Exhibit 4.8
Personal Employment
Agreement
Made
and Executed in Nes Tziona on December 31, 2004.
| Between: |
Xxxx
Communications and Software Ltd. |
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00
Xxxxxxxx Xx., XXX 0000 |
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Science
Park, Kiryat Weizmann, |
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The First Party; |
(Hereinafter:
the "Company") |
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From
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xx., Xxx Xxxx |
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The Second Party; |
(Hereinafter:
the "Employee") |
| Whereas: |
The
Employee has been employed by the Company since June 5, 2000
pursuant to a previous employment agreement dated July 6, 2000,
as amended, which shall terminate on December 31, 2004; |
| And Whereas: |
The
parties desire to extend the term of Employee's employment by
two additional years, beginning from January 1, 2005 until
December 31, 2006; |
| And Whereas: |
The
Company is interested in employing the Employee in the position
of Vice President for Research and Development, subject to the
terms of this Agreement; |
| And Whereas: |
The
Employee has expressed his desire to be employed by the Company
in the aforesaid position, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, and has represented himself as possessing the
necessary knowledge, experience, and qualifications to serve in
such position; |
Therefore
it is conditioned, declared and agreed by the parties as follows:
| 1. |
Preamble
and Interpretation |
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The
Preamble to this Agreement and its appendices constitute an integral part hereof. |
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This
Agreement is personal, special, and regulates the relations between the Company and the
Employee and exclusively determines the employment terms of the Employee by the Company.
Therefore, neither collective agreements including the appendices thereof, nor national
or industry agreements and including any other agreement or collective arrangement, made
from time to time between employers and the Histadrut Workers Union and/or between the
Company and any of its employees, shall apply to the Employee. In addition, this
Agreement shall void any previous agreement between the parties. |
| 3. |
Positions
and Authorities |
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The
Company shall employ the Employee as Vice President of Research and Development, subject
to the terms of this Agreement, for a period of two years beginning January 1, 2005,
until December 31, 2006, unless the employment of the Employee is terminated earlier
according to the terms of this Agreement. |
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The
Employee shall report to the CEO of the Company exclusively, and shall act according to
his directives. |
| 4.1 |
The
Employee shall work within the territory of the State of Israel and from time to time
shall have to work outside such territory. |
| 4.2 |
The
Employee undertakes to work such hours as shall be required to carry out the duties of
his position. |
| 4.3 |
The
Employee declares that his state of health enables him to carry out the requirements
obligated by the extent of his position as aforesaid. |
| 5.1 |
The
Employee undertakes to act diligently, devotedly, faithfully, and with fidelity in
carrying out this Agreement, and to act to the best of his ability for the good of the
Company. |
| 5.2 |
Without
derogating from the generality of Section 5.1 above, with the exception of the passive
management of his personal investments, the Employee shall not engage in any other
occupation or other business activity, nor receive a benefit or a promise of benefit from
any person or other body regarding his employment in the Company, without the prior
approval of the Company. |
| 5.3 |
Without
derogating from the generality of Section 5.1 above, the Employee shall not make use of
information and/or documents that have come to his attention in the framework of his
employment, and shall refrain from any matter that involves a conflict of interest or is
liable to constitute a conflict of interest between the interests of the Company and his
interests or those of another person or entity connected with him. |
| 5.4 |
Without
derogating from the generality of Section 5.1 above, the Employee undertakes to inform
the Company, immediately and without delay, of any matter or subject in which he has a
personal interest and/or which is liable to cause a conflict of interest between his
interests and the interests of the Company. |
| 5.5 |
The
Employee’s position is counted amongst those positions requiring a special degree of
personal trust according to the meaning of this term in the Hours of Work and Rest Law,
1951 (Hereinafter: the “Hours of Work Law”), and therefore the
provisions of this Law shall not apply to the Employee. |
| 5.6 |
These
provisions are supplementary to any fiduciary duty imposed upon the Employee pursuant to
any law and/or practice and/or agreement and shall not derogate therefrom. |
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The
Employee undertakes to strictly and precisely abide by the general work procedures of the
Company as they shall be provided to him in writing, and they shall constitute an
integral part of the provisions of this Agreement. |
| 7. |
Hours
Of Work and Remuneration |
In compensation for his employment
by the Company, the Company shall pay the Employee a gross monthly remuneration as set
forth in Section 16 hereof (Hereinafter: the “Salary”).
| 7.1 |
The
Salary shall be paid the Employee once a month, no later than the 9th day of
each Gregorian month, for the previous month. |
| 7.2 |
Unless
otherwise set forth in Section 16, the Salary amount stated in Section 16 is a gross sum.
