form_8-k.htm
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): April 30,
2008
THE
BRINK’S COMPANY
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia
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1-9148
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54-1317776
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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1801
Bayberry Court
P.
O. Box 18100
Richmond,
VA 23226-8100
(Address
and zip code of
principal
executive offices)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (804) 289-9600
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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 (see General Instruction
A.2.):
[ ] Written communications pursuant to
Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[ ] Soliciting materials pursuant to
Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[ ] Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
[ ] Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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I. Appointment
of Michael J. Cazer
General
On
May 1, 2008, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Brink’s Company (the
“Company”) appointed Michael J. Cazer, 41, as the Company’s Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cazer succeeds Robert T. Ritter who
retired as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective
May 1, 2008.
Mr.
Cazer joins the Company with 20 years of financial experience, having served in
numerous leadership positions at General Electric Company, a diversified
technology, media and financial services company. He most recently
served as chief financial officer of GE Security, a global General Electric
subsidiary focused on communication and information technologies for security
and life safety products, from April 2005 to April 2008, having previously
served as chief financial officer of GE Consumer and Industrial Europe, a
General Electric subsidiary engaged in the design, manufacturing and sales of
electrical distribution equipment, lighting products and household appliances in
Europe, from April 2004 to April 2005, and as chief financial officer of GE
Fanuc, a joint venture between General Electric and FANUC of Japan focused on
automation and embedded computing, from December 2001 to April
2004. He also served in various finance-related executive positions
at General Electric, including a position on General Electric’s corporate audit
staff.
Compensation
and Benefits
Mr.
Cazer will receive an annual base salary of $450,000 and will participate in the
Company’s Key Employees Incentive Plan (the “KEIP”), with a target cash bonus of
65% of his annual base salary. Mr. Cazer will also be eligible for a
relocation bonus of $100,000, which will become payable when his family
relocates to Richmond, Virginia. In addition, Mr. Cazer will receive
other benefits that the Company customarily provides to its executive officers,
including participation in the Company’s Key Employees’ Deferred Compensation
Program, relocation assistance pursuant to the Company’s relocation policy and
participation in the Company’s Financial and Tax Planning Program.
In
connection with his employment with the Company, Mr. Cazer received (1) 11,882
restricted stock units valued at $800,015.06 in consideration for forfeiting
incentive awards at his former employer and (2) 14,036 restricted stock units
valued at $945,043.88. The value of each award is based on $67.33 per
share, which was the average of the high and low per share quoted sale prices of
the Company’s common stock on April 7, 2008, the date of the
grant. Each award of restricted stock units will vest ratably over a
three-year term, subject to Mr. Cazer’s continued employment with the Company on
each vesting date, and is payable in shares of the Company’s common
stock. The restricted stock units valued at $800,015.06, however,
also vest immediately if Mr. Cazer’s employment is terminated by the Company
other than for cause, death or incapacity. The restricted stock unit
awards were made pursuant to the Company’s 2005 Equity
Incentive
Plan and are subject and qualified in their entirety by reference to the
restricted stock unit award agreements between the Company and Mr. Cazer, copies
of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated
herein by reference.
Change
in Control Agreement and Severance Agreement
In
connection with his employment with the Company, Mr. Cazer also entered into a
change in control agreement and a severance agreement with the
Company. The benefits payable under the change in control agreement
and severance agreement are not duplicative. In the event of a
conflict between the terms of the two agreements, Mr. Cazer is entitled to
receive the compensation and benefits most favorable to him.
Change in Control
Agreement. Under the terms of Mr. Cazer’s change in control
agreement, if a change in control (as defined in the change in control
agreement) occurs and Mr. Cazer remains employed by the Company, he will receive
annual compensation equal to the sum of (1) a salary not less than his
annualized salary in effect immediately before the date the change in control
occurred, plus (2) a bonus not less than an amount equal to average amount of
his annual bonus award under the KEIP or any substitute or successor plan for
the last three full calendar years preceding the date the change in control
occurred (the “Average Annual Bonus”). On each anniversary of the
date the change in control occurred, his compensation in effect on such
anniversary date will be increased for the remaining period of his employment to
adjust for inflation.
If
a change in control occurs and the Company terminates Mr. Cazer’s employment
other than for cause (as defined in the change in control agreement), death or
incapacity (as defined in the change in control agreement) or he terminates his
employment for good reason (as defined in the change in control agreement)
during the three years following the date of the change in control, the Company
will make a lump sum cash payment to Mr. Cazer consisting of the aggregate of
the following amounts:
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the
sum of (1) his currently effective annual base salary through the date of
termination to the extent not already paid, (2) his Average Annual Bonus
prorated based on the number of days worked in the year of his termination
and (3) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not already
paid or credited; and
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the
amount equal to two times the sum of his annual base salary and his
Average Annual Bonus.
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Subject
to certain limitations set forth in the change in control agreement, if the
payments received under the change in control agreement are more than 110% of
the threshold for excise tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”), Mr. Cazer will be entitled to a gross-up payment such that
his net payments after payment of all taxes are equal to the payments that would
have been received if the excise tax had not been imposed.
The
change in control agreement will terminate on April 7, 2011 if a change in
control has not occurred before that date.
Severance
Agreement. Under the terms of Mr. Cazer’s severance agreement,
if the Company terminates his employment other than for cause (as defined in the
severance agreement), death or incapacity (as defined in the severance
agreement), the Company will make a lump sum cash payment to Mr. Cazer
consisting of the aggregate of the following amounts:
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the
sum of (1) his currently effective annual base salary through the date of
termination to the extent not already paid, (2) his Average Annual Bonus
prorated based on the number of days worked in the year of his termination
and (3) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not already
paid or credited; and
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the
amount equal to two times the sum of his annual base salary and his
Average Annual Bonus.
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The
severance agreement contains confidentiality and non-competition provisions and
is subject to execution by Mr. Cazer of a customary release.
Subject
to certain limitations set forth in the severance agreement, if the payments
received under the severance agreement are more than 110% of the threshold for
excise tax imposed by the Code, Mr. Cazer will be entitled to a gross-up payment
such that his net payments after payment of all taxes are equal to the payments
that would have been received if the excise tax had not been
imposed.
The
severance agreement will terminate on April 7, 2011.
The
foregoing descriptions of the change in control agreement and severance
agreement are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to
the entire change in control agreement and the entire severance agreement,
copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit
10.3 and Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference.
II.
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Consulting
Agreement with Robert T. Ritter
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On
April 30, 2008, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Robert T.
Ritter. Under the terms of the consulting agreement, Mr. Ritter will
perform consulting services that are mutually agreed to by the Company and Mr.
Ritter commencing on July 1, 2008 and continuing until June 30, 2009; provided,
however, that either party may terminate the consulting agreement upon 30 days
notice. The Company will pay Mr. Ritter a monthly fee of $12,500 plus
an hourly fee of $500 for each hour in which he performs the consulting services
required under the consulting agreement. In addition, the Company
will reimburse Mr. Ritter for his reasonable expenses incurred in connection
with the performance of his consulting services under the consulting
agreement.
The foregoing description of the
consulting agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the entire consulting agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit 10.5 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item
8.01 Other
Events.
On May 1, 2008, the Company’s Board of
Directors affirmatively determined that Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr. is independent
under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the independence
determination guidelines described in the Company’s Corporate Governance
Policies.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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10.1
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Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2008, between the
Company and Michael J. Cazer.
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10.2
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Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2008, between the Company
and Michael J. Cazer.
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10.3
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Change
in Control Agreement, dated April 7, 2008, between the Company and Michael
J. Cazer.
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10.4
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Severance
Agreement, dated April 7, 2008, between the Company and Michael J.
Cazer.
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10.5
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Consulting
Agreement, dated April 30, 2008, between the Company and Robert T.
Ritter.
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SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly
authorized.
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THE
BRINK’S COMPANY |
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(Registrant) |
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Date: May 5,
2008
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By:
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/s/ Austin
F. Reed |
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Austin F. Reed |
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Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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10.1
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Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2008, between the Company
and Michael J. Cazer.
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10.2
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Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2008, between the
Company and Michael J. Cazer.
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10.3
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Change
in Control Agreement, dated April 7, 2008, between the Company and Michael
J. Cazer.
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10.4
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Severance
Agreement, dated April 7, 2008, between the Company and Michael J.
Cazer.
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10.5
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Consulting
Agreement, dated April 30, 2008, between the Company and Robert T.
Ritter.
