Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
I am writing to
set out the terms of your employment with AMV Holding Limited (the
“Company”).
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JOB
TITLE, DUTIES AND CONDUCT
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You are
employed as a joint managing director of the Company and you shall
serve the Company in this, or an equivalent position, and in such
other position or positions with the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates consistent with your position as a joint managing
director of the Company and shall perform such duties as the Chief
Executive Officer of Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. (the
“CEO”) or the Board of Directors of Mandalay Media,
Inc. shall reasonably assign you from time to time. You shall
report directly to the CEO or such other person as the Company
shall determine from time to time.
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You shall
devote substantially all of your business time and attention to the
services required of you hereunder, and shall perform such services
in a manner consistent with the duties of your position, provided
the foregoing shall not prevent you from (i) serving on the board
of directors of non-profit organizations and, with the prior
written approval of the Board, other companies, (ii) participating
in charitable, civic, educational, professional, community or
industry affairs and (iii) managing your and your family’s
passive personal investments; provided such activities in the
aggregate do not interfere or conflict with your duties hereunder
or create a potential business conflict. You shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of any applicable policy of the Company
regarding service on behalf of any other organization.
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During the
Employment, you shall not become associated with any entity,
whether as a principal, partner, employee, director, consultant,
joint venturer, lender, investor, individual proprietor,
shareholder or otherwise (other than as a holder of not in excess
of 2% of the outstanding voting shares of any publicly held
company), that is actively engaged or preparing to be actively
engaged in any geographic area in any business which is in
competition with a business conducted by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates at the time of the alleged competition.
During the Employment, you shall not engage in any activity or
activities preparatory to competing with the Company.
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Your employment
with the Company will commence as of the date hereof (the
“Commencement Date”) and shall be subject to earlier
termination in accordance with its terms.
No previous
employment with a previous employer counts as part of your period
of continuous employment which commenced on the Commencement
Date.
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Your base
salary during the first Earn-Out Period (as defined in the Stock
Purchase Agreement, by and among Mandalay Media, Inc., Nathaniel
MacLeitch, Jack Cresswell and the shareholders of the Company
signatories thereto, dated as of October 8, 2008 (the “Stock
Purchase Agreement”), which will accrue from day to day, will
be at the rate of £60,000 per annum payable monthly in arrears
direct into your bank account on or before the last day of each
calendar month. Where this falls on a weekend or public holiday,
payment will be made on the last working day before that day.
Within ten (10) days of the beginning of the second Earn-Out Period
and the third Earn-Out Period, as applicable, you may provide the
Company with a notice setting forth the base salary you wish to
receive for such period, which shall be no greater than
£100,000 per annum. In the event that you fail to provide the
Company with such a notice within such ten day period, your base
salary for such period shall be £60,000 per annum. After the
expiration of the Earn-Out Term (as defined in the Stock Purchase
Agreement), your base salary will be reviewed on an annual basis in
March of each year. There is no obligation on the Company to
increase the level of your base salary at a review. An increase
awarded in one year will not influence or set a precedent in
relation to future years.
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Following the
expiration of the Earn-Out Term, you may then be eligible to
receive a performance/merit bonus as determined by Company’s
Board based upon several factors including the profitability of the
Company, your performance and the achievement of the goals set by
the Company’s Board during each fiscal year. Any bonus paid
to you is entirely discretionary and there is no contractual
entitlement to receive it nor shall it be deemed to become part of
your contractual remuneration or salary for pension purposes or
otherwise. In the event your employment is terminated or you are
under notice of termination prior to the payment date (whether such
notice is given by the Company or you) you will forfeit all and any
rights and entitlements to a bonus and will not have any rights
against the Company in respect of the loss of such entitlement. The
Company reserves in its absolute discretion the right to terminate
or amend any bonus scheme without notice to you. Receipt of a
discretionary bonus one year creates neither right to nor
expectation of any bonus in the next year.
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You authorise
the Company at any time during your employment, or in any event on
the termination of your employment, howsoever arising, to deduct
from your salary and from any other sums reimbursable to you by the
Company, any monies from time to time due from you to the Company
including, but not limited to any outstanding loans, advances,
payment for excess holiday, overpayment of wages and any other
monies owed by you to the Company.
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You shall be
entitled to participate in all bonus and benefit programs that the
Company establishes and makes available to its executive employees,
if any, to the extent that your position, tenure, salary, age,
health and other qualifications make you eligible to participate,
including, but not limited to, health care plans, life insurance
plans, disability insurance, retirement plans, and all other
benefit plans from time to time in effect. The Company shall pay
for your participation in the health care plan that it currently
has in place. The Company shall also reimburse you up
to £500 per month for the lease of an automobile to
be used in connection with your employment with the
Company.
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Your principal
place of work at the date of this letter is 65 High Street Marlow
Bucks SL7 1AB, United Kingdom. You may also be required to travel
within the UK and abroad in the course of your duties from time to
time at the reasonable discretion of the Company.