Should it become evident that the Employee is entitled to payment, whether for overtime
pay or for work during days of rest, the Salary set forth in Section 16 shall be
considered to include an additional global sum for payment in lieu of overtime and/or
work on days of rest. The Employee shall not be entitled to any compensation or payment
of any sort whatsoever, other than the Salary and/or the benefits set out in Section 17,
unless expressly stated in this Agreement. |
| 8.1 |
The
Employee shall be entitled to paid annual vacation, to recuperation pay, and to sick pay,
as set forth in Section 17. |
| 8.2 |
Vacation
days may be accrued for up to two years (i.e., until 46 days). At the conclusion
of two years, the remainder of vacation days exceeding the determined
limit shall be redeemed. |
| 8.3 |
The
Employee shall inform the Company 10 days in advance of the date he is to take vacation,
and that date shall be approved provided that it will not harm Company’s affairs. |
| 8.4 |
The
Employee and/or the Company may redeem for money vacation days lawfully accrued but not
utilized. |
| 9.1 |
Subject
to the directives determined from time to time by the Income Tax Commission, the Company
shall allocate to the insurance company, as part of manager’s insurance, an amount
equal to 13.33% (comprised of 8.33% for severance pay and 5% for benefits) of the Base
Salary only, as such is defined in Section 16.2. |
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The
Company shall deduct and allocate from the Employee’s Salary, at his expense, 5% of
the Base Salary, which shall constitute the Employee’s benefits payment, and the
Employee hereby agrees that the Company may deduct this 5%. |
| 9.2 |
At
the request of the Employee and subject to the consent of the Company, the Company shall
insure the Employee with a pension fund of his choice, in lieu of insurance by way of
manager’s insurance set forth in Section 9.1 above. The scale of the allocations to
the pension fund, both on account of the Company and on account of the Employee, shall be
according to the regulations of the pension fund, but in any event shall not exceed the
sums as set forth in Section 9.1 above. |
| 9.3 |
The
sums to be transferred by the Company as part of allocations for severance pay shall
remain the property of the Company. The sums shall be transferred to the ownership of the
Employee upon his departure from the Company, unless the employment of the Employee is
terminated in circumstances which justify dismissal without payment of severance pay
and/or the Employee should fail to hand over his position to his replacement as required
pursuant to Section 13 and/or the Employee should commit a fundamental breach of his
obligations pursuant to this Agreement. |
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During
his periods of army reserve duty, the Employee shall be entitled to receive his full
salary from the Company. The Employee undertakes to provide the appropriate documentation
of active reserve duty to the Company for submission to the National Insurance Institute,
in order to enable the Company to claim its due from the National Insurance Institute. |
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The
Company shall not bear any taxes or other mandatory payments imposed on the Employee (for
the avoidance of doubt, this shall include the bonuses mentioned in Section 18),
including income tax, national insurance, national health insurance, and membership fees,
and shall duly deduct such from his wages. |
| 12. |
Termination
Of Employment |
| 12.1 |
The
Company shall be entitled to terminate the employment of the Employee at any time,
immediately, without advance notice, for any reason whatsoever. |
| 12.1.1 |
In
such a case, the Employee shall be entitled to receive his Salary until the end of the
term of employment pursuant to this Agreement, namely until December 31, 2006, and the
Company shall continue to allocate payments on its account and on account of the
Employee, to manager’s insurance/pension fund/further education fund/disability
fund, until December 31, 2006. For the avoidance of doubt, in this case, the Employee
shall be entitled to the bonuses mentioned in Sections 18.1, 18.2. In addition, the
Employee shall be entitled to the bonus mentioned in Section 18.3 which shall be
calculated as the higher of $500,000 gross or the pre-tax profit which constituted the
source of the money deposited in trust with the Contract Trustee as set forth in Section
19 hereof. In the event that the pre-tax profit constituting the source of the money
deposited in trust with the Contract Trustee shall be lower than $500,000 gross, the
Contract Trustee shall transfer the sum held in trust to the possession of the Employee,
and the Company shall pay the remainder of the bonus, being the difference between the
pre-tax profit constituting the source of the money deposited in trust with the Contract
Trustee, and $500,000 gross. In addition, upon the termination of the employee-employer
relationship period, all the stock options not yet exercised – shall vest, these
options shall be given to the Employee to be exercised pursuant to the terms of the
options. |
| 12.1.2 |
The
Company shall be entitled to make payments pursuant to Section 12.1.1 earlier than
scheduled, at its discretion. |
| 12.1.3 |
If
demanded by the Company, the Employee agrees to continue to fulfill his position for a
period that shall not exceed 90 days from the time notice is served pursuant to Section
12.1. |
| 12.2 |
Without
derogating from the foregoing, the Company may dismiss the Employee immediately, without
prior notice, subject to law, and without being obligated to pay the Employee the
payments in Sections 12.1.1, 12.1.2, and 12.1.3 above, in any event in which the
dismissal shall be carried out in circumstances set forth in this section below: |
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(a) |
Intentional
or gross negligence causing damage to the Company or to the property of
the Company, based on the reasonable judgment of the board of directors of
the Company. |
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(b) |
Breach
of the duty of confidentiality or non-competition of the Employee vis-à-vis
the Company. |
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(c) |
Embezzlement
or misuse of Company funds. |
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(d) |
Falsification
