EXHIBIT 10.06
SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND
GENERAL RELEASE
This Separation
Agreement and General Release (“Separation Agreement”)
is made by and between David Bruce (“Executive”) and
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (the
“Company”). The Company and Executive are
referred to individually as the “Parties” and each
individually as a “Party.”
RECITALS
|
|
Executive is
employed by Company pursuant to an Agreement dated January 5, 2009
(the “Employment Agreement”) between Company and
Executive; and
|
|
|
Executive’s employment with Company will
terminate on May 6, 2009 (the “Termination Date”);
and
|
|
|
The Parties
wish to resolve any and all disputes, claims, complaints,
grievances, charges, actions, petitions and demands that
they may have against each other, including, but not
limited to, any and all claims arising or in any way relating to
Executive’s employment with or separation from
Company.
|
NOW THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual promises made herein, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby
agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
|
|
Defined
Terms .
Any capitalized terms
not defined in this Separation Agreement shall have the meanings
attributed to them in the Employment Agreement.
|
|
|
Termination of Employment
Agreement . Except as provided in Section 7
below, Company and Executive agree that the Employment Agreement is
hereby terminated as of the Termination Date, and except as set
forth in Section 7 below, all rights and obligations of the parties
pursuant to the Employment Agreement shall terminate as of the
Termination Date. Executive has separately tendered a
letter resigning his positions as Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, and as a director of the Company.
|
|
|
Receipt
of All Wages Due . Company shall pay all wages and
compensation due and owing to Executive as of the Termination Date,
including, without limitation, any and all of Executive’s
accrued but unused vacation and reimbursable business-related
expenses supported by proper documentation and submitted pursuant
to the Company’s expense reimbursement
policy. Company and Executive agree that such wages and
compensation are as set forth on Exhibit 1 attached
hereto. Executive agrees and acknowledges that, upon
payment of such amounts, Company will have paid all wages and
compensation due and owing to Executive as of the date
hereof.
|
|
|
Additional Separation Payment
.
In consideration for the waivers,
releases and covenants set forth herein, the Company will continue
payment of Executive’s Annual Base Salary (as defined in the
Employment Agreement) for a period of thirty (30) days following
the Termination Date, in accordance with the Company’s
regular payroll practices (pro-rated for partial periods, and
setting off from the first payment the pro-rated May compensation
paid pursuant to Section 3 above). For avoidance of
doubt, Executive will not be eligible for any other additional cash
compensation, whether under the Employment Agreement or otherwise,
including without limitation any entitlement under any executive
bonus plan or pension plan referenced in the Employment
Agreement.
|
|
|
No Equity
Interest . Executive acknowledges and agrees
that Executive is not entitled to any equity interest in the
Company or any option or right with respect to any such equity
interest, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Employment Agreement or in any other agreement between the Company
and Executive.
|
|
|
Benefits . The Company will maintain health
and medical insurance benefits for Executive and any of his
eligible and participating dependents, pursuant to the
Company’s health insurance plan, through the end of the month
in which Executive resigns his employment. Thereafter,
Executive and said dependents shall cease to be active participants
under the Company’s health and medical benefit plans in
accordance with the terms of those plans, and no additional health
or medical benefits shall accrue to Executive or his
dependents. Executive will be entitled to continue his
and/or his eligible dependents’ current health and medical
insurance coverage, if any, in accordance with the provisions of
COBRA, as applicable, and will receive notice of any such COBRA
continuation rights under separate
cover. Executive’s participation in all other
benefits and incidents of employment will terminate on the
Termination Date, except as required by governing law.
|
|
|
Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Invention
Assignment . Executive and the Company
acknowledge and agree that:
|
|
|
|
Section 5 (b)
through (e) of the Employment Agreement (“Non-Disclosure,
Inventions, Acknowledgement, and Enforceability”) will remain
in effect following the Termination Date for the periods stated in
such Section. Executive shall continue to maintain the
confidentiality of all confidential and proprietary information of
the Company and shall continue to comply with the terms and
conditions of such Section.
|
|
|
|
Executive shall
return all of the company’s property except laptop computer,
and return or destroy confidential and proprietary information in
executive’s possession to the Company by five days after the
Effective Date of this Agreement.
|
|
|
|
Section 7(a) of
the Employment Agreement (“Indemnification”) will
remain in effect for a period of 3 years following Termination
Date.
|
|
|
Release
of Claims . Executive agrees that the additional
consideration provided for in this Agreement represents settlement
in full of all outstanding obligations owed to Executive by the
Company and/or its officers, managers, supervisors, members, agents
and employees. Executive, on Executive’s own
behalf, and on behalf of Executive’s heirs, representatives,
executors, administrators, attorneys, family members, executors,
agents, successors in interest, and assigns, hereby fully,
knowingly and forever releases the Company and its past, present
and future owners, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates,
related entities, joint ventures, partners and members, as well as
each of their respective past, present and future directors,
officers, investors, shareholders, administrators, agents,
associates, representatives, employees, attorneys, predecessors,
successors and assigns, and any and all of them (the
“Releasees”) from any and all liability, actions,
causes of action, claims, charges, complaints, demands, grievances,
promises, obligations, losses, damages, injuries and legal
responsibilities, of any type whatsoever, whether known or unknown,
unforeseen, unanticipated, unsuspected or latent, that
are based upon, relate to or arise out of any matters
of any kind (collectively, “Claims”), that Executive
may possess arising from any omissions, acts or facts that have
occurred up until and including the Effective Date of this
Agreement including, without limitation:
|
|
(a)
|
any and all
claims relating to or arising from Executive’s employment
relationship with the Company and the termination of that
relationship, including, without limitation, Executive’s
employment agreement and the termination of that agreement;
and
|
|
(b)
|
any and all
claims under the law of any jurisdiction including, but not limited
to, wrongful discharge of employment, retaliation, constructive
discharge from employment, termination in violation of public
policy, discrimination, harassment, breach of contract (both
express and implied), breach of a covenant of good faith and fair
dealing (both express and implied), whistleblowing claims,
promissory estoppel, negligent or intentional infliction of
emotional distress, negligent or intentional misrepresentation,
negligent or intentional interference with contract or prospective
economic advantage, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the
duty of loyalty, unfair business practices, defamation, libel,
slander, negligence, personal injury, assault, battery, invasion of
privacy, false imprisonment, and conversion; and
|
|
(c)
|
any and all
claims for violation of any federal, state or municipal statute,
laws, or ordinances, including, but not limited to, Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the
Executive Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, The Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Older Workers
Benefit Protection Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the
California Family Rights Act, the California Fair Employment and
Housing Act, and the California Labor Code, Section 1981 of the
Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA),
Executive Order 11141, the Executive Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, the California Civil Code, the California
Business & Professions Code, the Code of Federal Regulations,
the California Code of Regulations, and any applicable California
Industrial Welfare Commission Order; and
|
|
(d)
|
any and all
claims for violation of the federal, or any state, constitution;
and
|
|
(e)
|
any and all
claims arising out of any other laws and regulations relating to
compensation, wages and hours of work, leaves, employment or
employment discrimination, harassment or
|
|