Exhibit 10.2
SENIOR EXECUTIVE
AGREEMENT
Senior Executive Agreement (the “
Agreement ”) made this 27th day of September, 2009,
among Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (the “
Company ”), Xerox Corporation (“ Parent
”) and Lynn Blodgett (the “ Executive
”).
WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company are
currently parties to that certain Employment Agreement made and
effective as of May 1, 2008, as amended on December 23, 2008 (the
“ Prior Change of Control Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and a subsidiary of
Parent (the “ Merger Sub ”) have, as of the date
hereof, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “
Merger Agreement ”) pursuant to which the Company will
merge with and into the Merger Sub, and the stock of the Company
will be converted into the stock of Parent (as well as the right to
receive certain cash consideration) through a merger (the “
Merger ”);
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties that
effective upon, and subject to the occurrence of, the Merger, this
Agreement shall exchange and settle in all respects, the Prior
Change of Control Agreement which shall thereupon cease to be of
further force or effect.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements of the
parties contained herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
From and after the Effective Time (as defined in
the Merger Agreement), reference to the Company herein shall be
deemed to refer to the surviving entity in connection with the
Merger.
The Company has determined that both the
Executive’s performance and the Company’s ability to
retain the Executive as an employee will be significantly enhanced
if the Executive is provided with fair and reasonable protection
and incentives in connection with the consummation of the Merger.
Accordingly, the Company and the Executive agree as
follows:
1. Defined
Terms . Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in
this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth herein or in
Exhibit A .
2. Effective Time;
Term . This Agreement shall constitute a binding obligation of
the parties as of the date hereof, but the operative provisions of
this Agreement shall only become effective as of the Effective
Time; provided, however, that this Agreement will be null and void
ab initio and of no further force or effect (and the Prior Change
of Control Agreement shall be deemed to thereupon remain in effect)
if the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective
Time. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement upon the
occurrence of the Effective Time, the Prior Change of Control
Agreement shall cease to have any further force or effect and shall
be deemed replaced in its entirety by this
Agreement. The parties agree that no “Change of
Control” payments or benefits, pursuant to Section 4 of the
Prior Change of Control Agreement, shall be provided pursuant to
the Prior Change of Control Agreement unless and until this
Agreement is terminated due to the termination of the Merger
Agreement without the Effective Time having occurred.
3. Position; Base
Salary; Annual Bonus; Employee Benefits; LTIP .
(a) Position .
Upon the Effective Time and until the third anniversary of the
Effective Time, the Executive shall serve as the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company and have such duties and general
responsibilities as are comparable to the duties and general
responsibilities of the Executive as of the date of this Agreement
and the Executive’s primary place of employment will be in
the greater Salt Lake City metropolitan area, subject to travel in
the course of performing the Executive’s duties for the
Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(b) Base Salary
. Upon the Effective Time and during the Executive’s
employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Company
shall pay the Executive a base salary at the annual rate of
$850,000 (the “ Base Salary ”), payable in
regular installments in accordance with the Company’s usual
payment practices. The Executive’s Base Salary
shall not in any way be reduced below this rate from the period
between the Effective Time and the third anniversary of the
Effective Time.
(c) Annual
Bonus . For the 2009 and 2010 calendar years, the Executive
will:
(i) on and prior to
the Effective Time, remain eligible to receive an annual cash
incentive award under the Company’s annual incentive plan as
in effect as of the date of this Agreement or as adopted after the
date of this Agreement; provided, that:
(A) if the Effective
Time occurs on or prior to June 30, 2010, the Executive shall
receive an annual cash incentive award that is pro-rated for the
period from July 1, 2009 through the Effective Time and based on
deemed achievement of 75% of target performance, and
(B) if the Effective
Time occurs after June 30, 2010, (x) the Executive shall be
entitled to the payment of any annual incentive award payable with
respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010 based on actual
performance and in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Company annual incentive plan and (y) the Executive shall receive
an annual cash incentive award for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2011 based on deemed achievement of 75% of target performance and
pro-rated for the period from July 1, 2010 through the Effective
Time; and
(ii) for the remainder
of the calendar year in which the Effective Time occurs, be
eligible for an annual target cash incentive under the applicable
Parent annual incentive plan equal to no less than 200% of Base
Salary (the “ Target Bonus ”), and an annual
maximum cash incentive equal to two (2) times the Target Bonus (the
“ Maximum Bonus ”), pro-rated for the period
from the Effective Time through December 31 of such calendar
year.
