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Exhibit
10.2
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of
the 11 th
day of February, 2008, is by
and between Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (the “
Company ”), Freescale Holdings GP, Ltd. (the “
GP ”), and Richard M. Beyer (the “
Executive ”).
WHEREAS, the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and the
Board of Directors of the GP, the managing general partner of
Freescale Holdings, L.P. (the “ Parent Board ”)
have determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and
its parents and ultimate owners for the Executive to serve as the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer and to serve as Chairman of
the Board as well as to serve as Chairman of the Parent Board, on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Executive
desires to accept such service, subject to the terms and provisions
of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which
is mutually acknowledged, the Company and the Executive agree as
follows:
1. Effective Date .
The Company will employ the Executive commencing on March 17,
2008, or on such later date to be identified by the Executive based
upon the effective date of the Executive’s resignation of
employment from his current employer (the “ Effective
Date ”).
2. Employment Period .
The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the
Executive hereby agrees to be employed by the Company, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period
commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Date of
Termination, as defined below (the period of such employment to be
called the “ Employment Period ”).
3. Terms of Employment
.
(a) Position and
Duties .
(i) During the Employment
Period, the Executive shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, with such duties and responsibilities as are
commensurate with such position, and shall report to the Board and
the Parent Board. In addition, during the Employment Period,
subject to Section 4(g), the Executive shall serve as (or
appoint a designee to serve as) Chairman of the Board and shall
serve as Chairman of the Parent Board and shall be nominated (and
re-nominated) by the Company and the GP, as applicable, to remain
on such boards during the Employment Period. The Executive’s
principal locations of employment shall be at the Company’s
offices in Austin, Texas and San Jose, California; provided,
however, that the Executive will spend sufficient and reasonable
working hours at the Company’s offices in Austin,
Texas, and provided further
that the Executive may be required under reasonable business
circumstances to engage in additional travel to that described
above in connection with performing his duties under this
Agreement.
(ii) The Executive agrees
that during the Employment Period, he shall devote all of his
business time, energies and talents to serving as the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as a director and Chairman
of the Board (if applicable) and as a director and Chairman of the
Parent Board, and perform his duties conscientiously and faithfully
subject to the lawful directions of the boards, and in accordance
with each of the Company’s corporate governance and ethics
guidelines, conflict of interests policies, and codes of conduct
(collectively, the “ Company Policies ”). During
the Employment Period, it shall not be a violation of this
Agreement for the Executive, subject to the requirements of
Section 10, to serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards
or committees; provided, that, without the written approval of the
Parent Board, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, the
Executive shall not serve on more than one such corporate
board.
(b) Compensation
.
(i) Base Salary .
During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an
annualized base salary (“ Annual Base Salary ”)
of not less than $1,100,000, payable pursuant to the
Company’s normal payroll practices. During the Employment
Period, the current Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed for
increase at such time, and in the same manner, as the salaries of
senior officers of the Company are reviewed generally.
(ii) Annual Bonus .
For each calendar year of the Company completed during the
Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an
annual cash bonus (“ Annual Bonus ”) based upon
performance targets that are established by the Compensation and
Leadership Committee of the Parent Board (the “
Committee ”); provided that, the Executive’s
target Annual Bonus shall be not less than 150% of his Annual Base
Salary (the “ Target Bonus ”). Notwithstanding
the foregoing and except as set forth in Section 5(b), the
Executive’s Annual Bonus with respect to the portion of the
2008 calendar year during the Employment Period will be no less
than $1,100,000.
(iii) Commencement
Bonus . In connection with the commencement of the
Executive’s services hereunder, as soon as practicable
following the Effective Date, the Executive will receive a one-time
cash bonus equal to $1,000,000.
(iv) Profits Interest
. Within 30 days of the Effective Date, the Executive will be
granted all of the Class B Interests – 2008 Series (as
defined in the Amended and Restated Agreement of Exempted Limited
Partnership of the Parent, dated as of February 11, 2008, the
“LP Agreement”) which will provide the Executive an
interest in the Parent entitling the Executive to distributions
equal to 1.2472% of all distributions in excess of the Partnership
2008 Book Value (as defined in the LP
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Agreement) made by the
Parent, subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the
Freescale Holdings L.P. Award Agreement attached hereto as Annex
A . No other Class B Interests – 2008 Series shall be
granted to any person other than the Executive.
(v) Restricted Stock
Units . Within 30 days of the Effective Date, the Executive
will be granted 2,100,840 restricted stock units in Freescale
Semiconductor Holdings I, Ltd. subject in all respects to the terms
and conditions of the Freescale Semiconductor Holdings Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Annex B
.
(vi) Deferred
Compensation . The Executive will be given the opportunity to
vest into deferred compensation of $12,500,000 subject in all
respects to the terms and conditions of the Freescale Semiconductor
Inc. Deferred Compensation Agreement attached hereto as Annex
C .
(vii) Participation in
Incentive Plans . The Executive shall be eligible to
participate in any long-term incentive plans or programs
established by the Company or its affiliates for senior officers
generally, at levels commensurate with the benefits provided to
other senior officers and with adjustments appropriate for his
position as the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and
Chairman of the Parent Board. Any awards made under Sections
3(b)(iv), (v) and (vii) and other similar awards
subsequently issued to the Executive by members of the
“Affiliated Group” (as defined below) shall be referred
to in this Agreement as the “ Equity Awards
.”
(viii) Benefits .
