Amended and Restated Personal Employment Agreement
EXHIBIT 10.8
Amended and
Restated
This
Amended and Restated Personal Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered as of the 1st day of
June, 2007 (herein, "Effective Date"), by and between Medgenics, Inc., a company
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA ("Medgenics"), its wholly owned Israeli
subsidiary, Medgenics Medical Israel, Ltd., a company organized under the laws
of the State of Israel ("the Company"), having its
principal office at Xxxxxxxx 00, Xxxxxxx 00000 Xxxxxx, and Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
of Moshav Shorashim D.N. Misgav 20164 (Israeli I.D. No. 015255136) (the "Employee").
WHEREAS,
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the Company was established for
the purpose of engaging in the research and development, production and sale
of products and/or services in the area of protein therapeutics and devices and uses
therefor, and
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WHEREAS,
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Medgenics
was established for the purposes of holding all of the entire issued
capital stock of the Company;
and
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WHEREAS,
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the
parties have previously entered into a Personal Employment Agreement dated
as of July 7, 2005 (the "2005
Agreement") and now desire to amend and restated the 2005 Agreement
in its entirety; and
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WHEREAS,
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the
parties desire that the Employee continue to serve in the capacity of
President and Chief Executive Officer of both Medgenics and the Company,
all on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
and
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WHEREAS,
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the
Employee represents that he has the requisite skill and knowledge to serve
as such; and
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WHEREAS,
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the parties desire to amend and
restate the terms and conditions of the Employee's engagement by the Company on the
terms and conditions set forth herein, effective as of the Effective
Date;
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NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, conditions, representations and
warranties set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties agree as follows:
1.
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Appointment:
Position
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1.1.
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The
Employee shall serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of each
of the Company and Medgenics and, in such capacity, the Employee shall be
subject to the direction and control of the Board of Directors of
Medgenics (the "Board"). To the
extent not in conflict with the direction of the Board, the Employee shall
have all powers and authority conferred upon a General Manager or Chief
Executive Officer under the Israeli Companies Ordinance [New Version]
5743-1983 and the Companies Law 5759-1999, and, without limiting the
generality of the aforesaid, he shall have sole authority to hire or fire
employees of the Company and
Medgenics.
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1.2.
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The
Employee shall perform his duties hereunder at the Company's facilities in
Israel or, at his discretion reasonably exercised, out of his home;
however, the Employee acknowledges and agrees that the performance of his
duties hereunder will require a significant amount of domestic and
international travel.
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2.
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Position.
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During
the term of this Agreement and unless and until otherwise agreed in writing by
the Board:
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2.1.
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Subject
only to Section 2.2 of this Agreement, the Employee shall be employed on a
full-time basis and shall well, faithfully, honestly, diligently and with
due skill, care and attention devote his full business time, attention,
skills and efforts to the performance of such duties and responsibilities
as are consistent with a President and CEO of other similarly situated
companies or otherwise as may be assigned to him by the Board under this
Agreement and to use his best efforts to promote the interests and the
business and affairs of each of Medgenics and the Company and any other
company from time to time within the same group of companies
(collectively, the "Group").
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2.2.
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The
aforementioned notwithstanding, the Employee may engage in additional
minor advisory work for noncompeting ventures, but only with prior
approval by the Board on a case by case
basis.
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2.3.
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The
Employee acknowledges hereby that the terms of his employment, the
circumstances thereof, and the nature of his work require an unusual
amount of personal trust as set out in the Israel law governing Hours of
Employment and Rest Law; 5711-1951, and therefore, said law shall not
apply to his employment with the
Company.
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3.
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Term and
Termination
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3.1.
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This
Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and shall continue
unless (i) this Agreement is terminated by the Company upon the Employee's
death or disability or upon justifiable cause as provided in Section 3.2
below, (ii) this Agreement is voluntarily terminated by either the Company
or the Employee as provided in Section 3.3 below, or (iii) this Agreement
is terminated due to the Employee's resignation as a director of the
Company or Medgenics as provided in Section 3.6
below.
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3.2.
