MannKind Corporation
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 10, 2007
MannKind Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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000-50865
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13-3607736 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (661) 775-5300
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.
below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
This Current Report
on Form 8-K/A is being filed solely to file certain inadvertently omitted
portions of Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by MannKind
Corporation on October 16, 2007. In accordance with Rule 12b-15 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the complete text of Item 5.02 (which is unchanged) follows.
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Item 5.02. |
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(e) On October 10, 2007, MannKind Corporation (the Company) entered into updated Executive
Severance Agreements and Change of Control Agreements with the following executive officers:
Richard L. Anderson (Change of Control Agreement only), Hakan S. Edstrom, Diane M. Palumbo, David
Thomson, Juergen Martens and Peter Richardson. The following descriptions of the agreements are
qualified in their entirety by reference to the form of Executive Severance Agreement attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and the form of Change of Control Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
Executive Severance Agreement.
The Executive Severance Agreement provides certain benefits in the event that the executive
officers employment is terminated by the Company other than for cause or by the executive officer
for good reason. The benefits include (i) the continuation of base salary for 18 months following
the date of termination, (ii) the payment of an amount equal to the average bonus paid or payable
to the executive officer for the prior three years and a pro rated bonus amount for the current
year if earned, (iii) the provision of health and dental insurance for up to 18 months following
the date of termination, and (iv) the extension of the time to exercise vested stock options for up
to 18 months following the date of termination.
Change of Control Agreement.
The Change of Control Agreement provides for the employment of the executive officer during
the two-year period following a change of control and provides certain benefits in the event that
the executive officers employment is terminated during such period by the Company other than for
cause or by the executive officer for good reason. The Change of Control Agreement provides that
during the two-year period, the executive officer will (i) have a position and duties commensurate
to those of the officer prior to the change of control, (ii) perform his or her services at the
same work site as before the change of control, (iii) receive an annual base salary at least equal
to the executive officers annual base salary as before the change of control, (iv) be eligible for
an annual bonus, and (v) receive other benefits.
In the event of a covered termination during the two-year period following a change of
control, the Change of Control Agreement provides for (i) the continuation of base salary for 18
months following the date of termination, (ii) the payment of an amount equal to 1.5 times the
average bonus paid or payable to the executive officer for the three years prior to the change of
control and a pro rated bonus amount for the current year if earned, (iii) the provision of health
and dental insurance for up to 18 months following the date of termination, (iv) the immediate
vesting of all of the executive officers stock options, and (v) the extension of the time to
exercise vested stock options following the date of termination.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Description |
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99.1
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Form of Executive Severance Agreement and schedule. |
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99.2
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Form of Change of Control Agreement and schedule. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MANNKIND CORPORATION
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/s/ David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D.
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Name: |
David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D. |
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Corporate Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary |
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Dated: October 16, 2007
EXHIBIT LIST
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Description |
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99.1
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Form of Executive Severance Agreement and schedule. |
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99.2
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Form of Change of Control Agreement and schedule. |
Exhibit 99.1
EXHIBIT 99.1
MannKind Corporation
Executive Severance Agreement
This Executive Severance Agreement (this Agreement), dated and effective as of October 10,
2007 (the Effective Date) is between MannKind Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company), and [name] (the Executive).
WHEREAS the board of directors of the Company (the Board) has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders to ensure that the Company will have the continued
dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the fact that the Executive is an at-will employee of
the Company and has no assurance of job security with the Company;
AND WHEREAS the Board believes it is imperative to diminish any distraction of the Executive
arising from the personal uncertainty and insecurity that arises in the absence of any assurance of
job security by providing the Executive with reasonable compensation and benefit arrangements in
the event of termination of the Executives employment by the Company under certain defined
circumstances.
NOW THEREFORE, in order to accomplish these objectives, the Board has caused the Company to enter
into this agreement.
1. TERM
The term of this Agreement (the Term) shall be for a period of two (2) years from the Effective
Date; provided, however, that the Term shall automatically renew for additional one (1) year
renewal periods (which also shall be referred to herein as the Term), unless notice of nonrenewal
is given by either party to the other party at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the
initial Term or any renewal period, at the end of which this Agreement shall terminate without
further action by either the Company or the Executive.
2. EMPLOYMENT
The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as otherwise provided under any other
written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by the
Company or by any affiliated or successor company is at will and may be terminated by either the
Executive or the Company or its affiliated companies at any time with or without Cause (as defined
below), subject to the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 below.
3. ATTENTION AND EFFORT
During any period of time that the Executive remains in the employ of the Company, and excluding
any periods of paid time-off to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive will devote all his
productive time, ability, attention, and effort to the business and affairs of the Company and the
discharge of the responsibilities assigned to him hereunder, and will seek to
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perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. It shall not be a violation of this
Agreement for the Executive to (a) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees,
(b) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions, (c) manage
personal investments, or (d) engage in activities permitted by the policies of the Company or as
specifically permitted by the Company, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere
with the full time performance of the Executives responsibilities in accordance with this
Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent any such activities have been
conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities
(or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) during the Term shall not
thereafter be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executives responsibilities to the
Company.
4. TERMINATION
During the Term, employment of the Executive may be terminated as follows, but, in any case, the
provisions set forth in Section 7 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
termination of the Executives employment with the Company.
4.1 By the Company or the Executive
At any time during the Term, the Company may terminate the employment of the Executive with or
without Cause (as defined below), and the Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason
(as defined below) or for any reason, upon giving Notice of Termination (as defined below).
4.2 Automatic Termination Death or Disability
This Agreement and the Executives employment shall terminate automatically upon the death or
Disability of the Executive. The term Disability as used herein shall mean the Executives
inability to perform the Executives essential duties for a period or periods aggregating twelve
(12) weeks in any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period as a result of physical or mental
illness, injury or impairment, loss of legal capacity or any other cause, subject to the Companys
rights and obligations under applicable law.
4.3 Notice of Termination
Any termination by the Company or by the Executive during the Term shall be communicated by a
Notice of Termination to the other party given in accordance with Section 8 hereof. The term
Notice of Termination shall mean a written notice that (a) indicates the specific termination
provision in this Agreement relied upon, and (b) to the extent applicable, sets forth briefly the
facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executives employment
under the provision so indicated. The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the
Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributed to a showing of Good Reason or
Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude the Executive
or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executives or the
Companys rights hereunder.
4.4 Date of Termination
Date of Termination means (a) if the Executives employment is terminated by reason of death, the
date of death, (b) if the Executives employment is terminated by reason of Disability,
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immediately upon a determination by the Company of the Executives Disability, and (c) in all other
cases, upon the giving of the Notice of Termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the party
giving the notice in the case of clause (c) above will have the right, but not the obligation, to
specify that the Date of Termination shall be a date later than the date of, or upon the expiration
of any period specified in, the Notice of Termination, and in any such event the Executives
employment and performance of services will continue during the specified period unless the other
party (the Company in the event of a termination by the Executive or the Executive in the event of
a termination by the Company) thereafter elects to terminate the employment of the Executive
pursuant to Section 2 hereof and gives notice to the other party that such termination is as of an
earlier date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, upon notice to the Executive and
without reducing the Executives compensation during such period, excuse the Executive from any or
all of his duties during such period prior to the Date of Termination.
5. TERMINATION PAYMENTS
In the event of termination of the Executives employment during the Term, Executive shall be
entitled to compensation and benefits only as specifically provided in this Section 5.
