EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
October 17, 1997
Dr. Wei Yen
10431 Plum Tree Lane
Cupertino, CA 95014
Dear Dr. Yen:
This letter confirms the terms of your employment with Network Computer,
Inc. (the 'Company') on and after the date hereof and supersedes in its
entirety the letter dated June 5, 1997 (other than the provisions of the
second paragraph of Section 7 (relating to your release of claims) of such
letter which paragraph shall remain in effect), which outlined the previous
terms of your employment with the Company. Such employment will be on the
following terms:
1. EMPLOYMENT AND POSITION: You will be an employee and President
('President') of the Company, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer
('CEO') of the Company, and assuming and discharging such responsibilities as
are mutually agreed upon by you and the CEO, commensurate with such office
and position. At a minimum, you will serve as an employee until June 15,
1998. If at any time after February 15, 1998 you determine that you will be
resigning as an employee of the Company after June 15, 1998, and you no
longer wish to serve as President, then you will promptly notify the CEO of
such determination and you and the CEO in consultation with the Board of
Directors of NCI shall mutually agree upon a title other than President to
more accurately reflect your transition status. Thereafter, your primary duty
will be to assist in a mutually agreed manner in the transition of Navio
Communications, Inc. ('Navio') into the Company, including the transition of
client relationships and development projects.
Either you or the Company may terminate your employment upon 30 days
notice to the other party, subject to Sections 6 and 7 hereof.
You will continue to serve on the Company's Board of Directors until
your successor is duly appointed or you terminate your employment with the
Company, whichever comes first.
During the term of your employment with the Company, you will
perform your normal work activities, and you shall perform them faithfully,
diligently and competently, and you shall use your best efforts to further
the business of the Company and its affiliated entities.
2. BASE SALARY: In consideration of your services, you will be paid a
base salary at the rate of $410,000 per year during the term of your
employment, to be paid in installments and in accordance with the Company's
payroll practices. As with other officers of the Company, your annual
compensation, which includes this base salary and bonus, will be reviewed
annually by the Board of Directors of the Company.
3. BONUS: In addition to the base salary, bonus and other compensation
to which you are or may be entitled under this Agreement, you will receive a
cash bonus (the 'Bonus'), to be paid on the dates and in the amounts set
forth below.
DATE BONUS AMOUNT
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March 31, 1998 $70,000
March 31, 2000 $63,000
March 31, 2002 $56,500
The Company's obligation to pay any installment of the Bonus to you will
be conditioned on your continued employment with the Company on the relevant
payment date; provided, however, that all Bonus payments shall become due and
payable immediately on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 7a below.
4. BENEFITS; EXPENSES: You will be entitled to receive the Company's
employee benefits made available to other employees and officers to the full
extent of your eligibility. You shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
business and travel expenses actually incurred by you in the performance of
your services on behalf of the Company, in accordance with the Company's
expense reimbursement policy as from time to time in effect and determined
by the Board of Directors.
5. LOANS: As of the earlier of your last date of employment with the
Company and July 21, 1998, the Company will forgive $560,000 of the loan made
by Navio to you that is secured by your primary residence.
6. REPURCHASE RIGHT:
a. Subject to the provisions of Section 7, in the event of the
termination of your employment with the Company before June 15, 1998, the
Company shall upon the date of such termination (the 'Termination Date') have
an irrevocable, exclusive option (the 'Repurchase Option') for a period of 90
days from such date to repurchase all or any portion of the Unvested Shares
of Series C Preferred Stock (the 'Series C Preferred') of the Company (or
shares of Common Stock received upon conversion of such Series C Preferred).
For purposes of this Section 6, Unvested Shares shall mean one half of the
number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock received by you in the Merger.
One third of such Unvested Shares shall become vested on February 12, 1998.
