (ii) a reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable to you (valued at their fair
market value on the exercise date, as determined under the Plan) pursuant to the exercise of the option. “Delivery”
for these purposes and for purposes of any Required Tax Payments, in the sole discretion of the Company at the time your option
is exercised, shall include delivery to the Company of your attestation of ownership of such shares of Common Stock in a form
approved by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, your option may not be exercised by tender to the Company of Common Stock
to the extent such tender would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption
of the Company’s stock.

 

5.            Securities
Law Compliance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, your option may not be exercised unless the
shares issuable upon exercise of your option are then registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares are not then so registered,
the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act. The exercise of your option must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the option, and the option
may not be exercised if the Company determines that the exercise would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations.

 

6.            Execution
of Documents. You hereby acknowledge and agree that the manner selected by the Company by which you indicate your consent
to your Grant Notice is also deemed to be your execution of your Grant Notice and of this Agreement. You further agree that such
manner of indicating consent may be relied upon as your signature for establishing your execution of any documents to be executed
in the future in connection with your Award. This Agreement shall be deemed to be signed by the Company and you upon the respective
signing by the Company and you of the Grant Notice to which it is attached.

 

7.            Term.
The term of your option commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the earliest of the following:

 

(a)          three
(3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service for any reason other than death or Disability, provided that (i) if
during any part of such three (3)-month period the option is not exercisable solely because of the condition set forth in Section
5, the option shall not expire until the earlier of the Expiration Date indicated on the Option Notice or until it shall have been
exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service, and (ii) if (x) you are
a Non-Exempt Employee, (y) you terminate your Continuous Service within six (6) months after the Date of Grant specified in your
Option Notice, and (z) you have vested in a portion of your option at the time of your termination of Continuous Service, your
option shall not expire until the earlier of (A) the later of the date that is seven (7) months after the Date of Grant specified
in your Option Notice or the date that is three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service or (B) the Expiration
Date;

 

(b)          twelve
(12) months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to Disability;

 

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(c)          eighteen
(18) months after your death if (i) your Continuous Service terminates due to death or (ii) your death occurs within three (3)
months after your Continuous Service terminates for a reason other than death;

 

(d)          the
Expiration Date indicated in the Option Notice (which shall not be later than the eighth (8th) anniversary of the Date of Grant).

 

For purposes of the option,
“Disability” means a “permanent and total disability” within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3)
of the Code.         

 

Note, if you are a US
taxpayer and your option is an incentive stock option, to obtain the federal income tax advantages associated with an “incentive
stock option,” the Code requires that at all times beginning on the Date of Grant of your option and ending on the day three
(3) months before the date of your option’s exercise, you must be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, except in the
event of your death or Disability. The Company has provided for extended exercisability of your option under certain circumstances
for your benefit but cannot guarantee that your option will necessarily be treated as an “incentive stock option” if
you continue to provide services to the Company or a Subsidiary as a consultant or director after your employment terminates or
if you otherwise exercise your option more than three (3) months after the date your employment terminates.

 

8.            Exercise.

 

(a)          You
may exercise the vested portion of your option during its term by delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the
Company), or by completion of such other exercise procedures as may be prescribed by the Administrator from time to time, and payment
of the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business
hours, together with such additional documents as the Company may then require.

 

(b)          By
exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to any exercise of your option, the Company may require you to arrange for
the payment to the Company of any required tax withholding in connection with such exercise as described in Section 11 below.

 

(c)          If
your option is an incentive stock option, by exercising your option you agree that you will notify the Company in writing within
fifteen (15) days after the date of any disposition of any of the shares of the Common Stock acquired upon exercise of your option
that occurs within two (2) years after the date of your option grant or within one (1) year after such shares of Common Stock are
transferred upon exercise of your option.

 

9.            Transferability.
Your option is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life
only by you.

 

10.         Option
not a Service Contract. Your option is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed
to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ or service of the Company or a Subsidiary,
or of the Company or a Subsidiary to continue your employment or service. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the
Company or any Subsidiary, their respective shareholders, boards of directors, officers or employees to continue any relationship
that you might have as an employee, director or consultant for the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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11.         Tax
Obligations.

 

(a)      You are responsible
for satisfaction of all federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if
any, which arise in connection with the option (the “Required Tax Payments”), including, without limitation,
obligations arising upon (i) the exercise, in whole or in part, of the option, (ii) the transfer, in whole or in part, of any
shares acquired upon exercise of the option, (iii) the operation of any law or regulation providing for the imputation of interest,
or (iv) the lapsing of any restriction with respect to any shares acquired upon exercise of the option. No shares of Common Stock
will be issued until the Company has received a definitive agreement or other documentation satisfactory to the Company, in its
sole discretion, that all Required Tax Payments have been or will be satisfied by you. Regardless of whether the Company properly
withholds the full amount of such Required Tax Payments, you hereby acknowledge and agree that that all obligations with respect
to the Required Tax Payments shall transfer in their entirety from the Company to you and that such liability shall be ultimately
your responsibility and liability.

