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Exhibit 13
SPLIT-DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into as of ___________, ____ by and between
Technologies, Inc., a Georgia corporation, (the "Company") and ("Employee") in
reference to the following facts:
1. Employee is a valued employee of the Company.
2. The Company has simultaneously with the execution of
this Agreement caused _____________________________________ (the "Insurance
Company") to issue and deliver to Employee policy number __________ (the
"Policy") on the life of Employee. The first annual premium has been paid by
the Company as of the date of this Agreement.
3. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company and any
subsidiary of the Company shall constitute the "Employer." For this purpose, a
subsidiary is a corporation which is a member of a controlled group of
corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) of which the Company is a member. If Employee
is employed by a corporation which, as a result of a sale or other corporate
reorganization, ceases to be a member of such controlled group, such sale or
other corporate reorganization shall be treated as a termination of Employee by
Employer without Cause (as defined in Section 8) unless immediately following
the event and without any break in employment the Employee remains employed by
the Company or another corporation which is a member of the controlled group of
corporations.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the facts set forth above and the
various promises and covenants set forth below, the parties to this Agreement
agree as follows:
1. Ownership of Policy.
The Company acknowledges that Employee is the owner of the Policy and
that Employee is entitled to exercise all of his or her ownership rights
granted by the terms of the Policy, except to the extent that the power of the
Employee to exercise those rights is specifically limited by this Agreement.
Except as so limited, it is the expressed intention of the parties to reserve
to Employee all rights in and to the Policy granted to its owner by the terms
thereof, including, but not limited to, the right to change the beneficiary of
that portion of the proceeds to which Employee is entitled under Section 4 of
this Agreement and the right to exercise settlement options.
2. The Company's Security Interest.
The Company's security interest in the Policy is conditioned upon its
satisfactorily performing all of the covenants under this Agreement. Each
period covered by any individual premium payment described in Section 3 shall
be considered a discrete extension
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of the Company's security interest in the Policy. The Company shall not have
nor exercise any right in and to the Policy which could, in any way, endanger,
defeat, or impair any of the rights of Employee in the Policy, including by way
of illustration any right to collect the proceeds of the Policy in excess of
the amount due the Company as provided in this Agreement and in the Policy. The
only rights in and to the Policy granted to the Company in this Agreement shall
be limited to the Company's security interest in and to the cash value of the
Policy, as defined herein, and a portion of the death benefit of the Policy as
hereinafter provided (the "Security Interest"). The Company shall not assign
any of its Security Interest in the Policy to anyone other than Employee.
3. Premium payments.
Until (a) Employee files a notice with the Company pursuant to Section
10 electing a Security Release Date (as defined in Section 10 below), (b)
Employee otherwise attains his or her Security Release Date, or (c) Employee's
employment with the Company is terminated for any reason, whichever occurs
earliest, the Company agrees to pay premiums under the Policy in amounts such
that premiums (not including the initial premium) received by each anniversary
date are at least equal to the "cumulative cost of term insurance" (as defined
in the Policy) from the first anniversary date through the period ending twelve
months after the anniversary date in question. The premium payment shall be
transmitted directly by the Company to the Insurance Company. Consistent with
the preceding sentences, prior to the release of the Company's Security
Interest in the Policy, Employee and the Company agree that the Company shall
from time to time designate one or more individuals (the "Designee"), who may
be officers of the Company, who shall be entitled to adjust the death benefit
under the Policy; provided, however, that the Designee may only increase, but
not-decrease, the death benefit in effect on the date that the Policy is
issued. During the period of time that this Agreement is in effect, Employee
irrevocably agrees that all dividends paid on the Policy shall be applied to
purchase from the Insurance Company additional paid-up life insurance on the
life of Employee.
4. Death of Employee while employed by Employer.
(a) If Employee dies prior to termination of employment with
Employer and prior to his or her Security Release Date (as defined in Section
10 below), Employee's designated beneficiary shall be entitled to receive as a
death benefit an amount equal to two and one-half (2-1/2) times Employee's
annual base salary at the time of death. The amount described in the preceding
sentence shall be paid from the proceeds of the Policy. To the extent that the
death benefit under the Policy exceeds such amount, the balance of the death
benefit shall be payable to the Company. The designation of the beneficiaries
under the Policy shall be in accordance with this Section.
(b) Employee agrees that, during the period of this Agreement,
Employee will obtain and provide to the Company and/or the Insurance Company
the written consent of the spouse of the Employee, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit B, to any designation
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by Employee of anyone other than the Employee's spouse as the beneficiary to
receive the benefits under this Section 4.