During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible for
participation in the welfare, retirement, perquisite (including,
but not limited to, the use of an aircraft to the same extent as
under the Company’s written policy applicable to the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer as of June 22, 2007,
and the use of an apartment and automobile in the Austin, Texas
metropolitan area) and fringe benefit (including relocation,
financial planning, and automobile), and other benefit plans,
practices, policies and programs, as may be in effect from time to
time, for senior officers of the Company generally; provided, that,
any severance payments or benefits to be received under any
severance benefit plans, practices, policies and programs shall be
offset and reduced by any severance benefits or payments received
under this Agreement. In the event that any of the perquisites
provided by the Company or its affiliates to the Executive related
to business travel to Austin, Texas subject the Executive to any
tax liability, the Company agrees to pay the Executive an amount of
cash equal to such tax liability and an additional amount of cash
equal to the tax liability that the Executive will be subject to as
a result of the total cash payment described in this
sentence.
(ix) Expenses . During
the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible for prompt
reimbursement for business expenses (including, but not limited to,
reasonable business expenses incident to business related travel to
Austin, Texas) reasonably incurred by the Executive in accordance
with the policies of the Company as may be in effect from time to
time for senior officers generally.
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(x) Vacation . During
the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible for paid
vacation in accordance with the policies of the Company as may be
in effect from time to time for senior officers generally;
provided, however, that during each calendar year of the Employment
Period, Executive shall be entitled to at least four (4) weeks
of paid vacation.
(c) Other Entities .
The Executive agrees to serve upon request, without additional
compensation, as an officer and director for each of the
Company’s subsidiaries, partnerships, joint ventures, limited
liability companies and other entities, which, in each case, are
affiliates of the Company, including entities in which the Company
has a significant investment (collectively, the Company and such
entities, shall be referred to herein as the “ Affiliated
Group ”), as determined by the Company. As used in this
Agreement, the term “ affiliate ” of an entity
shall include any entity controlled by, controlling, or under
common control with such entity; provided, however, that with
respect to the Company, an affiliate shall not include any entity
that would be an affiliate of the Company as a result of such
entity being under common control with the Company by any member,
or the members collectively, of the “Principal Investor
Group” (as defined in the Investors Agreement by and among
Freescale Holdings L.P., Freescale Holdings (Bermuda) I, Ltd.,
Freescale Holdings (Bermuda) II, Ltd., Freescale Holdings (Bermuda)
III, Ltd., Freescale Acquisition Holdings Corp., Freescale Holdings
(Bermuda) IV, Ltd., Freescale Acquisition Corporation and Certain
Freescale Holdings L.P. Investors and certain stockholders of
Freescale Holdings (Bermuda) I, Ltd. dated as of December 1,
2006) or their successors in interest.
4. Termination of
Employment . (a) 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 provide the
Executive with a Notice of Termination. 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-day period 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 inability of the Executive
to perform his duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 180
consecutive days or for 180 intermittent days in any one-year
period as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness
which is determined to be total and permanent by a licensed
physician selected by the Company or its insurers and reasonably
acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal
representative. If the parties cannot agree on a licensed
physician, each party shall select a licensed physician and the two
physicians shall select a third who shall be the approved licensed
physician for this purpose.
(b) Cause . The
Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the
Employment Period either with or without Cause by providing a
Notice of Termination to the Executive, provided that if such
termination is with Cause, such Notice of Termination may be
provided to the Executive at any time following the adoption of a
written resolution by the Board (which shall require an affirmative
vote of not less than a majority of the Board (not including the
Executive)) that there is “Cause” for such termination.
For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall
mean:
(i) the Executive’s
willful or gross and repeated misconduct in the performance of his
duties in each instance so as to cause material harm to the Company
or any of its affiliates, which is not cured within 30 days
following delivery to the Executive of a written notice by the
Board of such willful or gross and repeated misconduct;
or
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(ii) a judicial determination
that the Executive has committed fraud, misappropriation or
embezzlement against the Company or any of its affiliates;
or
(iii) the Executive’s
conviction of a felony that constitutes a crime involving moral
turpitude and that results in material harm to the Company or any
of its affiliates.
(c) Good Reason . The
Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for
Good Reason if (x) an event or circumstance set forth in the
clauses of this Section 4(c) below shall have occurred and the
Executive provides the Company with written notice thereof within
30 days after the Executive has knowledge of the occurrence or
existence of such event or circumstance, which notice shall
specifically identify the event or circumstance that the Executive
believes constitutes Good Reason, (y) the Company fails to
correct the circumstance or event so identified within 30 days
after the receipt of such notice, and (z) the Executive
resigns within 60 days after the date of delivery of the notice
referred to in clause (x) above by providing a Notice of
Termination to the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “
Good Reason ” shall mean, in the absence of the
Executive’s written consent or in consequence of a prior
termination or a Notice of Termination of the Executive’s
employment, the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) a reduction by the
Company in the Executive’s Annual Base Salary or a reduction
in the Executive’s Target Bonus as a percentage of the
Executive’s Annual Base Salary; or
(ii) a material reduction in
the aggregate level of employee benefits made available to the
Executive when compared to the benefits made available to the
Executive at any time during the Employment Period, unless such
reduction is applicable to senior officers of the Company
generally, taking into account the Executive’s position;
or
(iii) the removal of the
Executive from any one of his positions as Chief Executive Officer,
director and Chairman of the Board (if applicable) or director and
Chairman of the Parent Board (other than pursuant to a termination
of the Executive’s employment for death, Disability or
Cause); or
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(iv) a material diminution in
the Executive’s duties or responsibilities (other than as a
result of the Executive’s physical or mental incapacity which
impairs his ability to materially perform his duties or
responsibilities as confirmed by a doctor reasonably acceptable to
the Executive or his representative and such diminution lasts only
for so long as such doctor determines such incapacity impairs the
Executive’s ability to materially perform his duties or
responsibilities) as Chief Executive Officer of the Company;
or
(v) a material change in the
Executive’s reporting relationship that is inconsistent with
the terms of the first sentence of Section 3(a)(i);
or
(vi) the Company requiring
the Executive’s principal location of employment to be at any
office or location more than 35 miles from the Company’s
office in San Jose, California (other than to the extent agreed to
or requested by the Executive) on the Effective Date or
(vii) a material failure of
the Company to comply with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Voluntary
Termination . The Executive may voluntarily terminate his
employment without Good Reason and such termination shall not be
deemed to be a breach of this Agreement.
