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AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Employee Retention Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 9/25/2008

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, Parties: center for wound healing  inc.
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AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into March 31, 2008 (“Effective Date”), between CENTER FOR WOUND HEALING, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) with its principal place of business at 155 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York 10591, and Andrew G. Barnett (“Executive”) who resides at 518 Cheese Spring Road, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840, to provide the terms and conditions for Executive’s employment with the Company and its affiliates from time to time (together, the “Group”).

 

The Company and Executive have agreed that Executive will be employed by the Company and will serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, upon the terms and conditions set forth below. This Agreement replaces and supersedes the Employment Agreement between Executive and the Company dated January 3, 2007 (the “2007 Employment Agreement”), except as expressly provided herein.

 

Accordingly, and in consideration of the mutual obligations set forth in this Agreement, which Executive and the Company agree are sufficient, Executive and the Company agree as follows:

 

1.   Term of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 4 below, the initial term of this Agreement (the “Initial Term”) begins on March 31, 2008 and ends on June 30, 2011. Executive’s employment by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be automatically renewed for an additional twelve (12) months following the end of the Initial Term unless either Executive or the Company has provided written notice of its or his intent not to renew on or before June 30, 2010 (a “Renewal Term”). Following the first Renewal Term, Executive’s employment by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive twelve (12) month periods (each, also a “Renewal Term”) following the end of the prior Renewal Term unless either Executive or the Company has provided written notice of its or his intent not to renew no less than 180 days prior to the expiration of the prior Renewal Term. Executive’s term of employment under this Agreement (the “Term”) consists of the Initial Term and any Renewal Term(s). For avoidance of doubt, “Term” as used in this Agreement shall not include any Renewal Term(s) unless this Agreement is extended in accordance with this Paragraph 1.  

 

2.   Position and Responsibilities.

 

 

(a)

During the Term, Executive shall be employed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with the general powers, authority and responsibilities that accompany those positions.

 

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(b)

As Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Executive shall report directly to the Board and shall have the duties and responsibilities that are typically performed by a chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as well as any other lawful executive duties and executive offices assigned to Executive by the Board consistent with Executive’s position, the size of the Company and the qualified personnel employed by the Company. Executive agrees to comply with such lawful policies of the Company as may be adopted from time to time as are applicable to him. Executive shall devote his full business time and best efforts to the Company’s business and affairs; Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude Executive from (i) serving on the board of one or more charitable organizations (subject to the approval of the Board, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), (ii) engaging in charitable activities and community affairs, and (iii) managing his personal investments and affairs, provided that any such activities listed in (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not interfere in more than a deminimis manner with the proper performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder and comply with the limitations set forth in Paragraph 5(a) below.

 

 

(c)

Executive’s principal place of employment shall be the Company’s corporate headquarters, currently located in Tarrytown, New York, but Executive shall be required to engage in reasonable and customary business travel on behalf of the Company including visiting existing facilities owned or operated by the Company and recruiting prospective hospitals and physicians.

 

 

(d)

The Company agrees to use its commercial best efforts to have Executive elected to a position on the Company’s Board of Directors by May 31, 2008, and shall have a continuing obligation to use its commercial best efforts to persuade the Company’s shareholders to elect Executive to the Board if such deadline is not met. If Executive is not elected to the Board by May 31, 2008, or if following May 31, 2008 Executive remains employed by the Company, has been elected to the Board, but is subsequently voted off the Board, he shall have the option to either (i) terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason (as defined in Paragraph 4(a)(iv), below; or (ii) Executive’s Base Salary (as defined in Paragraph 3(a), below), shall be increased to no less than $450,000 annually during any such period during which he is not a member of the Board (provided that upon any subsequent election to the Board, Executive’s Base Salary shall be reduced to Base Salary which he would have been paid under Paragraph 3(a) without regard to this Paragraph 2(d)). Executive hereby agrees to tender his resignation from his position as a Director of the Company upon the termination of his employment for any reason. Nothing contained herein shall guarantee Executive a position or continuing position on the Board nor affect the rights of the Company’s shareholders to elect Board members.

 

 

(e)

As part of Executive’s normal duties, Executive shall have the authority and the discretion to award performance bonuses to the Company’s employees (other than himself), based upon an annual bonus pool established by the Board; provided, however, that Executive shall not have the authority to award a performance bonus to an employee that exceeds 100% of the employee’s base salary The Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine the amount of the bonus pool to be administered by Executive, provided, however, that the minimum bonus pool for each fiscal year during the Term shall not be less than 5% of corporate payroll for the fiscal year.

 

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3.   Compensation and Expense Reimbursement.

 

Executive shall receive the following compensation and/or reimbursement for expenses:

 

(a)   Base Salary . Subject to Paragraph 2(d), above, Executive’s annual base salary for each fiscal year during the Term shall be $375,000, payable in equal monthly or more frequent installments as are customary under the Company's payroll practices from time to time, and subject to annual cost-of-living increases (calculated by reference to U.S. Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers, New York, Northern New Jersey and Long Island (NY, NJ, CT, PA) for each applicable year) to take effect on January 1 during each calendar year of the Term (the “Base Salary”) not to exceed 4% per annum. The Board (or a committee thereof) will review the Base Salary at least annually and may (or may not) increase it beyond Executive’s annual cost-of-living increases at any time for any reason, in its sole discretion. Subject to Section 2(d), above, Executive’s Base Salary (as increased from time to time) shall not be reduced without his written consent.

 

(b)   Bonus for Implementation of Accounting System . The parties acknowledge and agree that during 2008 Executive has earned a one-time cash bonus of $75,000 (the “Accounting Bonus”) as a result of the Company’s implementation of the Great Plains accounting system. The Accounting Bonus shall be paid to Executive on December 31, 2008, or within ten (10) days of the Company’s filing of its June 30, 2007 Form 10K and September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007 Form 10Q reports, whichever is sooner, but in no event later than March 15, 2009.

 

(c)   Closing Bonus. The parties acknowledge and agree that Executive has earned a one-time cash bonus of $50,000, payable on or before September 15, 2008, as a result of that certain transaction evidenced by the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and Bison Capital Equity Partners II-B, L.P. (“Bison”) dated March 31, 2008 (the “Closing Bonus”).

 

(d)   Annual Performance Bonus . In addition to the foregoing, Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual cash performance bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) for each fiscal year ending during the Term if Executive remains employed by the Company on the last day of such fiscal year and the Company achieves the following Adjusted EBIDTA targets for the applicable fiscal year:

 

·

FY 2008 (ending June 30, 2008):

$

5,600,000

·

FY 2009 (ending June 30, 2009):

$

5,850,000

·

FY 2010 (ending June 30, 2010):

$

7,300,000

·

FY 2011 (ending June 30, 2011):

$

8,280,000

·

FY 2012 (ending June 30, 2012):

$

8,640,000

·

FY 2013 (ending June 30, 2013) and thereafter:

$

9,000,000

 

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Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 4 hereof, Payment of the Annual Bonus shall be made no later than October 31 after the close of the applicable fiscal year. The amount of Executive’s Annual Bonus shall be established by the Board in its sole discretion following the close of the applicable fiscal year, provided, however, that the minimum Annual Bonus for any fiscal year shall be no less than $50,000 and the maximum Annual Bonus shall be no more than 50% of Executive’s then-existing Base Salary, provided that the Company achieves the Adjusted EBIDTA targets described above.

 

(e)   Benefits . Executive shall be eligible to participate in all Company benefit plans and programs as are generally available to the Company’s senior executives, and Executive’s benefits shall be based on the terms of the applicable plans as established by the Company from time to time. Executive shall be entitled to 6 weeks paid vacation per calendar year, which vacation shall be exercised with due regard to the then current requirements of the Company’s business. Executive shall be entitled to carry over up to two (2) weeks unused vacation from one year to the next (for a maximum of 8 weeks vacation in any calendar year). Executive’s vacation entitlement may be reviewed by the Board and increased at the Board’s discretion. The Company agrees that no later than September 30, 2008, it will establish a Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”), the provisions of which shall be established at the Company’s discretion, but in which Executive shall be entitled to participate at the highest level of participation permitted by the LTIP.

