EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the 1st day of January, 2002 by and
between IKON Office Solutions, Inc., an Ohio corporation with its principal
office located at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
(together with its successors and assigns permitted under this Agreement, the
"Company") and Xxxx Xxxxxx, who currently resides at 000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the "Executive");
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to employ the Executive and to
enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment;
WHEREAS, the Executive desires to accept continuation of employment with
the Company, subject to the terms and provisions of this Employment Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of
which is mutually acknowledged, the Company and the Executive (together, the
"Parties") agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
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(A) "Affiliate" of a Person shall mean a Person who directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Person specified.
(B) "Agreement" shall mean this Employment Agreement, which includes
for all purposes its Exhibits hereto.
(C) "Base Salary" shall mean the salary provided for in Section 4 or
any increased salary granted to the Executive pursuant to Section 4.
(D) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(E) "Cause" shall mean:
(1) Executive fails to comply with any material written Company
policy, as the same may from time to time be adopted and/or modified by the
Company, including, but not limited to, the Company's Code of Ethics;
(2) Executive breaches his/her material obligations under the
terms of this Agreement; or
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(3) the Executive has committed an act of dishonesty, moral
turpitude or theft against the Company or has breached his/her duties of loyalty
to the Company.
(F) "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(1) any "person," as such term is currently used in Section 13(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, becomes a "beneficial
owner," as such term is currently used in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under that act,
of 20% or more of the Voting Stock of the Company;
(2) a majority of the Board consists of individuals other than
Incumbent Directors, which term means the members of the Board on the Effective
Date; provided that any individual becoming a director subsequent to such date
whose election or nomination for election was supported by a majority of the
directors who then comprised the Incumbent Directors shall be considered to be
an Incumbent Director;
(3) the Company adopts any plan of liquidation providing for the
distribution of all or substantially all of its assets;
(4) 50% or more of the assets of the Company is disposed of
pursuant to a merger, consolidation or other transaction or series of
transactions (unless the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such
merger, consolidation or other transaction or series of transactions
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in substantially the same proportion
as they owned the Voting Stock of the Company, more than 50% of the Voting Stock
or other ownership interests of the entity or entities, if any, that succeed to
the business of the Company); or
(5) the Company combines with another company and is the
surviving corporation but, immediately after the combination, the shareholders
of the Company immediately prior to the combination hold 50% or less of the
Voting Stock of the combined company, (there being excluded from the number of
shares held by such shareholders, but not from the Voting Stock of the combined
company, any shares received by Affiliates of such other company in exchange for
stock of such other company).
(G) "Claim" shall mean any claim, demand, request, investigation,
dispute, controversy, threat, discovery request, or request for testimony or
information.
(H) "Committee" shall mean the Human Resources Committee of the Board;
(I) "Common Stock" shall mean common stock of the Company.
(J) "Constructive Termination Without Cause" shall mean a termination
by the Executive of his/her employment hereunder on 30 days' written notice
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given by him/her to the Company following the occurrence, without his/her prior
written consent, of any of the following events, unless the Company shall have
fully cured all grounds for such termination within 15 days after the Executive
gives notice thereof:
(1) any reduction in his/her then current Base Salary or in
his/her annual incentive bonus award opportunity set forth herein;
(2) any material breach of any of the Company's obligations,
representations or warranties in this Agreement;
(3) any failure during the term of this Agreement to appoint,
elect or reelect him/her to any of the positions described in Section 3(A); the
removal of him/her during the term of this Agreement from any such position; or
any change in the reporting structure so that he/she reports to someone other
than the Chief Executive Officer of the Company;
(4) any material diminution in his/her duties or the assignment
to him/her of duties that materially impair his/her ability to perform his/her
duties;
(5) following any Change in Control, any relocation of the
Company's principal office, or of his/her own office as assigned to him/her by
the Company, to a location more than 50 miles from Malvern, Pennsylvania;
(6) following any Change in Control, any failure by the Company
to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participated
immediately prior to such Change in Control and which is material to the
Executive's total compensation, including but not limited to the Company's stock
option, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, stock purchase, bonus and
other plans or any substitute plans adopted prior to the Change in Control,
unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or
alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or any failure by the
Company to continue the Executive's participation therein (or in such substitute
or alternative plan) on a basis no less favorable to the Executive, both in
terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Executive's
participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to
such Change in Control;
(7) following any Change in Control, any failure by the Company
to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to
those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company's pension, life
insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans in which the
Executive was participating immediately prior to such Change in Control, the
taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly
materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any
perquisite enjoyed by the Executive at the time of such Change in Control, or
the failure by the Company to maintain the vacation allowance provided in
Section 7 with respect to the Executive;
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(8) following any Change in Control, any failure to elect
Executive as a senior executive of the Company by the Person acquiring the
Company with duties and responsibilities of comparable scope to Executive's
duties and responsibilities immediately prior to such Change in Control; or
(9) the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption in
writing of its obligation to perform this Agreement by any successor to all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company within 15 days after a merger,
consolidation, sale or similar transaction.