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exhibit_10-1.htm
EXHIBIT
10.1
Notice
of Grant of Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement
Employee
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RSU
Number:
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003609
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Michael
J. Cazer
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Plan:
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2005
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Effective
April 7, 2008, you have been granted an award of 11,882 restricted stock
units. The
value of this award is $800,015.06 (11,882 * $67.33 = $800,015.06).
Each
restricted stock unit represents a right to a future payment equal to one share
of The Brink’s Company common stock. Such payment will be in shares
of The Brink’s Company common stock.
Subject
to your continued employment as of the relevant vesting date (unless otherwise
provided under the terms and conditions of the Plan or this Award Agreement) you
shall be entitled to receive (and the Company shall deliver to you) within 75
days following the relevant vesting date set forth below, the number of Shares
underlying this award scheduled to vest as of such date as set forth
below:
Shares
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Vesting
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3,961
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April
7, 2009
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3,961
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April
7, 2010
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3,960
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April
7, 2011
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Additional
terms and conditions applying to this grant are contained on pages two through
four of this Award Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in the Plan.
By
your signature and the authorized Company signature below and on page four of
this Award Agreement, you and the Company agree that this award is granted under
and governed by the terms and conditions of The Brink’s Company 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan as amended, as well as this Award Agreement, all of which are
incorporated as a part of this document.
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/s/
Frank T. Lennon
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4-8-08
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The
Brink’s Company
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Date
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/s/
Michael J. Cazer
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4-11-08
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Employee
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Date
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Restricted
Stock Units Award Agreement
AWARD AGREEMENT dated as of April 7,
2008 between The Brink’s Company, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), the
employee identified on page one of this Award Agreement (the “Employee”), an
employee of the Company or of a subsidiary of the Company.
By resolution dated on the date of this
Award Agreement, the Compensation and Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) of
the Company’s Board of Directors, acting pursuant to The Brink’s Company 2005
Equity Incentive Plan as amended (the “Plan”), a copy of which Plan has
heretofore been furnished to the Employee (who hereby acknowledges receipt), as
a matter of separate inducement and agreement in connection with the employment
of the Employee by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and not in lieu of
any salary or other compensation for the Employee’s services, granted to the
Employee a restricted stock unit award as set forth on page one of this Award
Agreement.
Accordingly,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Subject
to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Employee is granted the
restricted stock unit award (the “Award”) as set forth on page one of this Award
Agreement.
2. Subject
to the Employee’s continued employment as of the relevant vesting date (unless
otherwise provided under the terms and conditions of the Plan or this Award
Agreement), the Employee shall be entitled to receive (and the Company shall
deliver to the Employee) within 75 days following the relevant vesting date set
forth on page one of this Award Agreement (or, if applicable, within 75 days
following the vesting date set forth in paragraph 4(a) of this Award Agreement),
the number of Shares underlying this Award scheduled to vest on such date as set
forth on page one (or paragraph 4(a)) of this Award Agreement.
3. If
a cash dividend is paid on a Share while the Award remains outstanding, the
Employee shall be entitled to receive at the time such cash dividend is paid
(subject to the Employee’s continued employment as of the relevant dividend
payment date), a cash payment in an amount equivalent to the cash dividend on a
Share with respect to each Share covered by the outstanding Award. If
the Employee incurs a termination of employment prior to the payment of Shares
underlying the Employee’s vested portion of the Award but subsequent to the
applicable vesting date, as set forth on page one of this Award Agreement, the
Employee shall be entitled to receive with respect to each Share underlying the
vested portion of the Award a cash payment in amount equivalent to a cash
dividend on a Share regardless of whether the Employee continues to be employed
as of the relevant dividend payment date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if (i) the Company consummates a spin-off transaction of Brink’s Home
Security (a “BHS Spin-
Off
Transaction”) while the Award remains outstanding and (ii) the BHS Spin-Off
Transaction is achieved by means of a dividend or other distribution with
respect to a Share, the Employee shall not be entitled to receive a cash (or
stock) payment in an amount equivalent to such dividend or distribution on
Shares covered by the outstanding Award. However, in the event of a
BHS Spin-Off Transaction and in lieu of a dividend equivalent payment with
respect to each Share covered by the outstanding Award, the Committee shall
equitably adjust in accordance with Section 5(d) of the Plan the number of
restricted stock units subject to the outstanding Award at the time of the BHS
Spin-Off Transaction.
4. Notwithstanding
the terms of the Plan, if the Employee shall cease to be an employee of the
Company or an Affiliate:
(a) if
termination of employment is by reason of the Employee’s death or permanent and
total disability, or if employment is terminated by the Company without Cause
(as defined below), the outstanding Award shall fully vest and become payable
(subject to paragraph 2 above) as of the date of such termination of
employment;
(b) if
termination of employment is by reason other than as provided in paragraph 4(a)
above, the outstanding Award shall be canceled as of such termination of
employment and shall have no further force or effect.
“Cause”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Severance Agreement between
the Company and the Employee dated as of April 7, 2008, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
5. The
Shares underlying the Award, until and unless delivered to the Employee, do not
represent an equity interest in the Company and carry no voting
rights. The Employee will not have any rights of a shareholder with
respect to the Shares underlying the Award until the Shares have been delivered
to the Employee.
6. In
accordance with Section 14(b) of the Plan, the Committee may in its sole
discretion withhold from the payment to the Employee hereunder a sufficient
amount to provide for the payment of any taxes required to be withheld by
federal, state or local law with respect to income resulting from such
payment.
7. The
Award is not transferable by the Employee otherwise than by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution.
8. All
other provisions contained in the Plan as in effect on the date of this Award
Agreement are incorporated in this Award Agreement by reference. The
Board of Directors of the Company or the Committee thereof may amend the Plan at
any time, provided that if such amendment shall adversely affect the rights of a
holder of an Award with respect to a previously granted Award, the Award
holder’s consent shall be required
except
to the extent any such amendment is made to comply with any applicable law,
stock exchange rules and regulations or accounting or tax rules and
regulations. This Award Agreement may at any time be amended by
mutual agreement of the Committee of the Board of Directors (or a designee
thereof) and the holder of the Award. Prior to a Change in Control of
the Company, this Award Agreement may be amended by the Company, and upon
written notice by the Company, given by registered or certified mail, to the
holder of the Award of any such amendment of this Award Agreement or of any
amendment of the Plan adopted prior to such a Change in Control, this Award
Agreement shall be deemed to incorporate the amendment to this Award Agreement
or to the Plan specified in such notice, unless such holder shall, within 30
days of the giving of such notice by the Company, give written notice to the
Company that such amendment is not accepted by such holder, in which case the
terms of this Award Agreement shall remain unchanged. Subject to any
applicable provisions of the Company’s bylaws or of the Plan, any applicable
determinations, order, resolutions or other actions of the Committee or of the
Board of Directors of the Company shall be final, conclusive and binding on the
Company and the holder of the Award.
9. All
notices hereunder shall be in writing and (a) if to the Company, shall be
delivered personally to the Secretary of the Company or mailed to its principal
office address, 1801 Bayberry Court, P.O. Box 18100, Richmond, VA 23226-8100
USA, to the attention of the Secretary, and (b) if to the Employee, shall be
delivered personally or mailed to the Employee at the address set forth
below. Such addresses may be changed at any time by notice from one
party to the other.
10. This
Award Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
the successors and assigns of the Company and, to the extent provided in the
Plan, the legal representatives of the Employee.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Award Agreement as
of the day and year first above
written.
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/s/
Frank T. Lennon
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4-8-08
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The
Brink’s Company
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Date
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/s/
Michael J. Cazer
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4-11-08
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Employee
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5050
Bay Shore Rd. Sarasota, FL 34234
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Street
address, City, State & ZIP
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exhibit_10-2.htm
EXHIBIT
10.2
Notice
of Grant of Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement
Employee |
RSU
Number: |
003610 |
Michael
J. Cazer
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Plan:
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2005
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Effective
April 7, 2008, you have been granted an award of 14,036 restricted stock
units.
The
value of this award is $945,043.88 (14,036 * $67.33 = $945,043.88).
Each
restricted stock unit represents a right to a future payment equal to one share
of The Brink’s Company common stock. Such payment will be in shares
of The Brink’s Company common stock.
Subject
to your continued employment as of the relevant vesting date (unless otherwise
provided under the terms and conditions of the Plan or this Award Agreement) you
shall be entitled to receive (and the Company shall deliver to you) within 75
days following the relevant vesting date set forth below, the number of Shares
underlying this award scheduled to vest as of such date as set forth
below:
Shares
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Vesting
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4,679
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April
7, 2009
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4,679
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April
7, 2010
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4,678
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April
7, 2011
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Additional
terms and conditions applying to this grant are contained on pages two through
four of this Award Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in the Plan.
