AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is dated as of December 5, 2008 by
and among Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) and
Marsha Williams (“Executive”).
WHEREAS,
the Company and Executive entered into an Employment Agreement
dated July 11, 2007 (the “Prior
Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the Company and Executive desires to amend and restate the Prior
Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
1.
Term of Employment . Subject to the provisions of
Section 7 of this Agreement, Executive shall continue to be
employed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries for a period
commencing on July 9, 2007 and ending on July 9, 2010
(the “Employment Term”) on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement; provided ,
however , that commencing with July 9, 2010 and on each
July 9 thereafter (each an “Extension Date”), the
Employment Term shall be automatically extended for an additional
one-year period, unless the Company or Executive provides the other
party hereto 120 days prior written notice before the next
Extension Date that the Employment Term shall not be so
extended.
(a) During
the Employment Term, Executive shall serve as the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company. In such position, Executive shall have such
duties and authority as shall be determined from time to time by
the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. If requested, Executive
shall also serve as a member of the Board without additional
compensation.
(b) During
the Employment Term, Executive will devote Executive’s full
business time and best efforts to the performance of
Executive’s duties hereunder and will not engage in any other
business, profession or occupation for compensation or otherwise
which would conflict or interfere with the rendition of such
services either directly or indirectly, without the prior written
consent of the Board; provided that nothing herein shall
preclude Executive, subject to the prior approval of the Chairman
of the Board or the Compensation Committee (or a similar
functioning committee) of the Board (which is hereby given for the
boards listed on the Exhibit A attached hereto), from
accepting appointment to or continuing to serve on any board of
directors or trustees of any business corporation or any charitable
organization; provided in each case, and in
the aggregate,
that such activities do not conflict or interfere with the
performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or conflict with
Section 8 of this Agreement.
3.
Base Salary . During the Employment Term, the Company shall
pay Executive a base salary at the annual rate of $462,000, payable
in regular installments in accordance with the Company’s
usual payment practices. Executive shall be entitled to such
increases in Executive’s base salary, if any, as may be
determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board.
Executive’s annual base salary, as in effect from time to
time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Base
Salary.”
4.
Bonus . Executive shall be eligible to participate in the
Company’s incentive bonus plan (currently, the Orbitz
Worldwide, Inc. 2008 Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”),
subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility requirements of
the Bonus Plan. For purposes of the Bonus Plan, Executive’s
target bonus (the “Target Bonus”) shall be equal to
eighty percent (80%) of Executive’s eligible earnings (as
defined in the Bonus Plan).
5.
Employee Benefits . During the Employment Term, Executive
shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s employee
health and welfare benefit plans as in effect from time to time
(collectively “Employee Benefits”), on the same basis
as those benefits are generally made available to other executives
of the Company.
6.
Business Expenses . During the Employment Term, reasonable
business expenses incurred by Executive in the performance of
Executive’s duties hereunder shall be reimbursed by the
Company in accordance with Company policies.
7.
Termination . The Employment Term and Executive’s
employment hereunder may be terminated by either party at any time
and for any reason; provided that Executive will be required
to give the Company at least 30 days advance written notice of
any resignation of Executive’s employment. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this
Section 7 shall exclusively govern Executive’s rights
upon termination of employment with the Company and its
affiliates.
(a)
By the Company For Cause or By Executive Other Than as a Result
of a Constructive Termination .
(i) The
Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be
terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below) and shall
terminate automatically upon Executive’s resignation other
than as a result of a Constructive Termination (as defined in
Section 7(c) of this Agreement); provided that Executive
will be required to give the Company at least 30 days advance
written notice of a resignation other than as a result of a
Constructive Termination.
