EXHIBIT 10.16
Employment Agreement between us and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx dated October 13, 2000
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement ("AGREEMENT") is made by and between Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx (the "Executive") and Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. (the "Company"),
and is effective as of October 13, 2000.
RECITALS
WHEREAS the Company wishes to employ the Executive as Vice President of
the Company, and the Executive wishes to be employed as Vice President of the
Company and provide personal services to the Company in return for certain
compensation and benefits, detailed herein.
WHEREAS the Company and the Executive wish to set forth in this AGREEMENT
the terms and conditions under which the Executive is to be employed by the
Company, which terms and conditions shall supersede any and all prior
agreements, contracts or understandings, whether written or verbal.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual
promises and conditions set forth herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby mutually
acknowledged, the Company and the Executive, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1. Employment
1.1 Commencement and Initial Term. The Executive's employment under
this AGREEMENT shall commence on October 16, 2000 ("Commencement Date") and
shall continue for an initial term of three (3) years (the "Employment
Period"). This Employment Agreement may be renewed automatically with the
mutual consent of the Executive and the Company. The Agreement shall be
subject to successive automatic one-year renewals unless either party hereto
notifies the other, as set forth below, of non-renewal at least ninety (90)
days prior to the end of any such term.
1.2 Title. From and after the Commencement Date, the Company shall
employ the Executive as Vice President of the Company, and the Executive shall
have the duties, responsibilities and authority consistent with such
positions, as described in Section 1.3 hereof.
1.3 Duties. From and after the Commencement Date and for so long as he
is employed hereunder, the Executive (i) shall devote his full professional
time and attention, best efforts, energy and skills to the services required
of him as an employee of the Company, except for paid time off taken in
accordance with the Company's policies and practices, and subject to the
Company's existing policies pertaining to reasonable periods of absence due to
sickness, personal injury or other disability; (ii) shall use his best efforts
to promote the interests of the Company; (iii) shall comply with all
applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations and with all of the
Company's policies, rules and/or regulations applicable to the employees of
the Company; and (iv) shall discharge his responsibilities in a diligent and
faithful manner, consistent with sound business practices and in accordance
with the directives of the President and Chief Executive Officer. The
Executive shall report directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Company and shall actively participate in the preparation and
presentation to the President and Chief Executive Officer of all reports
regarding the business, operations and prospects of the Company.
2. Outside Activities
2.1 Prohibited Outside Activities. The Executive agrees and promises
that during his employment, he will not be engaged in any other business or as
a consultant to or general partner, employee or officer of, any partnership,
firm, corporation, or other entity, or as an agent for any person, or
otherwise, if such activity is pursued for gain, profit, or other pecuniary
advantage, except for the activities specifically disclosed in Exhibit A or
with the prior written consent of the President and Chief Executive Officer.
2.2 Investment. Nothing in this Article 2 shall be construed as
preventing the Executive from engaging in the investment of his personal
assets so long as such investment activity does not require (i) any
participation on the Executive's part in the operation or the affairs of the
enterprise or enterprises in which such investments are made, or (ii) the
rendering of any services by the Executive to any such enterprise.
2.2.1 During the term of his employment by the Company, except on
behalf of the Company, Executive will not directly or indirectly, whether as
an officer, director, stockholder, partner, proprietor, associate,
representative, consultant, or in any capacity whatsoever engage in, become
financially interested in, be employed by or have any business connection with
any other person, corporation, firm, partnership or other entity whatsoever
which is known to compete directly with the Company throughout the world, in
any line of business engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) by the Company.
3. Salary Compensation
3.1 Amount. From and after the Commencement Date, the Company shall
pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of US$150,000.00 per year, less
applicable withholding taxes ("Base Salary"). Base Salary may be amended and
increased from time to time, at the discretion of the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company.
3.2 Payment. Base Salary payments will normally be made to the
Executive bi-weekly or otherwise in accordance with the Company's regular pay
period practices.
