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7-Apr-2009
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exh
to pay a separation payment and accrued obligations and provide benefits to the
executive officer as described below.
• Accrued Obligations. Accrued obligations include (i) any accrued base salary
through the date of termination, (ii) any annual cash incentive compensation
awards earned but not yet paid, (iii) the value of any accrued vacation,
(iv) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses, and, (v) only in
the case of an involuntary termination after a change in control or a
termination at any time by reason of death, an annual incentive payment at
target for the year that includes the date of termination, prorated for the
portion of the year that the executive officer was employed.
• Separation Payment upon Involuntary Termination. The total separation payment for Mr. Henley is the amount equal to twenty-four months multiplied by 1.75 times Mr. Henley's monthly base pay. The total separation payment for Messrs. Bakewell and Stookey is the amount equal to twelve months multiplied by 1.5 times Mr. Bakewell's and 1.45 times each of Mr. Stookey's monthly base pay. Half of the total separation payment amount will be payable at or within a reasonable time after the date of termination. The remaining half of the total separation payment amount will be payable in installments beginning six months after the date of termination, with a final installment of the balance of the remaining half of the total separation payment to be made on or before March 15 of the calendar year following the year in which the date of termination.
• Benefits upon Involuntary Termination. The executive officer will also receive benefits that include (i) health and dental coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), which we must pay for a period not exceeding eighteen months, (ii) outplacement assistance for a period of twenty-four months for Mr. Henley and twelve months for Messrs. Bakewell and Stookey, subject to termination if the executive officer accepts employment with another employer, (iii) financial planning services for a period of twenty-four months for Mr. Henley and twelve months for Messrs. Bakewell and Stookey, (iv) payment to continue insurance coverage equal to the annual supplemental executive officer insurance benefit provided to the executive officer prior to the date of termination, and (v) reasonable attorneys' fees and expense if any such fees or expenses are incurred to enforce the Separation Pay Agreement.
For purposes of Mr. Henley's Employment Agreement and each Separation Pay
Agreement, involuntary termination will occur if we terminate the employment of
the executive officer other than for cause, disability, voluntary retirement, or
death of the executive officer or the executive officer resigns for good reason.
A termination of the executive officer before a change in control by reason of
the executive officer's retirement on or after age sixty-five does not
constitute an involuntary termination.
The definition of cause includes (i) willful failure of the executive officer
to substantially perform the executive officer's duties that amounts to an
intentional and extended neglect of the executive officer's duties, (ii) only
prior to a change in control, continued, documented poor performance after
giving the executive officer sufficient time to improve, (iii) the determination
by our Board of Directors that the executive officer has engaged or is about to
engage in conduct materially injurious to the us, (iv) the executive officer's
conviction or entering of a guilty or no contest plea to a felony charge, or
(v) the executive officer's participation in the activities proscribed by the
confidentiality, non-solicitation, and non-competition covenants described below
or a material breach of any of the other covenants contained in the Employment
Agreement or Separation Pay Agreement, as applicable.
Prior to a change in control, the definition of good reason includes (i) the
assignment to the executive officer of any duties materially inconsistent with
the range of duties and responsibilities appropriate to our senior executive
officers, (ii) a material reduction in the executive officer's overall standing
and responsibilities, (iii) a material reduction in the executive officer's
aggregate annualized compensation and benefits opportunities, (iv) our failure
to pay the executive officer any portion of the executive officer's compensation
and benefits within thirty days after they become due, (v) any purported
termination of the executive officer's employment that is not made pursuant to a
notice of termination that reasonably details the basis for termination,
(vi) the failure by us to obtain an agreement from any of our successors
requiring such successor to assume and agree to perform our obligations under
the Separation Pay Agreement, (vii) the failure by us to provide indemnification
and directors and officers insurance protection contemplated by the agreement,
or (viii) the failure by us to comply with any material provision of the
Employment or Separation Pay Agreement, as applicable.