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Your normal
hours of work are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or 9.00 a.m. to 6.00
p.m. Monday through Friday, inclusive. You are entitled to a one
(1) hour lunch break. You may be required to work additional hours
either, as and when requested by the Company, or when the proper
performance of your work requires. You will not be entitled to be
paid extra remuneration for any such additional hours worked in
excess of your basic weekly hours.
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You agree that
the limit in regulation 4(1), Working Time Regulations 1998
(“the Regulations”) does not apply during your
employment and that if necessary for the proper performance of your
duties you will work more than an average of 48 hours in each seven
day period (as defined by and calculated in accordance with the
Regulations). You can withdraw your agreement to the terms of this
clause by giving to the Company three months’ written
notice.
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Your annual
holiday entitlement is twenty-five (25) days in the Company’s
holiday year which runs from January to December, plus Bank
Holidays in England and Wales. Your entitlement for a part year
will be pro-rated according to your annual entitlement. You are
entitled to your full remuneration and benefits during days taken
as holiday.
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You are
required to give at least two weeks’ notice of a proposed
holiday. No more than 10 consecutive days’ holiday (plus
weekends falling in between) may be taken at any one time. The
provisions of regulations 15(1) to (4) of the Regulations do not
apply to your employment. Unused holiday entitlement may not be
carried over from one calendar year to the next without the prior
written consent of the Company.
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Upon
termination of employment, you will receive payment in respect of
any days’ holiday which has accrued but has not been taken by
the date your employment terminates. A pro-rated sum will be
deducted in respect of any days you have taken in excess of your
holiday entitlement from your last salary payment. For these
purposes a day’s pay is calculated as 1/260 of your annual
salary.
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During any
period of notice (whether given by the Company or by you), no
contractual holiday entitlement shall accrue, save that your
entitlement to annual leave pursuant to regulation 13 of the
Regulations shall continue to accrue during such period.
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The Company
reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to require you to take
or not to take all or part of any outstanding holiday during any
notice period or period of Garden Leave.
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The Company
shall not be liable to pay or provide any pension to or for your
benefit (without prejudice to the Company’s obligation (if
any) pursuant to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, the
Finance Act 2000 and the Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulations
2000 to facilitate access to a stakeholder pension scheme) and you
are encouraged to make your own pension arrangements.
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The Company has
not opted to treat your employment as contracted-out employment by
reference to an occupational pension scheme and a contracting-out
certificate issued in accordance with the Pension Schemes Act 1993
is not in force in respect of your employment.
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Any
unauthorized absence requires you to notify the CEO (or his
designated deputy) by 10.00 a.m. on the first day of any such
unauthorized absence. If you are still off work on the third day
you must contact the CEO to report on your progress. You must keep
the CEO regularly informed of your absence and of the expected
duration of your absence. Failure to notify the Company of your
absence may render you subject to disciplinary action and may also
bar you from receiving sick pay.
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Absence through
sickness or injury must be covered by a medical certificate. For
the first seven days a self-certificate form (available from Human
Resources) must be completed on your return to work and submitted
to Human Resources For illness of more than seven days, a
doctor’s certificate must be produced on the eighth day and
should be submitted regularly for any period of sickness
thereafter. On each occasion a medical certificate expires and you
do not anticipate returning to work, you must notify the Head of
Worldwide Sales on the first working day following the expiry of
the medical certificate.
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Provided that
you comply with your obligations under this clause 8, the Company
may at its absolute discretion make full payment of salary while
you are absent for sickness or injury for a maximum period of
thirty (30) days in any twelve-month period and for any subsequent
such absence in the same calendar year you will receive such pay
(if any) as the Company may in its sole discretion deem
appropriate. The foregoing is without prejudice to any entitlement
to statutory sick pay (“SSP”) under the Social Security
Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (for which purpose Monday to
Friday (inclusive) in each week shall be qualifying days). Any
payment made in respect of a day of sickness shall count towards
any entitlement to SSP and any other sickness or other benefit
obtainable by you under any social security, national insurance or
other legislation for the time being in force or any benefit
received by you as a result of contributions paid by the Company to
any health insurance scheme. Only SSP will be paid for any period
of absence due to sickness during your probationary period and/or
your notice period. The Company at all times reserves the right to
withhold, discontinue or request repayment of any contractual sick
pay:
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if it is
satisfied that you have misrepresented your state of health or are
in any way abusing the sickness scheme; or
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if an injury
from an accident at work was caused by your misconduct at work;
or
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if you fail to
follow the Company’s absence rules; or
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if, in the
opinion of a doctor nominated by the Company, you are well enough
to work; or
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if you behave
in a manner likely to impede your recovery.
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You agree to be
examined by a medical practitioner nominated by the Company on the
Company’s request, the cost of which will be borne by the
Company. You shall authorise the medical practitioner carrying out
the examination to disclose to or discuss with the Company and its
advisers any matters arising from such examination.