5.1 Termination by the Company Other Than for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason
If during the Term the Company terminates the Executives employment other than for Cause or the
Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason or pursuant to a Window Program, the Executive
shall be entitled to:
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Payment of the following accrued obligations (the Accrued Obligations): |
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the Executives then current annual base salary through the Date of
Termination to the extent not theretofore paid; and |
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any compensation previously deferred by the Executive (together with
accrued interest or earnings thereon, if any) and any accrued paid time-off that
would be payable under the Companys standard policy, in each case to the extent
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if the performance criteria for earning the annual bonus for the full
fiscal year of termination have been fully satisfied as of the Date of Termination
(excluding any requirement that the Executive be employed by the Company at the end
of the fiscal year), the product of (x) the amount of the annual bonus for that
year and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the current
fiscal year through the Date of Termination and the denominator of which is three
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if the performance criteria for earning the annual bonus for the full
fiscal year of termination have not been fully satisfied as of the Date of
Termination and the Board determines that all such criteria could not have been
satisfied if the Executive remained employed for the full fiscal year, no amount
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if neither (i) nor (ii) apply, the product of (x) the Three-Year
Average Annual Bonus and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of
days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination and the denominator
of which is three hundred sixty-five (365). Three-Year Average Annual Bonus
shall mean the average of bonuses paid or payable to the Executive by the Company
for each of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the year of termination
(including the annualized amount of any such bonus paid or payable for any partial
year, but excluding stock options or stock awards, deferred compensation earned
during any of those years and any sign-on or other one-time-only bonus). If the
Executive has not been an executive officer of the Company during the entire
three-year period referred to above or was not offered a bonus during any of those
years, then the Three-Year Average Annual Bonus shall be calculated for such
shorter time that he or she was an executive officer of the Company and had been
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For eighteen (18) months after the Date of Termination or until the Executive qualifies
for comparable medical and dental insurance benefits from another employer, whichever
occurs first, the Company shall pay the Executives premiums for |
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health insurance benefit continuation for the Executive and his family
members, if applicable, that the Company provides to the Executive under the
provisions of the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985,
as amended (COBRA), to the extent that the Company would have paid such premiums
had the Executive remained employed by the Company (such continued payment is
hereinafter referred to as COBRA Continuation); and |
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additional health coverage (such as Exec-U-Care), life, accidental
death and disability and other insurance programs for the Executive and his family
members, if applicable, to the extent such programs existed on the Date of
Termination. |
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Continuation of the Executives annual base salary as of the Date of Termination for a
period of eighteen (18) months after the Date of Termination, subject to payment and
potential reduction as set forth in Section 5.5 hereof. |
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An amount equal to the Three-Year Average Annual Bonus. |
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The specified period of time under any equity grant, agreement or plan in which any
outstanding, vested stock option issued to the Executive is deemed to terminate after the
termination of employment shall be extended until eighteen (18) months after the Date of
Termination, except that nothing herein shall extend any such vested option beyond its
original term or shall affect its termination for any reason other than termination of
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Executives entitlement to any and all compensation and benefits under the foregoing Sections
5.1(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) is expressly conditioned on Executives execution and delivery to the
Company (and the expiration of any revocation period) of a general release and settlement agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a Release) within the time
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forth therein (but in no event later than forty-five (45) days after the Date of Termination),
which shall be material to the Companys obligation to provide any such compensation and benefits.
5.2 Termination for Cause or Other Than for Good Reason
If during the Term the Executives employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or by the
Executive for other than Good Reason, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligation on
the part of the Company to the Executive other than the Accrued Obligations, or otherwise as
required by law.
5.3 Expiration of Term
In the event the Executives employment is not terminated prior to expiration of the Term and
notice of non-renewal is given pursuant to Section 1, this Agreement shall terminate without
further obligation on the part of the Company to the Executive, except to the extent Executive is
entitled to compensation and benefits under Section 5.1 hereof in the event he terminates his
employment for Good Reason or pursuant to a Window Program.
5.4 Termination Because of Death or Disability
Upon the Executives death or Disability, this Agreement shall terminate automatically without
further obligation on the part of the Company to the Executive or his legal representatives under
this Agreement, other than the Accrued Obligations or otherwise as required by law.
5.5 Payment Schedule and Offset for Other Earnings
All payments, or any portion thereof, payable pursuant to Section 5.1, shall be made to the
Executive within ten (10) working days after the Date of Termination except that
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any amount payable to the Executive pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) or
Section 5.1(e) shall be paid to Executive when his or her bonus would have been paid if he
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any payments payable to the Executive pursuant to Section 5.1(b) hereof shall be made
to the Executive in the form of salary continuation payable at normal payroll intervals
during the eighteen (18) month severance period on the dates when the Executive would have
received his or her payments of salary if he were still employed and in the amounts he
would have received, subject to offset during the final six (6) months of such severance
period for other earnings received by the Executive as follows: |
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The Executive shall have an affirmative duty to seek other employment
or otherwise mitigate lost earnings during the final fifteen (15) months of the
eighteen (18) month severance period; |
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The Executive shall disclose to the Company any earnings received (or
that the Executive had the right to receive) from employment or consulting during
the final fifteen (15) months of the eighteen (18) month severance period, and the
source(s) of such earnings; |
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The disclosures of earnings shall be made by Executive within two (2)
weeks of any period of time in which Executive received payment from Company
and also received earnings from another source (or had a right to receive
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The Company, in each payroll period that a severance payment is due,
shall have the right to offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis all such earnings that
the Executive received or had the right to receive during that payroll period. |
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Compensation and benefits payable under the Agreement, to the extent of payments made
from the date of Executives termination through March 15th of the calendar year following
such termination, are intended to constitute separate payments for purposes of Section
1.409A-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations and thus payable pursuant to the short-term
deferral rule set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations; to the
extent such payments are made following said March 15th, they are intended to constitute
separate payments for purposes of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations made
upon an involuntary termination from service and payable pursuant to Section
1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations, to the maximum extent permitted by said
provision, with any excess amount being regarded as subject to the distribution
requirements of Section 409A(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the Code), including, without limitation, the requirement of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of
the Code that payment to Executive be delayed until 6 months after separation from service
if Executive is a specified employee within the meaning of the aforesaid section of the
Code at the time of such separation from service. |
5.6 Cause
For purposes of this Agreement, termination of the Executives employment shall be for Cause if
it is for any of the following:
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A refusal to carry out any material lawful duties of the Executive or any directions or
instructions of the Board or senior management of the Company reasonably consistent with
those duties; |
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Failure to perform satisfactorily any lawful duties of the Executive or any directions
or instructions of the Board or senior management reasonably consistent with those duties;
provided, however, that the Executive has been given notice and has failed to correct any
such failure within ten (10) days thereafter (unless any such correction by its nature
cannot be done in ten (10) days, in which event the Executive will have a reasonable time
to correct failures), and provided further that the Company shall have no obligation to
give notice and the Executive will have no such opportunity to correct more than two times
in any twelve (12) calendar month period; |
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Violation by the Executive of a local, state or federal law involving the commission of
a crime, other than minor traffic violations, or any other criminal act involving moral
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The Executives gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of his or her duty to
the Company involving self-dealing or personal profit; |
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Current abuse by the Executive of alcohol or controlled substances; deception, fraud,
misrepresentation or dishonesty by the Executive; or any incident materially compromising
the Executives reputation or ability to represent the Company with investors, customers or
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Any other material violation of any provision of this Agreement by the Executive not
described in (a) or (b) above, subject to the same notice and opportunity to correct
provisions as are set forth in (b) above; or |
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5.7 Good Reason
For purposes of this Agreement, Good Reason means:
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A material reduction of the Executives annual base salary to a level below the level
in effect on the date of this Agreement, regardless of any change in the Executives duties
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Any material diminution in Executives position, authority, duties or responsibilities
or any other action by the Company that results in a material diminution in such position,
authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated and
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The Companys requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location more than
fifty (50) miles from the location of the Executives assigned worksite prior to the Date
of Termination and the Executives residence at any such time such requirement is imposed;
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Any other material violation of any provision of this Agreement by the Company. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no basis for a termination for Good Reason will be deemed to exist
unless (a) the Executive notifies the Company in writing, within thirty (30) days after the
occurrence of one of the foregoing events, that he or she intends to terminate his or her
employment no earlier than thirty (30) days after providing such notice; (b) the Company does not
cure such condition within thirty (30) days following its receipt of such notice or states
unequivocally in writing that it does not intend to attempt to cure such condition; and (c) the
Executive resigns from employment within twelve (12) months following the end of the period within
which the Company was entitled to remedy the condition constituting Good Reason but failed to do
so.
