EXHIBIT 10.16
CONFIDENTIAL SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
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This Confidential Separation Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is entered
into effective November 25, 1998 ("Effective Date") between Interwoven, Inc.
("Interwoven") a California corporation, and Xxxx Xxxxx ("Xx. Xxxxx"), (jointly
referred to as the "Parties").
RECITALS
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WHEREAS, Xx. Xxxxx has been employed by Interwoven as Vice President of
Marketing;
WHEREAS, Xx. Xxxxx and Interwoven desire to discontinue the employment
relationship between them on the terms and subject to the conditions described
in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises contained
herein, the Parties agree as follows:
TERMS
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1. Separation Date. Xx. Xxxxx'x employment with Interwoven is terminated
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effective January 1, 1999 (the "Separation Date"). Xx. Xxxxx agrees and
understands that effective as of the Separation Date or such earlier date as
Interwoven may hereafter advise, he is no longer authorized to incur any
expenses or obligations or liabilities on behalf of Interwoven.
2. Transition Period. During the period through January 1, 1999 (the
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"Transition Period"), Xx. Xxxxx shall continue to report directly to Xx. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Interwoven, and have such
duties and responsibilities as determined by Xx. Xxxxxx, provided, however, that
if Interwoven employs a successor Vice President of Marketing prior to the
Separation Date, Xx. Xxxxx will thereupon report directly to such successor.
During the Transition Period, Xx. Xxxxx'x salary will continue to be $11,500.00
per month (less applicable deductions and withholdings) payable in accordance
with the Company's customary payroll practices. From and after the Effective
Date and through March 31, 1999, Xx. Xxxxx may seek and commence new employment
provided that any such employer or prospective employer does not compete with
Interwoven; after March 31, 1999 Xx. Xxxxx is free to seek employment with any
company.
3. Separation Period. For a period of three months after the Separation
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Date, through and including March 31, 1999 (the "Separation Period"), Xx. Xxxxx
will continue to make himself available at mutually agreeable times and
location(s) to aid Interwoven and its succeeding Vice President of Marketing in
their transition. As consideration for his agreement to perform services as a
part-time employee, Interwoven agrees to pay Xx. Xxxxx $11,500.00 for each of
the three full calendar months in the Separation Period, to be paid (less
regular payroll deductions and applicable withholdings) on Interwoven's normal
payroll dates.
4. Bonus. As an officer of the Company, Xx. Xxxxx may be eligible to
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participate in Interwoven's executive bonus program for fiscal year 1998. Xx.
Xxxxx and Interwoven understand and agree that the decision as to whether a
bonus for fiscal year 1998
will be paid to Xx. Xxxxx and, if so, the amount of such bonus, will be
determined as follows: If Interwoven's 1998 (calendar year) revenues equal or
exceed Four Million Dollars, then it will be recommended to Interwoven's Board
of Directors that Xx. Xxxxx receive a bonus of $55,000; in addition, if Xx.
Xxxxx achieves the expense management MBO set forth in that May 11, 1998 "Bonus
Program for Xxxx Xxxxx", it will be recommended to the Board of Directors that
Xx. Xxxxx receive a bonus of $9,167. Interwoven agrees that its Board of
Directors shall consider and act upon each such recommendation in good faith.
Xx. Xxxxx will not be eligible to participate in Interwoven's executive bonus
program for periods after fiscal year 1998.
5. Employee Benefits. Xx. Xxxxx'x participation in any employee benefit
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plans that are sponsored by Interwoven, including but not limited to medical,
dental and disability insurance benefits, will continue during the Transition
Period and, to the extent his participation in such plans is permitted pursuant
to the terms and conditions of such plans, during the Separation Period. If,
following the Separation Date, Xx. Xxxxx is no longer eligible to participate in
Interwoven's health insurance programs as an active employee of Interwoven, he,
his spouse and any dependents covered by such health insurance programs, will be
eligible for continued coverage as provided in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended ("COBRA"). Interwoven will provide Xx.
Xxxxx, his spouse and any dependents covered by such health insurance programs,
COBRA coverage at its expense for the Separation Period, and for such additional
period thereafter at Xx. Xxxxx'x expense as authorized by COBRA, provided that
Xx. Xxxxx timely completes the requisite forms to obtain such continued
coverage. No vacation benefits will accrue during the Separation Period.
