CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
Exhibit 10.2
THIS AGREEMENT is dated 22st June 2017.
PARTIES
(1) |
EVERBRIDGE EUROPE LIMITED (registered no. 03621410) whose office is at 6 De Grey Square, De Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, XX0 0XX (the "Company", “we” etc). |
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Francisco Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, of 24 Emperor’x Xxxx, Xxxxxx, XX0 0XX (“you”, “your” etc). |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1.1 |
In this agreement: |
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1.1.1 |
Confidential Information means information in whatever form (including, without limitation, in written, oral, visual or electronic form or on any magnetic or optical disk or memory and wherever located) relating to the business, products, affairs and finances of the Company and/or any Group Company for the time being confidential to the Company and/or any Group Company and trade secrets including, without limitation, technical data and know-how relating to the business of the Company and/or any Group Company or any of its or their suppliers, clients, customers, agents, distributors, shareholders or management, including (but not limited to) information that you create, develop, receive or obtain in connection with your employment, whether or not such information (if in anything other than oral form) is marked confidential. |
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1.1.2 |
Group Company means any company which for the time being is a subsidiary or holding company (as those expressions are defined by Section 1159 & Schedule 6 Companies Act 2006) of the Company or any subsidiary of any such holding company and any company which is not a subsidiary of the Company but whose issued Equity Share Capital (as defined in Section 548 Companies Act 2006) is owned as to at least 20% by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any holding company of the Company (and "Group Companies" shall be construed accordingly). |
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1.1.3 |
Intellectual Property Rights means all patents, rights to Inventions, utility models, copyright and related rights, trademarks, service marks, trade, business and domain names, rights in trade dress or get-up, rights in goodwill or to xxx for passing off, unfair competition rights, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, topography rights, moral rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications (or rights to apply) for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights, the right to xxx for past infringement and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world. |
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1.1.4 |
Invention means any invention, idea, discovery, development, improvement or innovation, whether or not patentable or capable of registration, and whether or not recorded in any medium. |
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1.1.5 |
Prospective Client means any person who had made enquiries about the Company’s or any Group Company’s goods or services and whose details had been recorded on any Group Company’s database at any time during the Relevant Period; and/or any firm, company or person to whom, at any time during the Relevant Period the Company or any Group Company had submitted a tender, taken part in a pitch or made a presentation or with whom or which it was otherwise negotiating for the supply of goods or services. |
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1.1.6 |
Prospective Supplier means any person who at any time during the Relevant Period had submitted a tender, taken part in a pitch or made a presentation or who or which was otherwise negotiating to supply goods or services to the Company or any Group Company. |
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1.1.7 |
Relevant Period means the period of 12 months prior to and ending on Termination. |
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1.1.8 |
Restricted Business means the business of providing integrated business continuity and communications encompassing mass and emergency notification, planning, mapping, alerting, staff safety and incident management and any other business (including proposed business) of the Company and/or any Group Company with which you were involved to a material extent at any time during the Relevant Period. |
Restricted Period means the duration of employment and for three (3) months immediately following Termination, reduced by any period that you spend on Garden Leave immediately prior to Termination.
