EXHIBIT 10.37
1998 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN
1. PURPOSES OF THE PLAN. The purposes of this 1998 Director Option Plan are to attract and retain the
best available personnel for service as Outside Directors (as defined herein) of the Company, to provide
additional incentive to the Outside Directors of the Company to serve as Directors and to encourage their
continued service on the Board.
All options granted hereunder shall be nonstatutory stock options.
2. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) "COMMON STOCK" means the common stock of the Company.
(d) "COMPANY" means Coherent, Inc.
(e) "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board.
(f) "DISABILITY" means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(g) "EMPLOYEE" means any person, including officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent
or Subsidiary of the Company. The payment of a Director's fee by the Company shall not be sufficient in and of
itself to constitute "employment" by the Company.
(h) "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i) "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including
without limitation the Nasdaq National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market,
its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported)
as quoted on such exchange or system for the last market trading day prior to the time of determination as
reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
(ii) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported,
the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stoc