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EXHIBIT
10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated
as of
, 2007, between Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware
Corporation having a place of business at 33 Hayden Avenue,
Lexington, Massachusetts 02421 (the “ Corporation
”) and Thomas F. Farb, an individual residing at
(the “ Executive ”).
WHEREAS, the Corporation and
Executive entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated
October 16, 2006 (the “ Original Employment
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Corporation and
Executive desire to amend and restate the Original Employment
Agreement pursuant to Section 10 thereof, all as hereinafter
provided;
WHEREAS, the Executive, in
his capacity as President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Corporation, the stock of which is publicly traded, shall be deemed
a “specified employee” as defined under
Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (“ Code ”); and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is
intended to comply with Code Section 409A and the guidance
thereunder, and shall be interpreted as operating in accordance
therewith to the extent that there is any ambiguity as to the terms
of the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, the Parties agree as
follows:
1. EMPLOYMENT;
DUTIES; REPORTING
(a) The Corporation
engages and employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts
engagement and employment, as President and Chief Operating Officer
of the Corporation to provide general corporate leadership and
strategic direction and the primary supervision of multiple
functional areas of the Corporation, including but not limited to
Finance, Sales and Marketing, Business Development and Human
Resources, and to perform such other services and duties as the
Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors of the
Corporation (the “ Board ”) shall
determine.
(b) The Corporation will
provide office facilities, secretarial, and clerical support
consistent with customary practices of the Corporation. The
Executive shall perform his duties hereunder from the
Corporation’s executive offices in Massachusetts or such
other locations as the Executive and Corporation may agree,
provided, however, that the Executive acknowledges and agrees that
the performance by the Executive of his duties hereunder may
require significant domestic and international travel by the
Executive.
(c) The Executive shall
devote his best efforts and entire working time and attention to
the proper discharge of his duties and responsibilities under this
Agreement.
(d) During the Employment
Term, the Executive shall be required to report to the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation, or such other officer as may
be determined by the Board or a committee designated by the
Board.
(e) Except upon the prior
written consent of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board, during
the Employment Term, the Executive will not: (i) accept any
other employment; or (ii) engage, directly or indirectly, in
any other business activity (whether or not pursued for pecuniary
advantage) that is competitive with, or that places him in a
competing position to, the Corporation. Personal passive
investments and personal business affairs not inconsistent with
this Agreement, or teaching, writing or publicly speaking are
permitted, so long as these activities do not interfere or conflict
with the Executive’s duties hereunder.
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2. TERM
Subject to any earlier
termination pursuant to Section 6, the Executive’s
employment hereunder shall be for a term of three (3) years
commencing on October 1, 2007 (the “ Effective
Date ”) and continuing through the earlier of
(a) the third anniversary of such date or (b) the date on
which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with
Section 6; provided, that unless terminated earlier in
accordance with Section 6, this Agreement shall automatically
renew for periods of one (1) year unless either the Executive
or the Corporation gives written notice to the other not less than
sixty (60) days prior to the date of any such anniversary of
such party’s election not to extend the term of this
Agreement. The initial three year term and any successive term
shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Employment
Term .”
3. COMPENSATION
As compensation for the
performance of his duties under this Agreement, the Executive shall
be compensated as follows:
(a) Salary; Bonuses,
Equity Awards :
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The Corporation shall pay the Executive an annual base salary
(“Base Salary”) at an initial rate of Four Hundred
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($425,000), payable in accordance with
the usual payroll period of the Corporation, and provided further
that following each annual anniversary of the Effective Date, the
Executive shall be eligible for an increase in Base Salary as
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During the Employment Term,
the Corporation shall pay the Executive bonuses pursuant to the
Corporation’s Executive Bonus Plan or similar bonus plan as
approved by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board.
Notwithstanding anything in the Executive Bonus Plan to the
contrary, each bonus shall be paid to the Executive in accordance
with the terms of such plan but in no event later than
March 15 th following the calendar year in which such bonus was
earned.
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The Executive will be eligible to receive options, restricted
stock and other Awards, as such term is defined in the
Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”), during the Employment Term pursuant to the
Plan or such other equity plans as may be in effect at any time
during the term of this Agreement, as may be granted from time to
time by the Compensation Committee of the Board or the
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The Corporation shall
withhold all applicable federal, state and local taxes, social
security and workers’ compensation contributions and such
other amounts as may be required by law and any plans pursuant to
which such compensation is generated or as agreed upon by the
parties with respect to the compensation payable to the Executive
pursuant to section 3(a) hereof.
(b) Expenses .
The Corporation shall reimburse the Executive for all normal, usual
and necessary expenses incurred by the Executive in furtherance of
the business and affairs of the Corporation, including reasonable
travel and entertainment, against receipt by the Corporation of
appropriate vouchers or other proof of the Executive’s
expenditures and otherwise in accordance with the expense
reimbursement policies and procedures as may from time to time be
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any
reimbursements hereunder shall be paid to the Executive promptly in
a lump sum in accordance with such expense reimbursement policies
and procedures then in effect but in no event later than the
March 15 of the calendar year next following the year in which
the Executive incurred the reimbursable expense.
(c) Benefits .