5.8 Window Program
For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive may terminate his employment pursuant to a Window
Program by terminating during the thirty- (30-) day period following receipt of a notice of
non-renewal given by the Company pursuant to Section 1 hereof.
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5.9 Withholding Taxes
Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable withholding
required under federal, state or local law.
5.10 WARN Act
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.1 through 5.5, in the event the Executive is entitled,
by operation of any act or law, to unemployment compensation benefits or benefits under the Work
Adjustment and Retraining Act of 1988 (known as the WARN Act) or any state law of similar nature
to the WARN Act in connection with the termination of his employment in addition to those required
to be paid to him under this Agreement, then to the extent permitted by applicable law governing
severance payments or notice of termination of employment, the Company shall be entitled to offset
against the amount payable hereunder the amounts of any such mandated payments.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce the Company to enter into this Agreement, the Executive represents and warrants
to the Company that neither the execution nor the performance of this Agreement by the Executive
will violate or conflict in any way with any other agreement by which the Executive may be bound.
7. NONDISCLOSURE; RETURN OF MATERIALS; NONSOLICITATION
7.1 Nondisclosure
Except as required by his employment with the Company, the Executive will not, at any time during
the term of employment with the Company, or at any time thereafter, directly, indirectly or
otherwise, use, communicate, disclose, disseminate, lecture upon or publish articles relating to
any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information of the Company or any third party
provided to the Company in confidence, without the prior written consent of the Company. The
Executive understands that the Company will be relying on this covenant in continuing the
Executives employment, paying him compensation, granting him any promotions or raises, or
entrusting him with any information that helps the Company compete with others.
7.2 Return of Materials
All documents, records, notebooks, notes, memoranda, drawings, computer files or other documents,
in any form or media (whether paper, electronic or otherwise), made, compiled or received by the
Executive at any time while employed by the Company, or otherwise in his possession, including any
and all copies thereof, shall be the property of the Company and shall be held by the Executive in
trust and solely for the benefit of the Company, and shall be delivered to the Company by the
Executive upon termination of employment or at any other time upon request by the Company.
7.3 Nonsolicitation
For a period of two (2) years from the Date of Termination, the Executive shall not, directly or
indirectly, solicit any employees of the Company or its Affiliates to accept employment from any
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other person or entity. Affiliate is defined as any entity controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933.
8. FORM OF NOTICE
Every notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be given in writing by serving the same
upon the party to whom it was addressed personally or by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, at the address set forth below or at such other address as may hereafter be
designated by notice given in compliance with the terms hereof:
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Address on file with Human Resources |
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If to the Company: |
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MannKind Corporation
Attn: President
28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA 91355 |
or such other address as shall be provided in accordance with the terms hereof. If notice is
mailed, such notice shall be effective upon mailing. Notices sent in any other manner specified
above shall be effective upon receipt.
9. ASSIGNMENT
This Agreement is personal to the Executive and shall not be assignable by the Executive.
The Company shall assign to and require any successor (whether by purchase of assets, merger or
consolidation) to all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company to assume
expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this
Agreement, the Company shall mean MannKind Corporation and any affiliated company or successor to
its business and/or assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by
contract, operation of law or otherwise; and as long as such successor assumes and agrees to
perform this Agreement, the termination of the Executives employment by one such entity and the
immediate hiring and continuation of the Executives employment by the succeeding entity shall not
be deemed to constitute a termination or trigger any obligation under Section 5 of this Agreement.
All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and insure to the benefit of
and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
10. WAIVERS
No delay or failure by any party hereto in exercising, protecting or enforcing any of its rights,
titles, interests or remedies hereunder, and no course of dealing or performance with respect
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thereto, shall constitute a waiver thereof. The express waiver by a party hereto of any right,
title, interest or remedy in a particular instance or circumstance shall not constitute a waiver
thereof in any other instance or circumstance. All rights and remedies shall be cumulative and not
exclusive of any other rights or remedies.
11. AMENDMENTS IN WRITING
No amendment, modification, waiver, termination or discharge of any provision of this Agreement, or
consent to any departure therefrom by either party hereto, shall in any event be effective unless
the same shall be in writing, specifically identifying this Agreement and the provision intended to
be amended, modified, waived, terminated or discharged and signed by the President or Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and the Executive, and each such amendment, modification, waiver,
termination or discharge shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given. No provision of this Agreement shall be varied, contradicted or explained
by any oral agreement, course of dealing or performance or any other matter not set forth in an
agreement in writing and signed by the Company and the Executive.
12. APPLICABLE LAW
This Agreement shall in all respects, including all matters of construction, validity and
performance, be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State
of California without regard to any rules governing conflicts of laws.
13. ARBITRATION; ATTORNEYS FEES
Except in connection with enforcing Section 7 hereof, for which legal and equitable remedies may be
sought in a court of law, to ensure the timely and economical resolution of disputes that arise in
connection with this Agreement, the Executive and the Company agree that any and all disputes,
claims and causes of action arising from or relating to the enforcement, breach, performance or
interpretation of this Agreement (collectively, Claims) shall be resolved to the fullest extent
permitted by law by final and binding arbitration. The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted
in accordance with the applicable employment rules of JAMS, The Resolution Experts (JAMS), then
in effect, and conducted by one (1) arbitrator either mutually agreed upon or selected in
accordance with the applicable JAMS rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in Los Angeles
County, California, under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles office of JAMS. All Claims,
pleadings, discovery materials, evidence, proceedings, rulings, awards and other matters regarding
the arbitration shall be kept confidential by the parties to the extent permitted by law. Prior to
filing any Claims with JAMS, and not later than the date(s) such Claims may be asserted under
applicable statutes of limitations, the claimant shall give notice to the other party of the facts
and circumstances of such Claims in sufficient detail to apprise the other party of the substance
and basis of the Claims, and meet and confer in good faith with the other party to resolve the
Claims for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the notice date, unless a shorter or longer
period is agreed in writing between the parties. By agreeing to this arbitration procedure, both
the Executive and the Company waive their rights to resolve any Claims through a trial by jury or
judge or administrative proceeding.
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The arbitrator shall: (a) have the authority to compel adequate discovery for the resolution of
the Claims and to award such relief as would otherwise be permitted by law; (b) have the authority
to interpret and apply the provisions of this Agreement; and (c) issue a written arbitration
decision, to include the arbitrators essential findings and conclusions and a statement of the
award. The arbitrator shall be authorized to award any or all remedies that the Executive or the
Company would be entitled to seek in a court of law. The arbitrator shall have no authority to add
to, subtract from or otherwise modify the terms of this Agreement.
The arbitrators decision shall be final and binding, and each party agrees to be bound by the
arbitrators award, subject only to an appeal therefrom in accordance with the laws of the State of
California. Either party may obtain judgment upon the arbitrators award in the Superior Court of
Los Angeles County, California. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prevent either the
Executive or the Company from obtaining temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in court to
prevent irreparable harm pending the conclusion of any such arbitration.
The Company shall pay all arbitration fees in excess of the amount of court fees that the Executive
would be required to pay if the Claims were filed and adjudicated in a court of law. In any
arbitration proceeding, and in any proceeding in court to compel arbitration hereunder, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover the partys attorneys fees, costs and expenses. The
prevailing party shall be the party that obtained substantially the relief such party requested.
14. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement other than a Release shall be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, for any reason, including, without limitation, the duration of
such provision, its geographical scope or the extent of the activities prohibited or required by
it, then, to the full extent permitted by law: (a) all other provisions hereof shall remain in full
force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the
intent of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible, (b) such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision
hereof, and (c) any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction thereover shall have the power to
reform such provision to the extent necessary for such provision to be enforceable under applicable
law.
