Exhibit 10.2
Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement
Between The Walt Disney Company
And Thomas O. Staggs
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”), dated as of
December 18, 2008, by and between Thomas O. Staggs (“
Executive ”) and The Walt Disney Company, a
Delaware corporation (“ Company ”),
amending and restating in its entirety Executive’s Employment
Agreement with Company dated as of January 31, 2008 (the
“ January 31 Agreement ”).
W I T N E S
S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company and its
subsidiaries have employed Executive in various senior officer
positions, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of the
Company;
WHEREAS, Executive and the Company
were on January 31, 2008 parties to an employment agreement,
dated as of September 26, 2003, which was scheduled to expire
by its own terms on March 31, 2008; (the “ 2003
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the
Company’s desire to continue to secure the services of
Executive, and to induce him to enter into the January 31
Agreement (which took effect following the expiration of the 2003
Agreement), the Company granted Executive an award of restricted
stock units on January 30, 2008 that are scheduled to vest, if
at all, based on his continued service for the Company through
March 31, 2013;
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive
entered into the January 31 Agreement to provide for his
continued service to the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive
desire to amend and restate the January 31 Agreement for the
purposes of making certain changes intended to ensure compliance
with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and to make
certain additional minor corrections in the January 31
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants herein contained, the Company and Executive
hereby agree as follows:
1. Employment . Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Company
hereby employs Executive and Executive hereby accepts employment by
the Company for the period commencing on April 1, 2008 and
ending on March 31, 2013 (or such earlier date as shall be
determined pursuant to Paragraph 5). The period during which
Executive is employed pursuant to this Agreement shall be referred
to as the “ Employment Period
”.
2. Position and Duties .
During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as Chief
Financial Officer of the Company and in such other position or
positions with the Company and its subsidiaries, consistent with
his position as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the Board of Directors of
the Company (the “ Board ”) shall
reasonably assign Executive from time to time. Executive shall
report to the Chief Executive Officer. During the Employment
Period, Executive shall devote substantially all his business time
to the services required of him hereunder, and shall perform such
services in a manner consonant with the duties of his position.
Executive shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any
applicable policy of the Company regarding service (including as a
director) on behalf of any other organization, provided that,
subject to the provisions of Paragraph 8(a), nothing herein shall
preclude Executive from ( i ) engaging in charitable
activities and community affairs, and ( ii ) managing
his personal investments and affairs, so long as the activities
listed in subclauses (i)-(ii) do not materially interfere,
individually or in the aggregate, with the proper performance of
his duties and responsibilities as the Company’s Chief
Financial Officer.
3. Compensation .
(a) Base Salary . During the
Employment Period, the Company shall pay Executive a base salary at
the annual rate of no less than the amount determined in accordance
with the following schedule:
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Date Rate of Salary Effective
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Annual Rate of Base Salary
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April 1, 2008
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$
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1,250,000
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April 1, 2009
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$
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1,325,000
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April 1, 2010
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$
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1,400,000
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April 1, 2011
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$
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1,450,000
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April 1, 2012
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$
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1,500,000
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The amount of annual base salary
currently payable under this Paragraph 3(a) shall be reduced,
however, to the extent Executive elects in accordance with
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “ Code ”) and the regulations and
interpretations thereunder (“ Section 409A
”), to defer such salary under the terms of any deferred
compensation or savings plan or arrangement maintained or
established by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
Executive’s annual base salary payable hereunder, without
reduction for any amounts deferred as described above, is referred
to herein as the “ Base Salary
”.
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The Company shall pay Executive the
portion of his Base Salary not deferred at the election of
Executive in accordance with its generally applicable policies for
senior executives, but not less frequently than in equal monthly
installments.
(b) Incentive Compensation .