(K) "Disability" shall mean Total Disability as defined in the
Company's Long-Term Disability Plan, as amended from time to time.
(L) "Effective Date" shall mean January 1, 2002, or such other date as
the Parties may mutually agree to.
(M) "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, trust, estate, board, committee,
agency, body, employee benefit plan, or other person or entity.
(N) "Potential Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of
the following events:
(1) the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of
which will result in the occurrence of a Change in Control;
(2) the Company or any Person publicly announces an intention to
take or to consider taking actions which, if consummated, will constitute a
Change in Control; or
(3) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for
purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred.
(O) "Proceeding" shall mean any threatened or actual action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, appellate or
other.
(P) "Pro-Rata" shall mean a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of days that the Executive was employed in the applicable performance
period (a fiscal year in the case of an annual incentive bonus award) and the
denominator of which shall be the number of days in the applicable performance
period.
(Q) "Regular Restricted Stock" shall mean the 20,000 shares of
restricted Common Stock provided to Executive under the terms of the Employment
Agreement dated January 1, 2000 between Executive and the Company, which
restricted stock is to be issued and distributed to Executive in three equal
annual installments commencing on November 22, 2002, subject to the terms,
conditions and adjustments set forth in Section 8 below.
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(R) "Term of Employment" shall mean the period specified in Section 2.
(S) "Termination Date" shall mean the date on which the Executive's
employment with the Company terminates in accordance with this (or any
subsequent) Agreement.
(T) "Voting Stock" shall mean issued and outstanding capital stock or
other securities of any class or classes having general voting power, under
ordinary circumstances in the absence of contingencies, to elect, in the case of
a corporation, the directors of such corporation and, in the case of any other
entity, the corresponding governing Person(s).
2. Term of Agreement.
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The Company hereby agrees to continue to employ the Executive under this
Agreement, and the Executive hereby accepts suchcontinued employment, for the
Term of Agreement. The initial Term of Agreement shall commence as of the
Effective Date and shall end on the second anniversary thereof. Thereafter, the
Term ofAgreement shall be automatically extended for additional one-year periods
("extension periods") unless either party provides notice of non-renewal at
least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or extension
period. Termination of Executive's employment as a result of non-renewal by the
Company shall betreated as a termination subject to the provisions of Section
8(D) (Termination without Cause) of this Agreement. Notice of non-renewal by
Executive shall be treated as a termination subject to the provisions of Section
8(G) (Voluntary Termination) of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Term of Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the expiration of
the Initial Term and/or any extension period in accordance with the provisions
of Section 8.
3. Positions, Duties and Responsibilities.
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(A) During the Term of Agreement, the Executive shall serve as Senior
Vice President, Human Resources; shall have the authority, duties and
responsibilities customarily exercised by an individual serving in those
positions in a corporation of the size and nature of the Company; shall perform
such duties relating to the management and operations of the Company, consistent
with the foregoing, as may from time to time be assigned to him/her by the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company (the "CEO"); shall be assigned no duties or
responsibilities that are materially inconsistent with, or that materially
impair his/her ability to discharge, the foregoing duties and responsibilities;
and shall report solely and directly to the CEO.
(B) During the Term of Agreement, Executive will (1) devote
substantial and full-time attention and energies to the business of the Company,
particularly to human resources management, and diligently perform all duties
incident to his/her employment; (2) use his/her best efforts to promote the
interests and goodwill of the Company; and (3)
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perform such duties commensurate with his/her office as Senior Vice President,
Human Resources as may be assigned to him/her by the CEO.
