Exhibit 10.6
Rodney S. Rougelot Employment
Agreement
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement dated as of July 31,
2006 (“ Agreement ”) is made by and
between Itec Environmental Group, Inc. , a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the “ Company ”), and
Rodney S. Rougelot (“
Executive ”) (referred to collectively herein
as the “ Parties ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company desires to hire Executive and
Executive desires to become employed by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive have determined that
it is in their respective best interest to enter into this
Agreement on the terms and conditions as set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants and promises contained herein, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Nature of
Agreement . Any and all prior oral understandings, offers,
and/or representations (if any) with respect to the employment of
Executive are deemed by the parties to be either canceled and void
and/or are deemed to be superseded by this final written
Agreement.
2.
Employment Terms and
Duties .
2.1.
Term of
Employment . The
employment of Executive under this Agreement shall be deemed to
have commenced on August 1, 2006 or such later date as the company
satisfied to the reasonable satisfaction of Executive the
conditions set for on Schedule 2.1 hereto (the “
Effective Date ”), and shall continue until
terminated in accordance with Section 6 hereof (the “
Employment Term ”).
2.2.
Location
. Executive agrees that he shall
carry out his duties and obligations under the terms of this
Agreement at: (a) such reasonably configured premises within the
State of California as shall be identified by Executive (which
shall, during the Employment Term, be rented by the Company for use
hereunder by Executive), or (b) the Company’s principal
office in Riverbank, California, as reasonably required by the
Company from time to time.
2.3.
Position and Primary
Responsibility .
(a) It is understood that Executive shall serve as
(i) President and Chief Executive Officer, and (ii) as a Director
of the Company. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the Company shall effectuate all such action as
shall be required to procure the appointment of Executive as
President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of the Board
of Directors, of the Company.
(b) Executive, as Chief Executive Officer, shall
have general supervision, direction and control of the business and
affairs of the Company. Accordingly, all officers of the Company
other than the Chief Executive Officer shall perform their duties
under the direction of, and subject to, the authority of the Chief
Executive Officer.
(c) In connection with the employment of
Executive, Executive shall have all of the powers and duties
of the Chief Executive Officer, as prescribed by the Bylaws of the
Company in effect on the date hereof; and, without limitation,
shall have general supervision, direction and control of the
business and affairs of the Company, and of each and every
subsidiary of the Company, and discretionary power, subject to
board approval, to hire officers of the Company and its
subsidiaries. The Company agrees that, during the Employment Term,
neither the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, nor the Bylaws,
of the Company shall at any time be amended in a manner
inconsistent with the foregoing or the additional provisions of
this Agreement.
2.4.
Exclusivity
. Executive agrees to devote his
full time, attention, energies, solely and exclusively in the
performance of his duties under the terms of this Agreement.
However, the expenditure of reasonable amounts of time for
educational, charitable, or professional activities shall not be
deemed a breach of this Agreement if those activities do not
materially interfere with the services required under this
Agreement, and shall not require the prior written consent of the
Company’s Board of Directors. This Agreement shall not be
interpreted to prohibit Executive from making passive personal
investments or conducting private business affairs, or serving on
the boards of directors of other companies or other entities, if
those activities do not materially interfere with the services
required under this Agreement and do not violate Sections 5.1, 9
and 11 of this Agreement.
3.1.
Base Salary
. In consideration for the services
rendered to the Company hereunder by Executive, the Company shall,
during his employment, pay Executive a salary at the annual rate of
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) (as may be adjusted
pursuant to section 3.5, the “ Base Salary
”), less statutory deductions and withholdings, payable to
Executive on a bi-monthly basis. In the event that the Company
hires a chief operating officer (“ COO
”) with an annual base salary that exceeds Two Hundred
Seventy Three Thousand Dollars ($273,000.00), Executive’s
Base Salary shall be increased to be at least 10% more than the
COO’s base salary. For purposes of clarity, in no event shall
Executive’s Base Salary be decreased pursuant to the
preceding sentence.
