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EXHIBIT 10.3a
XxxXxxxx.xxx, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
July 7, 2000
XxxXxxxx.xxx Management Group
c/o XxxXxxxx.xxx, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: Amendment to and Restatement of Management Incentive Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the arrangement (sometimes referred to as the
"Management Incentive Agreement") contained in that certain letter agreement
dated June 21, 1999 between PetroChemNet Holdings, Inc. (now known as
XxxXxxxx.xxx, Inc., and referred to herein as the "Company") and certain
management members, as amended by that certain letter agreement dated October
26, 1999, and as further amended by that certain letter agreement dated February
8, 2000, which provides certain incentives to certain management members and
other key employees of the Company upon certain events. This letter agreement
will supersede, amend, and restate the Management Incentive Agreement, which
shall be and read as follows:
In order to promote the growth of the Company and increase the
Company's value and return on investment for its stockholders, the Company has
agreed to provide certain incentives to Xxxx XxXxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, and Xxxxx XxXxxx (the "Management Group" or "you") as well as certain
other key employees (who shall be determined pursuant to the procedures set
forth below and who shall be known herein as the "Key Employees") in the event
the Company consummates a "fundamental change" (as defined below). This letter
agreement confirms our understanding with respect to this arrangement (and shall
be known as the "Management Incentive Agreement").
1. On the date hereof, the Company shall pay the Management Group and
Key Employees (subject to the terms hereof) an aggregate bonus amount (the
"Incentive Payment") equal to one million dollars ($1,000,000), to be divided
among the Management Group and Key Employees in the manner set forth below. You
hereby acknowledge that the aggregate Incentive Payment is to be allocated and
paid to each of you in the following percentages:
Xxxx Xxxx 20%
Xxxxx Xxxxxx 20%
Xxxx XxXxxxxxxx 20%
Xxxxx XxXxxx 15%
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The remaining 25% of the Incentive Payment shall be paid to the Key
Employees. The Key Employees and the amounts to be paid to, and options to be
granted to, each Key Employee shall be approved by the compensation committee of
the Board.
The Incentive Payment made hereunder shall be in addition to any other
payment that the individual members of the Management Group receive under their
written employment agreements with the Company or with respect to their
ownership (immediately prior to the transaction) of stock of the Company (due to
the exercise of stock options or otherwise) in connection with any "fundamental
change" of the Company. When used herein, the term "fundamental change" shall
mean (i) the sale or transfer, in one or more related transactions, of (A)
equity securities (including, but not limited to, shares of preferred stock)
representing in excess of 50% of the voting power (on an as-converted basis) of
the capital stock of the Company or (B) all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company, which, in either event would have a value which, when divided by
the then total outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (on a fully
diluted basis using the treasury stock method), would be equal to or greater
than $10.00 per common share (as adjusted for splits, etc.) (a "Sale"), or (ii)
a public offering (a "Public Offering") of any of the Company's securities
pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, in which the price paid by
the public for each such security shall be at least $10.00 per common share (as
adjusted for splits, etc.); provided, however, that in the case of clauses (i)
and (ii), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
may in its discretion reduce the triggering price below $10.00 per common share
for purposes of the foregoing definition.
2. Options for the purchase of common stock of the Company previously
granted pursuant to the February 8, 2000 version of the Management Incentive
Agreement shall be canceled. The Company and each member of the Management Group
and each Key Employee to whom such options have been granted shall take such
action to cancel such options as may be considered necessary or advisable by the
management committee designated above or by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
New options for the purchase of common stock of the Company shall be
granted, as set forth below:
NAME NUMBER OF OPTIONS EXERCISE PRICE PER SHARE
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Xxxx XxXxxxxxxx 100,000 $1.00
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Xxxx Xxxx 100,000 $1.00
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx 100,000 $1.00
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Xxxxx XxXxxx 75,000 $1.00
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Other Employees 125,000 $1.00
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Total 500,000
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Such options shall be non-qualified stock options and will expire after ten (10)
years from the date hereof. Such options shall be vested and exercisable only
after the occurrence of a "fundamental change." Such options shall terminate
immediately upon the termination of employment of the option holder with the
Company (unless provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company
and the option holder in effect as of the date hereof including, specifically,
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxx XxXxxxxxxx); provided, however, that if such
termination of employment shall occur after a "fundamental change" has occurred,
then such option shall not terminate immediately upon the termination of
employment of the option holder with the Company, but shall instead terminate at
the end of the ninetieth (90th) day following the termination of employment of
the option holder with the Company if not exercised on or prior to such date.
Such options shall otherwise be issued under the terms and conditions of the
Company's 1999 Stock Plan.
3. None of the above provisions shall be deemed to limit or in any
other way affect the right or benefits to which you or the Key Employees may be
entitled pursuant to a "fundamental change," due to equity ownership or
otherwise. To the extent deemed necessary by legal counsel to the Company, the
Board of Directors will take all actions and make appropriate recommendations to
the Company's stockholders, including the recommendation that this letter
agreement be approved by at least seventy-five percent of the stockholders, so
that the so-called "golden parachute" provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
("Code") Section 280G do not apply to the Company and the provisions of Code
Section 4999 do not apply to the Management Group or to any Key Employee.
4. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this letter
agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the
consummation of the first "fundamental change" and payment of the Incentive
Payment or if a "fundamental change" is not consummated on or before June 21,
2010 (the "Termination Date"); provided, however, that the term hereof may be
extended by the Board of Directors for a single additional three-month period in
the event that the Company or its shareholders are actively engaged in bona-fide
negotiations with respect to a "fundamental change" on the date which should,
absent such extension, have been Termination Date.
5. This is a binding agreement among the parties and supersedes all
other agreements and understandings between the parties (excluding any
employment agreements and stock option agreements, other than stock option
agreements made in order to effect the Management Incentive Agreement, including
prior versions of the Management Incentive Agreement) relating to payments to
you in the event of a "fundamental change."
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Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by signing and
returning one copy of the undersigned.
XXXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx
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Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
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MANAGEMENT GROUP
Agreed and Accepted:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
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Xxxx Xxxx
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx
/s/ Xxxx XxXxxxxxxx
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Xxxx XxXxxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxx XxXxxx
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Xxxxx XxXxxx
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