In addition, one-tenth of one-third of such Unvested Shares shall become
vested for each 500,000 copies of the Company's products distributed in
bundled or unbundled form in accordance with the Company business strategy
(excluding any distribution not for value unless approved in concept by the
Company's Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the Company's Board of
Directors) subject in each case to your continued employment with the Company
on the date any such distribution milestone is achieved. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if you are an employee of the Company on June 15, 1998, then on
such date all shares of Series C Preferred Stock of the Company (or shares of
Common Stock received upon conversion of such Series C Preferred Stock) shall
be fully vested and the Company shall have no Repurchase Option with respect
to such shares or cash.
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b. The Repurchase Option may be exercised by the Company by
written notice to you accompanied by delivery of a check payable to you in an
amount equal to the dollar equivalent of the aggregate purchase price paid by
you for the shares of Navio capital stock exchanged for the Unvested Shares
being repurchased (the 'Repurchased Shares'). Upon delivery of such notice
and the payment described above, the Company shall become the legal and
beneficial owner of the Repurchased Shares and all rights and interest
therein or related thereto, and the Company shall have the right to transfer
to its own name the Repurchased Shares, without further action by you.
c. The certificate or certificates representing the Unvested
Shares shall bear the following legends (as well as any legends required by
applicable state and federal corporate and securities laws or required to be
placed thereon by the California Commissioner of Corporations):
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR
INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE
OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED
WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY
AND THE STOCKHOLDER, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMPANY.
You agree that the Unvested Shares may not be transferred while
subject to the Repurchase Option, and that in order to ensure compliance with
the restrictions referred to herein, the Company may issue appropriate 'stop
transfer' instructions to its transfer agent, if any, to prevent any transfer
during such period.
d. The Repurchase Option may be assigned in whole or in part to
any stockholder or stockholders of the Company, including Oracle Corporation,
or other persons or organizations; provided, however, that an assignee, other
than a corporation that is the parent or a 100% owned subsidiary of the
Company, must pay the Company, upon assignment of such right, cash equal to
the difference between the original purchase price and fair market value, if
the original purchase price is less than the fair market value of the
Repurchased Shares subject to the assignment.
e. As security for your faithful performance of this Agreement,
you agree to deliver the stock certificate(s) (or cash amounts) evidencing
the Unvested Shares, together with the stock powers executed by you and by
your spouse, if any (with the date, name of transferee,
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stock certificate number and number of Unvested Shares left blank), to the
Secretary of the Company or other designee of the Company ('Escrow Holder'),
who is hereby appointed to hold such certificate(s) and stock powers (or
cash) in escrow and to take all such actions and to effectuate all such
transfers and/or releases of such Unvested Shares as are in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement. Any dividends declared and interest accrued on
such Unvested Shares shall accrue and be paid out at the time the Unvested
Shares (or cash amounts) are released from escrow in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. You and the Company agree that Escrow Holder will
not be liable to any party to this Agreement (or to any other party) for any
actions or omissions unless Escrow Holder is grossly negligent or
intentionally fraudulent in carrying out the duties of Escrow Holder. Escrow
Holder may rely upon any letter, notice or other document executed by any
signature purported to be genuine and may rely on the advice of counsel and
obey any order of any court with respect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. The Unvested Shares will be released from escrow upon
termination of the Repurchase Option.
f. This Section 6 shall replace and supersede Section 3(a) of the
Common Stock Purchase Agreement between you and Navio dated as of July 9,
1996, and such Section 3(a) shall be of no further force and effect.