5. Employee's attaining his or her Security Release Date or termination
of Employee's employment on account of a Qualifying Termination.
(a) By making timely payment of the premiums described in Section
3, the Company may renew its Security Interest in the Policy for the period
commencing with the due date of such payment until the later of (1) the due
date of the next payment described in Section 3, or (2) the date that Employee
attains his or her Security Release Date or terminates employment with the
Employer on account of a Qualifying Termination (either of which events
described in this clause 2 is referred to herein as a "Qualifying Event"). The
Company may not extend its Security Interest in the Policy under the Collateral
Security Assignment Agreement attached as Exhibit A after the occurrence of a
Qualifying Event. After such Qualifying Event, Employee shall be entitled to
exercise all of his or her ownership rights in the Policy without any
limitation, and this Agreement and its accompanying Collateral Security
Assignment Agreement shall no longer constitute a restriction on Employee's
rights.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Company shall continue to
have its Security Interest in the Policy to the extent required to satisfy its
withholding obligations as described in Section 12.
6. Termination of an Employee for a reason other than a Qualifying
Termination.
If the employment of Employee with Employer is terminated prior to his
or her Security Release Date for a reason other than a Qualifying Termination
(as described below), Employee shall cause, either by withdrawing from or
borrowing against the Policy, on a nonrecourse basis, to be transferred to the
Company an amount equal to the maximum amount that may then be obtained under
the Policy. In the event that the amount that can be withdrawn from or borrowed
against the Policy is less than the cash surrender value of the Policy, the
Company shall withhold from other compensation payable to Employee the amount
of such difference unless Employee has previously transferred to the Company an
amount equal to such difference. In no event shall Employee's voluntary
resignation prior to attaining his or her Security Release Date (as such
concept is further defined below) ever constitute a Qualifying Termination,
except in certain situations following a Change in Control (see Section 9).
7. Definition of a Qualifying Termination.
A Qualifying Termination is either of the following events: the
termination of Employee by Employer for any reason other than "Cause," as
described in Section 8; or the termination of Employee after a Change in
Control under the circumstances described in Section 9(a). Both of these
concepts are further defined below.
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8. Qualifying Termination because Employee is terminated for a reason
other than "Cause".
For purposes of this Section, "Cause" shall mean (a) Employee's
failure to render services to the Employer where such failure amounts to
misconduct or gross neglect of Employee's responsibilities and duties; (b)
Employee's commission of an act of fraud or dishonesty against the Employer; or
(c) Employee's conviction of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude.
9. Qualifying Termination on account of termination after a Change in
Control.
(a) A Qualifying Termination shall be treated as occurring after a
"Change in Control" of the Company (as defined below) if there is first a
"Change in Control" and then, within one year following such Change in Control,
either (1) Employee's employment with the Employer is terminated without
"Cause" (as defined in Section 8) or (2) Employee terminates his or her
employment with the Employer for "Good Reason" (as defined in subsection (c)
below).
(b) For purposes of this Section, "Change in Control" of the
Company shall mean changes in the ownership of the Company, changes in the
effective control of the Company and changes in ownership of a substantial
portion of the Company's assets all as defined, discussed and illustrated in
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code and the duly promulgated Treasury
Regulations thereunder, and the disposition of a substantial portion of the
Company's assets as defined in subparagraph (4) below. Without limiting the
foregoing and by way of example:
(1) A change in the ownership of the Company occurs on
the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a
group, acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with
stock held by such person or group, possess more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the
stock of the Company. An increase in the percentage of stock owned by
any one person, or persons acting as a group, as a result of a
transaction in which the Company acquires its stock in exchange for
property will be treated as an acquisition of stock.
(2) A change in the effective control of the Company
occurs on the date that either: any one person, or more than one
person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the twelve
(12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by
such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Company possessing
twenty percent (20%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of
the Company; or a majority of members of the Company's Board of
Directors is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors
whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the
members of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors prior
to the date of the appointment or election of the first of such new
directors.
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(3) A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of
the Company's assets occurs on the date that any one person, or more
than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during
the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent
acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that
have a total fair market value equal to or more than one-third of the
total fair market value of all of the assets of the Company
immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions. The transfer of
assets by the Company is not treated as a change in the ownership of
such assets if the assets are transferred (A) to a shareholder of the
Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for such
shareholder's capital stock of the Company having a fair market value
approximately equal to the fair market value of such assets or (B) to
an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting
power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
(4) A disposition of substantial portion of the Company's
assets occurs on the date that the Company transfers assets by sale,
distribution to shareholders, assignment to creditors, foreclosure or
otherwise, in a transaction or transactions not in the ordinary course
of the Company's business (or has made such transfers during the
twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent such
transfer of assets) that have a total fair market value equal to or
more than - one-third of the total fair market value of all of the
assets of the Company as of the date immediately prior to the first
such transfer or transfers. The transfer of assets by the Company is
not treated as a disposition of a substantial portion of the Company's
assets if the assets are transferred to an entity, fifty percent (50%)
or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly
or indirectly, by the Company.
