Executive Employment Agreement between Kenneth T. Lamneck and Insight Enterprises, Inc.
This agreement is between Kenneth T. Lamneck and Insight Enterprises, Inc., outlining Lamneck's employment as President and CEO starting January 1, 2010. It details his duties, compensation—including salary, bonuses, equity grants, and relocation benefits—and terms of employment. The agreement sets a one-year initial term with automatic renewals unless either party gives notice. It also covers conditions for termination, board membership, and participation in company benefit plans. The contract ensures Lamneck receives certain guaranteed payments and equity, with specific provisions if his employment ends early.
(a) | Base Salary. During the Term, the Company shall pay to Executive an annualized base salary, payable in accordance with the Companys payroll practices in effect from time to time, at the rate of $600,000 per year (the Base Salary). |
(b) | Annual Bonus. For 2010 only, (i) Executives participation rate for Target pursuant to the Companys Cash Incentive Plan (the Incentive Plan) shall be $600,000 and (ii) the Company guarantees that Executives annual bonus pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be at least 70% of Target. |
(c) | Equity Participation. No later than February 28, 2010, subject to Board approval, Executive will receive a grant of Company Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) having aggregate value equal to $1.5 million, based on the Companys closing stock price on the Commencement Date and governed by the terms and conditions of the Companys 2007 Omnibus Plan (the Plan). The RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 7(c) shall vest over a period of three (3) years and, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, (i) 60% of the RSUs will be subject to performance based vesting (the Performance Based RSUs) and (ii) the remaining 40% of the RSUs will vest on a service basis. For 2010 only, the Company guarantees that Executives Performance Based RSUs subject to vesting during 2010 shall vest at a rate of at least 50%. |
(d) | One-Time Make Whole Payment for 2009 Cash Bonus. Upon the Commencement Date, the Company shall pay to Executive a one-time cash payment in the amount of $500,000 to make Executive whole for his lost 2009 bonus opportunity with his previous employer (the Make Whole Bonus Payment). Executive agrees that (i) the Make Whole Bonus Payment will be reduced dollar-for-dollar by any 2009 cash bonus received by Executive from his previous employer; and (ii) Executive will promptly repay the Company for any Make Whole Bonus Payment received in the event that, during 2010, Executive either resigns from his employment without Good Reason or is terminated by the Company for Cause. |
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(e) | One-Time Make Whole Equity Grant. Upon the Commencement Date, Executive will receive a grant of RSUs having aggregate value equal to $1.5 million, based on the Companys closing stock price on the Commencement Date and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. The RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 7(e) will vest on a service basis over a period of three (3) years; provided, however, that in the event Executives employment with the Company is terminated without Cause during the Initial Term, that portion of the RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 7(e) that would have vested by the end of the Initial Term had Executive remained an employee of the Company shall become fully vested and transferable and all applicable deferral and restriction limitations or forfeiture provisions shall lapse. Executive agrees that, to the extent Executive is not required to forfeit all or some of his unvested equity interest in his previous employer, this One-Time Make Whole Equity Grant will be reduced accordingly. |
(f) | Relocation Benefits. Executive will be entitled to relocation benefits in accordance with the Companys relocation policy (the Relocation Policy); provided, however, notwithstanding the Relocation Policy, the Company will provide Executive with temporary housing and reasonable expenses incurred for return trips to Florida prior to his relocation to the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area upon the conclusion of the 2009-2010 academic year as provided in Section 5 herein. Other exceptions to the Relocation Policy will be reviewed by the Compensation Committee of the Board. It is the intent of the Company to provide a relocation program to Executive that is in keeping with common practice for senior-most executives in the Companys industry. |
(g) | Employee Benefits. During the Term, Executive shall be eligible to participate in all health benefits, insurance programs, retirement plans and other employee benefit plans and programs generally available to other executive employees of the Company, including the Companys Deferred Compensation Plan. |
(h) | Business Expenses. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable business expenses incurred in the performance of his duties hereunder and in accordance with the Companys expense reimbursement policies as they exist from time to time or as otherwise approved by the Board. |
(i) | Vacation. Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Companys policies and procedures applicable to other executive employees of the Company, in effect from time to time. |
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(a) | Immediately upon the death of Executive; |
(b) | After ten (10) days written notice by the Company to Executive on account of Executives Disability. Disability shall be deemed to exist if a medical doctor selected by the Company certifies that Executive is unable, despite reasonable accommodation, to perform the essential functions of his current position due to physical or mental illness, injury or other medical condition for a period of not less than six (6) full months in any twelve (12)-month period; |
(c) | After ten (10) days written notice by the Company to Executive stating that Executives employment is being terminated without Cause (as defined below). |
(d) | After ten (10) days written notice by the Executive to the Company stating that Executive is resigning from his employment with the Company for any reason other than Good Reason (as defined herein). |
(e) | Immediately upon written notice by the Company to Executive for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, Cause shall be defined as: |
