Exhibit 10.2
Exhibit B
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CHANGE OF CONTROL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT is made by and
between Intermec, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
(the “ Executive ”) as of the
day of
,
20 (the “Effective Date”).
WHEREAS , the Board of Directors of Intermec, Inc. has
determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders to assure that the Company will have the continued
dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility,
threat or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined
below);
WHEREAS , the Board of Directors of Intermec, Inc.
believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction of
the Executive by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks
created by a pending or threatened Change of Control and to
encourage the Executive’s full attention and dedication to
the Company currently and in the event of any threatened or pending
Change of Control, and to provide the Executive with compensation
and benefits arrangements upon a Change of Control which ensure
that the compensation and benefits expectations of the Executive
will be satisfied and which are competitive with those of other
corporations;
WHEREAS , the Company and the Executive are parties to a
Change of Control Employment Agreement dated as of
,
(the “ Original Agreement
”);
WHEREAS , the Company and the Executive desire to amend
and restate the Original Agreement so that this Agreement will
replace the Original Agreement in its entirety;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE
AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Definitions .
1.1 “Accounting
Firm” means (i) the independent certified public accounting
firm serving the Company immediately prior to the Change of Control
Date or (ii) an independent certified public accounting firm
selected by the Executive pursuant to Section 7(c) of this
Agreement.
1.2 “Accrued
Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i) of
this Agreement.
1.3 “Affiliate”
means a Person that Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with Intermec, Inc.
1.4 “Agreement”
means this Amended and Restated Change of Control and Employment
Agreement.
1.5 “Annual Base
Salary” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b)(i) of this
Agreement.
1.6 “Annual Bonus”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b)(ii) of this
Agreement.
1.7 “Benefits”
means Fringe Benefits, Retirement Benefits, and/or Welfare
Benefits.
1.8 “Board” means
the Board of Directors of Intermec, Inc. and its
Successors.
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1.9 “Business
Combination” means a reorganization, merger, or consolidation
or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company.
1.10 “Cause” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5(b) of this Agreement.
1.11 “Change of
Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 2 of this
Agreement.
1.12 “Change of Control
Date” means (i) the effective date of a Change of Control or
(ii) if, the Company terminates the Executive’s employment or
reduces Executive’s Annual Base Salary, Annual Bonus,
Opportunities or Benefits without Cause prior to the effective date
of a Change of Control and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the
Executive that such termination or reduction (A) was at the request
of a third party who had taken steps reasonably calculated to
effect a Change of Control or (B) otherwise arose in connection
with or in anticipation of a Change of Control, then “Change
of Control Date” means the date immediately prior to the date
of such termination or reduction.
1.13 “Company”
means Intermec, Inc., its Successors and its Affiliates.
1.14 “Control”
means (i) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of
the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of a
Person’s then outstanding voting equity generally entitled to
vote in the election of directors (or other participants of the
managing authority) or (ii) acquisition of actual control of the
operations of a Person whether by means of contract or otherwise or
(iii) acquisition of control of a Person through a merger or
consolidation or (iv) acquisition of all or substantially all of a
Person’s assets.
1.15 “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, as the case may be, (ii) if the
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other
than for Cause or Disability, the date on which the Company
notifies the Executive of such termination, and (iii) if the
Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or
Disability, the date of death of the Executive or the Disability
Effective Date, as the case may be; provided, however, that, when
the event of termination occurs in the fourth calendar quarter of
the year, the Date of Termination is January 1 of the following
year.
1.16 “Disability”
means the absence of the Executive from the Executive’s
duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive
business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical
illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a
physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to
the Executive or the Executive’s legal
representative.
1.17 “Disability
Effective Date” means the 30th day after the
Executive’s receipt of the Company’s notice of intent
to terminate the Executive’s employment pursuant to Section
5(a) of this Agreement.
1.18 “Dispute”
means disagreement, dispute, controversy, suit, action, proceeding
or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
interpretation of this Agreement.
1.19 “Effective
Date” has the meaning set forth in the first sentence of this
Agreement.
1.20 “Employment
Period” means the period beginning on the Change of Control
Date and ending on the second anniversary of such Change of Control
Date.
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1.21 “ERISA Sections
601-608” means Sections 601-608 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.22 “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.23 “Excess Parachute
Payment” means an excess parachute payment within the meaning
of IRC Section 280G.
1.24 “Excise Tax”
means the excise tax imposed by IRC Section 4999.
1.25 “Executive”
has the meaning set forth in the first sentence of this
Agreement.
1.26 “Executive’s
Principal Location” means the location where the Executive
was employed on the business day immediately preceding the Change
of Control Date.