By
your signature and the authorized Company signature below and on page four of
this Award Agreement, you and the Company agree that this award is granted under
and governed by the terms and conditions of The Brink’s Company 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan as amended, as well as this Award Agreement, all of which are
incorporated as a part of this document.
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/s/
Frank T. Lennon
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4-8-08
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The
Brink’s Company
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Date
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/s/
Michael J. Cazer
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4-11-08
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Employee
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Date
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Restricted
Stock Units Award Agreement
AWARD AGREEMENT dated as of April 7,
2008 between The Brink’s Company, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), the
employee identified on page one of this Award Agreement (the “Employee”), an
employee of the Company or of a subsidiary of the Company.
By resolution dated on the date of this
Award Agreement, the Compensation and Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) of
the Company’s Board of Directors, acting pursuant to The Brink’s Company 2005
Equity Incentive Plan as amended (the “Plan”), a copy of which Plan has
heretofore been furnished to the Employee (who hereby acknowledges receipt), as
a matter of separate inducement and agreement in connection with the employment
of the Employee by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and not in lieu of
any salary or other compensation for the Employee’s services, granted to the
Employee a restricted stock unit award as set forth on page one of this Award
Agreement.
Accordingly,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Subject
to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Employee is granted the
restricted stock unit award (the “Award”) as set forth on page one of this Award
Agreement.
2. Subject
to the Employee’s continued employment as of the relevant vesting date (unless
otherwise provided under the terms and conditions of the Plan or this Award
Agreement), the Employee shall be entitled to receive (and the Company shall
deliver to the Employee) within 75 days following the relevant vesting date set
forth on page one of this Award Agreement (or, if applicable, within 75 days
following the vesting date set forth in paragraph 4(a) of this Award Agreement),
the number of Shares underlying this Award scheduled to vest on such date as set
forth on page one (or paragraph 4(a)) of this Award Agreement.
3. If
a cash dividend is paid on a Share while the Award remains outstanding, the
Employee shall be entitled to receive at the time such cash dividend is paid
(subject to the Employee’s continued employment as of the relevant dividend
payment date), a cash payment in an amount equivalent to the cash dividend on a
Share with respect to each Share covered by the outstanding Award. If
the Employee incurs a termination of employment prior to the payment of Shares
underlying the Employee’s vested portion of the Award but subsequent to the
applicable vesting date, as set forth on page one of this Award Agreement, the
Employee shall be entitled to receive with respect to each Share underlying the
vested portion of the Award a cash payment in amount equivalent to a cash
dividend on a Share regardless of whether the Employee continues to be employed
as of the relevant dividend payment date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if (i) the Company consummates a spin-off transaction of Brink’s Home
Security (a “BHS Spin-
Off
Transaction”) while the Award remains outstanding and (ii) the BHS Spin-Off
Transaction is achieved by means of a dividend or other distribution with
respect to a Share, the Employee shall not be entitled to receive a cash (or
stock) payment in an amount equivalent to such dividend or distribution on
Shares covered by the outstanding Award. However, in the event of a
BHS Spin-Off Transaction and in lieu of a dividend equivalent payment with
respect to each Share covered by the outstanding Award, the Committee shall
equitably adjust in accordance with Section 5(d) of the Plan the number of
restricted stock units subject to the outstanding Award at the time of the BHS
Spin-Off Transaction.
4. Notwithstanding
the terms of the Plan, if the Employee shall cease to be an employee of the
Company or an Affiliate:
(a) if
termination of employment is by reason of the Employee’s death or permanent and
total disability, the outstanding Award shall fully vest and become payable
(subject to paragraph 2 above) as of the date of such termination of
employment;
(b) if
termination of employment is by reason other than as provided in paragraph 4(a)
above, the outstanding Award shall be canceled as of such termination of
employment and shall have no further force or effect.
5. The
Shares underlying the Award, until and unless delivered to the Employee, do not
represent an equity interest in the Company and carry no voting
rights. The Employee will not have any rights of a shareholder with
respect to the Shares underlying the Award until the Shares have been delivered
to the Employee.
6. In
accordance with Section 14(b) of the Plan, the Committee may in its sole
discretion withhold from the payment to the Employee hereunder a sufficient
amount to provide for the payment of any taxes required to be withheld by
federal, state or local law with respect to income resulting from such
payment.
7. The
Award is not transferable by the Employee otherwise than by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution.
8. All
other provisions contained in the Plan as in effect on the date of this Award
Agreement are incorporated in this Award Agreement by reference. The
Board of Directors of the Company or the Committee thereof may amend the Plan at
any time, provided that if such amendment shall adversely affect the rights of a
holder of an Award with respect to a previously granted Award, the Award
holder’s consent shall be required except to the extent any such amendment is
made to comply with any applicable law, stock exchange rules and regulations or
accounting or tax rules and regulations. This Award Agreement may at
any time be amended by mutual agreement of the Committee of the Board of
Directors (or a designee thereof) and the holder of the Award. Prior
to a
Change
in Control of the Company, this Award Agreement may be amended by the Company,
and upon written notice by the Company, given by registered or certified mail,
to the holder of the Award of any such amendment of this Award Agreement or of
any amendment of the Plan adopted prior to such a Change in Control, this Award
Agreement shall be deemed to incorporate the amendment to this Award Agreement
or to the Plan specified in such notice, unless such holder shall, within 30
days of the giving of such notice by the Company, give written notice to the
Company that such amendment is not accepted by such holder, in which case the
terms of this Award Agreement shall remain unchanged. Subject to any
applicable provisions of the Company’s bylaws or of the Plan, any applicable
determinations, order, resolutions or other actions of the Committee or of the
Board of Directors of the Company shall be final, conclusive and binding on the
Company and the holder of the Award.
9. All
notices hereunder shall be in writing and (a) if to the Company, shall be
delivered personally to the Secretary of the Company or mailed to its principal
office address, 1801 Bayberry Court, P.O. Box 18100, Richmond, VA 23226-8100
USA, to the attention of the Secretary, and (b) if to the Employee, shall be
delivered personally or mailed to the Employee at the address set forth
below. Such addresses may be changed at any time by notice from one
party to the other.
10. This
Award Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
the successors and assigns of the Company and, to the extent provided in the
Plan, the legal representatives of the Employee.
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exhibit_10-3.htm
EXHIBIT
10.3
CHANGE
IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
dated
as of April 7, 2008
between
The Brink’s Company,
a
Virginia corporation (the “Company”),
and
Michael J. Cazer (the “Executive”).
SECTION 1. Definitions. As
used in this Agreement:
(a) “Affiliate”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 12b-2 pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”).
(b) “Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) “Cause”
means (i) an act or acts of dishonesty on the Executive’s
part which are intended to result in the Executive’s substantial personal
enrichment at the expense of the Company or (ii) repeated material violations by
the Executive of the Executive’s obligations under Section 3 or Section 11 which
are demonstrably willful and deliberate on the Executive’s part and which have
not been cured by the Executive within a reasonable time after written notice to
the Executive specifying the nature of such
violations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be
deemed to have been terminated for Cause without (1) reasonable notice to
the Executive setting forth the reasons for the Company’s intention to terminate
for Cause, (2) an opportunity for the Executive, together with his counsel,
to be heard before the Board, and (3) delivery to the Executive of a Notice
of Termination, as defined in Section 4(d) hereof, from the Board finding
that in the good faith opinion of three-quarters (3/4) of the Board the
Executive was guilty of conduct set forth above in clause (i) or (ii)
hereof, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
(d) A
“Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur (1) upon (A) any consolidation or
merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving
corporation or pursuant to which the shares of all classes of the Company’s
Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property other
than a consolidation or merger in which holders of the total voting power in the
election of directors of the Company of all classes of Common Stock outstanding
(exclusive of shares held by the Company’s Affiliates) (the “Total Voting
Power”) immediately prior to the consolidation or merger will have the same
proportionate ownership of the total voting power in the election of directors
of the surviving corporation immediately after the consolidation or merger, or
(B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series
of transactions) of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, (2) when
any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Act), other than the Company,
its Affiliates or an employee benefit plan or trust maintained by the Company or
its Affiliates, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 20% of the Total Voting
Power or (3) if at any time during a period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board shall
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the
election by the Company’s shareholders of each new director during such two-year
period was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still
in office who were directors at the beginning of such two-year
period.
