EXHIBIT 10.18
EMPLOYMENT, NON-COMPETITION
AND STOCK REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Employment, Non-Competition and Stock Repurchase Agreement (this
"Agreement") dated as of March ___, 1998, is by and between IMPAC Group, Inc., a
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Delaware corporation formerly known as KFI Holding Corporation, with its
principal executive offices at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000-0000 (the "Company"), and Xxxxxxx X. Block (the "Employee"), an individual
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residing at ______________________________ ____________________________.
This Agreement is being entered into in connection with (a) the Investment
Agreement dated as of February 19, 1998 (the "Investment Agreement"), by and
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among the Company, Heritage Fund I Investment Corporation, the Employee and
certain other investors in the Company, (b) the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of February 19, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the
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Company, Klearfold, Inc., AGI Incorporated, and the Principal Stockholders
referred to therein, and (c) the Stockholder Agreement of even date herewith
(the "Stockholder Agreement") among the Company, the Employee and certain other
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stockholders of the Company. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Stockholder
Agreement.
The Company and the Employee agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
meanings specified below:
"Act" means the Security Act of 1933, as amended.
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"Additional Severance Period" has the meanings specified in Sections 5(a)
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and 5(b) hereof.
"AGI" means AGI Incorporated, an Illinois corporation.
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"Base Severance Compensation" has the meaning specified in Section 5(a)
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hereof.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
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"Bonus Plan" has the meaning specified in Section 3(b) hereof.
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"Cause" means the Employee's (i) commission of a breach of the provisions
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of Section 8 hereof, (ii) habitual and willful neglect of the performance of the
Employee's duties as set forth in Section 2(a) hereof, such neglect having
continued for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof is given by the
Board to the Employee, (iii) commission of an act of fraud, misappropriation, or
dishonesty in connection with his employment by the Company, or (iv) conviction
of or plea of nolo contendere to a felony. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, the Employee shall not be terminated for Cause unless and
until there shall have been delivered to him a copy of a resolution duly adopted
by the Board by a vote of not less than 80% of the Directors (excluding the
Employee, if a member of the Board) at a meeting called and held for the purpose
(within twelve (12) months of the date of the Board's becoming aware of the
condition or conditions constituting Cause, as set forth in clauses (i) - (iv)
above, and after reasonable notice to the Employee and an opportunity for him,
together with his counsel, to be heard by the Board), finding that in the good
faith opinion of the Board, one of the conditions set forth above in this
definition of Cause had been fulfilled, and specifying the particulars thereof.
"Certificate of Value" has the meaning specified in the definition of "Fair
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Market Value".
"Charter" means the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of
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Incorporation and all amendments thereto.
"Closing Date" means the date of this Agreement.
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"Co-Manager Non-Repurchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section
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6.2(b) hereof.
"Co-Manager Put Repurchase Participation Notice" has the meaning specified
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in Section 6.3(a) hereof.
"Co-Manager Remainder Repurchase Notice" has the meaning specified in
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Section 6.2(d) hereof.
"Co-Manager Repurchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 6.2(b)
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hereof.
"Co-Managers" means each of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx XxXxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, so long as such individual remains employed by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
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"Common Stock" means the Company's Series A Common Stock, $0.001 par value
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per share, and any capital stock of the Company which is (a) not subject to
redemption, or (b) issued to the holders of shares of Common Stock upon any
reclassification thereof.
"Company" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto, and, unless the
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context otherwise requires, shall include all Subsidiaries of the Company.
"Company Non-Repurchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(b)
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hereof.
"Company Priority Shares" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(b)
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hereof.
"Company Repurchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(b)
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hereof.
"Company Repurchase Shares" has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(b)(i)
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hereof.
"Delayed Closing Date" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1(b) hereof.
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"Designated Term" has the meaning specified in Section 2(b) hereof.
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"Disability" shall mean that an independent medical doctor (selected by the
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Company's health or disability insurer) certifies that the Employee has for 180
consecutive days or 240 non-consecutive days in any twelve (12) month period
been disabled in a manner which seriously interferes with his ability to perform
his duties under this Agreement and which is reasonably expected to continue
indefinitely.
"Disposition Event" shall mean any merger, consolidation or sale of more
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than 50% of the Company's assets or other similar corporate action (including,
without limitation, a recapitalization) pursuant to which the holders of Common
Stock receive cash, securities or other property, or any transaction as a result
of which the Company is acquired by the purchase of more than a majority of its
common equity.
"Failed Put Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(c) hereof.
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"Fair Market Value" means, unless otherwise specified in the definition of
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"Market Value Per Share", the fair market value of the entire common stock
equity of the Company (without premium for control or discounts for minority
interests, restrictions on transfer or lack of voting rights), as determined in
good faith by the Board at a meeting at which a quorum of the Board is present
in accordance with the Stockholder Agreement, or by unanimous written consent,
calculated as of such date, provided that in making such determination the Board
may in its sole discretion rely upon an appraisal or valuation of an Independent
Appraiser selected in good faith by the Board and conducted within the six (6)
month period preceding the date of the Board's determination, and as certified
by a duly authorized officer of the Company in a Certificate of Value (a
"Certificate of Value") which shall be kept as part of the minutes and other
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corporate records of the Company.
"Formula Value" means, with respect to any date, the amount which is equal
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to the aggregate of (a) the product obtained by multiplying EBITDA (as defined
below) during the 12 full calendar months immediately preceding such date by
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five and seven-tenths (5.7), less (b) the sum of (i) the Company's consolidated
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funded indebtedness outstanding on such date, including (without limitation)
obligations under capitalized leases, and (ii) the liquidation value of, and
accrued dividends on, any preferred stock of the Company outstanding on such
date, plus (c) the aggregate cash balances and cash equivalents of the Company
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and its Subsidiaries on such date. As used in this definition, "EBITDA" for any
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period, means the Consolidated Net Income (as defined below) of the Company and
its Subsidiaries for such period plus to the extent deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income all (a) income taxes (including reserves for deferred
income taxes), (b) gross interest expense, (c) depreciation and (d)
amortization, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied for such period.
As used in this definition, "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the
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net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period on a
consolidated basis, after deducting all operating expenses, provisions for all
taxes and reserves (including reserves for deferred income taxes) and all other
proper deductions, all determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied, after eliminating all intercompany
items and after adjustment for any add-backs or other similar adjustments
properly made in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement and the Investment Agreement, but excluding from the definition of
Consolidated Net Income any extraordinary gains and/or losses and any gains
and/or losses from the sale or other disposition of assets other than in the
ordinary course of business, all determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
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"Good Reason" means (i) diminution by the Board of the Employee's
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responsibilities, duties or authority as President of the Company and Chief
Executive Officer (or such other senior executive position as may be offered by
the Company and which the Employee in his sole discretion may accept), or
interference by any senior executive employee of the Company with the Employee's
responsibilities, duties or authority as President of the Company and Chief
Executive Officer (or such other senior executive position as may be offered by
the Company and which the Employee in his sole discretion may accept), or
assignment to the Employee of any duties inconsistent with the Employee's
position as President of the Company and Chief Executive Officer (or such other
senior executive position as may be offered by the Company and which the
Employee in his sole discretion may accept), in any such case other than in an
insignificant manner, and such diminution, interference or mis-assignment is not
remedied or corrected within 30 days after reasonably detailed written notice
thereof, setting forth sufficient information to permit the Company to take
action to remedy or correct such matter, is given by the Employee to the
Company, provided that upon the third occurrence of any complained-of matter,
the Employee shall be entitled to notify the Company thereof and thereupon to
terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason, (ii) failure by the
Company to pay and provide to the Employee the compensation or benefits provided
for in Section 3 hereof, and, any time following the end of the Designated Term,
any decrease in the compensation or benefits provided for in Section 3 hereof
(including, without limitation, any failure to provide cost of living increases
even after the end of the Designated Term) which failure or decrease is not
cured or remedied within 30 days after written notice thereof is given by the
Employee to the Company, (iii) the Board requires the Employee to be permanently
based anywhere other than within 25 miles of the Employee's present office
location in Melrose Park, Illinois, (iv) the Employee ceases to (x) be the
senior most officer of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries or (y) report
only to the Board or (z) have all of the officers of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries (other than Xxxxxx Xxxxxx in his role as Chairman of the Company's
Board) subject to his direct or indirect supervision, or (v) at any time
following the end of the Designated Term, a Termination of Employment
voluntarily by the Employee after he has reached the age of sixty-two (62) (any
Termination of Employment under this clause (v) also being referred to as a
"Termination upon Retirement").
