AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into and shall be
effective as of December 19, 2006 (the “Amended Agreement Effective Date”), by and among FGX
International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Xxxx Xxxxxx, a resident of the State of
Rhode Island (the “Executive”) and solely with respect to Sections 3, 4(c), 24 and 30 of this
Agreement, FGX International Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands Corporation (“FGX
Holdings”).
The Company and the Executive are parties to a certain Employment Agreement dated
October 19, 2005 (the “Original Agreement”). The Company, the Executive and FGX Holdings desire to
amend and restate the Original Agreement to modify certain of the terms and conditions set forth
therein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
3. Duties and Responsibilities. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall
serve as the Chief Executive Officer of FGX Holdings and each of its subsidiaries. The Executive
shall report to the Board of Directors of FGX Holdings (the “Board”) and shall perform such duties
and have such responsibilities and authority as are typically afforded a chief executive officer
and as may otherwise reasonably be assigned and delegated to him from time to time by the Board.
The Executive shall serve as a member of the Board during that portion of the Employment Period
during which FGX Holdings remains a privately held company. FGX Holdings shall use best efforts if
FGX Holdings shall become publicly held at any time during the Employment Period to maintain the
Executive on the Board at each stockholders meeting held during his period of service as the Chief
Executive Officer of FGX Holdings at which his election to the Board is submitted to a vote of
stockholders. The Executive shall at all times perform his duties and responsibilities honestly,
diligently, in good faith and to the best of his ability. The Executive shall observe and comply
with all of the rules, regulations, policies and procedures established by the Company from time to
time and all applicable laws, rules and regulations imposed by any governmental or regulatory
authorities from time to time. The Executive’s employment by the Company shall be full-time and
exclusive and the Executive agrees that he will devote his full business time, attention and
energies to the performance of his obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set forth herein, the Executive shall be permitted during the Employment Period to (a) engage in
charitable and civic activities, (b) serve as a member of the board of directors of not more than
two additional for profit corporations and (c) manage his personal passive investments, provided
(i) such personal passive investments are not in a company or companies which engage in any
business which is similar to or competitive with the business which the Company or any of its
affiliates are engaged in or are then planning to engage in, (ii) such investments represent the
beneficial ownership of less than two percent (2%) of any class of equity securities of any
corporation having a class of equity securities registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, which are publicly owned and regularly traded on any national securities
exchange or over-the-counter market, and (iii) neither the Executive nor any group of persons
including the Executive in any way, either directly or indirectly, manages or exercises control of
any such corporation, guarantees any of its financial obligations or otherwise takes part in its
business other than exercising his right as a shareholder, and in the case of (a), (b) and (c),
such activities do not individually or in the aggregate interfere with the performance of the
Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement. The Executive shall be based at the
Company’s headquarters in Smithfield, Rhode Island, subject to such travel to other geographic
locations as may be necessary to fulfill his obligations under this Agreement.
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Compensation Committee thereof). The Base Salary shall be payable in accordance with the
Company’s customary payroll practices and procedures and shall be prorated for any partial period
during the Employment Period.
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greater than one billion two hundred million dollars ($1,200,000,000). For purposes of this
Section, (i) “IPO” shall mean the completion of a bona fide underwritten sale to the public of
ordinary shares of FGX Holdings pursuant to a registration statement (other than on Form S-8 or
any other form relating to securities issuable under any benefit plan of FGX Holdings) that is
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and (ii) the “market capitalization”
of FGX Holdings as of any date shall equal the product of the total number of issued and
outstanding Ordinary Shares of FGX Holdings as of such date, times the closing price of such
Ordinary Shares on the principal exchange on which such Ordinary Shares are traded on such date.
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such expenditure is of a nature deductible under Section 162 of the U.S. Internal Revenue
Code (the “Code”) on the Federal income tax return of the Company as a business expense and not
deductible as compensation to the Executive, and (b) the Executive provides the Company with such
documentary evidence as shall be required by the Code or any regulation promulgated there under
for the substantiation of such expenditure as a deductible business expense of the Company and not
as deductible compensation to the Executive.