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1.1.10 |
Restricted Person means anyone employed or engaged by the Company or any Group Company at the level of Director or Manager or in a technical or sales position and in each case who could materially damage the interests of the Company and/or any Group Company if they were involved in any Capacity in any business concern which competes with any Restricted Business and with whom you at any time during the Relevant Period in the course of your employment. |
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1.1.11 |
Staff Handbook means the Company's or Group Company’s staff handbook as amended from time to time, a copy of which is available from HR. |
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1.1.12 |
Supplier means any person, firm, company or other entity who, at any time during the Relevant Period: (1) supplied goods or services (other than those of an administrative nature and utilities) to the Company or any Group Company; or (2) was a Prospective Supplier; and in either case with whom you (or anyone working under your supervision or control) had material contact at any time during the Relevant Period or in relation to whom you had access to Confidential Information at any time during the Relevant Period. |
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1.1.13 |
Termination means the termination of your employment with the Company however caused. |
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1.1.14 |
Works means all records, reports, documents, papers, drawings, designs, transparencies, photos, graphics, logos, typographical arrangements, software programs, inventions, ideas, discoveries, developments, improvements or innovations and all materials embodying them in whatever form, including but not limited to hard copy and electronic form, prepared by you in connection with your employment. |
2.1 |
Your employment with the Company commences on 17th July 2017 (the “Commencement Date”). |
2.2 |
You represent and warrant that, by entering into this agreement or performing any of your obligations under it, you will not be in breach of any court order or any express or implied terms of any contract or other obligation binding on you. |
2.3 |
You warrant that you are entitled to work in the UK without any additional approvals and will notify the Company immediately if you cease to be so entitled at any time during your employment with the Company. |
2.4 |
Unless previously authorised in writing by a Director you shall not work for anyone else while you are employed by the Company. |
2.5 |
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Company to provide any work for you and you will continue to be bound by your duty of good faith in the absence of any such work. |
2.6 |
You consent to any Group Company monitoring and recording any use that you make of any Group Company's electronic communications systems for the purpose of ensuring that any Group Company's rules are being complied with and for legitimate business purposes. |
3.2 |
You may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require. |
3.3 |
All documents, manuals, hardware and software provided for your use by any Group Company, and any data or documents (including copies) produced, maintained or stored on any Group Company's computer systems or other electronic equipment (including mobile phones), remain the property of the relevant Group Company. |
3.4 |
Any Group Company’s property in your possession and any original or copy documents obtained by you in the course of your employment shall be returned to the Company at any time on request and in any event prior to Termination. |
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4.1 |
Your normal place of work is the Company’s office, currently 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, or such other place as we may reasonably determine. |
4.2 |
You agree to travel on the Company’s business (both within the United Kingdom and abroad) as may be required for the proper performance of your duties. |
4.3 |
We do not anticipate requiring you to work outside the UK for more than one month at a time during the term of your employment. |
5.1 |
Your gross salary is £250,000 per year which shall accrue from day to day and be payable net of tax and national insurance contributions monthly in arrears on or around the last working day of each month directly in to your bank or building society account. |
5.2 |
Your salary will be reviewed annually and may be increased from time to time at the Company's discretion without affecting the other terms of your employment. There is no obligation to award an increase. There will be no review of the salary after notice has been given by either party to terminate your employment. |
5.3 |
We shall be entitled to deduct from your salary or other payments due to you any money which you may owe to any Group Company at any time. |
6.2 |
Any bonus payment to you shall be purely discretionary and shall not form part of your contractual remuneration under this agreement. If the Company makes a bonus payment to you in respect of a particular period or event, it shall not be obliged to make subsequent bonus payments in respect of subsequent periods or events. |
6.3 |
From time to time, the Company may introduce and operate discretionary (non-contractual) Sales Incentive Schemes. Payments from any schemes that are introduced will be based on the Company achieving its targeted profits and you achieving any personal targets or objectives as set by the Company. Incentive Schemes are subject to change or withdrawal by the Company without notice or compensation. In order to receive a payment under any Sales Incentive Scheme, you must be employed by the Company and not have tendered your resignation on the date on which the payments are due to be made. Full details of any schemes introduced or in operation will be issued to you separately. |
6.4 |
£170,000 per annum, based on achievements tied directly to the SMT Management Incentive Plan and bookings targets. |
6.5 |
The Company may alter the terms of any commission or bonus targets or withdraw them altogether at any time without prior notice. |
6.6 |
Notwithstanding clauses 6.1 and 6.2, you shall in any event have no right to commission or a bonus or a time-apportioned bonus if you have not been employed throughout the whole of the relevant commission or bonus period or until completion of any project or event to which a bonus or commission relates. |
6.7 |
Notwithstanding 6.1 and 6.2,, you shall in any event have no right to a bonus or a time-apportioned bonus if your employment terminates for any reason or you are under notice of termination (whether given by you or the Company) at or prior to the date when a bonus might otherwise have been payable. |
6.8 |
Any commission and bonus payments shall not be pensionable. |
7. |
Draw |
For the first three (3) months of employment, the Company will provide you with a guaranteed (£14,167) per month non-recoverable draw. The draw is in lieu of commissions/bonus that can be from your individual compensation-plan, commissions/bonus earned in excess of the monthly draw amount will be payable to you as per your compensation plan guidelines.
