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Exhibit 10.10
CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT
This Change of Control Agreement is entered into as September 8, 2006, by and between International Aluminum Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), and Ronald L. Rudy (the “Executive”), with reference to the following:
RECITALS
A.
The Company believes that it is in the
best interests of the Company to foster the continuous employment of key
management personnel such as the Executive.
B.
The Company and the Executive desire to
enter into this Agreement in order to induce the Executive to continue his
employment with the Company during any period in which the Company may be
engaged in negotiations regarding a Change of Control (as defined below) and
during the two-year period following a Change of Control.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, each of the following terms defined in this Article 1 shall have its defined meaning wherever used in this Agreement.
1.1
Agreement. “Agreement” means this Change of Control
Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time as provided herein.
1.2
Beneficial Owner and Beneficial
Ownership.
“Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” have the
meanings given to such terms in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
1.3
Cause. “Cause” means (i) the
Executive’s conviction of a felony that is injurious to the business of
the Company, (ii) the Executive’s willful and continued failure to
perform his Employment duties, (iii) the Executive’s willful misconduct
that is injurious to the business of the Company, or (iv) the Executive’s
willful violation of any material provision of any employment policy of the
Company; provided, however, that the Executive’s inability to perform his
or her duties because of a Disability shall not constitute a basis for the
Company’s termination of the Executive’s Employment for
Cause. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive’s Employment
shall not be subject to termination for Cause without (w) the Company’s
delivery to the Executive of a notice of intention to terminate, such notice to
describe the reasons for the proposed Employment termination and to be
delivered to the Executive at least ten days prior to the actual termination
date, (x) an opportunity for the Executive within the period prior to the
proposed Employment termination to cure any such breach (if curable) giving
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rise to the proposed termination, and (y) an opportunity for the Executive, if he chooses, to be heard before the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.4
Change of Control. “Change of Control” means any
transaction or series of related transactions as a result of which:
(a)
Any Person or group of Persons (as the
term “group” is defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder) acquires Beneficial Ownership of
securities of the Company, or of any entity resulting from a merger to which
the Company is a party and is not the surviving party, representing more than
fifty percent of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities
of the Company or such other entity, as applicable; provided, however, that for
purposes of this Section 1.4(a), the following acquisitions of securities shall
not constitute a Change of Control: (1) any acquisition by Vanderstar;
(2) any acquisition by a trust established by Vanderstar if Vanderstar is a
trustee of the trust; (3) any acquisition by a corporation, partnership or
limited liability company if Vanderstar has Beneficial Ownership of more than
fifty percent of the combined voting power of such corporation, partnership or
limited liability company; (4) any acquisition by the Company or by an employee
benefit plan or related trust sponsored or maintained by the Company; or (5)
any acquisition directly from the Company or Vanderstar, or both, pursuant to
an underwritten public offering of securities that is registered under the
Securities Act; or
(b)
The Company consummates a merger,
reorganization or consolidation to which it is a party (regardless as to
whether it is the surviving entity), or the Company sells all or substantially
all of its assets (each such transaction being referred to in this Section
1.4(b) as a “Transaction”), unless Persons who were
Beneficial Owners of the outstanding voting securities of the Company
immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction Beneficially Own
immediately after the consummation of the Transaction at least fifty percent of
the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of the Person
surviving or resulting from the Transaction.
1.5
COBRA. “COBRA” means the Consolidated
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
1.6
Code. “Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
1.7
Disability. “Disability” means a physical or
mental disability of the Executive, as certified in a written statement from a
licensed physician selected or approved by the Executive Committee, that
results in the Executive being unable to perform his duties as an employee of
the Company on a full-time basis (after reasonable accommodation by the
Company) for (i) 120 consecutive days or (ii) 180 days (regardless of
whether such days are consecutive) during any period of 365 consecutive days.
1.8
Employment. “Employment” means the
Executive’s employment in any capacity with the Company.
1.9
Exchange Act. “Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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1.10
Good Reason. “Good Reason” means the occurrence
after a Change of Control of any of the following actions by the Company,
unless the Executive, in his discretion, consents thereto in writing or the
action by the Company is reversed or abandoned within 30 days after the
Company receives from the Executive written notice of the Executive’s
objection to the action: (i) a reduction in the Executive’s annual
base salary as in effect on the date immediately prior to the Change of Control
or a failure to make any scheduled base salary payment within fifteen days
after its due date, unless the Company’s Board of Directors determines in
good faith that such base salary reduction is more than offset by the aggregate
value of any new compensation plans or other Employment-related benefits that
are provided to the Executive after the Change of Control; (ii) the
Company’s requirement that the Executive perform his or her Employment
duties at an office that is more than 25 miles from the Company’s
office at which the Executive was principally employed on the date immediately
prior to the Change of Control; (iii) a change or diminution in
Executive’s employment duties that is materially inconsistent with the
duties usually associated with the office of the President of a corporation; or
(iv) a failure by the Company to continue for the benefit of the Executive
any material compensation plan in which the Executive participated on the date
immediately prior to the Change of Control, unless the discontinuation of such
plan was outside the Company’s reasonable control or unless the Company discontinues
such plan for all of its executive officers. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Good Reason for the Executive to terminate his or her Employment
shall not exist by reason of any of the Company’s actions described in
the preceding sentence if the action is preceded by a written notice from the
Company of an intention to terminate the Executive’s Employment for Cause
or because of the Executive’s Disability and is then followed by a
termination of Employment for Cause or Disability.
