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Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement - Tel-Save.com Inc. and Gabriel Battista
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
To: Gabriel Battista ("Employee")
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Name
12428 Bacall Lane, Potomac, MD 20854
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Address
Date of Grant: November 13, 1998
Exercise Price: $7.00 per share
Employee is hereby granted the option described below, effective as of the
above date of grant, to purchase shares of common stock, $.01 par value per
share ("Stock"), of Tel-Save.com, Inc. (the "Company") at the exercise price
shown above. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings
assigned in the employment agreement dated as of the above date of grant between
the Company and Employee (the "Employment Agreement").
1. Employee is hereby granted options to purchase six hundred fifty
thousand (650,000) shares of Stock (the "Option"). The Option shall have an
exercise price equal to seven dollars ($7.00) per share (the "Exercise Price")
and shall vest and become fully exercisable on the Commencement Date.
2. Employee may exercise the Option by giving written notice to the
Secretary of the Company on forms supplied by the Company at its then principal
executive office, accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price for the total
number of shares specified to be purchased by Employee. The payment may be in
any of the following forms: (a) cash, which may be evidenced by a check and
includes cash received from a so-called "cashless exercise" of the Option; (b)
certificates representing shares of Stock, which will be valued at the fair
market value (as defined in the Employment Agreement) per share of the Stock on
the date of the Option exercise in question, accompanied by an assignment of
such Stock to the Company; or (c) any combination of cash and Stock valued as
provided in clause (b), immediately above. Any assignment of Stock shall be in a
form and substance satisfactory to the Secretary of the Company, including
guarantees of signature(s) and payment of all transfer taxes, if the Secretary
of the Company deems such guarantees necessary or desirable.
3. The Option will, to the extent not previously exercised by Employee,
expire on November 13, 2008.
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4. In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of the Stock by
reason of a stock dividend, stock split, consolidation, transfer of assets,
reorganization, conversion or what the Board deems in its reasonable discretion
to be similar circumstances, the number and kind of shares of Stock subject to
the Option and the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted in a manner to
be determined in the reasonable discretion of the Board.
5. The Option is not transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, and is exercisable during Employee's lifetime only by
Employee, including, for this purpose, Employee's legal guardian or custodian in
the event of the disability of Employee. Until the Exercise Price has been paid
in full pursuant to due exercise of this Option and certificate(s) representing
Employee's ownership of the purchased shares are issued to Employee, Employee
does not have any rights as a shareholder of the Company. The Company reserves
the right not to deliver to Employee the certificate(s) representing shares
purchased by virtue of the exercise of the Option during any period of time in
which the Company deems, based on the written opinion of its counsel, that such
delivery would violate a federal, state, local or securities exchange rule,
regulation or law.
6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Option
is not exercisable:
(a) During any period of time in which the Company deems, based on the
written opinion of its counsel, that the exercisability of the Option, the offer
to sell the shares underlying the Option, or the sale thereof, would violate a
federal, state, local or securities exchange rule, regulation or law; or
(b) Until Employee has paid or made suitable arrangements to pay all
federal, state and local income tax withholding required to be withheld by the
Company in connection with the Option exercise.
7. The following two paragraphs shall be applicable if, on a date of
exercise of the Option, the Stock to be purchased pursuant to such exercise has
not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and under applicable state securities laws, and shall continue to be applicable
for so long as such registration has not occurred:
(a) Employee hereby agrees, warrants and represents that he will
acquire the Stock to be issued hereunder for his own account for investment
purposes only, and not with a view to, or in connection with, any resale or
other distribution of any shares of such Stock, except as hereafter permitted.
Employee further agrees that he will not at any time make any offer, sale,
transfer, pledge or other disposition of such Stock to be issued hereunder
without an effective registration statement under the Act, and under any
applicable state securities laws or an opinion of counsel acceptable to the
Company to the effect that the proposed transaction will be exempt from such
registration. Employee shall execute such instruments, representations,
acknowledgments and agreements as the Company may, in its sole discretion, deem
advisable to avoid any violation of federal, state, local or securities exchange
rule, regulation or law.
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(b) The certificates for Stock to be issued to Employee hereunder
shall bear the following legend:
"The shares represented by this certificate have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or under applicable state securities laws. The
shares have been acquired for investment and may not be
offered, sold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of
without an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under any applicable
state securities laws or an opinion of counsel acceptable to
the Company that the proposed transaction will be exempt
from such registration."
The foregoing legend shall be removed upon registration of the legended shares
under the Act and under any applicable state laws or upon receipt of an opinion
of counsel acceptable to the Company that said registration is no longer
required.
8. The sole purpose of the agreements, warranties, representations and
legend set forth in the two immediately preceding paragraphs is to prevent
violations of the Act, and any applicable state securities laws.
9. It is the intention of the Company and Employee that the Option shall
not be an "Incentive Stock Option" as that term is used in Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder. The
Option is not granted pursuant to any stock option plan.
10. This agreement and the Employment Agreement constitute the entire
understanding between the Company and Employee with respect to the subject
matter hereof and no amendment, modification or waiver of this agreement, in
whole or in part, shall be binding upon the Company or Employee unless in
writing and signed by the Executive Vice President of the Company and Employee.
This agreement and the performances of the parties hereunder shall be construed
in accordance with, and governed by the laws of, the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
Employee shall sign a copy of this agreement and return it to the Company's
Secretary, thereby indicating Employee's understanding of, and agreement with
its terms and conditions.
TEL-SAVE.COM, INC,
By:
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I hereby acknowledge receipt of a copy of the foregoing stock option agreement
and, having read it, hereby signify my understanding of, and my agreement with,
its terms and conditions.
December , 1998
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Gabriel Battista (Date)
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