EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Employment Agreement dated as of June 30, 1998, between TIME WARNER
TELECOM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), and the
employee whose name appears on the last page hereof (the "Employee"). The
Company shall employ the Employee on the following terms and conditions:
1. Term. The Company hereby employs Employee and Employee hereby accepts
such employment upon the terms and conditions hereof for an initial term
commencing on the effective date (the "Effective Date") of the Reorganization
Agreement among Time Warner Companies, Inc., MediaOne Group, Inc. (formerly US
WEST, Inc.) ("MediaOne"), Advance/Xxxxxxxx Partnership, Time Warner
Entertainment Company, L.P., and Time Warner Entertainment-Advance Xxxxxxxx
Partnership (collectively, the "Founding Stockholders") and ending, subject to
renewal or termination as provided herein, on the third anniversary of the
Effective Date (the "Initial Term"); provided, however, that this Agreement
shall automatically continue for successive one month periods thereafter (each
such period being an "Additional Term") unless either party has delivered
written notice of termination to the other party no later than six months prior
to the end of the Initial Term or 60 days prior to the end of any Additional
Term. Sections 8, 10 through 22 and 24 through 28 shall survive any termination
of Employee's employment under this Agreement. The Employee hereby covenants
that as of the Effective Date any agreement between Employee and the Company,
Time Warner Cable, US WEST, Inc. ("US WEST") or MediaOne, respectively, or any
of their affiliates, entered into prior to the date hereof, relating to
Employee's employment with such entity, shall terminate as of, or have been
terminated prior to, the Effective Date.
2. Duties. Employee shall serve as President and Chief Executive Officer,
or subject to Section 5, in such other senior management position as the Company
shall determine. Subject to the foregoing, Employee shall perform such duties as
may be assigned by the Company to Employee from time to time, and shall travel
for business purposes to the extent reasonably necessary or appropriate in the
performance of such duties.
Employee shall perform such duties on a full time basis (subject to the
Company's written policies on vacations, illness, government service, etc.
applicable to employees at Employee's level in effect from time to time),
provided, however, that Employee shall not be precluded from devoting such time
to personal affairs as shall not interfere with the performance of his or her
duties hereunder. In performing his or her duties hereunder, Employee shall
comply with the Company's policies and procedures in effect from time to time.
Unless Employee otherwise consents, the headquarters for the performance of
Employee's services shall be the principal executive offices of the Company in
the Denver, Colorado area, subject to such reasonable travel as may be
appropriate or required in the performance of Employee's duties in the business
of the Company.
3. Compensation. The Company shall pay or cause to be paid to Employee,
during the term of employment, an annual salary in respect of each calendar year
at the rate of not less than $300,000 per annum. The Company may increase, but
not decrease, such annual salary at any time and from time to time during the
term of employment. In addition to annual salary, Employee may be entitled to
receive an annual bonus in respect of each calendar year based on a target
percentage of the salary paid to Employee during such calendar year of 50%.
Subject to Section 5, and the second paragraph of this Section 3, Employee
acknowledges that his or her actual annual bonus may vary and range from 0% to
150% of the target amount, depending on actual performance of the Company and
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Employee.
Subject to Section 5 and the second sentence of this Section 3, the
Company shall determine, in its sole discretion, the amount of any salary
increase, the amount of any annual bonus and whether to increase the target
percentage of Employee's annual bonus. The payment of any bonus compensation
shall be made in accordance with the Company's then current practices and
policies, including without limitation, less the usual required payroll
deductions and withholding.
The Company shall pay or reimburse Employee, in accordance with Company
policies applicable to employees at Employee's level, for all travel,
entertainment and other business expenses actually incurred or paid by Employee
in the performance of his or her duties hereunder, if properly substantiated and
submitted.
4. Benefits. Employee shall be eligible to participate in any pension,
profit-sharing, employee stock ownership, vacation, insurance, hospitalization,
medical, health, disability and other employee benefit or welfare plan, program
or policy whether now existing or established hereafter (collectively, the
"Benefit Plans"), to the extent that employees at Employee's level are generally
deemed eligible under the general provisions thereof. The Company reserves the
right to amend or cancel any such Benefit Plan in its sole discretion.
