EXHIBIT 10.16
EXECUTIVE CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT
February 28, 2006
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EXECUTIVE
RadiSys Corporation, an Oregon corporation
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1. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP. Executive is currently employed by the Company
as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Executive and the Company acknowledge that
either party may terminate this employment relationship at any time and for any
or no reason, provided that each party complies with the terms of this
Agreement.
2. RELEASE OF CLAIMS. In consideration for and as a condition precedent to
receiving the severance benefits outlined in this Agreement, Executive agrees to
execute a Release of Claims in the form attached as EXHIBIT A ("Release of
Claims"). Executive promises to execute and deliver the Release of Claims to the
Company within the later of (a) 21 days from the date Executive receives the
Release of Claims or (b) the last day of Executive's active employment.
3. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION UPON CERTAIN TERMINATION EVENTS.
3.1. CHANGE OF CONTROL. In the event of a Termination of Executive's
Employment (as defined in Section 6.1) other than for Cause (as defined in
Section 6.2), death or Disability (as defined in Section 6.4), or a requirement
to accept a position with a title of less than Vice President or greater than
twenty-five (25) miles from current work location within 12 months following a
Change of Control (as defined in Section 6.3 of this Agreement) or within three
months preceding a Change of Control, and contingent upon Executive's execution
of the Release of Claims without revocation, and compliance with Section 8,
Executive shall be entitled to severance pay in lieu of any other compensation
for periods subsequent to the date of termination equal to nine (9) months of
Executive's annual base pay at the rate in effect immediately prior to the date
of termination. Executive will also be eligible to receive payment by the
Company of nine (9) months of COBRA premiums. Severance pay that is payable
under this Agreement shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum payment on the
first day of the seventh calendar month following Executive's date of
termination.
3.2 PARACHUTE PAYMENTS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the total
payments and benefits to be paid to or for the benefit of Executive under this
Agreement would cause any portion of those payments and benefits to be
"parachute payments" as defined in section 280G(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor provision, the total payments and
benefits to be paid to or for the benefit of Executive under this Agreement
shall be reduced to an amount that would not cause any portion of those payments
and benefits to constitute "parachute payments."
4. WITHHOLDING; SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT.
4.1 WITHHOLDING. All payments provided for in this Agreement are
subject to applicable withholding obligations imposed by federal, state and
local laws and regulations.
4.2 OFFSET. The amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement
shall not be reduced, offset or subject to recovery by the Company by reason of
any compensation earned by Executive as the result of employment by another
employer after termination.
5. OTHER AGREEMENTS. If severance benefits are payable to Executive under
any other agreement with the Company in effect at the time of termination
(including but not limited to any other employment agreement, but excluding for
this purpose any stock option agreement that may provide for accelerated vesting
or related benefits upon the occurrence of a change in control), only benefits
provided for in this Agreement shall be provided.
6. DEFINITIONS.
6.1 TERMINATION OF EXECUTIVE'S EMPLOYMENT. Termination of Executive's
Employment means that the Company has terminated Executive's employment with the
Company (including any subsidiary of the Company).
6.2 CAUSE. Termination of Executive's Employment for "Cause" shall
mean termination upon (a) the willful and continued failure by Executive to
perform substantially Executive's reasonably assigned duties with the Company
(other than any such failure resulting from Executive's incapacity due to
physical or mental illness) after a demand for substantial performance is
delivered to Executive by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or
the President of the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which
the Board of Directors or the Company believes that Executive has not
substantially performed Executive's duties or (b) the willful engaging by
Executive in illegal conduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to
the Company. No act, or failure to act, on Executive's part shall be considered
"willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive without reasonable
belief that Executive's action or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given
pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors shall be
conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in the
best interests of the Company.
6.3 CHANGE OF CONTROL. A Change of Control shall mean that one of the
following events has taken place:
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(a) The shareholders of the Company approve one of the following:
(i) Any merger or statutory plan of exchange involving the
Company ("Merger") in which the Company is not the continuing or
surviving corporation or pursuant to which Common Stock would be
converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a Merger
involving the Company in which the holders of Common Stock immediately
prior to the Merger continue to represent more than 50 percent of the
voting securities of the surviving corporation after the Merger; or
(ii) Any sale, lease, exchange, or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company.
(b) A tender or exchange offer, other than one made by the
Company, is made for Common Stock (or securities convertible into
Common Stock) and such offer results in a portion of those securities
being purchased and the offeror after the consummation of the offer is
the beneficial owner (as determined pursuant to Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")),
directly or indirectly, of securities representing more than 50
percent of the voting power of outstanding securities of the Company.