(e) “Good
Reason” means any of the following events that is not cured by the Company
within 30 days after written notice thereof from the Executive to the Company,
which written notice must be made within 90 days of the occurrence of the
event:
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(i)
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(A)
without the Executive’s express written consent, the assignment to the
Executive of any duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s
position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements),
authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 3(a)
hereof, (B) any other action by the Company or its Affiliates which
results in a material diminution in such position, authorities, duties or
responsibilities, or (C) any material failure by the Company to comply
with any of the provisions of Section 3(b)
hereof;
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without
the Executive’s express written consent, the Company’s requiring a
material change to Executive’s work location as set forth in Section
3(a)(i);
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any
failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy Section 10(a);
or
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any
breach by the Company of any other material provision of this
Agreement.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, “Good Reason” will cease to exist if the Executive has not
terminated employment within two years following the initial occurrence of the
event constituting Good Reason.
(f) “Incapacity”
means any physical or mental illness or disability of the Executive which
continues for a period of six consecutive months or more and which at any time
after such six-month period the Board shall reasonably determine renders the
Executive incapable of performing his or her duties during the remainder of the
Employment Period.
(g) “Operative
Date” means the date on which a Change in Control shall have
occurred.
SECTION 2. Employment
Period. The Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in
its employ, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the
Company subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period
commencing on the Operative Date and ending on the third anniversary of such
date (the “Employment Period”); provided, however, that, effective after the
first anniversary of the Operative Date, the Executive shall have the right to
terminate his employment for any reason, or for no reason at all, whereupon the
Employment Period shall terminate effective as of the date of such termination
of employment; and, provided further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Executive’s right to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 4
hereunder shall apply at any time during the Employment Period.
SECTION 3. Terms of
Employment. (a) Position and
Duties. (i) During the Employment
Period: (A) the Executive’s position (including status, offices,
titles, reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be
at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of
those held, exercised and assigned immediately prior to the Operative Date, and
(B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at a location that is
within 25
miles
of the location at which the Executive was based on the Operative Date and the
Company shall not require the Executive to travel on Company business to a
substantially greater extent than required immediately before the Operative
Date, except for travel and temporary assignments which are reasonably required
for the full discharge of the Executive’s responsibilities and which are
consistent with the Executive’s being so based.
(ii) During
the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to
which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable
attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of
the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities
assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best
efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such
responsibilities. All such services as an employee or officer
will be subject to the direction and control of the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company or of an appropriate senior official designated by such Chief
Executive Officer (or, in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s incapacity
without such a designation, the Board).
(b) Compensation. (i) Salary and
Bonus. During the first year of the Executive’s Employment
Period the Executive will receive compensation at an annual rate equal to the
sum of (A) a salary (“Annual Base Salary”) not less than the Executive’s
annualized salary in effect immediately prior to the Operative Date, plus
(B) an annual bonus not less than the amount of the Executive’s Average
Annual Bonus (as defined below). During the Employment Period, on
each anniversary of the Operative Date the Executive’s compensation in effect on
such anniversary date shall be increased for the remaining Employment Period by
not less than the higher of (A) 5% or (B) 80% of the percentage change
in the Consumer Price Index (All Urban Consumers) for the twelve month period
ended immediately prior to the month in which such anniversary date
occurs.
For
purposes of this Agreement, “Average Annual Bonus” shall mean the average amount
of the annual bonus earned by, and paid to, the Executive under the Key
Employees Incentive Plan (or any substitute or successor plan) for the last
three full calendar years preceding the Date of Termination; provided that if
the Executive has not been employed for the entirety of the last three full
calendar years, so that the Average Annual Bonus cannot be determined based on
the actual amount of annual bonuses earned and paid for such full calendar
years, then to the extent necessary to attain an average of three years for
purposes of determining the Average Annual Bonus, the Executive’s target annual
bonus amount for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs shall be used
for any (i) partial calendar year(s) of employment and (ii) calendar year(s)
that has not yet commenced.
(ii) Incentive and Savings
Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive will be
entitled to (A) continue to participate in all incentive and savings plans
and programs generally applicable to full-time officers or employees of the
Company or (B) participate in incentive and savings plans and programs of a
successor to the Company which have benefits that are not less favorable to the
Executive.
(iii) Welfare Benefit
Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the
Executive’s family or beneficiary, as the case may be, shall be eligible to
(A) participate in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit
plans and programs generally applicable to full-time officers or employees of
the Company or (B) participate in welfare benefit plans and programs of a
successor to the Company which have benefits that are not less favorable to the
Executive.
(iv) Business
Expenses. During the Employment Period the Company shall, in
accordance with policies then in effect with respect to the payment of expenses,
pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable out-of-pocket travel and other
expenses (other than ordinary commuting expenses) incurred by the Executive in
performing services hereunder. All such expenses shall be accounted
for in such reasonable detail as the Company may require.
(v) Vacations. The
Executive shall be entitled to periods of vacation not less than those to which
the Executive was entitled immediately prior to the Operative Date.
SECTION 4. Termination of
Employment.
(a) Death or
Incapacity. The Executive’s employment shall terminate
automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment
Period. The Executive’s employment shall cease and terminate on the
date of determination by the Board that the Incapacity of the Executive has
occurred during the Employment Period (“Incapacity Effective
Date”).
(b) Cause. The
Company may terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause, as defined herein,
pursuant to the Board passing a resolution that such Cause exists.
(c) Good
Reason. The Executive may terminate his or her employment for
Good Reason, as defined herein.
(d) Notice of
Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or
Incapacity, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice
of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with
Section 12 of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a
“Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the
specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the
extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under
the provision so indicated, (iii) in the case of termination by the Company
for Cause or for Incapacity, confirms that such termination is pursuant to a
resolution of the Board, and (iv) if the Date of Termination (as defined
below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the
termination date (which date shall be not more than 30 days after the
giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company
to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which
contributes to a showing of Good Reason, Incapacity or Cause shall not serve to
waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or
preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or
circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights
hereunder.
(e) Date of
Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if the
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or by the
Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or
any later date specified therein, as the case may be, (ii) if the
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or
Incapacity, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company
notifies the Executive of such termination, and (iii) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by reason of death or Incapacity, the Date of
Termination shall be the date of death of the Executive or the Incapacity
Effective Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 5. Obligations of the Company
Upon Termination. (a) Termination for Good Reason
or for Reasons Other Than for Cause, Death or Incapacity. If,
during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s
employment other than for Cause or Incapacity or the Executive shall terminate
his or her employment for Good Reason:
(i) the
Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days
after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following
amounts:
(A) the
sum of (1) the Executive’s currently effective Annual Base Salary through
the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the product
of (x) the Average Annual Bonus and (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of
Termination, and the denominator of which is 365 and (3) any accrued vacation
pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts
described in clauses (1), (2), and (3) shall be hereinafter referred
to as the “Accrued Obligations”); and
(B) the
amount equal to the product of (1) two and (2) the sum of (x) the
Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (y) his or her Average Annual
Bonus;
(ii) In
the event Executive elects continued medical benefit
coverage pursuant to Section 4980B(f) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), then until the earlier of (A) the
eighteen-month anniversary of the Termination Date or (ii) such time as the
Executive becomes eligible to receive medical benefits under another
employer-provided plan, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for premiums
associated with such coverage in an amount equal to the premiums that the
Company would have paid in respect of such coverage had the Executive’s
employment continued during such period.
(iii) the
Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with
reasonable outplacement services for a period of up to one year from the Date of
Termination, the provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in his or
her sole discretion; and
(iv) to
the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or
provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or
provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program,
policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its Affiliates
(such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Other
Benefits”).
(b) Death or
Incapacity. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by
reason of the Executive’s death or Incapacity during the Employment Period, this
Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal
representatives under this Agreement, other than for (i) timely payment of
Accrued Obligations and (ii) provision by the Company of death benefits or
disability benefits for termination due to death or Incapacity, respectively, in
accordance with Section 3(b)(iii) as in effect at the Operative Date or, if
more favorable to the Executive, at the Executive’s Date of
Termination.
(c) Cause; Other than for Good
Reason. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for
Cause during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without
further obligations to the Executive other than timely payment to the Executive
of (x) the Executive’s currently effective Annual Base Salary through the
Date of Termination and (y) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent
theretofore unpaid. If the Executive voluntarily terminates
employment during the Employment Period, excluding a termination for Good
Reason, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the
Executive, other than for the timely payment of Accrued Obligations and Other
Benefits.
SECTION 6. Non-exclusivity of
Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the
Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or
practice provided by the Company or any of its Affiliates and for which the
Executive may qualify, nor, subject to Section 15(c), shall anything herein
limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any
contract or agreement with the Company or any of its
Affiliates. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive
is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of
or any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliates at or
subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such
plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly
modified by this Agreement.