4. Base Salary.
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The Executive shall be paid an annualized Base Salary of $245,000,
payable in accordance with the regular payroll practices of the Company. The
Base Salary shall be reviewed no less frequently than annually for increase in
the discretion of the CEO and, if applicable, the Board.
5. Annual Incentive Award Opportunity.
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The Executive shall be eligible for an annual incentive bonus
awardopportunity from the Company in respect of each fiscal year of the Company
that ends during the Term of Agreement. He/she shall be eligible for an annual
incentive bonus award opportunity of no less than $120,000 which shall be based
upon the performance of the Company and the performance of the Executive. In
addition, in the sole discretion of the CEO, the Executive may be eligible for
an additional annual overachievement bonus award opportunity. To the extent
earned, the Executive shall be paid his/her annual incentive awards at the same
time that other senior-level executives receive their incentive awards.
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7. Other Benefits.
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(A) Other Executive Compensation Plans. During the Term of Agreement,
the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all compensation plans and
programsthat are, from time to time, made generally available to senior
executives of the Company, including, without limitation, the Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan.
(B) Employee Benefits. During the Term of Agreement, the Executive
shall participate in all employee benefit plans and programs made available
generally to the Company's senior executives, including, without limitation,
pension, savings and other retirement plans or programs, medical, dental,
hospitalization, short-term and long-term disability and life insurance plans or
programs, accidental death and dismemberment protection, travel accident
insurance, and any other employee welfare or retirement benefit plans or
programs that may be sponsored by the Company from time to time, including any
plans or programs that supplement the above-listed types of plans or programs,
whether funded or unfunded.
(C) Expenses. The Executive is authorized to incur reasonable expenses
in carrying out his/her duties and responsibilities hereunder and the Company
shall promptly reimburse him/her for all such expenses, subject to documentation
in accordance with reasonable policies of the Company.
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(D) Vacation. Executive shall be entitled to four weeks paid vacation
per year.
8. Termination of Employment.
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(A) Termination Due to Death. In the event that the Executive's
employment hereunder is terminated due to his/her death, his/her estate or
his/her beneficiaries (as the case may be) shall be entitled to:
(1) Base Salary through the end of the month in which his/her
death occurs;
(2) a Pro-Rata annual incentive bonus award for the fiscal year
in which his/her death occurs, based on the Executive's annual incentive bonus
award opportunity for the year of death (excluding any overachievement bonus
award opportunity), payable in a lump sum promptly following his/her death,
regardless of the Executive's and Company's performance during such fiscal year;
(3) the continued right to exercise each outstanding stock option
for a period of 12 months (provided, however, that no options can be exercised
beyond their expiration date), all such options to become fully vested and
exercisable as of the date of his/her death, and the immediate vesting of all
shares of restricted stock as of the date of his/her death;
(4) immediate vesting in the Company's Retirement Savings Plan
(or any successor 401(k) plan), pension plan, supplemental retirement plan and
deferred compensation plans; and
(5) the benefits described in Section 8(H)(1).
(B) Termination Due to Disability. In the event that the Executive's
employment hereunder is terminated due to Disability, he/she shall be entitled
to the following:
(1) periodic disability payments in accordance with the Company's
Long-Term Disability Plan;
(2) Base Salary through the end of the month in which the
Termination Date occurs;
(3) a Pro-Rata annual incentive bonus award for the fiscal year
in which his/her Termination Date occurs, based on the Executive's annual
incentive bonus award opportunity for such fiscal year (excluding any
overachievement bonus award opportunity), payable in a lump sum promptly
following the Termination Date, regardless of the Executive's and Company's
performance during such fiscal year;
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(4) the continued right to exercise each outstanding stock option
for a period of 12 months (provided, however, that no options can be exercised
beyond their expiration date), all such options to become fullyvested and
exercisable as of the Termination Date, and the immediate vesting of all shares
of restricted stock as of the Termination Date; and
(5) continued participation, for a period of two years from the
Termination Date, in all medical, dental, vision, hospitalization, disability
and life insurance coverages and in all other employee welfare benefit plans,
programs and arrangements in which he/she was participating on the date on which
his/her employment terminates, on terms and conditions that are no less
favorable to him/her than those that applied on such date, and with COBRA
benefits commencing thereafter; provided that the Company's obligation under
this Section 8(B)(5) shall be reduced to the extent that equivalent coverages
and benefits (determined on a coverage-by-coverage and benefit-by-benefit basis)
are provided under the plans, programs or arrangements of a subsequent employer;
(6) immediate vesting in the Company's Retirement Savings Plan
(or any successor 401(k) plan), pension plan, supplemental retirement plan and
deferred compensation plans; and
(7) the benefits described in Section 8(H)(1).