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i) the Company shall pay to the Executive (or his heirs and/or personal representatives) his
then current Base Salary earned through the date of termination;
ii) the Company shall pay any accrued but unpaid automobile allowance to which the Executive
is entitled under Section 5(c) of this Agreement and reimburse the Executive for any other expenses
to which the Executive is entitled to reimbursement under Section 5(d) of this Agreement; and
iii) subject to the satisfaction of the obligations enumerated in the immediately preceding
paragraphs (i) and (ii), the Company shall have no further obligation to the Executive.
i) the Company shall pay to the Executive his then current Base Salary earned through the date
of termination;
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ii) the Company shall pay any accrued but unpaid automobile allowance to which the Executive
is entitled under Section 5(c) of this Agreement and reimburse the Executive for any other expenses
to which the Executive is entitled to reimbursement under Section 5(d) of this Agreement;
iii) commencing on the date of termination of employment, the Company shall provide Executive
with a severance package for a period of eighteen (18) months (the “Severance Period”) which shall
consist of (i) payment during the Severance Period on the first business day of each month of an
amount equal to one-twelfth of Executive’s then current Base Salary under Section 4(a) hereof; (ii)
payment during the Severance Period on the first business day of each month of an amount equal to
one twelfth of the greater of (X) the Bonus received by Executive for the previous
calendar year and (Y) the Base Bonus to be received by Executive for the current calendar year,
assuming for purposes of this section that the Company has realized the Annual Budget for such
current calendar year or is on track to achieve the Annual Budget for such current calendar year
through seven months of such calendar year; and (iii) continuation of all benefits under Section
5(a) hereof; provided, however, that the amount of any severance payments hereunder shall be
reduced by the amount of income otherwise earned by Executive during the Severance Period following
termination (other than unearned income and income earned on account of service on the board of
directors of one or more companies), and provided, further that benefits under Section 5(a) shall
be discontinued as of the date on which Executive is provided comparable benefits from any other
source. If requested by the Company, Executive shall make available to the Company forms W-2, 1099
or other evidences of compensation or income received from other sources during the Severance
Period.
iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Stock Option Agreements or any
shareholders agreement contemplated thereby, (a) the Company shall have the right to purchase any
Option Shares owned by the Executive on the date of termination or any Option Shares thereafter
acquired by the Executive, and (b) the Executive shall have the right to cause the Company to
purchase any Option Shares owned by the Executive on the date of termination or any Option Shares
thereafter acquired by the Executive, in either case, (a) at a purchase price equal to the fair
market value of such Option Shares without giving effect to any discount attributable to such
shares being subject to a shareholders agreement, (b) payable at the option of the Company in cash
or delivery of a promissory note payable in equal monthly installments over the twenty-four months
following the date of termination and bearing interest at five percent (5%) per annum.
v) As a condition precedent to receiving any severance payment, Executive shall execute a
general release reasonably satisfactory to the Company of any and all claims which Executive or his
heirs, executors, agents or assigns might have against the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates,
successors, assigns and its past, present and future Executives, officers, directors, agents and
attorneys, except for claims arising under this Agreement or any Executive benefit plan (other than
any Executive benefit plan providing a benefit in the nature of a severance benefit) in which
Executive participates or for any right to indemnification to which Executive may be entitled as an
officer and director of the Company.
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vi) All payments made by the Company under this Section shall be net of any tax or other
amounts required to be withheld by the Company under Section 4(d) of this Agreement.
i) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event it shall be
determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive,
whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
otherwise (a “Payment”), would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of
Section 280G(b) of the Code, and thus would result in the Executive incurring an excise tax under
Section 4999 of the Code, then the aggregate present value of amounts payable or distributable to
or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement (such payments or distributions
pursuant to this Agreement are hereinafter referred to as “Agreement Payments”) shall be reduced to
the Reduced Amount, but only if and to the extent that the after-tax value to the Executive of
reduced Agreement Payments would exceed the after-tax value to the Executive of the Agreement
Payments received by the Executive without application of such reduction. The “Reduced Amount”
shall be an amount expressed in present value which maximizes the aggregate present value of
Agreement Payments without causing any Payment to be nondeductible by the Company because of
Section 280G of the Code. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Reduced Amount is zero
and it is determined further that any Payment which is not an Agreement Payment would nevertheless
be nondeductible by the Company for Federal income tax purposes because of Section 280G of the
Code, then the aggregate present value of Payments’ which are not Agreement Payments shall also be
reduced (but not below zero) to an amount expressed in present value which maximizes the aggregate
present value of Payments without causing any Payment to be nondeductible by the Company because of
Section 280G of the Code. For purposes of this Section 7(c), present value shall be determined in
accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code. Thus, for illustrative purposes only, if the
Executive’s average W-2 compensation for the 5 years prior to the year in which a change in control
occurs (the “Base Amount”) was $500,000, and the value of the payments and benefits that are
contingent upon the change in control (the “Parachute Payments”) was $1,510,000, the Executive
would have an excess parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code since the
value of the Parachute Payments ($1,510,000) would be greater than 3 times the Executive’s Base
Amount ($1,500,000). The amount of the excess parachute payment would be $1,010,000 (the amount by
which the value of the Parachute Payments exceeds 1 times the Base Amount), and if the aggregate
amount of the Parachute Payments was not reduced, the Executive would incur an excise tax under
Section 4999 of the Code equal to 20% of the excess parachute payment (or $202,000). This excess
parachute payment could be avoided if instead, the value of the Parachute Payments was reduced by
$10,001 to $1,499,999 (since the value of the Parachute Payments then would be less than 3 times
the Base Amount). Since the Executive would receive a greater after tax amount, under the
foregoing example, if his Parachute Payments were reduced by $10,001 (to $1,499,999) than he would
if his Parachute Payments were not reduced and the Executive incurred a $202,000 excise tax
(reducing his Parachute Payments to $1,308,000) on the excess parachute payment, the Executive’s
Parachute Payments would be reduced under this provision to $1,499,999 (by $10,001) to avoid any
excess parachute payments.
