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EXHIBIT 99.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
EMPLOYMENT AND CONSULTING AGREEMENT
This Employment and Consulting Agreement (the "Agreement"),
which is
amended and restated as of December 12, 2007, was originally
entered into as of
January 1, 2004 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Steven
Baruch, residing
at 1 Pondview West, Purchase, New York 10577 ("Executive") and
PRESIDENTIAL
REALTY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation having offices at 180
South Broadway,
White Plains, New York 10605 (the "Company") and subsequently
amended as of
January 3, 2006;
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Company is desirous of employing Executive as its
Executive
Vice President; and
WHEREAS, Executive desires to render such services to
Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual
covenants herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Employment. Company hereby employs Executive as its Executive
Vice
President and Executive hereby accepts such employment, upon the
terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
2. Duties.
(a) In his capacity as Executive Vice President of Company
during the
Employment Term, the Executive shall perform for Company the
executive,
administrative and technical duties customarily associated with
such positions,
as well as such other duties reasonably consistent therewith as
may be
reasonably assigned to Executive from time to time by the
President or the Board
of Directors of Company; provided, however, that the duties
assigned shall be of
a character and dignity appropriate to a senior executive of a
corporation and
consistent with Executive's experience, education and
background.
(b) Except as otherwise set forth in this paragraph, during
the
Employment Term the (i) Executive shall devote his full time and
efforts during
normal business days and hours to the performance of this
Agreement; and (ii)
Executive shall not engage in the real estate business or in any
other business
which conflicts with or competes in any material way with the
business of
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) Executive may devote
reasonable time
and efforts during normal business days and hours to the
business of Scorpio
Entertainment, Inc. and Scorpio Ventures, Inc. (collectively
"Scorpio") pursuant
to the Option/Shareholders Agreement dated November 14, 1991
among Employer,
Scorpio, Steven Baruch, Thomas Viertel and Jeffrey F. Joseph, as
modified by
certain agreements dated as of August 1, 1996 between such
parties (the "Option
Agreement") and the Employment Agreement between Executive and
Scorpio executed
pursuant to the Option Agreement and (y) Executive may devote
such time and
efforts to winding up the business of Ivy Properties Ltd. and
its affiliates
(collectively, "Ivy") as Executive deems reasonably necessary,
so long as the
devotion of such time and effort does not conflict or interfere
with Executive's
performance of his duties as Executive Vice President of Company
and in fact
Executive does diligently perform his duties as Executive Vice
President of
Company to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors of
Company. During the
Term of this Agreement, Employer will permit Executive, at no
cost to Executive,
to utilize his office space to carry on the business of Scorpio
to the extent
permitted by this paragraph (b), provided, however, that
Executive and/or
Scorpio will pay, or reimburse Employer for, the direct costs
for duplicating,
telecopying, telephone and other business expenses used by
Scorpio in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to Employer.
(c) During the Consulting Term, Executive will be engaged by
Company
as a consultant to render to Company such consulting services as
may be
reasonably assigned to him from time to time by the Board of
Directors of
Company, or by the Executive Committee of Company, provided that
such services
are of a type, dignity and nature appropriate to the former
Executive Vice
President of Company and further provided that: (i) such
consulting services
shall be required to be rendered by him only in White Plains,
New York or such
other location in the United States designated by Executive;
(ii) Executive's
inability to act as such consultant by reason of illness,
disability or lack of
capacity shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement; and
(iii) such services
shall not be detrimental or injurious to Executive's health. It
is further
agreed that such services shall not require more than sixty (60)
hours service
during any month; that Executive's unavailability at any
particular time shall
not constitute a breach of this Agreement; such services may be
rendered by
telephone, mail or other means of communication; and that
Executive's failure
to render such services because of his absence from White
Plains, New York or
such other location in the United States designated by Executive
shall not be
deemed a breach of this Agreement.
3. Term.
(a) The employment term ("Employment Term") of this Agreement
shall
commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until the
earliest of (i)
three years after notice from Company to Executive terminating
the Employment
Term, (ii) Company ceasing to do business as a result of it
having been finally
declared bankrupt or insolvent by a court of competent
jurisdiction in
accordance with Treasury Regulation Section
1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(A)
("Bankruptcy"), (iii) December 31, 2011, or (iv) upon Executive
providing a
level of services that has permanently decreased to below twenty
five percent
(25%) of the average level of services performed over the
immediately preceding
twelve (12) months in accordance with Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(h)
(1)(ii) (a "Separation from Service"). The consulting term
("Consulting Term")
of this Agreement shall be the three-year period commencing on
the termination
of the Employment Term for any reason other than for cause,
Executive's
voluntary resignation pursuant to Section 11(f), Executive's
death, Executive's
Permanent Disability or Company's Bankruptcy. The Consulting
Term shall
terminate in the event of Executive's discharge for cause,
voluntary
resignation, death or Permanent Disability, or Company's
Bankruptcy. The term
("Term") of this Agreement shall be for the full Employment Term
and Consulting
Term.
