EX-10.7 4 ny20022043x1_ex10-7.htm EXHIBIT 10.7

Exhibit 10.7
Execution Version
EXODUS MOVEMENT, INC.
2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made on [DATE], 202__, between Exodus Movement, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [NAME] (“you”).

Grant Date
[DATE]
Number of Restricted Stock Unit Awards
[NUMBER]
Vesting Commencement Date
Grant Date
Vesting Schedule
See Section 1
Effect of Termination of Continuous Service
See Section 1
Governing Plan
2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and you have executed this Agreement, effective as of the Grant Date. You acknowledge receipt of, and understand and agree to, this Agreement and the Plan.

EXODUS MOVEMENT, INC.:   GRANTEE:

 

 
Aliah Church   Name
Director of People and Talent  

 

 
Date  



1.
Award.  The Company is granting to you the Restricted Stock Unit Awards (the “Units”) designated above subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.


Event
Results
a. Continuous Service to a Vesting Date
Vesting of 1/4 of the Units on the first anniversary of the Grant Date; and vesting of 1/48 of the Units on the first day of each month thereafter through and including [DATE] (each is a “Vesting Date”).
 
Vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, any Units that have not yet vested will be forfeited on the termination of your Continuous Service.
b. Termination Due to Death
Immediate vesting of all nonvested Units.
c. Termination Due to Disability
Immediate vesting of all nonvested Units.
d. Change in Control
Immediate vesting of all nonvested Units.
  e. Voluntary Termination on or After Attaining Age 62 ‘Retirement’
If you had attained age 62 with at least five (5) years of Continuous Service with the Company on your termination date, and retire at least one year after the Grant Date, your nonvested Units will continue vesting through the end of the month of your retirement.  Thereafter, any nonvested Units will be forfeited.
  f. Involuntary Termination Without Cause
If your Continuous Service is involuntarily terminated without Cause (as determined by written notice to you from the Company), your nonvested Units will continue vesting through the end of the month of your termination of employment. Thereafter, any nonvested Units will be forfeited.
g. Any Other Voluntary or Involuntary Termination
If your Continuous Service is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any other reason (including for Cause), your vested and nonvested Units will be forfeited.



2.
Prior Agreements.  This Agreement amends, restates and supersedes any and all prior Restricted Stock Unit award agreements by and between the parties.  No other representations or statements, verbal or written, shall modify, add to, or change the terms of this Agreement.


3.
Settlement.  The Units granted to you under this Agreement will be converted to shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) and delivered to you within a reasonable period of time following the Vesting Date (“Settlement”). The Units that vest in connection with your termination of Continuous Service as provided above will be converted to shares of Common Stock and distributed to you within a reasonable period of time following your termination of Continuous Service. The portion of the Units that vest in connection with your termination of Continuous Service as provided in Section 1 above will be converted to shares of Common Stock and distributed to you within a reasonable period of time following the Vesting Date.  Any forfeited nonvested Units shall remain in the Plan and shall be available for future awards by the Company.



4.
Withholding of Tax.  Generally, when the Units are vested you will be required, for income tax purposes, to recognize the value of the shares of Common Stock delivered to you. The value of a share of Common Stock is the Fair Market Value on the Vesting Date. You must satisfy any required income tax and employment tax withholding when your Units vest. You may satisfy any related minimum statutory tax withholding obligations by tendering a cash payment, reducing the number of shares otherwise deliverable to you and/or by deducting an amount from other cash compensation that is payable to you. You must notify the Company of your election on or prior to the Vesting Date; if you do not provide such notice, you are hereby authorizing the Company to  deduct the appropriate mandatory withholding amounts from other cash compensation payable to you. Any amounts required to be withheld, not covered by the foregoing provisions, shall be paid through a payroll deduction on your next paycheck.


5.
Certain Rights.  The Units are not entitled to dividends payable on Common Stock. If any adjustment in the Company’s capitalization as described in the Plan occurs, appropriate adjustments will be made (as provided in the Plan) to the remaining Units under this Agreement in such a manner as the Board determines to be equitable in its sole discretion. You shall be a general, unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.


6.
Voting Rights.  The Units are not entitled to the voting rights associated with Common Stock.


7.
Transferability.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7, the Units are not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during your life only by you.


7.1
      You may transfer the Units to a trust if you are considered to be the sole beneficial owner (determined under Section 671 of the Code and applicable state law) while the Units are held in the trust. You and the trustee must enter into transfer and other agreements required by the Company.


7.2
      Provided that you and the designated transferee enter into transfer and other agreements required by the Company, you may transfer the Units pursuant to the terms of a domestic relations order, official marital settlement agreement or other divorce or separation instrument as permitted by Treasury Regulation 1.421-1(b)(2) that contains the information required by the Company to effectuate the transfer. You are encouraged to discuss the proposed terms of any division of the Units with the Company prior to finalizing the domestic relations order or marital settlement agreement to help ensure the required information is contained within the domestic relations order or marital settlement agreement.