The Target Bonus and Maximum Bonus will each be
based upon the achievement of performance objectives established by
the Board of Directors of Parent (the “ Parent Board
”) generally within the first three months of such calendar
year, which performance objectives will be determined by Parent
based upon Parent’s guidelines and ordinary course process
for other senior executives of Parent and its
subsidiaries. For any calendar year following the
calendar year in which the Effective Time occurs, the Executive
will be eligible for a Target Bonus and a Maximum Bonus in
accordance with Parent’s annual incentive plan on the same
basis as is generally made available to other senior executives of
Parent and its subsidiaries. The Annual Bonus, if any, shall be
paid to the Executive when annual bonuses are generally paid to
other executives of the Company but in no event later than two and
one-half (2.5) months after the end of the fiscal or calendar year,
as applicable.
(d) Employee
Benefits . Subject to the Executive’s
continued employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
the Executive will be entitled to the following:
(i) For the remainder
of the 2009 calendar year and during the 2010 calendar year, the
Executive’s participation in the existing Company employee
benefit and perquisite programs as of the date of this Agreement
(excluding any programs relating to the Company’s stock, but
including benefits comparable to the Company’s Executive
Benefit Plan) will continue on substantially comparable terms, but
will in no event be less favorable in the aggregate than those in
effect on the date of this Agreement.
(ii) For the 2011
calendar year, Executive will be entitled to participate in
employee benefit and perquisite programs (excluding any programs
relating to the Company’s stock) that are no less favorable
in the aggregate than those in effect on the date of this
Agreement.
(iii) For the 2012
calendar year, the Executive will be eligible to participate in the
employee benefit and perquisite programs that are no less favorable
in the aggregate than benefit and perquisite programs generally
made available to similarly situated executives of Parent or its
subsidiaries.
(e) Equity
Awards . Beginning in the 2010 calendar year, the Executive
will become eligible to participate in Parent’s Long Term
Incentive Program (“ LTIP ”) on the same basis
as is generally made available to other senior executives of the
Parent and its subsidiaries. The Executive will be
eligible to receive awards under the LTIP at the discretion of
senior management at Parent based on the Executive’s
performance and contribution in relation to the Executive’s
peers in comparable positions at Parent and its
subsidiaries.
4. Merger
Benefits . Upon the Effective Time, the Executive shall be
entitled to the benefits provided herein.
(a) Merger Cash
Payments . Subject to the Executive’s continued
employment with the Company through the dates set forth below (each
a “ Merger Cash Payment Date ”), the Company
shall pay the Executive an aggregate cash amount equal to the sum
of (i) $5,013,300 plus (ii) $1,700,000 multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which shall be the number of days the Executive
was employed by the Company in the fiscal year of the Company in
which the Effective Time occurs and the denominator of which shall
be 365 (collectively, the “ Merger Cash Payments
”). The Merger Cash Payments are intended to correspond to
the amounts due under the Prior Change of Control
Agreement.
The Merger Cash Payments shall be paid to the
Executive as set forth below:
(1) Subject to the Executive’s continued
employment with the Company through the second anniversary of the
Effective Time, fifty percent (50%) of the Merger Cash Payments
shall be payable in a lump sum in cash as soon as practicable but
not later than ten (10) business days after the second anniversary
of the date of the Effective Time; and
(2) Subject to the Executive’s continued
employment with the Company through the third anniversary of the
Effective Time, fifty percent (50%) of the Merger Cash Payments
shall be payable in a lump sum in cash as soon as practicable but
not later than ten (10) business days after the third anniversary
of the date of the Effective Time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the
Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated by the
Company without Cause, by the Executive for Good Reason or due to
death or Disability on or prior to the third anniversary of the
date of the Effective Time, subject to the Executive’s
execution and delivery of a general release of claims in a
customary form (which shall not include any additional restrictive
covenants) reasonably satisfactory to the Company (and expiration
of any applicable revocation periods), the Executive shall be paid
an amount equal to any remaining unpaid Merger Cash Payments no
later than 30 days following such termination of
employment.