5. Termination by Employee Following a Change in Control.
(a) Provided that notice of termination has not previously been
given under any other Section hereof, Employee shall have the right to terminate
his or her employment with the Company under this Agreement for cause upon 30
days prior written notice delivered to the Company at any time within 180 days
after Employee has actual knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following
events following a Change in Control, indicating
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in such notice which event has occurred:
A. A change in the location of Employee's office or of the
Company's principal executive offices to a place which is more than 50
miles from the location of Employee's office or the location of the
Company's principal executive offices immediately prior to the occurrence
of a Change in Control;
B. A material reduction in Employee's decision-making,
budgetary, operating, staff and other responsibilities, taken as a whole,
from such responsibilities immediately prior to the occurrence of a Change
in Control, or a change in the person or persons to whom Employee reported
immediately prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, to a person or
persons of lesser rank, title or responsibility; or
C. Any material breach of this Agreement by the Company.
(b) Upon the expiration of the 30-day notice period provided in
Section 5(a), Employee shall be relieved of his or her management position with
the Company and his or her duties hereunder. In the notice delivered by Employee
to the Company pursuant to Section 5(a), Employee shall elect either (A) to
terminate his or her employment with the Company, in which case Employee shall
receive: (x) subject to the terms thereof, all benefits which may be due to
Employee under the provisions of any Benefit Plan; and (y) in a lump sum
severance payment, within 30 days following the effective date of such
termination, the present value (using the discount rate described below) of an
amount equal to the sum of the annual salary at the rate in effect on the date
of termination of employment or immediately prior to the Change in Control,
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whichever is greater, plus an annual bonus in a minimum amount equal to
Employee's then applicable target bonus amount or the Employee's applicable
target bonus amount in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control,
whichever is greater, for the remainder of the existing term of this Agreement,
without any further renewal or continuation, provided that such amount shall be
not less than the sum of such salary and bonus pro rated for an 18-month period;
or (B) to remain an employee of the Company for a period (as determined by
Employee) of up to 18 months following the date notice of termination is given
by Employee pursuant to Section 5(a), in which case Employee shall be relieved
of his or her management position with the Company and his or her duties
hereunder, and shall (i) continue to receive both salary, based on a rate equal
to his or her annual rate in effect on the date of termination of employment or
immediately prior to the Change in Control, whichever is greater, and annual
bonuses in respect of such period (in each case payable within 30 days after the
end of the respective calendar year and prorated for any portion of a year),
each such bonus to be based on an amount equal to Employee's then applicable
target bonus amount or the Employee's applicable target bonus amount in effect
immediately prior to the Change in Control, whichever is greater, and (ii)
receive a discounted lump sum payment pursuant to Section 5(b)(A)(y) for any
portion of the term of employment remaining after such period; provided,
however, that if Employee accepts full-time employment with any other
corporation, partnership, trust, government or other entity ("Entity") during
such period or notifies the Company in writing of his or her intention to
terminate his or her employment during such period, Employee shall cease to be
an employee of the Company effective upon the commencement of such employment,
or the effective date of such termination as specified by Employee in such
notice, and shall be entitled to receive, subject to the terms thereof, all
benefits due to Employee under the provisions of any Benefit Plan and a
discounted lump sum cash payment for the balance of the salary and bonuses
Employee would have been entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 5(b)(B)
had Employee remained on the Company's payroll until the end of the Initial Term
or such 18 month period, whichever is greater; provided, further, however, that
Employee shall not be entitled
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to receive any such lump sum cash payment if he or she accepts full-time
employment with any subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term "Affiliate" shall mean an Entity which, directly or
indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the
Company or TWI.
In addition, whether Employee elects 5(b)(A) or 5(b)(B), for a
period of the earlier of one year from the date of termination of employment or
the date Employee is eligible to receive health benefits by virtue of other
employment, Employee shall receive continued eligibility and enrollment
(including family coverage, if any), without a premium charge therefor, in
hospital, medical and dental insurance plans providing substantially equivalent
benefit coverage to those plans in which Employee was enrolled immediately prior
to the Change in Control unless waived in writing by Employee (or, in the event
such coverage cannot be provided, substantially similar benefits).
