SEPARATION AND CONSULTING
AGREEMENT
This Separation and Consulting
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of June
19, 2008 between Foamex International Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and its primary operating subsidiary Foamex L.P. (together with
their subsidiaries, successors and assigns, collectively, the
“ Company ”), and Paul A. Haslanger (the “
Executive ”).
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently
employed as the Executive Vice President, Engineering and
Technology of Foamex International Inc. and Foamex L.P.;
and
WHEREAS, the Company is eliminating
the Executive’s position as Executive Vice President,
Engineering and Technology of Foamex International Inc. and Foamex
L.P. effective as of June 27, 2008 (the “ Effective
Date ”); and
WHEREAS, under the circumstances of
the Executive’s severance, the Foamex L.P.s Severance Policy
provides for a certain “Severance Entitlement” in
exchange for the Executive’s Release; and
WHEREAS, the Executive has agreed to
provide valuable consulting services and to enter into covenants of
confidentiality and non-competition upon the terms and conditions
set forth in the provisions of this Agreement relating to
consulting services; and .
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the promises, mutual covenants and other good and valuable
consideration set forth in this Agreement, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Executive and the
Company agree as follows:
Except as otherwise stated in this
Agreement, this Agreement is the entire agreement between the
Company and the Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof
and contains all agreements, whether written, oral, express or
implied, between the Company and the Executive relating to the
termination of the Executive’s employment with and severance
from the Company (in accordance with Foamex L.P. Severance Pay
Policy) and the Executive’s provision of consulting services
to the Company, and, as of the date of this Agreement, supersedes
and extinguishes any other agreement relating to the terms and
conditions applicable to the termination of the Executive’s
employment, and the Executive’s provision of consulting
services to the Company, whether written, oral, express or implied,
between the Company and the Executive, including, without
limitation, such provisions included in the Change in Control
Protection Agreement, dated December 20, 2007, as amended on
January 31, 2007 (the “ CIC Agreement ”). This
Agreement may not be modified or amended, nor may any rights under
it be waived, except in a writing signed and agreed to by the
Company and the Executive specifically referencing the provision
being so changed or modified.
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II.
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Termination of Employment; Resignation from
Positions; Consulting Services
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The Executive’s current
employment by the Company and any and all titles, positions and
appointments the Executive holds with the Company, whether as an
officer,
director or employee (including,
without limitation, as the Executive Vice President, Engineering
and Technology, shall cease as of the Effective Date unless earlier
terminated by the Company for “cause” (within the
meaning of the Foamex L.P. Severance Pay Policy) or due to the
Executive’s death. If the Executive’s employment is
terminated prior to the Effective Date by the Company for
“cause” (within the meaning of the Foamex L.P.
Severance Pay Policy) or due to the Executive’s death, the
provisions of Section IIIA and IIIB of this Agreement, shall be
null and void and the provisions of the Foamex L.P. Severance Pay
Policy shall govern any rights of the Executive in connection with
such termination of employment. Effective as of the Effective Date,
the Executive shall have no authority to act on behalf of the
Company and shall not hold himself out as having such authority,
enter into any agreement or incur any obligations on behalf of the
Company, commit any member of the Company in any manner or
otherwise act in an executive or other decision-making capacity
with respect to the Company. For the period commencing on October
1, 2008 and ending on June 30, 2010, the Executive shall make
himself available to provide consulting services pursuant to the
terms of Section IV of this Agreement.
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III.
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Severance Payments and Benefits
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In consideration for the
Executive’s past employment with the Company and entering
into this Agreement, specifically including the restrictive
covenants contained in Section V of this Agreement and the
Executive’s execution on or following the Effective Date of a
release of claims in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit
A (the “ Release ”), the Executive shall be
entitled to receive the payments and benefits pursuant to the
Foamex L.P. Severance Pay Policy. The following payments and
benefits are to be made pursuant to the Severance Pay Policy and
are subject to the Executive’s executing the Release and not
revoking the Release before expiration of the seven-day revocation
period described therein.
