EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of this 14th day of
September 2007 (the “Effective Date”), by and between S1 Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and Xxx Xxxxxx , individual (the “Employee”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee desire to enter into this Employment Agreement to set
out the terms and conditions for the employment relationship of the Employee with the Company from
and after the Effective Date; and
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) has approved and authorized the
Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Employment Agreement. On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
Company agrees to employ the Employee and the Employee agrees to be employed by the Company for the
Employment Period set forth in Section 2 hereof and in the position and with the duties set forth
in Section 3 hereof. Terms used herein with initial capitalization not otherwise defined are
defined in Section 20 below.
2. Term. The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall be for a
three-year period commencing on the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”). The term of employment
shall be automatically renewed for an additional consecutive 12-month period (the “Extended Term”)
as of the first and every subsequent anniversary of the Effective Date, unless and until either
party provides written notice to the other party in accordance with Section 10 hereof not less than
90 days before such anniversary date that such party is terminating the term of employment under
this Agreement (“Non-Renewal”), which termination shall be effective as of the end of such Initial
Term or Extended Term, as the case may be, or until such term of employment is otherwise sooner
terminated as hereinafter set forth. Such Initial Term and all such Extended Terms are
collectively referred to herein as the “Employment Period.” A notice of Non-Renewal given by
either party to this Agreement shall not be deemed a termination of the Employee’s employment for
purposes of Section 9 of this Agreement unless otherwise expressly provided in such notice of
Non-Renewal. The Company’s obligations under Section 9 hereof shall survive the expiration or
termination of the Employment Period.
3. Position and Duties. The Employee shall initially serve as the Group President,
Enterprise of the Company. The Employee acknowledges that the Company may, at its sole discretion,
change the Employee’s title, job duties and responsibilities and reporting as the Company sees fit
in its sole discretion. In any role in which the Employee is employed with the Company, the
Employee shall render executive, policy and other management services to the Company of the type
customarily performed by persons serving in such capacity. The Employee shall report to the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company unless otherwise determined by the Company. The Employee shall
also perform such other duties with the Company and with any Subsidiary as the CEO of the Company
or the Board may from time to time reasonably determine and assign to the Employee. The Employee
shall devote the Employee’s reasonable best efforts and substantially full business time to the
performance of the Employee’s duties and the advancement of the business and affairs of the
Company. The Employee agrees that during the Employment Period he or she will not be entitled to
additional compensation for serving as a member of the board of directors of the Company or any
Subsidiary if he or she is elected to serve thereon.
4. Place of Performance. In connection with the Employee’s employment by the Company,
the Employee shall be based at the offices of the Company in Norcross, Georgia, except as otherwise
agreed by the Employee and the Company and except for reasonable travel on Company business.
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5. Compensation and Benefits; Stock Options.
(a) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Company shall pay to the Employee
an annual base salary (the “Base Salary”) at the rate of $275,000 per year. The Base Salary will
be reviewed annually and may be increased at the discretion of the Company. The Base Salary shall
be payable semi-monthly or in such other installments as shall be consistent with the Company’s
payroll procedures.
(b) Annual Bonus. The Employee will be eligible to receive an annual bonus, payable
no later than the end of the first fiscal quarter of each calendar year during the Employment
Period (pro-rated for any period that is less than 12 months) of up to $150,000 for such calendar
year, based on the attainment of specific Company and individual performance targets as may be
assigned by the Company annually.
(c) Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Employee will be entitled to
participate in any fringe benefit welfare benefit plan of the Company (on the same terms as
provided to other employees of the Company), including any plan providing for employee stock
purchases, pension or retirement income, retirement savings, employee stock ownership, deferred
compensation or medical, prescription, dental, disability, employee life, group life, accidental
death or travel accident insurance benefits that the Company may adopt for the benefit of
employees, in accordance with the terms of such plan. Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the
right of the Company to change insurance carriers and to adopt, amend, terminate or modify employee
benefit plans and arrangements at any time and without the consent of the Employee.
(d) Stock Options. The Company may grant options to purchase the stock of the Company
to the Employee in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plans.
