EXHIBIT 10.28
Amended and Restated
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 1st day of March,
1996 and amended and restated as of November 26, 1997 (the "Restatement Date"),
between Desa International, Inc. whose principal place of business is located at
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (hereinafter called the
"Corporation"), and XXXXXX X. XXXXX (hereinafter called the "Employee"),
residing at 000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000.
W I T N E S S E T H
The Corporation, as directed by the Board of Directors,
desires to secure the services of the Employee in an executive capacity for a
period commencing on March 1, 1996 (the "Effective Date"), on the terms and
conditions and subject to the rights of earlier termination hereinafter set
forth, and the Employee is willing to accept employment on such terms and
conditions, thereby canceling and superseding any existing employment
agreements.
In consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto have agreed and do hereby agree as
follows:
1. Employment. The Corporation hereby employs the Employee in
the capacity of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (with the duties,
responsibilities and authority of such offices as exist on the date of this
Agreement and as further defined by the current ByLaws of the Corporation),
reporting only to the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and the Employee
hereby accepts and agrees to serve the Corporation, its divisions, and
subsidiaries, if any, on a full time basis, and to perform such duties of an
executive nature, including any reasonable business travel incident thereto, as
Employee has customarily performed to date for the Corporation at its principal
office in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for a period commencing on the Effective Date
and ending three (3) years after the Restatement Date (the "Employment Period"),
unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement. Unless
the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall give written notice of
termination of the Agreement at least six (6) months prior to its termination,
this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive one year terms. Subject
to the authority of the Board of Directors, Employee shall have supervision and
control over, and responsibility for, the general management and operation of
the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be from time
to time prescribed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Employee's
rights, duties and responsibilities shall
be commensurate with his position. Employee agrees to serve without additional
compensation, if elected or appointed thereto, in one or more offices and as a
director of any of the Corporation's subsidiaries, provided, however, that the
Employee shall not be required to serve as an officer or director of any
subsidiary if such service would expose him to adverse financial, legal or other
consequences; and provided, further, that Employee acknowledges that the
Corporation shall not be deemed to be in breach of this Section 1 or of the
final sentence of Section 8 if Employee declines to serve as an officer or
director of any subsidiary.
Employee shall not be required to relocate his present home,
and the principal offices of the Corporation shall not be moved from Bowling
Green, Kentucky during the Employment Period.
2. Employment Service. During the Employment Period, the
Employee shall devote his business time, energy and skill (reasonable vacations
and reasonable absences because of sickness and other personal necessity
excepted) to render services for the Corporation or its divisions and
subsidiaries, if any, and in the promotion of their collective interests. During
the Employment Period, the Employee shall not engage in any other business
activities, duties, or pursuits which interfere with his employment hereunder or
detrimentally affect the performance of his employment services hereunder. Upon
the reasonable request of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the
Employee shall cease any business, activities, duties or pursuits detrimentally
affecting the Employee's performance of his duties hereunder or interfering with
his employment hereunder. This provision shall not be deemed to prohibit the
Employee from engaging in a reasonable amount of activities in trade
associations and professional organizations or participating in private
investments provided such activities do not interfere with Employee's employment
hereunder or materially adversely affect the performance of Employee's duties
hereunder. During the Employment Period and subject to Section 11 hereof, the
Employee shall not own or hold any securities in, or be employed by or render
any consulting or similar services to, any company directly or indirectly
competing with the business of the Corporation or any division or subsidiary
thereof, as such business is constituted on the date of determination, in an
amount which, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporation, would result in a
conflict of interest. For purposes of this Section 2, Ownership of less than
five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding stock of a
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corporation, the securities of which are listed upon a national securities
exchange or regularly included in a national list of over-the-counter securities
as it may be from time to time published in a newspaper of general publication,
shall not be deemed to create a conflict of interest.