(c) The Company receives a report on Schedule 13D of the Exchange
Act reporting the beneficial ownership by any person of securities
representing more than 50 percent of the voting power of outstanding
securities of the Company, except that if such receipt shall occur
during a tender offer or exchange offer described in (b) above, a
Change of Control shall not take place until the conclusion of such
offer.
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, no Change of Control
shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement by virtue of any
transaction which results in Executive, or a group of persons which includes
Executive, acquiring, directly or indirectly, securities representing 20 percent
or more of the voting power of outstanding securities of the Company.
6.4 DISABILITY. "Disability" means Executive's absence from
Executive's full-time duties with the Company for 180 consecutive days as a
result of Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness, unless
within 30 days after notice of termination by the Company following such absence
Executive shall have returned to the full-time performance of
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Executive's duties. This Agreement does not apply if the Executive is terminated
due to Disability.
7. SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be binding on and
inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive and
Executive's legal representatives, executors, administrators and heirs.
8. RESIGNATION OF CORPORATE OFFICES; REASONABLE ASSISTANCE. Executive will
resign Executive's office, if any, as a director, officer or trustee of the
Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates and of any other corporation or trust of
which Executive serves as such at the request of the Company, effective as of
the date of termination of employment. Executive further agrees that, if
requested by the Company or the surviving company following a Change of Control,
Executive will continue his employment with the Company or the surviving company
for a period of up to six months following the Change of Control in any capacity
requested, consistent with Executive's area of expertise, provided that the
Executive receives the same salary and substantially the same benefits as in
effect prior to the Change of Control. Executive agrees to provide the Company
such written resignation(s) and assistance upon request and that no severance
will be paid until after such resignation(s) or services are provided.
9. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Oregon
10. AMENDMENT. No provision of this Agreement may be modified unless such
modification is agreed to in writing signed by Executive and the Company.
11. SEVERABILITY. If any of the provisions or terms of this Agreement shall
for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect any other terms of this Agreement, and this
Agreement shall be construed as if such unenforceable term had never been
contained in this Agreement.
RADISYS CORPORATION
By:
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EXHIBIT A
RELEASE OF CLAIMS
1. PARTIES.
The parties to Release of Claims (hereinafter "Release") are ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
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1.1 EXECUTIVE.
For the purposes of this Release, "Executive" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
and his attorneys, heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, and spouse.
1.2 THE COMPANY.
For purposes of this Release the "Company" means RadiSys Corporation,
an Oregon corporation, its predecessors and successors, corporate affiliates,
and all of each corporation's officers, directors, employees, insurers, agents,
or assigns, in their individual and representative capacities.
2. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE.
Executive was employed by Company. Executive's employment is ending
effective __________ under the conditions described in Section 3.1 of the
Executive Change of Control Agreement ("Agreement").
The purpose of this Release is to settle, and the parties hereby
settle, fully and finally, any and all claims Executive may have against
Company, whether asserted or not, known or unknown, including, but not limited
to, claims arising out of or related to Executive's employment, any claim for
reemployment, or any other claims whether asserted or not, known or unknown,
past or future, that relate to Executive's employment, reemployment, or
application for reemployment.
3. RELEASE.
Executive waives, acquits and forever discharges Company from any
obligations Company has and all claims Executive may have including but not
limited to obligations and/or claims arising from the Agreement or any other
document or oral agreement relating to employment compensation, benefits,
severance or post-employment issues. Executive hereby releases Company from any
and all claims, demands, actions, or causes of action, whether known or unknown,
arising from or related in any way to any employment of or past or future
failure or refusal to employ Executive by Company, or any other past or future
claim (except as reserved by this Release or where expressly prohibited by law)
that relates in any way to Executive's employment, compensation, benefits,
reemployment, or application for employment,
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with the exception of any claim Executive may have against Company for
enforcement of this Release. This release includes any and all claims, direct or
indirect, which might otherwise be made under any applicable local, state or
federal authority, including but not limited to any claim arising under state
statutes dealing with employment, discrimination in employment, Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans With
Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Equal Pay Act of
1963, Executive Order 11246, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Uniformed
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Fair Labor
Standards Act, state wage and hour statutes, all as amended, any regulations
under such authorities, and any applicable contract, tort, or common law
theories.
3.1 RESERVATIONS OF RIGHTS.
This Release shall not affect any rights which Executive may have
under any medical insurance, disability plan, workers' compensation,
unemployment compensation, indemnifications, applicable company stock incentive
plan(s), or the 401(k) plan maintained by RadiSys Corporation.