(e) Vacation; Holidays. The Employee shall be entitled to all public holidays
observed by the Company and to annual vacation for such number of days as may be determined by the
Company, and otherwise in accordance with the applicable vacation policies for senior executives of
the Company, which shall be taken at a reasonable time or times.
(f) Withholding Taxes and Other Deductions. To the extent required by law, the
Company shall withhold from any payments due Employee under this Agreement any applicable federal,
state or local taxes and such other deductions as are prescribed by law or Company policy or are
otherwise authorized by the Employee.
6. Expenses. The Employee is expected and is authorized to incur reasonable expenses
in the performance of his duties hereunder. The Company shall reimburse the Employee for all such
expenses in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy, upon periodic presentation
by the Employee of an itemized account, including reasonable substantiation, of such expenses.
7. Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement.
Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the parties are entering into an Employee
Covenants Agreement (the “Related Agreement”).
8. Termination of Employment.
(a) Permitted Terminations. The Employee’s employment hereunder may be terminated
during the Employment Period under the following circumstances:
| i. | Death. The Employee’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon the Employee’s death; | ||
| ii. | By the Company. The Company may terminate the Employee’s employment: |
| A. | If the Employee shall have been substantially unable to perform the Employee’s material duties hereunder by reason of illness, physical or mental disability or |
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| other similar incapacity, which inability shall continue for three consecutive months (provided, that until such termination, the Employee shall continue to receive his compensation and benefits hereunder, reduced by any benefits payable to him or her under any disability insurance policy or plan applicable to him or her); or |
| B. | For Cause; |
| iii. | By the Employee. The Employee may terminate his employment for any reason or for no reason. |
(b) Termination. Any termination of the Employee’s employment by the Company or the
Employee (other than because of the Employee’s death) shall be communicated by written Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 10 hereof. For purposes of this
Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, if any, and shall set forth in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Employee’s
employment under the provision so indicated. Termination of the Employee’s employment shall take
effect on the Date of Termination.
9. Compensation Upon Termination or Change in Control.
(a) Death. If the Employee’s employment is terminated during the Employment Period as
a result of the Employee’s death, the Company shall pay to the Employee’s estate, or as may be
directed by the legal representatives of such estate, the Employee’s Base Salary due through the
Date of Termination, a pro rata portion of the annual bonus that would have been payable for the
calendar year of termination if the Employee’s employment had not terminated (calculated based upon
actual results through the Date of Termination and based upon budget for the remainder of the
period and pro rated for the portion of the year during which the Employee was employed) and all
other unpaid amounts, if any, to which the Employee is entitled as of the Date of Termination, at
the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligation to the Employee
under this Agreement.
(b) Disability. If the Company terminates the Employee’s employment during the
Employment Period because of the Employee’s disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) hereof, the
Company shall pay the Employee the Employee’s Base Salary due through the Date of Termination, a
pro rata portion of the annual bonus that would have been payable for the calendar year of
termination if the Employee’s employment had not terminated (calculated based upon actual results
through the Date of Termination and based upon budget for the remainder of the period and pro rated
for the portion of the year during which the Employee was employed) and all other unpaid amounts,
if any, to which the Employee is entitled as of the Date of Termination, at the time such payments
are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Employee under this Agreement;
provided, that payments so made to the Employee with respect to any period that the
Employee is substantially unable to perform the Employee’s material duties hereunder by reason of
illness, physical or mental illness or other similar incapacity shall be reduced by the sum of the
amounts, if any, payable to the Employee by reason of such disability, at or prior to the time of
any such payment, under any disability insurance policy or benefit plan and which amounts have not
previously been applied to reduce any such payment.
(c) Termination by the Company for Cause or by the Employee without Good Reason. If,
during the Employment Period, the Company terminates the Employee’s employment for Cause pursuant
to Section 8(a)(ii)(B) hereof or the Employee terminates his employment without Good Reason, the
Company shall pay the Employee the Employee’s Base Salary due through the Date of Termination, and
all other unpaid amounts, if any, to which the Employee is entitled as of the Date of Termination,
at the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to the
Employee under this Agreement. In the event that the Company intends to terminate the Employee for
Cause, the Employee shall have a reasonable opportunity, together with his counsel, to be heard
before the Board of Directors of the Company before such termination.