4. Bonus Compensation
4.1 Payment of Performance Bonus. In addition to the Executive's Base
Salary, and so long as the Executive remains employed by the Company,
continues to act as the lead manager of the Romanian engineering operation,
performs within an agreed upon expense budget for the Romanian engineering
operation (as amended by mutual agreement from time to time, which budget
shall include a minimum of three round trip business class tickets per year
for Executive or his spouse) and maintains an engineering team in Romania
capable of supporting design and development of products incorporating Path
1's TrueCircuitTM technology, the Executive shall receive a bonus of US$4
million in Path 1 Common Stock (the "Bonus") for achieving the successful
completion of a One Gigabit MAC with TrueCircuitTM technology, a FAST MAC with
TrueCircuitTM technology and an 8+2 Fast Switch with TrueCircuitTM if
completed by June 15, 2001. Simultaneously, Executive shall use his best
efforts to finish a Ten Gigabit Switch without TrueCircuitTM technology by
June 15, 2001.
4.2 Annual Bonus. With respect to remainder of the initial term of
this AGREEMENT and for any renewal period, the Executive shall be eligible to
receive an annual bonus (the "Annual Bonus"). The amount of such Annual
Bonus, if any, shall be determined by the President and Chief Executive
Officer in his discretion.
5. Benefits
The Executive shall be entitled to participate in those benefits made
available to other similarly situated executives of the Company, including
without limitation, participation in the Company's health benefits and, as
and/or when applicable, the Company's 401(k) Plan and customary group dental,
disability and life insurance benefits, for which he is eligible.
6. Stock Options
6.1 Options. The Executive shall be granted options to purchase
200,000 shares of Class B Common Stock at an exercise price of US$4.35 per
share (the "Options"). The Company shall designate 68,965 Options as
Incentive Stock Options ("ISOs") and the remaining 131,035 Options as Non-
Qualified Stock Options. In addition, the Company shall reserve an
additional 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock options at a minimum
exercise price of US$10.00 per share for distribution to Executive and/or
Executive's engineering team.
6.2 General Terms Pertaining to Options. The Options shall be granted
under, and subject to the foregoing provisions and shall be governed by the
terms of the Company's 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan and 2000 Stock
Option/Stock Issuance Plan, as they may be amended from time to time in the
future (the "Plans"), and any option agreement, notice of grant or other Plan
document issued to the Executive under the Plan. All Plan provisions not
contradicted by the terms of this AGREEMENT (including, but not limited to,
provisions regarding timing and manner of, and deadlines for, exercise) shall
apply to the Options.
6.3 Vesting. Subject to the Termination provisions set forth in
Article 8 below, the Options shall vest over a three (3) year period in twelve
(12) consecutive, equal quarterly installments, provided the Executive is
employed by the Company on the respective vesting dates, the Executive
continues to act as the lead manager of the Romanian engineering operation,
the Executive performs within an agreed upon expense budget for the Romanian
engineering operation and the Executive maintains an engineering team in
Romania capable of supporting design and development of products incorporating
Path 1's TrueCircuitTM technology.
7. Time Off
7.1 Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall accrue
paid vacation time at the same rate as other similarly situated executives and
in accordance with Company's standard policies and procedures, subject to the
accrual "cap" included in such policies.
7.2 Sick Time. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be
entitled to sick leave in the same fashion as other similarly situated
executives and in accordance with Company's standard policies and procedures.
Sick days are to be used only in the event that the Executive is ill and
unable to attend his/her job duties hereunder. Sick days will not carry over
from year to year. At the time the Employment Period ends, the Executive
shall not be entitled to receive any compensation for any unused sick days.
8. Termination of Employment
The Executive's employment may be terminated at any time during the
Employment Period in accordance with the following provisions. If the
Executive's employment is terminated, then, except as specifically stated in
this Article 8, all of the compensation and benefits to which he was entitled
shall cease upon the effective date of such termination (the "Termination
Date").
8.1 Termination at the Election of the Company With Cause. The Company
may, immediately and unilaterally, terminate the Executive's employment and
this AGREEMENT "for cause" at any time during or after the employment term
upon written notice to the Executive setting forth the reason(s) for such
immediate termination. For purposes of this AGREEMENT, the term "with cause"
shall mean any and all of the following:
a. the Executive's willful and repeated failure to comply with the
lawful and reasonable directions of the President and Chief Executive Officer.
b. the Executive's commission of any act of fraud with respect to
the Company or the Company's business.
c. the Executive's conviction of or being formally charged with
the commission of any felony.
d. the Executive's conviction of or being formally charged with
the commission of any crime which, in the good faith judgment of the President
and Chief Executive Officer, involved moral turpitude and has caused or will
cause material harm to the standing and/or reputation of the Company.
e. the Executive's violation of any of the terms of his Employee
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, or any misappropriation
and/or intentional and unauthorized disclosure of the Company's confidential
and/or proprietary information.