Executive shall be given the opportunity to earn an annual
incentive bonus in accordance with the annual bonus plan generally
applicable to the Company’s executive officers, as the same
may be in effect from time to time (the “ Annual
Plan ”). Executive’s target annual incentive
bonus opportunity under the Annual Plan during each fiscal year
during the term hereof (including the fiscal year commencing
October 1, 2007) shall be no less than twice Executive’s
Base Salary as expected to be in effect at the end of such fiscal
year, as determined in accordance with the schedule established
under Paragraph 3(a). The actual amount payable to Executive as an
annual bonus under the Annual Plan shall be dependent upon the
achievement of performance objectives established in accordance
with the Annual Plan by the Board or the committee of the Board
responsible for administering such Annual Plan (the “
Compensation Committee ”), which shall be
substantially the same as the objectives established under the
Annual Plan for other senior executive officers of the Company. The
preceding sentence shall not limit any power or discretion of the
Board or the Committee in the administration of the Annual Plan.
Accordingly, depending on performance, the actual amount payable as
an annual bonus to Executive under the Annual Plan may be less
than, greater than or equal to the target bonus specified above.
Any bonus payable pursuant to this Paragraph 3(b) shall be paid at
the same time as annual bonuses are payable to other officers of
the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Annual Plan,
subject to Executive’s continued employment with the Company
through the date on which such bonuses are paid.
(c) Eligibility for Equity
Awards . Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Executive
shall be entitled to participate in any stock option, performance
share, performance unit or other equity based long-term incentive
compensation plan, program or arrangement generally made available
to senior executive officers of the Company, on substantially the
same terms and conditions as generally apply to such other
officers, except that the size of the awards made to Executive
shall reflect Executive’s position with the Company and the
Compensation Committee’s evaluation of Executive’s
performance and competitive compensation practices. During each
fiscal year during the term hereof (including the fiscal year
commencing October 1, 2007), Executive shall receive an annual
award with a target award value (which value shall be as determined
in accordance with the policies and practices generally applicable
to other senior executives of the Company) of not less than three
time Executive’s Base Salary as expected to be in effect at
the end of such fiscal year, as determined in accordance with the
schedule established under Paragraph 3(a); it being understood that
the form of the award shall be determined by the
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Compensation Committee and such form
shall be subject to the terms of the applicable plan or plans of
the Company. The preceding sentence shall not limit any power or
discretion of the Board or the Committee in the administration of
any such long-term incentive plan. The Compensation Committee may
increase the award value of any award made in respect of any such
fiscal year based on its evaluation of Executive’s
performance. The actual benefits conveyed to Executive in respect
of any such awards may be less than, greater than or equal to the
targeted award value, as such benefits will be dependent on a
series of performance and other factors, such as the value of the
Company’s common stock and satisfaction of any applicable
vesting requirements and performance conditions.
4. Benefits, Perquisites and
Expenses .
(a) Benefits . During the
Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to participate in (
i ) each welfare benefit plan sponsored or maintained
by the Company and made available generally to its senior officers,
including, without limitation, each group life, hospitalization,
medical, dental, health, accident or disability insurance or
similar plan or program of the Company, and ( ii ) each
pension, profit sharing, retirement, deferred compensation or
savings plan sponsored or maintained by the Company for its senior
officers, in each case, whether now existing or established
hereafter, in accordance with the generally applicable provisions
thereof.
(b) Perquisites . During the
Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to receive such
perquisites as are generally provided to other senior officers of
the Company in accordance with the then current policies and
practices of the Company.
(c) Business Expenses . The
Company shall pay or reimburse Executive for all reasonable
expenses incurred or paid by Executive during the Employment Period
in the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder, upon
presentation of expense statements or vouchers and such other
information as the Company may require and in accordance with the
generally applicable policies and procedures of the
Company.
(d) Indemnification .
Executive and the Company are parties to an indemnification
agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect in
accordance with its terms.
5. Termination of Employment
.
(a) Early Termination of the
Employment Period . Notwithstanding Paragraph 1, the Employment
Period shall end upon the earliest to occur of ( i
) Executive’s death, ( ii ) a Termination
due to Disability, ( iii ) a Termination for
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Cause, ( iv ) the
Termination Date specified in connection with any exercise by the
Company of its Termination Right or ( v ) a Termination
for Good Reason. If the Employment Period terminates as of a date
specified under this Paragraph 5, Executive agrees that, upon
written request from the Company, he shall resign from any and all
positions he holds with the Company and any of its subsidiaries and
affiliates, effective immediately following receipt of such request
from the Company (or at such later date as the Company may
specify).