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"Independent Appraiser" means an investment banking or accounting firm or
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independent appraiser of nationally recognized standing and at least ten years
experience in evaluating businesses similar to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
and not an Affiliate (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any stockholder of the Company.
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"Initial Post-Term Severance Period" has the meaning specified in Section
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5(b) hereof.
"Initial Severance Period" has the meaning specified in Section 5(a)
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hereof.
"Insurance Policy" has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(b)(i) hereof.
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"Investment Agreement" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
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"Klearfold" means Klearfold, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
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"Market Value Per Share" means, with respect to any date, the quotient
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obtained by dividing (a) the sum of (i) the most recently determined Fair Market
Value of the Company plus (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate consideration
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which would then be payable to the Company, assuming the exercise at such time
of all then outstanding and exercisable warrants, options, or convertible
securities pursuant to which the Company would, upon exercise, then be obligated
to issue Common Stock, other than warrants or options the strike or exercise
price of which at such time is greater than the Market Value Per Share
determined without including any then outstanding and exercisable warrants or
options, by (b) the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock then
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outstanding, plus (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
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exercise of all then outstanding and exercisable warrants, options, or
convertible securities pursuant to which the Company would, upon exercise, then
be obligated to issue Common Stock, other than warrants or options the strike or
exercise price of which at such time is greater than the Market Value Per Share
determined without including any then outstanding and exercisable warrants or
options, provided, however, that in the event that on the date with respect to
which Market Value Per Share is being determined, more than six (6) months shall
have elapsed since the date of execution of the most recent Certificate of
Value, then the Fair Market Value of the Company for purposes of clause (a)(i)
of this definition of Market Value Per Share shall be calculated as the Formula
Value of the Company as of the date with respect to which Market Value Per Share
is being determined. In the event that either (x) the Employee (for the
purposes of this definition, including any Personal Representative of the
Employee), or (y) if (and only if) the Fair Market Value of the Company would
otherwise be determined by reference to the Formula Value in accordance with the
foregoing proviso, the Company, so elects (the electing party being referred to
as the "Requesting Party"), by written notice to the Company (in the case of any
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election by the Employee) or to the Employee (in the case of any election by the
Company) (the party receiving
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such notice, the "Non-Requesting Party") within five (5) days of any
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determination of Market Value Per Share in accordance with the preceding
sentence, the Fair Market Value of the Company shall be determined either by one
Independent Appraiser selected by the Requesting Party and acceptable to the
Non-Requesting Party in its sole discretion, or, if the Requesting Party and the
Non-Requesting Party are unable to agree upon the identity of such an
Independent Appraiser within fifteen (15) days after the date of the Requesting
Party's notice to the Non-Requesting Party, by two Independent Appraisers,
selected one by the Requesting Party and one by the Non-Requesting Party, who
shall work together to determine in good faith one Fair Market Value of the
Company acceptable to both Independent Appraisers. The appraisal of such
Independent Appraiser(s) shall be delivered to the Requesting Party and the Non-
Requesting Party within 60 days after the date of the Requesting Party's notice
to the Non-Requesting Party requesting an appraisal. In the event that two
Independent Appraisers are appointed and they are unable to reach an agreement
as to the Fair Market Value of the Company within such 60-day period, the
Appraised Fair Market Value shall be calculated by adding the two Fair Market
Values of the Company, as determined in good faith within such period by each of
such Independent Appraisers, and dividing the sum thereof by two. The Fair
Market Value of the Company determined by such Independent Appraiser(s) in
accordance with this definition (the "Appraised Fair Market Value") shall be
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conclusive and shall be used to determine the Market Value Per Share hereunder,
and judgment thereon may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. All
expenses of the Independent Appraiser or Independent Appraisers appointed
pursuant to this definition shall be borne by the Company, except that if the
Appraised Fair Market Value is less than 115% of the Fair Market Value of the
Company determined pursuant to the first sentence of this definition, all
expenses of such Independent Appraiser(s) shall be borne by the Requesting
Party.
"Merger Agreement" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
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"Original Price Per Share" means, as to all Shares acquired pursuant to the
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Investment Agreement, $340.00 per Share, and as to all other Shares, the actual
price per Share paid by the Employee upon the acquisition of such Shares.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
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company, association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization, or any
government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof.
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"Personal Representative" means the successor or legal representative
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(including without limitation, a guardian, executor, administrator or
conservator) of the Employee following his death or legal incompetence.
"Public Offering" means any sale of Common Stock to the public pursuant to
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a public offering registered under the Act.
"Public Sale" means any Public Offering or any sale of Common Stock to the
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public through a broker or market-maker pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144
(or any successor rule) adopted under the Act.
"Put Closing" has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(a) hereof.
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"Put Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(a) hereof.
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"Put Period" has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(a) hereof.
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"Qualified Public Offering" means an underwritten Public Offering, pursuant
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to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, covering the
offer and sale of shares of Common Stock in which an aggregate of not less than
$25,000,000 of gross proceeds from such public offering are received by the
Company and the selling stockholders.
"Related Persons" means the Employee's parents, spouse, children and
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grandchildren.
"Remainder Shares" has the meaning specified in Section 6.2(c) hereof.
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"Restricted Period" has the meaning specified in Section 8(b) hereof.
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"Second Co-Manager Put Participation Notice" has the meaning specified in
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Section 6.3(d) hereof.
"Severance Extension Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 5(a)
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hereof.
"Severance Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b) hereof.
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"Severance Release" has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) hereof.
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"Shares" means (a) all shares of Common Stock acquired by the Employee from
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time to time, whether pursuant to the Investment Agreement, upon exercise of any
rights of first refusal or pre-emptive rights under the Stockholder Agreement,
any repurchase rights as a Co-Manager
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under any Employment, Non-Competition and Stock Repurchase Agreement between the
Company and any other employee of the Company, upon exercise of any options,
warrants, or other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock, or otherwise, (b)
any shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Common Stock have been
converted, (c) any capital stock or other securities into which or for which
such shares of Common Stock shall have been converted or exchanged pursuant to
any recapitalization, reorganization or merger of the Company, and (d) any
shares of capital stock issued with respect to the foregoing pursuant to a stock
split or stock dividend , which at the time of the Employee's Termination of
Employment are owned by the Employee or any Person owning shares transferred to
him pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and 1.1(e) of the Stockholder Agreement by the
Employee or any other Block Stockholder, as defined pursuant to the Stockholder
Agreement or any (direct or indirect) transferees of the Employee or any other
Block Stockholder pursuant to those provisions.
"Stockholder Agreement" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
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"Subsidiary" means, with respect to the Company, any corporation a majority
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(by number of votes) of the outstanding shares of any class or classes of which
shall at the time be owned by the Company or by a Subsidiary of the Company, if
the holders of the shares of such class or classes (a) are ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of a majority of the
directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the issuer thereof, even
though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a
contingency, or (b) are at the time entitled, as such holders, to vote for the
election of a majority of the directors (or persons performing similar
functions) of the issuer thereof, whether or not the right so to vote exists by
reason of the happening of a contingency and including without limitation AGI
and Klearfold.
"Termination for Under-Performance" means a Termination of Employment of
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the Employee by the Company without Cause, where the Board shall have by
resolution duly adopted by a vote of not less than 80% of the Directors
(excluding the Employee, if then a member of the Board) identified such
Termination of Employment as having occurred as a result of under-performance by
the Employee in his employment hereunder, provided however, that except as
expressly stated in Section 5 hereof, any such Termination of Employment shall
be treated as a Termination of Employment by the Company without Cause for all
purposes hereunder.
"Termination of Employment" means the Employee's ceasing to be an employee
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of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether voluntary or
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involuntary, for any reason or for no reason, including without limitation, for
resignation, death or Disability of the Stockholder, and whether or not for
Cause or for Good Reason.
"Termination upon Retirement" has the meaning specified in the definition
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of "Good Reason".
