EX-10.13 7 f01888exv10w13.htm EXHIBIT 10.13 exv10w13
Exhibit 10.13
[LETTERHEAD OF ORACLE CORPORATION]
September 7, 2004
BY COURIER ONLY
Mr. Juergen Rottler
Dear Juergen,
We are pleased to offer you the position of Executive Vice President of Outsourcing with Oracle Corporation. You will report directly to Oracle’s Chief Executive Officer, and will have end-to-end business responsibility for the Oracle On Demand Division. We offer you starting compensation at the monthly rate of $50,000 (equivalent to an annual rate of $600,000).
You will receive a one-time $500,000 sign-on bonus following your start date, which will vest over a two-year period, at the rate of 1/24th for each full month of employment. In the event that you do not remain at Oracle for two years, you will be required to repay the unvested portion of your sign-on bonus (except as provided below). Oracle also agrees to reimburse you in an amount of up to $10,000 for legal services incurred by you in connection with review of your employment terms and related tax advice.
For fiscal year 2005, you will have a discretionary bonus target of 100% of your base salary. Your fiscal year 2005 bonus will be calculated such that, for each percentage of growth in bookings over the prior fiscal year’s installed base, you will be paid an equal percentage of your salary as bonus. A discretionary bonus is typically paid within ten weeks of the close of a fiscal year based upon annual targets set at the start of each fiscal year. Even if you do not meet all annual targets for the payment of the discretionary bonus, you will be paid a cash lump sum bonus of not less than $600,000 (not prorated), provided you are employed on the date of payment. In Oracle’s fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, you will participate in Oracle’s Executive Bonus Plan.
Mr. Juergen Rottler
September 7, 2004
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After you join Oracle, a proposal will be submitted to the Oracle Board of Directors requesting approval to grant you an option to purchase 800,000 shares of common stock. The option will be “non-qualified,” which generally means that you will have taxable income at the time of its exercise. The option exercise price will be the fair market value in effect when the option is granted, as determined by the Board. The option will be issued under a written agreement and will be subject to compliance with all applicable securities regulations. As long as you remain continuously employed by Oracle, you will be eligible to exercise your right to purchase one quarter of the option shares per year, beginning one year after the Board grants your option, subject to the terms of your written option agreement. You should consult your personal tax advisor if you have questions regarding the stock option grant.
If you are involuntarily terminated from Oracle without cause, you will execute a full release of claims and, in exchange, receive: (a) a lump sum cash payment equal to twelve months’ base salary, (b) your pro-rated bonus for the applicable fiscal year, (c) forgiveness of the repayment of the sign-on bonus not yet vested, and (d) twelve months of COBRA coverage, subject to approval by the Compensation Committee of Oracle’s Board of Directors.
To accept this offer, please sign the Employment Agreement (be sure to confirm your intended start date), the Proprietary Information Agreement and all other documents required, which were sent to you under separate cover, and return them to Oracle in the enclosed envelope. Employment and employee benefits can only begin after you have signed these documents and they have been received by our Employee Service Center. If you have any questions regarding these documents, please feel free to call our Employee Service Center at (888) ###-###-####.
If you have any questions regarding the conditions of your offer, please feel free to call me at (714) ###-###-####. This offer remains open until September 17, 2004. We look forward to having you begin work with us.
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/s/ Juergen Rottler | | /s/ Joyce Westerdahl |
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September 11, 2004 | | Joyce Westerdahl |
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Employment Agreement & Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate
Please read this Agreement carefully before you agree to its terms by signing it. You may wish to consult an attorney prior to signing the Agreement. The Agreement sets forth certain important benefits, terms and conditions related to your employment with Oracle. It also sets forth the mutual agreement between you and Oracle to arbitrate any dispute or claim arising out of or related to your Oracle employment and to waive all rights to a trial or hearing before a court or jury.
Proprietary Information
Oracle’s proprietary rights and confidential information are among the company’s most important assets. In addition to signing this Agreement as a condition of employment, you also must sign the Proprietary Information Agreement included in the New Employee Packet.
Oracle Policies
Your adherence to the Oracle Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, set forth in a booklet included in the New Employee Packet, is vital to Oracle and to your success at Oracle. When you sign this Agreement, you are agreeing to thoroughly familiarize yourself with the Oracle Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and you are agreeing to abide by it. You also agree to take Oracle’s Ethics and Business Conduct course, available on-line through Oracle’s intranet. In addition, when you sign this Agreement, you are acknowledging that you have read the letter addressing Oracle’s Safety Program highlights included in the New Employee Packet. The Oracle Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and the Oracle Employee Handbook are on the Oracle intranet and accessible to all employees. You agree, after beginning employment, to access the Employee Handbook and thoroughly familiarize yourself with Oracle policies and to abide by them. Additionally, from time to time, Oracle will communicate important information about its policies by way of electronic mail notification and/or the Oracle intranet. By signing this agreement, you agree to thoroughly review these policy communications and to abide by them.
