{"id":39729,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/employment-agreement-with-olaf-olafsson-time-warner.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"employment-agreement-with-olaf-olafsson-time-warner","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/employment-agreement-with-olaf-olafsson-time-warner.html","title":{"rendered":"Employment Agreement with Olaf Olafsson &#8211; Time Warner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>     EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (&#8220;Agreement&#8221;) made effective as of August  1, 2008<br \/>\n(the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;), between TIME WARNER INC., a Delaware corporation (the<br \/>\n&#8220;Company&#8221;), and OLAF OLAFSSON (&#8220;You&#8221;).           You are currently employed by the<br \/>\nCompany pursuant to an Employment Agreement made and effective on May  19, 2005<br \/>\n(the &#8220;Prior Agreement&#8221;). This Agreement amends and supersedes the Prior<br \/>\nAgreement in all respects effective the Effective Date, and you and the Company<br \/>\ndesire to set forth the terms and conditions of your employment by the Company<br \/>\nand agree as follows:           1.  <u>Term of Employment<\/u>. Your &#8220;term of<br \/>\nemployment&#8221; as this phrase is used throughout this Agreement shall be for the<br \/>\nperiod beginning on the Effective Date and ending on July  31, 2011 (the &#8220;Term<br \/>\nDate&#8221;), subject, however, to earlier termination as set forth in this Agreement.<br \/>\n          2.  <u>Employment<\/u>. During the term of employment, you shall serve as<br \/>\nExecutive Vice President, International and Corporate Strategy of the Company<br \/>\nand you shall have the authority, functions, duties, powers and responsibilities<br \/>\nnormally associated with such position and such additional authority, functions,<br \/>\nduties, powers and responsibilities as may be assigned to you from time to time<br \/>\nby the Chief Executive Officer or such other executive officer of the Company as<br \/>\nthe Company shall determine, provided that you consent to such other reporting<br \/>\nassignment (to whom you shall directly report). During the term of employment,<br \/>\n(i)  your services shall be rendered on a substantially full-time, exclusive<br \/>\nbasis and you will apply on a full-time basis all of your skill and experience<br \/>\nto the performance of your duties, (ii)  you shall have no other employment and,<br \/>\nwithout the prior written consent of the Chief Executive Officer or other<br \/>\nofficer of the Company, no outside business activities which require the<br \/>\ndevotion of substantial amounts of your time, and (iii)  the place for the<br \/>\nperformance of your services shall be the principal executive offices of the<br \/>\nCompany in the New York City metropolitan area, subject to such reasonable<br \/>\ntravel as may be required in the performance of your duties. The foregoing shall<br \/>\nbe subject to the Company&#8217;s written policies, as in effect from time to time,<br \/>\nregarding vacations, holidays, illness and the like.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>          3.  <u>Compensation<\/u>.                     3.1 <u>Base Salary<\/u>. The Company<br \/>\nshall pay you a base salary at the rate of not less than $750,000 per annum<br \/>\nduring the term of employment (&#8220;Base Salary&#8221;). The Company may increase, but not<br \/>\ndecrease, your Base Salary during the term of employment. Base Salary shall be<br \/>\npaid in accordance with the Company&#8217;s customary payroll practices.                     3.2<br \/>\n<u>Bonus<\/u>. In addition to Base Salary, the Company typically pays its<br \/>\nexecutives an annual cash bonus (&#8220;Bonus&#8221;). Although your Bonus is fully<br \/>\ndiscretionary, your target annual Bonus as a percentage of Base Salary is 100%.<br \/>\nEach year, your personal performance will be considered in the context of your<br \/>\nexecutive duties and any individual goals set for you, and your actual Bonus<br \/>\nwill be determined. Although as a general matter the Company expects to pay<br \/>\nbonuses at the target level in cases of satisfactory individual performance, it<br \/>\ndoes not commit to do so, and your Bonus may be negatively affected by the<br \/>\nexercise of the Company&#8217;s discretion or by overall Company performance. Your<br \/>\nBonus amount, if any, will be paid to you between January 1 and March  15 of the<br \/>\ncalendar year immediately following the performance year in respect of which<br \/>\nsuch Bonus is earned.                     3.3 <u>Long Term Incentive Compensation<\/u>. So<br \/>\nlong as the term of employment has not terminated the Company annually shall<br \/>\nprovide you with long term incentive compensation with a target value of<br \/>\n$1,500,000 (based on the valuation method used by the Company for its senior<br \/>\nexecutives) through a combination of stock option grants, restricted stock<br \/>\nunits, performance shares or other equity-based awards, cash-based long-term<br \/>\nplans or other components as may be determined by the Compensation Committee of<br \/>\nthe Company&#8217;s Board of Directors from time to time in its sole discretion.<br \/>\n                    3.4 <u>Indemnification<\/u>. You shall be entitled throughout the term<br \/>\nof employment (and after the end of the term of employment, to the extent<br \/>\nrelating to service during the term of employment) to the benefit of the<br \/>\nindemnification provisions contained on the date hereof in the Restated<br \/>\nCertificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company (not including any<br \/>\namendments or additions after the Effective Date that limit or narrow, but<br \/>\nincluding any that add to or broaden, the protection afforded to you by those<br \/>\nprovisions).