Employment Duties (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company hereby employs the Executive to act for the Company during the Employment Period in the capacity set forth on Schedule A hereto, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment. The duties and responsibilities of the Executive shall include such duties and responsibilities appropriate to such office and as are normally associated with and appropriate for such position and as the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) may from time to time reasonably assign to the Executive. (b) Executive recognizes that during the period of Executive’s employment hereunder, Executive owes an undivided duty of loyalty to the Company, and Executive will use Executive’s good faith efforts to promote and develop the business of the Company and its subsidiaries (the Company’s subsidiaries from time to time, together with any other affiliates of the Company, the “Affiliates”). Executive shall devote all of Executive’s business time, attention and skills to the performance of Executive’s services as an executive of the Company. Recognizing and acknowledging that it is essential for the protection and enhancement of the brand name, reputation and business of the Company and the goodwill pertaining thereto, Executive shall perform the Executive’s duties under this Agreement professionally, in accordance with the applicable laws, rules and regulations and such standards, policies and procedures established by the Company and the industry from time to time. (c) However, the parties agree that: (i) Executive may devote a reasonable amount of his time to civic, community, or charitable activities and may serve as a director of other corporations (provided that any such other corporation is not a competitor of the Company, as determined by the Board) and to other types of business or public activities not expressly mentioned in this paragraph and (ii) Executive may participate as a non-employee director and/or investor in other companies and projects as disclosed by Executive to, and approved by, the Board, so long as Executive’s responsibilities with respect thereto do not conflict or interfere with the faithful performance of his duties to the Company.
Employment Duties and Responsibilities A) The Company shall employ the Executive, and the Executive shall serve the Company, as President and Chief Executive Officer, with such duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to the Executive by the Board of Directors of the Company (“BOD”) and are typically associated with a position of that nature. B) The Executive shall devote his best efforts and all of his business time to the performance of his duties under this Agreement and shall perform them faithfully, diligently and competently in a manner consistent with the policies and goals of the Company as determined from time to time by the BOD. C) The Executive shall report to the BOD of the Company. D) The Executive shall not engage in any activities outside the scope of his employment that would detract from, or interfere with, the fulfillment of his responsibilities or duties under this Agreement. E) The Executive shall not serve as a director (or the equivalent position) of any company or entity other than the Company and shall not render services of a business, professional or commercial nature to any other person or firm, except for not-for-profit entities, without prior written consent of the BOD. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. F) The Executive shall not receive fees or other remuneration for work performed either within or outside the scope of his employment without prior written consent of the BOD. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Employment Duties and Term (a) Company hereby employs Employee as the Chief Financial Officer, and Employee hereby accepts such employment with Company on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. In such capacity, Employee shall perform the duties appropriate to such office or position, and such other duties and responsibilities as are assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors of Company (the “Board”) or the President and CEO of the Company. During the term of his/her employment with Company, Employee shall devote his/her full working time and best efforts to the performance of his/her duties under this Agreement for and on behalf of Company, and shall not work for anyone else without the express written consent of Company or engage in any activity in competition with or detrimental to Company or any affiliate of Company. Employee shall follow in all material respects all rules, policies and programs adopted from time to time by the Company and applicable to Employee. (b) This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and end when it is terminated in accordance with Paragraph 3 of this Agreement (the “Termination Date”). The period from the Effective Date to the Termination Date shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Term.” (c) Employee’s services shall be performed primarily at a place of business of Company in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area.
Duties of Employment Faculty Member agrees to perform the teaching, service, and research duties and responsibilities set forth in the written statement attached to this Agreement as Appendix “A” and incorporated herein by reference. Faculty Member and UNMC agree that Appendix A shall be periodically reviewed and revised as appropriate in accordance with Sections 3.4.4, 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 of the Bylaws.
