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CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

Change of Control Agreement

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Title: CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Ohio     Date: 4/12/2007
Industry: Real Estate Operations     Sector: Services

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT, Parties: developers diversified realty corp , christa vesy
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Exhibit 10.1

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

     THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is between Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Employer”), and Christa Vesy (“Executive”) made as of this 9th day of April, 2007.

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, Executive is presently employed by Employer as its Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer;

     WHEREAS, Employer wishes to induce Executive to continue as its Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer and, accordingly, to provide certain employment security to Executive in the event of a “Change in Control” (as hereinafter defined);

     WHEREAS, Employer believes that it is in the best interest of its shareholders for Executive to continue in her position on an objective and impartial basis and without distraction or conflict of interest as a result of a possible or actual Change in Control; and

     WHEREAS, In consideration of this Agreement Executive is willing to continue as Employer’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer;

     NOW THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE CONTINUING AS THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER OF EMPLOYER AND OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES HEREIN CONTAINED, EXECUTIVE AND EMPLOYER, INTENDING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND, HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

A “Change in Control” for the purpose of this Agreement means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

the Board of Directors or shareholders of the Employer approve a consolidation or merger in which the Employer is not the surviving corporation, the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Employer, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Employer;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

any person or other entity (other than the Employer or a Subsidiary or any Employer employee benefit plan (including any trustee of any such plan acting in its capacity as trustee)) purchases any Shares (or securities convertible into Shares) pursuant to a tender or exchange offer without the prior consent of the Board of Directors, or becomes the beneficial owner of securities of the Employer representing 20% or more of the voting power of the Employer’s outstanding securities;

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

during any two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the entire Board of Directors cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors, unless the election or the nomination for election of each new director is approved by at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of that period; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

A record date is established for determining shareholders of Employer entitled to vote upon (i) a merger or consolidation of Employer with another real estate investment trust, partnership, corporation or other entity in which Employer is not the surviving or continuing entity or in which all or a substantial part of the outstanding shares are to be converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Employer or (iii) the dissolution of Employer.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

“Shares” means the Common Shares, without par value, of the Employer.

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

“Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Employer) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Employer if each of the corporations (other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in that chain.

 

 

 

 

 

5.

 

A “Triggering Event” for the purpose of this Agreement will be deemed to have occurred if:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

Within two years from the date on which the Change in Control occurred, Employer terminates the employment of Executive, other than in the case of a Termination For Cause, as herein defined;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

Within two years from the date on which the Change in Control occurred, Employer reduces Executive’s title, responsibilities, power or authority in comparison with the Executive’s title, responsibilities, power or authority at the time of the Change in Control;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

Within two years from the date on which the Change in Control occurred, Employer assigns Executive duties which are inconsistent with the duties assigned to Executive on the date on which the Change in Control occurred and which duties Employer persists in assigning to Executive despite the prior written objection of Executive;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

Within two years from the date on which the Change in Control occurred, Employer (i) reduces Executive’s base compensation, her incentive opportunity bonus percentages of salary, her group health, life, disability or other insurance programs (including any such benefits provided to Executive’s family), her pension, retirement or profit-sharing benefits or any benefits provided by any of Employer’s equity-based award plans, or any substitute therefor, (ii) establishes criteria and factors to be achieved for the payment of bonus compensation that are substantially different than the criteria and factors established for other similar executive officers of the Employer, (iii) fails to pay Executive any bonus compensation to which Executive is entitled through the achievement of the criteria and factors established for the payment of such bonus, or (iv) excludes the Executive from any plan, program or arrangement in which similar executive officers of Employer are included; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(e)

 

Within two years from the date on which the Change in Control occurred, Employer requires Executive to be based at or generally work from any location more than fifty miles from the geographical center of Cleveland, Ohio.

 

 

 

 

 

6.

 

A “Termination For Cause” for the purposes of this Agreement will be deemed to have occurred if, and only if, Executive has committed a felony under the laws of the United States of America, or of any state or territory thereof, and has been convicted of that felony, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere with respect to that felony, and the commission of that felony resulted in, or was intended to result in, a loss (monetary or otherwise) to Employer or its clients, customers, directors, officers or employees.

 

 

 

 

 

7.

 

“Executive’s Annual Bonus�


 
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