Dana Corporation 8-K
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 16, 2007
Dana Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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of incorporation)
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4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (419) 535-4500
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Dana and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the Debtors) are presently operating under
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the Bankruptcy Code). The Debtors Chapter 11
cases (collectively, the Bankruptcy Cases) are pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court), where they have been consolidated under
the caption In re Dana Corporation, et al., Case No. 06-10354 (BRL).
(e) Amendment to Employment Agreement with Michael J. Burns
On December 18, 2006, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the Order) authorizing Dana to
assume Mr. Burns original employment agreement, with certain conditions and limitations, subject
to the execution of documentation reasonably acceptable to the official committee of unsecured
creditors (the Creditors Committee) that has been appointed in the Bankruptcy Cases.
Dana
had entered into the original employment agreement with Mr. Burns when he joined the company as Chief
Executive Officer and President in 2004. Under this agreement, Mr. Burns is entitled to receive
certain compensation and benefits and is eligible to receive a supplemental retirement benefit
intended to replace non-qualified supplemental retirement benefits from his prior employer that he
forfeited upon leaving that employment. With respect to such supplemental retirement benefit, Dana
established a notional account on Mr. Burns behalf and credited $5.9 million to that account in
2004. This account is credited with annual service-based credits (for which purpose, Mr. Burns is
deemed to have completed 30 years of service with Dana) and interest. The account is subject to a
5-year vesting requirement, with partial acceleration in the event of Mr. Burns death or
disability or a termination of his employment by Dana without cause or by him for good reason.
On May 16, 2007, Dana entered into an amendment (the Amendment) to Mr. Burns original
employment agreement consistent with the Order. A copy of the Amendment is attached to this report
as Exhibit 99.1.
The Amendment provides, among other things, for (i) an annual base salary of up to $1,035,000
for Mr. Burns, (ii) continuation of his participation in Danas Annual Incentive Plan or any
successor plan, and (iii) his participation in the executive incentive compensation (EIC) plan
discussed below, provided that Mr. Burns aggregate annual incentive compensation and executive
incentive compensation may not exceed $5.5 million while Dana is in bankruptcy.
Under the EIC plan provided in the Amendment, Mr. Burns is eligible to receive payments with
respect to 2007 and 2008 upon the achievement of certain EBITDAR targets, as EBITDAR is defined
in the Term Sheet attached to the Order and included in Exhibit 1 to the Amendment. For 2007, Mr.
Burns is eligible to receive the following EIC payments, not to exceed a total of $4.5 million: (i)
$3 million if Dana achieves EBITDAR of $250 million and (ii) an additional payment equal to 0.75%
of any amount of EBITDAR between $250 million and $450 million. For 2008, Mr. Burns is eligible to
receive the following EIC payments, not to exceed a total of $2.25 million: (i) $500,000 if Dana
achieves EBITDAR of $375 million and (ii) additional payments equal to 1.0% of any amount of
EBITDAR between $375 million and $450 million and 0.50% of any amount of EBITDAR between $450
million and $650 million. In computing these payments (other than the first portion of the 2007
payment), the awards will be reduced to reflect any claims in excess of $2.85 billion
allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases. If earned, the
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2007 payment will be made upon the later of 30 days after Dana (i) files its audited 2007 financial
statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) or (ii) emerges from bankruptcy
(i.e., consummates a plan of reorganization or a sale of all or substantially all of its assets
under the Bankruptcy Code). The first portion of the 2007 payment will be paid in cash and any
remainder will be paid in the form of common stock of the reorganized Dana. If earned, the 2008
payment will be made upon the later of 30 days after Dana (i) files its audited 2008 financial
statements with the SEC or (ii) emerges from bankruptcy (as defined above) and will be paid
entirely in the form of common stock of the reorganized Dana.
Under the Amendment, Dana will assume 60% of Mr. Burns supplemental retirement benefit
accrued as of March 3, 2006, upon the consummation of its plan of reorganization and the remaining
40% of such accrued benefit will remain an allowed general unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases.
However, to reflect parity with Danas salaried and bargained unit defined pension plans, if
Danas defined benefit pension plans are terminated in a distress or involuntary termination, all
of Mr. Burns supplemental retirement benefit will remain a general unsecured claim in the
Bankruptcy Cases. Service credits and interest accrued to Mr. Burns notional account after March
3, 2006, will be allowed as an administrative claim in the Bankruptcy Cases.
Mr. Burns employment agreement will continue in effect until it is terminated due to death or
disability, by Dana with or without cause, or by Mr. Burns with or without good reason. In the
event of a termination other than by Dana with cause, Mr. Burns will be entitled, among other
things, to severance payments equal to the maximum amount permissible under the Bankruptcy Code,
determined consensually with the Creditors Committee or, if no consensus is reached, as determined
by the Bankruptcy Court.
Under the Amendment, any claims by Mr. Burns for damages for termination of his employment
agreement before Danas emergence from bankruptcy will be limited to allowed general unsecured
claims in the Bankruptcy Cases equal to $4 million and any recovery will be limited to $3 million
less any severance actually received from Dana.
Contemporaneously with the Amendment, Mr. Burns executed a Confidentiality, Non-Compete,
Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreement, in the form attached to the
Amendment as Exhibit 2, under which he has agreed to certain confidentiality obligations during and
after his employment by Dana and to certain non-competition, non-disparagement and non-solicitation
obligations following a termination of his employment for any reason (for a period of 6 months if
the termination is during the bankruptcy proceedings and 12 months if the termination is after
Danas emergence from bankruptcy). As consideration for this agreement, Mr. Burns will be entitled
to a cash payment of $3 million if, after Dana emerges from bankruptcy, Dana terminates his
employment other than for cause or he terminates his employment for good reason.
Under the Amendment, the Change of Control Agreement between Mr. Burns and Dana dated February
3, 2004 is null and void.
Executive Agreements with Paul E. Miller and Nick L. Stanage
In the Order, the Bankruptcy Court also authorized Dana to enter into agreements with two
other Dana named executive officers, Messrs. Miller and Stanage, subject to certain conditions and
limitations.
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On May 16, 2007, Dana entered into executive agreements (each an Executive Agreement) with
these two officers consistent with the Order. Copies of the Executive Agreements are attached to
this report as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3.
The Executive Agreements provide, among other things, for (i) annual base salaries of $375,000
for Mr. Miller and $336,000 for Mr. Stanage, (ii) their continued participation in Danas Annual
Incentive Plan or any successor plan, and (iii) their participation in executive incentive
compensation (EIC) plans similar to the plan discussed above for Mr. Burns, provided that, while
Dana is in bankruptcy, Mr. Millers aggregate 2007 annual incentive bonus and executive incentive
compensation may not exceed $1,529,220 and Mr. Stanages 2007 aggregate annual incentive bonus and
executive incentive compensation may not exceed $1,217,638.
Under the EIC plans provided in the Executive Agreements, Messrs. Miller and Stanage are
eligible to receive payments with respect to 2007 and 2008 upon the achievement of certain EBITDAR
targets, as EBITDAR is defined in the Term Sheet attached to the Order. For 2007, they are
eligible to receive the following EIC payments: (i) $497,778 for Mr. Miller and $422,222 for Mr.
Stanage if Dana achieves EBITDAR of $250 million and (ii) additional payments equal to
approximately 0.124% for Mr. Miller and 0.106% for Mr. Stanage of any amount of EBITDAR between
$250 million and $450 million. For 2008, they are eligible to receive the following EIC payments:
(i) $82,963 for Mr. Miller and $70,370 for Mr. Stanage if Dana achieves EBITDAR of $375 million and
(ii) additional payments equal to 0.17% for Mr. Miller and 0.14% for Mr. Stanage of any amount of
EBITDAR between $375 million and $450 million and 0.08% for Mr. Miller and 0.07% for Mr. Stanage of
any amount of EBITDAR between $450 million and $650 million. These payments (other than the first
portion of the 2007 payments) are subject to the EBITDAR adjustment mechanism discussed above with
respect to Mr. Burns. The payments for 2007 and 2008, if earned, will be made at the same times as
those for Mr. Burns. The first portion of the 2007 payments will be made in cash. Any remaining
2007 payments and the 2008 payments will be made in the form of common stock of the reorganized
Dana.
The Executive Agreements provide that Dana will assume supplemental retirement benefits
accrued for Messrs. Miller and Stanage as of March 3, 2006, consisting of (i) lump sum payments
totaling $2,483,000 to which Mr. Miller will be entitled if he continues employment with Dana to
his normal retirement age (62) and (ii) a lump sum payment of $2,095,500 to which for Mr. Stanage
will be entitled if he continues employment with Dana to his normal retirement age (62). However,
if Danas defined benefit pension plans are terminated in a distress or involuntary termination,
Messrs. Millers and Stanages supplemental retirement benefits will remain allowed general
unsecured claims in the Bankruptcy Cases.
Messrs. Millers and Stanages Executive Agreements will each continue in effect until
terminated due to the officers death, disability, resignation or termination by Dana with or
without cause. In the event of a termination other than by Dana for cause, they will be entitled,
among other things, to severance payments equal to the maximum amount permissible under the
Bankruptcy Code, determined consensually with the Creditors Committee or, if no consensus is
reached, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court.
Contemporaneously with the Executive Agreements, Messrs. Miller and Stanage each executed a
Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreement, in
the form attached to their Executive Agreements as Exhibit A, under which they have agreed to
certain confidentiality obligations during and after their employment by Dana and to certain
non-competition, non-disparagement and non-solicitation obligations for a period of 12 months
following a termination of employment for any reason.
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Under his Executive Agreement, the Change of Control Agreement between Mr. Miller and Dana
dated May 3, 2004 is null and void.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
In the Order discussed in Item 5.02, the Bankruptcy Court approved Danas entry into executive
agreements with Tom Stone and Ralf Goettel, who are Dana executive officers but not named executive
officers, subject to certain conditions and limitations.
On May 16, 2007, Dana entered into an Executive Agreement and a Confidentiality, Non-Compete,
Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreement with Mr. Stone substantially
similar in form to those with Messrs. Miller and Stanage. Under his Executive Agreement, a copy of
which is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.4, Mr. Stones annual base salary is $440,000; his
maximum EIC plan opportunities will be $633,333 for 2007 and $316,667 for 2008; and his aggregate
2007 annual incentive bonus and executive incentive compensation will be capped at $1,551,526.
Dana expects to enter into an agreement with Mr. Goettel similar in a form to the Executive
Agreements with Messrs. Miller, Stanage and Stone except as modified in accordance with certain
provisions of German law that apply to Mr. Goettel. Dana will file a copy of such agreement with
its Form 10-Q report for the quarter in which it enters into the agreement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report.
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99.1
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Amendment to Employment Agreement between Dana Corporation and
Michael J. Burns, entered into on May 16, 2007, including the
Term Sheet contained in Exhibit 1 thereto and the
Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure
and Non-Disparagement Agreement attached thereto as Exhibit 2 |
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99.2
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Executive Agreement between Dana Corporation and Paul E.
Miller, entered into on May 16, 2007, including the
Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure
and Non-Disparagement Agreement attached thereto as Exhibit A |
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99.3
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Executive Agreement between Dana Corporation and Nick L.
Stanage, entered into on May 16, 2007, including the
Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure
and Non-Disparagement Agreement attached thereto as Exhibit A |
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99.4
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Executive Agreement between Dana Corporation and Tom Stone,
entered into on May 16, 2007, including the Confidentiality,
Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and
Non-Disparagement Agreement attached thereto as Exhibit A |
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Dana Corporation
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Date: May 22, 2007 |
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/s/ Marc S. Levin
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Marc S. Levin |
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Acting General Counsel and Acting Secretary |
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Exhibit Index
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99.1
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Amendment to Employment Agreement between Dana Corporation and
Michael J. Burns, entered into on May 16, 2007, including the
Term Sheet contained in Exhibit 1 thereto and the
Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure
and Non-Disparagement Agreement attached thereto as Exhibit 2 |
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99.2
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Executive Agreement between Dana Corporation and Paul E.
Miller, entered into on May 16, 2007, including the
Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure
and Non-Disparagement Agreement attached thereto as Exhibit A |
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99.3
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Executive Agreement between Dana Corporation and Nick L.
