Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”) by and between Standard Parking Corporation , a
Delaware corporation previously known as APCOA/Standard
Parking, Inc. (the “ Company ”) and
James A. Wilhelm (the “ Executive ”) is
dated as of the 28 th
day of January, 2009 (the
“ Effective Date ”).
RECITALS
A.
Prior to the Effective Date, Executive was employed by the Company
pursuant to an Executive Employment Agreement made and entered into
effective as of August 1, 1999 (the “ 1999 Employment
Agreement ”), which was successively amended pursuant to
a First Amendment, Second Amendment, Third Amendment, Fourth
Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment and Seventh Amendment
dated April 25, 2001, October 19, 2001, January 31,
2002, April 1, 2003, April 30, 2004, April 1, 2005
and December 29, 2008, respectively (the 1999 Employment
Agreement as amended by said seven Amendments being hereafter
referred to collectively, unless the context otherwise requires or
provides, as the “ Original Employment Agreement
”). The Company’s primary business is operating
private and public parking facilities for its clients, itself, its
subsidiaries, affiliates and others throughout the United States
and Canada (the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and
other Company-controlled businesses engaged in parking garage
management (in each case including their predecessors and/or
successors) are referred to hereinafter as the “ Parking
Companies ”).
B.
In the course of Executive’s employment previously and
hereunder, Executive has had and will have access to highly
confidential and proprietary information of the Parking Companies
and their clients, including without limitation the information
referred to in paragraph 6 below.
C.
The Company and Executive desire to continue Executive’s
employment relationship with the Company, and to amend and restate
the terms of Executive’s Original Employment Agreement, on
and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of: (i) the
foregoing premises, (ii) the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained and (iii) the salary continuation payment
payable on termination, the Company and Executive hereby covenant
and agree as follows:
1.
Employment Period . The Company shall employ
Executive, and Executive shall serve the Company, on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, for a period beginning on
the Effective Date and ending May 1, 2011 (the “
Initial Employment Period ”); provided,
however, that commencing May 1, 2011 and thereafter on each
annual anniversary of such date (each such May 1 being
referred to as a “ Renewal Date ”), the Initial
Employment Period, unless previously terminated, shall be
automatically extended so as to terminate three (3) years from
the Renewal Date (individually referred to as a “ Renewal
Period ” and in the plural as the “ Renewal
Periods ”) unless at least one hundred eighty (180) days
prior to the Renewal Date the Company or Executive shall terminate
this Agreement by giving notice to the other party that the
Employment Period shall not be so extended. The Initial
Employment Period, as
extended by one or more Renewal Periods, shall
hereafter be referred to as the “ Employment Period
”. Notwithstanding any such termination, paragraph 6 of
this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
2.
Position and Duties .
(a)
During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as the
Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, with the
duties, authority and responsibilities as are commensurate with
such position and as are customarily associated with such
position. Executive shall hold such other positions in the
Company or any of the other Parking Companies as may be assigned to
him from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors
(the “ Board ”) or its Chairman. Executive
shall report directly to the Chairman of the Board or as otherwise
directed by the Board.
(b)
During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation
and sick leave to which Executive is entitled, Executive shall
devote full attention and time during normal business hours to the
business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to
discharge the responsibilities assigned to Executive under this
Agreement, use Executive’s reasonable best efforts to carry
out such responsibilities faithfully and efficiently.
Executive acknowledges that the relative time and effort that he
will need to devote to any of the Parking Companies will vary from
time to time as required by the respective business needs of the
Company and such other Parking Companies as may be in existence
from time to time. Executive may also be called upon by the
Company to perform consulting or other advisory services for
various clients of the Company and/or the other Parking Companies
from time to time.
(c)
Executive shall not, during the term of this Agreement, engage in
any other business activities that will interfere or conflict in
any material way with Executive’s employment pursuant to this
Agreement. Executive shall discharge his duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement in accordance with all
applicable Company codes of conduct presently in effect or as
amended and modified from time to time hereafter.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 2,
Executive may engage in activities other than those required under
this Agreement, such as management of personal investments,
activities involving professional, charitable, educational,
religious and similar types of organizations, speaking engagements,
membership on the boards of directors of other organizations, and
similar type activities to the extent that such other activities do
not interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties
under this Agreement, or conflict in any material way with the
Company’s business.
3.
Compensation .
(a)
Base Salary . As of the Effective Date, Executive is
receiving base salary at the annual rate of $624,576 (the “
Annual Base Salary ”), which includes an amount
intended to compensate Executive for a car allowance that
previously had been in effect but which was terminated prior to the
Effective Date. As of April 1, 2009 and each
April 1 thereafter during the Employment Period, the Annual
Base Salary shall be increased by the percentage increase, if any,
occurring in the Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers
(Current Series), for the twelve month period ending on the
immediately preceding February 28 (or 29 th , in
the case of a
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leap year). The Annual Base Salary shall
be payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll
practice for executives as in effect from time to time, and shall
be subject to review annually in accordance with the
Company’s review policies and practices for executives as in
effect at the time of any such review.