(i) | Executives indictment or conviction of a felony or the plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony charge; |
(ii) | Executives gross misconduct or gross neglect related to Executives duties; or |
(iii) | Executives commission of any fraud, misappropriation, gross misconduct, embezzlement or similar act in connection with Executives duties under the Agreement. |
(f) | As provided in this Section 8(f), upon written notice by Executive to the Company stating that Executive is resigning from his employment with the Company for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, Good Reason shall be defined as: |
(i) | Material diminution in Executives authority, duties or responsibilities without his consent; or |
(ii) | A reduction in Executives Base Salary without his consent, other than as part of a Company salary reduction program that includes senior executives of the Company; |
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(a) | Cause or Resignation. If Executives employment terminates under Paragraph 8(d) or (e), Executive shall receive (i) payment of any earned but unpaid Base Salary earned up to and including the date of termination, (ii) payment for accrued but unused vacation, and (iii) reimbursement of any unreimbursed business expenses (together, the Accrued Obligations). |
(b) | Death or Disability. If Executives employment terminates under Paragraph 8(a) or (b), Executive, or Executives estate, if applicable, shall receive the Accrued Obligations and any vested benefits Executive, or Executives estate, may be entitled to receive under any Company disability or insurance plan or other applicable employee benefit plan. |
(c) | Without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason. If Executives employment terminates prior to the expiration of the Term under Paragraph 8(c) or (f), Executive shall receive (i) the Accrued Obligations and (ii) severance pay in an amount of $1,800,000, paid out in equal installments over a period of twelve (12) months (the Severance Payment). Subject to Section 16 herein, the Severance Payment will be payable in semimonthly installments on the Companys regular paydays until fully paid out and commencing on the Companys first regular payday at least sixty (60) days following Executives termination of employment; provided that (i) Executive has timely executed (and not revoked) a general release and waiver of all claims in a form acceptable to the Company and substantially similar to Exhibit A hereto (General Release) and (ii) any period of revocation applicable to such General Release has passed; provided further, that the General Release shall be made available to Executive no later than five (5) days following the date of Executives termination of employment under Sections 8(c) or (f) herein. |
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(a) | Proprietary Information. Executive and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that in connection with the performance of Executives duties under this Agreement, Executive shall be provided with or shall otherwise be exposed to or receive certain proprietary information of the Company. Such proprietary information may include, but shall not be limited to, information concerning the Companys customers and products, information concerning certain marketing, selling, and pricing strategies of the Company, and information concerning methods, manufacturing techniques, and processes used by the Company in its operations (all of the foregoing shall be deemed Proprietary Information for purposes of this Agreement). Executive hereby agrees that any and all Proprietary Information shall be and shall forever remain the property of the Company, and that during the Term, and at all times thereafter, Executive shall not in any way disclose or reveal the Proprietary Information other than to the Companys executives, officers and other employees and agents in the normal course of Executives performance of his employment duties hereunder. The term Proprietary Information does not include information which (1) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by Executive contrary to the terms of this Agreement, (2) was available on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure, or (3) becomes available on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Executive, provided that such source is not contractually obligated to keep such information confidential. |
(b) | Trade Secrets. During the Term this Agreement, Executive will have access to and become acquainted with various trade secrets which are owned by the Company or by its affiliates and are regularly used in the operation of their respective businesses and which may give the Company or an affiliate an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use such trade secrets. Executive agrees and acknowledges that Executive will be granted access to these valuable trade secrets only by virtue of the confidential relationship created by Executives employment and fiduciary relationships to the Company. Executive shall not disclose any of the aforesaid trade secrets, directly or indirectly or use them in any way, either during the Term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of employment by Company and for its benefit. |
(c) | Intellectual Property. Executive acknowledges and agrees that all products, services, methods, know-how, procedures, processes, specifications, and anything of a similar nature that relate to the services to be provided by Executive to the Company, whether the same are derived from the use of Proprietary Information or otherwise developed or conceived of by Executive, shall be and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. Executive further agrees that for a period of one (1) year after the termination of this Agreement for any reason, there shall be an irrebuttable presumption that all products, services, methods, know-how, procedures, formulae, processes, specifications, and anything of a similar nature which relate to such services rendered hereunder developed, formulated, created, or conceived of by Executive were derived from the use of Proprietary Information or were otherwise developed, formulated, created, or conceived of by Executive during the Term, and, as such, the same shall be and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. Executive shall promptly disclose to the Company all written and graphic materials, computer software, inventions, discoveries and improvements authored, prepared, conceived or made by, for or at the direction of Executive during his employment hereunder and which are related to the business of the Company, and shall execute all such documents and instruments, including but not limited to any assignments and invention disclosure documents, as the Company may reasonably determine are necessary or desirable in order to give effect to the preceding sentence or to preserve, protect or enforce the Companys rights with respect to any such work and any intellectual property therein. |