of Company reports or records. |
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(e) |
Breach
of the duties of loyalty and care applicable to a manager of a company. |
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(f) |
Actions
or omissions in contradiction to directives of the Company’s CEO
submitted in writing to the Employee, and that were not corrected by the
Employee within 7 days of the written warning regarding them. |
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(g) |
In
circumstances in which severance pay may be fully or partially denied to an
employee according to the law applicable in Israel. |
| 12.3 |
The
Employee shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement at any time, for any reason
whatsoever and with no obligation for providing reasons, upon the serving of prior
written notice of 90 days. Resignation due to the material deterioration of the
employment conditions shall not be considered resignation for the purposes of this
Agreement, and specifically not for the purposes of Section 18 and Section 19 hereof. |
| 12.4 |
Severance
Pay shall be paid according to the Severance Pay Law, 1963. |
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The
Employee undertakes that immediately upon termination of his employment in the Company,
for any reason whatsoever, he will act as follows: |
| 13.1 |
The
Employee will deliver and/or will return to the Company all documents, diskettes, or any
other magnetic media, letters, listings, reports and any other documents in his
possession and connected to the business of the Company and so too all equipment and/or
other property of the Company provided for him. Additionally, he undertakes to erase such
information as may be present on a personal computer at his residence or owned by him. |
| 13.2 |
The
Employee shall transfer the documents and the matters in his care to whom the Company
shall determine, in an orderly fashion and according to the procedures determined by the
Company, in such a manner to enable a reasonable and suitable person, taking into account
the position, to continue to carry out his position in an orderly fashion and without
harm to the Company. |
| 14.1 |
During
the term of his employment with the Company and thereafter, the Employee undertakes not
to disclose and/or to transfer to any person and/or entity outside of the company,
information pertaining to the Company or information received by him through his
employment at the Company, and/or in connection with the Company that is not part of the
public domain, and/or is not lawfully demanded by an authority of the State of Israel.
The Employee undertakes to keep confidential all matters pertaining to the business and
the affairs of the Company, and not to harm the reputation of the Company or its customer
base in any way. |
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Without
derogating from the generality of the foregoing, information, for the purposes of this
section, shall include: |
| 14.1.1 |
Information
pertaining to the production or development processes of the Company. |
| 14.1.2 |
Business
information pertaining to the business of the Company. |
| 14.1.3 |
Inventions,
research, and technical or scientific knowledge. |
| 14.1.4 |
Data
regarding sales, products and services with which the Company deals. |
| 14.1.5 |
Pricing
methods and profitability calculations. |
| 14.1.6 |
Customer
lists of the Company, information about customers of the Company, their businesses and
activities, made known to the Employee or received by him through his employment with the
Company. |
| 14.2 |
Results
of his work and any invention and/or idea discovered by the Employee during the term of
his employment with the Company, or related to his employment at the Company, shall be
considered the property of the Company and shall belong to it, and the Company shall be
entitled to act as it desires and to register such invention and /or idea in its name. |
| 14.3 |
The
Employee undertakes to do all that is required of him by the Company to protect the
findings and/or the ideas in favor of the Company, wherever required, and sign any
document necessary for such purpose, provided that the costs involved therewith shall be
borne by the Company. |
| 15.1 |
During
the term of his employment at the Company and during a period no shorter than 12 months
after termination of his employment at the Company, for any reason, (Hereinafter: “Non-Competition
Period), the Employee shall not engage in, participate in, nor accept a position in
any form or manner whatsoever that competes directly or indirectly with the activities of
the Company, and/or shall not place himself in a situation that constitutes activity
competitive with the Company, in or outside of Israel. |
| 15.2 |
In
addition to the foregoing in Section 15.1 above, the Employee undertakes that during the
Non-Competition Period he will not approach the Company’s customers and will not
receive from Company customers or from any person or other body, any position, proposal,
offer, employment or business in a field in which the Company had already engaged at that
time or had begun to engage. |
| 15.3 |
The
Employee declares that fulfilling his undertakings pursuant to this Agreement, his
employment by the Company and use of the information and qualifications possessed by him
does not breach and will not breach any other agreement or obligation to secrecy or
non-competition to which he is a party, or was a party prior to his employment by the
Company, and that he did not enter into and will not enter into any oral or written
agreement that contradicts the foregoing or in this document. |
| 16.1 |
The
Employee shall be paid an aggregate monthly salary of $12,500, converted into New
Israeli Shekels at the times of payment (Hereinafter: the "Total Salary"). |
| 16.2 |
80%
of the Total Salary (Hereinafter: the "Base Salary") shall constitute the exclusive
basis for the following payments: manager's insurance (including benefits funds),
allocations to pension funds, disability payments, and further education fund. |
| 16.3 |
The
cost of living and salary increases applicable to all employees in the country, as
applicable from time to time, shall apply to the Total Salary. |
| 17.1 |
Manager’s
insurance/pension fund: 13.33% shall be allocated on account of the Company and 5% shall
be allocated on account of the Employee, and in total 18.33% shall be allocated from the
