Exhibit 10.37
SPLIT-DOLLAR
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made and
entered into this 12th day of August, 2008, by and between OSI
RESTAURANT PARTNERS, LLC (formerly known as OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE,
INC.), with principal offices and place of business in the State of
Florida (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and DIRK A.
MONTGOMERY, TRUSTEE OF THE DIRK A. MONTGOMERY REVOCABLE TRUST DATED
APRIL 12, 2001 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Employee"),
WITNESSETH
THAT:
WHEREAS,
the Employee is employed by the Company;
WHEREAS,
the Employee wishes to provide life insurance protection for his
family in the event of his death, under life insurance policy
number 90848003, insuring the life of the Employee, with a face
amount of $5,162,949, as of January 31, 2008 (the "Policy"), which
is described in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference
made a part hereof, and which was issued by John Hancock Variable
Life Insurance Company (the "Insurer");
WHEREAS,
the Company is willing to pay the premiums due on the Policy as an
additional employment benefit for the Employee, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS,
the Company is the owner of the Policy and, as such, possesses all
incidents of ownership in and to the Policy, except as otherwise
provided herein; and
WHEREAS,
the Company wishes to retain such ownership rights, in order to
secure the repayment of the amount due it hereunder;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
promises contained herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Purchase of Policy . The Company has purchased the
Policy from the Insurer in the total face amount of $5,162,949 (as
of January 31, 2008) and Increasing Death Benefit Option (as such
term is defined in the Policy). The parties hereto have taken all
necessary action to cause the Insurer to issue the Policy, and
shall take any further action which may be necessary to cause the
Policy to conform to the provisions of this Agreement. The parties
hereto agree that the Policy shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and of the endorsement to the Policy
or beneficiary designation filed with the Insurer in accordance
herewith.
2.
Ownership of Policy . The Company shall be the sole
and absolute owner of the Policy, and may exercise all ownership
rights granted to the owner thereof by the terms of the Policy,
except as may otherwise be provided herein.
3.
Designation of Policy Beneficiary/Endorsement . The
Company has executed a beneficiary designation for and/or an
endorsement to the Policy, using the form required by the Insurer,
naming itself as the beneficiary of the Policy death proceeds in an
amount equal to the greater of the total amount of the premiums
paid by it hereunder or the cash value of the Policy (excluding
surrender charges or other similar charges or reductions), and
naming the beneficiary or beneficiaries selected by the Employee as
the beneficiary or beneficiaries of any balance of the death
proceeds provided under the Policy.
4.
Election of Settlement Option . The Employee may
select the beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive the portion of
policy proceeds to which the Employee is entitled hereunder, as
well as the settlement option for payment of the death benefit
provided under the Policy in excess of the amount due the Company
hereunder, by specifying the same in a written notice to the
Company. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company shall promptly
execute and deliver to the Insurer the endorsement or beneficiary
designation for such Policy under the form used by the Insurer
thereunder, to elect the requested settlement option and to
designate the
requested
person, persons or entity as the beneficiary or beneficiaries to
receive the death proceeds of the Policy in excess of the amount to
which the Company is entitled hereunder. The parties hereto agree
to take all action necessary to cause the beneficiary designation
and settlement option provisions of the Policy to conform to the
provisions hereof. The Company shall not terminate, alter or amend
such endorsement or beneficiary designation without the express
written consent of the Employee.
5.
Payment of Premiums . On or before the due date of
each Policy premium, or within the grace period provided therein,
the Company shall pay the full amount of the annual premium on the
Policy to the Insurer, and shall, upon request, promptly furnish
the Employee evidence of timely payment of such premium. Subject to
the acceptance of such amount by the Insurer, the Company may, in
its discretion, at anytime and from time to time, make additional
premium payments on the Policy. The Company shall annually furnish
the Employee a statement of the amount of income reportable by the
Employee for any Federal, state or local taxes, as applicable, as a
result of the insurance protection provided the Policy beneficiary
or beneficiaries hereunder.
6.
Additional Payment to Employee . Upon the Employee
reaching 65 years of age and while this Agreement is still in
existence, the Company shall pay to the Employee, on or before
March 15th of each year, as additional compensation, an amount
equal to the estimated Federal, state and local taxes, as
applicable, on the amount of income reportable by the Employee as a
result of the insurance protection provided the Policy beneficiary
or beneficiaries hereunder for the immediately preceding calendar
year assuming the highest Federal, state and local tax, income tax
bracket for a married individual or single individual as the case
may be.