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8. |
Car Allowance |
8.1 |
You will be eligible to receive a car allowance. The car allowance will cover any expenses incurred when travelling for business, inclusive of mileage and other operation expenses when utilising your personal automobile. An allowance of £850 per month will be paid pro rata on a monthly basis, in arrears. |
9.1 |
You shall be reimbursed promptly all reasonable expenses properly incurred in the discharge of your duties in accordance with this agreement and subject to any other instructions or regulations contained in the Staff Handbook or otherwise issued by the Company from time to time. |
9.2 |
If required to drive for the better performance of your duties you agree to: |
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9.2.1 |
Immediately inform the Company if you are disqualified from driving; |
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9.2.2 |
at your own expense, maintain your car in a roadworthy condition with current road tax and MOT certificate if appropriate; |
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9.2.3 |
at your own expense, insure your car for business use. |
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Options and Restricted stock |
A grant of 125,000 option shares (upon approval of the Board of Directors at a future scheduled Board of Directors meeting) - 4 year vest. A grant of 20,000 restricted stock units (RSU’s) upon approval of the Board of Directors at a future scheduled Board of Directors meeting) that are performance based and a grant of 20,000 restricted stock units (RSU’s) that are time based. – 3 year vest
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Cell Phone Allowance |
11.1 |
You may be eligible to receive a cell phone allowance following the Company’s cell phone stipend program. An allowance in the amount of £150 per month will be paid pro rata on a quarterly basis, in arrears. |
11.2 |
Or you may be provided with a mobile telephone to enable you to fulfil the responsibilities of your job. Generally, it should not be used for personal calls. In the event that excessive personal calls are made however, you should list these on your Monthly Expenses Form so that a deduction can be made from the expenses you are recovering. The Company reserves the right to make deductions from your salary payments for personal calls made using the Company’s mobile telephone. The Company may alter the terms of company-provided mobile telephones or withdraw it altogether at any time without prior notice. |
12.1 |
The Company does not accept any liability for any driving or parking offences that you may commit whilst driving a company vehicle and will not pay any fines that you may incur. |
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Hours of work and rules |
13.1 |
Your normal hours of work are between 9:00 am and 5:30 pm Monday to Friday inclusive with an unpaid lunch break of one hour. You may be required to work such additional hours as may be necessary for the proper performance of your duties without extra remuneration. |
13.2 |
You agree that the limit on your working hours imposed by the Working Time Regulations 1998 will not apply to your employment with the Company and that your average working time may therefore exceed 48 hours in any seven-day period. You may terminate your agreement to opt out of the maximum weekly working time by giving three months' written notice to the Company of that fact at any time. Unless the “opt out” is terminated in this way, it shall remain in force until your employment with us ends. |
13.3 |
You are required at all times to comply with our rules, policies and procedures in force from time to time including those contained in the Staff Handbook. |
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14.3 |
The Company operates a system that you must follow for obtaining prior approval for holiday plans. Details of that system and of any changes to it from time to time will be made known to you. The Company will try to co-operate with your holiday plans wherever possible subject to the requirements of the Company. However, you must not book holidays until your request has been formally authorised in writing by your manager. Normally no more than two weeks leave can be taken at any one time. |
14.4 |
You may not normally carry any leave forward and you must use all of your holiday entitlement by the last day of each holiday year. Unless there are exceptional circumstances as authorized with the prior written consent of HR, you may not carry your holiday entitlement forward into the next holiday year. Holiday entitlement not used by the correct date will usually be lost and under no circumstances will payment be made for holiday entitlement that is lost through not being exercised by the correct date except as provided in clause 14.6. |
14.5 |
During any continuous period of sickness absence of one month or more you shall only accrue statutory holiday under the Working Time Regulations 1998 and not contractual holiday (as set out in clause 14.2). |
14.7 |
We may require you to take any outstanding holiday entitlement during your notice period. |
15.4 |
In the event that a Fit Note results in you and the Company agreeing that: |
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15.4.1 |
you can undertake some, but not all of your duties; and/or |
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15.4.2 |
you can work for some but not all of your usual working time; and/or |
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15.4.3 |
some other change be made to the terms of your employment; |
any such change shall only be for a reasonable period in the circumstances. Further, any such change may result in a reduction in your salary and/or other benefits.