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(d) Termination by the Company without Cause or by the Employee with Good Reason.
Subject to Section 9(e) below, if the Company terminates the Employee’s employment during the
Employment Period other than for Cause, disability or death pursuant to Section 8(a)(i) or
(ii) hereof or the Employee terminates employment hereunder with Good Reason, the Company shall (i)
pay the Employee the Employee’s Base Salary due through the Date of Termination, a pro rata portion
of the annual bonus that would have been payable for the calendar year of termination if the
Employee’s employment had not terminated (calculated based upon actual results through the Date of
Termination and based upon budget for the remainder of the period and pro rated for the portion of
the year during which the Employee was employed) and all other unpaid amounts, if any, to which the
Employee is entitled as of the Date of Termination, at the time such payments are due, (ii) pay,
during the 12-month period commencing on the Date of Termination (the “Severance Period”), to the
Employee an aggregate amount equal to Employee’s Base Salary, payable in equal installments on the
Company’s regular salary payment dates, (iii) make a one time payment to the Employee equal to the
average of the prior three calendar years’ bonus paid to the Employee; provided if the Employee has
been employed at the Company for a shorter period than would allow the calculation under this
subsection, the payment under the subsection shall be calculated by taking the average bonus paid
to the employee in the actual calendar years prior to the calendar year in which the Employee is
terminated, divided by the number of such years; (iv) shall continue in effect during the Severance
Period the employee benefits provided to the Employee under Section 5(c) hereof immediately before
the Date of Termination (except to the extent such benefits are provided pursuant to a qualified
plan under Section 401(a) of the Code, the Company shall provide a substantially equivalent
nonqualified benefit), and (v) if such termination occurs within two years after a Change in
Control (or before a Change in Control has occurred, but after the Company has commenced
negotiations of a transaction that results in a Change in Control), shall cause all of the
outstanding options then held by the Employee to purchase stock of the Company to be fully vested
and exercisable; provided, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provision for
acceleration of options described in this paragraph will not apply to any options, restricted
stock, SAR or other awards approved by the S1 Board of Directors and/or granted to Employee on or
about November 1, 2006; provided further, that no notice of Non-Renewal shall be deemed to be a
termination of the Employee’s employment for such purposes unless otherwise expressly provided in
such notice of Non-Renewal. As a condition precedent to the receipt of the foregoing payments and
benefits, if requested by the Company, the Employee shall enter into an agreement with the Company
confirming the Company’s right to continued performance by the Employee of the Employee’s
obligations under the Related Agreement during the period following termination of the Employee’s
employment.
(e) Limitation on Parachute Payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement or of any other agreement, contract, or understanding heretofore or hereafter entered
into by the Employee with the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, except an agreement,
contract, or understanding hereafter entered into that expressly modifies or excludes application
of this paragraph (an “Other Agreement”), and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other
arrangement for the direct or indirect provision of compensation to the Employee (including groups
or classes of participants or beneficiaries of which the Employee is a member), whether or not such
compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the Employee (a
“Benefit Arrangement”), if the Employee is a “disqualified individual,” as defined in Section
280G(c) of the Code, no payment or benefit shall be made or provided to the Employee or become
vested, exercisable or payable, as applicable, (i) to the extent that such payment, right to
exercise, vesting, or other benefit, taking into account all other payments, rights, or benefits to
or for the Employee, or becoming vested, exercisable or payable, as the case may be, under this
Agreement, all Other Agreements and all Benefit Arrangements, would cause any such payment, right
to exercise, vesting or other benefit to which the Employee is or would be entitled under this
Agreement to be considered a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the
Code as then in effect (a “Parachute Payment”) and (ii) if, as a result of receiving a
Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the Employee under this Agreement,
all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount
that could be received by the Employee without causing any such payment, right to exercise, vesting
or other benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment. In the event that the receipt of any such
payment, right to exercise, vesting, or other benefit under this Agreement, in conjunction with all
other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Employee under any Other Agreement or any Benefit
Arrangement would cause the Employee to be considered to have received a Parachute Payment under
this Agreement that would have the effect of decreasing the after-tax amount received by the
Employee as described in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, then the Employee shall have the
right, in the Employee’s sole discretion, to designate those rights, payments or benefits (or the
vesting or exercisability thereof) under this Agreement, any Other Agreements and any Benefit
Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having the right, payment or
benefit to the Employee (or the vesting or exercisability thereof) under this Agreement be deemed
to be a Parachute Payment. All determinations required to be made under this Section 9(e),
including whether and when a reduction in rights, payments or benefits (or the vesting or