(b) Benefits Payable Upon
Termination .
(i) In the event of
Executive’s death during the Employment Period or a
Termination due to Disability, Executive or his beneficiaries or
legal representatives shall be provided the Unconditional
Entitlements, including, but not limited to, any such Unconditional
Entitlements that are or become payable under any Company plan,
policy, practice or program or any contract or agreement with the
Company by reason of Executive’s death or Termination due to
Disability.
(ii) In the event of
Executive’s Termination for Cause, Executive shall be
provided the Unconditional Entitlements.
(iii) In the event of a Termination
for Good Reason or the exercise by the Company of its Termination
Right, Executive shall be provided the Unconditional Entitlements
and the Company shall provide Executive the Conditional Benefits,
subject to ( A ) Executive’s execution of the
Release, ( B ) Executive having not revoked such
Release within the seven-day revocation period permitted following
delivery of such Release and ( C ) Executive’s
execution of the Consulting Agreement. For Executive to become
entitled to the Conditional Benefits, Executive must deliver both
the executed Release and the executed Consulting Agreement to the
Company by no later than twenty-two (22) days following the
Termination Date.
(c) Unconditional
Entitlements . For purposes of this Agreement, the “
Unconditional Entitlements ” to which Executive
may become entitled under Paragraph 5(b) are as follows:
(i) Earned Amounts . The
Earned Compensation shall be paid within 30 days following the
termination of Executive’s employment hereunder, or if any
part thereof constitutes a bonus which is subject to or conditioned
upon any performance conditions, within thirty (30) days
following the determination that such conditions have been met,
provided that in no event shall the bonus be paid later than
90 days following his termination of employment.
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(ii) Benefits . All benefits
payable to Executive under any employee benefit plans (including,
without limitation any pension plans or 401(k) plans) of the
Company or any of its affiliates applicable to Executive at the
time of termination of Executive’s employment with the
Company and all amounts and benefits (other than the Conditional
Benefits) which are vested or which Executive is otherwise entitled
to receive under the terms of or in accordance with any plan,
policy, practice or program of, or any contract or agreement with,
the Company, at or subsequent to the date of his termination
without regard to the performance by Executive of further services
or the resolution of a contingency, shall be paid or provided in
accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions of such
plans, it being understood that all such benefits shall be
determined on the basis of the actual date of termination of
Executive’s employment with the Company. Notwithstanding the
immediately preceding sentence, Executive shall not be entitled to
any benefits under any severance plan or policy of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries.
(iii) Indemnities . Any right
which Executive may have to claim a defense and/or indemnity for
liabilities to or claims asserted by third parties in connection
with Executive’s activities as an officer, director or
employee of the Company or any of its affiliates pursuant to the
terms of the Indemnification Agreement referenced in Paragraph 4(d)
shall be unaffected by Executive’s termination of employment
and shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms.
(iv) Medical Coverage .
Executive shall be entitled to such continuation of health care
coverage as is required under, and in accordance with, applicable
law or otherwise provided in accordance with the Company’s
policies. Executive shall be notified in writing of his rights to
continue such coverage after the termination of his employment
pursuant to this Paragraph 5(c)(iv), provided that Executive timely
complies with the conditions to continue such coverage. Executive
understands and acknowledges that Executive is responsible to make
for all payments required for any such continued health care
coverage that Executive may choose to receive.
(v) Business Expenses .
Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement, in accordance with
the Company’s policies regarding expense reimbursement as in
effect from time to time, for all business expenses incurred by him
prior to the termination of his employment.
(vi) Stock Options/RSUs .
Except to the extent additional rights are provided upon
Executive’s qualifying to receive the Conditional
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Benefits, Executive’s rights
with respect to any stock options and/or restricted stock units
granted to him by the Company shall be governed by the terms and
provisions of the plans (including plan rules) and award agreements
pursuant to which such stock options and restricted stock units
were awarded, as in effect at the date Executive’s employment
terminates.
(d) Conditional Benefits .
