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EXHIBIT 10.95
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AND
NON-INTERFERENCE AGREEMENT
This Employment and Non-Interference Agreement (this
"Agreement"), is dated as of April 1, 1997 (the "Effective Date") and amended on
January 15, 1998 and January 15, 1999 by and between Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
(the "Executive") and SPACEHAB, Incorporated, a Washington corporation (the
"Company").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to retain the future services of
Executive for the Company;
WHEREAS, Executive is willing, upon the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement, to provide services hereunder; and
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to secure Executive's
non-interference, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Nature of Employment
Subject to Section 3, the Company hereby employs Executive,
and Executive agrees to accept such employment, during the Term of Employment
(as defined in Section 3(a)), as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and to
undertake such duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably assigned to
Executive from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company, provided
however, that nothing herein shall require Executive to relocate his principal
residence from the Long Island, New York area.
2. Extent of Employment
(a) During the Term of Employment, Executive shall perform his
obligations hereunder faithfully and to the best of his ability under the
direction of the Board of Directors of the Company, or such other appropriately
authorized or designated executive officer of the Company, and shall abide by
the rules, customs and usages from time to time established by the Company.
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(b) During the Term of Employment, Executive shall devote such
business time, energy and skill as may be reasonably necessary for the
performance of his duties, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement
(except for vacation periods and reasonable periods of illness or other
incapacity), consistent with past practices and norms with respect to similar
positions, provided however, that the Company acknowledges that Employee is a
General Partner in several venture capital funds and is a director, consultant
and/or advisor to certain companies and associations. The Company specifically
agrees that such current and future activities of the same general type and
scope are permitted under the terms of this Agreement and are not in derogation
of Employee's duties and obligations under this Agreement.
(c) Nothing contained herein shall require Executive to follow
any directive or to perform any act which would violate any laws, ordinances,
regulations or rules of any governmental, regulatory or administrative body,
agent or authority, any court or judicial authority, or any public, private or
industry regulatory authority. Executive shall act in accordance with the laws,
ordinances, regulations or rules of any governmental, regulatory or
administrative body, agent or authority, any court or judicial authority, or any
public, private or industry regulatory authority.
3. Term of Employment; Termination
(a) The "Term of Employment" shall commence on the Effective
Date and shall continue for a term ending on March 31, 2002 (the "Initial
Term"), subject to automatic annual renewal for one-year terms thereafter (the
"Additional Term"), unless either the Company or Executive notifies the other
party of its intent not to renew within ninety (90) days prior to the end of the
Initial Term or an Additional Term, as the case may be. Should Executive's
employment by the Company be earlier terminated pursuant to Section 3(b) or
3(c), the Term of Employment shall end on the date of such earlier termination.
(b) Subject to the payments contemplated by Section 3(d), the
Term of Employment may be terminated at any time by the Company:
(i) upon the death of Executive;
(ii) in the event that because of physical or mental
disability, Executive is unable to perform and does not
perform his duties hereunder, for a continuous period of 90
days, and an experienced, recognized physician specializing in
such disabilities certifies as to the foregoing in writing;
(iii) for Cause or Material Breach (each as defined
in Section 3(d));
(iv) upon the continuous poor or unacceptable
performance of
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Executive's duties to the Company, in the sole judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Company, which has remained uncured
for a period of 90 days after the delivery of notice by the
Company to the Executive of such dissatisfaction with
Executive's performance; or
(v) for any other reason not referred to in clauses
(i) through (iv), or for no reason, such that this Agreement
shall be construed as terminable at will by the Company.
Executive acknowledges that no representations or promises have been made
concerning the grounds for termination or the future operation of the Company's
business, and that nothing contained herein or otherwise stated by or on behalf
of the Company modifies or amends the right of the Company to terminate
Executive at any time, with or without Material Breach or Cause. Termination
shall become effective upon the delivery by the Company to Executive of notice
specifying such termination and the reasons therefor, subject to the
requirements for advance notice and an opportunity to cure provided in this
Agreement, if and to the extent applicable.