3.2.
Payment
. All compensation payable to
Executive hereunder shall be subject to all applicable state and
federal employment law(s); it being understood that Executive shall
be responsible for the payment of all taxes resulting from a
determination that any portion of the compensation and/or benefits
paid/received hereunder is a taxable event to Executive; it being
further understood that Executive shall hold the Company harmless
from any governmental claim(s) for Executive’s personal tax
liabilities, including interest or penalties, arising from any
failure by Executive to pay his individual taxes when
due.
3.3.
Reimbursement of
Expenses . During
the Employment Term, the Company shall reimburse Executive for all
reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Executive while
performing his duties under this Agreement in accordance with the
Company’s customary practices for its executive employees,
subject to provision by Executive of documentation reasonably
satisfactory to the Board of Directors. The Company further agrees
to provide Executive with a laptop computer and such other further
technological tools and services as Executive may reasonably
request in performing his duties under this
Agreement.
3.4.
Cash Bonuses
. Executive shall have a bonus
entitlement during each calendar year (or portion thereof) of the
Employment Term of up to one hundred percent (100%) of his Base
Salary for such year (or portion thereof). Within thirty (30) days
of the Effective Date, the Company and Executive shall concur,
within their respective reasonable discretion, on the criteria and
procedures applicable to establishment of Executive’s
entitlement to such amount for the then current calendar year; and,
thereafter, within thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of
each calendar year of the Employment Term, the Company and
Executive shall concur, within their respective reasonable
discretion, on the criteria and procedures applicable to
establishment of Executive’s entitlement to such amount for
the ensuing calendar year. Such criteria shall include, without
limitation: (i) specified revenue targets for the Company during
the applicable period; (ii) specified EBITDA targets for the
Company during the applicable period (as defined pursuant to
consensus between the Company and Executive); and (iii) such
additional specified targets as the Company and Executive mutually
determine. Any such cash bonuses shall be paid by the Company no
later than March 15 of the taxable year commencing after the year
in which the Executive’s right to such payment becomes
vested.
3.5.
Compensation
Review . It is
understood and agreed that Executive’s performance will be
reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors at the end of
each calendar year during which this Agreement is in force for the
purpose of determining whether or not Executive’s Base Salary
and/or cash bonuses should be increased; it being further
understood that the decision to increase Executive’s
compensation shall be at the sole and exclusive option of the Board
of Directors.
(a) The Executive shall be entitled to a
combination of (x) restricted grants of common stock, $.0.001 par
value (“ Common Stock ”), of the
Company and (y) grants of “incentive stock
options” (as defined under Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code
”)), exercisable over a period of ten (10) years after grant
with respect to shares of Common Stock, in the aggregate covering
the lower of (i) eight percent (8%) of the Common Stock Equivalents
(as defined below) or (ii) twenty eight million (28,000,000) shares
of Common Stock (the “ Executive Shares
”) (such number of shares appropriately adjusted for any
subsequent stock dividends, stock splits, combinations,
reclassifications and the like), as required by this Section 3.6
and subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 3.6(d) below on
the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the “
True Up Date ”). Executive shall be entitled
to receive additional equity awards (the “ Additional
Equity Awards ”) in accordance with Schedule
A, attached hereto and incorporated herein. Any Additional
Equity Awards shall be disregarded for all purposes under this
Section 3.6, including, but not limited to any adjustments to the
number of Executive Shares issued or issuable to Executive
hereunder. For purposes hereof, “ Common Stock
Equivalents ” shall mean the number of shares of
Common Stock then outstanding, plus the total maximum aggregate
number of shares that are issuable pursuant to any rights to
subscribe for or purchase, and any options or warrants for the
purchase of, shares of Common Stock, plus the total maximum
aggregate number of shares that are issuable pursuant to any
stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock and any options or warrants therefor (all of the
foregoing calculated after giving effect to the operation of any
and all provisions designed to protect against dilution contained
in securities theretofore issued and other obligations theretofore
entered into by the Company directly or indirectly triggered as a
result of consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder
or any other event or circumstance).