Base Salary. Additionally, the Company shall pay up to the rate of 2.5% from the Base
Salary for disability. |
| 17.2 |
Further
education fund: 7.5% on account of the Company and 2.5% on account of the Employee
and in total, 10% shall be allocated from the Base Salary. |
| 17.3 |
Annual
leave: The Employee shall be entitled to 23 days of vacation per year not including
Fridays and Saturdays. |
| 17.4 |
Payment
of recuperation pay shall be according to law. |
| 17.5 |
Payment
of sick pay shall be according to law. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to law, sick
days may not be accrued nor may they be redeemed, and shall not be redeemed upon
termination of the Agreement or at any other time. |
| 17.6 |
The
Employee shall be entitled to reimbursement of gasoline expenses from the Company, up to
the sum of $300 per month, and which may not be accrued. The Employee shall bear any
expense exceeding said amount. The Company shall bear the tax expenses resulting from
this section. |
| 18.1 |
Regarding
the years 2005 and 2006, the Employee shall be entitled to receive an annual bonus of a
maximum amount of $25,000 per year at the end of each year (Hereinafter: the “Annual
Bonus”), provided that Company performance justifies payment of the bonus and
according to the decision of the Company CEO. The Annual Bonus shall be paid no later
than 30 days after approval of the bonus by the CEO, provided that the Employee is not
dismissed pursuant to Section 12.2, or did not resign pursuant to Section 12.3 of this
Agreement, until the time of payment of the annual bonus. For the avoidance of doubt,
should the Employee be dismissed pursuant to Section 12.2, or resign pursuant to Section
12.3 of this Agreement, except for resignation due to material deterioration of his
employment conditions, after the dates specified above, the Employee shall not be obliged
to return monies paid according to this section up until the cessation of the
employee-employer relationship as aforesaid. |
| 18.2 |
The
Employee shall be entitled to receive an additional bonus totaling $150,000 (Hereinafter:
the “Two-Year Bonus”). The Two-Year Bonus shall be paid in installments
as follows, provided the Employee is not dismissed pursuant to Section 12.2, or did not
resign pursuant to Section 12.3 of this agreement, until the dates stated as follows: a
sum of $37,500 by June 30, 2005; a sum of $37,500 by December 31, 2005; a sum of $37,500
by June 30, 2006; and a sum of $37,500 by December 31, 2006. For the avoidance of doubt,
should the Employee be dismissed pursuant to Section 12.2, or resign pursuant to Section
12.3 of this agreement, following the aforementioned dates, the Employee shall not be
obliged to return monies that were paid according to this section up until the cessation
of the employee-employer relationship, as aforesaid. |
| 18.3 |
Provided
that the Employee was not dismissed pursuant to Section 12.2, or alternatively, did not
resign pursuant to Section 12.3 of this agreement, the Employee shall be entitled to
receive an additional bonus totaling $500,000 (five hundred thousand) dollars, which
shall be calculated as a minimum profit of $2.5 on each option and which shall be
multiplied by the number of options stated in Section 19.1 (Hereinafter: the “Third
Bonus”) up until 30 days from the end of “The Third Bonus Period” as
defined herein. |
| 18.3.1 |
In
Section 18.3 and in Section 19 the following terms shall have the meanings below: |
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“Options”– According
to the meaning of the term in Section 19 below. |
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“Actual
Sale Price” – The price at which the Options were actually sold, provided
it was no lower than 10% of the Average Price. |
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“Minimal
Sale Price” – $2.65 per Option Share. |
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“Average
Price” – The average closing price of the ordinary shares of the Company
traded on the NASDAQ (or another stock exchange) during the last seven trading days of
each calendar month during the Third Bonus Period, but no lower than the Minimal Sale
Price. |
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“Merger”-The
merger of the Company with or into a different entity whereby the Company is wound up, or
the transfer or the sale of a majority or of all the shares of the Company by its
shareholders. |
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“Option
Shares” – Shares that were issued to the Employee by the Company pursuant
to exercise of the Options. |
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“The
Third Bonus Period” -The period beginning on the day the Employee is first
entitled to exercise the Options or a part thereof, and concluding upon the earlier of
the following dates: (1) 4 (four) years after the foresaid beginning date; (2) the date
of the cessation of the employee-employer relationship between the Employee and the
Company (for the avoidance of doubt, for this purpose the end of the term of this
Agreement shall be not be considered a cessation of the employee-employer relationship
between the Employee and the Company if the employment of the Employee by the Company
continues pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to another agreement, after the end of
the term of this Agreement); (3) the date that the Employee sells or requests to offer
for sale all of the Option Shares following the term of this Agreement but is unable to
carry out his will due to lack of economic viability. See Exhibit A to this Agreement
that includes an illustrative example of this sub-section. |
| 18.3.2 |
At
the time of payment of the Third Bonus, all amounts that the Employee received from the
actual sale of the Option Shares or that he would have received if he had sold the Option
Shares, shall be deducted, subject to the conditions below, and all by reducing the
exercise price of the Options which shall be transferred to the Company at the time of
exercise of the Options. It is hereby clarified that (1) the following conditions shall
apply to each and every tranche of the vested Options independently, (2) sale of Option
Shares will first take place on account of Options bearing an earlier vesting date, and
(3) An offer to sell Option Shares by the Employee on a stock exchange shall be
considered a sale of the Option Shares even if the Option Shares were not actually sold.