6. Vesting of Shares. Xx. Xxxxx currently holds options (the "Options")
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to purchase a total of 250,000 shares of Interwoven Common Stock (the "Options
Shares"). The Options will continue to vest during the Transition Period and
the Separation Period as if Xx. Xxxxx were a full and active employee, and may
be exercised by Xx. Xxxxx at any time until ninety (90) days following the end
of the Separation Period. Xx. Xxxxx may, at any time during the ninety day
period, exercise the Options as to all shares that have vested on or before
March 31, 1999. Up to and during the ninety day period, Xx. Xxxxx shall have
the same rights as an executive of the Company to benefit from any accelerated
vesting of his shares as described in the "Incentive Stock Option Agreement" and
"1996 Stock Option Plan." The accelerated vesting is described in "Exhibit 7 of
the Incentive Stock Option Agreement," attached to this Agreement as Exhibit
"A." Exhibit "B" to this Agreement sets forth the number of Option Shares that
are currently Unvested Shares under each Option and the rate at which Unvested
Shares become Vested Shares under each Option. Xx. Xxxxx acknowledges that all
other options and commitments regarding stock options will terminate on the
Effective Date.
7. Acknowledgment of Payment of Wages. On the Separation Date, Interwoven
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will deliver to Xx. Xxxxx a final paycheck for all accrued wages, salary,
reimbursable expenses, and accrued but unused vacation due and owing to him from
Interwoven as of the Separation Date. As of the date hereof, Xx. Xxxxx has
accrued but unused vacation of 127.30 hours.
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8. Representation by Counsel. Each of the Parties hereto acknowledges
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that they have been represented by counsel of their choice and that this
Agreement has been executed with the consent and on the advice of such legal
counsel. Both parties further acknowledge that they and their counsel have had
adequate opportunity to make whatever investigation or inquiry deemed necessary
or desirable in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement prior to
the execution hereof and the acceptance of the consideration specified herein.
9. Proprietary Information. Xx. Xxxxx hereby acknowledges that he is
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bound by the Interwoven Employee Confidential Information and Inventions
Agreement (the "Employee Agreement"), a copy of which is attached hereto. Xx.
Xxxxx further agrees that on the Separation Date he will deliver to Interwoven
all documents and data of any nature containing or pertaining to such
Proprietary Information and that he will not take with him any such documents or
data or any reproduction thereof. However, this paragraph 9 shall in no way
interfere with Xx. Xxxxx'x ability to disclose such confidential and/or
proprietary information, as may be required or reasonably necessary in response
to a validly issued subpoena or pursuant to court order, or in connection with a
legal defense or to cooperate with governmental agencies in any investigation or
inquiry involving such confidential or Proprietary Information. Xx. Xxxxx shall
promptly provide Interwoven with advance notice of any subpoena, discovery
request or court order which purports to require disclosure of confidential
and/or proprietary information.
10. Confidentiality. This Agreement is intended to be strictly
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confidential. The Parties hereby agree not to communicate the content, terms,
and conditions of this Agreement to any person or entity other than to enforce
the terms hereof, to bona fide investors in connection with prospective
investments in, or acquisitions of, the Company, and as required by law. The
provisions of this Section 10 shall not prohibit communications made to the
spouse of Xx. Xxxxx, shareholders, directors, partners, employees, attorneys,
accountants, insurers, or tax or financial advisers of a Party provided that
those communications are reasonably necessary to the execution and performance
of this Agreement or for such other purpose as may be required by law, and the
shareholder, director, partner, employee, attorney, accountant, insurer, or tax
or financial adviser is duly informed of the confidentiality requirement.
11. Release. The payments and agreements set forth in this Agreement are
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in full satisfaction of any and all accrued salary, vacation pay, bonus pay,
profit-sharing, termination benefits, stock options, stock rights or other
compensation to which Xx. Xxxxx may be entitled by virtue of his employment with
Interwoven or the termination of his employment with Interwoven. Xx. Xxxxx, on
behalf of himself, his representatives, heirs, executors, attorneys and agents,
and each of the foregoing, hereby forever releases and discharges Interwoven and
its representatives, heirs, executors, attorneys, agents, officers,
shareholders, directors, employees, partners, parent corporations, subsidiaries,
affiliates, divisions, successors and assigns, and each of the foregoing, from
any and all manner of action, claim or cause of action, in law or in equity,
suits, debts, liens, contracts agreements, promises, liabilities, demands,
losses, damages, costs or expenses, including without limitation court costs and
attorneys' fees, which Xx. Xxxxx may have against Interwoven or any of its
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officers, employees, or agents at the time of the execution of this Agreement,
known or unknown, arising out of, or in connection with, or relating directly or
indirectly to Xx. Xxxxx'x employment with Interwoven or the termination of Xx.
