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EXHIBIT 10.7
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 31st day of December 1997 by and
between SHPS Acquisition Corp., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), and
wholly owned subsidiary of Xxxxx HealthPlan Services, Inc., a Florida
corporation ("SHPS"), and XXXX XXXXXXX (the "Executive").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company desires to assure itself of the
Executive's continued employment in an executive capacity; and
WHEREAS, the Executive desires to be employed by the Company
on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements of the parties contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall employ the Executive during the
Term (as hereinafter defined) as an Executive Officer of the Company, initially
as President and CEO, and in such other management capacities, with meaningful
executive management responsibilities and requisite authority, as may be
assigned, from time to time, by the Company. The Executive accepts such
employment and agrees to devote his best efforts and entire business time,
skill, labor and attention to the performance of such duties. The Executive
agrees to provide promptly a description of any other commercial duties or
pursuits engaged in by the Executive to the Company's Board of Directors. If
the Board of Directors determines, in good faith, that such activities conflict
with the Executive's performance of his duties hereunder, the Executive shall
promptly cease such activities to the extent and as directed by the board of
Directors. It is acknowledged and agreed that such description shall be made
regarding any such activities in which the Executive owns more than 10% of the
ownership of the organization or which may be in violation of Section 5 hereof,
and that the failure of the Executive to provide any such description shall
enable the Company to terminate the Executive for Cause (as provided in Section
6(c) hereof). The Company agrees to hold any such information provided by the
Executive confidential and not disclose the same to any person other than a
person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in light of
the circumstances. In addition, the Executive agrees to serve (without
additional compensation unless such position results in significant additional
responsibility) if elected or appointed to any office or position, including as
a director, of the Company or any parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the
Company; provided, however, that the Executive shall be entitled to receive
such benefits and additional compensation, if any, that is paid to executive
officers of the Company, such parent, subsidiary or affiliate in connection
with such service. Executive will be eligible for consideration to become an
Executive Officer of SHPS as the business plans and prospects for SHPS clarify,
any such appointment, however, will be subject to approval by the Board of
Directors of SHPS.
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2. TERM. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including but not limited to the provisions for termination set
forth in Section 6 hereof, the employment of the Executive under this Agreement
shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue through and including the
close of business on the anniversary date hereof for the term which is set
forth under the caption "Term" on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated
herein (such term shall herein be defined as the "Term"). Upon the effective
date of this Agreement, the existing employment agreement between Executive and
OMS Incorporated shall terminate and Employee hereby completely and
unconditionally releases OMS Incorporated from any and all claims which the
Employee has or may have against OMS Incorporated under such agreement,
including any future claims to any benefits under the agreement
3. COMPENSATION.
(a) Base Salary and Bonus. As compensation for
the Executive's services under this Agreement, the Executive shall receive, and
the Company shall pay, a weekly base salary set forth on Exhibit A. Such base
salary may be increased, but not decreased, during the Term, in the Company's
discretion, based upon the Executive's performance and any other factors the
Company deems relevant. Such base salary shall be payable in accordance with
the policy then prevailing for the Company's executives. In addition to such
base salary, the Executive shall be entitled, during the Term, to a performance
bonus as set forth on Exhibit A and to participate in and receive payments from
all other bonus and other incentive compensation plans as may be adopted by the
Company on the same basis and terms as other executive officers of the Company.
(b) Payments. All amounts paid pursuant to this
Agreement shall be subject to withholding or deduction by reason of the Federal
Insurance Contribution Act, Federal income tax, state and local income tax, if
any, and comparable laws and regulations.
(c) Stock Options. Upon the execution of this
Agreement, the Executive shall receive a stock option grant for Thirty Thousand
(30,000) shares of Xxxxx HealthPlan Services, Inc., non-voting common stock
with an exercise price per share of $2.40. Such options shall be subject to the
terms of a Stock Option Agreement to be executed by the Executive and the
Company. The Executive's right to exercise the options shall vest in accordance
with the vesting schedule set forth on the Addendum to Employment Agreement
attached hereto.
(d) Other Benefits. The Executive shall be
reimbursed by the Company for all reasonable and customary travel and other
business expenses incurred by the Executive in the performance of the
Executive's duties hereunder in accordance with the Company's standard policy
regarding expense verification practices. The Executive shall be entitled to
that number of weeks paid vacation per year that is available to other
executive officers of the Company in accordance with the Company's standard
policy regarding vacations and shall be eligible to participate in such
pension, life insurance, health insurance, disability
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insurance and other employee benefits plans, if any, which the Company or SHPS
may from time to time make available to its executive officers generally.
4. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
(a) The Executive has acquired and will acquire non-public
information and knowledge respecting the intimate and confidential affairs of
the Company, including without limitation confidential information with respect
to the Company's customer lists, business methodology, processes, production
methods and techniques, promotional materials and information, and other
similar matters treated by the Company as confidential (the "Confidential
Information"). Accordingly, the Executive covenants and agrees that during the
Executive's employment by the Company (whether during the Term hereof or
otherwise) and thereafter, the Executive shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Company, disclose to any person, other than a person to whom
disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the
performance by the Executive of the Executive's duties hereunder, any
non-public Confidential Information obtained by the Executive while in the
employ of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive may disclose
the Confidential Information pursuant to the requirement or request of a
governmental agency or pursuant to a court or administrative subpoena, order or
other such legal process or requirement of law, or in defense of any claims or
causes of action asserted against him; provided, however, that Executive shall
first notify the Company of such request or requirement, or proposal for use in
defense.
(b) The Executive agrees that all memoranda, notes,
records, papers or other documents and all copies thereof relating to the
Company's operations or business, some of which may be prepared by the
Executive, and all objects associated therewith in any way obtained by the
Executive shall be the Company's property. This shall include, but is not
limited to, documents and objects concerning any customer lists, contracts,
price lists, manuals, mailing lists, advertising materials, and all other
materials and records of any kind that may be in the Executive's possession or
under the Executive's control. The Executive shall not, except on the Company's
behalf, copy or duplicate any of the aforementioned documents or objects, nor
remove them from the Company's facilities, nor use any information concerning
them except for the Company's benefit, either during the Executive's employment
or thereafter. The Executive covenants and agrees that the Executive will
deliver all of the aforementioned documents and objects, if any, that may be in
the Executive's possession to the Company upon termination of the Executive's
employment, or at any other time at the Company's request.
5. COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE.
(a) The Executive covenants and agrees that during the
Executive's employment by the Company (whether during the Term hereof or
otherwise), and thereafter for the period of time set forth on Exhibit A
following the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, the
Executive will not:
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(i) directly or indirectly engage in, continue
in or carry on the business of the Company, or any business substantially
similar thereto which competes with the Company, including owning or
controlling any financial interest in, any corporation, partnership, firm or
other form of business organization which competes with any aspect of such
business or any business substantially similar thereto;
(ii) consult with, advise or assist in any way,
whether or not for consideration, any corporation, partnership, firm or other
business organization which is now, or becomes a competitor of the Company in
any aspect of the Company's business during the Executive's employment with the
Company, including, but not limited to: advertising or otherwise endorsing the
products of any such competitor; soliciting customers or employing employees of
the Company or otherwise serving as an intermediary for any such competitor; or
loaning money or rendering any other form of financial assistance to or
engaging in any form of business transaction whether or not on an arms' length
basis with any such competitor; or
(iii) engage in any practice the purpose of which
is to evade the provisions of this Agreement or to commit any act which is
detrimental to the successful continuation of, or which adversely affects, the
business or the Company; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
preclude the Executive's ownership of not more than 2% of the equity securities
of a corporation which has such securities registered under Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(b) The Executive agrees that the geographic scope of
this covenant not to compete shall extend to the geographic area where the
Company's customers conduct business at any time during the Term of this
Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, "customers" means any person or
entity to which the Company provides or has provided within a period of one (1)
year prior to the Executive's termination of employment labor, materials or
services for the furtherance of such entity or person's business or any person
or entity that within such period of one (1) year the Company has pursued or
communicated with for the purposes of obtaining business for the Company.
(c) In the event of any breach of this covenant not to
compete, the Executive recognizes that the remedies at law will be inadequate
and that in addition to any relief at law which may be available to the Company
for such violation or breach and regardless of any other provision contained in
this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to equitable remedies (including
an injunction) and such other relief as a court may grant after considering the
intent of this Section 5. It is further acknowledged and agreed that the
existence of any claim or cause of action on the part of the Executive against
the Company, whether arising from this Agreement or otherwise, shall in no way
constitute a defense to the enforcement of this covenant not to compete, and
the duration of this covenant not to compete shall be extended in an amount
which equals the time period during which the Executive is or has been in
violation of this covenant not to compete. Further, the Executive acknowledges
and agrees that the Company shall be entitled to liquidated damages in the
amount of $100 per day for each day during which the Executive is
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in violation of this covenant not to compete, and the Executive does
specifically acknowledge and agree that the liquidated damages in such amount
are fair and reasonable, in that it may be difficult for the Company to
determine the extent of the damages actually incurred in the event of the
breach of this covenant not to compete by the Executive.
