Exhibit 10.4
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE THE REGISTRANT HAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. REDACTED INFORMATION IS INDICATED BY [***]
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Executive Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into effective as of Commencement Date set forth below by and between QHM Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Employer”), and Hardik Mehta (“Employee”) pursuant to the following terms and conditions, and shall supersede any and all prior employment agreements between the parties hereto.
| 2. | Acknowledgement Of Terms Of Employment. |
| 3. | Compensation. As compensation for the Services provided during the Employment |
Period by Employee under this Agreement, Employer shall pay Employee as follows:
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after the consummation of the Transaction in a commensurate role with commensurate salary and benefits and with no relocation requirement and Employee accepts such offer of continued employment after the consummation of the Transaction, Employee shall be entitled to receive a Retention Bonus equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Employee’s then-existing Base Salary payable by the Purchaser within thirty (30) days of the consummation of the Transaction. Any additional Retention Bonus depends on Employee’s tenure and termination basis, as follows:
| • | If Employee remains with Purchaser as of the first anniversary of the consummation of the Transaction or is terminated without Cause (as defined below) or resigns for Good Reason (as defined below) before the first anniversary of the consummation of the Transaction, Employee shall be entitled to receive an additional Retention Bonus in an amount equivalent to that paid under Section 3(C)(iii) above within ten (10) days after the first anniversary of the consummation of the Transaction. |
| • | If Employee is terminated for Cause or resigns without Good Reason prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of the Transaction, Employee may retain the Retention Bonus paid under Section 3(C)(iii) above, but shall receive no further Retention Bonus; and |
In all circumstances, if Employee is terminated for Cause or resigns without Good Reason prior to the consummation of a Transaction, Employee shall receive no benefits under this Section.
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to the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day following Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Employer may change company recognized holidays with advanced notice and in its sole discretion. Employee will receive four (4) sick days per year and may request use of sick leave in accordance with Employer’s sick leave policy.
(90) days of the Termination Date: (1) any of the Compensation from Section 3(A) and Section 3(B) that was earned but not paid through the Termination Date; (2) a monetary amount equal to the value of any accrued, but unused, vacation vested pursuant to Section 3(E); and (3) any reimbursable expenses incurred by Employee under Section 3(F) but un-reimbursed on the Termination Date, provided that such expenses and required substantiation and documentation are submitted within ninety (90) days of the Termination Date and that such expenses are reimbursable under Employer’s reimbursement policy (all of the foregoing, cumulatively, the “Final Compensation”).
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one hundred eighty (180) days during the immediately preceding twelve (12)-month period. These determinations shall be made by mutual agreement of the Parties or, in the absence of mutual agreement, a physician selected by Employer or its insurers and a physician selected by Employee (or his representatives); provided, however, that if the opinion of Employer’s physician and the Employee’s physician conflict, Employer’s physician and the Employee’s physician shall together agree upon a third physician, whose opinion shall be binding on the Parties hereto. Upon termination of this Agreement by reason of Employee’s permanent disability, Employer shall have no further obligations to Employee, other than Employer’s obligation to pay the Final Compensation.
| (iii) | Employee’smaterialmisconduct,theft,dishonesty,fraud, |
misappropriation, embezzlement, or gross negligence; or
Upon termination of this Contract during the Initial Term “For Cause,” Employer shall have no further obligations to Employee, other than Employer’s obligation to pay Final Compensation.
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practices, while the Benefits Payment shall be paid in a lump sum within 10 days of the effective date of the Release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee's transfer of employment to any affiliate or subsidiary of the Employer will not constitute a termination of employment under this Agreement, and will not entitle Employee to the payment of any benefits under this Section 4(D).
| (i) | any change in Employee’s title from Chief Financial Officer; |
In the event of a termination of this Agreement by Employee with “Good Reason”, Employer shall be obligated to pay Employee in all particulars as if a termination occurred Without Cause as set forth in Section 4(D) above.
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The following terms as used in this Section 5 and the below Section 6 shall have the meanings described below:
“Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with Employer, where "control" means the ability to direct management or policies through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Client” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, business or other entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit (i) that is a business entity or individual with whom Employer or an Affiliate has contracted or negotiated or to whom Employer or an Affiliate has provided Covered Services during the course of Employee’s employment; (ii) who refers patients to Employer or an Affiliate; (iii) who provides diagnostic services to or on behalf of Employer or an Affiliate during the course of Employee’s employment; (iv) insurance companies, health care providers and such health care provider’s insurance companies who have a contractual or other relationship with, or makes payments to, Employer or an Affiliate, or (v) who is a customer of Employer or an Affiliate during the course of Employee’s employment or becomes a prospective customer to whom Employer or an Affiliate has within the last twelve months of Employee’s employment with Employer has had direct and substantive communications regarding the sale or provision of health care equipment, supplies, and services.
“Covered Services” means (i) the sale or provision of health care equipment, supplies, and services for sleep apnea sufferers, chronic respiratory failure patients, oxygen therapy patients, and the provision of respiratory support services through the use of state of the art specialized medical equipment and highly trained respiratory therapists; (ii) the sale or provision of other products or services offered or provided by Employer or an Affiliate.
“Restricted Period” means the Employment Period and a period of one (1) year following the Termination Date for any reason whatsoever.
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“Restricted Area” means the United States, or if such provision is deemed to be overbroad, any state in which Employer has made sales or provided services in the one (1)-year period preceding Employee’s separation from employment.
“Confidential Information,” as used in this Section 7, means, but is not necessarily limited to, any information relating to the business or affairs of Employer and any Affiliate, which may include, in whole or part, information concerning: accounts, sales, sales volume, sales methods, sales proposals, Clients, prospect lists, manuals, formulae, products, processes, methods, financial information or data, business and financial strategies, methods or practices, patients or customers of Employer or any of its subsidiaries, pricing data or lists, business plans, financial models, compositions, ideas, improvements, inventions, research, computer programs, computer related
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information or data, system documentation, software products, patented products, copyrighted information, know-how and operating methods and any other trade secret or proprietary information developed, owned, possessed or used by Employer. “Confidential Information” shall not include information that: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure of such information by Employee; or (ii) is or becomes available to Employee on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Employer, any of its subsidiaries or their respective representatives and Clients and such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other obligation of secrecy to, the Employer or any of its subsidiaries.
If Employee violates the noncompetition and/or non-solicitation covenants of this Agreement and Employer brings legal action for injunctive or other relief, then Employer will not be deprived of the benefit of the full Restricted Period, as a result of the time involved in obtaining the relief. Accordingly, Employee agrees that the regularly scheduled expiration date of such Restricted Period will be extended by the same amount of time that Employee is determined to have violated such covenant.
It is further agreed that Sections 5, 6, or 7 of this Agreement will be regarded as divisible, and if any part of such covenant is declared invalid, unenforceable, or void as to time, area or scope of activities, a court with appropriate jurisdiction shall be authorized to rewrite, substitute, and enforce provisions which are valid; and the validity and enforceability of this Agreement as modified will not be affected.
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| (C) | The substantive law of the State of Kentucky shall be applied by the arbitrator. |
If to Employer:
With a copy to:
If to Employee:
QHM Holdings Inc. 1019 Towne Dr.
Wilder, KY 41076
Katz Teller
255 E. Fifth Street, Suite 2400
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Attn: John R. Gierl, Esq.
Hardik Mehta
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[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed on the date written below.
QHM HOLDINGS INC. By: /s/ Kevin Carter Name: Kevin Carter Title: Director & Chairman Quipt Home Medical Corp Compensation Committee | Employee: /s/ Hardik Mehta HARDIK MEHTA |
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