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TERMINATION AND RELEASE
AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) by and
between Joy Global Inc. (the “Company”) and Donald C.
Roof (the “Executive”).
WHEREAS, the Executive has been employed as
Executive Vice President of the Company; and
WHEREAS, by mutual agreement between the parties
hereto, effective June 15, 2007 (the “Termination
Date”), the Executive’s employment with the Company
terminates.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive, in
consideration of the covenants herein set forth, agree as
follows:
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1.
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Termination of Employment
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The Executive’s employment is hereby
terminated by the Company effective as of the Termination Date. The
Executive hereby resigns, effective as of the Termination Date,
from all positions the Executive may currently hold as an officer,
member or director of any of the Company’s subsidiaries or
Affiliates. (For purposes of this Agreement,
“Affiliate” shall mean a corporation or other entity
controlled by, controlling or under common control with the
Company.) The Executive shall sign and deliver to the Company such
other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company to
effect or reflect such resignations.
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2.
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Payments, Reimbursements through Termination
Date
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Regardless of whether the Executive signs this
Agreement,
(a)
The Company shall pay to the Executive his current
base monthly salary in equal semi-monthly installments through June
15, 2007, subject to required tax and other statutory
withholding.
(b)
The Executive acknowledges and agrees that nine (9)
days of the Executive’s vacation have been earned and are
unused as of the Termination Date. The Executive shall be paid for
such unused vacation days, less required tax and other statutory
withholding, in the form of a payroll check no later than the next
regular pay date following the execution of this
agreement.
(c)
The Company will reimburse the Executive for any
unreimbursed reasonable business expenses incurred by the Executive
prior to the Termination Date, pursuant to the Company’s
reimbursement policies, following the Executive’s
presentation of an expense report to the Company.
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3.
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Payments, Benefits and Obligations If
Agreement is Signed
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In exchange for signing this Agreement, if the
revocation period described in Section 8(b) has expired with no
revocation occurring, and provided that the Executive is not in
breach of any of his obligations under this Agreement, the Parties
agree to the following consideration and payments:
(a)
Subject to required tax and other statutory
withholding, the Company shall pay the Executive a prorated bonus
payment equal to the product of (A) the Executive’s most
recent salary of $436,800 per year, (B) the Executive’s bonus
target percentage for Fiscal Year 2007 of 60%, (C) the bonus payout
percentage applied to the Company’s executive officers for
Fiscal Year 2007 as determined by the Human Resources and
Nominating Committee (and, if the payout percentages are not
identical for all executive officers employed, the median payout
percentage so determined) and (D) 63.2% (representing the
percentage of Fiscal Year 2007 for which the Executive was employed
by the Company, based on calendar days elapsed). This bonus payment
will be made at the same time as Fiscal Year 2007 bonuses are paid
to the Company’s executive officers.
(b)
The Company will allow the Executive to retain the
laptop computer currently in his possession, it being understood
that the Company may borrow the laptop following the Termination
Date for the purpose of deleting all confidential Company
information, and it being further understood that the Company will
have no further responsibility with respect to maintenance and
operation of such laptop.
(a)
The Executive hereby reaffirms his obligations under
the Company’s Worldwide Business Conduct Policy, the Stock
Option Agreements, Performance Share Agreements and Restricted
Stock Unit Agreements to which he is a party, and the Employee
Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement.
(b)
The Executive shall keep the contents of this
Agreement confidential except as required by law,
provided that the
Executive may disclose this Agreement to his accountants,
attorneys, and immediate family members.
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5.
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Stock Option and Equity
Agreements
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(a)
The Executive retains all rights existing as of the
Termination Date under the terms of the Joy Global Inc. 2003 Stock
Incentive Plan, the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements dated
January 21, 2004, November 15, 2004 and November 14, 2005 executed
by the Executive, the Performance Share Agreements dated November
15, 2004 and November 14, 2005 executed by the Executive, and any
other equity agreements executed by the Executive and in effect, as
those rights may be established or modified by the
Executive’s termination of employment. For purposes of the
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements and Performance Share
Agreements, the Executive’s termination of employment is an
involuntary termination “without cause”.
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(b)
Subject to the Executive’s payment of required
taxes and other statutory withholding, the Company will make
distributions to the Executive in respect of his deferred stock
units in accordance with its usual practices. The timing and manner
of such distributions shall be based on the Corporation’s
good faith determination of the requirements of Section 409A of the
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