(b) Pre-August 2009
Option Grants . All outstanding options to purchase
Company common stock held by the Executive and which were granted
prior to August of 2009 (the “ Pre-August Options
”) shall be immediately, and fully vested and exercisable
upon the occurrence of the Effective Time and converted into
options to acquire Parent common stock as set forth in the Merger
Agreement and shall remain outstanding and exercisable in
accordance with their terms.
(c) August 2009
Option Grants . With respect to all outstanding
options to purchase Company common stock held by the Executive and
which were granted in, or after, August of 2009 (the “
August Options ”), upon the Effective Time all such
August Options shall be converted into options to acquire Parent
common stock as set forth in the Merger Agreement, except that the
Executive hereby waives any accelerated vesting of the August
Options in connection with the Merger or the transactions
contemplated thereby. Following the Effective Time, the
August Options will continue to vest according to the vesting
schedule set forth in the Option Agreement applicable to the August
Options (the “ Option Agreement ”), provided
that (A) if the performance goals associated with
“target” level performance under the PSs described in
Section 3(d) below are cumulatively achieved, any remaining
unvested August Options that the Executive holds will become vested
on the third anniversary of the Effective Time and (B) if the
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without
Cause, by the Executive for Good Reason or due to death or
Disability, all outstanding August Options, whether or not vested,
shall become immediately vested and exercisable. The
August Options shall be deemed to be amended hereby to incorporate
the terms of this Section 3(c) . All terms and
conditions with respect to the August Options shall be governed by
the Company’s Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
and the Option Agreement, including any amendments thereto and as
amended hereby.
(d) Performance
Share Grant . On the Effective Time, the Executive
will be entitled to a special one-time grant of performance shares
(“ PSs ”) pursuant to the Parent’s
December 2007 Amendment and Restatement of the 2004 Performance
Incentive Plan (the “ PIP ”) pursuant to which
the Executive will be eligible to receive a number of shares of
Parent common stock (each, a “ Parent Share ”),
subject to, and based upon, the achievement of the relevant
performance goals which shall be established on an annual basis for
each of the three years in the applicable vesting period, and which
shall be set forth on the Grant Date (as defined below) in an award
agreement. The aggregate number of Parent Shares
deliverable upon achievement of threshold, target and maximum
performance shall be determined as of the Grant Date and shall have
an aggregate value on such date equal to:
(i) Threshold
Value : 50% of Base Salary;
(ii) Target
Value : 100% of Base Salary;
(iii) Maximum
Value : 200% of Base Salary plus 50% of the value of the
August Options (determined by multiplying the number of shares of
Company Class A common stock subject to such Options immediately
prior to the conversion pursuant to the Merger Agreement by the
excess of the Option Value (as defined below) over the exercise
price per share of such Options (immediately prior to the
conversion pursuant to the Merger Agreement)). For the
purposes of this Agreement, the “Option Value” shall
mean the “Class A Merger Consideration” with the
“Class A Stock Consideration” (each as defined in the
Merger Agreement) deemed to equal the product of the “Class A
Exchange Ratio” (as defined in the Merger Agreement) times
the closing price per Parent Share as reported in The Wall Street
Journal in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
For purposes of
the foregoing, the fair market value of a Parent Share shall be
deemed to be the closing price as reported in The Wall Street
Journal in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions on
the date that the PSs are granted (such date, the “ Grant
Date ”). Such award of PSs shall constitute a
promise to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Executive,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, the PIP and the PS award
agreement pursuant to which it is granted, a number of Parent
Shares based on the foregoing schedule as soon as reasonably
practicable following vesting (the date of vesting, the “
Vesting Date ”).