(b) Promptly after the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Company, at its expense, shall engage an
independent appraiser mutually satisfactory to the Company and
Executive, in their respective reasonable discretion, to determine
the fair market value per share (the “ Appraised
Value ”) of Common Stock issuable to Executive under
this Section 3.6, as at the respective dates of issuance of,
respectively, of the Restricted Shares, the Initial Options and the
Additional Options (as those terms are defined below). As soon as
practicable after determination of the initial Appraised Value, but
in any event within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement
(such date of issuance, the “ Original Issue
Date ”) , the Company shall issue and deliver to
Executive the following equity awards:
(x) A number of shares of Common Stock (the “
Restricted Shares ”), as determined by
Executive with an aggregate Appraised Value of up to Seven Hundred
Fifty Thousand ($750,000.00), such shares to be subject to
repurchase by the Company at a purchase price per share equal to
the Taxable Amount Per Share (as defined below). ; “
Taxable Amount Per Share ” shall mean the
quotient obtained by dividing (i) product of (1) the aggregate
amount of income tax that Executive realizes pursuant to applicable
federal, state and local tax laws as a result of receipt of the
Restricted Shares multiplied by (2) Executive’s marginal tax
rate with respect to such income under applicable federal, state
and local tax laws, divided by (ii) the total number of Restricted
Shares issued to Executive (as appropriately adjusted to reflect
stock splits, stock dividends and the like).
(y) If the Restricted Shares do not equal eight
percent (8%) of the Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on the
Original Issue Date, then the Company shall issue incentive stock
options (the “ Initial Options ”)
exercisable, over a period of ten years after grant at a price per
share equal to the Appraised Value per share of Common Stock on the
date of grant, determined by such appraiser as aforesaid,
exercisable for that number of shares of Common Stock (the “
Initial Option Shares ”) equal to the
difference obtained by subtracting (i) the number of Restricted
Shares from (ii) that number of shares equal to eight percent (8%)
of the Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on the Original Issue
Date. The Initial Options shall also be subject to such additional
terms and conditions (without, however, any additional conditions
to exercisability as aforesaid) as shall be mutually acceptable to
the Company and Executive, in their respective reasonable
discretion.
(z) The Restricted Shares and Initial Options (if
any) shall vest on the following schedule (i) the number of
Restricted Shares equal to two percent (2%) of the total number of
Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on the Original Issue Date
shall vest immediately upon issuance (the “ Initially
Vested Shares ”); (ii) if the Financing (as defined
below) is completed prior to the True Up Date, then that number of
Restricted Shares (or all of the remaining unvested Restricted
Shares that Executive then holds if such number is less than two
percent (2%) of the total number of Common Stock Equivalents
outstanding on such date) plus Initial Options (if the remaining
unvested Restricted Shares that Executive then holds is less than
two percent (2%) of the total number of Common Stock Equivalents
outstanding on such date), in the aggregate, equaling two percent
(2%) of the total number of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on
and as of the closing date of the Financing shall vest on such
date; (iii) the number of Restricted Shares (or all of the
remaining unvested Restricted Shares that Executive then holds if
such number is less than two percent (2%) of the total number of
Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on such date) plus Initial
Options (if the remaining unvested Restricted Shares that Executive
then holds is less than two percent (2%) of the total number of
Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on such date), in the
aggregate, equaling two percent (2%) of the total number of Common
Stock Equivalents outstanding on and as of the True Up Date shall
vest on such date and (iv) any remaining unvested Restricted Shares
and Initial Options as of the True Up Date shall vest ratably on a
monthly basis such that all of the remaining unvested Restricted
Shares and Initial Options shall be fully vested on the second
anniversary of the Effective Date (provided that all of the
unvested Restricted Shares and Initial Options shall become fully
vested upon a “Change-of-Control” (as defined
below).