(c) Subject to the payments contemplated by Section 3(d), the
Term of Employment may be terminated at any time by Executive:
(i) upon the death of Executive;
(ii) in the event that because of physical or mental
disability, Executive is unable to perform and does not
perform his duties hereunder, for a continuous period of 90
days, and an experienced, recognized physician specializing in
such disabilities certifies as to the foregoing in writing;
(iii) as a result of the Company's material reduction
in Executive's compensation or authority, perquisites,
position, title or responsibilities (other than such a
reduction by the Company because of a temporary illness or
disability or such a reduction which affects all of the
Company's senior executives on a substantially equal or
proportionate basis as a result of financial results,
conditions, prospects, reorganization, workout or distressed
condition of the Company), or the Company's willful, material
violation of its obligations under this Agreement, in each
case, after 30 days' prior written notice by Executive to the
Company and its Board of Directors and the Company's failure
thereafter to cure such reduction or violation within such 30
days, or for any proposal that would require the relocation of
Executive from the Long Island, New York area; provided,
however, that in the event the Executive's employment is
terminated following a Change in Control, the Executive shall
serve the Company as a consultant under the terms of the
Consulting and Non-Competition Agreement between the Executive
and the Company dated
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January 15, 1999 (the "Consulting and Non-Competition
Agreement"); or
(iv) voluntarily or for any reason not referred to in
clauses (i) through (iii), or for no reason, in each case,
after 90 days' prior written notice to the Company and its
Board of Directors.
(d) For the purposes of this Section 3:
"Cause" shall mean any of the following: (i) Executive's
conviction of any crime or criminal offense involving the unlawful theft or
conversion of substantial monies or other property or any other felony (other
than a criminal offense arising solely under a statutory provision imposing
criminal liability on the Executive on a per se basis due to the offices held by
the Executive); or (ii) Executive's conviction of fraud or embezzlement.
"Change in Control" of the Company shall be deemed to occur
on: (i) the date that any person or group deemed a person under Sections 3(a)(9)
and 13(d)(3) of the Act, other than the Company and its subsidiaries as
determined immediately prior to that date, in a transaction or series of
transactions has become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly (with
beneficial ownership determined as provided in Rule 13d-3, or any successor
rule, under such Act) of 20% or more of the outstanding securities of the
Company having the right under ordinary circumstances to vote at an election of
the Board of Directors of the Company; (ii) the date on which one-third or more
of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company shall consist of persons
other than Current Directors (for these purposes, a "Current Director" shall
mean any member of the Board of Directors of the Company as of the effective
date of the Plan and any successor of a Current Director whose nomination or
election has been approved by a majority of the Current Directors then on the
Board of Directors of the Company); or (iii) the date of approval by the
shareholders of the Company of an agreement providing for (A) the merger or
consolidation of the Company with another corporation where the shareholders of
the Company, immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, would not
beneficially own, immediately after the merger or consolidation, shares
entitling such shareholders to 50% or more of all votes (without consideration
of the rights of any class of stock to elect directors by a separate class vote)
to which all shareholders of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the
merger or consolidation would be entitled in the election of directors or where
the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, immediately prior to the
merger or consolidation, would not, immediately after the merger or
consolidation or (B) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
the assets of the Company.
"Material Breach" shall mean any of the following: (i)
Executive's breach of any of his fiduciary duties to the Company or its
stockholders or making of a willful misrepresentation or omission which breach,
misrepresentation or omission would reasonably be expected to materially
adversely affect the business, properties, assets, condition (financial or
other) or prospects of the Company; (ii) Executive's willful,
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continual and material neglect or failure to discharge his duties,
responsibilities or obligations prescribed by Sections 1 and 2 (other than
arising solely due to physical or mental disability); (iii) Executive's habitual
drunkenness or substance abuse which materially interferes with Executive's
ability to discharge his duties, responsibilities or obligations prescribed by
Sections 1 and 2; (iv) Executive's willful, continual and material breach of any
noncompetition or confidentiality agreement with the Company, including without
limitation, those set forth in Sections 8 and 9 of this Agreement; and (v)
Executive's gross neglect of his duties and responsibilities, as determined by
the Company's Board of Directors; in each case, for purposes of clauses (i)
through (v), after the Company or the Board of Directors has provided Executive
with 30 days' written notice of such circumstances and the possibility of a
Material Breach, and Executive fails to cure such circumstances and Material
Breach within those 30 days.