For purposes of the provisions of this Agreement defining "Change in Control,"
(A) references to the Company in this Agreement include the Georgia corporation
known as Healthdyne Technologies, Inc. as of the date of execution of this
Agreement, and any corporation which is the legal successor to such corporation
by virtue of merger or share exchange; and (B) the terms "person," "acting as a
group" and "ownership" shall have the meanings prescribed in Sections 3(a)(9)
and 1 3(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule
13d-3 promulgated thereunder; provided, however, that in any merger,
consolidation or share exchange in which less than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding voting securities of the Company or its successor corporation are
held by the former shareholders of the Company, the shareholders of the
corporation or corporations who acquired ownership of fifty percent (50%) or
more of the surviving corporations shall be deemed to have acted as a group,
resulting in a change in ownership under subparagraph (1) above.
(c) For purposes of this Section, "Good Reason" shall mean the
occurrence of one of the following events:
(1) the assignment to the Employee of any duties
inconsistent with, or the reduction of powers or
functions associated with, his or her positions,
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duties, responsibilities and status with the Employer
immediately prior to a Change in Control, or any
removal of the Employee from, or any failure to
reelect the Employee to, any positions or offices the
Employee held immediately prior to a Change in
Control, except in connection with the termination of
the Employee's employment by the Employer for "Cause"
(as defined in Section 8);
(2) a reduction by the Employer of the Employee's base
salary as in effect immediately prior to a Change in
Control, except in connection with the termination of
the Employee's employment by the Employer for "Cause"
(as defined in Section 8);
(3) a change in the Employee's principal work location to
a location more than forty (40) miles from Marietta,
Georgia, except for required travel on the Employer's
business to an extent substantially consistent with
the Employee's business travel obligations
immediately prior to a Change in Control;
(4) (A) the failure by the Employer to continue in
effect any employee benefit plan, program or
arrangement (including, without limitation, "employee
benefit plans" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
in which the Employee was participating immediately
prior to a Change in Control (or substitute plans,
programs or arrangements providing the Employee with
substantially similar benefits), (B) the taking of
any action, or the failure to take any action, by the
Employer which could (i) adversely affect the
Employee's participation in, or materially reduce the
Employee's benefits under, any of such plans,
programs or arrangements, (ii) materially adversely
affect the basis for computing benefits under any of
such plans, programs or arrangements or (iii) deprive
the Employee of any material fringe benefit enjoyed
by the Employee immediately prior to a Change in
Control or (C) the failure by the Employer to provide
the Employee with the number of paid vacation days to
which the Employee was entitled immediately prior to
a Change in Control in accordance with the Employer's
vacation policy applicable to the Employee then in
effect, except in connection with the termination of
the Employee's employment by the Company for "Cause"
(as defined in Section 8);
(5) the failure by the Employer to pay the Employee any
portion of the Employee's current compensation, or
any portion of the Employee's compensation deferred
under any plan, agreement or arrangement of or with
the Employer within seven (7) days of the date such
compensation is due;
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(6) the failure by the Company to obtain an assumption of
the obligations of the Company under this Agreement
by any successor to the Company.
(d) A termination of employment by Employee within the 12-month
period following a Change in Control shall be for Good Reason if one of the
occurrences specified in paragraph (c) shall have occurred, notwithstanding
that Employee may have other reasons for terminating employment, including
employment by another employer which Employee desires to accept.
10. Employee's attaining his or her Security Release Date.
(a) Employee's "Security Release Date" shall mean the date which
is at least two years following the date on which the Company receives from
Employee a completed notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, provided
that Employee continues to be employed by Employer until such date. Employee's
election of a Security Release Date shall be irrevocable.
(b) Employee shall attain his or her Security Release Date upon
becoming disabled while employed by the Employer. Employee shall be considered
"disabled" at the time that the Administrator (as defined in Section 13(a)
below) determines, based upon competent medical advice, that an Employee is
incapable of rendering substantial services to the Employer by reason of mental
or physical disability.