The Vesting
Date will be the third anniversary of the Effective Time, subject
to achievement of the relevant performance goals set forth in the
PS award agreement. All terms and conditions with
respect to the PSs shall be governed by the PIP and the PS award
agreement pursuant to which such PSs are granted, which shall be
consistent in all respects with this Section 3(d)
. Such award agreement shall be substantially in the
form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
(e) Effect on
Existing Plans . All change of control provisions applicable to
the Executive and contained in any plan, program, agreement or
arrangement maintained on or after the date hereof by the Company
(including, but not limited to, any stock option, restricted stock
or pension plan) shall remain in effect for such period after the
date of the Merger as is necessary to carry out such provisions and
provide the benefits payable thereunder, and may not be altered in
a manner which adversely affects the Executive without the
Executive’s prior written approval (except as modified
hereby). The compensation payable to Executive hereunder
shall not be considered part of the Executive’s earnings for
purposes of calculating current or future benefits under any
compensation or benefit programs maintained or sponsored by the
Company or any of its affiliates, including retirement plans,
401(k) plans and other benefit plans.
5. Mitigation
. The Executive shall not be required to seek other employment
after the Merger and any compensation earned from other employment
shall not reduce the amounts otherwise payable under this
Agreement.
(a) In the event it
shall be determined that any payment, benefit or distribution (or
combination thereof) by the Company or Parent, or any trust
established by the Company, Parent or any other person or entity
for the benefit of its employees, to or for the benefit of the
Executive whether payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
(excluding any LTIP grants made to Executive following the date
hereof, but including any PSs awarded pursuant to Section 4(d)) or
pursuant to the terms of any compensatory arrangement between the
Company and Executive made prior to the date hereof and disclosed
pursuant to the Company Disclosure Letter in the Merger Agreement
(a “ Payment ”) would be subject to the excise
tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code and any
interest or penalties are incurred by the Executive with respect to
such excise tax (the excise tax, together with interest and
penalties thereon, hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“ Excise Tax ”), the Executive shall be entitled
to receive an additional payment (a “ Gross-up Payment
”) in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of
all taxes, including, without limitation, any income taxes and the
Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-up Payment, the Executive retains
an amount of the Gross-up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed
upon the Payments. For purposes of this Section 6 , any such
Gross-up Payment shall in no event be paid later than the end of
the calendar year following the calendar year in which such taxes
have been remitted by the Executive.
(b) Subject to the
provisions of Section 6(c) , all determinations required to
be made under this Section 6, including whether and when a Gross-up
Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-up Payment and the
assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall
be made by Ernst & Young LLP or, if mutually agreed by
Executive and Parent, such other nationally recognized certified
public accounting firm as may be agreed to by the Executive and
Parent (the “ Accounting Firm ”). All fees and
expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the
Company. Any Gross-up Payment, as determined pursuant to this
Section 6 , shall be paid by the Company to the Executive as
soon as practicable but not later than ten (10) business days after
the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s determination. If the
Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the
Executive, it shall so indicate to the Executive in writing. Any
determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the
Company and the Executive.
(c) The Executive
shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal
Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by
the Company of a Gross-up Payment. Such notification shall be given
no later than ten (10) business days after the Executive is
informed in writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of
the nature of the claim and the date of requested payment. The
Executive shall not pay the claim prior to the expiration of the
thirty (30) day period following the date on which it gives notice
to the Company. If the Company notifies the Executive in writing
prior to the expiration of the period that it desires to contest
such claim, the Executive shall:
(i) give the Company
any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to
such claim;
(ii) take such action
in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall
reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without
limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such
claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company;
(iii) cooperate with the
Company in good faith in order to effectively contest such claim;
and
(iv) permit the company
to participate in any proceedings relating to such
claim.
