Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2018, by and between Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Thomas Beetham
Exhibit 10.33
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 29, 2018, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Thomas W. Beetham (the “Employee”).
WHEREAS, the operations of the Company and its Affiliates (as defined below) are a complex matter requiring direction and leadership in a variety of arenas;
WHEREAS, the Employee is currently serving as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Development and possesses certain experience and expertise that qualify Employee to provide the direction and leadership required by the Company and its Affiliates;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee are party to an Employment Agreement dated as of November 1, 2016 (the “Original Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee wish to amend and restate the Original Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual promises, terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company and Employee hereby agree:
(A) on account of the acquisition of shares of voting capital stock by any institutional investor or any affiliate thereof or any other person, or persons acting as a group, that acquires the Parent’s shares of voting capital shares in a transaction or series of related transactions that are primarily a private financing transaction for the Parent, or
(B) solely because the level of ownership held by any institutional investor or any affiliate thereof or any other person, or persons acting as a group (the “Subject Person”), exceeds the designated percentage threshold of the outstanding voting capital shares as a result of a repurchase or other acquisition of voting capital shares by the Parent reducing the number of shares outstanding, provided that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition voting capital shares by the Parent, and after such share acquisition, the Subject Person becomes the owner of any additional voting capital shares that, assuming the repurchase or other acquisition had not occurred, increases the percentage of the then outstanding voting capital shares owned by such Subject Person over the designated percentage threshold, then a Change in Control shall be deemed to occur.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as a sealed instrument by the Company, by its duly authorized representative, and by the Employee, as of the date first above written.
EMPLOYEEKINIKSA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
/s/ Thomas Beetham By:/Sanj K. Patel
Name:Thomas W. BeethamName:Sanj K. Patel
Title:Chief Executive Officer