Exhibit 10.34.1
SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND
RELEASE
This Separation
Agreement and Release (this “Agreement”) is entered
into as of the 15 th day of August 2008, between Wade Spooner
(“Spooner”) and Xfone USA, Inc. (the
“Company”).
RECITALS
A. Spooner
was employed by the Company as President and Chief Executive
Officer pursuant to an Employment Agreement dated March 10, 2005
(the “Employment Agreement”) which expired on March 10,
2008 and Spooner was notified in writing on March 11, 2008 that the
Company was not renewing the Employment Agreement and
Spooner’s employment with the Company ended at the close of
business on March 11, 2008 (the “Employment Expiration
Date”).
B. Spooner
and the Company wish to compromise and settle all claims and issues
arising from or related to Spooner’s employment with the
Company, on the terms and conditions expressed in this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE,
based upon the foregoing recitals, in consideration of the mutual
terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are acknowledged by each party, Spooner and the Company agree
as follows:
Section 1
Payments to
Spooner
1.1 In
full settlement of any and all claims by Spooner against the
Company, the Company shall cause to be paid to Spooner the
following:
(i)
Cash Payments . $210,000.00 payable in twenty
four (24) bi-monthly payments of $8,750.00 on the 15
th and the last day of each month or on the next
business day if a payment date falls on either a weekend or holiday
beginning following the date that this Agreement is no longer
revocable as provided in Section 19 hereof. The Company
agrees to direct deposit these payments to a bank account specified
by Spooner in writing to the Company.
(ii)
New Warrants . 300,000 non-tradable warrants
(“New Warrants”) to purchase restricted common stock of
Xfone, Inc. (“Xfone Common Stock”) which warrants shall
be issued upon and subject to the approval of the American Stock
Exchange, the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange and/or any other applicable
exchange or market where the Xfone Common Stock is traded (jointly
or severally the “Exchange”). Spooner
acknowledges that the foregoing Exchange approval may be
conditional upon the approval of the issuance of the New Warrants
by the shareholders of Xfone, Inc., and that Xfone, Inc. shall seek
such shareholder approval, if so required by the Exchange, at its
2008 annual meeting of shareholders. The New Warrants
shall provide for a five (5) year term from the date of issuance
and be convertible on a one-to-one basis into restricted Xfone
Common Stock with a strike price of $3.63 per share. For
a period of five (5) years after the date
hereof, whenever Xfone, Inc. (“Xfone”)
proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, pertaining to the sale by Xfone of common
stock or securities convertible into common stock in an
underwritten offering, and the registration form to be used may be
used for the registration of the shares underlying the New Warrants
granted to Spooner under this Section 1.1(ii) (in this Section
1.1(ii) a "Piggyback Registration"), Xfone will give prompt written
notice to Spooner of its intention to effect such a registration
and will include in such registration the shares underlying
Spooner’s New Warrants issued under this Section 1.1(ii)
unless Spooner objects to inclusion of such shares by a written
notice to Xfone within two (2) business days after the receipt of
Xfone’s notice to Spooner. If a Piggyback
Registration is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of
Xfone, and the managing underwriters advise Xfone in writing that
in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included
in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such
offering, Xfone will include in such registration (i) first, the
securities Xfone proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the shares
underlying New Warrants of Spooner requested to be included in such
registration and securities held by other persons having piggyback
registration rights, if any, pro rata among the holders of such
securities on the basis of the number of shares of registerable
securities held by such holders. Xfone will pay the
Registration Expenses with respect to all Piggyback
Registrations. The term "Registration Expenses" means
expenses incident to registration and filing fees, fees and
expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, printing
expenses, messenger and delivery expenses and fees and
disbursements of counsel for Xfone and all independent certified
public accountants, and other persons retained by
Xfone. Spooner shall pay, with respect to the underlying
shares registered and proposed to be resold by him, all applicable
underwriting or brokerage fees, as well as the fees and
disbursements of any counsel employed by him in connection with
such registration statement. Spooner shall cooperate
with Xfone with respect to the preparation and filing of the
registration statement, and shall complete and execute any required
questionnaire.
Spooner acknowledges and agrees that his 500,000
unvested options for Xfone Common Stock which were granted pursuant
to Section 3.3 of the Employment Agreement were terminated on March
11, 2008, and that the remaining 100,000 vested options terminated
on June 11, 2008 and he does not hold and is not due any other
options under the Employment Agreement or otherwise.
(iii)
WS Telecom Merger Warrants . Spooner and the
Company agree that Spooner was issued 304,725 warrants for
restricted Xfone Common Stock with a strike price of $3.63 and a
term of 5 years from the date of issue on March 10, 2005 (the
“WS Telecom Merger Xfone Warrants”) in connection with
the consummation of the merger of WS Telecom, Inc. with and into
Xfone USA, Inc. on March 10, 2005 pursuant to the Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated May 28, 2004 (the “WS Telecom Merger
Agreement”).
Spooner and the Company agree that pursuant to
Xfone’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No.
333-139024) which was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 12, 2006,
that 304,725 shares of Xfone Common Stock which may be issued in
the event of exercise of the WS Telecom Merger Xfone Warrants were
registered.
