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SEVERANCE AND CHANGE IN CONTROL
AGREEMENT
THIS SEVERANCE AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
("Agreement") is made by and between KBR Technical Services, Inc, a
Delaware corporation ("Employer"), KBR, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and parent company of Employer ("Company"), and
_______________ ("Executive").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS , Company and Employer desire to provide
Executive: (i) severance termination benefits (prior to a change in
control), (ii) change in control termination (double-trigger)
benefits (on or after a change in control), and (iii) death,
disability and retirement benefits (prior to, on, or after a change
in control) on the terms and conditions, and for the consideration,
hereinafter set forth, and Executive desires to be employed by
Company and Employer on such terms and conditions and for such
consideration;
WHEREAS , the benefits provided to Executive under this
Agreement are described in the following Articles: (i) Article 3
outlines the severance termination benefits (prior to a change in
control), (ii) Article 4 outlines the double-trigger change in
control termination benefits (on or after a change in control), and
(iii) Article 5 outlines the death, disability, and retirement
benefits; and
WHEREAS , in addition to providing the benefits outlined
in Articles 3, 4 and 5 (as described above), this Agreement imposes
duties and obligations and other requirements as follows: (i)
Article 1 imposes a duty of loyalty on Executive, (ii) Article 2
outlines the triggers to terminate employment, as well as defines
base salary and target bonus, (iii) Article 6 requires Executive to
sign a release to receive benefits (other than death or disability
benefits) and provides for a clawback of benefits paid if there is
a subsequent determination of cause, (iv) Article 7 imposes a duty
of nondisclosure on Executive, (v) Article 8 includes a one-year
non-compete after termination of employment (other than post change
in control), and (vi) Article 9 includes a mandatory arbitration
provision, as well as other miscellaneous provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the mutual
promises, covenants and obligations contained herein, Company,
Employer and Executive agree as follows:
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ARTICLE 1:
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EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES (Applies to All
Circumstances)
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1.1
Employment; Effective Date. Effective as of
____________________, 2008 (the "Effective Date") and continuing
for the period of time set forth in Article 2 of this Agreement,
Executive’s employment hereunder shall be subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1.2
Positions. From and after the Effective Date, Company
shall employ Executive in the position of _______________ of
Company and/or in such other position(s) as Company determines.
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1.3
Duties and
Services. Executive agrees to serve in the position referred to
in Section 1.2 and to perform diligently and to the best of his
abilities the duties and services appertaining to such position, as
well as such additional duties and services appropriate to such
position which the parties mutually may agree upon from time to
time. Executive’s employment shall also be subject to the
policies maintained and established by Company that are of general
applicability to Company’s employees and/or executives, as
such policies may be amended from time to time.
1.4
Other Interests. Executive agrees, during the period
of his employment by Company, to devote all of his business time,
energy, and best efforts to the business and affairs of Company and
its affiliates. The foregoing notwithstanding, the parties
recognize and agree that Executive may engage in personal and,
subject to Section 8.1, other business activities that do not
conflict with the business and affairs of Company or its affiliates
or interfere with Executive’s performance of his duties
hereunder. Executive shall disclose to the Board of Directors of
Company (the "Board") all such other business activities. All
determinations with respect to whether or not such other activities
conflict with or interfere with Executive’s obligations
hereunder shall be made by the Compensation Committee of the Board
(the "Committee") in good faith and shall be binding on the
parties.
1.5 Duty
of Loyalty. Executive acknowledges and agrees that
Executive owes a fiduciary duty of loyalty to act at all times in
the best interests of Company. In keeping with such duty, Executive
shall make full disclosure to Company of all business opportunities
pertaining to Company’s business and shall not appropriate
for Executive’s own benefit business opportunities concerning
Company’s business.