"Unpurchased Shares" has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(c) hereof.
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"Variable Severance Compensation" has the meaning specified in Section 5(a)
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hereof.
2. EMPLOYMENT.
(A) EMPLOYMENT. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Company agrees to employ the Employee, and the Employee agrees to serve, as the
President of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries, having such powers and duties as are consistent with such
position, subject to the directions of the Board (the Employee hereby agreeing
to abstain, if a director of the Company, from voting as such on any matter
relating to any such directions).
(B) DESIGNATED TERM. The Employee's employment hereunder shall commence on
the date hereof, and shall continue until terminated in accordance with Section
4 hereof, provided that, subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the
term of employment shall be at least until June 7, 2001 (such period being
referred to herein as the "Designated Term"), and provided, further that from
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and after June 8, 2001, subject to the provisions of Section 5 hereof, the
Employee's employment hereunder shall be at will.
3. COMPENSATION. During the Designated Term, the Company shall pay and
provide to the Employee the compensation set forth below:
(A) BASE SALARY. The Company shall pay to the Employee a base salary,
prorated and payable in installments in accordance with AGI's usual payroll
practices. Such base salary shall be at the rate of $350,000 per annum for
1998, and thereafter such base salary shall be adjusted annually based upon the
percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index, All Items, Chicago as
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (the "CPI"), as follows: The
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Employee's base salary for each of the years 1999-2001 shall be calculated by
multiplying the Employee's 1998 base salary by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the average CPI for the twelve months of the year preceding the year
for which such base salary is being calculated, and the
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denominator of which is the CPI for December 1997. In no event will any such
adjustment reduce the Employee's base salary for any year below that in effect
for the preceding year.
(B) BONUSES. The Employee shall be entitled to participate in the Company's
Executive Bonus Plan (the "Bonus Plan"), a copy of which is appended hereto and
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incorporated herein by this reference.
(C) FRINGE BENEFITS. In addition to the Employee's base salary and any
bonuses to which the Employee may become entitled under the Bonus Plan, the
Company shall provide to the Employee additional benefits as provided to other
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries whose base salary and level of
responsibility are comparable to those of the Employee, including as described
in the attached Schedule of Benefits.
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(D) VACATION. The Employee shall be entitled to four (4) weeks vacation
each calendar year. Any vacation shall be taken at the reasonable and mutual
convenience of the Company and the Employee. Accrued vacation not taken in any
calendar year will not be carried forward or used in any subsequent calendar
year, provided, however, if any accrued vacation is not taken by the Employee in
any calendar year at the request of the Employer, then the Employee shall be
entitled to carry forward and use such accrued vacation in the immediately
following calendar year but not in any subsequent calendar year.
4. TERMINATION. The Employee's employment hereunder shall terminate upon
the occurrence of any of the following events:
(A) the Employee's death or Disability; OR
(B) the termination of the Employee's employment hereunder by the Company,
for Cause, by written notice to the Employee; or
(C) the termination of the Employee's employment hereunder by the Company,
without Cause, by written notice to the Employee; or
(D) the termination of the Employee's employment hereunder by the Employee,
for Good Reason, by written notice to the Company; or
(E) the termination of the Employee's employment hereunder by the Employee,
without Good Reason, by 30 days' prior written notice to the Company.
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5. SEVERANCE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:
(A) If the Employee's employment with the Company terminates pursuant
to either Section 4(c) (by the Company without Cause) or Section 4(d) (by the
Employee for Good Reason) (other than a Termination upon Retirement) during the
Designated Term, then the Company shall, upon delivery to the Company of a
release of any claims of the Employee against the Company and its stockholders,
directors, officers, employees, agents or other affiliates arising out of his
employment relationship (other than claims to any compensation or benefits
payable under or to be provided pursuant to this Section 5, or any rights of the
Employee under Sections 6 or 7 hereof) executed by the Employee and reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Company (a "Severance Release"),
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continue to pay and provide to the Employee (A) the compensation payable to him
pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof, and (B) the benefits provided to him pursuant
to Section 3(c) hereof (the compensation and benefits described in clauses (A)
and (B), together, such Employee's "Base Severance Compensation"), and, unless
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such Termination of Employment was a Termination for Under-Performance, (C) any
bonus accrued or earned by the Employee pursuant to the Bonus Plan and
attributable to the Employee's performance for the portion of the year prior to
his Termination of Employment, on a one-time only basis payable at the time of
payment of bonuses to other executive employees under the Bonus Plan, and (D)
for each year, 50% of an amount equal to the compensation payable to the
Employee pursuant to Section 3(a), multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which equals the aggregate bonus actually payable with respect to the preceding
year to the Company's other executive employees in the same bonus pay-out range
as the Employee was in prior to his Termination of Employment, and the
denominator of which equals the aggregate salary of such other executive
employees for such preceding year (the compensation described in clauses (C) and
(D) together, such Employee's "Variable Severance Compensation") for a period
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(the "Initial Severance Period") equal to the longer of (i) the remainder of the
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Designated Term, and (ii) the one-year period following the date of such
Termination of Employment, but this clause (ii) only being applicable if, prior
to the earlier of (x) the last day of the Designated Term and (y) the thirtieth
(30th) day from the date of such Termination of Employment, the Company shall
have notified the Employee in writing of the Company's intention, in the
Company's sole discretion, so to extend the Initial Severance Period (such
notice, a "Severance Extension Notice"). In the Company's sole discretion, the
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Company may elect, either in the Severance Extension Notice, or by written
notice to the Employee given no later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of
the Initial Severance Period (as it may have been extended pursuant to the
Severance Extension Notice), to continue to pay and provide
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to the Employee his Base Severance Compensation for an additional period (the
"Additional Severance Period") of up to one year following the end of the
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Initial Severance Period (as it may have been extended pursuant to the Severance
Extension Notice), provided that the Additional Severance Period shall in no
event extend beyond the second anniversary of the Employee's Termination of
Employment. Upon payment in full of the Employee's Base Severance Compensation
and, if and when applicable, his Variable Severance Compensation, as described
in this Section 5(a), the Company's obligations to pay and provide the Employee
with any other compensation otherwise payable to him pursuant to Section 3
hereof, and all other rights of the Employee under Sections 2, 3 and 5 hereof,
shall cease as of the date of such payment in full.
(B) If the Employee's employment with the Company terminates pursuant
to either Section 4(c) (by the Company without Cause) or Section 4(d) (by the
Employee for Good Reason) (other than a Termination upon Retirement) at any time
after the end of the Designated Term, then if at the time of such Termination of
Employment or within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Company shall, in its sole
discretion, so have notified the Employee in writing (such notice, a "Severance
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Notice") and the Employee shall have executed and delivered to the Company a
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Severance Release, the Company shall continue to pay and provide to the Employee
his Base Severance Compensation and, unless such Termination of Employee was a
Termination for Under-Performance, his Variable Severance Compensation for a
period of one year following the date of such Termination of Employment (the
"Initial Post-Term Severance Period"), provided that, unless the Company shall
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have notified the Employee in writing at the time of his Termination of
Employment that it did not intend to deliver a Severance Notice, the Employee's
Base Severance Compensation shall be payable in any event for the portion of the
30-day period following the Termination of Employment prior to the Company's
delivery either of a Severance Notice or of notice that the Company did not
intend to deliver a Severance Notice. The Company may elect, in its sole
discretion, by written notice to the Employee given no later than ninety (90)
days prior to the end of the Initial Post-Term Severance Period to extend the
period during which the Employee's Base Severance Compensation shall be payable
and provided to the Employee for an additional period (also referred to herein
as an "Additional Severance Period") of up to one year from the end of the
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Initial Post-Term Severance Period, provided that the total period during which
his Base Severance Compensation shall be payable and provided to the Employee
under this Section 5(b) shall in no event extend beyond the second anniversary
of the Employee's Termination of Employment. In the event that no Severance
Notice has been given within thirty (30) days after the date of the Employee's
Termination of Employment pursuant to either
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Section 4(c) (by the Company without Cause) or Section 4(d) (by the Employee for
Good Reason) (other than a Termination upon Retirement), then the Company's
obligation to pay and provide the Employee with any compensation shall cease in
any event as of the thirtieth (30th) day following the date of such Termination
of Employment, and all other rights of the Employee under Sections 2, 3 and 5
hereof, shall be deemed to have ceased as of the date of such Termination of
Employment. In the event that a Severance Notice is given in accordance with
this Section 5(b), then upon payment in full of the Employee's Base Severance
Compensation, and, if and when applicable, his Variable Severance Compensation
as described in this Section 5(b), the Company's obligations to pay and provide
the Employee with any of the compensation payable to him pursuant to Section 3
hereof, and all other rights of the Employee under Sections 2, 3 and 5 hereof,
shall cease as of the date of such payment in full.