(e) Notice of
Termination . Any termination by the Company for Cause, without
Cause or for Disability, or by the Executive for Good Reason or
without Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination
to the other party hereto given in accordance with
Section 12(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, where applicable,
(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) sets forth the applicable Date of
Termination as provided below. The failure by the Executive or the
Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or
circumstance which contributes 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 fact or circumstance in enforcing
the Executive’s or the Company’s rights
hereunder.
(f) 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 within 30 days of such notice, as the case may be,
(ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the
Company other than for Cause or if the Executive voluntarily
resigns without Good Reason, the 90th day after the Notice of
Termination is given, (iii) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by reason of death, the date of death of
the Executive, or (iv) if the Executive’s employment is
terminated by the Company due to Disability, the Disability
Effective Date.
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(g) Resignation from All
Positions . Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, upon the termination of the Executive’s employment
for any reason, unless otherwise requested by the Parent Board, the
Executive shall immediately resign as of the Date of Termination
from all positions that he holds or has ever held with the Company
and any other member of the Affiliated Group (and with any other
entities with respect to which the Executive performs services),
including, without limitation, the Board, the Parent Board and all
boards of directors of any member of the Affiliated Group. The
Executive hereby agrees to execute any and all documentation to
effectuate such resignations upon request by the Company, but he
shall be treated for all purposes as having so resigned upon
termination of his employment, regardless of when or whether he
executes any such documentation.
5. Obligations of the
Company upon Termination . (a) Good Reason; Other Than
for Cause . Subject to Section 6, if, during the
Employment Period, (1) the Company shall terminate the
Executive’s employment other than for Cause, death or
Disability or (2) the Executive shall terminate employment for
Good Reason:
(i) the Company shall pay to
the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days (except as
specifically provided in Section 5(a)(i)(A)(3)) after the Date
of Termination, the aggregate of the following amounts:
A. the sum of (1) the
Executive’s accrued but unpaid Annual Base Salary and any
accrued but unused vacation pay through the Date of Termination,
(2) the Executive’s business expenses that are
reimbursable pursuant to Section 3(b)(vii) but have not been
reimbursed by the Company as of the Date of Termination,
(3) the Executive’s Annual Bonus for the calendar year
immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Date of
Termination occurs if such bonus has been determined or earned but
not paid as of the Date of Termination (at the time such Annual
Bonus would otherwise have been paid), and (4) the product of
the Executive’s Target Bonus for the calendar year in which
the Date of Termination occurs multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days in such year through the
Date of Termination and the denominator of which is 365
(collectively, the “ Obligations ”);
and
B. the amount equal to the
product of (x) two and (y) the sum of (I) the
Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (II) the Target Bonus;
and
(ii) for two years after the
Executive’s Date of Termination, the Company shall continue
medical and life insurance benefits to the Executive (and, if
applicable, to any dependents of the Executive who received such
benefits under his coverage prior to the Date of Termination) at
least equal to those that would have been provided to the Executive
(and to any such dependent) in accordance with the plans, programs,
practices and policies of the Company if the Executive’s
employment had not been terminated; provided, that the Executive
continues to make all required contributions. Beginning on the date
following the date which is two years after the Executive’s
Date of Termination, the Company shall provide the Executive and
his
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spouse such retiree coverage
as is then provided to other senior executives of the Company. If
no such coverage is then provided, the Company shall provide the
Executive and his spouse medical coverage comparable in scope and
cost with that provided to active employees, which coverage shall
cease upon the earlier of the date upon which the Executive becomes
eligible for Medicare or becomes eligible for coverage under
another employer’s medical plan; and
(iii) Equity Awards shall
become vested for an additional number of shares equal to the
number of shares subject to the Equity Award(s) (if any) that would
have vested on the next anniversary of the Date of Grant if the
Executive had remained employed until such date (the
“Subsequent Tranche”), multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which equals the number of days elapsed from the
vesting date immediately preceding termination of the
Executive’s employment through the Executive’s Date of
Termination and the denominator of which equals 365, plus the
Subsequent Tranche; subject in all circumstances to the maximum of
the total number of shares subject to the Equity Award(s) as of the
Date Termination ; and
(iv) to the extent not
theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or
provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to
be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive
under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or
agreement (other than any severance plan, program, policy or
practice or contract or agreement) of the Company and its
affiliates (such amounts and benefits, the “ Other
Benefits ”) in accordance with the terms and normal
procedures of each such plan, program, policy or practice, based on
accrued benefits through the Date of Termination.
Except with respect to payments and
benefits under Sections 5(a)(i)(A)(l), 5(a)(i)(A)(2) and 5(a)(iii),
all payments and benefits to be provided under this
Section 5(a) shall be subject to the Executive’s
execution and non-revocation of a release in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A , with such revisions as may be mutually
agreed to by the Executive and the parties thereto.