ARTICLE 2: TERM; BASE SALARY; TARGET BONUS
OPPORTUNITY; TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT (Applies to All
Circumstances)
2.1
Term. This Agreement shall begin on the Effective
Date and shall terminate automatically on the earlier of (i)
Executive’s termination of employment with Company and its
affiliates or (ii) the second anniversary of a Change in Control
Effective Date (as defined below). Termination of this Agreement
shall not affect any rights or obligations of any party that have
accrued or become vested prior to such termination. The provisions
of Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
2.2 Base
Salary and Target Bonus Opportunity. For purposes of
Articles 3, 4 and 5, Base Salary and Target Bonus Opportunity shall
be defined as follows:
"Base Salary" means Executive’s annual rate of base
salary, excluding all other items of compensation, including
supplemental base salary, bonuses, overtime, commissions,
cost-of-living adjustments, special pay related to foreign
assignment, and incentive compensation, as of the applicable
date.
"Target Bonus Opportunity" means the annual target bonus
opportunity that would have been granted to Executive with respect
to the next fiscal year beginning after his date of termination,
had his employment continued with Company, and assuming
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Executive’s target bonus in that future
fiscal year was equal to his target bonus percentage for the fiscal
year in which Executive’s date of termination
occurs.
2.3
Company’s Right to Terminate Employment.
Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s
employment under this Agreement at any time for any of the
following reasons:
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(i)
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"Death or Disability," as defined in Section 5.1;
or
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(ii) "Cause," as
defined in Section 3.1 for a pre-Change in Control severance
termination, and in Section 4.1 for a Change in Control Termination
(as defined in Section 4.2). Determination as to whether or not
Cause exists for termination of Executive’s employment will
be made by the Committee, or its delegate, in good faith; or
(iii) "Involuntary
Termination," which means for any reason whatsoever, in the sole
discretion of the Committee, other than Cause, Death or
Disability.
2.4
Executive’s Right to Terminate. Executive shall
have the right to terminate his employment under this Agreement for
any of the following reasons:
(i) "Good
Reason," as defined in Section 3.1 for a pre-Change in Control
severance termination, and in Section 4.1 for a Change in Control
Termination; provided, that the events described in the definitions
of Good Reason in Sections 3.1 or 4.1, as applicable, shall
constitute a Good Reason only if (i) Executive provides written
notice to Company within 90 days of the initial existence of the
event and (ii) Company fails to remedy such circumstance within 30
days after receipt of Executive’s written notice of the
event. If Company fails to remedy the event within that 30-day
period, Executive will have until the 180th day following the
initial existence of the Good Reason event (but not beyond the end
of the term of this Agreement as provided in Section 2.1) to
terminate his employment for Good Reason; provided, however,
nothing herein shall prevent Company from terminating Executive at
any time for Cause; or
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(ii)
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"Retirement," as defined in Section 5.1;
or
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(iii) "Voluntary
Termination," which means termination of employment at any time for
any reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of Executive, other
than Good Reason or Retirement.
2.5
Notice of Termination. If Company desires to
terminate Executive’s employment hereunder, it shall do so by
giving written notice to Executive that it has elected to terminate
Executive’s employment hereunder and stating the effective
date and reason for such termination, provided that no such action
shall alter or amend any other provisions hereof or rights arising
hereunder. If Executive desires to terminate his employment
hereunder, he shall do so by giving at least a 30-day written
notice to Company that he has elected to terminate his employment
hereunder and stating the effective date and reason for such
termination, provided that no such action shall alter or amend any
other provisions hereof or rights arising hereunder.
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2.6
Deemed Resignations. Any termination of
Executive’s employment shall constitute an automatic
resignation of Executive as an officer of Company and each
affiliate of Company, and an automatic resignation of Executive
from the Board (if applicable) and from the board of directors of
any affiliate of Company and from the board of directors or similar
governing body of any corporation, limited liability company or
other entity in which Company or any affiliate holds an equity
interest and with respect to which board or similar governing body
Executive serves as Company’s or such affiliate’s
designee or other representative.
