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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