EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 31, 2005, between Security
Printing, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SPI"), CA Investment Corp., a Delaware
corporation (together with SPI, the "Company"), and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx (the
"Executive").
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to employ the Executive, and the Executive
wishes to accept such employment, on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement;
Accordingly, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows:
1. Employment, Duties and Acceptance.
1.1 Employment, Duties. The Company hereby employs the Executive
for the Term (as defined in Section 2.1), to render exclusive and full-time
services to the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer, Checks In The
Mail or in such other executive position as may be mutually agreed upon by the
Company and the Executive, and to perform such other duties consistent with such
position as may be assigned to the Executive by the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company.
1.2 Acceptance. The Executive hereby accepts such employment and
agrees to render the services described above. During the Term, the Executive
agrees to serve the Company faithfully and to the best of the Executive's
ability, to devote the Executive's entire business time, energy and skill to
such employment, and to use the Executive's best efforts, skill and ability to
promote the Company's interests. The Executive further agrees to accept
election, and to serve during all or any part of the Term, as an officer or
director of the Company and of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company,
without any compensation therefor other than that specified in this Agreement,
if elected to any such position by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors
(the "Board") or of any subsidiary or affiliate, as the case may be.
1.3 Location. The duties to be performed by the Executive
hereunder shall be performed primarily at the offices of the Company in Texas,
subject to reasonable travel requirements on behalf of the Company.
2. Term of Employment; Certain Post-Term Benefits.
2.1 The Term. This Agreement and the term of the Executive's
employment under this Agreement (the "Term") shall become effective as of (and
subject to) the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and between M & F Worldwide
Corp. (the "Parent") and Honeywell International Inc. (the date of consummation
of the transaction being referred to herein as the "Effective Date") and will
continue for a period of two years (the final date of the two year period being
referred to herein as the "Termination Date"), subject to earlier termination
pursuant to Section 4.
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2.2 End-of-Term Provisions. Prior to the end of the Term, the
Company and the Executive shall meet to discuss whether the Term should be
extended. The Company shall have the right at any time, however, to give written
notice of non-renewal of the Term.
2.3 Non-renewal of Term. The Term shall end earlier than the
Termination Date provided in Section 2.1 or any extended termination date
provided in Section 2.2, in either case if sooner terminated pursuant to Section
4. Non-extension of the Term shall not be deemed to be a termination of this
Agreement by the Company, and the Executive shall not be entitled to receive
severance benefits or any other payment pursuant to this Agreement.
3. Compensation; Benefits.
3.1 Salary. As compensation for all services to be rendered
pursuant to this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay the Executive a base
salary, payable in accordance with the Company's normal payroll practices, at
the annual rate of not less than $275,000 (effective January 1, 2006) less such
deductions or amounts to be withheld as required by applicable law and
regulations (the "Base Salary"). In the event that the Company, in its sole
discretion, from time to time determines to increase the Base Salary, such
increased amount shall, from and after the effective date of the increase,
constitute "Base Salary" for purposes of this Agreement; provided, that, prior
to January 1, 2006, the Base Salary shall be at same rate as in effect on the
date hereof.
3.2 Incentive Compensation.
3.2.1 Annual Bonus. For fiscal year 2005, the Executive's
bonus, if any, shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion in
accordance with the SPI bonus plan in which the Executive participates in
effect on the date hereof. Commencing with the 2006 fiscal year, the
Executive will be eligible to receive a bonus with respect to the 2006 and
each later fiscal year ending during the Term computed in accordance with
the provisions hereafter. If, with respect to any such fiscal year, the
Company achieves "Consolidated EBITDA" (as defined below) of at least the
percentage set forth in the table below of its business plan for such
fiscal year, such bonus shall be the percentage set forth in the table
below of Base Salary with respect to the fiscal year for which the bonus
(any such bonus, an "Annual Bonus") was earned:
PERCENTAGE OF CONSOLIDATED PERCENTAGE
EBITDA IN BUSINESS PLAN OF BASE SALARY
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89.9% and below Nil
90 - 94.9 67.5%
95 - 99.9 71.25
100 - 105 78.75
105.1 - 110 82.5
110.1 - 115 86.25
115.1 - 120 90
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PERCENTAGE OF CONSOLIDATED PERCENTAGE
EBITDA IN BUSINESS PLAN OF BASE SALARY
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120.1 - 125 93.75
125.1 - 130 97.5
130.1 - 135 101.25
135.1 - 140 105
140.1 - 145 108.75
145.1 and over 112.5
An Annual Bonus if earned in accordance with this Agreement shall be paid no
later than the fifteenth day of the third month next following the year with
respect to which such bonus was earned, provided that, except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Agreement, as a condition precedent to any bonus
entitlement the Executive must remain in employment with the Company at the time
that the Annual Bonus is paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
may be applicable, such Annual Bonus shall be subject to, and contingent upon,
such shareholder approval as is necessary to cause the Annual Bonus to qualify
as "performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder as well as approval of this Section 3.2.1 by
the Compensation Committee of Parent's board of directors.
