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GPS » Topics » 19. Stock Ownership. Under Company policy, you are required to comply with certain stock ownership requirements as determined by the Board. Under current policy, you are required to own 150,000 shares of Company common stock within five years of the StartThis excerpt taken from the GPS 10-K filed Mar 27, 2009. 19. Stock Ownership. Under Company policy, you are required to comply with certain stock ownership requirements as determined by the Board. Under current policy, you are required to own 150,000 shares of Company common stock within five years of the Start Date. 20. Choice of Law/Remedies for Breach. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this letter shall be governed by the laws of the State of California (except their provisions governing the choice of law). It is specifically understood and agreed that any breach of the attached Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation and Non-Disparagement Agreement and certain provisions of this letter (including, without limitation, Sections 1, 10, and 17) is likely to result in irreparable injury to the Company and that, in addition to any other remedy it may have, the Company shall, to the extent enforceable, be entitled to seek to enforce the specific performance of any obligation by you and to obtain both temporary and permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving actual damages. The parties hereby submit themselves to the Superior Court of California in and for the County of San Francisco for the purpose of enforcing this letter. 21. Successors. This letter shall be binding upon any successor (whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the Companys business and/or assets, and the Company will require any such successor to expressly assume and agree in writing to perform this letter in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. For all purposes under this letter, the term Company shall include any successor to the Companys business and/or assets which becomes bound by this letter by contract, operation of law or otherwise. This letter will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by you and your personal or legal representatives, executors, estate, trustee, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees, as applicable. If you die and any amounts become payable under this letter, the Company will pay those amounts to your estate or named beneficiary, as applicable, except as otherwise may be required by applicable law. 22. Notice. Notices and all other communications contemplated by this letter shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered, mailed by overnight courier, or sent by confirmed facsimile. In your case, mailed notices shall be addressed to you at the home address that you most recently communicated to the Company in writing. In the case of the Company, mailed notices shall be addressed to its corporate headquarters, and all notices shall be directed to the attention of its Chief Legal and Administrative Officer or General Counsel. 23. Modifications and Waivers. No provision of this letter shall be modified, waived or discharged unless the modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and by the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer or General Counsel of the Company. No waiver by either party of any breach of, or of compliance with, any condition or provision of this letter by the other party shall be considered a waiver of any other condition or provision or of the same condition or provision at another time.
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24. Whole Agreement. Except for those agreements or plans specifically referenced herein, this letter contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) with respect to the subject matter hereof. In the event of any conflict in terms between this letter and any other agreement not specifically referenced herein executed by and between you and the Company, the terms of this letter shall prevail and govern. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a conflict between this letter and the terms of the Fair Market Value Stock Options, Premium-Priced Stock Options, and the Initial Performance Share Award, as set forth in the Companys 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (and the related award agreements), except as set forth in Section 10(d), 11(iv), 11(v), and 11(vi) of this letter, the terms set forth in the Companys 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (and the related award agreements) shall control. The attached Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation & Non-Disparagement Agreement shall be considered part of this letter for all purposes. 25. Legal Fees. The Company shall reimburse you for all reasonable legal fees and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees for your immigration counsel) and reasonable fees of your tax advisors incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this letter not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate. 26. Withholding Taxes. All payments made under this letter shall be subject to reduction to reflect taxes or other charges required to be withheld by law. 27. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or provisions of this letter shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof, which shall remain in full force and effect. 28. Assignment. The Company may assign its rights under this letter to any entity that expressly in writing assumes the Companys obligations hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform such obligations in connection with any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Companys assets to such entity. 29. No Mitigation. In the event of your termination of your employment, you will be under no obligation to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable, or benefits provided, to you under this letter. 30. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Except as specifically set forth in this letter and without limiting the Committees sole discretion to provide otherwise, nothing in this letter will prevent or limit your future participation in any benefit or compensation plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company and for which you may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as you may have under any other contract or agreement entered into after the Start Date. Amounts that are vested benefits or that you are entitled to receive under any benefit or compensation plan, policy, practice or program of, or any contract or agreement entered into after the date hereof with, the Company at or subsequent to the date your employment with the Company terminates will be payable in accordance with such benefit or compensation plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement, except as explicitly modified by this letter. 31. Cooperation. Following termination of your employment for any reason, you shall reasonably cooperate with, assist and provide information to the Company and its respective affiliates concerning any matters about which you have knowledge because of your prior employment with the Company or their respective affiliates or your prior involvement as an officer or director of the Company and/or any of its affiliates. Your agreement to cooperate with, assist and/or provide information to the Company and their respective affiliates includes, if necessary, assistance by you in any litigation matters. Such assistance and cooperation will be scheduled at times and locations personally convenient for you and not inconsistent with the responsibilities you may have with subsequent employment or rendering of services, except where such scheduling is unreasonable or impracticable (giving the needs of both parties equal weight) under all of the circumstances. The Company or their respective affiliates shall pay, or reimburse you, for reasonable, out-of-pocket costs incurred by you in providing such assistance (e.g., reasonable travel costs and reasonable legal fees). In the event that you shall be required to provide services pursuant to this Section in excess of ten (10) hours in any month, you shall be compensated at a rate of $5,000 per 8-hour day (pro-rated for any partial days of service); provided, however, that you shall not be compensated for any service that you otherwise are required to perform pursuant to applicable law.
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32. Counterparts. This letter may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Please review and sign this letter, which incorporates the Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation & Non-Disparagement Agreement attached, and return them to Chief Legal and Administrative Officer. We must receive your signed letter before the Start Date. Glenn, it is our pleasure to extend this offer. We look forward to working with you.
Date: December 1, 2008
Date: December 1, 2008
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