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EXHIBIT 10.13
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is entered into as of July 1, 2006, by
and
between Bluefly, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
and Patrick C.
Barry ("Barry").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the continued
retention of
the services of Barry as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer
of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
WHEREAS, Barry desires to serve the Company as its Chief
Operating
Officer and Chief Financial Officer in accordance with the terms
and conditions
of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
contained in
this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and
Barry agree as
follows:
1. TERM
The Company hereby agrees to employ Barry as the Chief
Operating
Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Barry
hereby agrees to
serve in such capacity, for a term commencing on the date hereof
and ending July
1, 2009, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained
in this
Agreement; provided, however, that if the Company does not
provide Barry with
written notice of its desire not to renew this Agreement at
least 90 days prior
to the end of the then current term (including any one year
renewal term that is
created as a result of this proviso), this Agreement shall
automatically extend
for one year from the end of the then current term.
2. DUTIES
During the term of this Agreement, Barry shall serve as the
Chief
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company
reporting directly
to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and he shall
perform such duties,
and have such powers, authority, functions, duties and
responsibilities for the
Company as are reasonably assigned to him by the Chief Executive
Officer and the
Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") and as are
consistent with the
duties, responsibilities, and activities of a senior executive
officer of the
Company. To the extent that the Company becomes a division or
subsidiary of
another entity, Barry shall report directly to, and have such
powers, authority,
functions, duties and responsibilities as are reasonably
assigned to him by, the
Chief Executive Officer of the division or subsidiary that
currently comprises
the Company or to a senior executive officer of such other
entity. It is
understood that the duties of Barry, should the Company become a
division or
subsidiary of another entity, shall be generally consistent with
his duties
prior to such event, but shall take into account the changes
associated with
running a division or subsidiary, rather than an entire
entity.
The principal location of Barry's employment shall be at the
Company's
principal office which shall be located in the New York City
vicinity (i.e.
within a twenty (20) mile radius of
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Manhattan), although Barry understands and agrees that he will
be required to
travel from time to time for business reasons. Barry shall
devote substantially
all of his business time to the performance of his duties as the
Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company during the
term of this
Agreement. Barry shall not, directly or indirectly, render
professional services
to any other person or entity, without the consent of the
Company's Board of
Directors; provided, however, that nothing contained herein
shall prevent Barry
from rendering any service to any charitable organization or
family business so
long as it does not interfere unreasonably with his duties and
obligations
hereunder.
3. COMPENSATION
For services rendered by Barry to the Company during the term of
this
Agreement, the Company shall pay him a minimum base salary of
three hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) per year ("Base Salary"),
payable in
accordance with the standard payroll practices of the Company,
subject to
increases in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee
of the Board (the
"Compensation Committee"), taking into account merit, corporate
and individual
performance and general business conditions, including changes
in the "cost of
living index."
4. INCENTIVE COMPENSATION/EXCHANGE OF OPTIONS FOR RESTRICTED
STOCK AND DEFERRED STOCK UNITS; NEW GRANT OF DEFERRED STOCK
UNITS
a. Incentive Compensation. For each fiscal year during the
Term,
Barry shall be eligible to receive a performance bonus as
follows: provided that
Barry remains employed with the Company through the last day of
such fiscal
year, Barry will be eligible to earn a performance bonus on the
basis of the
achievement of certain targets to be set for each fiscal year by
the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in its sole
discretion.
b. Exchange of Certain Outstanding Options Held by Barry
for Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Units.
(i) Options Exchanged for Restricted Stock. Barry hereby
forfeits all
of his rights to the options listed on Exhibit A hereto to
purchase shares of
common stock of the Company ("Shares"), and in consideration for
such forfeiture
the Company is simultaneously with the execution of this
Agreement, (x) granting
to Barry a Restricted Stock Award under the Company's 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan
(the "Plan") for 269,965 Shares in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B and (y)
paying to Barry a cash bonus equal to $123,204. The cash bonus
is intended to
compensate Barry for the income taxes payable on the Restricted
Stock Award. The
shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award shall vest in full
on January 1,
2007.
(ii) Options Exchanged for Deferred Stock Unit Award. Barry
hereby
forfeits all of his rights to the options to purchase Shares
listed on Exhibit C
hereto, and in consideration for such forfeiture, the Company
is, simultaneously
with the execution of this Agreement, granting to Barry under
the Plan, a
Deferred Stock Unit Award for and representing 45,837 underlying
Shares under
the Plan in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
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(iii) Additional Deferred Stock Unit Award. Subject to the
approval by
the stockholders of the Company of an amendment to the Plan to
increase the
number of shares available for grant thereunder and the maximum
annual award to
any one participant under the Plan, Barry shall be granted under
the Plan an
additional Deferred Stock Unit Award (the "Supplementary DSUs")
for and
representing 4,062,692 underlying Shares in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
E. The Deferred Stock Units making up the Deferred Stock Unit
Awards referred to
in subparagraphs 4(b)(ii) and 4(b)(iii) of this Agreement are
hereinafter
referred to as the "DSUs".