7.
Limitations on Company's Rights in Policy
.
a. Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof or of the Policy, the Company shall not
change the beneficiary designation of the Policy, the Death Benefit
Option provision, or decrease the Face Amount of Insurance Death
Benefit, without, in any such case, the express written consent of
the Trust.
b. In
addition, in the event Employee completes seven (7) years of
continuous employment with the Company as Chief Financial Officer
commencing on January 1, 2006, the Company shall not thereafter
sell, assign, transfer, surrender or cancel the Policy.
8.
Policy Loans .
a. The
Company may pledge or assign the Policy, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, for the sole purpose of securing a
loan from the Insurer or from a third party. The amount of such
loan, including accumulated interest thereon, shall not exceed the
lesser of (i) the cumulative amount of premiums on the Policy paid
by the Company hereunder, less any portion thereof previously
recovered by the Company through a loan from or against or a
withdrawal from the Policy permitted hereunder; or (ii) the cash
surrender value of the Policy (as defined therein) as of the date
to which premiums have been paid. Interest charges on such loan
shall be paid by the Company. If the Company so encumbers the
Policy, other than by a policy loan from the Insurer, then, upon
the death of the Employee or upon the election of the Employee
hereunder to purchase the Policy from the Company, the Company
shall promptly repay such loan from the death proceeds of the
Policy or the amount received from the Employee for the purchase of
the Policy, as the case may be, and thereafter shall promptly take
all action necessary to secure the release or discharge of such
encumbrance.
b. The
Company may make withdrawals from the Policy, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof. The amount of any such withdrawal shall not
exceed the lesser of: (i) the
amount of the
premiums on the Policy paid by the Company hereunder, less any
portion thereof previously recovered by the Company through a loan
from or against or a withdrawal permitted hereunder; or (ii) the
cash surrender value of the Policy (as defined therein) as of the
date to which premiums have been paid, and shall reduce the amount
to which the Company would otherwise be entitled
hereunder.
9.
Collection of Death Proceeds .
a.
Upon the death of the Employee, the Company shall cooperate with
the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Company at the
direction of the Employee to take whatever action is necessary to
collect the death benefit provided under the Policy; when such
benefit has been collected and paid as provided herein, this
Agreement shall thereupon terminate.
b. Upon
the death of the Employee, the Company shall have the unqualified
right to receive a portion of such death benefit equal to the
greater of: (1) the total amount of the premiums paid by it
hereunder reduced by any indebtedness against the Policy incurred
by the Company hereunder existing at the death of the Employee,
including any interest due on such indebtedness, or any withdrawals
made by the Company from the Policy; (2) or the cash value of the
Policy, net of any loans from the Insurer or withdrawals permitted
hereunder (excluding surrender charges or other similar charges or
reductions) immediately before the death of the Employee. The
balance of the death benefit provided under the Policy, if any,
shall be paid directly to the beneficiary or beneficiaries
designated by the Company at the direction of the Employee, in the
manner and in the amount or amounts provided in the endorsement or
beneficiary designation provision of the Policy. In no event shall
the amount payable to the Company hereunder exceed the death
proceeds payable under the Policy at the death of the Employee. No
amount shall be paid from such death benefit to the beneficiary or
beneficiaries designated by the Company at the direction of the
Employee, until the full amount due the
Company
hereunder has been paid. The parties hereto agree that the
beneficiary designation provision of the Policy shall conform to
the provisions hereof.
c. Notwithstanding
any provision hereof to the contrary, in the event that, for any
reason whatsoever, no death benefit is payable under the Policy
upon the death of the Employee and in lieu thereof the Insurer
refunds all or any part of the premiums paid for the Policy, the
Company and the Employee's beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have
the unqualified right to share such premiums based on their
respective cumulative contributions thereto.
10.
Termination of the Agreement During the Employee's
Lifetime .
a. This
Agreement shall terminate, during the Employee's lifetime, without
notice, upon (a) bankruptcy, receivership or dissolution of the
Company, or (b) upon termination of Employee's employment with the
Company prior to completion of seven (7) years of continuous
employment as Chief Financial Officer commencing January 1,
2006.
b. In
addition, either party may terminate this Agreement while no
premium under the Policy is overdue, by written notice to the other
party; provided that the Company shall have no power to terminate
this Agreement upon completion by Employee of seven (7) years of
continuous employment with Company as Chief