AGREEMENT
Agreement made as of the 1st day of
June 2009 (the “Execution Date”) by and between Icahn
Enterprises LP, Icahn Capital, L.P. (the “Employer”),
and Keith Meister (the “Employee”). The
obligations of the Employer hereunder shall be joint and several
obligations of the Employer and Icahn Enterprises
L.P. Unless otherwise defined herein (including in
Section 20 hereof) a capitalized term used herein shall have the
meaning attributed to it in the Prior Employment Agreement (as
defined below), the Letter (as defined in Section 20) or the
exhibits thereto.
RECITALS:
Employee is a party to a series of
agreements with Carl C. Icahn and his Affiliates including the
following: An Agreement dated as of December 31, 2004,
which was subsequently amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1
effective as of January 1, 2006, letter agreements dated June 1,
2005, March 14, 2006, April 11, 2006, February 1, 2007 and April
19, 2007, an Amendment in Relation to Management Fee Participation
dated August 8, 2007, an Amendment to Agreement dated December 31,
2004 which is dated January 1, 2008 (the “Special Profits
Amendment”) an Amendment in Relation to Section 409A of The
Internal Revenue Code dated December, 2008 (the “Section 409A
Amendment”) and various agreements of partnership and limited
partnerships (all of the foregoing together with all other
partnership, limited liability company and other agreements
relating to the employment and other service relationship of
Employee with any of the Icahn Group (other than any
confidentiality agreement or indemnity agreement) collectively, the
“Prior Employment Agreement”).
Pursuant to the Prior Employment
Agreement, Employee was entitled to receive: (a) base
salary, (b) bonus payments, as well as (c) a participation (subject
in part to vesting) in incentive allocations and (d) an amount (the
“ Management Fee Participation ”) equal to a
portion of the Management Fees earned by the Management Company
from certain funds to which the Management Company provided
management services, including Icahn Partners LP (“Icahn
Partners”), Icahn Fund Ltd., Icahn Fund II Ltd. and Icahn
Fund III Ltd. (together with the Master Funds ( as defined below)
the “Existing Funds”) and, pursuant to the Special
Profits Agreement, certain payments relating to Special Profits
Interest Allocations (as defined in the documents of each
applicable Existing Fund).
Pursuant to the Prior Employment
Agreement, payment of a portion of Employee’s Management Fee
Participation with respect to each of the 2005, 2006 and 2007
calendar years was deferred and payable, together with hypothetical
gains and losses thereon (collectively, the “Deferred
Amounts”) as if invested in the Master Fund, Master Fund II
and Master Fund III (together, the “ Master Funds
”), on January 30, 2012, subject to earlier payment upon a
Terminating Event, as set forth in Section 12 and Schedule A of the
Prior Employment Agreement as amended by the Section 409A
Amendment.
Pursuant to a Management
Contribution, Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of
August 8, 2007 between Icahn Management LP (the “Management
Company”) and Icahn Capital Management LP, the Management
Company assigned to Icahn Capital Management LP, effective as of
August 8, 2007, all of its right, title and interest in the Prior
Employment Agreement, and Icahn Capital Management LP assumed and
agreed to perform the liabilities and obligations of the Management
Company under the Prior Employment Agreement, other than
liabilities and obligations arising prior to August 8, 2007,
including the liabilities and obligations of the Management Company
arising prior to August 8, 2007 with respect to Employee’s
deferred Management Fee Participation (all such obligations arising
prior to August 8, 2007, including those relating to the portion of
such Management Fee Participation arising prior to August 8, 2007,
the “Retained Obligations”). Such
obligations of Icahn Capital Management LP were assumed by
Employer.
The purpose of this Agreement is to
terminate the Prior Employment Agreement (while preserving, as set
forth herein, the rights of Employee in the Deferred Amounts and
certain of the Fund GP’s Special Profit Interests
Allocations), to provide for certain payments to Employee relating
to the Prior Employment Agreements, and to set forth a new
arrangement between Icahn Enterprises, certain of its subsidiaries,
and Employee.
