EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
ALLIED WASTE
INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”)
and JOHN J. ZILLMER (“Executive”) enter into this
amended and restated Executive Employment Agreement
(“Agreement”) as of this 22 nd day of June, 2008 to set forth the terms and
conditions of Executive’s employment. This Agreement
supersedes any prior employment agreement(s) between the parties.
The parties agree as follows:
1.
Certain Definitions and Understandings . As used in this
Agreement, the following terms have the meanings prescribed
below:
Annual Incentive Compensation is defined in
Section 4.2.
Base Salary is defined in Section 4.1.
Beneficial Owner is defined in Rule 13(d)-3 under the
Exchange Act; provided, however, and without limitation, that any
individual, corporation, partnership, group, association or other
person or entity that has the right to acquire any Voting Stock at
any time in the future, whether such right is (a) contingent
or absolute, or (b) exercisable presently or at any time in
the future, pursuant to any agreement or understanding or upon the
exercise or conversion of rights, options or warrants, or
otherwise, shall be the Beneficial Owner of such Voting
Stock.
Board of Directors (or Board) means the Company’s
Board of Directors.
Cash Termination Excise Tax is defined in
Section 6.6(a).
Cause is defined in Section 5.3.
Change in Control of the Company means one of the following:
(a) the Company merges or consolidates, or agrees to merge or
to consolidate, with any other corporation (other than a
wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company) and is
not the surviving corporation (or survives as a subsidiary of
another corporation), (b) the Company sells, or agrees to
sell, all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or
entity, (c) the Company is dissolved, (d) any third person or
entity (other than Apollo Advisors, L.P., The Blackstone Group
L.P., or a trustee or committee of any qualified employee benefit
plan of the Company) together with its Affiliates shall become (by
tender offer or otherwise), directly or indirectly, the Beneficial
Owner of at least 30% of the Voting Stock of the Company, or
(e) the individuals who constitute the Board of Directors of
the Company as of May 25, 2007 (“Incumbent Board”)
shall cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
Board of Directors; provided, that any person becoming a director
whose election or nomination for election was approved by a
majority of the members of the Incumbent Board shall be considered,
for the purposes of this Agreement, a member of the Incumbent
Board.
Change in Control Date is defined in
Section 6.5.
Change in Control Payment is defined in
Section 6.6(a).
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Internal Revenue
Service thereunder.
Common Stock means the Company’s common stock, par
value $.01 per share.
Company means Allied Waste Industries, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
Compensation Plans is defined in
Section 4.6.
Confidential Information is defined in
Section 7.2.
Continuing Obligations is defined in
Section 3.
Date of Termination means the earliest to occur of
(a) the date of the Executive’s death or (b) the
date specified in the Notice of Termination, in accordance with
Section 5.8.
Disability means an illness or other disability which
prevents the Executive from discharging the essential functions of
his responsibilities under this Agreement, with or without a
reasonable accommodation, for a period of 180 consecutive calendar
days, or an aggregate of 180 calendar days in any calendar year,
during the Term, all as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors (or a committee thereof).
Effective Date means the effective date of this amended and
restated Executive Employment Agreement, which is January 1,
2008, except as may otherwise be provided herein.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Executive means John J. Zillmer (or, as applicable, his
heirs).
Good Reason is defined in Section 5.5.
Gross-Up Payment is defined in
Section 6.6(c).
LTIP means the Company’s Long-Term Incentive
Plan.
Notice of Termination is defined in
Section 5.8.
Paid Leave is defined in Section 4.3.
Retirement is defined in Section 5.7.
Safe Harbor Amount is defined in
Section 6.6(a).
Targeted Annual Incentive Compensation is defined in
Section 4.2.
Term is defined in Section 3.
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Termination of Employment means the Executive’s
separation from service with the Company (whether initiated by the
Executive or by the Company), determined in accordance with
Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulations thereunder
(“Section 409A”).
Unrestricted Payments means those payments to which the
Executive is entitled under Sections 6.2(a)(1), 6.3(a)(1), 6.4(a),
and 6.5(a)(1) of this Agreement.
Voting Stock means all outstanding shares of capital stock
of the Company entitled to vote generally in an election of
directors; provided, however, that if the Company has shares of
Voting Stock entitled to more or less than one (1) vote per
share, each reference to a proportion of the issued and outstanding
shares of Voting Stock shall be deemed to refer to the proportion
of the aggregate votes entitled to be cast by the issued and
outstanding shares of Voting Stock.
