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Exhibit 10(g)
AMENDED AND RESTATED
EXECUTIVE RETENTION EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Amended and Restated Executive Retention Employment Agreement
between FPL Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), and
___________ (the "Executive"), originally dated as of _________ and
hereby amended and completely restated as of December 12, 2008. The
Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has determined that
it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to
assure that the Company and its Affiliated Companies will have the
continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the
possibility, threat or occurrence of a Potential Change of Control
or a Change of Control (each as defined below) of the Company. The
Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable
distraction of the Executive by virtue of the personal
uncertainties and risks created by the circumstances surrounding a
Potential Change of Control or a Change of Control and to encourage
the Executive's full attention and dedication to the Company and
its Affiliated Companies currently and in the event of any
Potential Change of Control or Change of Control (and, under
certain circumstances, in the event of the termination or
abandonment of a Change of Control transaction), and to provide the
Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements which ensure
that the compensation and benefits expectations of the Executive
will be satisfied and which are competitive with those of other
corporations which may compete with the Company for the services of
the Executive. Therefore, in order to accomplish these objectives,
the Board has caused the Company to enter into this Amended and
Restated Executive Retention Employment Agreement (the
"Agreement"). The Agreement supersedes and replaces in its entirety
the predecessor Executive Retention Employment Agreement dated
________between the Company and the Executive. [Note:
Agreements for Messrs. Sieving and Poppell are not amended and
restated; references related to amendment and restatement are
therefore omitted.]
Therefore, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:
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- Effective Date .
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The effective date of this Agreement (the "Effective Date")
shall be the date on which (i) a Potential Change of Control
occurs, (ii) the Board approves a plan of complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company, (iii) a Change of Control occurs
pursuant to Section 2(a)(1) or (2) below or (iv) a definitive
agreement is signed by the Company which provides for a transaction
that, if approved by shareholders or consummated, as applicable,
would result in a Change of Control pursuant to Section 2(a)(3) or
(4) below; provided, however, that any of the foregoing which may
have occurred prior to the date hereof shall be disregarded.
Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if,
prior to the Effective Date, the Executive's employment with the
Company or its Affiliated Companies was terminated by the Company
or its Affiliated Companies, or both, as applicable, other than for
Cause or Disability (each as defined below) or by the Executive for
Good Reason (as defined below) and the Executive can reasonably
demonstrate that such termination (or the event constituting Good
Reason) took place (a) at the request or direction of a third party
who took action that caused a Potential Change of Control or (b) in
contemplation of an event that would give rise to an Effective
Date, an Effective Date will be deemed to have occurred ("Deemed
Effective Date") immediately prior to the Date of Termination (as
defined in Section 7(e) below), provided that a Change of Control
occurs within a two-year period following such Date of Termination.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Affiliated Companies" shall
include any corporation or other entity controlled by, controlling
or under common control with the Company and the term "Subsidiary"
shall mean (x) any corporation or other entity (other than the
Company) with respect to which the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock or other ownership interests or (y) any other
related entity which may be designated by the Board as a
Subsidiary, provided such entity could be considered a subsidiary
according to generally accepted accounting principles.
- Change of Control; Potential Change of Control .