7. TERMINATION:
a. In the event that (i) before June 15, 1998, your employment is
involuntarily terminated for any reason other than 'for cause' (as defined
herein) or Constructively Terminated (as defined below), or (ii) on June 15,
1998, you shall be entitled to the following benefits:
aa. A severance payment equal to $820,000, payable in 24
equal monthly installments;
bb. The termination of the Company's Repurchase Option;
cc. A payment in an amount equal to that portion of the
Bonus payable pursuant to Section 3 above that has not been paid (and in such
event no further Bonus payment shall be required to be made).
b. For purposes of the foregoing, termination 'for cause' shall
mean (i) the willful failure by you substantially to perform your material
duties after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you
by the CEO or the Board of Directors which specifically identifies the manner
in which the Board of Directors believes that you have not substantially
performed your material duties (including without limitation the failure by
you to follow any reasonable specific directive established by the CEO and of
which you are given notice), which failure to perform continues for 30 days
after such written notice (or, if longer than 30 days is reasonably required
to cure, where such failure to perform continues beyond the end of the period
reasonably required to cure, provided that such extension of the cure period
beyond 30 days will apply only if you diligently seek to cure during such
extension period and further provided that in no event shall the total period
to cure exceed 60 days); (ii) bad faith
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conduct related to the Company or the performance of your material duties for
the Company; or (iii) the conviction of you of any crime involving the
property or business of the Company or its subsidiaries or Oracle or its
subsidiaries. The fact that the Company does not achieve specified research
and development milestones or financial targets shall not by itself be deemed
to be a basis for termination 'for cause,' unless the reason that such
milestones or targets were not achieved is directly and materially
attributable to conduct (or lack of conduct) contemplated by clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii) above.
c. For purposes of the foregoing, your employment with the Company
shall be deemed to have been 'Constructively Terminated' if there shall occur
(i) a material reduction in base salary (other than a reduction applicable to
all officers), (ii) a material change in responsibility or authority, (iii)
any change in your job location outside the San Francisco Bay Area without
your consent, (iv) your permanent disability, expected to last longer than 180
days, as certified by a medical professional, or (v) the Company's breach of
any of its material obligations to you, including any failure to pay amounts
due or provide benefits to which you are entitled hereunder or under Company
policy.
8. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AGREEMENT. You agree to be bound by the
terms of the employee proprietary information agreement with the Company in
the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A. If the provisions of such agreement
conflict with the terms of Section 9(a) of this Agreement, then the terms of
this Agreement shall prevail.
9. NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT.
a. Prior to the earlier of (i) June 15, 1999 and (ii) the one year
anniversary of termination of your employment with the Company (the
'Restricted Period'), without the prior written consent of the Company, you
agree not to engage as an employee, director, officer, consultant, advisor or
greater than 5% shareholder in any entity ('Restricted Entity') anywhere in
the world that develops, markets or distributes any products or services that
compete with products or services sold or licensed or for which development
is substantially complete by the Company at or before the time of termination
of your employment with the Company (the 'Restricted Field') in the
geographic area comprising the entire world (the 'Protected Territory').
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, you
shall be permitted to engage as an employee, director, officer, consultant,
advisor or greater than 5% shareholder in any entity whose primary business
is providing services or developing, marketing or distributing hardware or
software products for graphics, entertainment or electronic commerce purposes
(the 'Permitted Activities'); provided, however, that your engagement must be
limited to such Permitted Activities, and such Permitted Activities must not
compete directly with the Company's Consumer Business. The Company
acknowledges that you (or your designee) shall own all right, title and
interest in the intellectual property rights of technology that you develop
while engaged in the Permitted Activities, so long as any such technology
development does not use or infringe any intellectual property rights of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or Oracle or its subsidiaries.
For the purposes of this Section 9, the term 'Restricted Entity' shall
not be deemed to include divisions or business units of a corporation that
are not engaged in activities in the
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Restricted Field. For purposes of this Section 9, the term 'Consumer
Business' shall mean products and related services sold or licensed for the
consumer market as either (i) an integrated package of systems software and
applications software for network computer devices (excluding Apple
Macintosh and personal computers running Windows '95, Windows NT and their
successor versions, and limited purpose consumer devices marketed and used
primarily for executing game software developed for such devices; provided,
however, that the foregoing exclusion shall not include network computing
devices based on WebTV technology or Windows CE) or (ii) server
infrastructure for network computers. The term 'systems software' shall
include the following types of component programs: operating systems and
runtime operating systems (e.g., VxWorks, JavaOS, Chorus, Java Virtual
Machine, and PSOS), and audio/visual codecs (e.g., VXtreme and Iterated).
