-5-StockOptionAgreement優(yōu)先認(rèn)股權(quán)協(xié)議核心提示：THISSTOCKOPTIONAGREEMENT(theAgreement)isenteredintoasof_________,_________,_________(M,D,Y)byandbetweenAAACorporation,a_________(STATE)corporation(theGrantee),andBBBInc.,a_________(STATE)corporation(theGrantor).WHEREAS,THISSTOCKOPTIONAGREEMENT(theAgreement)isenteredintoasof_________,_________,_________(M,D,Y)byandbetweenAAACorporation,a_________(STATE)corporation(theGrantee),andBBBInc.,a_________(STATE)corporation(theGrantor).WHEREAS,theGranteeandtheGrantorareenteringintoanAgreementandPlanofMergers,datedasofthedatehereof(theMergerAgreement),whichprovides,amongotherthings,forthemergerofasubsidiaryofDDD,Inc.,a_________(STATE)corporation,intoGrantor(suchmerger,alongwiththeothertransactionscontemplatedbytheMergerAgreement,theTransactions);WHEREAS,asaconditionandinducementtoGrantee’swillingnesstoenterintotheMergerAgreement,theGranteehasrequestedthattheGrantorgranttotheGranteeanoptiontopurchaseupto$,_________sharesofCommonStock,parvalue$0.50pershare,oftheGrantor(theCommonStock),uponthetermsandsubjecttotheconditionshereof;andWHEREAS,inordertoinducetheGranteetoenterintotheMergerAgreement,theGrantoriswillingtogranttheGranteetherequestedoption.NOW,THEREFORE,inconsiderationofthepremisesandthemutualcovenantsandagreementssetforthherein,thepartiesheretoagreeasfollows:1.TheOption;Exercise;Adjustments;PaymentofSpread.(a)ContemporaneouslyherewiththeGranteeandtheGrantorareenteringintotheMergerAgreement.Subjecttotheothertermsandconditionssetforthherein,theGrantorherebygrantstotheGranteeanirrevocableoption(theOption)topurchaseupto$,_________(asmaybeadjustedasprovidedherein)sharesofCommonStock(togetherwithrightsattachedtheretotopurchaseSeriesAJuniorParticipatingPreferredStockoftheCompanyissuedpursuanttotheRightsAgreement(theRightsAgreement)datedasof_________,_________,_________(M,D,Y)betweentheCompanyandBankof_________,asrightsagent)(theShares)atacashpurchasepriceequalto$,_________pershare(thePurchasePrice).TheOptionmaybeexercisedbytheGrantee,inwholeorinpart,atanytime,orfromtimetotime,followingtheoccurrenceofoneoftheeventssetforthinSection2(d)hereof,andpriortotheterminationoftheOptioninaccordancewiththetermsofthisAgreement.(b)IntheeventtheGranteewishestoexercisetheOption,theGranteeshallsendawrittennoticetotheGrantor(theStockExerciseNotice)specifyingadatefortheclosingofsuchpurchases(subjecttotheHSRAct(asdefinedbelow)andapplicableinsuranceregulatoryapprovals)notlaterthan10businessdaysandnotearlierthanthreebusinessdaysfollowingthedatesuchnoticeisgiven.IntheeventofanychangeinthenumberofissuedandoutstandingsharesofCommonStockbyreasonofanystockdividend,stocksplit,split-up,recapitalization,reorganizationorotherchangeinthecorporateorcapitalstructureoftheGrantor,thenumberand/orkindofSharessubjecttothisOptionandthepurchasepriceperShareshallbeappropriatelyadjustedtorestoretheGranteetoitsrightshereunder,includingitsrighttopurchaseSharesrepresenting19.9%ofthecapitalstockoftheGrantorentitledtovotegenerallyfortheelectionofthedirectorsoftheGrantorwhichisissuedandoutstandingimmediatelypriortotheexerciseoftheOptionatanaggregatepurchasepriceequaltothePurchasePricemultipliedby$,_________.IntheeventthatanyadditionalsharesofCommonStockareissuedafterthedateofthisAgreement(otherthanpursuanttoaneventdescribedintheprecedingsentence),thenumberofSharessubjecttothisOptionshallbeincreasedby19.9%ofthenumberoftheadditionalsharesofCommonStocksoissued(andsuchadditionalSharesshallhaveapurchasepricepershareequaltothePurchasePrice).NotwithstandinganythinginthisAgreement,thenumberofsharessubjecttothisOptionshallneverexceed19.9%oftheoutstandingsharesoftheGrantor.(c)AtanytimewhentheOptionisexercisablepursuanttothetermsofSec