Exhibit 10.1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the 9th day of April, 1999 between MEDJET INC. (the
"Company"), a Delaware corporation having an office at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 and XXXXXX X. XXXXXX ("Executive"),
residing at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, Executive has served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and
Chief Technical Officer of the Company since its inception;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to receive the benefit of
Executive services and Executive is willing to continue to provide such services
to the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set
forth, the parties agree as follows:
1. EMPLOYMENT.
1.01 Term. The Company hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby
accepts employment with the Company with the duties hereinafter set forth, for a
period commencing on March 16, 1999 and ending March 15, 2002 subject, however,
to earlier termination in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (the
"Employment Period").
2. DUTIES; CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
2.01 Duties. During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technical Officer of the Company in
accordance with the provisions of the Company by-laws or such other executive
position determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with
Section 2.02 and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be
reasonably assigned to him by the Company's Board of Directors, consistent with
such position, taking into account those duties currently performed by him.
Executive agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, he will devote his
full time, skills and efforts to the performance of his duties hereunder and to
the furtherance of the interests of the business of the Company.
2.02 Titles. When elected annually by the Board of Directors,
Executive shall serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. If
Executive is not reelected as a director of the Company or if the Board of
Directors chooses to remove Executive from the offices of Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and/or Chief Technical Officer, Executive agrees to serve in
such other executive capacity as the Board of Directors shall determine.
3. COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS.
3.01 Base Salary. As compensation for Executive's services, the
Company shall pay Executive during the Employment Period, a base salary of
$170,000 per annum (the "Base Salary"), commencing March 16, 1999, payable
semi-monthly or in accordance with the Company's customary practice from time to
time. The Base Salary may be increased in the sole discretion of the Company's
Board of Directors from time to time, provided, however, that Executive shall
not participate in such determination. The Company and the Executive may, from
time to time, agree in writing that the Executive shall forego all or a portion
of his Base Salary for a specified period and receive in lieu thereof that
number of unregistered shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.001 par value per
share ("Common Stock") having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as that term is
hereinafter defined) equal to the portion of the Base Salary otherwise due to
him during the period specified in such written agreement.
3.02 Bonuses. For each twelve (12) month period commencing March 16,
1999 during the Employment Period ("Agreement Year"), Executive shall receive,
in addition to his Base Salary, a bonus of $20,000 ("Bonus") upon the occurrence
of each one of any three events defined by the Company's Board of Directors from
time to time (the "Bonus Events"), up to an aggregate of $60,000 during any
Agreement Year. Each Bonus earned by Executive shall be paid in 12 equal
payments over one year after the Bonus Event for which it was earned, provided,
however, that in the event the foregoing would require the payment of more than
$60,000 in Bonuses in any Agreement Year, the additional Bonus(es) may be
deferred at the Company's option, until the first day of the next Agreement
Year, or, if this Agreement shall have terminated, upon the termination of this
Agreement. In the event that the Company's Board of Directors determines that
the Company's financial condition makes it infeasible to pay these Bonuses in
cash, they will be paid in unregistered shares of the Company's Common Stock as
specified in Section 3.01 of this Agreement.
3.03 Stock Options. Executive shall be granted stock options to
purchase 150,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Such stock options shall
be either incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options for the
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, at the option of
Executive. The exercise price of such stock options shall be the Fair Market
Value of the Company's Common Stock on the date of this Agreement unless such
stock options shall be incentive stock options, in which event the exercise
price shall be 110% of such Fair Market Value. Such stock options shall be
exercisable to the extent of one-third on the first anniversary of the date of
the grant and an additional one-third on each of the succeeding two
anniversaries of date of grant provided Executive remains an employee of the
Company as of such date and shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of such
grant unless such stock options shall be incentive stock options, in which event
the termination date shall be the fifth anniversary of the date of grant or such
earlier date as may be required by law. The stock options shall be evidenced by
an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A (incentive stock options) or
Exhibit B (nonqualified stock options) attached hereto. The Company shall take
all steps as shall be necessary to effectuate the foregoing including, without
limitation, proposing a new stock option plan for approval by the Company's
stockholders and reserving a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares
to permit the purchase of the shares pursuant to the stock options to be granted
to Executive.
3.04 Fair Market Value. For the purpose of any computation under this
Agreement, the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock at any time shall
mean: (a) If the principal market for the Common Stock is a national securities
exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the closing
sales price of the Common Stock on such day as reported by such exchange or
market, or on a consolidated tape reflecting transactions on such exchange or
market; or
(b) If the principal market for the Common Stock is not a national
securities exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
the closing mean between the highest bid and lowest asked price for the Common
Stock on the date in question, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc. ("NQB") or at least two market makers in the Common Stock if quotations are
not available from NQB but are available from market makers; or
(c) If the Fair Market Value can not be determined in accordance with
subsections (a) or (b), Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Company's
Board of Directors, whose decision shall be final and binding, provided,
however, that Executive shall not participate in such determination.
3.05 Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse Executive for all
reasonable business expenses (including automobile, hotel, business
entertainment and other travel (other than commuting) expenses) incurred in the
performance of Executive's duties, upon submission of appropriate vouchers and
other supporting data.
3.06 Benefits. Executive shall be entitled to (i) participate in all
general pension, profit-sharing, life, medical, disability and other insurance
and executive benefit plans at any time in effect for executives of the Company,
and (ii) twenty (20) days paid vacation during each Agreement Year at mutually
agreeable times.