(i) In the event Executive's employment is terminated
pursuant to Section 3(b)(i) [death], 3(b)(ii) [disability] or
3(b)(v) [by the Company for any other reason or no reason] or
3(c)(i) [death], 3(c)(ii) [disability], 3(c)(iii) [material
reduction], the Company will: (A) provide to the Executive all
payments, rights and benefits due as of the date of
termination under the terms of the Company's employee and
fringe benefit plans and programs in which the Executive
participated during the Employment Period and pay to Executive
(or his estate or representative) a lump-sum amount equal to
the sum of his earned but unpaid base salary through the date
of termination, any earned but unpaid annual bonus for any
completed fiscal year, a pro rata portion of the annual bonus
for the year in which the termination occurs (determined by
multiplying the target annual bonus for the year of
termination by a fraction the numerator of which is the number
of days in the calendar year that precede the date of
termination and the denominator of which is 365), and any
unreimbursed business expenses or other amounts due to the
Executive from the Company as of the date of termination
(together with the employee and fringe benefit rights
described above, the "Accrued Rights"), (B) pay to Executive
(or his estate or representative) the full amounts to which
the Executive would be entitled to under Sections 4(a) and
4(b) for the period from effectiveness of termination through
the thirtieth month anniversary of termination; and (C) pay to
Executive (or his estate or representative) the benefits
described in Section 6 through the thirtieth month anniversary
of termination.
Payment of the amounts and provision of the benefits
described above will be made in accordance with the timetable
and schedule for such payments contemplated therefor as if
such termination did not occur, and will be subject to the
other provisions of this Agreement, including Section 3(h) and
Sections 8 and 9. If the Company makes the payments required
by this Section 3(d)(i), such payments will constitute
severance
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and liquidated damages, and the Company will not be obligated
to pay any further amounts to Executive under this Agreement
or otherwise be liable to Executive in connection with any
termination.
(ii) In the event Executive's employment is
terminated pursuant to Section 3(b)(iii) [Cause or Material
Breach], 3(b)(iv) [poor performance], or 3(c)(iv) [voluntary],
the Company will pay and provide to the Executive any Accrued
Rights and the Company will not be obligated to pay any
further amounts to Executive under this Agreement.
(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs
(i) and (ii) above, in the event Executive's employment is
terminated following a Change in Control pursuant to Section
3(b)(v) [by the Company for any other reason or no reason] or
Section 3(c)(iii) [by the Executive for material reduction],
the Company will: (A) pay and provide to Executive (or his
estate or representative) any Accrued Rights; (B) pay to
Executive (or his estate or representative) a lump-sum amount
equal to three times the sum of (1) the Executive's
then-current base salary and (2) the average of the last three
annual bonuses paid to the Executive; and (C) pay to Executive
(or his estate or representative) the benefits described in
Section 6 through the thirty-sixth month anniversary of
termination.
If the Company makes the payments required by this
Section 3(d)(iii), such payments will constitute severance and
liquidated damages, and the Company will not be obligated to
pay any further amounts to Executive under this Agreement or
otherwise be liable to Executive in connection with any
termination, other than any amounts under the Consulting and
Non-Competition Agreement.
(e) In the event the Term of Employment is terminated and the
Company is obligated to make payments to Executive pursuant to Section 3(d),
Executive shall not be under a duty to seek to obtain alternative employment;
and if Executive thereafter obtains alternative employment, the Company's
payment obligations under Section 3(d), including its obligation to provide
insurance coverage, if any, will not be mitigated or reduced by Executive's
compensation under such alternative employment.
(f) In the event the Term of Employment is terminated and the
Company is obligated to make payments pursuant to Section 3(d), Executive hereby
waives any and all claims against the Company and its respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, or representatives, stockholders and affiliates
relating to his employment during the term hereof and this Agreement, other than
claims relating to the Executive's right to payments or benefits under Sections
3(d) or 3(g) or under the Consulting and Non-Competition Agreement.