7.3
      You may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form approved by the Company and any broker designated by the Company to handle the Units, designate a third party who, on your death, will thereafter be entitled to the Units. In the absence of such a designation, your executor or administrator of your estate will be entitled to the Units.


8.
Restrictive Covenants.


8.1
In consideration of your rights under this Agreement and in addition to the restrictive covenants contained in any employment agreement with the Company, you agree and covenant not to:


a.
disclose any of the Company’s Confidential Information except as expressly authorized in writing by the Company or as may be required by applicable law or a valid court order. “Confidential Information” means any information that relates to the Company’s actual or anticipated business or research and development, customer information, product information, technical data, trade secrets or know-how, and all other information that is marked or otherwise identified as confidential or proprietary, or that would otherwise appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary. Confidential Information does not include any of the foregoing information that is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act or omission by you or by others who were under confidentiality obligations as to the disclosed information; or


b.
during the twelve (12) months following termination of your Continuous Service for any reason, directly or indirectly, solicit, hire, recruit, attempt to hire or recruit, or induce the termination of employment of any employee of the business(es) of the Company, its affiliates or subsidiaries if you have been involved with such business(es) or had access to the Confidential Information of such business(es).



8.2
In the event of a breach of any of the covenants contained in Section 8.1:


a.
you hereby consent and agree that the Company shall be entitled to seek, in addition to other available remedies, a temporary or permanent injunction or other equitable relief against such breach from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security. The aforementioned equitable relief shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, legal remedies, monetary damages, or other available forms of relief; and


b.
any vested or nonvested Units will be terminated effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner terminated by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement or the Plan.


8.3
The Company and you agree that, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any court of competent jurisdiction is expressly authorized to modify any unenforceable provision of this Section 8 in lieu of severing such unenforceable provision from this Agreement in its entirety, whether by rewriting the offending provision, adding additional language to the offending provision, or by making such other modifications as it deems warranted to carry out the intent and agreement of the parties as embodied herein to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Company and you expressly agree that this Agreement as so modified by the court shall be binding and enforceable.


9.
Code Section 409A.  Some or all of the Units may be subject to Code Section 409A. If a Unit is subject to Code Section 409A and if you are a “specified employee” (as defined under Code Section 409A) on the date your Continuous Service is terminated, the settlement of any such Unit that is due upon your termination of Continuous Service will be deferred until the seventh calendar month following the calendar month of your “separation from service” (as defined under Code Section 409A).

This Agreement is intended to comply with Code Section 409A and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Any provision of this Agreement that would result in the imposition of the additional tax under Code Section 409A shall be amended on a timely basis to eliminate, or reduce to the extent possible, the additional tax. Such amendment may be made on a retroactive basis, in accordance with regulations and other guidance issued under Code Section 409A.


10.
Lock-Up Period.  You agree that you will not sell, dispose of, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale with respect to any of the Units, Common Stock or other securities of the Company held by you, for a period of 180 days following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act or such longer period as the underwriters or the Company will request to facilitate compliance with FINRA Rule 2711 or NYSE Member Rule 472 or any successor or similar rules or regulation (the “Lock-Up Period”); provided, however, that nothing contained in this section will prevent the exercise of a repurchase option, if any, in favor of the Company during the Lock-Up Period. You further agree to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriters that are consistent with the foregoing or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to your Units, Common Stock or other securities of the Company until the end of such period.



11.
General.


11.1
Capitalized terms used, and not otherwise defined, herein shall have the same meanings given to them in the Plan.


11.2
If there is any conflict between the terms in this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control.


11.3
You have been advised as to how you can obtain a copy of the Plan and you agree that the Units shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, including future amendments thereto, if any, pursuant to the terms thereof, which Plan is incorporated herein by reference as part of this Agreement.


11.4
The authority to manage and control the operation and administration of this Agreement shall be vested in the Board, and the Board shall have all powers with respect to this Agreement as it has with respect to the Plan. Any interpretation of the Agreement by the Board and any decision made by it with respect to the Agreement is final and binding.


11.5
Provided you continue to provide Continuous Service to the Company, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, your rights to the Units will not be affected by any change of your duties or position. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon you any right to provide Continuous Service to the Company or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate your Continuous Service at any time. The transfer of Continuous Service between any combination of the Company and any of its affiliates or subsidiaries shall not be deemed a termination of Continuous Service.


11.6
The Company is not obligated to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock if the issuance or delivery thereof shall constitute a violation of any provision of any law or any regulation of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange.


11.7
You have read and understand this entire Agreement and agree to be bound by its terms.


12.
Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors to the Company and all persons lawfully claiming to be your successor.


13.
Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.