The Options that were offered for sale and were not sold shall be transferred onward and
will be offered for sale in the future pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Nonetheless, should the Employee later sell the same Option Shares that were offered for
sale and not sold within the term of the agreement, and at a higher price than the price
they were initially offered for sale, the sale offer of that portion of the Option Shares
that were initially offered for sale shall not be considered to be an actual sale, and
the Actual Sale Price, shall be deducted from the payment of the Third Bonus. Exhibit A
of this Agreement includes an illustrative example of the implementation of the
provisions of Section 18.3. |
| 18.3.2.1 |
Should
the Employee sell the Option Shares, at a price lower than the higher of the Minimum Sale
Price and the Average Price applicable to that tranche of Options, then he will be
regarded as having sold the Option Shares at the higher of: (1) the Minimum Sale Price or
(2) the Actual Sale Price. |
| 18.3.2.2 |
Should
the Employee not exercise a portion of the Options (or part of a portion) which he could
have exercised, or exercised but did not sell the Option Shares, then he will be
considered to have sold the relevant Option Shares at the higher of the following prices:
(1) the Average Price applicable to the relevant tranche of the Options Shares; or (2)
the closing price of the Company shares on the NASDAQ on the last day of the Third Bonus
Period, provided that the market price per share exceeds $1.41; or (3) the price paid for
an ordinary share of the Company on the day the Merger transaction was consummated,
provided that this price is no lower than $1.41. |
| 18.3.3 |
In
addition to the reduction mentioned in Section 18.3.2 above, the Third Bonus will be
reduced by an amount equal to the inclusive total of all of dividends (gross) that were
paid to the Employee during the Third Bonus Period on account of Option Shares. |
| 18.3.4 |
In
the event that the Company completes a Merger transaction during the Third Bonus Period,
if the Merger transaction share price exceeds $1.41, the Company will accelerate the
vesting of all of the unvested Options that have not yet been vested, and the Employee
shall sell these Options within the framework of the Merger transaction, in accordance
with the price set for the Merger. The sum realized from the sale of the Options shall be
transferred to the Contract Trustee, in accordance with Section 19 below. In the event
that the pre-tax profit which constituted the source of the sum deposited in trust with
the Contract Trustee as discussed in Section 19 below is less than $500,000 gross at the
time of consummation of the Merger transaction, the Company shall pay the Employee the
balance of the bonus between the pre-tax profits that constituted the source of the sum
deposited in trust with the Contract Trustee, and $500,000 gross. This payment will be
credited to the Employee as salary in kind and the net balance after tax payments
required by law shall be transferred to the Contract Trustee. In the event that the
Merger share price is lower than $1.41, the remaining unexercised Options will be
cancelled, and the Company shall pay the Employee the bonus balance between the pre-tax
profits that constitute the source of the sum deposited in trust with the Contract
Trustee, and $500,000. This supplementary sum shall be credited to the Employee as salary
in kind and the net balance after the tax payments required by law will be transferred to
the Contract Trustee. In each of the above scenarios, the end of the employer-employee
relationship period shall be set at the earlier of 180 days following the Merger closing
date and 31.12.06 and at the end of this period the Contract Trustee shall transfer to
the Employee the Third Bonus, which will be composed of funds that have accumulated in
the trust account from exercise of the Options and from sums transferred by the Company
according to this section. |
| 18.3.5 |
In
the event that the Company become a private company via the acquisition of its shares on
a stock exchange in a tender offer by one of the Company’s current shareholders (“Tender
Offer”), and in the event that the share price at the time of the Tender Offer
exceeds $1.41, the Company shall accelerate the vesting of all unexercised Options, and
the Employee shall sell these Options at the time of the Tender Offer, in accordance with
the Tender Offer price. The funds realized from the sale of the Options shall be
transferred to the Contract Trustee as described in Section 19 below. In the event that
the pre-tax profit that constituted the source of the sum deposited in trust with the