Stanage, entered into on May 16, 2007, including the
Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure
and Non-Disparagement Agreement attached thereto as Exhibit A |
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99.4
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Executive Agreement between Dana Corporation and Tom Stone,
entered into on May 16, 2007, including the Confidentiality,
Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and
Non-Disparagement Agreement attached thereto as Exhibit A |
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EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment to Employment Agreement (this Amendment) is made and entered into on May 16,
2007, by and between Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the Corporation), and Michael J.
Burns (the Executive), effective as of December 31, 2006 (the Amendment Effective Date).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Executive and the Corporation entered into an Employment Agreement dated February
3, 2004 (the Original Agreement);
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2006, the Corporation and forty of its Subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (Jointly Administered), (the Bankruptcy Cases); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Memorandum Opinion of the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court) dated November 30, 2006 (the Opinion),
as supplemented by an Order of the Bankruptcy Court dated December 18, 2006 (the Order), the
Corporation desires to assume the Original Agreement subject to certain conditions and limitations,
as provided herein (the Original Agreement, as amended, hereinafter being referred to as the
Agreement) and the Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Corporation and the Executive agree as follows:
1. The Corporation hereby assumes the Original Agreement, subject to the provisions of the
Amendment and the Order. To the extent there are inconsistencies between the terms of this
Amendment or the Original Agreement and the Order, the Order shall govern.
2. Section 3(a) of the Original Agreement is amended to read as follows:
(a) Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be paid base salary at
an annual rate not less than $950,000, which shall be increased to a rate not less than $1,000,000
as of the date the Executive is elected Chairman. The rate of base salary described above shall be
subject to such increases as shall be awarded from time to time in accordance with the
Corporations regular administrative practices of other salary increases applicable to executives
of the Corporation or other upward adjustments as the Board (or the Compensation Committee of the
Board (the Compensation Committee)) deems to be necessary or desirable; provided,
however, during the Bankruptcy Cases, the Executives annual base salary shall, unless otherwise
approved by the Bankruptcy Court, be no greater than $1,035,000. The Executives annual base
salary as in effect from time to time in accordance with this Section 3(a) shall hereinafter be
referred to as the Annual Base Salary. The Annual Base Salary shall be payable in
regular installments, no less frequently than monthly. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced
after any increase thereof pursuant to this Section 3(a). Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall
not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation of the Corporation under the Agreement, except as
provided in the Order.
3. Section 3(b) of the Original Agreement is amended to read as follows:
(b) (1) Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible
to receive annual short-term incentive awards or bonuses (each such award or bonus is hereinafter
referred to as an Annual Bonus) pursuant to the Dana Corporation Annual Incentive Plan, and any
successor or replacement plan (the Dana Corporation Annual Incentive Plan and such successor or
replacement plans being referred to herein collectively as the AIP), in accordance with the terms
thereof. For each of the calendar years 2006 and 2007, the Executive shall be eligible to earn a
target Annual Bonus of 200% of Annual Base Salary. Each Annual Bonus shall be determined and paid
in accordance with the terms of the AIP.
(2) The EIC Plan. The Corporation hereby adopts an Executive Incentive Compensation
Plan for the Executive (the EIC Plan) under which the Executive shall be eligible for a 2007
performance based incentive bonus (the 2007 EIC) and a 2008 performance based incentive bonus
(the 2008 EIC), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Except as otherwise
provided for herein, the EIC payment shall only be earned and payable if the Executive is employed
at the end of the applicable fiscal year.
(A) The Executive shall be eligible for a 2007 EIC payment of up to $4.5 million. The first
$3.0 million shall be earned by the Executive upon the achievement by the Corporation of EBITDAR
for 2007 of $250 million and shall be paid in cash on the later of (i) 30 days following the filing
of the Corporations audited 2007 financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the SEC) and (ii) 30 days after the Corporations Emergence (the applicable date, the 2007 EIC
Payment Date), provided that in the event that the Corporation achieves EBITDAR for 2007 in excess
of $250 million, the Executive shall earn an additional 2007 EIC payment equal to 75 basis points
on EBITDAR for 2007 in excess of $250 million, up to a cap of $450 million (the Additional 2007
EIC Payment). For purposes of this Agreement, the term EBITDAR shall have the meaning set forth
in the term sheet attached as Exhibit A to the Order which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and
incorporated herein by reference. For purposes of this Agreement, Emergence shall mean
consummation by the Corporation of (i) a plan of reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code (the
Plan) or (ii) a sale of all or substantially all assets pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy
Code. The Additional 2007 EIC Payment shall be paid in common stock (Common Stock) of the
reorganized Corporation on the 2007 EIC Payment Date.
(B) The Executive shall be eligible for a 2008 EIC payment of up to $2.25 million. The first
$0.5 million shall be earned by the Executive upon the achievement by the Corporation of EBITDAR
for 2008 of $375 million, provided that in the event that the Corporation achieves EBITDAR for 2008
in excess of $375 million, the Executive shall earn an additional 2008 EIC payment equal to (i) 100
basis points on EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $375 million, up to a cap of $450 million, and (ii)
50 basis points on EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $450 million, up to a cap of $650 million. The
entire 2008 EIC payment shall be paid in Common Stock on the later of (i) 30 days following the
filing of the Corporations audited 2008 financial statements with the SEC and (ii) 30 days after
the Corporations Emergence (the 2008 EIC Payment Date).
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(C) For purposes of determining the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Executive
under Sections 3(b)(2)(A) and (B), the value of the Common Stock will be its average closing price
on the principal U.S. stock exchange on which it is traded during the thirty days before the 2007
EIC Payment Date or 2008 EIC Payment Date, as applicable.
(D) The 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC awards earned shall be subject to reduction under the EBITDAR
Adjustment Mechanism. Under the EBITDAR Adjustment Mechanism, EBITDAR for the purposes of
determining the payment threshold for the 2007 EIC (excluding the first $3 million cash payment in
respect of the 2007 EIC award) and the 2008 EIC shall be reduced by unsecured claims allowed in the
Bankruptcy Cases in excess of an unsecured claims threshold of $2.85 billion, as follows:
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25% of the next $100 million in additional
claims in excess of $75 million but not more than $175 million; and |
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For purposes of this Agreement, the term allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases shall mean the earlier
of (a) the allowance of an unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases or (b) an agreement regarding
potentially allowable claims between the Corporation and the official committee of unsecured
creditors appointed in the Bankruptcy Cases, or its successor, as designated in the Plan.
(3) Maximum Bonus Compensation. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein, while the
Bankruptcy Cases are pending the maximum annual compensation with respect to an applicable year
under Section 3(b) shall not exceed $5.5 million (the Maximum Annual Bonus Compensation). For
avoidance of doubt, the Maximum Annual Bonus Compensation shall not include (i) the Annual Base
Salary and (ii) any payment made during a relevant fiscal year in respect of performance measures
related to prior years.
4. A new Section 3(c)(A) shall be inserted as an addition to the Original Agreement to read as
follows:
(c)(A) Subject to the provisions hereof, with respect to the Executives Supplemental
Retirement Benefit accrued as of March 3, 2006 (the Accrued Benefit), the Corporation shall
assume 60% of the Accrued Benefit upon the earlier of (i) Emergence, or (ii) the Executives
termination of employment by the Corporation without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason.
The remaining 40% of the Accrued Benefit shall remain an allowed general unsecured claim in the
Bankruptcy Cases. All annual credits and interest credits accrued after March 3, 2006 with respect
to the Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases as an
administrative claim on the estate. However, if the Corporations defined benefit pension plans
are terminated under either 29 U.S.C. § 1341 in a distress termination or 29 U.S.C. § 1342 in an
involuntary termination, the Executives Accrued Benefit shall remain a general unsecured claim in
the Bankruptcy Cases.
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5. Section 3(k) of the Original Agreement shall be deleted and the Change of Control Agreement
between the Corporation and the Executive dated February 3, 2004, shall be null and void.
6. Section 4(b) of the Original Agreement is amended to read as follows:
(b) Cause. The Corporation may terminate the Executives employment during the
Employment Period for Cause or without Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Cause
shall mean any of the following:
(i) the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially
the Executives duties with the Corporation (other than any such failure resulting
from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for
substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board which
specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive
has not substantially performed the Executives duties, or
(ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross
misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Corporation.
For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall
be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or
without reasonable belief that the Executives action or omission was in the best interests of the
Corporation. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly
adopted by the Board or a committee thereof, or based upon the advice of counsel for the
Corporation shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in
good faith and in the best interests of the Corporation. The cessation of employment of the
Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to
the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than
three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for
such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an
opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith
opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii)
above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
7. Section 5(a) of the Original Agreement shall be amended to read as follows:
(a) Termination by the Corporation Other Than for Cause, Death or Disability; Resignation
by Executive for Good Reason. If, during the Employment Period, the Corporation shall
terminate the Executives employment other than for Cause, death or Disability, or the Executive
shall terminate his employment for Good Reason (termination in either such case referred to as
Termination), subject to and conditioned upon the execution by the Executive of, and his not
revoking, a release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the Executive shall be
entitled to the following:
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an amount equal to the product of (A) the
Executives target Annual Bonus in effect under the AIP as of the Date
of Termination and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the |
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number of full and partial months in the current fiscal year through
the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 12, as
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a contingent receivable for his 2007 EIC and
2008 EIC payments if the applicable EBITDAR thresholds have been or are
subsequently met; provided, however, that the 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC
shall each be pro rated for the time worked during the applicable year,
such pro rata EIC to be determined by multiplying the 2007 EIC or 2008
EIC, as applicable, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
of days in the applicable year through the Date of Termination, and the
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a severance payment equal to the maximum
amount permissible under Section 503(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, the
amount to be calculated consensually with the Creditors Committee
appointed in the Bankruptcy Cases, provided that, if no such consensus
can be reached, the Bankruptcy Court shall determine the amount of such
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any compensation previously deferred by the
Executive after March 3, 2006 (together with any accrued interest or
earnings thereon), his Supplemental Retirement Benefit under Section
3(c) and Section 3(c)(A) of this Agreement and any accrued vacation
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if the Executive timely elects COBRA
continuation coverage, the Corporation shall pay that portion of the
Executives COBRA premium which exceeds the employee premium share the
Executive was required to pay for such health plan coverage while an
active employee, as in effect immediately prior to Date of Termination
for a period of eighteen months following the Date of Termination;
provided that the Corporations obligation under this subsection shall
cease on the date the Executive becomes employed by a third party and
is eligible for coverage under the group benefits plan of the new
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any outstanding cash or equity awards shall be
treated in accordance with the applicable plan documents and the
agreements evidencing such awards, including Section 3(b) of this
Agreement, and shall remain subject to the terms and conditions
contained therein. |
Except as otherwise set forth herein, payments made pursuant to subsections 5(a)(i) and (iii)
shall each be paid in a lump sum at the earliest date permissible under Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). Payments made pursuant to subsections 5(a)(ii) and 5(a)(iv)
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shall be made in lump sum on the later of (A) such time as they would otherwise be payable under
this Agreement and (B) earliest date permissible under Section 409A of the Code.
8. Section 5(c) of the Original Agreement shall be amended to read as follows:
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the Executive during the Employment Period, the legal representative or
designated beneficiary of the Executive shall be entitled to: |
(A) the compensation provided for in Section 3(a) above through the end of the month in which
death shall have taken place, at the rate being paid at the time of death, and at the times that
such amounts would have been paid or earned by the Executive had the Executive lived; and
(B) an amount under the AIP determined in accordance with the AIP; and
(C) a contingent receivable for his 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC payments if the applicable EBITDAR
thresholds have been or are subsequently met; provided, however, that the 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC
shall each be pro rated for the time worked during the applicable year, such pro rata EIC to be
determined by multiplying the 2007 EIC or 2008 EIC, as applicable, by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days in the applicable year through the Date of Termination, and the
denominator of which is 365.
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Disability of the Executive during the Employment Period, the Executive
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(A) the compensation provided for in Section 3(a) above, at the rate being paid on the
Disability Effective Date, and at the times that such amounts would have been paid or earned by the
Executive had the Executive remained employed by the Corporation, for the period of such Disability
but not in excess of six months;
(B) an amount under the AIP determined in accordance with the AIP; and
(C) a contingent receivable for his 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC payments if the applicable EBITDAR
thresholds have been or are subsequently met; provided, however, that the 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC
shall each be pro rated for the time worked during the applicable year, such pro rata EIC to be
determined by multiplying the 2007 EIC or 2008 EIC, as applicable, by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days in the applicable year through the Date of Termination, and the
denominator of which is 365.
