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CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

Change of Control Agreement

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Title: CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 2/29/2008
Industry: Investment Services     Sector: Financial

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT, Parties: investment technology group inc , investment technology group  inc
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Exhibit 10.10.1

 

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

 

Agreement, made this        day of                       , 2007, by and between Investment Technology Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                          (the “Executive”).

 

WHEREAS, the Executive is a key employee of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) considers the maintenance of a sound management to be essential to protecting and enhancing the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and recognizes that the possibility of a change in control raises uncertainty and questions among key employees and may result in the departure or distraction of such key employees to the detriment of the Company and its stockholders; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board wishes to assure that it will have the continued dedication of the Executive and the availability of his or her advice and counsel, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a bid to take over control of the Company, and to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Executive is willing to continue to serve the Company taking into account the provisions of this Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the respective covenants and agreements of the parties herein contained, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.          Operation and Term of Agreement .  This Agreement shall commence on the date set forth above and shall terminate on the second anniversary of such date unless this Agreement is extended, as set forth below; provided , however , that after a Change in Control of the Company during the term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall remain in effect until all of the obligations of the parties hereunder are satisfied and the Protection Period has expired.  The term of this Agreement shall be extended automatically at the end of the initial term and the end of any extended term for an additional period of two years unless either party shall provide written notice to the other of its intention not to so extend, such notice to be given not less than one year prior to the end of the initial term or any extension thereof, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to a Change in Control this Agreement shall immediately terminate upon termination of the Executive’s employment, except in the case of such termination under circumstances set forth in the last paragraph of Section 3 below.

 

2.          Definitions .  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 



 

“Cause” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following: (i) the Executive’s willful failure to substantially perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s Disability), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that the Executive has not substantially performed his duties, and the Executive has failed to remedy the situation within fifteen (15) business days of such written notice from the Company; (ii) gross negligence in the performance of the Executive’s duties which results in material financial harm to the Company; (iii) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere , to any felony or any other crime involving the personal enrichment of the Executive at the expense of the Company; (iv) the Executive’s willful engagement in conduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise; or (v) the Executive’s willful material violation of any provision of the Company’s code of conduct.

 

“Change in Control” means and shall be deemed to have occurred:

 

(i)      if any person (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than the Company or a Related Party, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of Voting Securities representing 35% percent or more of the total voting power of all the then-outstanding Voting Securities; or

 

(ii)     if the individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board, together with those who first become directors subsequent to such date and whose recommendation, election or nomination for election to the Board was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors as of the date hereof or whose recommendation, election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board; or

 

(iii)    upon consummation of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company, reverse split of any class of Voting Securities, or an acquisition of securities or assets by the Company other than (i) any such transaction in which the holders of outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to the transaction receive (or retain), with respect to such Voting Securities, voting securities of the surviving or transferee entity representing more than 50 percent of the total voting power outstanding immediately after such transaction, with the voting power of each such continuing holder relative to other such continuing holders not substantially altered in the transaction, or (ii) any such transaction which would result in a Related Party beneficially owning more than 50 percent of the voting securities of the surviving or transferee entity outstanding immediately after such transaction; or

 

(iv)    upon consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than any such transaction which would

 

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result in a Related Party owning or acquiring more than 50 percent of the assets owned by the Company immediately prior to the transaction; or

 

(v)     if the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company.

 

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Disability ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

Good Reason ” means, without the Executive’s express written consent, the occurrence after a Change in Control of the Company of any one or more of the following:

 

(i)             a material reduction of the Executive’s primary functional authorities, duties, or responsibilities as an executive and/or officer of the Company from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control or the assignment of duties to the Executive inconsistent with those of an executive of the Company, other than an insubstantial and inadvertent reduction or assignment that is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; provided, however , that any reduction in authorities, duties or responsibilities resulting merely from the acquisition of the Company and its existence as a subsidiary or division of another entity shall not be sufficient to constitute Good Reason;

 

(ii)            the Company’s requiring the Executive to be based at a location in excess of thirty five (35) miles from the location of the Executive’s principal job location or office immediately prior to the Change in Control;

 

(iii)           a material reduction by the Company of the Executive’s base salary in effect on the date hereof, or as the same shall be increased from time to time, unless such reduction applies on substantially the same percentage basis to all employees of the Company generally;

 

(iv)           a material reduction in the Executive’s participation in any of the Company’s annual incentive compensation plans in which the Executive participates prior to the Change in Control, unless such failure applies to all plan participants generally;

 

(v)            the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of the obligations contained in this Agreement by any successor as contemplated in Section 9(c) hereof; and

 

(vi)           a material breach of this Agreement by the Company.

 

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provided , however , that for any of the foregoing to constitute Good Reason, the Executive must provide written notification of his intention to resign within 30 days after the Executive knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any such event, and the Company shall have 30 business days from the date of receipt of such notice to effect a cure of the condition constituting Good Reason, and, upon cure thereof by the Company, such event shall no longer constitute Good Reason.  A termination of employment by the Executive within a Protection Period shall be for Good Reason if one of the occurrences specified above shall have occurred, notwithstanding that the Executive may have other reasons for terminating employment, including employment by another employer which the Executive desires to accept.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, it shall be a material breach of this Agreement by the Company if the Company decreases the Executive’s Target Annual Compensation by more than ten percent (10%).

 

“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, an estate, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization or a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Protection Period” shall be the period beginning on the date of a Change in Control and ending on the date that is eighteen (18) months after the date on which the Change in Control occurs.

 

“Related Party” means (a) a Subsidiary of the Company; (b) an employee or group of employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (c) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any majority-owned Subsidiary of the Company; or (d) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Voting Securities.

 

“Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which (a) if a corporation, fifty (50) percent or more of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or combination thereof; or (b) if a partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity, fifty (50) percent or more of the partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.  For purposes of this definition, a Person or Persons will be deemed to have a fifty (50) percent or more ownership interest in a partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons are allocated fifty (50) percent or more of partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity gains or losses or control the managing

 

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director or member or general partner of such partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity.

 

“Target Annual Compensation” shall mean the sum of the Executive’s base salary and target annual cash incentives as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control.

 

“Voting Securities or Security” means any securities of the Company which carry the right to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

3.          Benefits Upon Termination Within Protection Period .  If, within a Protection Period, the Executive’s employment by the Company shall be terminated (a) by the Company not for Cause and not due to the Executive’s death or Disability, or (b) by the Executive for Good Reason, the Executive shall be entitled to the benefits provided for below:

 

(i)      the Company shall pay to the Executive, through the date of the Executive’s termination of employment, base salary at the rate then in effect, together with base salary in lieu of vacation accrued to the date on which his employment terminates, in accordance with the standard payroll practices of the Company;

 

(ii)     the Company shall pay to the Executive an amount in cash equal to the Executive’s target annual bonus for the year that includes the date of the Executive’s termination of employment, pro rated for the number of full and p








 
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