(c) In the event that the Company does not complete
a Financing (as defined below) prior to the True Up Date, Executive
shall forfeit (in accordance with Section 3.6(d)(y) below) rights
to that number of Executive Shares , if any, necessary to reduce
the total amount of Executive Shares subject to this Agreement to
six percent (6%) of the Common Stock Equivalents on the True Up
Date. “ Financing ” shall mean any
transaction or series of transactions that close on or prior to the
True Up Date in which the Company receives at least Eight Million
Dollars ($8,000,000) (or such other amount as mutually agreed upon
dollar amount by the Parties). In addition, the Restricted Shares
other than the Initially Vested Shares shall be subject to an
irrevocable proxy exercisable by the Board of Directors of the
Company (with Executive abstaining) until the earlier to occur of
(i) the closing of the Financing, or (ii) the True Up
Date.
(d) Subject to Section 3.6(c) above, on the True Up
Date the total number of Executive Shares shall be adjusted
pursuant to this Section 3.6(d) (the “ True
Up ”) so that after giving effect to the True Up the
Executive Shares shall represent either (i) eight percent (8%) of
the Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on the True Up Date if the
Financing has closed by such date or (ii) six percent (6%) of the
Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on the True Up Date if the
Financing has not closed by such date.
(x) In the event that Executive is entitled to
receive additional Executive Shares pursuant to the True Up, the
Company shall grant Executive additional incentive stock options
(the “ Additional Options ”)
exercisable, over a period of ten (10) years after grant at a price
per share equal to the fair market value per share of Common Stock
on the date of grant determined by the appraiser as aforesaid, with
respect to a number of shares of Common Stock (the “
Additional Option Shares ”) equal to the
difference, if any, obtained by subtracting (x) the sum of the
number of Restricted Shares plus the Initial Option Shares from (y)
a number of shares that equals eight percent (8%) of the Common
Stock Equivalents outstanding on the True Up Date if the Financing
has closed by such date or six percent (6%) of the Common Stock
Equivalents outstanding on the True Up Date if the Financing has
not closed by such date. The Additional Options shall vest and
become exercisable on a monthly basis such that the Additional
Options shall be fully vested on the second anniversary of the
Effective Date (provided that all such options shall become
immediately exercisable upon a Change-of Control), such options to
be subject to such additional terms and conditions as heretofore
determined with respect to the Initial Options, applied
mutatis mutandis .
(y) In the event that number of Executive Shares
are to be reduced pursuant to the True Up, Executive shall forfeit
Initial Options and/or Restricted Shares representing the right to
purchase the difference obtained from subtracting (x) a number of
shares that equals eight percent (8%) of the Common Stock
Equivalents outstanding on the True Up Date if the Financing has
closed by such date or six percent (6%) of the Common Stock
Equivalents outstanding on such date if the Financing has not
closed by such date from (y) the sum of the number of Restricted
Shares plus the Initial Option Shares. In the event Executive must
forfeit Initial Options or Restricted Shares pursuant to clause (c)
or (d) of this Section 3.6, Executive shall first forfeit
unexercised Initial Options (pro rata across vested and unvested
Initial Options), then, to the extent additional shares must be
forfeited by the Executive to reach the applicable percentage, the
Company shall have the right to repurchase from Executive any
shares issued upon exercise of the Initial Options at a purchase
price equal to the exercise price paid by Executive or Restricted
Shares at the Taxable Amount Per Share, as applicable, and the
Executive shall forfeit, waive or forego any claim of right, title
or interest to such shares.
(e) The Company shall cooperate with the appraiser
selected hereunder in all reasonable respects and furnish to such
appraiser all information and data reasonably requested thereby.
The Company shall further cooperate with Executive in the making by
Executive of a timely election under Section 83(b) of the Code with
respect to the Restricted Shares. Executive shall submit a copy to
the Company of any such election if made.
