0000950123-11-059583.txt : 20110616 0000950123-11-059583.hdr.sgml : 20110616 20110616173033 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-059583 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110612 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110616 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110616 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMS TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000032198 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 581035424 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-06072 FILM NUMBER: 11916301 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 660 ENGINEERING DRIVE CITY: NORCROSS STATE: GA ZIP: 30092 BUSINESS PHONE: 7702639200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 7700 CITY: NORCROSS STATE: GA ZIP: 30091-7700 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ELECTROMAGNETIC SCIENCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 g27532e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2011
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  000-06072
(Commission File Number)
  58-1035424
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
660 Engineering Drive
Norcross, Georgia 30092
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 263-9200
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 12, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of EMS Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) approved amendments to various compensatory agreements or arrangements in which its named executive officers or directors participate. The amendments were made in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated June 13, 2011 between the Company, Honeywell International Inc. (“Honeywell”) and Egret Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell (“Purchaser”), pursuant to which Honeywell will acquire the Company in an all-cash transaction. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. Upon successful completion of the transaction, Purchaser will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”) and the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell.
Mackay Amended and Restated Executive Protection Agreement
On June 12, 2011, the Company and Dr. Neilson A. Mackay, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, entered into an Amended and Restated Executive Protection Agreement (the “Amended EPA”). The Amended EPA includes a new non-compete provision that prohibits Dr. Mackay from competing with the Company for six months following a termination of his employment for any reason. In connection with the addition of the non-compete, the Amended EPA allocates $500,000 of any payments ultimately paid to Dr. Mackay under the Amended EPA as consideration for the non-compete. This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended EPA, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Amendment to Mackay March 2007 Letter Agreement
When Dr. Mackay transferred to the United States from our Canadian subsidiary in 2007, we entered into a letter agreement with him dated March 19, 2007. The letter agreement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, provides that if Dr. Mackay is involuntarily terminated without cause he would be entitled to severance payments determined by reference to Canadian law and practice, which is more generous to the terminated executive than we typically otherwise provide to a terminated executive. We previously estimated that our obligations under that agreement would be 1.5 to 2.0 times Dr. Mackay’s annual compensation.
On June 12, 2011, the Company and Dr. Mackay entered into an amendment to his March 19, 2007 letter agreement (the “Amended Letter Agreement”) that clarifies the payments that Dr. Mackay would receive in the event of certain terminations of employment. Pursuant to the Amended Letter Agreement, Dr. Mackay is not entitled to any payments and/or benefits under the Amended Letter Agreement if he receives payments under the Amended EPA as a result of a termination of employment within 24 months following a change in control.
The Amended Letter Agreement provides that to the extent Dr. Mackay’s employment is terminated as a result of his involuntary termination (other than for cause or as a result of disability or death), or voluntarily by him due to Company-initiated adverse changes in duties, compensation or benefits, or change in principal location for the performance of the officer’s duties, and he is not receiving payments under the Amended EPA, the Company will (a) pay, for 21 months following the date of termination, the sum of his monthly base salary in effect on the date of termination, and one-twelfth (1/12th) of the average of the bonuses paid to him for the three calendar years preceding his termination; and (b) provide health and life insurance benefits for 21 months following the date of termination. The Amended Letter Agreement includes a new non-compete provision that prohibits Dr. Mackay from competing with the Company for six months following a termination of his employment for any reason following a change in control. In connection with the addition of the non-compete, and in order to encourage him to remain employed with the Company following a change in control, the Company will make a cash retention payment of $500,000, provided that Dr. Mackay remains employed with the Company or its successor for two years following the change in control.

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This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended Letter Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated by reference herein.
Amendment to the Employee Performance Bonus Plan
The Board amended the terms of the Employee Performance Bonus Plan to provide that if a participant is employed by the Company at the effective time of the Merger, and the participant does not resign prior to the applicable bonus approval date, the participant will receive his or her target bonus even if the participant is terminated as a result of the Merger (other than a termination for cause). This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the amendment to the Employee Performance Bonus Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated by reference herein.
Amendments to Stock Incentive Plans and Treatment of Stock Options and Restricted Stock
The Company’s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Plans”) were amended to provide that if (1) a tender offer to purchase for cash all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company is commenced, (2) the Company is party to a reorganization in which it does not survive, including a merger, consolidation, or acquisition of the stock or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (3) the Company is party to any reorganization in which it does survive, including a merger, consolidation or acquisition of the stock or substantially all the assets, but in which the outstanding shares of the Company are converted into cash as a result of the transaction, the Board may cause all outstanding stock options to become 100% vested in connection with such a transaction, all outstanding stock options to be exercisable at any time prior to the occurrence of such a transaction, and all outstanding stock options not exercised as of the occurrence of such a transaction to be cancelled in exchange for payments of cash. The Stock Plans were also amended to provide that they will terminate at the effective time of the Merger.
In accordance with the terms of the stock award agreements, the Board has determined that all options granted under the Stock Plans that are outstanding as of the date of the determination will, upon the commencement of a tender offer to purchase for cash all the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (provided that the time of the acceptance for payment of such shares pursuant to the tender offer occurs), vest and be exercisable during the tender offer, that any unexercised stock options with an exercise price that is less than the per-share Merger consideration will be terminated and converted into cash at the effective time of the Merger, and that any unexercised stock options with an exercise price that exceeds the per-share Merger consideration will be terminated and no longer exercisable.
In addition, the terms of the Company’s outstanding restricted stock were amended to provide that, as of the time that shares are accepted for purchase pursuant to the tender offer, all then-remaining restrictions will lapse and the restricted stock will be free of all restrictions and become fully vested and transferable.
This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the amendments to the Stock Plans, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated by reference herein.
Amendment of the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan
The Board amended the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Directors Plan”) to provide that it will terminate at the effective time of the Merger, and that each participant’s deferral account will convert to cash and be paid to each participant in a lump sum within 30 days after the termination of the plan. This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the amendment to the Directors Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and incorporated by reference herein.
Amendment of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Board suspended, effective immediately, the operation of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) and amended the ESPP to provide that it will terminate at the effective time of the Merger.

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
     
Exhibit    
No.   Description
10.1
  Amended and Restated Executive Protection Agreement between the Company and Dr. Neilson A. Mackay, dated June 12, 2011.
 
