2.5 Limitaciones del ADSL
2.5.3 Ley de Shannon-Hartley
We believe that entering into employment agreements with our most senior executives will help ensure that our core group of managers will be available to us and our stockholders on a long-term basis. At this time, we have agreed to compensation arrangements with our named executive officers and such arrangements have been memorialized in employment agreements, as discussed below.
We entered into an employment agreement with each of (i) Mr. Sillerman, dated as of October 18, 2012 and executed January 1, 2013, for his service as Executive Chairman of our board of directors and Chief Executive Officer, (ii) Mr. Slater, dated January 1, 2013, for his service as Vice Chairman of our board of directors and Member of the Office of the Chairman and (iii) Mr. Finkel, dated
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November 8, 2012, for his service as our President although Mr. Finkel agreed to serve as our Vice Chairman effective June 2013. The term of the employment agreement for Mr. Sillerman is through November 17, 2017, the term of the employment agreement for Mr. Slater is through December 31, 2017, and the term of employment agreement for Mr. Finkel is through December 31, 2016. Under the terms of his employment agreement with us, Mr. Sillerman has also agreed, as is necessary and
practically feasible, to provide to us financial support until we have completed our initial public offering.
Pursuant to their employment agreements, Messrs. Sillerman and Slater are each entitled to receive an annual base salary of one dollar, and Mr. Finkel is entitled to receive an annual base salary of
$300,000. Messrs. Sillerman, Slater and Finkel are each also eligible to receive an annual bonus in the discretion of our compensation committee. Pursuant to their employment agreements,
Messrs. Sillerman, Slater and Finkel received an initial grant of options with respect to 2,500,000, 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 shares of our common stock, respectively, at a strike price of $2.00 per share, (i) 20% of which options vested on January 1, 2013 in the cases of Messrs. Sillerman and Slater, and December 31, 2012, in the case of Mr. Finkel, and (ii) 20% which vest on December 31 of each of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Messrs. Sillerman’s, Slater’s and Finkel’s employment agreements each provide that the executive is also entitled to qualify for additional equity or option grants each year. Under their employment agreements, Messrs. Sillerman, Slater and Finkel are entitled to participate in benefits offered by us for similarly situated employees, six weeks of vacation time per calendar year in the case of Mr. Sillerman, and three weeks of vacation time per calendar year in the cases of Messrs. Slater and Finkel. Messrs. Sillerman’s, Slater’s and Finkel’s employment agreements contain restrictive covenants with respect to non-competition, non-solicitation of customers and
employees and non-disparagement (each of which remains in effect during the term of employment and for one year thereafter), and a restrictive covenant with respect to non-disclosure of confidential information (which remains in effect during the term of employment and at all times thereafter). Pursuant to our employment agreement with Mr. Sillerman, he is required to devote his time, attention, energy, knowledge, best professional efforts and skills to the duties assigned to him by us, but he is permitted to pursue other professional endeavors and investments that do not violate the terms of his employment agreement, including non-competition covenants. Mr. Sillerman is expressly permitted to engage in certain endeavors and investments which are listed in his employment
agreement, and we believe that none of these endeavors or investments currently compete with us. Any other professional endeavors to be performed by Mr. Sillerman are subject to prior approval of our board of directors. Under our employment agreements with our other named executive officers, each of Mr. Slater and Mr. Finkel and Mr. Crowhurst, our President, and Mr. Rascoff, our Chief Operating Officer, are also permitted to engage in certain endeavors that are listed in their agreements and other endeavors or pre-approved by our board of directors that do not compete with us. We believe that none of the endeavors currently pursued by any of our officers compete with us.
In addition to the employment agreements with our named executive officers, we have also entered into employment agreements with our other executive officers, as discussed below.
We entered into an employment agreement, dated as of October 2, 2012, with Richard Rosenstein, for his service as our Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy and Development. The initial term of the employment agreement with Mr. Rosenstein is through October 2, 2017. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Rosenstein is entitled to receive a base salary of $300,000 and a discretionary bonus to be determined by the compensation committee, subject to a minimum annual bonus target of $150,000. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Rosenstein received a fully vested option to purchase 150,000 shares of our common stock at a strike price of $4.00 per share. He is also entitled to a minimum grant of 100,000 stock options during each subsequent year of his
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employment, such options to be issued at fair market value and to vest at the end of the year of each grant. Upon his promotion to Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Rosenstein received an additional option grant on February 22, 2013 to purchase 150,000 shares at a strike price of $5.00 per share, 20% of which options vested immediately and 20% of which vest on December 31 of each of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
We entered into an employment agreement, dated as of June 1, 2013, with Timothy J. Crowhurst for his service as the President of the Company. The term of the employment agreement with
Mr. Crowhurst is through June 1, 2018. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Crowhurst is entitled to receive a base salary of $300,000 and an annual bonus at the discretion of our
compensation committee. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Crowhurst received an option grant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at a strike price of $10.00 per share, 20% of which options vested upon the execution of the employment agreement and 20% which vest on December 31 of each of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Mr. Crowhurst received an additional option grant on August 14, 2013 to purchase 410,000 shares of our common stock at a strike price of $10.00 per share, 20% of which options vested on August 14, 2013 and 20% which vest on December 31 of each of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
We entered into an employment agreement, dated as of June 3, 2013, with Joseph F. Rascoff for his service as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. The term of the employment agreement with Mr. Rascoff is through June 1, 2016. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Rascoff is entitled to receive a base salary of $300,000 and an annual bonus at the discretion of our compensation
committee, subject to a minimum annual bonus of $210,000. Such bonus may be paid to Mr. Rascoff or to a third party at his discretion. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Rascoff received an option grant to purchase 1,400,000 shares of our common stock at a strike price of $10.00 per share, one-third of which options vested upon the execution of the employment agreement and one-third of which vest on June 1 of each of 2014 and 2015. As a condition to his employment, we agreed to accelerate the vesting of options to purchase 93,750 shares of our common stock previously issued to Mr. Rascoff on December 18, 2012. Mr. Rascoff is also entitled to a housing, meal, and travel allowance of $20,000 per month.
We entered into an employment agreement, dated as of November 13, 2012, with Chris Stephenson for his service as the Chief Marketing Officer of the Company. The term of the employment agreement with Mr. Stephenson is through November 1, 2017. Pursuant to his employment agreement,
Mr. Stephenson is entitled to receive a base salary of $300,000 and an annual bonus at the discretion of our compensation committee. Mr. Stephenson received an initial option grant to purchase 400,000 shares of our common stock at a strike price of $2.00 per share, 25% of which options vest on December 31 of each of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. He is also entitled to a minimum grant of 100,000 stock options during each subsequent year of his employment, such options to be issued at fair market value and to vest at the end of the year of each grant.
We entered into an employment agreement, dated as of June 5, 2013, with Robert Damon for his service as the Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of the Company. The term of the employment agreement with Mr. Damon is through February 22, 2016. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Damon is entitled to receive a base salary of $275,000 and a minimum annual bonus target of $85,000 at the discretion of the Company. In connection with his employment, Mr. Damon received an initial grant of options to purchase 125,000 shares of our common stock at a strike price of $5.00 per share, 20% of which options vested upon the execution of Mr. Damon’s employment agreement and 20% of which vest on February 22 of each of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
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