(C) If the Employee's employment with the Company terminates pursuant to
any of Sections 4(a) (death or Disability), 4(b) (by the Company for Cause), or
4(e) (by the Employee without Good Reason) hereof, or as a Termination upon
Retirement, then the Company's obligations to pay and provide the Employee with
any of the compensation payable to him pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and all
other rights of the Employee under Sections 2, 3 and 5 hereof, shall cease as of
the date of such Termination of Employment.
(D) The Employee shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any
compensation payable to him pursuant to Sections 5(a) or 5(b) hereof, by seeking
other employment or otherwise, provided, that in the event the Employee obtains
other employment during any period for which compensation is being paid pursuant
to Sections 5(a) or 5(b), the amount of compensation otherwise payable to the
Employee pursuant to either of such sections shall be reduced by 50% for the
period during which the Employee is so employed, provided, further, that in the
event that the Employee provides evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the amount of the resulting reduction in his compensation otherwise payable
pursuant to Sections 5(a) or 5(b) hereof, as the case may be, exceeds the level
of his compensation payable from such other employment, then his compensation
pursuant to Sections 5(a) or 5(b) hereof, as applicable, shall be reduced for
the period of such other employment by an amount equal to the aggregate amount
of his compensation from such other employment during such period. The Employee
shall promptly notify the Company if he obtains other employment during the
applicable period.
(E) Nothing in this Section 5 shall limit any other obligation which the
Company may owe the Employee under any insurance policy, employee benefit plan
or other retirement plan. Furthermore, upon any Termination of
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Employment of any type, the Company shall remain obligated to the Employee for
(i) any accrued and unpaid base salary and vacation pay, (ii) reimbursement for
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Employee by or on behalf of the
Company or otherwise in the performance of his duties and in accordance with
applicable Company policies then in effect, and (iii) unless otherwise specified
in any such plan, policy or program, payments or benefits explicitly provided
under the terms of any plan, policy or program of the Company in which the
Employee was a participant, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
6. REPURCHASE OF SHARES.
6.1. REPURCHASE RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY.
(A) Upon any Termination of Employment of the Employee at any time, the
Company may, at its option, repurchase from the holders thereof, and the
Employee will at the request of the Company sell to the Company, or procure the
sale to the Company of, all or any portion of the Shares specified in the
Company Repurchase Notice(s) (as defined below) at a purchase price per Share
determined pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (ii) below:
(i) in the event that such Termination of Employment is pursuant to
Section 4(b) (by the Company for Cause), at a purchase price per Share equal to
the lower of the Market Value Per Share, as of the date of such Termination of
Employment, and the Original Price Per Share; and
(ii) otherwise, at a purchase price per Share equal to the Market
Value Per Share, as of the date of such Termination of Employment.
(B) The Company's repurchase rights under Section 6.1(a) shall be
exercisable at any time and from time to time within the periods specified in
clause (iii) below, by written notice from the Company to the Employee
specifying the number of Shares to be repurchased (each such notice, a "Company
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Repurchase Notice"), provided, however, that (i) if a Company Repurchase Notice
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is delivered at any time within ninety (90) days following the Termination of
Employment of the Employee and prior to the delivery of a Co-Manager Repurchase
Notice or Co-Manager Non-Repurchase Notice pursuant to and in accordance with
Section 6.2 below, such Company Repurchase Notice shall not specify a number of
Shares in excess of 9,050, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time to
reflect stock splits, combinations or other similar recapitalizations affecting
the Common Stock (such amount of Shares, as so adjusted, being referred to
herein as the
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"Company Priority Shares"), (ii) if a Company Repurchase Notice is delivered at
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any time after the delivery of a Co-Manager Repurchase Notice or a Co-Manager
Non-Repurchase Notice, or after ninety (90) days following the Termination of
Employment of the Employee, such Company Repurchase Notice shall not specify a
number of Shares in excess of the number of Shares then outstanding, less the
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number of Shares referred to in the Co-Manager Repurchase Notice, if any,
previously delivered pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.2(b) below,
(iii) the Company's repurchase rights under Section 6.1(a) above shall be
exercisable with respect to the Company Priority Shares, only for a period of
ninety (90) days from the date of Termination of Employment of the Employee, and
with respect to all Shares other than the Company Priority Shares, only for a
period of sixty (60) days from the date upon which such rights first become
exercisable in accordance with the preceding clause (ii), and (iv) in the event
that the Company determines at any time prior to the expiration of the period of
ninety (90) days from the date of Termination of Employment of the Employee that
it does not intend to exercise its repurchase rights under Section 6.1(a) above
with respect to all or any portion of the Company Priority Shares, the Company
shall promptly so notify the Co-Managers and the Employee in writing (such
notice, the "Company Non-Repurchase Notice"). The closing of the repurchase of
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Shares pursuant to each Company Repurchase Notice shall be held not earlier than
five (5) days nor later than thirty (30) days after delivery of such Company
Repurchase Notice. The Company's repurchase rights under Section 6.1(a) shall
lapse if not exercised within the periods specified in clause (iii) of this
Section 6.1(b) in accordance with the provisions hereof, except as otherwise
provided in Section 7 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company of the repurchase
price for the Shares being repurchased under this Section 6.1(b) in accordance
with Section 7.2 hereof, all of the Shares being repurchased shall no longer be
deemed to be outstanding, all of the Employee's rights with respect to such
Shares will terminate, with the exception of the right of the Employee to
receive the repurchase price in exchange therefor pursuant to this Section
6.1(b), and payments pursuant to Section 6.4, if any, and the Employee (on his
own behalf and on behalf of any other holder of Shares) hereby irrevocably
appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to take all actions necessary and
sign all documents required to cancel such Shares on the Company's books and
records.
6.2. REPURCHASE RIGHTS OF THE CO-MANAGERS.
(A) Upon any Termination of Employment of the Employee at any time, the
Co-Managers may, at their option, repurchase from the holders thereof, and the
Employee will at the request of the Co-Managers, or any of them, sell to such
Co-Managers, or procure the sale to such Co-Managers of, all or any portion of
the Shares, other than the Company Priority Shares, as
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specified in the Co-Manager Repurchase Notice (as defined below), at a purchase
price per Share determined pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (ii) below:
(i) in the event that such Termination of Employment is pursuant to
Section 4(b) (by the Company for Cause), at a purchase price per Share equal to
the lower of the Market Value Per Share, as of the date of such Termination of
Employment, and the Original Price Per Share; and
(ii) otherwise, at a purchase price per Share equal to the Market
Value Per Share, as of the date of such Termination of Employment.