   
10.2
  Amendment No. 1 to March 19, 2007 Letter Agreement with Dr. Neilson A. Mackay, dated June 12, 2011.
 
   
10.3
  Amendment to the Employee Performance Bonus Plan.
 
   
10.4
  Amendments to the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
   
10.5
  Amendment to the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 16, 2011
         
 
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gary B. Shell    
    Gary B. Shell   
    Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
No.   Description
10.1
  Amended and Restated Executive Protection Agreement between the Company and Dr. Neilson A. Mackay, dated June 12, 2011.
 
   
10.2
  Amendment No. 1 to March 19, 2007 Letter Agreement with Dr. Neilson A. Mackay, dated June 12, 2011.
 
   
10.3
  Amendment to the Employee Performance Bonus Plan.
 
   
10.4
  Amendments to the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
   
10.5
  Amendment to the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.

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EX-10.1 2 g27532exv10w1.htm EX-10.1 exv10w1
EXHIBIT 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE PROTECTION AGREEMENT
          THIS AGREEMENT, as amended and restated effective as of the 12th day of June, 2011, by and between EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), and Neil A. Mackay (the “Executive”), supersedes and replaces entirely any and all previous agreements between the Company and Executive (other than the letter agreement between Executive and the Company dated March 19, 2007, as amended June 12, 2011) that provides Executive with post-termination compensation, following a change in the control of the Company, of a nature or in amounts not otherwise provided under the terms of programs and policies applicable to the Company’s employees generally.
W I T N E S S E T H:
          WHEREAS, the Company wishes to assure both itself and its key employees of continuity of management and objective judgment in the event of any Change in Control (as defined below) of the Company and to provide certain other benefits, and the Executive is a key employee of the Company and an integral part of its management;
          NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
          I. TERM OF AGREEMENT.
          This Agreement shall be effective immediately upon its execution by the parties hereto. The term of this Agreement shall be for a rolling, three-year period commencing on the date hereof, and shall be deemed automatically (without further action by either the Company or the Executive) to extend each day for an additional day such that the remaining term of this Agreement shall continue to be three years. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall immediately cease to be effective and shall terminate if the Executive ceases to be employed by the Company, at any time before a Change in Control (as defined below) has occurred, in a corporate officer position of vice president or higher position; provided, however, such cessation of the Executive’s employment (i) was not at the request of a third party who has indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control, (ii) did not otherwise occur in connection with a Change in Control that in fact occurs, or (iii) did not occur in connection with a Board-authorized plan for, or Board-authorized implementation efforts with respect to, a Change in Control (whether or not such Change in Control in fact occurs).
          II. DEFINITIONS.
          1. Board — The Board of Directors of the Company, or its successor.
          2. Cause — The term “Cause” as used herein shall mean: (i) any act that constitutes, on the part of the Executive, (a) fraud, dishonesty, gross negligence, or willful misconduct and (b) that directly results in material injury to the Company, or (ii) the Executive’s conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude. A termination of the Executive for “Cause” based on clause (i) of the preceding sentence shall take effect 30 days after the Company gives written notice of such termination to the Executive specifying the conduct deemed to qualify as Cause, unless the Executive shall, during such 30-day period, remedy the events or circumstances constituting Cause to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company. A

 


 

termination for Cause based on clause (ii) above shall take effect immediately upon giving of the termination notice.
          3. Change in Control — The term “Change in Control” as used herein shall mean the occurrence of one of the following:
(i) the Company consolidates or merges with or into another corporation, or is otherwise reorganized, if the Company is not the surviving corporation in such transaction or if after such transaction any other corporation, association or other person, entity or group or the shareholders thereof own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock or more than 50% of the assets of the Company; or
(ii) more than 35% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company are, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, sold or otherwise transferred to or are acquired by any other corporation, association or other person, entity or group, whether or not any such shareholder or any shareholders included in such group were shareholders of the Company prior to the Change in Control; or
(iii) an election, or series of related elections (including a series of contested elections involving either one or more of the same nominees or nominees of the same party or of affiliated parties) of members of the Board of Directors shall occur such that a majority of such members following such election(s) shall not have been nominated or recommended for election by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who were serving immediately prior to such election (or the latest in such series of election); or
(iv) the occurrence of any other event or circumstance which is not covered by (i) through (iii) above which the Board determines affects control of the Company and constitutes a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement.
          4. Disability — The term “Disability” shall mean the Executive’s inability as a result of physical or mental incapacity to substantially perform his or her duties for the Company on a full-time basis for a period of six months.
          5. Excess Severance Payment — The term “Excess Severance Payment” shall have the same meaning as the term “excess parachute payment” defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code.
          6. Severance Payment — The term “Severance Payment” shall have the same meaning as the term “parachute payment” defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code.
          7. Present Value — The term “Present Value” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.
          8. Reasonable Compensation — The term “Reasonable Compensation” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code.
          III. BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION.
          1. Termination Upon Change in Control — If a Change in Control occurs during the term of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment is terminated either:

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(i)   prior to a Change in Control and (x) at the request of a third party who has indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control, (y) otherwise in connection with a Change in Control that in fact occurs, or (z) occurred in connection with a Board-authorized plan for, or Board-authorized implementation efforts with respect to, a Change in Control (whether or not such Change in Control in fact occurs), or
 