<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>          4.  <u>Termination<\/u>.                     4.1 <u>Termination for Cause<\/u>. The<br \/>\nCompany may terminate the term of employment and all of the Company&#8217;s<br \/>\nobligations under this Agreement, other than its obligations set forth below in<br \/>\nthis Section  4.1, for &#8220;cause&#8221;. Termination by the Company for &#8220;cause&#8221; shall mean<br \/>\ntermination because of your (a)  conviction (treating a nolo contendere plea as a<br \/>\nconviction) of a felony (whether or not any right to appeal has been or may be<br \/>\nexercised), (b)  willful failure or refusal without proper cause to perform your<br \/>\nduties with the Company, including your obligations under this Agreement (other<br \/>\nthan any such failure resulting from your incapacity due to physical or mental<br \/>\nimpairment), (c)  fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement or reckless or willful<br \/>\ndestruction of Company property, (d)  material breach of any statutory or common<br \/>\nlaw duty of loyalty to the Company; (e)  intentional and improper conduct<br \/>\nmaterially prejudicial to the business of the Company or any of its affiliates,<br \/>\nor (f)  material breach of any of the covenants provided for in Section  9 hereof.<br \/>\nSuch termination shall be effected by written notice thereof delivered by the<br \/>\nCompany to you and shall be effective as of the date of such notice; provided,<br \/>\nhowever, that if (i)  such termination is because of your willful failure or<br \/>\nrefusal without proper cause to perform any one or more of your obligations<br \/>\nunder this Agreement, (ii)  such notice is the first such notice of termination<br \/>\nfor any reason delivered by the Company to you under this Section  4.1, and<br \/>\n(iii)  within 30  days following the date of such notice you shall cease your<br \/>\nrefusal and shall use your best efforts to perform such obligations, the<br \/>\ntermination shall not be effective.                     In the event of termination by the<br \/>\nCompany for cause, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the<br \/>\nCompany may have at law or in equity, the Company shall have no further<br \/>\nobligation to you other than (i)  to pay Base Salary through the effective date<br \/>\nof the termination of employment (the &#8220;Effective Termination Date&#8221;), (ii)  to pay<br \/>\nany Bonus for any year prior to the year in which such termination occurs that<br \/>\nhas been determined but not yet paid as of the Effective Termination Date, and<br \/>\n(iii)  with respect to any rights you have pursuant to any insurance or other<br \/>\nbenefit plans or arrangements of the Company. You hereby disclaim any right to<br \/>\nreceive a pro rata portion of any Bonus with respect to the year in which such<br \/>\ntermination occurs.                     4.2 <u>Termination by You for Material Breach by<br \/>\nthe Company and Termination by the Company Without Cause<\/u>. Unless previously<br \/>\nterminated pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement and unless a<br \/>\nDisability Period shall be in effect, you<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>shall have the right, exercisable by written notice to the Company, to<br \/>\nterminate the term of employment under this Agreement with an Effective<br \/>\nTermination Date 30  days after the giving of such notice, if, at the time of the<br \/>\ngiving of such notice, the Company is in material breach of its obligations<br \/>\nunder this Agreement; provided, however, that, with the exception of clause<br \/>\n(i)  below, this Agreement shall not so terminate if such notice is the first<br \/>\nsuch notice of termination delivered by you pursuant to this Section  4.2 and<br \/>\nwithin such 30-day period the Company shall have cured all such material<br \/>\nbreaches; and provided further, that such notice is provided to the Company<br \/>\nwithin 90  days after the occurrence of such material breach. A material breach<br \/>\nby the Company shall include, but not be limited to, (i)  the Company violating<br \/>\nSection  2 with respect to authority, reporting lines, duties, or place of<br \/>\nemployment or (ii)  the Company failing to cause any successor to all or<br \/>\nsubstantially all of the business and assets of the Company expressly to assume<br \/>\nthe obligations of the Company under this Agreement.                     The Company shall<br \/>\nhave the right, exercisable by written notice to you delivered before the date<br \/>\nwhich is 60  days prior to the Term Date, to terminate your employment under this<br \/>\nAgreement without cause, which notice shall specify the Effective Termination<br \/>\nDate. If such notice is delivered on or after the date which is 60  days prior to<br \/>\nthe Term Date, the provisions of Section 4.3 shall apply.                               4.2.1<br \/>\nIn the event of a termination of employment pursuant to this Section  4.2 (a<br \/>\n&#8220;termination without cause&#8221;), you shall receive Base Salary and a pro rata<br \/>\nportion of your Average Annual Bonus (as defined below) through the Effective<br \/>\nTermination Date. Your Average Annual Bonus shall be equal to the average of the<br \/>\nregular annual bonus amounts (excluding the amount of any special or spot<br \/>\nbonuses) in respect of the two calendar years during the most recent three<br \/>\ncalendar years for which the annual bonus received by you from the Company was<br \/>\nthe greatest. Your pro rata Average Annual Bonus pursuant to this Section  4.2.1<br \/>\nshall be paid to you at the times set forth in Section  4.6.                               