(g) Notwithstanding the terms of any stock option plan or
grant
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documentation, any unexercised stock options granted to the Executive
(whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise) shall immediately vest and be
immediately exercisable and any and all stock options then held by Executive
shall remain exercisable for their full ten year term in the event of a
termination of employment, unless such termination is pursuant to Sections
3(b)(iii) of (iv) or 3(c)(iv) hereof.
(h) Termination of the Term of Employment will not terminate
Sections 3(d), 3(f), 3(g), and 8 through 25 or the Consulting and
Non-Competition Agreement.
4. Compensation
During the Term of Employment, the Company shall pay to
Executive:
(a) As base compensation for his services hereunder, in
bi-monthly installments, a base salary at a minimum rate in the first year of
this Agreement of $275,000 per annum, in the second year of the Agreement of
$300,000 per annum and in the third year of the Agreement of $325,000, in the
fourth year of the Agreement of $350,000 and in the fifth year of the Agreement
of $375,000. Such amounts may be increased (but not decreased) annually at the
discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors based upon an
annual review by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of
Executive's performance.
(b) An annual bonus, if any, based on Executive's performance
as determined and approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors.
(c) In connection with the successful completion of a
transaction constituting a Change in Control, the Company shall pay Executive a
special completion bonus in a lump sum equal to three times the highest of the
last three annual bonuses paid to the Executive (the "Completion Bonus"). The
Completion Bonus shall be in addition to and shall not reduce in any way the
other payments and benefits to which Executive is or may become entitled to
under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.
5. Reimbursement of Expenses
During the Term of Employment, the Company shall pay all
expenses, including without limitation, transportation, lodging (including but
not limited to the use of an apartment in the Washington, D.C. area) and food
for Executive to travel between his home and the Company's headquarters and to
any of its other offices, to attend conventions, conferences and meetings that
the Company determines are necessary or in the best interest of the Company, and
for any ordinary and reasonable expenses incurred by Executive in the conduct of
the Business of the Company.
6. Benefits
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During the Term of Employment, Executive shall be entitled to
benefits (including health, disability, pension and life insurance benefits
consistent with Company policy, or as increased from time to time), in each
case, in accordance with guidelines or established from time to time, by the
Board of Directors for senior executives of the Company.
7. Parachute Tax Indemnity
(a) If it shall be determined that any amount paid,
distributed or treated as paid or distributed by the Company to or for the
Executive's benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without
regard to any additional payments required under this Section 7) (a "Payment")
would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") or any interest or penalties are
incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax,
together with any such interest and penalties, being hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to
receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that
after payment by the Executive of all federal, state and local taxes (including
any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including,
without limitation, any income taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed
with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the
Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax
imposed upon the Payments.
(b) All determinations required to be made under this Section
7, including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of
such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such
determination, shall be made by a nationally recognized accounting firm (the
"Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to
the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt of notice
from the Executive that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is
requested by the Company. The Accounting Firm shall be appointed jointly by two
other nationally recognized accounting firms, one of which is appointed by the
Executive and one of which is appointed by the Company for such purpose. The
Accounting Firm shall not be an accounting firm serving as accountant or auditor
for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of Control. All fees
and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne by the Company. Any Gross-Up
Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 7, shall be paid by the Company
to the Executive within five days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm's
determination. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon
the Company and the Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application
of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the
Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not
have been made by the Company should have been made ("Underpayment"), consistent
with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the
Company exhausts its remedies
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pursuant to this Section 7 and the Executive thereafter is required to make a
payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the
Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid
by the Company to or for the Executive's benefit.
(c) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any
claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the
payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given
as soon as practicable but no later then ten business days after the Executive
is informed in writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature
of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The
Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period
following the date on which it gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter
period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim
is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the
expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Executive
shall: (i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company
relating to such claim; (ii) take such action in connection with contesting such
claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time,
including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to
such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company; (iii) cooperate
with the Company in good faith in order to effectively contest such claim; and
(iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceeding relating to such claim;
provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and
expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection
with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an
after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and
penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and
payment of costs and expense. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of
this Section 7, the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection
with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all
administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing
authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct
the Executive to pay the tax claimed and xxx for a refund or contest the claim
in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to
a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial
jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall
determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay
such claim and xxx for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such
payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis, and shall indemnify and
hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or
income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with
respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to
such advance; and further provided that any extension of the statute of
limitations relating to payment of taxes for the Executive's taxable year with
respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to
such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company's control of the contest shall
be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable
hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case
may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any
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other taxing authority, so long as such action does not have a material adverse
effect on the contest being pursued by the Company.