(c) The Company's Security Interest in the Policy is contingent
upon the timely payment of the premiums required under Section 3 of this
Agreement. Each period covered by any individual premium payment shall be
considered an independent extension of the Company's Security Interest in the
Policy. In the event that the Company waives its rights by reason of failure to
make payments under Section 3 of this Agreement, Employee shall immediately
attain his or her Security Release Date (provided, however, that the cessation
of the Company's obligations to pay premiums upon Employee's filing of an
election of a Security Release Date shall not result in Employee immediately
attaining his or her Security Release Date.) The Company's failure to extend
its rights in no way affects the Company's duties and obligations under this
Agreement.
11. Limitation on Employee's rights prior to a Qualifying Event.
In order to protect the Company's Security Interest and
notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement, prior to a Qualifying
Event, Employee agrees that he or she will not modify the death benefit under
the Policy, direct the investment of the cash surrender value of the Policy,
borrow against the Policy, assign the Policy, or obtain any portion of the cash
value of the Policy. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if Section 6
applies to a termination, Employee may borrow or withdraw from the Policy, so
long as the borrowing or withdrawal request is submitted to the Insurance
Company along with a directive that the borrowed or withdrawn amount be
transferred directly to the Company.
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Prior to the release of the Company's Security Interest in the Policy, Employee
and the Company agree that the Company shall from time to time appoint one or
more individuals (the "Designee"), who may be officers of the Company, who
shall be entitled to direct the investments under the Policy; provided,
however, that, the Designee may only direct the investments under the Policy in
funds offered by the Insurance Company under the Policy.
12. Tax Withholding.
It is recognized by the parties that the rights of Employee in the
Policy (as modified by the Agreement) may cause Employee to be treated under
certain circumstances as in receipt of gross income. These circumstances may
also impose upon the Company an obligation to deduct and withhold federal,
state or local taxes. Unless Employee otherwise provides the Company the
amounts it is required to withhold, Employee shall cause, either by withdrawing
from or borrowing on a nonrecourse basis against the Policy, to be transferred
to the Company that portion of the cash value of the Policy which is equal to
the amount of any federal, state or local taxes required to be withheld.
13. Disputes.
(a) A committee, the members of which shall be the Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Company, (the
"Administrator") shall administer this Agreement. The Administrator (either
directly or through its designees) will have power and authority to interpret,
construe, and administer this Agreement (for the purpose of this section, the
Agreement shall include the Collateral Security Assignment Agreement); provided
that, the Administrator's authority to interpret this Agreement shall not cause
the Administrator's decisions in this regard to be entitled to a deferential
standard of review in the event that Employee or his or her beneficiary seeks
review of the Administrator's decision as described below.
(b) Neither the Administrator, its designee nor its advisors,
shall be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in connection
with the interpretation and administration of this Agreement.
(c) Because it is agreed that time will be of the essence in
determining whether any payments are due to Employee or his or her beneficiary
under this Agreement, Employee or his or her beneficiary may, if he or she
desires, submit any claim for payment under this Agreement or dispute regarding
the interpretation of this Agreement to arbitration. This right to select
arbitration shall be solely that of Employee or his or her beneficiary and
Employee or his or her beneficiary may decide whether or not to arbitrate in
his or her discretion. The "right to select arbitration" is not mandatory on
Employee or his or her beneficiary and Employee or his or her beneficiary may
choose in lieu thereof to bring an action in an appropriate civil court. Once
an arbitration is commenced, however, it may not be discontinued without the
mutual consent of both parties to the arbitration. During the lifetime of the
Employee only he or she can use the arbitration procedure set forth in this
section.
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(d) Any claim for arbitration may be submitted as follows: if
Employee or his or her beneficiary disagrees with the Administrator regarding
the interpretation of this Agreement and the claim is finally denied by the
Administrator in whole or in part, such claim may be filed in writing with an
arbitrator of Employee's or beneficiary's choice who is selected by the method
described in the next four sentences. The first step of the selection shall
consist of Employee or his or her beneficiary submitting a list of five
potential arbitrators to the Administrator. Each of the five arbitrators must
be either (1) a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators located in the
State of Georgia or (2) a retired Georgia Superior Court, Court of Appeals or
Supreme Court judge. Within one week after receipt of the list, the
Administrator shall select one of the five arbitrators as the arbitrator for
the dispute in question. If the Administrator fails to select an arbitrator in
a timely manner, Employee or his or her beneficiary shall then designate one of
the five arbitrators as the arbitrator for the dispute in question.