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The amount of any payments due under this subsection 5(c)(ii) shall be reduced by any payments to
which the Executive may be entitled for the same period because of disability under any disability
or pension plan of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof.
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In the event of the Executives death or
Disability as set forth in Sections 5(c)(i) or 5(c)(ii) above, the
Executive (or, in the event of his death, his legal representative or
designated beneficiary) shall be entitled to receive any compensation
previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued
interest or earnings thereon), his Accrued Benefit he would be entitled
to under Section 3(c)(A) and accrued but unused vacation pay, in each
case to the extent not theretofore paid, and any other amounts or
benefits to which the Executive and/or the Executives family would
otherwise be entitled under the terms of any employee benefit or
incentive plan of the Corporation. However, with regards to its
receipt of an Accrued Benefit, the Executives estate is subject to the
same conditions that the Executive is subject to pursuant to Section
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For purposes of this subsection 5(c), the Employment Period shall be deemed to have ended as
of the close of business on the last day of the month in which death or Disability shall have
occurred but without prejudice to any payments due in respect of the Executives death or
Disability. Amounts payable under 5(c)(i) or 5(c)(ii) shall be payable made in lump sum on the
later of (x) such time as they would otherwise be payable under this Agreement, and (y) the
earliest date permissible under Section 409A of the Code.
9. Section 5(d) of the Original Agreement shall be amended to read as follow:
Resolution of Disputes/Right of Election by Executive to Arbitrate or Sue. In the event
that the Executives employment shall be terminated by the Corporation during the Employment
Period and such termination is alleged to be with Cause, or the Corporation shall withhold
payments or provision of benefits for any other reason, the Executive shall have the right, in
addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, at his election either to seek
arbitration within the Toledo, Ohio area under the rules of the American Arbitration
Association by serving a notice to arbitrate upon the Corporation or to institute a judicial
proceeding, in either case within ninety days after having received Notice of Termination of
his employment or notice in any form that the termination of his employment under Section 4(b)
above is subject to question or under consideration or that the Corporation is withholding or
proposes to withhold payments or provision of benefits; provided, however, that with respect
to the subject matter contemplated by the Amendment to this Agreement, dated May 16, 2007 as
it relates to the Order (and the attached Exhibit A to the Order), any disputes with respect
to such matters prior to Emergence shall be subject to the final determination of the
Bankruptcy Court.
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10. Section 6 of the Agreement is hereby amended as follows: the existing paragraph therein shall
be designated as Section 6(a) and the following subsection (b) and (c) are added to the Agreement
to read as follows:
(6) (b) Limitation on Damages: In addition to the provisions in Section 5(a) of this
Agreement, in full satisfaction of the Executives claim for damages from termination of the
Agreement prior to Emergence, the Executives claim for damages is limited to an allowed general
unsecured claim on the estate equal to $4.0 million, with a recovery limited to $3.0 million less
any severance actually paid under Section 503(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code (the Pre-Emergence
Claim), such Pre-Emergence Claim to be freely assignable by the Executive following Termination.
(c) If the Executive is terminated by the Corporation other than for Cause, or the Executive
terminates for Good Reason, in each case after Emergence, in lieu of the unsecured claim described
in Section 6(b) of this Agreement, the Executive shall receive $3.0 million in consideration for
his execution, contemporaneously with this Agreement, of a Confidentiality, Non-Compete,
Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreement in the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit 2 (the Restrictive Covenants Agreement). The $3.0 million shall be paid
over a 12-month period commencing with a payment of $1,750,000 six months and one day after the
Date of Termination, followed by five monthly installments of $250,000 on the first day of each
calendar month thereafter until paid in full. If the Executive breaches any of the terms of the
Restrictive Covenants Agreement, he shall repay any amounts received under this Section 6(c).
11. Sections 8 and 9 of the Original Agreement are deleted and superseded by the Restrictive
Covenants Agreement in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit 2, which shall be executed
contemporaneously with this Agreement.
12. Section 18(g) of the Original Agreement shall be amended to read as follows:
Other than with respect to the Pre-Emergence Claim, no right, benefit or interest
hereunder, shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment,
encumbrance, charge, pledge, hypothecation, or set-off in respect of any claim, debt
or obligation, or to execution, attachment, levy or similar process, or assignment
by operation of law. Any attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to effect any action
specified in the immediately preceding sentence shall, to the full extent permitted
by law, be null, void and of no effect.
13. Section 18(l) of the Original Agreement is deleted in its entirety.
14. A new Section 18(p) is added to the Agreement to read as follows:
(p) Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, it is intended that this
Agreement comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be
administered in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the
Agreement to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code shall have no force and effect until
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amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent
permitted by Section 409A of the Code and may be made by the Corporation without the consent of the
Executive).
15. Exhibit F to the Original Agreement is deleted.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amendment to be signed by its duly
authorized representative, and the Executive has executed this Amendment, as of the day and year
first written above.
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DANA CORPORATION |
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By:
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/s/ R. B. Priory |
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Its: Chairman, Compensation Committee |
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/s/ Michael J. Burns |
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Michael J. Burns
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Exhibit 1
[Omitted except for Exhibit A Term Sheet]
TERM SHEET
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Michael J. Burns Terms |
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Other Executives |
2007 PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVE (2007 EIC)
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Amount
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Up to $4.5 MM.
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Up to $3.18MM in aggregate. |
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Payment Date
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The later of a date that is on or about
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Same. |
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30 days following the release of the |
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Companys Audited 2007 financial results |
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or 30 days after emergence from |
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bankruptcy. |
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Contingency
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1) Achievement of 2007 EBITDAR of $250MM
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1) Achievement of 2007 EBITDAR of $250MM for payment |
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for payment of first $3MM.
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of first $497,778 for Mr. Miller, $422,222 for Messrs. |
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Stone, Stanage, and Goettel, and $355,556 for Mr. |
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2) Payment of additional 75 bps on 2007
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DeBacker. |
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EBITDAR in excess of $250MM, subject to a |
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cap of $350MM (up to $.75MM).
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2) Payment of 12 bps for Mr. Miller, 11 bps for |
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Messrs. Stone, Stanage and Goettel, and 9 bps for Mr. |
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3) Additional payment of 75 bps on 2007
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DeBacker on 2007 EBITDAR in excess of $250MM, subject |
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EBITDAR in excess of $350MM, subject to a
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to a cap of $350MM. |
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cap of $450MM (up to $0.75MM). |
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3) Additional payment of 12 bps for Mr. Miller, 11 bps |
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for Messrs. Stone, Stanage and Goettel, and 9 bps for |
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Mr. DeBacker on 2007 EBITDAR in excess of $350MM, |
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subject to a cap of $450MM. |
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Form of Payment
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First $3.0MM paid in cash / remaining
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Mr. Miller: Up to $746,667, with first $497,778 paid |
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$1.5MM paid in stock of the reorganized
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in cash / remaining $248,889 payable in stock |
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Company.
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of the Reorganized Company. |
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Messrs. Stone, Stanage, and Goettel: Up to |
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$633,333 each, with the first $422,222 paid in cash / |
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remaining $211,111 payable in stock of the |
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Reorganized Company. |
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Mr. DeBacker: Up to $533,333 with the first $355,556 |
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paid in cash / remaining $177,777 payable in stock of the |
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Reorganized Company. |
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Other
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The first $3.0MM shall not be subject to
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The first cash payment ($497,778 for Mr. Miller, |
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reduction resulting from EBITDAR
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$422,222 for Messrs. Stone, Stanage, and Goettel, and |
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Adjustment Mechanism (defined below).
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$355,556 for Mr. DeBacker) shall not be subject to |
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reduction resulting from EBITDAR Adjustment Mechanism |
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(defined below). |
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2008 PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVE (2008 EIC)
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Amount
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Up to $2.25MM.
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Up to $1.59MM in aggregate. |
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Payment Date
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The later of a date that is on or about
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Same. |
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30 days following the release of the |
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Companys Audited 2008 financial results |
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or 30 days after emergence from |
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bankruptcy. |
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Michael J. Burns Terms |
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Contingency
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1) Achievement of 2008 EBITDAR of $375MM
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1) Achievement of 2008 EBITDAR of $375MM for payment |
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for payment of first $0.5MM.
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of first $82,963 for Mr. Miller, $70,370 for Messrs. |
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Stone, Stanage, and Goettel, and $59,259 for Mr. |
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2) Payment of additional 100 bps on 2008
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DeBacker. |
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EBITDAR in excess of $375MM, subject to a |
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cap of $450MM (up to $.75 MM).
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2) Payment of 17 bps for Mr. Miller, 14 bps for |
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Messrs. Stone, Stanage and Goettel, and 12 bps for Mr. |
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3) Additional payment of 50 bps on 2008
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DeBacker on 2007 EBITDAR in excess of $375MM, subject |
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EBITDAR in excess of $450MM, subject to a
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to a cap of $450MM. |
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cap of $650MM (up to $1.0MM). |
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3) Additional payment of 8 bps for Mr. Miller, 7 bps |
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for Messrs. Stone, Stanage and Goettel, and 6 bps for |
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Mr. DeBacker on 2007 EBITDAR in excess of $450MM, |
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subject to a cap of $650MM. |
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Form of Payment
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100% stock of the Reorganized Company.
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Same. |
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EBITDAR Adjustment
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EBITDAR in each of 2007 and 2008 for the
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EBITDAR in each of 2007 and 2008 for the purposes of |
Mechanism
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purposes of the payment of 2007 and 2008
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the payment of 2007 and 2008 EIC payments (excluding |
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EIC payments (excluding the first $3MM
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the first cash payment) shall be reduced by the |
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cash payment) shall be reduced by the
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following for claims in excess of the Unsecured Claims |
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following for claims in excess of the
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threshold: |
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Unsecured Claims threshold: |
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1) 12.5% of the first $75MM in additional claims; |
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1) 12.5% of the first $75MM in |
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additional claims;
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2) 25% of the next $100MM in additional claims in |
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excess of $75MM; and |
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2) 25% of the next $100MM in additional
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claims in excess of $75MM; and
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3) 75% of any additional clams in excess of $175MM. |
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3) 75% of any additional clams in excess |
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of $175MM. |
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Unsecured Claims
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$2.850BN.
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Same. |
Threshold |
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NDA Agreements:
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Non-compete, non-solicitation and
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Non-compete, non-solicitation and non-disparagement |
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non-disparagement agreements to be
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agreements to be effective as follows: |
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effective as follows: |
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Each of Messrs Stanage, Stone, Miller, DeBacker and |
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1) If Mr. Burns is terminated without
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Goettel to enter a non-compete agreement with period |
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cause or resigns for good reason prior to
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of non-compete to be 12 months. No additional |
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emergence, the period of non-compete is 6
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consideraton for agreements. |
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months and there shall be an allowed |
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general unsecured claim in the amount of
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Nothing in Mr. DeBackers NDA Agreement shall prevent |
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$4MM (with recovery limited to $3MM less
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Debtors, following his termination, from engaging Mr. |
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any severance actually paid under section
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DeBacker as a consultant, subject to court approval, |
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503(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code) on
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after notice and a hearing. |
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account of Mr. Burns damage claims under |
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his Employment Agreement. |
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Michael J. Burns Terms |
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2) If terminated after emergence, (or Mr. |
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Burns resigns for good reason) the period |
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of non-compete is one year and $3.0MM |
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shall be paid ratably over 12-month |
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period on account of Mr. Burns damage |
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claims under his Employment Agreement. |
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3) Allowed unsecured claim of Mr. Burns |
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to be freely assignable after termination. |
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Pension Benefits:
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60% of Mr. Burns Pension Benefits
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100% of the Employment Agreements (including |
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assumed, provided that there is no
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Pension Benefits) of Messrs. Stone, Stanage and Miller |
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termination of any employee pension
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assumed, provided that there is no termination of any |
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plans; 40% is a general unsecured claim.
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employee pension plans. Otherwise, 100% is a general |
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All post-petition accruals and credits to
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unsecured claim. All post-petition accruals and |
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be allowed as an administrative claim.