3.2 NO ADMISSION OF LIABILITY.
It is understood and agreed that the acts done and evidenced hereby
and the release granted hereunder is not an admission of liability on the part
of Executive or Company, by whom liability has been and is expressly denied.
4. CONSIDERATION TO EXECUTIVE.
After receipt of this Release signed by Executive, and the expiration
of the seven-day revocation period provided by the Older Workers Benefit
Protection Act without Executive's revocation, Company shall pay the Executive
the severance benefits as provided in Section 3 of the Agreement.
5. NO DISPARAGEMENT.
Executive agrees that henceforth Executive will not disparage or make
false or adverse statements about Company. RadiSys Corporation should report to
Executive any actions or statements that are attributed to Executive that the
Company believes are disparaging. RadiSys Corporation may take actions
consistent with breach of this Release should it determine that Executive has
disparaged or made false or adverse statements about Company. RadiSys
Corporation agrees to follow the applicable policy(ies) regarding release of
employment reference information.
6. CONFIDENTIALITY, PROPRIETARY, TRADE SECRET AND RELATED INFORMATION
Executive acknowledges the duty and agrees not to make unauthorized
use or disclosure of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information
learned as an employee about Company, its products, customers and suppliers, and
covenants not to breach that duty.
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Moreover, Executive acknowledges that, subject to the enforcement limitations of
applicable law, RadiSys Corporation reserves the right to enforce the terms of
Executive's Employee Agreement with Company and any paragraph(s) therein. Should
Executive, Executive's attorney or agents be requested in any judicial,
administrative, or other proceeding to disclose confidential, proprietary or
trade secret information Executive learned as an employee of Company, Executive
shall promptly notify RadiSys Corporation of such request by the most
expeditious means in order to enable RadiSys Corporation to take any reasonable
and appropriate action to limit such disclosure.
7. SCOPE OF RELEASE.
The provisions of this Release shall be deemed to obligate, extend to,
and inure to the benefit of the parties; Company's parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, successors, predecessors, assigns, directors, officers, and
employees; and each parties insurers, transferees, grantees, legatees, agents
and heirs, including those who may assume any and all of the above-described
capacities subsequent to the execution and effective date of this Release.
8. OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVICE OF COUNSEL.
Executive acknowledges that Executive has been encouraged to seek
advice of counsel with respect to this Release and has had the opportunity to do
so.
9. ENTIRE RELEASE.
This Release and the Agreement signed by Executive contain the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties and, except as reserved in
paragraphs 3 and 6, supersede and replace all prior agreements, written or oral,
prior negotiations and proposed agreements, written or oral. Executive and
RadiSys Corporation acknowledge that no other party, nor agent nor attorney of
any other party, has made any promise, representation, or warranty, express or
implied, not contained in this Release concerning the subject matter of this
Release to induce this Release, and Executive and RadiSys Corporation
acknowledge that they have not executed this Release in reliance upon any such
promise, representation, or warranty not contained in this Release.
10. SEVERABILITY.
Every provision of this Release is intended to be severable. In the
event any term or provision of this Release is declared to be illegal or invalid
for any reason whatsoever by a court of competent jurisdiction or by final and
unappealed order of an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, such
illegality or invalidity should not affect the balance of the terms and
provisions of this Release, which terms and provisions shall remain binding and
enforceable.
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11. PARTIES MAY ENFORCE RELEASE.
Nothing in this Release shall operate to release or discharge any
parties to this Release or their successors, assigns, legatees, heirs, or
personal representatives from any rights, claims, or causes of action arising
out of, relating to, or connected with a breach of any obligation of any party
contained in this Release .
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Executive acknowledges that the Release provides severance pay and
benefits which RadiSys Corporation would otherwise have no obligation to
provide.
13. REVOCATION.
As provided by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, Executive is
entitled to have twenty-one (21) days to consider this Release. For a period of
seven (7) days from execution of this Release, Executive may revoke this
Release. Upon receipt of Executive's signed Release and the end of the
revocation period, payment by RadiSys Corporation as described in paragraph 4
will be forwarded by mail in a timely manner as provided herein.
Dated:
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STATE OF OREGON )
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County of _______________)
Personally appeared the above named ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and acknowledged
the foregoing instrument to be his or her voluntary act and deed.
Before me:
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NOTARY PUBLIC - OREGON
My commission expires:
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RADISYS CORPORATION
By: Dated:
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Its:
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On Behalf of RadiSys Corporation
and "Company"
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