(e) The arbitration hearing shall be held within seven days (or as
soon thereafter as possible) after the picking of the arbitrator. No
continuance of said hearing shall be allowed without the mutual consent of
Employee or his or her beneficiary and the Administrator. Absence from or
nonparticipation at the hearing by either party shall not prevent the issuance
of an award. Hearing procedures which will expedite the hearing may be ordered
at the arbitrator's discretion, and the arbitrator may close the hearing in his
or her sole discretion when he or she decides he or she has heard sufficient
evidence to satisfy issuance of an award.
(f) The arbitrator's award shall be rendered as expeditiously as
possible and in no event later than one week after the close of the hearing. In
the event the arbitrator finds that the Company has breached this Agreement, he
or she shall order the Company to immediately take the necessary steps to
remedy the breach. The award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon
the parties. The award may be enforced in any appropriate court as soon as
possible after its rendition. If an action is brought to confirm the award,
both the Company and Employee agree that no appeal shall be taken by either
party from any decision rendered in such action.
(g) Solely for purposes of determining the allocation of the costs
described in this subsection, the Administrator will be considered the
prevailing party in a dispute if the arbitrator determines (1) that the Company
has not breached this Agreement and (2) the claim by Employee or his or her
beneficiary was not made in good faith. Otherwise, Employee or his or her
beneficiary will be considered the prevailing party. In the event that the
Company is the prevailing party, the fee of the arbitrator and all necessary
expenses of the hearing (excluding any attorneys' fees incurred by the Company)
including stenographic reporter, if employed, shall be paid by the other party.
In the event that Employee or his or her beneficiary is the prevailing party,
the fee of the arbitrator and all necessary expenses of the hearing (including
all attorneys' fees incurred by Employee or his or her beneficiary in pursuing
his or her claim), including the fees of a stenographic reporter if employed,
shall be paid by the Company.
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14. Collateral Security Assignment of Policy to the Company.
In consideration of the promises contained herein, the Employee has
contemporaneously herewith granted the Security Interest in the Policy to the
Company as collateral. under the form of Collateral Security Assignment
attached hereto as Exhibit A, which Collateral Security Assignment gives the
Company the limited power to enforce its rights to recover the cash value of
the Policy, or a portion of the death benefit thereof, under the circumstances
defined herein. The Company's Security Interest in the Policy shall be
specifically limited to the rights set forth above in this Agreement,
notwithstanding the provisions of any other documents including the Policy.
Employee agrees to execute any notice prepared by the Company requesting a
withdrawal or non-recourse loan in an amount equal to the amount to which the
Company is entitled under Sections 5, 6 or 12 of this Agreement.
15. Employee's beneficiary rights and security interest.
(a) The Company and Employee intend that in no event shall the
Company have any power or interest related to the Policy or its proceeds,
except as provided herein and in the Collateral Security Assignment. In the
event that the Company ever receives or may be deemed to have received any
right or interest in the Policy or its proceeds beyond the limited rights
described herein and in the Collateral Security Assignment, such right or
interest shall be held in trust for the benefit of Employee and be held
separate from the property of the Company. The Company hereby agrees to act as
trustee for the benefit of Employee concerning any right to the Policy or its
proceeds, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement.
(b) In order to further protect the rights of the Employee, the
Company agrees that its rights to the Policy and proceeds thereof shall serve
as security for the Company's obligations as provided in this Agreement to
Employee. The Company grants to Employee a security interest in and
collaterally assigns to Employee any and all rights the Company has in the
Policy, and products and proceeds thereof whether now existing or hereafter
arising pursuant to the provisions of the Policy, this Agreement, the
Collateral Security Assignment or otherwise, to secure any and all obligations
owed by the Company to Employee under this Agreement. In no event shall this
provision be interpreted to reduce Employee's rights to the Policy or expand in
any way the rights or benefits of the Company under this Agreement, the Policy
or the Collateral Security Assignment. This security interest granted to
Employee from the Company shall automatically expire and be deemed waived if
Employee terminates employment with Employer prior to a Qualifying Event.
Nothing in this provision shall prevent the Company from receiving its share of
the death benefits under the Policy as provided in Section 4 of this Agreement.
16. Amendment of Agreement.
Except as provided in a written instrument signed by the Company and
Employee, this Agreement may not be cancelled, amended, altered, or modified.
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17. Notice under Agreement.
Any notice. consent, or demand required or permitted to be given under
the provisions of this Agreement by one party to another shall be in writing,
signed by the party giving or making it, and may be given either by delivering
it to such other party personally or by mailing it, by United States Certified
mail, postage prepaid, to such party, addressed to its last known address as
shown on the records of the Company. The date of such mailing shall be deemed
the date of such mailed notice, consent, or demand.