15. COORDINATION WITH CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT
The Company and the Executive are contemporaneously with this Agreement entering into a Change of
Control Agreement (the Change of Control Agreement), which agreement provides for certain forms
of severance and benefit payments in the event of termination of Executives employment under
certain defined circumstances. This Agreement is in addition to the Change of Control Agreement,
providing certain assurances to the Executive in circumstances that the Change of Control Agreement
does not cover, and in no way supersedes or nullifies the Change of Control Agreement.
Nevertheless, it is possible that a termination of employment by the Company or by the Executive
may fall within the scope of both agreements. In such event, payments made to the Executive under
Section 5.1 hereof shall be coordinated with payments made to the Executive under Section 8.1 of
the Change of Control Agreement as follows:
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16. EXCESS PARACHUTE PAYMENTS
Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if any portion of the payments or
benefits under this Agreement, taken together with any other agreement or benefit plan of the
Company (including stock options) (Payment) would (i) constitute a parachute payment within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and (ii) but
for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the Excise
Tax), then such Payment shall be equal to the Reduced Amount. The Reduced Amount shall be
either (a) the largest portion of the Payment that would result in no portion of the Payment being
subject to the Excise Tax or (b) the Payment or a portion thereof after payment of the applicable
Excise Tax, whichever amount after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local
employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal
rate), results in Executives receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of the
Payment. If a reduction in payments or benefits constituting parachute payments is necessary so
that the Payment equals the Reduced Amount, reduction shall occur in the order of payments
Executive elects in writing, provided, however, that such election shall be subject to Company
approval if made on or after the date on which the event that triggers the Payment occurs. If no
such election is timely made, then such reductions shall first be made to the bonus payments
referred to in Section 5.1(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv), whichever is applicable, then to the salary
continuation payments referred to in Section 5.1(c) and then to the salary payments under Section
5.1(a)(i). The Companys shall engage an outside accounting or consulting firm which will make all
determinations hereunder and shall provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting
documentation, to the Company and Executive within 15 calendar days after the date on which
Executives right to a Payment is triggered (if requested at that time by the Company or Executive)
or such other time as requested by the Company or Executive. If the accounting or consulting firm
determines that no Excise Tax is payable with respect to a Payment, either before or after the
application of the Reduced Amount, it shall furnish the Company and Executive with an opinion
reasonably acceptable to Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to such Payment.
The Company shall be entitled to rely upon the accounting or consulting firms determinations,
which shall be final and binding on all persons.
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17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
Except as described in Section 15 hereof, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
the Company and the Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof, and all prior or
contemporaneous oral or written communications, understandings, or agreements between the Company
and the Executive with respect to such subject matter are hereby superseded and nullified in their
entireties, except that any and all agreements relating to proprietary information and inventions
between the Executive and the Company shall continue in full force and effect.
18. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which counterpart shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and entered into this Agreement effective on the date
first set forth above.
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EXHIBIT A
GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
The parties to this General Release and Settlement Agreement (Release) between
___________________________ (Executive) and MannKind Corporation (the Company) state that:
In connection with the termination of Executives employment with the Company, the parties desire
to fully and finally resolve any and all differences and disputes without further costs;
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provided in the Executive Severance Agreement between the Executive and the Company dated
[date] (the Agreement), Executive does forever release and discharge the Company and all its
parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities and all their past, present and future directors,
officers, agents, employees, and representatives from all claims, causes of action, damages,
liabilities, and demands of whatever kind and character up to the date he signs below
(Disputes), including, but not limited to, arising out of or in any way related to any of
the circumstances of Executives employment or termination of employment with the Company.
This general release includes, but is not limited to: (a) all claims arising out of or in any
way related to Executives employment with the Company or the termination of that employment;
(b) all claims related to Executives compensation or benefits, including salary, bonuses,
commissions, vacation pay, expense reimbursements, severance pay, fringe benefits, stock,
stock options, or any other equity interests in the Company; (c) all claims for breach of
contract, wrongful termination, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing; (d) all tort claims, including claims for fraud, defamation, emotional distress, and
discharge in violation of public policy; and (e) all federal, state, and local statutory
claims, including claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, attorneys fees, or
other claims arising under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended), the federal
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (as amended), the federal Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (as amended) (the ADEA), the California Labor Code, and the California Fair
Employment and Housing Act (as amended). Executive represents that he has no lawsuits, claims
or actions pending in his name, or on behalf of any other person or entity, against the
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unknown, suspected or unsuspected, past or present, and whether or not they arise out of or
are attributable to the circumstances of Executives employment or termination of employment
with the Company. Specifically, Executive hereby expressly waives any and all rights under
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Section 1542. General Release. A general release does not extend to claims which
the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of
executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected
his or her settlement with the debtor.
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Release, or any part of it, shall constitute or be construed as an admission of any alleged
liability or wrongdoing whatsoever by the Company. The Company expressly denies it has
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If any provision of this Release is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, all of the
other provisions shall remain valid and enforceable notwithstanding, unless the provision
found to be unenforceable is of such material effect that this Release cannot be performed in
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No promise or agreement other than that expressed herein has been made. This Release
constitutes a single integrated contract expressing the entire agreement of the parties
hereto. There are no other agreements, written or oral, express or implied, between the
parties concerning the subject matter hereof, except the provisions set forth in this Release.
This Release supersedes all previous agreements and understandings regarding the subject
matters hereof, whether written or oral, except as expressly provided herein. This Release
can be amended, modified or terminated only by a writing executed by both Executive and the
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days to review this Release before signing it. Executive also understands his waiver and
release do not apply to any rights or claims that arise after the date he signs this Release,
that he may revoke this Release within seven (7) days after he signs it, and that it is not
enforceable or effective until the seven (7) day revocation period has expired. Additionally,
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AFFAIRS, THAT HE HAS CAREFULLY READ THIS GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THAT HE
FULLY UNDERSTANDS ITS FINAL AND BINDING EFFECT, THAT THE ONLY PROMISES MADE TO HIM TO SIGN
THIS RELEASE ARE THOSE STATED AND CONTAINED IN THIS RELEASE, AND THAT HE IS SIGNING THIS
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SCHEDULE TO EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
Executives Entering into New Form of Executive Severance Agreement:
Hakan S. Edstrom
Diane M. Palumbo
David Thomson
Juergen Martens
Peter Richardson
Exhibit 99.2
Exhibit 99.2
MannKind Corporation
Change of Control Agreement
This Change of Control Agreement (this Agreement), dated and effective as of October 10,
2007 (the Effective Date), is between MannKind Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company), and [Name] (the Executive).
WHEREAS the board of directors of the Company (the Board) has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders to ensure that the Company will have the continued
dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change of
Control (as defined in Section 1 hereof) of the Company.
AND WHEREAS the Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction of the
Executive arising from the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened
Change of Control, to encourage the Executives full attention and dedication to the Company
currently and in the event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and to provide the
Executive with reasonable compensation and benefit arrangements upon a Change of Control.
NOW THEREFORE, in order to accomplish these objectives, the Board has caused the Company to enter
into this Agreement.
1. DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings:
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In no event, however, shall any director whose election to office occurs as a result of
an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of
directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents on behalf of
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Person, Acquisition, Beneficial Ownership and Group. The term person
shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the terms
beneficial ownership, acquisition, and group shall have the meanings set forth in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Rules of the Security and Exchange Commission adopted under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 except that shares which a person or group has the
right to acquire shall not be deemed beneficially owned until the right is exercised and
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The term of this Agreement (Term) shall be for a period of two (2) years from the Effective Date;
provided, however, that the Term shall automatically renew for additional one (1) year renewal
periods (which also shall be referred to herein as the Term), unless notice of non-renewal is
given by either party to the other party at least ninety (90) days prior to the initial Term or any
renewal period. If such notice is given, this Agreement shall terminate at the end of the Term or
the then current renewal Term without further action by either the Company or the Executive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change of Control occurs during the Term, the Term shall
automatically extend for the duration of the Change of Control Period and shall automatically
terminate at the end of the Change of Control Period.