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PERIOD
OF NOTICE AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
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You will be
required to give six (6) months notice in writing to terminate your
employment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein or in the Stock Purchase Agreement, if you terminate your
employment with the Company under this clause 9.1 prior to the
expiration of the Earn-Out Term, you acknowledge and agree that
neither the Company nor Mandalay Media, Inc. shall be obligated to
pay you any portion of any Earn-Out Payment (as defined in the
Stock Purchase Agreement) that might otherwise be payable for the
Earn-Out Period (and any subsequent Earn-Out Periods) in which you
are not fully employed by the Company during such Earn-Out
Period.
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Should the
Company wish to terminate your employment prior to the second
anniversary of the Commencement Date, other than for the reasons
set out in clause 9.4 below, you will be entitled to receive
payments in the amount of your base salary then in effect up to the
second anniversary of the Commencement Date, and you shall be
entitled to six (6) months notice of such termination.
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The Company
shall be entitled at its sole discretion at any time to terminate
your employment forthwith without notice in accordance with this
clause 9.3 and to make a payment of basic salary to you as set
forth above in lieu of any notice period and to deduct tax and
national insurance from any such payment, provided that if the
Company shall decide not to make a payment to you under this
clause, you shall not be entitled to enforce the payment as a
contractual debt or as liquidated damages and your sole remedy will
be in the form of damages in respect of any unexpired period of
notice. Where you have received a payment in lieu of notice, you
will not be entitled to any additional compensation in respect of
holiday which would otherwise have accrued during your notice
period. For the avoidance of doubt, you shall be entitled to
receive your pro-rata share of any Earn-Out Payment made by
Mandalay Media, Inc. unless you terminate your employment with the
Company pursuant to clause 9.1.
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Notwithstanding
the other provisions of this clause 9, your employment may be
terminated by the Company by written notice having immediate effect
and without notice or payment in lieu of notice or payment of any
compensation or liquidated damages if you are guilty of gross
misconduct or in any way fundamentally breach your employment
contract with the Company. The following are examples of conduct
that would entitle the Company to terminate your employment
summarily:
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theft, fraud,
intentionally providing false or misleading information or any act
of dishonesty;
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any act or
attempted act of violence or abusive behaviour towards people or
property including causing deliberate damage to the Company’s
property;
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indecent
behaviour towards or harassment or bullying of fellow employees,
suppliers, customers or clients;
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incapability
through alcohol, non-prescribed drugs or other
substances,
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wilful and
persistent breach of health and safety regulations;
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a serious act
of insubordination or wilful refusal to carry out reasonable
requests;
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serious or
persistent neglect of duties or a series of persistent breaches of
the terms and conditions of your employment, other than a breach
which is capable of remedy and is remedied forthwith by you at the
Company’s request to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Company;
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failure to
comply in any material respect with any policy, procedures or rules
of any professional or regulatory body governing the business
carried out by the Company including, without limitation, any
policy in respect of equal opportunities and harassment, data
protection and use of email and the internet;
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unauthorized
use of or disclosure of confidential information;
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serious breach
of the Company’s policies, procedures or rules contained in
the Employee Handbook, which may be amended from time to
time;
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falsifying
records or expense claims;
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conviction of a
criminal offence, other than a minor offence, arising from or
related to your work for the Company;
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conviction of a
criminal offence committed outside working hours which in the
opinion of the Company acting reasonably adversely affects the
Company’s business or reputation, or affects your suitability
for the type of work which you perform or affects your
acceptability to other employees;
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any act of
gross misconduct or any other act or omission (whether or not
during or in the context of your employment) which, in the opinion
of the Company acting reasonably, brings or is likely or calculated
to bring the name or reputation of the Company into disrepute or to
materially prejudice the interests of the business of the
Company;
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unauthorized
signing of documentation committing the Company to any financial
obligation or exceeding your authority in any other way;
or
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misuse of the
Company’s computer system or any other Company owned
equipment.
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The Company
shall have the right to suspend you (subject to the continued
payment of salary and benefits) pending any investigation into any
potential dishonesty, gross misconduct or any other circumstances
which may give rise to a right to the Company to terminate your
employment for such period as it thinks fit.
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After notice of
termination has been given by either party you may be required by
the Company in its absolute discretion not to attend at your place
of work or other offices of the Company at any time and not to
perform any duties for the Company or to perform only such specific
duties, projects or tasks as are expressly assigned to you by the
Company, in any case for such period and at such place or places
(including, without limitation your home) as the Company in its
absolute discretion may decide. You will continue to receive your
full pay and contractual benefits during any such period. Any
period of Garden Leave will not exceed the period of notice the
Company is required to give you pursuant to clause 9.2 of this
agreement.
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During any such
period you shall:
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if requested by
the Company resign from any office which you may ho
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