 

(b)      You
may elect to make payment of the Required Tax Payments in one or more of the following forms:

 

(i)      In cash
or by check;

 

(ii)     Provided that at
the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded on a nationally recognized stock exchange,  and subject to such procedures
as the Administrator may adopt, in cash by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Company to whom you have submitted an irrevocable
notice of exercise; or

 

(iii)    (x) by delivery
of already-owned shares of Common Stock and that are valued at fair market value on the date of exercise (as determined under the
Plan), or (y) a reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable to you (valued at their fair market value
on the exercise date, as determined under the Plan) pursuant to the exercise of the option.   Shares of Common Stock
to be delivered or withheld may not have a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount of the Required Tax Payments. 
Any fraction of a share of Common Stock which would be required to satisfy any such obligation shall be disregarded and the remaining
amount due shall be paid in cash by you.

 

(c)      You hereby
acknowledge that you understand that you may suffer adverse tax consequences as a result of the exercise of the option or disposition
of the shares. You hereby represent that you have consulted with any tax consultants the you deem advisable in connection with
the exercise of the option or disposition of the shares and that you are not relying on the Company for any tax advice.

 

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12.         Employment
Conditions. In accepting the option, you acknowledge that:

 

(a)      Any notice
period mandated under any applicable laws shall not be treated as service for the purpose of determining the vesting of the option;
and your right to receive shares of Common Stock in settlement of the option after termination as an employee, if any, will be
measured by the date of your termination as an employee and will not be extended by any notice period mandated under the applicable
law. Subject to the foregoing and the provisions of the Plan, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether your
status as an employee or other service-provider has terminated and the effective date of such termination.

 

(b)      The vesting
of the option shall cease upon, and no portion of the option shall become vested following, your termination as an employee or
other service-provider for any reason except as may be explicitly provided by the Plan or this Stock Option Agreement. Unless
otherwise provided in the Plan or this Stock Option Agreement, the unvested portion of the option at the time of your termination
as an employee or other service-provider will be forfeited.

 

(c)      The Plan is
established voluntarily by the Company. It is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated
by the Company at any time, subject to Section 8.6.5 of the Plan.

 

(d)      The grant
of the option is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of options,
or benefits in lieu of options, even if options have been granted repeatedly in the past.

 

(e)      All decisions
with respect to future option grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company.

 

(f)      You are voluntarily
participating in the Plan.

 

(g)      The option
is an extraordinary item that does not constitute compensation of any kind for service rendered to the Company (or any Subsidiary),
and which is outside the scope of your employment contract, if any. In addition, the option is not part of normal or expected
compensation or salary for any purpose, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy,
end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments.

 

(h)      The future
value of the underlying shares of Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty. If you obtain shares upon settlement
of the option, the value of those shares may increase or decrease.

 

(i)      No claim or
entitlement to compensation or damages arises from termination of the option or diminution in value of the option or shares of
Common Stock acquired upon settlement of the option resulting from your termination of employment or service (for any reason whether
or not in breach of the local law) and you irrevocably release the Company and each Subsidiary from any such claim that may arise.
If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen then, by signing
this Stock Option Agreement, you shall be deemed irrevocably to have waived your entitlement to pursue such a claim.

 

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13.         General
Provisions.

 

(a)          Successors
and Assigns. Except as provided herein to the contrary, this Stock Option Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties to this Stock Option Agreement, their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(b)          No
Assignment. Except as otherwise provided in this Stock Option Agreement, you shall not assign any of your rights and obligations
under this Stock Option Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion.
The Company shall be permitted to assign its rights or obligations under this Stock Option Agreement, but no such assignment shall
release the Company of any obligations pursuant to this Stock Option Agreement.

 

(c)          Severability.
The validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Stock Option Agreement shall not be affected even if one or more
of the provisions of this Stock Option Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect.(d)          Administration.
Any determination by the Administrator in connection with any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Stock Option Agreement
shall be final, conclusive, and binding on you, the Company, and all other persons.

 

(e)          Headings.
The section headings in this Stock Option Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience, and in no way define, limit or
interpret the scope of this Stock Option Agreement or of any particular section.