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credits to be allowed as an administrative claim. |
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AIP:
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Semiannual Payment.
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Same. |
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2006 semi-annual escrowed payments to be
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2006 semi-annual payments already made. |
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released when Executive Incentive |
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Compensation deal is final. |
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Severance
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Maximum amount permissible under
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Same for Messrs. Stone, Stanage, Miller and DeBacker. |
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Bankruptcy Code Section 503(c)(2).
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Mr. Goettel to receive severance from Danas German |
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operations as and only to extent required under local |
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law in Germany. |
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DEFINITIONS
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EBITDAR
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Consolidated EBITDA as defined in typical
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Same. |
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bank agreement plus non recurring |
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Chapter 11 restructuring expenses |
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(including one-time operational |
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restructuring charges) less EBITDAR |
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Adjustment Mechanism. |
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Note |
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1) EBITDAR to be adjusted for material |
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asset sales other than engine hard parts, |
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fluids, pumps and trailer axles; and |
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2) EBITDAR to exclude contributions from |
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hard parts, fluids, pumps and trailer |
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axles businesses and DCC. |
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OTHER
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AIP
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For the avoidance of doubt, Mr. Burns
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Same. |
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AIP is not part of the EIC and is covered |
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by a separate agreement with metrics that |
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are to be determined annually with input |
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from the UCC. |
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Pmt of EIC in the Event of
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If Mr. Burns is no longer employed
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Same. |
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post-emergence from chapter 11, Mr. Burns |
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will be entitled to a contingent receivable |
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Michael J. Burns Terms |
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Termination Post-Emergence
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for his 2007 and 2008 EIC payments if |
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contingency thresholds have been met. |
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Adjustment for Material
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In the event that Dana pursues material
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Divestitures
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divestitures (other than engine hard |
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parts, fluids, pumps, trailer axles and |
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DCC), the thresholds for the EIC payments |
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shall be adjusted to mutually agreed upon |
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levels. |
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Exhibit 2
CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION,
NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION, NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT
AGREEMENT (the Agreement) is made and entered on the 16th day of May 2007 (the Effective
Date), by and between Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation, whose principal place of business
is located at 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio (the Corporation) and Michael J. Burns (the
Executive), pursuant to the Memorandum Opinion of the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York dated November 30, 2006 (the Opinion), and an Order of the
Bankruptcy Court dated December 18, 2006 (the Order).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Executive is an employee of the Corporation and serves the Corporation as its
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2006, the Corporation and forty of its Subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (jointly Administered), (the Bankruptcy Cases);
WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Executive wish to resolve certain issues between them arising
from or relating to the Executives service and employment with the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the promises and agreements contained herein
and other good and valuable consideration (including the Executives continued employment by the
Corporation), the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be
legally bound, the Corporation and the Executive agree as follows:
1. Confidential Information.
(a) The Executive agrees not to disclose, either while in the Corporations employ or at any
time thereafter, to any person not employed by the Corporation, or not engaged to render services
to the Corporation, except with the prior written consent of an officer authorized to act in the
matter by the Corporations Board of Directors (the Board), any confidential information of the
Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (both, as defined below) obtained by him while in the
employ of the Corporation, including, without limitation, information relating to the finances,
strategy, organization, operations, inventions, processes, formulae, plans, devices, compilations
of information, methods of distribution, customers, supplies, client relationships, marketing
strategies or trade secrets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; provided,
however, that this provision shall not preclude the Executive from use or disclosure of information
known generally to the public or of information not considered confidential by persons engaged in
the business conducted by the Corporation or from disclosure required by law or court order if, in
the case of such required disclosure, the Executive has given the
Corporation reasonable prior notice in order to permit the Corporation to take steps to
protect the information from public disclosure. The agreement herein made in this Section 1(a)
shall be in addition to, and not in limitation or derogation of, any obligations otherwise imposed
by law upon the Executive in respect of confidential information and trade secrets of the
Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
(b) The Executive also agrees that upon leaving the Corporations employ he will not take with
him, without the prior written consent of an officer authorized to act in the matter by the Board,
and he will surrender to the Corporation any record, list, drawing, blueprint, specification or
other document or property of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, together with any
copy and reproduction thereof, mechanical or otherwise, which is of a confidential nature relating
to the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or, without limitation, relating to its or
their finances, strategy, organization, operations, inventions, processes, formulae, plans,
devices, compilations of information, methods of distribution, customers, suppliers, client
relationships, marketing strategies or trade secrets, or which was obtained by him or entrusted to
him during the course of his employment with the Corporation.
2. Competition.
(a) The Executive agrees that he will not engage in Competition at any time (i) while employed
by the Corporation during the Employment Period and (ii), if applicable, (1) during the six (6)
month period immediately following the termination of the Executives employment for any reason
during the Bankruptcy Cases or (2) during the twelve (12) month period immediately following
termination of the Executives employment for any reason after the conclusion of the Bankruptcy
Cases (each, and collectively, the Non-Competition Period). In addition, following the
termination of his employment for any reason, the Executive agrees that he will not make or publish
any statement which is, or may reasonably be considered to be, disparaging of the Corporation or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or directors, officers or employees, or the operations,
brands or products of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, provided that
nothing in this sentence shall prevent the Executive from making any truthful statements in
connection with any legal proceeding or any investigations by the Corporation, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any governmental authority.
(b) The word Competition for the purposes of this Agreement shall mean
(i) taking a management position with or control of a business engaged in the design,
development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of products which constituted 15% or
more of the sales of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates during the last
fiscal year of the Corporation preceding the termination of the Executives employment in
any geographical area in which the Corporation, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is at the
time engaging in the design, development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of such
products; provided, however, that in no event shall ownership of less than 5% of the
outstanding capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors of a corporation
with a class of equity securities held of record by more than 500 persons, standing alone,
be deemed Competition within the meaning of this Agreement,
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(ii) soliciting, encouraging, or inducing or attempting to solicit, encourage or induce
any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to terminate his or
her employment relationship with the Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate,
(iii) soliciting or attempting to solicit any person who is a customer of the
businesses conducted by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or any business
in which the Executive has been engaged on behalf of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates at any time during the Employment Period, in each case, with respect to any
product or service being furnished, made, sold or leased, in each case in a material
respect, to or by the Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate; provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to any business which has been sold or divested by the Corporation
prior to the Termination Date, or
(iv) persuading or seeking to persuade any customer of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to cease to do business or to reduce the amount of business, in
case in a material respect, which any supplier or customer has customarily done or
contemplates doing with the Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate, whether or not the
relationship between the Corporation or its Subsidiary or Affiliate and such customer was
originally established in whole or in part through the Executives efforts.
For purposes of Section 2(b)(iii) and (iv) only, during the portion of the Non-Competition
Period following the termination of the Executives employment, the term customer shall
mean a customer who has done business with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates within twelve months preceding the termination of the Executives employment.
(c) If, at any time, the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, by reason of being vague or unreasonable as to area, duration or scope, the
provisions of this Agreement shall be divisible and shall become immediately amended to cover only
such area, duration or scope as shall be determined to be reasonable and enforceable by the court
or other body having jurisdiction over the matter; and the Executive agrees that Agreement as so
amended shall be valid and binding as though any invalid or unenforceable provision had not been
included herein.
For all purposes of this Agreement, (1) a Subsidiary shall mean a corporation or
other entity, of which 50% or more of the voting securities or other equity interests is owned
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by the Corporation, and (2) an
Affiliate shall mean a corporation or other entity which is not a Subsidiary and which
directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is
under common control with, the Corporation. For the purpose of this definition, the terms
control, controls and controlled mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a corporation or other entity,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Executive have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
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EX-99.2
Exhibit 99.2
EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT
This Agreement (the Agreement) made and entered into on May 16, 2007, by and between Dana
Corporation, a Virginia corporation, whose principal place of business is located at 4500 Dorr
Street, Toledo, Ohio (the Corporation), and Paul E. Miller (the Executive), effective as of
December 31, 2006.
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2006, the Corporation and forty of its Subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (Jointly Administered), (the Bankruptcy Cases); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Memorandum Opinion of the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court) dated November 30, 2006 (the Opinion),
as supplemented by an Order of the Bankruptcy Court dated December 18, 2006 (the Order), the
Corporation desires to enter into this agreement, subject to certain conditions and limitations, as
provided herein (the Agreement) and the Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Corporation and the Executive agree as follows:
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Base Salary. During the Bankruptcy Cases, the Executive shall be paid base salary at
an annual rate of $375,000 (the Annual Base Salary), subject to increase upon Order of the
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Additional Benefits and Compensation. |
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Annual Bonus. During the Executives employment, the
Executive shall be eligible to receive annual short-term incentive awards or
bonuses (each such award or bonus is hereinafter referred to as an Annual
Bonus) pursuant to the Dana Corporation Annual Incentive Plan, and any
successor or replacement plan (the Dana Corporation Annual Incentive Plan and
such successor or replacement plans being referred to herein collectively as
the AIP), in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Annual Bonus shall be
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The EIC Plan. The Corporation hereby adopts an
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan for the Executive (the EIC Plan) under
which the Executive shall be eligible for a 2007 performance based incentive
bonus (the 2007 EIC) and a 2008 performance based incentive bonus (the 2008
EIC), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Order.
Except as otherwise provided for herein, the EIC payment shall only be earned
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payable if the Executive is employed at the end of the applicable fiscal
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The Executive shall be eligible for a 2007
EIC payment of up to $746,667. The first $497,778 shall be earned by
the Executive upon the achievement by the Corporation of EBITDAR for
2007 of $250 million and shall be paid in cash on the later of (a) 30
days following the filing of the Corporations audited 2007 financial
statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC)
and (b) 30 days after the Corporations Emergence (the applicable
date, the 2007 EIC Payment Date), provided that in the event that
the Corporation achieves EBITDAR for 2007 in excess of $250 million,
the Executive shall earn an additional 2007 EIC payment equal to
12.44445 basis points on EBITDAR for 2007 in excess of $250 million,
up to a cap of $450 million (the Additional 2007 EIC Payment). For
purposes of this Agreement, the term EBITDAR shall have the meaning
set forth in the term sheet attached as Exhibit A to the
Order which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated
herein by reference. For purposes of this Agreement, Emergence
shall mean consummation by the Corporation of (i) a plan of
reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code (the Plan) or (ii) a sale
of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets pursuant to
section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Additional 2007 EIC Payment
shall be paid in common stock (Common Stock) of the reorganized
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The Executive shall be eligible for a 2008
EIC payment of up to $373,334. The first $82,963 shall be earned by
the Executive upon the achievement by the Corporation of EBITDAR for
2008 of $375 million, provided that in the event the Corporation
achieves EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $375 million, the Executive
shall earn an additional 2008 EIC payment equal to (a) 17 basis
points on EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $375 million, up to a cap of
$450 million, and (b) 8 basis points on EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of
$450 million, up to a cap of $650 million. The entire 2008 EIC
payment shall be paid in Common Stock on the later of (i) 30 days
following the filing of the Corporations audited 2008 financial
statements with the SEC and (ii) 30 days after the Corporations
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For purposes of determining the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Executive under Sections
2(a)(ii)(1) and (2), the value of the Common Stock will be its
average closing price on the principal U.S. stock exchange on which
it is traded during the thirty days before the 2007 EIC Payment Date
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The 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC awards earned
shall be subject to reduction under the EBITDAR Adjustment
Mechanism. Under the EBITDAR Adjustment Mechanism, EBITDAR for the
purposes of determining the minimum payment threshold for the 2007
EIC (excluding the first $497,778 cash payment in respect of the 2007
EIC award) and the 2008 EIC shall be reduced by unsecured claims
allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases in excess of an unsecured claims
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For purposes of this Agreement, the term allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases shall mean the earlier
of (a) the allowance of an unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases or (b) an agreement regarding
potentially allowable claims between the Corporation and the official committee of unsecured
creditors appointed in the Bankruptcy Cases, or its successor, as designated in the Plan.