18. Binding Agreement.
This Agreement shall bind the parties hereto and their respective
successors, heirs, executor, administrators, and transferees, and any Policy
beneficiary.
19. Controlling law and characterization of Agreement.
(a) To the extent not governed by federal law, this Agreement and
the right to the parties hereunder shall be controlled by the laws of the State
of Georgia.
(b) If this Agreement is considered a "plan" under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), both the Company and Employee
acknowledge and agree that for all purposes the Agreement shall be treated as a
"welfare plan" within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA, so that only those
provisions of ERISA applicable to welfare plans shall apply to the Agreement,
and that any rights that might arise under ERISA if this Agreement were treated
as a "pension plan" within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA are hereby
expressly waived. Consistent with the preceding sentence, Employee further
acknowledges that his or her rights to the Policy and the release of the
Company's Security Interest are strictly limited to those rights set forth in
this Agreement. In furtherance of this acknowledgment and in consideration of
the Company's payment of the initial premiums for this Policy, Employee
voluntarily and irrevocably relinquishes and waives any additional rights in
the Policy or any different restrictions on the release of the Company's
Security Interest that he or she might otherwise argue to exist under either
state, federal, or other law. Employee further agrees that he or she will not
argue that any such additional rights or different restrictions exist in any
judicial or arbitration proceeding. Similarly, the Company acknowledges that
its Security Interest is strictly limited as set forth in this Agreement and
voluntarily and irrevocably relinquishes and waives any additional interests or
different interests or advantages that the Company would have or enjoy if the
Agreement were not treated as a "welfare plan" within the meaning of section
3(1) of ERISA.
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20. Execution of Documents.
The Company and Employee agree to execute any and all documents
necessary to effectuate the terms of this Agreement.
HEALTHDYNE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:_________________________
Its:________________________
EMPLOYEE
____________________________
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EXHIBIT A
COLLATERAL SECURITY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
This Collateral Security Assignment is made and entered into effective
as of ____________ ____ by the undersigned as the owner (the "Owner") of Life
Insurance Policy Number __________ (the "Policy") issued by
______________________________________ (the "Insurer") upon the life of Owner
and by Healthdyne Technologies, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the "Assignee").
WHEREAS, the Owner is a valued employee of Assignee or a subsidiary of
Assignee, and the Assignee wishes to retain him or her in its or its
subsidiary's employ; and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to the Owner's continued employment, the
Assignee wishes to pay premiums on the Policy, as more specifically provided
for in that certain Split-Dollar Life Insurance Agreement dated as of
___________, ____, and entered into between the Owner and the Assignee as such
agreement may be hereafter amended or modified (the "Agreement") (unless
otherwise indicated the terms herein shall have the definitions ascribed
thereto in the Agreement);
WHEREAS, in consideration of the Assignee agreeing to make the premium
payments, the Owner agrees to grant the Assignee a security interest in the
Policy as collateral security; and
WHEREAS, the Owner and Assignee intend that the Assignee have no
greater interest in the Policy than that prescribed herein and in the Agreement
and that if the Assignee ever obtains any right or interest in the Policy or
the proceeds thereof, except as provided herein and in the Agreement, such
right or interest shall be held in trust for the Owner to satisfy the
obligations of Assignee to Owner under the Agreement and the Assignee
additionally agrees that its rights to the Policy shall serve as security for
its obligations to the Owner under the Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Owner hereby assigns, transfers and sets over to
the Assignee for security the following specific rights in the Policy, subject
to the following terms, agreements and conditions:
1. This Collateral Security Assignment is made, and the Policy is
to be held, as collateral security for all liabilities of the Owner to the
Assignee pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, whether now existing or
hereafter arising (the "Secured Obligations"). The Secured Obligations include:
(i) the obligation of the Owner to transfer an amount equal to the entire cash
value in the event that the Owner terminates employment with Employer for a
reason other than a Qualifying Termination and before attaining his or her
Security Release Date; (ii) the obligation of the Owner to pay an amount of
cash to the Assignee or transfer to the Assignee that portion of the cash value
which is equal to any federal, state
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or local taxes that Assignee may be required to withhold and collect (as set
forth in Section 12 of the Agreement); and (iii) the obligation of the Owner to
name the Assignee as beneficiary for a portion of the death benefit under the
Policy in the event of the death of Owner prior to Owner's termination of
employment with Employer in accordance with Section 4 of the Agreement.
