UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 4, 2015
 
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MASIMO CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
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Delaware
 
001-33642
 
33-0368882
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
52 Discovery
Irvine, California
 
92618
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 297-7000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information under the heading “Kiani Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement” in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02. ... Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Kiani Amended and Restated Employment Agreement
On November 4, 2015, Masimo Corporation (“Masimo”) entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Restated Employment Agreement”) with Joe Kiani, Masimo’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
At the time that Mr. Kiani’s original employment agreement was entered into twenty years ago, Masimo’s board of directors (the “Board”) had concluded that Mr. Kiani, as Masimo’s founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, possessed a unique set of skills, including both keen technical industry knowledge and market sense, and believed that is was critical to enter into an employment agreement that sufficiently incentivized him to remain with Masimo rather than consider other compelling opportunities available to him. Mr. Kiani’s employment agreement has been amended from time to time over the past 20 years, with each amendment reflecting the same considerations and conclusions of the Board.
In negotiating the Restated Employment Agreement, the compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board and Mr. Kiani sought to eliminate certain provisions of the original employment agreement, based, in part, on feedback from shareholders. The Compensation Committee and Mr. Kiani also sought to decrease the cost of the agreement to Masimo and its shareholders, while still honoring Mr. Kiani’s unique role as Masimo’s founding CEO and Chairman of the Board, his stature and tenure in the industry, and his key, ongoing contributions to the success of Masimo.
Highlights of Restated Employment Agreement
1.
Tax gross-up payments have been eliminated .
Mr. Kiani’s prior employment agreement provided for tax gross-up payments for excise taxes imposed on Mr. Kiani in respect of any payments made in connection with a change in control of Masimo (golden parachute payments) under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). In the Restated Employment Agreement, these tax gross-up payments have been eliminated. Additionally, Mr. Kiani’s prior employment agreement provided for tax gross-up payments for taxable travel, lodging and related expenses incurred by Mr. Kiani and his family in connection with his business travel. Mr. Kiani has voluntarily waived this right in each year since 2012, and the Restated Employment Agreement eliminates Mr. Kiani’s right to these payments.
2.
Single-trigger payments on change in control have been eliminated.
Mr. Kiani’s prior employment agreement provided for payments upon the occurrence of a change in control of Masimo, even if Mr. Kiani remained employed in the same role, with the same duties and authority, following the change in control. Under the Restated Employment Agreement, Mr. Kiani will not be entitled to receive payments upon the occurrence of a change in control unless his employment also terminates.
3.
The right to a 300,000 share annual equity grant will be phased out .
Mr. Kiani’s prior employment agreement required the grant of 300,000 stock options per year. Under the Restated Employment Agreement, this entitlement ends in 2017. After 2017, there are no guaranteed or minimum grants of stock options or any other type of equity.
4.
Survival provisions have been eliminated .
Under his prior employment agreement, it was possible that Mr. Kiani would be eligible to receive severance payments for events that occurred after the expiration of the term of the prior employment agreement. Under the Restated Employment Agreement, Mr. Kiani is only eligible to receive severance payments for events that occur during the term.
5.
The cost to Masimo has been reduced .
Mr. Kiani’s prior employment agreement provided for severance payments that varied depending on the number of options he held and Masimo’s share price. Under the Restated Employment Agreement, the total severance payments due upon a qualifying termination of employment have been reduced and after 2017, severance payments are further reduced each year by approximately 10%. Based on analysis provided by its independent advisers, the Compensation Committee believes that the Restated Employment Agreement will save Masimo and its shareholders close to $100 million in many circumstances in which severance payments may be triggered.





Based on a $40 stock price, the pro forma analysis below shows the approximate cost savings to Masimo and its shareholders under the Restated Employment Agreement upon each of the listed events, assuming the events occurred prior to January 1, 2018 (in millions):
 
Cost of Provisions
Eliminated From Prior
Employment
Agreement
(A)
Cost of New
Provisions in Restated
Employment
 Agreement
(B)
Savings to
Shareholders Under
the Restated
Employment
Agreement
(A-B)
Occurrence of CIC
$243.0
$0.0
$243.0
Qualifying Termination
$243.0
$148.1
$94.9
Based on a $50 stock price, the pro forma analysis below shows the approximate cost savings to Masimo and its shareholders under the Restated Employment Agreement upon each of the listed events, assuming the events occurred prior to January 1, 2018 (in millions):
 
Cost of Provisions
Eliminated From Prior
Employment
Agreement
(A)
Cost of New
Provisions in Restated
Employment
Agreement
(B)
Savings to
Shareholders Under
the Restated
Employment
Agreement
(A-B)
Occurrence of CIC
$270.5
$0.0
$270.5
Qualifying Termination
$270.5
$175.1
$95.4
Based on a $60 stock price, the pro forma analysis below shows the approximate cost savings to Masimo and its shareholders under the Restated Employment Agreement upon each of the listed events, assuming the events occurred prior to January 1, 2018 (in millions):
 
Cost of Provisions
Eliminated From Prior
Employment
Agreement
(A)
Cost of New
Provisions in Restated
Employment
Agreement
(B)
Savings to
Shareholders Under
the Restated
Employment
Agreement
(A-B)
Occurrence of CIC
$297.7
$0.0
$297.7
Qualifying Termination
$297.7
$202.1
$95.6
6.
The Restated Employment Agreement provides for the delivery of a substantial portion of the benefits through Masimo equity instead of cash .
The benefits under Mr. Kiani’s prior employment agreement would require significant cash expenditures by Masimo for the payment of taxes and tax gross-up payments. By providing a substantial portion of the benefits under the Restated Employment Agreement through the use of Masimo equity, Masimo and its shareholders will benefit from the further alignment Mr. Kiani’s interests with those of all shareholders.
Description of Restated Employment Agreement
Under the Restated Employment Agreement, Mr. Kiani will continue to serve as Masimo’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The initial employment period under the Restated Employment Agreement will extend until December 31, 2017, subject thereafter to automatic one year extensions unless either party provides a notice of non-renewal (a “Notice of Non-Renewal”) to the other at least one year prior to the scheduled expiration. The prior agreement renewed for three years automatically each day.
The Restated Employment Agreement provides that, effective as of August 1, 2015, Mr. Kiani’s annual base salary is $1,000,000, subject to increases in the discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee. Mr. Kiani will also be eligible to receive an annual bonus equal to 100% of his base salary, based on Masimo attaining certain financial goals; provided that, if the Compensation Committee determines that Masimo achieved certain pre-established financial measures under Masimo’s Executive Annual Cash Bonus Award Plan (or any successor plan), Mr. Kiani will automatically receive a bonus equal to 100% of his base salary for such year. The Restated Employment Agreement further provides that Masimo will reimburse Mr. Kiani for all reasonable expenses incurred in the course of the performance of his duties and for all reasonable travel and lodging expenses for his immediate family in the event they accompany him during business travel.





