SERVICE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.45
THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is executed by and between MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd.,
a Korean limited liability company (the “Company”), and Xxxx XxXxxxxxx, an individual (the
“Officer”), effective as April 1, 2006.
WHEREAS, the Officer began his employment with the Company on November 22, 2004, pursuant to
an offer letter entered by and between the Officer and the Company (the “Offer Letter”) and now the
Company and the Officer wish to modify the current terms of the Officer’s employment and
memorialize such terms in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual covenants, terms and
conditions set forth herein, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Officer hereby agree as follows:
1. EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall constitute a binding obligation of the Officer and the Company as of
April 1, 2006 (the “Effective Date”).
2. EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES
(a) General. The Company shall hereby employ the Officer as Senior Vice President,
General Counsel, and Secretary, and the Officer agrees upon the terms and conditions herein set
forth to be employed by the Company. The Officer shall diligently perform such duties and have such
responsibilities as the Board of Directors of the Company may establish from time to time, and the
Officer shall report to the Executive Vice President, Strategic Operations and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company.
(b) Term. Unless terminated at an earlier date in accordance with Section 4 below, the
term of the Officer’s employment with the Company hereunder shall be for a term commencing on the
Effective Date and ending on the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial
Term”). Thereafter, unless terminated at an earlier date in accordance with Section 4 below,
the Initial Term and each Additional Term shall be automatically extended for successive one-year
periods (each, an “Additional Term”), in each case, commencing upon the expiration of the
Initial Term or the then-current Additional Term, unless at least 90 days prior to the expiration
of such term, either party gives written notice to the other party of its intention not to extend
the term of the Officer’s employment.
(c) Services. The Officer shall well and faithfully serve the Company, and shall
devote all of the Officer’s business time and attention to the performance of the duties of such
employment and the advancement of the best interests of the Company and shall not, directly or
indirectly, render services to any other person or organization for which the Officer receives
compensation without the prior written approval of the Company. The Officer hereby agrees to
refrain from engaging in any activity that does, shall or could reasonably be deemed to conflict
with the best interests of the Company.
(d) Location of Employment. The Officer’s place of employment shall be at the
Company’s facility located in Seoul, Korea, but the Officer shall travel to the extent and to the
places necessary for the performance of the Officer’s duties to the Company.
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3. COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
termination provisions contained in Section 4 below, the Company shall pay and provide the
following compensation and other benefits to the Officer as compensation for all services rendered
hereunder:
(a) Salary. The Company shall pay the Officer a base salary at the rate of
KRW175,000,000 (the “Salary”), payable to the Officer in accordance with the standard
payroll practices of the Company as are in effect from time to time, less all such deductions or
withholdings required by applicable law. The Salary is payable in Korean won to a bank account
designated from time to time by the Officer. Should the Officer’s place of employment be moved
outside Korea, the Officer and the Company agree to reasonably determine an
equivalent salary payable in U.S. dollars. Annual salary increases will be determined by the
compensation committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) in
accordance with the Committee’s policies and procedures.
(b) Annual Incentive. The Officer shall be eligible to earn an annual cash bonus in
accordance with the annual short-term incentive plan approved annually by the compensation
committee of the Company (the “Annual Incentive”). The Annual Incentive shall be a target
of 50% of the Officer’s annual salary.
(c) Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Officer for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Officer in connection with the Officer’s employment
hereunder upon submission of appropriate documentation or receipts in accordance with the policies
and procedures of the Company as are in effect from time to time.
(d) Benefits. The Officer shall be eligible to participate in or purchase as necessary
and be reimbursed for medical, disability and life insurance plans and to receive other benefits
applicable to senior officers of the Company generally in accordance with the terms of such plans
as are in effect from time to time. The Officer shall be entitled to the following expatriate
benefits:
(i) Visas and Work Permits. The Company will provide the necessary services
and cover the cost to obtain the necessary visas and/or work permits to enable the
Officer and the Officer’s family to legally work and stay in Korea for the duration that the
Officer is assigned to perform services in Korea.