(b) Cause; Other than for
Good Reason . If the Executive’s employment shall be
terminated for Cause or if the Executive terminates his employment
without Good Reason during the Employment Period, this Agreement
shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive other
than the obligation to pay or provide to the Executive an amount
equal to the amount set forth in clauses (1), (2), and (except in
the event of a termination by the Company for Cause) (3) of
Section 5(a)(i)(A) above, and the timely payment or provision
of the Other Benefits.
(c) Death . If the
Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the
Executive’s death during the Employment Period, this
Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the
Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other
than the obligation to pay or provide to the Executive’s
beneficiaries the Obligations and the timely payment or provision
of the Other Benefits.
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(d) Disability . If
the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the
Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, this
Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the
Executive, other than the obligation to pay or provide to the
Executive the Obligations and the timely payment or provision of
the Other Benefits, including any applicable disability
benefits.
6. Change in Control
Benefits . If at any time following a Change in Control (as
defined below) the Executive’s employment is terminated other
than for Cause, death or Disability or he resigns for Good Reason,
the Executive is entitled to receive the following benefits payable
in a lump sum within ten days following the Date of
Termination:
(a) The
Obligations;
(b) three times the greater
of (i) the Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary during
the three years prior to the Change in Control and (ii) the
Executive’s Annual Base Salary on the Date of
Termination;
(c) the amount equal to three
times the highest Annual Bonus, including any bonus or portion
thereof that has been deferred (and annualized for any fiscal year
consisting of less than 12 months or during which the Executive was
employed for less than 12 months), that the Executive received
during the five calendar years prior to the Date of Termination;
and
(d) health, medical, life and
long-term disability benefits for three years comparable to the
Executive’s benefits immediately prior to the Change in
Control, or if the Executive is unable to continue to participate
in the Company’s health, medical, life and long-term
disability plans, the Company will provided the Executive
comparable benefits on an after-tax basis. For purposes of
eligibility for retiree medical benefits pursuant to such plans,
the Executive will be considered to have remained employed until
the earlier of three years after the Date of Termination or the
last day any Company employee may become eligible for such retiree
medical benefits and to have retired on the last day of such
period. The benefits will be no less favorable than as in effect
immediately prior to the Change in Control. The Executive shall be
eligible for COBRA benefits at the end of the three-year period.
Beginning on the date following the date that the Executive is no
longer eligible for coverage under COBRA, the Company shall provide
the Executive and his spouse such retiree coverage as is then
provided to other senior executives of the Company. If no such
coverage is then provided, the Company shall provide the Executive
and his spouse medical coverage comparable in scope and cost with
that provided to active employees, which coverage shall cease upon
the earlier of the date upon which the Executive becomes eligible
for Medicare or becomes eligible for coverage under another
employer’s medical plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Company amends its current Senior Officer Change in Control
Severance Plan or adopts a Change in Control severance plan for
senior officers generally with more generous benefits than the
benefits outlined above, the Executive will be entitled to those
more generous benefits to the extent applicable in lieu of benefits
provided hereunder.
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If the Executive is
terminated by the Company (other than for Cause) within the
nine-month period prior to a Change in Control, but subsequent to
such time as negotiations or discussions which ultimately lead to a
Change in Control have commenced, then the Executive shall be
entitled to receive the benefits listed in Sections 6(a) through
(f) above.
If the Executive becomes
entitled to payments under this Section 6, he will not be
entitled to any payments or benefits under
Section 5.
7. Definition of Change in
Control . The term “ Change in Control ” as
used in this Agreement shall have the same meaning given to such
term under the Freescale Holdings L.P. 2006 Interest
Plan.
8. Change in Control
.
(a) In the event that any
payment or distribution by the Affiliated Group to or for the
benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or
distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise
(a “ Payment ”) is made to the Executive, at a
time when the common stock of the Company or any of its affiliates
is not readily tradeable on an established securities market or
otherwise, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(5)(A)(ii) of
the Code, and it shall be determined that the Payment, would
constitute an “ excess parachute payment ”
within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, the parties
shall use their best efforts to satisfy the “ shareholder
approval requirements ” of Section 280G(b)(5) of the
Code in a manner designed to preserve the full economic benefit to
the Executive of any Payments or other benefits otherwise due to
the Executive.
(b) In the event that any
Payment is made to the Executive, other than at a time when the
common stock of the Company or any of its affiliates is not readily
tradeable on an established securities market or otherwise, within
the meaning of Section 280G(b)(5)(A)(ii) of the Code, and it
shall be determined that the Payment, would constitute an “
excess parachute payment ” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code, the Company shall pay the Executive
an additional amount of cash (the “ Gross-Up Payment
”) such that the net amount retained by the Executive after
deduction of any Excise Tax (as defined below), and any federal,
state and local income tax, employment tax and Excise Tax imposed
upon the Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the Payment. The term
“ Excise Tax ” means the excise tax imposed
under Section 4999 of the Code, together with any interest or
penalties imposed with respect to such excise tax. For purposes of
determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, unless the
Executive specifies that other rates apply, the Executive shall be
deemed to pay federal income tax and employment taxes at the
highest marginal rate of federal income and employment taxation in
the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and
state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of
taxation in the state and locality of the Executive’s
residence on the Executive’s Date of Termination, net of the
maximum reduction in federal income taxes that may be obtained from
the deduction of such state and local taxes.
(c) All determinations to be
made under this Section 8 shall be made by the Company’s
independent public accounting firm immediately prior to the
transaction subject to
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Section 280G of the Code or another
independent public accounting firm selected by the Company prior to
such date (the “ Accounting Firm ”). The
Accounting Firm shall provide its determinations and any supporting
calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 20 days
after the transaction subject to Section 280G of the Code. Any
such determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the
Company and the Executive.