Xxxxx'x employment with Interwoven. In addition, Interwoven, on behalf of
itself, its representatives, heirs, executors, attorneys, agents, officers,
shareholders, directors, employees, partners, parent corporations, subsidiaries,
affiliates, divisions, successors and assigns, and each of the foregoing hereby
forever releases and discharges from any and all manner of action, claim or
cause of action, in law or in equity, suits, debts, liens, contracts,
agreements, promises, liabilities, demands, losses, damages, costs or expenses,
including without limitation court costs and attorneys' fees, which Interwoven
may have against Xx. Xxxxx, his spouse, his representatives, heirs, executors,
attorneys and agents and each of the foregoing, at the time of the execution of
this Agreement, known or unknown, arising out of, or in connection with, or
relating directly or indirectly to Xx. Xxxxx'x employment with Interwoven or the
termination of Xx. Xxxxx'x employment with Interwoven (hereinafter, the matters
released by Xxxxx and by Interwoven in this paragraph 11 are collectively
referred to as the "Released Matters").
EACH OF THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS RELEASE EXTENDS TO CLAIMS WHICH
A PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR ITS FAVOR, WHICH IF KNOWN BY
SUCH PARTY WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR ITS DECISION TO ENTER INTO THIS
RELEASE. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS FAMILIAR WITH SECTION 1542 OF THE
CIVIL CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH
THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN
HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE
WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY
AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES AND RELINQUISHES ANY RIGHT OR BENEFIT WHICH HE
OR IT HAS OR MAY HAVE UNDER SECTION 1542 OF THE CIVIL CODE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, OR ANY OTHER STATUTE OR LEGAL PRINCIPLE WITH SIMILAR EFFECT.
In connection with such waiver and relinquishment, each Party acknowledges
that it is aware that, after executing this Agreement, it or its attorneys or
agents may discover claims or facts in addition to or different from those which
it now knows or believes to exist with respect to the Released Matters, this
Agreement, or the parties thereto, but that it is its intention hereby fully,
finally and forever to settle and release all of the claims, matters, disputes
and differences known or unknown, suspected, or unsuspected, which now exist, or
heretofore may have existed against each other in connection with the Released
Matters. In furtherance of this intention, the release herein given shall be and
remain in effect as a full
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and complete release notwithstanding the discovery or existence of any such
additional or different claim or fact.
12. Transition Period Release. On the Separation Date, Xx. Xxxxx will
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sign and deliver to the Company a Transition Period Release Certificate, in the
form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit "C." Xx. Xxxxx'x execution and
delivery of this Certificate is a condition precedent to the Company's
obligations under paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6 and 13.
13. Email; Telephone; Voice-Mail; Computer.
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(a) Interwoven agrees to continue and maintain Xx. Xxxxx'x Interwoven
e-mail address throughout the term of the Transition Period and the Separation
Period, provided that Xx. Xxxxx promptly redirects to Interwoven all e-mails
received that are related to Interwoven business. All such e-mails relating to
Interwoven business shall be Proprietary Information subject to the Employee
Agreement.
(b) Interwoven agrees to maintain Xx. Xxxxx'x voice-mail address at
Interwoven through the Transition Period and the Separation Period, and
thereafter shall provide to inquirers a telephone number, as supplied in writing
by Xx. Xxxxx, to which calls may be placed to him.
(c) Xx. Xxxxx shall be entitled to continue to use, throughout the
term of the Transition Period and the Separation Period, that notebook computer
(Serial No. 78-A3522) provided to him by Interwoven. Xx. Xxxxx agrees to return
such computer promptly after the Separation Period.
14. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement and the
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Release contained herein shall extend and inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon, in addition to the Parties hereto, just as if they had executed this
Agreement, the respective legal heirs and assigns of each of the Parties hereto
and their spouses, descendants, ancestors, dependents, heirs, executors,
administrators, directors, officers, partners, attorneys, agents, servants,
employees, representative, affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, shareholders,
predecessors, successors and assigns and each of the foregoing.
15. Representations as to Authority. Each of the Parties hereto
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represents and warrants it has the sole right and exclusive authority to execute
this Agreement and that it has not sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, or
otherwise disposed of any claim or demand, or any portion of or interest in any
claim or demand, relating to any matter covered by this Agreement.