SECTION 7. No
Mitigation. The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s
employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement for any reason, the
Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to
reduce any amounts payable to the Executive hereunder. Furthermore,
the amount of any payment or benefit provided hereunder shall not be reduced by
any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another
employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be
owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise.
SECTION 8. Full
Settlement. Subject to full compliance by the Company with all
of its obligations under this Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to
constitute the settlement of such claims as the Executive might otherwise be
entitled to assert against the Company by reason of the termination of the
Executive’s employment for any reason during the Employment
Period. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in
this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be
affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right
or action which the Company may have against the Executive or
others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other
employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable
to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and such amounts
shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other
employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent
permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably
incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the
Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or
liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance
thereof.
SECTION 9. Certain Additional Payments
by the Company.
(a) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that it shall be
determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit
of the
Executive
(whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable) pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement or otherwise (collectively, the “Payments”) but determined
without regard to any additional payments required under this Section 9,
would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, the
Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (the “Gross-Up
Payment”) in an amount equal to (i) the amount of the excise tax imposed on
the Executive in respect of the Payments (the “Excise Tax”) plus (ii) all
federal, state and local income, employment and excise taxes (including any
interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes) imposed on the
Executive in respect of the -Up Payment, such that after payments of all such
taxes (including any applicable interest or penalties) on the Gross-Up Payment,
the Executive retains a portion of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise
Tax. The Gross-Up Payment shall be paid no later than the end of the
Executive’s taxable year in which the taxes related to the Gross-Up Payment are
remitted to the Internal Revenue Service.
(b) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Section 9, if it shall be determined that the
aggregate amount of the Payments that, but for this Section 9, would be payable
to the Executive, does not exceed 110% of the greatest amount of Payments that
could be paid to the Executive without giving rise to any liability for the
Excise Tax in connection therewith (such greatest amount, the “Floor Amount”),
then: (A) no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Executive; and (B) the
aggregate amount of Payments payable to the Executive shall be reduced (but not
below the Floor Amount) to the largest amount which would both (1) not cause any
Excise Tax to be payable by the Executive, and (2) not cause any portion of the
Payments to become nondeductible by reason of Section 280G of the Code (or any
successor provision). Unless the Executive shall have given prior written notice
specifying a different order to the Company to effectuate the foregoing, the
Company shall reduce or eliminate the Payments, by first reducing or eliminating
the portion of the Payments that are payable in cash and then by reducing or
eliminating the non-cash payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with
payments or benefits that are to be paid the farthest in time from the date on
which the reduction is to be effected. Any notice given by the
Executive pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence over the
provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing the Executive's
rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation.
SECTION 10. Successors; Binding
Agreement.
(a) The
Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase,
merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business
or assets of the Company, by agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Executive, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the
same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to
obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession will be a breach of this Agreement and entitle the Executive to
compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as the
Executive would be entitled to hereunder had the Company terminated the
Executive for reason other than Cause or Incapacity on the succession
date. As used in this Agreement, the “Company” means the Company as
defined in the preamble to this Agreement and any successor to its business or
assets which executes and delivers the agreement provided for in this
Section 10 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions
of this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.
(b) This
Agreement shall be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees,
devisees and legatees.
SECTION 11. Non-assignability. This
Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without
the consent of the other, assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder, except as provided in Section 10
hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, the Executive’s right to
receive payments hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable, whether by
pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than a transfer by
his or her will or by the laws of descent or distribution, and, in the event of
any attempted assignment or transfer by the Executive contrary to this Section
11, the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be
assigned or transferred.
SECTION 12. Notices. For
the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for
herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
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Michael
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5050
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Sarasota,
FL 34234
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to the Company:
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1801
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Richmond,
VA 23226
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Attention
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to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing
in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be
effective only upon receipt.
SECTION 13. Operation of
Agreement. (a) This Agreement shall be effective immediately
upon its execution and continue to be effective so long as the Executive is
employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates. The provisions of
this Agreement do not take effect until the Operative Date.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything in Section 13(a) to the contrary, this Agreement shall, unless extended
by written agreement of the parties hereto, terminate, without further action by
the parties hereto, on the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement if a
Change in Control shall not have occurred prior to such third anniversary
date.
SECTION 14. Governing
Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia without reference to principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 15. Miscellaneous. (a) This
Agreement contains the entire understanding with the Executive with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements or
understandings, written or oral, relating to such subject matter. No
provisions of this
Agreement
may be modified, waived or discharged unless such modification, waiver or
discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the Executive and the
Company.
(b) The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this
Agreement.
(c) Except
as provided herein, this Agreement shall not be construed to affect in any way
any rights or obligations in relation to the Executive’s employment by the
Company or any of its Affiliates prior to the Operative Date or subsequent to
the end of the Employment Period.
(d) This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the
same Agreement.
(e) The
Company may withhold from any benefits payable under this Agreement all Federal,
state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or
governmental regulation or ruling.
(f) The
captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have
no force or effect.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above set forth.
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Chairman
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President
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Michael
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exhibit_10-4.htm
EXHIBIT
10.4
SEVERANCE
AGREEMENT
SEVERANCE
AGREEMENT dated as of April 7, 2008 between THE BRINK’S COMPANY, a Virginia
corporation (the “Company”), and MICHAEL J. CAZER (the
“Executive”).
The
Company believes it to be in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders to identify and agree upon certain benefits and obligations of the
Executive in the event of the termination of his services and to record those
matters in this severance agreement (the “Agreement”).
SECTION 1. Definitions. As
used in this Agreement:
(a) “Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) “Cause”
means (i) an act or acts of dishonesty on the Executive’s part which are
intended to result in the Executive’s substantial personal enrichment at the
expense of the Company or (ii) repeated material violations by the Executive of
the Executive’s obligations hereunder which are demonstrably willful and
deliberate on the Executive’s part and which have not been cured by the
Executive within a reasonable time after written notice to the Executive
specifying the nature of such violations. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause
without (1) reasonable notice to the Executive setting forth the reasons
for the Company’s intention to terminate for Cause, (2) an opportunity for
the Executive, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board, and
(3) delivery to the Executive of a notice of termination from the Board
finding that in the good faith opinion of three-quarters (3/4) of the Board the
Executive was guilty of conduct set forth above in clause (i) or (ii)
hereof, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail (a “Notice of
Termination”).
(c) “Date
of Termination” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by
the Company for Cause, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any
later date specified therein, as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Incapacity, the
Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company notifies the
Executive of such termination, and (iii) if the Executive’s employment is
terminated by reason of death or Incapacity, the Date of Termination shall be
the date of death of the Executive or the effective date of the Incapacity, as
the case may be.
(d) “Incapacity”
means any physical or mental illness or disability of the Executive which
continues for a period of six consecutive months or more and which at any time
after such six-month period the Board shall reasonably determine renders the
Executive incapable of performing his or her duties during the remainder of the
Employment Period.
SECTION 2. Term of Employment
Period. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall
continue in effect until the third anniversary of the date hereof (the
“Employment Period”). In the event a Change in Control (as defined in
the Change in Control Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2008 between the
Company and the Executive, as the same may from time to time be amended) shall
occur during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall be
unaffected
thereby, it being the intention of the parties hereto that their rights and
obligations shall be governed by the terms of both such agreements such that, in
the event of a conflict in terms, the benefits most favorable to the Executive
shall apply; provided that there
shall be no duplication of benefits as a result of the operation of both
agreements.
SECTION 3. Terms of
Employment.
(a) Duties. During
the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to
which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable
attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of
the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities
assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best
efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such
responsibilities. All such services as an employee or officer will be
subject to the direction and control of the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company or of an appropriate senior official designated by such Chief Executive
Officer (or, in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s incapacity without
such a designation, the Board).
(b) Lost Opportunity
Incentive
Equity Award. In
connection with Executive’s commencement of employment hereunder, the Company
shall grant Executive an award of restricted stock units for Company stock with
a grant date fair market value of $800,000 under the Company’s 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan (the “Lost Opportunity Incentive Equity Award”) subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the award agreement providing for such
grant.