After a change in control, the definition of good reason includes, (i) a
material and adverse change in the executive officer's title, authority as an
executive officer, duties, responsibilities, or reporting lines as in effect
immediately prior to the change in control, (ii) a material reduction in the
executive officer's aggregate annualized compensation opportunities, or
(iii) the relocation of the executive officer's principal place of employment to
a location that is more than forty miles from the executive officer's principal
place of employment immediately prior to the change in control.
Under the terms of Mr. Henley's Employment Agreement and each Separation Pay
Agreement, the executive officer makes certain covenants that impose future
obligations on the executive officer regarding confidentiality of information,
transfer of inventions, non-solicitation of our employees for a period of twelve
to twenty-four months, and noncompetition with our business for a period of
twelve to twenty-four months. If we determine that a breach of any of these
covenants has occurred, then our obligations to make payments or provide
benefits shall cease immediately and permanently, and the executive officer
shall repay an amount equal to 90% of the payments and benefits previously
provided under the Employment Agreement or Separation Pay Agreement, as
applicable, with interest. Upon termination for any reason other than cause, the
executive officer must enter into a mutual release of all claims within
forty-five days after the date of termination before any payments will be made
to the executive officer.
If we are required to restate our balance sheet or statement of operations
affecting any reporting period that transpires during the term of the Employment
Agreement or any Separation Pay Agreement due to our material non-compliance
with any financial requirements under securities laws, we may require the
executive officer to reimburse us for any bonus or incentive-based or
equity-based compensation received by the executive officer during the term of
the Separation Pay Agreement and any profits realized from the sale of our
securities by the executive officer during the term of the Separation Pay
Agreement. If our Board of Directors determines that such a forfeiture is
appropriate, we may withhold future amounts owed to the executive officer as
compensation, and we may commence legal action to collect such sums as our Board
of Directors determines is owed to us.
All payments under each Separation Pay Agreement and, except as provided
below, the Employment Agreement, will be net of applicable tax withholdings.
Each Separation Pay Agreement contains a provision that reduces payment under
the Separation Pay Agreement to avoid taxation under Section 4999 of the
Internal Revenue Code for "parachute payments" within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code if such reduction results in a larger
after-tax payment to the executive officer.
At the time we hired Mr. Henley, we agreed to provide a "gross-up" to his
compensation. In continuation of this commitment, Mr. Henley's Employment
Agreement provides for a gross-up payment if it is determined that any payment
to Mr. Henley in the nature of compensation under his Employment
Agreement or otherwise would be subject to the excise tax imposed by
Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, together with any interest or
penalties imposed. Our obligation to make the gross-up payment is not
conditioned upon Mr. Henley's termination of employment. The gross-up payment
would not be deductible by us.
Under the terms of Mr. Henley's Employment Agreement and each Separation Pay
Agreement, the change in control benefits are "double trigger," which requires
(i) a change in control and (ii) a termination other than for cause or death or
other than resignation with good reason within twelve months of the expiration
of their Separation Pay Agreements before the executive officer receives their
change in control benefit. If we give notice of termination of the Separation
Pay Agreement less than one year after a change in control, then the term of the
Separation Pay Agreement will be automatically extended until the later of the
one year anniversary that follows such written notice or the second anniversary
of the change in control. The change in control benefit requires us to pay a
separation payment and accrued obligations and provide benefits to the executive
officer as described above.
Subject to several exceptions, for purposes of Mr. Henley's Employment
Agreement and each Separation Pay Agreement, a change in control occurs if
. . .
Exhibit
Number Description
10.1 Form of Indemnification Agreement
10.2 Employment Agreement dated as of April 2, 2009, by and between Wright
Medical Technology, Inc. and Gary D. Henley.
10.3 Separation Pay Agreement dated April 1, 2009, by and between Wright Medical
Technology, Inc. and John K. Bakewell.
10.4 Separation Pay Agreement dated April 1, 2009, by and between Wright Medical
Technology, Inc. and Eric A. Stookey.
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