この役員雇用契約(以下「契約」とする)は、2024年8月12日付(以下「効力発生日」とする)にカリブーサイエンス株式会社(以下「会社」とする)と、ティナ・アルバートソン博士(以下「役員」とする)との間で締結されるものであり、会社はデラウェア州法人で、住所はカリフォルニア州バークレー市94710郵便番号7th Street 2929、105号室です。
c.Termination by the Officer. The Officer may terminate their employment hereunder at any time for any reason, including but not limited to Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean that the Officer has complied with the “Good Reason Process” (hereinafter defined) following the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) a material diminution in the Officer’s responsibilities, authority or duties; (ii) the assignment of duties to the Officer that are materially inconsistent with their position; (iii) a decrease of more than 10% of the Officer’s Base Salary except for across-the-board salary reductions based on the Company’s financial performance similarly affecting all officers of the Company; (iv) if the Officer principally performs their duties at a Company location, a change by the Company in the Company location at which the Officer principally performs their duties to a location that is more than 50 miles (driving distance) from the original location; or (v) the material breach of this Agreement by the Company. “Good Reason Process” shall mean that (i) the Officer reasonably determines in good faith that a “Good Reason” condition has occurred; (ii) the Officer notifies
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the Company in writing of the first occurrence of the Good Reason condition within 30 days of the first occurrence of such condition; (iii) the Officer cooperates in good faith with the Company’s efforts, for a period of 30 days following such notice (the “Cure Period”), to remedy the condition; (iv) notwithstanding such efforts, the Good Reason condition continues to exist; and (v) the Officer terminates their employment within 30 days after the end of the Cure Period. If the Company cures the Good Reason condition during the Cure Period, Good Reason shall be deemed not to have occurred.
d.死亡. The Officer’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon their death.
e.2.10 “障害” とは、参加者が、当該参加者が勤務するサービス提供者の長期障害保険プログラムの受給資格を得ることができる場合であってもそのような保険に加入していなくても良く、当該サービス提供者に対してサービスを提供している場合に適用されます。サービス提供者が長期障害計画を持っていない場合は、「障害」とは、参加者が90日以上連続で、医学的に確実に身体的または精神的な障害を理由に役職の責任と機能を遂行できないと判断された場合を意味します。参加者が委員会の裁量に十分に対応する証拠を提供しない限り、参加者が障害に陥ったと見なされません。. The Company may terminate the Officer’s employment if they are disabled and unable to perform the essential functions of the Officer’s then existing position or positions under this Agreement with or without reasonable accommodation for a period of 180 days (which need not be consecutive) in any 12-month period and the Company shall provide a Notice of Termination at that time. If any question shall arise as to whether during any period the Officer is disabled so as to be unable to perform the essential functions of the Officer’s then existing position or positions with or without reasonable accommodation, the Officer may, and at the request of the Company shall, submit to the Company a certification in reasonable detail by a physician selected by the Company to whom the Officer or the Officer’s guardian has no reasonable objection as to whether the Officer is so disabled or how long such disability is expected to continue, and such certification shall for the purposes of this Agreement be conclusive of the issue. The Officer shall cooperate with any reasonable request of the physician in connection with such certification. If such question shall arise and the Officer shall fail to submit such certification, the Company’s determination of such issue shall be binding on the Officer. Nothing in this Section 3(b) shall be construed to waive the Officer’s rights, if any, under existing federal and state law including, without limitation, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §2601, et seq. and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101, et seq.
f.終了の通知. Except for termination as specified in Section 3(d), any termination of the Officer’s employment by the Company or any such termination by the Officer shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon.
g.解雇日. “Date of Termination” shall mean: (i) if the Officer’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause under Section 3(a) or without Cause under Section 3(b) or on account of disability under Section 3(e), the date on which Notice of Termination is given; (ii) if the Officer’s employment is terminated by the Officer under Section 3(c) without Good Reason, 30 days after the date on which a Notice of Termination is given; (iii) if the Officer’s employment is terminated by the Officer under Section 3(c) with Good Reason, the date on which a Notice of Termination is given after the end of the Cure Period; and (iv) if the Officer’s employment is terminated by their death, the date of their death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Officer gives a Notice of Termination to the Company under Section 3(c), the Company may unilaterally and solely at its own discretion
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accelerate the Date of Termination and such acceleration shall not result in a termination by the Company for purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall such accelerated Date of Termination be earlier than the date on which the Notice of Termination is delivered to the Company.