 

(f)   Car Allowance . Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for automobile expenses (including gasoline, insurance, maintenance, lease payments, etc.) up to, but not exceeding, $15,000 per calendar year (but no more than $3,000 per calendar month). Any unused car allowance existing as of December 31 of each calendar year shall be forfeited. If any automobile expense reimbursed hereunder is considered taxable income to Executive, Executive shall be entitled to a “gross-up” payment from the Company so that his net, after-tax, automobile expenses are fully reimbursed by the Company. All approved reimbursements and any “gross-up” payment shall be paid within a reasonable time (not later than March 15 of Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which an expense was incurred) following the presentation by Employee of appropriate documentation to the Company. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year of Employee under this Agreement will not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year of Employee, and Employee’s right to reimbursement of expenses is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

(g)   Stock Options . Pursuant to the 2007 Employment Agreement, Executive was granted options to purchase one million (1,000,000) shares of common stock of the Company under the Company’s “Center For Wound Healing 2006 Stock Option Plan” (the “Option Plan”), and pursuant to this Agreement, executive shall be granted the option to purchase an additional 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Option Plan. The Company represents that such shares are not currently registered, but agrees to provide Executive with “piggyback” registration rights should the Company register the shares of any shareholder or warrant holder of the Company’s stock, and shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement reasonably acceptable to Executive providing for such “piggyback” registration rights. The terms of such option grant shall be as follows:

 

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(i)

Time Vesting . The 600,000 time vesting options granted to Executive pursuant to Paragraph 3(g)(i) of the 2007 Employment Agreement (“Time Vesting Options”) shall survive this Agreement and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, except that the exercise price for all vested and unvested Time Vesting Options shall be adjusted to $1.05 per share, the “fair market value” determined by the Board as of its July 21, 2008 Board meeting. The parties acknowledge and agree that pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Employment Agreement 400,000 of the Time Vesting Options are fully vested and the remaining 200,000 Time Vesting Options will vest as follows:

 

 

(A)

100,000 of the Time Vesting Options will vest on the second anniversary of the original grant date (January 3, 2009), provided that Executive is employed by the Company through such date; and

 

 

(B)

100,000 of the Time Vesting Options will vest on the third anniversary of the original grant date (January 3, 2010), provided that Executive is employed by the Company through such date.

 

 

(ii)

Performance Vesting . The 400,000 performance vesting options granted to Executive pursuant to Paragraph 3(g)(ii) of the 2007 Employment Agreement (“Performance Vesting Options”) shall survive this Agreement and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, except that the exercise price for all vested and unvested Performance Vesting Options shall be adjusted to $1.05 per share, the “fair market value” determined by the Board as of its July 21, 2008 Board meeting. The parties acknowledge and agree that pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Employment Agreement, 100,000 of the Performance Vesting Options are fully vested and the remaining 300,000 Performance Vesting Options will vest as follows:

 

 

(A)

If the Company achieves any of the quarterly Adjusted EBITDA targets for fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, as set forth in Section 9.18(a) of the Securities Purchase Agreement during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, then Executive’s option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock shall vest as of the last day of the applicable Quarter.

 

 

(B)

If the Company achieves any of the quarterly Adjusted EBITDA targets for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, as set forth in Section 9.18(a) of the Securities Purchase Agreement during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, then Executive’s option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock shall vest as of the last day of the applicable Quarter.

 

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(C)

If the Company achieves any of the quarterly Adjusted EBITDA targets for fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, as set forth in Section 9.18(a) of the Securities Purchase Agreement during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, then Executive’s option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock shall vest as of the last day of the applicable Quarter.

 

 

(D)

The maximum number of options that may vest pursuant to this Paragraph 3(g)(ii) for any fiscal year is for 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. Any options which do not vest within the applicable periods set forth in Paragraphs 3(g)(ii)(A-D) above shall be forfeited.

 

 

(F)

The Company’s EBITDA for any applicable Quarter shall be calculated by reference to the Company’s Form 10Q for that Quarter, following the review of such Form 10Q by the Company’s outside accountants. In the absence of fraud by Executive, the EBITDA calculated in the manner set forth in this subparagraph shall be conclusive with respect to the whether any of the vesting thresholds provided in Paragraph 3(g)(ii)(A-D) have been met. []

 

 

(iii)

New Performance Vesting Options. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 4 below, Executive is hereby granted, effective July 10, 2008, the option to purchase an additional 750,000 shares of Company stock at the price of $1.05 per share (the “New Options”). The New Options shall vest according to the following schedule:

 

 

(A)

If the Company achieves any of the quarterly Adjusted EBITDA targets for 2009 set forth in Section 9.18(a) of the Securities Purchase Agreement during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, then Executive’s option to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock shall vest as of the last day of the applicable Quarter.