(d) If, after the Executive's receipt of an amount advanced by
the Company pursuant to this Section 7, the Executive becomes entitled to
receive any refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to
the Company's complying with the requirements of this Section 7) promptly pay to
the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or
credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the Executive's
receipt of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to this Section 7, a
determination is made that the Executive shall not be entitled to any refund
with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Executive in
writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration
of 30 days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and
shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset,
to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to be paid.
8. Confidential Information
(a) Executive acknowledges that his employment hereunder gives
him access to Confidential Information relating to the Company's Business and
its customers which must remain confidential. Executive acknowledges that this
information is valuable, special, and a unique asset of the Company's Business,
and that it has been and will be developed by the Company at considerable effort
and expense, and if it were to be known and used by others engaged in a
Competitive Business, it would be harmful and detrimental to the interests of
the Company. In consideration of the foregoing, Executive hereby agrees and
covenants that, during and after the Term of Employment, Executive will not,
directly or indirectly in one or a series of transactions, disclose to any
person, or use or otherwise exploit for Executive's own benefit or for the
benefit of anyone other than the Companies, Confidential Information (as defined
in Section 11), whether prepared by Executive or not; provided, however, that
any Confidential Information may be disclosed to officers, representatives,
employees and agents of the Companies who need to know such Confidential
Information in order to perform the services or conduct the operations required
or expected of them in the Business (as defined in Section 11). Executive shall
use his best efforts to prevent the removal of any Confidential Information from
the premises of the Companies, except as required in his normal course of
employment by the Company. Executive shall use his best efforts to cause all
persons or entities to whom any Confidential Information shall be disclosed by
him hereunder to observe the terms and conditions set forth herein as though
each such person or entity was bound hereby. Executive shall have no obligation
hereunder to keep confidential any Confidential Information if and to the extent
disclosure of any thereof is specifically required by law; provided, however,
that in the event disclosure is required by applicable law, Executive shall
provide the Company with prompt notice of such requirement, prior to making any
disclosure, so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order. At the
request of the Company, Executive agrees to deliver to the Company, at any time
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during the Term of Employment, or thereafter, all Confidential Information which
he may possess or control. Executive agrees that all Confidential Information of
the Companies (whether now or hereafter existing) conceived, discovered or made
by him during the Term of Employment exclusively belongs to the Companies (and
not to Executive). Executive will promptly disclose such Confidential
Information to the Company and perform all actions reasonably requested by the
Company to establish and confirm such exclusive ownership.
(b) In the event that Executive breaches his obligations in
any material respect under this Section 8, the Company, in addition to pursuing
all available remedies under this Agreement, at law or otherwise, and without
limiting its right to pursue the same shall cease all payments to Executive
under this Agreement.
(c) The terms of this Section 8 shall survive the termination
of this Agreement regardless of who terminates this Agreement, or the reasons
therefor.
9. Non-Interference
(a) Executive acknowledges that the services to be provided
give him the opportunity to have special knowledge of the Company and its
Confidential Information and the capabilities of individuals employed by or
affiliated with the Company, and that interference in these relationships would
cause irreparable injury to the Company. In consideration of this Agreement,
Executive covenants and agrees that:
(i) During the Restricted Period (which shall not
include any period of violation of this Agreement by the
Executive), Executive will not, without the express written
approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, anywhere in
the Market, directly or indirectly, in one or a series of
transactions, own, manage, operate, control, invest or acquire
an interest in, or otherwise engage or participate in, whether
as a proprietor, partner, stockholder, lender, director,
officer, employee, joint venturer, investor, lessor, supplier,
customer, agent, representative or other participant, in any
Competitive Business without regard to (A) whether the
Competitive Business has its office, manufacturing or other
business facilities within or without the Market, (B) whether
any of the activities of Executive referred to above occur or
are performed within or without the Market or (C) whether
Executive resides, or reports to an office, within or without
the Market; provided, however, that (x) Executive may,
anywhere in the Market, directly or indirectly, in one or a
series of transactions, own, invest or acquire an interest in
up to five percent (5%) of the capital stock of a corporation
whose capital stock is traded publicly, or that (y) Executive
may accept employment with a successor company to the Company.