SECTION 4. Obligations of the Company
Upon Termination of Employment. (a) Termination for Reasons
Other Than for Cause, Death or Incapacity. If the Company
shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than for Cause or
Incapacity:
(i) The
Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash (or in stock if
provided by a relevant plan), by the later of (I) 30 days after the Date of
Termination and (II) 10 business days after execution (without subsequent
revocation) by the Executive of the Release required by Section 8(b) of this
Agreement, as defined hereinafter, the aggregate of the following
amounts:
(A) the
sum of (1) the Executive’s currently effective annual base salary through
the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the product
of (x) the Executive’s Average Annual Bonus and (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the
Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365 and (3) any accrued
vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the
amounts described in clauses (1) through (3) shall be hereinafter
referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”); and
(B) the
amount equal to the product of (1) two and (2) the sum of
(x) the Executive’s annual base salary and (y) his or her Average
Annual Bonus;
For
purposes of this Agreement, “Average Annual Bonus” shall mean the average amount
of the annual bonus earned by, and paid to, the Executive under the Key
Employees Incentive Plan (or any substitute or successor plan) for the last
three full calendar years preceding the
Date
of Termination; provided that if the Executive has not been employed for the
entirety of the last three full calendar years, so that the Average Annual Bonus
cannot be determined based on the actual amount of annual bonuses earned and
paid for such full calendar years, then to the extent necessary to attain an
average of three years for purposes of determining the Average Annual Bonus, the
Executive’s target annual bonus amount for the year in which the Date of
Termination occurs shall be used for any (i) partial calendar year(s) of
employment and (ii) calendar year(s) that has not yet
commenced.
(ii)
In the event Executive elects continued medical benefit
coverage pursuant to Section 4980B(f) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), then until the earlier of (A) the
eighteen-month anniversary of the Termination Date or (ii) such time as the
Executive becomes eligible to receive medical benefits under another
employer-provided plan, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for premiums
associated with such coverage in an amount equal to the premiums that the
Company would have paid in respect of such coverage had the Executive’s
employment continued during such period.
(iii)
The Lost Opportunity Incentive Equity Award shall become fully vested and
non-forfeitable.
(iv) The
Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with
reasonable outplacement services for a period of up to one year from the Date of
Termination, the provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in his or
her sole discretion.
(v) To
the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or
provide to the Executive any other vested amounts or benefits required to be
paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan,
program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its
affiliates, including earned but unpaid stock and similar compensation (such
other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Other
Benefits”).
(b) Death or
Incapacity. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by
reason of the Executive’s death or Incapacity during the Employment Period, this
Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal
representatives under this Agreement, other than for (i) timely payment of
Accrued Obligations and (ii) provision by the Company of death benefits or
disability benefits for termination due to death or Incapacity, respectively, as
in effect at the date hereof or, if more favorable to the Executive, at the
Executive’s Date of Termination.
(c) Cause. If
the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for Cause during the Employment
Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligation of the Company
to the Executive other than timely payment to the Executive of (x) the
Executive’s currently effective annual base salary through the Date of
Termination and (y) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore
unpaid. If the Executive voluntarily terminates employment during the
Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to
the Executive, other than for the timely payment of Accrued Obligations and
Other Benefits.
SECTION 5. Non-exclusivity of
Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the
Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or
practice provided by the Company or any of its affiliates and for which the
Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such
rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the
Company or any of its affiliates. Amounts which are vested benefits
or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy,
practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company or any of
its Affiliates at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in
accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement
except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.
SECTION 6. No
Mitigation. The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s
employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement for any reason, the
Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to
reduce any amounts payable to the Executive hereunder. Further, the
amount of any payment or benefit provided hereunder shall not be reduced by any
compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another
employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be
owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise.
SECTION 7. Restrictive Covenants.
(a) The
Executive will not, during the Employment Period or for a period of two years
following a Termination of Employment, disclose or reveal to any person, firm or
corporation (other than to employees of the Company and its agents and then only
as required on a need-to-know basis in the performance of such employee’s or
agent’s duties) or use (except as required in the performance of his duties
hereunder) any trade secrets (such as, without limitation, processes, formulae,
programs or data) or other confidential information relating to the business,
techniques, products, operations, customers, know-how and affairs of the Company
or any of its affiliates. All business records, notes, magnetic or
electronic media, papers and documents (including, without limitation,
customer lists, estimates, market surveys, computer programs and correspondence)
kept or made by the Executive relating to the business or products of the
Company or any of its affiliates shall be and remain the property of the Company
or the affiliate and shall be promptly delivered to the Company upon termination
of the Employment Period.
(b) The
Executive agrees that, from the date hereof through the first anniversary of the
Date of Termination, the Executive shall not, and shall cause each of his
affiliates (other than the Company and its affiliates) not to,
directly or indirectly, by agency, as an employee, consultant, officer or
director, through a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or by
any other artifice or device:
(i) engage
in activities or businesses, or establish any new businesses, that are
substantially in competition with the business of the Company or any of its
affiliates, including (A) selling goods or services of the type sold by the
Company or any of its affiliates, except that the Executive may sell any goods
or services that were not sold or to be sold by the Company or any of its
affiliates on the Date of Termination or at any time during the Executive’s
employment with the Company or any of its affiliates, (B) soliciting any
customer or client or prospective customer or client of the Company or any of
its affiliates to purchase any goods or services sold by the Company
or
any of its affiliates from anyone other than the Company or any of its
affiliates, or servicing any such customer or client or prospective customer or
client in any way in connection with or relating to the goods or services sold
by the Company or any of its affiliates, (C) interfering with, or attempting to
interfere with, business relationships between the Company or any of its
affiliates and the suppliers, partners, members or investors of
the Company or any of its affiliates and (D) assisting any
person in any way to do, or attempt to do, anything prohibited by clause (A),
(B) or (C) above; or
(ii) perform
any action, activity or course of conduct that is substantially detrimental to
the Company or any of its affiliates or business reputation of the Company or
any of its affiliates, including (A) soliciting, recruiting or hiring any
employees of the Company or any of its affiliates or persons who have worked for
the Company or any of its affiliates, (B) soliciting or encouraging any employee
of the Company or any of its affiliates to leave the employment of the Company
or any of its affiliates or intentionally interfering with the relationship of
the Company or any of its affiliates with any such employee and (C) assisting
any person in any way to do, or attempt to do, anything prohibited by clauses
(A) or (B) above.
SECTION 8. Full Settlement and Form of
Release.
(a) Subject
to full compliance by the Company with all of its obligations under this
Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute the settlement of such
claims as the Executive might otherwise be entitled to assert against the
Company by reason of the termination of the Executive’s employment for any
reason during the Employment Period. The Company’s obligation to make
the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its
obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have
against the Executive or others. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to
the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the
Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the
outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or
enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any
guarantee of performance thereof.
(b) It
is expressly agreed by the parties that the benefits provided for under this
Agreement are substantial, and would not be provided without a prior release
(without subsequent revocation) by the Executive of other claims against the
Company and its affiliates. To record that release, upon any
termination of employment pursuant to Section 4(a) of this Agreement, the
Executive and the Company agree to deliver to each other a written release in
the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A (the
“Release”). The Executive must execute the Release prior to the 60th
day following termination of employment in order for the Executive to receive
any payments or benefits under Section 4(a) of this Agreement, other than the
base salary amount payable pursuant to Section 4(a)(i)(A)(1).
SECTION 9. Certain Additional Payments
by the Company.
(a) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that it shall be
determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit
of the Executive (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable)
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (collectively, the
“Payments”) but determined without regard to any
additional
payments required under this Section 9, would be subject to the excise tax
imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, the Executive shall be entitled to
receive an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount equal to
(i) the amount of the excise tax imposed on the Executive in respect of the
Payments (the “Excise Tax”) plus (ii) all federal, state and local income,
employment and excise taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with
respect to such taxes) imposed on the Executive in respect of the Gross-Up
Payment, such that after payments of all such taxes (including any applicable
interest or penalties) on the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains a portion
of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax. The Gross-Up Payment
shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year in which the
taxes related to the Gross-Up Payment are remitted to the Internal Revenue
Service.
(b) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Section 9, if it shall be determined that the
aggregate amount of the Payments that, but for this Section 9, would be payable
to the Executive, does not exceed 110% of the greatest amount of Payments that
could be paid to the Executive without giving rise to any liability for the
Excise Tax in connection therewith (such greatest amount, the "Floor Amount"),
then: (A) no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Executive; and (B) the
aggregate amount of Payments payable to the Executive shall be reduced (but not
below the Floor Amount) to the largest amount which would both (1) not cause any
Excise Tax to be payable by the Executive, and (2) not cause any portion of the
Payments to become nondeductible by reason of Section 280G of the Code (or any
successor provision). Unless the Executive shall have given prior written notice
specifying a different order to the Company to effectuate the foregoing, the
Company shall reduce or eliminate the Payments, by first reducing or eliminating
the portion of the Payments that are payable in cash and then by reducing or
eliminating the non-cash payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with
payments or benefits that are to be paid the farthest in time from the date on
which the reduction is to be effected. Any notice given by the
Executive pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence over the
provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing the Executive's
rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation.
