EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement"), dated as of the __27____ day of
___October___________, 2006 (the "Commencement Date"), between
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and David Fyfe ("Executive").
W I T N
E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company
and Executive are parties to an Employment Agreement, dated as of
August 12, 2002, which was amended by instrument dated as of August
31, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Company
desires to continue the services of Executive and to amend and
restate the Agreement to embody the terms of such continued
employment and to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code");
WHEREAS, the Company
and Executive agree that Executive will continue to have a
prominent role in the management of the business, and the
development of the goodwill, of the Company and its subsidiaries
and will establish and develop relations and contacts with the
principal customers and suppliers of the Company and its
subsidiaries in the United States of America and the rest of the
world and maintain and develop relations with investors in the
Company in both Europe and the USA;
WHEREAS, (i) in the
course of his employment with the Company, Executive will obtain
confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets
concerning the business and operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries in the United States and the rest of the world that
could be used to compete unfairly with the Company and its
subsidiaries; (ii) the covenants and restrictions contained in
Section 7 are intended to protect the legitimate interests of the
Company and its subsidiaries in their respective goodwill, trade
secrets and other confidential and proprietary information; and
(iii) Executive desires to be bound by such covenants and
restrictions; and
WHEREAS, Executive
desires to accept such employment and enter into such amended and
restated Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and for other good and value consideration, the Company
and Executive hereby agree as follows:
1.
Employment.
Agreement
to Employ. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, the Company hereby employs Executive and Executive
hereby accepts such employment by the Company.
(b)
Term of Employment. The Company shall employ Executive pursuant to
the terms of the Agreement for the period commencing on the
Commencement Date and ending on December 31, 2008, unless
Executive's employment with the Company terminates earlier pursuant
to Section 6 below. The period during which Executive is employed
pursuant to the Agreement shall be referred to as the "Employment
Period."
2.
Positions and Duties. During the Employment Period, Executive shall
serve as Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of the Company
and in such other position or positions with the Company or any of
its subsidiaries consistent with the foregoing as the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Board") may from time to time
specify. During the Employment Period, Executive shall have the
duties, responsibilities and obligations customarily assigned to
individuals serving in the position or positions in which Executive
serves hereunder and such other duties, responsibilities and
obligations consistent with such positions as the Board may from
time to time specify. Executive shall devote all of his full
business time to the services required of him hereunder, except for
vacation time and reasonable periods of absence due to sickness,
personal injury or other disability, and shall use his best
efforts, judgment, skill and energy to perform the duties of his
employment in a manner consistent with his position and to improve
and advance the business and interests of the Company and its
subsidiaries. The principal location of Executive's employment
shall be at the Company's office in Jacksonville, Florida, although
Executive understands and agrees that he may be required to travel
from time to time for business reasons. Executive represents that
his employment hereunder and compliance by him with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement will not conflict with or result in
the breach of any other agreement to which he is a party or by
which he may be bound.
3.
Compensation.
(a)
Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Company shall pay
Executive a base salary of $480,690 per year, payable in accordance
with the Company's practices in effect from time to time, but not
less often than monthly. The Board shall review Executive's base
salary annually and may, in its discretion, increase such base
salary if and to the extent it deems appropriate. Executive's
annual base salary payable under this Agreement, as it may be
increased from time to time, is referred to herein as "Base
Salary."
(b)
Incentive Compensation. During the Employment Period, Executive
shall be eligible to participate in the Company's annual incentive
compensation plan for its senior executive officers (the "Annual
Plan"), in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect from time
to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, commencing as of January 1,
2006, the maximum bonus payable to Executive under the Annual Plan
will be 65% of the Base Salary as adjusted from time to
time.
(c)
Payments to Executive. The Base Salary and the bonus payable to
Executive pursuant to the Annual Plan will be paid by the Company
by direct deposit into the banking account designated by Executive
from time to time.