(ii)   on or within 24 months after a Change in Control, and such termination is a result of Involuntary Termination or Voluntary Termination, as defined below,
then the benefits described in Section 2 below shall, subject to Article IV of this Agreement, be paid or provided to the Executive. The fact that Executive is eligible for early, normal or delayed retirement under a Company retirement plan at the time of his or her termination shall not make him or her ineligible to receive benefits hereunder. For the purposes of the following definitions, the term “Company” shall include the Company’s subsidiaries and any successor as a result of the Change in Control to the business and assets of the Company or its subsidiaries.
(a) Involuntary Termination — For purposes hereof, “Involuntary Termination” shall mean termination of employment that is involuntary on the part of the Executive and that occurs for reasons other than Cause, Disability or death.
(b) Voluntary Termination — For purposes hereof, “Voluntary Termination” shall mean termination of employment that is voluntary on the part of the Executive, and, in the judgment of the Executive, is due to, and which occurs within six months of:
(i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the Executive’s title and status in effect prior to the Change in Control, a material increase or decrease in the Executive’s responsibilities at the Company from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, or an adverse alteration in the nature or status of such responsibilities (other than any such alteration to the extent incidental to the fact that the Company may no longer be a public company);
(ii) a reduction by the Company of the Executive’s base salary from such salary in effect prior to the Change in Control;
(iii) the relocation of the Company’s principal executive offices to a location outside the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, or the Company’s requiring the Executive to be based anywhere other than the Company’s principal executive offices (or other office within the same metropolitan area as any office principally used by the Executive during the year preceding the Change in Control), except for required travel on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive’s business travel obligations prior to the Change in Control;
(iv) the failure by the Company, without the Executive’s consent, to pay to the Executive any portion of the Executive’s then-current compensation (including base salary and annual bonus to the extent payable under the terms of annual bonus programs in effect from time to time), or to pay to the Executive any portion of an installment of deferred compensation

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under any deferred compensation program of the Company, in each case within seven days of the date such compensation is due;
(v) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participates immediately prior to the Change in Control, which is material to the Executive’s total compensation, including but not limited to the Company’s annual bonus plan, stock option plan, or any similar or substitute plans adopted prior to the Change in Control, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the failure by the Company to continue the Executive’s participation in such plan (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided (or potentially available under incentive compensation programs) and the level of the Executive’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the Change in Control;
(vi) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company’s life insurance, medical, health and accident or disability plans in which the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Change in Control, or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or would deprive the Executive of any material fringe benefit otherwise enjoyed by the Executive immediately prior to the Change in Control; or
(v) the failure of any successor to assume this Agreement as provided in Section V.2 below.
A termination shall not be considered voluntary within the meaning of this Agreement if such termination is the result of Cause, Disability or death of the Executive. The Executive’s continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure to act relating to Voluntary Termination hereunder.
          2. Benefits to be Provided — If the Executive becomes eligible for benefits under Section 1 above, the Company shall pay or provide to the Executive the compensation and benefits set forth in this Section 2.
(a) Salary — The Executive will continue to receive his or her current salary (subject to withholding of all applicable taxes and any amounts referred to in Section 2(b) below) for the period specified below following his date of termination in the same manner as it was being paid as of the date of termination; provided, however, that the salary payments provided for hereunder shall be paid in a single lump sum payment, to be paid not earlier than six months and one day, and not later than seven months, after his or her termination of employment; provided, further, that the amount of such lump sum payment shall be determined by taking the salary payments to be made and discounting them to their Present Value on the date the Executive’s employment is terminated, increased by interest on such amount for each day from the 31st day after termination of employment until the date of payment, calculated on a daily basis at a rate per annum equal to the rate used to determine such Present Value. For purposes hereof, the

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Executive’s “current salary” shall be the highest rate in effect during the six-month period prior to the Executive’s termination. The period for which such salary payments shall be so made shall be as follows:
(i) 36 months in the case of a Change in Control occurring without the prior approval of the Board of Directors; or
(ii) 30 months in the case of a Change in Control occurring with the prior approval of the Board of Directors.
(b) Health and Life Insurance Coverage — The health and life insurance benefits coverage (including any executive medical plan or split dollar insurance plan) provided to the Executive at his or her date of termination (or, if greater, within six months prior to such date of termination), shall be provided by the Company (no less frequently than monthly) at its expense at the same level and in the same manner as if his or her employment had not terminated (and, if applicable, such coverage had not been terminated or modified within six months prior to such date of termination), but subject to the customary changes in such coverages if the Executive reaches age 65 or has similar changes in personal or family circumstances, beginning on the date of such termination and ending on: (i) the date 12 months from the date of such termination in the case of a Change in Control occurring without the prior approval of the Board of Directors, or (b) the date 18 months from the date of such termination in the case of a Change in Control occurring with the prior approval of the Board of Directors. Any additional coverages the Executive had at termination, including dependent coverage, will also be continued for such period on the same terms, to the extent permitted by the applicable policies or contracts. Any costs the Executive was paying for such coverages at the time of termination shall be paid by the Executive by separate check payable to the Company each month in advance. If the terms of any benefit plan referred to in this subsection do not permit continued participation by the Executive, then the Company will arrange for other coverage at its expense providing substantially similar benefits with the Executive to pay for such coverage no more than the Executive was paying at the time of termination under the terms of any benefit plan as described above. The coverages provided for in this subsection shall be applied against and reduce the period for which COBRA will be provided, and may at the Company’s election be provided as COBRA coverage, subject to payment by the Company to the Executive (monthly in advance) of additional compensation equal to the excess of the COBRA premium over the costs otherwise payable by the Executive as provided above, in each case as in effect from time to time, plus an additional amount as necessary to reimburse the Executive for additional taxes payable on both such additional compensation and such additional amount at a combined tax rate of 45%; provided, however, that the first of any such payments by the Company shall be made no earlier than six months and one day, and not later than seven months, after the Executive’s termination of employment and shall include all amounts so payable with respect to the first seven months following such termination.