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Notwithstanding
the aforesaid, the Company (acting upon direction of the Board) shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement effective upon the occurrence of any
of the following: (i) the death of Employee, (ii) upon delivery of written
notice to the Employee, the Employee's legal guardian or representative,
as applicable, in the event that the Employee shall suffer the disability
(as hereinafter defined), or (iii) upon delivery of written notice to the
Employee in the event of any justifiable cause
(as
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hereinafter
defined).
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The
term "disability"
shall mean any physical or mental illness or injury as a result of which
Employee remains absent from work or unable to perform substantially all
of the duties required hereunder for a period of six (6) successive
months, or an aggregate of six (6) months in any twelve (12) month period,
as reasonably determined by the Board. The Employee shall not be deemed to
suffer a disability until the end of such six-month
period.
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The
term "justifiable cause"
shall mean any of the following: (i) a serious breach of trust by
the Employee including but not limited to theft, embezzlement, or
self-dealing; (ii) material damage to the Group or any member thereof
caused by the Employee's prohibited disclosure to unauthorized persons or
entities of confidential or proprietary information of or relating to the
Group or any member thereof; (iii) the engaging by Employee in any
business competitive to the business of the Group or any member thereof;
(iv) the Employee's material breach of any provision of this Agreement
(unless any such breach is the result of the Employee's death or
disability), which breach continues without the satisfactory cure thereof
(as reasonably determined by the Board) by the Employee for a period of
thirty (30) days following written notice thereof from the Board to
Employee, identifying in reasonable detail the alleged breach; and (v) the
commission by the Employee of any willful, reckless or grossly negligent
act or failure to act in connection with his performance of his duties as
set forth herein or any breach of the Employee's fiduciary duties to
Medgenics or the Company. For purposes of determining justifiable cause,
the Employee's act, or failure to act, shall be deemed "willful" if
Employee was not acting in good faith or acting without reasonable belief
that Employee's action or omission was in the best interests of Medgenics
and the Company.
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3.3.
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The
Company, on one hand (acting upon direction of the Board), and the
Employee on the other hand, shall each have the right to terminate this
Agreement and the employment relationship hereunder at any time by giving
3-month prior written notice (the "Notice Period")
to the other party. During the Notice Period, the Company shall have the
right to require that the Employee to not come to work and/or refrain
from
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performing
all or certain duties, but in all events the Employee shall be entitled to
receive his Salary and all other benefits pursuant to Sections 7-9 below
during the Notice Period. In addition, the Company (acting upon direction
of the Board) may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice
(without a Notice Period), if the Company accompanies such written notice
with the lump sum payment equal in amount to three-months of his
then-current Salary and other benefits that would otherwise be payable to
the Employee during a Notice Period. The Employee agrees that he will not
voluntarily terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.3 prior to
March 31, 2009.
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3.4.
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During
the period following notice of termination by the Company, the Employee
shall cooperate with the Company and use his best efforts to assist the
integration into the Group's organization of the person or persons who
will assume the Employee's
responsibilities.
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3.5.
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During
any applicable Notice Period, this Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect and there shall be no change in the Employee's position with
the Company or Medgenics or any obligations hereunder, unless otherwise
determined by the Board in a written notice to
Employee.
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3.6.
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If
the Employee shall resign as a director of either Medgenics or the Company
(otherwise than at the request of the Board), this Agreement shall
automatically terminate.
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4.
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Proprietary
Information
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4.1.
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The
Employee acknowledges and agrees that he will have access to information)
whether or not proprietary or protected, or capable of protection, by
intellectual property rights concerning (a) the business, financial,
marketing and technical activities of the companies within the Group
(including, without limitation, accounts, financial information, operating
statistics, production and marketing records, forecasts, analyses,
compilations and studies, notes, contacts and personnel data, information
or opinions as to the affairs of the companies within the Group) and (b)
scientific,
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medical,
regulatory information including regarding product research and
development, including (without limitation, designs, plans, formulae,
know-how, development, regulatory, production, and other scientific and
technical techniques used by or known to companies within the Group) and
(c) Medgenics', the Company's and/or the Group's banking, investments,
investors, properties, employees, marketing plans, customers, trade
secrets, test results, processes, data and know-how, improvements,
inventions, techniques and products (actual or planned). Such information,
whether documentary, written, oral or computer generated, shall be deemed
to be and referred to as "Information".
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4.2.