The employment of Employee hereunder
is not for any specific time period and the word “Term”
as defined in this Agreement, is utilized to set forth the effects
of the cessation of such employment at any particular time and not
to provide any obligation of employment by either party for any
definite period of time.
In addition to the Existing Funds,
Employer is currently planning to create a new investment vehicle
(which may have an on-shore and off-shore counterpart) commonly
known as a hedge fund (such on- and off-shore counterparts of such
fund collectively, the “New Fund”). Employer
currently expects that the New Fund generally will have the
characteristics set forth in Exhibit A to the Letter
(“Exhibit A”), but all matters concerning the terms and
structure of the New Fund are subject to change or abandonment at
any time in the sole discretion of Employer.
Employer and its Affiliates may also
organize and operate other hedge funds in addition to the New Fund
and the Existing Funds (such hedge funds, other than the New Fund
and the Existing Funds, collectively, the “Additional
Funds”) and Employee will, at the request of Employer,
provide services to such Additional Funds to the extent required by
this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto, desiring to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
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Termination of Prior Employment
Agreements . In
consideration for the payments to be made pursuant to Section 2
below, effective as of the Execution Date, the Prior Employment
Agreement (other than the Surviving Partnership Relationship (as
defined below) which shall survive only to the extent set forth in
Section 2 (d) below) (and other than Employee’s right to
payment of the Deferred Amounts, as set forth in Section 2(b) and
Exhibit B) is hereby terminated in all respects and shall be null
and void and have no further force or effect and all rights and
interests of the parties thereunder are hereby terminated and the
right and interests of the Employee in all payments, Profit
Participation, interests in any partnership, limited liability
company or other entity contemplated in the Prior Employment
Agreement or relating thereto, are hereby extinguished in all
respects.
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Payments
to Employee In Respect of Prior Employment Agreement
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Cash
Payment . On
June 1, 2009 Employer shall pay to Employee $3,197,054.60 (in
respect of 100% of non-deferred Incentive Allocation (vested and
unvested through April 30, 2009), plus $972,602.74 (less
withholding) in respect of prorated $1 million annual
bonus). 100% of non-deferred Incentive Allocation
(vested and unvested from May 1, 2009 through May 31, 2009) will be
paid promptly (on or about June 20, 2009) following the
determination thereof. Such Incentive Allocation
payments will be paid from Icahn Onshore LP and Icahn Offshore LP
and will reduce the capital account of Employee in such
partnerships with respect to Incentive Allocations to
zero.
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Deferred
Management Fees . The
aggregate value of the Deferred Amounts of the Management Fee
Participation in which Employee has an interest under the Prior
Employment Agreement equals $3,813,669.73 as of April 30, 2009 (of
which as of April 30, 2009, $3,446,450.72 is attributable to
Retained Obligations and $ 367,219.01 is attributable to management
fees accruing on or after August 8, 2007) and as of the date of
this Agreement Employee is, and shall be deemed to be, 100% vested
in such amounts. The Deferred Amounts shall continue to
be deferred in accordance with the terms of the Prior Employment
Agreement, as memorialized in Exhibit B to the Letter
(“Exhibit B”), and the right of Employee in such
Deferred Amounts, and any right to receive payment thereof, shall
be governed exclusively by the terms of this Section 2(b) and the
terms of Exhibit B. Until the payment of such Deferred
Amounts, such amounts shall continue to be indexed to the return of
the Master Fund, Master Fund II and Master Fund III, as applicable
(or in certain circumstances U.S. Treasury obligations) as set
forth on Exhibit B.
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Special
Profits Interests .
