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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement
(the “AGREEMENT”), dated as of December 18, 2007
and effective as of December 3, 2007 (the “Effective
Date”), is made and entered into by Paul Noack
(“EXECUTIVE”) and HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL OF AMERICA,
INC. (“COMPANY”). The parties to this Agreement agree
as follows:
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Employment At-Will . Subject to each party’s
respective compliance with those obligations required hereunder
upon termination of this Agreement, the Company and Executive
acknowledge and agree that each can terminate the employment
relationship hereunder at any time upon written notice to the
other, with or without prior notice, for any reason or for no
reason. Executive has received no promise of continued employment
or employment for any specific period of time, and no employee of
the Company, including without limitation the Company’s
officers, has the authority to alter the at-will nature of the
employment relationship except in a written employment contract
signed by an authorized Company executive and by Executive. |
Executive
is currently employed by the Company at the Company’s primary
office location in metropolitan Los Angeles, California (the
“Home Location”). It is intended that Executive shall
hereafter (i) relocate his primary place of employment to Hong
Kong (the “Host Location”) at such time as Executive
and the Company mutually determine and agree (the occurrence and
continuation of such event being herein referred to as the
“Relocation”) and (ii) at such time as the period
of the Relocation shall end, Executive shall return to the Home
Location (the occurrence of such event being herein referred to as
the “Return”). Executive’s Relocation shall in
all events be subject to the proper and timely processing of
passport, visa, work permit and other related documents, as well as
medical and Hong Kong government clearances, required of the
Executive in connection with this international assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, during
any period that Executive is seconded by the Company to another
entity, Executive shall not have any authority to negotiate on
behalf of the Company, or to modify or accept contracts on behalf
of the Company or to otherwise bind the Company to any contract
with any third party or to conduct any business in the name of or
on behalf of the Company. Further, any contract presented to
Executive that is intended to bind the Company must be entered into
by a duly authorized officer of the Company located in the
principal business offices of the Company in the United States.
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Duties . Executive shall serve as the Managing Director,
Asia-Pacific Region, with all of the authority, duties and
responsibilities commensurate with such position and such other
duties commensurate with such position as are assigned to Executive
from time to time. Executive shall report to the office of the
President and Chief Operating Officer of Company (currently Greg
Probert). From and after and during the continuation of the
Relocation, Executive shall be based at the Host Location. |
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Compensation, Benefits and Related Matters . |
Base
Salary . Executive shall receive a Base Salary at the per annum
rate of Five Hundred Fifty Thousand US Dollars (US$550,000),
payable bi-weekly to Executive’s U.S. bank account in
accordance with the Company’s payroll procedures.
Additionally, Executive shall receive 20,000 stock appreciation
rights (“SAR”) and 10,000 restricted stock units
(“RSU”) under the Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive
Plan (the “2005 Plan”), which shall vest and otherwise
be governed according to the terms of the 2005 Plan and the
underlying SAR and RSU Unit Award Agreements provided separately to
Executive.
Cost of
Living Allowance . Once Executive’s family relocates to
the Host Location (the “Family Relocation”), Company
shall pay Executive a monthly cost of living allowance equal to
$1,333 USD/month. Such allowance together with certain other
benefits provided to Executive hereunder is herein referred to as a
“HK Perquisite.”
Housing . The Company shall pay the housing rental of
Executive, including the housing deposits, utilities, and telephone
charges as follows: From and after Executive’s Relocation and
until the Family Relocation, the Company will provide housing to
Executive in the form of a two-bedroom, furnished apartment at the
Four Seasons located in Hong Kong. Upon the Family Relocation, the
Company will provide housing in the form of a 4-bedroom unfurnished
apartment having total monthly expense, including utilities and
phone charges, in such reasonable and customary amount as
conditions in Hong Kong require and as shall be mutually agreed and
approved by the Company and Executive. In each such case, the
underlying lease, utilities and phone charges shall be in the
Company name and the Company shall pay the utilities, phone and
landlord directly. All amounts advanced for deposits shall be
returned to Company at the conclusion of the rental. Such payments
and provisions for housing together with certain other benefits
provided to Executive hereunder are also herein referred to as a
“HK Perquisite.”