2. The Owner hereby grants to Assignee a security interest in and
collaterally assigns to Assignee the Policy and the cash value to secure the
Secured Obligations. However, the Assignee's interest in the Policy shall be
strictly limited to:
(a) The right to be paid the Assignee's portion of the death
benefit in the event of the death of Owner prior to Owner's termination of
employment with Employer in accordance with Section 4 of the Agreement;
(b) The right to receive an amount equal to the entire cash value
of the Policy (which right may be realized by Assignee's receiving a portion of
the death benefit under the Policy or by Owner's causing such amount to be
transferred to Assignee (through withdrawing from or borrowing against the
Policy) in accordance with the terms of the Agreement) if the Owner terminates
employment with Employer for a reason other than a Qualifying Termination
(unless he or she has previously attained his or her Security Release Date);
and
(c) The right to receive an amount equal to any federal, state or
local taxes that Assignee may be required to withhold and collect (as set forth
in Section 12 of the Agreement).
3.(a) Owner shall retain all incidents of ownership in the
Policy, and may exercise such incidents of ownership except as otherwise
limited by the Agreement and hereunder. The Insurer is only authorized to
recognize (and is fully protected in recognizing) the exercise of any ownership
rights by Owner if the Insurer determines that the Assignee has been given
notice of Owner's purported exercise of ownership rights in compliance with the
provisions of Section 3(b) hereof and as of the date thirty days after such
notice is given, the Insurer has not received written notification from the
Assignee of Assignee's objection to such exercise; provided that, the
designation of the beneficiary to receive the death benefits not otherwise
payable to Assignee pursuant to Section 4 of the Agreement may be changed by
the Owner without prior notification of Assignee. The Insurer shall not be
responsible to ensure that the actions of the Owner conform to the Agreement.
(b) Assignee hereby acknowledges that for purposes of this
Collateral Security Assignment, Assignee shall be conclusively deemed to have
been properly notified of Owner's purported exercise of his or her ownership
rights as of the third business day following either of the following events:
(1) Owner mails written notice of such exercise to Assignee by United States
certified mail, postage paid, at the address below and provides the Insurer
with a copy of such notice and a copy of the certified mail receipt or (2) the
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Insurer mails written notice of such exercise to Assignee by regular United
States mail, postage paid, at the address set forth below:
Healthdyne Technologies, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
ATTN: General Counsel
The foregoing address shall be the appropriate address for such notices to be
sent unless and until the receipt by both Owner and the Insurer of a written
notice from Assignee of a change in such address.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Owner and Assignee hereby agree
that, until Assignee's security interest in the Policy is released, Assignee
shall from time to time designate one or more individuals (the "Designee"), who
may be officers of Assignee, who shall be entitled to adjust the death benefit
under the Policy and to direct the investments under the Policy; provided,
however, that the Designee may only increase, but not decrease, the death
benefit in effect on the date that the Policy is issued; provided, further,
that the Designee may only direct the investments under the Policy in funds
offered by the Insurer under the Policy. Assignee shall notify the Insurer in
writing of the identity of the Designee and any changes in the identity of the
Designee. Until Assignee's security interest in the Policy is released, no
other party may adjust the death benefit or direct the investments under the
Policy without the consent of the Assignee and Owner.
4. If the Policy is in the possession of the Assignee, the
Assignee shall, upon request, forward the Policy to the Insurer without
unreasonable delay for endorsement of any designation or change of beneficiary
or the exercise of any other right reserved by the Owner.
5. (a) Assignee shall be entitled to exercise its rights under
the Agreement by delivering a written notice to Insurer, executed by the
Assignee and the Owner or the Owner's beneficiary, requesting either (1) a
withdrawal or nonrecourse policy loan equal to the amount to which Assignee is
entitled under Sections 5, 6 or 12 of the Agreement and transfer of such
withdrawn or borrowed amount to Assignee or (2) the payment to the Assignee of
that portion of the death benefit under the Policy to which the Assignee is
entitled under Section 4 of the Agreement. So long as the notice is also signed
by Owner or his or her beneficiary, Insurer shall pay or loan the-specified
amounts to Assignee without the need for any additional documentation.
(b) Upon receipt of a properly executed notice complying with the
requirements of subsection (a) above, the Insurer is hereby authorized to
recognize the Assignee's claims to rights hereunder without the need for any
additional documentation and without investigating (1) the reason for such
action taken by the Assignee; (2) the validity or the amount of any of the
liabilities of the Owner to the Assignee under the Agreement; (3) the
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existence of any default therein, (4) the giving of any notice required herein,
or (5) the application to be made by the Assignee of any amounts to be paid to
the Assignee. The receipt of the Assignee for any sums received by it shall be
a full discharge and release therefor to the Insurer.