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ARTICLE 3:
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SEVERANCE TERMINATION (Applies Prior to a
Change in Control)
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3.1
Defined Terms. For purposes of a termination of
employment prior to a Change in Control, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
"Cause" means any of the following (i) Executive’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties
and services required of Executive by Company; (ii)
Executive’s conviction of, or plea other than not guilty to,
a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (iii) a
material violation of Company’s Code of Business Conduct; or
(iv) Executive’s failure to perform, in a reasonably
satisfactory manner, the duties and services required of Executive
by Company, provided that Company gives Executive at least 10
days’ written notice to cure the failure.
"Good Reason" means a 25% or more diminution in
Executive’s Base Salary, unless a similar reduction is made
to the base salaries of all senior executive officers of
Company.
3.2
Severance Termination Benefits. If, prior to a Change
in Control, (x) Company Involuntarily Terminates Executive’s
employment for any reason other than due to Death or Disability (as
defined in Section 5.1) or for Cause, or (y) Executive terminates
his employment for Good Reason, then, subject to Section 6.1,
Company shall provide Executive with the following benefits
(collectively referred to as the "Severance Termination
Benefits"):
(i) a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of: (A) one times
Executive’s Base Salary on his date of termination of
employment plus (B) one times Executive’s Target Bonus
Opportunity (as defined in Section 2.2);
(ii) all vested stock options and stock appreciation rights
("SARs") of Executive may be exercised within the one-year period
following his date of termination, but not later than the remaining
term of the option or SARs; and
(iii) all unvested stock options, SARs, restricted stock,
restricted stock units, and performance awards of Executive shall
be forfeited, unless and to the extent provided otherwise by the
Committee, in its discretion, with respect to non-performance
awards.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, a plan or grant
agreement to the contrary, the following items shall be forfeited
automatically by Executive on his termination prior to a
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Change in Control: (i) Executive’s unearned
bonus under Company’s annual cash incentive plan for the
fiscal year in which Executive’s date of termination occurs;
(ii) Executive’s bonus under Company’s annual cash
incentive plan for the fiscal year ended on or immediately before
Executive’s date of termination, to the extent not yet paid;
and (iii) all unvested account balances in any supplemental and/or
non-qualified retirement plans of Company and its affiliates. Any
lump sum cash payment due Executive pursuant to this Section 3.2
shall be paid within 10 business days of the effective date of the
release required in Section 6.1, provided it is timely executed by
Executive following his termination of employment with
Company.
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ARTICLE 4:
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CHANGE IN CONTROL TERMINATION (DOUBLE
TRIGGER)
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4.1
Defined Terms. For purposes of a termination of
employment on or within two years after a Change in Control, the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
"Cause" means any of the following (whether or not occurring
before, on, or after a Change in Control): (i) Executive’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the
duties and services required of Executive by Company; (ii)
Executive’s conviction of, or plea other than not guilty to,
a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or (iii) a
material violation of Company’s Code of Business Conduct.
Determinations made under Section 6.5 on or after a Change in
Control shall be based on this definition of Cause.
"Change in Control" shall conclusively be deemed to have
occurred on a Change in Control Effective Date if any one of the
following shall have occurred: (i) any person is or becomes the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Company
(not including in the securities beneficially owned by such person
any securities acquired directly from Company or its affiliates)
representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of
Company’s then outstanding securities; or (ii) the following
individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the date
hereof, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a
director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with
an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election
of directors of Company) whose appointment or election by the Board
or nomination for election by Company’s stockholders was
approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of
the directors then still in office who either were directors on the
date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for
election was previously so approved or recommended (the "Incumbent
Board); provided, however, that for purposes of this paragraph, any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose
election, or nomination for election by Company’s
shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors then comprising the Incumbent Board, shall be considered
as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but
excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial
assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened
election contest with respect to the election or removal of
directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board; or (iii)
there is consummated a merger or consolidation of Company or any
direct or indirect subsidiary of Company with any other
corporation, other than (A) a merger or
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consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger
or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the
ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities
under an employee benefit plan of Company or any subsidiary of
Company, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the
securities of Company or such surviving entity or any parent
thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation,
or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a
recapitalization of Company (or similar transaction) in which no
person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,
of securities of Company (not including in the securities
beneficially owned by such person any securities acquired directly
from Company or any of its affiliates other than in connection with
the acquisition by Company or any of its affiliates of a business)
representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of
Company’s then outstanding securities; or (iv) the
stockholders of Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or
dissolution of Company, or there is consummated an agreement for
the sale, disposition, lease or exchange by Company of all or
substantially all of Company’s assets, other than a sale,
disposition, lease or exchange by Company of all or substantially
all of Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the
combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned
by stockholders of Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of Company immediately prior to such sale.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a "Change in Control" shall not be
deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any
transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately
following which the record holders of the common stock of Company
immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions
continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in
an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of
Company immediately following such transaction or series of
transactions.