 

 

(B)

If the Company achieves any of the quarterly Adjusted EBITDA targets for 2010 set forth in Section 9.18(a) of the Securities Purchase Agreement during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, then Executive’s option to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock shall vest as of the last day of the applicable Quarter.

 

 

(C)

If the Company achieves any of the quarterly Adjusted EBITDA targets for 2011 set forth in Section 9.18(a) of the Securities Purchase Agreement during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, then Executive’s option to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock shall vest as of the last day of the applicable Quarter.

 

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(iv)

Change in Control . All of Executive’s options shall become fully vested and exercisable immediately before the effective time of a Change in Control as defined in Paragraph 4(a)(v) below.

 

 

(v)

Term of Option . Executive’s options shall remain outstanding for 10 years following its date of grant. To the extent Executive’s options has vested at the time of his termination of employment, his option shall remain outstanding until the earlier of the end of the term or the date on which Executive exercises his option.

 

(h)   Expense Reimbursement . Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement from the Company of all travel, tolls, parking, entertainment and out-of-pocket expenses which are reasonably and necessarily incurred by Executive in the performance of his duties hereunder; provided, however , that Executive properly accounts for such expenses in accordance with Company’s policies as in effect from time to time, and receives pre-approval from the Board prior to incurring any single expense for which reimbursement will be sought in excess of $5,000.00. All approved reimbursements shall be paid within a reasonable time (not later than March 15 of Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which an expense was incurred) following the presentation by Employee of appropriate documentation to the Company. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year of Employee under this Agreement will not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year of Employee, and Employee’s right to reimbursement of expenses is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. 

 

(i)   Relocation Reimbursement . Subject to Section 4 hereof, in the event the Company relocates its corporate offices to an address more than 100 miles from Executive’s current residence in New Canaan, Connecticut and Executive does not terminate his employment for Good Reason (as defined in paragraph 4(a)(iv) below), the Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable transaction costs and expenses (including any real estate brokerage fees, commissions and closing costs) and moving expenses incurred by Executive, in each case while an employee of the Company, in connection with relocating Executive’s spouse, dependents and personal property and goods from Executive’s current residence to the area in which the Company’s headquarters is located, provided that Executive provides appropriate documentation (the “Relocation Reimbursement”). Reimbursements under this paragraph shall be paid promptly and in all events not later than March 15 of Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in in which the applicable expenses were incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year of Employee under this Agreement will not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year of Employee, and Employee’s right to reimbursement of expenses is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. In connection with such payment, during the calendar year after the calendar year in which the applicable expenses are incurred, the Company shall pay Executive an additional payment in an amount such that after the actual payment by Executive of taxes, if any, imposed in connection with the Relocation Reimbursement, Executive retains an amount equal to the Relocation Reimbursement.

 

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(j)   Gross Up Payment.  

 

(i)   Entitlement to Gross Up Payment . If Executive is subject to excise tax imposed under § 4999 of the Code or such an excise tax is assessed against Executive, Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company a Gross Up Payment as defined below.

 

(ii)   Definition of Gross Up Payment . The term "Gross Up Payment" as used in this Agreement shall mean a payment to or on behalf of Executive which shall be sufficient to pay (1) 100% of any excise tax imposed under § 4999 of the Code, (2) 100% of any federal, state and local income tax and social security and other employment tax on the payment made to pay such excise tax, as well as any additional taxes on such payment and (3) 100% of any interest or penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue Service on Executive which are related to the timely payment of such excise tax (unless such interest or penalties are attributable to Executive’s willful misconduct or gross negligence with respect to such timely payment).

 

(iii)     Timing of Gross Up Payment . A Gross Up Payment shall be made by the Company promptly after either the Company or the Company’s independent accountants determine that any payments and benefits called for under this Agreement together with any other payments and benefits made available to Executive by the Company and any other person will result in Executive’s being subject to an excise tax under § 4999 of the Code or such an excise tax is assessed against Executive as a result of any such payments and other benefits. Payment of any Gross Up Payment hereunder shall be delayed to the minimum extent necessary to comply with §409A of the Code and any applicable related regulations, I


 
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