No termination of the Executive's employment for Disability shall
be effective until the Company first gives 15 days written notice of such
termination to Executive.
(C) Termination by the Company for Cause.
(1) No termination of the Executive's employment hereunder by the
Company for Cause shall be effective unless the provisions of this Section
8(C)(1) shall have been complied with. The Executive shall be given written
notice by the CEO of the intention to terminate him/her for Cause, such notice
to state in detail the particular circumstances that constitute the grounds on
which the proposed termination for Cause is based. Except in the case of a
termination for Cause pursuant to Section 1(E)(1) or Section 1(E)(3) which will
be effective, in the sole discretion of the CEO, on the date set forth in the
notice, the Executive shall have 15 days after receiving such notice in which to
cure such grounds, to the extent such cure is possible. If he/she fails to cure
such grounds, his/her employment hereunder shall thereupon be terminated for
Cause.
(2) In the event that the Executive's employment hereunder is
terminated by the Company for Cause in accordance with Section 8(C)(1), he/she
shall be entitled to:
(A) 30 days to exercise any stock option which is vested and
exercisable on the Termination Date (provided, however, that no options shall be
exercisable after their expiration date). All stock options which are not vested
and
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exercisable as of the Termination Date will be forfeited, and all restricted
stock which has not vested and been distributed as of the Termination Date will
be forfeited; and
(B) the benefits described in Section 8(H)(1).
(D) Termination Without Cause. In the event that the Executive's
employment hereunder is terminated by the Company without Cause and Sections
8(A) (death), (B) (disability) and (F) (change in control) do not apply, then
the Executive shall be entitled to:
(1) Base Salary for a two-year period ending on the second
anniversary of the Termination Date, payable as provided in Section 4;
(2) a Pro-Rata annual incentive award for the fiscal year in
which the Termination Date occurs, based on the Executive's annual bonus
opportunity for such fiscal year (excluding any overachievement bonus
opportunity), payable in a lump sum promptly following the Termination Date,
regardless of the Executive's and Company's performance during such fiscal year;
(3) an amount equal to twice the Executive's annual bonus
opportunity for the year of termination (excluding any overachievement bonus
opportunity), payable in equal installments over the two-year period ending on
the second anniversary of the Termination Date;
(4) the continued right to exercise any vested and exercisable
stock option for a minimum period of 12 months from the Termination Date
(provided, however, that no options can be exercised after their expiration
date). During the 12-month period following the Termination Date, all unvested
stock options will continue to vest as if the Executive were still employed with
the Company. All stock options which are not vested or exercised as of 12 months
following the Termination Date will be forfeited. In addition, all restricted
stock which has not been distributed as of the Termination Date will be
forfeited;
(5) continued participation, through the second anniversary of
the Termination Date, in all medical, dental, vision, hospitalization,
disability and life insurance coverages and in all other employee welfare
benefit plans, programs and arrangements in which he/she or his/her family
members were participating on such date, on terms and conditions that are no
less favorable to him/her than those that applied on such date and with COBRA
benefits commencing thereafter; provided that the Company's obligation under
this Section 8(D)(5) shall be reduced to the extent that equivalent coverages
and benefits (determined on a coverage-by-coverage and benefit-by-benefit basis)
are provided under the plans, programs or arrangements of a subsequent employer;
(6) immediate vesting in the Company's Retirement Savings Plan
(or any successor 401(k) plan), pension plan, supplemental retirement plan, and
deferred compensation plans; and
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(7) the benefits described in Section 8(I)(1).
(E) Constructive Termination Without Cause. In the event that: (i) a
Constructive Termination Without Cause occurs and (ii) Section 8(F) (change in
control) does not apply, then the Executive shall have the same entitlements as
provided under Section 8(D) for a termination by the Company without Cause.