"Change in Control Effective Date" means: (i) the first date
that the direct or indirect ownership of 20% or more combined
voting power of Company’s outstanding securities results in a
Change in Control as described in clause (i) of such definition
above; or (ii) the date of the election of directors that results
in a Change in Control as described in clause (ii) of such
definition; or (iii) the date of the merger or consolidation that
results in a Change in Control as described in clause (iii) of such
definition; or (iv) the date of stockholder approval that results
in a Change in Control as described in clause (iv) of such
definition.
"Good Reason" means any of the following: (i) a material
diminution in Executive’s Base Salary, (ii) a material
diminution in Executive’s authority, duties, or
responsibilities, or (iii) unless agreed to by Executive, the
relocation of the offices at which Executive is principally
employed to a location more than 50 miles away.
"Welfare Plan Costs" means an amount equal to two times the
total annual cost to Executive and Company of the medical, dental,
life, and disability benefits provided to Executive and
Executive’s eligible dependents by Company for the year of
Executive’s termination of employment.
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4.2
Change in Control
Termination Benefits (Double Trigger). If both: (A) a Change in
Control occurs and (B) on, or within two years after the Change in
Control, Company Involuntarily Terminates Executive’s
employment or Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason
("Change in Control Termination"), then, subject to Section 6.1,
Company will provide Executive with the following benefits
(collectively referred to as the "Change in Control Termination
Benefits"):
(i) a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of: (A) two times
Executive’s Base Salary on his date of termination of
employment (or, if higher, Executive’s Base Salary in effect
immediately prior to the Change in Control Effective Date) plus (B)
two times Executive’s Target Bonus Opportunity (as defined in
Section 2.2);
(ii) Executive’s unearned bonus under Company’s
annual cash incentive plan payable for the fiscal year in which
Executive’s date of termination occurs, with such bonus
amount determined at the end of the performance period in
accordance with the plan, and then such earned amount (if any) (x)
prorated to Executive’s date of termination and (y) paid to
Executive in a lump sum on the normal payment date for such annual
bonuses under the plan, but not later than the March 15th following
the end of the performance period;
(iii) Executive’s unpaid bonus (if any) accrued under
Company’s annual cash incentive plan for the fiscal year that
ended on or immediately before Executive’s date of
termination, which accrued bonus shall be paid to Executive in a
lump sum on the normal payment date for such bonuses under the
plan, but not later than 75 days following Executive’s
termination of employment with Company;
(iv) all of the outstanding stock options, SARs, restricted
stock and restricted stock unit awards, and other equity based
awards granted by Company to Executive that are not performance
awards shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable or
payable in full on the effective date of the release required in
Section 6.1, provided such release is timely executed by Executive
following his termination of employment with Company;
(v) all performance award units other than those that are
covered under Company’s annual cash incentive plan shall be
prorated to the date of termination and paid on actual performance
at the end of the performance period, but not later than March 15
th following the end of the performance period;
(vi) all account balances in any supplemental and/or
non-qualified retirement plans shall become fully vested;
(vii) the Gross-up Payment (as defined in Section 4.3); and
(viii) the Welfare Plan Costs.
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Any lump sum cash payment payable to Executive
pursuant to this Sect
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