QUADRAMED CORPORATION
AMENDMENT OF SEPARATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT entered into effective as of July 31, 2001 (the
"Effective Date"), by and between Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, an individual currently
residing at 00 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx ("Xx. Xxxxxx"), and
QuadraMed Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"):
WITNESSETH THAT
WHEREAS, prior to June 12, 2000, Xx. Xxxxxx served as Chairman of the
Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") and its Chief Executive Officer;
WHEREAS, the Company and Xx. Xxxxxx entered into an separation
agreement as of the 12th day of June, 2000 (the "Separation Agreement"),
pursuant to which Xx. Xxxxxx relinquished his role as Chief Executive Officer
of the Company while agreeing to remain a part-time employee of the Company
through December 31, 2002, Chairman of the Board through December 31, 2000,
and thereafter a member of the Board, in exchange for the consideration
therein described;
WHEREAS, the Company and Xx. Xxxxxx believe it would be mutually
advantageous for Xx. Xxxxxx to resign as a member of the Board; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Xx. Xxxxxx desire to clarify certain
provisions of the Separation Agreement that would be affected by Xx. Xxxxxx'x
resignation as a member of the Board in general without, however, increasing
the compensation and benefits otherwise due him under the Separation Agreement
or reducing the obligations of the Company had that Agreement continued in
effect unamended;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Xx. Xxxxxx hereby agree as
follows, in each case effective as of the Effective Date:
1. Resignation. Xx. Xxxxxx hereby voluntarily resigns as a member of
the Board. This resignation shall not alter Xx. Xxxxxx'x continued employment
as a part-time employee pursuant to the Separation Agreement, which shall
continue as provided therein. Neither Xx. Xxxxxx'x resignation from the Board
nor any other modification of his employment arrangement with the Company, now
or in the future, shall be treated as an Involuntary Termination as defined in
the QuadraMed Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, effective
January 1, 2000 (the "SERP").
2. Contemporaneous with the execution of this Agreement, the Company
has delivered to Xx. Xxxxxx and Xx. Xxxxxx acknowledges receipt (i) the
Company's check in the amount EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
THIRTY-NINE DOLLARS AND SIXTY-EIGHT CENTS ($895,939.68) and (ii) one or more
certificates of the Company's common stock representing in aggregate ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY-SIX (124,696) shares. Xx.
Xxxxxx hereby agrees to and does accept such check and stock certificates in
full satisfaction of his interest and rights under the QuadraMed Corporation
Stock Exchange Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Stock Plan"), disavows any
right or claim he has or might have to continued participation in the Stock
Plan after the Board's termination thereof, whether pursuant to the Separation
Agreement or otherwise, and disclaims any interest he has or might have in any
life insurance policy or other arrangement the Company holds or now maintains
for the purpose of preparing for the date or dates on which it otherwise would
be obligated to satisfy its liability to Xx. Xxxxxx under the Stock Plan. Xx.
Xxxxxx further acknowledges any income taxes due in respect of this payment
(including the share certificates) are his sole responsibility and hereby
agrees to hold the Company harmless from and indemnify the Company for any
liability for income taxes (including interests or penalties thereon and
additions thereto) required to be withheld from or due and payable by Xx.
Xxxxxx in respect of, this payment (including the share certificates). Xx.
Xxxxxx authorizes the Company, in addition to any other remedies it may have
under applicable law to enforce the foregoing indemnity, to set off any such
liability against any amounts it may owe Xx. Xxxxxx under the SERP (as defined
in Section 3 below), with interest from the date or dates incurred to the date
the eliminated or reduced SERP payment would otherwise have been made at rates
reflective of the Company's borrowing costs over such period or periods.
3. Xx. Xxxxxx'x interest in the QuadraMed Corporation Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP"), otherwise vesting on the basis of his
continued service as a member of the Board or on the failure of the
stockholders to elect him as a member of the Board, shall hereby become fully
vested. No acceleration of the date on which any benefits under the SERP shall
become payable shall result therefrom, however. For the purpose of preparing
for the date or dates on which it would be obligated to satisfy its liability
to Xx. Xxxxxx under the SERP, the Company shall make the payments described on
Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Payments"), on the respective dates specified
in Exhibit A, to the trust fund (the "SERP Trust") established pursuant to the
QuadraMed Corporation Grantor Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement") made the
first day of January 2000 by and between the Company and Wachovia Bank, N.A.,
which Agreement, together with all amendments through the date hereof, is
attached hereto as Exhibit B (as so attached, and as it may be amended from
time to time hereafter consistent with both its terms and the terms of this
Agreement, the "Trust Agreement"). The Company shall designate each Payment to
the trustee of the SERP Trust as for Xx. Xxxxxx'x Account (as that term is
defined in the Trust Agreement) under the SERP. To the extent that the
requirement of making the Payments conflicts with the provisions of Section
1(g) of the Trust Agreement or Sections 10.1 or 11.2 of the SERP, the
provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling. The Company shall pay all
trustees fees and other trust charges arising under the Trust Agreement from
any of the transactions referred to in this Agreement.
4. The Company shall provide Xx. Xxxxxx with written confirmation of
payment within ten business days of making any Payment.
5. The Company shall execute no amendment to the Trust Agreement or
the SERP which will in any manner adversely affect his rights under either
instrument. Accelerating the payment date of Xx. Xxxxxx'x benefit, by
termination of the SERP or as otherwise allowed consistent with the SERP and
this Agreement, shall not be considered to adversely affect Xx. Xxxxxx'x
rights.
6. In the event that either party to this Agreement files an action
to enforce any of the provisions hereof or of the SERP or the Trust Agreement,
the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to the payment of
reasonable attorneys fees from the other party.
7. Except as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Agreement,
the provisions of the Separation Agreement remain in full force and effect in
accordance with their respective terms.
8. Xx. Xxxxxx acknowledges he has read this Agreement. His execution
of this Agreement shall indicate that this Agreement conforms to his
understandings and is acceptable to him as a final agreement. Xx. Xxxxxx
further acknowledges that he has had the opportunity to consult with counsel
of his choice, that he has in fact consulted with his own counsel with respect
to this Agreement, and that he had been given a reasonable and sufficient
period of time in which to consider and return this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement
under seal as of the date and year first above written.
QUADRAMED CORPORATION
By:_______________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Its Executive Vice President
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE OF SERP FUNDING
Date Amount
Within five (5) business days
of the Effective Date $483, 846
Within thirty (30) business days
of the Effective
Date The then
cash surrender
value under the
73 Travelers'
Life Insurance
Policies
purchased by the
Company in
connection with
its deferred
compensation
plans (whether by
transfer of
ownership of the
policies or
otherwise)
June 30, 2002 $483, 846
June 30, 2003 $483, 846
June 30, 2004 $483, 846
June 30, 2005 $483, 846