Welfare Plans is defined in Section 4.7.
Without Cause is defined in Section 5.4.
In
addition, throughout this Agreement, the parties have defined
certain words and intend for those definitions to apply whenever
the parties have used a defined word in this Agreement. One of the
defined terms is “Company” which means Allied Waste
Industries, Inc. However, the parties expect that some or all of
the Company’s obligations under this Agreement will be
fulfilled through its parent, subsidiary, related, or successor
companies or businesses (which will be called
“Affiliates” in this Agreement). Accordingly, Executive
acknowledges that the discharge of any obligation of the Company
under this Agreement, which may be through the acts of one or more
Affiliates, discharges any such obligation of the Company.
Moreover, the obligations Executive assumes under this Agreement
will be owed to the Company and to its Affiliates. Accordingly, the
parties expressly intend for the Affiliates to be third-party
beneficiaries of the promises made and obligations assumed by
Executive in this Agreement. If, in connection with a Change in
Control (the “Initial Change of Control”), the Company
survives as a subsidiary of another corporation and the other
corporation assumes this Agreement, the term Company for purposes
of this Agreement shall mean such other entity; provided, however,
that (i) the provisions and rights of the Executive with
respect to the Initial Change of Control under this Agreement shall
apply as such provisions and terms exist immediately prior to such
Initial Change in Control notwithstanding the assumption of the
Agreement by such entity, (ii) any subsequent Change in
Control will be determined based upon changes to such entity, and
(iii) years of service as used in this Agreement shall include
years of employment with the Company prior to the Change in Control
and such entity after the Change in Control.
2.
General Duties of Company and Executive .
2.1.
The Company will employ the Executive as its Chief Executive
Officer. The Executive shall also serve as the Chairman of the
Company’s Board of Directors, subject to appointment as a
director by the Board of Directors and subsequent re-election as a
director by the Company’s stockholders, and subject to
election as Chairman and subsequent re-election to that position by
the Board of Directors. The Executive’s authority, duties and
responsibilities shall be those assigned by the Company’s
Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) and
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agreed to by
the Executive. The Executive shall devote reasonable time and
attention during normal business hours to the affairs of the
Company and use his best efforts to perform faithfully and
efficiently his duties and responsibilities. The Executive may
(a) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or
committees, (b) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements
or teach at educational institutions, and (c) manage personal
investments, so long as such activities do not significantly
interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties and
responsibilities.
2.2.
The Executive agrees and acknowledges that he owes a fiduciary duty
of loyalty, fidelity and allegiance to act at all times in the best
interests of the Company and to do no act and to make no statement,
oral or written, which would injure the Company’s business,
its interests or its reputation, except as may be required by
applicable law or regulation. The Executive also agrees that he
shall not knowingly become involved in a conflict of interest with
the Company and, upon discovery of any such conflict, that he will
inform the Company of the conflict and will not allow the conflict
to continue.
2.3.
The Executive agrees to comply at all times with all applicable
policies, rules and regulations of the Company, including but not
limited to, the Company’s Code of Ethics and the
Company’s policies regarding trading in Common Stock, stock
ownership and retention guidelines, and reimbursement of expenses,
as each is in effect from time to time.
3.
Term . The “Term” of this Agreement shall
continue indefinitely until either party terminates this Agreement
pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement, in which case the
Term shall end on the date specified in the Notice of Termination
(or on the Executive’s date of death if termination is due to
the Executive’s death). Neither the termination of this
Agreement nor the consequent end of the Term shall affect the
Company’s obligations under Section 6 of this Agreement
or the Executive’s obligations under Sections 7 through
10 of this Agreement (or under Section 2.3 with respect to the
Company’s policies regarding trading in Common Stock)
(collectively, “Continuing Obligations”).
4.
Compensation and Benefits .
4.1.
Base Salary . As compensation for services to the Company
during the Term, the Company shall pay to the Executive until the
Date of Termination a base salary at the annual rate of Nine
Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($925,000.00), as of
March 1, 2007, or such higher rate as may be determined from
time to time in the discretion of the Board of Directors (or a
committee thereof) (“Base Salary”). Base Salary shall
be payable in equal bi-weekly installments or in accordance with
the Company’s established policy, subject only to such
payroll and withholding deductions as may be required by law and
other deductions that are either applied generally to employees of
the Company for insurance and other employee benefit plans or which
are authorized by the Executive. For all purposes under this
Agreement, the Executive’s Base Salary shall include any
portion thereof which is deferred under any nonqualified plan or
arrangement.