(ii) During the Restricted Period (which shall not
include any
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period of violation of this Agreement by Executive), Executive
will not without the express prior written approval of the
Board of Directors of the Company (A) directly or indirectly,
in one or a series of transactions, recruit, solicit or
otherwise induce or influence any proprietor, partner,
stockholder, lender, director, officer, employee, sales agent,
joint venturer, investor, lessor, supplier, customer, agent,
representative or any other person which has a business
relationship with the Company or had a business relationship
with the Company within the twenty-four (24) month period
preceding the date of the incident in question, to
discontinue, reduce or modify such employment, agency or
business relationship with the Company, or (B) employ or seek
to employ or cause any Competitive Business to employ or seek
to employ any person or agent who is then (or was at any time
within six months prior to the date Executive or the
Competitive Business employs or seeks to employ such person)
employed or retained by the Company. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent Executive from
providing a letter of recommendation to an employee with
respect to a future employment opportunity.
(iii) The scope and term of this Section 9 would not
preclude him from earning a living with an entity that is not
a Competitive Business.
(b) The terms of this Section 9 shall survive termination of
this Agreement regardless of who terminates this Agreement, or the reasons
therefor.
10. Inventions
(a) Each invention, improvement or discovery made or conceived
by Executive, either individually or with others, during the term of his
employment with the Company, which invention, improvement or discovery is
related to any of the lines of business or work of the Companies, any projected
or potential activities which the Companies have investigated or hereinafter
investigates, or which result from or are suggested by any service performed by
Executive for the Company, whether patentable or not, shall be promptly and
fully disclosed by Executive to the Company. Executive assigns each such
invention, improvement or discovery, and the patents thereof, or related
thereto, to the Company. Executive shall, during the term of his employment with
the Company and thereafter without charge to the Company, but at the request and
expense of the Company, assist the Company in obtaining or vesting in itself
patents upon such improvements and inventions. All such inventions, improvements
or discoveries shall at all times become and remain the exclusive property of
the Company. Executive represents that he does not claim ownership of any
inventions, improvements, formulae or discoveries which are excluded from this
Agreement.
(b) In the event an arbitrator or a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that Executive has breached his obligations in any
material respect under
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Sections 8, 9, or this Section 10, the Company, in addition to pursuing all
available remedies under this Agreement, at law or otherwise, and without
limiting its right to pursue the same shall cease all payments to Executive
under this Agreement.
11. Definitions
"Business" means (a) the design, manufacture, lease and
operation of pressurized habitable space capsules and those other businesses and
activities that are described in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1997, or (b) any similar, incidental or related business
conducted or pursued by, or engaged in, or proposed to be conducted or pursued
by or engaged in, by the Companies prior to the date hereof or at any time
during the Term of Employment.
"Cause" is defined in Section 3(d).
"Change in Control" is defined in Section 3(d).
"Companies" means the Company and any of its direct or
indirect subsidiaries, now existing or hereafter existing.
"Company" is defined in the introduction.
"Competitive Business" means any business which competes,
directly or indirectly, with the Business in the Market.
"Confidential Information" means any trade secret,
confidential study, data, calculations, software storage media or other
compilation of information, patent, patent application, copyright, trademark,
trade name, service xxxx, service name, "know-how", trade secrets, customer
lists, details of client or consultant contracts, pricing policies, sales
techniques, confidential information relating to suppliers, information relating
to the special and particular needs of the Companies' customers operational
methods, marketing plans or strategies, products and formulae, product
development techniques or plans, business acquisition plans or any portion or
phase of any scientific or technical information, ideas, discoveries, designs,
computer programs (including source of object codes), processes, procedures,
research or technical data, improvements or other proprietary or intellectual
property of the Companies, whether or not in written or tangible form, and
whether or not registered, and including all files, records, manuals, books,
catalogues, memoranda, notes, summaries, plans, reports, records, documents and
other evidence thereof. The term "Confidential Information" does not include,
and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that is
or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a
disclosure by Executive not permissible hereunder.