3. EMPLOYMENT
3.1 Change of Control Period
During the Change of Control Period, the Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its
employ or in the employ of its affiliated companies, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in
the employ of the Company or its affiliated companies, in accordance with the terms and provisions
of this Agreement; provided, however, that either the Company or the Executive may terminate the
employment relationship during the Change of Control Period subject to the terms of this Agreement.
3.2 Position and Duties
During the Change of Control Period, the Executives position, authority, duties and
responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant
of those held immediately preceding the Change of Control Date.
3.3 Location
During the Change of Control Period, the Executives services shall be performed at the location of
the Executives assigned worksite as of the Change of Control Date.
3.4 Employment at Will
The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as otherwise provided under any other
written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by the
Company or its affiliated companies is at will and may be terminated by either the Executive or
the Company or its affiliated companies at any time with or without
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Cause (as defined below). Moreover, if prior to the Change of Control Date, the Executives
employment with the Company or its affiliated companies terminates for any reason, then the
Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company
may not avoid liability for any termination payments that would have been required during the
Change of Control Period pursuant to Section 8 hereof by terminating the Executive prior to the
Change of Control Period where such termination is carried out in anticipation of a Change of
Control and the principal motivating purpose is to avoid liability for such termination payments.
4. ATTENTION AND EFFORT
During the Change of Control Period, and excluding any periods of paid time-off to which the
Executive is entitled, the Executive will devote all of his productive time, ability, attention and
effort to the business and affairs of the Company and the discharge of the responsibilities
assigned to him hereunder, and will use his reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and
efficiently such responsibilities. It shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive
to (a) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (b) deliver lectures, fulfill
speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions, (c) manage personal investments, or (d)
engage in activities permitted by the policies of the Company or as specifically permitted by the
Company, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the full time performance
of the Executives responsibilities in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood
and agreed that to the extent any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the
Change of Control Period, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities
similar in nature and scope thereto) during the Change of Control Period shall not thereafter be
deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executives responsibilities to the Company.
5. COMPENSATION
As long as the Executive remains employed by the Company during the Change of Control Period, the
Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the Executive, and the Executive agrees to accept in
exchange for the services rendered hereunder by him, the following compensation:
5.1 Salary
The Executive shall receive an annual base salary (the Annual Base Salary), at least equal to the
annual salary established by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board (the
Compensation Committee) or the Chief Executive Officer for the fiscal year in which the Change of
Control Date occurs. The Annual Base Salary shall be paid in substantially equal installments and
at the same intervals as the salaries of other executives of the Company are paid. The Board or the
Compensation Committee or the Chief Executive Officer shall review the Annual Base Salary at least
annually and shall determine in good faith and consistent with any generally applicable Company
policy any increases for future years.
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5.2 Bonus
In addition to the Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be offered the opportunity to earn, for
each fiscal year ending during the Change of Control Period, an annual bonus (the Annual Bonus)
payable, if the performance criteria for the bonus are satisfied, in cash in an amount at least
equal to the Three-Year Average Annual Bonus. The performance criteria shall be set so that, in
the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof, the
Executive has approximately the same probability of earning at least the same amount as the Annual
Bonus as his Three-Year Average Annual Bonus. Three-Year Average Annual Bonus shall mean the
average of bonuses paid or payable to the Executive by the Company for each of the three fiscal
years immediately preceding the year in which the Change of Control occurs (including the
annualized amount of any such bonus paid or payable for any partial year, but excluding stock
options or stock awards, deferred compensation earned during any of those years and any sign-on or
other one-time-only bonus). If the Executive has not been an executive officer of the Company
during the entire three year period referred to above or was not paid a bonus during any of those
years, then the Three-Year Average Annual Bonus shall be calculated for such shorter time that he
was an executive officer of the Company and had been offered a bonus. If the Executive had been
offered an opportunity to earn a bonus for the year in which the Change of Control occurs and not
in anticipation of the Change of Control, the Three-Year Average Annual Bonus shall exceed the
maximum he could have earned under that bonus arrangement if all performance criteria were
satisfied. Each Annual Bonus, if earned, shall be paid no later than ninety (90) days after the
end of the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded, unless the Executive and the Company
agree to defer the receipt of the Annual Bonus.
6. BENEFITS
6.1 Incentive, Retirement and Welfare Benefit Plans; Vacation
During the Change of Control Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate, subject to and
in accordance with applicable eligibility requirements, in such fringe benefit programs as shall be
generally made available to other comparable executives of the Company and its affiliated companies
from time to time during the Change of Control Period by action of the Board (or any person or
committee appointed by the Board to determine fringe benefit programs and other emoluments),
including, without limitation, paid vacations; any stock purchase, savings or retirement plan,
practice, policy or program; and all welfare benefit plans, practices, policies or programs
(including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance,
executive life, group life accidental death and travel accident insurance plans or programs) to the
extent such fringe benefits are made available to other comparable executives of the Company.
6.2 Expenses
During the Change of Control Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt
reimbursement for all reasonable employment expenses incurred by him in accordance with the
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policies, practice and procedures of the Company and its affiliated companies in effect for the
executives of the Company and its affiliated companies during the Change of Control Period.
7. TERMINATION
During the Change of Control Period, employment of the Executive may be terminated as follows, but,
in any case, the nondisclosure provisions set forth in Section 10 hereof shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the termination of the Executives employment with the Company:
7.1 By the Company or the Executive
At any time during the Change of Control Period, the Company may terminate the employment of the
Executive with or without Cause (as defined below), and the Executive may terminate his employment
for Good Reason (as defined below) or for any reason, upon giving the Notice of Termination (as
defined below).
7.2 Automatic Termination Death or Disability
This Agreement and the Executives employment during the Change of Control Period shall terminate
automatically upon the death or Disability of the Executive. The term Disability as used herein
shall mean the Executives inability to perform the duties set forth in Section 3.2 hereof for a
period or periods aggregating twelve (12) weeks in any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period as
result of physical or mental illness, injury or impairment, loss of legal capacity or any other
cause, subject to the Companys rights and obligations under applicable law. The Executive and the
Company hereby acknowledge that the duties specified in Section 3.2 hereof are essential to the
Executives position and that the Executives ability to perform those duties is the essence of
this Agreement.
7.3 Notice of Termination
Any termination by the Company or by the Executive during the Change of Control Period shall be
communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party given in accordance with Section 11
hereof. The term Notice of Termination shall mean a written notice that (a) indicates the
specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and (b) to the extent applicable, sets
forth briefly the facts and circumstances claimed to provide the basis for termination of the
Executives employment under the provision so indicated. The failure by the Executive or the
Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a
showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company hereunder
to preclude the Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in connection
with any enforcement of the Executives or the Companys rights hereunder.
7.4 Date of Termination
During the Change of Control Period, Date of Termination means (a) if the Executives employment
is terminated by reason of death, the date of death, (b) if the Executives employment is
terminated by reason of Disability, immediately upon a determination by the Company of the
Executives Disability, and (c) in all other cases, upon the giving of the Notice of Termination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the party giving the notice in the case of clause
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(c) above will have the right, but not the obligation, to specify that the Date of Termination
shall be a date later than the date of, or upon the expiration of any period specified in the
Notice of Termination and, in any such event, the Executives employment and performance of
services will continue during such specified period unless the other party (the Company in the
event of a termination by the Executive or the Executive in the case of a termination by the
Company) elects thereafter to terminate the employment of the Executive pursuant to Section 3.4
hereof and gives notice to the other party that such termination is effective as of an earlier
date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, upon notice to the Executive and without
reducing the Executives compensation during such period, excuse the Executive from any or all of
his duties during such period prior to the Date of Termination.
8. TERMINATION PAYMENTS
In the event of termination of the Executives employment during the Change of Control Period,
Executive shall be entitled to compensation and benefits only as specifically provided in this
Section 8.