Vacation and Benefits The Executive is entitled to four (4) weeks of vacation, which will accrue on a pro-rata basis during the employment year, in addition to all public holidays when the office is closed. Executive will be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans established by the Company for its employees from time to time, subject to general eligibility and participation provisions set forth in such plans. In accordance with Company policies from time to time and subject to proper documentation, the Company will reimburse you for all reasonable and proper travel and business expenses incurred by you in the performance of your duties.
REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS 3.1 Manitoba shall pay to Employee as remuneration for her services, within the Executive Assistant to the Minister (EXM) classification, a basic annual salary of $58,271 payable in equal bi-weekly installments of $2,233.73, at the accepted regular Manitoba Civil Service pay periods, pro-rated where necessary for any shorter period. 3.2 Manitoba shall make: (a) all deductions required in respect of Income Tax, Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance; and (b) any other deductions required to be made from payments to Employee, whether in accordance with any applicable laws or statutes, or otherwise; and (c) any deductions requested by Employee and agreed to by Manitoba. 3.3 The remuneration to Employee shall be adjusted at such times as salary adjustments are made in the salary range of excluded employees in the employ of Manitoba. 3.4 Employee shall be considered as an employee for purposes of The Civil Service Superannuation Act. 3.5 Employee is entitled to participate fully in the group benefit programs that have been or may be established for the employees of Manitoba including its programs relating to group insurance, long-term disability, and health benefits programs, comparable to those provided to civil servants. Employee will be eligible to participate in the group benefit programs after the waiting periods established by Manitoba. The waiting periods commence on the effective date as per section 1.1. 3.6 Employee, with the approval of Manitoba, is eligible to receive other benefits normally granted to employees employed by Manitoba.
Accrued Compensation and Benefits Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2 and 3 above, in connection with any termination of employment upon or following a Change in Control (whether or not a Qualifying Termination or CIC Qualifying Termination), the Company or its subsidiary shall pay Executive’s earned but unpaid base salary and other vested but unpaid cash entitlements for the period through and including the termination of employment, including unused earned vacation pay and unreimbursed documented business expenses incurred by Executive prior to the date of termination (collectively “Accrued Compensation and Expenses”), as required by law and the applicable Company or its subsidiary, as applicable, plan or policy. In addition, Executive shall be entitled to any other vested benefits earned by Executive for the period through and including the termination date of Executive’s employment under any other employee benefit plans and arrangements maintained by the Company or its subsidiary, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of such plans and arrangements, except as modified herein (collectively “Accrued Benefits”). Any Accrued Compensation and Expenses to which the Executive is entitled shall be paid to the Executive in cash as soon as administratively practicable after the termination, and, in any event, no later than two and one-half (2-1/2) months after the end of the taxable year of the Executive in which the termination occurs or at such earlier time as may be required by applicable law or Section 10 below, and to such lesser extent as may be mandated by Section 9 below. Any Accrued Benefits to which the Executive is entitled shall be paid to the Executive as provided in the relevant plans and arrangements.