For the purposes of this Agreement, "Consolidated EBITDA" means for any fiscal
year of SPI, consolidated net income for such fiscal year plus, without
duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such
consolidated net income for such fiscal year, the sum of (i) income tax expense,
(ii) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt
issuance costs and commissions (to the extent not already captured in interest
expense), discounts and other fees and charges associated with indebtedness,
(iii) depreciation and amortization expense (excluding amounts of prepaid
incentives under customer contracts), (iv) any extraordinary non-cash expenses
or losses, (v) any costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
acquisition of SPI by Parent or an affiliate, (vi) any auditing, legal,
reporting or administrative expenses incurred by SPI in complying with the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, or other reporting obligations required
by securities laws applicable to publicly traded corporations (except to the
extent such expenses are of a type historically charged to the business in the
ordinary course), and (vii) all restructuring costs and minus (i) to the extent
included in the statement of such consolidated net income for such period, the
sum of (a) interest income, (b) any extraordinary or non-recurring income or
gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the
statement of such consolidated net income for such period, gains on the sales of
assets outside of the ordinary course of business), and (c) income tax credits
(to the extent not netted from income tax expense) and (ii) any cash payments
made during such period in respect of items described in clause (iv) above
subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or
losses were reflected as a charge in the statement of consolidated net income,
all as determined on a consolidated basis, all of the foregoing to be determined
by the Board or the Compensation Committee of Parent's board of directors, as
applicable, with a view to consistency with management projections disclosed as
presented to Parent in the
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Confidential Management Presentation dated August 2005. For the purposes of
determining compensation milestones for any fiscal year, Consolidated EBITDA
will be adjusted by the Board or the Compensation Committee of Parent's board of
directors, as applicable, as appropriate for material acquisitions or
dispositions of any business or assets of or by the Company or its subsidiaries
for such fiscal year and thereafter.
3.2.2 Long Term Incentive Plan. During the Term, the
Executive shall participate in the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan
("LTIP"), which shall be adopted by the Effective Date. The Executive will
receive 7% of the "LTIP bonus pool," as defined in and in accordance
with the LTIP (which will include a provision that the LTIP bonus pool will
be 20% of Consolidated EBITDA achieved by SPI in excess of the target
Consolidated EBITDA). If the Term is extended, the Executive shall
participate in a new Long Term Incentive Plan that shall commence after the
LTIP ends. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that Section 162(m)
of the Code may be applicable, the LTIP (and any subsequent Long Term
Incentive Plan) shall be subject to, and contingent upon, such shareholder
approval as is necessary to cause the LTIP to qualify as "performance-based
compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
3.3 Business Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the
Executive for all reasonable expenses actually incurred or paid by the Executive
during the Term in the performance of the Executive's services under this
Agreement, upon presentation of expense statements or vouchers or such other
supporting information as the Company customarily may require of its officers
provided, however, that the maximum amount available for such expenses during
any period may be fixed in advance by the Board.
3.4 Vacation. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to
a vacation period or periods of four (4) weeks taken in accordance with the
vacation policy of the Company during each year of the Term. Vacation time not
used by the end of a year shall be forfeited.
3.5 Fringe Benefits. During the Term, the Executive shall be
entitled to all benefits for which the Executive shall be eligible under any
qualified pension plan, 401(k) plan, group insurance or other so-called "fringe"
benefit plan which Checks In The Mail provides to its executive employees
generally.