Within fourteen (14) business days of receipt by
Xfone’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) of
the original warrant certificate(s) evidencing the 304,725 WS
Telecom Merger Xfone Warrants the Company shall cause the Transfer
Agent to issue a replacement warrant certificate for 304,725 Xfone
warrants exercisable on a one for one basis into unrestricted Xfone
Common Stock with an expiration date of March 10, 2010 and a strike
price of $3.63 per share.
(iv)
Acquisition Bonus Warrants . Pursuant to Section
3.4 of the Employment Agreement, Spooner was to receive acquisition
warrants (the “Acquisition Bonus Warrants”) for
restricted Xfone Common Stock with a value equal to 1.334% of the
Aggregate Transaction Consideration (as defined in the Employment
Agreement) of each acquisition closed during Spooner’s
employment period, with the value of the warrants received to be
calculated by Xfone one day prior to the closing of each
acquisition assuming a 90% volatility of the underlying Parent
Common Stock pursuant to the Black Scholes option-pricing model,
with vesting six months from the date of issue. The
warrants were to be convertible on a one-to-one basis into
restricted Xfone Common Stock with a term of five years and a
strike price equal to 10% above the closing price of the Parent
Common Stock one day prior to the closing date of each
acquisition. Spooner was issued 32,390 Acquisition Bonus
Warrants on July 11, 2006 which warrants are exercisable on a
one to one basis into restricted Xfone Common Stock with an
exercise price of $3.285 per share and an expiration date of
July 11, 2011. Pursuant to Xfone’s
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-139024) which was
declared effective by the SEC on December 12, 2006, 32,390 shares
of Xfone Common Stock which may be issued in the event of the
exercise of the 32,390 Acquisition Bonus Warrants were
registered.
The parties to this Agreement disagree as to the
total number of Acquisition Bonus Warrants that Spooner was
entitled to receive under Section 3.4 of his Employment Agreement
for acquisitions completed by the Company during the term of his
employment. The parties agree that in full settlement
and satisfaction of any Acquisition Bonus Warrants due to Spooner
under Section 3.4 of the Employment Agreement, Xfone shall issue to
Spooner an additional 21,452 non-tradable warrants convertible on a
one to one basis into restricted Xfone Common Stock with 2,483 of
the warrants to have an expiration date of December 30, 2010 with a
strike price of $3.04 per share and 18,969 of the warrants to have
an expiration date of March 31, 2011 with a strike price of $3.26
per share (the “Additional Acquisition Bonus
Warrants”). The Additional Acquisition Bonus
Warrants shall be issued upon and subject to the approval of the
Exchange. Spooner acknowledges that the foregoing
Exchange approval may be conditional upon the approval of the
issuance of the Additional Acquisition Bonus Warrants by the
shareholders of Xfone and that Xfone shall seek such shareholder
approval, if so required by the Exchange, at its 2008 annual
meeting of shareholders. Through the expiration date of
the Additional Acquisition Bonus Warrants, whenever Xfone proposes
to file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, pertaining to the sale by Xfone of common stock or
securities convertible into common stock in an underwritten
offering, and the registration form to be used may be used for the
registration of the shares underlying the unexpired Additional
Acquisition Bonus Warrants granted to Spooner under this Section
1.1(iv) (in this Section 1.1(iv) a "Piggyback Registration"), Xfone
will give prompt written notice to Spooner of its intention to
effect such a registration and will include in such registration
the shares underlying Spooner’s unexpired Additional
Acquisition Bonus Warrants issued under this Section 1.1(iv) unless
Spooner objects to inclusion of such shares by a written notice to
Xfone within two (2) business days after the receipt of
Xfone’s notice to Spooner. If a Piggyback
Registration is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of
Xfone, and the managing underwriters advise Xfone in writing that
in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included
in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such
offering, Xfone will include in such registration (i) first, the
securities Xfone proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the shares
underlying unexpired Additional Acquisition Bonus Warrants of
Spooner requested to be included in such registration and
securities held by other persons having piggyback registration
rights, if any, pro rata among the holders of such securities on
the basis of the number of shares of registerable securities held
by such holders. Xfone will pay the Registration
Expenses with respect to all Piggyback
Registrations. The term "Registration Expenses" means
expenses incident to registration and filing fees, fees and
expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, printing
expenses, messenger and delivery expenses and fees and
disbursements of counsel for Xfone and all independent certified
public accountants, and other persons retained by
Xfone. Spooner shall pay, with respect to the underlying
shares proposed to be resold by him, all applicable underwriting or
brokerage fees, as well as the fees and disbursements of any
counsel employed by him in connection with such registration
statement. Spooner shall cooperate with Xfone with
respect to the preparation and filing of the registration
statement, and shall complete and execute any required
questionnaire.
(v) Xfone
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Exchange
approval and shareholder approval, if required for the issuance of
the New Warrants and Additional Acquisition Bonus
Warrants.
1.2 From
and after the Employment Expiration Date, Spooner is not eligible
to participate in any employee benefit plans
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