(d) The Executive shall
notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue
Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the
Company of a Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as
soon as practicable but no later than ten business days after the
Executive knows of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the
nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested
to be paid. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the
expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which the
Executive gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period
ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such
claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing
prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest
such claim, the Executive shall:
(i) give the Company any
information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such
claim,
(ii) take such action in
connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall
reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without
limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such
claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company,
(iii) cooperate with the
Company in good faith in order to contest such claim effectively,
and
(iv) permit the Company to
participate in any proceedings relating to such claim;
provided, however, that the Company
shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including
additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such
contest and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an
after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax, income tax or employment tax,
including interest and penalties, with respect thereto, imposed as
a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses.
Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this
Section 8, the Company shall control all proceedings taken in
connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or
forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearing and
conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim and
may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive to pay the tax
claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any
permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such
contest to a termination before any administrative tribunal, in a
court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts,
as the Company shall determine. If the Company directs the
Executive to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall
advance the amount of such payment to the Executive on an
interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold the Executive
harmless, on
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an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax,
income tax or employment tax, including interest or penalties with
respect thereto, imposed with respect to such advance or with
respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance. Any
extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of
taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which
such contested amount is claimed to be due shall be limited solely
to such contested amount. The Company’s control of the
contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up
Payment would be payable hereunder, and the Executive shall be
entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue
raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing
authority.
(e) If, after the receipt by
the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to this
Section, the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with
respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the
Company’s complying with the requirements of subsection
(c)) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund,
together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes
applicable thereto. If, after the receipt by the Executive of an
amount advanced by the Company pursuant to this Section 8, a
determination is made that the Executive shall not be entitled to
any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not
notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such
denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such
determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be
required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset,
to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to
be paid.
(f) All of the fees and
expenses of the Accounting Firm in performing the determinations
referred to in subsections (b), (c) and (d) above shall
be borne solely by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Accounting Firm from any and all claims, damages
and expenses resulting from or relating to its determinations
pursuant to subsections (b), (c) and (d) above, except
for claims, damages or expenses resulting from the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Accounting Firm.
(g) The Company shall pay the
Gross-Up Payment as and when the related Excise Tax is incurred.
The Gross-Up Payment shall be paid in accordance with section 409A
of the Code, to the extent applicable. If required in order to
comply with section 409A of the Code, (i) the Gross-Up Payment
attributable to payments other than severance compensation and
benefits described in Section 5 or 6 shall be paid in a lump
sum payment upon the closing of the transaction subject to
Section 280G of the Code and (ii) the Gross-Up Payment
attributable to severance compensation and benefits shall be paid
in a lump sum payment on the first day on which severance
compensation is paid pursuant to Section 5 or 6. If the amount
of a Gross-Up Payment cannot be fully determined by the date on
which the applicable portion of the Payment becomes subject to the
Excise Tax (“ Payment Date ”), the Company shall
pay to the Executive by the Payment Date an estimate of such
Gross-Up Payment, as determined by the Accounting Firm, and the
Company shall pay to the Executive the remainder of such Gross-Up
Payment (if any) as soon as the amount can be determined, but in no
event later than 20 days after the payment date.
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9. Full Settlement .
In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other
employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the
amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of
this Agreement and such amounts shall not be reduced as a result of
a mitigation duty whether or not the Executive obtains other
employment. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company
shall pay directly to the Executive all reasonable legal fees and
expenses reasonably incurred by the Executive in connection with
the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement, and the Company
shall reimburse the Executive for all legal costs and expenses
reasonably incurred (and documented in invoices) in connection with
any dispute under this Agreement, so long as the Executive
substantially prevails in such dispute. In addition, the Company
shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax
basis, for any income tax, and all other applicable taxes imposed
as a result of the Company’s payment of any legal fees
contemplated herein in connection with the preparation and
negotiation of this Agreement.
10. Covenants
.
(a) Confidential
Information . The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity
for the benefit of the Affiliated Group, all secret or confidential
information, knowledge or data relating to the Affiliated Group and
its businesses (including, without limitation, any proprietary and
not publicly available information concerning any processes,
methods, trade secrets, research or secret data, costs, names of
users or purchasers of their respective products or services,
business methods, operating procedures or programs or methods of
promotion and sale) that the Executive obtains during the
Executive’s employment by the Affiliated Group that is not
public knowledge (other than as a result of the Executive’s
violation of this Section 10(a)) (“ Confidential
Information ”). The Executive shall not communicate,
divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during
or after the Executive’s employment with the Affiliated
Group, except with the prior written consent of the Company, or as
otherwise required by law or legal process or as such disclosure or
use may be required in the course of the Executive performing his
duties and responsibilities as the Chief Executive Officer, a
director, and Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions,
if the Executive is required to disclose any such confidential or
proprietary information pursuant to applicable law or a subpoena or
court order, the Executive shall promptly notify the Company in
writing of any such requirement so that the Company or the
appropriate member of the Affiliated Group may seek an appropriate
protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance
with the provisions hereof. The Executive shall reasonably
cooperate with the Company or the appropriate member of the
Affiliated Group to obtain such a protective order or other remedy.