exercisability thereof) is required and the amount of such
reduction and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made
by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or such other certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable
to the Company
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as may be designated by the Employee in writing (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall
provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Employee within 15 business
days of the receipt of notice from the Employee or the Company. In the event that the Accounting
Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the Company or any individual, entity or group
effecting a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company (within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code), the Employee shall appoint another nationally recognized accounting firm
that is reasonably acceptable to the Company to make the determinations required hereunder (which
accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees and expenses
of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting
Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Employee.
(f) Liquidated Damages. The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will
result to the Employee for termination by the Company without Cause or other breach of this
Agreement by the Company shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and
agree that the amounts payable to the Employee under Section 9(d) hereof (the “Severance Payments”)
shall constitute liquidated damages for any breach of this Agreement by the Company through the
Date of Termination. The Employee agrees that, except for such other payments and benefits to
which the Employee may be entitled as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or any
applicable benefit plan, such liquidated damages shall be in lieu of all other claims that the
Employee may make by reason of termination of his employment or any such breach of this Agreement
and that, as a condition to receiving the Severance Payments, the Employee will execute a release
of claims in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
10. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or
are required to be given, served, or sent by any party to any other party pursuant to this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, sent by overnight courier or mailed by
first-class, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or
transmitted by telegram, telecopy or telex, addressed as follows:
(i)
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If to the Company: | |
| S1 Corporation | ||
| 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| Fax: 404/ 000- 0000 | ||
| Attn: Vice President, Human Resources | ||
| with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||
| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx, L.L.P. | ||
| 000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X. | ||
| Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000-0000 | ||
| Fax: 202/000-0000 | ||
(ii)
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If to the Employee: | |
| Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
| 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxx | ||
| Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||
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Each party may designate by notice in writing a new address to which any notice, demand,
request or communication may thereafter be so given, served or sent. Each notice, demand, request,
or communication which shall be hand delivered, sent, mailed or telecopied in the manner described
above, or which shall be delivered to a telegraph company, shall be deemed sufficiently given,
served, sent, received or delivered for all purposes at such time as it is delivered to the
addressee (with the return receipt, the delivery receipt, or (with respect to a telecopy) the
answerback being deemed conclusive, but not exclusive, evidence of such delivery) or at such time
as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation.
11. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more provisions of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
12. Survival. It is the express intention and agreement of the parties hereto that
the provisions of Sections 9, 10, 11, 13, 17 and 20 hereof and this Section 12 shall survive the
termination of employment of the Employee. In addition, all obligations of the Company to make
payments hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement on the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
13. Assignment. The rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement shall not
be assignable or delegable, except that (i) in the event of the Employee’s death, the personal
representative or legatees or distributees of the Employee’s estate, as the case may be, shall have
the right to receive any amount owing and unpaid to the Employee hereunder and (ii) the rights and
obligations of the Company hereunder shall be assignable and delegable in connection with any
subsequent merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the
Company or similar transaction involving the Company or a successor corporation. The Company shall
require any successor to the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the
same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such
succession had taken place.
14. Binding Effect. Subject to any provisions hereof restricting assignment, this
Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
and their respective heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors
and assigns.
15. Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement shall not be amended, altered or modified
except by an instrument in writing duly executed by the parties hereto. Neither the waiver by
either of the parties hereto of a breach of or a default under any of the provisions of this
Agreement, nor the failure of either of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of
the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder, shall thereafter
be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of
any such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder.