"Executive" means the individual identified in the first
paragraph of this Agreement, or his or her estate, if deceased.
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"Market" means any county in the United States of America and
each similar jurisdiction in any other country in which the Business was
conducted or pursued by, engaged in by the Companies prior to the date hereof or
is conducted or engaged in or pursued, or is proposed to be conducted or engaged
in or pursued, by the Companies at any time during the Term of Employment.
"Material Breach" is defined in Section 3(d).
"Non-Interference Period" means the period commencing on the
date of this Agreement and continuing through the twelfth month anniversary of
the termination of the Term of Employment.
"Prior Employment Agreement" is defined in Section 13(a).
"Restricted Period" means the period commencing on the date of
this Agreement and continuing through the twelfth month anniversary of the
termination of the Term of Employment.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation, limited liability company,
joint venture, limited and general partnership, joint stock company, association
or any other type of business entity of which the Company owns, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, more than fifty percent (50%) of
the voting securities at the time of determination.
"Term of Employment" is defined in Section 3(a).
12. Notice
Any notice, request, demand or other communication required or
permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in writing and if
delivered personally, or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, as follows (or to such other addressee or address as shall be set
forth in a notice given in the same manner):
If to Executive: Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
0 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
If to Company: SPACEHAB, Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: President
with a copy to:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Any such notices shall be deemed to be given on the date personally delivered or
such return receipt is issued.
13. Previous Agreements; Executive's Representation
(a) Executive and the Company hereby cancel, void and render
without force and effect all prior employment or severance agreements between
Executive and the Company ("Prior Employment Agreements"), and the Executive
releases and discharges the Company from any further obligations or liabilities
thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms and provisions in any Prior
Employment Agreement relating to any grants of stock options or other derivative
securities for the purchase of the Company's common stock, no par value per
share, shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be amended in any
manner as a result of the execution of this Agreement. Further, this release and
discharge shall not apply in any respect to the Consulting and Non-Competition
Agreement.
(b) Executive hereby warrants and represents to the Company
that Executive has carefully reviewed this Agreement and has consulted with such
advisors as Executive considers appropriate in connection with this Agreement,
is not subject to any covenants, agreements or restrictions, including without
limitation any covenants, agreements or restrictions arising out of Executive's
prior employment, which would be breached or violated by Executive's execution
of this Agreement or by Executive's performance of his duties hereunder.
14. Other Matters
Executive agrees and acknowledges that the obligations owed to
Executive under this Agreement are solely the obligations of the Company, and
that none of the Companies' stockholders, directors, officers, affiliates,
representatives, agents or lenders will have any obligations or liabilities in
respect of this Agreement and the subject matter hereof.
15. Validity
If, for any reason, any provision hereof shall be determined
to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity and effect of the other provisions
hereof shall not be affected thereby.
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17. Severability
Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law,
but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect
any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement will be
reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. If any court
determines that any provision of Section 9 or any other provision hereof is
unenforceable because of the power to reduce the scope or duration of such
provision, as the case may be and, in its reduced form, such provision shall
then be enforceable.
17. Waiver of Breach; Specific Performance
The waiver by the Company or Executive of a breach of any
provision of this Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be construed
as a waiver of any other breach of such other party. Each of the parties (and
third party beneficiaries) to this Agreement will be entitled to enforce its
rights under this breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all
other rights existing in its favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge
that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the
provisions of Sections 8, 9, and 10 of this Agreement and that any party (and
third party beneficiaries) may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law
or equity of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive
relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and
permanent injunctions in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the
provisions of this Agreement.
18. Successors
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of the Company, its successors and any person, firm, corporation or
other entity which succeeds to all or substantially all of the business, assets
or property of the Company. The Company will require any successor (whether
direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business, assets or property of the Company, to
expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such
succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, the "Company" shall mean
the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business, assets or
property as aforesaid which executes and delivers an agreement provided for in
this Section 18 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions
of this Agreement by operation of law.