4. Termination.
4.1 Death. If the Executive dies during the Term, the Term shall
terminate forthwith upon the Executive's death. The Company shall pay to the
Executive's estate: (i) any Base Salary earned but not paid; and (ii) a pro
rated Annual Bonus based on the number of days of the fiscal year worked by the
Executive. The Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation
(including any Base Salary or Annual Bonus) or any other benefits under this
Agreement.
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4.2 Disability. If, during the Term the Executive is unable to
perform his duties hereunder due to a physical or mental incapacity for a period
of 6 months within any 12 month period (hereinafter a "Disability"), the Company
shall have the right at any time thereafter to terminate the Term upon sending
written notice of termination to the Executive. If the Company elects to
terminate the Term by reason of Disability, the Company shall pay to the
Executive promptly after the notice of termination: (i) any Base Salary earned
but not paid, and (ii) a pro rated Annual Bonus based on the number of days of
the fiscal year worked by the Executive until the date of the notice of
termination, in each case less any other benefits payable to the Executive under
any disability plan provided for hereunder or otherwise furnished to the
Executive by the Company. The Executive shall have no further rights to any
compensation (including any Base Salary or Annual Bonus) or any other benefits
under this Agreement.
4.3 Cause. The Company may at any time by written notice to the
Executive terminate the Term for "Cause" (as defined below) and, upon such
termination, this Agreement shall terminate and the Executive shall be entitled
to receive no further amounts or benefits hereunder, except for any Base Salary
earned but not paid prior to such termination. For the purposes of this
Agreement, "Cause" means: (i) continued neglect by the Executive of the
Executive's duties hereunder, (ii) conviction of the Executive of any felony or
any lesser crime or offense involving the property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, (iii) willful misconduct by the Executive in
connection with the performance of any material portion of the Executive's
duties hereunder, (iv) commission of any act of fraud, personal dishonesty,
disloyalty or defalcation, or usurpation of a Company opportunity, (v) any act
that has a material adverse effect upon the reputation of and/or the public
confidence in the company, or (vi) failure to comply with a reasonable order,
policy or rule that constitutes material insubordination.
4.4 Termination by Company without Cause. If the Executive's
employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of
death or Disability), the Executive shall receive: (i) as severance pay, an
amount equal to one year of Base Salary payable ratably in accordance with the
Company's normal payroll practices, (ii) continuation for a 6-month period
following the date of termination of group health plan benefits to the extent
authorized by and consistent with 29 U.S.C. Section 1161 et seq. (commonly known
as "COBRA"), with the cost of the regular premium for such benefits shared in
the same relative proportion by the Company and the Employee as in effect on the
date of termination, (iii) pro-rated Annual Bonus for the year in which
termination occurred if the Executive would have been eligible to receive such
bonus hereunder (including due to satisfaction by the Company of performance
milestones) had the Executive been employed at the time such Annual Bonus is
normally paid, which pro-rated Annual Bonus will be paid at the time and in the
manner such Annual Bonus is paid to other executives receiving such bonus
payment, and (iv) Annual Bonus for the year prior to the year in which the
Executive is so terminated if at the time of termination the Executive has
earned an Annual Bonus payment for such prior year and has not yet been paid
such due to such termination, which prior year Annual Bonus will be paid at the
time and in the manner such prior year Annual Bonus is paid to other executives
receiving such prior year Annual Bonus. The
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Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation (including any Base
Salary or Annual Bonus) or any other benefits under this Agreement.
4.5 Termination by Executive upon Retirement. If the Executive
terminates his employment with the Company on or after November 20, 2007 and
continues to hold the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, Checks
In The Mail immediately prior to such termination (such termination, a
"Retirement"), the Executive shall receive: (i) an amount equal to one year of
Base Salary payable ratably in accordance with the Company's normal payroll
practices, (ii) pro-rated Annual Bonus for the year in which retirement occurs
if the Executive would have been eligible to receive such bonus hereunder
(including due to satisfaction by the Company of performance milestones) had the
Executive been employed at the time such Annual Bonus is normally paid, which
pro-rated Annual Bonus will be paid at the time and in the manner such Annual
Bonus is paid to other executives receiving such bonus payment and (iii)
continuation for a 12-month period following the date of termination of group
health plan benefits to the extent authorized by and consistent with 29 U.S.C.