For the purposes of this Agreement:
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- A "Change of Control" shall mean the first (and only the first)
to occur of the following:
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- The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) of beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (x) the then outstanding
shares of common stock of the Company (the "Outstanding Company
Common Stock") or (y) the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Company
Voting Securities"); provided, however, that the following
acquisitions (collectively, the "Excluded Acquisitions") shall not
constitute a Change of Control (it being understood that shares
acquired in an Excluded Acquisition may nevertheless be considered
in determining whether any subsequent acquisition by such
individual, entity or group (other than an Excluded Acquisition)
constitutes a Change of Control): (i) any acquisition directly from
the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) any acquisition by the Company
or any Subsidiary; (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit
plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or
any Subsidiary; (iv) any acquisition by an underwriter temporarily
holding Company securities pursuant to an offering of such
securities; (v) any acquisition in connection with which, pursuant
to Rule 13d-1 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, the
individual, entity or group is permitted to, and actually does,
report its beneficial ownership on Schedule 13G (or any successor
Schedule); provided that, if any such individual, entity or group
subsequently becomes required to or does report its beneficial
ownership on Schedule 13D (or any successor Schedule), then, for
purposes of this paragraph, such individual, entity or group shall
be deemed to have first acquired, on the first date on which such
individual, entity or group becomes required to or does so report,
beneficial ownership of all of the Outstanding Company Common Stock
and/or Outstanding Company Voting Securities beneficially owned by
it on such date; or (vi) any acquisition in connection with a
Business Combination (as hereinafter defined) which, pursuant to
subparagraph (3) below, does not constitute a Change of Control;
or
- Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board
(the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least
a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual
becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election,
or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then
comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such
individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for
this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of
office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened
election contest with respect to the election or removal of
directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of an individual, entity or group other
than the Board; or
- Consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger,
consolidation or other business combination (any of the foregoing,
a "Business Combination") of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company with any other corporation, in any case with respect to
which:
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- the Outstanding Company Voting Securities outstanding
immediately prior to such Business Combination do not, immediately
following such Business Combination, continue to represent (either
by remaining outstanding or being converted into voting securities
of the resulting or surviving entity or any ultimate parent
thereof) more than [55% - Messrs. Davidson, McGrath, Bennett,
Pimentel, Poppell and Sieving][60% - Messrs. Hay, Olivera,
Rodriguez, Robo and Stall] of the outstanding common stock and of
the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally
in the election of directors of the resulting or surviving entity
(or any ultimate parent thereof); or
- less than a majority of the members of the board of directors
of the resulting or surviving entity (or any ultimate parent
thereof) in such Business Combination (the "New Board") consists of
individuals ("Continuing Directors") who were members of the
Incumbent Board (as defined in subparagraph (2) above) immediately
prior to consummation of such Business Combination (excluding from
Continuing Directors for this purpose, however, any individual
whose election or appointment to the Board was at the request,
directly or indirectly, of the entity which entered into the
definitive agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary providing
for such Business Combination); or
- (i) Consummation of a sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, other than to a
corporation with respect to which, following such sale or other
disposition, more than [55% - Messrs. Davidson, McGrath, Bennett,
Pimentel, Poppell and Sieving][60% - Messrs. Hay, Olivera,
Rodriguez, Robo and Stall] of, respectively, the then outstanding
shares of common stock of such corporation and the combined voting
power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then
beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially
all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners,
respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and
Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such
sale or other disposition in substantially the same proportion as
their ownership, immediately prior to such sale or other
disposition, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and
Outstanding Company Voting Securities as the case may be; or (ii)
shareholder approval of a complete liquidation or dissolution of
the Company.
The term "the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company" shall mean a sale
or other disposition transaction or series of related transactions
involving assets of the Company or of any Subsidiary (including the
stock of any Subsidiary) in which the value of the assets or stock
being sold or otherwise disposed of (as measured by the purchase
price being paid therefor or by such other method as the Board
determines is appropriate in a case where there is no readily
ascertainable purchase price) constitutes more than two-thirds of
the fair market value of the Company (as hereinafter defined). The
"fair market value of the Company" shall be the aggregate market
value of the then Outstanding Company Common Stock (on a fully
diluted basis) plus the aggregate market value of the Company's
other outstanding equity securities. The aggregate market value of
the shares of Outstanding Company Common Stock shall be determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Outstanding Company Common
Stock (on a fully diluted basis) outstanding on the date of the
execution and delivery of a definitive agreement with respect to
the transaction or series of related transactions (the "Transaction
Date") by the average closing price of the shares of Outstanding
Company Common Stock for the ten trading days immediately preceding
the Transaction Date. The aggregate market value of any other
equity securities of the Company shall be determined in a manner
similar to that prescribed in the immediately preceding sentence
for determining the aggregate market value of the shares of
Outstanding Company Common Stock or by such other method as the
Board shall determine is appropriate.