Contract Trustee as stated in Section 19 below, is lower than $500,000 gross at the time
of completion of the Tender Offer, the Company will pay the Employee the bonus
discrepancy between the pre-tax profit that constituted the source of the sum deposited
in trust with the Contract Trustee, and $500,000 gross. This supplementary sum shall be
credited to the Employee as salary in kind, and the net sum remaining after the tax
payments required by law shall be transferred to the Contract Trustee. Should the Tender
Offer share price be lower than $1.41, the remaining unexercised Options shall be
cancelled, and the Company shall pay the Employee the bonus discrepancy between the
pre-tax profit that constituted the source of the sum deposited in trust with the
Contract Trustee, and $500,000 gross. This supplementary sum shall be credited to the
Employee as salary in kind, and the net remaining sum after the tax payments required by
law shall be transferred to the Contract Trustee. In any case, in each of the above
scenarios there shall be no change in the termination date of the employer-employee
relationship as defined in this Agreement, and at the end of this period the Contract
Trustee shall transfer to the Employee the Third Bonus, which shall be composed of Option
exercise funds and the sums transferred by the Company to the trust account as described
in this section. |
| 18.3.6 |
In
the event that the Company receives a receivership order which is not removed or
cancelled after 30 days, or in the event that the Company enters into a stay of
proceedings or in the event that liquidation proceedings are initiated against the
Company and not ceased within 30 days, the end of the Third Bonus Period shall be the
date on which each of the scenarios mentioned above is realized. |
| 18.3.7 |
For
the avoidance of doubt, the Company has the right to accelerate the vesting of any or all
of the Options that have not yet been vested, according to its own discretion. |
| 18.3.8 |
For
the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Employee and the Company consent
that the Employee shall instruct the Options trustee to sell the Option Shares
simultaneously with the exercise of the Options (same day sale). |
| 18.3.9 |
At
the conclusion of the Third Bonus Period, in the event that the Employee did not exercise
the remaining Options due to lack of economic viability, these unexercised Options shall
be cancelled, and the Company shall pay the Employee the bonus as described in this
section. See Example 4 in Section 18.3. |
| 18.4 |
With
regard to payment of all of the bonuses mentioned in Section 18 above, and with regard to
Section 19, the date of notice of termination of by the Company pursuant to Section 12.2,
or, alternatively, by the Employee pursuant to Section 12.3, shall be considered to be
the day on which the employment ceased and the employer-employee relationship ended,
subject to the provisions of the last part of Section 12.3. |
| 18.5 |
The
parties hereby agree that the Company’s books and records regarding their rights and
obligations with regard to the bonuses shall constitute proof of the accuracy of what is
stated therein. Should one of the parties to this Agreement disagree with a detail stated
above and/or with a calculation, the calculation shall be performed by the Company’s
accountants and his determination shall bind the parties. |
| 19.1 |
The
Employee shall be entitled to 200,000 (two hundred thousand) Options in accordance with
the Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B (hereinafter: the “Options”).
Subject to the provisions of the Option Agreement, the Options shall vest on a monthly
basis throughout the term of the Agreement (from January 1, 2005 to December 21, 2006),
and in tranches as follows: at the end of each Gregorian month, 8,333 Options per month
for the first 23 months, and 8,341 Options shall vest on December 31, 2006. The Company
shall ensure that the Options are allocated on the capital gains track, pursuant to
Section 102 of the Income Tax Ordinance. The Employee hereby acknowledges that tax
liability for the exercise and sale of the Options, including the case of exercise prior
to the end of the period as defined in Section 102 of the Income Tax Ordinance, shall
fall on the Employee only and shall not be taken into account for calculating the Third
Bonus calculations or for any other purpose. |
| 19.2 |
Subject
to the Option Agreement, any compensation for the sale of Option Shares shall be
transferred to the trustee pursuant to Section 102 of the Ordinance, and in accordance
with what is set forth in Exhibit B of this Agreement (the “Options Trustee”).