Without limitation on the foregoing provisions
of this Section 6(c) , the Company shall control all
proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole
option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative appeals,
proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in
respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct
the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or
contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Executive
agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any
administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in
one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine
provided , however , that the Company shall bear and
pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest
and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall
indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis,
for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties
with respect thereto) imposed as a result of the contest;
provided , further , that if the Company directs the
Executive to pay any claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall
advance the amount of the payment to the Executive, on an
interest-free basis, and shall indemnify and hold the Executive
harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax
(including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with
respect to the advance or with respect to any imputed income with
respect to the advance.
(d) In the event that
the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 6(c)
and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any
Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the
Gross-up Payment required and such payment shall be promptly paid
by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive.
(e) If, after the
receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company
pursuant to Section 6(c) , the Executive becomes entitled to
receive any refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall
promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together
with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable
thereto). If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount
advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 6(c) , a
determination is made that the Executive shall not be entitled to
any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not
notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such
denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after
such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall
not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall
offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-up Payment
required to be paid.
7. Termination of
Employment .
(a) Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Company from
terminating the Executive’s employment for
Cause. Following the third anniversary of the Effective
Time, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in
Parent’s severance plans, policies and arrangements on the
same basis as is generally made available to other senior
executives of the Parent and its subsidiaries. The
Company shall also reimburse all reasonable expenses, after
receiving a bill for such expenses, that are incurred by the
Executive for professional outplacement services by qualified
consultants selected by the Company for a period of twelve (12)
months following a termination of Executive’s employment by
the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason that
occurs prior to the third anniversary of the Effective
Time. In no event shall any such reimbursements of
reasonable expenses for outplacement services be paid later than 90
days after the end of the taxable year in which such outplacement
services are provided to the Executive hereunder.
(b) In the event the
Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated by the
Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason prior to
the third anniversary of the Effective Time, until the earlier of
the third anniversary of the Effective Time or the date on which
the Executive becomes employed by a new employer, the Company
shall, at its expense, provide the Executive with medical, dental,
life insurance, disability and accidental death and dismemberment
benefits (“ Insurance Benefits ”) at the level
provided to active employees of the Company (which shall in no
event be less favorable than the Insurance Benefits that the
Executive would have been entitled to receive pursuant to Section
3(d) hereof); provided, however, that if the Executive becomes
employed by a new employer which maintains Insurance Benefits that
either (i) do not cover the Executive with respect to a
pre-existing condition which was covered under the Company’s
Insurance Benefits, or (ii) do not cover the Executive for a
designated waiting period, the Executive’s coverage under the
Company’s Insurance Benefits shall continue, without
limitation, until the earlier of the end of the applicable period
of noncoverage under the new employer’s Insurance Benefits or
the third anniversary of the Effective Time.
8.
Indemnification; Director’s and Officer’s Liability
Insurance . The Executive shall, after the Effective Time,
retain all rights to indemnification under applicable law or under
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as they
may be amended or restated from time to time. In addition, the
Company shall maintain Director’s and Officer’s
liability insurance on behalf of the Executive, at the level in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, for the five (5)
year period immediately following the Effective Time.
(a) Following the Effective
Time, the Executive shall not disclose to any person, or use to the
significant disadvantage of any of the Company, any non-public
information relating to business plans, marketing plans, customers
or employees of the Company other than information the disclosure
of which cannot reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
business of the Company.
(b) The Executive
acknowledges and agrees that a material aspect of Parent’s
decision to enter into the Merger Agreement is the acquisition of
the Company’s goodwill for the purpose of carrying on a
business that is similar to the business of the
Company. The Executive further acknowledges that in the
course of the Executive’s continued employment with the
Company, the Company will provide the Executive with Confidential
Information (as defined in Exhibit C hereto). Therefore, in
consideration for the compensation and benefits and Confidential
Information to be provided to the Executive hereunder, and as a
condition of the Executive’s continued employment following
the Effective Time, the Executive hereby agrees to be bound by the
confidentiality, invention assignment, non-competition and
non-solicitation agreement attached as Exhibit C.
10. Disputes .
Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Dallas,
Texas, or, at the option of the Executive, in the co