- A "Potential Change of Control" shall be deemed to have
occurred if an event set forth in either of the following
subparagraphs shall have occurred:
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- the Company or any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act)
publicly announces or otherwise communicates to the Board in
writing an intention to take or to consider taking actions (
e.g. , a "bear hug" letter, an unsolicited offer or the
commencement of a proxy contest) which, if consummated or approved
by shareholders, as applicable, would constitute a Change of
Control; or
- any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly,
acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Outstanding
Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities;
provided, however, that Excluded Acquisitions shall not constitute
a Potential Change of Control.
- Employment Period .
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- The Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its or
its Affiliated Companies' employ, or both, as the case may be, and
the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the Company,
or its Affiliated Companies, or both, as the case may be, subject
to the terms of this Agreement, for a period commencing on the
Effective Date and ending on the third[second - Messrs. Stall and Rodriguez only] anniversary of
such date (such period or, if shorter, the period from the
Effective Date to the Date of Termination, is hereinafter referred
to as the "Employment Period").
- Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (x)
if an Effective Date occurs (other than as a result of a Change of
Control under Section 2(a)(1) or (2) above) and the Board adopts a
resolution to the effect that the event or circumstance giving rise
to the Effective Date no longer exists (including by reason of the
termination or abandonment of the transaction contemplated by the
definitive agreement referred to in clause (iv) of Section 1
hereof), the Employment Period shall terminate on the date the
Board adopts such resolution, but this Agreement shall otherwise
remain in effect, and (y) if a Change of Control occurs pursuant to
Section 2(a)(3) or (4) above during the Employment Period, the
Employment Period shall immediately extend to and end on the third
[second - Messrs. Stall and Rodriguez
only] anniversary of the date of such Change of Control (or, if
earlier, to the Date of Termination) and a new Effective Date will
be deemed to have occurred on the date of such Change of
Control.
- Position and Duties .
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During the Employment Period, the Executive's status, offices,
titles, and reporting requirements with the Company or its
Affiliated Companies or both, as the case may be, shall be
commensurate with those in effect during the 90-day period
immediately preceding the Effective Date. The duties and
responsibilities assigned to the Executive may be increased,
decreased or otherwise changed during the Employment Period,
provided that the duties and responsibilities assigned to the
Executive at any given time are not materially inconsistent with
the Executive's status, offices, titles, and reporting requirements
as in effect during the 90-day period immediately preceding the
Effective Date. The Executive's services shall be performed at the
location where the Executive was employed immediately preceding the
Effective Date or any location less than 20 miles from such
location, although the Executive understands and agrees that he may
be required to travel from time to time for business purposes.
During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of
vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the
Executive agrees to devote substantially all of his time and
attention during normal business hours to the business and affairs
of the Company and its Affiliated Companies and to use his
reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently the
duties and responsibilities assigned to him hereunder. During the
Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for
the Executive to serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or
committees, deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach
at educational institutions and devote reasonable amounts of time
to the management of his and his family's personal investments and
affairs, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere
with the performance of the Executive's responsibilities as an
employee of the Company or its Affiliated Companies in accordance
with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to
the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the
Executive prior to the Effective Date, the reinstatement or
continued conduct of such activities (or the reinstatement or
conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto)
subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed to
interfere with the performance of the Executive's responsibilities
to the Company and its Affiliated Companies.
- Compensation .
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During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be compensated
as follows:
- Annual Base Salary . The Executive shall be paid an
annual base salary ("Annual Base Salary"), in equal biweekly
installments or otherwise in accordance with the Company's
then-current payroll practice, at least equal to the annual rate of
base salary being paid to the Executive by the Company and its
Affiliated Companies as of the Effective Date. The Annual Base
Salary shall be reviewed at least annually and shall be increased
substantially consistent with increases in base salary generally
awarded to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated
Companies. Such increases shall in no event be less than the
increases in the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index -
U.S. City Average Index. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall
not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive
under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after
any such increase and the term "Annual Base Salary" as utilized in
this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so
increased.