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15.5 |
In the event that you refuse to return to work in accordance with the Company’s reasonable interpretation of a Fit Note, neither Company Sick Pay nor SSP will be payable (unless the Company exercises its discretion to the contrary) for any such period of absence and you may be subject to the Company’s disciplinary procedures. |
15.6 |
In the event that you are injured or become ill before or during any period of holiday absence, should you seek to claim sick pay instead of holiday pay, you shall only be entitled to receive SSP. |
15.7 |
You agree to consent to medical examinations (at our expense) by doctor(s) nominated by the Company should the Company so require at any time during your employment. You agree that any report produced in connection with any such examination may be disclosed to any Group Company and the Company may discuss the contents of the report with the relevant doctor. |
15.8 |
Without prejudice to clause 15.3, the Company reserves the right to terminate your employment in accord with clause 16. |
16.1 |
Subject to clause 16.2 below, the prior written notice required from the Company to terminate your employment shall be as follows: |
16.3 |
The Company reserves the right to pay your basic salary in lieu of all or any notice (whether such notice is given by the Company or you). but not withstanding any outstanding bonus payments. |
16.4 |
Following service of notice by either party, or if you purport to terminate your employment in breach of contract, the Company may by written notice require you not to perform any services (or to perform only specified services) for the Company until the termination of your employment or until a specified date or until otherwise notified (“Garden Leave”). |
16.5 |
During any period of Garden Leave the Company shall: |
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16.5.1 |
be under no obligation to provide any work to or vest any powers in you; |
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16.5.2 |
be entitled to require you to take any accrued but unused holiday entitlement. |
16.6 |
During any period of Garden Leave you shall: |
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16.6.1 |
continue to receive your salary and all contractual benefits (other than bonus or commission) in the usual way and subject to the terms of any benefit arrangement; |
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16.6.2 |
remain an employee of the Company and bound by the terms of this agreement including your duty of good faith, but have no right to perform any services for the Company; |
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16.6.3 |
not, without the prior written consent of a Director, attend your place of work or any other premises of any Group Company; |
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16.6.4 |
not, without the prior written consent of a Director, contact or deal with (or attempt to contact or deal with) any officer, employee, consultant, client, customer, supplier, agent, distributor, shareholder, adviser or other business contact of any Group Company; |
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16.6.5 |
on request, comply with the provisions of clause 17 at any time during the period of Garden Leave, save that you will either be permitted to retain possession of any item of Company property which has a legitimate private use (e.g. a Company car for which reasonable private use was allowed), or you will be provided with an alternative benefit (e.g. a car allowance instead of a Company car); and |
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16.6.6 |
(except during any periods taken as holiday in the usual way) ensure that a Director knows where you will be and how you can be contacted during each working day and you shall comply with any written requests to contact a specified employee of the Company at specified intervals. |
16.7 |
The Company does not have a normal retirement age, although you may give notice (as per clause 16.2) of retirement at any time. |
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17.1 |
On Termination (howsoever arising) or at any other time on request you shall: |
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17.1.1 |
Immediately deliver to the Company all property belonging to any Group Company, including any laptop etc computer and mobile phone together with all documents, books, materials, records, keys, correspondence, credit cards, security cards, papers, and any other property belonging to any Group Company in your possession or control, and information (on whatever media and wherever located and including usernames and passwords related thereto) relating to the business or affairs of the Company or any Group Company (together with any copies of the same); |
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17.1.2 |
(after first ensuring that the relevant Group Company also has such information) irretrievably delete any information relating to the business of the Company or any Group Company stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory and all other matter derived from sources which is in your possession or control outside any Group Company’s premises; |
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17.1.3 |
immediately provide the Company with any usernames and passwords to any Group Company’s social media accounts to which you have access (including LinkedIn and the like) and (immediately following Termination) amend your current status on such media to confirm that you are no longer employed by any Group Company; and |
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17.1.4 |
provide a signed statement that you have complied fully with your obligations under this clause 17. |
18.1 |
Your attention is drawn to the Disciplinary & Capability and Grievance Policies applicable to your employment with us, which are contained in the Staff Handbook. These procedures are not contractually binding and do not form part of your contract of employment. |
18.2 |