8.1 Termination by the Company Other Than for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason
If during the Change of Control Period the Company terminates the Executives employment other than
for Cause or the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason or pursuant to a Window
Program, the Executive shall be entitled to:
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fiscal year of termination have been fully satisfied as of the Date of Termination
(excluding any requirement that the Executive be employed by the Company at the end
of the fiscal year), the product of (x) the amount of the annual bonus for that
year and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the current
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Executive remained employed for the full fiscal year, no amount for the annual
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if neither (i) nor (ii) apply, the product of (x) the Three-Year
Average Annual Bonus and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of
days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination and the denominator
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For eighteen (18) months after the Date of Termination or until the Executive qualifies
for comparable medical and dental insurance benefits from another employer, whichever
occurs first, the Company shall pay the Executives premiums for |
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health insurance benefit continuation for the Executive and his family
members, if applicable, that the Company provides to the Executive under the
provisions of the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985,
as amended (COBRA), to the extent that the Company would have paid such premiums
had the Executive remained employed by the Company (such continued payment is
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additional health coverage (such as Exec-U-Care), life, accidental
death and disability and other insurance programs for the Executive and his family
members, if applicable, to the extent such programs existed on the Change of
Control. |
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Continuation of the payment of the Annual Base Salary for the fiscal year in which the
Date of Termination occurs for a period of eighteen (18) months after the Date of
Termination. |
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Immediate vesting of all outstanding stock options previously granted to the Executive
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The provision in any agreement evidencing any outstanding stock option causing the
option to terminate upon the expiration of three (3) months (or any other period relating
to termination of employment) after termination of employment shall be of no force or
effect, except that nothing herein shall extend any such option beyond its original maximum
contractual term or shall affect its termination for any reason other than termination of
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Executives entitlement to any and all compensation and benefits under the foregoing
Sections 8.1(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) is expressly conditioned on Executives execution
and delivery to the Company (and the expiration of any revocation period) of a general
release and settlement agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a
Release) within the time period set forth therein (but in no event later than forty-five
(45) days after the Date of Termination), which shall be material to the Companys
obligation to provide any such compensation and benefits. |
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8.2 Termination for Cause or Other Than for Good Reason
If during the Change of Control Period the Executives employment is terminated by the Company for
Cause or by the Executive for other than Good Reason, this Agreement shall terminate without
further obligation on the part of the Company to the Executive, other than the Accrued Obligations,
or otherwise as required by law.
8.3 Expiration of Term
In the event the Executives employment is not terminated prior to expiration of the Term and
notice of nonrenewal is given pursuant to Section 2, this Agreement shall terminate without further
obligation on the part of the Company to the Executive, except to the extent Executive is entitled
to compensation and benefits under Section 8.1 hereof in the event he terminates his employment for
Good Reason or pursuant to a Window Program.
8.4 Termination Because of Death or Disability
Upon the Executives death or Disability, this Agreement shall terminate automatically without
further obligation on the part of the Company to the Executive or his legal representatives under
this Agreement other than the Accrued Obligations or otherwise as required by law.
8.5 Payment Schedule
All payments of Accrued Obligations, or any portion thereof payable pursuant to this Section 8,
shall be made to the Executive within ten (10) working days after the Date of Termination except
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any payments payable to the Executive pursuant to Section 8.1(d) hereof shall be made
to the Executive in the form of salary continuation payable at normal payroll intervals
during the eighteen (18) month severance period on the dates when the Executive would have
received his payments of salary if he was still employed and in the amounts he would have
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8.6 Application of Code Section 409A
Compensation and benefits payable under the Agreement, to the extent of payments made from the date
of Executives termination through March 15th of the calendar year following such termination, are
intended to constitute separate payments for purposes of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2) of the Treasury
Regulations and thus payable pursuant to the short-term deferral rule set forth in Section
1.409A-1(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations; to the extent such payments are made following said
March 15th, they are intended to constitute separate payments for purposes of Section
1.409A-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations made upon an involuntary termination from service and
payable pursuant to Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations, to the maximum extent
permitted by said provision, with any excess amount being regarded as subject to the distribution
requirements of Section 409A(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code), including, without limitation, the requirement of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code
that payment to Executive be delayed until 6 months after
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separation from service if Executive is a specified employee within the meaning of the aforesaid
section of the Code at the time of such separation from service.
8.7 Cause
For purposes of this Agreement, termination of Executives employment shall be for Cause if it is
for any of the following:
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Failure to perform satisfactorily any lawful duties of the Executive that are
consistent with those duties hereof or any directions or instructions of the Board or
senior management that are consistent with those duties, provided, however, that the
Executive has been given notice and has failed to correct any such failure within ten (10)
days thereafter (unless any such correction by its nature cannot be done in ten (10) days,
in which event the Executive will have a reasonable time to correct the failure) and
provided further that the Company shall have no such obligation to give notice and the
Executive shall have no such opportunity to correct failures more than two times in any
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a crime, other than minor traffic violations, or any other criminal act involving moral
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Current abuse by the Executive of alcohol or controlled substances; deception, fraud,
misrepresentation or dishonesty by the Executive; or any incident materially compromising
the Executives reputation or ability to represent the Company with investors, customers or
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described in (a) or (b) above, subject to the same notice and opportunity-to-correct
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8.8 Good Reason
For purposes of this Agreement, Good Reason means:
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as contemplated by Section 3.2 hereof or any other action by the Company that results in a
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The Companys requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location that is
more than fifty (50) miles from the location of the Executives assigned worksite
immediately prior to the Change of Control Date and Executives residence at the time any
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including, but not limited to any failure by the Company to comply with any of the
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no basis for a termination for Good Reason will be deemed to exist
unless (a) the Executive notifies the Company in writing, within thirty (30) days after the
occurrence of one of the foregoing events, that he or she intends to terminate his or her
employment no earlier than thirty (30) days after providing such notice; (b) the Company does not
cure such condition within thirty (30) days following its receipt of such notice or states
unequivocally in writing that it does not intend to attempt to cure such condition; and (c) the
Executive resigns from employment within twelve (12) months following the end of the period within
which the Company was entitled to remedy the condition constituting Good Reason but failed to do
so.
8.9 Window Program
For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive may terminate his employment pursuant to a Window
Program by terminating during the thirty- (30-) day period following receipt of a notice of
non-renewal given by the Company pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
8.10 Withholding Taxes
Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable withholding
required under federal, state or local law.
8.11 WARN ACT
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 8.1 through 8.5, in the event the Executive is entitled,
by operation of any act or law, to unemployment compensation benefits or benefits under the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Act of 1988 (known as the WARN Act or any state law of similar nature
to the WARN Act in connection with the termination of his employment in addition to those required
to be paid to him under this Agreement, then to the extent permitted by applicable law governing
severance payments or notice of termination of employment, the Company shall be entitled to offset
against the amounts payable hereunder the amounts of any such mandated payments.
8.12 Termination Before Change of Control
In the case of termination of employment prior to the Change of Control Date as contemplated by
Section 3.4, the Date of Termination shall be deemed to be the Change of Control Date, except that,
if any of the benefits referred to in Section 8.1 have been paid or provided for all or any portion
of the period between the Date of Termination and the Change of Control Date, the amount of
benefits which would otherwise be paid or provided shall be reduced by the amount of the benefits
paid or provided for the period prior to the Change of Control Date.
9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce the Company to enter into this Agreement, the Executive represents and warrants
to the Company that neither the execution nor the performance of this Agreement by the Executive
will violate or conflict in any way with any other agreement by which the Executive may be bound.
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10. NONDISCLOSURE; RETURN OF MATERIALS; NONSOLICITATION
10.1 Nondisclosure
Except as required by his employment with the Company, the Executive will not, at any time during
the term of employment by the Company, or at any time thereafter, directly, indirectly or
otherwise, use, communicate, disclose, disseminate, lecture upon or publish articles relating to
any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information of the Company or any third party
provided to the Company in confidence without the prior written consent of the Company. The
Executive understands that the Company will be relying on this Agreement in continuing the
Executives employment, paying him compensation, granting him any promotions or raises, or
entrusting him with any information that helps the Company compete with others.