While
Executive is residing in the two-bedroom apartment (i.e., before
the Family Relocation), he shall receive a $500 monthly
differential payment for food, daily expenses and other
incidentals. Such monthly payment together with certain other
benefits provided to Executive hereunder is also herein referred to
as a “HK Perquisite.”
Dependent Education Reimbursement . Upon the Family
Relocation and Executive’s children’s enrollment in
school, the Company shall reimburse Executive the reasonable cost
of tuition fees for each child under age 18; provided, however,
that such schooling reimbursement shall be only for the equivalent
of kindergarten through 12 th grade. Additionally,
Company shall reimburse Executive for the cost of ancillary fees
for books, local transportation (such transportation to be only by
school bus or mass transit (i.e., subway, public bus)) and, if
required, uniforms. Such reimbursement payments and provisions for
educational needs together with certain other benefits provided to
Executive hereunder are also herein referred to as a “HK
Perquisite.”
Transport Expenses . From and after the Family Relocation,
Company shall provide Executive a car for use in the performance of
his duties. The car will be the customary vehicle for locals of
Executive’s position with lease payments not to exceed $1,750
USD/month. Such provision of said auto allowance together with
certain other benefits provided to Executive hereunder is also
herein referred to as a “HK Perquisite.”
Bonus . Executive is eligible to participate in the
Company’s Senior Management Bonus Incentive Plan. Payouts are
discretionary, but if made, are based against specific objectives
set through Company’s Performance Management Program
(Management By Objectives) for both Executive and Company. The
bonus payment is at the discretion of the senior executives of
Company. The payout target for your position shall not be less than
50% of your calendar year ending Base Salary.
Long
Term Incentive Plan . Executive shall be eligible and entitled
to participate in the Company’s long term incentive plan for
senior executive employees, if any. The size, form and timing of
grants, if any, shall be consistent with competitive practice,
internal positions responsibilities, and subject to the joint
approval of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company as well as
the Company’s Compensation Committee serving under its Board
of Directors.
Vacation . Executive shall receive all Hong Kong public
holidays and shall also be entitled to four (4) weeks vacation
leave per year to be taken at a mutually convenient time or times.
If not so taken, Executive shall be entitled to accrue and carry
over any unused vacation to future years up to a maximum of ten
(10) weeks of paid vacation; it being intended that once such
maximum amount of vacation time is so accrued, no additional
vacation will accrue to Executive until such time as
Executive’s vacation accrual drops below an aggregate of ten
(10) weeks. In no event will Executive’s vacation
accrual exceed ten (10) weeks. Additionally, the Company will
provide business class travel for one home leave trip per year for
Executive and accompanying immediate family dependents (five
tickets total) to visit Executive’s point of origin Los
Angeles, California in the United States (“Home
Location”). If possible, Executive should schedule his trip
to the Home Location to coincide with a business trip. Such
provision of such travel accommodations together with certain other
benefits provided to Executive hereunder is also herein referred to
as a “HK Perquisite.”
Health
Benefits and Insurance Coverage . Executive and
Executive’s qualified dependents shall be entitled to
participate in or receive benefits under each benefit plan or
arrangement made available by the Company to its most senor
executives (including its President and Chief Operating Officer)
but specifically excluding its Chief Executive Officer) including
without limitation, those relating to group medical, dental,
vision, long-term disability, Directors and Officers liability
insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life
insurance, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms,
conditions and overall administration of such plans and subject to
the Company’s right to modify, amend or terminate any such
plan or arrangement with or without prior notice. Executive shall
be entitled to participate in the Company’s 401K program and
the Company’s Deferred Compensation program. To the extent
that any such benefit plan is not available in the Host Location,
the Company shall provide Executive and qualified immediate
dependents with a reasonable alternative coverage plan for benefits
similar to that provided to US-based employees at Executive’s
level.
Tax
Tax
Service . While on assignment to the Host Location, Executive
will pay the same U.S. income (federal, state and local) and social
security taxes that Executive would have paid had Executive
remained in the Home Location. To accomplish this, there will be an
amount deducted from Executive’s pay corresponding to the
U.S. federal and state and local (if applicable) income tax, as
well as U.S. Social Security tax, medicare tax, and any other tax
applicable to Executive’s Home Location, that Executive would
have paid on all compensation and benefits received hereunder
(other than the HK Perquisites) and had Executive lived and worked
in the United States (“retained hypothetical tax”).