Section 1161 et seq. (commonly known as "COBRA"), with the cost of the regular
premium for such benefits shared in the same relative proportion by the Company
and the Employee as in effect on the date of termination. The Executive shall
have no further rights to any compensation (including any Base Salary or Annual
Bonus) or any other benefits under this Agreement.
4.6 Termination by Executive other than upon Retirement. Except
in the case of a Retirement, the Executive is required to provide the Company
with 60 days' prior written notice of termination. Upon termination of
employment by the Executive other than due to a Retirement, the Executive shall
receive any Base Salary earned but not paid prior to such termination and shall
have no further rights to any compensation (including any Base Salary or Annual
Bonus) or any other benefits under this Agreement.
4.7 Release. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, the Executive acknowledges and agrees that any and
all payments, other than payment of any accrued and unpaid Base Salary to which
the Executive is entitled under this Section 4 are conditioned upon and subject
to the Executive's execution of a general waiver and release, in such form as
may be prepared by the Company, of all claims, except for such matters covered
by provisions of this Agreement which expressly survive the termination of this
Agreement.
4.8 Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 4, if any payments or benefits due to the Executive hereunder would
cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of
the Code such payments or benefits shall be restructured in a manner which does
not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. Without limiting the
application of the preceding sentence, any payment of money due hereunder which
is delayed in order to avoid the application of Section 409A of the Code (e.g.,
a six-month delay in the commencement of severance, if necessary, if at the time
of the Executive's termination of employment he is a "specified employee," as
defined in Section 409A of the Code) shall be paid as soon as possible without
causing the application of Section 409A.
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5. Protection of Confidential Information; Restrictive Covenants.
5.1 From the Effective Date, the Company will share with
Executive confidential and trade secret information regarding not only the
Company but also its subsidiaries and affiliates. In view of the fact that the
Executive's work for the Company will bring the Executive into close contact
with many confidential affairs of the Company not readily available to the
public, trade secret information and plans for future developments, the
Executive agrees:
5.1.1 To keep and retain in the strictest confidence all
confidential matters of the Company, including, without limitation, "know
how", trade secrets, customer lists, pricing policies, operational methods,
technical processes, formulae, inventions and research projects, other
business affairs of the Company, and any information whatsoever concerning
any director, officer, employee, shareholder, partner, customer or agent of
the Company or their respective family members learned by the Executive
heretofore or hereafter, and not to disclose them to anyone outside of the
Company, either during or after the Executive's employment with the
Company, except in the course of performing the Executive's duties
hereunder or with the Company's express written consent. The foregoing
prohibitions shall include, without limitation, directly or indirectly
publishing (or causing, participating in, assisting or providing any
statement, opinion or information in connection with the publication of)
any diary, memoir, letter, story, photograph, interview, article, essay,
account or description (whether fictionalized or not) concerning any of the
foregoing, publication being deemed to include any presentation or
reproduction of any written, verbal or visual material in any communication
medium, including any book, magazine, newspaper, theatrical production or
movie, or television or radio programming or commercial; and
5.1.2 To deliver promptly to the Company on termination of
the Executive's employment by the Company, or at any time the Company may
so request, all memoranda, notes, records, reports, manuals, drawings,
blueprints and other documents (and all copies thereof), including data
stored in computer memories or on other media used for electronic storage
or retrieval, relating to the Company's business and all property
associated therewith, which the Executive may then possess or have under
the Executive's control, and not retain any copies, notes or summaries.
5.2 In support of Executive's commitments to maintain the
confidentiality of the Company's confidential and trade secret information,
during (i) the Term, and (ii) for a period of two years following termination of
the Executive's employment for any reason, the Executive shall not in the United
States and in any non-US jurisdiction where the Company may then do business:
(a) directly or indirectly, enter the employ of, or render any services to, any
person, firm or corporation engaged in any business competitive with the
business of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (b) engage
in such business on the Executive's own account; and the Executive shall not
become interested in any such business, directly or indirectly, as an
individual, partner, shareholder, director, officer, principal, agent, employee,
trustee, consultant, or
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in any other relationship or capacity; (c) directly or indirectly, solicit,
encourage or cause any client, customer or supplier of the Company to cease
doing business with the Company, or to reduce the amount of business such
client, customer or supplier does with the Company or (d) directly or
indirectly, solicit or encourage to cease to work with the Company, or directly
or indirectly hire, any person who is an employee of or consultant then under
contract with the Company or who was an employee of or consultant then under
contract with the Company within the six month period preceding such activity
without the Company's written consent.