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ii) All determinations required to be made under this Section 7(c) shall be made by the
Company’s accountants for the Company’s last fiscal year or, at the mutual agreement of the
Executive and the Company, any other nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent public
accountants (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to
the Company and the Executive within twenty (20) business days of the date of termination or such
earlier time as is requested by the Company and an opinion to the Executive that he has substantial
authority not to report any excise tax on his Federal income tax return with respect to any
Payments. Any such determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the
Executive. The Executive shall determine which and how much of the Payments shall be eliminated or
reduced consistent with the requirements of this Section 7(c), provided that, if the Executive does
not make such determination within ten business days of the receipt of the calculations made by the
Accounting Firm, the Company shall elect which and how much of the Payments shall be eliminated or
reduced consistent with the requirements of this Section 7(c) and shall notify the Executive
promptly of such election. Within five business days thereafter, the Company shall pay to or
distribute to or for the benefit of the Executive such amounts as are then due to the Executive
under this Agreement. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm incurred in connection with the
determinations contemplated by this Section 7(c) shall be borne by the Company.
iii) As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 280G of the Code at the time
of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Payments will
have been made by the Company which should not have been made (“Overpayment”) or that additional
Payments which will not have been made by the Company could have been made (“Underpayment”), in
each case, consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the
Accounting Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service against
the Executive which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability of success, determines that
an Overpayment has been made, any such Overpayment paid or distributed by the Company to or for the
benefit of the Executive shall be treated for all purposes as a loan ab initio to the Executive
which the Executive shall repay to the Company together with interest at the applicable federal
rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code; provided, however, that no such loan shall be
deemed to have been made and no amount shall be payable by the Executive to the Company if and to
the extent such deemed loan and payment would not either reduce the amount on which the Executive
is subject to tax under Section 1 and Section 4999 of the Code or generate a refund of such taxes.
In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon controlling precedent or other substantial
authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly
paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive together with interest at the applicable
federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code.
(a) If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the
Executive for Good Reason within six (6) months before and in anticipation of, or twelve (12)
months after, a Change in Control (as defined in Paragraph (b) of this Section 8), Executive shall
be entitled to receive a supplemental bonus payment (the “Change in Control Payment”) from the
Company equal to one (1) times the sum of the Executive’s then current Base Salary and Bonus
(assuming for purposes of calculating such amount that the percentage of
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Base Salary payable as a Bonus to Executive on account of the year of termination will be the
same percentage of Base Salary paid as a Bonus to the Executive on account of the immediately
preceding year) under the Company’s Executive Incentive Compensation Plan for the year of
termination. The Change in Control Payment shall be paid to the Executive within fifteen (15) days
after: (i) the Change in Control if the Executive’s employment was terminated within six (6) months
before the Change in Control; or (ii) the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company
if the Executive’s employment terminates within twelve (12) months after the Change in Control.
The Executive shall also be entitled to continuation of all benefits under Section 5(a) hereof,
ending on the earlier of (x) the one year anniversary of the termination date and (y) the date on
which the Executive is provided comparable benefits from any other source. In addition, all stock
options, including the Options, held by the Executive shall vest and become immediately
exercisable. If the Executive is entitled to a Change in Control Payment, the Executive shall not
have any rights to receive any severance payments or benefits pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof. If
the Executive’s employment by the Company terminates within six (6) months prior to the Change in
Control and the Executive received severance payments pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof, any amounts
so paid by the Company to the Executive shall be deducted from any Change in Control Payment
otherwise payable to Executive pursuant to this Section 8(a).
