RE: Amendment No. 1 to Offer Letter (the "Amendment") Dear Steve:
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J.
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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March 16,
2007
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
RE:
Amendment No. 1 to
Offer Letter (the "Amendment")
Dear
Xxxxx:
In
connection with the Offer Letter dated May 3, 2006 (the "Letter") by and between
Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and you,
you and the Company desire to amend certain provisions of the Letter as
follows:
1. The
sixth (6'a)
paragraph of the Letter is amended by deleting it in its entirety and
substituting therefore the following:
"In the
event that your employment is terminated (A) without cause or (B) within six (6)
months following a Change of Control (as defined below) by you for Good Reason
(as defined below) the Company will pay you (i) any unpaid base salary through
the date of termination and any accrued vacation; (ii) severance pay equal to
one (1) year base salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination and
(iii) COBRA coverage payable under the Company health or welfare plan for
you and your dependents during the one (1) year period following the date of
termination.
For
purposes of this letter, "Change of Control" shall mean a change in ownership or
control of the Company effected through any of the following
transactions:
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(a)
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a
merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Company's
stockholders, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%)
of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the
successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned,
directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the
persons who beneficially owned the Company's outstanding voting securities
immediately prior to such transaction,
or
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(b)
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a
stockholder-approved sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets,
or
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(c)
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the
closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to
which any person or any group of persons comprising a "group" within the
meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Act
(other
than the Company or a person that, prior to such transaction
or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with, the Company) becomes
directly or indirectly the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of securities possessing (or
convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company's
securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the
election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation
of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such
transaction involves a direct issuance from the Company or the acquisition
of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Company's existing
stockholders.
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For
purposes of this letter, "Good Reason" means, without your written
consent:
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(a)
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a
material adverse change in your title or the duties assigned to
you;
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(b)
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any
material failure by the Company to comply with the provisions of this
letter; or
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(c)
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any
requirement by the Company that your primary office location be other
than in the greater Washington, D.C.
area."
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2. Except
as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Letter shall remain in full force
and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. This
Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an
original, but all of which taken together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
By:
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/s/
J. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name:
J. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title:
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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AGREED
AND ACCEPTED:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx
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