(B) The Co-Managers' repurchase rights under Section 6.2(a) above shall be
exercisable at any one time within ninety (90) days following the Termination of
Employment of the Employee, by written notice from the Co-Managers participating
in such repurchase to the Employee and the Company specifying the number of
Shares to be repurchased by each of such Co-Managers (the "Co-Manager Repurchase
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Notice"), provided, however, that in the event that the Co-Managers determine at
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any time prior to the expiration of the period of ninety (90) days following the
Termination of Employment of the Employee that none of the Co-Managers intends
to exercise their respective repurchase rights under Section 6.2(a) above with
respect to all or any portion of the Shares available to be repurchased by the
Co-Managers, the Co-Managers shall promptly so notify the Company and the
Employee in writing (such notice, the "Co-Manager Non-Repurchase Notice"). The
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closing of the repurchase of the Shares to be repurchased pursuant to the Co-
Manager Repurchase Notice shall be held not earlier than five (5) days nor later
than thirty (30) days after delivery to the Employee and the Company of the Co-
Manager Repurchase Notice. The Co-Managers' repurchase rights under Section
6.2(a) shall lapse if not exercised within the time period specified above in
accordance with the provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided in Sections
6.2(c) and 6.2(d) below. Each of the Co-Managers participating in such
repurchase shall purchase that number of the Shares referred to in the relevant
Co-Manager Repurchase Notice as to be purchased by such Co-Manager, provided
that, unless Co-Managers holding a majority of the shares held by the
participating Co-Managers otherwise agree, no Co-Manager shall be entitled to
purchase a number of Shares greater than such Co-Manager's pro rata portion of
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the Shares available to be purchased by the Co-Managers, based on the total
number of shares of Common Stock owned on the date of the Co-Manager Repurchase
Notice by the participating Co-Managers. Upon delivery by the participating Co-
Managers of the repurchase price, in cash, for the Shares being repurchased
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under this Section 6.2(b) in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof, all of the
Employee's rights with respect to such Shares will terminate, with the exception
of the right of the Employee to receive the repurchase price from the
participating Co-Managers in exchange for such Shares pursuant to this Section
6.2(b), and payments pursuant to Section 6.4, if any, and the Employee (on his
own behalf and on behalf of any other holder of Shares) hereby irrevocably
appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to take all actions necessary and
sign all documents required to transfer such Shares on the Company's books and
records into the name(s) of the respective participating Co-Managers.
(C) In the event that either (i) the Company shall have failed to exercise
its repurchase rights under Section 6.1 above with respect to all or any portion
of the Company Priority Shares within the applicable period specified in Section
6.1(b)(iii) above (it being understood that a failure to complete such a
repurchase after a Company Repurchase Notice shall have been given shall not
constitute a failure to exercise the Company's repurchase rights for the
purposes of this Section 6.2(c)), unless such failure continues for 180 days
after the latest date upon which a closing of a purchase pursuant to Section 6.
1(b)(ii) could occur, without giving effect to Section 7.1, a failure which so
continues being referred to herein as a "180-Day Failure", or (ii) the Company
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shall have delivered a Company Non-Repurchase Notice indicating that the Company
does not intend to exercise its repurchase rights under Section 6.1 above with
respect to all or any portion of the Company Priority Shares, then the Co-
Managers, or any of them, may, at their option, repurchase from the holders
thereof, and the Employee will at the request of such Co-Managers sell to such
Co-Managers, or procure the sale to such Co-Managers of, those Company Priority
Shares (collectively the "Remainder Shares") as to which the Company shall have
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failed to exercise its repurchase rights under Section 6.1 as described above,
or with respect to which the Company shall have delivered a Company Non-
Repurchase Notice indicating that it did not intend to exercise its repurchase
rights under Section 6.1, at a purchase price per Remainder Share determined in
accordance with Section 6.1(a) above.
(D) The Co-Managers' repurchase rights under Section 6.2(c) above shall be
exercisable at any one time within the period of sixty (60) days following the
earlier of (i) the last day of the 90-day period applicable to the repurchase by
the Company of Company Priority Shares, as specified in Section 6.1(b)(iii)
above, (ii) the occurrence of a 180-Day Failure, and (iii) the date of receipt
of a Company Non-Repurchase Notice, by written notice from the Co-Managers
participating in such repurchase to the Employee and to the Company specifying
the number of Remainder Shares to be repurchased by each of such Co-Managers
(the "Co-Manager Remainder Repurchase
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Notice"). The closing of the repurchase of the Remainder Shares to be
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repurchased pursuant to the Co-Manager Remainder Repurchase Notice shall be held
not earlier than five (5) days nor later than thirty (30) days after delivery to
the Employee and the Company of the Co-Manager Remainder Repurchase Notice. The
Co-Managers' repurchase rights under Section 6.2(c) above shall lapse if not
exercised within the 30-day period specified in this Section 6.2(d) in
accordance with the provisions hereof. Each of the Co-Managers participating in
such repurchase shall purchase that number of Remainder Shares referred to in
the Co-Manager Remainder Repurchase Notice as to be repurchased by such Co-
Manager, provided that, unless Co-Managers holding a majority of the Shares held
by the participating Co-Managers otherwise agree, no Co-Manager shall be
entitled to purchase a number of Remainder Shares greater than such Co-Manager's
pro rata portion of the Remainder Shares available to be purchased by the Co-
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Managers, based on the total number of Shares of Common Stock owned on the date
of the Co-Manager Remainder Repurchase Notice by the participating Co-Managers.
Upon delivery by the participating Co-Managers of the repurchase price, in cash,
for the Remainder Shares being repurchased under this Section 6.2(d) in
accordance with Section 7.2 hereof, all of the Employee's rights with respect to
such Shares will terminate, with the exception of the right of the Employee to
receive the repurchase price from the participating Co-Managers in exchange for
such Shares pursuant to this Section 6.2(d), and payments pursuant to Section
6.4, if any, and the Employee (on his own behalf and on behalf of any other
holder of Shares) hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as his attorney-in-
fact to take all actions necessary and sign all documents required to transfer
such Shares on the Company's books and records into the name(s) of the
respective participating Co-Managers.
6.3. REPURCHASE RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYEE.
(A) Upon any Termination of Employment pursuant to Sections 4(a) (death or
Disability), 4(c) (by the Company without Cause) or 4(d) (by the Employee with
Good Reason), the Employee will have the right, but not the obligation, to
request that the Company, together with, to the extent they so elect in
accordance with this Section 6.3, the Co-Managers, repurchase all (and not less
than all) of the Shares, for a purchase price per Share equal to the Market
Value Per Share as of the date of such Termination of Employment. The put
rights of the Employee under this Section 6.3 shall be exercisable at any time
within sixty (60) days after the date of such Termination of Employment or, if
such Termination of Employment is upon the death of such Employee, then sixty
(60) days after the appointment of a Personal Representative (or functional
equivalent) for such Employee (any such 60-day period being referred to as a
"Put Period") by notice to the
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Company and each of the Co-Managers (the "Put Notice") specifying the date, time
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and place of the closing (the "Put Closing") for such repurchase. The put rights
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of the Employee under this Section 6.3 will lapse if not exercised by delivery
of a Put Notice to the Company and to the Co-Managers in care of the Company
within the applicable Put Period. In the event that any of the Co-Managers wish
to participate in the proposed repurchase, such Co-Managers shall notify the
Employee and the Company within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Put
Notice of their intention (if any) to participate in such repurchase, by written
notice (the "Co-Manager Put Repurchase Participation Notice") specifying the
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number of Shares to be repurchased by each of the Co-Managers participating in
such repurchase, provided however that the Co-Manager Put Repurchase
Participation Notice shall in no event specify any of the Company Priority
Shares as to be repurchased by the Co-Managers.. Each of the Co-Managers
participating in such repurchase shall purchase that number of the Shares
referred to in the Co-Manager Put Repurchase Participation Notice as to be
repurchased by such Co-Manager, provided that unless Co-Managers holding a
majority of the shares held by the participating Co-Manager otherwise agree, no
Co-Manager shall be entitled to purchase a number of Shares greater than such
Co-Manager's pro rata portion of the Shares available to be purchased by the Co-
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Manager pursuant to this Section 6.3, based on the total number of shares of
Common Stock owned on the date of the Co-Manager Put Repurchase Participation
Notice by all of the participating Co-Managers.
(B) (i) If the Employee's Termination of Employment was pursuant to
Section 4(a) (death or Disability), or a Termination upon Retirement, then, in
the event that the number of Shares to be repurchased by the participating Co-
Managers pursuant to the Co-Manager Put Repurchase Participation Notice, if any,
is less than the number of Shares then outstanding, then the Company may, by
written notice to the Employee or his Personal Representative, given within
thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Put Notice or, if later, within
fifteen (15) days after the Company's receipt of the Co-Manager Put Repurchase
Participation Notice, either accept or reject the Employee's Put Notice with
respect to those Shares (the "Company Repurchase Shares") which the Co-Managers
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shall not have elected to repurchase, provided that in the event of the
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Employee's death or Disability, the Company shall be required to honor the put
of such amount of the Company Repurchase Shares as may be repurchased with the
proceeds of the life or disability insurance policy held by the Company on the
Employee pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7 of the Stockholder
Agreement (the "Insurance Policy"), less the cash surrender value thereof at
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such time.