Pursuant to Section 5 of the Special Profits Amendment amending
Section 9(i) of the Prior Employment Agreement for all periods on
or after January 1, 2008, Employee is entitled to receive 2.5% of
the Fund GP Net Special Profits Interests Allocations allocated to
the Fund GP’s (as such terms are used in Section 3 of the
Special Profits Amendment) during the period from January 1, 2008
until the last day of the “Term” (in this single
instance, as “Term” is defined in the Prior Employment
Agreement). As of April 30, 2009 the amount that would
be allocable to Employee if each applicable Existing Fund had
sufficient Net Increase to make such allocation is $532,850.97 with
respect to Icahn Partners; $ 1,114,186.87 with respect to the
Master Fund, $ 233,085.54 with respect to Master Fund II and $
97,805.30 with respect to Master Fund III (each such amount, an
“Accrued Amount”), it being understood that such
Accrued Amount fluctuates from time to time because the amounts in
each Special Profits Memorandum Account (as defined under the
documents of each applicable Existing Fund) on which such
Accrued Amount is based, are treated as if they are
invested in the applicable Existing Fund and so fluctuate with the
value of the investments of such fund. The dollar amount
of each Accrued Amount at any particular time, after taking into
account such fluctuations in value, and as reduced by any payments
contemplated in the following paragraph (in each case to the extent
attributable to such Accrued Amount) is referred to, individually
herein as a “Employee Special Interest
Amount.” Employee is and shall be deemed to be,
100% vested in such amounts.
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In satisfaction of the payments that
would be payable under the Prior Employment Agreement as
contemplated in this clause (c) above, Employee will be paid an
amount equal to 2.5% of each of the Fund GP’s Net Special
Profits Interests Allocations that are made by an Existing Fund
with respect to an Employee Special Profits Interest Amount, until
such Employee Special Profits Interest Amount is reduced to zero
(with respect to each such Employee Profits Interest Amount, the
“Accrued Special Profits End Point”). The
parties acknowledge and agree that except for the fact that the
dollar amount of the Accrued Amount may fluctuate after the date
hereof due to investment profits and losses on such amount (and the
reductions due to the payments to Employee contemplated in this
clause (c)) no further Target Special Interest Amounts or other
amounts or allocations shall accrue to Employee pursuant to this
Section (c) after April 1, 2009 (it being understood and agreed
that the Accrued Amount includes the applicable amounts for January
1, 2009 and April 1, 2009).
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Partnership
Interest . Employee shall
continue to be a partner in Icahn Onshore LP and Icahn Offshore LP
(each of such partnerships, “Special Profits
Partnership”) until the Accrued Special Profits End Point
relating to such partnership. The rights of Employee as a partner
shall be limited solely and exclusively, to his right to be paid
the Employee Special Profits Interest Amount (the “Surviving
Partnership Relationship”). At the Accrued Special
Profits End Point the rights of Employee as a partner in the
applicable Special Profits Partnership shall terminate and Employee
shall cease to be a partner in such Special Profits Partnership and
shall have no further right in respect thereof.
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No Other
Rights . Employee
acknowledges and agrees that except for: (i) his right to receive
the payments set forth above in this Section 2: (ii) his right
under any indemnity agreement or obligation; and (iii) the other
rights of Employee expressly set forth in this Agreement, Employee
has no other rights or claims against or relating to, any of the
members of the Icahn Group or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents or representatives of any kind or
character, direct or indirect and any and all such rights and
claims, if any, are hereby waived and released in all
respect.
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Survival . The rights and obligations of
Employee and Employer under this Section 2 will survive any
cessation of Employee’s employment for any reason or no
reason and the provision of Section 12 of this Agreement shall not
apply to this Section 2 in any respect.
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Employment/Title/Benefits
: Subject to the terms of
this Agreement, Employer hereby employs Employee to perform the
duties described in Section 4 below, and Employee hereby accepts
such employment. Employee’s title shall be Senior
Managing Director of Employer and of the Existing Funds as well as
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Icahn Enterprises G.P.
Inc. and Principal Executive Officer of Icahn Enterprises G.P.
Inc. Until such time as Employee is no longer employed
by Employer hereunder, Employee shall be entitled to paid vacation
annually in accordance with the policies of the Employer and shall
participate in all benefit programs and plans for which he is
eligible, which are made available to all executives.
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Duties . Employee shall be employed to act
as a senior executive officer to provide the types of services he
has previously provided during his employment under the Prior
Employment Agreement to any member of the Icahn Group as may be
requested by Carl C. Icahn or the Board of Icahn Enterprises G.P.
Inc. including but not limited
to: (i) providing, performing and reviewing
equity, debt, credit, transaction and investment analysis and
research; (ii) providing advice and performing duties regarding
structuring, financing and conduct of business and
activities; (iii) engaging in raising funds and conducting ongoing
investor relations; and (iv) otherwise providing his expertise in
connection with investment, business and financing and investor
relations activities.