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Information
shall be deemed to include any and all information disclosed by or on
behalf of Medgenics, the Company and/or the Group and irrespective of
form, but excluding information that (i) was known to the Employee prior
to his association with the Company and can be so proven; (ii) shall have
appeared in any printed publication or patent or shall have otherwise
become a part of the public knowledge except as a result of a breach of
this Agreement by the Employee; or (iii) shall have been received by the
Employee from a third party having no obligation of confidentiality to any
company within the Group.
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4.3.
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The
Employee agrees and declares that all Information, patents and other
rights in connection therewith shall be the sole property of the Group (or
its applicable member) and its assigns. At all times, both during and at
all times after the term of this Agreement, the Employee will keep in
confidence and trust all Information, and the Employee will not use or
disclose any Information or anything relating to it without the written
consent of the Board, except during the term of this Agreement as may be
necessary in the ordinary course of performing the Employee's duties
hereunder and in the best interests of the
Group.
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4.4.
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Upon
termination of this Agreement, the Employee will promptly deliver to the
Company or to another company within the Group as directed by the Board
all documents and materials of any nature pertaining to his work with
Medgenics and/or companies within the Group, and he will not take with him
any documents or materials or copies thereof containing any
Information.
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4.5.
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The
Employee recognizes that Medgenics and/or companies within the Group
received and will receive confidential or proprietary information from
third parties subject to a duty on Medgenics' and/or the Company's part to
maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for
certain limited purposes. At all times, both during his employment and
after its termination, the Employee undertakes to keep and hold all such
information in strict confidence and trust, and he will not use or
disclose any of such information without the prior written consent of the
Board, except as may be necessary to perform his duties as an employee of
the Company during the term of this Agreement and consistent with
Medgenics' and/or companies within the Group's agreement with such third
party. Upon termination of his employment with the Company, Employee shall
act with respect to such information as set forth in Section 4.4, mutatis
mutandis.
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4.6.
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The
Employee's undertakings in this Section 4 shall remain in full force and
effect after termination of this Agreement or any renewal
thereof.
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5.
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Disclosure and
Assignment of
Inventions
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5.1.
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The
Employee understands that the Company is engaged in a continuous program
of research, development, production and marketing in connection with its
business and that, as an essential part of his employment with the
Company, he is expected to make new contributions to and create inventions
of value for the Company. Employee agrees to share with the Company all
his knowledge and experience; provided, however, that Employee shall not
disclose to the Company any information which Employee has undertaken to
third parties to keep confidential or in which third parties have any
rights.
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5.2.
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As
of the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Employee undertakes and
covenants that he has disclosed and going forward will promptly and fully
disclose in confidence to the Company all inventions, improvements,
designs, original works of authorship, formulas, concepts, techniques,
methods, systems, processes, compositions of matter, computer software
programs, databases, mask works, and trade secrets, related directly or
indirectly to the Company's business or current or
anticipated
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research
and development, whether or not patentable, copyrightable or protectable
as trade secrets, that are made or conceived or first reduced to practice
or created by him, either alone or jointly with others, during the period
of his employment, whether or not in the course of his employment ("Company
Inventions").
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5.3.
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The
Employee agrees that all Company Inventions will be the sole and exclusive
property of the Company.
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5.4.
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Entirely
without prejudice to the foregoing, the Employee hereby irrevocably
transfers and assigns to the Company: (a) all worldwide patents, patent
applications, copyrights, mask works, trade secrets and other intellectual
property rights in any Company Invention; and (b) to the extent
permissible by law, any and all "Moral Rights" (as defined below) that he
may have in or with respect to any Company Invention. He also hereby
forever waives and agrees never to assert any and all Moral Rights he may
have in or with respect to any Company Invention, even after termination
of his work on behalf of the Company. "Moral Rights" mean any rights of
paternity or integrity, any right to claim authorship of an invention, to
object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, or other
derogatory action in relation to, any invention, whether or not such would
be prejudicial to his honor or reputation, and any similar right, existing
under judicial or statutory law of any country in the world, or under any
treaty, regardless of whether or not such right is denominated or
generally referred to as a "moral right". The Employee will not file any
patent applications for Company Inventions other than in the name of
Medgenics or the Company (other than such patent applications which are
required by law to be filed by such Employee but which shall immediately
thereafter be assigned for no or nominal consideration to the
Company).