3. Compensation.
(a) From and after the Restatement Date, the Employee
shall be entitled to receive by way of remuneration for his services a salary of
not less than Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000) per year,
payable in bi-monthly installments (hereinafter "Regular Remuneration"). Salary,
bonus and all other payments to Employee pursuant to the Agreement shall be
subject to withholding and other applicable taxes. Annual increases in Regular
Remuneration will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation; provided, however, that in the absence of adverse factors,
circumstances or information relating to Employee's performance of his duties or
the Corporation, Employee shall receive an increase of no less than 8% of his
prior years salary effective on November 30 of each year (beginning November 30,
1998) during the Employment Period. In addition, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation shall review Employee's Regular Remuneration no less frequently than
annually, taking into account increases in the profitability of the Corporation
or increased responsibilities occasioned by growth in the size and complexity of
the Corporation's business, whether caused by growth in existing business
operations or by acquisition or creation of additional operations, and such
other factors as the Board of Directors deems appropriate, in order to determine
whether Employee's then-effective Regular Remuneration is adequate.
(b) (i) An executive bonus plan (the "EBP") will be
instituted for fiscal 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, containing substantially
the provisions set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto. In the event that the
Corporation or its parent, DESA Holdings Corporation, disposes of a material
operating subsidiary or division or separately identifiable business unit, the
EBP shall be reviewed by the Board of Directors and revised to the extent
necessary to provide management, including Employee, with a bonus plan that is
substantially equivalent in format and provides a substantially equivalent
benefit in light of such disposition. Employee acknowledges that in the event of
such a disposition, the bonus payable under the EBP may decrease. (ii) In the
event that the Corporation or its parent, DESA Holdings Corporation, acquires,
directly or indirectly, the
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stock or substantially all of the assets of another corporation or other entity,
or any division or separately identifiable business unit thereof, the EBP will
be amended by mutual agreement of the Participants (defined therein) and the
Corporation, as directed by the Board of Directors, to adjust the EBITDA targets
and Bonus Pools to reflect the effects of such transaction on the Corporation.
(iii) The Board of Directors shall determine the contents of the EBP, and the
method of determining any bonuses to be paid thereunder, for fiscal years 2004
and thereafter. In the event of the death or termination of employment of the
Employee during the term hereof, Employee's share of the EBP for such period in
which death or termination occurred shall be (i), if determined appropriate by
the Board of Directors, reserved for distribution to such Employee's successor
or (ii), if determined appropriate by the Board of Directors or if not committed
for distribution to such Employee's successor within six months thereafter,
allocated among the remaining Participants (as defined in the EBP) employed by
the Corporation, pro rata, in proportion to how the remaining Participants are
then sharing in the EBP. Except as provided herein, the EBP for fiscal years
1999 - 2003 as set forth on Exhibit A-1 hereto shall not be amended or modified
by the Corporation in a manner that reduces any benefit of Employee thereunder
during the Employment Period.
4. Expenses and Fringe Benefits.
(a) The Employee shall be reimbursed for the
reasonable authorized expenses incurred by the Employee in the performance of
his duties hereunder.
(b) The Employee shall also be entitled to receive
the Fringe Benefits set forth on Exhibit B hereto. The Corporation agrees that,
without the Employee's written consent, it will not make any material changes in
such benefits which would materially adversely affect the Employee's right to
receive or eligibility to participate in such benefit plans or the amounts,
timing or terms of such benefits; provided, however, the Corporation shall not
be in breach of this provision if it institutes an alternative benefits plan or
program with substantially equivalent benefits.
5. Trade Secrets and Confidentiality. The Employee agrees that
he will not at any time, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter,
knowingly divulge to any person, firm or corporation any confidential or
privileged information received by him during the course
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of his employment, or prior to the date hereof, with regard to the financial,
business or other affairs of the Corporation, its predecessors, its officers,
directors, or stockholders, or any subsidiary, customer or supplier of the
Corporation, and all such information shall be kept confidential and shall not,
in any manner be revealed to anyone except as may otherwise be required by law
and provided further that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the
Employee from divulging information in the ordinary course of the business of
the Corporation. The Employee further agrees that he will not knowingly divulge
to any person, firm or corporation, either during the term of this Agreement or
thereafter, or make known either directly or through another, to any person,
firm or corporation, any trade secret or confidential knowledge or privileged
procedures of the Corporation except as may be otherwise required by law and
provided further that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the Employee
from divulging (i) information in the ordinary course of the business of the
Corporation or (ii) information which was or has become or hereafter becomes
generally available to the public. Any breach of the terms of this paragraph or
of Section 9 hereof shall be a material breach of this Agreement.