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So long as Employee remains employed
by any member of the Icahn Group and at all times thereafter
Employee agrees that he will (i) not resign as a director of any
public corporation on whose board he is currently serving or on
which, during his employment hereunder he begins to serve, at the
request of Carl C. Icahn or at the request of any person or entity
included in the Icahn Group and will continue to accept
ongoing appointments and election to such boards for a period of 2
years following the last day of his employment by any person or
entity included in the Icahn Group; and (b) resign from any such
positions within five (5) business days following the request of
Employer that he do so.
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Base
Salary .Until such
time as the Employment of Employee hereunder ceases, Employee will
be paid a salary at the rate of $300,000 per annum (payable every 2
weeks) (the “Base Salary”). Employee is also
currently paid $100,000 per year as the Principal Executive Officer
of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc.
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Profit
Participation/Existing Funds. Subject to all of the terms and provisions of
this Agreement, so long as Employee continues to be employed by
Employer under this Agreement the Employee shall be entitled to be
paid by Employer, as additional salary, an amount equal to 4% of
the Fund GP’s Target Special Profits Interests Amounts (as
defined in the applicable limited partnership agreements of each of
Icahn Partners and each Master Fund) of the limited partners in
each Existing Fund net of the “Fund GP Expenses” (as
defined in Section 20) and 4% of the Incentive Allocations, made by
the following funds: Icahn Partners, Master Fund, Master Fund II,
and Master Fund III (each a “Covered Fund”), in each
case only with respect to Target Special Profits Interests Amounts
accrued and Incentive Allocations allocated, on and after July 1,
2009 and prior to the last day of the employment of Employee
hereunder, which amount will be paid to Employee, as
follows:
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with respect to
Target Special Profits Interests Amounts of the limited partners in
each Existing Fund, such amounts shall be paid to Employee in
advance on the first business day of each calendar quarter (but
only through any such first business day of a quarter day
occurring prior to the last day of Employee’s employment
hereunder), beginning with July 1, 2009, based on Employer’s
good faith estimate of the Fund GP Expenses that will be incurred
by the Fund GPs during such quarter (all of which will be
“trued-up” upon a determination of actual expenses
which shall be calculated as soon as administratively practicable);
and
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with respect to
Incentive Allocations, such amounts shall be paid to Employee only
when such Incentive Allocations are in fact allocated to the
capital account of the general partner of the applicable Covered
Fund (and only if such allocation occurs on or prior to the
last day of Employees employment hereunder).
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provided that if, amounts paid under this Section
6 are at any time required to be returned or otherwise paid over to
any of the Existing Funds or their investors or Affiliates, due to
any miscalculation, mis-estimation or other error, then the
Employee shall be required (within 180 days following written
notice thereof by Employer) to return, its pro rata share of such
amounts so returned or paid over even if such amounts are returned
or paid over following termination of employment of Employee
hereunder and this provision shall survive any termination or
expiration of Employee’s employment hereunder.
Employee is and shall be deemed to
be 100% vested in the rights set forth in this Section
6.
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Profit
Participation/New Fund From and after the date on which at
least an aggregate of $375 million is contributed to the New Fund
(other than amounts contributed by Related
Persons), Employee will participate, as additional
salary, in 6% of the Fund I Income Stream from the New Fund net of
Expenses (as defined in Exhibit A to the Letter) during the Term
(as defined in Section 20), which will be subject to vesting,
payment and termination as set forth in Sections 11 and 12
below. The applicable amount shall be credited to the
Notional Account on the date, during the Term that such amounts are
earned by the Employer or its Affiliates without giving effect to
any deferral elections by the Employer or its Affiliates and
without regard to any potential future “claw backs”;
however, the Notional Account will be subject to the calculations
and changes contemplated in Section 12(k) below.