Any lump sum payments required to be made pursuant to this
Section 5(b) shall be discounted to present value from the times at which such
amounts would have been paid absent any such termination at an annual discount
rate for the relevant period equal to the "applicable Federal rate" (within the
meaning of Section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code")),
compounded semi-annually, in effect on the date of such termination, the use of
which rate is hereby elected by the Company and Employee pursuant to Treas. Reg.
'SS' 1.280G-1Q/A32 (provided that in the event such election is not permitted,
such other rate determined as of such other date as is applicable for
determining present value under Section 280G of the Code shall be used).
6. Termination by Company.
(a) For Cause. Provided that notice of termination has not
previously been given under any other Section hereof, the Company shall have the
right to terminate Employee's employment for cause upon written notice to
Employee at any time. In such
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event, Employee's employment with the Company shall terminate immediately and
Employee shall be entitled to receive (i) any earned and unpaid salary accrued
through the date of such termination, and (ii) subject to the terms thereof, any
benefits which may be due to Employee under the provisions of any Benefit Plan.
Employee hereby disclaims any right to receive a pro rata portion of his or her
annual bonus with respect to the year in which such termination occurs. For
purposes hereof, "cause" shall mean termination by action of the Company's Board
of Directors or any committee thereof because of Employee's conviction (treating
a nolo contendere plea as a conviction) of a felony (whether or not any right to
appeal has been exercised) or willful refusal without proper cause to perform
his or her obligations under this Agreement or because of Employee's material
breach of the covenants provided for in Sections 10, 11 and 12 of this
Agreement. In the event (i) such termination is because of the Employee's
willful refusal without proper cause to perform any one or more of his
obligations under this Agreement, (ii) such notice is the first such notice of
termination for any reason delivered by the Company to the Employee under this
Section 6(a), and (iii) within 10 days following the date of such notice the
Employee shall cease his or her refusal and shall use his or her best efforts to
perform such obligations, the termination shall not be effective.
(b) Other. Provided that notice of termination has not previously
been given under any other Section hereof, the Company shall have the right at
any time to terminate Employee's employment under this Agreement without cause,
by giving written notice thereof to Employee.
(i) If such notice is so given to Employee, Employee shall be
entitled to receive, subject to the terms thereof, all benefits which may be due
to Employee under the provisions of any Benefit Plan and to elect, within 30
days after receiving such notice, to receive either a lump sum severance payment
in the amount, and upon the terms and
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conditions, provided in Section 5(b)(A) and calculated as set forth in the last
paragraph of Section 5(b), or to remain an employee of the Company upon the
terms and conditions provided in Section 5(b)(B); provided, however, that (i)
any reference therein to Section 5(a) shall be deemed for purposes of this
Section 6(b) to be a reference to this Section 6(b)(i), and (ii) if a Change in
Control has not occurred, then (x) Employee's salary shall be determined with
reference to his or her then current annual salary and (y) Employee's annual
bonus shall equal at least the Employee's target amount immediately prior to
Employee's termination under this Section 6(b)(i).
(ii) For the period beginning when Employee receives notice of
termination from the Company pursuant to this Section 6(b), and ending six
months thereafter, Employee will, without charge to Employee, have use of
reasonable office space and reasonable office facilities at Employee's principal
job location immediately prior to his or her termination of employment, or other
location reasonably close to such location, together with reasonable secretarial
services in each case appropriate to an employee of Employee's position and
responsibilities prior to such termination of employment but taking into account
Employee's reduced need for such office space and secretarial services. Employee
will continue to be eligible to participate in the Company's Benefit Plans and
to receive, subject to the terms thereof, all benefits, which are received by
other employees at Employee's level thereunder other than options or similar
equity-based or incentive awards.