1.11
JAMS. “JAMS” means the Judicial
Arbitration Mediation Service or its successor by law or by written agreement
with JAMS.
1.12
Person. “Person” means any natural person,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other association or
entity.
1.13
Securities Act. “Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1.14
Retention Bonus. “Retention Bonus” means the bonus
compensation that the Company has agreed to pay to the Executive pursuant to
Article 2 upon the occurrence of a Change of Control.
1.15
Severance Payment. “Severance Payment” means
the severance compensation that the Company has agreed to pay to the Executive
pursuant to Article 3 upon the termination of the Executive’s
Employment after a Change of Control.
1.16
Vanderstar. “Vanderstar” means Cornelius C.
Vanderstar and Marguerite D. Vanderstar, or either of them, individually or as
trustees of the Vanderstar Family Trust, so long as he or she is a Beneficial
Owner of capital stock of the Company as of the date that the
acquisition of securities or other transaction in question occurs.
1.17
Without Cause. “Without Cause” means the
termination of the Executive’s Employment by the Company other than for
Cause and other than by reason of the death or Disability of the Executive.
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1.18
Other Definitions. Any term defined in any other section of this
Agreement shall have its defined meaning wherever used in this Agreement.
ARTICLE
2
RETENTION BONUS
2.1
Right to a Retention Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to receive a
Retention Bonus in the amount specified in Section 2.2 if, but only if:
(a)
A Change of Control occurs; and
(b)
The Executive is an employee of the
Company as of the date the Change of Control occurred.
2.2
Amount of the Retention Bonus. If the Executive becomes entitled to a
Retention Bonus under this Agreement, the amount of the Retention Bonus shall
equal the product of six times the Executive’s monthly base salary that
was in effect on the date on which the Change of Control occurred; provided,
however, that any base salary that is excluded from gross income for federal
income tax purposes pursuant to Section 125 or 401(k) of the Code and any base
salary that is deferred by the Executive pursuant to an employer-sponsored
deferred compensation plan shall be included in the calculation of the
Executive’s base salary for purposes of this Section 2.2.
2.3
Payment of the Retention Bonus. The Retention Bonus to which the Executive is
entitled pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be paid in a lump sum within ten
days following the date on which the Change of Control occurred.
2.4
Withholding of Taxes. The Company may withhold from the Retention
Bonus all federal, state, local, FICA, Medicaid and similar taxes required by
applicable law to be withheld by the Company.
ARTICLE
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SEVERANCE PAYMENT
3.1
Right to a Severance Payment. In addition to the Retention Bonus to which
the Executive is entitled under Section 2.1, the Executive shall be
entitled to receive a Severance Payment in the amount specified in Section 3.3
if, but only if:
(a)
A Change of Control occurs;
(b)
The Executive is an employee of the
Company as of the date of the Change of Control; and
(c)
(i) The Executive’s Employment
is terminated Without Cause within two years after the Change of Control
or (ii) the Executive terminates his Employment for Good Reason within two
years after the Change of Control and within 60 days after the
occurrence of the fact or event that permitted the Executive to terminate his
Employment for Good Reason.
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3.2
Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of the
Executive’s Employment after the occurrence of a Change of Control for
Cause or Good Reason or because of the Executive’s Disability shall be
communicated to the other party by written notice of termination. The
notice (i) shall be given at least 15 days prior to the Employment
termination date, (ii) shall specify the Employment termination date (which
shall not be more than thirty days after the delivery of the notice), and (iii)
shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts claimed to provide a basis for
the Employment termination for the specified reason.
3.3
Amount of the Severance Payment.
(a)
If the Executive becomes entitled to a
Severance Payment under this Agreement, the amount of the Severance Payment
shall equal the product of 24 times the Executive’s monthly base
salary that was in effect on the date of the termination of the
Executive’s Employment or, if greater, that was in effect on the date
that immediately preceded the date on which the Change of Control occurred;
provided, however, that any base salary that is excluded from gross income for
federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 125 or 401(k) of the Code and any
base salary that is deferred by the Executive pursuant to an employer-sponsored
deferred compensation plan shall be included in the calculation of the
Executive’s base salary for purposes of this Section 3.3(a).
(b)
The amount of the Severance Payment
calculated under Section 3.3(a) above shall be reduced by the amount of any and
all cash severance-type payments which the Executive receives pursuant to any
other severance plan, agreement, policy or program of the Company or any of the
Company’s subsidiaries. However, if the amount of the cash
severance-type payments received under such other severance plan, agreement,
policy or program is greater than the Severance Payment that is payable under
this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to the amount payable under
such other plan, agreement, policy or program in lieu of the Severance Payment
under this Agreement. The payment to the Executive of the Retention Bonus
or any amount under a stock option plan, stock incentive plan,
shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement in consideration for the
Executive’s equity ownership interest in the Company or any direct or
indirect parent company shall not be construed as a “severance-type
payment.”
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