16. Headings. Section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are
inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement for
any purpose, and shall not in any way define or affect the meaning, construction or scope of any of
the provisions hereof.
17. Governing Law. This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto,
and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware (but not including any choice of law rule thereof that would
cause the laws of another jurisdiction to apply).
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties respecting the employment of the Employee, there being no representations, warranties or
commitments except as set forth herein.
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19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
20. Definitions.
“Accounting Firm” is defined in Section 9(e) above.
“Agreement” means this Employment Agreement.
“Base Salary” is defined in Section 5(a) above.
“Benefit Arrangement” is defined in Section 9(e) above.
“Board” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Cause” means (i) the indictment by a grand jury or conviction of a felony or a crime
involving moral turpitude (excluding a traffic violation not involving any period of incarceration)
or the willful commission of any other act or omission involving dishonesty or fraud with respect
to, and materially adversely affecting the business affairs of, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their customers or suppliers, (ii) conduct tending to bring the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries into public disgrace or disrepute that is determined by the Company to
cause or be reasonably likely to cause substantial injury to the business and operations of the
Company or such Subsidiary, (iii) substantial and repeated failure to perform duties, including but
not limited to achieving quarterly goals, of the office held by the Employee as reasonably directed
by the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Employee’s incapacity due to injury
or illness), and such failure is not cured within 30 days after the Employee receives written
notice thereof from the Company that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company
believes the Employee has not substantially performed his duties, (iv) gross negligence or willful
misconduct with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that causes substantial and
material injury to the business and operations of the Company or such Subsidiary or (v) any
material breach of the Related Agreement. For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to
act, on the part of the Employee, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be
done, by the Employee in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Employee’s action or
omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon
authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or based upon advice of counsel
for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Employee
in good faith and in the best interests of the Company.
“Change in Control” means the earliest to occur of the following: (i) any person
(other than a corporation (a “Holding Company”) all of the common stock of which is owned,
immediately after the transaction, by persons who owned more than 50 percent of the voting shares
of the Company immediately before the transaction) becomes the beneficial owner of 50 percent or
more of the total number of voting shares of the Company; (ii) any person (other than the persons
named as proxies solicited on behalf of the Board) holds revocable or irrevocable proxies, as to
the election or removal of two or more directors of the Company, for more than 50 percent of the
total number of voting shares of the Company; (iii) any person (other than a Holding Company) has
commenced a tender or exchange offer, or entered into an agreement or received an option, to
acquire beneficial ownership of more than 50 percent of the total number of voting shares of the
Company; (iv) there is a sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company other than to a Holding Company or a corporation controlled by the Company or (v) as the
result of, or in connection with, any cash tender or exchange offer, merger, or other business
combination, sale of assets or contested election, or any combination of the foregoing
transactions, the persons who were directors of the Company before such transaction shall cease to
constitute at least a majority of the Board or any successor corporation. In the event that the
Company (or any successor entity) becomes a subsidiary of a Holding Company, references to the
Company in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be references to the Holding Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” will not be deemed to have occurred under
clauses (ii) or (iii) above if within 30 days of such action, the Board (by a two-thirds
affirmative vote of the directors in office before such action occurred) makes a determination that
such action does not and is not likely to constitute a change in control of the Company. For
purposes of this definition, a “person” includes an individual, corporation, partnership, trust,
association, joint venture, pool, syndicate, unincorporated organization, joint-stock company, or
similar organization or group acting in concert. A person for these purposes shall be
deemed to be a beneficial owner as that term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company” means S1 Corporation and its successors and assigns.
“Date of Termination” means (i) if the Employee’s employment is terminated by the
Employee’s death, the date of the Employee’s death; (ii) if the Employee’s employment is terminated
because of the Employee’s disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) hereof, 30 days after Notice
of Termination, provided that the Employee shall not have returned to the performance of the
Employee’s duties on a full-time basis during such 30-day period; (iii) if the Employee’s
employment is terminated by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B) hereof or by the
Employee pursuant to Section 8(a)(iii) hereof, the date specified in the Notice of Termination; or
(iv) if the Employee’s employment is terminated during the Employment Period other than pursuant to
Section 8(a), the date on which Notice of Termination is given.