(iii) In the event that Employee's employment is terminated
prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, or more than three years
following a Change in Control, then, in partial consideration for the Company's
obligation to make the payments described in this Section 6(b), Employee shall
execute and deliver to the Company a release in the form as set forth in Exhibit
A. The Company shall deliver such release to Employee at the time the Company
delivers notice of termination pursuant to this Section 6(b). Employee shall
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execute and deliver such release to the Secretary of the Company within 21 days
of receipt of notice of termination. If Employee shall fail to execute and
deliver to the Company such release within 30 days of Employee's receipt thereof
from the Company, Employee's employment with the Company shall terminate
effective at the end of such 30-day period and Employee shall receive, in lieu
of the severance arrangements described in Section 6(b), a lump sum cash payment
in an amount determined in accordance with the personnel policies of the Company
then applicable.
7. Death; Disability.
(a) Death. If Employee shall die while employed by the Company,
Employee's employment under this Agreement shall thereupon terminate and
Employee's estate or beneficiaries, as the case may be, shall be entitled to
receive as promptly as practicable but in any event within 30 days after
reasonably satisfactory evidence of Employee's death is received by the Company
(i) any earned and unpaid salary accrued to Employee through the period ending
30 days following the date of Employee's death and a pro rata portion of the
target annual bonus amount in effect immediately prior to Employee's death; and
(ii) subject to the terms thereof, any benefits which may be due to Employee's
estate or beneficiaries under the provisions of any Benefit Plan.
(b) Disability. Provided that notice of termination has not
previously been given under any Section hereof, if employee becomes ill or is
injured or disabled during the term of this Agreement such that Employee fails
to perform all or substantially all the duties to be rendered hereunder and such
failure continues for a period in excess of 26 consecutive weeks (a
"Disability"), the Company may terminate the employment of Employee under this
Agreement upon written notice to Employee at any time and thereupon Employee
shall be entitled to receive (i) any earned and unpaid salary accrued through
the date of such termination; (ii) subject to the terms thereof, any benefits
which may be due to Employee
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under the provisions of any Benefit Plan; and (iii) a lump sum cash payment
equal to the sum of 75% of Employee's then current annual salary and then
applicable target annual bonus amount prorated for an 18-month period, less the
amount of any disability insurance proceeds payable to Employee under any
disability insurance policy or program covering Employee.
8. Stock Options and Other Incentive Awards. Upon Employee's termination
of employment with the Company for any reason, Employee's rights to benefits and
payments under any stock options, restricted shares or other incentive plans
shall be determined in accordance with the terms and provisions of such plans
and any agreements under which such stock options, restricted shares or other
awards were granted.
9. Change in Control. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in
Control" of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as the
Founding Stockholders (and their respective affiliates) as a group cease to have
the ability to elect a majority of the representatives on the Management
Committee of the Company (other than the chief executive officer of the Company
and independent representatives; provided that independent representatives shall
be included in calculating whether the foregoing majority requirement is
satisfied if the representatives nominated by the Founding Stockholders (and
their respective affiliates) do not constitute a majority of the committee that
selects the Management Committee's nominees for independent representatives) and
a "person" or "group" (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (other than
the Founding Stockholders and their respective affiliates) has become the
ultimate "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of
more than 35% of the total voting power of the voting interests of the Company
on a fully diluted basis and such ownership represents a greater percentage of
the total voting power of the voting interests of the Company, on a fully
diluted basis, than
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is held by the Founding Stockholders (and their respective affiliates) as a
group on such date. In the event that any successor of the Company, as
contemplated by Section 16, is a corporation, the same principles shall be
applied in determining whether a "Change in Control" has occurred with reference
to the board of directors, directors and capital stock of such corporation in
lieu of the Management Committee, representatives and voting interests of the
Company.
10. Trade Secrets; Work Products, Etc. Except in connection with the
performance of his or her duties hereunder, Employee hereby expressly covenants
and agrees that Employee will not at any time while employed by the Company or
thereafter, exploit, use, sell, publish, disclose, communicate or divulge to any
person or Entity, other than the Company and its subsidiaries, either directly
or indirectly, any trade secrets or confidential information, knowledge or data
regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of their
respective officers, directors or employees including, without limitation, the
existence and terms of this Agreement, other than such information, knowledge or
data which has been released by the Company or such subsidiaries, Affiliates or
others to the public (except that with respect to the terms of this Agreement
Employee may communicate such terms to Employee's spouse and Employee's
attorneys and financial advisors). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee may
disclose such trade secrets or confidential information, knowledge, data or
terms when required to do so by a court or government agency or legislative body
of competent jurisdiction, provided Employee first notifies the Company orally
and in writing as promptly as possible of such requirement so that the Company
may either seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the
provisions of this Section, and provided further that if, in the absence of such
protective order or waiver, Employee is nevertheless, in the written opinion of
his or her counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Company, addressed to and
delivered to the Company, otherwise required
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to disclose such information to any such court, government agency or legislative
body or else stand liable for contempt or suffer other material penalty,
Employee may disclose such information in such case without liability hereunder
so long as such disclosure does not exceed that required by such court,
government agency or legislative body.