(ii) If the Employee's Termination of Employment was pursuant to
Section 4(e) (by the Company without Cause) or 4(d) (by the
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Employee with Good Reason) (other than a Termination upon Retirement), then,
subject to the provisions of Sections 6.3(f) and 7 below, the Company shall be
required to honor the put of all of the Company Repurchase Shares.
(C) In the event that, pursuant to Section 6.3(b) above, the Company
either elects to or is required to honor the put of all of the Company
Repurchase Shares, or fails to deliver any notice pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(i)
rejecting all or any portion of such put within the fifteen-day period specified
in such section, then the Put Closing will be held no earlier than forty-five
(45) days nor later than sixty (60) days after delivery of the Put Notice. At
the Put Closing, subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, each of the Co-
Managers participating in the repurchase under this Section 6.3 (if any) shall
purchase, and the Employee shall sell, or procure the sale to each such Co-
Manager of, those shares referred to in the Co-Manager Put Repurchase
Participation Notice as to be repurchased by such Co-Manager, and the Company
shall purchase, and the Employee shall sell, or procure the sale to the Company
of, all of the Company Repurchase Shares other than those referred to in the Co-
Manager Put Repurchase Participation Notice, if any. Upon tender by the Company
and the Co-Managers of the purchase price for the Shares being repurchased
hereunder in accordance with Section 7 below, the Shares being repurchased by
the Company shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, all of the Employee's
rights with respect to the Shares being repurchased shall terminate with the
exception of the right of the Employee to receive the repurchase price from the
Company or the Co-Managers, as the case may be, in exchange for such Shares
pursuant to this Section 6.3, and payments pursuant to Section 6.4, if any, and
the Employee (on his own behalf and on behalf of any other holder of Shares)
hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to take all
actions necessary and sign all documents required to cancel the Shares being
transferred to the Company, and to transfer the Shares being repurchased by the
Co-Managers into the name(s) of the respective Co-Managers participating in such
repurchase, on the Company's books and records.
(D) In the event that, pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(i) above, the Company
notifies the Employee or his Personal Representative that the Company rejects
the Employee's Put Notice with respect to any of the Company Repurchase Shares,
then the Company shall promptly so notify the Co-Managers and, within thirty
(30) days of delivery of the Company's notice to the Co-Managers, the Co-
Managers may notify the Employee and the Company in writing (such notice, a
"Second Co-Manager Put Participation Notice") of their intention (if any) to
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purchase all of the Company Repurchase Shares, specifying the number of Company
Repurchase Shares to be repurchased by each of the Co-Managers participating in
such repurchase, and in such event (whether or not the Co-Managers deliver a Co-
Manager
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Put Participation Notice in accordance with this Section 6.3(d)) the Put
Closing will be held no earlier than seventy-five (75) days nor later than
ninety (90) days after delivery of the Put Notice. At such Put Closing, subject
to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, each of the Co-Managers participating in
the repurchase shall purchase, and the Employee shall sell, or procure the sale
to each such Co-Manager of, those shares referred to in the Co-Manager Put
Repurchase Participation Notice and/or the Second Co-Manager Put Participation
Notice, if any, as to be repurchased by such Co-Manager, in accordance with the
procedures specified in Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(c) applicable to purchases by
Co-Managers.
(E) In the event that the Co-Managers do not elect, within the 30-day
period specified in Section 6.3(d) above, to acquire all of the Company
Repurchase Shares as to which the Company shall have rejected the Employee's Put
Notice, then the transfer restrictions on any such Company Repurchase Shares
pursuant to Section 1 of the Stockholder Agreement will thereupon automatically
and without further notice be terminated, with effect from the end of such 30-
day period.
(F) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any payment by the
Company of any portion of the purchase price for any Shares that the Employee
has requested be repurchased pursuant to Section 6.3(a), and that the Company,
pursuant to Section 6.3(b), has either agreed to or is required to purchase, is,
at the time such payment would otherwise be due hereunder, limited or prohibited
by law or by the terms of any of the Company's or any of its Subsidiaries'
agreements with its or their lenders or any other contracts by which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, the Company may complete the repurchase of
such Shares in accordance with Section 7 hereof, but in any event shall only be
required at such time to repurchase that portion of the Shares, if any, for
which payment of the purchase price therefor is not so prohibited.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that (i) the Company is unable to
make payment of any portion of the purchase price for Shares to be repurchased
by it pursuant to this Section 6.3 for the reasons specified in Section 7.1
hereof, and (ii) such failure continues for 180 days from the last date upon
which the closing of the purchase of such Shares was to occur but for this
Section 6.3(c) and Section 7.1, the Company shall send a notice to the Co-
Managers (a "Failed Put Notice") informing them of their right to purchase any
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or all of the Shares for which the Company was not able to pay the purchase
price (the "Unpurchased Shares"), such notice to specify the number of such
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Unpurchased Shares and the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the date of the
Failed Put Notice. The Co-Managers shall then have the right to purchase any or
all of the Unpurchased Shares for their Fair Market Value on the date of the
Failed Put Notice. Such purchase shall be made in accordance with the procedure
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pursuant to Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(c) applicable to purchases by Co-Managers,
with the Co-Manager Put Repurchase Participation Notice required to be delivered
not less than thirty (30) days after delivery of the Failed Put Notice and any
closing to occur not less than forty-five (45) nor more than sixty (60) days
after delivery of the Failed Put Notice.
6.4. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS UPON DISPOSITION EVENT, ETC. If, at any time
within six (6) months after any closing of a repurchase either (a) pursuant to
Sections 6.1 or 6.2 above following a Termination of Employment pursuant to
Sections 4(a) (death or Disability), 4(c) (by the Company without Cause) or 4(d)
(by the Employee with Good Reason), or (b) pursuant to Section 6.3 above
following a Termination of Employment pursuant to Section 4(a) (death or
Disability), the Company shall become party to a Disposition Event or the
Company completes any Public Offering, or the Company or any of its stockholders
enter into any written agreement or written letter of intent contemplating any
of the foregoing which transaction is consummated within 180 days thereafter,
then each of the Company and any Co-Managers who have purchased Shares pursuant
to Sections 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3 shall, simultaneously with the consummation of any
such transaction or at such later time as any payment described below is
received by the Company or any of its stockholders, make an additional payment
to the Employee in an amount per Share repurchased from the Employee by him, her
or it pursuant to any of Sections 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3 above, as the case may be,
equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the value per share of the cash, securities
and other property that the Employee would have received (or that the Company
received in which the Employee would have had a beneficial interest as a
stockholder of the Company) had the Employee's Shares not been previously so
repurchased over (ii) the payment received by the Employee with respect to each
such Share pursuant to any of Sections 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3 above, as the case may
be. Each payment to the Employee pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall be made
either in cash or in the form of the securities and other property received by
the Company or the holders of Common Stock, as the case may be.
6.5. TRANSFEREES OF THE EMPLOYEE; LEGEND. Any permitted transferee of the
Shares under the Stockholder Agreement, including without limitation any
Personal Representative or Family Member (as such terms are defined in the
Stockholder Agreement) of the Employee, shall also be bound by, and have the
benefit of, the provisions of this Section 6. Except as otherwise permitted by
this Section 6.5, each certificate representing the Shares shall, in addition to
any legends required under the Stockholder Agreement, bear a legend in or
substantially in the following form:
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"THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN REPURCHASE
RIGHTS IN FAVOR OF THE COMPANY CONTAINED IN AN EMPLOYMENT, NON-COMPETITION
AND STOCK REPURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MARCH ___, 1998, A COPY OF
WHICH WILL BE FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER OF THE SHARES
EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE."
Whenever the requirements of this Section 6.5 shall terminate as to any Shares
pursuant to Section 7.3 below, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive
from the Company, at the Company's expense, new certificates representing the
Shares without such legend.