(F) Termination Without Cause Following a Change in Control or
Potential Change in Control. In the event that: (i) the Executive's employment
hereunder is terminated (A) through a Constructive Termination without Cause or
(B) by the Company without Cause and (ii) the termination of employment occurs
within two years following a Change in Control then the Executive shall be
entitled to:
(1) Base Salary through the second anniversary of the Termination
Date, payable as provided in Section 4;
(2) a Pro-Rata annual incentive bonus award for the fiscal year
in which the Termination Date occurs based on the Executive's annual incentive
bonus award opportunity for such fiscal year (excluding any overachievement
bonus award opportunity), payable in a lump sum promptly following the
Termination Date, regardless of the Executive's and Company's performance during
such fiscal year;
(3) an amount equal to twice the Executive's annual bonus
opportunity for the year of termination (excluding any overachievement bonus
award opportunity) payable in equal installments over the 24-month period for
which Base Salary is continued;
(4) the continued right to exercise any outstanding stock option
for a period of 3 months from the Termination Date (provided, however, that no
options may be exercised after their expiration date), all such options to
become fullyvested and exercisable as of the Termination Date;
(5) the immediate vesting of all shares of restricted stock of
the Company as of the Termination Date;
(6) an amount equal to the Company's contributions to which the
Executive would have been entitled under the Company's Retirement Savings Plan
(or any successor thereto) if the Executive had continued working for the
Company and the Retirement Savings Plan continued in force during the
twenty-four months following the Termination Date ("Separation Period") at the
highest annual rate of Base Salary achieved during the Executive's period of
actual employment with the Company, and making the maximum amount of employee
contributions, if any, as are required under such plan;
(7) an amount equal to the excess of (i) the present value of the
benefits to which the Executive would be entitled under the Company's pension
plan and Company's supplemental retirement plan (and any successor thereto) if
the Executive had
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continued working for the Company for a period of 24 months following the
Termination Date at the highest annual rate of Base Salary achieved during the
Executive's period of actual employment with the Company, and the pension plan
continued in force during the Separation Period, over (ii) the present value of
the benefits to which the Executive is actually entitled under the Company's
pension plan and supplemental retirement plan, each computed as of the date of
the Executive's Date of Termination, with present values to be determined using
the discount rate used by the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation to calculate
the benefit liabilities under the pension plan in the event of a plan
termination on the Date of Termination, compounded monthly, the mortality tables
prescribed in the Company's Pension Plan for determining actuarial equivalence,
and the reduction factor (if any) for the early commencement of pension payments
based on the Executive's age on the last day of the 24th month following the
Termination Date;
(8) immediate vesting in the Company's Retirement Savings Plan
(or any successor 401(k) plan), pension plan, supplemental retirement plan and
deferred compensation plans;
(9) continued participation, through the second anniversary of
the Termination Date, in all medical, dental, vision, hospitalization,
disability and life insurance coverages and in all other employee welfare
benefit plans, programs and arrangements in which he/she or his/her family
members were participating on such date, on terms and conditions that are no
less favorable to him/her than those that applied on such date and with COBRA
benefits commencing thereafter, provided that the Company's obligation under
this Section 8(F)(9) shall be reduced to the extent that equivalent coverages
and benefits (determined on a coverage-by-coverage and benefit-by-benefit basis)
are provided under the plans, programs or arrangements of a subsequent employer;
and
(10) the benefits described in Section 8(H)(1).
For purposes of this Section 8(F), if preceded by a Potential
Change in Control, any of the following events (if such event occurs within two
years following such Potential Change in Control) shall be deemed to be a
Termination of Executive's Employment without Cause following a Change in
Control: (i) the Executive's employment is terminated without Cause and such
termination is at the request or direction of or pursuant to negotiations with a
Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company the consummation of
which will constitute a Change in Control; (ii) the Executive's employment is
terminated through a Constructive Termination Without Cause and the
circumstances or events which constitute the basis for Executive's claim of
Constructive Termination occur at the request or direction of, or pursuant to
negotiations with, such Person, or 3) the Executive's employment is terminated
without Cause and such termination is otherwise in connection with or in
anticipation of a Change in Control which actually occurs.
The Company agrees that the Executive is not required to seek
other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce amounts payable to Executive
under this
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Section 8(F), and the amounts payable to pursuant to this Section 8(F) shall not
be reduced by any amounts earned by or payable to Executive, except as provided
in Section 8(F)(9).