(d) In the event a court of competent jurisdiction
determines that the provisions of this covenant not to compete are excessively
broad as to duration, geographic scope, prohibited activities or otherwise, the
parties agree that this covenant shall be reduced or curtailed to the extent
necessary to render it enforceable.
6. TERMINATION.
(a) Death. The Executive's employment hereunder
shall terminate upon his death.
(b) Disability. If, during the Term, the
Executive becomes physically or mentally disabled in accordance with the terms
and conditions of any disability insurance policy covering the Executive or, if
due to such physical or mental disability, the Executive becomes unable for a
period of more than six (6) consecutive months to perform his duties hereunder
on substantially a full-time basis as determined by the Company in its sole
reasonable discretion, the Company may, at its option, terminate the
Executive's employment hereunder upon not less than 30 days' written notice.
(c) Cause. The Company may terminate the
Executive's employment hereunder for Cause effective immediately upon notice.
For purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall have "Cause" to terminate the
Executive's employment hereunder: (i) if the Executive engages in conduct which
has caused, or is reasonably likely to cause, demonstrable and serious injury
to Company; (ii) if the Executive is convicted of a felony, as evidenced by a
binding and final judgment, order or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction; (iii) for the Executive's neglect of his duties hereunder or the
Executive's refusal to perform his duties or responsibilities hereunder, as
determined by the Company's Board of Directors in good faith; (iv) for the
Executive's violation of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 5
hereof; (v) chronic absenteeism; (vi) use of illegal drugs; (vii) insobriety by
the Executive while performing his or her duties hereunder; and (viii) any act
of dishonesty or falsification of reports, records or information submitted by
the Executive to the Company.
(d) Severance Payment. In the event of a
termination of the Executive's employment pursuant to this Section 6 or by the
Executive, all payments to the Executive hereunder shall immediately cease and
terminate. In the event of a termination by the Company of the Executive's
employment with the Company for any reason other than pursuant to this Section
6, then the Company shall have no further obligation to make payments under
this Agreement except that the Company shall pay the Executive severance pay
(in equal installments in accordance with Company policy immediately prior to
such termination) in the amount set
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forth on Exhibit A ("Severance Payment"). Such monthly Severance Payment,
however, shall not be required to be paid by the Company for more than six
months if the Company elects, in its sole discretion, after six months to
release the Executive from the covenant not to compete set forth in Section 5
hereof. If the Company terminates the Executive's employment pursuant to
Section 6(a), (b) or (c), or the Executive terminates such employment, the
Executive shall not be entitled to the Severance Payment and the covenant not
to compete set forth in Section 5 hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the Executive shall
receive all compensation and other benefits to which he was entitled under this
Agreement or otherwise as an employee of the Company through the termination
date of his employment with the Company. Among other things, this would include
the pro rata share of any bonus earned through the termination date.
(e) Transition Services. Upon a termination of
employment by the Executive, or by the Company with Cause, the Executive shall
cooperate with the Company's reasonable requests to ensure an orderly and
businesslike transfer of the Executive's duties to other personnel designated
by the Company. Additionally, the Executive shall make himself available at
reasonable times upon reasonable notice to consult with the Company and assist
the Company with respect to: (i) any matters for which the Company requests
such assistance for a period of six (6) months after such termination, and (ii)
any litigation or governmental or quasi-governmental agency investigation which
may be pending at the time of termination or implemented after termination
which relates to any period during which the Executive was employed by the
Company; provided, that, in either case, the Company shall reimburse the
Executive for any reasonable out-of-pocket expense incurred by the Executive at
the Company's request in connection with such consultation or assistance, and
with respect to (ii), the Company shall schedule such consultation at times
which will not interfere with any subsequent employment which the Executive has
obtained and such consultation shall not require more than an average of two
days per month without the Executive's consent. A breach of the foregoing
provisions by the Executive shall be deemed to be a material breach of this
Agreement.
7. NOTICE. For purposes of this Agreement, notices and
all other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when hand-delivered, sent by telecopier,
facsimile transmission or other electronic means of transmitting written
documents (as long as receipt is acknowledged) or mailed by United States
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed as follows:
If to the Executive, to the address set forth on the
signature page.
If to the Company:
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Tampa, Florida
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Attn: Chief Executive Officer
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or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that a notice of change of address shall
be effective only upon receipt.