19. Assignment; Third Parties
Neither Executive nor the Company may assign, transfer,
pledge,
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hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of this Agreement or any of his or
its respective rights or obligations hereunder, without the prior written
consent of the other. The parties agree and acknowledge that each of the
Companies are intended to be third party beneficiaries of, and have rights and
interests in respect of, Executive's agreements set forth in Sections 8, 9, and
10.
20. Amendment; Entire Agreement
This Agreement may not be changed orally but only by an
agreement in writing agreed to by the party against whom enforcement of any
waiver, change, modification, extension or discharge is sought. This Agreement
and the Consulting and Non-Competition Agreement embody the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter of this
Agreement, and supersede and replace all prior Agreements, understandings and
commitments with respect to such subject matter.
21. Method of Payment
Any lump-sum payments provided for in Section 3(d) shall be
made in a cash payment, net of any required tax withholding, no later than the
fifth business day following the date of the Executive's termination of
employment. Any payment that is not made in a timely manner shall bear interest
at a rate equal to 100% of the short term applicable federal rate, compounded
semi-annually, as defined under Section 1274(d) of the Code, as in effect for
the month in which payment is required to be made.
22. Litigation
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED, APPLIED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, EXCEPT
THAT NO DOCTRINE OF CHOICE OF LAW SHALL BE USED TO APPLY ANY LAW OTHER THAN THAT
OF VIRGINIA, AND NO DEFENSE, COUNTERCLAIM OR RIGHT OF SET-OFF GIVEN OR ALLOWED
BY THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION, OR ARISING OUT OF THE ENACTMENT,
MODIFICATION OR REPEAL OF ANY LAW, REGULATION, ORDINANCE OR DECREE OF ANY
FOREIGN JURISDICTION, BE INTERPOSED IN ANY ACTION HEREON. SUBJECT TO SECTION 22,
EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY AGREE THAT ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE COMMENCED IN THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
VIRGINIA. EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY CONSENT TO SUCH JURISDICTION, AGREE THAT
VENUE WILL BE PROPER IN SUCH COURTS AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTIONS BASED UPON FORUM
NON CONVENIENS. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 22 SHALL NOT BE
DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED
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IN SUCH FORUM OR THE TAKING OF ANY ACTION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO ENFORCE SAME
IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
23. Arbitration
EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR
AMONG THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT RELATING TO OR IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT,
ITS NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION, PERFORMANCE, SUBJECT MATTER, OR ANY COURSE OF
CONDUCT OR DEALING OR ACTIONS UNDER OR IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE
SUBMITTED TO, AND RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY PURSUANT TO ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION.
SUCH ARBITRATION SHALL TAKE PLACE IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT
TO THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. DECISIONS PURSUANT TO SUCH
ARBITRATION SHALL BE FINAL, CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING ON THE PARTIES. UPON THE
CONCLUSION OF ARBITRATION, EXECUTIVE OR THE COMPANY MAY APPLY TO ANY COURT OF
THE TYPE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 22 TO ENFORCE THE DECISION PURSUANT TO SUCH
ARBITRATION. IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY
RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTES OR CLAIMS RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ITS SUBJECT MATTER.
24. Further Action
Executive and the Company agree to perform any further acts
and to execute and deliver any documents which may be reasonable to carry out
the provisions hereof.
25. Legal Fees and Expenses.
To induce the Executive to execute this Agreement and to
provide the Executive with reasonable assurance that the purposes of this
Agreement will not be frustrated by the cost of its enforcement should the
Company fail to perform its obligations hereunder, the Company shall pay and be
solely responsible for any attorneys' fees and expenses and court costs incurred
by the Executive as a result of a claim that the Company has breached or
otherwise failed to perform this Agreement or any provision hereof to be
performed by the Company, regardless of which party, if any, prevails in the
contest.
26. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands as
of the day and year first written above.
EXECUTIVE:
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Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
SPACEHAB, INCORPORATED
By:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
President
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