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5.5.
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The
Employee agrees to assist Medgenics and the Company in every proper way to
obtain and enforce for Medgenics and/or the Company, as the case may be,
patents, copyrights, mask work rights, and other legal protections for the
Company Inventions in any and all countries. The Employee agrees to
execute any documents that Medgenics or the Company may reasonably request
for use in obtaining or enforcing such patents, copyrights, mask work
rights, trade secrets and other legal
protections.
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His
obligations under this Section 5.5 will continue beyond the termination of
his employment with the Company, provided that the Company will compensate
him at a reasonable rate after such termination for time or expenses
actually spent by him at the Company's request on such assistance. The
Employee hereby irrevocably appoints the Secretary of the Company as his
attorney-in-fact to execute documents on his behalf for this
purpose.
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5.6.
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The
Employee's undertakings in this Section 5 shall remain in full force and
effect after termination of this Agreement or any renewal
thereof.
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6.
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Non-Competition
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6.1.
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The
Employee agrees and undertakes that he will not, so long as he is employed
by the Company and for a period of 12 months following termination of his
employment for whatever reason (the "Covenant
Period"), directly or indirectly, as owner, partner, joint
venturer, stockholder, employee, broker, agent, principal, corporate
officer, director, licensor or in any other capacity whatever engage in,
become financially interested in, be employed by, or have any connection
with any business or venture that is engaged in any activities competing
with products or services offered or reasonably anticipated to be offered
or under active research and development by Medgenics or the Company;
provided, however, that the Employee may own securities of any corporation
which is engaged in such business and is publicly owned and traded but in
an amount not to exceed at any one time one percent of any class of stock
or securities of such company, so long as he has no active role in the
publicly owned and traded company as director, employee, consultant or
otherwise.
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6.2.
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The
Employee agrees that, during the Covenant Period, he will not, directly or
indirectly, (i) solicit or induce or attempt to solicit or induce any of
Medgenics' or the Company's suppliers or customers to terminate such
person's relationship with Medgenics or the Company, nor shall the
Employee interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or
disrupt) any such relationship, or (ii) solicit or induce or in any manner
encourage any contractor, producer, agent or business partner of Medgenics
or the Company or any present employee of Medgenics or the Company
or
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any
person who is an employee of Medgenics or the Company during the Covenant
Period, to leave the employ of Medgenics or the Company or otherwise
terminate their relationship with Medgenics or the
Company.
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6.3.
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If
any one or more of the terms contained in this Section 6 shall for any
reason be held to be excessively broad with regard to time, geographic
scope or activity, the term or scope shall be construed in a manner to
enable it to be enforced to the extent compatible with applicable
law.
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6.4.
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The
Employee's undertakings in this Section 6 shall remain in full force and
effect after termination of this Agreement or any renewal
thereof.
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7.
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Salary
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7.1.
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From
June 1, 2007, the Company shall pay the Employee as compensation for the
employment services hereunder a base full time equivalent monthly gross
salary in an amount in NIS equal to US$ 210,000 per annum ($17,500 per
month), calculated at the representative rate of the US dollar published
by the Bank of Israel and known at the time of payment, payable on the
first business day of each month, during the term of the Employee's
engagement hereunder (the "Salary").
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7.2.
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The
Salary and other benefits herein agreed to be paid shall be in lieu of any
fees in respect of the office of director of any member of the
Group.
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8.
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Social Insurance and
Benefits
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8.1.
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The
Company shall provide the Employee an accepted "Manager's Insurance
Scheme" and/or a comprehensive financial arrangement, at the election of
the Employee, including insurance in the event of illness or loss of
capacity for work (hereinafter referred to as the "Managers
Insurance") as follows: (i)
the Company shall pay an amount equal to 5% of the Employee's Salary
towards the Managers Insurance for the Employee's benefit and in addition
shall deduct 5% from the Employee's Salary and pay such amount towards the
Managers Insurance for the Employee's benefit (the various components of
the Managers Insurance shall be fixed at the discretion of
the
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Employee);
(ii) the Company shall pay an amount up to 2.5% of the Employee's Salary
towards disability insurance; and (iii) the Company shall pay an amount
equal to 8 1/3% of the Employee's Salary towards a fund for severance
compensation which shall be payable to the Employee upon severance whether
compensation is required by law or
not.