For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Conditional
Benefits ” to which Executive may become entitled,
provided he complies with the terms and conditions thereof, are as
follows:
(i) Remaining Salary . As
specified in further detail in paragraph 2 of the Consulting
Agreement, the Company shall pay Executive a lump sum amount equal
to the Consulting Amount as compensation for his consulting
services under the Consulting Agreement. If the Scheduled
Expiration Date is later than the end of the Consulting Agreement
Period, the Company shall also pay Executive the Severance Amount.
The Consulting Amount and the Severance Amount shall be paid on the
date that is six months and one day after the Termination Date (or
upon Executive’s death, if earlier).
(ii) Stock Options . All of
Executive’s Continuing Unvested Options shall become
exercisable in accordance with the applicable Original Stock Option
Award Documents, on the same basis as such options would have
become vested and exercisable if Executive had remained employed
under this Agreement through the Scheduled Expiration Date. Once
exercisable, all Continuing Unvested Options shall remain
exercisable until the Stock Option Termination Date. All of
Executive’s Remaining Stock Options that were vested and
exercisable at the Termination Date shall remain exercisable until
the Stock Option Termination Date. Notwithstanding any other term
or provision hereof, any of Executive’s stock options which
are not vested at the Termination Date, and which are not
Continuing Unvested Options, shall automatically terminate upon the
Termination Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all of the Remaining Stock Options shall continue to be subject to
the Original Stock Option Award Documents. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event of Executive’s death prior to the
Stock Option Termination Date, all Continuing Unvested Options
shall vest on the date of Executive’s death and all Remaining
Stock Options shall be exercisable for the period following
Executive’s death determined under such Original Stock Option
Award Documents on the same basis as though Executive was employed
on the date of his death and regardless of when the Stock Option
Termination Date would otherwise have occurred. However, any
provisions in the Original Stock Option Award Documents relating
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disability or change in control of
the Company shall not be operative after the Termination Date with
respect to any Remaining Stock Options.
(iii) RSUs . The Remaining
Stock Units shall continue to vest in accordance with the terms of
the Original RSU Award Documents, regardless of Executive’s
termination of employment. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all such Remaining Stock Units shall be subject to, and
administered in accordance with, the Original RSU Award Documents.
Any of Executive’s restricted stock unit awards that have not
become vested on or before the Termination Date, and that are
outstanding at the Termination Date, but which are not Remaining
Stock Units, shall automatically terminate on the Termination Date.
Notwithstanding any term or provision of the Original RSU Award
Documents:
(A) any provisions in such Original
RSU Award Documents relating to disability shall not be applicable
to any such Remaining Stock Units after the Termination
Date;
(B) for so long as this Agreement
shall be in effect (that is, regardless of whether the Termination
Right has been exercised or a Termination for Good Reason shall
have occurred), any terms in any of the Original RSU Award
Documents relating to a change in control of the Company shall not
be operative unless the event that constitutes a change in control
of the Company also constitutes a “change in control
event” with respect to the Company within the meaning of
Section 409A;
(C) in the event of
Executive’s death after the Termination Date but prior to the
Scheduled Expiration Date, the terms and provisions of the Original
RSU Award Documents shall be interpreted and applied in the same
manner with respect to such Remaining Stock Units as if Executive
were an active employee on the date of his death; and
(D) to the extent that, under the
Company’s compensation practices and policies, any tranche of
Remaining Stock Units is subject to the achievement of performance
conditions which were imposed solely because Executive was an
executive officer of the Company who could have been a covered
employee within the meaning of Section 162(m) at the time
payment in respect of such award was expected to be made (the
“Applicable 162(m) Criteria”) and such Applicable
162(m) Criteria relate, in whole or in part, to any performance
period continuing after the end of the Company’s fiscal year
in which the
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Termination Date occurs, such
Applicable 162(m) Criteria shall be waived as of the Termination
Date with respect to such tranche of the Remaining Stock Units;
provided, however, that this Paragraph 5(d)(iii)(D) shall not be
applicable if and to the extent, in the reasonable opinion of tax
counsel to the Company, the presence of such provision would cause
any stock units intended to be qualified as other performance based
compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code
to fail to be so qualified at any time prior to Executive’s
Termination Date.