4. TERMINATION; DISABILITY; DEATH.
4.01 Termination. The Company shall have the right to terminate the
employment of Executive hereunder at any time for any reason upon written
notice. If termination is "for cause", such cause shall include and be limited
exclusively to the occurrence of any of the following acts or events by or
relating to Executive: (i) any material breach of any obligations of Executive
under this Agreement or the Company's Proprietary Information, Inventions,
Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement executed by the Executive on
February 28, 1996 (the "Proprietary Info Agreement") which remains uncured for
more than thirty (30) days after written notice thereof by the Company to
Executive; (ii) continued, habitual intoxication or performance under the
influence of controlled substances during working hours, after the Company shall
have provided written notice to Executive and given Executive thirty (30) days
within which to commence rehabilitation with respect thereto, and the Employee
shall have failed to commence such rehabilitation; (iii) theft or embezzlement
from the Company or any other material acts of dishonesty in the course of
Executive's duties hereunder which significantly injures the Company; or (iv)
conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or conviction in
respect of any dishonest or fraudulent act relating to the Executive's
duties as an executive officer of the Company or which significantly injures the
Company or its reputation (other than traffic violations and minor
misdemeanors). In the event that during the Employment Period, the Company
discharges Executive for any reason other than for cause, death or disability,
Executive shall be entitled to receive a severance payment (the "Severance
Payment") equal to the lesser of (a) the amount of Base Salary payable to
Executive for the balance of the Employment Period (as if such Employment Period
had not been terminated), payable semi-monthly or in accordance with the
Company's customary payroll practices for the balance of the Employment Period
or (b) the amount of the Base Salary and Bonuses earned during the one year
period immediately prior to such termination. If Executive is discharged for
death or disability, the Company shall pay to Executive or his designated
beneficiaries a payment ("Death/Disability Payment") equal to the amount set
forth in (b) above; provided further that any payments to Executive under any
disability insurance or plan maintained by the Company shall be applied against
and shall reduce the amount of the Death/Disability Payment. In the event
Executive shall have received a portion of his Base Salary in Common Stock in
accordance with Section 3.01, for purposes of the calculation of the Severance
Payment or Death/Disability Payment under clause (b) above, Executive's Base
Salary shall include the amount he would have received in cash had he not
received payment in Common Stock. The Death/Disability Payment or the Severance
Payment (only if calculated under clause (b) above) shall be due and payable to
Executive in 12 equal monthly payments over the ensuing one year period. If the
Company breaches this Agreement, Executive shall have the option to treat it as
termination without cause and to receive the Severance Payment after Executive
shall have given the Company written notice thereof and the Company has failed
to cure such breach within thirty (30) days thereafter.
4.02 Disability. If Executive, by reason of illness, mental or
physical incapacity (as determined by a physician chosen by the Company) or
other disability, is unable to perform his regular duties hereunder for any
consecutive period of 180 days or more from its commencement or for
non-consecutive periods aggregating 180 days in any consecutive twelve-month
period, then, in any such event, the Company may terminate this Agreement at any
time thereafter upon ten days' written notice to Executive.
4.03 Death. In the event of Executive's death, the Employment Period
shall terminate effective as of the date of death.
4.04 No Salary Continuation For Cause. In the event of termination of
this Agreement or the Employment Period "for cause" under Section 4.01,
Executive's Base Salary shall cease as of the date of termination and the
Company shall pay Executive any Bonuses then earned and unpaid, in accordance
with Section 3.02.
4.05 Transfer of Assets. If during the Employment Period, a sale of
all or substantially all the assets of the Company occurs, Executive's remaining
unvested stock options granted under Section 3.03 will immediately vest.
5. MISCELLANEOUS.
5.01 Notices. All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or if mailed by
first class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to
the Company or to Executive, as the case may be, at their respective addresses
set forth on the first page of this Agreement, or to such other person or
address as may be designated by like notice hereunder. Any such notice shall be
deemed to have been given on the day delivered, if personally delivered, or on
the third day after the date of mailing if mailed in accordance with the above.
5.02 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their
respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and, in the case of the
Company, assigns, but no other person shall acquire or have any rights under or
by virtue of this Agreement, and the obligations of Executive under this
Agreement may not be assigned or delegated.
5.03 Governing Law; Severability. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws and decisions of the
State of New Jersey applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein
without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance, in any jurisdiction shall in no way
impair, affect or prejudice the balance of this Agreement, which shall remain in
full force and effect, or the application thereof to other persons and
circumstances.
5.04 Survival. The provisions of Section 5 shall survive the
expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason.
5.05 Entire Agreement; Modification; Waiver; Interpretation. This
Agreement, together with the Proprietary Info Agreement, contain the entire
agreement and
understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
thereof and supersede all prior negotiations and oral understandings, if any.
Neither this Agreement nor any of its provisions may be modified, amended,
waived, discharged or terminated, in whole or in part, except in writing signed
by the party to be charged. No waiver of any such provision or any breach of or
default under this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any
other provision, breach or default. All pronouns and words used in this
Agreement shall be read in the appropriate number and gender, the masculine,
feminine and neuter shall be interpreted interchangeably and the singular shall
include the plural and vice versa, as the circumstances may require.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
MEDJET INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Finance and
Human Resources
Executive
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