In accordance with income tax regulations and as set forth in Exhibit B, the Options
Trustee must transfer consideration received for the Options to the Employee and the
Company. In the event that the Employee exercises the Options before January 2, 2007, the
consideration for the Options that was to have been received by the Employee shall be
transferred directly to a trust account of another trustee to be appointed by both
parties (the “Contract Trustee”). The Company shall credit the Employee salary
in kind (which shall be calculated as the sale consideration less the exercise price),
and shall transfer the tax payments to the tax authorities (in accordance with the
marginal tax rate applicable to the Employee), as well as other applicable required
payments, and shall transfer them to the authorities. The balance of profit, should there
be one, shall be transferred by the Company to the Contract Trustee. |
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In
the event that the Employee sells the Options on a date subsequent to January 1, 2007,
the Company, in accordance with the provisions of Exhibit B and the aforementioned, shall
transfer the required tax payments to the tax authorities and shall transfer to the
Employee the balance of profit. In addition, the Employee shall not be required to
transfer the exercise funds received from the Options Trustee to the Contract Trustee. |
| 19.3 |
In
the event that the Employee is dismissed pursuant to Section 12.2 or the Employee resigns
pursuant to Section 12.3 of this Agreement, on a date prior to December 31, 2005, the
Contract Trustee shall transfer the complete sum that has accumulated in his trust
account to the Company (this sum is liquidated damages for the departure of the Employee
prior to the end of the term of the Agreement). In addition, Options that have vested but
have not been exercised shall expire, subject to Section 19.4. |
| 19.4 |
In
the event that the employer-employee relationship is terminated on a date following
December 31, 2005 but prior to December 31, 2006, whether by the Company pursuant to
Section 12.2 or, alternatively, by the Employee pursuant to Section 12.3, the Company
shall transfer to the Employee approximately 100,000 Options, whether already vested, or
have not yet vested, and the Company shall be accelerate their vesting in accordance with
Section 18.3.5 of this Agreement. However alternatively, the Company, in its sole
discretion, in the event that the remaining non-vested Options are fewer than 100,000, or
by decision of the Company CEO, transfer to the Employee compensation comprised of
unvested Options and/or un-exercised Options and of financial compensation to be
calculated as follow: the number of Options required to make up the difference (meaning
the difference between 100,000 Options and the number of Options that the Company shall
actually transfer to the Employee, hereinafter: the “Supplementary Options”)
multiplied by the Mean Compensation Per Option (as defined below). For the purposes of
this section the Mean Compensation Per Option shall be calculated as follows: profits
held by the Contract Trustee from the exercise of Options that vested during 2005 and
divided by the number of Options actually sold during 2005. For the avoidance of doubt it
is hereby clarified that for purposes of calculating the Mean Compensation Per Option in
this section, only Options that vested during the Employee’s term of employment in
accordance with Section 19.1 shall be taken into account, and not from funds resulting
from the acceleration of unvested Options in 2006, in accordance with Section 18.3.5. In
addition, notwithstanding the above, the Company’s CEO, at his own discretion, shall
be entitled to transfer to the Employee as financial consideration the profits held by
the Contract Trustee and resulting from the exercise and sale of the 100,000 Options that
vested during 2005. |
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All
vested Options held by the Employee after implementation of the provisions of this
section shall expire after 90 days from the date of conclusion of the employer-employee
relationship. Additionally, remaining Options from 2006 that have been transferred to the
Employee, whether vested or not, shall expire upon the conclusion of the
employer-employee relationship as stated above. The total profit held and accumulated in
the trust account in possession of the Contract Trustee, and which have remained in his
possession after implementation of the provisions of this section, shall be transferred
by the Contract Trustee to the Company (this sum constitutes liquidated damages for the
departure of the Employee prior to the end of the term of the Agreement). |
| 20.1 |
Should
it is determined by an authorized court that any of the provisions in this Agreement
cannot be enforced and/or lacks validity for any reason (a “defective provision”),
this shall not impair and/or cancel the validity of the Agreement’s remaining
provisions. Any change in the defective provision shall be made via written agreement,
with the concurrence of both parties and in accordance with the spirit and the letter of
the provision as it appears in this Agreement. |
| 20.2 |
The
Employee undertakes, during the term of his employment by the Company and after cessation
of his employment, not to assist any civil action taken against the Company and/or bodies
connected with it, unless such assistance is required by law; the Employee also
undertakes to render any reasonable assistance requested of him by the Company in any
legal action in which the Company may become involved. The foregoing does not apply to
actions taken by the Employee against the Company or to actions taken against the Company
in which the Employee is one of the claimants. |
| 20.3 |
The
parties declare their addresses for purposes of this Agreement as stated in the
introduction above, and any notice sent by one party to the other via registered mail
shall be considered to have reached its destination within 4 business days from the time
of being submitted for delivery by registered mail, and if delivered in person – at
the time of delivery. |
| 20.4 |
The
parties declare that they have read this Agreement and its attached appendices carefully,
have understood its contents and have signed it of their own free will. It is agreed that
this Agreement constitutes, inter alia, a notice pursuant to the Notice to Employees
(Employment Conditions) Law – 2002. It is clarified that nothing herein shall
derogate from any right of the Employee pursuant to any law, expansion order, and
collective agreement, to the extent they are applicable. |
| 20.5 |
The
Employee undertakes to keep confidential the contents of this Agreement and any item
related to the conditions of his employment, and not to reveal them to a third party,
except for his own legal counsel or accountants, without the Company’s written
agreement. |
| 20.6 |
The
Employee acknowledges that the validity of the Agreement and its conditions are subject
to authorizations by the Company’s Audit Committee and Board of Directors, to be
obtained by January13, 2005. The Company must inform the Employee in writing by
January16, 2005 in the event that this Agreement is not approved by the Company’s
Audit Committee and Board of Directors. |
| 20.7 |
Any
change in this Agreement shall be made in writing and with the agreement of both
parties. |
| 20.8 |
The
parties agree that the authorized courts of Tel Aviv shall have the sole authority to
deliberate over any instance of dispute concerning this Agreement. |
And in witness thereof the parties have signed
Appendix A
Numerical example of the
Options’ effect on the Third Bonus
For illustration purposes it should
be assumed that the situation is being tested when the middle of March, 2005 is the date
of completion of the Third Bonus Period.