If the Company elects to terminate the Executive's employment for cause, as
defined above, the Executive shall not be entitled to any further compensation
or benefits. Termination of the Executive's employment for cause pursuant to
this Section 8.1 shall be in addition to and without prejudice to any other
right or remedy to which the Company may be entitled at law, in equity, or
under this AGREEMENT.
8.2 Termination at the Election of the Company Without Cause. The
Company may, immediately and unilaterally, terminate the Executive's
employment and this AGREEMENT at any time for any reason, with or without
notice. If the Company so terminates pursuant to this Section 8.2 (i.e., none
of the matters specified in Section 8.1 or Section 8.3 has occurred), the
Company shall pay to the Executive a severance payment consisting of the
remaining months of this Agreement at Executive's then Base Salary and
benefits then in effect as defined in Sections 3.1 and 5 respectively (the
"Severance Payment"). The Severance Payment is contingent upon the
Executive's continued compliance with the obligations imposed upon him by
Section 10 of this AGREEMENT and his Employee Proprietary Information and
Inventions Agreement. Any benefits provided to the Executive during the
Employment Period pursuant to this AGREEMENT may be continued, to the extent
permitted by law, by the Executive at his own expense. Except as described in
this Section 8.2, the Company shall have no other obligations to the Executive
in the event that the Executive's employment is terminated pursuant to this
Section 8.2. Termination of the Executive's employment without cause pursuant
to this Section 8.2 shall be in addition to and without prejudice to any other
right or remedy to which the Company may be entitled at law, in equity, or
under this AGREEMENT.
8.3 Termination Upon Death or Disability. The Executive's employment
hereunder shall terminate upon his death, and may be terminated by the Company
if the Executive becomes permanently disabled or incapacitated, as defined
below. If the Executive's employment is terminated pursuant to this Section
8.3, neither the Executive nor his heirs shall be entitled to any Severance
Payment or other termination benefits. For the purposes of this AGREEMENT,
the phrase "permanently disabled or incapacitated" shall mean that:
8.3.1 The Executive shall have been adjudged incompetent by a
court having jurisdiction over the matter; or
8.3.2 The Executive shall have become physically or mentally
incapable of performing, with or without reasonable accommodation, the
essential functions of his job for a period of more than sixty (60) days, in
the opinion of a licensed medical doctor selected by the Company; or
8.3.3 The Executive shall have been certified as permanently
disabled under the provisions of the Social Security Act, as amended from time
to time.
8.4 Termination at the Election of the Executive. The Executive may
terminate his employment and this AGREEMENT at any time for any reason or for
no reason upon written notice to the Company of his election to terminate. If
the Executive's employment is terminated by the Executive pursuant to this
Section 8.4, the Executive shall not be entitled to any Severance Payment or
other termination benefit. Furthermore, by terminating his employment before
the end of the Employment Period, Executive shall forfeit any and all vested
or unvested stock or stock options obtained under this Agreement.
9. Former Employment
9.1 No Conflict. The Executive represents and warrants that the
execution and delivery by him of this AGREEMENT, his employment by the Company
and his performance of duties under this AGREEMENT will not conflict with and
will not be constrained by any prior employment or consulting agreement or
relationship, or any other contractual obligations.
9.2 No Use of Prior Confidential Information. The Executive will not
intentionally disclose to the Company or use on its behalf any confidential
information belonging to any of his former employers (with the exception of
information acquired by Path 1 from Metar in its technology purchase of
Metar's intellectual property), but during his employment by the Company he
will use in the performance of his duties all information (but only such
information) which is generally known and used by persons with training and
experience comparable to his own or is common knowledge in the industry or
otherwise legally in the public domain.