- Annual Bonus . In addition to Annual Base Salary, the
Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year ending during the
Employment Period, an annual cash bonus (the "Annual Bonus") equal
to a percentage of his Annual Base Salary. Such percentage shall be
substantially consistent with the targeted percentages generally
awarded to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated
Companies, but at least equal to the higher of (i) the percentage
obtained by dividing his targeted annual bonus for the then current
fiscal year by his then Annual Base Salary or (ii) the average
percentage of his annual base salary (as in effect for the
applicable years) that was paid or payable, including by reason of
any deferral, to the Executive by the Company and its Affiliated
Companies as an annual bonus (however described, including as
annual incentive compensation) for each of the three fiscal years
immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the Effective Date
occurs (or, if higher, for each of the three fiscal years
immediately preceding the fiscal year in which a Change of Control
occurs, if a Change of Control occurs following the Effective
Date). For the purposes of any calculation required to be made
under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, an annual bonus shall
be annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve
full months or with respect to which the Executive was employed
for, and received pro-rated annual incentive compensation with
respect to, less than the full twelve months, and, if the Executive
has not been employed for the full duration of the three fiscal
years immediately preceding the year in which the Effective Date
occurs, the average shall be calculated over the duration of the
Executive's employment in such period. Each such Annual Bonus shall
be paid no later than the end of the second month of the fiscal
year next following the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is
awarded, unless the Executive otherwise elects to defer the receipt
of such Annual Bonus in accordance with a deferred compensation
plan of the Company or its Affiliated Companies that complies with
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code").
- Long Term Incentive Compensation . During the Employment
Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all
incentive compensation plans, practices, policies, and programs
applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and
its Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such plans,
practices, policies, and programs provide the Executive with
incentive opportunities and potential benefits, both as to amount
and percentage of compensation, less favorable, in the aggregate,
than those provided by the Company and its Affiliated Companies for
the Executive under the FPL Group Long Term Incentive Plan
(including, without limitation, performance share awards, stock
option grants and restricted stock awards), or other plan providing
for the grant of equity compensation for executive officers, as in
effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding
the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those
provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other
peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies.
- Savings and Retirement Plans . During the Employment
Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all
savings and retirement plans, practices, policies, and programs
applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and
its Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such plans,
practices, policies, and programs provide the Executive with
savings opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each
case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of
those provided by the Company and its Affiliated Companies for the
Executive under such plans, practices, policies, and programs as in
effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding
the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those
provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other
peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies.
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In addition, during the Employment Period the Executive shall be
entitled under this Agreement to the Payment in Lieu of Lost Future
Benefits described in Annex A attached hereto and made a part
hereof by this reference ("Payment in Lieu of Lost Future
Benefits"). The vesting of such Payment in Lieu of Lost Future
Benefits shall be determined in accordance with Section 8 of this
Agreement. The payment of such amount shall be determined in
accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement, to the extent the
ability to make such payment under Section 8 is consistent with the
limitations of Code Section 409A and the terms of the Company's
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.
To the extent that the payment of this amount pursuant to
Section 8 would be inconsistent with the limitations of Code
Section 409A or the terms of the Company's Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan, the payment of this amount described in Annex A
shall be made under the terms of the Company's Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan, pursuant to the provisions therein
relating to post-2005 accrued benefits that are subject to Code
Section 409A.
- Benefit Plans . During the Employment Period, the
Executive and/or the Executive's family, as the case may be, shall
be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits
under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies, and programs
provided by the Company and its Affiliated Companies (including,
without limitation, medical, executive medical, annual executive
physical, prescription, dental, vision, short-term disability,
long-term disability, executive long-term disability, salary
continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and
dismemberment, and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to
the extent applicable generally to other peer executives of the
Company and its Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such
plans, practices, policies, and programs provide the Executive with
benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most
favorable of such plans, practices, policies, and programs in
effect for the Executive at any time during the 90-day period
immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to
the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the
Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its
Affiliated Companies.
- Expenses . During the Employment Period, the Executive
shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all
reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with
the most favorable policies, practices, and procedures of the
Company and its Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at
any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the
Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect
generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer
executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. The payment
of such reimbursements shall be made within thirty (30) days after
submission of requests for reimbursement in accordance with
applicable policies and procedures of the Company. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 5(f) or elsewhere,
reimbursement of expenses will be made consistent with the
Company's Expense Reimbursement Policy, which is intended to comply
with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv).