The term 'server infrastructure' shall mean any software executed by a server
that performs the following functions: registration and authentication of
users, personalization of content and services, electronic program guide
(EPG), and application and content delivery. A 'server' shall mean any
machine that receives and processes requests from client devices.
b. As a separate and independent covenant, during the Restricted
Period, without the prior written consent of the Company, you hereby agree not
to take away or interfere with or attempt to interfere with any custom,
trade, business or patronage of the Company or its subsidiaries, in the
Restricted Field, in each case for the purpose of conducting or engaging in
any business that is operating in the Restricted Field.
c. As a separate and independent covenant, during the Restricted
Period, without the prior written consent of the Company, you hereby agree
not to, in any way, directly or indirectly, irrespective of the Restricted
Field, hire any employee or consultant of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or Oracle or its subsidiaries, or attempt to induce any employee
or consultant of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Oracle or its
subsidiaries, to leave the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
Oracle or its subsidiaries or to violate the terms of their contracts. The
Company acknowledges that the provisions of this paragraph do not restrict
the activities of any entity for which you are acting if such entity acts
without any involvement from you.
d. The Restricted Period shall be extended by the length of any
period during which you are in material breach of the terms of this
Agreement; provided, however, that in no such event shall the Restricted
Period be extended by more than one (1) year.
e. You acknowledge that upon the breach of any of the provisions
of this Section 9 the Company would sustain irreparable harm, and, therefore,
you agree that in addition to any other remedies which the Company may have
under this Agreement or otherwise, the Company shall be entitled to obtain
equitable relief, including specific performance and injunctions restraining
you from committing or continuing any such violation of this Agreement.
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f. You represent that you are familiar with the covenants
contained in this Section 9, and are fully aware of your obligations
hereunder. You hereby acknowledge that the covenants and agreements set forth
in this Section 9 are an essential element of the Merger and the Option and
that, but for your agreement to comply with these covenants, the Company
would not have entered into this Agreement, the Merger Agreement under which
the Company acquired Navio or the other agreements contemplated by the Merger
Agreement. You acknowledge that the period of restrictions and the geographic
area to which the restrictions imposed in Section 9 hereof shall apply are
fair and reasonable and are reasonably required for the protection of the
Company. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or
unenforceable by judicial order for any reason, such action shall not affect
the enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and, without limiting
the foregoing, any such holdings shall in no event preclude the Company from
enforcing the provisions hereof for such term, in such territory and to such
extent non inconsistent with or prohibited by said judicial order. If the
provisions of this Agreement should ever be deemed to exceed the time, scope
or geographic limitations permitted by applicable law, then such provisions
shall be reformed to the maximum time, scope or geographic limitations, as
the case may be, permitted by applicable laws.
10. SUCCESSORS. The Company shall require any successor or assignee, in
connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Company assets or business, whether by purchase,
merger, consolidation or otherwise, expressly to assume and agree to perform
the Company's obligations under this agreement in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such
succession or assignment had taken place. In such event, the term 'Company,'
as used in this agreement, shall mean the Company as defined above and any
successor or assignee to the business and assets which by reason hereof
becomes bound by the terms and provisions of this agreement, except that for
purposes of Section 9 (Noncompetition Agreement), the 'Company' shall include
only the business and the products and services of the Company in existence
at the time of any such succession or assignment.