10. Non-Solicitation; Confidentiality; Remedies
10.1 No Solicitation of Employees. During the Restricted Period (as
defined below), neither the Executive nor any Executive-Controlled Person (as
defined below) will, without the prior written consent of the President and
Chief Executive Officer, directly or indirectly solicit for employment, or
make an unsolicited recommendation to any other person that it employ, or
solicit for employment, any person who is or was, at any time during the
Restricted Period, an engineer of the Company or of any affiliate of the
Company. As used in this AGREEMENT, the term "Executive-Controlled Person"
shall mean any company, partnership, firm or other entity as to which the
Executive possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
10.2 Non-Solicitation of Customers. The Executive acknowledges that
the Company's customers' identities are confidential and proprietary to the
Company, their identity is not generally known, that the Company has made
reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of its customers'
identities which are not generally known and not readily ascertainable, and
that the Company has expended substantial time and resources to obtain and
maintain its customers and their identities. Accordingly, the Executive shall
not, during the Restricted Period, as defined below, solicit the customers of
the Company.
10.3 Confidentiality.
10.3.1 The Executive acknowledges that, as a result of his status
as Vice President of the Company, he has, or will have, access to and
possession of important, confidential information and knowledge as to the
business of the Company and its affiliates, including, but not limited to,
knowledge of products of the Company and its affiliates, patents, technology,
know-how, marketing and operating strategies, licensing and other agreements,
financial results and projections, future plans, the provisions of other
important contracts entered into by the Company and its affiliates, possible
acquisitions and similar information. The Executive agrees that such
knowledge and information constitute a vital part of the business of the
Company and are by their nature trade secrets and confidential information
proprietary to the Company (collectively, "Confidential Information"). The
Executive agrees that he shall not divulge, communicate, furnish or make
accessible (whether orally or in writing or in books, articles or any other
medium) to any individual, firm, partnership or corporation, any Confidential
Information without the consent of the President and Chief Executive Officer.
As used in this AGREEMENT, the term, "Confidential Information" shall not
include any knowledge or information that the Executive can demonstrate: (i)
is or becomes available to others, other than as a result of breach by the
Executive of this Section 10.3.1; (ii) was available to the Executive on a
nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure to the Executive through his
status as an officer or employee of the Company; or (iii) becomes available to
the Executive on a nonconfidential basis from a third party (other than the
Company, its affiliates and any of their representatives) who is not bound by
any confidentiality obligations. The Executive understands and agrees that he
must also execute and fully comply with the Company's Employee Proprietary
Information and Inventions Agreement as a condition of his employment, as well
as the Company's standard form of non-disclosure agreement.
10.3.2 All memoranda, notes, lists, records and other documents or
papers (and all copies thereof), including such items stored in computer
memories, on microfiche or by any other means, made or compiled by or on
behalf of the Executive or made available to him relating to the Company or
any of its affiliates are and shall remain the Company's property, and shall
be delivered to the Company promptly upon any termination of the Executive's
employment with the Company, or at any other time on request, and such
information shall be held confidential by the Executive after any termination
of his employment with the Company.
10.4 Restricted Period. As used in this AGREEMENT, "Restricted Period"
shall mean any period during which the Executive is employed by the Company
and a period of one (1) year after the Termination Date.
10.5 Remedies. The Executive agrees that the provisions of this
Article 10 are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Company and
that they may not be adequately enforced by an action for damages. Therefore,
in the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Article 10 by the
Executive or any Executive-Controlled Person, the Company shall be entitled,
in addition to all other remedies, to an injunction and/or restraining order
enjoining the breach or threatened breach of the provisions of Article 10 or
otherwise to enforce specifically such provisions against violation, without
the necessity of posting any bond or other security by the Company. The
Executive further agrees that if he shall violate any of the covenants and
agreements under this Article, the Company shall be entitled to an accounting
and repayment of all profits, commissions or other benefits which the
Executive has realized and/or may realize as a result of or arising our of any
such violation. Such remedy shall be cumulative and not exclusive and in
addition to any injunctive relief or other legal or equitable remedy to which
the Company is or may be entitled. In addition, the prevailing party shall
also be entitled to its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in any
action in which it is successful in establishing or defending against an
alleged violation of Article 10.
10.6 Severability. The provisions contained in this Article 10 as to
the time periods, scope of activities and persons or entities affected shall
be deemed severable so that, if any provision contained in this Article 10 is
determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such provisions shall be deemed
modified so as to be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by
law.
11. General Provisions
11.1 Governing Law. This AGREEMENT and the rights of the parties
thereunder shall be governed by and interpreted under California law.