4.2.2<br \/>\nAfter the Effective Termination Date, you shall continue to be treated as an<br \/>\nemployee of the Company for a period ending on the date which is twenty-four<br \/>\nmonths after the Effective Termination Date (the &#8220;Severance Term Date&#8221;). During<br \/>\nsuch period you shall be entitled to receive, whether or not you become disabled<br \/>\nduring such period but subject to Section  6, (a)  Base Salary (on the Company&#8217;s<br \/>\nnormal payroll payment dates as in effect immediately prior to the Effective<br \/>\nTermination<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>Date of your termination without cause) at an annual rate equal to your Base<br \/>\nSalary in effect immediately prior to the notice of termination, and (b)  an<br \/>\nannual Bonus in respect of each calendar year or portion thereof (in which case<br \/>\na pro rata portion of such Bonus will be payable) during such period equal to<br \/>\nyour Average Annual Bonus. Except as provided in the next sentence, if you<br \/>\naccept other full-time employment during such period or notify the Company in<br \/>\nwriting of your intention to terminate your status as an employee during such<br \/>\nperiod, you shall cease to be treated as an employee of the Company for purposes<br \/>\nof your rights to receive certain post-termination benefits under Section  8.2<br \/>\neffective upon the commencement of such other employment or the date specified<br \/>\nby you in such notice, whichever is applicable (the &#8220;Equity Cessation Date&#8221;),<br \/>\nand you shall receive the remaining payments of Base Salary and Bonus pursuant<br \/>\nto this Section  4.2.2 at the times specified in Section  4.6 of the Agreement.<br \/>\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, if you accept employment with any not-for-profit<br \/>\nentity or governmental entity, then you may continue to be treated as an<br \/>\nemployee of the Company for purposes of your rights to receive certain<br \/>\npost-termination benefits pursuant to Section  8.2 and you will continue to<br \/>\nreceive the payments as provided in the first sentence of this Section  4.2.2;<br \/>\nand if you accept full-time employment with any affiliate of the Company, then<br \/>\nthe payments provided for in this Section  4.2.2 shall immediately cease and you<br \/>\nshall not be entitled to any further payments. For purposes of this Agreement,<br \/>\nthe term &#8220;affiliate&#8221; shall mean any entity which, directly or indirectly,<br \/>\ncontrols, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company.<br \/>\n                    4.3 <u>After the Term Date<\/u>. If at the Term Date, the term of<br \/>\nemployment shall not have been previously terminated pursuant to the provisions<br \/>\nof this Agreement, no Disability Period is then in effect and the parties shall<br \/>\nnot have agreed to an extension or renewal of this Agreement or on the terms of<br \/>\na new employment agreement, then the term of employment shall continue on a<br \/>\nmonth-to-month basis and you shall continue to be employed by the Company<br \/>\npursuant to the terms of this Agreement, subject to termination by either party<br \/>\nhereto on 60  days written notice delivered to the other party (which notice may<br \/>\nbe delivered by either party at any time on or after the date which is 60  days<br \/>\nprior to the Term Date). If the Company shall terminate the term of employment<br \/>\non or after the Term Date for any reason (other than for cause as defined in<br \/>\nSection 4.1, in which case Section  4.1 shall apply), which the Company shall<br \/>\nhave the right to do so long as no Disability Date (as defined in Section  5) has<br \/>\noccurred prior to the delivery by the Company of written notice of termination,<br \/>\nthen such termination shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to be a<br \/>\n&#8220;termination without cause&#8221; under Section  4.2 and the<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>provisions of Sections  4.2.1 and 4.2.2 shall apply.                     4.4<br \/>\n<u>Release<\/u>. A condition precedent to the Company&#8217;s obligation to make or<br \/>\ncontinue the payments associated with a termination without cause shall be your<br \/>\nexecution and delivery of a release in the form attached hereto as Annex A, as<br \/>\nsuch form may be updated in the discretion of the Company. If you shall fail to<br \/>\nexecute and deliver such release, or if you revoke such release as provided<br \/>\ntherein, then in lieu of the payments provided for herein, you shall receive a<br \/>\nseverance payment determined in accordance with the Company&#8217;s policies relating<br \/>\nto notice and severance reduced by the aggregate amount of severance payments<br \/>\npaid pursuant to this Agreement, if any, prior to the date of your refusal to<br \/>\ndeliver, or revocation of, such release.                     4.5 <u>Mitigation<\/u>. In the<br \/>\nevent of a termination without cause under this Agreement, you shall not be<br \/>\nrequired to take actions in order to mitigate your damages hereunder, unless<br \/>\nSection  280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;),<br \/>\nwould apply to any payments to you by the Company and your failure to mitigate<br \/>\nwould result in the Company losing tax deductions to which it would otherwise<br \/>\nhave been entitled. In such an event, Section  4.7.1 shall govern. With respect<br \/>\nto the preceding sentences, any payments or rights to which you are entitled by<br \/>\nreason of the termination of employment without cause shall be considered as<br \/>\ndamages hereunder. Any obligation to mitigate your damages pursuant to this<br \/>\nSection  4.5 shall not be a defense or offset to the Company&#8217;s obligation to pay<br \/>\nyou in full the amounts provided in this Agreement upon the occurrence of a<br \/>\ntermination without cause, at the time provided herein, or the timely and full<br \/>\nperformance of any of the Company&#8217;s other obligations under this Agreement.