The Restated Employment Agreement also provides that, in each of 2016 and 2017, Mr. Kiani will be granted a non-qualified stock option to purchase an aggregate of at least 300,000 shares of Masimo common stock, which will vest at a rate of 20% per year. The grant of these stock options was guaranteed under the prior employment agreement. For each year during the employment period after 2017, Mr. Kiani will receive equity grants with a value at least consistent with the value of equity grants made to comparable chief executive officers of comparable companies.
If Mr. Kiani’s employment is terminated by Masimo for any reason other than his death or disability or for Cause (as defined in the Restated Employment Agreement in same manner as in the prior employment agreement), or if Mr. Kiani terminates his employment for “Good Reason” (as defined below) (each, a “Qualifying Termination”), Mr. Kiani will be entitled to receive a cash severance benefit equal to two times the sum of: (i) Mr. Kiani’s then-current base salary, and (ii) the average annual bonus paid to Mr. Kiani during the immediately preceding three years, which together will be paid in substantially equal installments over a period of two years following Mr. Kiani’s termination (together, the “Cash Severance Payment”). In addition, upon a Qualifying Termination prior to 2018, Masimo will issue Mr. Kiani 2.7 million shares of stock (pursuant to terms of the Restated Employment Agreement and a restricted share unit award agreement (the “RSU Award Agreement”) dated the same date as the Restated Employment Agreement) and pay him $35 million in cash (the total of shares and cash, the “Special Payment”). Each year beginning on January 1, 2018, the number of shares to be issued to Mr. Kiani pursuant to the restricted share unit award and the cash payment will each be reduced by 10% of the original amount so that after December 31, 2026, no Special Payment will be due. In all cases, the shares that make up a component of the Special Payment will be delivered ten days after, and the cash sixty days after, the Qualifying Termination. A portion of the Special Payment not to exceed $35,000,000 will be paid to Mr. Kiani as consideration for his agreement to comply with certain non-competition and non-solicitation obligations under the Equity-Holder Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement by and between Masimo and Mr. Kiani, dated the same date as the Restated Employment Agreement (the “Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement”), and will be subject to repayment to Masimo if Mr. Kiani materially breaches any of such obligations. In addition, if a Qualifying Termination occurs, as under the prior employment agreement, all of Mr. Kiani’s outstanding stock options or other equity awards will immediately vest.
Under the Restated Employment Agreement, immediately prior to a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Restated Employment Agreement), Masimo must fund a grantor trust with an amount equal to the aggregate of the Cash Severance Payment and the Special Payment, payable to Mr. Kiani in the event of a Qualifying Termination. In the event Mr. Kiani’s employment is not terminated on or prior to the second anniversary of the Change in Control in a manner entitling him to such payments, the amounts held in the trust will revert to Masimo.
The Restated Employment Agreement provides that, in the event of a Qualifying Termination, Mr. Kiani will be entitled to participate in all of Masimo’s employee benefit plans and programs he was entitled to participate in as of immediately prior to his termination for the remainder of the employment term without regard to any termination of employment, subject to certain limitations.
Mr. Kiani is not entitled to any tax reimbursements, gross-ups or similar payments under the terms of the Restated Employment Agreement. Under the Restated Employment Agreement, if any payment or benefit received or to be received by Mr. Kiani would be subject to any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, then, after taking into account certain reductions provided by Section 280G of the Code, the payments and benefits payable to Mr. Kiani will be reduced so that no portion of the payments or benefits payable to Mr. Kiani is subject to the excise tax, but only if the after-tax amount of such payments and benefits, as so reduced, is equal to or greater than the after-tax amount of such payments and benefits without such reduction.
For purposes of the Restated Employment Agreement, termination for “Good Reason” generally means a termination of Mr. Kiani’s employment by Mr. Kiani subsequent to (A) a diminution in Mr. Kiani’s responsibilities, duties and authority, including Mr. Kiani ceasing to serve as a chief executive officer of a publicly-traded company or Mr. Kiani ceasing to serve as Chairman of the Board or the designation of any director other than Mr. Kiani as the lead director of the Board, (B) any reduction in Mr. Kiani’s rate of compensation or fringe benefits, (C) Masimo’s failure to comply with certain obligations relating to Mr. Kiani’s compensation or place of work, (D) the provision of a Notice of Non-Renewal by Masimo, or (E) a Change in Control of Masimo; provided that, in the case of clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, “Good Reason” will not be deemed to exist unless certain notice and cure period conditions are met and Mr. Kiani’s resignation for Good Reason is effective within thirty days after the expiration of the cure period.
The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Restated Employment Agreement and the RSU Award Agreement filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, each of which is incorporated by reference herein.





Kiani Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement
Concurrently with the execution of the Restated Employment Agreement, Masimo and Mr. Kiani entered into the Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement. Under the Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement, during Mr. Kiani’s employment with Masimo and the “Restricted Period” (as defined below), Mr. Kiani may not, directly or indirectly, participate or engage in the design, research, development, use, marketing, sale or distribution of any products or services in the field of non-invasive blood constituent monitoring (the “Business”), or acquire or hold any interest in any person engaged in the Business, subject in each case to certain exceptions. The Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement further provides that during Mr. Kiani’s employment with Masimo and the Restricted Period, Mr. Kiani may not, without express written authorization from Masimo, (i) solicit or induce any of Masimo’s employees or consultants to quit their employment or cease doing business with Masimo, or (ii) solicit Masimo’s customers or suppliers. Additionally, Mr. Kiani agreed, among other things, to keep certain confidential and proprietary information of Masimo confidential during and after his employment with Masimo and to assign to Masimo all rights Mr. Kiani may have to certain inventions that relate to the Business. None of the restrictions in the Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement prohibit Mr. Kiani from participating and engaging in the Business as an investor, employee, consultant, officer and/or director of, or providing services to, Masimo or Cercacor Laboratories, Inc.
For purposes of the Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement, the “Restricted Period” means the period commencing on the date of a Qualifying Termination following the sale of Mr. Kiani’s entire equity interest in Masimo along with the goodwill of Masimo and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of such Qualifying Termination.
The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. ... Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
10.1. ............ Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated November 4, 2015, by and between Masimo Corporation and Joe Kiani.
10.2. ............ Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement, dated November 4, 2015, by and between Masimo Corporation and Joe Kiani.
10.3. ............ Equity-Holder Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement, dated November 4, 2015, by and between Masimo Corporation and Joe Kiani.







SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Masimo Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
MASIMO CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: November 5, 2015
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ M ARK  P. DE  R AAD
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mark P. de Raad
 
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer)










AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of November 4, 2015, by and between Masimo Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Joe Kiani (the “ Executive ”).
RECITALS
A.      The Executive is the founder of the Company and has been its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (“ CEO ”) since its inception. The Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) recognizes that the Executive’s contributions as Chairman of the Board and CEO have been instrumental to the success of the Company. The Executive and the Company entered into an amended and restated employment contract dated February 7, 2012 (the “ Prior Agreement ”). The Board and the Executive desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof to assure the Company of the Executive’s continued employment in an executive capacity and to compensate him therefor.
B.      The Company considers the establishment and maintenance of a sound management to be essential to protecting and enhancing the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
C.      The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to retain the Executive and to reinforce and encourage his continued attention and dedication to his assigned duties.
D.      The Company desires to retain the services of the Executive, and the Executive desires to be employed by the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual promises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Company and the Executive hereby agree that the Prior Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
1. EMPLOYMENT. During the “ Employment Period ”, as that term is defined in Section 2 hereof, the Company hereby agrees to continue to employ the Executive and the Executive hereby agrees to continue to serve the Company, on the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.
2. POSITION AND DUTIES. The Executive shall serve the Company as its Chairman of the Board and CEO and shall report to the Board. The Executive’s responsibilities, duties and authority shall remain consistent with the Executive’s present responsibilities, duties and authority as the Chairman of the Board and CEO. The Executive hereby accepts such employment and agrees to devote substantially all of his full business and professional time and energy to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall be permitted to (i) serve as an employee, consultant, officer and/or director of, and provide services to, Cercacor Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Masimo Laboratories, Inc.), (ii) serve on the board of directors of any company or entity, (iii) manage the Executive’s




personal investments, (iv) engage in other personal activities on a basis substantially consistent with past practice and (v) without limiting the foregoing, provide the services and engage in the activities previously disclosed to the Board.
3. EMPLOYMENT PERIOD. The “ Employment Period ” shall mean the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on December 31, 2017; provided that , beginning on January 1, 2018 and on January 1 of each year thereafter, the Employment Period shall be extended automatically for an additional year unless a notice of non−renewal of this Agreement (“ Notice of Non-Renewal ”) is given by either the Executive or the Company to the other party at least one year prior to the scheduled expiration of the Employment Period.
4. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE. In connection with his employment by the Company, the Executive shall be based at the Company’s office or facility where, on the date hereof, the Executive is regularly rendering services on behalf of the Company and shall not be required to be absent therefrom on travel status or otherwise more than a reasonable number of days in any calendar year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the parties hereto agree that a “ reasonable number of days ” shall mean such number of days which is not in excess of one hundred twenty−five percent (125%) of the number of days on which the Executive was on travel status or otherwise required by the Company to be absent from such office or facility during the calendar year immediately prior to the year of computation.
5. COMPENSATION.
5.1    BASE SALARY. In consideration for services performed pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will pay or cause to be paid to the Executive, and the Executive will be entitled to receive and hereby agrees to accept, effective August 1, 2015, an annual base salary of one million dollars ($1,000,000) subject to increases in the discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board (“ Base Salary ”), payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll payment policy.
5.2    BONUS. The Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus equal to one-hundred percent (100%) of his Base Salary based on the Company’s attaining certain financial goals established by the Board (or designated committee); provided that , in the event the Board (or designated committee) determines that the Company achieved each of the financial measures included in the criteria for the “Company Factor” for a “Plan Year” under the Masimo Corporation Executive Annual Cash Bonus Award Plan, as may be amended or restated from time to time, or any successor plan (each as defined therein), the Executive shall automatically receive a bonus equal to one-hundred percent (100%) of the Executive’s Base Salary (or such higher percentage approved by the Board (or designated committee)) for such year. In addition, the Executive may be entitled to receive such additional bonus amounts as the Board (or designated committee) shall determine in its discretion, such as pursuant to the Masimo Corporation Executive Multi−Year Cash Bonus Award Plan, as may be amended or restated from time to time, or any successor plan. In determining such additional amounts, if any, the Board (or Compensation Committee of the Board) shall consider among other things the Executive’s contribution to the accomplishment of the Company’s long−range business goals, the success of



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various corporate strategies in which the Executive participated, and the Executive’s unique services in connection with the maintenance or increase in stockholder values in the Company.
5.3    STOCK OPTIONS AND RELATED INCENTIVE PLANS. The Executive shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s existing incentive programs and any additional or successor incentive plan or plans, including the Masimo Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “ Stock Incentive Plan ”). During each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Executive shall be granted a non-qualified stock option to purchase an aggregate of at least 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (“ Common Stock ”) (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and similar transactions) that vests at a rate of twenty percent (20%) per year, with an exercise price per share equal to one-hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value (as defined under the applicable stock option plan pursuant to which the grant was made) of one share of Common Stock on the date of grant. All option grants made to the Executive pursuant to such plans shall provide for an expiration date consistent with the provisions of such plans, without regard to termination of employment; provided , however , that in no event shall any option remain exercisable beyond its stated expiration date. During each fiscal year during the Employment Period after fiscal year 2017, the Executive shall receive equity grants of the value at least consistent with equity grants made to comparable chief executive officers of comparable companies (taking account revenues, market capitalization and industry).
5.4    EXPENSES. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses incurred and paid by the Executive in the course of the performance of his duties pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable travel and lodging expenses for the Executive’s immediate family, if the Executive elects to have his immediate family accompany him during his business travel. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Company’s Business Travel and Expense Policy, dated October 22, 2003, as may be amended or restated from time to time (the “ Travel and Expense Policy ”) or the Company’s 2006 Employee Handbook, as may be amended or restated from time to time (the “ Employee Handbook ”), for purposes of this Agreement, “ reasonable ” expenses shall be deemed to include travel and hospitality expenses for first class airplane travel and accommodations and expenses for travel using private or chartered aircraft. In addition, the following Company reimbursement policies and provisions shall not apply to the Executive: (i) the Travel and Expense Policy; and (ii) the section entitled “Expense Reimbursements” in the Employee Handbook. Expenses reimbursable under this paragraph must be reimbursed within a reasonable period of time following the Executive’s submission to the Company of the reimbursement request and supporting documentation reasonably requested by the Company and in no event later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expenses were incurred by the Executive.
5.5    FRINGE BENEFITS. The Executive shall be entitled to continue to participate in or receive benefits under all of the Company’s employee benefits plans and arrangements that he participates in on the date hereof or plans or arrangements providing the Executive with at least equivalent benefits thereunder. The Company agrees that, without the Executive’s prior written consent, it will not make any changes in such plans or arrangements



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which would adversely affect the Executive’s rights or benefits thereunder without the provision of at least equivalent benefits thereunder. The Executive shall be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any pension plan, profit−sharing plan, savings plan, stock option plan, life insurance, health−and−accident plan or arrangement made available by the Company in the future to its executives and key management employees, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements. No amounts paid or benefits provided to the Executive under any plan or arrangement presently in effect or made available in the future shall be deemed to be in lieu of compensation to the Executive hereunder.
5.6    VACATIONS. The Executive shall be entitled to the number of paid vacation days in each calendar year determined by the Board from time to time for the Company’s senior executive officers (prorated in any calendar year during which the Executive is employed by the Company for less than the entire such year in accordance with the number of days in such calendar year during which he is so employed). The Executive shall also be entitled to all paid holidays given by the Company to its senior executive officers.
5.7    PERQUISITES. The Executive shall be entitled to continue to receive the fringe benefits appertaining to the offices of Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Company in accordance with present practice, except that the Executive shall not be entitled to any tax reimbursements, gross-ups or similar payments.
6.    CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Executive has entered into and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Company’s Equity-Holder Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement dated as of the date hereof and attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “ Restrictive Covenant Agreement ”).
7.    TERMINATION.
7.1    DEATH. The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.
7.2    DISABILITY. If, as a result of the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness, the Executive shall have been absent from his duties hereunder on a full time basis for one hundred twenty (120) consecutive business days, and within thirty (30) days after written “ Notice of Termination ”, as that term is defined in Section 7.5 hereof, is given shall not have returned to the performance of his duties hereunder on a full-time basis, the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder.
7.3    CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall have “ Cause ” to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder upon (i) the willful and continued failure by the Executive to substantially perform his duties hereunder, other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or (ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in gross misconduct materially injurious to the Company, or (iii) the willful violation by the Executive of the confidentiality and trade secret protection provisions of