11. ARBITRATION. Any claim, dispute or controversy arising out of this
Agreement, the interpretation, validity or enforceability of this Agreement
or the alleged breach thereof shall be submitted by the parties to binding
arbitration by the American Arbitration Association in Santa Clara County,
California; provided, however, that this arbitration provision shall not
preclude either party from seeking injunctive relief from any court having
jurisdiction with respect to any disputes or claims relating to or arising
out of the misuse or misappropriation of the Company's trade secrets or
confidential and proprietary information. All costs and expenses of
arbitration or litigation, including but not limited to attorneys' fees and
other costs and expenses of arbitration or litigation, including but not
limited to attorneys' fees and other costs reasonably incurred by you, shall
be paid by the Company. Judgment may be entered on the award of the
arbitration in any court having jurisdiction.
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12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties hereto PARTICIPATING to the subject matter hereof, and
supersedes any and all other prior written or oral agreements existing
between the parties hereto, including without limitation the letter dated
June 5, 1997 (other than the provisions of the second paragraph of Section 7
of such letter which paragraph shall remain in effect) from the Company to
you and the letter agreement dated May 16, 1997 from the Company to you. The
Employment Agreement dated July 9, 1996 between you and Navio shall be deemed
terminated and superseded by this Agreement and, except as specifically set
forth in this Agreement, you shall not be entitled to any of the benefits set
forth in Section 7(a) of such Employment Agreement. The foregoing
notwithstanding, the parties may agree to amend the terms of this Agreements
and enter into new business arrangements by mutual written consent.
13. GOVERNING LAW. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to agreements
made and to be performed entirely within such state.
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Wei, we are excited about having you as a leader of the Company team. Please
acknowledge acceptance of this offer by signing and returning the enclosed
copy of this letter, whereupon it shall become a binding agreement.
Very truly yours,
NETWORK COMPUTER, INC.
/s/ Jerry Baker
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Jerry Baker, Chief Executive Officer
Accepted and agreed to by:
/s/ Wei Yen
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Wei Yen
SIGNATURE PAGE TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT A
NETWORK COMPUTER, INC.
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND
ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTIONS AGREEMENT
In exchange for my becoming employed (or my employment being continued)
by or retained as a consultant (or my consulting relationship being
continued) by Network Computers, Inc., or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or
successors (hereinafter referred to collectively as the 'Company'), I hereby
agree as follows:
1. I will perform for the Company such duties as may be designated by
the Company from time to time. During my period of employment or consulting
relationship with the Company, I will devote my beset efforts to the
interests of the Company and will not engage in other employment or in any
activities detrimental to the best interests of the Company without the prior
written consent of the Company. I agree that my employment or consulting
arrangement with the Company is on an 'at will' basis, and may be terminated
by me or the Company at any time, with or without cause.
2. As used in this Agreement, the term 'Inventions' means designs,
trademarks, discoveries, formulae, processes, manufacturing techniques, trade
secrets, inventions, improvements, ideas, business plans or strategies, or
copyrightable works, including all rights to obtain, register, perfect and
enforce these proprietary interests; provided that the term 'Inventories'
shall not be deemed to include those inventions, if any, listed on EXHIBIT A
attached to this Agreement.
3. As used in this Agreement, the term 'Confidential Information'
means information pertaining to any aspects of the Company's business which
is either information not known by actual or potential competitors of the
Company or is proprietary information of the Company or its customers or
supporters, whether relating to the Company's technology, business
relationships, customers or otherwise. The term 'Confidential Information'
shall not, however, include any information described in the last sentence of
the first paragraph of Section 9.a. of the Employment Agreement.
4. Without further compensation, I hereby agree promptly to disclose
to the Company, and I hereby assign and agree to assign to the Company or its
designee, my entire right, title, and interest in and to all Inventions which
I may solely or jointly develop or reduce to practice during the period of my
employment or consulting relationship with the Company (a) which pertain to
any line of business activity of the Company, (b) which are aided by the use
of time, material or facilities of the Company, whether or not during working
hours; or (c) which relate to any of my work during the period of my
employment or consulting relationship with the Company, whether or not during
normal working hours. No rights are hereby conveyed in Inventions, if any,
made by me prior to my employment or consulting relationship with the Company
which are identified in a sheet attached to and made a part of this
Agreement, if any (which attachment contains no confidential information).