(G) Voluntary Termination. In the event that the Executive terminates
his/her employment with the Company on his/her own initiative (other than by
death, for Disability, by a Constructive Termination without Cause, then he/she
shall have the same entitlements as provided in Section 8(C)(2) in the case of a
termination by the Company for Cause. A voluntary termination under this Section
8(G) shall be effective upon written notice to the Company and shall not be
deemed a breach of this Agreement.
(H) Miscellaneous.
(1) On any termination of the Executive's employment hereunder,
he/she shall be entitled to:
(A) Base Salary throughthe Termination Date;
(B) any amounts due him/her under Section 7;
(C) a lump-sum payment in respect of accrued but unused
vacation days at his/her Base Salary rate in effect as of the Termination Date;
(D) payment, promptly when due, of all amounts owed to
him/her in connection with the termination; and
(E) other benefits, if any, in accordance with applicable
plans, programs and arrangements of theCompany. This provision will permit the
Executive to elect to take advantage of any provisions of, or changes to, the
IKON benefit plans which are applicable to IKON employees generally (including,
without limitation, provisions relating to the vesting/exercisability of stock
options in the event of retirement or disability), provided that Executiveopts
to have such general provisions applied on his/her behalf instead of those set
forth in this Agreement. In no event, however, will this provision entitle
Executive toduplicative or double benefits, nor shall he/she be eligible to
receive payments under any severance program of the Company applicable to
employees generally.
(2) Any amounts due under this Section 8 are considered to be
reasonable by the Company and are not in the nature of a penalty.
9. Golden Parachute Tax. In the event that any payment or benefit made or
provided to or for the benefit of the Executive in connection with this
Agreement, the Executive's employment with the Company, or the termination
thereof (a "Payment") is determined to be subject to any excise tax ("Excise
Tax") imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor to such Section),
the Company shall pay to the Executive, prior to the time any Excise Tax is
payable with respect to such Payment (through withholding or otherwise), an
additional amount which, after the imposition of all income, employment, excise
and other taxes, penalties and interest thereon, is equal to the sum of (i) the
Excise Tax
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on such Payment plus (ii) any penalty and interest assessments associated with
such Excise Tax. The determination of whether any Payment is subject to an
Excise Tax and, if so, the amount to be paid by the Company to the Executive and
the time of payment shall be made by an independent auditor (the "Auditor")
selected jointly by the Parties and paid by the Company. Unless the Executive
agrees otherwise in writing, the Auditor shall be a nationally recognized United
States public accounting firm that has not, during the two years preceding the
date of its selection, acted in any way on behalf of the Company or any of its
Affiliates. If the Parties cannot agree on the firm to serve as the Auditor,
then the Parties shall each select one accounting firm and those two firms shall
jointly select the accounting firm to serve as the Auditor.
10. Indemnification; D&O Insurance.
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(A) Indemnification. The Company agrees that: (i) if the Executive is
made a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any Proceeding by reason
of the fact that he/she is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, manager,
consultant or representative of the Company or is or was serving at the request
of the Company or any of its Affiliates as a director, officer, member,
employee, agent, manager, consultant or representative of another Person or (ii)
if any Claim is made, or threatened to be made, that arises out of or relates to
this Agreement or the Executive's service hereunder or in any of the foregoing
capacities, then the Executive shall promptly be indemnified and held harmless
by the Companyfor any Claims brought by a third party against the Executive to
the fullest extent legally permitted or authorized by the Company's Articles of
Incorporation, Code of Regulations or Board resolutions or by the laws of the
State of Ohio, against any and all costs, expenses, liabilities and losses
(including, without limitation, attorney's fees, judgments, interest, expenses
of investigation, penalties, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
paid or to be paid in settlement) incurred or suffered by the Executive in
connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to the
Executive even if he/she has ceased to be a director, member, employee, agent,
manager, consultant or representative of the Company or other Person and shall
inure to the benefit of the Executive's heirs, executors and administrators. The
Company shall advance to the Executive all costs and expenses incurred by
him/her in connection with any such Proceeding or Claim within 20 days after
receiving written notice requesting such an advance. Such notice shall include,
to the extent required by applicable law, an undertaking by the Executive to
repay the amount advanced if he/she is ultimately determined not to be entitled
to indemnification against such costs and expenses.