4.2.
Annual Incentive Compensation . In addition to Base Salary,
the Executive shall be eligible to be awarded, for each fiscal year
during the Term until the Date of Termination, annual cash
incentive compensation (either pursuant to an incentive plan or
program of the Company or otherwise) in an amount to be determined
by the Board of Directors
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(or a committee
thereof) in its sole discretion (“Annual Incentive
Compensation”). “Targeted Annual Incentive
Compensation”, earned upon the achievement of one hundred
percent (100%) of the annual target goals for the Executive, shall
be one hundred and fifteen percent (115%) of the Executive’s
Base Salary unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors
(or a committee thereof) in its sole discretion. The
Executive’s actual Annual Incentive Compensation may range
from zero percent (0%) to the maximum percentage of the
Executive’s Base Salary permitted by the terms of the
Company’s annual incentive compensation plan(s), as amended
from time to time. All such Annual Incentive Compensation shall be
payable at a time to be determined by the Board of Directors (or a
committee thereof) in its sole discretion. For all purposes under
this Agreement, the Executive’s Annual Incentive Compensation
shall include any portion thereof which is deferred under any
nonqualified plan or arrangement.
4.3.
Paid Leave . Commencing on the Effective Date and continuing
until the Date of Termination, for each full calendar year in which
the Executive is employed under this Agreement, the Executive shall
be entitled to four (4) weeks Paid Leave during the year
without any reduction in the Compensation to which he is entitled
under this Article 4. For any partial calendar year during
which the Executive is employed under this Agreement, he will be
entitled to a prorated amount of this Paid Leave, based on the
number of weeks worked in the calendar year and pursuant to the
Company’s then current paid leave policy. Because the Company
intends for this Paid Leave to be used by the Executive, so that he
benefits from having time away from his customary employment
duties, the Executive must use the Paid Leave provided under this
Section 4.3, for each calendar year, during the relevant
calendar year for which it is provided. If the Executive does not
use all of the Paid Leave to which he is entitled in any calendar
year, he will forfeit this benefit at the end of that calendar year
and shall have no right to take more than four weeks of Paid Leave
in the following or any subsequent calendar year or to be otherwise
compensated for not having utilized the Paid Leave.
4.4.
Automobile Allowance . Commencing on the Effective Date and
continuing until the Date of Termination, the Executive shall
receive an automobile allowance of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00)
per month (“Automobile Allowance”). The Board of
Directors (or a committee thereof), in its discretion, may increase
the Automobile Allowance based upon relevant
circumstances.
4.5.
Club Membership Dues . Commencing on the Effective Date and
continuing until the Date of Termination, the Executive shall
receive an allowance for monthly membership dues (i.e., the regular
membership fee, and not incidental or ancillary charges such as
food, beverages, rentals, coaching, training, supplies, therapy,
spa, etc.) for a club or organization of Executive’s choice
in the amount of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per month
(“Club Allowance”). The Executive will not be entitled
to this Club Allowance if the Company determines that membership in
the relevant club or organization would violate the letter or
spirit of any Company policy.
4.6.
Incentive, Savings, Retirement and Stock Plans . The
Executive shall be entitled to participate in and be eligible to
receive benefits under all executive incentive, savings,
retirement, deferral, and stock (including any stock option,
restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock and other
stock rights and interests, including derivative interests) plans
and programs currently maintained or hereinafter established by the
Company for the benefit of its
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similarly-situated executive officers
(collectively “Compensation Plans”). The
Executive’s participation in the Compensation Plans shall be
governed by the terms and conditions of those plans. Subject to the
terms of the Company’s stock ownership and retention
guidelines, as adopted and/or amended by the Board of Directors (or
a committee thereof) from time to time, the Executive is expected
to retain fifty percent (50%) of the shares received upon the
exercise of any options or the vesting of any restricted stock
(after netting such shares for the purpose of satisfying the
Executive’s income and payroll tax obligations incurred as
the result of any exercise or vesting event), until such time as he
has accumulated stock with a value of at least three (3) times
the Executive’s Base Salary. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, “Base Salary” shall be during each calendar
year during the Term, the Executive’s Base Salary as of the
first day of such calendar year.
4.7.
