EXHIBIT 10.3
GLOBALOPTIONS GROUP, INC.
75 Rockefeller Plaza 27th
Floor
New York,
NY 10019
August 13, 2009
Jeff Nyweide,
CFO and E.V.P. Corp. Dev.
GlobalOptions
Group, Inc.
75 Rockefeller
Plaza
27th
Floor
New York,
NY 10019
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Your Employment
Agreement dated July 30, 2007 (the “Agreement”;
capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings
specified in the Agreement)
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Dear
Jeff:
This letter is
to modify and clarify the Agreement, effective as of the date
written above. Accordingly, the following modifications
and clarifications are made to the Agreement:
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The parties
hereby acknowledge that the current term of your employment was
extended to January 31, 2011 by the operative provisions contained
in Section 1 of the Agreement, subject to earlier termination or
automatic extension as contemplated therein.
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Section 2 shall
be continued as in the previous year, by modifying Section 2 as
follows:
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Salary . Effective as of January 1, 2009 and
for the remaining term of the Agreement (including any extensions
thereto), the Company shall pay the Employee a base salary per
month of $31,250 and all other payments and benefits provided for
in the Agreement, including Section 4 hereof (as it may be
increased (but not decreased) in the discretion of the Compensation
Committee, “Base Salary”).
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The bonus
program described in Section 3 shall continue consistent with past
practice and is amended and restated as follows:
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Bonus . Starting on the Effective Date, you
shall be eligible for a performance bonus payable 50% in cash and
50% in vested restricted stock established from the 2007-2009
Annual Incentive Plan (or in future years, based upon a
substantially similar plan), based upon mutually agreed to goals
between you and the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Compensation
Committee”). The performance bonus and payment for 2007
– 2010 shall be based upon achieving certain goals as set
forth in Exhibit 1 to the July 30, 2007 Agreement (as modified by
the Compensation Committee pursuant to its meeting on April 8, 2008
(Exhibit A)) and for purposes of calendar years 2009 and 2010,
those goals, including the Targeted Performance Bonus-Annual, set
forth for year 2008 in Exhibit 1 shall be applied for said years
2009 and 2010. Any additional shares of Restricted Stock that may
be required to be issued to meet any of the payments required
herein shall be immediately issued by the Company. Provided,
however, no additional shares of Restricted Stock will be issued by
the Company, if such shares are required as a result of termination
under Sections 6, 8, and/or 5C of this Agreement, and in such event
the Company will be required to provide an equivalent payment to
you for each share not issued, in an amount equal to $2.00 per
share. Bonuses shall be paid no later than March 15th of
the year following the year to which the bonus relates.
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The first
paragraph of Section 5C. shall be clarified and restated by the
following two paragraphs:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or in any other applicable plan, but subject to the
following sentences, upon a Change of Control of the Company, all
stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units shall
vest immediately upon such Change of Control and all performance
conditions of any and all cash bonuses and performance stock
options or Restricted Stock shall be deemed to be met and the term
to exercise any stock options will be equal to the term of the
stock option originally granted. Provided, however, the amount of
any cash bonuses or Restricted Stock triggered by the Change of
Control shall be limited to an amount equal to the “Targeted
Performance Bonus Annual,” set forth in Exhibit 1 attached to
the July 30, 2007 Agreement ($375,000, per year and 187,500 shares,
per year) for the year of the Change of Control and each year
thereafter remaining in the term (as such term exists on the date
of such Change of Control). The cash portion of such
bonuses shall be paid within the time provided in Section
3. Provided, further, no additional shares of Restricted
Stock will be issued that may be required to be issued beyond the
existing unvested previously issued Restricted Stock held by you
(239,313 shares as of the date hereof) to meet the requirements of
this Section 5C, however, the Company shall pay to you within the
time provided in Section 3, in lieu of said undistributed
Restricted Stock, an amount equal to $2.00 per share within the
time provided in Section 3. See attached Schedule I for an
illustration of payment required under this Section 5C of the
Agreement.
On the date of the Change of Control, the
Company shall place immediately negotiable funds into a
“rabbi” trust in an amount equal to the cash payments
that may be due (or will be due) to you as a result of the Change
of Control or as a result of a termination of your employment
following a Change of Control without Cause or for Good Reason,
including such additional amount as equals the gross up payment
(described in Section 24). Such trust shall be maintained pursuant
to a standard rabbi trust arrangement among the Company, you and an
independent trustee (reasonably acceptable to you) providing for
the timely payment to you of the amounts held in such trust in the
event you become entitled thereto under the applicable provisions
of this Agreement (the "Trust Arrangement"). The Trust Arrangement
shall be maintained until the earlier of (A) the payment to you of
all sums held in the trust or (B) six years after the end of the
fiscal year in which the Change of Control
occurred. This provision is subject to the
limitations imposed by Section 409A(b) of the Code. In
addition, this provision will be null and void if the establishment
or maintenance of such a trust would result in the imposition of a
tax or penalty under Section 409A.
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Section 5C(i)
shall be amended by adding the words “within a 12 month
period” after “substantially all of the assets of the
Company.”
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Section 5C(ii)
shall be modified and restated as follows:
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“(ii) a
corporate dissolution taxed under Code Section 331 or with approval
of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 USC §
503(b)(ii)(A).”
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Section 5C(iii)
shall be amended by the addition of the words “The occurrence
within a 12 month period” at the beginning
thereof.
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Section 6[A]
shall be clarified and restated as follows:
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Termination Without Cause, for Good Reason,
Death, Disability . In the event that your employment
with the Company shall be terminated by the Company without Cause
(as hereinafter defined), by you for Good Reason or by reason of
death or Disability (as hereinafter defined) during the term of
this Agreement the Company shall pay to you (or, in case of your
death, to your estate) in a lump sum within ninety (90) days of
such termination (at your highest annualized rate of salary in
effect during the one-year period ending on the effective date of
termination), an amount equal to the salary accrued to the date of
termination, and any bonus accrued to date of termination. In
addition, if your employment is terminated by the Company without
Cause, or by you for Good Reason, all shares of restricted stock or
restricted stock units (or other forms of equity compensation, if
any) shall be deemed fully vested on the date of termina
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