This retained hypothetical tax will be calculated and deducted from
Executive’s compensation and will replace actual
withholdings. After Executive’s tax returns are prepared,
Executive’s retained hypothetical tax will be recomputed to
reflect the actual facts (including Executive’s receipt of
all compensation and benefits, including the HK Perquisites and all
tax gross up or similar payments required hereunder) for the year
(the “final actual tax”) and the difference between the
retained hypothetical tax and the final actual tax will be settled
promptly thereafter and paid by the Company (either to Executive or
to all applicable taxing authorities). Executive will be required
to comply with all U.S., state and local and foreign laws regarding
personal income and social taxes. The Company will be responsible
for the payment of all U.S., state and local and foreign income and
social taxes to which Executive is liable related to the period of
Executive’s assignment. It is fully intended that Executive
be made whole on an after tax basis such that after taking into
account all payments, compensation, reimbursements, and benefits
(including HK Perquisites) hereunder, Executive shall have borne
the burden of solely the amount of the retained hypothetical tax
with the burden for all other taxes, assessments or payments in
excess thereof remitted to any applicable governmental or taxing
authority being borne and paid by the Company (including those
attributable to any such payments so made by the Company on
Executive’s behalf hereunder).
Executive
will be responsible and liable for the submission of Host and Home
Location tax returns. To assist Executive in this regard, the
Company will designate a tax return preparer and pay for the
preparation of required tax returns and tax equalization settlement
calculations for Executive for all tax years affected by the
expatriate assignment. For purposes of the Company’s tax
equalization policy, Executive agrees to either personally provide
the Company with a copy of Executive’s completed tax returns
applicable to the years affected by Executive’s expatriate
assignment or allow the tax return preparer to provide this
information directly to the Company for Executive. The Company
recommends that Executive consult such tax return preparer prior to
his departure to discuss the provision of tax equalization services
and to confirm his understanding of such provision. Such payments
and provisions for Executive’s tax return preparation
together with certain other benefits provided to Executive
hereunder is also herein referred to as a “HK
Perquisite.”
Tax
Equalization . The Company believes that an employee accepting
an expatriate assignment should neither gain nor lose economically
(tax equalization) from an income or social security taxation
standpoint. It is the Company’s intention that an
expatriate assignment be tax neutral to the employee.
Therefore, except for those tax gross-up payments required to be
made by the Company to or for the benefit of Executive hereunder,
Executive will generally be held responsible, during the expatriate
assignment, for no more and no less than total income and social
security taxes that he would have incurred (exclusive of his
receipt of the HK Perquisites) had he not accepted an expatriate
assignment and remained working in the Home Location. Thus
Executive shall receive all assignment allowances such as housing,
transportation, cost of living, education, tax reimbursement and
other expatriate allowances on a tax-free basis.
The terms,
conditions, allowances, and other expatriate policies and
procedures of the Company will apply to you and those dependents
who will reside with you in the Host Location. A copy of
Herbalife’s “Policies and Procedures for Expatriate
Assignments” along with the “Tax Equalization
Policy” has been provided to you for your review.
Tax
Gross Up Payments . In the event that either (i) any HK
Perquisite that is or may be paid or provided to or in respect of
Executive by the Company or any affiliated Company pursuant to this
Agreement (“Covered Payments”), results in any income
or other tax liability or obligation imposed upon Executive (each a
“Reimbursable Tax”) or (ii) any amount or benefit
that may be paid or provided to or in respect of Executive by the
Company or any affiliated company, whether pursuant to this
Agreement or otherwise (also collectively “Covered
Payments”), is or may become subject to the tax imposed under
Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or
any successor provision) (“Excise Tax”), the Company
shall pay to Executive a “Reimbursement Amount” defined
as an amount which, when added to the Covered Payments and after
taking into account any federal, state or local tax resulting from
the Covered Payment and the Reimbursement Amount, will provide
Executive with after tax receipts equal to the amount that
Executive would have earned and received had no Reimbursable Tax or
Excise Tax been imposed on the applicable Covered Payments.
All
payments made under this Agreement will be made in compliance with
Section 409A (“Section “409A”) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor
provision), and the parties hereto agree that this Agreement will
be amended prior to December 31, 2008, such that it will be in
compliance with Section 409A. To the extent that the Company
enters into any agreement with the Company’s Chief Financial
Officer and General Counsel (the “Comparable
Executives”) prior to December 31, 2008, pursuant to
which the Company agrees to provide such Comparable Executives
indemnification under Section 409A, the Company shall provide
Executive similar indemnification.