Employee hereby grants and assigns to the Company all rights (including,
without limitation, any copyright or patent) in the results and proceeds of all
services provided by Employee hereunder and all such services shall be subject
in all respects to the supervision, control and direction of the Company. Any
work in connection with such services shall be considered "work made for hire"
under the Copyright Law of 1976 or any successor thereof, and the Company shall
be the owner of such work as if the Company were the author of such work.
11. Non-Compete; Solicitation. Employee hereby expressly covenants and
agrees that:
(a) Employee will not at any time during the Term of employment and
for a period of one year following the date a notice of termination of
Employee's employment is effective as provided herein, be or become an officer,
director, partner or employee of or consultant to or act in any managerial
capacity with or own any equity interest in any Entity (an "Affiliated Person")
which is a "Competitive Business Entity" (as such term is defined on Exhibit B
hereto); provided, however, that (i) ownership of less than 1% of the
outstanding equity securities of any Entity listed on any national securities
exchange or traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System shall not be prohibited hereby, and (ii) in the event Employee
is terminated pursuant to Section 6(b) and notice of termination is so given to
Employee following the occurrence of a Change in Control, Employee is hereby
permitted to accept employment with any Founding Stockholder and such employment
shall not violate the provisions of this Section 11.
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(b) Employee will not at any time during the Term of employment and
for a period of one year after the date a notice of termination of Employee's
employment is effective as provided herein, solicit (or assist or encourage the
solicitation of) any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
Affiliates to work for Employee or for any Entity in which Employee owns or
expects to own more than a 1% equity interest or for which Employee serves or
expects to serve as an Affiliated Person.
For the purposes of this Section 11(b), the term "solicit any
employee" shall mean Employee's contacting, or providing information to others
who may be expected to contact, any employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or Affiliates regarding their employment status, job satisfaction,
interest in seeking employment with Employee or any Affiliated Person or any
related matter, but shall not include general print advertising for personnel or
responding to an unsolicited request for a personal recommendation for or
evaluation of an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
Affiliates.
12. Documents; Conduct. Employee hereby expressly covenants and agrees
that:
(a) Following termination of Employee's employment with the Company
for any reason or at any time upon the Company's request, Employee will promptly
return to the Company all property of the Company and its subsidiaries and
Affiliates in his or her possession or control (whether maintained at his or her
office, home or elsewhere), including, without limitation, all copies of all
management studies, business or strategic plans, budgets, notebooks and other
printed, typed or written materials, documents, diaries, calendars and data of
or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliates or their respective
personnel or affairs; and
(b) Employee will not at any time denigrate, ridicule or
intentionally criticize the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or
any of their respective products, properties, employees, officers or directors,
including, without limitation, by way of news
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interviews, or the expression of personal views, opinions or judgments to the
news media.
13. Breach by Employee. Employee hereby expressly covenants and agrees
that the Company will suffer irreparable damage in the event any provisions of
Sections 10, 11 and 12 are not performed or are otherwise breached and that the
Company shall be entitled as a matter of right to an injunction or injunctions
and other relief to prevent a breach or violation by Employee and to secure its
enforcement of Section 10, 11 and 12 resort to such equitable relief, however,
shall not constitute a waiver of any other rights or remedies which the Company
may have.
14. Representations.
(a) Employee represents and warrants to the Company that this
Agreement is legal, valid and binding upon Employee and Employee is not a party
to any agreement or understanding which would prevent the fulfillment by
Employee of the terms of this Agreement. Employee has consulted with his or her
legal, tax, financial and other advisors, to the extent desired, prior to
execution and delivery of this Agreement.