<br \/>\n                    4.6 <u>Payments<\/u>. Payments of Base Salary and Bonus required to be<br \/>\nmade to you after any termination shall be made at the same times as such<br \/>\npayments otherwise would have been paid to you pursuant to Sections  3.1 and 3.2<br \/>\nif you had not been terminated, subject to Section  12.17.                     4.7<br \/>\n<u>Limitation on Certain Payments<\/u>. Notwithstanding any other provision of<br \/>\nthis Agreement:                               4.7.1. In the event that part or all of the<br \/>\nconsideration, compensation or benefits to be paid to you under this Agreement<br \/>\nwould constitute<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;parachute payments&#8221; under Section  280G(b)(2) of the Code, then, if the<br \/>\naggregate present value of such parachute payments, singularly or together with<br \/>\nthe aggregate present value of any consideration, compensation or benefits to be<br \/>\npaid to you under any other plan, arrangement or agreement which constitute<br \/>\n&#8220;parachute payments&#8221; (collectively, the &#8220;Parachute Amount&#8221;) exceeds 2.99 times<br \/>\nyour &#8220;base amount&#8221;, as defined in Section  280G(b)(3) of the Code (the &#8220;Base<br \/>\nAmount&#8221;), the amounts constituting &#8220;parachute payments&#8221; which would otherwise be<br \/>\npayable to you or for your benefit shall be reduced to the extent necessary so<br \/>\nthat the Parachute Amount is equal to 2.99 times the Base Amount (the &#8220;Reduced<br \/>\nAmount&#8221;); provided that such amounts shall not be so reduced if, without such<br \/>\nreduction, you would be entitled to receive and retain, on a net after tax basis<br \/>\n(including, without limitation, any excise taxes payable under Section  4999 of<br \/>\nthe Code), an amount which is greater than the amount, on a net after tax basis,<br \/>\nthat you would be entitled to retain upon receipt of the Reduced Amount.<br \/>\n                              4.7.2. If the determination made pursuant to Section  4.7.1<br \/>\nresults in a reduction of the payments that would otherwise be paid to you<br \/>\nexcept for the application of Section  4.7.1, such reduction in payments shall be<br \/>\nfirst applied to reduce any cash severance payments that you would otherwise be<br \/>\nentitled to receive hereunder and shall thereafter be applied to reduce other<br \/>\npayments and benefits in a manner that would not result in subjecting you to<br \/>\nadditional taxation under Section  409A of the Code, unless you elect to have the<br \/>\nreduction in payments applied in a different order. Within ten days following<br \/>\nsuch determination, the Company shall pay or distribute to you or for your<br \/>\nbenefit such amounts as are then due to you under this Agreement and shall<br \/>\npromptly pay or distribute to you or for your benefit in the future such amounts<br \/>\nas become due to you under this Agreement.                               4.7.3. As a result of<br \/>\nthe uncertainty in the application of Sections  280G and 4999 of the Code at the<br \/>\ntime of a determination hereunder, it is possible that payments will be made by<br \/>\nthe Company that should not have been made under Section  4.7.1 (an<br \/>\n&#8220;Overpayment&#8221;). In the event that there is a final determination by the Internal<br \/>\nRevenue Service, or a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction,<br \/>\nthat an Overpayment has been made, the Company shall have no further liability<br \/>\nor obligation to you for any excise taxes, interest or penalty that you are<br \/>\nrequired to pay as a result of such final determination.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>          5.  <u>Disability<\/u>.                     5.1 <u>Disability Payments<\/u>. If<br \/>\nduring the term of employment and prior to the delivery of any notice of<br \/>\ntermination without cause, you become physically or mentally disabled, whether<br \/>\ntotally or partially, so that you are prevented from performing your usual<br \/>\nduties for a period of six consecutive months, or for shorter periods<br \/>\naggregating six months in any twelve-month period, the Company shall,<br \/>\nnevertheless, continue to pay your full compensation through the last day of the<br \/>\nsixth consecutive month of disability or the date on which the shorter periods<br \/>\nof disability shall have equaled a total of six months in any twelve-month<br \/>\nperiod (such last day or date being referred to herein as the &#8220;Disability<br \/>\nDate&#8221;), subject to Section  12.17. If you have not resumed your usual duties on<br \/>\nor prior to the Disability Date, the Company shall pay you a pro rata Bonus<br \/>\n(based on your Average Annual Bonus) for the year in which the Disability Date<br \/>\noccurs and thereafter shall pay you disability benefits for the period ending on<br \/>\nthe later of (i)  the Term Date or (ii)  the date which is twelve months after the<br \/>\nDisability Date (in the case of either (i) or (ii), the &#8220;Disability Period&#8221;), in<br \/>\nan annual amount equal to 75% of (a)  your Base Salary at the time you become<br \/>\ndisabled and (b)  the Average Annual Bonus, in each case, subject to<br \/>\nSection  12.17.                     