A guide to
what will be tax equalized and what will be grossed up is attached
hereto as Annex A.
Club
Use . Company shall reimburse Executive up to $13,200 USD/ year
for one family club membership for Executive and his family members
upon proper substantiation. Additionally, Company shall reimburse
Executive for any customary and reasonable business expenses
related to entertaining at such club in keeping with Company
policy. Such payments or reimbursements pertaining to such club
membership together with certain other benefits provided to
Executive hereunder is also herein referred to as a “HK
Perquisite.”
One-Time
Relocation, Family Relocation and Return Expenses . The Company
shall provide and pay for the following expenses and/or services as
they relate to and are used in connection with each of (i) the
Relocation of each of Executive and Executive’s family
members and (ii) the Return of each of Executive and
Executive’s family members:
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A local relocation service to assist Executive and his family
members with settling in Hong Kong upon the Family Relocation. This
service shall include assistance with applicable visas,
transportation, apartment or house hunting, school enrollment for
Executive’s children, and other required services to ease the
transition. |
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Business class airfare for each of the Relocation and the
Family Relocation, as well as the Return of each of Executive and
his family members to the Home Location. |
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Transportation of household goods upon the Family Relocation
and the Return of each of Executive’s family members to the
Home Location. |
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One-time settling allowance of $10,000 USD for repurchase of
local appliances, daily use items to set up household upon the
Family Relocation which amount shall be payable within 30 days
of Executive’s family’s Relocation. Such provision
shall not apply for and with respect to the Return of Executive and
his dependent family members to the Home Location. |
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Storage of household goods if required throughout the period of
Executive’s family member’s Relocation to Hong
Kong. |
Other
Benefits . Additionally, Executive shall receive all other
benefits that those Company executives that are similarly situated
to Executive (i.e., Band 3 executives) currently receive.
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Termination Payment . Although nothing in this
Section 4 shall be construed to alter the at-will nature of
employment as set forth in Section 1 above, if
Executive’s employment is terminated either (i) by the
Company without “Cause” (as hereinafter defined) at any
time, (ii) by the Company or by Executive within three
(3) months prior to or within six (6) months following a
“Change of Control” (as hereinafter defined), or
(iii) by Executive for “Good Reason” (as
hereinafter defined), Executive will be paid a lump sum amount
equal to two times Executive’s then-current annual salary
(the “Salary Severance”), in addition to all other
accrued entitlements such as unpaid salary up to the date of
termination and accrued vacation, if any. If Executive is
terminated by the Company without Cause or due to a Change in
Control or Executive’s death, disability or retirement or
resigns for Good Reason, the Company will relocate Executive and
his family members to the Home Location in the manner contemplated
under Section 3 of this Agreement and provide Executive with
outplacement services for up to six months by a provider selected
and paid for by the Company in an amount not to exceed $20,000;
Executive shall not be entitled to cash in lieu of outplacement
services. If Executive is terminated by the Company without Cause,
due to a Change in Control, resigns for Good Reason, retires, dies
or resigns as a result of a disability, Executive will be entitled
to receive a pro rata bonus payment, at such time bonuses are paid
to the Company’s other senior executives, based on the number
of months worked in the applicable fiscal year of the Company (the
“Bonus Severance”). Upon any termination of
Executive’s employment with the Company hereunder, Executive
shall have no duty to mitigate. As a precondition to the
Company’s obligation to pay Executive severance of two years
of salary and a pro rata bonus, Executive agrees to execute and
deliver to the Company a fully effective general release in the
form attached to this Agreement as Attachment “C.”
Company shall pay Executive the Salary Severance on the date which
is the later of ten days after the date on which it receives the
signed release or six months after the date of separation from
service, and the Company shall pay the Bonus Severance on the date
which is the later of ten days after the date on which it receives
the signed release, the date on which Company pays bonuses to
Company’s senior executives for the applicable year, or the
date that is six months after the date of separation from service.
Executive understands and agrees that Executive shall not be
entitled to any other severance benefit not set forth in this
Agreement, and accordingly Executive expressly acknowledges that
the Company will not be obligated to make 401(k) contributions
following the termination of Executive’s employment. |
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