- Fringe Benefits . During the Employment Period, the
Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits, including but not
limited to those described in Section 8(a)(5), in accordance with
the most favorable plans, practices, programs, and policies of the
Company and its Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at
any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the
Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect
generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer
executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies.
- Office and Support Staff . During the Employment Period,
the Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size
and with furnishings and other appointments, and to exclusive
personal secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to the
most favorable of the foregoing provided to the Executive by the
Company and its Affiliated Companies at any time during the 90-day
period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more
favorable to the Executive, as provided generally at any time
thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and
its Affiliated Companies.
- Vacation . During the Employment Period, the Executive
shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the most
favorable plans, policies, programs, and practices of the Company
and its Affiliated Companies as in effect for the Executive at any
time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective
Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally
at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the
Company and its Affiliated Companies. In addition to, and
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in, the preceding
sentence, any unused vacation days shall be carried over from year
to year.
- Change of Control .
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- Benefits Upon Change of Control . If, as of the date of
a Change of Control which occurs during the Employment Period
(including on the Effective Date), the Executive is employed by the
Company or one of its Affiliated Companies, then as of such
date:
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- 50% of each outstanding performance stock-based award granted
to the Executive shall become fully vested and earned at a deemed
achievement level equal to the higher of (x) the targeted level of
performance for such award or (y) the average level (expressed as a
percentage of target) of achievement in respect of similar
performance stock-based awards which matured over the three fiscal
years immediately preceding the year in which the Change of Control
occurred; payment of each such vested award shall be made to the
Executive, in the form described below, as soon as practicable
following such Change of Control consistent with Code Section 409A;
and the remainder of each such award shall remain outstanding (on a
converted basis, if applicable) and shall remain subject to the
terms and conditions of the plan under which such award was
granted, as well as the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
and
- all other outstanding stock-based awards granted to the
Executive shall be fully vested and earned; and
- any outstanding option, stock appreciation right, and other
outstanding award in the nature of a right that may be exercised
that was granted to the Executive and which was not previously
exercisable and vested shall become fully exercisable and vested;
and
- the restrictions and forfeiture conditions applicable to any
outstanding award granted to the Executive under an incentive
compensation plan, practice, policy or program shall lapse and such
award shall be deemed fully vested.
If as a result of the Change of Control, the Outstanding Company
Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into a different form of
equity security and/or the right to receive other property
(including cash), payment in respect of the underlying awards
described in subparagraphs (1), (2) and, with respect to
stock-based awards, (4) hereof shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, be made in the same form. If a Change of Control
occurs and Company shareholders do not, as a group, receive
consideration in connection with such Change of Control, then
payment in respect of awards described in subparagraphs (1), (2)
and, with respect to stock-based awards, (4) hereof shall be made
in cash based on the average closing price of the shares of
Outstanding Company Common Stock for the 20 trading days
immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control.
(b) Benefits Upon First Anniversary of Change of Control
. If the Executive has remained employed by the Company or one of
its Affiliated Companies from the date of a Change of Control which
occurs during the Employment Period (including on the Effective
Date) to the date of the first anniversary of such Change of
Control, the performance stock-based awards outstanding immediately
prior to such Change of Control that did not become vested and
earned at the time of such Change of Control pursuant to Section
6(a)(1) shall become vested and earned as of such first anniversary
date and payment in respect of such awards shall be made as soon as
practicable following such date, but in no event later than the
15th day of the third month following the end of the first taxable
year in which the right to such payment arises. The deemed level of
achievement with respect to such awards, as well as the form of
payment thereof, shall be as described in paragraph (a) above.
- Termination of Employment .
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- Death or Disability . The Executive's employment shall
terminate automatically upon the Executive's death during the
Employment Period. If the Company determines in good faith that the
Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment
Period (pursuant to the definition of Disability set forth below),
it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with
Section 15(b) of this Agreement of its intention to terminate the
Executive's employment. In such event, the Executive's employment
with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after
receipt of such notice by the Executive (the "Disability Effective
Date"), provided that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the
Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of the
Executive's duties. For purposes of this Agreement, "Disability"
shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executive's duties
with the Company on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive business
days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness
which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician
selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the
Executive or the Executive's legal representative (such agreement
as to acceptability not to be withheld unreasonably).
