Exhibit 10.10
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is effective as
of the 31st day of December, 2008, by and between Victor Garcia
(“ Employee ”) and CAI International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”).
RECITALS
A. Container Applications
International, Inc., a Nevada corporation and predecessor in
interest to the Company, and Employee entered into that certain
Employment Agreement dated as of November 1, 2006 (the
“ 2006 Agreement ”), whereby the Company
retained Employee as the Company’s Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer in exchange for certain consideration as
detailed in the 2006 Agreement.
B. Company and Employee desire to
amend and restate the 2006 Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing
recitals and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
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1.
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Duties and
Scope of Employment.
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(a) Position. The Company
agrees to employ Employee for the term of his employment under this
Agreement in the position of Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
(b) Management Authority. As
such officer, Employee shall be responsible for the relations of
the Company with financial institutions, including lenders, lessors
and owners of equipment managed by the Company. Employee shall
report directly to Mr. Masaaki Nishibori, the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, and shall also be responsible for any other
duties which Mr. Nishibori may specify; provided that such
duties are consistent with Employee’s position as an
executive officer of the Company.
(c) Obligations. During the
term of his employment under this Agreement, Employee shall perform
and discharge well and faithfully his duties and shall devote his
full business efforts and time to the Company. The foregoing,
however, shall not preclude Employee from engaging in appropriate
civic or charitable activities or from serving on the boards of
directors of other noncommercial entities, as long as such
activities and service do not interfere or conflict with his
responsibilities to the Company.
During his employment under this
Agreement, the Company agrees to pay to Employee as compensation
for his services, effective January 1, 2009 (the “
Effective Date ”), a base salary (“ Base
Salary ”) at an initial annual rate of $343,000 payable
in twenty-four (24) equal bi-monthly installments. On
November 1 of each of the two (2) subsequent years that
this Agreement is in place, beginning on November 1, 2009,
Employee’s Base Salary shall be increased by at least four
percent (4%) of Employee’s then-current Base
Salary.
(a) General. During the term
of his employment under this Agreement, Employee shall be eligible
to participate in the employee benefit plans and executive
compensation programs made available by the Company to its
executive officers generally, including (without limitation) any of
the following plans if and when adopted and made available by the
Board of Directors: pension plans, savings plans, deferred
compensation plans, life, disability, health, accident and other
insurance programs, paid vacations, and similar plans or programs
subject in each case to the generally applicable terms and
conditions of the plan in question and to the determination of any
committee administering such plan or program.
(b) Death and Disability.
Subject to Employee’s insurability, the Company will
(i) maintain a policy of long-term disability insurance
providing for a 60-day exclusion period and disability coverage for
sixty percent (60%) of Employee’s Base Salary, with
Employee named as the direct beneficiary and (ii) reimburse
Employee for the cost of life insurance equal to six hundred
thousand dollars ($600,000).
(c) Vacation . Employee shall
be entitled to paid vacation accruing at the rate of
20 days per year. No more than 20 days of accrued
vacation shall carry forward to the next year.
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4.
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Options to
Purchase Common Stock .
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(a) On May 15, 2007 the
Employee was granted a stock option (“ Option ”)
to purchase 130,200 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (as
adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations or splits with
respect to such shares, the “ Shares ”)
pursuant to the Company 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(the “ Plan ) at an exercise price of $15.00 per
share (the “ Exercise Price ”).
(b) The vesting of the option and
the other terms and conditions governing the Option are set forth
in the notice of grant of the Option.
(c) For all purposes of this
Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean any of the
following transactions:
(i) a merger or consolidation of the
Company with or into any other company or other entity (other than
for the sole purpose of changing the Company’s state of
incorporation);
(ii) a sale in one transaction or a
series of transactions undertaken with a common purpose of all or a
controlling portion of the Company’s outstanding voting
securities or such amount of the Company’s outstanding voting
securities as would enable the purchaser to obtain the right to
appoint a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors;
or
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(iii) a sale, lease, exchange or
other transfer in one transaction or a series of related
transactions undertaken with a common purpose of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets;
provided, however, a private sale of
stock beneficially owned by Hiromitsu Ogawa, his spouse or his
children shall not constitute a Change in Control unless (after
giving effect thereto) a single party (or group of related parties)
obtains control of the Company as a result of such
transaction.
(a) Profit Sharing Bonus. For
each Fiscal Year (as defined below) during the term of this
Agreement, the Company may pay to Employee a cash bonus based on
the performance of Employee and on whether the Company meets its
earnings goals. The amount of any bonus awarded pursuant to this
Section 5(a) will be determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company (in its complete discretion), but shall not exceed
forty percent (40%) of Employee’s Base Salary. Except as
provided in Section 8(b)(iii), no bonus shall be payable under
this Section 5(a) unless Employee’s employment under
this Agreement continues through the end of the Fiscal Year to
which the bonus relates. Any amounts due to the Employee under this
Section 5(a) shall be paid within the two and one-half (2 1/2)
month period immediately following the Fiscal Year to which the
bonus relates. For all purposes of this Agreement, “
Fiscal Year ” shall mean the Company’s fiscal
year ending on December 31.