6. Property of The Corporation. The Corporation shall be
entitled to the sole benefit and exclusive ownership of any trademarks, trade
names, marketing or advertising concept or strategy, any design patents, or any
inventions or improvements in plant, machinery, processes, or other things used
in the business of the Corporation that may be developed, made, or discovered by
the Employee while he is in the service of the Corporation, and the Employee
shall do all acts and things necessary or required to give the Corporation the
benefit of this Section. The Employee agrees that he will not use any property
of the Corporation except in furtherance of his duties hereunder.
7. Death or Disability. If the Employee dies during the
Employment Period, all obligations of the Corporation under this Agreement
(other than obligations for accrued Regular Remuneration hereunder) shall cease,
except that the Employee's estate shall be entitled to continue to receive the
Regular Remuneration set forth in Paragraph 3(a) hereof for a period of twelve
(12) months after death. If during the Employment Period, the Employee shall
become physically or mentally disabled to the extent that he is, in the
reasonable opinion of a recognized medical expert selected by the Corporation,
unable to continue the proper performance of his
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duties hereunder for a continuous period of one hundred eighty (180) days, the
Employee's employment hereunder shall thereupon cease and terminate but the
Corporation's obligation under Paragraph 3(a) hereof with respect to Regular
Remuneration shall continue in full force and effect for twelve (12) months
after determination of disability; provided, however, that such remuneration
shall be offset by any amounts received by the Employee from insurance or other
benefits provided by the Corporation other than pursuant to this Agreement.
8. Termination of Services. The Board of Directors of the
Corporation shall have the right on behalf of the Corporation to terminate the
Employee's employment for Cause (as hereinafter defined in clauses (a) and (b)
of this sentence) during the Employment Period (a) immediately upon and the
Corporation shall have no further obligation hereunder after the conviction or
admission of Employee of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude under the
laws of any state in the United States or the federal laws of the United States,
or fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement of the assets of the Corporation or
any subsidiary thereof; or (b) upon not less than thirty (30) days written
notice specifying in reasonable detail (i) any failure by Employee to fulfill
his duties and responsibilities set out in Sections 1 and 2 of this Agreement
(other than due to death or disability) which has not been cured within 30 days
after Employee's receipt of written notice of such failure; or (ii) the
intentional or knowing breach by Employee of his obligations under Sections 5,
6, or 11 of this Agreement. If Cause as defined in clause (b) of the preceding
sentence continues to exist thirty (30) days after written notice, Employee's
employment hereunder shall immediately cease and terminate, and the Corporation
shall have no further obligations hereunder. The Employee may voluntarily leave
the employ of the Corporation at any time, but the Corporation shall have no
further obligations hereunder. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall
have the right to terminate the Employee's employment without Cause at any time,
effective immediately. If the Corporation terminates the Employee's employment
without Cause prior to expiration of the Employment Period, the Corporation
shall pay Employee (i) all installments due for Regular Remuneration through the
remaining term of the Employment Period, which shall continue to be payable in
installments in accordance with Section 3 hereof; (ii) all damages for loss of
Fringe Benefits or benefits under any "employee benefit plan" (as defined in
Section 3 of ERISA) sponsored by the Corporation which
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the Employee would have received if the Corporation had not terminated the
Employee without Cause and had this Agreement continued for the remainder of the
Employment Period, provided, however, that in lieu thereof, the Corporation
shall have the right to continue providing Fringe Benefits (or substantially
equivalent benefits) to the Employee for the remaining term hereof, if
reasonably acceptable to Employee; (iii) legal fees and expenses, if any,
incurred as a result of such termination; and (iv) his share of the EBP for the
fiscal year in which such termination occurs as and when such bonus is otherwise
payable in accordance with the terms of the EBP. Employee shall not be required
to mitigate the amount of any payment due him under this Section by seeking
employment or otherwise; provided, however, that compensation and benefits
received by Employee after termination without Cause will offset Employee's
termination benefits and damages payable under this Section 8 on account of such
termination without Cause. The Corporation shall use its best efforts to
maintain all employee benefit plans and programs in which the Employee was
entitled to participate immediately prior to his termination without Cause. If
such participation cannot be maintained with the exercise of the Corporation's
best efforts, Employee shall be entitled to receive an amount necessary to
provide the Employee and his dependents equivalent benefits for the remainder of
the Employment Period. For purposes of this Section, termination without Cause
shall include, but not be limited to: (i) any material change in Employee's
duties as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or assignment of the Employee to
duties materially inconsistent with the position of Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer; (ii) any removal of the Employee from or any failure to re-elect the
Employee to any of the positions indicated in Section 1 hereof; (iii) a
reduction in the Employee's salary or Fringe Benefits, or adverse change in the
terms of participation or benefits under the EBP provided, that no termination
without Cause shall be deemed to have occurred if the Corporation provides
benefits that are substantially equivalent to the Fringe Benefits provided at
the time of determination; or (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the
Corporation which is not cured by the Corporation within thirty (30) days after
receiving written notice of such breach.