(ii) School Tuition for Child. The Company will pay gross tuition, including
school bus fees, for the Officer’s one minor child at a foreign school in Korea.
(iii) Tax Treatment. The Company shall provide for tax equalization (to U.S.
federal and California state) for all salary and benefits commencing in the tax year
when the expatriate assignment begins through the end of the tax year of repatriation
(regardless of whether the Officer is still employed by the Company at that time). The Officer shall
minimize U.S. taxes as permitted by Section 901 and 911 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For the avoidance of doubt, this provision shall be interpreted to mean that the Officer’s
total tax liability shall not be higher than it would have been had the Officer remained in the
U.S. The Company will provide tax preparation services to assist the Officer with the
preparation of the Officer’s personal income tax returns for the U.S. and Korea.
(e) Vacation. The Officer shall be entitled to annual vacation of three weeks per
year.
(f) Equity. The Officer has been granted options to purchase 30,000 units of MagnaChip
Semiconductor LLC common units at a price of $1.00 per unit. Effective as of the Effective
Date, the Officer will be granted options to purchase an additional 25,000 MagnaChip Semiconductor LLC
common units (the “Option”) pursuant to the MagnaChip Semiconductor LLC Equity
Incentive Plan at a purchase price equal to $2.00 per common unit. Twenty-five percent of the Option will
vest upon
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the earlier of (i) the first closing of a firmly underwritten public offering for any equity
securities of the Company, (ii) the date as designated by the compensation committee of the Board
as the date upon which the unitholders of the company as of October 6, 2004, have achieved a 2.5x
return on their investment. The remaining 75% of the Option will vest at the rate of 25% on each of
the three successive annual anniversaries of the first vesting event. Other terms of the Option
shall be as determined by the Board of Directors of MagnaChip Semiconductor LLC but shall not be
less favorable than the terms of options granted to other Company employees.
(g) Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law and the governing
documents of the Company, the Company will indemnify and hold the Officer harmless from and against
all losses, costs, and expenses arising from or relating to the Officer’s services as an officer or
employee of the Company.
4. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
Subject to the notice and other provisions of this Section 4, the Company shall have the right
to terminate the Officer’s employment hereunder, at any time for any reason or for no stated
reason, and the Officer shall have the right to resign, at any time for any reason or for no stated
reason.
(a) Termination for Cause or Resignation.
(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Additional Term, the
Officer’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, the Officer shall be
entitled to payment of (A) the Officer’s Salary accrued up to and including the date of
termination or resignation, and any unreimbursed expenses. Except to the extent required by the terms
of the benefits provided under Section 3(f) or applicable law, the Officer shall have no
right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any
other plan, program or arrangement after such termination or resignation of employment with
respect to the year of such termination or resignation and later years. The treatment
of any outstanding options held by the Officer as of the date of the termination shall be
governed by the agreements and equity incentive plans pursuant to which the options were granted.
(ii)
Termination for “Cause” shall mean a termination of the Officer’s
employment with the Company because of (A) a failure by the Officer to substantially
perform the Officer’s customary duties with the Company in the ordinary course (other
than such failure resulting from the Officer’s incapacity due physical or mental illness)
that, if susceptible to cure, has not been cured as determined by the Company within 30 days
after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Officer by the Company,
which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that the
Officer has not substantially performed the Officer’s duties; (B) the Officer’s gross
negligence, intentional misconduct or fraud in the performance of the Officer’s
employment; (C) the Officer’s indictment for a felony or for a crime involving fraud or
dishonesty; (D) a judicial determination that the Officer committed fraud or dishonesty against any
natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation,
company, trust, business trust, governmental authority or other entity (each, a “Person”); or (E) the Officer’s
material violation of this Agreement or of one or more of the Company’s policies applicable
to the Officer’s employment as may be in effect from time to time.