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Restrictive Covenant Agreement attached hereto, provided that such violation results in demonstrably material injury to the Company. For purposes of this paragraph, no act, or failure to act, on the Executive’s part shall be considered “ willful ” unless done, or omitted to be done, by him not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution, duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three−quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for the purpose (after reasonable notice to the Executive and an opportunity for him, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board), resolving that in the good faith opinion of the Board the Executive engaged in conduct set forth above in clause (i), (ii), or (iii), and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
7.4    TERMINATION BY THE EXECUTIVE. The Executive may terminate his employment hereunder (i) for Good Reason, (ii) if his health should become impaired to an extent that makes the continued performance of his duties hereunder hazardous to his physical or mental health or his life, or (iii) at any time by giving six (6) months’ written notice to the Company of his intention to terminate. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Good Reason ” shall mean (A) except in connection with a termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause, any diminution in the Executive’s responsibilities, duties and authority set forth in Section 2 hereof, whether due to the assignment to the Executive of any responsibilities, duties or authority that constitute such a diminution or otherwise, including (i) the Executive ceasing to serve as a Chief Executive Officer of a publicly-traded company or (ii) the Executive ceasing to serve as the Chairman of the Board of the Company or the designation of any director other than the Executive as the lead director of the Board, (B) a reduction in the Executive’s rate of compensation or a reduction in the Executive’s fringe benefits or any other failure by the Company to comply with Section 5 hereof, (C) any failure by the Company to comply with Section 4 hereof, (D) the provision of a Notice of Non-Renewal by the Company, or (E) the occurrence of a “ Change in Control ”, as that term is defined in Section 9 hereof, provided that , in each case of clauses (A) through (C) above, “Good Reason” shall not be deemed to exist unless (x) Executive provides the Company a Notice of Termination within ninety (90) days following the initial occurrence of such event, (y) the Company fails to cure the event giving rise to Good Reason within thirty (30) days following its receipt of such Notice of Termination (the “ Cure Period ”) and (z) Executive’s resignation for Good Reason is effective within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Cure Period.
7.5    NOTICE OF TERMINATION. Any termination by the Company pursuant to Section 7.2 or 7.3 hereof or by the Executive pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Notice of Termination ” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set 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.



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7.6    DATE OF TERMINATION. “ Date of Termination ” shall mean (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death, (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given ( provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the performance of his duties on a full−time basis during such thirty (30) day period), (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof or clause (iii) of Section 7.4 hereof, the date specified in the Notice of Termination, or (iv) if the Executive’s employment is terminated for any other reason, the date on which a Notice of Termination is given; provided that if within sixty (60) days after a Notice of Termination is given the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party that it disputes the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties, or by a final determination by the Superior Court of California for the County of Orange.
8.    COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION, DEATH OR DURING DISABILITY.
8.1    DEATH. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of his death during the Employment Period, the Company shall pay to such person as he shall designate in a notice filed with the Company, or, if no such person shall be designated, to his estate as a death benefit, an annual amount equal to one−half (1/2) of the Executive’s Base Salary at the rate in effect on the date of the Executive’s death. Such amount shall be paid each year for each of three (3) consecutive years following the Executive’s death, in substantially equal monthly installments commencing within thirty (30) days following the Executive’s death. This amount shall be exclusive of and in addition to any payments the Executive’s surviving spouse, beneficiaries or estate may be entitled to receive pursuant to any pension or employee benefit plan or life insurance policy maintained by the Company. For avoidance of doubt, if the Executive has not specifically designated a beneficiary of these payments, no other beneficiary designation in effect for any other Company benefit or insurance shall serve as a beneficiary designation for these payments and they will instead be paid to his estate.
8.2    DISABILITY. During any period during the Employment Period that the Executive fails to perform his duties hereunder as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness, the Executive shall continue to receive his full Base Salary and incentive compensation until the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, or until the Executive terminates his employment pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 7.4 hereof, whichever first occurs. After any such termination, the Executive shall be paid an annual amount equal to three−fourths (3/4) of his Base Salary at the rate then in effect, payable each year for a period of two (2) consecutive years following the date of such termination and, subject to Section 8.6 hereof, commencing within thirty (30) days following the Executive’s termination. To the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation § 1.409A−3(i)(1)(ii)(A), such disability benefits shall be reduced by any disability payment otherwise payable by or pursuant to disability plans maintained by the Company and actually paid to the Executive and shall be paid in substantially equal monthly installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll payment policy.



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8.3    CAUSE. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for Cause, the Company shall pay the Executive his full Base Salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.
8.4    OTHER. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than pursuant to Sections 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3 hereof or if the Executive shall terminate his employment pursuant to clause (i) of Section 7.4 hereof (each, a “ Qualifying Termination ”), then:
(i) Standard Severance . The Company shall pay to the Executive in cash a severance benefit equal to two times the sum of (i) the Executive’s Base Salary at the rate then in effect, and (ii) the average annual bonus paid to the Executive during the immediately prior three (3) years. Such amount shall be paid over a period of two (2) years in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll payment policy and, subject to Section 8.6 hereof, commencing within thirty (30) days following the Executive’s termination of employment.
(ii) Equity Treatment. The Company shall vest, effective as of immediately prior to such Qualifying Termination, all of the Executive’s stock options and other equity awards (if any).
(iii) Other Payments .
(1) Effective as of the date hereof, the Company shall grant the Executive a one-time grant of 2,700,000 restricted share units (“ RSUs ”) (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and similar transactions) under the Stock Incentive Plan and the restricted share unit award agreement attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “ Award Agreement ”). Each RSU shall vest effective as of immediately prior to a Qualifying Termination (the “ Vesting Date ”) during the Employment Period, provided that 270,000 RSUs (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and similar transactions) shall terminate without the payment of any consideration to the Executive, to the extent then unvested, on January 1 of each year, beginning on January 1, 2018. Each RSU shall represent the right to receive, on the tenth (10th) day following the Vesting Date (subject to Section 8.6 hereof), one share of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the vesting of some or all of the RSUs at any time prior to the Vesting Date, provided that payment of the RSUs accelerated in accordance with this sentence shall be made in shares of Common Stock on the (10th) day following the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A−1(h) (subject to Section 8.6 hereof). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the Award Agreement or the Plan, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.
(2) Upon a Qualifying Termination, the Company shall pay to the Executive in a single lump sum on the sixtieth (60th) day following the Executive’s termination of employment (subject to Section 8.6 hereof) a cash amount equal to thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) (the “ Cash Payment ”, and together with the RSUs, the “ Special