(iv) Pro-Rated Current Year
Bonus . A pro rata annual bonus for the year in which the
Termination Date occurs, determined on the basis of an assumed
full-year target bonus determined pursuant to Section 3(b) and
the number of days in the applicable fiscal year occurring on or
before the Termination Date. Such pro-rata current year bonus shall
be paid no later than the later of ( i ) two and a half
months after the end of Executive’s tax year in which the
Termination Date occurs and ( ii ) two and a half
months after the end of the Company’s tax year in which the
Termination Date occurs.
(v) Additional Distribution Rules
in Respect of Conditional Benefits . The following additional
rules shall apply with respect to distribution of the payments and
benefits, if any, to be provided to Executive under Paragraph
5(d)(i), (iii) and (iv):
(A) It is intended that each
installment of the payments and benefits provided under Paragraphs
5(d)(i), (iii) and (iv) shall be treated as a separate
“payment” for purposes of Section 409A. Neither
the Company nor Executive shall have the right to accelerate or
defer the delivery of any such payments or benefits except to the
extent specifically permitted or required by
Section 409A;
(B) Distribution in respect of any
tranche of Remaining Stock Units to which Paragraph 5(b)(iii)(D)
applies shall be made within 90 days following the later of the
date that ( i ) the service conditions that had
originally been specified for such tranche of Remaining Stock Units
under the applicable Original RSU Award Documents would otherwise
have been satisfied (had Executive continued to be employed) and (
ii ) the last performance measurement period applicable
in respect of such tranche of Remaining Stock Units under the
applicable Original RSU Award Documents would otherwise have
expired;
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(C) Each installment of the payments
and benefits due under Paragraph 5(d)(i) and (iii) that would,
absent this subsection, be paid within the six-month period
following Executive’s “separation from service”
(within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and as
provided in Paragraph 5(g) hereof) from the Company shall not
be paid until the date that is six months and one day after such
separation from service (or, if earlier, Executive’s death),
with any such installments that are required to be delayed being
accumulated during the six-month period and paid in a lump sum on
the date that is six months and one day following Executive’s
separation from service; provided, however, that the preceding
provisions of this sentence shall not apply to any installment of
payments and benefits if and to the maximum extent that that such
installment is deemed to be paid under a separation pay plan that
does not provide for a deferral of compensation by reason of the
application of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)
(relating to separation pay upon an involuntary separation from
service). (Any installments that qualify for the exception under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) must be paid
no later than the last day of Executive’s second taxable year
following the taxable year of Executive’s in which the
separation from service occurs.) Any subsequent installments that
would be payable more than six months following Executive’s
separation from service shall be paid in accordance with the dates
and terms set forth herein.
(e) Definitions . For
purposes of this Paragraph 5, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them below:
“ Consulting
Agreement ” means the consulting agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“ Consulting Agreement
Period ” means the period established under the
Consulting Agreement during which Executive shall be required to
provide consulting services to the Company.
“ Consulting
Amount ” means a lump sum amount equal to the
aggregate Base Salary which would have been earned by Executive had
his employment under this Agreement continued after the Termination
Date and through the earlier to occur of ( i ) the end
of the Consulting Agreement Period or ( ii ) any
earlier date that the Consulting Agreement terminates for any
reason whatsoever.
“ Continuing Unvested
Options ” means
any of Executive’s stock options that were not vested and
exercisable at the Termination Date, but that would
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have become vested and exercisable
on or prior to the Latest Stock Option Vesting Date had Executive
continued to be employed by the Company through the Scheduled
Expiration Date.
“ Earned
Compensation ” means the sum of ( a ) any
Base Salary earned, but unpaid, for services rendered to the
Company on or prior to the date on which the Employment Period ends
pursuant to Paragraph 5(a) (but excluding any salary and interest
accrued thereon payment of which has been deferred) and ( b
) if Executive’s employment terminates due to
Executive’s death or in a Termination due to Disability or a
Termination for Good Reason or due to the Company’s exercise
of its Termination Right, in any case, after the end of a fiscal
year, but before the annual incentive compensation payable for
services rendered in that fiscal year has been paid, the annual
incentive compensation that would have been payable to Executive
for such completed fiscal year in accordance with Paragraph
3(b).