5. I agree to perform during and after my employment or consulting
relationship, all acts deemed necessary or desirable by the Company to permit
and assist it, at its expense, in obtaining and enforcing the full benefits,
enjoyment, rights and title throughout the world in the Inventions hereby
assigned to the Company as set forth in paragraph 4 above. Such acts may
include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or
cooperation in legal proceedings.
6. If the Company is unable for any reason to secure my signature to
apply for or to pursue any application for any United States or foreign
letters patent or mask work or copyright registration covering inventions,
ask works or original works or authorship assigned to the Company as above,
then I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its duly
authorized officers and agents as my agent and attorney in fact, to act for
and in my behalf and stead to execute and file any such applications and to
do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance
of letters patent and mask work or copyright registrations thereon with the
same legal force and effect as if executed by me. I hereby waive and
quitclaim to the Company any and all claims, of any nature whatsoever, which
I now or may hereafter have for infringement of any patents, mask works or
copyrights resulting from any such application for letters patent or mask
work or copyright registrations assigned hereunder to the Company.
7. I agree to hold in confidence and not directly or indirectly to use
or disclose, either during or after termination of my employment or
consulting relationship with the Company, any Confidential Information I
obtain or create during the period of my employment or consulting
relationship, whether or not during working hours, except to the extent
authorized by the Company until such Confidential Information becomes
generally known. I agree not to make copies of such Confidential Information
except as authorized by the Company. Upon termination of my employment or
consulting relationship or upon an earlier request of the Company, I will
return or deliver to the Company all tangible forms of such Confidential
Information in my possession or control, including but not limited to
drawings, specifications, documents, records, devices, models or any other
material and copies or reproductions thereof.
8. I represent that my performance of all the terms of this Agreement
and as an employee of or consultant to the Company does not and will not
breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge
or data acquired by me in confidence or in trust prior to my becoming an
employee or consultant of the Company, and I have not previously and will not
at any future time disclose to the Company, or induce the Company to use,
any confidential or proprietary information or material belonging to any
previous employer or others. I agree not to enter into any agreement either
written or oral in conflict with the provisions of this Agreement, and I
certify that, to the best of my knowledge, I am not a party to any other
agreement which will interfere with my full compliance with this Agreement.
9. Without limiting any other provisions of this Agreement, I agree
that for one (1) year after the date of termination of my employment by the
Company I will not (i) induce any employee of the Company to leave the employ
of the Company or (ii) solicit the business of any client or customer of the
Company (other than on behalf of the Company) in a manner competitive with
the Company. However, in the event that this Section 9 conflicts with or is
more restrictive than Section 9.c. of the Employment Agreement, then Section
9.c. of the Employment Agreement shall control and prevail.
10. This Agreement (a) shall survive my employment by or consulting
relationship with the Company, (b) does not in any way restrict my right or
the right of the Company to terminate my employment or consulting
relationship, (c) inures to the benefit of successors and assigns of the
Company, and (d) is binding upon my heirs and legal representatives.
11. Because my services are personal and unique and because I may have
access to and become acquainted with the Confidential Information of the
Company, the Company shall have the right to enforce this Agreement and any
of its provisions by injunction, specific
performance or other equitable relief, without prejudice to any other rights
and remedies that the Company may have for a breach of this Agreement.
12. If one or more of the provisions in this Agreement are deemed
unenforceable by law, then the remaining provisions will continue in full
force and effect.
13. This Agreement does not apply to an Invention which qualifies fully
under the provisions of Section 2870 of the Labor Code, a copy of which is
attached hereto as EXHIBIT B. I agree to disclose all Inventions made by me
in confidence to the Company to permit a determination as to whether or not
the Inventions should be the property of the Company.
14. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the entire term of
my employment or consulting relationship with the Company, including all such
periods prior to the date of this Agreement.