Welfare Plans . The Executive shall be eligible to
participate in and shall receive all benefits under each welfare
benefit plan of the Company currently maintained or subsequently
established by the Company for the benefit of its
similarly-situated executive officers. Such welfare benefit plans
may include medical, dental, vision, disability, group life,
accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs
(collectively “Welfare Plans”). The Executive’s
participation in the Welfare Plans shall be governed by the terms
and conditions of those plans.
4.8.
Reimbursement of Expenses . The Executive may from time to
time during the Term incur various business expenses customarily
incurred by persons holding positions of like responsibility,
including, without limitation, travel, entertainment and similar
expenses incurred for the benefit of the Company. The Company shall
reimburse the Executive for all legitimate expenses incurred on the
Company’s behalf, upon the Company’s receipt of proper
documentation for such expenses, provided that reimbursement of the
expenses would not violate the letter or spirit of any Company
policy regarding the reimbursement of such expenses.
4.9.
Indemnification and Insurance. At all times during the term
of this Agreement, and for such additional periods as are provided
for in this Agreement, the Executive shall be covered under the
Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance, if any, and under a separate Indemnity Agreement with
the Company.
5.
Termination . This Agreement may be terminated as
follows:
5.1.
Death . This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon
the death of the Executive.
5.2.
Disability . The Company may terminate this Agreement, upon
written notice to the Executive delivered in accordance with
Sections 5.8 and 11.1, upon the Disability of the
Executive.
5.3.
Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement, upon
written notice to the Executive delivered in accordance with
Sections 5.8 and 11.1, for Cause. For purposes of this
Agreement:
(a) For
any determination of Cause prior to a Change in Control,
“Cause” means (1) the Executive is convicted of,
or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, (i) a
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felony, or
(ii) any other crime involving the Company, (2) the Board
of Directors makes a reasonable, good faith determination that the
Executive has breached any material term of this Agreement,
(3) the Board of Directors makes a reasonable, good faith
determination that the Executive has violated any applicable
policies, rules, or regulations of the Company, including but not
limited to, the Company’s Code of Ethics and the
Company’s policies regarding trading of Common Stock and
reimbursement of expenses, (4) the Board of Directors
determines that the Executive engaged in (i) willful or
deliberate conduct, the result of which exposes the Company to
actual or potential financial or other injury, except as required
by applicable law or regulation, (ii) fraud,
(iii) misappropriation of tangible or intangible property or
funds of the Company, or (iv) embezzlement of Company funds,
(5) the Board of Directors determines that the Executive (i)
willfully or deliberately failed or refused to perform his assigned
duties, except where the performance of such duties would result in
the Executive’s violation of applicable law or regulation,
and (ii) failed to cure his nonperformance within thirty
(30) days of receipt of a written notice from the Board of
Directors setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances of his nonperformance, or (6) the Executive
breached any statutory or common law duty of loyalty to the
Company. For purposes of this Section 5.3(a), a determination
by the Board of Directors is evidenced by a resolution, duly
adopted by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the entire membership of
the Board at a meeting called and held for the purpose of
considering the termination of the Executive’s employment for
Cause, at which the Executive and his representative have the right
to attend and address the Board, finding that, in the good faith
belief of the Board, the Executive engaged in conduct described in
this Section 5.3(a) and specifying the particulars thereof in
reasonable detail. No determination by the Board of Directors will
prevent the Executive from contesting such determination through
arbitration, as provided in Section 11.9 of the
Agreement.
(b)
For any determination of Cause on or after a Change in Control
(including with respect to any events which may have occurred prior
to the Change in Control), “Cause” means (1) the
Executive is convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to,
(i) a felony, or (ii) any other crime involving the
Company, (2) the Executive has breached any material term of
this Agreement, (3) the Executive has violated the
Company’s Code of Ethics and the Company’s policies
regarding trading of Common Stock and reimbursement of expenses,
(4) the Executive engaged in (i) willful or deliberate
conduct, the result of which exposes the Company to actual or
potential financial or other injury, except as required by
applicable law or regulation, (ii) fraud,
(iii) misappropriation of tangible or intangible property or
funds of the Company, or (iv) embezzlement of Company funds,
or (5) the Executive (i) willfully or deliberately failed
or refused to perform his assigned duties, except where the
performance of such duties would result in the Executive’s
violation of applicable law or regulation, and (ii) failed to
cure his nonperformance within thirty (30) days of receipt of
a written notice from the Board of Directors setting forth in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of his
nonperformance. For purposes of this Section 5.3(b), Cause
shall not exist unless the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a
resolution, duly adopted by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the entire
membership of the Board of Directors at a meeting called and held
for the purpose of considering the termination of the
Executive’s employment for Cause, at which the Executive and
his representative have the right to attend and address the Board,
determines that the Executive engaged in conduct described in this
Section 5.3(b) and specifying the particulars thereof in
reasonable detail. No determination by the Board of Directors will
prevent the
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Executive from
contesting such determination through arbitration, as provided in
Section 11.9 of the Agreement.