9. Change in Control or Sale of the Corporation. If the
Corporation shall undergo a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined) or a Sale
of the Corporation (as hereinafter defined, and, in such event, the Corporation
fails to obtain the assumption of this Agreement by
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any successor to the Corporation under Section 14 hereof prior to the date of
such succession) during the Employment Period, Employee shall be entitled to
receive for the remainder of the Employment Period or twelve (12) months which
ever shall be longer (i) all future installments due for Regular Remuneration,
which shall continue to be payable in installments in accordance with Section 3
hereof; (ii) all damages for loss of Fringe Benefits or benefits pursuant to any
employee benefit plan sponsored by the Corporation which the Employee would have
received if there had been no Change in Control or Sale of the Corporation, and
(iii) a share of the EBP for the fiscal year in which such Change in Control or
Sale of the Corporation occurs, as and when such bonus is otherwise payable in
accordance with the terms of the EBP, payable as follows: (i) if such Change in
Control or Sale of the Corporation occurs during the first quarter of the
Corporation's fiscal year, the Employee shall receive 25% of the bonus he would
otherwise have been entitled to for such fiscal year; (ii) if such Change in
Control or Sale of the Corporation occurs during the second quarter of the
Corporation's fiscal year, the Employee shall receive 50% of the bonus he would
otherwise have been entitled to for such fiscal year; and if such Change in
Control or Sale of the Corporation occurs during the third or fourth quarters of
the Corporation's fiscal year, the Employee shall receive 100% of the bonus he
would otherwise have been entitled to for such fiscal year. The obligations of
the Corporation in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of this paragraph
shall not apply to any Change in Control or Sale of the Corporation in which the
Employee receives a realized return on his investment in equity securities of
Holding equal to three times the cost of such investment. For purposes hereof, a
realized return shall mean the (i) cash, (ii) market value of registered,
publicly traded and tradeable securities not subject to transfer restrictions or
restrictions under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 , as amended,
and/or (iii) fair value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation acting in good faith) of all other securities, in each case received
(or, in the case of a recapialization transaction, retained) by Employee in any
Change of Control or Sale of the Corporation transaction. Employee shall not be
required to perform further duties hereunder and shall not be required to
mitigate his damages in the event a Change in Control or Sale of the Corporation
shall occur during the Employment Period. A Change in Control shall be deemed to
have occurred if: (i) Desa Holdings Corporation ("Holding") shall own less than
90% of all the issued and
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outstanding voting securities of the Corporation; or (ii) a sale of
substantially all the assets of the Corporation; provided, that no Change in
Control shall be deemed to have occurred in the event that, subsequent to such
transaction, Employee continues to be employed by the successor entity under
terms, conditions and for compensation substantially identical to the terms of
this Agreement. A "Sale of the Corporation" shall be deemed to have occurred if
(i) X.X. Childs Equity Partners, L.P. ("JWC") with its Affiliates (as
hereinafter defined, the "Control Group") shall cease to own of record and
beneficially an amount of Voting Securities of Holding equal to at least 50% of
the amount of Voting Securities (other than by virtue of a reverse stock split
of such Voting Securities) of Holding owned by the Control Group (excluding
securities held by JWC Equity Funding, Inc. as of the date hereof) of record and
beneficially as of the close of business on November 26, 1997; (ii) any Person
or related group (as defined in Rule 13(d) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act")), excluding the Control Group, shall be or become
the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 12(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of a greater percentage of the
outstanding Voting Securities of Holding than is owned beneficially by the
Control Group and the Control Group no longer has the right to seat a majority
of the directors of Holding; (iii) all or substantially all of the assets of
Holding are sold or otherwise transferred for value, other than to a lender in a
secured transaction and other than in a transaction following which the Control
Group owns of record and beneficially at least 50% of the Voting Securities of
the acquiring Person; or (iv) (in the event of a merger or consolidation)
Holding is merged or consolidated with or into another entity and, as a result
thereof, the Control Group and the Management Holders (as defined in the
Stockholders Agreement dated as of November 26, 1997 by and among Holding and
the parties thereto) hold, beneficially and of record, less than 50% of the
Voting Securities of the surviving entity. As used herein, "Affiliate" means as
to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, that,
as to JWC, the term Affiliate shall include the partners, officers, directors
and employees of X.X. Childs Associates, L.P., their spouses, children, and
other members of their immediate family and trusts, family limited partnerships
and other estate planning vehicles created for the benefit of such persons. As
used in the preceding sentence, "control" of a Person means the power, directly
or indirectly,
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either to (i) vote 51% or more of the Voting Securities of such Person or (ii)
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether by contract or otherwise. As used herein, "Person" means an individual,
partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, any nation or government, any state
or other political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government, or other entity of whatever nature. As used herein, "Voting
Securities" means common equity securities (or equivalent partnership or joint
venture interests) having the right to vote generally in matters coming before
common equity holders.