(iv) Terms of the DSUs. The DSUs are not Shares, but rather a
promise
to deliver actual Shares in the future. The DSUs awarded
hereunder will be
credited to an unfunded, bookkeeping account of the Company
maintained on
Barry's behalf and will be distributable and subject to the
restrictions
contained in the Plan and in the applicable DSU Award.
(A) Vesting of DSUs. The DSUs shall vest as follows: (I)
one-third of the Supplementary DSUs shall vest in four equal
quarterly installments commencing on October 1, 2006 (e.g.,
the first of four equal quarterly vesting periods will begin
on October 1, 2006 so that 25% of such DSUs shall have
vested
as of January 1, 2007) (the "One-Year DSUs"), (II) both (a)
one-third of the Supplementary DSUs and (b) the 45,837 DSUs
issued in exchange for options with a vesting date prior to
August 31, 2007, shall vest in eight equal quarterly
installments commencing on October 1, 2006 (e.g., the first
of
eight equal quarterly vesting periods will begin on October
1,
2006 so that 12.5% of such DSUs shall have vested as of
January 1, 2007) (collectively, the "Two-Year DSUs"), and
(III) one-third of the Supplementary DSUs shall vest in
twelve
equal quarterly installments commencing on October 1, 2006
(e.g., the first of twelve equal quarterly vesting periods
will begin on October 1, 2006 so that approximately 8.33% of
such DSUs shall have vested as of January 1, 2007)
(collectively, the "Three-Year DSUs").
(B) Termination of Employment; Forfeiture. In the event that
Barry's employment is terminated prior to the vesting of any
of such DSUs, unless such termination is a Constructive
Termination or a termination without Cause as such terms are
defined in paragraph 7 below (in which case the vesting
shall
be accelerated as set forth therein), all unvested DSUs as
of
the date of such termination shall be forfeited immediately
by
Barry.
(C) Distribution of DSUs. Subject to paragraph 4(b)(iv)(B),
all of the vested DSUs underlying a Deferred Stock Unit
Award
will be distributable in Shares on the date of distribution
on
the earliest to occur of: (I) (a) with respect to the
One-Year
DSUs only, October 1, 2007, (b) with respect to the Two-Year
DSUs only, October 1, 2008, and (c) with respect to the
Three-Year DSUs only, October 1, 2009, (II) death, (III) the
date on which Barry is "disabled" (as such term is defined
in
Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as
amended ("Code") and the official guidance issued
thereunder),
(IV) subject to paragraph 7(c), the effective date of
Barry's
Constructive Termination or
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termination without Cause, or (V) to the extent provided in
paragraph 8, immediately following a Change of Control (as
defined below) and thereafter.
(D) No Rights as Shareholders. Barry shall not have any
rights
of a Shareholder with respect to the DSUs, including the
right
to vote such shares or the right to receive dividends or
other
distributions made with respect to the shares, until the
Shares underlying the DSUs are distributed to Barry.
However,
if any dividends are paid on the Shares underlying the DSUs,
whether in cash or stock, Barry will be credited with
"Dividend Rights." Such Dividend Rights shall be credited to
Barry's DSU account as follows: Barry shall be credited with
additional DSUs equal to the value of such dividend on the
date such dividend is paid divided by the Fair Market Value
(as determined under the Plan) on the date the dividend is
paid multiplied by the number of DSUs credited to Barry on
the
date the dividend is paid. The Dividend Rights credited to
Barry will be subject to the same restrictions applicable to
the DSUs to which they relate as initially credited to Barry
under this paragraph 4(b).
(E) Tax Withholding. Barry shall be responsible to fulfill
any
withholding tax requirements on the DSUs as specified in the
Plan and as required by applicable law. Barry shall notify
the
Company no later than fifteen business days prior to a
distribution date, as to whether he intends to make a cash
payment to the Company for the withholding amount or would
like the Company to make arrangements for such payment. If
he
elects to have the Company make the arrangements or fails to
provide the required notice, the Company shall satisfy such
withholding tax requirements, through withholding
distribution
of a portion of the DSUs equal to the withholding obligation
based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares already owned
by
Barry on the date of distribution; provided that if the
Company's Board of Directors determines that it would not be
prudent to use the Company's cash flow for such purpose, the
Company shall advise Barry who can then arrange to sell
Shares
for the purpose of satisfying the withholding tax
requirement
prior to the distribution of the applicable Shares.
5. EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AND PERQUISITES
a. During the term of this Agreement, Barry shall be
entitled
to reimbursement of all reasonable and actual out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by
him in the performance of his services to the Company consistent
with corporate
policies, provided that the expenses are properly accounted
for.
b. During each calendar year of the term of this Agreement,
Barry shall be entitled to reasonable vacation with full pay;
provided, however,
that Barry shall schedule such vacations at times convenient to
the Company.
c. During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall
provide an annual allowance of seventeen thousand five hundred
dollars ($17,500)
for the purchase of term life insurance by the Company for the
benefit of Barry
(which shall be in lieu of any other life insurance benefit) and
the purchase of
a supplemental disability insurance policy, which together
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with any other group coverage offered by the Company, provide
for coverage of
the maximum allowable disability benefit. Barry shall be
entitled to participate
in all dental insurance and disability plans, major medical
insurance and other
medical, insurance, and employee benefit plans instituted by the
Company from
time to time on the same terms and conditions as those offered
to other senior
executive officers of the Company, to the extent permitted by
law.