(ii) For
purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean
(A) Executive’s failure substantially to perform
Executive’s duties to the Company (other than as a result of
total or partial incapacity due to Disability) for a period of
10 days following receipt of written notice from the Company
by Executive of such failure; provided that it is understood
that this clause (A) shall not apply if the Company terminates
Executive’s
employment
because of dissatisfaction with actions taken by Executive in the
good faith performance of Executive’s duties to the Company,
(B) theft or embezzlement of property of the Company or
dishonesty in the performance of Executive’s duties to the
Company, other than de minimis conduct that would not typically
result in sanction by an employer of an executive in similar
circumstances, (C) conviction which is not subject to routine
appeals of right or a plea of “no contest” for
(x) a felony under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof or (y) a crime involving moral turpitude for which the
potential penalty includes imprisonment of at least one year,
(D) Executive’s willful malfeasance or willful
misconduct in connection with Executive’s duties or any act
or omission which is materially injurious to the financial
condition or business reputation of the Company or its affiliates,
or (E) Executive’s breach of the provisions of
Sections 8 or 9 of this Agreement (excluding a breach of
Section 9(a) of this Agreement by a statement made by
Executive in good faith in Executive’s employment capacity);
provided , however, that Executive’s refusal to
provide a certification in her capacity as the Company’s
Chief Financial Officer in connection with any periodic
report or other documentation filed by the Company under any
applicable law, rule or regulation, shall not provide any basis for
Cause hereunder so long as the Executive reasonably and in good
faith believed that she could not provide such a
certification.
(iii) If
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for
Cause, or if Executive resigns other than as a result of a
Constructive Termination, Executive shall be entitled to
receive:
(A) the Base
Salary through the date of Executive’s
termination;
(B) any amounts
earned under the Bonus Plan, but unpaid, as of the date of
Executive’s termination for the immediately preceding fiscal
year (except to the extent payment is otherwise deferred pursuant
to any applicable deferred compensation arrangement with the
Company);
(C) reimbursement,
within 60 days following submission by Executive to the
Company of appropriate supporting documentation, for any
unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by Executive in
accordance with Company policy prior to the date of
Executive’s termination; provided that claims for such
reimbursement (accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation)
are submitted to the Company within 90 days following the date
of Executive’s termination; and
(D) such Employee
Benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the
employee health and welfare benefit plans of the Company (the
amounts described in clauses (A) through (D) hereof being
referred to as the “Accrued Rights”).
Following such
termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for
Cause or resignation by Executive other than as a result of a
Constructive Termination, except as set forth in this Section
7(a)(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to any
compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(b)
Disability or Death .
(i) The
Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder shall
terminate upon Executive’s death and may be terminated by the
Company if Executive becomes physically or mentally incapacitated
and is therefore unable for a period of nine (9) consecutive
months or for an aggregate of twelve (12) months in any
eighteen (18) consecutive month period to perform
Executive’s duties (such incapacity is hereinafter referred
to as “Disability”). Any question as to the existence
of the Disability of Executive as to which Executive and the
Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified
independent physician mutually acceptable to Executive and the
Company. If Executive and the Company cannot agree as to a
qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a
physician and those two physicians shall select a third who shall
make such determination in writing. The determination of Disability
made in writing to the Company and Executive shall be final and
conclusive for all purposes of the Agreement and any other
agreement between any Company and Executive that incorporates the
definition of “Disability”.
(ii) Upon
termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for either
Disability or death, Executive or Executive’s estate (as the
case may be) shall be entitled to receive:
(B) the pro rata
portion of any such amount, if any, that Executive would have been
entitled to receive under the Bonus Plan during the year of the
date of Executive’s termination of employment based upon the
number of days of such year that shall have elapsed and for which
Executive had not otherwise received any amounts under the Bonus
Plan in respect of such year through the date of Executive’s
termination of employment, payable when such amounts would have
otherwise been payable to Executive pursuant to the Bonus Plan had
Executive’s employment not terminated; and
(C) vesting of any
equity-based awards then held by Executive with respect to the
Company or its affiliates as, and to the extent, described in the
definitive documentation related to such awards.
Following
Executive’s termination of employment due to death or
Disability, except as set forth in this Section 7(b)(ii),
Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any
other benefits under this Agreement.
(c)
By the Company Without Cause or Resignation by Executive as a
result of Constructive Termination .
