SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2019-03-15

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<div><a name="s049EA78AAC6A354545827A7FB2A9E864"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT 10.18</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">DRIVE SHACK INC.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EXECUTIVE NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Award Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), dated as of November 12, 2018 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Date of Grant</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), is made by and between Drive Shack Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), and</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Kenneth A. May</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Executive</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Option being granted under this Award Agreement is intended to qualify as an &#8220;employment inducement award&#8221; (as described in Section 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual) and is therefore not being granted under the Drive Shack Inc. 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Plan</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), but the provisions of the Plan shall apply to the Option granted under this Award Agreement as if it were granted under the Plan; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, any capitalized term that is used but not defined in this Award Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Grant of Stock Option</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt"> </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Company hereby grants to the Executive an option to purchase 3,296,209 shares of Common Stock at an Exercise Price of $5.44 per share (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Option</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Vesting</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The shares of Common Stock subject to the Option shall vest in equal annual installments on each of the first three (3) anniversaries of the Date of Grant (each, a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Vesting Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;); </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;that the Executive remains in continuo