EXHIBIT 10.6
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR,
INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”), is made effective as of
February 11 th , 2008 between Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc. (the “Company”) and Richard M.
Beyer (the “Executive”):
R E C I T A
L S :
WHEREAS, the Committee has
determined that it would be in the best interests of the Company
and its shareholders to enter into the deferred compensation
arrangement provided for herein with the Executive pursuant to the
terms set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Defined Terms .
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Exhibit A
.
2. Grant of Deferred
Compensation . The Company hereby grants to the Executive, on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, deferred
compensation of $12,500,000 pursuant to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement (the “Deferred
Compensation”).
3. Vesting
Period . Subject to the Executive’s continued Employment,
or except as otherwise provided below, thirty-three and one-third
percent (33 1
/
3 %) of the Deferred Compensation
covered by this Agreement shall vest on each of the first, second
and third anniversaries of the Effective Date. At any time, the
portion of the Deferred Compensation which has become vested as
described above shall be referred to as the “Vested
Portion”.
4. Payment . Payment of the
Vested Portion of the Deferred Compensation shall be made as soon
as administratively practicable following the earliest to occur of:
(i) the Executive’s termination of Employment;
(ii) the Executive’s death; (iii) the
Executive’s Disability; (iv) a Change of Control; or
(v) the third anniversary of the Effective Date.
5. Accelerated Payment on Change
of Control . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change of Control, the
unvested portion of the Deferred Compensation shall become fully
vested.
6. Termination of Employment
.
(a) General . If the
Executive’s Employment is terminated for any reason, the
Executive’s right to payment of the Deferred Compensation
shall, to the extent the Deferred Compensation is not then vested
(after giving effect to the provisions of Section 5 and this
Section 6), terminate upon the termination of such
Employment.
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(b) For Cause . The Deferred
Compensation (including any Vested Portion thereof) shall terminate
upon the Executive’s termination of Employment for
Cause.
(c) Without Cause or for Good
Reason . Upon the Executive’s termination of Employment
without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, the Deferred
Compensation shall become vested in an amount equal to the amount
of Deferred Compensation that would have vested on the next
anniversary of the Effective Date if the Executive had remained
employed until such date (the “Subsequent Vested
Amount”), multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
equals the number of days elapsed from the vesting date immediately
preceding termination of the Executive’s Employment or the
Effective Date, as applicable, through the Executive’s
termination of Employment and the denominator of which equals 365,
plus the Subsequent Vested Amount; subject in all circumstances to
the maximum of the Deferred Compensation as of the date of such
termination of Employment. Any portion of the Deferred Compensation
that is not vested after giving effect to the above provisions of
this Section 6(c) shall terminate immediately effective as of
the termination of the Executive’s Employment.
(d) Death . Upon the
Executive’s termination of Employment due to death, the
Deferred Compensation shall become fully vested.
(e) Disability . Upon the
Executive’s termination of Employment due to Disability, the
Deferred Compensation shall become fully vested.
(f) By the Executive Other Than
Due to Disability or Good Reason . If the Executive’s
Employment is terminated on account of a termination of the
Executive’s Employment initiated by the Executive other than
due to Disability or Good Reason, then the unvested portion of the
Deferred Compensation shall be automatically forfeited.
(g) Six-Month Waiting Period for
Distributions Upon Separation From Service . To the extent
required by Section 409A of the Code, any payment that would
otherwise be payable under this Agreement during the six-month
period immediately following the Executive’s termination of
Employment, shall instead be paid on the first business day after
the expiration of such six-month period, plus interest thereon, at
a rate equal to the applicable Federal short-term rate (as defined
in Section 1274(d) of the Code) for the month in which such
date of termination occurs from the respective dates on which such
amounts would otherwise have been paid until the actual date of
payment. In no event will any payment be made hereunder, unless the
relevant termination of Employment constitutes a “separation
from service” under Section 409A.
7. Certain Covenants . The
Executive hereby agrees and covenants to perform all of his
obligations set forth in Exhibit B hereto (which is
incorporated by reference hereby) and acknowledges that the
Executive’s obligations set forth in Exhibit B
constitute a material inducement for the Company’s grant of
the Deferred Compensation to the Executive.
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8. No Right to Continued
Employment . The granting of the Deferred Compensation
evidenced hereby and this Agreement shall impose no obligation on
the Company or any Affiliate to continue the Employment of the
Executive and shall not lessen or affect the Company’s or its
Affiliate’s right to terminate the Employment of the
Executive.
9. Withholding . The
Executive may be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate
and the Company shall have the right and is hereby authorized to
withhold from any payment due or transfer made under the Deferred
Compensation of any applicable withholding taxes in respect of the
Deferred Compensation or any payment or transfer under or with
respect to the Deferred Compensation and to take such other action
as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee to satisfy all
obligations for the payment of such withholding taxes.
10. Notices . Any notice
necessary under this Agreement shall be addressed to the Company in
care of its Secretary at the principal executive office of the
Company and to the Executive at the address appearing in the
personnel records of the Company for the Executive or to either
party at such other address as either party hereto may hereafter
designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall be deemed
effective upon receipt thereof by the addressee.
11. Governing Law . This
Agreement and all claims arising out of or based upon this
Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic
substantive laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule that would cause
the application of the domestic substantive laws of any other
jurisdiction.
12. Consent to Jurisdiction .
All actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be
heard and determined exclusively in any New York state or federal
court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York.
The parties hereto hereby (a) submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in the Borough
of Manhattan of The City of New York for the purpose of any action
arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party
hereto, and (b) irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by
way of motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such action, any claim
that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the
above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune of from
attachment or execution, that the action is brought in an
inconvenient forum, that the venue of the action is improper, or
that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may not
be enforced in or by any of the above-named courts.
13. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . TO
THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED,
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT
ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE OR ACTION,
CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION OR SUIT (IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE),
INQUIRY, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED
WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING.
EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE
OTHER PARTIES HERETO THAT THIS
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SECTION 14 CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT
UPON WHICH THEY ARE RELYING AND WILL RELY IN ENTERING INTO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. ANY PARTY
HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION
14 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH
PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
14. Section 409A . It is
intended that the terms of this Agreement comply with
Section 409A of the Code. If it is determined that the terms
of this Agreement have been structured in a manner that would
result in adverse tax treatment under Section 409A of the
Code, the parties agree to cooperate in taking all reasonable
measures to restructure the arrangement to minimize or avoid such
adverse tax treatment without materially impairing
Executive’s economic rights.
15. Severability . Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but
if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in
any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
will not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but
this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such
jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision
had never been contained herein.
16. Signature in Counterparts
. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were upon the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have executed this Agreement.
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FREESCALE
SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Paul
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