5.4.
Without Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement
Without Cause, upon written notice to the Executive delivered in
accordance with Sections 5.8 and 11.1. For purposes of this
Agreement, the Executive will be deemed to have been terminated
“Without Cause” if the Executive is terminated by the
Company for any reason other than Cause, Disability, or
death.
5.5.
Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement for
Good Reason, upon written notice to the Company delivered in
accordance with Sections 5.8 and 11.1. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Good Reason” means (a) the assignment
to the Executive of any duties that are materially inconsistent
with the Executive’s duties or responsibilities as
contemplated in this Agreement, including any duties that would
result in the Executive’s violation of applicable law or
regulation, (b) any other action by the Company which results
in a material diminishment in the Executive’s position
(including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements),
authority, duties or responsibilities (provided, however, that a
temporary diminishment, whether material or not, due to the
Executive’s illness or injury, will not constitute grounds
for a termination for Good Reason by the Executive), (c) any
material breach by the Company of any of the provisions of this
Agreement, (d) requiring the Executive to relocate permanently
to any office or location, except in the Phoenix-Scottsdale
metropolitan area, (e) any material reduction, or attempted
material reduction, at any time during the Term, of the Base Salary
or in the aggregate of the compensation or benefits described in
Article 4 of this Agreement (provided, however, that any
change in the targeted percentage for purposes of determining the
Executive’s Annual Incentive Compensation, any change in the
Company’s reimbursement policies, or any change in any
Compensation Plans or Welfare Plans, which affects a majority of
the similarly situated executive officers covered by those policies
or plans, shall not be considered “Good Reason”), or
(f) the Company’s failure to comply, or the
Company’s preventing or impeding the Executive from
compliance, with any legal obligation which would subject the
Executive to any civil or criminal liability, or which would result
in the Executive’s violation of applicable law or
regulation.
5.6.
Without Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this
Agreement Without Good Reason, upon written notice to the Company
delivered in accordance with Sections 5.8 and 11.1. For
purposes of this Agreement, the Executive will be deemed to have
terminated “Without Good Reason” if the Executive
terminates this Agreement for any reason other than Good Reason or
if this Agreement is terminated due to the Executive’s death
or Retirement.
5.7.
Retirement. The Executive may terminate this Agreement upon
Retirement, upon written notice to the Company delivered in
accordance with Sections 5.8 and 11.1. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Retirement” means a voluntary Termination
of Employment by the Executive which occurs on or after the date on
which the Executive completes ten (10) years of service. Years
of service means all twelve (12) consecutive month periods of
employment with the Company, beginning with the Executive’s
initial date of employment with the Company. An involuntary
Termination of Employment (i.e., a Termination of Employment
initiated by the Company for any reason) will not be
considered
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Retirement even
if the Executive has completed ten (10) years of service at
the time the involuntary Termination of Employment
occurs.
5.8.
Notice of Termination . Any termination of this Agreement by
the Company for Cause, Without Cause or as a result of the
Executive’s Disability, or by the Executive for Good Reason
or Without Good Reason or upon Retirement shall be communicated by
a Notice of Termination to the other party. A “Notice of
Termination” means a written notice which (a) indicates
the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon
and (b) if the termination is by the Company for Cause or by
the Executive for Good Reason, 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. The Notice of Termination must specify the Date of
Termination. In the case of a termination by the Company for Cause
or due to the Executive’s Disability or by the Executive for
Good Reason or due to Retirement, the Date of Termination may be as
early as the date notice is given but no later than thirty
(30) calendar days after notice is given, unless otherwise
agreed to in writing by both parties. In the case of a termination
by the Company Without Cause or by the Executive Without Good
Reason, the Date of Termination may be as early as fourteen
(14) calendar days after notice is given but no later than
sixty (60) calendar days after notice is given, unless
otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing. The Notice of
Termination shall also conform with the provisions of
Section 11.1.