(iii) Termination of the Officer’s employment for Cause shall be communicated
by delivery to the Officer of a written notice from the Company stating that the
Officer will be terminated for Cause, specifying the particulars thereof and the effective date of
such termination. If the Company provides such written notice to the Officer, to the extent
the Officer is being terminated for a failure to perform the Officer’s customary duties,
as described in Section 4(a)(ii)(A) above, the Officer shall have 30 days from the date
of receipt
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of such notice to effect a cure and, upon cure thereof by the Company, such failure to
perform shall no longer constitute Cause for purposes of this Agreement.
(b) Involuntary Termination.
(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Additional Term, the Company terminates the Officer’s employment for any reason other than Disability, death
or Cause (such termination or resignation being hereinafter referred to as an
“Involuntary Termination”), the Officer shall be entitled to (A) payment of the Officer’s
Salary accrued up to and including the date of the Involuntary Termination, (B) the dollar value of all
accrued and unused vacation benefits based upon the Officer’s most recent level of Salary, (C)
any Annual Incentive amount actually earned pursuant to Section 3(b) for one or more fiscal
years but not previously paid to the Officer, (D) payment of any unreimbursed expenses, and
(E) severance (the “Severance”), consisting of:
(1) continuation of the Officer’s Salary, at the rate in effect on the date of
the Involuntary Termination, for a period of six months, commencing on the date next
following the date of the Involuntary Termination;
(2) six months’ Company-paid benefits continuation for the Officer and the
Officer’s eligible dependents; and
(3) payment of the Annual Incentive, in a prorated amount based on the number
of days the Officer was actually employed during the applicable plan year and on
deemed satisfactory performance by the Officer, but based on actual performance
objectives satisfied by the Company, payable in a lump sum payment within 30 days
after the date that the Annual Incentive is normally paid under the terms of the
plans and policies of the Company (but in no event more than 12 months following the
date of the Involuntary Termination);
provided, however, that the Severance payable to the Officer pursuant to this section shall
be reduced to the extent that the Company makes any severance payments pursuant to the Korean
Commercial Code or any other statute.
(ii) The date of termination of employment without Cause shall be the date
specified in a written notice of termination to the Officer.
(c) Termination Due to Disability. In the event of the Officer’s Disability, the
Company shall be entitled to terminate the Officer’s employment. In the case that the Company
terminates the Officer’s employment due to Disability, the Officer shall be entitled to (i) payment of the
Officer’s Salary up to and including the date of termination, (ii) the dollar value of all accrued and
unused vacation benefits based upon the Officer’s most recent level of Salary, (iii) any Annual
Incentive amount actually earned pursuant to Section 3(b) for one or more fiscal years but not
previously paid to the Officer, (iv) payment of any unpaid expense reimbursements, and (v) payment of the Annual
Incentive, in a prorated amount based on the number of days the Officer was actually employed
during the applicable plan year, based on actual performance objectives satisfied by the
Company, payable in a lump sum payment within 30 days of the date that the Annual Incentive is normally
paid under the terms of the plans and policies of the Company. As used in this Section 4(c), the
term “Disability” shall mean that the Company reasonably determines that due to physical or
mental illness or incapacity, whether total or partial, the Officer is substantially unable to perform the
Officer’s
duties hereunder for a period of 180 consecutive days or shorter periods aggregating 180 days
during any period of 365 consecutive days. The Officer shall permit a licensed physician agreed to by
the Company and the Officer (or, in the event that the Company and the Officer cannot agree, by a
licensed physician agreed upon by a physician selected by the Company and a physician selected
by the Officer) to examine the Officer from time to time prior to the Officer’s being determined
to be
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Disabled, as reasonably requested by the Company, to determine whether the Officer has suffered a
Disability hereunder.
(d) Death. In the event of the Officer’s death while employed by the Company, the
Officer’s estate or named beneficiary shall be entitled to (i) payment of the Officer’s Salary up
to and including the date of termination, (ii) the dollar value of all accrued and unused vacation
benefits based upon the Officer’s most recent level of Salary, (iii) any Annual Incentive amount
actually earned pursuant to Section 3(b) for one or more fiscal years but not previously paid to
the Officer, (iv) payment of any unpaid expense reimbursements,
and (v) payment of the Annual Incentive, in a prorated amount based on the number of days the
Officer was actually employed during the applicable plan year payable in a lump sum payment within
30 days of the date that the Annual Incentive is normally paid under the terms of the plans and
policies of the Company.