“Effective Date” means September 14, 2007.
“Employment Period” is defined in Section 2 above.
“Employee” means Xxx Xxxxxx.
“Good Reason” means (i) the Company’s failure to perform or observe any of the
material terms or provisions of this Agreement, and the continued failure of the Company to cure
such default within 30 days after written demand for performance has been given to the Company by
the Employee, which demand shall describe specifically the nature of such alleged failure to
perform or observe such material terms or provisions; (ii) a change in the Employee’s reporting,
duties and/or job title where there is no reduction in the Employee’s Base Salary or Annual Bonus
potential shall not be determined to be Good Reason under this Agreement; (iii) any requirement by
the Company without the written consent of the Employee that the Employee relocate to a place more
than 50 miles from Norcross, Georgia to perform his duties hereunder; or (iv) the failure of the
Company to obtain the assumption of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement by a successor
as contemplated by Section 13 of this Agreement.
“Initial Term” is defined in Section 2 above.
“Non-Renewal” is defined in Section 2 above.
“Notice of Termination” is defined in Section 8(b) above.
“Other Agreement” is defined in Section 9(e) above.
“Parachute Payment” is defined in Section 9(e) above.
“Related Agreement” is defined in Section 7 above.
“Severance Period” is defined in Section 9(d) above.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation of which the Company owns securities having a
majority of the ordinary voting power in electing the board of directors directly or through one or
more subsidiaries and any partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which the
Company or any subsidiary owns a controlling interest.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf, as of the Effective Date.
| S1 CORPORATION |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| THE EMPLOYEE: |
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| /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | ||||
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EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-DISCLOSURE
AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT
AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT
In consideration and as a condition of my employment by S1 Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”, which term shall also include any subsidiaries and divisions of S1 Corporation), I
hereby agree with the Company as follows:
1. Nondisclosure and Use of Proprietary Information.
(a) I represent and warrant that: (i) I am not subject to any legal or contractual duty or
agreement that would prevent me from performing my duties for the Company or complying with this
Agreement, and I am not in breach of any legal or contractual duty or agreement, including any
agreement concerning trade secrets or confidential information owned by any other party.
(b) I will not: use, disclose, or reverse engineer the Trade Secrets or the Confidential
Information, except as authorized in writing by the Company; (ii) during my employment with the
Company, use, disclose, or reverse engineer (A) any confidential information or trade secrets of
any former employer or third party, or (B) any works of authorship developed in whole or in part by
me during any former employment or for any other party, unless authorized in writing by the former
employer or third party; or (iii) upon my resignation or termination, (A) retain Trade Secrets or
Confidential Information, including any copies existing in any form (including electronic form)
which are in my possession or control, or (B) destroy, delete, or alter the Trade Secrets or
Confidential Information without the Company’s written consent.
(c) The obligations under this Agreement shall (i) with regard to the Trade Secrets, remain in
effect as long as the information constitutes a trade secret under applicable law; and (ii) with
regard to the Confidential Information, remain in effect during the Restricted Period.
(d) The confidentiality, property, and proprietary rights protections available in this
Agreement are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any and all other rights to which the Company
is entitled under federal and state law, including, but not limited to, rights provided under
copyright laws, trade secret and confidential information laws, and laws concerning fiduciary
duties.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
(i) “Confidential Information” means (a) information of the Company, to the extent not
considered a Trade Secret under applicable law, that (i) relates to the business of the Company,
(ii) possesses an element of value to the Company, (iii) is not generally known to the Company’s
competitors, and (iv) would damage the Company if disclosed, and (b) information of any third party
provided to the Company which the Company is obligated to treat as confidential. Confidential
Information includes, but is not limited to, (i) future business plans, (ii) the composition,
description, schematic or design of products, future products or equipment of the Company, (iii)
communication systems, audio systems, system designs and related documentation, (iv) advertising or
marketing plans, (v) information regarding independent contractors, employees, clients and
customers of the Company, and (vi) information concerning the Company’s financial structure and
methods and procedures of operation. Confidential Information shall not include any information
that (a) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of an unauthorized
disclosure, (b) has been independently developed and disclosed by others without violating this
Agreement or the legal rights of any party, or (c) otherwise enters the public domain through
lawful means.