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Payment ”), provided that the Cash Payment shall be reduced by three million five-hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) on January 1 of each year, beginning on January 1, 2018. A portion of the cash and shares of Common Stock delivered under the Special Payment with a value not to exceed thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) (the “ Non-Competition Payment ”) is being paid to the Executive in consideration of the Executive’s agreement to comply with Sections 1 and 11 of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement and shall be subject to repayment to the Company in the event of a final determination by the Superior Court of California for the County of Orange that the Executive has materially breached such covenants. The Company agrees that the Non-Competition Payment constitutes reasonable compensation under Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”).
(iv) Rabbi Trust . Immediately prior to a Change in Control, the Company shall fund a grantor trust (the “ Trust ”) and the Executive shall enter into an escrow agreement to provide for the payment of (i) the benefits under Sections 8.4(i) and 8.4(iii)(2) hereof and (ii) the RSUs under Section 8.4(iii)(1) hereof (together with the payments under clause (i), the “ Benefits ”), and the Company shall place amounts in escrow, funded in cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate Benefits assuming that the Executive incurred a termination of employment entitling him to the Benefits immediately following the Change in Control. The cash amounts held in the Trust shall be credited with interest at the prime interest rate as published in the Wall Street Journal. Alternatively, in lieu of interest, the Executive may elect at the time the Trust is funded in accordance with this Section for cash amounts held in the Trust to be deemed invested in any of the investment alternatives then available under the Company’s 401(k) retirement plan or otherwise specified by the Executive. In addition, the Executive may elect at any time for the shares of Common Stock that are held in the Trust to be sold and any cash received therefrom to be held in the Trust and either credited with interest or deemed invested, in either case in accordance with the preceding sentences. In the event the Executive’s employment terminates on or prior to the second anniversary of the Change in Control in a manner entitling him to the Benefits, the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in full satisfaction of the Benefits, and on the payment dates specified in this Section 8.4, the amounts contributed to the Trust, as adjusted to reflect the applicable interest or gains (or losses) of any deemed investments, as applicable. Notwithstanding the establishment of any such Trust, the Executive’s rights to the Benefits will be solely those of a general unsecured creditor. In the event the Executive’s employment is not terminated on or prior to the second anniversary of the Change in Control in a manner entitling him to the Benefits, the amounts held in the Trust shall revert to the Company, provided that such reversion shall have no effect on the Executive’s continuing entitlement to receive the Benefits in accordance with this Section 8.4. In addition, any amount remaining in the Trust immediately following the date that the last payment of the Benefits to which the Executive becomes or could become entitled has been made shall revert to the Company as of such date.
8.5    EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.
(i)    Unless the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof, the Company shall maintain in full force and effect, for the continued benefit of the Executive for the full Employment Period as then in effect without regard to any



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termination of employment, all employee benefit plans and programs in which the Executive was entitled to participate immediately prior to the Date of Termination, provided that the Executive’s continued participation is possible under the general terms and provisions of such plans and programs.
(ii)    In the event that the Executive’s participation in any such plan or program is barred, the Company shall reimburse expenses actually incurred by the Executive during such period to obtain similar coverage, but only to the extent the Executive’s requested reimbursement of expenses for similar coverage does not exceed the Company’s premiums or contributions that the Company would otherwise pay under the terms of this Agreement as of the date of the Executive’s termination, or date of payment if later, to continue the Executive’s participation in the underlying plan for the period the expenses were incurred by the Executive. Expenses reimbursable under this paragraph shall be reimbursed within thirty (30) days following the Executive’s submission to the Company of the reimbursement request and supporting documentation reasonably requested by the Company and in no event later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expenses were incurred by the Executive. The expenses eligible for reimbursement under this paragraph during any calendar year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement under this paragraph in any other calendar year.
8.6    CODE SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any benefit or amount payable to the Executive under this Agreement on account of the Executive’s termination of employment constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A (“ 409A ”) of the Code, payment of such benefit or amount shall commence when the Executive incurs a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A−1(h), which provides that a separation from service will be deemed to occur if the Company and the Executive reasonably anticipate that the Executive shall perform no further services for the Company and any entity that would be considered a single employer with the Company under Sections 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code (whether an employee or an independent contractor) or that the level of bona fide services the Executive will perform in the future (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to no more than forty-nine percent (49%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period. Such payments or benefits shall be provided in accordance with the timing provisions of this Agreement by substituting the references to “termination of employment” or “termination” with “separation from service”; however, if at the time the Executive incurs a separation from service, the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of 409A, any benefit or amount payable to the Executive under this Agreement on account of the Executive’s termination of employment that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation subject to 409A shall be delayed until the first day of the seventh month following the Executive’s separation from service (the “ 409A Suspension Period ”). Within five (5) calendar days after the date the Executive incurs such separation from service, the Company shall contribute to the Trust an amount in cash or shares of Common Stock, as applicable, equal to any payments that the Company would otherwise have been required to pay under this Agreement during the 409A Suspension Period (plus the required



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interest on any cash amounts, calculated as described in the following sentence). Within fourteen (14) calendar days after the end of the 409A Suspension Period, the Company shall pay to the Executive (or his estate or beneficiary, as applicable), from the assets of the Trust or otherwise, a lump sum payment in cash or shares of Common Stock, as applicable, equal to any payments (including interest on any such cash payments, at an interest rate equal to the average prime interest rate, as published in the Wall Street Journal, over the 409A Suspension Period) that the Company would otherwise have been required to pay under this Agreement during the 409A Suspension Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in lieu of interest, the Executive may elect at the time the Trust is funded in accordance with this Section for cash amounts held in the Trust to be deemed invested in any of the investment alternatives then available under the Company’s 401(k) retirement plan or otherwise specified by the Executive, and within fourteen (14) calendar days after the end of the 409A Suspension Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in full satisfaction of the payments that the Company would otherwise have been required to pay under this Agreement during the 409A Suspension Period, the amounts contributed to the Trust, as adjusted to reflect the gains (or losses) of such deemed investments. Thereafter, the Executive shall receive any remaining payments due under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (as if there had not been any suspension period beforehand). In addition, the Executive may elect at any time, to the extent permitted by law, for shares of Common Stock that are held in the Trust to be sold and any cash received therefrom to be held in the Trust and either credited with interest or deemed invested, in either case in accordance with the preceding sentences. For purposes of this Agreement, each payment that is part of a series of installment payments shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of 409A. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all reimbursements and in−kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the following requirements of 409A: (i) the reimbursement of eligible expenses will be made no later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expenses were incurred by the Executive; (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in−kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in−kind benefits to be provided in any other calendar year; and (iii) any right to reimbursement of eligible expenses or in−kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.
8.7    PARACHUTE PAYMENTS.
(i)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agree-ment, in the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive (including any payment or benefit received in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive’s employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement) (all such payments and benefits, including the Severance Payments, being hereinafter referred to as the “ Total Payments ”) would be subject (in whole or part), to any excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “ Excise Tax ”), then, after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other plan, arrangement or agreement, the cash portion of Total Payments payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall first be reduced, and the noncash portion of the Total Payments payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall thereafter be reduced, to the extent necessary so that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax but only if