SECTION 10. Successors; Binding
Agreement.
(a) The
Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase,
merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business
or assets of the Company, by agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Executive, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the
same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to
obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession will be a breach of this Agreement and entitle the Executive to
compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as the
Executive would be entitled to hereunder had the Company terminated the
Executive for reason other than Cause or Incapacity on the succession
date. As used in this Agreement, “the Company” means the Company as
defined in the preamble to this Agreement and any successor to its business or
assets which executes and delivers the agreement provided for in this
Section 10 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions
of this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.
(b) This
Agreement shall be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees,
devisees and legatees.
SECTION 11. Non-assignability. This
Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without
the consent of the other, assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder, except as provided in Section 10
hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, the Executive’s right to
receive payments hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable, whether by
pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than a transfer by
his or her will or by the laws of descent or distribution, and, in the event of
any attempted assignment or transfer by the Executive contrary to this Section
11, the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be
assigned or transferred.
SECTION 12. Notices. For
the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for
herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the
Executive: Michael J.
Cazer
5050 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34234
If to the
Company: The Brink’s
Company
1801 Bayberry Court, Suite
400
P.O. Box 18100
Richmond, VA 23226
Attention of Corporate
Secretary
or
to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing
in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be
effective only upon receipt.
SECTION 13. Operation of Agreement;
Survival of Obligations. This Agreement shall be effective
immediately upon its execution and continue to be effective so long as the
Executive is employed by the Company or any of its affiliates; provided,
however, that the parties’ respective obligations hereunder shall survive the
termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason.
SECTION 14. Governing
Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia without reference to principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 15. Miscellaneous. (a) This
Agreement contains the entire understanding with the Executive with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements or
understandings, written or oral, relating to such subject matter. No
provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such
modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the
Executive and the Company.
(b) The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this
Agreement.
(c)
It is expressly understood that subject to the terms of the Change in Control
Agreement referred to in Section 2 hereof, the Executive remains an
employee at the will of the Company.
(d) This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the
same Agreement.
(e) The
Company may withhold from any benefits payable under this Agreement all Federal,
state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or
governmental regulation or ruling.
(f) The
captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have
no force or effect.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above set forth.
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EXHIBIT
A
MUTUAL
RELEASE dated as of ____________________, between _____________, residing in the
Commonwealth of Virginia (the “Executive”) and THE BRINK’S COMPANY, a Virginia
corporation (the “Company”).
For
and in consideration of the promises set forth in the Severance Agreement dated
as of April 7, 2008, between the Executive and the Company (the “Agreement”),
the Company hereby releases and forever discharges the Executive from any
claims, acts, damages, demands, benefits, accounts, liabilities, obligations,
liens, costs, rights of action, claims for relief, and causes of action, in law
and in equity, both known and unknown, which the Company ever had, now has, or
might in the future have against the Executive, except such as may arise from
any malfeasance on the part of the Executive.
Subject
to the provisions of the penultimate paragraph of this Mutual Release, for good
and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Executive hereby releases and forever discharges the Company and its affiliates,
absolutely and forever, of and from any and all claims, acts, damages, demands,
benefits, accounts, liabilities, obligations, liens, costs, rights of action,
claims for relief and causes of action of every nature and kind whatsoever, in
law and in equity, both known and unknown, which the Executive ever had, now has
or might in the future have against the Company and/or its affiliates,
including, but not limited to any and all claims, acts, damages, demands,
benefits, accounts, liabilities, obligations, liens, costs, rights of actions,
claims for relief and causes of action in any way connected with, related to
and/or resulting from the Executive’s employment with the Company and its
affiliates, the termination of such employment, possible rights or claims
arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the
compensation, calculation, determination and payment under any and all stock and
benefit plans and termination agreements operative between the Executive and the
Company, including but not limited to claims for bonus or other incentive
compensation, salary, severance, “fringe” benefits, vacation, stock benefits,
retirement benefits, worker’s compensation benefits, and unemployment
benefits. In addition, the Executive agrees not to support or
participate in the commencement of any suit or proceeding of any kind against
the Company and its affiliates or against their directors, officers, agents or
employees with respect to any act, event or occurrence or any alleged failure to
act, occurring up to and including the date of the execution of this Mutual
Release.
As
used herein, the Executive refers to and includes the Executive and his heirs,
executors, administrators, representatives, legatees, devisees, agents, family
predecessors, attorneys, and the successors and assigns of each of
them. As used herein, references to the Company and to the Company
and its affiliates refer to and include The Brink’s Company, a Virginia
corporation, and all past and present subsidiaries, divisions, parent companies,
affiliated and/or commonly controlled corporations, companies, and enterprises,
ventures, and projects, and all past and present officers, directors, trustees,
employees, representatives, agents and attorneys thereof, and the successors and
assigns of each of them.
The
Company and the Executive hereby warrant and represent to each other that there
has been no assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, hypothecation, pledge or other
transfer of any interest in any matter covered by this Mutual Release, and
hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and
hold
each other harmless of and from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, costs,
expenses, and attorneys’ fees incurred as a result of anyone asserting any such
assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, hypothecation, pledge or
transfer.
There
is expressly reserved from the effect of this Mutual Release any claim which the
Executive may now or hereafter have regarding (a) the Severance Agreement
to which this Mutual Release was an Exhibit and the benefits provided for
thereunder including, without limitation, those benefits contemplated by
Section 4 of such Agreement and (b) the provisions of Article VIII of
the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as in effect
on the date hereof, which indemnification obligation will continue in full force
and effect for the Executive’s actions prior to the date
hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, also
reserved from this Release are the Executive’s entitlement to retirement
and other benefits under the terms of the Company’s 401(k) Plan, Key Employees
Deferred Compensation Program and 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as
amended. In addition, there is reserved from this Release the
Executive’s entitlement to such medical and life insurance coverage as may be
provided from time to time under employee benefit plans available to retired
employees of the Company.
The
Executive acknowledges that he has had at least twenty-one (21) days to consider
the meaning of this Mutual Release and that he should seek advice from an
attorney. Furthermore, once the Executive has signed this Mutual
Release, he may revoke this Mutual Release during the period of seven (7)
business days immediately following his signing hereof (the “Revocation
Period”). This Mutual Release will not be effective or enforceable
until the Revocation Period has expired without revocation by the
Executive. Any revocation within this period must be submitted in
writing to the Company and signed by the Executive.
The
Executive agrees that he has entered into this Mutual Release after having had
the opportunity to consult the advisor of his choice, including an attorney,
with such consultation as he deemed appropriate and has a full understanding of
his rights and of the effect of executing this Mutual Release, namely, that he
waives any and all non-excluded claims or causes of action against the Company
regarding his employment or termination of employment, including the waiver of
claims set forth above; provided that this Mutual Release does not preclude
filing a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission. The Executive acknowledges that, to the extent permitted
by law, with respect to any charge, complaint or claim filed or otherwise
pursued with any state or federal agency against the Company, the Executive will
forgo any monetary damages, including but not limited to compensatory damages,
punitive damages and attorneys’ fees, to which the Executive may otherwise be
entitled in connection with said charge, complaint or claim. The
Executive further acknowledges that his execution of this Mutual Release is made
voluntarily and with full understanding of its consequences and has not been
coerced in any way. This Mutual Release may not be changed orally.
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall be as defined in the
Agreement.
THE BRINK’S
COMPANY,
by ___________________________________
___________________________________
Michael J. Cazer
COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA,)
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ss.:
COUNTY
OF HENRICO, )
On
this ____ day of _______________ before me personally came ________________, to
me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the
foregoing Mutual Release, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the
same.
______________________________
Notary
Public
COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA,)
)
ss.:
COUNTY
OF HENRICO, )
On
this ___ day of _______________ before me personally came _________________, to
me known and known to me to be the officer who executed the foregoing Mutual
Release on behalf of THE BRINK’S COMPANY, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed the same.
______________________________
Notary Public
exhibit_10-5.htm
EXHIBIT
10.5
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT
(this "Agreement") is made effective for all purposes and in all respects as of
the date referenced below, by and between The Brink’s
Company (hereinafter referred to as "Brink’s") and Robert T. Ritter
(hereinafter referred to as "Consultant").