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(c) Stock Options — As of the Executive’s date of termination, all outstanding stock options granted to the Executive under any stock option plan or program maintained by the Company shall become 100% vested and immediately exercisable, and shall thereafter remain exercisable until the expiration dates otherwise in effect had the Executive remained continuously employed by the Company.
(d) Annual Bonus for the Year Preceding Termination — If not previously paid, the Company shall pay to the Executive cash incentive compensation for the year preceding the year in which the termination occurs, in an amount determined in accordance with, and payable as provided in, the Company’s Executive Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (or successor or replacement plan) as in effect for such preceding year.
(e) Annual Bonus for the Year of Termination — In the case of a Change in Control occurring with the prior approval of the Board of Directors, the Company shall pay to the Executive cash incentive compensation for the year in which the termination occurs in the amount determined in accordance with, and payable as provided in, the Company’s Executive Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (or successor or replacement plan) as in effect for such year.
(f) Effect of Death — In the event of the Executive’s death after he becomes entitled to payments or benefits hereunder, the payments and benefits shall be continued to his or her spouse for the remainder of the applicable 36-, 24- or 12-month period. If the Executive is not married, the payments and benefits shall cease on his or her date of death.
(g) Allocation for Non-Competition Obligation. — A portion of the payments paid to Executive under this Agreement in the amount of $500,000 is paid to Executive as consideration for Executive’s Non-Competition Obligation under Article VII of this Agreement.
          IV. LIMITATION OF BENEFITS.
          1. Limitation of Amount — Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any of the compensation or benefits payable, or to be provided, to the Executive by the Company under this Agreement or otherwise are treated as Excess Severance Payments (whether alone or in conjunction with payments or benefits outside of this Agreement), the compensation and benefits provided under this Agreement or otherwise shall be modified or reduced in the manner provided in Section 2 below to the extent necessary so that the compensation and benefits payable or to be provided to the Executive under this Agreement that are treated as Severance Payments, as well as any compensation or benefits provided outside of this Agreement that are so treated, shall not cause the Company to have paid an Excess Severance Payment. In computing such amount, the parties shall take into account all provisions of Code Section 280G, and the regulations thereunder, including making appropriate adjustments to such calculation for amounts established to be Reasonable Compensation, and for amounts paid to the Executive as consideration for the Executive’s Non-Competition Obligation under Article VII of this Agreement. The determinations under this Section IV.1 with regard to Excess

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Severance Payments shall be made by an independent accounting firm selected by the Company and the Executive, which shall provide detailed supporting calculations to the parties.
          2. Modification of Amount — In the event that the amount of any Severance Payments which would be payable to or for the benefit of the Executive under this Agreement must be modified or reduced to comply with this Article, the Executive shall direct which Severance Payments are to be modified or reduced but only to the extent that the right to direct, and the actual direction of, which Severance Payments are to be modified or reduced does not result in any failure of this Agreement to comply with Section 409A of the Code. If the right to direct, or the actual direction of, which Severance Payments are to be modified or reduced would result in any failure of this Agreement or any other arrangement to comply with Section 409A of the Code, then, in lieu of the Executive’s right to direct which Severance Payments are to be reduced or modified, the order of reduction, on a pro rata basis within each category, shall be first any such cash payments, next any equity compensation, then any medical or life insurance and lastly any other remaining payments or benefits. No increase in the amount of any payment shall be made without the consent of the Company.
          3. Avoidance of Penalty Taxes — This Article shall be interpreted so as to avoid the imposition of excise taxes on the Executive under Section 4999 of the Code or the disallowance of a deduction to the Company pursuant to Section 280G(a) of the Code with respect to amounts payable under this Agreement or otherwise. In connection with any Internal Revenue Service examination, audit or other inquiry, the Company and the Executive agree to take action to provide, and to cooperate in providing, evidence to the Internal Revenue Service that the compensation and benefits provided under this Agreement or otherwise do not result in the payment of Excess Severance Payments.
          4. Additional Limitation — In addition to the limits otherwise provided in this Article, to the extent permitted by law the Executive may in his or her sole discretion elect to reduce (or change the timing of) any payments he may be eligible to receive under this Agreement or otherwise to prevent the imposition of excise taxes on the Executive under Section 4999 of the Code or to otherwise reduce or delay liability for taxes owed under the Code; but, only if the right of the Executive to elect to reduce (or change the timing of) any payments he or she may be eligible to receive under this Agreement or otherwise, or any actual election to reduce (or change the timing of) any payments he or she may be eligible to receive under this Agreement or otherwise, will not result in any failure of this Agreement or other arrangement to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
          V. MISCELLANEOUS.
          1. Notices — Any notice to a party required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered and shall be hand delivered, sent by facsimile transmission with request for confirmation of receipt, or mailed registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), to such party at such party’s address as specified below, or at such other address as such party shall specify by notice to the other.
         
 
  If to the Company:   EMS Technologies, Inc.
 
      660 Engineering Dr.
 
      Norcross, GA 30092
 
      Attention: General Counsel

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          If to the Executive, to his or her last address provided to the Company by the Executive, and if none as otherwise shown on the records of the Company.
          2. Assignment — This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators, heirs, personal representatives and successors, but, except as hereinafter provided, neither this Agreement nor any right hereunder may be assigned or transferred by either party thereto, or by any beneficiary or any other person, nor be subject to alienation, anticipation, sale, pledge, encumbrance, execution, levy or other legal process of any kind against the Executive, his or her beneficiary or any other person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person or business entity succeeding to substantially all of the business of the Company by purchase, merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise, shall be bound by this Agreement and must assume all obligations of the Company set forth in this Agreement, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such assumption prior to the effective date of any such succession.
          3. No Obligation to Fund — The agreement of the Company (or its successor) to make payments to the Executive hereunder shall represent solely the unsecured obligation of the Company (and its successor), except to the extent the Company (or its successor) in its sole discretion elects in whole or in part to fund its obligations under this Agreement pursuant to a trust arrangement or otherwise.
          4. Applicable Law — This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia.
          5. Arbitration of Disputes; Expenses — All claims by the Executive for compensation and benefits under this Agreement shall be directed to and determined by the Board and shall be in writing. Any denial by the Board of a claim for benefits under this Agreement shall be delivered to the Executive in writing within 20 days following the submission of such claim, and shall set forth the specific reasons for the denial and the specific provisions of this Agreement relied upon. Any further dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Atlanta, Georgia, in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. The arbitration award shall be final and binding upon the parties, and judgment upon the award may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction. Any arbitration award in favor of the Executive, in whole or in part, shall include interest, at the rate of 10% per annum, on the amount awarded from the date it was due for payment as provided in this Agreement. In the event the Executive incurs legal fees and other expenses in seeking to obtain or enforce any rights or benefits provided by this Agreement and is successful, in whole or in part, in obtaining or enforcing any such rights or benefits through settlement, arbitration or otherwise, the Company shall pay, and any arbitration award shall include, the Executive’s reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred in enforcing this Agreement and the Executive’s share of the fees of the arbitrator, such fees and expenses to be paid by the Company promptly but in any event within 30 days after any final settlement, arbitration or adjudication of any denial of claim for benefits hereunder. Except to the extent provided in the preceding sentence, each party shall pay its own legal fees and other expenses associated with any dispute, provided, that the fee for the arbitrator shall be shared equally.