11.2 Assignment. The Executive may not delegate, assign, pledge or
encumber his rights or obligations under this AGREEMENT or any part thereof.
11.3 Notice. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this
AGREEMENT shall be sufficient if it is in writing and is sent by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, or personally delivered, or delivered via
facsimile, to the following addresses, or to such other addresses as either
party shall specify by giving notice under this Article:
To the Company: Path 1 Network Technologies Inc.
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President & Chief Executive
Officer
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXX LLP
00000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
To the Executive: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000_
11.4 Amendment. This AGREEMENT may be amended or supplemented only
by a writing signed by both of the parties hereto. To be valid, the Company's
signature must be by a person specially authorized by the President and Chief
Executive Officer to sign such particular document.
11.5 Waiver. No waiver of any provision of this AGREEMENT shall be
binding unless and until set forth expressly in writing and signed by the
waiving party. To be valid, the Company's signature must be by a person
specially authorized by the President and Chief Executive Officer to sign such
particular document. The waiver by either party of a breach of any provision
of this AGREEMENT shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any
preceding or succeeding breach of the same or any other term or provision, or
a waiver of any contemporaneous breach of any other term or provision, or a
continuing waiver of the same or any other term or provision. No failure or
delay by a party in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder or
other conduct by a party shall operate as a waiver thereof, in the particular
case or in any past or future case, and no single or partial exercise thereof
shall preclude the full exercise or further exercise of any right, power or
privilege. No action taken pursuant to this AGREEMENT shall be deemed to
constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein.
11.6 Severability. All provisions contained herein are severable and
in the event that any of them shall be held to be to any extent invalid or
otherwise unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision
shall be construed as if it were written so as to effectuate to the greatest
possible extent the parties' expressed intent; and in every case the remainder
of this AGREEMENT shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and
enforceable, as if such affected provision were not contained herein.
11.7 Headings. Article and section headings are inserted herein for
convenience of reference only and in no way are to be construed to define,
limit or affect the construction or interpretation of the terms of this
AGREEMENT.
11.8 Drafting Party. The provisions of this AGREEMENT have been
prepared, examined, negotiated and revised by each party hereto, and no
implication shall be drawn and no provision shall be construed against either
party by virtue of the purported identity of the drafter of this AGREEMENT, or
any portion thereof.
11.9 Arbitration. The parties agree that any and all disputes that
they have with one another which arise out of the Executive's employment or
under the terms of this AGREEMENT shall be resolved through final and binding
arbitration, as specified herein. This shall include, without limitation,
disputes relating to this AGREEMENT, the Executive's employment by the Company
or the termination thereof, the stock options granted to the Executive, claims
for breach of contract or breach of the covenant of good faith and fair
dealing, and any claims of discrimination or other claims under any federal,
state or local law or regulation now in existence or hereinafter enacted and
as amended from time to time concerning in any way the subject of the
Executive's employment with the Company or its termination. Binding
arbitration will be conducted in San Diego County, California, in accordance
with the American Arbitration Association's National Rules for the Resolution
of Employment Disputes then in effect. Each party will bear one half of the
cost of the arbitration filing and hearing fees, and the cost of the
arbitrator. Each party will bear its own attorneys' fees, unless otherwise
permitted by law and so determined by the arbitrator. The Executive
understands and agrees that the arbitration shall be instead of any civil
litigation and that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding to
the fullest extent permitted by law and enforceable by any court having
jurisdiction thereof.
12. Entire Agreement
This AGREEMENT constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
pertaining to the subject matter hereof and completely supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous agreements, understandings, arrangements, commitments,
negotiations and discussions of the parties, whether oral or written (all of
which shall have no substantive significance or evidentiary effect). The
parties specifically acknowledge and agree that all prior agreements and
understandings between the Executive and the Company that pertained to the
Executive's employment with the Company are completely superseded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all non-use agreements, non-disclosure
agreements and proprietary information and inventions agreements are not
superseded and remain in full force and effect. The Executive represents and
warrants that as of the date of the execution of this AGREEMENT, he has no
causes of action, claims, defenses or rights of offset against the Company.
Each party acknowledges, represents and warrants that this AGREEMENT is fully
integrated and not in need of parol evidence in order to reflect the
intentions of the parties.
