Exhibit 10.3
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October 21, 2014
Subject: New Terms of Employment
Dear Rajesh,
As we have announced, a transaction is pending (the “Transaction”) whereby SiTime Corporation (the “Company”) will be acquired by MegaChips Corporation (“MegaChips”), and the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of MegaChips. In connection with the Transaction, you will remain an employee of the Company, subject to the revised terms and conditions of employment set forth below. These terms and conditions are subject to the Transaction closing. In the event the Transaction does not close, your employment with the Company will continue unchanged and the terms and conditions set forth herein will become null and void.
Following the Transaction, you will remain employed in your current position of Chief Executive Officer. You will also serve as Officer, MEMS business for MegaChips. You will report to me, the CEO of MegaChips, Akira Takata, and your work location will remain the same. Of course, the Company may change your position, duties, and work location from time to time at its discretion, subject to the remaining terms and conditions herein.
Following the Transaction, your salary will be $425,000 per year, less payroll deductions and withholdings, payablesemi-monthly. Following the Transaction, you will continue to be eligible to participate in the Company’s benefit plans. As you know, the Company may change your compensation and benefits at any time in its sole discretion, subject to the remaining terms and conditions herein.
You will be eligible to participate in our Exemplary Performance Bonus Plan. Under this plan, you will be eligible to receive an annual bonus of up to $300,000, to be paid out on a quarterly basis during the month following the end of each quarter; provided, that you (1) meet yourpre-determined MBO objectives and goals for the applicable quarter, and (2) are an employee in good standing on the applicable payment date. This plan will start in 2015.
Following the closing of the Transaction, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of MegaChips (the “MegaChips Board”), you will be granted an option to purchase 70,000 shares of MegaChips common stock (the “MegaChips Option”). The MegaChips Option will be granted under the MegaChips Equity Plan (the “MegaChips Equity Plan”) and will be governed by and subject to the terms and conditions of the MegaChips Equity Plan and the applicable stock option grant notice and option agreement thereunder (“Option Documents”). Subject to applicable laws, the MegaChips Option will be subject to aone-year vesting schedule pursuant to which the shares subject to the MegaChips Option will vest in four (4) ( substantially equal installments on each three-month anniversary of the vesting commencement date, as set forth in your Option Documents, provided you are continuously employed with the Company and/or MegaChips on each applicable vesting date. Your Option shall remain outstanding and exercisable through December 31 2018, provided that, you keep MegaChips informed as to your then-current primary residence and you exercise the Option no later than December 31, 2018.
If the Company terminates your employment without Cause or you resign due to an Involuntary Termination, subject to (1) your execution (andnon-revocation) of a release of claims in the form provided by the Company (the “Release”) within forty five (45) days following the date of your termination, plus the statutorily requiredseven-day revocation period (the “Release Period”), and (2) your continued compliance with your Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreement and any other confidentiality or restrictive covenant agreement between you and the Company, you will be entitled to receive the following severance benefits:
| • | | The Company will make salary continuation payments to you in an amount equal to six (6) months of your monthly base salary as in effect on the date of your termination, plusone-half of your target bonus amount under the Exemplary Performance Bonus Plan as in effect on the date of your termination, payable in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over the six (6) months following your termination, with the first installment commencing on the date on which the Release becomes irrevocable; provided, that if the Release Period spans two calendar years, the severance will commence to be paid in the second calendar year (and such first installment will include all installment payments that would otherwise have been paid prior to such date if this provision did not apply); and |
| • | | If you were participating in the Company’s group health plans as of the date of your termination and you timely elect to continue your group health insurance coverage pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company will promptly reimburse you for the costs of the COBRA premiums for yourself and your eligible dependents from the date of your termination until the earliest to occur of: (a) the date which occurs one (1) year after your date of termination, (b) the expiration of your eligibility for continuation coverage under COBRA, and (c) the date when you become eligible for substantially equivalent health insurance coverage in connection with new employment or self-employment (the “COBRA Period”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time the Company |
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