(b) This Agreement may be terminated at any time by Company
for
"cause," as defined herein. For the purpose of this Agreement,
termination of
Executive's employment or engagement shall be deemed to have
been for "cause"
only if termination of his employment or engagement, as the case
may be, shall
have been the result of (i) the conviction of Executive of any
crime
constituting a felony or any other crime involving moral
turpitude, (ii)
Executive's willful refusal to follow a reasonable direction of
the Board of
Directors of Company after written notice that such continued
refusal shall
result in termination of his employment or engagement as a
consultant, for .
cause; (iii) Executive's failure to fulfill his employment
duties hereunder as
is required by Section 2(b) above after written notice that such
continued
failure shall result in termination of his employment for cause;
or (iv)
Executive's failure to fulfill his consulting duties hereunder
as is required by
and subject to the provisions set forth in Section 2(c) above
after written
notice that such continued failure shall result in termination
of his consulting
services for cause.
(c) This Agreement may also be terminated by Company as set
forth in
Section 11 or Section 13 below.
4. Compensation and Fees.
(a) During the Employment Term, Company shall pay to Executive
in
consideration of the services to be rendered hereunder
compensation in the form
of a salary:
(i) for the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending
on
December 31, 2004, at the annual rate of Two Hundred One
Thousand Four Hundred
Thirty and 80/100 ($201,430.80) Dollars; and
(ii) for the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2005, and
for
every calendar year thereafter commencing during the Employment
Term of this
Agreement, in an amount equal to the salary paid for the
previous calendar year
times the lesser of (i) 1.05 and (ii) the Cost of Living
Adjustment Factor
(as hereinafter defined);
The salary for all such periods shall be prorated if any
partial
calendar year is involved and shall be paid less appropriate
deductions, if any,
for federal, state and city income taxes, FICA contributions,
N.Y.S. disability
and any other deductions required by law.
The Cost of Living Adjustment Factor as it is applied in
calculating
compensation payable to Executive for any period referred to
above (and
retirement compensation payable to Executive for any period
described in Section
12 below) shall be the sum of (x) one (1) plus (y) a fraction
(A) which has as
its numerator the amount, if any, by which the Revised Consumer
Price Index for
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the New
York-Northern New Jersey
area (1982-84=100), published by the U.S. Department of Labor
Statistics (the
"Index") for the last calendar month preceding the commencement
of such period
(which will be December in each case of annual salary described
in this Section
4) (the "Increase Index Month") exceeds the Index for the
calendar month
occurring one year prior to the Increase Index Month (the "Base
Index Month"),
and (B) which has as its denominator the Index for the Base
Index Month.
In the event that the Index is converted to a different
standard
reference base or otherwise revised, the determination of
increased compensation
under this Section 4 and/or retirement compensation under
Section 12 shall be
made with the use of such conversion factor, formula or table
for converting the
Index as may be published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics or,
if said Bureau
shall not publish the same, then with the use of such conversion
factor, formula
or table as may be published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., or any
other nationally
recognized publisher of similar statistical information. If the
Index ceases to
be published, and there is no successor thereto, such other
index as Executive
and Company shall agree upon in writing shall be substituted for
the Index. If
Executive and Company are unable to agree as to such substituted
index, such
substituted index shall be that determined by arbitration in
accordance with the
procedures of the American Arbitration Association.
In the event that the Index is not available for any month
provided for
above, the next available Index shall be used instead, and if
the next available
index is available following a payment for which an adjustment
should have been,
then a retroactive adjustment shall also be made.
(iii) Executive's compensation shall be payable in equal
installments in arrears, in the same frequency as other senior
officers of
Company are paid, but in any event not less frequent than
twenty-six (26)
bi-weekly installments.
(b) As compensation for Executive's services during the
Consulting
Term, Company shall pay consulting fees at the annual rate of
50% of the salary
which was in effect under Section 4(a)(ii) on the day preceding
the commencement
of the Consulting Term plus the Cost of Living Adjustment Factor
as provided in
Section 4(a)(ii), less any deductions required by law. Such fees
shall be
payable in equal installments in arrears, in the same frequency
as senior
officers of Company are paid, but in any event not less
frequently than
twenty-six (26) biweekly installments. Such fees for the second
and third years
of the Consulting Term shall likewise be adjusted for the Cost
of Living
Adjustment Factor as provided in Section 4(a)(ii).