8. MISCELLANEOUS. No provision of this Agreement may be
modified or waived unless such waiver or modification is agreed to in writing
signed by the parties hereto; provided, however, Exhibit A may be amended by
the Company in its discretion without the Executive's consent to the extent
provided therein; provided, however, no amendment may be made which impairs or
adversely affects the rights of the Executive without the Executive's written
consent. No waiver by any party hereto of any breach by any other party hereto
shall be deemed a waiver of any similar or dissimilar term or condition at the
same or at any prior or subsequent time. This Agreement is the entire agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the Executive's employment by the
Company and there are no agreements or representations, oral or otherwise,
expressed or implied, with respect to or related to the employment of the
Executive which are not set forth in this Agreement. Any prior agreement
relating to the Executive's employment with the Company is hereby superseded
and void, and is no longer in effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Company, its respective successors and assigns, and
the Executive and his heirs, executors, administrators and legal
representatives. Except as expressly set forth herein, no party shall assign
any of his or its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent
of the other party and any attempted assignment without such prior written
consent shall be null and void and without legal effect. The parties agree that
if any provision of this Agreement shall under any circumstances be deemed
invalid or inoperative, the Agreement shall be construed with the invalid or
inoperative provision deleted and the rights and obligations of the parties
shall be construed and enforced accordingly. The validity, interpretation,
construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the
internal laws of the State of Florida. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of
which together will constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement
has been jointly drafted by the respective representatives of the parties and
no party shall be considered as being responsible for such drafting for the
purpose of applying any rule constituting ambiguities against the drafter or
otherwise.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
as of the day and year first above written.
"COMPANY"
SHPS ACQUISITION CORP.
By:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx, President
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"EXECUTIVE"
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Xxxx XxXxxxx
Address:
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Performance of this Agreement is unconditionally guaranteed by Xxxxx HealthPlan
Services, Inc.
XXXXX HEALTHPLAN SERVICES, INC.
By:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx, President
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EXHIBIT A TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
TERM: 3 years
BASE SALARY: $2,884.62 per week ($150,000 per year)
PERFORMANCE BONUS: $37,500 per year based upon the Company's attainment of the
Total Operating Revenue target set forth below, and $37,500 per year based upon
the Company's attainment of the EBITDA target set forth below:
1998 1999 2000
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Total Operating Revenue(1) $6,375,800 $7,509,400 $8,831,800
EBITDA(1) $1,915,700 $2,329,600 $2,785,900
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(1) As reported on the financial statements prepared in
accordance with GAAP by the Company's
accountants.
The Board of Directors of the Company, acting in its sole discretion, may award
a pro rata portion of the Performance Bonus in the event that the Performance
Bonus targets are only partially achieved. In addition, from time to time, the
Executive may be asked to undertake additional and/or different duties or
responsibilities with a parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. In such
event, Executive and the Company hereby agree to negotiate in good faith to
adopt new Performance Bonus targets in light of such new duties or
responsibilities.
COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE: up to 24 months, unless the Company elects a shorter
term
SEVERANCE PAYMENT: $12,500 per month during the term that the Covenant Not to
Compete is in force
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Exhibit A
as of the 31st day of December, 1997.
SHPS ACQUISITION CORP.
By:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx, President
"EXECUTIVE"
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Xxxx XxXxxxx
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ADDENDUM TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Addendum to Employment Agreement of Xxxx XxXxxxx ("Employee")
dated December 31, 1997 is to set forth the terms of the stock options to be
granted to Employee pursuant to the Employment Agreement.
1. Non Qualified Options - 15,000 shares Non Voting Common
vesting at end of 9 years subject
to accelerated vesting as
specified below;
2. Qualified Options - 15,000 shares Non-Voting Common vesting
1/3 per year over 3 years subject
to continued employment;
3. Strike Price - $2.40/per share;
4. Accelerated Vesting of Non Qualified Options as follows:
(a) 5,000 per year based on attainment of Total Operating
Revenue and EBITDA Targets set forth below:
1998 1999 2000
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Total Operating Revenue(1) $6,375,800 $7,509,400 $8,831,800
EBITDA(1) $1,915,700 $2,329,600 $2,785,900
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(1) As reported on the financial statements prepared in
accordance with GAAP by the Company's accountants.
(b) All options xxxxx xxxx upon completion of an initial
public offering as defined in the Xxxxx HealthPlan
Services, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "1997
Stock Option Plan") or on sale of substantially all
of the assets of the corporation.
5. Options to be evidenced by and subject to standard terms and
conditions and/or of the 1997 Stock Option Plan.