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(A) the net amount of such Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such reduced Total Payments) is greater than or equal to (B) the net amount of such Total Payments without such reduction (but after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and the amount of Excise Tax to which the Executive would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such unreduced Total Payments); provided , however , that the Executive may elect which portion of the Total Payments payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be so reduced (or eliminated).
(ii)    For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, (i) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code shall be taken into account, (ii) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of a nationally-recognized professional services firm or firms (the “ Calculating Firm ”) reasonably acceptable to the Executive, does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of the Calculating Firm, constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation, and (iii) the value of any non‑cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Calculating Firm in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.
(iii)    At the time that payments are made under this Agree-ment, the Company shall provide the Executive with a written statement setting forth the manner in which such payments were calculated and the basis for such calculations including, without limitation, any opinions or other advice the Company has received from the Calculating Firm or other advisors or consultants (and any such opinions or advice which are in writing shall be attached to the statement).
9.    CHANGE IN CONTROL OF THE COMPANY. For purposes of this Agreement “ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as:
(i)    any person or more than one person acting as a group within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A−3(i)(5)(v)(B) acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) beneficial ownership, as determined under the constructive ownership rules of Section 318(a) of the Code, shares of capital stock of the Company entitling such person or persons to exercise more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the total voting power of all voting shares of the Company; or



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(ii)    any person or more than one person acting as a group within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A−3(i)(5)(v)(B) acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets of the Company that have a total fair market value equal to or more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all the assets of the Company immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions; or
(iii)    there shall occur a change in the Board in which the individuals who constituted the Board at the beginning of the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding such change cease for any reason to constitute two-thirds or more of the directors then in office. For purposes of this Section 9(iii), a director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose election by the Board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then in office either who were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved will be treated as a member of the Board at the beginning of the twelve (12) month period.
10.    BINDING AGREEMENT. This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
11.    NON−WAIVER OF RIGHTS. The failure to enforce, at any time, any of the provisions of this Agreement, or to require, at any time, performance by the other party of any of the provisions hereof shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or to affect either the validity of this Agreement, or any part hereof, or the right of either party thereafter to enforce each and every provision in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
12.     INVALIDITY OF PROVISIONS. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement shall not affect the other provisions hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions were omitted.
13.    ASSIGNMENTS; COMPANY BOOKS.
(i)    This Agreement is binding upon the parties hereto and their respective personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. Except as otherwise provided herein, neither of the parties hereto may make any assignment of this Agreement, or any interest herein, without the prior written consent of the other party, except that, without such consent, this Agreement shall be assigned to any corporation or entity which shall succeed to the business presently being operated by the Company, by operation of law or otherwise, including by dissolution, merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise.



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(ii)    The Company currently owns all right, title and interest in and to the two books authored by Skip Press tentatively entitled Microfixing and False Claims (collectively, “ Company Books ”), both of which are works made for hire of the Company. The Company shall and hereby does irrevocably transfer and assign to the Executive, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (i) all right, title and interest in the Company Books (including all copyrights and other intellectual property rights therein or thereto) throughout the world, (ii) the right to enforce the copyrights and other intellectual property rights in and to the Company Books against third parties for past, present and future infringement, and (iii) all proceeds from any of the foregoing.
14.    COUNTERPARTS. 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 instrument.
15.    AMENDMENTS. No modification, amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing specifically referring hereto, and signed by the parties hereto.
16.    NOTICES. For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive:
At the address shown in the Company’s personnel records
 
 
If to the Company:
Masimo Corporation
 
52 Discovery
 
Irvine, CA 92618
 
Attention: Chairman of the Compensation
 
Committee of the Board of Directors
or to such other address as any 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.
17.    SURVIVAL. Sections 6, 10‑13 and 15‑20 hereof shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “expiration” is the ending of this Agreement by reason of a Notice of Non-Renewal being given by one of the parties in accordance with Section 3 hereof. Provisions of Sections 5.4 and 8 hereof that provide for obligations conditional on the existence of a state of affairs shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement only to the extent that any such state of affairs exists prior to termination or expiration of this Agreement. For the sake of clarity, all payments and benefits that may become owing as a result of the specified terminations shall only be due and become owing for terminations that occur during the Employment Period as then in effect without regard



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to any termination of employment but shall be owing and paid regardless of whether the Employment Period has ended prior to such payments having been completed.
18.    JURISDICTION. Any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the Superior Court of California for the County of Orange, and the parties hereby irrevocably accept the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such court for the purpose of any suit, action or proceeding. In addition, the parties each hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in the Superior Court of California for the County of Orange, and hereby further irrevocably waive any claim that any suit, action or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such suit, action or proceeding, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive his full compensation in effect when the notice giving rise to any dispute was given (including, but not limited to, base salary and any bonus due) and continue the Executive as a participant in all compensation, benefit and insurance plans in which the Executive was participating when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is finally resolved. Amounts paid under this Section are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and shall not be offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement. The Company also shall pay to the Executive, on an as-incurred basis, all legal fees and expenses incurred by the Executive in seeking to obtain or enforce any benefit or right provided by this Agreement, but in no event shall the Company pay more than three million dollars ($3,000,000) in legal fees and expenses.  Such payments shall be made within five (5) business days after delivery of the Executive’s written requests for payment accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company reasonably may require.  If, prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Superior Court of California for the County of Orange makes a final determination that the Executive did not prevail in any part of the actions to obtain or enforce any benefit or right provided by this Agreement, the Executive shall reimburse the Company for all such legal fees and expenses paid to him by the Company; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if the Executive prevailed in any part of any such action, the Executive shall not be required to make such reimbursement.  The Executive's obligation, if any, to reimburse the Company shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.
19.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT. Except for the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, this Agreement supersedes all prior employment agreements, both written and oral, between the Company and the Executive, including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement and the tolling agreement dated as of March 27, 2015 between the Company and the Executive.
20.     INTERPRETATION. This Agreement shall in all respects be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflicts of laws principles.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company at the direction of the Compensation Committee of the Board has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
“Company”
MASIMO CORPORATION
 
 
 
By: /s/ Mark P. de Raad
 
Name: Mark P. de Raad
 
Its: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
“Executive”
/s/ Joe Kiani .
 