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Maximum Bonus Compensation. Notwithstanding anything set forth
herein, while the Bankruptcy Cases are pending the maximum annual compensation with
respect to 2007 under Section 2(a) shall not exceed $1,529,220 (the Maximum Annual
Bonus Compensation). For avoidance of doubt, the Maximum Annual Bonus Compensation
shall not include (i) the Annual Base Salary and (ii) any payment made during a
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Retirement Benefits. Subject to the provisions hereof, with respect
to the Executives Supplemental Retirement Benefit, as evidenced by the Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan, effective as of May 3, 2004 (the SERP), accrued as of
March 3, 2006 (the Accrued Benefit), the Corporation shall assume the Accrued
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Emergence, or (ii) the Executives termination of employment by the Corporation
without Cause (as defined in Section 3 below). All annual credits and interest
credits accrued after March 3, 2006 with respect to the Supplemental Retirement
Benefit shall be allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases as an administrative claim on the
estate. However, if the Corporations defined benefit pension plans are terminated
under either 29 U.S.C. § 1341 in a distress termination or 29 U.S.C. § 1342 in an
involuntary termination, the Executives Accrued Benefit shall remain a general
unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases. Other than as provided herein, all other
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Change of Control Agreement. The Change of Control Agreement between
the Corporation and the Executive dated May 3, 2004, shall be null and void. |
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(a) Disability shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executives duties with
the Corporation on a full-time basis for 120 consecutive days as a result of incapacity due
to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician
selected by the Corporation or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the
Executives legal representative (such agreement as to acceptability not to be withheld
unreasonably);
(b) Cause shall mean:
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the willful and continued failure of the
Executive to perform substantially the Executives duties with the
Corporation (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity
due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for
substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation (the Board), or a committee thereof,
or the Chief Executive Officer, which specifically identifies the
manner in which the Board, the committee or the Chief Executive
Officer, as applicable, believes that the Executive has not
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illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and
demonstrably injurious to the Corporation. |
For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the
Executive, shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by
the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executives action
or omission was in the best interests of the Corporation. Any act, or failure to
act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution
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Chief Executive Officer, or based upon the advice of counsel for the Corporation
shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in
good faith and in the best interests of the Corporation.
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At Will Employment; Obligations of the Corporation upon Termination of Employment.
The Executive shall be employed by the Corporation at will, which means that either the
Executive or the Corporation may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any
reason or no reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the termination of the
Executives employment, the Executive shall be entitled to the compensation and benefits
provided for in this Section, as applicable depending on the circumstances of such
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Termination by the Corporation without Cause or due to death or
Disability. If the Corporation shall terminate the Executives employment without
Cause or if the Executives employment is terminated due to death or Disability,
subject to and conditioned upon the execution by the Executive (or, if applicable, his
estate) of, and his (or, as applicable, his estate) not revoking, a release in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the Executive (or, as applicable, his
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a contingent receivable for his 2007 EIC
and 2008 EIC payments if the applicable EBITDAR thresholds have been
or are subsequently met; provided, however, that the 2007 EIC and
2008 EIC shall each be pro rated for the time worked during the
applicable year, such pro rata EIC to be determined by multiplying
the 2007 EIC or 2008 EIC, as applicable, by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of days in the applicable year through the
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employment by the Corporation without Cause (i) a lump sum cash
severance payment equal to the maximum amount permissible under
Section 503(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, the amount to be calculated
consensually with the Creditors Committee appointed in the
Bankruptcy Cases, provided that, if no such consensus can be reached,
the Bankruptcy Court shall determine the amount of such payment; and
(ii) if the Executive timely elects COBRA continuation coverage, the
Corporation shall pay that portion of the Executives COBRA premium
that the Corporation would have been obligated to pay under the Dana
Corporation Separation Plan for U.S. Employees; provided that the
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Payments made pursuant to Section 5 shall be made in lump sum on the later of (A) such time as
they would otherwise be payable under this Agreement or the applicable benefit plans and (B)
earliest date permissible under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
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Cause; Termination by the Executive. If the Executives employment
shall be terminated by the Corporation for Cause or if the Executive terminates his
employment, the Corporation shall have no further obligations to the Executive under
this Agreement other than the obligation to pay through the date of termination the
Executives Annual Base Salary, any compensation previously earned, any compensation
previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings
thereon), his vested benefits under any employee benefit plans maintained by the
Corporation, including the SERP, and accrued but unused vacation pay, in each case to
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Full Settlement. The Corporations obligation to make the payments provided for in
this Agreement and under the SERP and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder and under
the SERP shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
claim, right or action which the Corporation may have against the Executive or others. |
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Confidential Information. The Executive shall execute contemporaneously with this
Agreement, a Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and
Non-Disparagement Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A (the NDA Agreement)
which agreement shall supersede any and all agreements between the Corporation and the
Executive relating to confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and
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Successors. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Executive, the Executives heirs and legal
representatives, and the Corporation and its successors. |
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Amendment or Modification; Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be amended,
modified or waived unless such amendment, modification or waiver shall be authorized by the
Board (and, if the Corporation is still operating under Chapter 11, the Bankruptcy Court) or
any authorized committee of the Board and shall be agreed to in writing, signed by the
Executive and by an officer of the Corporation thereunto duly authorized. Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Agreement, no waiver by either party hereto of any breach by the
other party hereto of any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such
other party shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent breach of such condition or provision or
a waiver of a similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same time or at any prior or
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This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Ohio, without reference to principles of conflict of laws, and
exclusive venue and jurisdiction shall lie in any federal or state court located in
Ohio. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall
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All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: |
If to the Executive, at the most recent address for the Executive in the Corporation records,
If to the Corporation:
Dana Corporation
P.O. Box 1000
Toledo, Ohio 43697
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.
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The Corporation may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement
such Federal, state or local taxes as it determines is required to be withheld
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This Agreement (including exhibits hereto) and the SERP contain the entire
agreement of the parties concerning the subject matter hereof, and all promises,
representations, understandings, arrangements and prior agreements concerning the
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No right, benefit or interest hereunder, shall be subject to anticipation,
alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, hypothecation, or set-off
in respect of any claim, debt or obligation, or to execution, attachment, levy or
similar process, or assignment by operation of law. Any attempt, voluntary or
involuntary, to effect any action specified in the immediately preceding sentence
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Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create or be construed to create a
trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Corporation and the
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To the extent necessary to effectuate the terms of this Agreement, the terms
of this Agreement (and the exhibits) which must survive the termination of the
Executives employment or the termination of this Agreement (and the exhibits) shall
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In the event of the Executives death or a judicial determination of
Executives incompetence, reference in this Agreement to the Executive shall be
deemed, where appropriate, to refer to Executives legal representative or, where
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Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, it is intended
that this Agreement comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. This
Agreement shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent, and any
provision that would cause the Agreement to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code
shall have no force and effect until amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code
(which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A and may be
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Agreement to be signed by its duly
authorized representative, and the Executive has executed this Agreement, as of the day and year
first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION,
NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION, NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT
AGREEMENT (the Agreement) is made and entered on
the 16th day of May 2007 (the Effective
Date), by and between Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation, whose principal place of business
is located at 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio (the Corporation) and Paul E. Miller (the
Executive), pursuant to the Memorandum Opinion of the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York dated November 30, 2006 (the Opinion), and an Order of the
Bankruptcy Court dated December 18, 2006 (the Order).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Executive is an employee of the Corporation;
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2006, the Corporation and forty of its Subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (jointly Administered), (the Bankruptcy Cases);
WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Executive wish to resolve certain issues between them arising
from or relating to the Executives service and employment with the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the promises and agreements contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration (including the Executives continued employment by
the Corporation), the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be
legally bound, the Corporation and the Executive agree as follows:
1. Confidential Information.
(a) The Executive agrees not to disclose, either while in the Corporations employ or at any
time thereafter, to any person not employed by the Corporation, or not engaged to render services
to the Corporation, except with the prior written consent of an officer authorized to act in the
matter by the Corporations Board of Directors (the Board), any confidential information of the
Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (both, as defined below) obtained by him while in the
employ of the Corporation, including, without limitation, information relating to the finances,
strategy, organization, operations, inventions, processes, formulae, plans, devices, compilations
of information, methods of distribution, customers, supplies, client relationships, marketing
strategies or trade secrets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; provided,
however, that this provision shall not preclude the Executive from use or disclosure of information
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the business conducted by the Corporation or from disclosure required by law or court order if, in
the case of such required disclosure, the Executive has given the Corporation reasonable prior
notice in order to permit the Corporation to take steps to protect the information from public
disclosure. The agreement herein made in this Section 1(a) shall be in addition to, and not in
limitation or derogation of, any obligations otherwise imposed by law upon the Executive in respect
of confidential information and trade secrets of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
(b) The Executive also agrees that upon leaving the Corporations employ he will not take with
him, without the prior written consent of an officer authorized to act in the matter by the Board,
and he will surrender to the Corporation any record, list, drawing, blueprint, specification or
other document or property of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, together with any
copy and reproduction thereof, mechanical or otherwise, which is of a confidential nature relating
to the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or, without limitation, relating to its or
their finances, strategy, organization, operations, inventions, processes, formulae, plans,
devices, compilations of information, methods of distribution, customers, suppliers, client
relationships, marketing strategies or trade secrets, or which was obtained by him or entrusted to
him during the course of his employment with the Corporation.
2. Competition.
(a) The Executive agrees that he will not engage in Competition at any time while employed by
the Corporation and during the twelve (12) month period immediately following termination of the
Executives employment for any reason (the Non-Competition Period). In addition, following the
termination of his employment for any reason, the Executive agrees that he will not make or publish
any statement which is, or may reasonably be considered to be, disparaging of the Corporation or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or directors, officers or employees, or the operations,
brands or products of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, provided that
nothing in this sentence shall prevent the Executive from making any truthful statement in
connection with any legal proceeding or any investigations by the Corporation, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any governmental authority.
(b) The word Competition for the purposes of this Agreement shall mean
(i) taking a management position with or control of a business engaged in the design,
development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of products which constituted 15% or
more of the sales of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates during the last
fiscal year of the Corporation preceding the termination of the Executives employment in
any geographical area in which the Corporation, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is at the
time engaging in the design, development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of such
products; provided, however, that in no event shall ownership of less than 5% of the
outstanding capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors of a corporation
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Competition within the meaning of this Agreement,
(ii) soliciting, encouraging, or inducing or attempting to solicit, encourage or
induce any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to
terminate his or her employment relationship with the Corporation or such Subsidiary or
Affiliate,
(iii) soliciting or attempting to solicit any person who is a customer of the
businesses conducted by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or any
business in which the Executive has been engaged on behalf of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates at any time during his employment, in each case, with respect to
any product or service being furnished, made, sold or leased, in a material respect, by the
Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
any business which has been sold or divested by the Corporation prior to the date of
termination, or
(iv) persuading or seeking to persuade any customer of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to cease to do business or to reduce the amount of business, in
a material respect, which any customer has customarily done or contemplates doing with the
Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate, whether or not the relationship between the
Corporation or its Subsidiary or Affiliate and such customer was originally established in
whole or in part through the Executives efforts.
For purposes of Section 2(b)(iii) and (iv) only, during the portion of the Non-Competition
Period following the termination of the Executives employment, the term customer shall
mean a customer who has done business with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates within twelve months preceding the termination of the Executives employment.
3. The Executive understands that the provisions of this Agreement may limit his ability to
earn a livelihood in a business similar to the businesses of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries
and Affiliates but nevertheless agrees and hereby acknowledges that the consideration provided by
the Executives continued employment by the Corporation is sufficient to justify the restrictions
contained in such provisions. In consideration thereof and in light of the Executives education,
skills and abilities, the Executive agrees that he will not assert in any forum that such
provisions prevent the Executive from earning a living or otherwise are void or unenforceable or
should be held void or unenforceable.
4. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that, by virtue of his position, services, and access
to and use of confidential information, any violation by the Executive of any of the undertakings
contained in this Agreement would cause the Corporation and if applicable, its Subsidiaries and/or
Affiliates immediate, substantial and irreparable injury for which it or they have no adequate
remedy at law. Accordingly, the Executive agrees and consents to the entry of an injunction or
other equitable relief by a court of competent jurisdiction restraining any violation or threatened
violation of any undertaking contained
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in this Agreement. The Executive waives posting of any bond otherwise necessary to secure
such injunction or other equitable relief. Rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement are
cumulative and shall be in addition to rights and remedies otherwise available to the Corporation
and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates under any other agreement or applicable law.