6. NON-COMPETITION; NON-SOLICITATION
a. In consideration of the Incentive Award and severance
benefits hereunder, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, during the
term of this
Agreement and during the "Non-Competition Period" (as defined in
paragraph 6(c)
below) Barry shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Company,
anywhere in the world, directly or indirectly, (i) enter into
the employ of or
render any services to any "Competitive Business" (as defined
below); (ii)
engage in any Competitive Business for his own account; (iii)
become associated
with or interested in any Competitive Business as an individual,
partner,
shareholder, creditor, director, officer, principal, agent,
employee, trustee,
consultant, advisor or in any other relationship or capacity;
(iv) employ or
retain, or have or cause any other person or entity to employ or
retain, any
person who was employed or retained by the Company on the date
of termination of
this Agreement or who had been employed by the Company within
the nine month
period prior to the date of termination of this Agreement,
except if, at the
time of such employment or retention, such person had not been
employed by the
Company during the nine month period immediately preceding such
employment or
retention; or (v) solicit, interfere with, or endeavor to entice
away from the
Company, for the benefit of a Competitive Business, any of its
customers or
other persons with whom the Company has a contractual
relationship. For purposes
of this Agreement, a "Competitive Business" shall mean: (a) any
person,
corporation, partnership, firm or other entity whose primary
business is the
sale or consignment of off-price apparel and/or off-price
fashion accessories;
(b) any division of a person, corporation, partnership, firm or
other entity
(but not the person, corporation, partnership, firm or other
entity itself)
whose primary business is internet based selling or consignment,
and, in either
such case, consists of ten (10) or more brands of off-price
apparel and/or
off-price fashion accessories; or (c) the off-price divisions of
Nordstrom, Saks
Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus or the off-price division of another
retailer of ten
(10) or more brands of apparel and/or fashion accessories.
However, nothing in
this Agreement shall preclude Barry from investing his personal
assets in the
securities of any corporation or other business entity which is
engaged in a
Competitive Business if such securities are traded on a national
stock exchange
or in the over-the-counter market and if such investment does
not result in him
beneficially owning, at any time, more than 3% of the
publicly-traded equity
securities of such Competitive Business.
b. Barry and the Company agree that the covenants of
non-competition and non-solicitation contained in this paragraph
6 are
reasonable covenants under the circumstances, and further agree
that if, in the
opinion of any court of competent jurisdiction, such covenants
are not
reasonable in any respect, such court shall have the right,
power and authority
to excise or modify such provision or provisions of these
covenants as to the
court shall appear not reasonable and to enforce the remainder
of these
covenants as so amended. Barry agrees that any breach of the
covenants contained
in this paragraph 6 would irreparably injure the Company.
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Accordingly, Barry agrees that the Company, in addition to
pursuing any other
remedies it may have in law or in equity, may obtain an
injunction against Barry
from any court having jurisdiction over the matter, restraining
any further
violation of this paragraph 6.
c. The "Non-Competition Period" shall extend for a period of
eighteen months following the end of the term of this Agreement;
provided,
however that, in the event that the Agreement is terminated by
the Company
without "Cause" (as defined in paragraph 7(a)(iv)), or by Barry
pursuant to a
"Constructive Termination" (as defined in paragraph 7(a)(iii)),
the
Non-Competition Period shall expire on the first anniversary of
the termination
of this Agreement (the "Modified Non-Competition Period"); and
further provided
that in the event that during the Non-Competition Period or the
Modified
Non-Competition Period, as the case may be, Barry receives
notice in writing
from the Company of any material breach of any of the covenants
contained in
this paragraph 6 by him and Barry cures such material breach
within 21 days of
the date he receives such notice, then the Company will continue
the Severance
Benefits provided pursuant to paragraph 7(b) below; provided,
that Barry shall
not be entitled to Severance Benefits for periods during which
he was in
material breach of such covenants.
7. TERMINATION
a. This Agreement (other than as specifically stated
herein),
the employment of Barry, and Barry's position as Chief Operating
Officer and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall terminate upon the
first to occur
of:
(i) his death;
(ii) his "permanent disability," due to injury or sickness
for a continuous period of four (4) months, or a
total of eight months in a twelve (12) month period
(vacation time excluded), during which time Barry is
unable to attend to his ordinary and regular duties;
(iii) a "Constructive Termination" by the Company, which,
for purposes of this Agreement, shall be deemed to
have occurred upon (A) the removal of Barry from both
his positions as Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company (it being understood
that the removal of Barry from either such position
shall not be deemed a "Constructive Termination"),
(B) the material breach by the Company of this
Agreement, including any material diminution in the
nature or scope of the authorities, powers,
functions, duties or responsibilities o
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