(b)
Bonus . For each calendar year ending during the
Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual
bonus (the “ Annual Bonus ”) based upon terms
and conditions of an annual bonus program established for Executive
by the Company (the “ Annual Bonus Program
”). The Annual Bonus will be paid in the calendar year
immediately following the year for which it is earned, no later
than March 15 of such year. In all events,
Executive’s target Annual Bonus (the “ Target Annual
Bonus ”) throughout the Employment Period will be not
less than $150,000 per calendar year, with the actual amount of the
Annual Bonus being determined in relation to the Target Annual
Bonus in accordance with the terms of the Annual Bonus Program,
which as of the Effective Date are as outlined on
Exhibit A attached hereto.
(c)
Equity Plan . In the event the Company adopts one or
more equity plans or programs for its key executives during the
Employment Period (each an “ Equity Plan, ”
which as of the Effective Date includes the Company’s Long
Term Incentive Plan), Executive shall be entitled to participate in
the Equity Plan from and after the effective date thereof in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Equity
Plan.
(d)
Other Benefits . In addition to the foregoing, during
the Employment Period: (i) Executive shall be entitled
to participate in savings, retirement, and fringe benefit plans,
practices, policies and programs of the Company as in effect from
time to time, including, but not limited to the Company’s
401(k) plan, on terms and conditions no less favorable than
those applicable to peer executives (which for purposes of this
Agreement shall mean the Company’s Executive Vice
Presidents); (ii) Executive shall be entitled to four
(4) weeks of annual vacation, to be taken in accordance with
the Company’s vacation policy as in effect from time to time;
(iii) the Company shall pay Executive’s annual cost of a
country club membership (including without limitation monthly dues)
in the Chicago metropolitan area, and (iv) Executive and
Executive’s family shall be eligible for participation in,
and shall receive all benefits under, group medical, disability and
other welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs
provided by the Company, as in effect from time to time, on the
same terms and conditions as those applicable to peer
executives.
(e)
Business Expenses . Executive shall be reimbursed by
the Company for those business expenses authorized by the Company
and those for which are necessarily and reasonably incurred on
behalf of the Company and which may be properly be deducted by the
Company as business expenses for federal tax purposes.
4.
Termination of Employment .
(a)
Death or Disability . In the event of
Executive’s death during the Employment Period,
Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate
automatically. The Company, in its discretion, shall have the
right to terminate Executive’s employment because of
Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period.
For purposes of this Agreement, “ Disability ”
shall mean physical or mental disability that renders
Executive
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incapable of performing substantially all of the
duties of his employment with the Company, as such employment
exists on the date immediately prior to the commencement of such
disability (the “ Disability Effective Date ”),
which disability is likely to be permanent and continuing during
the remainder of Executive’s lifetime. The
Company’s termination of Executive’s employment by
reason of Executive’s Disability shall be communicated to
Executive by written notice and shall be effective as of the
Disability Effective Date.
(b)
By the Company . In addition to termination by reason
of Executive’s Disability, the Company may terminate
Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause
or Performance Reasons. As used in this Agreement, the term
“ Cause” means:
(i)
Executive knowingly and willfully engages in or manifests his
intent to engage in conduct which is demonstrably and materially
injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise; or
(ii)
Executive engages in egregious misconduct involving serious moral
turpitude to the extent that, in the reasonable judgment of the
Company, Executive’s credibility and reputation no longer
conform to the standard of the Company’s
executives.
As used in this Agreement, the term “
Performance Reasons ” means:
(i)
a material breach by Executive of the terms of this Agreement,
or
(ii)
Executive’s gross misconduct or gross negligence in the
performance of his duties.
(c)
Voluntary Termination by Executive . Executive may
voluntarily terminate his employment during the Employment Period
(“ Voluntary Termination ”) by giving written
notice thereof to the Company; provided, however, that if Executive
terminates his employment for Good Reason as hereafter defined,
such termination shall not be considered a Voluntary Termination by
Executive, and instead Executive shall be treated as if he had been
terminated by the Company pursuant to paragraph 5(d) below.
“ Good Reason ” means:
(i)
without the express written consent of Executive, (1) the
assignment to Executive of duties inconsistent in any substantial
respect with Executive’s position, authority or
responsibilities within the Company, or (2) any other
substantial adverse change in such position (including without
limitation titles, authority or responsibilities) or significant
reduction in Annual Base Salary or Annual Bonus;
(ii)
any failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions of
this Agreement, other than an insubstantial and inadvertent failure
remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof
given by Executive; or
(iii)
the Company requires, or otherwise takes such action as would
require, the Executive’s relocation.