(f) On or prior to the first anniversary of the
date hereof (or as soon as reasonably practicable following a
termination for Good Reason or Without Cause), the Company shall,
at its expense, register with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to one or more effective registration
statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in the
manner prescribed by Executive, any and all shares now owned or
hereafter acquired by Executive (the “ Registrable
Securities ”), including all Restricted Shares,
Initial Option Shares, Additional Option Shares, and shall maintain
the effectiveness and currency of each such registration statement,
including any related prospectus until the resale of such shares by
Executive or any successor thereof; and shall take all such further
action (including, without limitation, any registration of such
shares under applicable state securities laws and the listing of
such shares on any and all trading markets or stock exchanges as
the Company’s Common Shares may trade from time to time) as
shall permit the resale of such shares, or any portion thereof, as
aforesaid. The Company shall from time to time furnish to Executive
sufficient copies of any such prospectus, and any supplements
thereto, so as to permit the resale of such shares, or any portion
thereof, in the manner prescribed by Executive. In addition, prior
to the grant of the Initial Options, the Company shall enter into
an additional agreement with Executive extending to Executive
incidental registration rights covering the resale of the
Registrable Securities on terms no less favorable to Executive than
have then been extended to any other stockholder of the Company.
The Company shall pay the costs and expenses incurred by Executive
in connection with any such registration, including the reasonable
legal fees and expenses that Executive may incur in connection
therewith. The obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section
3.6(f) are referred to herein as the “ Registration
Obligations .”
(g) On or prior to the True Up Date, the Company
and Executive shall have concurred, in their respective reasonable
discretion, on the terms and conditions of a long-term equity
incentive award program pursuant to which Executive and the other
members of executive management of the Company shall be entitled to
grants of shares of Common Stock based upon achievement of
specified performance objectives.
(h) Prior to the issuance of the Executive Shares,
the Company shall adopt a new equity incentive plan (the “
Equity Plan ”), the terms and scope of which
shall be approved by the shareholders of the Company and sufficient
to provide for the issuance to the Executive Shares, the additional
equity awards contemplated by Schedule A hereto and the Additional
Options.
(i) The Restricted Shares shall be issued pursuant
to a Restricted Stock Agreement, a form of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit C .
4.
Benefits . Within sixty (60) days of the date of this
Agreement, the Company and Executive shall determine, in their
respective reasonable discretion, the terms of the “Welfare
Benefits” (as hereinafter defined) to which Executive shall
be entitled. For purposes hereof, “ Welfare
Benefits ” shall mean medical, prescription and
dental plans, in no event less favorable than those applicable to
any other executive of the Company, and in all events extending to
(x) paid vacation per annum equal to four (4) weeks (accruing
ratably each year) and eleven (11) paid holidays and (y) a
non-accountable monthly allowance of Fifteen Hundred Dollars
($1,500) ( the “Monthly Allowance”
) .
5.1.
Executive
Representations .
Executive hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) His employment with the Company under the terms
of this Agreement will not conflict with any continuing duty(ies)
or obligation(s) Executive has with any other person(s), firm(s)
and/or entity(ies). Executive also represents that he has not
brought to the Company (during the period before or after the
Effective Date of this Agreement) any confidential material(s)
and/or document(s) of any former employer(s), or any confidential
information or property belonging to other(s).
(b) During the Employment Term, he will promptly
disclose to the Board of Directors of the Company any direct
interest (greater than five percent (5%)) he holds in any business
that provides service(s) and/or product(s) to the Company (whether
as a principal, stockholder, lender, employee, director, officer,
partner, venturer, consultant or otherwise).
5.2.
Company
Representations .
The Company hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) The execution and delivery by the Company of
this Agreement, the performance by the Company of its covenants and
agreements under this Agreement, and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. When
executed and delivered by the Company, this Agreement shall
constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company nor the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement will violate any
provision of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws
of the Company or any law, rule regulation, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination, award or other order of any
court, governmental agency or instrumentality binding upon the
Company, or conflict with or result in any breach of or event of
termination or right of acceleration under any of the terms of, or
the creation or imposition of any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any
nature pursuant to, the terms of any contract or agreement to which
the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its
properties or assets is bound. No consent, approval, notice to or
other authorization of any governmental body, agency or
instrumentality, or any other person or entity, is required for the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company (other than notices heretofore timely
delivered).