Joe Kiani































[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]



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EXHIBIT A

[RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AGREEMENT]





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EXHIBIT B

[RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT]




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MASIMO CORPORATION
2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
You (the “ Participant ”) are hereby awarded restricted share units (the “ RSUs ”) subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the employment agreement made and entered into as of November 4, 2015, by and between the Company and you (as it may be amended from time to time, the “ Employment Agreement ”), this Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (this “ Award Agreement ”), and the Masimo Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Employment Agreement, this Award Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Employment Agreement shall govern, and in no event shall the RSUs be subject to forfeiture or cancellation except as set forth in the Employment Agreement.
1.     Specific Terms . The RSUs shall have the following terms:
Name of Participant
Joe Kiani
Number of RSUs
2,700,000
Award Date
November 4, 2015
Vesting
As provided in the Employment Agreement.
Settlement
As provided in the Employment Agreement.
2.     Dividends. When Shares are delivered to you pursuant to the vesting of the RSUs as provided in the Employment Agreement, you shall also be entitled to receive with respect to each Share issued (i) an amount equal to any cash dividends (plus simple interest at a rate of 5% per annum), provided that, at your election, you shall be credited in lieu of the foregoing with an additional number of restricted share units (subject to same terms and conditions as the RSUs) on the applicable dividend record date determined by dividing the total amount of any cash dividends which were declared and paid to the holders of Shares on such dividend record date by the closing price of a Share on such dividend record date and (ii) a number of Shares equal to any stock dividends, in each case which were declared and paid to the holders of Shares between the Grant Date and the date such Share is issued. For purposes of this Award Agreement and the Employment Agreement, the term “RSUs” shall include any additional restricted share units which are credited to you in accordance with the preceding sentence.
3.     Changes in Capitalization . The Committee shall equitably adjust the number of Shares underlying the RSUs to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, spin-off, spin-out, merger, consolidation, combination, recapitalization or reclassification of the Shares, or any other changes in corporate structure.




4.     Restrictions on Transfer . Except as set forth in the Plan, the RSUs may not be sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything set forth in the Plan, you may transfer the RSUs (i) by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust (or other entity) in which each beneficiary is a permissible gift recipient, as such is set forth in clause (ii) of this Section, or (ii) by gift to charitable institutions or foundations or by gift or transfer for no consideration to any of your relatives as follows (or to an inter vivos trust, testamentary trust or other entity primarily for the benefit of any of your relatives as follows): any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships. Any transferee of your rights shall succeed to and be subject to all of the terms of the Employment Agreement, this Award Agreement and the Plan.
5.     Withholding Taxes and Deferred Compensation . The RSUs shall, in all respects, be subject to any applicable required tax withholding. Any amount payable to you under this Award Agreement on account of your termination of employment which constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in accordance with Section 8.6 of the Employment Agreement.
6.     Notices . Any notice or communication required or permitted by any provision of this Award Agreement to be given to you shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to you at the last address that the Company had for you on its records. Each party may, from time to time, by notice to the other party hereto, specify a new address for delivery of notices relating to this Award Agreement. Any such notice shall be deemed to be given as of the date such notice is personally delivered or properly mailed.
7.     Binding Effect . Except as otherwise provided in this Award Agreement or in the Plan, every covenant, term, and provision of this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors, transferees, and assigns.
8.     Modifications . This Award Agreement may only be modified or amended with your written agreement.
9.     Headings . Section and other headings contained in this Award Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope or intent of this Award Agreement or any provision hereof.
10.     Counterparts . This Award Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.



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11.     Governing Law . The laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflicts of laws principles) shall govern the validity of this Award Agreement, the construction of its terms, and the interpretation of the rights and duties of the parties hereto; provided that, to the extent any provision of this Award Agreement requires interpretation of any provision of the Employment Agreement, such provisions shall in all respects be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the laws of the State of California (without regard to conflicts of laws principles).
BY YOUR SIGNATURE BELOW , along with the signature of the Company’s representative, you and the Company agree that the RSUs are hereby awarded under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement, this Award Agreement and the Plan.

 
 
MASIMO CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Mark P. de Raad
 
Name:
Mark P. de Raad
 
Its:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
PARTICIPANT
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Joe Kiani
 
Name:
Joe Kiani







[Signature Page to Restricted Unit Award Agreement]




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MASIMO CORPORATION
EQUITY-HOLDER NON-COMPETITION AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
This Equity-Holder Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), dated November 4, 2015, is made by and between the undersigned equity-holder (“ Holder ”), on the one hand, and Masimo Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Masimo ”), on the other hand.
RECITALS
A .      Holder acknowledges that Holder is a substantial holder of an equity interest in Masimo, is the founder of Masimo and has been its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since its inception, and that Holder will receive substantial consideration as a result of any transaction in which Holder sells his entire equity interest in Masimo, together with the goodwill of Masimo (an “ Equity Sale ”). Therefore, Holder is willing to enter into this Agreement as an inducement for any acquirer to enter into agreements to effectuate an Equity Sale and to protect such acquirer’s legitimate interests as a buyer of the stock, goodwill and assets (including confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information) of Masimo.
B .      Masimo and Holder acknowledge and agree that Masimo has conducted and engaged in the “Business” (as defined below) and that Masimo has undertaken to continue to conduct and engage in the Business and to seek to make its products and services available to customers throughout each of the fifty (50) states of the United States and throughout the world (the “ Restricted Territory ”).
NOW, THEREFORE , in exchange for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Holder, intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees as follows:
1.    During (i) Holder’s employment with Masimo (other than in accordance with Holder’s position at and duties to Masimo and position at and duties to Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. (“Cercacor”) a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Masimo Laboratories, Inc.) or as otherwise set forth in the Employment Agreement (as defined below)) and (ii) subject to the payment of the “Non-Competition Payment” (as defined in the Employment Agreement) to Holder pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, the “Restricted Period” (as defined below) in the Restricted Territory, Holder agrees that Holder will not, as an employee, agent, consultant, advisor, independent contractor, general partner, officer, director, investor, lender, guarantor of any person, or in any other capacity, for Holder or on behalf of any other person, directly or indirectly participate or engage in the Business or acquire or hold any interest in any person engaged in the Business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holder may (i) participate and engage in the Business as an investor, employee, consultant, officer and/or director of, and provide services to, Cercacor or Masimo, (ii) serve on the board of directors of any company or entity that is not engaged in the Business, (iii) own, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment, (A) up to one percent (1%) of any class of “publicly traded securities” of any person or entity that engages in the Business or (B) up to five percent (5%) of the securities that are not “publicly traded securities” of any person or entity that engages in the Business, provided in each case that Holder does not also actively manage or serve as an advisor to such person or entity, and