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(d)
Date of Termination . The “ Date of
Termination ” means (i) the date of
Executive’s death, (ii) the Disability Effective Date,
(iii) the effective date of termination of Executive’s
employment by the Company for Cause or Performance Reasons, as set
forth in a written notice from the Company, (iv) the date that
notice of the Company’s termination of Executive’s
employment for reasons other than for Cause, Performance Reasons,
death or Disability is received by Executive, or (v) the date
on which Executive gives the Company notice of Executive’s
voluntary termination of employment or his termination of
employment for Good Reason, as the case may be.
5.
Obligations of the Company upon Termination .
(a)
Obligations as of Date of Termination . Upon the
termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, then in
addition to any other obligations of the Company pursuant to this
Agreement, the Company shall pay Executive:
(i)
Executive’s Annual Base Salary for the period ending with the
Date of Termination;
(ii)
payment for unused vacation days accrued for the year in which
Executive’s termination occurs, as determined in accordance
with the Company’s policy as in effect from time to time;
and
(iii)
any other payments or benefits to be provided to Executive by the
Company pursuant to any employee benefit plans or arrangements
adopted by the Company, to the extent such amounts are due from the
Company.
Except as may be otherwise provided to the
contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as requiring Executive to be treated as employed by the
Company for purposes of any employee benefit plan following the
Date of Termination.
(b)
Upon Termination by the Company for Cause or Performance
Reasons, or by reason of Executive’s Death or Voluntary
Termination . If Executive’s employment in
terminated (x) by the Company for Cause or due to Performance
Reasons, or (y) by reason of Executive’s death or Voluntary
Termination, then except as required by law or otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement or agreed to in writing between
Executive and the Company, and except for the payments to be made
pursuant to subparagraph 5(a) and any Salary Continuation
Payments to be made as provided in paragraph 6(g), the Company
shall have no obligation to make any payments or provide any
benefits to Executive for periods after the Date of
Termination.
(c)
Upon Termination by the Company by Reason of Executive’s
Disability . If Executive’s employment is
terminated by reason of Executive’s Disability in accordance
with paragraph 4(a) hereof, then in addition to the amounts to
be paid pursuant to subparagraph 5(a), the Company shall pay to
Executive or Executive’s legal representative, as applicable,
for the duration of the Employment Period:
(i) Executive’s Annual Base Salary at the rate in effect
immediately preceding the Date of Termination, provided that any
such payments made to Executive shall be reduced by the sum of the
amounts, if any, payable to Executive under any disability benefit
plans of the Company or under the Social Security disability
insurance
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program, (ii) any earned and unpaid Annual
Bonus for any calendar year ended prior to the Date of Termination
and a prorated Target Annual Bonus for services rendered in the
calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs, and
(iii) any other vested benefits to which Executive is
entitled, in each case to the extent not yet paid. The Annual
Base Salary and Annual Bonus payments to be made hereunder shall be
made as and when such amounts would be paid in accordance with
paragraphs 3(a) and (b) above.
(d)
Upon Termination by the Company for Other Reasons . If
the Company terminates Executive’s employment for any reason
other than those described in subparagraphs 5(b) or
5(c) above, then in addition to the amounts payable pursuant
to subparagraph 5(a), the Company’s obligations to Executive
shall be as follows:
(i)
During the sixty (60) month period following the Date of
Termination, and except to the extent prohibited under the terms of
any applicable insurance policy, Executive shall continue to be
covered under the Company’s welfare benefit plans to the same
extent and on the same terms as those benefits are provided to the
Company’s active employees.
(ii)
The Company shall pay Executive an amount (“ Severance
Pay ”) determined by subtracting (x) the aggregate
amount of Salary Continuation Payments payable to Executive
pursuant to subparagraph 6(g), from (y) the product determined
by multiplying five times the sum of Executive’s current
Annual Base Salary plus the amount of any Annual Bonus paid to
Executive for the immediately preceding calendar year. The
Severance Pay shall be paid to Executive over a period of sixty
(60) months commencing on the Date of Termination, as and when such
amount would be paid in accordance with subparagraph
3(a) above as if such payments were payments of Annual Base
Salary.
(iii)
The Company shall make Salary Continuation Payments to Executive as
provided in subparagraph 6(g).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, the Company’s obligations to
provide welfare benefits coverage and to make Severance Payments
and Salary Continuation Payments to Executive as provided in this
subparagraph 5(d) shall cease with respect to periods after
the earlier to occur of the date of Executive’s death, the
Disability Effective Date or the date, if any, of the breach by
Executive of any of his obligations pursuant to paragraph
6.
(e)
Rights Regarding Life Insurance Policies . In addition
to any and all other rights that Executive may have pursuant to
this Agreement upon Executive’s death, Disability or the
termination of his employment with the Company, and notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in that
certain Deferred Compensation Agreement dated as of Augu