EXECUTIVE: PATH 1 NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:_Chief Financial Officer
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT OF XXXXXXX XXXXXX
Reference is made to that certain Employment Agreement ("Employment
Agreement") between Path 1 Network Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, an officer of the Company ("Executive"),
dated October 13, 2000. This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment") to the Employment
Agreement is made and entered into as of December 19, 2000, by and between the
Company and Executive.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive entered into the Employment
Agreement effective October 13, 2000, whereby Executive is employed as Vice
President of the Company and pursuant to which Executive provides personal
services to the Company in return for certain compensation and benefits,
detailed therein; and,
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to amend the Employment
Agreement to clarify Executive's eligibility for, and Company's obligation to
pay, certain bonuses based upon Executive's performance.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
A. Definitions; Construction. Capitalized terms used herein that are
not defined herein shall have the definition ascribed to them in the
Employment Agreement.
B. Amended Provisions.
1. Section 4 to the Employment Agreement shall be amended and restated
in full to read as follows:
"4. Bonus Compensation
4.1 Performance Bonus. In addition to Executive's Base Salary,
and so long as Executive remains employed by the Company, Executive shall be
eligible to receive a performance bonus (the "Bonus"), provided that
Executive:
(i) continues to act as the lead manager of the Romanian engineering
operation and maintains an engineering team in Romania capable of supporting
design and development of products incorporating the Company's TrueCircuitTM
technology;
(ii) performs within an agreed upon expense budget for the Romanian
engineering operation (which budget shall be amended from time-to-time by
mutual agreement of the parties hereto, and shall include a minimum of three
round trip business tickets per year for Executive or his spouse); and
(iii) successfully completes by June 15, 2001, either: a) a One
Gigabit MAC with TrueCircuitTM technology, as defined in Schedule A of this
Amendment, and a FAST MAC with TrueCircuitTM technology incorporated in an
8+2 Fast Switch with TrueCircuitTM technology, as defined in Schedule B of
this Amendment (each a "Project", and together, the "Projects"); or, b) a One
Gigabit MAC with TrueCircuitTM technology, as defined in Schedule A of this
Amendment, a FAST MAC with TrueCircuitTM and 10 GB Ethernet Controller, as
defined in Schedule C of this Amendment (each a "Project", and together, the
"Projects").
The Projects shall be deemed "successfully completed" only when a third
party evaluator selected by the Company makes the determination that each
Project (i) contains no material design defects, bugs or errors, and (ii)
complies with all of its specifications defined in Schedules A, B or C of this
Amendment (the "Specifications"), as applicable, which Specifications shall
include, without limitation, technical and functional requirements describing
the features, function, performance or other attributes of the Projects. The
Specifications, and any revisions or modifications thereto made after the
date of this Amendment, must be approved in writing by a duly authorized
officer of the Company as a condition to payment of the Bonus. Executive will
also use his best efforts to complete a Ten Gigabit Switch without
TrueCircuitTM technology by June 15, 2001.
4.2 Payment of Bonus. Upon successful completion of the Projects, the
Company shall pay the Bonus to the Executive; provided, however, that
Executive shall not receive more than 800,000 shares of the Company's Class A
Common Stock nor less than 266,666 shares of the Company's Class A Common
Stock as Bonus payment.
4.3 Calculation of Bonus. The amount of the Bonus shall be determined
as follows:
(i) if the Stock Price (as defined below) is between US$5 and US$15
per share, the Bonus shall be equal to that number of shares of the Company's
Class A Common Stock (the "Stock") which, when multiplied by the Stock Price
equals, but does not exceed, US$4.0 million;
(ii) if the Stock Price is below US$5 per share, the Bonus shall be
equal to 800,000 shares of Stock multiplied by such Stock Price;
(iii) if the extent that the Stock Price is above US$15 per share,
the Bonus shall be equal to 266,666 shares of Stock multiplied by such Stock
Price.
For purposes of this AGREEMENT, the "Stock Price" shall mean (i) if
traded over-the-counter, the average of the closing bid or sales price
(whichever is applicable) of the Stock for the 30-day period ending three days
prior to successful completion of the Projects, or (ii) if the Stock is traded
on a securities exchange or through NASDAQ-NMS, the average of the closing
price of the Stock on such exchange over the 30-day period ending three (3)
days prior to successful completion of the Projects.
