Exhibit 10.19
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT is made on the
1st day of April, 2006 effective as of the 1
st day of January, 2006
BETWEEN :
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(1)
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Ness
Technologies Holdings Ltd.
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Kiryat Atidim,
Tel Aviv
Israel (the
“Company”)
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(2)
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Israeli I.D
050452822
(the
“Executive” )
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WHEREAS, the
Company desires to employ the Executive, and the Executive is
willing to commit himself to be employed by the Company;
and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this
Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of the employment
relationship of the Executive with the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements set forth below, and intending to be legally
bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
Personal Employment Agreement . This
Employment Agreement is the only agreement which shall govern the
relations between the Company and the Executive, and shall
exclusively determine the Executive’s terms of employment by
the Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
parties, and shall not be subject to any other agreements or
arrangements of any kind.
2.
Term . The period of employment of the
Executive by the Company and shall end on December 31, 2008, unless
sooner terminated as provided in Section 5 hereof (such term being
referred to herein as the “Employment Period”);
provided, however, that the Employment Period shall automatically
be extended for successive one year periods unless either of the
parties shall give to the other party written notice of its desire
not to so extend the Employment Period no later than six (6) months
(upon a notice by the Executive) or nine (9) months (upon a notice
by the Company) prior to the expiration of the
Employment Period.
As the
Executive was employed by ATL, a subsidiary of the Company since
June 1981, it is hereby agreed that he will enjoy full continuity
of his social rights and tenure.
(a) During
the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the President
of TSG, and shall provide such other services to the Company as he
shall be requested from time to time by the Company, its parent or
affiliates.
(b) The
Executive agrees to devote all of his working time and efforts to
the performance of his duties for the Company.
(c) The
Executive’s services are included among the positions of
management and the positions requiring a special degree of personal
trust and the Company is not able to supervise the number of
working hours of the Executive. Accordingly, the
provisions of the Hours of Work and Rest Law 1951 will not apply to
the Executive and he will not be entitled to any additional
remuneration whatsoever for his work with the exception of that
specifically set out in this Agreement.
4.
Compensation and Related Matters .
(a)
Monthly Salary . As compensation for the
performance by the Executive of his obligations hereunder, during
the Employment Period, the Company shall pay the Executive a
monthly salary of 70,000 NIS which said sum shall be adjusted in
accordance with the change in the Israeli Consumer Price Index
(CPI) published by the Central Bureau of Statistics or any
alternative agency (the “Monthly
Salary”). It is hereby stated that such adjustment
to the CPI shall be deemed to include any incremental cost of
living addition to which the Executive may become entitled
(תוספות
יוקר), and that the Executive shall not be
entitled to such additions. Once a year the Parties will
review the Executive salary.
(b)
Gross Salary . The Monthly Salary and all
amounts required to be paid to the Executive by law represent the
Executive’s gross salary, and include all of the salary
components and various supplements and benefits and/or all
supplements under any law and/or expansion order and/or any special
or general collective bargaining agreement that may apply to the
relations between the Company and the Executive. It is
hereby acknowledged and agreed that all payments to the Executive
by the Company, including, without limitation, the Monthly Salary
and other benefits and payments of any kind, as provided in this
Agreement are, unless otherwise required by law, stated in gross
figures, and there shall be deducted therefrom all relevant taxes
and/or charges that shall apply to them, at the time of their
payment, pursuant to any applicable law.
(c)
Options . The Executive shall be entitled
to participate in future allocations the options of the
Company’s parent corporation, Ness Technologies Inc.
(“Ness”), according to Ness policy regarding senior
executives and in accordance with an option agreement that shall be
signed and ewhen such allocation is executed. It is
hereby clarified that such options, if and when granted, shall be
at all times subject to the Ness’ Employee Share Option Plan
and the applicable provisions of the Israeli Tax Code and any rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(d)
Expenses . The Company shall promptly
reimburse the Executive for all reasonable business expenses
incurred during the Employment Period by the Executive in
performing services hereunder, including all expenses of travel and
living expenses while traveling on business or at the request of
and in the service of the Company and his home telephone expenses,
provided that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in
accordance with the policies and procedures established by the
Company, including the submission to the Company of appropriate
vouchers or receipts for such expenses.
(e)
Company Car . The Executive shall be entitled to use
a Company car, in accordance with the Company’s policy and as
customary for executives of the Company. In such event,
the Company shall pay all expenses in connection with the car, and
shall reimburse the Executive for all income taxes imposed in
connection with his use of the car.
(f)
Managers Insurance Policy . During the
Employment Period, the Company shall contribute to an insurance
company as part of a Managers Insurance Policy, which shall be the
property of the Company, an amount equal to 13 1/3% of the
Executive’s salary (out of which 5% shall be for provident
funds and 8 1/3% shall serve to cover severance
compensation). Any tax payable in respect of such
contributions to the insurance company shall be paid by the
Executive. In addition, the Company shall deduct from
the salary an amount equal to 5% of the Executive’s salary
and contribute the same to the insurance company for such Managers
Insurance Policy. The aforementioned allocations made by
the Company shall be in lieu of severance pay according to the
Severance Pay Law, 1963. The policy will include
irrevocable instructions of the Company to an automatic transfer of
title in the policy in the event of termination of employment for
any reason.
(g)
Disability Insurance . In addition to the
foregoing, during the Employment Period the Company will bear the
cost of disability insurance with an insurance company, which
secures a monthly payment to the Executive. In any event
the amount paid by the Company for such insurance shall not exceed
2.5% of the Executive’s salary.
(h)
Vacation, Sickness Leave, Convalescence Payments
. The Executive shall be entitled to vacation, sickness
leave and convalescence payments and to compensation in respect of
earned but unused vacation days, determined in accordance with the
Company’s vacation plan but not less than 25 vacation days,
sickness leave days, and convalescence days according to
the Company’s policy. Official state holidays in
Israel shall not be considered as vacation days. The Executive
shall be entitled to all vacation days and sickness leave
accumulated during his employment since 1981
(i)
Medical Examination . The Company shall
pay for one annual medical examination of the Executive
(סקר רפואי
שנתי), to be performed at a medical center
of the Executive’s choice, provided that the cost of such
examination shall not exceed the cost of a similar examination at
the Tel-HaShomer hospital. The Company will pay to a
medical insurance policy of “Zion.”
(j)
Alternative Allocation of Payments . At
the Executive’s request, the Company shall modify the
payments and benefits set forth in this Section 4 by increasing
certain payments and benefits and decreasing others, in accordance
with the Executive’s request, provided, however, that all
such modifications shall not result in any increase to the overall
cost to the Company of the Executive’s employment (including
costs in connection with future entitlements of the Executive or
his heirs).
(k)
Education Fund . The Company shall pay 7.5% of
the Monthly Salary to an education fund account nominated by the
Executive, provided the Executive will contribute 2.5% of his
salary to that account. All sums that are over the
ceiling recognized by the Income Tax Regulations will be
pai