Change of Control: In addition, subject to approval by the Board, you will be designated as a participant in the Company’s Severance Benefit Plan. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Severance Benefit Plan and your individual Participation Agreement thereunder, upon an involuntary termination of your employment in connection with a change in control (as such terms are further defined in the Severance Benefit Plan), you will be entitled to severance benefits consisting of six months’ salary and health benefits continuation, as well as full vesting acceleration of your unvested equity awards.
This offer is contingent upon a clear background check and satisfactory proof of your right to work in the United States. You agree to assist as needed and to complete any documentation at the Company’s request to meet these conditions. Should your background check not be completed before your scheduled start date, the Company may permit you to start work provisionally, subject to a final clear background check. If the contingency for the background check is not met, then your employment offer will be revoked.
The Company reserves the right to change or otherwise modify, in its sole discretion, any of the preceding terms of employment, including those related to salary, bonus plan, if applicable, and benefits at any time.
As a Company employee, you will be expected to abide by Company rules and policies. As a condition of employment, you must sign and comply with the attached Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement which prohibits unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s proprietary information, among other obligations.
In your work for the Company, you will be expected not to use or disclose any confidential information, including trade secrets, of any former employer or other person to whom you have an obligation of confidentiality. Rather, you will be expected to use only that information which is generally known and used by persons with training and experience comparable to your own, which is common knowledge in the industry or otherwise legally in the public domain, or which is otherwise provided or developed by the Company. You agree that you will not bring onto Company premises any unpublished documents or property belonging to any former employer or other person to whom you have an obligation of confidentiality. You hereby represent that you have disclosed to the Company any contract you have signed that may restrict your activities on behalf of the Company.
Your employment with the Company will be“at-will.” You may terminate your employment with the Company at any time and for any reason whatsoever simply by notifying the Company. Likewise, the Company may terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause or advance notice. Your employmentat-will status can only be modified in a written agreement signed by you and by an officer of the Company.
To ensure the rapid and economical resolution of disputes that may arise in connection with your employment with the Company, you and the Company agree that any and all disputes, claims, or causes of action, in law or equity, including but not limited to statutory claims, arising from or relating to the enforcement, breach, performance, or interpretation of this Agreement, your employment with the Company, or the termination of your employment, shall be resolved, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by final, binding and confidential arbitration conducted by JAMS or its successor, under JAMS’ then applicable rules and procedures for employment disputes (available upon request and also currently available at
http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment-arbitration/).You acknowledge that by agreeing to this arbitration procedure, both you and the Company waive the right to resolve any such dispute through a trial by jury or judge or administrative proceeding.You will have the right to be represented by legal counsel at any arbitration proceeding. The arbitrator shall: (a) have the authority to compel adequate discovery for the resolution of the dispute and to award such relief as would otherwise be permitted by law; and (b) issue a written statement signed by the arbitrator regarding the disposition of each claim and the relief, if any, awarded as to each claim, the reasons for the award, and the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. The arbitrator shall be authorized to award all relief that you or the Company would be entitled to seek in a court of law. The
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