(b) The Company represents and warrants to Employee that this
Agreement is legal, valid and binding upon the Company and the Company is not a
party to any agreement or understanding which would prevent the fulfillment by
the Company of the terms of this Agreement.
15. Notice. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall
be in writing (except where required to be given orally) and shall be
sufficiently given or sent by registered or certified mail or delivered, in
person, if to Employee at the address set forth on the last paragraph hereof, or
at such other address as Employee shall designate by written notice to the
Company, and if to the Company at 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
00
XX 00000, attention of the Secretary or at such other address as the Company
shall designate by written notice to Employee.
16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is personal in its nature and
neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or
transfer this Agreement or any right or obligations hereunder; provided however,
that the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon,
any successor of the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, transfer of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or otherwise.
17. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, irrespective of
its conflicts of law rules, except for the By-laws referred to in Section 26,
which shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware.
To the extent that any applicable state or Federal law, rule or
regulation confers upon Employee any greater benefit or right than that set
forth in this Agreement, such law, rule or regulation shall control in lieu of
the provisions hereof relating to such benefit or right.
18. Mitigation. Employee shall have no obligation to mitigate damages in
the event of termination of Employee's employment under this Agreement under
Section 5(a), 6(b) or 7, other than as necessary to prevent the Company from
losing any tax deductions to which it otherwise would have been entitled for any
payments deemed to be "contingent on a change" under the Code and any payments
received by Employee hereunder shall not be offset or reduced in any way by any
other earnings or payments which may be received by Employee from any source,
except as provided by this Section 18. It is acknowledged and agreed that any
payment which may be made by the Company to Employee under Section
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5(b), 6(b) or 7 is in the nature of severance and is not a penalty payment.
19. Withholding. All payments required to be paid by the Company to
Employee under this Agreement will be paid in accordance with the payroll
practices of the Company or the terms of the Benefit Plans, as the case may be,
and will be subject to withholding taxes, social security and other payroll
deductions in accordance with the Company's policies applicable to employees at
Employee's level and the terms of the Benefit Plan.
20. Complete Understanding. This Agreement supersedes any prior contracts,
understandings, discussions and agreements relating to employment between
Employee, on the one hand, and the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliates,
on the other, and constitutes the complete understanding between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof. No statement, representation,
warranty or covenant has been made by either party with respect thereto except
as expressly set forth herein.
21. Modification; Waiver. This Agreement cannot be changed, modified or
amended and no provision or requirement hereof may be waived without the consent
in writing of both the parties hereto. No waiver by either party at any time of
any breach by the other party of any condition or provision of this Agreement
shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at
the same or at any prior or subsequent time. Subject to Section 28, no policy,
procedure or practice of the Company whether now or hereafter in effect shall be
deemed to modify, amend or supersede any provision of this Agreement except as
contemplated or provided otherwise in this Agreement.
22. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of
this Agreement.
23. Use of Likeness. The Company and TWI shall have the right to use
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Employee's name, biography and likeness in connection with their respective
businesses and that of their subsidiaries and Affiliates, but not for use as a
direct endorsement.
24. Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
25. Set-off. The Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliates shall have no
right to set-off payments owed to Employee hereunder against amounts owed or
claimed to be owed by Employee to the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliates
under this Agreement or otherwise.
26. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify Employee to no lesser
extent than provided in the Company's By-laws on the date hereof (the provisions
of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein), notwithstanding any
changes or amendments to such By-laws after the date hereof adversely affecting,
limiting or reducing such indemnification.
27. Counterparts. 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 shall constitute one and the same instrument.
28. Changes. Subject to Section 5, the Company and its subsidiaries and
Affiliates are entitled to amend, modify, terminate or otherwise change at any
time or from time to time any and all Benefit Plans and policies, practices or
procedures referred to in this Agreement, and all references herein to such
Benefit Plans and policies, practices and procedures shall be to such as from
time to time in effect prior to a Change in Control except as otherwise
specifically herein provided.