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(d) | Ownership of Documents and Return of Company Property. The Company shall own all papers, records, books, drawings, documents, manuals, and anything of a similar nature (collectively, the Documents) prepared by Executive in connection with his employment. The Documents shall be the property of the Company and are not to be used on other projects except upon Companys prior written consent. Upon termination of Executives employment for any reason, Executive shall surrender to Company any and all Documents, Company-owned property and any other property in Executives possession, custody, or control which contains or reflects in any manner any Proprietary Information or information which in any way relates to the Companys business. |
(e) | Company Defined. For purposes of this Section 10, the Company shall be interpreted to include the Company and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries. |
(a) | Covenant Not To Compete. In consideration of the Companys agreements contained herein and the payments to be made by it to Executive pursuant hereto, Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period (as defined below) and so long as Company is not in material default of its obligations to provide payments to Executive hereunder, Executive will not, without prior written consent of Company, engage in a Competing Business within the Restricted Territory (both as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, Executive shall be deemed to be engaged in a Competing Business if, in any capacity, including proprietor, shareholder, partner, officer, director or employee, Executive engages or participates, directly or indirectly, in the operation, ownership or management of the activity of any proprietorship, partnership, company or other business entity which activity is competitive with the then actual business in which the Company and its operating subsidiaries and affiliates are engaged on the date of, or any business contemplated by such entities business plans in effect on the date of notice of, Executives termination of employment. Nothing in this Section 11(a) is intended to limit Executives ability to own equity in a public company constituting less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding equity of such company, when Executive is not actively engaged in the management thereof. If requested by Executive, the Company shall furnish Executive with a good-faith written description of the business or businesses in which the Company is then actively engaged or which is contemplated by Companys current business plan. |
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(b) | Non-Solicitation. Executive recognizes that the Companys clients are valuable and proprietary resources of Company. Accordingly, Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period, Executive will not directly or indirectly, through Executives own efforts or through the efforts of another person or entity, solicit business in the Restricted Territory for or in connection with any Competing Business from any individual or entity which obtained products or services from the Company at any time during Executives employment with the Company. In addition, during the Restricted Period, Executive will not solicit business for or in connection with a Competing Business from any individual or entity which may have been solicited by Executive on behalf of the Company. Further, during the Restricted Period, Executive will not solicit, hire or engage employees of the Company to engage in any Competing Business. |
(c) | Non-Disparagement. Executive agrees that, during the Term and thereafter, he will not, at any time, make, directly or indirectly, any oral or written public statements that are disparaging of the Company, its products or services, and any of its present or former officers, directors or employees. The Company (limited to its officers and directors) agrees that it will not, at any time, make, directly or indirectly, any oral or written public statements that are disparaging of Executive. |
(d) | Restricted Period. For purposes of this Section 11, the Restricted Period shall include the Term and a period of twelve (12) months; or in the event any reviewing court finds this period to be over-broad or unenforceable, for a period of nine (9) months; or in the event any reviewing court finds this period to be over-broad or unenforceable, for a period of six (6) months) following the termination of Executives employment with the Company for any reason. |
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(e) | Restricted Territory. Executive and the Company understand and agree that the Companys business is not geographically restricted and is unrelated to the physical location of the Company facilities or the physical location of any Competing Business, due to extensive use of the Internet, telephones, facsimile transmissions and other means of electronic information and product distribution. Executive and the Company further understand and agree that Executive will, in part, work toward expanding Companys markets and geographic business territories and will be compensated for performing this work on behalf of Company. Accordingly, the parties agree that the Restricted Territory will encompass, each and every location from which Executive could engage in a Competing Business in any country, state, province, county or other political subdivision in which the Company has clients, employees, suppliers, distributors or other business partners or operations as of the date of Executives termination or where the Companys business plan clearly contemplates having operations as of the date of Executives termination. If, but only if, this Restricted Territory is held to be invalid on the ground that it is unreasonably broad, the Restricted Territory shall include each location from which the Executive can conduct business in any of the following locations: each state in the United States in which the Company conducts sales or operations, each province within Canada in which the Company conducts sales or operations, and each political subdivision of the United Kingdom in which Company conducts sales or operations. If, but only if, this Restricted Territory is held to be invalid on the grounds that it is unreasonably broad, then the Restricted Territory shall be any location within a fifty (50) mile radius of any Company office. |