(d)
401(k) Plan Contributions. Each year during the Employment Period,
the Company shall contribute five percent (5%) of Executive's Base
Salary to the Company's 401(k) Plan as a nonelective contribution;
provided, however, that if in any plan year such contribution may
not be made, in whole or in part, because of the legal limitations
on contributions to or under the terms of the Company's 401(k)
Plan, the difference between five percent (5%) of Executive's Base
Salary and the amount contributed by the Company to the Company's
401(k) Plan as a nonelective contribution, less all applicable
withholdings, shall be paid to Executive via payroll, promptly
after the end of the plan year.
(e)
Special Pension Provision. On the earlier of December 31, 2008 or
the date of termination of Executive's employment with the Company
for reasons described in Section 6 (a)(i), (ii), (iv) or (v)
hereto, the Company shall pay to Executive a pension sum of
$100,000 per annum for each of five (5) years, such pension to be
paid in monthly installments. However, if the pension shall become
payable because of the Executive's death prior to Separation from
Service, such pension shall be paid promptly in one lump sum to his
surviving spouse, if any, or his estate if there is no surviving
spouse. If the pension shall become payable for any other reason,
subject to Section 6(f), it shall be paid in monthly installments
commencing as of the first day of the month following the
Executive's Separation from Service. In the event of the
Executive's death following Separation from Service, the six month
delay, if any, in benefit commencement shall be waived and the
balance of any pension payments shall be paid promptly in one lump
sum to his surviving spouse, if any, or his estate if there is no
surviving spouse. Promptly following a Change in Control (as
defined in Section 6(d)), the Company shall promptly pay to the
Executive, in a single lump sum, the amount that remains due to him
pursuant to this Section 3(e) as of such date. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Executive shall not be entitled to any pension payments
under this Section 3(e) if his employment is terminated by the
Company for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason on or prior
to December 31, 2008.
(f)
Overseas Services. The Overseas Benefits Agreement dated as of
August 12, 2002 between the Company and Executive terminated
effective as of December 31, 2005. Nevertheless, the Company shall
continue to make tax equalization payments with respect to the
period ending December 31, 2005 and provide professional advice in
relation to Executive's tax filings in accordance with the Overseas
Benefits Agreement and on the same terms subsequently for any tax
year in which he is liable for taxes in jurisdictions outside of
the United States in relation to his earnings from the Company. The
Company shall pay to or on behalf of the Executive any remaining
taxes and tax equalization payments due for the period to December
31, 2005 no later than the end of the second calendar year
beginning after the calendar year in which Executive's U.S. Federal
income tax return is required to be filed (including extensions)
for the year to which such tax equalization payment relates. Save
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Company
shall not be liable to bear the cost of tax liabilities incurred by
the Executive on income or gains in respect of periods from and
after January 1, 2006. To the extent that the cost of professional
advice is regarded as a taxable benefit, the Company will for the
period of this Agreement gross-up or reimburse all applicable taxes
with the result that Executive receives such advice on a tax free
basis. In the event that Executive's accumulated United States
foreign tax credits are not sufficient to offset any additional tax
liability he incurs due to any of his responsibilities to the
Company and its affiliates outside of the United States which are
taxed by non-United States jurisdictions, the Company shall, no
later than ninety (90) days after separation from service at the
termination of the Employment Period, make a payment to Executive
of non-U.S. taxes on his United States general limitation income
which he has paid or reasonably expects to pay with respect to
income earned during the Employment Period and which, in reliance
on professional advice, he does not expect to credit against his
United States taxes in the five-year period after the Employment
Period. Within thirty (30) days after the Commencement Date, the
Company shall provide Executive with a statement of amounts paid to
or on behalf of Executive in respect of the period beginning
January 1, 2006 and ending on the Commencement Date. In the event
that the Company pays Executive a bonus for 2006 under the Annual
Plan, such bonus shall be reduced by any such amounts in respect of
income or gains accrued from January 1, 2006 which have been borne
by the Company on behalf of the Executive otherwise than by
deduction out of his gross remuneration. If no bonus shall be paid
in respect of 2006, any such amounts which have paid or borne by
the Company shall not be repayable by Executive. The Company shall
withhold all applicable income taxes from all payments described in
this Section 3(f) in accordance with applicable law.