5. If, at any time, the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, by reason of being vague or unreasonable as to area, duration or scope, the
provisions of this Agreement shall be divisible and shall become immediately amended to cover only
such area, duration or scope as shall be determined to be reasonable and enforceable by the court
or other body having jurisdiction over the matter; and the Executive agrees that Agreement as so
amended shall be valid and binding as though any invalid or unenforceable provision had not been
included herein.
6. For all purposes of this Agreement, (1) a Subsidiary shall mean a corporation or
other entity, of which 50% or more of the voting securities or other equity interests is owned
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by the Corporation, and (2) an
Affiliate shall mean a corporation or other entity which is not a Subsidiary and which
directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is
under common control with, the Corporation. For the purpose of this definition, the terms
control, controls and controlled mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a corporation or other entity,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Executive have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date set forth above.
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EX-99.3
Exhibit 99.3
EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT
This Agreement (the Agreement) made and entered into on May 16, 2007, by and between Dana
Corporation, a Virginia corporation, whose principal place of business is located at 4500 Dorr
Street, Toledo, Ohio (the Corporation), and Nick L. Stanage (the Executive), effective as of
December 31, 2006.
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2006, the Corporation and forty of its Subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (Jointly Administered), (the Bankruptcy Cases); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Memorandum Opinion of the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court) dated November 30, 2006 (the Opinion),
as supplemented by an Order of the Bankruptcy Court dated December 18, 2006 (the Order), the
Corporation desires to enter into this agreement, subject to certain conditions and limitations, as
provided herein (the Agreement) and the Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Corporation and the Executive agree as follows:
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Base Salary. During the Bankruptcy Cases, the Executive shall be paid base salary at
an annual rate of $336,000 (the Annual Base Salary), subject to increase upon Order of the
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(a) Additional Benefits and Compensation. |
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Annual Bonus. During the Executives employment, the
Executive shall be eligible to receive annual short-term incentive awards or
bonuses (each such award or bonus is hereinafter referred to as an Annual
Bonus) pursuant to the Dana Corporation Annual Incentive Plan, and any
successor or replacement plan (the Dana Corporation Annual Incentive Plan and
such successor or replacement plans being referred to herein collectively as
the AIP), in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Annual Bonus shall be
determined and paid in accordance with the terms of the AIP. |
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The EIC Plan. The Corporation hereby adopts an
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan for the Executive (the EIC Plan) under
which the Executive shall be eligible for a 2007 performance based incentive
bonus (the 2007 EIC) and a 2008 performance based incentive bonus (the 2008
EIC), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Order.
Except as otherwise provided for herein, the EIC payment shall only be earned
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The Executive shall be eligible for a 2007
EIC payment of up to $633,333. The first $422,222 shall be earned by
the Executive upon the achievement by the Corporation of EBITDAR for
2007 of $250 million and shall be paid in cash on the later of (a) 30
days following the filing of the Corporations audited 2007 financial
statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and
(b) 30 days after the Corporations Emergence (the applicable date,
the 2007 EIC Payment Date), provided that in the event that the
Corporation achieves EBITDAR for 2007 in excess of $250 million, the
Executive shall earn an additional 2007 EIC payment equal to 10.55555
basis points on EBITDAR for 2007 in excess of $250 million, up to a
cap of $450 million (the Additional 2007 EIC Payment). For purposes
of this Agreement, the term EBITDAR shall have the meaning set forth
in the term sheet attached as Exhibit A to the Order which is
attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by
reference. For purposes of this Agreement, Emergence shall mean
consummation by the Corporation of (i) a plan of reorganization under
the Bankruptcy Code (the Plan) or (ii) a sale of all or
substantially all of the Corporations assets pursuant to section 363
of the Bankruptcy Code. The Additional 2007 EIC Payment shall be paid
in common stock (Common Stock) of the reorganized Corporation on the
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The Executive shall be eligible for a 2008
EIC payment of up to $316,667. The first $70,370 shall be earned by
the Executive upon the achievement by the Corporation of EBITDAR for
2008 of $375 million, provided that in the event the Corporation
achieves EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $375 million, the Executive
shall earn an additional 2008 EIC payment equal to (a) 14 basis points
on EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $375 million, up to a cap of $450
million, and (b) 7 basis points on EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $450
million, up to a cap of $650 million. The entire 2008 EIC payment
shall be paid in Common Stock on the later of (i) 30 days following
the filing of the Corporations audited 2008 financial statements with
the SEC and (ii) 30 days after the Corporations Emergence (the 2008
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For purposes of determining the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Executive under Sections
2(a)(ii)(1) and (2), the value of the Common Stock will be its average
closing price on the principal U.S. stock exchange on which it is
traded during the thirty days before the 2007 EIC Payment Date or the
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The 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC awards earned shall
be subject to reduction under the EBITDAR Adjustment Mechanism.
Under the EBITDAR Adjustment Mechanism, EBITDAR for the purposes of
determining the minimum payment threshold for the 2007 EIC (excluding
the first $422,222 cash payment in respect of the 2007 EIC award) and
the 2008 EIC shall be reduced by unsecured claims allowed in the
Bankruptcy Cases in excess of an unsecured claims threshold of $2.85
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claims in excess of $175 million. |
For purposes of this Agreement, the term allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases shall mean the earlier
of (a) the allowance of an unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases or (b) an agreement regarding
potentially allowable claims between the Corporation and the official committee of unsecured
creditors appointed in the Bankruptcy Cases, or its successor, as designated in the Plan.
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Maximum Bonus Compensation. Notwithstanding anything set forth
herein, while the Bankruptcy Cases are pending the maximum annual compensation with
respect to 2007 under Section 2(a) shall not exceed $1,217,638 (the Maximum Annual
Bonus Compensation). For avoidance of doubt, the Maximum Annual Bonus Compensation
shall not include (i) the Annual Base Salary and (ii) any payment made during a
relevant fiscal year in respect of performance measures related to prior years. |
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Retirement Benefits. Subject to the provisions hereof, with respect
to the Executives Supplemental Retirement Benefit, as evidenced by the Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan, effective as of August 29, 2005 (the SERP), accrued as of
March 3, 2006 (the Accrued Benefit), the Corporation shall assume the Accrued
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Emergence, or (ii) the Executives termination of employment by the Corporation
without Cause (as defined in Section 3 below). All annual credits and interest
credits accrued after March 3, 2006 with respect to the Supplemental Retirement
Benefit shall be allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases as an administrative claim on the
estate. However, if the Corporations defined benefit pension plans are terminated
under either 29 U.S.C. § 1341 in a distress termination or 29 U.S.C. § 1342 in an
involuntary termination, the Executives Accrued Benefit shall remain a general
unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases. Other than as provided herein, all other
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(a) Disability shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executives duties with
the Corporation on a full-time basis for 120 consecutive days as a result of incapacity due
to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician
selected by the Corporation or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the
Executives legal representative (such agreement as to acceptability not to be withheld
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the willful and continued failure of the
Executive to perform substantially the Executives duties with the
Corporation (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due
to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial
performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board of Directors of
the Corporation (the Board), or a committee thereof, or the Chief
Executive Officer, which specifically identifies the manner in which
the Board, the committee or the Chief Executive Officer, as
applicable, believes that the Executive has not substantially
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illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and
demonstrably injurious to the Corporation. |
For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the
Executive, shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by
the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executives action
or omission was in the best interests of the Corporation. Any act, or failure to
act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or
a committee thereof or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer, or based
upon the advice of counsel for the Corporation shall be conclusively presumed to be
done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests
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At Will Employment; Obligations of the Corporation upon Termination of Employment.
The Executive shall be employed by the Corporation at will, which means that either the
Executive or the Corporation may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for
any reason or no reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the termination of the
Executives employment, the Executive shall be entitled to the compensation and benefits
provided for in this Section, as applicable depending on the circumstances of such
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Termination by the Corporation without Cause or due to death or
Disability. If the Corporation shall terminate the Executives employment without
Cause or if the Executives employment is terminated due to death or Disability,
subject to and conditioned upon the execution by the Executive (or, if applicable, his
estate) of, and his (or, as applicable, his estate) not revoking, a release in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the Executive (or, as applicable, his
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a contingent receivable for his 2007 EIC and
2008 EIC payments if the applicable EBITDAR thresholds have been or
are subsequently met; provided, however, that the 2007 EIC and 2008
EIC shall each be pro rated for the time worked during the applicable
year, such pro rata EIC to be determined by multiplying the 2007 EIC
or 2008 EIC, as applicable, by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of days in the applicable year through the date of
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solely in the case of termination of
employment by the Corporation without Cause (i) a lump sum cash
severance payment equal to the maximum amount permissible under
Section 503(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, the amount to be calculated
consensually with the Creditors Committee appointed in the Bankruptcy
Cases, provided that, if no such consensus can be reached, the
Bankruptcy Court shall determine the amount of such payment; and (ii)
if the Executive timely elects COBRA continuation coverage, the
Corporation shall pay that portion of the Executives COBRA premium
that the Corporation would have been obligated to pay under the Dana
Corporation Separation Plan for U.S. Employees; provided that the
Corporations obligation under this subsection shall cease on the date
the Executive becomes employed by a third party and is eligible for
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1986, as amended (the Code).
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Cause; Termination by the Executive. If the Executives employment
shall be terminated by the Corporation for Cause or if the Executive terminates his
employment, the Corporation shall have no further obligations to the Executive under
this Agreement other than the obligation to pay through the date of termination the
Executives Annual Base Salary, any compensation previously earned, any compensation
previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings
thereon), his vested benefits under any employee benefit plans maintained by the
Corporation, including the SERP, and accrued but unused vacation pay, in each case to
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Full Settlement. The Corporations obligation to make the payments provided for in
this Agreement and under the SERP and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder and under
the SERP shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
claim, right or action which the Corporation may have against the Executive or others. |
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Confidential Information. The Executive shall execute contemporaneously with this
Agreement, a Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and
Non-Disparagement Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A (the NDA Agreement)
which agreement shall supersede any and all agreements between the Corporation and the
Executive relating to confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and
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Successors. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Executive, the Executives heirs and legal
representatives, and the Corporation and its successors. |
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Amendment or Modification; Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be amended,
modified or waived unless such amendment, modification or waiver shall be authorized by the
Board (and, if the Corporation is still operating under Chapter 11, the Bankruptcy Court) or
any authorized committee of the Board and shall be agreed to in writing, signed by the
Executive and by an officer of the Corporation thereunto duly authorized. Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Agreement, no waiver by either party hereto of any breach by the
other party hereto of any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such
other party shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent breach of such condition or provision or
a waiver of a similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same time or at any prior or
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This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
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and exclusive venue and jurisdiction shall lie in any federal or state court
located in Ohio. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions
hereof and shall have no force or effect. |
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All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: |
If to the Executive, at the most recent address for the Executive in the Corporation records,
If to the Corporation:
Dana Corporation
P.O. Box 1000
Toledo, Ohio 43697
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.