(ii) “Restricted Period” means the time period during my employment with the Company, and for
one (1) year after my employment with the Company ends.
(iii) “Trade Secrets” means information of the Company, and its licensors, suppliers, clients
and customers, without regard to form, including, but not limited to, technical or nontechnical
data, a formula,
a pattern, a compilation, a program, a device, a method, a technique, a drawing, a process,
financial data, financial plans, product plans, or a list of actual or potential customers or
suppliers which is not commonly known by or available to the public and which information (i)
derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being
readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its
disclosure or use, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances
to maintain its secrecy.
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2. Assignment of Developments.
(a) I understand that my employment duties may include inventing in areas directly or
indirectly related to the business of the Company or to a line of business that the Company may
reasonably be interested in pursuing. All Work Product shall constitute work made for hire. If
(i) any of the Work Product may not be considered work made for hire, or (ii) ownership of all
right, title, and interest in and to the Work Product will not vest exclusively in the Company,
then, without further consideration, I assign all presently-existing Work Product to the Company,
and agree to assign, and automatically assign, all future Work Product to the Company.
(b) The Company will have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents,
design registrations and continuations thereof, proprietary database rights, trademarks, rights of
publicity, and any other protection available in the Work Product. At the Company’s request, I
agree to perform, during or after my employment with the Company, any acts to transfer, perfect and
defend the Company’s ownership of the Work Product, including, but not limited to: (i) executing
all documents (including a formal assignment to the Company) for filing an application or
registration for protection of the Work Product (an “Application”), (ii) explaining the nature of
the Work Product to persons designated by the Company, (iii) reviewing Applications and other
related papers, or (iv) providing any other assistance reasonably required for the orderly
prosecution of Applications. I agree to provide the Company with a written description of any Work
Product in which I am involved (solely or jointly with others) and the circumstances surrounding
the creation of such Work Product.
(c) During my employment and after my employment with the Company ends, I grant to the Company
an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to: (i) make, use, sell, copy,
perform, display, distribute, or otherwise utilize copies of the Licensed Materials, (ii) prepare,
use and distribute derivative works based upon the Licensed Materials, and (iii) authorize others
to do the same. I will notify the Company in writing of any Licensed Materials I deliver to the
Company.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
(i) “Licensed Materials” means any materials that I utilize for the benefit of the Company, or
deliver to the Company or the Company’s customers, which (i) do not constitute Work Product, (ii)
are created by me or of which I am otherwise in lawful possession, and (iii) I may lawfully utilize
for the benefit of, or distribute to, the Company or the Company’s customers.
(ii) “Work Product” means (a) any data, databases, materials, documentation, computer
programs, inventions (whether or not patentable), designs, and/or works of authorship, including
but not limited to, discoveries, ideas, concepts, properties, formulas, compositions, methods,
programs, procedures, systems, techniques, products, improvements, innovations, writings, pictures,
audio, video, images of me, and artistic works, and (b) any subject matter protected under patent,
copyright, proprietary database, trademark, trade secret, rights of publicity, confidential
information, or other property rights, including all worldwide rights therein, that is or was
conceived, created or developed in whole or in part by me while employed by the Company and that
either (i) is created within the scope of my employment, (ii) is based on, results from, or is
suggested by any work performed within the scope of my employment and is directly or indirectly
related to the business of the Company or a line of business that the Company may reasonably be
interested in pursuing, (iii) has been or will be paid for by the Company, or (iv) was created or
improved in whole or in part by using the Company’s time, resources, data, facilities, or
equipment.
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3. Non-Solicitation.