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provided further that the ownership restrictions in this clause (iii) shall not apply to Holder’s director or indirect ownership of securities of Masimo or Cercacor and (iv) work for a division, entity or subgroup of any person or entity that engages in the Business so long as such division, entity or subgroup does not also engage in the Business. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “publicly traded securities” shall mean securities that are traded on a national securities exchange, (b) “ Business ” means the design, research, development, use, marketing, sale or distribution of any products or services in the field of non-invasive blood constituent monitoring, and (c) the “ Restricted Period ” means the period commencing on the date of Holder’s Qualifying Termination (as defined in the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between Masimo and Holder (the “ Employment Agreement ”) following an Equity Sale and ending on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of such Qualifying Termination.
2.    Masimo has and will develop, compile and own certain proprietary and confidential information that has great value in its business (“ Confidential Information ”). Confidential Information includes information and physical material not generally known or available outside Masimo and information and physical material entrusted to Masimo in confidence by third parties. Confidential Information includes, without limitation: (i) company “Inventions” (as defined below); and (ii) technical data, trade secrets, know-how, research, product or service ideas or plans, software codes and designs, developments, laboratory notebooks, processes, formulas, techniques, mask works, engineering designs and drawings, hardware configuration information, lists of, or information relating to, employees and consultants of Masimo (including, but not limited to, the names, contact information, jobs, compensation, and expertise of such employees and consultants), lists of, or information relating to, suppliers and customers (including, but not limited to, customers of Masimo on whom Holder called or with whom Holder became acquainted during employment with Masimo), price lists, pricing methodologies, cost data, market share data, marketing plans, licenses, contract information, business plans, financial forecasts, historical financial data, budgets or other business information disclosed to Holder by Masimo either directly or indirectly, whether in writing, electronically, orally, or by observation. Holder acknowledges that such information is secret, valuable and owned by Masimo.
3.    During and after Holder’s employment by Masimo, Holder agrees to keep confidential, and not disclose or make use of any Confidential Information except with Cercacor or as otherwise authorized by Masimo or as necessary for the performance of Holder’s duties as a Masimo employee or director.
4.    During Holder’s employment with Masimo, Holder will not disclose to Masimo or make use of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information or material belonging to a former employer or other third party.
5.    Prior to Holder’s employment with Masimo, Holder did not create any inventions, works of authorship, or trade secrets that relate to the Business as conducted and engaged in by Masimo, except for those identified on the list attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A hereto.
6.    Holder agrees to promptly disclose to Masimo or Cercacor, as appropriate, all discoveries, developments, designs, ideas, improvements, inventions, formulas, processes, techniques, know-



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how, and data works of authorship, (whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes) made, conceived, reduced to practice, or learned by Holder (either alone or jointly with others) during Holder’s employment with Masimo, that are related to or useful in the Business as conducted and engaged in by Masimo, or which result from tasks assigned to Holder by Masimo, or from the use of premises owned, leased, or otherwise acquired by Masimo. For the purposes of this Agreement, all of the foregoing are referred to as “ Inventions ”.
7.    Holder acknowledges and agrees that all Inventions that relate to the Business as conducted and engaged in by Masimo, other than those listed in Exhibit A hereto, and other than those that holder is obligated to assign to Cercacor, belong to and shall be the sole property of Masimo and shall be Inventions of Masimo subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Holder hereby assigns to Masimo all rights that Holder may have to such Inventions, except for inventions which Holder is allowed to retain under California Labor Code section 2870, a copy of which is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B hereto.
8.    Holder agrees that all works of authorship to which Holder contributes and that relate to the Business as conducted and engaged in by Masimo during and as a part of Holder’s employment shall be considered “works made for hire” and shall be the sole property of Masimo or Cercacor, as appropriate.
9.    Holder will cooperate with Masimo and do whatever is necessary or appropriate to obtain patents, copyrights, or other legal protection on projects to which Holder contributes and are subject to an obligation of assignment to Masimo, and, if Holder is incapacitated for any reason from doing so, Holder hereby authorizes Masimo to act as Holder’s agent and to take whatever reasonable action is needed on Holder’s part to carry out this Agreement. After Holder’s employment, Masimo will pay Holder for his time for such assistance at an hourly rate equal to Holder’s highest full time compensation at Masimo calculated on an hourly basis.
10.    Upon termination of Holder’s employment for any reason, Holder will promptly assemble all property of Masimo in Holder’s possession or under Holder’s control and return it to Masimo.
11.    Except where prohibited by law, Holder agrees that during (i) Holder’s employment and (ii) subject to the payment of the Non-Competition Payment to Holder pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, the Restricted Period, Holder will not, without express written authorization from Masimo, (a) solicit or induce any employee or consultant of Masimo to quit their employment or cease doing business with Masimo, or (b) other than on behalf of any charitable or non-profit enterprise, solicit Masimo’s customers or suppliers, provided that each of the restrictions in this paragraph shall not apply in respect of Cercacor.
12.    Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) this Agreement is necessary for the protection of the legitimate business interests of Masimo and any acquirer in acquiring and realizing the value of the stock, goodwill and assets of Masimo in connection with an Equity Sale, (b) the scope of the covenants set forth in this Agreement in time, geography and types and limitations of activities restricted is reasonable and necessary to protect Masimo’s and any acquirer’s legitimate interest in the goodwill, trade secrets, properties and assets and Confidential Information of Masimo, and (c) Holder has had adequate opportunity to consult with counsel



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prior to entering into this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the restrictions in this Agreement shall prohibit Holder from participating and engaging in the Business as an investor, employee, consultant, officer and/or director of, and providing services to, Cercacor.
13.    Holder agrees that a violation of this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to Masimo’s reputation, customer relationships, and other aspects of its business for which an award of money damages would be inadequate. Holder therefore agrees that Masimo shall be entitled to injunctive relief as appropriate to prevent Holder from violating this Agreement, in addition to any claims for money damages not to exceed repayment of the Non-Competition Payment pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement.
14.    For purposes of enforcing this Agreement, Holder hereby consents to jurisdiction in the Superior Court of California for the County of Orange, as well as any other jurisdiction allowed by law.
15.    This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the state in which Holder resides, or Delaware if Holder resides outside the United States.
16.    Holder understands that Holder’s obligations under this Agreement remain in effect even after Holder’s employment with Masimo terminates.
17.    This Agreement does not guarantee Holder any term of employment or limit Holder’s or Masimo’s right to terminate Holder’s employment at any time, with or without cause and with or without notice.
18.    If a court finds any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall be interpreted so as best to effect the intent of the parties hereto.
19.    This Agreement is binding on Holder’s successors and assigns, and will benefit the successors and assigns of Masimo.
20.    Except for the applicable provisions of the Employment Agreement, this Agreement represents Holder’s entire agreement with Masimo with respect to the subject matter herein, superseding any previous oral or written understandings or agreements with Masimo or any of its officers, including, without limitation, the Masimo Employee Confidentiality Agreement dated as of March 3, 2010, between Masimo and Holder. This Agreement may be amended or modified only in writing signed by all the parties hereto.
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MASIMO
HOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Mark P. de Raad
Signature:
/s/ Joe Kiani
 
 
Name:
Mark P. de Raad
Name:
Joe Kiani
 
 
Title:
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Date:
November 4, 2015
 
 


















[Signature Page to Equity-Holder Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement]



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EXHIBIT A
LIST OF PRIOR INVENTIONS
AND ORIGINAL WORKS OF AUTHORSHIP*
Title
Date
Identifying Number
or Brief Description
NONE
NONE
NONE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name of Holder:    Joe Kiani
* If there are none, so state.





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EXHIBIT B
CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE SECTION 2870
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS; ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS
“(a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign or offer to assign any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either:
(1)      Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer.
(2)      Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.
(b) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.”




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