(B) D&O Insurance. During the Term of Agreement and for a period of
six years thereafter, the Company shall keep in place a directors' and officers'
liability insurance policy (or policies) providing comprehensive coverage to the
Executive to the extent that the Company provides such coverage for any other
senior executive or director.
11. Covenants.
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(A) Confidentiality. During the Term of Agreement and thereafter, the
Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, divulge,
disclose or make accessible to any Person any confidential non-public document,
record or information
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concerning the business or affairs of the Company that he/she has acquired in
the course of his/her employment hereunder, except (i) to the Company or to any
authorized (or apparently authorized) agent or representative of the Company,
(ii) to authorized third parties in connection with performing his/her duties
under this Agreement, or (iii) when required to do so by law or by a court,
governmental agency, legislative body, or other Person with apparent
jurisdiction to order him/her to divulge, disclose or make accessible such
information; provided that these restrictions shall not apply to any document,
record or other information that: (i) has previously been disclosed to the
public, or is in the public domain, other than as a result of the Executive's
breach of this Section 11(A), or (ii) is known or generally available within any
trade or industry of the Company.
(B) Non-Solicitation. During the 24-month period that commences on the
Termination Date and ends on the second anniversary of the Termination Date,the
Executive shall not without the prior consent of the Company:
(a) solicit, on his/her own behalf or on behalf of any other
Person, any individual known by the Executive to be an employee of the Company
to instead become an employee of any Person not affiliated with the Company; or
(b) solicit, on his/her own behalf or on behalf of any other
Person, any Person known by the Executive to be customer of, or vendor to, the
Company to cease to be a customer or vendor of the Company and/or to become a
customer of, or vendor to, any Person not affiliated with the Company.
(C) Non-Competition. During the 12-month period that commences on the
Termination Date and ends on the first anniversary of the Termination Date, the
Executive shall not, without the prior consent of the Company, directly or
indirectly own, manage, operate, join, control or participate in the ownership,
management, operation or control of, or be employed by or otherwise connected in
any substantial manner with any business which directly or indirectly competes
to a material extent with any line of business of the Company or its
subsidiaries which was operated by the Company or its subsidiaries at the
Termination Date; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the
Executive from acquiring up to 5% of any class of outstanding equity securities
of any corporation whose equity securities are regularly traded on a national
securities exchange or in the "over-the-counter market," and provided further,
that the foregoing restriction of this Section 11(C) shall not be construed as
to require Executive to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct (applicable to
attorneys).
The foregoing noncompetition restriction of this Section 11(C) shall
not apply following a Change of Control Event if (a) the Executive's employment
has been terminated by the Company without Cause within two years following such
Change in Control Event, (b) the Executive terminates his/her employment as the
result of a Constructive Termination within two years following such Change in
Control Event or (c) the Company elects, within two years following such Change
in Control Event, not to extend the term of employment.
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The foregoing noncompetition restriction of this Section 11(C) shall
not apply following a Potential Change in Control if: (i) the Executive's
employment is terminated without Cause within two years following such Potential
Change in Control, and such termination is at the request or direction of or
pursuant to negotiations with a Person who has entered into an agreement with
the Company the consummation of which will constitute a Change in Control; (ii)
the Executive's employment is terminated through a Constructive Discharge
without Cause within two years following such Potential Change in Control, and
the circumstances or events which constitute the basis for Executive's claim of
Constructive Discharge occur at the request or direction of, or pursuant to
negotiations with, such Person, 3) the Company elects, within two years
following such Potential Change in Control, not to extend the term of
employment, and such election was at the request or direction of or pursuant to
negotiations with such Person; or 4) the Executive's employment is terminated
without Cause within two years following such Potential Change in Control and
such termination is otherwise in connection with or in anticipation of a Change
in Control which actually occurs.