If such order or other remedy is not obtained prior to the time the
Executive is required to make the disclosure, or the Company waives
compliance with the provisions hereof, the Executive shall disclose
only that portion of the confidential or proprietary information
which he is advised by counsel in writing (either his or the
Company’s) that he is legally required to so disclose. Upon
his termination of employment with the Affiliated Group for any
reason, the Executive shall promptly return to the Company all
records, files, memoranda, correspondence, notebooks, notes,
reports, customer lists, drawings, plans, documents, and other
documents and the like relating to the business of the Affiliated
Group or containing any trade secrets relating to the Affiliated
Group or that the Executive uses, prepares or comes into contact
with during the course of the Executive’s
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employment with the Affiliated Group,
and all keys, credit cards and passes, and such materials shall
remain the sole property of the Company and/or the Affiliated
Group, as applicable. The Executive agrees to execute any
standard-form confidentiality agreements with the Company that the
Company in the future generally enters into with its senior
officers.
(b) Work Product and
Inventions . The Affiliated Group and/or its nominees or
assigns shall own all right, title and interest in and to any and
all inventions, ideas, trade secrets, technology, devices,
discoveries, improvements, processes, developments, designs, know
how, show-how, data, computer programs, algorithms, formulae, works
of authorship, works modifications, trademarks, trade names,
documentation, techniques, designs, methods, trade secrets,
technical specifications, technical data, concepts, expressions,
patents, patent rights, copyrights, moral rights, and all other
intellectual property rights or other developments whatsoever
(collectively, “ Developments ”), whether or not
patentable, reduced to practice or registrable under patent,
copyright, trademark or other intellectual property law anywhere in
the world, made, authored, discovered, reduced to practice,
conceived, created, developed or otherwise obtained by the
Executive (alone or jointly with others) during the
Executive’s employment with the Affiliated Group, and arising
from or relating to such employment or the business of the
Affiliated Group (whether during business hours or otherwise, and
whether on the premises of using the facilities or materials of the
Affiliated Group or otherwise). The Executive shall promptly and
fully disclose to the Affiliated Group and to no one else all
Developments, and hereby assigns to the Affiliated Group without
further compensation all right, title and interest the Executive
has or may have in any Developments, and all patents, copyrights,
or other intellectual property rights relating thereto, and agrees
that the Executive has not acquired and shall not acquire any
rights during the course of his employment with the Affiliated
Group or thereafter with respect to any Developments.
(c) Nonsolicitation of
Affiliated Group Employees . The Executive shall not, at any
time during the Nonsolicitation Restricted Period (as defined in
this Section 10(c)), other than in the ordinary exercise of
his duties while serving as Chief Executive Officer, without the
prior written consent of the Affiliated Group, directly or
indirectly, solicit, recruit, or employ (whether as an employee,
officer, agent, consultant or independent contractor) any person
who is or was at any time during the previous 12 months, an
employee, representative, officer or director of any member of the
Affiliated Group. Further, during the Nonsolicitation Restricted
Period, the Executive shall not take any action that could
reasonably be expected to have the effect of directly encouraging
or inducing any person to cease their relationship with any member
of the Affiliated Group for any reason. This Section 10(c)
shall not apply to (i) recruitment of employees for the
Affiliated Group, or (ii) the Executive’s personal
administrative staff who perform secretarial-type functions.
Additionally, a general employment advertisement by an entity of
which the Executive is a part will not constitute solicitation or
recruitment. The “ Nonsolicitation Restricted Period
” shall mean the period from the Effective Date through the
second anniversary of the Executive’s termination of
employment with the Affiliated Group.
(d) Noncompetition —
Solicitation of Business . During the Noncompetition Restricted
Period (as defined in this Section 10(d)), the Executive shall
not, either directly or indirectly, compete with the business of
the Affiliated Group by (i) becoming an officer, agent,
employee, partner or director of any other corporation, partnership
or other entity, or otherwise
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render services to or assist or hold an
interest (except as a less than 3-percent shareholder of a publicly
traded corporation or as a less than 5-percent shareholder of a
corporation that is not publicly traded) in any Competitive
Business (as defined below), or (ii) soliciting, servicing, or
accepting the business of (A) any active customer of any
member of the Affiliated Group, or (B) any person or entity
who is or was at any time during the previous twelve months a
customer of any member of the Affiliated Group, provided that such
business is competitive with any significant business of any member
of the Affiliated Group. “ Competitive Business
” shall mean any person or entity (including any joint
venture, partnership, firm, corporation, or limited liability
company) that conducts a business that is competitive with any
significant business of the Affiliated Group as of the date of
termination (or any significant business that is being actively
pursued as of the date of termination by the Affiliated Group). The
“ Noncompetition Restricted Period ” shall mean
the period from the Effective Date through the second anniversary
of the date of termination of the Executive’s
employment.
(e) Assistance . The
Executive agrees that during and after his employment by the
Affiliated Group, upon request by the Company, the Executive will
assist the Affiliated Group in the defense of any claims, or
potential claims that may be made or threatened to be made against
any member of the Affiliated Group in any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative
or otherwise (a “ Proceeding ”), and will assist
the Affiliated Group in the prosecution of any claims that may be
made by any member of the Affiliated Group in any Proceeding, to
the extent that such claims may relate to the Executive’s
employment or the period of the Executive’s employment by the
Affiliated Group. The Executive agrees, unless precluded by law, to
promptly inform the Company if the Executive is asked to
participate (or otherwise become involved) in any Proceeding
involving such claims or potential claims. The Executive also
agrees, unless precluded by law, to promptly inform the Company if
the Executive is asked to assist in any investigation (whether
governmental or otherwise) of any member of the Affiliated Group
(or their actions), regardless of whether a lawsuit has then been
filed against any member of the Affiliated Group with respect to
such investigation. The Company agrees to reimburse the Executive
for all of the Executive’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
associated with such assistance, including travel expenses and any
attorneys’ fees and shall pay a reasonable per diem fee for
the Executive’s service. In addition, the Executive agrees to
provide such services as are reasonably requested by the Company to
assist any successor to the Executive in the transition of duties
and responsibilities to such successor. Any services or assistance
contemplated in this Section 10(e) shall be at mutually agreed
to and convenient times.
