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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: 10/28/2008
Industry: Misc. Capital Goods     Sector: Capital Goods

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT, Parties: msc industrial direct co  inc
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Exhibit 10.47

 

CHANGE IN CONTROL

AGREEMENT

 

AGREEMENT made and entered into as of this 16th day of October, 2008 by and between MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), and Steven Armstrong having an address at 133 Water Street #11B, Brooklyn, New York, 11201 (the “Associate”).

 

W   I   T   N   E   S   S   E   T   H:

 

WHEREAS, the Associate has been employed by the Corporation in a senior Associate capacity and desires to remain in the employ of the Corporation in such capacity; and

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to induce the Associate to so remain in the employ of the Corporation.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

FIRST:  Inducement Payments .

 

A.            If, within two (2) years after a Change in Control, the Associate’s “Circumstances of Employment” (as hereinafter defined) shall have changed, the Associate may terminate his employment by written notice to the Corporation given no later than ninety (90) days following such change in the Associate’s Circumstances of Employment.  In the event of such termination by the Associate of his employment or if, within two (2) years after a Change in Control, the Corporation shall terminate the Associate’s employment other than for “Cause” (as hereinafter defined), the Corporation shall pay to the Associate, subject to the provisions of paragraph F of this Article FIRST and compliance by Associate with Article THIRD hereof, in cash, the “Special Severance Payment” (as hereinafter defined) as provided in Section E below.

 



 

B.            Change in Control shall be deemed to occur upon:

 

(a)           a change in ownership of the Corporation, which shall occur on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a “Group” (as defined under Section 409A of the Code (as defined hereunder)), other than Mitchell Jacobson or Marjorie Gershwind or a member of the Jacobson or Gershwind families or any trust established principally for members of the Jacobson or Gershwind families or an executor, administrator or personal representative of an estate of a member of the Jacobson or Gershwind families and/or their respective affiliates, acquires ownership of stock of the Corporation that, together with stock held by such person or Group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Corporation; provided, however, that, if any one person or more than one person acting as a Group, is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in the ownership of the Corporation;

 

(b)           a change in the effective control of the Corporation, which shall occur on the date that (1) any one person, or more than one person acting as a Group, other than Mitchell Jacobson or Marjorie Gershwind or a member of the Jacobson or Gershwind families or any trust established principally for members of the Jacobson or Gershwind families or an executor, administrator or personal representative of an estate of a member of the Jacobson or Gershwind families and/or their respective affiliates, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month

 

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period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Corporation possessing 50% or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Corporation; or (2) a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election; provided, however, that, if one person, or more than one person acting as a Group, is considered to effectively control the Corporation, the acquisition of additional control of the Corporation by the same person or persons is not considered a change in the effective control of the Corporation; or

 

(c)           a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Corporation’s assets, which shall occur on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a Group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Corporation that have a total Gross Fair Market Value (as defined hereunder) equal to or more than 80% of the total Gross Fair Market Value of all of the assets of the Corporation immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; provided, however, that, a transfer of assets by the Corporation is not treated as a change in the ownership of such assets if the assets are transferred to (1) a shareholder of the Corporation (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock; (2) an entity, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; (3) a person, or more than one person acting as a Group, that owns,

 

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directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation; or (4) an entity, at least 50% of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person described in Article FIRST B(c)(3).

 

For purposes of this Article FIRST B, “Gross Fair Market Value” means the value of the assets of the Corporation, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.  For purposes of this Article FIRST B, stock ownership is determined under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

 

C.            The Associate’s “Circumstances of Employment” shall have changed if there shall have occurred any of the following events: (a) a material reduction or change in the Associate’s employment duties or reporting responsibilities; (b) a reduction in the annual base salary made available by the Corporation to the Associate from the annual base salary in effect immediately prior to a Change in Control; or (c) a material diminution in the Associate’s status, working conditions or other economic benefits from those in effect immediately prior to a Change in Control.

 

D.            “Cause” shall mean (i) the commission by the Associate of any act or omission that would constitute a felony or any crime of moral turpitude under Federal law or the law of the state or foreign law in which such action occurred, (ii) dishonesty, disloyalty, fraud, embezzlement, theft, disclosure of trade secrets or confidential information or other acts or omissions that result in a breach of fiduciary or other material duty to the Corporation and/or a subsidiary; or (iii) continued reporting to work or working under the influence of alcohol, an

 

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illegal drug, an intoxicant or a controlled substance which renders the Associate incapable of performing his or her material duties to the satisfaction of the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries.

 

E.             The “Special Severance Payment” shall mean: (X) payment equal to the sum of (i) the product of one and one-half (1.5) and the annual base salary in effect immediately prior to a change in the Associate’s Circumstances of Employment or the termination other than for Cause of the Associate’s employment by the Corporation, as the case may be, and (ii) the product of one and one half (1.5) and the targeted bonus for the Associate in effect immediately prior to a change in Associate Circumstances of Employment or termination other than for Cause, as the case may be, such payment to be made in equal installments in accordance with the Corporation’s regular payroll policies (but not less frequently than biweekly) for a period of eighteen months, with the first such installment being made on the fifth (5 th ) business day following the six-month anniversary of Associate’s termination of employment; (Y) payment of a pro rata portion of the Associate’s targeted bonus in effect immediately prior to the date such change in Associate’s Circumstances of Employment or termination of employment other than for Cause occurs (the “In Year Bonus”), calculated as the product of (a) the In Year Bonus multiplied by (b) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of whole months elapsed in the fiscal year up to the date such change in Associate’s Circumstances of Employment or termination occurs, and the denominator of which is twelve (12), such payment to be made on the fifth (5 th ) business day following the six (6) months’ anniversary of termination of employment; and (Z) for the two (2) year period or the remaining term of the automobile lease at issue, whichever is less following Associate’s date of termination of employment (other than termination for Cause), the Corporation shall, at Associate’s option, (a) pay Associate a monthly automobile allowance in amounts equal to those in effect immediately prior to such termination,

 

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if applicable, or (b) continue to make the monthly lease payments under the automobile lease in effect for the benefit of Associate immediately prior to such termination, provided that if any payment (or portion thereof) otherwise due under this clause (Z) during the first six (6) months following the Associate’s termination


 
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