4.雇用終了時の手当.
a.一般的には終了します。. If the Officer’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason, the Company shall pay or provide to the Officer (or to their authorized representative or estate) (i) any Base Salary earned through the Date of Termination, unpaid expense reimbursements in accordance with Company policy, and unused vacation that accrued through the Date of Termination on or before the time required by law but in no event more than 30 days after the Officer’s Date of Termination; and (ii) any vested benefits the Officer may have under any employee benefit plan of the Company through the Date of Termination, which vested benefits shall be paid and/or provided in accordance with the terms of such employee benefit plans (collectively, the “Accrued Benefit”).
b.Termination by the Company Without Cause or by the Officer with Good Reason. During the Term, if the Officer’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause as provided in Section 3(b), or the Officer terminates their employment for Good Reason as provided in Section 3(c), then the Company shall provide the Officer with the Accrued Benefit and the compensation and benefits set forth in this Section 4(b), the latter subject to the Officer signing a separation agreement containing, among other provisions, a general release of claims in favor of the Company and related persons and entities, confidentiality, return of property, and non-disparagement, in a form and manner satisfactory to the Company (the “Separation Agreement and Release”) and the Separation Agreement and Release becoming fully effective, all within the time frame set forth in the Separation Agreement and Release: (i) the Company shall pay the Officer an amount equal to 9 months of the Officer’s Base Salary (the “Severance Amount”); (ii) if the Officer (and their dependents, if applicable) was participating in the Company’s group health plans immediately prior to the Date of Termination and the Officer elects COBRA health continuation for their self (and their dependents, if applicable), then the Company shall pay for 9 months or the Officer’s COBRA health continuation period, whichever ends earlier, the COBRA health contribution that the Company would have made to provide health insurance to the Officer (and their dependents, if applicable) if the Officer had remained employed by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall only be required to pay that percentage of dependent health insurance that the Company would be paying if the Officer had remained employed by the Company; and (iii) the amounts payable under Sections 4(b)(i) and (ii) shall be paid out in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s payroll practice over 9 months commencing on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that is at least 30 days after the Date of Termination, provided that the Separation Agreement and Release becomes fully effective; provided, however, that the initial payment shall include a catch-up payment to cover amounts retroactive to the day immediately following the Date of Termination. Each payment pursuant to this Agreement is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2).
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c.企業統合. During the Term, if within 12 months after a Change in Control as defined herein, or within three months prior to a 409A Change in Control as defined herein, the Officer’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause as provided in Section 3(b) or the Officer terminates their employment for Good Reason as provided in Section 3(c), then, subject to the signing of the Separation Agreement and Release by the Officer and the Separation Agreement and Release becoming fully effective all within the time frame set forth in the Separation Agreement and Release, the Officer shall receive the benefits set forth in Section 4(b)(i) and (ii), and 100% of the Officer’s then unvested stock options and time-based restricted stock shall become immediately vested; provided, however, that the number of months of base salary and benefits continuation in Sections 4(b)(i) and (ii) shall be increased to 12 months and the Officer shall also be provided with one times their target bonus amount for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, which target bonus amount is payable in a lump sum on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that is at least 30 days following the Date of Termination or, if the Officer’s employment was terminated within three months prior to a 409A Change in Control, upon the 409A Change in Control; provided, further that notwithstanding the language in Section 4(b)(iii), if the Change in Control is a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets under Section 409A of the Code (a “409A Change in Control”), then the Severance Amount set forth in Section 4(b)(i) shall be payable as a lump sum on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that is at least 30 days following the Date of Termination, subject to the Separation Agreement and Release having become fully effective (for clarity, the COBRA payments set forth in Section 4(b)(ii) shall be paid in accordance with Section 4(b)(iii)) or, if the Officer’s employment was terminated within three months prior to a 409A Change in Control, upon the 409A Change in Control. For purposes of this Section 4(c), “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following: (i) any “person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its subsidiaries), together with all “affiliates” and “associates” (as such terms are defined in Rule 120億2 under the Act) of such person, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an election of the Board (“Voting Securities”) (in such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or (ii) the date a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board before the date of the appointment or election; or (iii) the consummation of (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the voting shares of the Company issuing cash or securities in the consolidation or merger (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any), or (B) any sale or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the