(b) IPO Bonus. Employee shall
be entitled to receive the following cash bonus payment(s),
provided he is an employee of the Company on the date of such
payment:
(i) Within 30 days of each of
November 1, 2009 and November 1, 2010, Employee shall be
paid $100,000.
(ii) In the event of a Change in
Control prior to November 1, 2010, the cash bonus obligation
described in Section 5(b)(ii) above will accelerate such that
upon consummation of the Change in Control Employee will be
entitled to receive the balance of any amounts provided for in
Section 5(b)(ii) but not yet paid. Any cash bonus obligation
under this Section 5(b)(iii) shall be paid in a lump-sum
payment within thirty (30) days after consummation of the
Change in Control.
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6.
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Business
Expenses and Travel.
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During the term of his employment
under this Agreement, Employee shall be authorized to incur
necessary and reasonable travel, entertainment and other business
expenses in connection with his duties hereunder. The Company shall
reimburse Employee for such expenses upon presentation of any
itemized account and appropriate supporting documentation, all in
accordance with the Company’s generally applicable
policies.
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(a) Basic Rule. Unless
Employee’s employment terminates at an earlier date pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to continue
Employee’s employment, and Employee agrees to remain in the
employ of the Company, beginning on the Effective Date until
November 1, 2009. If not terminated in writing by either party
at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the applicable
term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for an additional
twenty-four (24) months.
(b) Termination by the
Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Company may terminate Employee’s employment for any of the
following reasons:
(i) Death . Upon the event of
Employee’s death, Employee’s employment with the
Company shall be considered automatically terminated.
(ii) Disability . Upon the
event of Employee’s Disability, Employee’s employment
with the Company shall terminate 30 days after the Company gives
Employee written notice of such termination. For all purposes of
this Agreement, “ Disability ” shall mean that
the Board of Directors determines (with Employee abstaining) that
Employee is unable to perform his duties under this Agreement for a
continuous period of at least 180 days due to physical or mental
illness or impairment.
(iii) Company Insolvency. If
the Company becomes insolvent or the Company seeks relief (or an
order is entered against the Company) under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, receivership, transfer for the benefit of creditors
or other debtor relief statute or arrangement, Employee’s
employment with the Company shall terminate thirty (30) days
after the Company gives Employee written notice of the
termination.
(iv) Termination for Cause .
The Company, at its option and without prejudice to any other
remedy to which the Company may be entitled either at law, in
equity, or under this Agreement, may terminate Employee’s
employment at any time for Cause by giving Employee notice in
writing specifying the reason for the termination. For all purposes
under this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall
mean:
(A) A failure by Employee to
substantially perform his duties hereunder which is not cured
within thirty (30) days after notice from the Company,
provided that any termination for any such failure due to physical
or mental illness or impairment shall be made, if at all, in
accordance with Section 7(b)(ii);
(B) An act by Employee of material
dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, or other act(s) of moral
turpitude;
(C) An intentional act by Employee
(other than one constituting a business judgment that was
reasonable at the time or which was previously approved by the
Board of Directors or the Board’s representative nominated by
the Company’s Chairman of the Board pursuant to
Section 1(d)), or a clear lack of reasonable care by Employee,
or gross misconduct by Employee, which (in each case) is seriously
injurious to the Company;
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(D) A material breach by Employee of
this Agreement which is not cured within thirty (30) days
after notice from the Company; or
(E) A material and willful violation
of a federal or state law or regulation applicable to the business
of the Company.
(c) Termination for Good
Reason. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
Employee may terminate his employment for Good Reason in accordance
with this Section 7(c). For purposes of this Agreement,
“ Good Reason ” shall mean the occurrence of any
of the following events, without the consent of
Employee:
(i) any material diminution in
Employee’s authority, duties or responsibilities,
(ii) any action or inaction that
constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement,
or
(iii) a material change in the
geographic location at which Employee must perform his duties under
this Agreement, except for office relocation within the San
Francisco Bay area; provided that Employee hereby acknowledges and
agrees that he may be required to travel extensively in connection
with the performance of his duties under this Agreement and that
any such travel requirement will not constitute a material change
in the geographic location at which Employee must perform his
duties under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any provision in
this Agreement to the contrary, termination of Employee’s
employment will not be for Good Reason unless (i) Employee
notifies the Company in writing of the existence of the condition
which Employee believes constitutes Good Reason within ninety
(90) days of the initial existence of such condition (which
notice specifically identifies such condition), (ii) the
Company fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days
after the date on which it receives such notice (the “
Remedial Period ”), and (iii) Employee actually
terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the
expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company
remedies such condition. If Employee terminates employment before
the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company remedies
the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then
Employee’s termination will not be considered to be for Good
Reason. A termination of Employee’s employment for Good
Reason hereunder shall be deemed a “ Constructive
Termination ” for purposes of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the time Employee terminates
his employment with the Company for Good Reason any of the
circumstances described in Section 7(b)(iii) or (iv) then
exist, Employee’s employment shall be deemed to h