(c) The Restricted Shares, Initial Option Shares
and Additional Option Shares, when issued and delivered in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, free
and clear of any mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges, liens,
security interests or any charges or encumbrances of any nature
(other than the restrictions on the Restricted Shares expressly
contemplated hereunder). There are no preemptive rights with regard
to the issuance of the Restricted Shares, Initial Option Shares and
Additional Option Shares to the Executive.
(d) The number of shares and type of all
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other
securities of the Company (whether or not presently convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of
the Company) is set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below).
All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
have been issued in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable federal and state securities laws, and none of such
outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights
or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of
the Company. Except as specified in the SEC Reports and
Schedule B , attached hereto and incorporated
herein, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights
to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into
or exchangeable for, or giving any person or entity any right to
subscribe for or acquire, any shares of the Company’s capital
stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which the Company or any subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of capital stock of the Company, or options,
securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of
capital stock of the Company. Except for customary adjustments as a
result of stock dividends, stock splits, combination of shares,
reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications or other
similar events, there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment
provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in
any agreement providing rights to security holders of the Company)
and the issuance of the Restricted Shares, Initial Option Shares
and Additional Option Shares will not, immediately or with the
passage of time, obligate the Company to issue shares of Common
Stock or other securities to any person or entity and will not,
result in a right of any holder of securities to adjust the
exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such
securities.
(e) The Company has filed all reports required to
be filed by it under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “ Exchange Act ”),
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two
years preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials being
collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC
Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid
extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports
prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of the date
hereof, the Company is not aware of any event (other than the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement) that requires the
filing of a Form 8-K after the Effective Date. As of their
respective dates, or to the extent corrected by a subsequent
restatement, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and
none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(f) The financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of
the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement).
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
(“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise
specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and
except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries taken as a whole as of and for the dates thereof and
the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
year-end audit adjustments.
6.
Termination
.
Executive’s employment and
this Agreement (except as otherwise provided hereunder) shall
terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following, at the time
set forth therefor (the “ Termination Date
”):
6.1.
Death or
Disability .
Immediately upon the death of Executive or after six (6) months of
Executive’s inability to perform the essential functions of
his duties, with or without reasonable accommodation (defined under
applicable law), due to a mental or physical illness or incapacity
(“ Disability ”) (termination pursuant
to this Section 6.1 being referred to herein as termination for
“ Death or Disability ”);
6.2.
Termination for Good
Reason . Immediately
following notice of termination for “Good Reason” (as
defined below), specifying such Good Reason, given by Executive
(termination pursuant to this Section 6.2 being referred to as
termination for “ Good Reason ”). As
used herein, “ Good Reason ” means (i)
any reduction in Base Salary or other benefits specified hereunder;
(ii) a substantial diminution or dilution of the responsibilities,
functions and duties attached to the position with the Company held
by Executive; (iii) the Company fails to provide any of the
compensation or other benefits required hereunder; (iv) any
representation made by the Company herein is materially untrue or
the Company otherwise is in material breach of this Agreement; or
(v) the Company and Executive fail to effectuate the matters
contemplated by Sections 3.4, 3.6 or 4 within the respective
periods contemplated thereunder.
6.3.
Voluntary
Termination . Thirty
(30) days following Executive’s written notice to the Company
of voluntary termination of employment other than for Good Reason;
provided, however, that the Company may suspend, with no reduction
in pay or benefits (including, without limitation, bonuses, options
and vesting), Executive from his duties as set forth herein
(including, without limitation, Executive’s position as a
representative and agent of the Company) until the 30 th
day following Notice of Voluntary termination) (termination
pursuant to this Section 6.
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