1.27 “Fringe Benefit
Plan” means any plan, practice, program or policy maintained
by the Company with respect to fringe benefits, including, without
limitation, tax and financial planning services and payment of
related expenses.
1.28 “Good Reason”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) of this
Agreement.
1.29 “Incentive
Compensation Plans” means incentive (including stock option
or similar incentive plans), savings and retirement plans,
practices, policies and programs maintained by the Company,
including, without limitation, the Management Incentive
Compensation Plan.
1.30 “Incumbent
Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) of this
Agreement.
1.31 “IRC” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.
1.32 “IRC Section
1274(b)(2)(B)” means Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the
IRC.
1.33 “IRC Section 1274
(d)” means Section 1274(d) of the IRC.
1.34 “IRC Section
409A” means Section 409A of the IRC.
1.35 “IRC Section 4980B
means Section 4980B of the IRC.
1.36 “IRC Section
4999” means Section 4999 of the IRC.
1.37 “IRC Interest
Rate” means the applicable federal interest rate provided for
delayed payment in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the IRC.
1.38 “IRS” means the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
1.39 “Management
Incentive Compensation Plan” means the Intermec, Inc.
Management Incentive Compensation Plan (effective for the 1999
fiscal year and thereafter) and any predecessor or successor plans
which provide for the grant of annual cash bonuses or other
short-term cash incentive awards during the last three full fiscal
years prior to the Change of Control Date.
1.40 “Net After-Tax
Benefit” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) of this
Agreement.
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1.41 “Notice of
Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the
specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (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) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than
the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date
(which date will be not more than thirty days after the giving of
such notice).
1.42
“Opportunities” means the opportunity to (i) obtain
regular or special incentive compensation under the Company’s
Incentive Compensation Plans, (ii) obtain regular or special
retirement benefits under the Company’s Retirement Plans,
(iii) save through the Company’s Savings Plans and/or (iv)
obtain regular or special benefits under the Company’s
Welfare Benefit Plans.
1.43 “Other
Benefits” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(iv) of
this Agreement.
1.44 “Outstanding
Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section
2(a)(i) of this Agreement.
1.45 “Outstanding
Company Voting Securities” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a)(ii) of this Agreement.
1.46 “Parachute
Payment” means “parachute payment” within the
meaning of IRC Section 280G.
1.47 “Parachute
Value” means the present value as of the date of the Change
of Control of the portion of the Payment that constitutes a
“parachute payment” under IRC Section 280G(b)(2), as
determined by the Accounting Firm in accordance with IRC Section
280G(b)(2).
1.48 “Payment” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) of this Agreement.
1.49
“Person” has the meaning set forth in Section
2(a) of this Agreement.
1.50 “Plan” means
Fringe Benefit Plan, Incentive Compensation Plan, Retirement Plan,
Savings Plan, Severance Plan, Vacation Plan and/or Welfare Benefit
Plan.
1.51 “Reduced Amount”
means an amount expressed in present value which maximizes the
aggregate present value of Payments without causing any Payment to
be subject to Excise Tax.
1.52 “Repayment Amount”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c) of this
Agreement.
1.53 “Retirement
Benefits” means any compensation a retiree is eligible to
receive under a Retirement Plan.
1.54 “Retirement
Plan” means any qualified or non-qualified defined benefit
retirement plan maintained by the Company, including but not
limited to the Intermec, Inc. Pension Plan, the Intermec, Inc.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan and the Intermec, Inc.
Restoration Plan.
1.55 “Safe Harbor
Amount” means the maximum dollar amount of Payments in the
nature of compensation that are contingent on a Section 280G Change
of Control and may be paid or distributed to the Executive without
imposition of the Excise Tax.
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1.56 “Savings
Plan” means any qualified or non-qualified savings program
maintained by the Company, including but not limited to the
Intermec, Inc. Financial Security and Savings Program.
1.57 “Section 280G
Change of Control” means a change of control within the
meaning of IRC Section 280G.
1.58 “Section 280G
Compensation means compensation within the meaning of IRC Section
280G.
1.59 “SERP”
means any excess or supplemental retirement plan maintained by the
Company.
1.60 “Severance
Plan” means any plan, practice, policy or program under which
the Company provides benefits to employees following the
Company’s termination of their employment.
1.61 “Successor”
means a Person that acquires Control of the Company.
1.62 “Vacation
Plan” means any plan, practice, policy or program maintained
by the Company with respect to employee vacations.
1.63 “Welfare Benefit
Plan” means any welfare benefit plan, practice, policy or
program provided by the Company to its employees (including,
without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability,
salary continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and
travel accident insurance plans and programs)
1.64 “Willful” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5(b) of this Agreement.
