Exhibit 10.9a
FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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This First Amendment dated as of September 27, 1996 is to the
Employment Agreement between Value Health, Inc. (the "Company") and Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxx (the "Executive"), dated as of September 2, 1995 ("Employment Agreement").
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Employment
Agreement as follows, as permitted under Section 13 of the Employment Agreement:
1. Section 7 of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted and the
following is added in its place:
7. Termination After a Strategic Transaction. In the event of a
"Strategic Transaction" of the Company (as defined in Section
16 of this Agreement), if, within twenty-four (24) months
following closing of such Strategic Transaction (or at any
time prior thereto but in contemplation thereof): (i) the
Executive is terminated without cause; (ii) the Executive is
not retained in an executive position of responsibility,
authority and compensation comparable in all material
respects to the position of the Executive immediately prior
to the Strategic Transaction; (iii) the Executive does not
retain all rights and privileges accorded under this
Agreement as a result of the Strategic Transaction; (iv) the
Executive terminates his employment with the Company due to
either a material reduction in responsibility, authority or
compensation, or a requirement that the Executive relocate,
each on account of the Strategic Transaction; then the
Executive shall receive within five (5) business days
following the date of termination, a lump sum payment (less
all amounts required to be withheld and deducted) equal to
2.5 times the sum of the Executive's then current base
compensation and annual performance bonus at the target level
for the year in which such termination occurs, and the
Executive shall be deemed to have been terminated without
cause for purposes of Section 6. In addition, in the event of
a termination of the Executive in accordance with the
preceding sentence: (i) the Executive shall receive the same
health benefits available to Company executives, upon the
same terms and conditions and at the same cost to the
Executive, for the lesser of one (1) year from the date of
termination or the first day of the first month in which the
Executive obtains new employment providing health benefits
coverage; and (ii) unvested stock options or stock awards
granted to the Executive under the 1991 Stock Plan shall
become fully vested as of the termination date.
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2. Section 16 is hereby added to the Employment Agreement to read in its
entirety as follows:
16. Strategic Transaction. A Strategic Transaction shall be
deemed to occur if at any time during the term of this Agreement any of the
following events occur:
(i) The Company is merged, consolidated or reorganized into or
with another corporation or other legal person, and as a
result of such merger, consolidation or reorganization, less
than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-
outstanding securities of such corporation or person
immediately after such transaction are held in the aggregate
by the holders of Voting Stock (as that term is hereafter
defined) of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction;
(ii) The Company sells or otherwise transfers all or
substantially all of its assets to any other corporation or
other legal person, and as a result of such sale or
transfer, less than 50% of the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation or
person are held in the aggregate by the holders of Voting
Stock of the Company immediately prior to such sale;
(iii) There is a report filed on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1
(or any successor schedule, form or report), each as
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act"), disclosing that any person as the term
"person" is used in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of
the Exchange Act) has become the beneficial owner (as the
term "beneficial owner" is defined under Rule 13d-3 or any
successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange
Act) of securities representing 20% or more of the combined
voting power of the then-outstanding securities of the
Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
members of the Board of Directors of the Company ("Voting
Stock");
(iv) The Company files a report or proxy statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange
Act disclosing in response to Form 8-K or Schedule 14A (or
any successor schedule, form or report or item therein) that
a strategic transaction of the Company has or may have
occurred or will or may occur in the future pursuant to any
then-existing contract or transaction;
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(v) If during the period of two (2) consecutive years
individuals who at the beginning of any such period
constitute the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the "Directors") cease for any reason to constitute
at least a majority thereof unless the election, or the
nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, of
each Director first elected during such period was approved
by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Directors then still
in office who were Directors at the beginning of any such
period (excluding for this purpose the election of any new
Director in connection with an actual or threatened election
of proxy contest);
(vi) The Company: (i) sells at least 85% of the assets or
outstanding stock of a subsidiary to an unrelated party (or
completes a transaction having a similar effect), (ii)
distributes all or substantially all of the common stock of
a subsidiary as a dividend to stockholders of the Company;
or (iii) sells voting stock of a subsidiary in an
underwritten public offering.
3. Section 3 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the first sentence thereof with the following:
The Company shall pay the Executive base compensation for his
services at an annual rate of $350,000.
4. Section 3 of the Employment Agreement is hereby further amended by
adding the following at the end thereof:
Within two (2) weeks after the closing of the first Strategic
Transaction, the Executive shall be awarded an additional
discretionary bonus determined by the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, that shall be no less than $1,000,000.
5. Section 17 is hereby added to the Employment Agreement to read in its
entirety as follows:
17. Indemnification. If there is a final determination that any
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portion of the amounts payable to the Executive under the
Employment Agreement constitutes an "excess parachute payment"
as such term is used in Section 280G and 4999 of the Internal
Revenue Code, then the Company shall pay to the Executive an
additional sum such that after all taxes applicable to the
receipt of such amount have been subtracted therefrom, the
remaining amount will equal the sum of the amount of the tax
imposed with respect to the "excess parachute payment", plus
any interest and penalties thereon.
6. The Employment Agreement, except as herein amended, is hereby ratified,
confirmed and approved in all respects.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment
Agreement as of the date written above.
Signed on behalf of
Value Health, Inc.
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Signed by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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