10. Coordination of Rights. In the event that Employee suffers
termination of Employment without Cause and a Change in Control or Sale of the
Corporation also occurs, Section 8 shall be disregarded and Section 9 shall
apply.
11. Covenant Not to Compete; Non-Solicitation, etc.
(a) While employed by the Corporation and for a
period of three years following termination of employment, the Employee will
not, directly or indirectly as an individual or as part of a partnership or
other business association, or otherwise, compete with the business of the
Corporation or its subsidiaries in North America or in any other jurisdiction in
which the Corporation or a subsidiary thereof conducts substantial business, nor
will he enter the employ of, or act as an agent for or as a director,
consultant, or officer of, any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged
in a line of business in North America or in any other jurisdiction in which the
Corporation or a subsidiary thereof conducts substantial business that is
directly or indirectly in competition with the business of the Corporation or
its subsidiaries as the same is being conducted at such termination of
employment.
(b) The Employee further agrees that he will not, at
any time during or within three years after the termination of employment under
this Agreement, however caused, solicit, interfere with, employ, endeavor to
entice away from the Corporation, or any subsidiary of the Corporation, any
customer, supplier or employee.
(c) With respect to any issues as to the
enforceability of the foregoing provisions, the Employee agrees that the
foregoing are reasonable in terms of scope and duration
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and both parties agree that a court making a determination on the issue of
validity, legality or enforceability of the foregoing, may modify the duration
or scope of the provisions of this Section 11 and/or delete or modify specific
words or phrases ("blue penciling"), and in its reduced or blue-penciled form,
the foregoing shall be enforceable and enforced. The Employee agrees that in the
event of a breach of the foregoing provisions of this Section 11 or the
provisions of Section 5, the remedy of damages would be inadequate and the
Corporation may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any
violation, as well as seek all other legal remedies available upon ten days
notice to Employee, provided that Employee shall not have cured such breach
within such ten day period.
12. Non-Waiver of Rights. The failure to enforce at any time
any of the provisions of this Agreement or to require at any time performance by
the other party of any of the provisions hereof shall in no way be construed to
be a waiver of such provisions or to affect the validity of this Agreement, or
any part hereof, or the right of either party thereafter to enforce each and
every provision in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
13. Invalidity of Provisions. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement shall not affect
the other provisions hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed in all
respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions were omitted.
14. Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of the Corporation and any successor to the Corporation
under the provisions of this Agreement. For the purpose of this Agreement the
term "successor" shall mean any person, firm, corporation, or other business
entity which at any time, whether by merger, purchase, liquidation or otherwise,
shall acquire all or substantially all of the assets or business of the
Corporation. This Agreement is personal to the Employee and is not assignable by
the Employee.
15. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
Each party hereto hereby consents to service of process in the State of Delaware
as required pursuant to 6 Del. C. Section 2708(a).
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16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire
agreement of the parties respecting the matters within its scope, superseding
any and all prior agreements or understandings with respect to the subject
hereof and may be modified only in a writing signed by the party against whom
enforcement is sought. The headings contained in this Agreement have been
inserted solely for the convenience of the parties and shall be of no force or
effect in the construction or interpretation of the provisions of this
Agreement.