5.2 <u>Recovery from Disability<\/u>. If during the<br \/>\nDisability Period you shall fully recover from your disability, the Company<br \/>\nshall have the right (exercisable within 60  days after notice from you of such<br \/>\nrecovery), but not the obligation, to restore you to full-time service at full<br \/>\ncompensation. If the Company elects to restore you to full-time service, then<br \/>\nthis Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in all respects and the<br \/>\nTerm Date shall not be extended by virtue of the occurrence of the Disability<br \/>\nPeriod. If the Company elects not to restore you to full-time service, you shall<br \/>\nbe entitled to obtain other employment, subject, however, to the following:<br \/>\n(i)  you shall perform advisory services during any balance of the Disability<br \/>\nPeriod; and (ii)  you shall comply with the provisions of Sections  9 and 10<br \/>\nduring the Disability Period. The advisory services referred to in clause (i)  of<br \/>\nthe immediately preceding sentence shall consist of rendering advice concerning<br \/>\nthe business, affairs and management of the Company as requested by the Chief<br \/>\nExecutive Officer or other senior officer of the Company but you shall not be<br \/>\nrequired to devote more than five days (up to eight hours per day) each month to<br \/>\nsuch services, which shall be performed at a time and place mutually convenient<br \/>\nto both parties. Any income from such other employment shall not be applied to<br \/>\nreduce the Company&#8217;s obligations under this Agreement.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>                    5.3 <u>Other Disability Provisions<\/u>. The Company shall be<br \/>\nentitled to deduct from all payments to be made to you during the Disability<br \/>\nPeriod pursuant to this Section  5 an amount equal to all disability payments<br \/>\nreceived by you during the Disability Period from Worker&#8217;s Compensation, Social<br \/>\nSecurity and disability insurance policies maintained by the Company; provided,<br \/>\nhowever, that for so long as, and to the extent that, proceeds paid to you from<br \/>\nsuch disability insurance policies are not includible in your income for federal<br \/>\nincome tax purposes, the Company&#8217;s deduction with respect to such payments shall<br \/>\nbe equal to the product of (i)  such payments and (ii)  a fraction, the numerator<br \/>\nof which is one and the denominator of which is one less the maximum marginal<br \/>\nrate of federal income taxes applicable to individuals at the time of receipt of<br \/>\nsuch payments. All payments made under this Section  5 after the Disability Date<br \/>\nare intended to be disability payments, regardless of the manner in which they<br \/>\nare computed. Except as otherwise provided in this Section  5, the term of<br \/>\nemployment shall continue during the Disability Period and you shall be entitled<br \/>\nto all of the rights and benefits provided for in this Agreement, except that<br \/>\nSections  4.2 and 4.3 shall not apply during the Disability Period, and unless<br \/>\nthe Company has restored you to full-time service at full compensation prior to<br \/>\nthe end of the Disability Period, the term of employment shall end and you shall<br \/>\ncease to be an employee of the Company at the end of the Disability Period and<br \/>\nshall not be entitled to notice and severance or to receive or be paid for any<br \/>\naccrued vacation time or unused sabbatical.           6.  <u>Death<\/u>. If you die<br \/>\nduring the term of employment, this Agreement and all obligations of the Company<br \/>\nto make any payments hereunder shall terminate except that your estate (or a<br \/>\ndesignated beneficiary) shall be entitled to receive Base Salary to the last day<br \/>\nof the month in which your death occurs and Bonus compensation (at the time<br \/>\nbonuses are normally paid) based on the Average Annual Bonus, but prorated<br \/>\naccording to the number of whole or partial months you were employed by the<br \/>\nCompany in such calendar year.           7.  <u>Life Insurance<\/u>. During your<br \/>\nemployment with the Company, the Company shall (i) provide you with $50,000 of<br \/>\ngroup life insurance and (ii)  pay you annually an amount equal to two times the<br \/>\npremium you would have to pay to obtain life insurance under the Group Universal<br \/>\nLife (&#8220;GUL&#8221;) insurance program made available by the Company in an amount equal<br \/>\nto $3,000,000. The Company shall pay you such amount no later than March  15 of<br \/>\nthe calendar year following any calendar year in which you are entitled to this<br \/>\namount. You shall be under no obligation to use the payments made by the<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>Company pursuant to the preceding sentence to purchase GUL insurance or to<br \/>\npurchase any other life insurance. If the Company discontinues its GUL insurance<br \/>\nprogram, the Company shall nevertheless make the payments required by this<br \/>\nSection  7 as if such program were still in effect. The payments made to you<br \/>\nhereunder shall not be considered as &#8220;salary&#8221; or &#8220;compensation&#8221; or &#8220;bonus&#8221; in<br \/>\ndetermining the amount of any payment under any pension, retirement,<br \/>\nprofit-sharing or other benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the<br \/>\nCompany.           8.  <u>Other Benefits<\/u>.                     8.1 <u>General<br \/>\nAvailability<\/u>. To the extent that (a)  you are eligible under the general<br \/>\nprovisions thereof (including without limitation, any plan provision providing<br \/>\nfor participation to be limited to persons who were employees of the Company or<br \/>\ncertain of its subsidiaries prior to a specific point in time) and (b)  the<br \/>\nCompany maintains such plan or program for the benefit of its executives, during<br \/>\nthe term of your employment and so long as you are an employee of the Company,<br \/>\nyou shall be eligible to participate in any savings plan, or similar plan or<br \/>\nprogram and in any group life insurance, hospitalization, medical, dental,<br \/>\naccident, disability or similar plan or program of the Company now existing or<br \/>\nestablished hereafter.                     