WHEREAS, Brink’s desires to
engage Consultant to perform certain tasks, duties and/or services as shall be
assigned to Consultant by Brink’s from time to time;
WHEREAS, Consultant desires to
be so engaged by Brink’s; and
WHEREAS, Brink’s and
Consultant desire to set forth in writing the terms and conditions of their
agreements and understandings.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing, of the mutual promises herein contained, and of
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending legally to be bound, hereby
agree as follows:
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Duties of
Consultant. Consultant shall perform such tasks, duties and/or
services for Brink’s as described in Schedule A
attached hereto and made a part hereof, as it may be amended from time to
time. Consultant agrees to perform work in a prompt, efficient and
professional manner. Nothing contained herein shall require Brink’s to
engage Consultant for, or Consultant to provide, a minimum number of days
or be deemed to be a guarantee to or by Consultant of a minimum number of
days of engagement under this
Agreement.
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Term of
Engagement. The term of Consultant’s engagement hereunder (the
"Term") shall commence as of July 1, 2008 and shall continue until June
30, 2009 or until either party shall provide written notice to the other
of its desire to terminate such engagement, whichever occurs
first. Any notice of intent to terminate the engagement must be
made thirty (30) days in advance of any contemplated termination of the
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of
this Agreement for any reason shall not terminate or in any way affect
Consultant’s covenants and obligations set forth in sections 5, 6, and 10
hereof.
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Compensation.
Subject to compliance by Consultant with this Agreement, Brink’s shall pay
Consultant the compensation specified in Schedule
A. During the Term, Brink’s shall not be obligated,
under any circumstances, to pay for, or keep in effect, any
hospitalization, health, or life insurance for the benefit of Consultant,
to pay any employment or similar taxes, to make any tax withholdings or to
provide any benefits that Brink’s provides to its
employees.
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Expenses
Incurred. During the Term, Brink’s shall pay or promptly reimburse
Consultant for all reasonable travel, long-distance telephone and other
business expenses paid or incurred by Consultant in connection with the
performance of Consultant’s duties
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hereunder,
upon presentation of expense statements, vouchers or other evidence of
expenses as required by Brink’s business expense reimbursement policy and
all expense reimbursements shall be in accordance with such
policy.
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Treatment of
Information. Consultant acknowledges that Consultant shall or may
be making use of, viewing and adding to confidential information of a
special and unique nature and value relating to such matters as Brink’s
business practices, trade secrets, systems, designs, methods, computer
software programs, documentation, manuals, white papers, other
confidential reports and communications and lists of and information
relating to suppliers, customers and prospects ("Confidential
Information"). Consultant further acknowledges that any information and
materials received by Brink’s from third parties in confidence shall be
included in the definition of Confidential Information. Consultant agrees
that Consultant shall not directly or indirectly, disclose, divulge,
reveal, report, publish, transfer or use, for any purpose whatsoever, any
Confidential Information to any third party. Consultant acknowledges that
Brink’s holds all right, title, and interest in and to all tangible and
intangible incidents of the Confidential Information and that this
agreement conveys to Consultant only a limited right to use the
Confidential Information in the course of performing this Agreement. Such
right is fully revocable in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. Consultant further agrees that, except for such right of use,
Consultant shall not assert any right, title, or interest in or to the
Confidential Information and shall hold all Confidential Information in
strict confidence.
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Ownership of
Information. Consultant covenants and agrees that all right, title
and interest in any findings, reports, inventions, writings, disclosures,
discoveries, computer code, developments and improvements written,
invented, made or conceived by Consultant in the course of or arising out
of this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "Work Product") shall remain
the sole and exclusive property of Brink’s and shall be a work made for
hire. Consultant agrees to disclose all Work Product to Brink’s and agrees
to execute any instruments and to do all other things reasonably requested
by Brink’s (both during and after Consultant’s engagement by Brink’s) in
order to vest more fully in Brink’s all ownership rights in Work
Product.
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Indemnification.
Brink’s agrees to indemnify and defend Consultant against any and all
claims, suits and actions brought against Consultant arising out of or
related to the performance by Consultant of services under this
Agreement.
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No Prior
Agreements. Consultant represents that Consultant’s performance
under this Agreement does not and shall not breach any duty or any
agreement or understanding to which Consultant is a party or may be bound.
Consultant covenants and agrees that Consultant shall not disclose to
Brink’s, or induce Brink’s to use, any proprietary information, knowledge
or data belonging to any previous employer or client or
others.
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Independent
Contractor. Consultant shall at all times be an independent
contractor hereunder, and not an agent, employee or representative of
Brink’s, and no act, action or omission to act of Consultant shall in any
way be binding upon or obligate Brink’s. Consultant shall not be treated
as an employee for Federal tax purposes. Consultant
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hereby
represents and warrants to Brink’s that Consultant is an independent
contractor for Federal, state and local tax purposes. Further, Consultant
hereby covenants and agrees to pay any and all Federal, state and local
taxes required by law to be paid by an independent contractor, including,
without limitation, any taxes imposed by the Self Employment Contribution
Act. Consultant further understands that, as an independent
contractor, Consultant will not receive overtime premium
pay.
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Governing Law and
Venue. In view of the fact that the headquarters office of Brink’s
is located in Virginia, the construction and interpretation of this
Agreement shall at all times and in all respects be governed by the
substantive laws of Virginia without regard to its rules regarding
conflicts of law. Any legal action taken by either party shall
take place in the Federal District Court, Eastern District of Virginia,
and the parties hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such court for the
adjudication of any dispute
hereunder.
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Notices. Any
notice required to be given hereunder shall be sufficient if in writing,
and received by overnight courier service (with proof of service) or
certified or registered mail (return receipt requested, first-class
postage prepaid), in the case of Consultant, to Consultant’s address on
record with Brink’s or such other address as Consultant may advise in
writing, in the case of Brink’s, to its Headquarters address, 1801
Bayberry Court, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23226, attention “Corporate
Secretary.”
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General. This
Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding by and between
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and no
representations, promises, agreements or understandings, written or oral,
not herein contained shall be of any force or effect. No change or
modification hereof shall be valid or binding unless the same is in
writing and signed by the party intended to be bound. This Agreement shall
be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, Brink’s and
Consultant, and their respective successors. However, Consultant may not
assign this agreement or any duties hereunder without the express written
authorization of Brink’s. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more of
the provisions hereof shall not affect the validity and enforceability of
the other provisions hereof. The headings and other captions in this
Agreement are for convenience and reference only and shall not be used in
interpreting, construing or enforcing any of the provisions of this
Agreement. Neither party shall be liable for the failure to perform its
obligations under this Agreement due to events beyond such party’s
reasonable control including, but not limited to, strikes, riots, wars,
fire, acts of God or acts in compliance with any applicable law,
regulation or order (whether valid or invalid) of any court or
governmental body. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be
valid unless the same is in writing and signed by the party against whom
such waiver is sought to be enforced; moreover, no valid waiver of any
provision of this Agreement at any time shall be deemed a waiver of any
other provision of this Agreement at such time or shall be deemed a valid
waiver of such provision at any other
time.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Brink’s
and Consultant have duly executed this Agreement intending to be bound
thereby.
THE
BRINK’S COMPANY
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CONSULTANT
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By: /s/
Frank Lennon
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/s/ Robert T.
Ritter
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Frank Lennon
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Robert T.
Ritter
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Title: Vice
President
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DATED:
April 30, 2008
SCHEDULE
A
Duties: Consultant
shall perform such tasks, duties and/or services as are mutually agreed by the
parties. Unless otherwise directed by Brink’s, Consultant will report
to Michael Dan, or his designee(s), in connection with the performance of such
tasks, duties and/or services.
Compensation: During
the Term, Consultant shall receive compensation in the form of a monthly fee, in
the amount of $12,500.00 (“Monthly Fee”), plus an hourly fee of $500.00 for each
hour in which Consultant performs the consulting duties and/or services required
under the Agreement, including any time required to be spent traveling under the
Agreement (the “Hourly Fee”). With respect to the Hourly Fee,
Consultant shall be guaranteed a minimum of four hours on any day in which he is
requested to perform, and does perform, services under this
Agreement. Consultant will advise Brink’s on a monthly basis of the
days worked for which Consultant is entitled to compensation under this
provision. This monthly report will be made in writing and
delivered to Frank Lennon or such other individual as designated by Brink’s, and
will include a summary of each reported day of
work. Nothing contained herein shall require Brink’s to engage
Consultant for, or Consultant to provide, a minimum number of days or be deemed
to be a guarantee to or by Consultant of a minimum number of days of engagement
under the Agreement. The Monthly Fee shall be paid to Consultant on a
monthly basis in arrears on the last day of the month. The Hourly Fee
shall be paid in arrears within 15 days of receipt by Brink’s of Consultant’s
monthly report as described above.
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