If you wish to appeal against a disciplinary decision you may apply in writing to HR and if you wish to raise a grievance, you may apply in writing to your manager or HR, both in accordance with our Disciplinary & Capability and Grievance Policies. |
18.3 |
We reserve the right to suspend you with pay in order to investigate any disciplinary allegation against you. |
19.1 |
The Company has a strict no smoking policy throughout buildings. |
20. |
Security |
20.1 |
Your appointment requires your consent to the Company checking, recording and reviewing telephone calls, computer files, CCTV recordings, records and e-mails and any other compliance, security or risk analysis checks the Company considers reasonably necessary. |
20.2 |
You are responsible for the integrity and security of all work-related data, materials and equipment in your charge and for taking all the necessary anti-virus measures and strictly following the Company’s IT Procedures. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action being taken. |
21. |
Right of Search |
21.1 |
The Company may search individuals and their bags and cars if it has reasonable grounds to believe Company goods are missing or have reason to believe drugs or alcohol are in your possession. By signing this contract you are giving your consent. |
22. |
Equal Opportunities |
22.1 |
It is the Company’s policy to provide employment, training, promotion, pay, benefits and other conditions of employment without regard to race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, age and/or disability unrelated to an individual's ability to perform essential job functions. It is also the Company’s policy to conform to all employment standards required by law. |
23. |
Pensions |
23.1 |
The Company will match up to 5% into your personal pension scheme. |
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24.1 |
The Company will offer a PMI scheme as an employee benefit for employees, their spouses and dependent children. Please note that this benefit is provided subject to the rules of the Insurer and may be withdrawn or amended at the absolute discretion of the Company. |
24.2 |
Life Assurance |
24.3 |
As soon as practicable following your commencement date, the company will offer you Life Assurance to cover 4 X your base salary. Please note that this benefit is provided subject to the rules of the insurer and may be withdrawn or amended at the absolute discretion of the Company. |
25. |
Health and Safety |
25.1 |
The Company recognises and accepts their responsibilities to provide a safe and healthy environment for staff. As an employee you have a duty to take reasonable care of yourself and others who may be affected by your acts whilst at work. |
26. |
Collective agreement |
26.1 |
There are no collective agreements which directly affect your employment. |
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27.1.1 |
any use or disclosure authorised by the Company or required by law; |
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27.1.2 |
any information which is already in, or comes into, the public domain other than through your unauthorised disclosure; or |
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27.1.3 |
any protected disclosure within the meaning of section 43A of the Employment Rights Xxx 0000. |
28.2 |
You hereby irrevocably waive all moral rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Xxx 0000 (and all similar rights in other jurisdictions) which you have or will have in any existing or future works referred to in clause 28.1. |
28.3 |
You hereby irrevocably appoint the Company to be your attorney to execute and do any such instrument or thing and generally to use your name for the purpose of giving the Company or its nominee the benefit of this clause 28 and acknowledge in favour of a third party that a certificate in writing signed by any Director or the Secretary of the Company that any instrument or act falls within the authority conferred by this clause 28 shall be conclusive evidence that such is the case. |
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29.1.1 |
be involved in any Capacity with any business concern which is (or intends to be) in competition with any Restricted Business; |
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29.1.2 |
in the course of any business concern which is in competition with any Restricted Business, offer to employ or engage or otherwise endeavour to entice away from the Company or any Group Company any Restricted Person; or |
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29.1.3 |
in relation to any Restricted Business, either on your own account or on behalf of any business deal with a Supplier; or |
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29.1.4 |
solicit or endeavour to entice away from the Company or any Group Company the business or custom of a Restricted Client with a view to providing goods or services to that Restricted Client in competition with any Restricted Business; or |
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29.1.5 |
be involved with the provision of goods or services to (or otherwise have any business dealings with) any Restricted Client in the course of any business concern which is in competition with any Restricted Business; or |
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29.1.6 |
at any time after Termination, represent yourself as connected with the Company or any Group Company in any Capacity. |
29.2 |
None of the restrictions in clause 29.1 shall prevent you from: |
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29.2.1 |
holding an investment by way of shares or other securities of not more than 5% of the total issued share capital of any company, whether or not it is listed or dealt in on a recognised stock exchange; or |
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29.2.2 |
being engaged or concerned in any business concern, provided that your duties or work shall relate solely to services or activities of a kind with which you were not concerned to a material extent at any time in the Relevant Period; or |
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29.2.3 |
being engaged or concerned in any business concern insofar as your duties or work shall relate solely to geographical areas where the business concern is not in competition with any Restricted Business. |