(b) A “Change in Control” will be deemed to have occurred if (i) a Takeover Transaction
occurs, or (ii) any election of directors of FGX Holdings takes place (whether by the directors
then in office or by the stockholders at a meeting or by written consent) and a majority of the
directors in the office following such election are individuals who were not nominated by a vote of
two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors immediately preceding such election, or (iii)
FGX Holdings effectuates a complete liquidation of FGX Holdings or a sale or disposition of all or
substantially all of its assets. A “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to include, the
recapitalization of FGX Holdings or any transactions related thereto, consummated on or prior to
the Amended Agreement Effective Date.
(c) A “Takeover Transaction” shall mean (i) a merger or consolidation of FGX Holdings with, or
an acquisition of FGX Holdings or all or substantially all of either of its assets by, any other
corporation, other than a merger, consolidation or acquisition in which the individuals who were
members of the Board of Directors of FGX Holdings immediately prior to such transaction continue to
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the surviving corporation (or, in the case of an
acquisition involving a holding company, constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
holding company) for a period of not less than twelve (12) months following the closing of such
transaction, or (ii) when any person, including any “group” as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), becomes after the date
hereof the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of
FGX Holdings representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of votes that may be
cast for the election of directors of FGX Holdings, as applicable, excluding (i) any person that is
excluded from the definition of “beneficial owner” under Rule 16(a)-1(a)(1) under the Exchange Act
and (ii) any person (including any such group) that consists of or is controlled by (within the
meaning of the definition of “affiliate” in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(an “Affiliate”)) any person that is a shareholder of FGX Holdings on the Amended Agreement
Effective Date or any Affiliate of such person.
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Executive only in the performance of his obligations hereunder. The Executive also agrees to
execute such confidentiality agreements that the Company may adopt from time to time as a standard
form to be executed by employees and/or executives of the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall
limit the Company’s statutory or common law rights in the protection of the Company’s trade
secrets.
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applicable, with an adjustment to compensate the Executive for the delay) on the earlier of
the six-month anniversary of the Expiration Date, or the Executive’s death or Disability.
(a) | If to Executive, to: Xxxx Xxxxxx 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 |
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, LLP Nashville City Center 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx 000000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 Attn: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq. |
(b) | If to the Company, to: FGX International Inc. 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00000 Attention: Chief Financial Officer If to FGX Holdings, to: FGX International Holdings Limited 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00000 Attention: Chief Financial Officer in each case, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx P.A. 000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 Attn: Xxxxx X. March, Esq. |
Any party may change the address to which notice shall be sent by giving notice of such change of
address to the other parties in the manner provided above.
24. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Rhode Island applicable to contracts executed and to be wholly performed within such
State. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of a competent court in the State of Rhode Island for any actions, suits or
proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
and each party agrees not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in
such courts. Each party further agrees that any service of process, summons, notice or document by
U.S. registered mail to its address set forth herein shall be effective service of process for any
action, suit or proceeding brought against it in any such court. Each party
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irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action,
suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in such
courts, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such
court that any action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
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IPO FGX Holdings shall propose to issue any Ordinary Shares to Berggruen Holdings and/or one
or more affiliates of Berggruen Holdings in return for an additional cash investment in FGX
Holdings, FGX Holdings shall provide Executive with ten days prior written notice of such proposed
issuance (which notice shall set forth the number of Ordinary Shares proposed to be issued and the
cash consideration proposed to be paid therefore) and the Executive shall have the right by
delivery of written notice to FGX Holdings and Berggruen Holdings during such ten day period to
purchase up to five percent (5%) of the number of Ordinary Shares proposed to be issued thereby at
the same purchase price as is proposed to be paid by Berggruen Holdings; provided, however, that
the Executive shall as a condition to the issuance of such Ordinary Shares enter into the
Shareholders Agreement required to be entered into by him as a condition to the exercise of any
Options under the terms of the Stock Option Plan and the Stock Option Agreements and all Ordinary
Shares shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in such Shareholders
Agreement. The parties agree that the Options granted to Executive and the anti-dilution provision
hereof are a material inducement to Executive’s acceptance of employment with the Company. Any
breach by the Company or FGX Holdings of any of its covenants with respect to the Options or with
respect to the anti-dilution provisions hereof shall be deemed a breach of the representation and
warranties of the Company hereunder entitling Executive to terminate this Agreement for Good Reason
and entitling Executive to the payments on termination as contemplated by Section 7 hereof.
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COMPANY: FGX International Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, CFO | ||||
EXECUTIVE: |
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
FGX HOLDINGS: FGX International Holdings Limited (solely with respect to Sections 3, 4(c), 24 and 30 of this Agreement) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, CFO | ||||
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Exhibit A
Time-Based Option Agreement
Exhibit B
Event-Based Stock Option Agreement