- Cause . The Company may terminate the Executive's
employment during the Employment Period for Cause. For purposes of
this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean (i) repeated violations by the
Executive of the Executive's obligations under Section 4 of this
Agreement (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or
mental illness) which are demonstrably willful and deliberate on
the Executive's part, which are committed in bad faith or without
reasonable belief that such violations are in the best interests of
the Company and which are not remedied in a reasonable period of
time after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying
such violations or (ii) the conviction of the Executive of a felony
involving an act of dishonesty intended to result in substantial
personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or its Affiliated
Companies.
- Good Reason . The Executive's employment may be
terminated during the Employment Period by the Executive for Good
Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall
mean:
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- any failure by the Company to comply with the provisions of
Section 4 of this Agreement, including without limitation, the
assignment to the Executive of any duties and responsibilities that
are materially inconsistent with the Executive's status, offices,
titles, and reporting requirements as in effect during the 90-day
period immediately preceding the Effective Date, but excluding for
this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not
taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly
after receipt of written notice thereof given by the
Executive;
- any failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions
of Sections 5 or 6 of this Agreement, other than an isolated,
insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith
and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of
notice thereof given by the Executive;
- the Company's requiring the Executive to be based at any office
or location other than that described in Section 4 hereof;
- any purported termination by the Company of the Executive's
employment other than as expressly permitted by this Agreement;
or
- any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy Section
14(c) of this Agreement, provided that such successor has received
at least ten days prior written notice from the Company or the
Executive of the requirements of Section 14(c) of the
Agreement.
For purposes of this Section 7(c), any good faith determination
of "Good Reason" made by the Executive shall be conclusive.
- Notice of Termination . Any termination by the Company
for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be
communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto
given in accordance with Section 15(b) of this Agreement. For
purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" means a
written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination
provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent
applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the
Executive's employment under the provision so indicated, and (iii)
if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the
date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date
(which date shall be not more than fifteen calendar days after the
giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company
to set forth in the Notice of Termination any facts or
circumstances which contribute to a showing of Good Reason or Cause
shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company,
respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company,
respectively, from asserting such facts or circumstances in
enforcing the Executive's or the Company's rights hereunder.
- Date of Termination . "Date of Termination" means (i) if
the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Cause,
or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the
Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein, as the
case may be, (ii) if the Executive's employment is terminated by
the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the date on which
the Company notifies the Executive of such termination, and (iii)
if the Executive's employment is terminated by reason of death or
Disability, the date of death of the Executive or the Disability
Effective Date, as the case may be.
- Obligations of the Company upon Termination
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- Following a Change of Control: Good Reason; Other Than for
Cause or Disability . If following a Change of Control and during
the Employment Period, the Company terminates the Executive's
employment other than for Cause or Disability or death or the
Executive terminates employment for Good Reason, then:
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- the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash
within 45 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the
following amounts (such aggregate being hereinafter referred to as
the "Special Termination Amount"):
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- the sum of (1) the Executive's Annual Base Salary through the
Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the
product of (x) the Annual Bonus in effect at such date and (y) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the
current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the
denominator of which is 365 (such amount to be paid in addition to
and not in lieu of any Annual Bonus earned for such year), and (3)
any accrued vacation pay at the Annual Base Salary rate in effect
as of the termination of employment, in each case to the extent not
theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in subclauses
(1), (2), and (3) herein shall be called the "Accrued
Obligations"); and
- the amount equal to the product of (1) three [two - Messrs. Stall and Rodriguez only], and (2) the
sum of (x) the Executive's Annual Base Salary and (y) the
Executive's Annual Bonus in effect at such date; provided, however,
that such amount shall be paid in lieu of, and the Executive hereby
waives the right to receive, any other amount of severance relating
to salary or bonus continuation to be received by the Executive
upon termination of employment of the Executive under any severance
plan, policy or arrangement of the Company; and
- a separate lump-sum equal to the greater of (1) the
supplemental pension benefit described in Paragraph 1(b) of Annex A
that the Executive would have been entitled to had his employment
continued at the compensation level provided for in Sections 5(a)
and 5(b) of this Agreement for three [two - Messrs. St
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