“ Latest Stock Option
Vesting Date ” means the date which is three months after the
Scheduled Expiration Date.
“ Original Stock Option
Award Documents ” means, with respect to any
Remaining Stock Option, the terms and provisions of the award
agreement and plan pursuant to which such Remaining Stock Option
was granted, each as in effect on the Termination Date.
“ Original RSU Award
Documents ” means, with respect to any tranche of Remaining
Stock Units, the terms and provisions of the award agreement
related to and the plan governing, such tranche of Remaining Stock
Units, each as in effect on the Termination Date.
“ Release
” means the General
Release in the form set forth in Exhibit B attached
hereto.
“ Remaining Stock
Options ” means any of Executive’s stock
options which are ( i ) vested at the Termination Date
or ( ii ) Continuing Unvested Options.
“ Remaining Stock
Units ” means
any of Executive’s restricted stock units (including, but not
limited to, the 250,000 restricted stock units granted on
January 30, 2008) outstanding at the Termination Date (whether
or not subject to performance conditions) that, subject to the
satisfaction of any applicable performance conditions, would have
become vested on or prior to the Scheduled Expiration Date had
Executive continued to be employed by the Company through the
Scheduled Expiration Date .
“ Scheduled Expiration
Date ” means March 31, 2013.
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“ Severance
Amount ” means an amount equal to the aggregate Base
Salary which would have been earned by Executive under this
Agreement (including any scheduled increase therein) for the period
commencing on the day after termination of the Consulting Agreement
Period and ending on the Scheduled Expiration Date; provided
that if the Company terminates the Consulting Agreement due
to Executive’s material breach of the terms thereof, the
Severance Amount shall be reduced to zero.
“ Stock Option
Termination Date ” means with respect to any
Remaining Stock Option the earlier to occur of ( i
) the date which is three months after the Scheduled
Expiration Date and ( ii ) the expiration of the stated
term of such award.
“ Termination for
Cause ” means a termination of Executive’s
employment by the Company due to ( i ) gross
negligence, ( ii ) gross misconduct, ( iii
) willful nonfeasance or ( iv ) willful material
breach of this Agreement, which termination may be effected
(A) immediately upon notice from the Company if the Company
shall reasonably and in good faith determine that the conduct or
cause specified in such notice is not curable (it being understood
that such notice shall describe in reasonable detail the conduct or
cause giving rise to such notice and shall state the reason(s) why
the Company has determined that such conduct or cause is not
curable); or (B) upon twenty business days notice from the
Company, if the Company shall reasonably and in good faith
determine that the conduct or cause specified in such notice is
curable (it being understood that such notice shall describe in
reasonable detail the conduct or cause giving rise to such notice
and shall state the reason(s) why the Company has determined that
such conduct or cause is curable and what steps the Company
believes should or could be taken to cure such conduct or cause);
provided that the Company shall not be entitled to terminate
Executive’s employment for Cause, if Executive has, within
five business days after the date notice in accordance with
subclause (B) has been given personally to Executive or
otherwise has been received by Executive, commenced in good faith
to cure the conduct or cause specified in such notice and completes
such cure within 20 business days following the date such notice
was received.
“ Termination
Date ” means the earlier to occur of ( i
) the date the Company specifies in writing to Executive in
connection with the exercise of its Termination Right or (
ii ) the date Executive specifies in writing to the
Company in connection with any notice to effect a Termination for
Good Reason.
“ Termination due to
Disability ” means a termination of Executive’s
employment by the Company because Executive has been incapable,
after
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reasonable accommodation, of
substantially fulfilling the positions, duties, responsibilities
and obligations set forth in this Agreement because of physical,
mental or emotional incapacity resulting from injury, sickness or
disease for a period of ( i ) six consecutive months or
( ii ) an aggregate of nine months (whether or not
consecutive) in any twelve month period. Any question as to the
existence, extent or potentiality of Executive’s disability
shall be determined by a qualified physician selected by the
Company with the consent of Executive, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Executive or his legal representatives or
any adult member of his immediate family shall have the right to
present to such physician such information and arguments as to
Executive’s disability as he, she or they deem appropriate,
including the opinion of Executive’s personal
physician.