(f) | Remedies; Reasonableness. Executive acknowledges and agrees that a breach by Executive of the provisions of this Section 11 will constitute such damage as will be irreparable and the exact amount of which will be impossible to ascertain and, for that reason, agrees that the Company will be entitled to an injunction to be issued by any court of competent jurisdiction restraining and enjoining Executive from violating the provisions of this Section 11. The right to an injunction shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedy available to the Company for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from Executive. Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees that: (1) the Restrictive Covenants contained in this Section 11 are reasonable as to time and geographical area and do not place any unreasonable burden upon Executive, (2) the general public will not be harmed as a result of enforcement of these Restrictive Covenants, and (3) Executive understands and hereby agrees to each and every term and condition of the Restrictive Covenants set forth in this Agreement. |
(g) | Survival of Covenants. Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees that Executives covenants and agreements in this Section 11 shall survive this Agreement and continue to be binding upon Executive after the expiration or termination of this Agreement, whether by passage of time or otherwise. |
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(a) | General Company Policies. Except where inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, Executive agrees that he will be subject to, and comply with, the employment policies and procedures established by the Company from time to time. |
(b) | Company Stock Ownership Guidelines. Executive agrees that he will be subject to the Companys stock ownership guidelines. |
(c) | Clawback. To the extent required by law or Company policy, the Company may require Executive to repay to the Company any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation paid to Executive. For example, in accordance with Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, if the Company is required to restate its financial statements due to its material noncompliance, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the federal securities laws, Executive may be required to repay any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation he receives from the Company during the twelve-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of the financial document embodying such financial reporting requirement, as well as any profits he realizes from the sale of the Companys securities during this twelve-month period. |
(a) | It is the intention of the Company and Executive that this Agreement not result in unfavorable tax consequences to Executive under Section 409A of the Code (Section 409A). To the extent applicable, it is intended that the Agreement comply with the provisions of Section 409A. The Agreement will be administered and interpreted in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Agreement to fail to satisfy Section 409A will have no force and effect until amended to comply therewith (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A). The Company and Executive agree to work together in good faith in an effort to comply with Section 409A including, if necessary, amending this Agreement based on further guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service from time to time, provided that the Company shall not be required to assume any increased economic burden. |
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(b) | Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the extent required in order to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Section 409A, Executive shall not be considered to have terminated employment with the Company for purposes of the Agreement and no payments shall be due to him under the Agreement which are payable upon his termination of employment until he would be considered to have incurred a separation from service from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A. |
(c) | To the extent required in order to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Section 409A, amounts that would otherwise be payable and benefits that would otherwise be provided pursuant to the Agreement during the six-month period immediately following Executives termination of employment shall instead be paid within thirty (30) days following the first business day after the date that is six months following his termination of employment (or upon his death, if earlier). In addition, for purposes of this Agreement, each amount to be paid or benefit to be provided to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement shall be construed as a separate identified payment for purposes of Section 409A. |
(d) | With respect to expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits, if any, provided under the terms of the Agreement, (i) the amount of such expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided in any taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided in another taxable year, (ii) any reimbursements of such expenses and the provision of any in-kind benefits shall be made no later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the related expenses were incurred, except, in each case, to the extent that the right to reimbursement does not provide for a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A, and (iii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefit shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. |
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Attn: General Counsel
6820 South Harl Avenue
Tempe, Arizona 85283
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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. | KENNETH T. LAMNECK | |||
Its: Chair of the Compensation Committee |
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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. | KENNETH T. LAMNECK | |||
/s/ David J. Robino | /s/ Kenneth T. Lamneck | |||
By: David J. Robino | ||||
Its: Chair of the Compensation Committee |