(f) Remedies . If the
provisions of this Section 10 should ever be adjudicated to
exceed any maximum time, geographic, service or other limitations
permitted by applicable law in any jurisdiction, then such
provisions shall be deemed reformed in such jurisdiction to the
maximum limitations permitted by applicable law. The Executive
acknowledges that the provisions of this Section 10 are, in
view of the nature of the business of Company and members of the
Affiliated Group, reasonable and necessary to protect the
legitimate interests of the Company and members of the Affiliated
Group and that any violation of this Section 10 may result in
irreparable injury to the Company or members of the Affiliated
Group entitling the Company or members of the Affiliated Group to
temporary or permanent injunctive relief, without the necessity of
proving actual damages, which rights shall be cumulative with and
in addition to any other rights or remedies to which the Company or
any member of the Affiliated Group may be entitled hereunder or at
law or in equity.
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11. Successors . This
Agreement is binding on and may be enforced by the Company and its
successors and assigns and is binding on and may be enforced by the
Executive and the Executive’s heirs and legal
representatives. The Company shall cause any successor (whether
direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) to all or substantially all or a substantial portion of
its business and/or assets to assume expressly and agree to perform
this Agreement immediately upon such succession in the same manner
and to the same extent that the Company would be required to
perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this
Agreement, “ Company ” shall mean the Company as
defined above and any successor to its business and/or assets as
aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by
operation of law, or otherwise.
12. Miscellaneous .
(a) This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State
of New York; provided, however, that if there is a judicial
determination that the laws of the State of New York shall not be
applicable, the parties agree that this Agreement will be governed
by the laws of the State of Texas. All actions arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined
exclusively in any New York state or federal court sitting the
Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York. The parties hereto
hereby (i) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state
or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of
New York for the purpose of any action arising out of or relating
to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and
(ii) irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by way of
motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that
it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named
courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or
execution, that the action is brought in an inconvenient forum,
that the venue of the action is improper, or that this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by
any of the above-named courts.
(b) Notices under this
Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been given
(i) when personally delivered or (ii) three business days
after mailed by U.S. registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested and postage prepaid, and will be addressed as
follows:
If to the Executive
:
At the most recent address on
file for the Executive at the Company.
With a copy to
:
Heller Ehrman LLP
275 Middlefield
Road
Menlo Park, CA
94025
Attn: Richard Grimm,
Esq.
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If to the Company
:
Freescale Semiconductor,
Inc.
6501 William Cannon Drive
West
Austin, TX 78735
Attention: General
Counsel
With a copy to
:
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
4 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Regina Olshan,
Esq.
or to such other address as either party
shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when
actually received by the addressee.
(c) The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of
this Agreement.
(d) The Company may withhold
from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state
or local income taxes to the extent the same required to be
withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
(e) Subject to the provisions
of Section 4(c), the Executive’s or the Company’s
failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this
Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the
Company may have hereunder, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of
such provision or right or any other provision or right of this
Agreement.
(f) From and after the
Effective Date, this Agreement shall supersede any other employment
agreement or understanding between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof except as otherwise specifically set forth in
this Agreement.
(g) The Company may not issue
a press release or otherwise publicly disclose the
Executive’s employment or potential employment with the
Company without Executive’s consent as to the content and
timing of such disclosure, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(h) The Company represents
that it is has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Agreement on behalf of the Company.
(i) Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, to the extent required by
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended)
(the “Code”),
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amounts that would otherwise be payable
under this Agreement during the six-month period immediately
following the Executive’s termination, shall instead be paid
on the first business day after the expiration of such six-month
period, plus interest thereon, at a rate equal to the applicable
Federal short-term rate (as defined in Section 1274(d) of the
Code) for the month in which such date of termination occurs from
the respective dates on which such amounts would otherwise have
been paid until the actual date of payment. In no event will any
severance payments be made hereunder, unless the relevant
termination of employment constitutes “separation from
service” under Section 409A.
13. Director’s and
Officer’s Insurance; Indemnification .
(a) The Company shall
indemnify the Executive, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, against all costs, charges and expenses incurred or
sustained by the Executive, including the cost and expenses of
legal counsel, in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to
which the Executive may be made a party (i) by reason of the
Executive being or having been an officer, director, or employee of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or
(ii) by reason of Executive being or having been the
Management Representative under the Investors Agreement.
(b) The Executive shall be
covered during the entire term of this Agreement and thereafter for
at least six (6) years by officer and director liability
insurance in amounts and on terms similar to that afforded to other
executives and/or directors of the Company or its affiliates, which
such insurance shall be paid by the Company.
14. Section 409A
. If it is determined that any amount due the Executive under the
terms of this Agreement has been structured in a manner that would
result in adverse tax treatment under section 409A of the Code, the
parties agree to cooperate in taking all reasonable measures to
restructure the arrangement to minimize or avoid such adverse tax
treatment without materially impairing Executive’s economic
rights.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant
to the authorization from their respective Boards of Directors,
each of the Company and GP has caused these presents to be executed
in its name and on its behalf, all as of the day and year first
above written.
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Annex
A
FORM OF FREESCALE HOLDINGS
L.P. AWARD AGREEMENT
FREESCALE HOLDINGS
L.P.