2. Change
of Control . For the purpose of this Agreement, the term
“ Change of Control ” means:
(a) An acquisition by any
individual, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (a “ Person
”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30 % or more of either (i)
the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the
“ Outstanding Company Common Stock ”) or (ii)
the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors (the “ Outstanding Company Voting Securities
”); excluding, however, the following acquisitions of
Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting
Securities: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, other
than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion
privilege unless the security being so converted was itself
acquired directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the
Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or
related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company, or (iv) any
acquisition by any Person pursuant to a transaction which complies
with clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (c) of this Section
2; or
(b) Individuals who, as of the
Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “ Incumbent
Board ”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual who
becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the Effective Date
whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s
shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors then comprising the Incumbent Board will be considered as
though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but
provided further, that any such individual whose initial
assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or
threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11
of Regulation 14A
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promulgated under the Exchange
Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board will not
be considered to be a member of the Incumbent Board; or
(c) The approval by the
shareholders of the Company of a Business Combination or if
consummation of such Business Combination is subject, at the time
of such approval by shareholders, to the consent of any government
or governmental agency, obtaining of such consent (either
explicitly or implicitly by consummation); excluding, however, such
a Business Combination pursuant to which (i) all or
substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the
beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior
to such Business Combination will beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, more than 60 percent of, respectively, the outstanding
shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation
resulting from such Business Combination (including, without
limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction
owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership,
immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding
Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as
the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than any employee benefit
plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or
such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) will
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 30 percent or more of,
respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock of the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the
combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of such
corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the
Business Combination, and (iii) at least a majority of the members
of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such
Business Combination will have been members of the Incumbent Board
at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the
action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;
or
(d) The approval by the
stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company.
3.
Employment Period . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to continue the
Executive in its employ, and the Executive agrees to remain in the
employ of the Company for the duration of the Employment
Period.
4. Terms
of Employment .
(a) Position and Duties
.
(i) During the Employment
Period, (A) the Executive’s position (including status,
offices, titles, and reporting requirements), authority, duties,
and responsibilities will be at least commensurate in all material
respects with the most significant of those held, exercised, and
assigned at any time during the 120-day period immediately
preceding the Change of Control Date and (B) the Executive’s
services will be performed at the Executive’s Principal
Location or at any office or location that is 25 miles or less from
the Executive’s Principal Location.
(ii) During the Employment
Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to
which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote
reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the
business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to
discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder,
to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform
faithfully and efficiently
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such responsibilities. During
the Employment Period it will not be a violation of this
Agreement for the Executive to (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 responsibilities as an employee of the Company in
accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood
and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have been
conducted by the Executive prior to the Change of Control Date, the
continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities
similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Change of
Control Date will not thereafter be deemed to interfere with the
performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to the
Company.
(b) Compensation
.
(i) Base Salary .
During the Employment Period, the Executive will receive from the
Company an annual base salary (“ Annual Base Salary
”), (which will be paid at a monthly rate) at least equal to
twelve times the highest monthly base salary paid or payable,
including any base salary which has been earned but deferred, to
the Executive by the Company in the 12-month period immediately
preceding the Change of Control Date. During the Employment
Period, the Annual Base Salary will be reviewed by the Company no
more than 12 months after the last salary increase awarded to the
Executive prior to the Change of Control Date and thereafter at
least annually. Any increase in the Executive’s Annual
Base Salary will not limit or reduce any of the Company’s
other obligations to the Executive under this Agreement. The
Annual Base Salary will not be reduced after any such increase and,
as used in this Agreement, the term “ Annual Base
Salary ” means the Annual Base Salary as so
increased.
(ii) Annual Bonus . In
addition to Annual Base Salary, the Executive will be awarded, for
each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period, an annual
bonus in cash equal to the Target Bonus (as that term is defined in
the Management Incentive Compensation Plan) applicable to the
Executive for the fiscal year, or if the Management Incentive
Compensation Plan is not in effect for such fiscal year, the target
bonus or award which the Executive would earn for such year under
any incentive plan or arrangement in which the Executive
participates or is eligible to participate pursuant to Section
4(b)(iii) assuming the attainment of any performance goals or
similar criteria to the extent necessary for the Executive to
qualify to receive the target award thereunder. The amount
described in preceding sentence is hereinafter called the “
Annual Bonus .”
(iii) Incentive, Savings,
and Retirement Plans . During the Employment Period, the
Executive will be entitled to participate in all Incentive
Compensation Plans applicable generally to other peer executives of
the Company, b