(a) During the Restricted Period, I will not, directly or indirectly, solicit, recruit or
induce any Employee to (i) terminate his employment relationship with the Company, or (ii) work for
any other person or entity engaged in the Business.
(b) During the Restricted Period, I will not directly or indirectly solicit any Customer of
the Company for the purpose of providing any goods or services competitive with the Business. The
restrictions set forth in this Section apply only to Customers with whom I had Contact.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
(i) “Business” shall mean the business of developing, designing, and implementing computer
applications that allow banks, brokerage firms, and insurance companies to enable their customers
to access financial information and conduct transactions over multiple delivery channels.
(ii) “Contact” means any interaction between a Customer and me which (i) takes place in an
effort to establish, maintain, and/or further a business relationship on behalf of the Company and
(ii) occurs during the last year of my employment with the Company (or during my employment if
employed less than a year).
(iii) “Customer” means any person or entity to whom the Company has sold its products or
services, or solicited to sell its products or services.
(iv) “Employee” means any person who (i) is employed by the Company at the time my
employment with the Company ends, (ii) was employed by the Company during the last year of my
employment with the Company (or during my employment if employed less than a year), or (iii) is
employed by the Company during the Restricted Period.
4. Equitable Relief.
If I breach this Agreement, I agree that: (a) the Company would suffer irreparable harm; (b)
it would be difficult to determine damages, and money damages alone would be an inadequate remedy
for the injuries suffered by the Company; and (c) if the Company seeks injunctive relief to
enforce this Agreement, I will waive and will not (i) assert any defense that the Company has an
adequate remedy at law with respect to the breach, (ii) require that the Company submit proof of
the economic value of any Trade Secret or Confidential Information, or (iii) require the Company to
post a bond or any other security. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit the Company’s
right to any other remedies at law or in equity.
5. No Right to Continued Employment.
I understand that this Agreement does not create a contract of employment or a contract for
benefits. Except as set forth in a separate agreement duly authorized and executed by the Company,
my employment relationship with the Company is at-will. This means that at either my option or the
Company’s option, my employment may be terminated at any time, with or without cause or notice.
6. Attorneys’ Fees
In the event of litigation relating to this Agreement, the Company shall, if it is the
prevailing party, be entitled to recover attorneys’ fees and costs of litigation in addition to all
other remedies available at law or in equity.
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7. Waivers.
Any waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or
be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of such provision or any other provision hereof.
8. Acknowledgment; Severability.
I acknowledge that the restrictions contained in this Agreement are reasonable and necessary
to protect the legitimate business interests of the Company, and will not impair or infringe upon
my right to work or earn a living in the event my employment with the Company ends. The provisions
of this Agreement are severable. If any provision is determined to be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions and any partially enforceable
provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
9. Survival of Obligations.
I understand that I shall not have the right to assign my rights or obligations under this
Agreement. My obligations under this Agreement shall survive the termination of my employment
regardless of the manner of, or reason for, such termination.
10. Assignment.
This Agreement shall be assignable to, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Company’s
successors and assigns, including, without limitation, successors through merger, name change,
consolidation, or sale of a majority of the Company’s stock or assets, and shall be binding upon
me.
11. Governing Law.
The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern this Agreement. If Delaware’s conflict of law
rules would apply another state’s laws, the Company and I agree that Delaware law shall still
govern.
12. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Company and me concerning the
subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes any prior communications, agreements
or understandings, whether oral or written, between the Company and me relating to the subject
matter of this Agreement.
13. Consent to Jurisdiction.
I agree that any claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in a
state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in Norcross, Georgia. I consent to the personal
jurisdiction of the state and/or federal courts located in Georgia. I waive (a) any objection to
jurisdiction or venue, or (b) any defense claiming lack of jurisdiction or improper venue, in any
action brought in such courts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and Non-Solicitation Agreement as of the 14th day
of September, 2007.
| /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | ||||
| Signature | ||||
| Name: | Xxx Xxxxxx | ||||
| 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxx | |||||
| Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | |||||
| Address | |||||
| Agreed to and Accepted: S1 CORPORATION |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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