6.
Obligations of Company Upon Termination .
6.1.
Cause, Without Good Reason by Executive . If this Agreement
is terminated either by the Company for Cause or by the Executive
Without Good Reason and the Executive has a Termination of
Employment, the Company shall pay to the Executive, in a lump sum
cash payment within thirty (30) days after the Date of Termination,
the aggregate of (a) any unpaid portion of the
Executive’s Base Salary (as in effect on the Date of
Termination) owed as of the Date of Termination and (b) any
accrued but unpaid Paid Leave as of the Date of Termination. The
Company also shall promptly pay or reimburse to the Executive in a
lump sum cash payment within ninety (90) days after the Date
of Termination any costs and expenses (and moving and relocation
expenses, if otherwise agreed to by the Company in writing) paid or
incurred by the Executive which would have been payable under
Section 4.8 of this Agreement if the Executive’s
employment had not terminated, provided that the Executive provides
proper documentation of such costs and expenses within thirty
(30) days after the Date of Termination.
All
other obligations of the Company and rights of the Executive
hereunder (except those described in Section 6.8 of this
Agreement) shall terminate effective as of the Date of Termination;
provided, however, that the Executive’s rights under any
Compensation Plan or Welfare Plan shall be governed by the terms
and provisions of each such plan and are not necessarily severed on
the Date of Termination.
6.2.
Death or Disability . If this Agreement is terminated as a
result of the Executive’s death or Disability and the
Executive has a Termination of Employment:
(a) The
Company shall pay to the Executive (or to his estate, in the event
the Executive is deceased) the following amounts:
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(1)
any unpaid portion of the Executive’s Base Salary (as in
effect on the Date of Termination) owed as of the Date of
Termination, any unpaid portion of the Annual Incentive
Compensation previously awarded to the Executive, and any accrued
but unpaid Paid Leave as of the Date of Termination, in a lump sum
cash payment within thirty (30) days after the Date of
Termination; and
(2)
an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of the
Executive’s Base Salary (as in effect on the Date of
Termination) plus the Executive’s Target Annual Incentive
Compensation for the fiscal year during which the Date of
Termination occurs. If the termination is due to death, this amount
will be paid in substantially equal bi-weekly installments over a
two (2) year period following the Executive’s Date of
Termination. If the termination is due to Disability, this amount
will be paid in substantially equal bi-weekly installments
beginning as of the first payroll date immediately following the
six (6) month anniversary of the Date of Termination and
continuing until the first payroll date immediately following the
two (2) year anniversary of the Date of Termination; provided,
however, that the first payment shall include the amount that would
have been paid prior to the actual first payment date had the first
payment date been the first payroll date immediately following the
Date of Termination. The Company may, to the extent feasible,
purchase insurance to cover all or any part of the obligation
contemplated in this paragraph, and the Executive agrees to submit
to a physical examination and otherwise cooperate with the Company
to facilitate the procurement of such insurance.
(b) The
Company shall pay or reimburse to the Executive in a lump sum cash
payment within ninety (90) days after the Date of Termination
any costs and expenses (and moving and relocation expenses, if
otherwise agreed to by the Company in writing) paid or incurred by
the Executive which would have been payable under Section 4.8
of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not
terminated, provided that the Executive (or his estate) provides
proper documentation of such costs and expenses within thirty
(30) days after the Date of Termination.
(c) The
Company shall continue providing medical, dental, and/or vision
coverage to the Executive and/or the Executive’s spouse and
dependents, equal to that which would have been provided to him
under Section 4.7 if the Executive’s employment had not
terminated, until the earlier of (1) the date the Executive
becomes eligible for any comparable medical, dental, or vision
coverage provided by any other employer, (2) the date the
Executive becomes eligible for Medicare or any similar
government-sponsored or provided health care program (whether or
not such coverage is equivalent to that provided by the Company),
or (3) the fifth anniversary of the Executive’s Date of
Termination; provided that (i) the benefits provided during
the Executive’s taxable year may not affect the benefits
provided to the Executive in any other taxable year (except as
permitted under Section 409A), (ii) reimbursement of any
eligible expenses must be made on or before the last day of the
Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which
the expense was incurred, and (iii) the right to such
continued coverage is not subject to liquidation or exchange for
another benefit.