29.3 |
The restrictions imposed by this clause 29 apply to you acting: |
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29.3.1 |
directly or indirectly; and |
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29.3.2 |
on your own behalf or on behalf of, or in conjunction with, any firm, company or person. |
29.4 |
If you receive an offer to be involved in a business concern in any Capacity during your employment, or prior to expiry of the Restricted Period, you shall give the person making the offer a copy of this clause 29 and shall tell the Company the identity of that person as soon as possible after accepting the offer. |
29.5 |
Without prejudice to any claim for damages or any other remedy which may be available to the Company, the parties agree that the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in relation to any breach of clause 29.1, it being acknowledged that an award of damages might not be an adequate remedy in the event of such a breach. |
29.6 |
Each of the restrictions in this clause 29 is intended to be separate and severable. If any of the restrictions shall be held to be void but would be valid if part of their wording were deleted, such restriction shall apply with such deletion as may be necessary to make it valid or effective. |
29.7 |
You will, at the request and expense of the Company, enter into a separate agreement with any Group Company, in which agreement you agree to be bound by restrictions corresponding to those restrictions in this clause 29 (or such of those restrictions as may be appropriate) in relation to that Group Company. |
30.1 |
You confirm you have read and understood the Company's data protection policy, a copy of which is contained in the Staff Handbook. The Company may change its data protection policy at any time and will notify employees in writing of any changes. |
30.2 |
You consent to us holding and processing, both electronically and manually, the data (including sensitive personal data, such as medical details) that we collect about you, in the course of your working relationship with us, for the purposes of the administration and management of our staff and our business and for compliance with applicable laws, procedures and regulations and to the transfer, storage and processing by us (and by any Group Companies and service providers) of such data outside the European Economic Area. |
30.3 |
You agree to act in accordance with our obligations to other members of staff and third parties in relation to the processing of data, including sensitive personal data, as defined in the Data Protection Xxx 0000. |
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In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Option Plan) the vesting and the right to exercise the initial options and RSU grants shall accelerate; i) for the number of shares equal to the number of months of full-time employment as of the date of a change of control divided by forty eight (i.e., number of months of employment divided by 48), as well as, ii) the additional amount of 50% of all of your unvested (as of the date of a Change of Control after the acceleration granted in (i) above) options shall vest in full subject to the company’s standard Change of Control language for its senior executives. In the event the acquirer or successor party does not assume or convert 100% of your remaining unvested shares after accelerated vesting in (i) and (ii) above as part of the Change of Control or does not offer equivalently valued new options and incentives to you, then 100% of your remaining unvested share options will vest in full immediately prior to consumption of the Change of Control.
32. |
Entire agreement and previous contracts |
32.1 |
This agreement (and any documents referred to in it) constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. All other representations, arrangements, understandings and agreements, whether written or oral (if any), of or for service between you and the Company (and any Group Company) are hereby abrogated and superseded. |
32.2 |
Nothing in this agreement shall, however, operate to limit or exclude any liability for fraud. |
33.1 |
Subject to provisions regarding Involuntary Termination and Termination for Good Reason in addition to notice period included in your employment agreement, if either your employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, or you voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company for Good Reason, then, as a severance benefit, the Company shall continue to pay you an amount equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of your Base Salary for, without duplication, the following time period: (A) three (3) months, if and to the extent that your employment is terminated within twelve (12) months following the Effective Date; or (B) six (6) months, if and to the extent that your employment is terminated more than twelve (12) months following the Effective Date. |
32.2 |
We reserve the right to make reasonable changes to any of your terms of employment. You will be notified in writing of any change as soon as possible and in any event within one month of the change. |
34.1 |
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 shall only apply to this agreement in relation to any Group Company. No person other than you, the Company and any Group Company shall have any rights under this agreement and this agreement shall not be enforceable by any person other than you, the Company and any Group Company. |
35.1 |
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the UK courts and tribunals. |
SIGNED by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Finance Director, EMEA for and on behalf of the Company
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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6/22/2017 |
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SIGNED by Francisco Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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/s/ Xxxxxx Colada |
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6/22/2017 |
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