8.2 <u>Benefits After a Termination or<br \/>\nDisability<\/u>. After the Effective Termination Date of a termination of<br \/>\nemployment pursuant to Section  4.2 and prior to the Severance Term Date or<br \/>\nduring the Disability Period, you shall continue to be treated as an employee of<br \/>\nthe Company for purposes of eligibility to participate in the Company&#8217;s health<br \/>\nand welfare benefit plans other than disability programs and to receive the<br \/>\nhealth and welfare benefits (other than disability programs) required to be<br \/>\nprovided to you under this Agreement to the extent such health and welfare<br \/>\nbenefits are maintained in effect by the Company for its executives. After the<br \/>\nEffective Termination Date of a termination of employment pursuant to Section  4<br \/>\nor during a Disability Period, you shall not be entitled to any additional<br \/>\nawards or grants under any stock option, restricted stock or other stock-based<br \/>\nincentive plan and you shall not be entitled to continue elective deferrals in<br \/>\nor accrue additional benefits under any qualified or nonqualified retirement<br \/>\nprograms maintained by the Company. At the Severance Term Date your rights to<br \/>\nbenefits and payments under any health and welfare benefit plans or any<br \/>\ninsurance or other death benefit plans or arrangements of the Company shall be<br \/>\ndetermined in accordance with the terms and provisions of such plans. At the<br \/>\nSeverance Term Date or, if earlier, the Equity Cessation<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>Date, your rights to benefits and payments under any stock option, restricted<br \/>\nstock, stock appreciation right, bonus unit, management incentive or other<br \/>\nlong-term incentive plan of the Company shall be determined in accordance with<br \/>\nthe terms and provisions of such plans and any agreements under which such stock<br \/>\noptions, restricted stock or other awards were granted. However, consistent with<br \/>\nthe terms of the Prior Agreement, notwithstanding the foregoing or any more<br \/>\nrestrictive provisions of any such plan or agreement, if your employment with<br \/>\nthe Company is terminated as a result of a termination pursuant to Section 4.2,<br \/>\nthen, (i)  all stock options to purchase shares of Time Warner Common Stock shall<br \/>\ncontinue to vest, and any such vested stock options shall remain exercisable<br \/>\n(but not beyond the term of such options) through the earlier of the Severance<br \/>\nTerm Date or the Equity Cessation Date; (ii)  except if you shall then qualify<br \/>\nfor retirement under the terms of the applicable stock option agreement and<br \/>\nwould receive more favorable treatment under the terms of the stock option<br \/>\nagreement; (x)  all stock options to purchase shares of Time Warner Common Stock<br \/>\ngranted to you on or after January  1, 2005 (the &#8220;Term Options&#8221;) that would have<br \/>\nvested on or before the Severance Term Date (or the comparable date under any<br \/>\nemployment agreement that amends, replaces or supersedes this Agreement) shall<br \/>\nvest and become immediately exercisable upon the earlier of the Severance Term<br \/>\nDate or the Equity Cessation Date, and (y)  all your vested Term Options shall<br \/>\nremain exercisable for a period of three years after the earlier of the<br \/>\nSeverance Term Date or the Equity Cessation Date (but not beyond the term of<br \/>\nsuch stock options); (iii)  in accordance with the terms of the letter agreement<br \/>\ndated December  18, 2001 between you and the Company, the vested stock options<br \/>\ngranted to you on or prior to April  6, 2001 shall remain exercisable for a<br \/>\nperiod of three years after the Severance Term Date or the Equity Cessation Date<br \/>\n(but not beyond the term of such options); (iv)  all stock options granted to you<br \/>\nafter April  6, 2001 and before January  1, 2005 shall be governed by the terms of<br \/>\nthe applicable stock option plan and agreement under which such options were<br \/>\nawarded and (v)  the Company shall not be permitted to determine that your<br \/>\nemployment was terminated for &#8220;unsatisfactory performance&#8221; within the meaning of<br \/>\nany stock option agreement between you and the Company. With respect to awards<br \/>\nof restricted stock units (&#8220;RSUs&#8221;) held at the Effective Termination Date of a<br \/>\ntermination of employment pursuant to Section  4.2, subject to potential further<br \/>\ndelay in payment pursuant to Section  12.17, (i)  if you are eligible for<br \/>\nretirement treatment at the Effective Termination Date, then for all awards of<br \/>\nRSUs that contain special accelerated vesting upon retirement, the vesting of<br \/>\nthe RSUs will accelerate upon, and the shares of Time Warner Common Stock will<br \/>\nbe paid to you promptly following, the Effective Termination Date, and (ii)  if<br \/>\nyou are not eligible for retirement treatment at the effective date of the<br \/>\ntermination of employment, then the<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>treatment of the RSUs will be determined at the earlier of the Severance Term<br \/>\nDate or the Equity Cessation Date in accordance with the terms of the applicable<br \/>\naward agreement(s), but the shares of Time Warner Common Stock underlying any<br \/>\nvested RSUs will not be paid to you until promptly following the next regular<br \/>\nvesting date(s) for such award(s) of RSUs.                     8.3 <u>Payments in Lieu of<br \/>\nOther Benefits<\/u>. In the event the term of employment and your employment with<br \/>\nthe Company is terminated pursuant to any section of this Agreement, you shall<br \/>\nnot be entitled to notice and severance under the Company&#8217;s general employee<br \/>\npolicies or to be paid for any accrued vacation time or unused sabbatical, the<br \/>\npayments provided for in such sections being in lieu thereof.