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          6. Amendment — This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument signed by the parties hereto, which makes specific reference to this Agreement.
          7. Severability — If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provisions hereof.
          8. Other Benefits — Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or replace the compensation or benefits payable to the Executive, or otherwise adversely affect the Executive’s rights, under any other benefit plan, program or agreement to which the Executive is a party, including, but not limited to, the letter agreement between Executive and the Company dated March 19, 2007, as amended effective as of June 12, 2011.
          VI. SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE.
          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, it is intended that any payment or benefit provided pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement that is considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be provided and paid in a manner, and at such time, including without limitation payment and provision of benefits only in connection with the occurrence of a permissible payment event contained in Section 409A, that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code, to avoid the unfavorable tax consequences provided therein for non-compliance. For purposes of this Agreement, all rights to payments and benefits hereunder shall be treated as rights to receive a series of separate payments and benefits to the fullest extent allowed by Section 409A of the Code. If the Executive is a key employee (as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to Paragraph (5) thereof) and any of the Company’s stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, then payment of any amount or provision of any benefit under this Agreement which is considered nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be deferred for six (6) months and one (1) day after termination of the Executive’s employment or, if earlier, the Executive’s death, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code (the “409A deferral period”). In the event such payments are otherwise due to be made during the 409A deferral period, the payments which would otherwise have been made in the 409A deferral period shall be accumulated and paid in a lump sum as soon as the 409A deferral period ends, and the balance of the payments shall be made as otherwise scheduled. In the event benefits are required to be deferred, any such benefit may be provided during the 409A deferral period at the Executive’s expense, with the Executive having the right to reimbursement from the Company once the 409A deferral period ends, and the balance of the benefits shall be provided as otherwise scheduled. For purposes of this Agreement, termination or cessation of employment shall mean a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code where it is reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after such date or that the level of bona fide services the Executive would perform after that date (whether as an employee or independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than 20% of the average level of bona fide services performed over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or, if lesser, Executive’s period of service).

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          VII. NON-COMPETITION OBLIGATION
     For a period of six (6) months following Executive’s termination of employment for any reason, Executive shall not (a) organize or form any other business that will compete with the Business of the Company (as defined below) or (b) engage in the executive management of, or provide consulting services concerning the executive management of, any person or business entity that competes with the Business of the Company, other than the Company or its affiliates within the Territory. The term “Business of the Company” means the design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of wireless connectivity solutions addressing the enterprise mobility, communications-on-the-move, tracking and in-flight connectivity markets for commercial and government users, including but not limited to:
     (i) Aviation. The design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of (a) satellite-based communications through a broad array of terminals and antennas for the aeronautical markets and (b) in-cabin connection devices and computers to process data on board aircraft, including rugged data storage, airborne connectivity, air-to-ground connectivity, and data recording and replay equipment;
     (ii) Defense and Space. The design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of antenna and radio frequency beam management systems for a broad range of military and commercial applications, including mobile network-centric operations, RADAR for battlefield visibility and precision strike, satellite sub-system, and commercial aero connectivity;
     (iii) LXE. The design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of rugged mobile computers and wireless networks, which includes mobile computers that incorporate WLAN radios, wireless access points that provide a radio link to the wire network and associated host computers, and software that manages and facilitates the communications process with the database; or
     (iv) Global Tracking. The design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of satellite-based communication products and services for telematics and micro telemetry applications into global markets, including those which enable customers to locate, track, communicate, and safeguard mobile assets, fleets, cargo and personnel, as well as to monitor fixed assets in hostile and remote terrains.
The term “Territory” means the territory for which Executive is providing services at the time of termination of Executive’s employment. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Territory identified in this Article VII is an area for which Executive performs services for the Company by being actively engaged as a member of the Company’s executive management team. Executive agrees that Executive’s obligations under this Article VII are obligations which will continue beyond the date Executive’s employment terminates and that such obligations are reasonable and necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests. Executive agrees that the remedies at law available to the Company for any actual or threatened breach by Executive of the covenants in this Article VII would be inadequate and that the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the covenants in this Article VII, including entry of an ex parte, temporary restraining order in state or federal court, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against activities in violation of this Article VII, or both, or other appropriate judicial remedy, writ or order, in addition to any damages and legal expenses which the Company may be legally entitled to recover without the purchase and posting of bond or other security.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers and the Executive has hereunder set his or her hand, as of the date first above written.
         
  EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
     
  By: John B. Mowell
Title: Chairman of the Board
 
  Date:
 
 
 
         
  (Corporate Seal)
 
 
       
    Attest:   
    Assistant Secretary   
 
         
  EXECUTIVE
 
 
     
  Neil A. MacKay   
  Date:
 
 
 

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EX-10.2 3 g27532exv10w2.htm EX-10.2 exv10w2
EXHIBIT 10.2
[EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. LETTERHEAD]
June 12, 2011
Dear Neil:
     This letter (the “Amendment”) will serve to amend the letter agreement between you and EMS Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) dated March 19, 2007 (the “Letter Agreement”, which together with the Amendment is referred to as the “Agreement”), in the following respects:
     (1) On page 2 of the Letter Agreement, the paragraph titled “Termination Situations” is modified to read as follows:
     “Termination Situations: We do not provide any employees with guaranteed periods of employment. However, in the event your employment terminates as a result of your Involuntary Termination or Voluntary Termination (collectively referred to as your “Termination”), the Company agrees:
     (a) to continue to pay to you for 21 months following the date of your Termination the sum of (i) your monthly base salary in effect on the date of your Termination, and (ii) one-twelfth (1/12th) of the average of the bonuses paid to you with respect to the three calendar years preceding your Termination. Such amount shall be paid to you in equal installments on the Company’s regular bi-weekly pay dates and shall be subject to withholding of all applicable taxes; and
     (b) to continue to provide you for 21 months following the date of your Termination the health and life insurance benefits coverage (including any executive medical plan or split dollar insurance plan) provided to you at your date of Termination at the same level and in the same manner as if your employment had not terminated Any additional coverages that you had at Termination, including dependent coverage, will also be continued for such period on the same terms, to the extent permitted by the applicable policies or contracts. To the extent you were required to pay any costs for such coverages at the time of Termination, you agree to pay such amounts by separate check payable to the Company each month in advance. If the terms of any benefit plan referred to in this subsection, or applicable law, do not permit you to continue such participation, then the Company shall pay to you the cost of such benefits to the Company in a lump sum within thirty (30) days after your Termination. The coverages provided for in this subsection shall be applied against and reduce the period for which COBRA will be provided to you.

