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Synapse Group Inc – IPO: ‘S-1’ on 7/26/00 – EX-10.6

On:  Wednesday, 7/26/00, at 3:58pm ET   ·   Accession #:  940180-0-865   ·   File #:  333-42260

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  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 7/26/00  Synapse Group Inc                 S-1                   65:2.6M                                   Donnelley RR & So… 12/FA

Initial Public Offering (IPO):  Registration Statement (General Form)   —   Form S-1
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-1         Registration Statement (General Form)                146    767K 
 2: EX-3.1      Restated Certificate of Incorporation                 29    135K 
 3: EX-3.3      By-Laws of the Registrant                             16     79K 
 4: EX-10.1     1997 Stock Option Plan                                13     55K 
13: EX-10.10    Form of Option Stockholders Agreement                  9     48K 
14: EX-10.11    Stock Purchase Agreement Dated March 9, 1998          39    183K 
15: EX-10.12    Stock Purchase Agreement Dated September 9, 1998      24    114K 
16: EX-10.13    Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement                  31    143K 
17: EX-10.14    Stock Purchase Agreement Dated May 17, 2000           22    118K 
18: EX-10.15    Stock Purchase Agreement Dated May 17, 2000           29    161K 
19: EX-10.16    Form of Warrant Delivered to the Purchasers           18     80K 
20: EX-10.17    Shareholder Agreement                                 27     65K 
21: EX-10.18    Amendment to Shareholders Agreement                    4     30K 
22: EX-10.19    Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement           13     69K 
 5: EX-10.2     1999 Stock Option Plan                                12     55K 
23: EX-10.20    Walker and Jaeckle Shareholder Agreement              15     43K 
24: EX-10.21    Stock Option Agreement                                 5     38K 
25: EX-10.22    Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement           46    188K 
26: EX-10.23    Amend. #1 to Amended & Restated Stockholders Agmt      5     27K 
27: EX-10.24    Amend #2 Waiver of Amended & Restated Stockholders     5     28K 
28: EX-10.25    2nd Amended & Restated Stockholders Agmt              43    211K 
29: EX-10.26    Amended & Restated Registration Rights Agmt           38    137K 
30: EX-10.27    Amend #1 to Amended & Restated Registration Rights     4     28K 
31: EX-10.28    2nd Amended & Restated Registration Rights            29    130K 
32: EX-10.29    Indemnification Agreement                             11     43K 
 6: EX-10.3     2000 Stock Incentive Plan                              7     45K 
33: EX-10.31    Guarantee Signed by Time, Inc.                         1     17K 
34: EX-10.32    Letter Agreement                                       3     24K 
35: EX-10.33    Consulting Agreement                                   9     45K 
36: EX-10.34    Employment Agreement                                   4     27K 
37: EX-10.35    Letter Agreement                                       3     25K 
38: EX-10.36    Employment Agreement                                   2     23K 
39: EX-10.37    Subordinated Promissory Note                           3     25K 
40: EX-10.38    Subordinated Promissory Note                           3     25K 
41: EX-10.39    Subordinated Promissory Note                           3     25K 
 7: EX-10.4     Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement           3     26K 
42: EX-10.40    Subordinated Promissory Note                           3     25K 
43: EX-10.41    Promissory Note                                        2     20K 
44: EX-10.42    Promissory Note                                        2     20K 
45: EX-10.43    Promissory Note                                        2     20K 
46: EX-10.44    Promissory Note                                        2     20K 
47: EX-10.45    Promissory Note                                        2     20K 
48: EX-10.46    Promissory Note                                        2     20K 
49: EX-10.47    Loan Exchange Agreement                                5     28K 
50: EX-10.48    Revolving Promissory Note                              3     25K 
51: EX-10.49    Credit Agreement                                      47    170K 
 8: EX-10.5     Form of Option Shareholders Agreement                 15     46K 
52: EX-10.50    Promissory Note                                        3     21K 
53: EX-10.51    Promissory Note                                        3     22K 
54: EX-10.52    Lease                                                 80    323K 
55: EX-10.53    Lease                                                 64    277K 
56: EX-10.54    Settlement Agreement                                   8     51K 
57: EX-10.55    Sales Representative Agreement                        18     59K 
58: EX-10.56    Limited Liability Company Agreement                   25    102K 
59: EX-10.59    Letter Agreement                                       2     20K 
 9: EX-10.6     Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement           3     26K 
60: EX-10.60    Master Agreement                                      13     69K 
61: EX-10.61    Revolving Promissory Note                              4     25K 
10: EX-10.7     Form of Option Shareholders Agreement                 10     43K 
11: EX-10.8     Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement            6     35K 
12: EX-10.9     Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement               6     35K 
62: EX-16.1     Letter Regarding Change in Certifying Accountant       1     16K 
63: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries of the Registrant                         1     15K 
64: EX-23.1     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP                         1     15K 
65: EX-27.1     Financial Data Schedule                                2     18K 