| End of month |
No. of vested
Options |
No. of Option
Shares sold |
Average price per
Option Tranche |
Average price at
10% reduction |
| January 2005 |
8,333 |
6,000 |
$2.50 |
-- |
| February 2005 |
8,333 |
5,000 |
$3.00 |
$2.70 |
| Total |
16,666 |
11,000 |
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| 1. |
With
regard to January, 2005 (when the situation is actually being tested
at the beginning of February), if the Employee sold 6,000 Option Shares at
a price lower than the minimum price, he shall be considered as having
sold these Option Shares at a price of $2.65 (the minimum price). |
| 2. |
With
regard to February, 2005 (when the situation is actually being
tested at the beginning of March), if the Employee sold 5,000 Option
Shares (in addition to the 6,000 Option Shares that he already sold as
stated in Item 1 above), one of the following shall be applicable: |
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A. |
If
the Employee sold the Option Shares at a price of $2.50, he will be
considered as having sold the 2,333 Option Shares remaining from January
at a price of $2.65, and the 2,667 Option Shares from February at a price
of $2.70. |
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B. |
If
the Employee sold the Option Shares at a price of $2.65, he will be
considered as having sold the 2,333 Option Shares remaining from January
at a price of $2.65 and the 2,667 Option Shares from February at a price
of $2.70. |
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C. |
If
the Employee sold the Option Shares at a price of $2.70, he will be
considered as having sold all 5,000 Option Shares at a price of $2.70
(although the 2,667 Option Shares from February were sold at a price lower
than the average minimum price of $3.00, this is still within the
permissible framework of the 10% reduction). |
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D. |
If
the Employee sold the Option Shares at a price of $3.10, he will be
considered as having sold all 5,000 Option Shares at a price of $3.10. |
Summary table for
February 2005
| Alternative |
Minimum price |
Average price
per tranche
vested in
February |
Avg. price
with 10%
reduction |
Actual sale
price
|
Considered as
having sold at -
|
| A
|
$2.65
|
$3.00
|
$2.70
|
$2.50
|
2,333 from
January at
$2.65
2,667 from
February at
$2.70
|
| B
|
$2.65
|
$3.00
|
$2.70
|
$2.65
|
2,333 from
January at
$2.65;
2,667 from
February at
$2.70
|
| C
|
$2.65
|
$3.00
|
$2.70
|
$2.70
|
All 5,000
shares at
$2.70
|
| D
|
$2.65
|
$3.00
|
$2.70
|
$3.10
|
All 5,000
shares at $3.10
|
| 3. |
For
purposes of calculating the Third Bonus reduction, let us assume that
Alternative B of Item 2 above is the applicable one. |
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| January 2005: |
($2.65-$1.41)*8,333 = $10,333 |
| February 2005: |
($2.70-$1.41)*2,667 = $3,440 |
Total accumulated profits for January
and February – $13,773.
Section 18.3.2 of the Agreement
states that for purposes of Third Bonus reduction Option Shares that the Employee has not
exercised or sold will also be taken into account. In this example, the Employee did not
exercise 5,666 Option Shares belonging to the tranche that vested in February 2005. For
purposes of this example let us assume that the relevant alternative is alternative 1 in
Section 18.3.2.2. The average price applicable to the relevant Options is $3.00, as stated
above. The sum to be deducted for these shares:
5,666*($3.00-$1.41) =
$9,009
Total sum for reduction from the Third Bonus: $10,333 + $3,440 + $9,009 = $22,782
| 4. |
Example
in accordance with Section 18.3.7: |
In the event that the share price on
December 31, 2006 is $1.35 (or any price lower than $1.41), and should the Employee seek
to sell the options, the action will not be profitable since the sum that would be
received from exercise of the options will be lower than the price that he will be
required to pay the Company. In this case the remaining unexercised options will be
cancelled and the Employee will receive a bonus of $2.5 per each cancelled option.