 


 

Provided however, for purposes of clarification, in no event shall you be entitled to the payments and/or benefits pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above if you have received, are receiving or will receive payments under the Amended and Restated Executive Protection Agreement between you and the Company effective as of June 12, 2011 (the “EPA”) on account of your termination of employment following a “change in control” as defined in the EPA (a “Change in Control”).
For the purposes of this paragraph, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
“Cause” shall mean (i) any act that constitutes, on your part, (a) fraud, dishonesty, gross negligence, or willful misconduct and (b) that directly results in material injury to the Company, or (ii) your conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude. A termination for “Cause” based on clause (i) of the preceding sentence shall take effect 30 days after the Company gives written notice of such termination to you specifying the conduct deemed to qualify as Cause, unless you shall, during such 30-day period, remedy the events or circumstances constituting Cause to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company. A termination for Cause based on clause (ii) above shall take effect immediately upon giving of a termination notice.
“Disability” shall mean your inability as a result of physical or mental incapacity to substantially perform your duties for the Company on a full-time basis for a period of six months.
“Involuntary Termination” shall mean termination of your employment that is involuntary and that occurs for reasons other than Cause, Disability or death.
“Voluntary Termination” shall mean termination of your employment that is voluntary, is due to, and occurs within six months of:
     (i) the assignment of any duties inconsistent with your title and status in effect prior your Termination, a material increase or decrease in your responsibilities at the Company from those in effect immediately prior to your Termination, or an adverse alteration in the nature or status of such responsibilities (other than any such alteration to the extent incidental to the fact that the Company may no longer be a public company, and may be a subsidiary of another entity);
     (ii) a reduction by the Company of your base salary from such salary in effect prior to your Termination;
     (iii) the relocation of the Company’s principal executive offices to a location outside the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, or the Company’s requiring you to be based anywhere other than the Company’s principal executive offices;
     (iv) the failure by the Company, without your consent, to pay any portion of your then-current compensation (including base salary and annual bonus to the extent payable under the terms of annual bonus programs in effect from time to time), or to pay any portion of an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Company, in each case within seven days of the date such compensation is due;

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     (v) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which you participated immediately prior to your Termination, which is material to your total compensation, including but not limited to the Company’s annual bonus plan, stock option plan, or any similar or substitute plans, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the failure by the Company to continue your participation in such plan (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided (or potentially available under incentive compensation programs) and the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to your Termination;
     (vi) the failure by the Company to continue to provide you with benefits substantially similar to those under any of the Company’s life insurance, medical, health and accident or disability plans in which you were participating immediately prior to your Termination, or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or would deprive you of any material fringe benefit you otherwise enjoyed immediately prior to your Termination; or
     (vii) the failure of any successor to assume this Agreement.
In no event will termination of your employment which is the result of Cause, Disability or your death be considered a Voluntary Termination.
(2) The Letter Agreement is amended by adding the following new provision:
“ Retention Payment. In order to encourage you to remain employed with the Company following a Change in Control and as consideration for the Executive’s obligations under the “Non-Competition Agreement” set forth below, the Company will pay to you a retention payment (the “Retention Payment”) in the amount of $500,000, provided that you remain employed with the Company or its successor until the date that is two (2) years following such Change in Control. Such Retention Payment shall be paid in a lump sum payment (subject to applicable tax withholdings) within thirty (30) days following your termination for any reason.
(3) The Letter Agreement is amended by adding the following new provision:
“Non-Competition Agreement. For a period of six (6) months following the termination of your employment for any reason following a Change of Control, you agree that you will not (a) organize or form any other business that will compete with the Business of the Company (as defined below) or (b) engage in the executive management of, or provide consulting services concerning the executive management of, any person or business entity that competes with the Business of the Company, other than the Company or its affiliates within the Territory. The term “Business of the Company” means the design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of wireless connectivity solutions addressing the enterprise mobility, communications-on-the-move, tracking and in-flight connectivity markets for commercial and government users, including but not limited to:

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     (i) Aviation. The design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of (a) satellite-based communications through a broad array of terminals and antennas for the aeronautical markets and (b) in-cabin connection devices and computers to process data on board aircraft, including rugged data storage, airborne connectivity, air-to-ground connectivity, and data recording and replay equipment;
     (ii) Defense and Space. The design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of antenna and radio frequency beam management systems for a broad range of military and commercial applications, including mobile network-centric operations, RADAR for battlefield visibility and precision strike, satellite sub-system, and commercial aero connectivity;
     (iii) LXE. The design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of rugged mobile computers and wireless networks, which includes mobile computers that incorporate WLAN radios, wireless access points that provide a radio link to the wire network and associated host computers, and software that manages and facilitates the communications process with the database; or
     (iv) Global Tracking. The design, development, manufacturing, sale and provision of satellite-based communication products and services for telematics and micro telemetry applications into global markets, including those which enable customers to locate, track, communicate, and safeguard mobile assets, fleets, cargo and personnel, as well as to monitor fixed assets in hostile and remote terrains.
The term “Territory” means the territory for which Executive is providing services at the time of termination of Executive’s employment. You acknowledge and agree that the Territory identified herein is an area for which you perform services for the Company by being actively engaged as a member of the Company’s executive management team. You agree that your obligations under this paragraph are obligations which will continue beyond the date your employment terminates and that such obligations are reasonable and necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests. You agree that the remedies at law available to the Company for any actual or threatened breach of your covenants in this paragraph would be inadequate and that the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the covenants in this paragraph, including entry of an ex parte, temporary restraining order in state or federal court, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against activities in violation of this paragraph, or both, or other appropriate judicial remedy, writ or order, in addition to any damages and legal expenses which the Company may be legally entitled to recover without the purchase and posting of bond or other security. You further agree that you will repay the full amount of the Retention Payment to the Company in the event a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that you have violated the terms of your Non-Competition Agreement.
(4) The Letter Agreement is amended by adding the following new provision:

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409A Compliance. The parties intend that payments and benefits under the Agreement comply with or be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively “Code Section 409A”), and the Company shall have complete discretion to interpret and construe the Agreement and any associated documents in any manner that establishes an exemption from (or compliance with) the requirements of Code Section 409A. If this Agreement (or any award of compensation, including, without limitation, equity compensation or benefits) does not accurately reflect its intended establishment of an exemption from (or compliance with) Code Section 409A, as demonstrated by consistent interpretations or other evidence of intent, such provision shall be considered ambiguous as to its exemption from (or compliance with) Code Section 409A and shall be interpreted by the Company in a manner consistent with such intent, as determined in the discretion of the Company.
A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits that are considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean such a “separation from service.” The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred for purposes of this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations.
Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Company determines that you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, then to the extent any payment or benefit that you become entitled to under this Agreement on account of such separation from service would be considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A, such payment or benefit shall be paid or provided at the date which is the earlier of (i) six (6) months and one day after such separation from service and (ii) the date of your death (the “Delay Period”). Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this paragraph (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or provided to you in a lump-sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein.
Any reimbursements provided under this Agreement that constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, including, without limitation, that (i) in no event shall any fees, expenses or other amounts eligible to be reimbursed by the Company under this Agreement be paid later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the applicable fees, expenses or other amounts were incurred; (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any given calendar year shall not affect the expenses that the Company is obligated to reimburse in any other calendar year, provided that the foregoing clause (ii) shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Code Section 105(b) solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period the arrangement is in effect; (iii) your right to have the Company pay or provide such reimbursements may not be

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liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit; and (iv) in no event shall the Company’s obligations to make such reimbursements apply later than your remaining lifetime.
For purposes of Code Section 409A, the right to receive any installment payments shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (for example, “payment shall be made within thirty (30) days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company. In no event may you, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement, to the extent such payment is subject to Code Section 409A.
The Company makes no representation or warranty and shall have no liability if any provisions of this Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A but do not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, Code Section 409A.
(5) The provisions of this Amendment shall be effective as of June 12, 2011. Except as amended herein the provisions of the Letter Agreement shall remain in effect.
         
  EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
     
  By:
Title:
 
  Date:
 
 
 
         
  (Corporate Seal)
 
 
       
    Attest:   
    Assistant Secretary   
 
         
  EXECUTIVE
 
 
     
  Neil A. MacKay   
  Date:
 
 
 

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EX-10.3 4 g27532exv10w3.htm EX-10.3 exv10w3
EXHIBIT 10.3
Amendment of Employee Performance Bonus Plan
     NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, effective as of the Effective Time, Section 5 of the Performance Bonus Plan is amended to adopt a new Section 5(e) to read as follows:
“(e) Determination in Connection With a Change in Control - Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is employed by the Company on the date of a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined) that was previously approved by the Incumbent Board (whether or not such Participant is employed on the date 2011 bonuses under the Performance Bonus Plan are approved (the “Bonus Approval Date”), unless such Participant resigns prior to the applicable Bonus Approval Date), then notwithstanding the fact that such Participant is terminated by the Company (including any successor to the Company or such successor’s subsidiaries or affiliates) prior to the applicable Bonus Approval Date, other than a termination for Cause (as hereinafter defined), such Participant will receive a lump-sum cash payment equal to the Target Bonus for such Participant, within 30 days following the applicable Bonus Approval Date. For purposes of this Section 5(e), “Cause” means any of the following, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee: (i) clear evidence of a significant violation of the Company’s code of business conduct; (ii) a fraud committed against the Company; (iii) the misappropriation, embezzlement or reckless or willful destruction of Company property; (iv) the willful failure to perform, or gross negligence in the performance of, duties; (v) the conviction (treating a nolo contendere plea as a conviction) of a felony (whether or not any right to appeal has been or may be exercised); (vi) the knowing falsification of any records or documents of the Company; (vii) a significant breach of any statutory or common law duty of loyalty to the Company; (viii) intentional and improper conduct significantly prejudicial to the business of the Company, or (ix) the violation of Company rules and policies that, based on a single occurrence, would not meet the significance thresholds of (i), (vii) or (viii) above, but that shall, for purposes of such significance thresholds, be deemed to constitute a violation thereof in the event any such violation occurs more than once. For purposes of this Section 5(e), “Change in Control” means any of the following events: (1) the acquisition in one or more transactions by any person or group (as such terms are defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)), of “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under 1934 Act) of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding voting securities; or (2) the individuals who are members of the Incumbent Board (as defined below), cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds of the Board. The “Incumbent Board” consists of the individuals who as of January 23, 1997, are members of the Board and any individual becoming a director subsequent to January 23, 1997, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then composing the Incumbent Board; provided, however, that any individual who is not a member of the Incumbent Board at the time he or she becomes a member of the Board shall become a member of the Incumbent Board upon the completion of two full years as a member of the Board, except that no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such

 


 

individual initially assumed office (i) as a result of either an actual or threatened “election contest” (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 under the 1934 Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board (a “Proxy Contest”), or (ii) with the approval of the other Board members, but by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle a Proxy Contest; or (3) approval by shareholders of the Company of (i) a merger or consolidation involving the Company if such shareholders do not, immediately following such merger or consolidation, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company’s voting securities immediately before such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.”