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Profit
Participation/Additional Funds . Employee will be entitled to
participate as additional salary in any Additional Fund to which he
provides services at the written request of Employer (such
participation as contemplated in this Section 8, the
“Additional Fund Participation”) in an amount equal to
a 6% participation in the income stream, during the Term and a 6%
participation in the management fees, during the Term associated
with that particular fund, such participation in such income stream
to be on terms similar in all material respects to those that apply
to the New Fund as contemplated in Section 7, and such
participation of Employee will be (net of Expenses) credited to the
Notional Account and subject to the vesting, payment and
termination provisions as set forth in Sections 11 and 12
below. Additional Fund Participation in
“management fees” will be net of Expenses and will be
paid as contemplated in Section 9. Any such compensation
will be more fully set forth in detail applicable to such
Additional Fund and contemplating the activities of Employee with
respect thereto, in a letter agreement to be entered into by
Employee and Employer prior to the time such services are to be
rendered. In the absence of such letter agreement
Employee shall not be required to provide such services and
Employee will not be entitled to any compensation with respect to
services he may provide to an Additional Fund, unless the following
sentence applies. At any time the Employer or one of its
Affiliates agrees in writing to pay to Employee such 6%
participation in the income stream associated with such fund as
contemplated above with regard to which Employee is asked to
provide services, then Employee shall be obligated to provide such
services.
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Management Fees The Additional Fund Participation as
contemplated in Section 8 will include participation in
“management fees” to the extent provided in Section 8
(net of Expenses). Although it is not anticipated that
the New Fund will charge management fees, if the New Fund does
charge management fees, Employee will receive 6% of such fees (net
of Expenses)on the same basis as set forth in this Section
9. “Management Fees” will include
“special profits interests” structured like (but
not including) those contemplated under the
Existing Funds of Employer and its Affiliates (other
than management fees or “special profits interests”, if
any, paid by any Related Persons); provided that with
respect to: (i) amount such as “special profits
interests” Employee will participate therein as such amounts
are accrued by Employer or its Affiliates; and (ii) if Employer
elects to defer the receipt of any such fees, Employer shall pay
Employee 6% of such deferred fees (net of Expenses) on the date
such fees would otherwise have been paid. Employee will
be paid any Additional Fund Participation in such fees as they are
paid by the Additional Fund (or at the time they are accrued as
contemplated in clause (i) above with respect to the Additional
Fund or would have otherwise have been paid by the Additional Fund
as contemplated in clause (ii) above). For the avoidance
of doubt, Employee must remain an employee of Employer hereunder
through the date that such management fees are payable to him in
order to be eligible for such payments.
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During the Term, Employee will be
paid from Vested Amounts (as defined below), if any, on each one
year anniversary of the Execution Date, the lesser of: (x) $2
million; and (y) an amount equal to A minus B, where A equals 20%
of the sum of: (i) the Vested Amounts as of such date (after taking
into account any increase in the vested percentage occurring on
such date), plus (ii) all amounts previously paid to Employee
pursuant to this Section 10, and B equals the sum of all amounts
previously paid to Employee under this Section 10. The
aggregate of all payments made under this Section 10 are referred
to herein as the “Section 10 Payments”.
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Vesting . There shall be established a
notional account (the “Notional Account”) to which
shall be added the amounts of Employee’s compensation
contemplated in Sections 7, and 8. The right of Employee
to receive any amounts or payments pursuant to Sections 7 and 8
shall be subject to and limited by, all of the terms and provisions
of this Agreement. Employee shall have no rights to
receive any amounts or payments in respect of the Notional Account
or any amounts deemed to be held therein (other than Section 10
Payments in accordance with Section 10 above) unless, and then only
to the extent that, Employee is vested therein in accordance with
the terms of this Section 11 (taking into consideration any
accelerations expressly provided for in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d)
below) (such amounts so vested, minus any Section 10 Payments; the
“Vested Amount”) and such payments shall only be made
as expressly set forth in Section 10 or 12 hereof. The
Employee’s rights in the Notional Account shall vest 100% on
the Scheduled Expiration Date (as defined in Section 20 below) if
he continues to be an employee of Employer hereunder through that
date. Vesting of the Notional Account shall accelerate
such that the Notional Account shall be 100% vested upon the
occurrence of any of the following events during the
Term:
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the employment
of Employee is terminated by Employer without Cause; or
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Employee
resigns by means of a Permitted Resignation (as defined in Section
17 below); or
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the employment
of Employee is terminated due to Employee’s death or
disability (as contemplated in Section 12(f)); or
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Except as provided in the final
sentence of the paragraph immediately prior hereto (including
clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d)) above), 20% of the Notional Account
will vest on (and only on) each one year anniversary of the
Execution Date and only if Employee continues to be an employee of
Employer hereunder through that date, and no acceleration or other
vesting will occur. All unvested amounts will be
forfeited in all respects by Employee on any cessation of his
employment under this Agreement (after taking into consideration
any accelerations expressly provided for in clause (a), (b), (c) or
(d) above). If Employee resigns (other than by means of
a Permitted Resignation) or if his employment otherwise terminates
as contemplated in Section 12(d) then he will not be entitled to
any payment in respect of any unvested portion of the Notional
Account and his unvested interest therein will not vest and will be
forfeited.