5.3 If the Executive commits a breach, or threatens to commit a
breach, of any of the provisions of Sections 5.1 or 5.2 hereof, the Company
shall have the following rights and remedies:
5.3.1 The right and remedy to have the provisions of this
Agreement specifically enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction, it
being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach
will cause irreparable injury to the Company and that money damages will
not provide an adequate remedy to the Company;
5.3.2 The right and remedy to require the Executive to
account for and pay over to the Company all compensation, profits, monies,
accruals, increments or other benefits derived or received by the Executive
as the result of any transactions constituting a breach of any of the
provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the Executive hereby agrees to
account for and pay over such benefits to the Company. Each of the rights
and remedies enumerated above shall be independent of the other, and shall
be severally enforceable, and all of such rights and remedies shall be in
addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to
the Company under law or in equity; and
5.3.3 In addition to any other remedy which may be available
(i) at law or in equity, or (ii) pursuant to any other provision of this
Agreement, the payments by the Company of Base Salary and the regular
premium for group health benefits pursuant to Section 4.4 will cease as of
the date on which such violation first occurs. In addition, if the
Executive breaches any of the covenants contained in Sections 5.1 and 5.2
and the Company obtains injunctive relief with respect thereto, the period
during which the Executive is required to comply with that particular
covenant shall be extended by the same period that the Executive was in
breach of such covenant prior to the effective date of such injunctive
relief.
5.4 If any of the covenants contained in Sections 5.1 or 5.2, or
any part thereof, hereafter are held by a court to be invalid or unenforceable,
the same shall not affect the remainder of the covenant or covenants, which
shall be given full effect, without regard to those portions found invalid.
5.5 If any of the covenants contained in Sections 5.1 or 5.2, or
any part thereof, are held to be unenforceable because of the duration of such
provision or
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the area covered thereby, the parties agree that the court making such
determination shall have the power to reduce the duration and/or area of such
provision and, in its reduced form, said provision shall then be enforceable.
5.6 The Executive agrees (whether during or after the Executive's
employment with the Company) not to issue, circulate, publish or utter any false
or disparaging statements, remarks or rumors about the Company or its affiliates
or the officers, directors, managers, customers, partners, or shareholders of
the Company or its affiliates unless giving truthful testimony under subpoena.
5.7 For purposes of this Section 5 only, the term "Company"
includes the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
6. Inventions and Patents.
6.1 The Executive agrees that all processes, technologies and
inventions (collectively, "Inventions"), including new contributions,
improvements, ideas and discoveries, whether patentable or not, conceived,
developed, invented or made by him during the Term shall belong to the Company,
provided that such Inventions grew out of the Executive's work with the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, are related in any manner to the
business (commercial or experimental) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or affiliates or are conceived or made on the Company's time or with the use of
the Company's facilities or materials. The Executive shall further: (a) promptly
disclose such Inventions to the Company; (b) assign to the Company, without
additional compensation, all patent and other rights to such Inventions for the
United States and foreign countries; (c) sign all papers necessary to carry out
the foregoing; and (d) give testimony in support of the Executive's
inventorship.
6.2 If any Invention is described in a patent application or is
disclosed to third parties, directly or indirectly, by the Executive within two
years after the termination of the Executive's employment by the Company, it is
to be presumed that the Invention was conceived or made during the Term.
6.3 The Executive agrees that the Executive will not assert any
rights to any Invention as having been made or acquired by the Executive prior
to the date of this Agreement, except for Inventions, if any, disclosed to the
Company in writing prior to the date hereof.
7. Intellectual Property.
The Company shall be the sole owner of all the products and proceeds
of the Executive's services hereunder, including, but not limited to, all
materials, ideas, concepts, formats, suggestions, developments, arrangements,
packages, programs and other intellectual properties that the Executive may
acquire, obtain, develop or create in connection with and during the Term, free
and clear of any claims by the Executive (or anyone claiming under the
Executive) of any kind or character whatsoever (other than the Executive's right
to receive payments hereunder). The Executive shall, at the request of
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the Company, execute such assignments, certificates or other instruments as the
Company may from time to time deem necessary or desirable to evidence,
establish, maintain, perfect, protect, enforce or defend its right, title or
interest in or to any such properties.
8. Notices.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given if delivered personally, sent by overnight courier or mailed
first class, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail (notices mailed
shall be deemed to have been given on the date mailed), as follows (or to such
other address as either party shall designate by notice in writing to the other
in accordance herewith):
If to the Company, to:
Security Printing, Inc.
Attn: [ ]
If to the Executive, to:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
9. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without
regard to conflicts of laws provisions. Any controversy or claim arising out of
or relating to Section 5 of this Agreement (or the breach thereof) shall be
settled by a federal court located in Bexar County, Texas; additionally each of
the parties hereto specifically waives any objection that it may otherwise have
to the jurisdiction or venue of any such courts or that such courts are an
inconvenient forum and acknowledges that service of process may be made by
mailing a copy thereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 8. Any
controversy or claim arising out of or related to any other provision of this
Agreement shall be settled by final, binding and non-appealable arbitration in
Bexar County, Texas by a single arbitrator. Subject to the following provisions,
the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable rules of
JAMS then in effect. Any award entered by the arbitrator shall be final, binding
and non-appealable and judgment may be entered thereon by either party in
accordance with applicable law in any court of competent jurisdiction. This
arbitration provision shall be specifically enforceable. The arbitrator shall
have no authority to modify any provision of this Agreement or to award a remedy
for a dispute involving this Agreement other than a benefit specifically
provided under or by virtue of the Agreement. Each party shall be responsible
for its own expenses relating to the conduct of the arbitration or litigation
(including reasonable
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attorneys' fees and expenses) and shall share the fees of JAMS and the
arbitrator, if applicable, equally.
10. General.
10.1 JURY TRIAL WAIVER. THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AND KNOWINGLY WAIVE
ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN THE EVENT ANY ACTION ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE EXECUTIVE'S EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY IS LITIGATED
OR HEARD IN ANY COURT.
10.2 Continuation of Employment. Unless the parties otherwise
agree in writing, continuation of the Executive's employment with the Company
beyond the expiration of the Term shall be deemed an employment at will and
shall not be deemed to extend any of the provisions of this Agreement, and
Executive's employment may thereafter be terminated "at will" by the Executive
or the Company and Executive will be entitled to fringe benefits which the
Executive is eligible to receive for so long as the Executive continues to be
employed with the Company.
10.3 Headings. The section headings contained herein are for
reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties relating to the Executive's
employment by the Company, and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and
understandings, written or oral, relating to the Executive's employment by the
Company including effective as of the Effective Date, the Executive's letter
from SPI dated November 20, 2003, and the Executive's letters from Checks In The
Mail, Inc. dated July 24, 2000 and July 25, 2000. No representation, promise or
inducement has been made by either party that is not embodied in this Agreement,
and neither party shall be bound by or liable for any alleged representation,
promise or inducement not so set forth.
10.5 Assignment. This Agreement, and the Executive's rights and
obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive. The Company may
assign its rights, together with its obligations, hereunder (i) to any affiliate
or (ii) to third parties in connection with any sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the
Company; in any event the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be binding
on its successors or assigns, whether by merger, consolidation or acquisition of
all or substantially all of its business or assets.
10.6 Waiver. This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded,
canceled, renewed or extended and the terms or covenants hereof may be waived,
only by a written instrument executed by all of the parties hereto, or in the
case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. The failure of either party
at any time or times to require performance of any provision hereof shall in no
manner affect the right at a later time to enforce the same. No waiver by either
party of the breach of any term or
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covenant contained in this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any
one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or construed as, a further or
continuing waiver of any such breach, or a waiver of the breach of any other
term or covenant contained in this Agreement.
11. Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
11.1 As used herein, the term "subsidiary" shall mean any
corporation or other business entity controlled directly or indirectly by the
corporation or other business entity in question, and the term "affiliate" shall
mean and include any corporation or other business entity directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the corporation or other
business entity in question.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
SECURITY PRINTING, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: President & CEO
CA INVESTMENT CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