10.2 Return of Materials
All documents, records, notebooks, notes, memoranda, drawings, computer files or other documents,
in any form or media (whether paper, electronic or otherwise), made, compiled or received by the
Executive at any time, or otherwise in his possession, including any and all copies thereof, shall
be the property of the Company and shall be held by the Executive in trust and solely for the
benefit of the Company, and shall be delivered to the Company by the Executive upon termination of
employment or at any other time upon request by the Company.
10.3 Nonsolicitation
During the period that Executive is receiving payments described in Section 8.1(d), he will not
actively solicit any employees of the Company or its Affiliates to accept employment from any other
person or entity. Affiliate is defined as any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with, the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Security and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933.
11. FORM OF NOTICE
Every notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be given in writing by serving the same
upon the party to whom it was addressed personally or by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, at the address set forth below or at such other address as may hereafter lie
designated by notice given in compliance with the terms hereof:
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or such other address as shall be provided in accordance with the terms hereof. If notice is
mailed, such notice shall be effective upon mailing. Notices sent in any other manner specified
above shall be effective upon receipt.
12. ASSIGNMENT
This Agreement is personal to the Executive and shall not be assignable by the Executive.
The Company shall assign to and require any successor (whether by purchase of assets, merger or
consolidation) to all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company to assume
expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this
Agreement, Company shall mean MannKind Corporation and any successor to its business and/or
assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or
otherwise. All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
13. WAIVERS
No delay or failure by any party hereto in exercising, protecting or enforcing any of its rights,
titles, interests or remedies hereunder, and no course of dealing or performance with respect
thereto, shall constitute a waiver thereof. The express waiver by a party hereto of any right,
title, interest or remedy in a particular instance or circumstance shall not constitute a waiver
thereof in any other instance or circumstance. All rights and remedies shall be cumulative and not
exclusive of any other rights or remedies.
14. AMENDMENTS IN WRITING
No amendment, modification, waiver, termination or discharge of any provision of this Agreement, or
consent to any departure therefrom by either party hereto, shall in any event be effective unless
the same shall be in writing, specifically identifying this Agreement and the provision intended to
be amended, modified, waived, terminated or discharged and signed by the President or Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and the Executive, and each such amendment, modification, waiver,
termination or discharge shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given. No provision of this Agreement shall be varied, contradicted or explained
by any oral agreement, course of dealing or performance or any other matter not set forth in an
agreement in writing and signed by the Company and the Executive.
15. APPLICABLE LAW
This Agreement shall in all respects, including all matters of construction, validity and
performance, be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State
of California, without regard to any rules governing conflicts of laws.
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16. ARBITRATION; ATTORNEYS FEES
Except in connection with enforcing Section 10 hereof, for which legal and equitable remedies may
be sought in a court of law, to ensure the timely and economical resolution of disputes that arise
in connection with this Agreement, the Executive and the Company agree that any and all disputes,
claims and causes of action arising from or relating to the enforcement, breach, performance or
interpretation of this Agreement (collectively, Claims) shall be resolved to the fullest extent
permitted by law by final and binding arbitration. The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted
in accordance with the applicable employment rules of JAMS, The Resolution Experts (JAMS), then
in effect, and conducted by one (1) arbitrator either mutually agreed upon or selected in
accordance with the applicable JAMS rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in Los Angeles
County, California, under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles office of JAMS. All Claims,
pleadings, discovery materials, evidence, proceedings, rulings, awards and other matters regarding
the arbitration shall be kept confidential by the parties to the extent permitted by law. Prior to
filing any Claims with JAMS, and not later than the date(s) such Claims may be asserted under
applicable statutes of limitations, the claimant shall give notice to the other party of the facts
and circumstances of such Claims in sufficient detail to apprise the other party of the substance
and basis of the Claims, and meet and confer in good faith with the other party to resolve the
Claims for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the notice date, unless a shorter or longer
period is agreed in writing between the parties. By agreeing to this arbitration procedure, both
the Executive and the Company waive their rights to resolve any Claims through a trial by jury or
judge or administrative proceeding.
The arbitrator shall: (a) have the authority to compel adequate discovery for the resolution of
the Claims and to award such relief as would otherwise be permitted by law; (b) have the authority
to interpret and apply the provisions of this Agreement; and (c) issue a written arbitration
decision, to include the arbitrators essential findings and conclusions and a statement of the
award. The arbitrator shall be authorized to award any or all remedies that the Executive or the
Company would be entitled to seek in a court of law. The arbitrator shall have no authority to add
to, subtract from or otherwise modify the terms of this Agreement.
The arbitrators decision shall be final and binding, and each party agrees to be bound by the
arbitrators award, subject only to an appeal therefrom in accordance with the laws of the State of
California. Either party may obtain judgment upon the arbitrators award in the Superior Court of
Los Angeles County, California. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prevent either the
Executive or the Company from obtaining temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in court to
prevent irreparable harm pending the conclusion of any such arbitration.
The Company shall pay all arbitration fees in excess of the amount of court fees that the Executive
would be required to pay if the Claims were filed and adjudicated in a court of law. In any
arbitration proceeding, and in any proceeding in court to compel arbitration hereunder, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover the partys attorneys fees, costs and expenses. The
prevailing party shall be the party that obtained substantially the relief such party requested.
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17. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement other than a Release shall be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, for any reason, including, without limitation, the duration of
such provision, its geographical scope or the extent of the activities prohibited or required by
it, then, to the full extent permitted by law, (a) all other provisions hereof shall remain in full
force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the
intent of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible, (b) such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision
hereof, and (c) any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction thereover shall have the power to
reform such provision to the extent necessary for such provision to be enforceable under applicable
law.
18. COORDINATION WITH SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
The agreement regarding the Executives employment with the Company that the parties are entering
into contemporaneously with this Agreement provides for certain forms of severance and benefit
payments in the event of termination of the Executives employment under certain conditions (the
Severance Agreement). This Agreement is in addition to the Severance Agreement and in no way
supersedes or nullifies that agreement. Nevertheless, it is possible for termination of employment
to fall within the scope of both agreements. In such event, payments made to the Executive under
Section 8.1 hereof shall be coordinated with payments made to the Executive under the Severance
Agreement as follows:
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which case the Accrued Obligations under this Agreement need not be paid; |
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COBRA Contribution under this Agreement need not be provided to the extent COBRA
continuation is provided under the Severance Agreement; and |
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the severance payments required under Sections 8.1(c) and 8.1(d) hereof shall be paid
first, in which case any severance payments required under Sections 5.1(c) and 5.1(d) of
the Severance Agreement need not be provided. |
19. EXCESS PARACHUTE LIMITATION
Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if any portion of the payments or
benefits under this Agreement, taken together with any other agreement or benefit plan of the
Company (including stock options) (Payment) would (i) constitute a parachute payment within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and (ii) but
for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the Excise
Tax), then such Payment shall be equal to the Reduced Amount. The Reduced Amount shall be
either (a) the largest portion of the Payment that would result in no portion of the Payment being
subject to the Excise Tax or (b) the Payment or a portion thereof after payment of the applicable
Excise Tax, whichever amount after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local
employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal
rate), results in Executives receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of the
Payment. If a reduction in payments or benefits constituting
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parachute payments is necessary so that the Payment equals the Reduced Amount, reduction shall
occur in the order of payments Executive elects in writing, provided, however, that such election
shall be subject to Company approval if made on or after the date on which the event that triggers
the Payment occurs. If no such election is timely made, then such reductions shall first be made
to the bonus payments referred to in Section 8.1(b)(i), (ii) or (iii), whichever is applicable,
then to the salary continuation payments referred to in Section 5.1(d) and then to the salary
payments under Section 8.1(a). The Companys shall engage an outside accounting or consulting firm
which will make all determinations hereunder and shall provide its calculations, together with
detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and Executive within 15 calendar days after the
date on which Executives right to a Payment is triggered (if requested at that time by the Company
or Executive) or such other time as requested by the Company or Executive. If the accounting or
consulting firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable with respect to a Payment, either before
or after the application of the Reduced Amount, it shall furnish the Company and Executive with an
opinion reasonably acceptable to Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to such
Payment. The Company shall be entitled to rely upon the accounting or consulting firms
determinations, which shall be final and binding on all persons.