16. Legal and Equitable Remedies. Both Parties agree that each Party
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shall have the right to enforce this Agreement and any of its provisions by
injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief without prejudice to
any other rights or remedies that party may have at law or in equity for breach
of this Agreement.
17. Attorneys' Fees. If any action at law or in equity is brought to
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enforce the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to
recover its reasonable
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attorneys' fees, costs and expenses from the other Party, in addition to any
other relief to which such prevailing Party may be entitled.
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
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between Xx. Xxxxx and Interwoven with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior negotiations and agreements, whether written or oral,
relating to such subject matter. Xx. Xxxxx acknowledges that neither Interwoven
nor its agents or attorneys, have made any promise, representation or warranty
whatsoever, whether written or oral, which is not contained in this Agreement,
for the purposes of inducing Xx. Xxxxx to execute the Agreement, and Xx. Xxxxx
acknowledges that he has executed this Agreement in reliance only upon such
promises, representations and warranties as are contained herein.
19. Modification. It is expressly agreed that this Agreement may not be
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altered, amended, modified, or otherwise changed in any respect except by
another written agreement that specifically refers to this Agreement, duly
executed by authorized representatives of each of the parties hereto.
20. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be void,
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voidable, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining portions of this Agreement
will continue in full force and effect, except that if Xx. Xxxxx'x release of
claims set forth in Paragraph 11 above is deemed void, voidable, unlawful, or
unenforceable as a direct result of any legal action brought by Xx. Xxxxx, then
Interwoven, at its sole option, will be relieved of any remaining obligation
under this Agreement and is entitled to recover any payments made to Xx. Xxxxx
under this Agreement for the Separation Period only and to repurchase at cost
all of the Option Shares that were Unvested Shares as of the date of the
Separation Date.
21. Interpretation. This Agreement is made, and will be construed, under
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California law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties hereto has duly executed this
Agreement as of the date and year set forth below.
Dated: 11/25, 1998 XXXX XXXXX
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By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxx
Dated: 11/20, 1998 INTERWOVEN, INC.
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By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
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INSERT EXHIBIT A: "Exhibit 7 of the Incentive Stock Option Agreement"
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EXHIBIT B
Option Number of Vested as of Exercise
Grant Option Shares 1/1/99 Price
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2/10/97 180,000 shares 82,500 shares $0.06/share
3/9/98 70,000 shares 0 shares $0.12/share
Option Number of Vested as of Exercise
Grant Option Shares 3/31/99 Price
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2/10/97 180,000 shares 93,750 shares $0.06/share
3/9/98 70,000 shares 17,500 shares $0.12/share
EXHIBIT C
TRANSITION PERIOD RELEASE CERTIFICATE
As an inducement to, and condition precedent to Interwoven's performance of
its obligation during the Separation Period under that Confidential Separation
Agreement and Release ("Agreement"), Xx. Xxxxx hereby agrees and warrants as
follows:
a. I have not filed any charge, complaint or legal action in any court,
before any administrative agency, or in or before any other forum, against or
naming Interwoven as a party.
b. On behalf of myself, my representatives, heirs, executors, attorneys
and agents, and each of the foregoing, I hereby forever release and discharge
Interwoven and its representatives, heirs, executors, attorneys, agents,
officers, shareholders, directors, employees, partners, parent corporations,
subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, successors and assigns, and each of the
foregoing, from any and all manner of action, claim or cause of action, in law
or in equity, suits, debts, liens, contracts agreements, promises, liabilities,
demands, losses, damages, costs or expenses, including without limitation court
costs and attorneys' fees, which I may have against Interwoven or any of its
officers, employees, or agents at the time of the execution of this Certificate,
known or unknown, arising out of, or in connection with, or relating directly or
indirectly to my employment with Interwoven or the termination of my employment
with Interwoven, as et forth in detail in Paragraph 11 of the attached
Agreement.
c. In the event of a breach of this Certificate, Interwoven may, at its
option, have the benefit of and obtain specific performance of the release and
the obligations set forth in the attached Agreement, or obtain a refund of any
amounts paid or to be paid by Interwoven under the Agreement, and in addition
recover any actual damages suffered by Interwoven, including any attorneys' fees
and other expenses incurred in connection therewith.
Dated: 12/30, 1998 XXXX XXXXX
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By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxx