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8.2.
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The Company and the Employee
shall open and maintain a Keren Hishtalmut ("Education Fund"). The Company
shall contribute to such Education Fund an amount equal to 7-1/2% of each monthly
Salary payment, but not more than the amount for which the Employee is exempt from
tax payment, and the Employee shall contribute to such Fund an amount equal to
2-1/2% of each monthly Salary payment. The Employee hereby instructs the
Company to transfer to such Fund the amount of the Employee's and the
Company's contribution from each monthly Salary
payment.
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9.
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Additional Benefits;
Review
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9.1.
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The
Employee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all normal, usual and
necessary actual business expenses arising out of travel, lodging, meals
and entertainment whether in Israel or abroad, provided Employee provides
proper documentation and provided further that such business expenses are
within an expense policy approved by the
Board.
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9.2.
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The
Employee shall be entitled to cumulative paid vacations of 22 days per
year.
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9.3.
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Employee
shall be entitled to sick leave and Recreation Pay (Dmei Havra-ah)
according to applicable law.
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9.4.
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The
Employee shall be entitled to the use of a Company cellular phone and
other office facilities at his home, and for this purpose, the Company
shall provide fax, phone, computer and related facilities for the
Employee's use from his home.
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9.5.
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The
Company shall pay all taxes that may be imposed on Employee as a result of
any additional benefits granted
hereunder.
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9.6.
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The
Company acknowledges that it owes the Employee $30,000 of the 2006 bonus
package earned by the Employee as provided under Section 9.7 of the
2005
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and shall pay such amount on the earlier of October 15, 2007 or the
effective date of admission of the entire issued share capital of
Medgenics to trading on the AIM market operated by the London Stock
Exchange plc("Admission").
During Q4/2007, the Board shall retain the services of a consultant on
compensation who will work in coordination with the CEO to provide, by
December 31, 2007, the Board with data and models appropriate to the
establishment of a Group-wide compensation plan. For calendar year 2007,
commencing effective January 1, 2007, a bonus package initially set at
$70,000 (exclusive of any bonus that the Board may determine, in its
discretion, in connection with Admission) shall be available to the
Employee upon the achievement of individual goals and corporate milestones
to be agreed between the Employee and the Board. Such goals and milestones
shall be so determined no later than September 30, 2007. The final bonus
package for calendar year 2007, as well as the terms for calendar year
2008 will be reviewed within the context of the efforts towards a
Group-wide compensation plan, and agreed between the Employee and the
Board on or before December 31,
2007.
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9.7.
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Stock
Options: The parties acknowledge that the Employee has previously been
granted options to purchase 299,101 shares of common stock of Medgenics at
an exercise price of $1.516 per share, all pursuant to the terms of an
option grant agreement entered into between Medgenics and the Employee.
Subject to Admission occurring prior to December 31, 2007 and the approval
of the stockholders of Medgenics' approval of an expansion of Medgenics"
2006 Stock Option Plan, Medgenics agrees to grant to the Employee options
to purchase 149,550 shares of common stock of Medgenics at an exercise
price equal to the share price upon Admission. Such new options shall be
subject to vesting over a four-year period and shall be pursuant to the
terms and conditions of the applicable stock option plan and pursuant to
the standard form of option agreement which Medgenics
uses.
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9.8.
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The
Salary and additional benefits to which the Employee shall be entitled
hereunder (including bonuses) shall be reviewed by the Board on an annual
basis and also in connection with new funding rounds, and, if in the
Board's discretion the circumstances justify the same, the Employee's
Salary shall be adjusted and/or additional benefits shall be granted to
the Employee hereunder, provided,
however,
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that
no increase or additional benefits shall be automatically implied or
guaranteed.
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10.
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Rights Upon
Termination
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10.1.