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29. Beneficiaries. Whenever this Agreement provides for any payment to the
Employee's estate, such payment may be made instead to such beneficiary or
beneficiaries as the Employee may designate in writing (using the form of
Beneficiary Designation attached hereto as Exhibit C) and file with the Company.
The Employee shall have the right to revoke such Beneficiary Designation and
redesignate a beneficiary by filing with the Company (and any applicable
insurance company) a later dated Beneficiary Designation to such effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employee and the Company have caused this
Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.
TIME WARNER TELECOM LLC
By: /s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
Agreed to and accepted as of
the date first above written
/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Address for Notices:
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EXHIBIT A
RELEASE
Pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement dated as of June 30,
1998 between Time Warner Telecom LLC (the "Company") and any successor and the
undersigned (the "Agreement"), and in consideration of the payments made to me
and other benefits to be received by me pursuant thereto, _____________________,
being of lawful age, do hereby release and forever discharge the Company and its
respective officers, shareholders, subsidiaries, agents, and employees, from any
and all actions, causes of action, claims, or demands for general, special or
punitive damages, attorneys' fees, expenses, or other compensation, which in any
way relate to or raise out of my employment with the Company or the termination
of such employment, which I may now or hereafter under any federal, state or
local law, regulation or order, including without limitation, under the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, through and including the date of
this release, provided, however, that the execution of this Release shall not
prevent the undersigned from bringing a lawsuit against the Company to enforce
its obligations under the Agreement or to seek damages for the breach of the
Agreement by the Company.
I further state that I have read the foregoing document, that I know the
contents thereof, and that I have executed the same as my own free act.
WITNESS my hand this _______ day of ____________________.
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EXHIBIT B
"Competitive Business Entity" shall mean (i) any federal, state or local
authority empowered to grant, renew, modify or amend, or review the grant,
renewal, modification or amendment of, franchises to operate any competitive
local exchange carrier or to regulate the conduct of any such business in the
United States, except that a Competitive Business Entity shall not include any
such state or local authority that is so empowered with respect to franchises
or regulation of any such business in a state or region in which the Company
does not engage or, to the knowledge of Employee, does not have definitive plans
to engage, in the ownership, operation or management of such a business, and
(ii) any Entity which is engaged, either directly or indirectly, in the
ownership, operation or management of any business providing telecommunications
services to customers as a competitive local exchange carrier in any state of
the United States in which the Company engages or, to the knowledge of Employee,
has definitive plans to engage, in the ownerhsip, operation or management of
such a business.
All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings provided
in the Employment Agreement to which this Exhibit B is attached.
EXHIBIT C
BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION PURSUANT TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Beneficiary Designation is made by the undersigned employee pursuant
to that certain Employment Agreement dated as of June 30, 1998 (the
"Agreement"), between Time Warner Telecom LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the "Company'), and the undersigned.
1. Primary Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. I hereby designate the following
Primary Beneficiary(ies) to receive all payments and other benefits due to me
under the Agreement in the event of my death. Unless otherwise indicated, such
benefits will be paid in equal shares to all designated Primary Beneficiaries
who are living or in existence at the date of my death.
Name(s) of Primary Address(es)
Beneficiary(ies)
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2. Contingent Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. If none of the Primary
Beneficiaries listed in Paragraph 1 above are living or in existence at the date
of my death, then the following Contingent Beneficiary(ies) will receive the
payments and other benefits due to me under the Agreement. Unless otherwise
indicated, such benefits will be paid in equal shares to all designated
Contingent Beneficiary(ies) who are living or in existence at the date of my
death.
Name(s) of Contingent Address(es)
Beneficiary(ies)
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3. Payments to Estate. If none of the Primary Beneficiaries listed in
Paragraph 1 above and one of the Contingent Beneficiaries listed in Paragraph 2
above are living or in existence at the date of my death, then the payments and
other benefits due to me under the Agreement shall be paid to my estate.
4. Effective Date of Beneficiary Designation. This Beneficiary Designation
will be effective only if it is received by the Company prior to my death. If
this Beneficiary Designation is received by the Company prior to my death, it
will revoke all prior Beneficiary Designations. This Beneficiary Designation may
be revoked by delivery to the Company of a subsequent, properly completed
Beneficiary Designation.
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Date Employee