(i) The
Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be
terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive’s as
a result of a Constructive Termination.
(ii) For
purposes of this Agreement, a “Constructive
Termination” shall be deemed to have occurred upon
(A) any material reduction in Executive’s Base Salary or
Target Bonus (excluding any change in value of equity incentives or
a reduction affecting substantially all similarly-situated
executives), (B) failure of the Company or its affiliates to
pay compensation or benefits when due, (C) the primary
business office for Executive being relocated by more than 50
miles, (D) the Company’s election not to renew the
initial Employment Term or any subsequent extension thereof (except
as a result of Executive’s reaching retirement age, as
determined by Company policy), or not to assign this contract
pursuant to Section 11(e) of this Agreement, or (E) a material
and sustained diminution to Executive’s duties and
responsibilities as of the date of this Agreement; provided
that any of the events described in clauses (A)-(E) of this
Section 7(c)(ii) shall constitute a Constructive Termination
only if the Company fails to cure such event within 30 days
after receipt from Executive of written notice of the event which
constitutes a Constructive Termination; provided ,
further , that a “Constructive Termination”
shall cease to exist for an event on the 60
th day following the later of its occurrence or
Executive’s knowledge thereof, unless Executive has given the
Company written notice thereof prior to such date.
(iii) If
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without
Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or if Executive
resigns as a result of a Constructive Termination, Executive shall
be entitled to receive:
(B) the pro rata
portion of such amounts, if any, that Executive would have been
entitled to receive under the Bonus Plan during the year of the
date of Executive’s termination of employment based upon the
number of days of such year that shall have elapsed and for which
Executive had not otherwise received any amounts under the Bonus
Plan in respect of such year through the date of Executive’s
termination of employment, payable when such amounts would have
otherwise been payable to Executive pursuant to the Bonus Plan had
Executive’s employment not terminated;
(C) subject to
Executive’s continued compliance with the provisions of
Sections 8 and 9 of this Agreement, continued payment of the
Base Salary and Target Bonus in accordance with the Company’s
normal payroll practices, as in effect on the date of termination
of Executive’s employment, for twelve months after the date
of such termination; provided that the aggregate amount
described in this clause (C) shall be reduced by the present
value of any other cash severance benefits payable to Executive
under any other severance plans, programs or arrangements of the
Company or its affiliates; provided further , that
such reduction shall not include any payments made to Executive
under any equity-based award program; and
(D) vesting of any
equity-based awards then held by Executive with respect to the
Company or its affiliates as, and to the extent, described in the
definitive documentation related to such awards.
Following
Executive’s termination of employment by the Company without
Cause (other than by reason of Executive’s death or
Disability) or by Executive’s resignation as a result of a
Constructive Termination, except as set forth in this Section 7(c)
(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation
or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(d)
Expiration of Employment Term .
(i)
Election Not to Extend the Employment Term . In the event
either party elects not to extend the Employment Term pursuant to
Section 1 of this Agreement, unless Executive’s
employment is earlier terminated pursuant to paragraphs (a),
(b) or (c) of this Section 7, Executive’s
termination of employment hereunder (whether or not Executive
continues as an employee of the Company or its subsidiaries
thereafter) shall be deemed to occur on the close of business on
the day immediately preceding the next scheduled Extension Date and
Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Rights.
Following such termination of Executive’s employment
hereunder as a result of either party’s election not to
extend the Employment Term, except as set forth in this
Section 7(d)(i), Executive shall have no further rights to any
compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(ii)
Continued Employment Beyond the Expiration of the Employment
Term . Unless the parties otherwise agree in writing,
continuation of Executive’s employment with the Company or
its subsidiaries beyond the expiration of the Employment Term shall
be deemed an employment at-will and shall not be deemed to extend
any of the provisions of this Agreement and Executive’s
employment may thereafter be terminated at will by either Executive
or the Company; provided that the provisions of
Sections 8, 9 and 10 of this Agreement shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or Executive’s termination of
employment hereunder.
(e)
Notice of Termination . Any purported termination of
employment
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