<br \/>\n          9.  <u>Protection of Confidential Information; Non-Compete<\/u>.<br \/>\n                    9.1 <u>Confidentiality Covenant<\/u>. You acknowledge that your<br \/>\nemployment by the Company (which, for purposes of this Section  9 shall mean Time<br \/>\nWarner Inc. and its affiliates) will, throughout the term of employment, bring<br \/>\nyou into close contact with many confidential affairs of the Company, including<br \/>\ninformation about costs, profits, markets, sales, products, key personnel,<br \/>\npricing policies, operational methods, technical processes and other business<br \/>\naffairs and methods and other information not readily available to the public,<br \/>\nand plans for future development. You further acknowledge that the services to<br \/>\nbe performed under this Agreement are of a special, unique, unusual,<br \/>\nextraordinary and intellectual character. You further acknowledge that the<br \/>\nbusiness of the Company is international in scope, that its products and<br \/>\nservices are marketed throughout the world, that the Company competes in nearly<br \/>\nall of its business activities with other entities that are or could be located<br \/>\nin nearly any part of the world and that the nature of your services, position<br \/>\nand expertise are such that you are capable of competing with the Company from<br \/>\nnearly any location in the world. In recognition of the foregoing, you covenant<br \/>\nand agree:                               9.1.1 You shall keep secret all confidential matters<br \/>\nof the Company and shall not disclose such matters to anyone outside of the<br \/>\nCompany, or to anyone inside the Company who does not have a need to know or use<br \/>\nsuch information, and shall not use such information for personal benefit or the<br \/>\nbenefit of a third party, either during or after the term of employment, except<br \/>\nwith the Company&#8217;s written consent, provided that (i)  you shall have no such<br \/>\nobligation to the extent such matters are or become<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>publicly known other than as a result of your breach of your obligations<br \/>\nhereunder and (ii)  you may, after giving prior notice to the Company to the<br \/>\nextent practicable under the circumstances, disclose such matters to the extent<br \/>\nrequired by applicable laws or governmental regulations or judicial or<br \/>\nregulatory process;                               9.1.2 You shall deliver promptly to the<br \/>\nCompany on termination of your employment, or at any other time the Company may<br \/>\nso request, all memoranda, notes, records, reports and other documents (and all<br \/>\ncopies thereof) relating to the Company&#8217;s business, which you obtained while<br \/>\nemployed by, or otherwise serving or acting on behalf of, the Company and which<br \/>\nyou may then possess or have under your control; and                               9.1.3 If the<br \/>\nterm of employment is terminated pursuant to Section  4, for a period of one year<br \/>\nafter the Effective Termination Date, without the prior written consent of the<br \/>\nCompany, you shall not employ, and shall not cause any entity of which you are<br \/>\nan affiliate to employ, any person who was a full-time employee of the Company<br \/>\nat the date of such termination or within six months prior thereto but such<br \/>\nprohibition shall not apply to your secretary or executive assistant or to any<br \/>\nother employee eligible to receive overtime pay.                     9.2<br \/>\n<u>Non-Compete<\/u>. During the term of employment and for a period of twelve<br \/>\nmonths after (i)  the effective date of your retirement or other voluntary<br \/>\ntermination of employment or (ii)  the Effective Termination Date of a<br \/>\ntermination of employment pursuant to Section  4, you shall not, directly or<br \/>\nindirectly, without the prior written consent of the Chief Executive Officer or<br \/>\na Chief Operating Officer of the Company, render any services to, or act in any<br \/>\ncapacity for, any Competitive Entity, or acquire any interest of any type in any<br \/>\nCompetitive Entity; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to<br \/>\nprohibit you from acquiring, (a)  solely as an investment and through market<br \/>\npurchases, securities of any Competitive Entity which are registered under<br \/>\nSection 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and which are<br \/>\npublicly traded, so long as you are not part of any control group of such<br \/>\nCompetitive Entity and such securities, including converted securities, do not<br \/>\nconstitute more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding voting power of that<br \/>\nentity and (b)  securities of any Competitive Entity that are not publicly<br \/>\ntraded, so long as you are not part of any control group of such Competitive<br \/>\nEntity and such securities, including converted securities, do not constitute<br \/>\nmore than three percent (3%) of the outstanding voting power of that entity. For<br \/>\npurposes<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>of the foregoing, the following shall be deemed to be a Competitive Entity:<br \/>\n(x)  during the