EX-10.6   —   Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement

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Exhibit 10.6 NEWSUB SERVICES, INC. NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN Name of Optionee: Number of Option Shares: Option Exercise Price: Grant Date: Vesting Dates: Expiration Date: Pursuant to the NewSub Services, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), NewSub Services, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or any part of the number of shares of the Company's Class B non-voting common Stock, without par value (the "Common Stock"), of the Company specified above (the "Option Shares") at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. This Option is not intended to qualify and shall not be treated as an "incentive stock option" under (S)422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the "Code"). This Option is granted on the assumption that the Company has (i) amended its Certificate of Incorporation to increase its authorized capital stock to 7,500 shares of Class A voting Common Stock having no par value and 35,000,000 shares of Class B non-voting Common Stock having no par value and (ii) distributed 3,684 shares of Class B non-voting Common Stock for each outstanding share of the Class A and Class B Common Stock of the Company as of the date of adoption of the Plan (the "Recapitalization"). The Company does not intend to effect the Recapitalization currently but may, in its sole discretion, do so at any time in the future. Since this Option is issued on the assumption that the Recapitalization has been effected, if the Recapitalization is not effected, --- then the number of Option shares subject to this Option shall be divided by 3,684 and the Option Exercise Price per share shall be multiplied by 3,684. 1. Vesting Schedule. No portion of this Option may be exercised until the ---------------- dates on which such portion shall have vested. Except as set forth below, and subject to the determination of the Company in its sole discretion to accelerate the vesting schedule hereunder, this Option shall be vested and exercisable with respect to the number of Option Shares on the Vesting dates set forth above. Once vested, this Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.
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2. Exercise of Option. ------------------ (a) Optionee may exercise only vested portions of this Option and only in the following manner. From time to time prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the termination hereof in accordance with the provisions of this Option, or (ii) the Expiration Date hereof, Optionee may give written notice to the Company of his or her election to purchase some or all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable at the time of such notice. Said notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased and shall be accompanied (i) by payment therefor in cash or by certified check, official bank check or wire transfer and (ii) by such agreement, statement or other evidence as the Company may require in order to satisfy itself that the issuance of the Option Shares being purchased pursuant to such exercise and any subsequent resale thereof will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation all applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations. (b) Certificates for the Option Shares so purchased will be issued to Optionee upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Company with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such issuance, including without limitation if said Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, receipt of a representation from Optionee upon each exercise of this Option that he is purchasing the Shares for his own account and not with a view to any resale or distribution thereof, the legending of any certificate representing said Shares, and the imposition of a stop transfer order with respect thereto, to prevent a resale or distribution in violation of federal or state securities laws. Until Optionee shall have complied with the requirements hereof and of the Plan, the Company shall be under no obligation to issue the Option Shares subject to this Option, and the determination of the Committee (as defined in the Plan) as to such compliance shall be final and binding on Optionee. Optionee shall not be deemed for any purpose to be the owner of any Option Shares subject to this Option until such Option Shares shall have been issued in accordance with the foregoing provisions. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Option shall be exercisable (i) after its termination in accordance with the provisions hereof, (ii) after the Expiration Date hereof, or (iii) at any time unless all necessary regulatory or other approvals have been received. 3. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the --------------------- contrary, this Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan. 4. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to Optionee, is non- --------------- assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable, during Optionee's lifetime, only by Optionee. 5. Effect of Certain Transactions. If the Company is merged into another ------------------------------ entity, or if one or more entities is merged into the Company or there is a consolidation of the Company and one or more entities and, in any such case, the shares of Common Stock are converted into cash, securities or other property other than shares of Common Stock, or if the Company is liquidated, or sells or otherwise disposes of substantially all its assets to another entity while unexercised Options remain outstanding under the Plan, then: (i) the Committee, with the
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approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, may in its discretion accelerate the time for exercise of any unexercised and unexpired portion of this Option, including the then unvested portion of this Option, to and after a date prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation, liquidation or sale specified by the Committee; or (ii) the Committee, with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, may provide that after the effective date of such merger, consolidation or sale, this Option shall survive and Optionee shall be entitled, upon exercise of this Option, to receive, in lieu of shares of Common Stock, such shares of stock or other securities as the holders of shares of Common Stock received pursuant to the terms of the merger, consolidation or sale. 6. Tax Withholding. The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of --------------- which the exercise of this Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Optionee may elect to have such tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Common Stock to be issued, or (ii) transferring to the Company, a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) that would satisfy the withholding amount due. 7. Shareholder Agreement. This Option and the Option Shares are subject --------------------- to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the attached Shareholders Agreement. 8. Miscellaneous. Notice hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the ------------- Company at its principal place of business, and shall be delivered to Optionee in person or mailed or delivered to Optionee at the address of the Optionee set forth in the Company's records, or in either case at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed in its name and on its behalf as of the Grant Date set forth above. NEWSUB SERVICES, INC. By: _________________________________ Title: President, Michael Loeb I hereby accept the foregoing grant of an Option to acquire the Option Shares and understand and agree that such Option and the Option Shares shall be subject to and governed by the terms of the Plan, this agreement and the Shareholders Agreement. ________________________________________ Name:
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