 

(f)          Delivery
of Documents and Notices. Any document relating to participation in the Plan, or any notice required or permitted hereunder
shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (except to the extent that this Stock Option Agreement provides
for effectiveness only upon actual receipt of such notice) upon personal delivery through electronic delivery at the e-mail address,
if any, provided for you by the Company, or, upon deposit in the local postal service, by registered or certified mail, or with
a nationally recognized overnight courier service with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the other party at the address of
such party set forth in this Stock Option Agreement or at such other address as such party may designate in writing from time to
time to the other party.

 

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(i)          Description
of Electronic Delivery. The Plan documents, which may include but do not necessarily include: the Plan, the Option Notice,
this Stock Option Agreement, and any reports of the Company provided generally to the Company’s shareholders, may be delivered
to you electronically. In addition, if permitted by the Company, you may deliver electronically this Stock Option Agreement and
Notice of Exercise called for by Section 8(a) to the Company or to such third party involved in administering the Plan as
the Company may designate from time to time. Such means of electronic delivery may include but do not necessarily include the delivery
of a link to a Company intranet or the internet site of a third party involved in administering the Plan, the delivery of the document
via e-mail or such other means of electronic delivery specified by the Company.

 

(ii)         Consent
to Electronic Delivery. You acknowledge that you have read Section 13(f)(i) of this Stock Option Agreement and consent
to the electronic delivery of the Plan documents and, if permitted by the Company, the delivery of this Stock Option Agreement
and Notice of Exercise, as described in Section 13(f)(i). You acknowledge that you may receive from the Company a paper copy
of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to you by contacting the Company by telephone or in writing. You further acknowledge
that you will be provided with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. Similarly,
you understand that you must provide the Company or any designated third party administrator with a paper copy of any documents
if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. You may revoke your consent to the electronic delivery of documents
described in Section 1e(f)(i) or may change the electronic mail address to which such documents are to be delivered (if you
have provided an electronic mail address) at any time by contacting SOProcessing@nektar.com to notify the Company of such revoked
consent or revised e-mail address by telephone, postal service or electronic mail. Finally, you understand that you are not required
to consent to electronic delivery of documents described in Section 13(f)(i).

 

13.         Governing
Plan Document. Your option is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part
of your option, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be
promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your option and those of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. This Stock Option Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

14.         Clawback
Policy. Your option is subject to the terms of the Company’s recoupment, clawback or similar policy as it may
be in effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law, any of which could in certain circumstances
require forfeiture of the option and repayment or forfeiture of any shares of Common Stock or other cash or property received with
respect to the option (including any value received from a disposition of the shares acquired upon exercise of the option).

 

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Nektar
Therapeutics

2012
Performance Incentive Plan

 

Restricted
Stock Unit Agreement

 

Pursuant to your Restricted
Stock Unit Grant Notice, which may be in such form (including electronic form) as prescribed by the Administrator from time to
time (“Grant Notice”), and this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (“Agreement”)
(collectively, the “Award”), Nektar Therapeutics (the “Company”) has awarded
to you, as of the date of grant specified in the Grant Notice (the “Date of Grant”), pursuant to its
2012 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the number of “Restricted Stock Units” as indicated
in the Grant Notice. Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions
as in the Plan.

 

The details of your
Award are as follows.

 

1.           Vesting.
Subject to the limitations contained herein, your Award shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice, provided that vesting will
cease upon the termination of your continuous employment or service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (your “Continuous
Service”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event your Continuous Service is terminated as a result of your
death, your Award shall become fully vested as of the date of such termination.

 

2.           Dividends.
You shall not receive any payment or other adjustment in the number of Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award for dividends
or other distributions that may be made in respect of the shares of Common Stock to which your Restricted Stock Units relate.

 

3.           Distribution
of Shares of Common Stock. On or as soon as administratively practical following each vesting of the applicable portion
of the total Award pursuant to the Grant Notice or the Plan (and in all events not later than two and one-half months after the
applicable vesting date), the Company will issue to you a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock
Units subject to your Award that vested on such date. Prior to the issuance to you of the shares of Common Stock subject to the
Award, you shall have no direct or secured claim in any specific assets of the Company or in such shares of Common Stock, and will
have the status of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

4.           Adjustments.
The number of Restricted Stock Units subject to your Award may be adjusted from time to time for capitalization adjustments, as
provided in Section 7.1 of the Plan.

 

5.           Securities
Law Compliance. You may not be issued any shares of Common Stock under your Award unless the shares of Common Stock
are either (i) then registered under the Securities Act or (ii) the Company has determined that such issuance would be exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Your Award must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing
the Award, and you shall not receive such shares if the Company determines that such receipt would not be in material compliance
with such laws and regulations.