5. COVENANTS
(a) Confidential Information. As an officer of the Company, the Officer acknowledges
that the Officer has had and will have access to confidential or proprietary information or
both relating to the business of, or belonging to, the Company or any affiliates or third parties
including, but not limited to, proprietary or confidential information, technical data, trade secrets, or
know-how in respect of research, product plans, products, services, customer lists, customers, markets,
computer software (including object code and source code), data and databases, outcomes research,
documentation, instructional material, developments, inventions, processes, formulas,
technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware, configuration information, models, manufacturing
processes, sales information, cost information, business plans, business opportunities,
marketing, finances or other business information disclosed to the Officer in any manner including by
drawings or observations of parts or equipment, etc., all of which have substantial value to the
Company (collectively, “Confidential Information”).
(i) The Officer agrees that while employed with the Company and after the
termination of the Officer’s employment for any reason, the Officer shall not: (A) use
any Confidential Information except in the course of the Officer’s employment by the
Company; or (B) disclose any Confidential Information to any other person or entity, except to
personnel of the Company utilizing it in the course of their employment by the Company
or to persons identified to the Officer in writing by the Company, without the prior written
consent of the Company.
(ii) While the Officer is employed with the Company and after the termination of
the Officer’s employment for any reason, the Officer shall respect and adhere to any
non-disclosure, confidentiality or similar agreements to which the Company or any of its
affiliates are, or during the period of the Officer’s employment by the Company, become, a party
or subject. Upon the request of the Officer, the Company shall disclose to the Officer any
such agreements to which it is a party or is subject.
(iii) The Officer hereby confirms that all Confidential Information and “Company
Materials” (as hereinafter defined) are and shall remain the exclusive property of the
Company. Immediately upon the termination of the Officer’s employment for any reason,
or during the Officer’s employment with the Company upon the request of the Company, the
Officer shall return all Company Materials, or any reproduction of such materials,
apparatus, equipment and other physical property. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company
Materials” are documents or other media or tangible items that contain or embody
Confidential Information or any other information concerning the business, operations
or plans of the Company, whether such documents have been prepared by the Officer or
others.
(b) Disclosure of Previously Acquired Information to Company. The Officer hereby
agrees not to disclose to the Company, and not to induce the Company to utilize, any
proprietary
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information or trade secrets of any other party that are in the Officer’s possession, unless and to
the extent that the Officer has authority to do so.
(c) Non-Competition. While the Officer is employed by the Company and, after the
Officer’s termination of employment for any reason, until the earlier of (i) the first anniversary
of the date of termination and (ii) November 22, 2007, the Officer (and any entity or business in
which the Officer or any affiliate of the Officer has any direct or indirect ownership or financial
interest) shall not, except with the prior written consent of the Board of Directors, directly or
indirectly, own any interest in, operate, join, control or participate as a partner, director,
principal, officer, or agent of, enter into any employment of, act as a consultant to, or perform
any services for any business which at any time during such period is in competition with any
business in which the Company, or any of its affiliates, is planning to be engaged in the near
future or is engaged on or prior to the termination of Officer’s employment by the Company,
anywhere in the world. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the ownership by the
Officer of less than 2% of any class of securities of any corporation that has a class of
securities registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, so long as the
Officer remains a passive investor in such entity.