AWARD
AGREEMENT
THIS MANAGEMENT EQUITY AWARD
AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of February
, 2008 (the “Date of
Grant”) by and between Freescale Holdings L.P., a Cayman
Islands limited partnership (the “Partnership”) and
Richard Beyer (the “Executive”).
R E C
I T A L S :
WHEREAS, in connection with
the Executive’s Employment by the Company, the Partnership
intends concurrently herewith to (i) allow the Executive to
become a party to the LP Agreement and (ii) award to the
Executive all of the Class B Interests – 2008 Series (the
“Award”). Upon vesting in accordance with this
Agreement, Unvested Interests shall automatically convert to Vested
Interests for purposes of the LP Agreement and the Investors
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual promises set
forth in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement, intending to be
legally bound, agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms .
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Exhibit
A.
2. Award of Interests
.
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof and subject to the execution by the Executive of
the LP Agreement and the Investors Agreement, the Partnership
hereby allows the Executive to become a party to the LP Agreement
as a Limited Partner having all of the Class B Interests –
2008 Series which will provide the Executive an interest in the
Partnership entitling the Executive to distributions equal to
1.2472% of all distributions in excess of the Partnership 2008 Book
Value (as defined in the LP Agreement) made by the Partnership and
awards such Interests to the Executive, and the Executive accepts
such Interests from the Partnership. No other Class B Interests
– 2008 Series shall be granted to any person other than the
Executive.
(b) In connection with the
grant of the Class B Interests – 2008 Series hereunder,
Executive represents and warrants to the Company as of the date
hereof that:
(i) the Class B Interests
– 2008 Series to be acquired by Executive pursuant to this
Agreement will be acquired for Executive’s own account and
not with a view to, or intention of, distribution thereof in
violation of the Securities Act , or any applicable state
securities laws, and the Class B Interests – 2008 Series will
not be disposed of in contravention of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities laws;
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(ii) Executive is an
executive officer of the Company, is sophisticated in financial
matters and is able to evaluate the risks and benefits of the
investment in the Class B Interests – 2008 Series;
(iii) Executive is an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of
Regulation D of the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(iv) Executive is able to
bear the economic risk of Executive’s investment in the Class
B Interests – 2008 Series for an indefinite period of time
because the Class B Interests – 2008 Series have not been
registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities
laws and are subject to substantial restrictions on transfer set
forth herein, and, therefore, cannot be sold unless subsequently
registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws, or an exemption from such registration is available, and in
compliance with such restrictions on transfer;
(v) Executive has had an
opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the
terms and conditions of the offering of Class B Interests –
2008 Series and has had full access to such other information
concerning the Company as he has requested;
(vi) this Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Executive,
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
3. Vesting Schedule
.
(a) General . Subject
to the Executive’s continued Employment or as otherwise
provided in Section 4 below, the Award shall vest with respect
to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Interests initially
covered by the Award on each of the first, second, third and fourth
anniversaries of the Effective Date.
(b) Change of Control
. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the
contrary, in the event of a Change of Control, all Unvested
Interests shall become Vested Interests.
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4. Termination of
Employment .
(a) General . If the
Executive’s Employment is terminated for any reason, any
Unvested Interests shall (after giving effect to the provisions of
Section 3(b) and this Section 4) terminate upon such
termination of Employment.
(b) For Cause . The
Award (including any Vested Interests and Unvested Interests) shall
terminate upon the Executive’s termination of Employment for
Cause.
(c) Without Cause or for
Good Reason . Upon the Executive’s termination of
Employment by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for
Good Reason, a number of Interests equal to the number of Interests
subject to the Award (if any) that would have become Vested
Interests on the next anniversary of the Effective Date if the
Executive had remained employed until such date (the
“Subsequent Tranche”), multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which equals the number of days elapsed from the
vesting date immediately preceding termination of the
Executive’s Employment through the Executive’s
termination of Employment and the denominator of which equals 365,
shall become Vested Interests, plus the Subsequent Tranche; subject
in all circumstances to the maximum of the total number of
Interests subject to the Award as of the date of such termination
of Employment. Any Interests that remain Unvested Interests after
giving effect to the above provisions of this Section 4(c)
shall terminate immediately effective as of the termination of the
Executive’s Employment.
(d) Death . Upon the
Executive’s termination of Employment due to death, a number
of Interests equal to the Subsequent Tranche multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which equals the number of days elapsed
from the vesting date immediately preceding termination of the
Executive’s Employment through the Executive’s
termination of Employment and the denominator of which equals 365,
shall become Vested Interests, plus, a number of Class B Interests
– 2008 Series equal to two Subsequent Tranches shall become
Vested Interests; subject in all circumstances to the maximum of
the total number of Interests subject to the Award as of the date
of such termination of Employment. Any Interests that remain
Unvested Interests after giving effect to the above provisions of
this Section 4(d) shall terminate immediately effective as of
the termination of the Executive’s Employment.
(e) Disability . Upon
the Executive’s termination of Employment due to Disability,
all Interests subject the Award shall become Vested
Interests.
(f) Retirement . Upon
the Executive’s termination of Employment due to Retirement,
and solely to the extent so determined by the Board, a number of
Interests equal to the Subsequent Tranche multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which equals the number of days elapsed from the
vesting date immediately preceding termination of the
Executive’s Employment through the Executive’s
termination of Employment and the denominator of which equals 365,
shall become Vested Interests; subject in all circumstances to the
maximum of the total number of Interests subject to the Award as of
the date of such termination of Employment. Any Interests that
remain Unvested Interests after giving effect to the above
provisions of this Section 4(f) shall terminate immediately
effective as of the termination of the Executive’s
Employment.
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