 

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6.           Execution
of Documents. You hereby acknowledge and agree that the manner selected by the Company by which you indicate your consent
to your Grant Notice is also deemed to be your execution of your Grant Notice and of this Agreement. You further agree that such
manner of indicating consent may be relied upon as your signature for establishing your execution of any documents to be executed
in the future in connection with your Award. This Agreement shall be deemed to be signed by the Company and you upon the respective
signing by the Company and you of the Grant Notice to which it is attached.

 

7.           Restrictive
Legends. The shares of Common Stock issued under your Award shall be endorsed with appropriate legends, if any, determined
by the Company.

 

8.           Transferability.
Your Award is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering
written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party who, in the event of your
death, shall thereafter be entitled to receive any distribution of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement.

 

9.           Award
not a Service Contract. Your Award is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your Award shall be deemed
to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the service of the Company or a Subsidiary, or on the
part of the Company or a Subsidiary to continue such service. In addition, nothing in your Award shall obligate the Company or
a Subsidiary, their respective stockholders, boards of directors, officers or employees to continue any relationship that you might
have as an employee, director or consultant for the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

10.         Unsecured
Obligation. Your Award is unfunded, and as a holder of vested Restricted Stock Units subject to your Award, you shall
be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “Restricted Stock Unit” means a non-voting
unit of measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping purposes to be equivalent to one outstanding share of Common Stock (subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Agreement) solely for purposes of the Award. The Restricted Stock Units shall be
used solely as a device for the determination of the payment to eventually be made to you if such Restricted Stock Units vest pursuant
to this Agreement. The Restricted Stock Units shall not be treated as property or as a trust fund of any kind.

 

11.         Tax
Obligations.

 

(a)          The Company
shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock until the tax withholding obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries
have been satisfied by you.

 

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(b)          Upon each
applicable vesting date, the Company’s designated third party plan administrator (i.e. E*Trade or such successor third party
administrator as the Company may designate from time to time), shall sell a number of shares of Common Stock that are issued under
the Award, which the Company determines is sufficient to generate an amount that meets the tax obligations plus additional shares,
as necessary, to account for rounding and market fluctuations, and shall pay such tax withholding amounts to the Company. The
shares of Common Stock may be sold as part of a block trade with other Participants of the Plan in which all Participants receive
an average price. Any adverse consequences to you resulting from the procedure permitted under this Section 11, including, without
limitation, tax consequences and any loss of prospective stock appreciation, shall be your sole responsibility and there shall
be no liability to the Company for any adverse consequences of any nature whatsoever.

 

(c)          You hereby
acknowledge that you understand that you may suffer adverse tax consequences as a result of your participation in the Plan. You
hereby represent that you have consulted with any tax consultants you deem advisable in connection with the Award or disposition
of the shares of Common Stock received under the Award and that you are not relying on the Company for any tax advice.

 

(d)          Payments contemplated
with respect to the Award are intended to comply with the short-term deferral exemption under Section 409A of the Code, and the
provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding any contrary provision
in the Plan or in the Agreement, if any provision of the Plan or the Agreement contravenes any regulations or guidance promulgated
under Section 409A of the Code or could cause the Awards to be subject to additional taxes, accelerated taxation, interest or
penalties under Section 409A of the Code, the Company may, in its sole discretion and without your consent, modify the Plan and/or
the Agreement: (i) to comply with, or avoid being subject to, Section 409A of the Code, or to avoid the imposition of any taxes,
accelerated taxation, interest or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) to maintain, to the maximum extent practicable,
the original intent of the applicable provision without contravening the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. This Section
11(d) does not create an obligation on the part of the Company to modify the Plan or the Agreement and does not guarantee that
the Award will not be subject to additional taxes, interest or penalties under Section 409A of the Code.

 

12.        Employment
Conditions. In accepting the Award, you acknowledge that:

 

(a)          Any notice
period mandated under the laws of the local jurisdiction shall not be treated as service for the purpose of determining the vesting
of the Award; and your right to receive shares of Common Stock in settlement of the Award after termination of service, if any,
will be measured by the date of termination of your status as an employee and will not be extended by any notice period mandated
under the local law. Subject to the foregoing and the provisions of the Plan, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine
whether your status as an employee has terminated and the effective date of such termination.

 

(b)          The vesting
of the Award shall cease upon, and no portion of the Award shall become vested following, your termination as an employee for
any reason except as may be explicitly provided by the Plan or this Agreement. Unless otherwise provided by the Plan or this Agreement,
the unvested portion of the Award at the time of your termination as an employee will be forfeited.