A. a
cash amount equal to $265,000, payable in twenty-six (26) equal
installments following the Effective Date (the “Severance
Period”) in accordance with the Company’s regular
payroll practices in effect as of the date of this Agreement (the
“ Severance Payment ”), with the first
installment payable on the first regularly scheduled payroll date
occurring after the expiration of the seven-day revocation period
described in the Release (which amount, together with Company
medical and dental benefits described in this Paragraph III A
below) shall be deemed in full satisfaction of the Company’s
obligations under the Foamex L.P. Severance Pay Policy.continued
participation, through the Severance Period, for the Executive and
his eligible dependents in the Company’s medical and dental
plans in which the Executive participated immediately prior to the
Effective Date on a basis no less favorable to the Executive than
the basis generally provided to other similarly-situated senior
executives of the Company. The Executive agrees to provide
appropriate documentation for any expenses incurred with respect to
the Executive’s continued participation in the
Company’s medical and dental plans described in the preceding
sentence, and the Company agrees to reimburse such expenses no
later than the last day of the taxable year following the taxable
year during which such expenses were incurred. As soon as
reasonably practicable following the Effective Date, or such
earlier date as may be required by applicable state statute or
regulation, the Company shall pay (i) any annual base salary or
other compensation earned but not paid to the Executive prior to
the Effective Date, (ii) any payments, benefits or entitlements
that are vested, fully and unconditionally earned or due pursuant
to any Company plan, policy, program or arrangement or other
agreement, (iii) payment for $6,624.95 representing unused vacation
days for fiscal year
2008, with such payment being made
on the first regularly scheduled payroll date occurring following
the Effective Date and (iv) any business expenses that remain
unreimbursed as of the Effective Date. The amounts described in
clauses (i) through (iv) of the preceding sentence are referred to
herein as the “ Accrued/Other Obligations ”. All
payments due under Section IIIC(ii) shall be paid in accordance
with the applicable plan, policy, program or other
agreement.
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B.
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No Duplication of Benefits
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For the avoidance of doubt, the
Accrued/Other Obligations described in Section IIIC are not
intended to result in any duplication of any payments or benefits
described in this Agreement or any compensation or benefits plans,
policies, programs, agreements or arrangements of the Company
determined on a payment-by- payment and benefit-by-benefit
basis.
All outstanding equity awards held
by the Executive as of the Effective Date will be treated in
accordance with the terms of the applicable plans and award
agreements governing such awards. The Executive acknowledges and
agrees that, by signing this Agreement, notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement or the CIC Agreement to the contrary,
he waives, effective as of the date of this Agreement, any right or
alleged right that he has, or may have, to (i) the vesting of the
Executive’s outstanding stock options pursuant to the CIC
Agreement or on account of any claim that the Company breached the
CIC Agreement, including any right to accelerated vesting of
outstanding stock options in connection therewith, based on,
arising out of or in connection with any fact, event, occurrence,
omission or other matter or thing occurring prior to the date of
this Agreement, including, without limitation, any fact, event,
occurrence, omission or other matter or thing relating to the
negotiation and execution of the transactions contemplated by the
Equity Commitment Agreement, dated April 1, 2008, between the
Company and each of D.E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C., Sigma
Capital Associates, LLC, CDGO, LLC and Q Funding III L.P. (the
“ Transaction ”), or (ii) the accelerated
vesting of the Executive’s outstanding stock options upon the
consummation of the Transaction.
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D.
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280G Gross-Up Provision .
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The Company and the Executive agree
that the termination of the Executive’s employment is not in
connection with a Change in Control or a change in ownership or
effective control within the meaning of Section 280G of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code
”), and both parties agree to cooperate to rebut any such
presumption. Section 6 of the CIC Agreement is incorporated in full
into this Agreement, and the Executive shall continue to be
afforded the full benefits of such Section 6 of the CIC Agreement;
provided that the reference to “this Agreement” in such
Section 6 of the CIC Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to
this Agreement; and provided further that, any reimbursement
pursuant to such Section 6 shall be paid promptly when any such
taxes are due but not later than the last day of the taxable year
following the taxable year during which the expense was incurred.
In addition, the Company and the Executive hereby agree that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the
consummation of the Transaction, alone or in combination with any
other event, will not constitute a Change in Control for purposes
of the CIC Agreement; provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing
nothing shall in any way operate to the limit the rights that the
Executive would otherwise be entitled to under Section 6 of the CIC
Agreement.
The Executive acknowledges and
agrees that, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the
Executive is not entitled to any other compensation or benefits
from the Company (including without limitation any severance or
retirement compensation or benefits under the Foamex L.P. Severance
Pay Policy or otherwise), and, as of and after the Effective Date,
except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Executive
shall no longer participate in, accrue service credit or have
contributions made on his behalf under any employee benefit plan
sponsored by the Company in respect of periods commencing on and
following the Effective Date, including without limitation any plan
that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code (a
“ Qualified Plan ”); provided, that, except as
expressly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall
constitute a waiver by the Executive of his rights to vested
benefits, if any, under any Qualified Plan or under any group
health plan of the Company in respect of his services to the
Company prior to the Effective Date.
The payments and benefits described
in Sections IIIA and IIIB above shall be contingent on the
Executive’s entering into the Release effective on or
promptly after July 18, 2008 and not revoking such Release during
the applicable seven-day revocation period set forth therein. If
the Executive revokes such Release during the period described in
the immediately preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be void as
of and following the Effective Date and of no further effect except
with respect to the second sentence of Section IIIE