6.6. DELAY FOR VALUATION OR RECEIPT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS. In the event
that, (a) as a result of any requirement to determine the Fair Market Value of
the Company by means of an appraisal pursuant to and in accordance with the
definition of "Market Value Per Share", the Market Value Per Share has not been
determined at the time that the closing of any purchase and sale of Shares
pursuant to this Section 6 is otherwise scheduled to occur, or (b) as a result
of a delay in the Company's receipt of the proceeds from the Insurance Policy,
the Company is not able to pay the repurchase price at the time that the closing
of any purchase and sale of Shares pursuant to this Section 6 is otherwise
scheduled to occur then, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
in this Section 6 or in Section 7 below, such closing shall be delayed until, in
the case of clause (a) above, the Market Value Per Share has been determined
pursuant to and in accordance with the definition thereof, and such closing
shall in any event occur within thirty (30) days after the date of such
determination, and, in the case of clause (b), such insurance proceeds have been
received, provided that such closing shall in any event occur within ninety (90)
days after the date of the applicable determination of Market Value Per Share.
7. OTHER REPURCHASE PROVISIONS.
7.1. REPURCHASE RESTRICTIONS.
(A) REPURCHASE TERMS. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in
Section 6 above:
(x) with respect to any repurchase of Shares by the Company following a
Termination of Employment of the Employee (i) pursuant to Section 4(c) (by
the Company for Cause), the Company (but not the Co-Managers) shall be
entitled to complete the repurchase of such
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Shares in seven (7) annual installments, with one-seventh of such Shares
being repurchased on the date for repurchase of such Shares specified in
Section 6 above, and one-seventh on each anniversary of such date from the
first anniversary of such date to the sixth anniversary of such date, or
(ii) pursuant to Section 4(e) (by the Employee without Good Reason), the
Company (but not the Co-Managers) shall be entitled to complete the
repurchase of such Shares in three (3) annual installments, with one-third
of such Shares being repurchased on the date for repurchase of such Shares
specified in Section 6 above, and one-third on each of the first and second
anniversaries of such date, and the Employee hereby agrees to execute and
deliver to the Company, at the time of the first such repurchase
installment pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) above, an irrevocable proxy in
favor of the Company with respect to all of the Employee's Shares to be
repurchased by the Company, granting to the Company an irrevocable power of
attorney, coupled with an interest, to exercise all of the Employee's
rights including voting rights and retain all of the Employee's benefits in
connection with the ownership of the Shares to be repurchased by the
Company from and after the date of such first installment; and
(y) if the Company is prohibited by the terms of any of the Company's or
any of its Subsidiaries' agreements with its or their lenders (including,
without limitation, the Company's senior credit agreement with Bank of
America, N.T. & S.A., and the Indenture with respect to the Company's
Senior Subordinated Notes) (any such agreement, a "Subordinating
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Agreement") from making any payments of any portion of the repurchase price
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for any of the Shares in cash, the Company shall be entitled to complete
the repurchase of such Shares as to which payment of the repurchase price
in cash is not so prohibited by delivering to the Employee a check for the
repurchase price thereof. The Company further shall be entitled to complete
the repurchase of the other Shares to be repurchased by it, or any portion
thereof, on the first date on which such payment is not so prohibited by
any applicable Subordinating Agreement, provided that if the closing date
of such repurchase is more than six (6) months after the Employee's
Termination of Employment, then, if the repurchase price for the Shares is
based on the Market Value Per Share, the repurchase price shall be
calculated based on the Market Value Per Share as of the date of such
closing instead of as of the date of the Employee's Termination of
Employment.
The Company agrees that in the event that it is permitted by the terms of any
Subordinating Agreement to repurchase shares of its Common Stock in
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cash, it shall promptly exercise its rights to complete any such repurchase
delayed pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(y), provided that any such repurchase shall
be pro rata with all other such delayed repurchases and then-current
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repurchases, whether hereunder or under any other employment or stock repurchase
agreement of the Company in force from time to time (but not including any such
repurchases required to be completed in seven annual installments pursuant to
Section 7.1(a)(x)(i) above, which shall be paid only after all other repurchases
to be made on or prior to the date of any such repurchase have been made in
full).
(B) IMPAIRMENT OF CAPITAL. If, even after giving effect to the provisions
of Section 7.1(a) hereof, the Company is prohibited by law from repurchasing any
Shares which it is entitled to repurchase hereunder due to any existing or
prospective impairment of its capital, the closing of such repurchase shall be
delayed until the first date on which the Company has sufficient capital to
lawfully repurchase such Shares (the "Delayed Closing Date"), and when
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completed, any payments of the repurchase price shall be applied pro rata in
accordance with the proviso to Section 7.1(a) above. In the event of any such
delay of a closing (other than a closing described in Section 7.1(a)(x) above),
the Company will be obligated to pay, on the Delayed Closing Date, interest on
the repurchase price for such Shares, at the Prime Rate as published from time
to time in the "Wall Street Journal" from the date on which the closing of the
repurchase of such Shares was originally scheduled to occur to the Delayed
Closing Date.
7.2. PAYMENT FOR SHARES. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1 above,
at any closing held to consummate any repurchase of Shares hereunder, the
Employee shall deliver to the Co-Managers or the Company, as the case may be,
the stock certificates representing such Shares, duly endorsed in blank or with
duly executed stock powers attached, and free and clear of all Liens, and the
Co-Managers or the Company, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Employee a
check or checks in the amount of the repurchase price for such Shares calculated
in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.
7.3. TERMINATION OF REPURCHASE PROVISIONS. All of the repurchase rights
and obligations contained in this Agreement (excluding, for the avoidance of
doubt, any rights arising under Section 6.4 above) shall terminate immediately
after the completion of any Disposition Event or Qualified Public Offering;
provided, however. that no such termination shall relieve the Company from any
obligation or liability with respect to (i) any note issued in accordance with
Section 7.1 hereof, or (ii) any repurchase which was deferred pursuant to
Section 7.1 and not honored on or before such termination.
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7.4 ADJUSTMENT OF REPURCHASE PRICE. Upon any stock split, reverse stock
split, recombination of shares or other similar reorganization of the capital
structure of the Company, the repurchase price otherwise payable to the Employee
upon the repurchase of any Shares pursuant to Section 6 hereof shall be
proportionally adjusted, as appropriate, to reflect such reorganization.
8. CERTAIN COVENANTS. The Employee hereby covenants as follows, which
covenants shall be in addition and without prejudice to any other
confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and/or similar covenants to
which the Employee may be subject from time to time, including without
limitation those set forth in the Merger Agreement.
(A) CONFIDENTIALITY. Both during and following the term of this Agreement
and the Employee's employment hereunder, the Employee shall maintain the
confidentiality of all confidential, sensitive, or proprietary information of
the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, including without limitation with respect
to their respective businesses, finances, affairs, and/or technology, which
shall be and remain the exclusive property of the Company and/or its respective
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and except as previously authorized in writing
by the Company, and except with respect to information that has otherwise become
public through no action or omission on the part of the Employee, shall not
disclose any such information to any third party, or use it for any purpose
other than in the discharge of his employment duties and responsibilities in the
ordinary course of the Company's business. Upon the termination of the
Employee's employment with the Company, the Employee shall promptly return to
the Company all documents and other tangible media that contain or reflect any
confidential, sensitive, or proprietary information of the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries (including all copies, reproductions, digests, abstracts, analyses,
and notes) in his possession or control, and will destroy any related computer
files on any equipment not owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Employee is required by law or regulation
to disclose any confidential, sensitive, or proprietary information of the
Company and/or its Subsidiaries, the Employee will provide the Company with
prompt notice of such disclosure obligation so that the Company may seek a
protective order or take other appropriate action and/or waive compliance with
this Section 8(a) to the extent of such required disclosure. In the absence of
such a waiver, if the Employee is, in the opinion of his counsel, compelled to
disclose any such information upon pain of liability for contempt or other
censure or penalty, the Employee may disclose such information to the relevant
court or other tribunal or governmental authority without liability hereunder,
but
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notwithstanding such disclosure, such information shall remain confidential
under this Section 8(a) after such disclosure.