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The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. |
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The Corporation may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement
such Federal, state or local taxes as it determines is required to be withheld
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. |
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This Agreement (including exhibits hereto) and the SERP contain the entire
agreement of the parties concerning the subject matter hereof, and all promises,
representations, understandings, arrangements and prior agreements concerning the
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No right, benefit or interest hereunder, shall be subject to anticipation,
alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, hypothecation, or set-off
in respect of any claim, debt or obligation, or to execution, attachment, levy or
similar process, or assignment by operation of law. Any attempt, voluntary or
involuntary, to effect any action specified in the immediately preceding sentence
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Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create or be construed to create a
trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Corporation and the
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To the extent necessary to effectuate the terms of this Agreement, the terms of
this Agreement (and the exhibits) which must survive the termination of the
Executives employment or the termination of this Agreement (and the exhibits)
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In the event of the Executives death or a judicial determination of
Executives incompetence, reference in this Agreement to the Executive shall be
deemed, where appropriate, to refer to Executives legal representative or, where
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legal holiday, such event shall take place on the next succeeding day that is not a
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Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, it is intended
that this Agreement comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. This
Agreement shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent, and any
provision that would cause the Agreement to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code
shall have no force and effect until amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code
(which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A and may be
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Agreement to be signed by its duly
authorized representative, and the Executive has executed this Agreement, as of the day and year
first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION,
NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION, NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT
AGREEMENT (the Agreement) is made and entered on
the 16th day of May 2007 (the Effective
Date), by and between Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation, whose principal place of business
is located at 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio (the Corporation) and Nick L. Stanage (the
Executive), pursuant to the Memorandum Opinion of the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York dated November 30, 2006 (the Opinion), and an Order of the
Bankruptcy Court dated December 18, 2006 (the Order).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Executive is an employee of the Corporation;
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2006, the Corporation and forty of its Subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (jointly Administered), (the Bankruptcy Cases);
WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Executive wish to resolve certain issues between them arising
from or relating to the Executives service and employment with the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the promises and agreements contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration (including the Executives continued employment by
the Corporation), the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be
legally bound, the Corporation and the Executive agree as follows:
1. Confidential Information.
(a) The Executive agrees not to disclose, either while in the Corporations employ or at any
time thereafter, to any person not employed by the Corporation, or not engaged to render services
to the Corporation, except with the prior written consent of an officer authorized to act in the
matter by the Corporations Board of Directors (the Board), any confidential information of the
Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (both, as defined below) obtained by him while in the
employ of the Corporation, including, without limitation, information relating to the finances,
strategy, organization, operations, inventions, processes, formulae, plans, devices, compilations
of information, methods of distribution, customers, supplies, client relationships, marketing
strategies or trade secrets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; provided,
however, that this provision shall not preclude the Executive from use or disclosure of information
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the business conducted by the Corporation or from disclosure required by law or court order if, in
the case of such required disclosure, the Executive has given the Corporation reasonable prior
notice in order to permit the Corporation to take steps to protect the information from public
disclosure. The agreement herein made in this Section 1(a) shall be in addition to, and not in
limitation or derogation of, any obligations otherwise imposed by law upon the Executive in respect
of confidential information and trade secrets of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
(b) The Executive also agrees that upon leaving the Corporations employ he will not take with
him, without the prior written consent of an officer authorized to act in the matter by the Board,
and he will surrender to the Corporation any record, list, drawing, blueprint, specification or
other document or property of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, together with any
copy and reproduction thereof, mechanical or otherwise, which is of a confidential nature relating
to the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or, without limitation, relating to its or
their finances, strategy, organization, operations, inventions, processes, formulae, plans,
devices, compilations of information, methods of distribution, customers, suppliers, client
relationships, marketing strategies or trade secrets, or which was obtained by him or entrusted to
him during the course of his employment with the Corporation.
2. Competition.
(a) The Executive agrees that he will not engage in Competition at any time while employed by
the Corporation and during the twelve (12) month period immediately following termination of the
Executives employment for any reason (the Non-Competition Period). In addition, following the
termination of his employment for any reason, the Executive agrees that he will not make or publish
any statement which is, or may reasonably be considered to be, disparaging of the Corporation or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or directors, officers or employees, or the operations,
brands or products of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, provided that
nothing in this sentence shall prevent the Executive from making any truthful statement in
connection with any legal proceeding or any investigations by the Corporation, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any governmental authority.
(b) The word Competition for the purposes of this Agreement shall mean
(i) taking a management position with or control of a business engaged in the design,
development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of products which constituted 15% or
more of the sales of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates during the last
fiscal year of the Corporation preceding the termination of the Executives employment in
any geographical area in which the Corporation, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is at the
time engaging in the design, development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of such
products; provided, however, that in no event shall ownership of less than 5% of the
outstanding capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors of a corporation
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Competition within the meaning of this Agreement,
(ii) soliciting, encouraging, or inducing or attempting to solicit, encourage or
induce any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to
terminate his or her employment relationship with the Corporation or such Subsidiary or
Affiliate,
(iii) soliciting or attempting to solicit any person who is a customer of the
businesses conducted by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or any
business in which the Executive has been engaged on behalf of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates at any time during his employment, in each case, with respect to
any product or service being furnished, made, sold or leased, in a material respect, by the
Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
any business which has been sold or divested by the Corporation prior to the date of
termination, or
(iv) persuading or seeking to persuade any customer of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to cease to do business or to reduce the amount of business, in
a material respect, which any customer has customarily done or contemplates doing with the
Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate, whether or not the relationship between the
Corporation or its Subsidiary or Affiliate and such customer was originally established in
whole or in part through the Executives efforts.
For purposes of Section 2(b)(iii) and (iv) only, during the portion of the Non-Competition
Period following the termination of the Executives employment, the term customer shall
mean a customer who has done business with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates within twelve months preceding the termination of the Executives employment.
3. The Executive understands that the provisions of this Agreement may limit his ability to
earn a livelihood in a business similar to the businesses of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries
and Affiliates but nevertheless agrees and hereby acknowledges that the consideration provided by
the Executives continued employment by the Corporation is sufficient to justify the restrictions
contained in such provisions. In consideration thereof and in light of the Executives education,
skills and abilities, the Executive agrees that he will not assert in any forum that such
provisions prevent the Executive from earning a living or otherwise are void or unenforceable or
should be held void or unenforceable.
4. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that, by virtue of his position, services, and access
to and use of confidential information, any violation by the Executive of any of the undertakings
contained in this Agreement would cause the Corporation and if applicable, its Subsidiaries and/or
Affiliates immediate, substantial and irreparable injury for which it or they have no adequate
remedy at law. Accordingly, the Executive agrees and consents to the entry of an injunction or
other equitable relief by a court of competent jurisdiction restraining any violation or threatened
violation of any undertaking contained
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in this Agreement. The Executive waives posting of any bond otherwise necessary to secure
such injunction or other equitable relief. Rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement are
cumulative and shall be in addition to rights and remedies otherwise available to the Corporation
and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates under any other agreement or applicable law.
5. If, at any time, the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, by reason of being vague or unreasonable as to area, duration or scope, the
provisions of this Agreement shall be divisible and shall become immediately amended to cover only
such area, duration or scope as shall be determined to be reasonable and enforceable by the court
or other body having jurisdiction over the matter; and the Executive agrees that Agreement as so
amended shall be valid and binding as though any invalid or unenforceable provision had not been
included herein.
6. For all purposes of this Agreement, (1) a Subsidiary shall mean a corporation or
other entity, of which 50% or more of the voting securities or other equity interests is owned
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by the Corporation, and (2) an
Affiliate shall mean a corporation or other entity which is not a Subsidiary and which
directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is
under common control with, the Corporation. For the purpose of this definition, the terms
control, controls and controlled mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a corporation or other entity,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Executive have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date set forth above.
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EX-99.4
Exhibit 99.4
EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT
This Agreement (the Agreement) made and entered into on May 16, 2007, by and between Dana
Corporation, a Virginia corporation, whose principal place of business is located at 4500 Dorr
Street, Toledo, Ohio (the Corporation), and Tom Stone (the Executive), effective as of December
31, 2006.
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2006, the Corporation and forty of its Subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (Jointly Administered), (the Bankruptcy Cases); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Memorandum Opinion of the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court) dated November 30, 2006 (the Opinion),
as supplemented by an Order of the Bankruptcy Court dated December 18, 2006 (the Order), the
Corporation desires to enter into this agreement, subject to certain conditions and limitations, as
provided herein (the Agreement) and the Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Corporation and the Executive agree as follows:
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Base Salary. During the Bankruptcy Cases, the Executive shall be paid base salary at
an annual rate of $440,000 (the Annual Base Salary), subject to increase upon Order of the
Bankruptcy Court. |
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(a) Additional Benefits and Compensation. |
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Annual Bonus. During the Executives employment, the
Executive shall be eligible to receive annual short-term incentive awards or
bonuses (each such award or bonus is hereinafter referred to as an Annual
Bonus) pursuant to the Dana Corporation Annual Incentive Plan, and any
successor or replacement plan (the Dana Corporation Annual Incentive Plan and
such successor or replacement plans being referred to herein collectively as
the AIP), in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Annual Bonus shall be
determined and paid in accordance with the terms of the AIP. |
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The EIC Plan. The Corporation hereby adopts an
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan for the Executive (the EIC Plan) under
which the Executive shall be eligible for a 2007 performance based incentive
bonus (the 2007 EIC) and a 2008 performance based incentive bonus (the 2008
EIC), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Order.
Except as otherwise provided for herein, the EIC payment shall only be earned
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The Executive shall be eligible for a 2007
EIC payment of up to $633,333. The first $422,222 shall be earned by
the Executive upon the achievement by the Corporation of EBITDAR for
2007 of $250 million and shall be paid in cash on the later of (a) 30
days following the filing of the Corporations audited 2007 financial
statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and
(b) 30 days after the Corporations Emergence (the applicable date,
the 2007 EIC Payment Date), provided that in the event that the
Corporation achieves EBITDAR for 2007 in excess of $250 million, the
Executive shall earn an additional 2007 EIC payment equal to 10.55555
basis points on EBITDAR for 2007 in excess of $250 million, up to a
cap of $450 million (the Additional 2007 EIC Payment). For purposes
of this Agreement, the term EBITDAR shall have the meaning set forth
in the term sheet attached as Exhibit A to the Order which is
attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by
reference. For purposes of this Agreement, Emergence shall mean
consummation by the Corporation of (i) a plan of reorganization under
the Bankruptcy Code (the Plan) or (ii) a sale of all or
substantially all of the Corporations assets pursuant to section 363
of the Bankruptcy Code. The Additional 2007 EIC Payment shall be paid
in common stock (Common Stock) of the reorganized Corporation on the
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The Executive shall be eligible for a 2008
EIC payment of up to $316,667. The first $70,370 shall be earned by
the Executive upon the achievement by the Corporation of EBITDAR for
2008 of $375 million, provided that in the event the Corporation
achieves EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $375 million, the Executive
shall earn an additional 2008 EIC payment equal to (a) 14 basis points
on EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $375 million, up to a cap of $450
million, and (b) 7 basis points on EBITDAR for 2008 in excess of $450
million, up to a cap of $650 million. The entire 2008 EIC payment
shall be paid in Common Stock on the later of (i) 30 days following
the filing of the Corporations audited 2008 financial statements with
the SEC and (ii) 30 days after the Corporations Emergence (the 2008
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For purposes of determining the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Executive under Sections
2(a)(ii)(1) and (2), the value of the Common Stock will be its average
closing price on the principal U.S. stock exchange on which it is
traded during the thirty days before the 2007 EIC Payment Date or the
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The 2007 EIC and 2008 EIC awards earned shall
be subject to reduction under the EBITDAR Adjustment Mechanism.
Under the EBITDAR Adjustment Mechanism, EBITDAR for the purposes of
determining the minimum payment threshold for the 2007 EIC (excluding
the first $422,222 cash payment in respect of the 2007 EIC award) and
the 2008 EIC shall be reduced by unsecured claims allowed in the
Bankruptcy Cases in excess of an unsecured claims threshold of $2.85
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claims in excess of $175 million. |
For purposes of this Agreement, the term allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases shall mean the earlier
of (a) the allowance of an unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases or (b) an agreement regarding
potentially allowable claims between the Corporation and the official committee of unsecured
creditors appointed in the Bankruptcy Cases, or its successor, as designated in the Plan.
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Maximum Bonus Compensation. Notwithstanding anything set forth
herein, while the Bankruptcy Cases are pending the maximum annual compensation with
respect to 2007 under Section 2(a) shall not exceed $1,551,526 (the Maximum Annual
Bonus Compensation). For avoidance of doubt, the Maximum Annual Bonus Compensation
shall not include (i) the Annual Base Salary and (ii) any payment made during a
relevant fiscal year in respect of performance measures related to prior years. |
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Retirement Benefits. Subject to the provisions hereof, with respect
to the Executives Supplemental Retirement Benefit, as evidenced by the Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan, effective as of June 27, 2005 (the SERP), accrued as of
March 3, 2006 (the Accrued Benefit), the Corporation shall assume the Accrued
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Emergence, or (ii) the Executives termination of employment by the Corporation
without Cause (as defined in Section 3 below). All annual credits and interest
credits accrued after March 3, 2006 with respect to the Supplemental Retirement
Benefit shall be allowed in the Bankruptcy Cases as an administrative claim on the
estate. However, if the Corporations defined benefit pension plans are terminated
under either 29 U.S.C. § 1341 in a distress termination or 29 U.S.C. § 1342 in an
involuntary termination, the Executives Accrued Benefit shall remain a general
unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases. Other than as provided herein, all other
terms of the SERP shall remain in full force and effect. |
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(a) Disability shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executives duties with
the Corporation on a full-time basis for 120 consecutive days as a result of incapacity due
to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician
selected by the Corporation or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the
Executives legal representative (such agreement as to acceptability not to be withheld
unreasonably);
(b) Cause shall mean:
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the willful and continued failure of the
Executive to perform substantially the Executives duties with the
Corporation (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due
to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial
performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board of Directors of
the Corporation (the Board), or a committee thereof, or the Chief
Executive Officer, which specifically identifies the manner in which
the Board, the committee or the Chief Executive Officer, as
applicable, believes that the Executive has not substantially
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illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and
demonstrably injurious to the Corporation. |
For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the
Executive, shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by
the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executives action
or omission was in the best interests of the Corporation. Any act, or failure to
act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or
a committee thereof or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer, or based
upon the advice of counsel for the Corporation shall be conclusively presumed to be
done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests
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At Will Employment; Obligations of the Corporation upon Termination of Employment.