The Executive shall have the right to participate in and to receive
benefits from all present and future life, vacation, accident,
disability, medical, pension, and savings plans and all similar
benefits made available generally to executives of the Company. The
amount and extent of benefits to which the Executive is entitled
shall be governed by any applicable benefit plan, as it may be
amended from time to time. The Executive shall receive no less than
four (4) weeks paid vacation each year which shall accrue if
not used in any year and be paid to Executive or carried forward to
subsequent years consistent with Corporation policy. The
Corporation shall also carry D&O Liability Insurance coverage
for the benefit of its officers and directors including
Executive.
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(d) Life
Insurance . The Corporation shall make available to the
Executive and his dependents, such medical, disability, life
insurance and such other health benefits as the Corporation makes
available to its senior officers and directors. The
Executive’s life insurance coverage shall not be less than
$1,000,000.
4. NON-COMPETITION
(a) The Executive
understands and recognizes that his services to the Corporation are
special and unique and agrees that, during the term of this
Agreement and, unless such termination is by the Executive pursuant
to 6(a)(iii) below and provided the Corporation is not in material
default to Executive on any of its obligations under this
Agreement, for a period of one (1) year from the date of
termination of his employment hereunder, he shall not in any
manner, directly or indirectly, on behalf of himself or any person,
firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business
entity (“Person”), enter into or engage in any business
engaged in the development of commercialization of products
directly competitive with products of the Corporation, including
any subsidiary of the Corporation (a “Subsidiary”),
including products under development by the Corporation or a
Subsidiary within the geographic area of the Corporation’s
business.
(b) During the term of
this Agreement and for one (1) year thereafter, Executive
shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written
consent of the Corporation, solicit or induce any employee of the
Corporation or any affiliate to leave the employ of the Corporation
or any affiliate or hire for any purpose any employee of the
Corporation or any affiliate or any employee who has left the
employment of the Corporation or any affiliate within six months of
the termination of said employee’s employment with the
Corporation.
(c) During the term of
this Agreement and for one (1) year thereafter, the Executive
shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written
consent of the Corporation:
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(i) |
solicit or accept employment or be retained by any party who,
at any time during the term of this Agreement, was a customer or
supplier of the Corporation or any affiliate where his position
will be related to the business of the Corporation; or |
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solicit or accept the business of any customer or supplier of
the Corporation or any affiliate with respect to products similar
to those supplied by the Corporation. |
(d) In the event that the
Officer breaches any provisions of this Section 4 or there is
a threatened breach, then, in addition to any other rights which
the Corporation may have, the Corporation shall be entitled,
without the posting of a bond or other security, to injunctive
relief to enforce the restrictions contained herein. In the event
that an actual proceeding is brought in equity to enforce the
provisions of this Section 4, the Officer shall not urge as a
defense that there is an adequate remedy at law nor shall the
Corporation be prevented from seeking any other remedies which may
be available.
5. CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION
(a) The Executive agrees
that during the course of his employment or at any time after
termination, he will not disclose or make accessible to any other
person, the Corporation’s products, services and technology,
both current and under development, promotion and marketing
programs, lists, trade secrets, litigation information and other
confidential and proprietary business information of the
Corporation, any Subsidiary or any of its clients. The Executive
agrees: (i) not to use any such information for himself or
others; and (ii) not to take any such material or
reproductions thereof from the Corporation’s facilities at
any time during his employment by the Corporation, except as
required in the Executive’s duties to the Corporation. The
Executive agrees immediately to return all such material and
reproductions thereof in his possession to the Corporation upon
request and in any event upon termination of employment.
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(b) Except with prior
written authorization by the Corporation, the Executive agrees not
to disclose or publish any of the confidential, technical or
business information or material of the Corporation, any
Subsidiary, its clients or any other party to whom the Corporation
owes an obligation of confidence, at any time during or after his
employment with the Corporation.
(c) The Executive hereby
assigns to the Corporation all right, title and interest he may
have or may acquire in all inventions (including patent rights)
developed by the Executive during the term of this Agreement
(“Inventions”) and agrees that all Inventions shall be
the sole property of the Corporation and its assigns, and the
Corporation and its assigns shall be the sole owner of all patents,
copyrights and other rights in connection therewith. The Executive
further agrees to assist the Corporation in every proper way (but
at the Corporation’s expense) to obtain and from time to time
enforce patents, copyrights or other rights on said Inventions in
any and all countries.
6. TERMINATION
(a) The term of this
Agreement shall continue for the period set forth in Section 2
hereof unless sooner terminated upon the first to occur of the
following events (the “Termination Date”):
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(i) |
The death or disability of the Executive; |
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(ii) |
Termination by the Board of Directors of the Corporation for
“just cause”. Any of the following actions by the
Executive shall constitute “just cause”: |
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(A) |
Material breach by the Executive of Section 4 or
Section 5 of this Agreement; |
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Material breach by the Executive of any provision of this
Agreement other than Section 4 or Section 5 or the
willful or reckless failure by the Executive to perform his duties
hereunder which breach or failure is not cured by the Executive
within fifteen (15) days of notice thereof from the
Corporation; or |
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The commission by the Executive of any act or fraud or theft
against the Corporation or any Subsidiary, or the conviction of the
Executive of any criminal act. |
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Termination by the Executive for “just cause”. Any
of the following actions or omissions by the Corporation shall
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