AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (this ''Agreement") dated as of February 8, 2024, by and between Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Employer”), 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, and Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx (“Employee”) amends and restates the Employment Agreement (the “Original Agreement”) dated as of April 28, 2014, between Employer and Employee, effective April 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Employee currently is employed by Employer as its Chief Legal Officer pursuant to the Original Agreement;
WHEREAS, Employee is retiring from his employment as Chief Legal Officer of Employer on March 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, as of the Effective Date, Employee is willing to serve on a part-time employment basis as Senior Counsel to Employer, and Employer desires to retain Employee in such capacity, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto enter into this Agreement and agree as follows:
(i) for 87 hours per month (50% time) for up to the first 3 months after the Effective Date (4 days, or portions thereof, per month in the office, with the balance of the time working remotely or in the office); and
(ii) 44 hours per month (25% time) thereafter (2 days, or portions thereof, per month in the office, with the balance of the time working remotely or in the office) for the balance of the remaining term of his employment.
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(i) Stock options and restricted stock units. Employee’s existing stock options granted by Employer and his unvested restricted stock units (“RSUs”) granted by Employer shall continue to vest during the term of his employment under this Agreement and shall continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms and conditions; provided, further, that (x) on the Termination Date (as defined below) a portion of any unvested RSUs and unvested stock options on such Termination Date equal to the number of RSUs and stock options, respectively, scheduled to vest during the twelve (12) month‑period commencing the day after the Termination Date shall vest and, with respect to RSUs, settle 10 days after such date and, with respect to stock options, become immediately exercisable, and (y) as of the Effective Date all of his outstanding stock options shall remain exercisable, to the extent they are then vested or become vested pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until the earlier of (A) one year from the Termination Date or (B) the end of the original 10-year term of the stock option. Employee acknowledges that he shall not be eligible for any new equity grants under the Company's equity incentive plans after the Effective Date.
(ii) PSUs and rTSRUs. As of the Effective Date, all unvested PSUs and rTSRUs granted to Employee by Employer will terminate without any shares vesting thereunder, and Employee acknowledges that he shall not be eligible for any new awards of PSUs, rTSRUs or comparable performance awards after the Effective Date.
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Employee during the term of this Agreement will continue to be entitled to the benefits of the existing Indemnification Agreement with Employer (the "Indemnification Agreement”).
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This
Agreement and the NDA, the Indemnification Agreement, and any agreements governing Employee’s equity awards contain the entire agreement of the parties and there are no other promises or conditions in any other agreement whether oral or written. This Agreement supersedes any prior written or oral agreements between the parties, including without limitation any consulting agreement. Amendments to this Agreement must be made in writing and signed by both parties.
The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
This Agreement, and all of Employee’s rights and duties hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by Employee. Any purported assignment or delegation by Employee in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect. This Agreement may be assigned by Employer to an affiliate or a successor in interest to substantially all of the business operations of Employer. Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of Employer hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or successor.
This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
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Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. EMPLOYEE
By: _/s/Xxx X. Xxxx, Ph.D._________ By: _/s/Xxxxxxxxx X. Gardiner________
Name: Xxx X. Xxxx, Ph.D. Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, individually
Title: President & Chief Executive Officer
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