Compensation and Benefits Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the Employment Period, while Executive is employed by the Employer, the Employer shall compensate Executive for Executive’s services as follows for periods following the Effective Date: (a) Executive shall be compensated at an annual rate of $290,000 (the “Annual Base Salary”), which shall be payable in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices as are in effect from time to time. Beginning on January 1, 2012 and on each anniversary of such date, Executive’s rate of Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed by the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), and following such review, the Annual Base Salary may be adjusted upward but in no event will it be decreased. (b) Executive shall be entitled to receive performance based annual incentive bonuses (each, the “Incentive Bonus”) from the Employer for each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period. Any such Incentive Bonus shall be paid to Executive within thirty (30) days of the completion of the annual audit by the Company’s auditor, but in no event later than two and one-half months after the close of each such fiscal year. Executive’s target Incentive Bonus shall be not less than forty percent (40%) of the Annual Base Salary, which Incentive Bonus shall be determined by specific performance criteria established from time to time by the Compensation Committee. (c) Executive shall be eligible to participate, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, in all other incentive plans and programs, including such cash and deferred bonus programs and equity incentive plans as may be in effect from time to time with respect to senior executives employed by the Employer on as favorable a basis as provided to other similarly situated senior executives. Executive and Executive’s dependents, as the case may be, shall be eligible to participate in all pension and similar benefit plans (qualified, non-qualified and supplemental), profit sharing, 401(k), as well as all medical and dental, disability, group and executive life, accidental death and travel accident insurance, and other similar welfare benefit plans and programs of the Employer, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, as in effect from time to time with respect to senior executives employed by the Employer on as favorable a basis as provided to other similarly situated senior executives. (d) Executive shall be entitled to accrue vacation at a rate of no less than four (4) weeks paid vacation for each calendar year, subject to the Employer’s vacation programs and policies as may be in effect during the Employment Period. (e) Executive shall be reimbursed by the Employer, on terms and conditions that are substantially similar to those that apply to other similarly situated executives of the Employer, for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for entertainment, travel, meals, lodging and similar items which are consistent with the Employer’s expense reimbursement policy and actually incurred by Executive in the promotion of the Employer’s business.
Termination of Employment and Severance Benefits The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate under the following circumstances:
Employees and Benefits (a) For a period beginning on the Closing Date and continuing until December 31, 2013 except as provided in Section 5.8(a) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries to, provide all persons who are employed by the Company and the Subsidiaries (including ISG) as of the Closing Date (including those on temporary layoffs or approved leaves of absence) (“Continuing Employees”), with the salary, annual bonus opportunity and employee benefits that are substantially comparable to, in the aggregate, the salary, annual bonus opportunity and employee benefits being provided to each such Continuing Employee immediately before the Closing Date; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries from amending or terminating any plan, program or arrangement, transitioning Continuing Employees to any employee benefit plan, program or arrangement of Parent, or terminating the employment of any Continuing Employee, and; provided, further, that nothing herein shall be deemed to amend any Benefit Plan. Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, assume (or, by virtue of the Merger, be deemed to have assumed) all liabilities and obligations of the Company with respect to any employment agreements in accordance with their terms, other than any employment agreement that terminates in connection with the Merger pursuant to the terms of any new employment arrangement or offer letter entered into between Parent and a Continuing Employee. (b) In any termination or layoff of any Continuing Employee by Parent or the Surviving Corporation after the Closing, Parent and the Surviving Corporation will comply fully, if applicable, with the WARN Act and all other applicable foreign, federal, state and local Laws, including those prohibiting discrimination and requiring notice to employees. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the date this Agreement is terminated, at the request of Parent, which shall not occur more frequently than on a bi-weekly basis, the Company shall provide to Parent within seven (7) calendar days of Parent’s request a written schedule that reflects (i) the number of employees of the Company who have experienced during such period an “employment loss” (as defined in the WARN Act) and (ii) the title, position and employment of each such employee of the Company. Parent shall use its best efforts not, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries (including ISG) to use their respective best efforts not, at any time prior to sixty (60) calendar days after the Closing Date, to effectuate a “plant closing” or “mass layoff,” as those terms are defined in the WARN Act, affecting in whole or in part any facility, site of employment, operating unit or employee of the Surviving Corporation or the Subsidiaries (including ISG) without complying fully with the requirements of the WARN Act. Parent and Surviving Corporation will bear the cost of compliance with (or failure to comply with) any such Laws. (c) For periods on and after the Closing Date, the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries shall continue to have all obligations and liabilities under and with respect to the Benefit Plans and to or with respect to all persons entitled to benefits under the provisions of each such Benefit Plan in accordance with their terms. (d) This Section 5.8 shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each of the parties to this Agreement, and nothing in this Section 5.8, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Section 5.8. Without limiting the foregoing, no provision of this Section 5.8 shall create any third party beneficiary rights in any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in respect of continued employment (or resumed employment) or any other matter.