(d) Whenever
compensation is payable to the Executive under this Agreement
during a period in which he is partially or totally disabled, and
such disability would
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(except for the
provisions of this Agreement) entitle the Executive to disability
income or salary continuation payments from the Company according
to the terms of any plan or program presently maintained or
hereafter established by the Company, the disability income or
salary continuation paid to the Executive pursuant to any such plan
or program shall be considered a portion of (and not in addition
to) the payment to be made to the Executive pursuant to this
Section 6.2. If disability income is payable directly to the
Executive by an insurance company under the terms of an insurance
policy paid for by the Company, the amounts paid to the Executive
by such insurance company shall be considered a portion of the
payment (and not in addition to the payment) to be made to the
Executive pursuant to this Section 6.2.
(e) The
Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as the case may be)
shall continue to vest and, if applicable, continue to be permitted
to exercise, all of the rights and interests awarded to the
Executive under the Company’s stock plans, as if the
Executive were still employed by the Company, for a period of two
(2) years following the Date of Termination (or, if less, for
the remainder of the stated terms of the rights or interests).
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the LTIP, the
Executive’s Awards for the Performance Cycles (as defined in
the LTIP) in effect as of the Date of Termination shall be prorated
in the manner described in Section 8(a) of the LTIP.
(f) The
Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as the case may be)
shall continue to be covered under the Company’s
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, if any,
and under his separate Indemnity Agreement with the Company, as if
the Executive’s employment had not terminated, for a period
of ten (10) years following his Date of Termination (or, in
the case of the Indemnity Agreement, for such longer term as may be
provided for in the Indemnity Agreement).
(g) All
other obligations of the Company and rights of the Executive
hereunder (except those described in Section 6.8 of this
Agreement) shall terminate effective as of the Date of Termination;
provided, however, that except as otherwise specifically modified
by the terms of this Agreement the Executive’s rights under
the Compensation Plans and Welfare Plans shall be governed by the
terms and provisions of those Plans and are not necessarily severed
on the Date of Termination.
6.3.
Good Reason; Without Cause . If this Agreement is terminated
either by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Company Without
Cause (other than in connection with a Change in Control as
described in Section 6.5) and the Executive has a Termination
of Employment:
(a) The
Company shall pay to the Executive the following
amounts:
(1)
any unpaid portion of the Executive’s Base Salary (as in
effect on the Date of Termination) owed as of the Date of
Termination, any unpaid portion of the Annual Incentive
Compensation previously awarded to the Executive, and any accrued
but unpaid Paid Leave as of the Date of Termination, in a lump sum
cash payment within thirty (30) days after the Date of
Termination; and
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(2)
an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of the
Executive’s Base Salary (as in effect on the Date of
Termination) plus the Executive’s Target Annual Incentive
Compensation for the fiscal year during which the Date of
Termination occurs, in substantially equal bi-weekly installments
beginning as of the first payroll date immediately following the
six (6) month anniversary of the Date of Termination and
continuing until the first payroll date immediately following the
two (2) year anniversary of the Date of Termination; provided,
however, that the first payment shall include the amount that would
have been paid prior to the actual first payment date had the first
payment date been the first payroll date immediately following the
Date of Termination.
(b) The
Company shall pay or reimburse to the Executive in a lump sum cash
payment within ninety (90) days after the Date of Termination
any costs and expenses (and moving and relocation expenses, if
otherwise agreed to by the Company in writing) paid or incurred by
the Executive which would have been payable under Section 4.8
of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not
terminated, provided that the Executive (or his estate) provides
proper documentation of such costs and expenses within thirty
(30) days after the Date of Termination.
(c) The
Company shall continue providing medical, dental, and/or vision
coverage to the Executive and/or the Executive’s spouse and
dependents, equal to that which would have been provided to the
Executive under Section 4.7 if the Executive’s
employment had not terminated, until the earlier of (1) the
date the Executive becomes eligible for any comparable medical,
dental, or vision coverage provided by any other employer,
(2) the date the Executive becomes eligible for Medicare or
any similar government-sponsored or provided health care program
(whether or not such coverage is equivalent to that provided by the
Company), or (3) the fifth anniversary of the
Executive’s Date of Termination; provided that (i) the
benefits provided during the Executive’s taxable year may not
affect the benefits provided to the Executive in any other taxable
year (except as permitted under Section 409A),
(ii) reimbursement of any eligible expenses must be made on or
before the last day of the Executive’s taxable year following
the taxable year in which the expense was incurred, and
(iii) the right to such continued coverage is not subject to
liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
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