5. Indemnification. The Indemnification Agreements previously
executed
by Executive and Company shall remain in full force and effect
during the Term
of this Agreement including the Employment Term and the
Consulting Term.
6. Vacations. Executive shall be entitled during the Employment
Term of
this Agreement to four weeks vacation annually at full
compensation.
7. Fringe Benefits.
(a) During the Employment Term of this Agreement, Executive
shall be
entitled to the extent permitted by applicable law and the
applicable plans and
agreements providing the benefits, at Company's expense, to
participate in (a).
the following benefit programs which Company now maintains for
its employees:
(i) its Defined Benefit Pension Plan, (ii) its Section 125
cafeteria plan, (iii)
its Section 401 (k) plan if any, (iv) its health insurance plan
for employees
only, (v) its disability insurance plan, and (vi) its group life
insurance plan;
and (b) all benefit programs that Company hereafter establishes
and makes
available to either employees in general or to other senior
executive management
(without intending to provide duplicate coverage to Executive if
Company makes
such available to both employees in general and to senior
executive management).
(b) During the Consulting Term Executive shall be entitled to
the
extent permitted by applicable law and the applicable plans and
agreements
providing the benefits, at Company's expense, to participate in
the following
benefit programs which Company now maintains to the extent
available for its
consultants: (i) its health insurance plans; (ii) its disability
insurance
plans; and (iii) its group life insurance plans.
(c) If obtainable during the Term and at Executive's option and,
if
exercised, at Executive's sole cost and expense, Company shall
include
Executive's spouse and children under the health insurance plan
maintained by
Company for Executive.
(d) In addition, during the Employment Term of this Agreement,
(i)
Company shall also pay for the premiums on Executive's existing
life insurance
policy up to a maximum of $11,700 per annum and (ii) Company
shall pay and be
responsible for all costs of ownership attributable to the
automobile which
Company currently owns and provides Executive for its use, and
for any
replacement automobile leased or purchased by Company pursuant
to Section 9
below.
(e) In addition, during the Term and subject to Executive
providing
proper documentation, Company shall reimburse Executive for
reasonable travel,
entertainment and other expenses incurred by Executive in
providing services
hereunder on behalf of Company, including pre-approved expenses
during the
Consulting Term.
(f) Following any termination of the Employment Term, to the
extent
permitted by law and the party providing such benefits,
Executive may, at his
sole cost and expense, continue any fringe benefits, if
obtainable, then being
provided to Executive which are not provided by Company during
the Consulting
Term under (b) above.
8. Bonus.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this Section 8, in addition to
the
compensation set forth above, Executive shall be entitled to a
bonus payable
with respect to each calendar year occurring during the
Employment Term of this
Agreement (for purposes of this Section 8 each a "Bonus Year")
in an amount
equal to 7.5% of the product of (i) the amount by which the Per
Share Net Cash
From Operations (as hereinafter defined) for such Bonus Year
exceeds $.57 per
share for calendar years 2004, 2005 and 2006, $.60 per share for
calendar years
2007, 2008 and 2009, and $.63 per share for calendar years 2010
and 2011 to the
extent any aforesaid year is a Bonus Year and (ii) the number of
shares
outstanding at the end of such Bonus Year. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the
bonus in any Bonus Year shall not exceed 33 1/3% of the salary
compensation set
forth in Section 4 for such year (prorated if any partial year
is involved or
prorated through the date of any merger of Company or the sale
or liquidation of
all or substantially all of its assets, as the case may be). The
term Per Share
Net Cash from operations shall mean the Net Income for such
Bonus Year (as shown
on Company's Audited Financial Statements), with the following
adjustments,
divided by the number of shares outstanding at the end of such
Bonus Year.
(i) the addition back of any extraordinary deductions to
income;
(ii) the addition back of depreciation of non-rental
property,
depreciation on rental real estate and amortization of mortgage
and organization
costs;
(iii) with respect to the sales of property and investments,
including foreclosed property, recognized in any Bonus Year (x)
there shall be
deducted from net gain or loss, any discount or deferred gain,
and (y) any
depreciation taken on the sold property during the periods that
it was owned by
Company shall be added back before calculating the amount of the
net loss or net
gain.
(iv) the subtraction of all "
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