20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
Except as described in Section 18 hereof, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
the Company and the Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof, and all prior or
contemporaneous oral or written communications, understandings or agreements between the Company
and the Executive with respect to such subject matter are hereby superseded and nullified in their
entireties, except that the agreement relating to proprietary information and inventions between
the Company and the Executive shall continue in full force and effect.
21. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which counterpart shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and entered into this Agreement effective on the date
first set forth above.
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APPENDIX A
For purposes of this Agreement, a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred, if any
one of the following events occurs:
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the acquisition by any person or group of beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, or, if there are then outstanding any
other voting securities of the Company, such acquisition of more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, except for any of the following acquisitions of
beneficial ownership of Common Stock or other voting securities of the Company: |
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by the Company or any Employee benefit plan (or related trust)
sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company; |
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by any person or entity during Mr. Manns lifetime if the shares
acquired were beneficially owned by Mr. Mann immediately prior to their acquisition
and the acquisition is a transfer to a trust, partnership, corporation or other
entity in which Mr. Mann owns a majority of the beneficial interests; |
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the Company sells all or substantially all of its assets (or consummates any
transaction having a similar effect) or the Company merges or consolidates with another
entity or completes a reorganization unless the holders of the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior to the transaction own immediately after the
transaction in approximately the same proportions 50% or more of the combined voting power
of the voting securities of the entity purchasing the assets or surviving the merger or
consolidation or the voting securities of its parent company, or, in the case of a
reorganization, 50% or more of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the
Company; |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any purchase or redemption of outstanding shares of
Common Stock or other voting securities by the Company resulting in an increase in the
percentage of outstanding shares or other voting securities beneficially owned by any
person or group shall be deemed to constitute a reorganization; however, no increase in
the percentage of outstanding shares or other voting securities beneficially owned by
Alfred E. Mann or any person or entities referred to in (a)(i) or (iii) above resulting
from any redemption of shares or other voting securities by the Company shall result in
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the Board (if the Company continues to own its business) or the board of directors or
comparable governing body of any successor owner of its business (as a result of a
transaction which is not itself a Change of Control) consists of a majority of directors or
members who are not Incumbent Directors. |
For purposes of this Agreement, (A) voting securities means securities whose holders are entitled
to vote in the election of all or a majority of the authorized number of directors at the
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time the determination of voting securities status is being made and (B) 50% or more of the
combined voting power shall refer to the voting power to elect a majority of the authorized number
of directors determined at that time. Voting securities shall not include preferred stock or
other securities whose holders are entitled to vote in the election of all or a majority of the
authorized number of directors upon the occurrence of some event or circumstance which has not
occurred and such rights to vote are not in effect at the time of the determination of voting
securities status. Preferred stock and other securities whose holders are then entitled to vote
for less than a majority of the authorized number of directors, shall not be considered voting
securities.
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EXHIBIT A
GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
The parties to this General Release and Settlement Agreement (Release) between
(Executive) and MannKind Corporation (the Company) state that:
In connection with the termination of Executives employment with the Company, the parties desire
to fully and finally resolve any and all differences and disputes without further costs;
THEREFORE, the parties agree:
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In consideration of the compensation and benefits the Company will provide to Executive as
provided in the Change of Control between the Executive and the Company dated [date] (the
Agreement), Executive does forever release and discharge the Company and all its parent,
subsidiary and affiliated entities and all their past, present and future directors, officers,
agents, employees, and representatives from all claims, causes of action, damages,
liabilities, and demands of whatever kind and character up to the date he signs below
(Disputes), including, but not limited to, arising out of or in any way related to any of
the circumstances of Executives employment or termination of employment with the Company.
This general release includes, but is not limited to: (a) all claims arising out of or in any
way related to Executives employment with the Company or the termination of that employment;
(b) all claims related to Executives compensation or benefits, including salary, bonuses,
commissions, vacation pay, expense reimbursements, severance pay, fringe benefits, stock,
stock options, or any other equity interests in the Company; (c) all claims for breach of
contract, wrongful termination, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing; (d) all tort claims, including claims for fraud, defamation, emotional distress, and
discharge in violation of public policy; and (e) all federal, state, and local statutory
claims, including claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, attorneys fees, or
other claims arising under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended), the federal
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (as amended), the federal Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (as amended) (the ADEA), the California Labor Code, and the California Fair
Employment and Housing Act (as amended). Executive represents that he has no lawsuits, claims
or actions pending in his name, or on behalf of any other person or entity, against the
Company or any other person or entity subject to the release granted in this paragraph. |
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This Release extends to all disputes by Executive against the Company whether known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, past or present, and whether or not they arise out of or
are attributable to the circumstances of Executives employment or termination of employment
with the Company. Specifically, Executive hereby expressly waives any and all rights under
Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which reads in full as follows: |
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Section 1542. General Release. A general release does not extend to claims which
the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of
executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected
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Executive further understands and agrees that neither the payment nor the execution of this
Release, or any part of it, shall constitute or be construed as an admission of any alleged
liability or wrongdoing whatsoever by the Company. The Company expressly denies it has
committed any alleged liability or wrongdoing. |
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Executive represents that he has complied fully with the provisions of Section 7.2 of the
Agreement, and further agrees to continue to abide by his confidentiality of information and
inventions agreement(s) with the Company. |
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Executive agrees not to seek reemployment with the Company or any of its affiliates. |
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This Release shall be governed by the substantive law of the State of California. In the
event of any dispute concerning the interpretation, breach or enforcement of this Release,
such dispute(s) shall be resolved pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 of the Agreement. |
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If any provision of this Release is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, all of the
other provisions shall remain valid and enforceable notwithstanding, unless the provision
found to be unenforceable is of such material effect that this Release cannot be performed in
accordance with the intent of the parties in the absence thereof. |
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No promise or agreement other than that expressed herein has been made. This Release
constitutes a single integrated contract expressing the entire agreement of the parties
hereto. There are no other agreements, written or oral, express or implied, between the
parties concerning the subject matter hereof, except the provisions set forth in this Release.
This Release supersedes all previous agreements and understandings regarding the subject
matters hereof, whether written or oral, except as expressly provided herein. This Release
can be amended, modified or terminated only by a writing executed by both Executive and the
President of the Company. |
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In compliance with the ADEA, Executive acknowledges that he has been given twenty-one (21)
days to review this Release before signing it. Executive also understands his waiver and
release do not apply to any rights or claims that arise after the date he signs this Release,
that he may revoke this Release within seven (7) days after he signs it, and that it is not
enforceable or effective until the seven (7) day revocation period has expired. Additionally,
Executive has been advised in this writing to consult with an attorney before executing this
Release. |
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THE EXECUTIVE STATES THAT HE IS IN GOOD HEALTH AND FULLY COMPETENT TO MANAGE HIS BUSINESS
AFFAIRS, THAT HE HAS CAREFULLY READ THIS GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THAT HE
FULLY UNDERSTANDS ITS FINAL AND BINDING EFFECT, THAT THE ONLY PROMISES MADE TO HIM TO SIGN
THIS RELEASE ARE THOSE STATED AND CONTAINED IN THIS RELEASE, AND THAT HE IS SIGNING THIS
AGREEMENT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY. |
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SCHEDULE TO CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT
Executives Entering into New Form of Change of Control Agreement:
Richard L. Anderson
Hakan S. Edstrom
Diane M. Palumbo
David Thomson
Juergen Martens
Peter Richardson