4.4 Annual Bonus. With respect to the remainder of the initial term of
this AGREEMENT, and for any renewal period, the Executive shall be eligible
to receive an annual bonus (the "Annual Bonus"). The amount of such Annual
Bonus, if any, shall be determined by the President and Chief Executive
Officer, in his discretion."
2. Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly modified by this
Amendment, the Agreement shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect.
3. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to
the principles governing conflicts of laws.
4. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon, and inure
to the benefit of, the parties hereto, their respective successors and legal
representatives and their permitted assigns.
5. Agreement to Remain in Effect. Except as specifically otherwise modified
herein, the Employment Agreement as previously executed remains in full force
and effect.
6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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This Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx has
been executed effective as of the date first written above.
PATH 1 NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
Address: 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
XXXXXXX XXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Schedule A - TrueCircuitTM Specification
TrueCircuitTM is a Patented technology for end-to-end data transport over
an IP/Ethernet network. The hallmark feature of TrueCircuitTM is that it
enables an IP/Ethernet network to perform deterministically. TrueCircuitTM
eliminates network problems such as jitter, excessive latency and lost data.
In a word TrueCircuitTM means guaranteed Quality-of-Service.
The key features of TrueCircuitTM which must be implemented in the ASICs
delivered by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx include:
- Time Division Multiplexing
- Frames and Timeslots for packet launch and arrival
- Synchronous Packet Processing
- Time slot asset management
- Distributed (secure) lookup tables with circuit/timeslot information
- Precision Synchronization
- Distributed highly accurate and synchronized clocks
- Reserved timeslots for clock and asset management
- Packet processing can synchronized to network core routing
- Clock update and generation internally and externally
- Time-base generation for external devices
- Sync packet handling
- Virtual Circuits and Management Interface
- End-To-End Circuits - allocation and management
- Setup, Teardown of virtual circuits
- Statistics gathering and control
- Service Level Agreements - rate control
- Secure Virtual Data Channels
- Deterministic Scalable Switching (when applicable)
- Maintain legacy traffic channels
- Separation of TrueCircuit traffic from legacy traffic
- Statistics gathering
- Rate control
- Support for virtual circuits
- VLAN support
The precise mechanism for achieving all of these specifications is up to
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and will be worked out continuously between Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and
Path 1 engineers up to the delivery date. The design process will undergo a
preliminary design review, critical design review and then an acceptance test
to be specified by Path 1.
Schedule B - 8+2 Fast Switch Specification
The specifications for the 8+2 Fast Switch (also referenced as M5608/2/TC)
consists of full managed 8 10/100 RMII ports and 2 gigabit GMII ports, a 16K
MAC Table with real-time search engine, an advanced QoS with network processor
for all ports, a compatible feature with non-TrueCircuitTM Switches, a non-
blocking wire speed architecture and capabilities, a TrueCircuitTM clock
adjustment circuit for constant bit rate, up to 4 programmable bands per port
with bandwidth guaranteed for trunk ports, programmable bands (QoS) per flow
by the network processor, 4 data priorities per port coexistent with
guaranteed bandwidth, data priorities per packet (IP precedence bits or VLAN
priorities bits), full VLAN (learning, strip/insert/overwrite and priority
regeneration), flow-control active per enabled ports, advanced dynamic and
adaptable resource control, and a fast gigabit packet rate access for CPU port
with hardware support.
Schedule C - 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
The 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller consists of a ten port full-duplex Gigabit
Ethernet Controller with an industry standard XXX-XXX Xxxxx 0 system
interface, provides direct connection to optics and connection to copper
Gigabit Ethernet physical layer devices via ten GMII interfaces, compliant to
IEEE 802.3 1998 PMA physical layer specification, supports dual IEEE 802.3 -
1998 GMII interfaces for connection to copper Gigabit Ethernet physical
layer devices (1000 Mbit/s only), provides ten standard IEEE 802.3 Gigabit
Ethernet MACs for frame verification, on-chip data recovery and clock
synthesis, and eight unicast exact-match address filters to filter frames
based on DA, SA, or VID, capability for each address filter to indicate
whether to accept or discard based on a match, internal TX and RX FIFOs to
accommodate system latencies, line side loopback for system level diagnostic
capability, and a 16 bit generic microprocessor interface for device
initialization, control, register and per port statistics access.