4.
Indemnification. Executive and the Company shall enter into the
Company's Indemnification Agreement for executives of the
Company.
5.
Benefits and Expenses.
(a)
Benefit Plans. During the Employment Period, employee and senior
executive benefits (other than severance benefits), including life,
medical, dental, vision and disability insurance will be provided
to Executive in accordance with the programs, if any, of the
Company available to its senior executives, as in effect from time
to time. Executive will also be entitled to participate in the
Company's 401(k) plan in accordance with the terms
thereof.
(b)
Other Benefits. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be
entitled to five weeks of paid vacation annually and shall also be
entitled to such other benefits and perquisites as may be provided
by Company from time to time to its other senior executive
officers, in accordance with the policies and practices of the
Company as in effect from time to time.
(c)
Business Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Company shall
pay or reimburse Executive for all reasonable expenses incurred or
paid by Executive in the performance of Executive's duties
hereunder, upon presentation of expense statements or vouchers and
such other information as the Company may require, in accordance
with the generally applicable policies and procedures of the
Company as in effect from time to time.
6.
Termination of Employment.
(a)
Early Termination of the Employment Period. Notwithstanding Section
1(b) of the Agreement, the Employment Period shall end upon the
earliest to occur of a termination of Executive's employment (i) on
account of Executive's death, (ii) due to Disability, (iii) by the
Company for Cause (iv) effective as of the date specified by the
Company in a written notice delivered to Executive by the Company
of his termination without Cause, (v) by Executive for Good Reason,
or (vi) effective as of the delivery by Executive of written notice
to the Company of his resignation without Good Reason, provided
that with respect to a termination pursuant to clause (iv), (v) or
(vi), the terminating party must give at least twelve months'
notice to the other party in order for such termination to be
effective. The Company reserves the right to require Executive not
to report to work during the twelve month notice period.
(b)
Benefits Payable Upon Termination. In the event of the early
termination or following the end of the Employment Period pursuant
to Section 6(a), Executive (or, in the event of his death, his
surviving spouse, if any, or his estate if there is no surviving
spouse) shall be paid the type or types of compensation determined
to be payable in accordance with the following table at the times
established pursuant to Section 6(c):
|
|
Earned Salary
|
Vested Benefits
|
Compensation Under the Annual
Plan
|
Severance Payment
|
Payment for Benefit Continuation
|
Special Pension
|
|
Termination due to death
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Payable
|
|
Termination due to Disability
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Payable
|
|
Termination for Cause
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
|
Termination Without Cause
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
|
Resignation for Good Reason
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
|
Resignation by Executive without Good
Reason
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
|
Expiration of Employment Period Without Prior
Termination of Employment with the Company
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Not Payable
|
Payable
|
(c)
Timing of Payments. Any payments due to Executive pursuant to
Section 6(b) shall be paid as follows:
(i)
Earned Salary. Earned
Salary and all accrued but unused paid time off shall be paid
within 14 days after the effective date of termination. Vested
Benefits shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the plan,
policy, practice, program, contract or agreement under which such
benefits have accrued.
(ii)
Severance Payment. If Executive's employment terminates prior to
December 31, 2008 pursuant to Section 6(a)(iv) or (v), the Company
shall pay Executive Severance Payments in accordance with this
Section 6(c)(ii); provided that Executive first executes an
irrevocable general release on a form provided by the Company.
Subject to Section 6(f), each Severance Payment shall be made as of
the last day of each month during the Severance Period (as defined
below). Severance Payments shall cease as of the last day of the
Employment Period, provided, however, that Severance Payments shall
cease immediately if Executive breaches any of the provisions of
Section 7, and if Executive has not yet received any Severance
Payment at the time of such breach, he shall only be
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