 

EX-10.4 5 g27532exv10w4.htm EX-10.4 exv10w4
EXHIBIT 10.4
Amendments to the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
     NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Section 5.2(b) of the 1997 Plan is amended to read as follows:
“(b) If (1) a tender offer to purchase for cash all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company shall be commenced, (2) the Company shall be a party to any reorganization in which it does not survive, including a merger, consolidation, or acquisition of the stock or substantially all the assets of the Company, or (3) the Company shall be party to any reorganization in which it does survive, including a merger, consolidation or acquisition of the stock or substantially all the assets, but in which the outstanding shares of the Company are converted into cash as a result of the transaction (in the case of clause (1), (2) or (3), the “Transaction”), the Board, in its sole discretion, may:
(i) notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, declare that all Options granted under the Plan shall become exercisable immediately notwithstanding the provisions of the respective Option Agreements regarding exercisability, that all such Options shall terminate a specified period of time after the Committee gives written notice of the immediate right to exercise such Options and of the decision to terminate all Options not exercised within such period, and that all then-remaining restrictions pertaining to Awards under the Plan shall immediately lapse; or
(ii) notify all Grantees that all Options or Awards granted under the Plan shall be assumed by the successor corporation or substituted on an equitable basis with options or restricted stock issued by such successor corporation; or
(iii) declare that all Options granted under the Plan that are outstanding as of the date of such declaration, shall, upon the commencement of a tender offer to purchase for cash all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Offer”) (provided that the time of the acceptance for payment of such shares pursuant to the Offer (the “Acceptance Time”) occurs), (1) in accordance with the terms of the award agreements relating thereto, (x) become 100% vested and (y) be exercisable at any time prior to the Acceptance Time (such period, the “Option Exercise Period”), and (2) to the extent not exercised within the Option Exercise Period, at the effective time of the Transaction (the “Effective Time”), be terminated and converted into the right to receive a cash payment equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Stock subject to such Option, multiplied by (B) the value of the consideration being paid for each share of Stock in connection with the Transaction minus the per share exercise price of such Option; provided that if the per share exercise price of an Option exceeds the value of the consideration being paid for each share of Stock, then such “out-of-the-money” Option shall be cancelled without payment of any consideration with respect thereto. For purposes hereof, all determinations of value by the Board shall conclusively be deemed valid.”

 


 

     FURTHER RESOLVED, that Section 5.2(b) of the 2000 Plan is amended to read as follows:
“(b) If (1) a tender offer to purchase for cash all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company shall be commenced, (2) the Company shall be a party to any reorganization in which it does not survive, including a merger, consolidation, or acquisition of the stock or substantially all the assets of the Company, or (3) the Company shall be party to any reorganization in which it does survive, including a merger, consolidation or acquisition of the stock or substantially all the assets, but in which the outstanding shares of the Company are converted into cash as a result of the transaction (in the case of clause (1), (2) or (3), the “Transaction”), the Board, in its sole discretion, may:
(i) notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, declare that all Options granted under the Plan shall become exercisable immediately notwithstanding the provisions of the respective Option Agreements regarding exercisability, that all such Options shall terminate a specified period of time after the Committee gives written notice of the immediate right to exercise such Options and of the decision to terminate all Options not exercised within such period, and that all then-remaining restrictions pertaining to Awards under the Plan shall immediately lapse; or
(ii) notify all Grantees that all Options or Awards granted under the Plan shall be assumed by the successor corporation or substituted on an equitable basis with options or restricted stock issued by such successor corporation; or
(iii) declare that all Options granted under the Plan that are outstanding as of the date of such declaration, shall, upon the commencement of a tender offer to purchase for cash all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Offer”) (provided that the time of the acceptance for payment of such shares pursuant to the Offer (the “Acceptance Time”) occurs), (1) in accordance with the terms of the award agreements relating thereto (x) become 100% vested and (y) be exercisable at any time prior to the Acceptance Time (such period, the “Option Exercise Period”), and (2) to the extent not exercised within the Option Exercise Period, at the effective time of the Transaction (the “Effective Time”), be terminated and converted into the right to receive a cash payment equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Stock subject to such Option, multiplied by (B) the value of the consideration being paid for each share of Stock in connection with the Transaction minus the per share exercise price of such Option; provided that if the per share exercise price of an Option exceeds the value of the consideration being paid for each share of Stock, then such “out-of-the-money” Option shall be cancelled without payment of any consideration with respect thereto. For purposes hereof, all determinations of value by the Board shall conclusively be deemed valid.”
     FURTHER RESOLVED, that Section 5.2(b) of the 2007 Plan is amended to read as follows:

 


 

“(b) If (1) a tender offer to purchase for cash all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company shall be commenced, (2) the Company shall be a party to any reorganization in which it does not survive, including a merger, consolidation, or acquisition of the stock or substantially all the assets of the Company, or (3) the Company shall be party to any reorganization in which it does survive, including a merger, consolidation or acquisition of the stock or substantially all the assets, but in which the outstanding shares of the Company are converted into cash as a result of the transaction (in the case of clause (1), (2) or (3), the “Transaction”), the Board, in its sole discretion, may:
(i) notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, declare that all Options granted under the Plan shall become exercisable immediately notwithstanding the provisions of the respective Option Agreements regarding exercisability, that all such Options shall terminate a specified period of time after the Committee gives written notice of the immediate right to exercise such Options and of the decision to terminate all Options not exercised within such period, and that all then-remaining restrictions pertaining to Awards under the Plan shall immediately lapse; or
(ii) notify all Grantees that all Options or Awards granted under the Plan shall be assumed by the successor corporation or substituted on an equitable basis with options or restricted stock issued by such successor corporation; or
(iii) declare that all Options granted under the Plan that are outstanding as of the date of such declaration, shall, upon the commencement of a tender offer to purchase for cash all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Offer”) (provided that the time of the acceptance for payment of such shares pursuant to the Offer (the “Acceptance Time”) occurs), (1) in accordance with the terms of the award agreements relating thereto (x) become 100% vested and (y) be exercisable at any time prior to the Acceptance Time (such period, the “Option Exercise Period”), and (2) to the extent not exercised within the Option Exercise Period, at the effective time of the Transaction (the “Effective Time”), be terminated and converted into the right to receive a cash payment equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Stock subject to such Option, multiplied by (B) the value of the consideration being paid for each share of Stock in connection with the Transaction minus the per share exercise price of such Option; provided that if the per share exercise price of an Option exceeds the value of the consideration being paid for each share of Stock, then such “out-of-the-money” Option shall be cancelled without payment of any consideration with respect thereto. For purposes hereof, all determinations of value by the Board shall conclusively be deemed valid.”

 

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EXHIBIT 10.5
Amendment to the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan
     NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Section 4.1 of the Directors Plan is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
     “4.1 PLAN AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. The Board may amend or terminate this Plan at any time. Upon termination of the Plan, each participant’s Deferral Account shall be automatically converted to cash, and, subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, will be paid to such participant in a lump sum as soon as practicable and, in any event, within 30 days of the termination of the Directors Plan.”