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Upon
termination of this Agreement by the Employee, for any reason whatsoever,
the Employee shall be entitled to receive such severance as required under
applicable law. Upon the termination of this Agreement by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.2 (death, disability or justifiable cause) or the
termination of this Agreement by the Employee pursuant to Section 3.3 or
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.6, the Employee
shall not be entitled to receive any severance or other amounts, except
such severance as required under applicable law, the severance fund
maintained up to the date of termination pursuant to Section 8.1 and such
payouts on life and disability insurance policies (including the life and
disability amounts referenced in Section 8.1). Upon the termination of
this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 3.3, the Employee shall
be entitled to the payment of his full salary, including insurance and
social benefits, as set forth in Sections 7-9 above, during a period of 15
months following the effective date of such termination Any severance
amounts required to be paid under applicable law shall be applied against
amounts payable as severance under the preceding sentence such that the
Employee shall not receive, from any source, in excess of his full salary,
including insurance and social benefits, for such 15-month
period.
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11.
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Mutual
Representations
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11.1.
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The
Employee represents and warrants to Medgenics and the Company that the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms
hereof (i) will not constitute a default under or conflict with any
agreement or other instrument to which he is a party or by which he is
bound, and (ii) do not require the consent of any person or
entity.
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11.2.
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The
Company represents and warrants to the Employee that this Agreement has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of Medgenics and the
Company and that the fulfillment of the terms hereof (i) will not
constitute a default under or
conflict
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with
any agreement of other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is
bound, and (ii) do not require the consent of any person or
entity.
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11.3.
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Each
party hereto warrants and represents to the other that this Agreement
constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable
against such party in accordance with its terms subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles
of equity (regardless if enforcement is sought in proceeding in equity or
at law).
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12.
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Notice:
Addresses
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12.1
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The
addresses of the parties for purposes of this Agreement shall be the
addresses set forth above, or any other address which shall be provided by
due notice.
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12.2.
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All
notices in connection with this Agreement shall be sent by registered mail
or delivered by hand to the addresses set forth above, and shall be deemed
to have been delivered to the other party at the earlier of the following
two dates: if sent by registered mail, as aforesaid, three business days
from the date of mailing; if delivered by hand - upon actual delivery or
proffer of delivery (in the event of a refusal to accept it) at the
address of the addressee. Delivery by cable, telex, facsimile or other
electronic communication shall be sufficient and be deemed to have
occurred upon electronic confirmation of
receipt.
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13.
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Miscellaneous
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13.1.
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The
preamble to this Agreement constitutes an integral part
hereof.
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13.2.
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Headings
are included for reference purposes only and are not to be used in
interpreting this Agreement.
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13.3.
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The
provisions of this Agreement are in lieu of the provisions of any
collective bargaining agreement, and therefore, no collective bargaining
agreement shall apply
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with
respect to the relationship between the parties hereto (subject to the
applicable provisions of
law).
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13.4.
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No
failure, delay or forbearance of either party in exercising any power or
right hereunder shall in any way restrict or diminish such party's rights
and powers under this Agreement, or operate as a waiver of any breach or
nonperformance by either party of any terms or conditions
hereof.
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13.5.
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Any
determination of the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of
the Agreement shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof unless the
business purpose of this Agreement is substantially frustrated
thereby.
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13.6.
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This
Agreement is personal and non-assignable by the Employee. It shall inure
to the benefit of any corporation or other entity with which Medgenics or
the Company shall merge or consolidate or to which Medgenics or the
Company shall lease or sell all or substantially all of its assets, and
may be assigned by Medgenics or the Company to any affiliate of Medgenics
or the Company or to any corporation or entity with which such affiliate
shall merge or consolidate or which shall lease or acquire all or
substantially all of the assets of such affiliate. Any assignee must
assume all the obligations of Medgenics or the Company, as the case may
be, hereunder, but such assignment and assumption shall not serve as a
release of Medgenics or the
Company.
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13.7.
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This
Agreement is the only agreement between the parties on the subject matter
of the Agreement and supersedes and replaces all other agreements, whether
written or oral, between the parties, concerning the subject matter of
this Agreement, including without limitation the 2005
Agreement.
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13.8.
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It
is hereby agreed between the parties that the laws of the State of Israel
shall apply to this
Agreement.
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13.9.
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In
addition to the terms of this Agreement, in his role as a director of
Medgenics, the Employee agrees to comply with the provisions of the
Director Appointment Letter, attached
hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
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By:
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/s/
[illegible]
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Its:
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Chairman,
Board of Directors
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Medgenics
Medical Israel, Ltd.
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By:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Its:
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Chairman
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/s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Aug. 29,
2007
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