 

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(c)          The Plan is
established voluntarily by the Company. It is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated
by the Company at any time, subject to Section 8.6.5 of the Plan.

 

(d)          The grant
of the Award is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Awards,
or benefits in lieu of Awards, even if Awards have been granted repeatedly in the past.

 

(e)          All decisions
with respect to future Award grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company.

 

(f)          You are voluntarily
participating in the Plan.

 

(g)         The Award
is an extraordinary item that does not constitute compensation of any kind for service of any kind rendered to the Company (or
any Subsidiary), and which is outside the scope of your employment contract, if any. In addition, the Award is not part of normal
or expected compensation or salary for any purpose, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination,
redundancy, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments.

 

(h)         The future
value of the underlying shares of Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty. If you obtain shares upon settlement
of the Award, the value of those shares may increase or decrease.

 

(i)          No claim or
entitlement to compensation or damages arises from termination of the Award or diminution in value of the Award or shares of Common
Stock acquired upon settlement of the Award resulting from termination of your status as an employee (for any reason whether or
not in breach of the local law) and you irrevocably release the Company and each Subsidiary from any such claim that may arise.
If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen then, by signing
this Agreement, you shall be deemed irrevocably to have waived your entitlement to pursue such a claim.

 

13.         Headings.
The headings of the Sections in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of
this Agreement or to affect the meaning of this Agreement.

 

14.         Severability.
If all or any part of this Agreement or the Plan is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid,
such unlawfulness or invalidity will not invalidate any portion of this Agreement or the Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid.
Any Section of this Agreement (or part of such a Section) so declared to be unlawful or invalid will, if possible, be construed
in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining
lawful and valid.

 

15.         Amendment.
Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the Company’s ability to exercise its discretionary authority pursuant to Section
3 of the Plan; provided, however, that no such action may, without your consent, adversely affect your rights under your
Award and this Agreement.

 

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16.         Delivery
of Documents and Notices. Any document relating to participation in the Plan, or any notice required or
permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (except to the extent that this Agreement provides
for effectiveness only upon actual receipt of such notice) upon personal delivery electronic delivery at the e-mail address, if
any, provided for you by the Company, or, upon deposit in the local postal service, by registered or certified mail, or with a
nationally recognized overnight courier service with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the other party at the address of such
party set forth in the Grant Notice or at such other address as such party may designate in writing from time to time to the other
party.

 

(a)          The Plan documents,
which may include but do not necessarily include: the Plan, this Agreement, and any reports of the Company provided generally to
the Company’s shareholders, may be delivered to you electronically. In addition, if permitted by the Company, you may deliver
electronically the notices called for under the Agreement or the Plan to the Company or to such third party involved in administering
the Plan as the Company may designate from time to time. Such means of electronic delivery may include but do not necessarily include
the delivery of a link to a Company intranet or the internet site of a third party involved in administering the Plan, the delivery
of the document via e-mail or such other means of electronic delivery specified by the Company.

 

(b)          You acknowledge
that you have read this Section 16 of this Agreement and consent to the electronic delivery of the Plan documents and, if
permitted by the Company, the delivery of the notices, as described in the Agreement or the Plan. You acknowledge that you may
receive from the Company a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to you by contacting the Company by
telephone or in writing. You further acknowledge that you will be provided with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted
electronic delivery of such documents fails. Similarly, you understand that you must provide the Company or any designated third
party administrator with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. You may revoke
your consent to the electronic delivery of documents described in this Section 16 or may change the electronic mail address
to which such documents are to be delivered (if you have provided an electronic mail address) at any time by contacting SOProcessing@nektar.com
to notify the Company of such revoked consent or revised e-mail address by telephone, postal service or electronic mail. Finally,
you understand that you are not required to consent to electronic delivery of documents described in this Section 16.

 

17.         Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          The
rights and obligations of the Company under your Award shall be transferable to any one or more persons or entities, and all covenants
and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company’s successors and assigns.

 

(b)          You
agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company
to carry out the purposes or intent of your Award.

 

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(c)          You
acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel
prior to executing and accepting your Award and fully understand all provisions of your Award.

 

18.         Governing
Plan Document. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part
of your Award, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be
promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your Award and those of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.

 

19.         Choice
of Law. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the law of the
state of Delaware without regard to such state’s conflicts of laws rules.

 

20.         Clawback
Policy. The Award is subject to the terms of the Company’s recoupment, clawback or similar policy as it
may be in effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law, any of which could in certain circumstances
require repayment or forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Units or any shares of Common Stock or other cash or property received
with respect to the Restricted Stock Units (including any value received from a disposition of the shares acquired upon payment
of the Restricted Stock Units).

 

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