Exhibit 10.1
INFUSYSTEM HOLDINGS, INC.
August 28, 2009
Mr. Steve Watkins
31700 Research Park Dr.
Madison Heights, MI 48071
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Re:
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Resignation
as Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Dear Steve:
I want to express to you on behalf
of the Board of Directors of the InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. our
appreciation for your services to InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. as
Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors.
This Separation Agreement and General Release
(“Agreement”) confirms our mutual agreement regarding
the terms and conditions of your resignation as Chief Executive
Officer and Director of InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., including from
all other positions that you have held as an employee, officer or
director of InfuSystem, Inc., the Company’s wholly-owned
subsidiary (collectively, with InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., the
“Company”).
Capitalized terms used herein but
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Employment Agreement between you and the Company entered into
and effective as of November 12, 2007 (the “Employment
Agreement”).
You and the Company agree as
follows:
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1.
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Concluding
Employment .
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a.
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You acknowledge
that you hereby resign from employment with the Company effective
September 7, 2009 (the “Date of Resignation”). The
Company hereby accepts your resignation from employment.
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b.
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Your
resignation will be treated as a termination of your employment by
you for any reason pursuant to Paragraph 5(c)(i) of the Employment
Agreement.
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c.
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After the Date
of Resignation, and for a period of sixty (60) days, you agree
to serve as a consultant to the Company as reasonably requested by
the Company. However, following the Date of Resignation, you shall
not represent yourself as being an employee, officer, or agent of
the Company, and any delegation of authority to you will be
revoked. You may not and shall not represent or take any action on
behalf of the Company without written authorization from the
Company.
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d.
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The Date of
Resignation shall be the termination date of your employment for
purposes of participation in and coverage under all benefit plans
and programs sponsored by or through the Company except as
otherwise provided herein.
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2.
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Compensation . Regardless of whether you sign this Agreement,
your total and final compensation, payments and benefits from the
Company shall be as follows (subject to applicable deductions and
withholdings):
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a.
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You will
receive your Annual Base Salary, payable in accordance with the
Company’s payroll practices, and continue to participate in
all Company benefit plans in which you currently participate,
through the Date of Resignation. Thereafter, you may be eligible to
elect COBRA continuation coverage. This continued COBRA coverage
shall be available at your own expense. You will receive a COBRA
election packet that sets forth the details of the continuation
coverage available under COBRA, including an explanation about
whether you (and your dependents) are eligible for an additional
subsidy to your COBRA premiums under the “American
Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009” that was signed
into law on February 17, 2009.
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b.
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You will
receive a lump sum payment for any accrued but unused vacation days
as of your Date of Resignation, within thirty (30) days of
your Date of Resignation.
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c.
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You will
receive a lump sum payment for any other benefits or compensation
that have been accrued or earned, but not paid, as of your Date of
Resignation, within thirty (30) days of your Date of
Resignation.
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Consideration . Provided that you execute and do not revoke
this Agreement, the Company will provide you with the following
payments and benefits:
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a.
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For a period of
two (2) years following the Date of Resignation, the Company
will continue to pay you your Annual Base Salary in accordance with
its regular payroll practices for similarly situated executives and
continue to pay for your existing health insurance
benefits;
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b.
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The Company
will pay you a bonus award in the amount of $150,000 for the 2009
calendar year in lieu of the pro rated bonus award provided for
under Paragraph 5(c)(ii) of the Employment Agreement. Such payment
will be made within 30 days of the Effective Date of this Agreement
(as provided for in Paragraph 14(g)).
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c.
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Any unvested portions of your
Stock Option and Restricted Shares as of the Date of Resignation
shall vest pro rata based upon your services to the Company as
Chief Executive Officer during the 2009 calendar year. Any
remaining unvested portions of your Restricted Shares and Stock
Option that do not vest upon such pro rata basis will be
immediately and permanently forfeited to the Company by you for no
consideration. Subject to the terms of the Company’s 2007
Incentive
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Compensation Plan and the Stock
Option Award, the vested portion of your Stock Option (including
any portion that vested on a pro rata basis as described above)
will remain exercisable for a period of ninety (90) days
following the Date of Resignation and there are no limitations on
your exercise of the vested portion of your Stock Option, the sale
of the common stock underlying your Stock Option or the sale of
your vested Restricted Shares other than those related to insider
information. During this ninety (90) day period you agree to
notify Sean McDevitt, Chairman of the Company, prior to engaging in
any transaction in the Company’s securities so as to consult
about the potential applicability of insider trading restrictions.
The window for such sales is scheduled to open on or about
August 7, 2009. We will promptly notify you of any change in
such date.
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4.
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No Other
Entitlements . You
understand and agree that the compensation, payments and benefits
provided for in Paragraph 3 of this Agreement are in excess of
those to which you may be entitled from the Company Entities (as
that term is defined below). Once the Company has made to you the
payments provided for in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement, you
acknowledge and agree that you will have received all entitlements
due from the Company relating to your employment with the Company,
including but not limited to, all wages earned, sick pay, vacation
pay, bonus awards, and any paid and unpaid personal leave for which
you were eligible and entitled, and that no other entitlements are
due to you other than as set forth in this Agreement.
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a.
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In
consideration for the payments and benefits provided in Paragraph 3
of this Agreement, you, for yourself and for your heirs, executors,
administrators, trustees, legal representatives and assigns
(hereinafter referred to collectively as “Releasors”),
forever release and discharge the Company and its past and/or
present parent entities, and its or their subsidiaries, divisions,
affiliates and related business entities, successors and assigns,
assets, employee benefit plans or funds, and any of its or their
respective past and/or present directors, officers, fiduciaries,
agents, trustees, administrators, employees and assigns, whether
acting as agents for the Company or in their individual capacities
(collectively the “Company Entities”) from any and all
claims, demands, causes of action, fees and liabilities of any kind
whatsoever, whether known or unknown, which you ever had, now have,
or may have against any of the Company Entities by reason of any
act, omission, transaction, practice, plan, policy, procedure,
conduct, occurrence, or other matter up to and including the date
on which you sign this Agreement.
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b.
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Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to and shall release
the Company Entities from any and all claims, whether known or
unknown, which Releasors ever had, now have, or may have against
the Company Entities arising out of your employment and/or your
separation from that employment, including, but not limited to
(i) any claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(29 U.S.C. Section 621, et seq.) (“ADEA”), Older
Workers’ Benefits Protection Act, Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 42 U.S.C.
Section 1981, the Americans with
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Disabilities Act, the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (excluding claims for
accrued, vested benefits under any employee benefit or pension plan
of the Company Entities subject to the terms and conditions of such
plan and applicable law), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each as amended; (ii) any claims
under the Michigan Civil Rights Act, Mich. Comp. Laws §§
37.2101 to 37.2804, Michigan Equal Pay Law, Mich. Comp. Laws
§408.397, or Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights
Act, Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 37.1101 et seq.; and
(iii) any other claim (whether based on federal, state, or
local statutes, orders, laws, ordinances, regulations or the like
or common law) relating to or arising out of your employment, the
terms and conditions of such employment, or the termination of such
employment, including but not limited to claims for tortious
conduct of any kind, breach of contract (express or implied),
fraud, misrepresentation, wrongful discharge, detrimental reliance,
defamation, emotional distress or compensatory or punitive damages;
and (iv) any claim for monetary or other person
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