The Executive shall be employed by the Corporation at will, which means that either the
Executive or the Corporation may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for
any reason or no reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the termination of the
Executives employment, the Executive shall be entitled to the compensation and benefits
provided for in this Section, as applicable depending on the circumstances of such
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Termination by the Corporation without Cause or due to death or
Disability. If the Corporation shall terminate the Executives employment without
Cause or if the Executives employment is terminated due to death or Disability,
subject to and conditioned upon the execution by the Executive (or, if applicable, his
estate) of, and his (or, as applicable, his estate) not revoking, a release in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the Executive (or, as applicable, his
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a contingent receivable for his 2007 EIC and
2008 EIC payments if the applicable EBITDAR thresholds have been or
are subsequently met; provided, however, that the 2007 EIC and 2008
EIC shall each be pro rated for the time worked during the applicable
year, such pro rata EIC to be determined by multiplying the 2007 EIC
or 2008 EIC, as applicable, by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of days in the applicable year through the date of
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employment by the Corporation without Cause (i) a lump sum cash
severance payment equal to the maximum amount permissible under
Section 503(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, the amount to be calculated
consensually with the Creditors Committee appointed in the Bankruptcy
Cases, provided that, if no such consensus can be reached, the
Bankruptcy Court shall determine the amount of such payment; and (ii)
if the Executive timely elects COBRA continuation coverage, the
Corporation shall pay that portion of the Executives COBRA premium
that the Corporation would have been obligated to pay under the Dana
Corporation Separation Plan for U.S. Employees; provided that the
Corporations obligation under this subsection shall cease on the date
the Executive becomes employed by a third party and is eligible for
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1986, as amended (the Code).
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Cause; Termination by the Executive. If the Executives employment
shall be terminated by the Corporation for Cause or if the Executive terminates his
employment, the Corporation shall have no further obligations to the Executive under
this Agreement other than the obligation to pay through the date of termination the
Executives Annual Base Salary, any compensation previously earned, any compensation
previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings
thereon), his vested benefits under any employee benefit plans maintained by the
Corporation, including the SERP, and accrued but unused vacation pay, in each case to
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Full Settlement. The Corporations obligation to make the payments provided for in
this Agreement and under the SERP and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder and under
the SERP shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
claim, right or action which the Corporation may have against the Executive or others. |
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Confidential Information. The Executive shall execute contemporaneously with this
Agreement, a Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Non-Disclosure and
Non-Disparagement Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A (the NDA Agreement)
which agreement shall supersede any and all agreements between the Corporation and the
Executive relating to confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and
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Successors. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Executive, the Executives heirs and legal
representatives, and the Corporation and its successors. |
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Amendment or Modification; Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be amended,
modified or waived unless such amendment, modification or waiver shall be authorized by the
Board (and, if the Corporation is still operating under Chapter 11, the Bankruptcy Court) or
any authorized committee of the Board and shall be agreed to in writing, signed by the
Executive and by an officer of the Corporation thereunto duly authorized. Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Agreement, no waiver by either party hereto of any breach by the
other party hereto of any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such
other party shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent breach of such condition or provision or
a waiver of a similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same time or at any prior or
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and exclusive venue and jurisdiction shall lie in any federal or state court
located in Ohio. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions
hereof and shall have no force or effect. |
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All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: |
If to the Executive, at the most recent address for the Executive in the Corporation records,
If to the Corporation:
Dana Corporation
P.O. Box 1000
Toledo, Ohio 43697
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.
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The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. |
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The Corporation may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement
such Federal, state or local taxes as it determines is required to be withheld
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. |
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This Agreement (including exhibits hereto) and the SERP contain the entire
agreement of the parties concerning the subject matter hereof, and all promises,
representations, understandings, arrangements and prior agreements concerning the
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No right, benefit or interest hereunder, shall be subject to anticipation,
alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, hypothecation, or set-off
in respect of any claim, debt or obligation, or to execution, attachment, levy or
similar process, or assignment by operation of law. Any attempt, voluntary or
involuntary, to effect any action specified in the immediately preceding sentence
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trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Corporation and the
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To the extent necessary to effectuate the terms of this Agreement, the terms of
this Agreement (and the exhibits) which must survive the termination of the
Executives employment or the termination of this Agreement (and the exhibits)
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In the event of the Executives death or a judicial determination of
Executives incompetence, reference in this Agreement to the Executive shall be
deemed, where appropriate, to refer to Executives legal representative or, where
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legal holiday, such event shall take place on the next succeeding day that is not a
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Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, it is intended
that this Agreement comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. This
Agreement shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent, and any
provision that would cause the Agreement to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code
shall have no force and effect until amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code
(which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A and may be
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Agreement to be signed by its duly
authorized representative, and the Executive has executed this Agreement, as of the day and year
first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION,
NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION, NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT
AGREEMENT (the Agreement) is made and entered on
the 16th day of May 2007 (the
Effective Date), by and between Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation, whose principal place
of business is located at 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio (the Corporation) and Tom Stone
(the Executive), pursuant to the Memorandum Opinion of the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Southern District of New York dated November 30, 2006 (the Opinion), and an Order of the
Bankruptcy Court dated December 18, 2006 (the Order).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Executive is an employee of the Corporation;
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2006, the Corporation and forty of its Subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (jointly Administered), (the Bankruptcy Cases);
WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Executive wish to resolve certain issues between them arising
from or relating to the Executives service and employment with the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the promises and agreements contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration (including the Executives continued employment by
the Corporation), the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be
legally bound, the Corporation and the Executive agree as follows:
1. Confidential Information.
(a) The Executive agrees not to disclose, either while in the Corporations employ or at any
time thereafter, to any person not employed by the Corporation, or not engaged to render services
to the Corporation, except with the prior written consent of an officer authorized to act in the
matter by the Corporations Board of Directors (the Board), any confidential information of the
Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (both, as defined below) obtained by him while in the
employ of the Corporation, including, without limitation, information relating to the finances,
strategy, organization, operations, inventions, processes, formulae, plans, devices, compilations
of information, methods of distribution, customers, supplies, client relationships, marketing
strategies or trade secrets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; provided,
however, that this provision shall not preclude the Executive from use or disclosure of information
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the business conducted by the Corporation or from disclosure required by law or court order if, in
the case of such required disclosure, the Executive has given the Corporation reasonable prior
notice in order to permit the Corporation to take steps to protect the information from public
disclosure. The agreement herein made in this Section 1(a) shall be in addition to, and not in
limitation or derogation of, any obligations otherwise imposed by law upon the Executive in respect
of confidential information and trade secrets of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
(b) The Executive also agrees that upon leaving the Corporations employ he will not take with
him, without the prior written consent of an officer authorized to act in the matter by the Board,
and he will surrender to the Corporation any record, list, drawing, blueprint, specification or
other document or property of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, together with any
copy and reproduction thereof, mechanical or otherwise, which is of a confidential nature relating
to the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or, without limitation, relating to its or
their finances, strategy, organization, operations, inventions, processes, formulae, plans,
devices, compilations of information, methods of distribution, customers, suppliers, client
relationships, marketing strategies or trade secrets, or which was obtained by him or entrusted to
him during the course of his employment with the Corporation.
2. Competition.
(a) The Executive agrees that he will not engage in Competition at any time while employed by
the Corporation and during the twelve (12) month period immediately following termination of the
Executives employment for any reason (the Non-Competition Period). In addition, following the
termination of his employment for any reason, the Executive agrees that he will not make or publish
any statement which is, or may reasonably be considered to be, disparaging of the Corporation or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or directors, officers or employees, or the operations,
brands or products of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, provided that
nothing in this sentence shall prevent the Executive from making any truthful statement in
connection with any legal proceeding or any investigations by the Corporation, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any governmental authority.
(b) The word Competition for the purposes of this Agreement shall mean
(i) taking a management position with or control of a business engaged in the design,
development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of products which constituted 15% or
more of the sales of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates during the last
fiscal year of the Corporation preceding the termination of the Executives employment in
any geographical area in which the Corporation, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is at the
time engaging in the design, development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of such
products; provided, however, that in no event shall ownership of less than 5% of the
outstanding capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors of a corporation
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Competition within the meaning of this Agreement,
(ii) soliciting, encouraging, or inducing or attempting to solicit, encourage or
induce any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to
terminate his or her employment relationship with the Corporation or such Subsidiary or
Affiliate,
(iii) soliciting or attempting to solicit any person who is a customer of the
businesses conducted by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or any
business in which the Executive has been engaged on behalf of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates at any time during his employment, in each case, with respect to
any product or service being furnished, made, sold or leased, in a material respect, by the
Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
any business which has been sold or divested by the Corporation prior to the date of
termination, or
(iv) persuading or seeking to persuade any customer of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to cease to do business or to reduce the amount of business, in
a material respect, which any customer has customarily done or contemplates doing with the
Corporation or such Subsidiary or Affiliate, whether or not the relationship between the
Corporation or its Subsidiary or Affiliate and such customer was originally established in
whole or in part through the Executives efforts.
For purposes of Section 2(b)(iii) and (iv) only, during the portion of the Non-Competition
Period following the termination of the Executives employment, the term customer shall
mean a customer who has done business with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates within twelve months preceding the termination of the Executives employment.
3. The Executive understands that the provisions of this Agreement may limit his ability to
earn a livelihood in a business similar to the businesses of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries
and Affiliates but nevertheless agrees and hereby acknowledges that the consideration provided by
the Executives continued employment by the Corporation is sufficient to justify the restrictions
contained in such provisions. In consideration thereof and in light of the Executives education,
skills and abilities, the Executive agrees that he will not assert in any forum that such
provisions prevent the Executive from earning a living or otherwise are void or unenforceable or
should be held void or unenforceable.
4. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that, by virtue of his position, services, and access
to and use of confidential information, any violation by the Executive of any of the undertakings
contained in this Agreement would cause the Corporation and if applicable, its Subsidiaries and/or
Affiliates immediate, substantial and irreparable injury for which it or they have no adequate
remedy at law. Accordingly, the Executive agrees and consents to the entry of an injunction or
other equitable relief by a court of competent jurisdiction restraining any violation or threatened
violation of any undertaking contained
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in this Agreement. The Executive waives posting of any bond otherwise necessary to secure
such injunction or other equitable relief. Rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement are
cumulative and shall be in addition to rights and remedies otherwise available to the Corporation
and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates under any other agreement or applicable law.
5. If, at any time, the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, by reason of being vague or unreasonable as to area, duration or scope, the
provisions of this Agreement shall be divisible and shall become immediately amended to cover only
such area, duration or scope as shall be determined to be reasonable and enforceable by the court
or other body having jurisdiction over the matter; and the Executive agrees that Agreement as so
amended shall be valid and binding as though any invalid or unenforceable provision had not been
included herein.
6. For all purposes of this Agreement, (1) a Subsidiary shall mean a corporation or
other entity, of which 50% or more of the voting securities or other equity interests is owned
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by the Corporation, and (2) an
Affiliate shall mean a corporation or other entity which is not a Subsidiary and which
directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is
under common control with, the Corporation. For the purpose of this definition, the terms
control, controls and controlled mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a corporation or other entity,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Executive have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date set forth above.
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