(c) No Solicitation. While the Officer is employed by the Company and for a two-year
period thereafter, the Officer shall not, directly or indirectly, for the Officer’s own account or
for the account of any other Person (i) solicit, employ, retain as a consultant, interfere with or
attempt to entice away from the Company or any of its affiliates, or any successor to any of the
foregoing, any individual who is, has agreed to be or within one year of such solicitation,
employment, retention, interference or enticement has been, employed or retained by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or any successor to any of the foregoing or (ii) solicit or attempt to
solicit the trade of any Person which, at the time of such solicitation, is a customer of the
Company or its affiliates, or any successor to any of the foregoing, or which the Company or its
affiliates, or any successor to any of the foregoing, is undertaking reasonable steps to procure as
a customer at the time of or immediately preceding the termination of Officer’s employment by the
Company; provided, however, that this limitation shall only apply to any product or service which
is in competition with a product or service of the Company or its affiliates.
(d) Non-Disparagement. The Officer and the Company agree that at any time during the
Officer’s employment with the Company or at any time thereafter, neither the Company nor the
Officer shall make, or cause or assist any other person to make, any statement or other
communication which impugns or attacks, or is otherwise critical of, the reputation, business or
character of the other, any subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors, employees,
products or services. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any statements that are made
truthfully in response to a subpoena or other compulsory legal process.
(e) Enforcement. The Officer hereby acknowledges that the Officer has carefully
reviewed the provisions of this Agreement and agrees that the provisions are fair and equitable.
However, in light of the possibility of differing interpretations of law and change in
circumstances, the parties hereto agree that if any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement
is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable under
circumstances then existing, the parties hereto agree that the maximum period, scope or
geographical area reasonable or enforceable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the
stated period, scope or area.
6. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) Tax Withholding. All amounts paid to the Officer hereunder shall be subject
to all applicable federal, state, and local wage withholding.
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(b) Notices. Any notice hereunder by either party to the other shall be given in
writing by personal delivery, or certified mail, return receipt requested, or (if to the Company) by
telex or facsimile, in any case delivered to the applicable address set forth below:
| (i) | If to the Company: | MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd. 000 Xxxxxx-xxxx, Xxxxxxx-xx Xxxxx 000-000 Xxxxx Fax: 00-0-0000-0000 Attn: Executive Vice President, Strategic Operations and Chief Financial Officer |
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| (ii) | If to the Officer: | at the last known residential address on the personnel records of the Company; |
or to such other persons or other addresses as either party may specify to the other in writing.
(c) Assignment; Assumption of Agreement. This Agreement shall not be assignable, in
whole or in part, by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, except as
provided herein. The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any
corporation or other business entity (i) which is an affiliate of the Company, (ii) with which the
Company may merge or consolidate, or (iii) to which the Company may sell or transfer all or
substantially all of its assets or 50% or more of the voting stock entitled to elect the members of
the Board of Directors of the Company, provided that in each case such successor company expressly
assumes the Company’s obligations hereunder in writing. After any such assignment by the Company,
the Company shall be discharged from all further liability hereunder and such assignee shall
thereafter be deemed to be the “Company” for purposes of all terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including this Section 6(c). For purposes of this Section 6(c), “affiliate” means any
company that the Company controls, that controls the Company, or that is under common control with
the Company.
(d) Amendment. No provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived or
discharged unless such amendment, modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing and
signed by the parties. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other
party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed
by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at
the same or at any prior or subsequent time.
(e) Severability. If any term or provision hereof is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable in a final court or arbitration proceeding, (i) the remaining terms and provisions
hereof shall be unimpaired and (ii) the invalid or unenforceable term or provision shall be deemed
replaced by a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing
the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision.
(f) Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, and the venue for all disputes arising out of
this Agreement shall be the state or federal courts located therein.
(g) Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the Officer, the
Company and any predecessors or affiliates thereof with respect to the subject matter hereof and
all prior agreements and negotiations are superseded hereby as of the date of this Agreement.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but both such counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Officer have executed this Agreement effective as of the
Effective Date.
| MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. |
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| By: | /s/ Xx. Xxxx Huh | |||
| Name: | Xx. Xxxx Huh | |||
| Title: | Representative Director | |||
| OFFICER |
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| /s/ Xxxx XxXxxxxxx | |||||
| Xxxx XxXxxxxxx | |||||
[Signature Page to Service Agreement]
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