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Power of
Termination . The Employer may terminate the
employment of Employee under this Agreement at any time, with
Cause, or in the sole and absolute discretion of Employer, without
Cause. “Cause” shall mean any of the
following:(a) conviction of any crime (other than traffic
violations and similar minor infractions of law); (b) failure to
follow the lawful directions given by Employer to Employee or the
written policies or procedures adopted by the Employer from time to
time that are made available to Employee; (c) failure to come to
work on a full-time basis, other than on holidays, vacation days,
sick days, or other days off under Employer's business policies;
(d) impairment due to alcoholism, drug addiction or similar
matters; and (e) a material breach of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, any breach of Section 15 or 17 hereof. Prior to
termination for “Cause” as a result of failure as
contemplated in clause (b) or (c) above, Employee shall be given
notice of his activity giving rise to such failure and will have 3
business days to correct such activity; provided that
Employer shall only be required to provide notice under this
sentence one time during any calendar year.
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Payment of
Earned Base Salary . In the event that Employee’s
employment under this Agreement with Employer ceases (whether: (i)
for Cause; (ii) without Cause; (iii) due to death or disability;
(iv) by the action of Employee such as resignation or retirement or
(v) due to Shutdown), the Employee shall be entitled to receive any
Base Salary earned and not yet paid through the date of cessation
of employment and his right to Base Salary shall cease.
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Termination
Without Cause/Permitted Resignation/
Death/Disability/Shutdown . In the event of the cessation of
Employee’s employment under this Agreement due to any of the
matters set forth in Sections 11(a) through (d): (i) the Base
Salary will end immediately; (ii) the Notional Account will be
fully vested and the Employee will be paid within thirty (30) days
following such cessation of employment, the Vested Amounts (which
Vested Amounts will be calculated based on the value of the New
Fund or any Additional Fund at the time of termination taking into
account any “claw backs” 1 that would then be applicable on a hypothetical
termination of the New Fund or any Additional Fund at that time)
and (iii) Employee shall continue to accrue the compensation
provided for in Section 7 above through the Scheduled Expiration
Date (such date being the “End of the 5 Year Period”)
but only on money contributed by third party
investors (other than Related Persons) that have invested such
money in the New Fund prior to the date of such cessation of
employment (subject to the “claw backs”
* and other adjustments consistent with Section
12(k) below) which amount will, notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Agreement, not be paid to Employee until the End
of the 5 Year Period, at which time such amounts will be paid to
Employee within thirty (30) days following the End of the 5 Year
Period.
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Other
Termination . In the event of: (x) a
voluntary termination of employment by Employee (which shall not be
deemed to include a Permitted Resignation) prior to the End of the
5 Year Period, (y) termination by Employer for Cause, or (z)
termination of the Term by virtue of the continuance of the
Employment of Employee under this Agreement through the occurrence
of the Scheduled Expiration Date: (i) the Base Salary
will end immediately; and (ii) the Employee will be paid within
thirty (30) days following such cessation of employment, the Vested
Amounts (which Vested Amounts will be calculated based on the value
of the New Fund or any Additional Fund at the time of cessation of
employment taking into account any “claw backs”
* that would then be applicable on a
hypothetica
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