“ Termination for Good
Reason ” means a termination of Executive’s
employment by Executive within 30 days of the Company’s
failure to cure, in accordance with the procedures set forth below,
any of the following events: ( i ) a reduction in any
of Executive’s compensation rights hereunder (that is, Base
Salary, target bonus opportunity specified in Paragraph 3(b) or
annual target incentive awards specified in Paragraph 3(c)), it
being understood that the failure of Executive to receive an actual
bonus for any fiscal year equal to or greater than the target bonus
opportunity, or to receive in respect of any equity award granted
an amount that is equal to or greater than the annual target
incentive value ascribed to such award is not a reduction in such
compensation rights, but a failure to effect a scheduled increase
in the Base Salary would be a reduction in such compensation
rights; ( ii ) the removal of him by the Company from
the position of Chief Financial Officer; ( iii ) a
material reduction in Executive’s duties and responsibilities
as in effect immediately prior to such reduction; ( v
) the assignment to Executive of duties that are materially
inconsistent with his position or duties or that materially impair
Executive’s ability to function as Chief Financial Officer of
the Company and any other position in which he is then serving; (
vi ) the relocation of Executive’s principal
office to a location that is more than 50 miles outside of the
greater Los Angeles area; or ( vii ) a material breach
of any material provision of this Agreement by the Company. In
addition, following the occurrence of a Change in Control (as
defined in the Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the
“ 2005 Stock Plan ”) and the Amended and
Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (the “ 1995
Stock Plan ”)), any occurrence that would constitute
a Triggering Event for purposes of Section 11 of the 2005
Stock Plan and the 1995 Stock Plan (the “ Plans
”), as such Plans have been amended through October 2,
2008, shall also constitute an event upon which Executive may
effect a Termination for Good Reason in accordance with
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this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a termination shall not be treated as a Termination for
Good Reason ( A ) if Executive shall have consented in
writing to the occurrence of the event giving rise to the claim of
Termination for Good Reason, or ( B ) unless Executive
shall have delivered a written notice to the Board within three
months of his having actual knowledge of the occurrence of one of
such events stating that he intends to terminate his employment for
Good Reason and specifying the factual basis for such termination,
and such event, if capable of being cured, shall not have been
cured within 30 days of the receipt of such notice.
“ Termination
Right ” means the right of the Company, in its sole,
absolute and unfettered discretion, to terminate Executive’s
employment under this Agreement for any reason or no reason
whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, any Termination for Cause
effected by the Company shall not constitute the exercise of the
its Termination Right.
(f) Conflict With Plans . As
permitted under the terms of the applicable Plans, the Company and
Executive agree that the definitions of Termination for Cause or
Termination for Good Reason set forth in this Paragraph 5 shall
apply in place of any similar definition or comparable concept
applicable under either of the Plans (or any similar definition in
any successor plan), except that, in connection with a
“Triggering Event” as defined in the Plans, as amended
through October 2, 2008, the terms of the applicable plan (and
not the definitions of Termination for Cause or Termination for
Good Reason set forth in this Paragraph 5) shall apply to determine
Executive’s rights and entitlements in respect of the awards
made under any such plan (and only in respect of such
awards).
(g) Section 409A . To
the extent applicable, it is intended that this Agreement comply
with the requirements of Section 409A, and this Agreement
shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with this intent.
Notwithstanding anything else contained herein to the contrary, any
payment required to be made to Executive hereunder upon his
termination of employment (including any payment to this Paragraph
5) shall be made promptly after the six month anniversary of
Executive’s date of termination to the extent necessary to
avoid imposition on Executive of any tax penalty imposed under
Section 409A of the Code. Solely for purposes of determining
the time and form of payments due Executive under this Agreement
(including any payments due under Paragraphs 3(a) or 7) or
otherwise in connection with his termination of employment with the
Company, Exe