6. Upon the full payment of the liabilities of the Owner to the
Assignee pursuant to the Agreement. the Assignee shall execute an appropriate
release of this Collateral Security Assignment.
7. The Assignee shall have the right to request of the Insurer
and/or the Owner notice of any action taken with respect to the Policy by the
Owner.
8.(a) The Assignee and the Owner intend that in no event shall
the Assignee have any power or interest related to the Policy or its proceeds,
except as provided herein and in the Agreement, notwithstanding the provisions
of any other documents including the Policy. In the event that the Assignee
ever receives or may be deemed to have received any right or interest beyond
the limited rights described herein and in the Agreement, such right or
interest shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Owner and be held
separate from the property of the Assignee. The Assignee hereby agrees to act
as trustee for the benefit of the Owner concerning any right to the Policy or
its proceeds, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in the
Agreement and this Collateral Security Assignment Agreement.
(b) In order to further protect the rights of the Owner, the
Assignee agrees that its rights to the Policy and proceeds thereof shall serve
as security for the Assignee's obligations to the Owner as provided in the
Agreement. Assignee hereby grants to Owner a security interest in and
collaterally assigns to Owner any and all rights it has in the Policy, and
products and proceeds thereof, whether now existing or hereafter arising
pursuant to the provisions of the Policy, the Agreement, this Collateral
Security Assignment or otherwise, to secure Assignee's obligations ("Assignee
Obligations") to Owner under the Agreement, whether now existing or hereafter
arising. The Assignee Obligations include all obligations owed by the Assignee
to Owner under the Agreement, including without limitation: (i) the obligation
to transfer ownership of the Policy to Owner and to make the premium payments
required under Section 3 of the Agreement and (ii) the obligation to do nothing
which may, in any way, endanger, defeat or impair any of the rights of Owner in
the Policy as provided in the Agreement. In no event shall this provision be
interpreted to reduce Owner's rights in the Policy or expand in any way the
rights or benefits of the Assignee under the Agreement. In the event that Owner
terminates employment with Employer for any reason prior to a Qualifying Event,
this security interest and collateral assignment granted by Assignee to Owner
shall automatically expire and be deemed waived. Nothing in this provision
shall prevent the Assignee from receiving its share of the death benefits under
the Policy as provided in Section 4 of the Agreement.
9. Assignee and Owner agree to execute any documents necessary to
effectuate this Collateral Security Assignment pursuant to the provisions of
the Agreement. All
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disputes shall be settled as provided in Section 13 of the Agreement. The
rights under this Collateral Security Assignment may be enforced pursuant to
the terms of the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner and Assignee have executed this
Collateral Security Assignment effective the day and year first above written.
_________________________________
_____________________, Owner
Healthdyne Technologies, Inc.
By:______________________________
Title:___________________________
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EXHIBIT B
SPOUSAL CONSENT TO DESIGNATION OF NONSPOUSAL BENEFICIARY
My spouse is _________________________. I hereby consent to the
designation made by my spouse of _________________ as the beneficiary (subject
to any rights collaterally assigned to Healthdyne Technologies, Inc.) under
Life Insurance Policy No. __________ which Healthdyne Technologies, Inc. has
purchased from______________________________ and transferred to him/her. I
understand that this consent is valid only with respect to the naming of the
beneficiary indicated above and that the designation of any other beneficiary
will not be valid unless I consent in writing to such designation.
This consent is being voluntarily given, and no undue influence or
coercion has been exercised in connection with my consent to the designation
made by my spouse of the beneficiary named above rather than myself as the
beneficiary under the Split-Dollar Life Insurance Policy.
______________________________
Spouse's Signature
______________________________
Print Spouse's Name
______________________________
Date
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EXHIBIT C
SPLIT-DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE
TWO YEAR SECURITY RELEASE NOTICE
Pursuant to the Split-Dollar Life Insurance Agreement entered into
between Healthdyne Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") and me dated as of
___________, _____ (the "Agreement"), I hereby notify the Company that I
request to be released on _______ _______ ("Security Release Date") from the
Company's collateral security in Policy Number _________ issued by
__________________________________. I understand that my Security Release Date
must be at least two years from the date on which the Company receives this
Notice. I further understand that in order for the Company's collateral
security interest to be released on my Security Release Date, I must continue
to be employed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries (as defined in the
Agreement) until such date.
________________________________
Name of Employee
________________________________
Date
Received by Healthdyne Technologies, Inc.
on _________________________________
By _________________________________