Employment Eligibility
In order to comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the federal government requires the company to examine documents which prove your legal right to work in the United States. Please see the Verification of Eligibility for Employment information which also is a part of the New Employee Packet.
Benefits
Oracle offers its employees a comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance package through Oracleflex, a flexible benefits program. Oracleflex may require employee contributions. The company also offers benefits including a 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, a Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan and an Educational Reimbursement Plan. The details of these plans are included in the New Employee Packet and/or are available on the Oracle intranet. You understand that you must make your Oracleflex benefits elections within the limited time period set forth in the communication accompanying your personal identification number that you will receive after beginning employment.
By signing this Agreement, you authorize Oracle to deduct from your compensation any and all contributions associated with your elections under Oracleflex, the Oracle 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, the Oracle Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or any other benefit offered by Oracle in which you participate and for which an employee contribution is required.
Your starting compensation, position and other terms and conditions related to your employment are set forth in the offer letter you received. By signing this Agreement, you also are agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth in the offer letter. Oral or written representations contradicting or supplementing the terms of the offer letter are not valid.
At-Will Employment
Employment at Oracle is at-will. The company makes no express or implied commitment that your employment will have a minimum or fixed term, that Oracle may take adverse employment action only for cause or that your employment is terminable only for cause. Either you or Oracle may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason. Additionally, Oracle may take any other employment action at any time for any reason. No one at Oracle may make, unless specifically authorized in writing by Oracle’s Board of Directors, any promise, express or implied, that employment is for any fixed term or that cause is required for the termination of or change in the employment relationship.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Escalation Process
Oracle believes that all employees should be treated fairly and equitably in conformance with its Equal Employment Opportunity policies. We take personnel action without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, age, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Our commitment to these policies applies to every phase of the employment relationship, and we make every effort to comply with these policies. If, however, you feel you have not been treated fairly in some way in your Oracle employment, you agree, before taking any other action, to make a written complaint to a Director of the Human Resources Department and to allow individuals within the Department a reasonable period of time in which to investigate and informally attempt to resolve your issues.
Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate
You and Oracle understand and agree that any existing or future dispute or claim arising out of or related to your Oracle employment, or the termination of that employment, will be resolved by final and binding arbitration and that no other forum for dispute resolution will be available to either party, except as to those claims identified below. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both you and Oracle and it shall be enforceable by any court having proper jurisdiction.
The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, and in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association or the Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures adopted by Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Services (“JAMS”). The arbitrator will have all the powers a judge would have in dealing with any question or dispute that may arise before, during and after the arbitration.
Claims Not Covered
Claims for benefits under the workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and state disability insurance laws are not covered by this Arbitration Agreement. Additionally, claims by you or by Oracle for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions (“temporary equitable relief”) in cases in which such temporary equitable relief would be otherwise authorized by law are not covered by this Arbitration Agreement. In such cases where temporary equitable relief is sought, the trial on the merits of the action will occur in front of, and will be decided by, the arbitrator, who will have the same ability to order legal or equitable remedies as could a court of general jurisdiction.
Costs
Oracle agrees to bear the costs of the arbitrator’s fee and all other costs related to the arbitration, assuming such costs are not expenses that you would be required to bear if you were bringing the action in a court of law. You and Oracle shall each bear your own attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award attorneys’ fees unless a statute at issue in the dispute or other appropriate law authorizes the award of attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys’ fees as permitted by the applicable statute or law.
Consideration
You understand and acknowledge that you are offered employment in consideration of your promise to arbitrate claims. In addition, the promises by Oracle and by you to resolve claims by arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Arbitration Agreement, rather than through the courts, provide consideration for each other.
Knowing and Voluntary Agreement; Complete Agreement
You understand and agree that you have been advised to consult with an attorney of your own choosing before signing this Employment Agreement & Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate, and you have had an opportunity to do so.
| | | YOU FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT & MUTUAL AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATIE CAREFULLY. BY SIGNING IT, YOU ARE EXPRESSLY WAIVING ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL OR HEARING BEFORE A COURT OR JURY OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES AND CLAIMS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION UNDER THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WHICH CLAIMS YOU MAY NOW OR IN THE FUTURE HAVE. |
This Arbitration Agreement contains the complete agreement between Oracle and you regarding the subject of arbitration and alternate dispute resolution, and supersedes any and all prior written, oral, or other types of representations and agreements between Oracle and you, if any.
Severability
If any portion of this Employment Agreement & Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate shall, for any reason, be held invalid or unenforceable, or contrary to public policy or any law, the remainder of the Agreement shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, but shall remain in full force and effect, as if the invalid or unenforceable term or portion thereof had not existed within this Agreement.
Modification
This Employment Agreement & Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate may be modified only in a writing, expressly referencing this Agreement and you by full name, signed by you and Oracle’s Board of Directors.
By signing below you are agreeing that you have read and understood every provision of this Agreement and that, in consideration for your employment at Oracle, you agree to abide by its terms.
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Juergen Rottler
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