12. Assignability; Binding Nature.
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This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Parties and their respective successors, heirs (in the case of the Executive)
and assigns. No rights or obligations of the Company under this Agreement may be
assigned or transferred by the Company except that such rights or obligations
may be assigned or transferred pursuant to a merger or consolidation in which
the Company is not the continuing entity, or a sale or liquidation of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; provided that the assignee or
transferee is the successor to all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company and such assignee or transferee assumes the liabilities, obligations and
duties of the Company, as contained in thisAgreement, either contractually or as
a matter of law. In the event of any sale of assets or liquidation as described
in the preceding sentence, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause such
assignee or transferee to expressly assume the liabilities, obligations and
duties of the Company hereunder. No rights or obligations of the Executive under
this Agreement may be assigned or transferred by the Executive other than
his/her rights to compensation and benefits, which may be transferred only by
will or operation of law, except as provided in Section 16(E).
13. Representations.
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(A) The Company's Representations. The Company represents and warrants
that (i) it is fully authorized by action of its Board (and of any other Person
or body whose action is required) to enter into this Agreement and to perform
its obligations under it; (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company does not violate any applicable law, regulation, order,
judgment or decree or any agreement, plan or corporate governance document of
the Company; and (iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Parties, this Agreement shall be the valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to
the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.
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(B) The Executive's Representations. The Executive represents and
warrants that, to the best of his/her knowledge and belief, (i) delivery and
performance of this Agreement by him/her does not violate any applicable law,
regulation, order, judgment or decree or any agreement to which the Executive is
a party or by which he/she is bound, and (ii) upon the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the Parties, this Agreement shall be the valid and binding
obligation of the Executive, enforceable against him/her in accordance with its
terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally.
14. Resolution of Disputes.
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Any Claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
Executive's employment with the Company or the termination thereof shall be
resolved by binding confidential arbitration, to be held in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the
American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
15. Notices.
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Any notice, consent, demand, request, or other communication given to
a Person in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been given to such Person (i) when delivered personally to such
Person or (ii), provided that a written acknowledgment of receipt is obtained,
two days after being sent by prepaid certified or registered mail, or by a
nationally recognized overnight courier, to the address specified below for such
Person (or to such other address as such Person shall have specified by ten days
advance notice given in accordance with this Section 15), or (iii) in the case
of the Company only, on the first business day after it is sent by facsimile to
the facsimile number set forth for the Company (or to such other facsimile
number as the Company shall have specified by ten days advance notice given in
accordance with this Section 15), with a confirmatory copy sent by certified or
registered mail or by overnight courier to the Company in accordance with this
Section 15.
If to the Company: IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile #: 000-000-0000
If to the Executive: Xxxx Xxxxxx (at the last address known
to the Company with a copy to the
Executive at the Company's address)
If to a beneficiary The address most recently specified by
of the Executive: the Executive or beneficiary through
notice given in accordance with this
Section 15.
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16. Miscellaneous.
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(A) Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding
and agreement between the Parties concerning the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, discussions, negotiations and
undertakings, whether written or oral, between the Parties with respect thereto.
Executive specifically agrees that he/she is not entitled to any relief under
Section 8(H) of his/her prior Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 2000.
(B) Severability. In the event that any provision or portion of this
Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, in
whole or in part, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unaffected
thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent
permitted by law so as to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
(C) Amendment or Waiver. No provision in this Agreement may be amended
unless such amendment is set forth in a writing signed by the Parties. No waiver
by either Party of any breach of any condition or provision contained in this
Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any similar or dissimilar condition or
provision at the same or any prior or subsequent time. To be effective, any
waiver must be set forth in a writing signed by the waiving Party.
(D) Headings. The headings of the Sections contained in this Agreement
are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to control or affect the
meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.
(E) Beneficiaries/References. The Executive shall be entitled, to the
extent permitted under any applicable law, to select and change a beneficiary or
beneficiaries to receive any compensation or benefit hereunder following the
Executive's death by giving the Company written notice thereof. In the event of
the Executive's death or a judicial determination of his/her incompetence,
references in this Agreement to the Executive shall be deemed, where
appropriate, to refer to his/her beneficiary, estate or other legal
representative.
(F) Survivorship. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the
respective rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall survive any
termination of the Executive's employment.
(G) Governing Law/Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed,
construed, performed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without reference to principles of conflict of
laws.
(H) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts.
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(I) Employee Benefit Plans. In the event that the terms of any of the
Company's employee benefit plans provide for the vesting or distribution of
benefits on a date earlier than the date set forth in this Agreement, such
earlier date shall prevail.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the
date first set forth above.
The Company
By:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Chairman & CEO
The Executive
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Xxxx Xxxxxx
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