15. I certify and acknowledge that I have carefully read all of the
provisions of this Agreement and that I understand and will fully and
faithfully comply with such provisions.
Dated: 4/30/98 EMPLOYEE
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/s/ Wei Yen
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Signature
Wei Yen
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Printed Name
NETWORK COMPUTER, INC.
By: [ILLEGIBLE]
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Title: CEO
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EXHIBIT A
If none, initial here: _________
Otherwise, list inventions below:
All 'Inventions' described in the last sentence of the first paragraph of
Section 9.a. of the Employment Agreement dated October 17, 1998, as amended
February 27, 1998 ('Employment Agreement') between the Company and me shall
NOT be deemed 'Inventions' for purposes of this Agreement and shall be
excluded from the definition thereof.
EXHIBIT B
Section 2870 of the California Labor Code is as follows:
(a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an
employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an
invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the
employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the
employer's equipment, supplies, fees or trade secret information except for
those inventions that either:
(1) Relate at the time of inception or reduction to practice of
the invention to the employer's business, or actual or demonstrated anticipated
research or development of the employer.
(2) Result from any [ILLEGIBLE] by the employee for the employer.
(b) To the extent a provision [ILLEGIBLE] agreement purports to require
an employee to assign an invention [ILLEGIBLE] being required to be assigned
under subdivision (a), the provision is against the [ILLEGIBLE] policy of this
state and is unenforceable.
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 (the 'AMENDMENT') is entered into as of February
27, 1998 between Network Computer, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
'COMPANY') and Wei Yen, and amends that certain Employment Agreement (the
'AGREEMENT') entered into as of October 17, 1997 between the Company and Wei
Yen. Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings provided in the
Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Wei Yen voluntarily resigned his position as President of NCI,
effective February 24, 1998, approximately three months prior to the
June 15, 1998 date contemplated in the Agreement;
WHEREAS, Wei Yen shall continue to serve as a Director of the Company;
WHEREAS, Wei Yen acknowledges that the payment schedule of the
Promissory Note, dated July 9, 1996 (the 'Promissory Note'), in the
amount of $150,000.00, shall be accelerated as a result of the
termination of his employment with the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to accelerate the vesting of certain of
the severance benefits provided for in the Agreement in exchange for a
release of all claims relating to Wei Yen's employment relationship with
the Company pursuant to a Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims
(the 'Settlement Agreement').
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
agreements, representations, warranties and covenants set forth below, Wei
Yen and the Company agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Date Change.
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All references to the date 'June 15, 1998' in the Agreement hereby
are amended to be 'February 24, 1998'.
SECTION 2 Director.
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The third paragraph of Section 1 of the Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
'You will continue to serve on the Company's Board of Directors until
your successor is duly appointed, or until your earlier resignation or
removal.'
SECTION 2 Loans.
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Section 5 of the Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
'As of the earlier of your last date of employment with the Company and
July 21, 1998, the Company will forgive $560,000 of the loan made by
Navio to you that is secured by your primary residence (the 'Primary
Residence Loan'); provided that you understand that forgiveness of the
Primary Residence Loan is treated as compensation for tax purposes. The
Company shall be entitled to offset (i) any tax withholding obligations
related to the forgiveness of the Primary Residence Loan and any
outstanding principal or accrued interest due on the Promissory Note
against (ii) any severance payment that may be owed to you pursuant to
Section 7(a)(aa).'
SECTION 3 Proprietary Information Agreement.
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You agree to be bound by the terms of the employee proprietary
information agreement with the Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A. If the provisions of such agreement conflict with the terms of Section
9(a) of the Agreement, then the terms of the Agreement shall prevail.
SECTION 4 Cross Default.
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Any default under the Settlement Agreement shall be a default under
the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered
by the parties hereto as of the date first above written.
Network Computer, Inc.
/s/ DAVID J. ROUX
By: ---------------------------
David J. Roux
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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Employment Agreement - Network Computer Inc. and Wei Yen
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