(B) NON-COMPETITION. In consideration for, among other things, the
Company's agreements herein and the Company's and its Subsidiaries' agreements
in the Merger Agreement, and recognizing the Employee's status as an Investor in
the Company pursuant to the Investment Agreement and as a stockholder of the
Company, the Employee hereby agrees that, during any period during which the
Employee is employed by the Company, the period of one year following the date
of the Employee's Termination upon Retirement, and/or any period during which
the Employee is receiving any compensation pursuant to this Agreement,
including, without limitation, compensation pursuant to Section 5(a) and 5(b)
hereof during the Initial Severance Period, the Additional Severance Period, if
any, and any other period during which payments are being made to the Employee
pursuant to and in accordance with such Sections 5(a) and 5(b), and, if the
Employee's employment with the Company terminates pursuant to Section 4(b) (by
the Company for Cause) or Section 4(e) (by the Employee without Good Reason)
hereof, then also during the longer of (i) the period of one year commencing on
the date of such Termination of Employment, and (ii) the period of two years
from the Closing Date, all of which applicable periods shall automatically be
extended by a period of time equal to any period in which the Employee is in
breach of any obligations under this Section 8 (all of which applicable periods,
including any such extension, the "Restricted Period"), the Employee shall not
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engage, directly or indirectly (except as a stockholder, director, officer,
and/or employee of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries), as a proprietor,
equityholder, investor (except as a passive investor holding not more than 3% of
the outstanding capital stock of a publicly held company), lender, partner,
director, officer, employee, consultant, or representative, or in any other
capacity: (A) in the manufacture of folding cartons or sleeves manufactured, at
least in part, of rigid plastic, (B) the manufacture, design, printing or
production of specialty packaging products for use in the cosmetics,
entertainment (including recorded music, video, software, multimedia and
electronic gaming) or tobacco markets, in each case anywhere in the world (the
Employee hereby acknowledging that the Company and its Subsidiaries do such
business worldwide), or (C) in any other business which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may conduct at any time during the period of the Employee's
employment hereunder, anywhere that the Company or any its Subsidiaries may
conduct such business at any time during the term of such non-competition
obligations.
(C) NON-SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES, ETC. During the Restricted Period
(which, for the purposes of this Section 8(c) and Section 8(d) below,
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shall be extended to include the maximum potential Additional Severance Period
under Section 5 above (regardless of whether or not compensation is paid to the
Employee with respect thereto), if prior to the commencement of such additional
period at least 50% of the Company Priority Shares shall have been repurchased
pursuant to Sections 6.1 - 6.3 above, the Company shall have become obligated
pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof to repurchase any of such Shares remaining
outstanding, and the Company shall not then be in breach of its obligations with
respect to such repurchase obligation under Section 7, the Employee shall not
directly or indirectly recruit, solicit, induce, or attempt to induce any of the
employees or independent contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to terminate their employment or contractual relationship with the Company or
such Subsidiary; and shall not assist any other Person to do so, or be a
proprietor, equityholder, investor (except as a passive investor holding not
more than 3% of the capital stock of a publicly held company), lender, partner,
director, officer, employee, consultant, or representative of any Person who
does or attempts to do so.
(D) NON-SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS, SUPPLIERS, ETC. During the Restricted
Period (extended as described in Section 8(c) above), the Employee shall not
directly or indirectly solicit, divert, take away, or attempt to divert or take
away, from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any of the business or
patronage of any of their respective customers, clients, accounts, vendors, or
suppliers, or induce or attempt to induce any such Person to reduce the amount
of business it does with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and the
Employee shall not assist any other Person to do so, or be a proprietor,
equityholder, investor (except as a passive investor holding not more than 3% of
the capital stock of a publicly held company), lender, partner, director,
officer, employee, consultant, or representative of any Person who does or
attempts to do so.
(E) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The covenants of the Employee set
forth in Sections 8(b) - (d) hereof shall not apply at any time other than
during the Restricted Period (but the termination of such covenants shall be
without prejudice to any other confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation,
and/or similar covenants to which the Employee may be subject from time to time,
including without limitation those set forth in the Merger Agreement). For the
avoidance of doubt, in the event that the covenants set forth in Section 8(b)
are no longer binding upon the Employee, the fact of the Employee's engaging in
any activity which would have been prohibited to the Employee under Section 8(b)
shall not by itself constitute a violation of the Employee's covenants in any of
Sections 8(c), 8(d) and 8(f) hereof and it shall not be a violation of either
Section 8(c) or Section 8(d) for the Employee to provide services in any
capacity to another Person who may engage in conduct prohibited by either such
section, so long
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as Employee does not directly assist or participate in, or provide consultation
with respect to, such prohibited conduct.
(F) NON-DISPARAGEMENT. Both during and following the term of this
Agreement and the Employee's employment hereunder, the Employee shall not
disparage, deprecate, or make any negative comment with respect to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, operations, or
properties.
(G) EQUITABLE REMEDIES. The Employee hereby acknowledges that any breach
by him of his obligations under this Section 8 would cause substantial and
irreparable damage to the Company, and that money damages would be an inadequate
remedy therefor, and accordingly, acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall
be entitled to an injunction, specific performance, and/or other equitable
relief to prevent the breach of such obligations (in addition to all other
rights and remedies to which the Company may be entitled in respect of any such
breach).
(H) MODIFICATION. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction
determines that any of the provisions of this Section 8 would be unenforceable
as written because they cover too extensive a geographic area, too broad a range
of activities, or too long a period of time, or otherwise, then such provisions
shall automatically be modified to cover the maximum geographic area, range of
activities, and period of time as may be enforceable, and in addition, such
court is hereby expressly authorized so to modify this Agreement and to enforce
it as so modified. No invalidity or unenforceability of any section of this
Agreement or any portion thereof shall affect the validity or enforceability of
any other section or of the remainder of such section.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(A) BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT; NO ASSIGNMENTS; THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.
(i) This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto, the Co-Managers, and the respective heirs, successors, and
permitted assigns of each of them.
(ii) Except to the extent expressly contemplated by Section 6.5
hereof and pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement, neither party hereto
shall assign any rights or delegate any obligations hereunder without the
consent of the other party (except that the Company may assign its rights
and delegate its obligations hereunder to any
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successor to its business, whether by merger or consolidation, sale of
stock or of all or substantially all of assets, or otherwise), and any
attempt to do so shall be void.
(iii) Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer any
rights or remedies on any Person other than the parties hereto, the Co-
Managers, and their respective heirs, successors, and permitted assigns.
The parties hereto expressly agree that the Co-Managers shall be third-
party beneficiaries of the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this
Agreement.
(B) NOTICES. All notices, requests, payments, instructions, or other
documents to be given hereunder shall be in writing or by written
telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered
personally (effective upon delivery), (ii) mailed by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid (effective five business days
after dispatch), (iii) sent by a reputable, established courier service that
guarantees next business day delivery (effective the next business day), or (iv)
sent by telecopier followed within 24 hours by confirmation by one of the
foregoing methods (effective upon receipt of the telecopy in complete, readable
form), addressed to the recipient party at his or its address set forth in the
first paragraph hereof, to the attention of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, if the Company is
the intended recipient party, or to the Co-Managers in care of the Company, if a
Co-Manager is the intended recipient party (or to such other address or other
Person's attention as the recipient party may have furnished to the sending
party for the purpose pursuant to this section).
(C) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed by the parties in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
In pleading or proving this Agreement, it shall not be necessary to produce or
account for more than one such counterpart.
(D) CAPTIONS. The captions of sections or subsections of this Agreement
are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation or construction
of this Agreement.
(E) CONSTRUCTION. The language used in this Agreement is the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict
construction shall be applied against either party.
(F) WAIVERS; AMENDMENTS. No waiver of any breach or default hereunder
shall be valid unless in a writing signed by the waiving party. No
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failure or other delay by any party exercising any right, power, or privilege
hereunder shall be or operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. No amendment or modification
of this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless in a writing signed by both
the Employee and the Company.
(G) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the Stockholder Agreement contain
the entire understanding and agreement between the parties, and supersede any
prior understandings or agreements between them, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
(H) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall to the maximum lawful extent be
governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the internal laws
of the State of Illinois, as applied to contracts under seal made, and entirely
to be performed, within Illinois, and without reference to principles of
conflicts or choice of law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company and the Employee has executed and
delivered this Employment, Non-Competition and Stock Repurchase Agreement as an
agreement under seal as of the date first above written.
COMPANY: IMPAC GROUP, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
EMPLOYEE: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Block
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Block