17. Notices. All notices required or made pursuant to this
Agreement shall be made, and shall be deemed to have been duly given when sent
by, certified mail, return receipt requested, to the addresses set forth above
or such other addresses later designated in writing by either of the parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this amended
and restated Agreement to be executed on its behalf by an officer of the
Corporation thereunto duly authorized, and the Employee has hereunto signed this
Agreement, all as of November 26, 1997.
DESA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
Title:
EMPLOYEE
XXXXXX X. XXXXX
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EXHIBIT A-1
TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
DESA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN
(for fiscal years 1999 - 2003)
November 26, 1997
1. Participants. The Participants in this Plan shall be Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
Xxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (each, a "Participant"). Each
Participant shall be entitled to participate in the Plan as long as he
is entitled to do so pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement
with DESA International, Inc. (the "Company") as amended and restated
as of the date hereof.
2. Share of Bonus Pool. Each Participant in this Plan shall be entitled to
participate in the Bonus Pool (defined below) as follows: Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx - 50%; Xxxx X. Xxxxx - 25%; and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx - 25%. If a
Participant's employment with the Company shall terminate, his right to
participate in Bonus Pools under this Plan may be reallocated as
provided in his employment agreement.
3. EBITDA Targets. For purposes of this Plan, the target earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and bonus accruals under
this Plan ("EBITDA") of the Company for each fiscal year shall be as
follows:
EBITDA Target
Fiscal Year (in millions)
1999 $48.50
2000 $55.70
2001 $64.10
2002 $74.10
2003 $86.00
For purposes of this Plan, the actual EBITDA of the Company shall in
each fiscal be determined on a consolidated basis with its parent, DESA
Holdings, Inc., according to generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied, and shall be derived from the audited,
consolidated financial statements of DESA Holdings, Inc. for such
fiscal year.
In the event that the Company or DESA Holdings, Inc. should make an
acquisition or disposition of a material business, this Plan may be
adjusted or revised, or a separate plan may be established for such
acquired business, all as provided in Participants' employment
agreements.
4. Bonus Pools. After the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall
establish a bonus pool (each, a "Bonus Pool") for the Participants as
follows:
a. If the actual EBITDA for such year is less than 95% of the
EBITDA target for such fiscal year, there shall be no Bonus
Pool for such year.
b. If the actual EBITDA for such year is greater than 95% and
less than or equal to 100% of the EBITDA target for such year,
the Bonus Pool for such year shall equal 20% of the Cap Number
for such year for each full percentage point by which the
actual EBITDA exceeds 95% of the target EBITDA, up to a
maximum of the Cap Number. For purposes hereof, the "Cap
Number" shall mean $500,000 in fiscal year 1999, and for each
fiscal year thereafter shall be equal to the Cap Number for
the prior fiscal year increased by a factor equal to the
positive growth rate in actual EBITDA for such fiscal year
over actual EBITDA for the prior fiscal year, if such growth
rate is in excess of 10%.
c. If the actual EBITDA for such year is greater than 100% and
less than or equal to 110% of the EBITDA target for such year,
the Bonus Pool for such year shall be the greater of (i) the
Cap Number for such year and (ii) 10% of the amount by which
the actual EBITDA for such year exceeds 95% of the EBITDA
target for such year.
d. If the actual EBITDA for such year is greater than 110% of the
EBITDA target for such year, the Bonus Pool for such year
shall equal (i) the amount specified in subparagraph c above
plus (ii) 15% of the amount by which the actual EBITDA for
such year exceeds 110% of the EBITDA target for such year.
5. Payment of Bonus. The calculation of the Bonus Pool for each fiscal
year shall be determined promptly after the delivery of the audited
financial statements of DESA Holdings, Inc. for such fiscal year, and
bonus payments under this Plan shall be paid as soon as practicable
after such determination.
EXHIBIT B
TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
FRINGE BENEFITS FOR EXECUTIVES
The following fringe benefits as they exist and are administered on the
Restatement Date of this Agreement:
1. Medical Insurance
2. Vacations
3. Use of Company Car
4. Office Facilities and Secretarial Services
5. Travel and Entertainment
6. Group Life Insurance
7. Disability Insurance
8. Country Club Dues
9. Section 401(k) Plan
10. Defined Contribution Pension Plan Supplement