period that you are actively employed with the Company, during<br \/>\nthe Disability Period, or prior to the Effective Termination Date in the event<br \/>\nyour employment is terminated pursuant to Section  4, any person or entity that<br \/>\nengages in any line of business that is substantially the same as either (i)  any<br \/>\nline of business which the Company engages in, conducts or, to your knowledge,<br \/>\nhas definitive plans to engage in or conduct or (ii) any operating business that<br \/>\nis engaged in or conducted by the Company as to which, to your knowledge, the<br \/>\nCompany covenants, in writing, not to compete with in connection with the<br \/>\ndisposition of such business, and (y)  after the Disability Period, the Effective<br \/>\nTermination Date in the event of a termination of your term of employment<br \/>\npursuant to Section  4 or the effective date of your retirement or other<br \/>\nvoluntary termination of employment, any of the following: AT&amp;T Corporation,<br \/>\nBertelsmann A.G., CBS Corporation, Comcast Corporation, The Walt Disney Company,<br \/>\nGeneral Electric Corporation, Google Inc., Microsoft Corporation, The News<br \/>\nCorporation Ltd., Sony Corporation, Viacom Inc. and Yahoo! Inc., and their<br \/>\nrespective subsidiaries and affiliates and any successor to the internet service<br \/>\nprovider, media or entertainment businesses thereof.           10.  <u>Ownership of<br \/>\nWork Product<\/u>. You acknowledge that during the term of employment, you may<br \/>\nconceive of, discover, invent or create inventions, improvements, new<br \/>\ncontributions, literary property, material, ideas and discoveries, whether<br \/>\npatentable or copyrightable or not (all of the foregoing being collectively<br \/>\nreferred to herein as &#8220;Work Product&#8221;), and that various business opportunities<br \/>\nshall be presented to you by reason of your employment by the Company. You<br \/>\nacknowledge that all of the foregoing shall be owned by and belong exclusively<br \/>\nto the Company and that you shall have no personal interest therein, provided<br \/>\nthat they are either related in any manner to the business (commercial or<br \/>\nexperimental) of the Company, or are, in the case of Work Product, conceived or<br \/>\nmade on the Company&#8217;s time or with the use of the Company&#8217;s facilities or<br \/>\nmaterials, or, in the case of business opportunities, are presented to you for<br \/>\nthe possible interest or participation of the Company. You shall (i)  promptly<br \/>\ndisclose any such Work Product and business opportunities to the Company;<br \/>\n(ii)  assign to the Company, upon request and without additional compensation,<br \/>\nthe entire rights to such Work Product and business opportunities; (iii)  sign<br \/>\nall papers necessary to carry out the foregoing; and (iv) give testimony in<br \/>\nsupport of your inventorship or creation in any appropriate case. You agree that<br \/>\nyou will not assert any rights to any Work Product or business opportunity as<br \/>\nhaving been made or acquired by you prior to the date of this Agreement except<br \/>\nfor Work Product or business opportunities, if any, disclosed to and<br \/>\nacknowledged by the Company<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>in writing prior to the date hereof. The Company hereby agrees that you shall<br \/>\nhave all rights and interests in any fictional or non-fictional literary work<br \/>\n(including books and plays) written by you during your personal time, it being<br \/>\nunderstood, however, that the foregoing shall not include any literary or other<br \/>\nWork Product written or created by you in connection with or relating to the<br \/>\nperformance of your duties hereunder.           11.  <u>Notices<\/u>. All notices,<br \/>\nrequests, consents and other communications required or permitted to be given<br \/>\nunder this Agreement shall be effective only if given in writing and shall be<br \/>\ndeemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or sent by a nationally<br \/>\nrecognized overnight delivery service, or mailed first-class, postage prepaid,<br \/>\nby registered or certified mail, as follows (or to such other or additional<br \/>\naddress as either party shall designate by notice in writing to the other in<br \/>\naccordance herewith):                     11.1 If to the Company: Time Warner Inc. <br \/>\nOne Time Warner Center <br \/>\nNew York, New York 10019 <br \/>\nAttention: Senior Vice President : Global <br \/>\nCompensation and Benefits (with a copy, similarly addressed <br \/>\nbut Attention: General Counsel)                     11.2 If to you, to your residence<br \/>\naddress set forth on the records of the Company, with a copy to: David E.<br \/>\nAlexander <br \/>\nPeyser &amp; Alexander Management, Inc. <br \/>\n500 Fifth Avenue, Suite  2700 <br \/>\nNew York, NY 10110.           12.  <u>General<\/u>.                     12.1 <u>Governing<br \/>\nLaw<\/u>. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in<br \/>\naccordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York applicable to<br \/>\nagreements made and to be performed entirely in New York.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>                    12.2 <u>Captions<\/u>. The section headings contained herein are for<br \/>\nreference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or<br \/>\ninterpretation of this Agreement.                     12.3 <u>Entire Agreement<\/u>. This<br \/>\nAgreement, including Annexes A and B, set forth the entire agreement and<br \/>\nunderstanding of the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement<br \/>\nand supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings, written or<br \/>\noral, between the parties.                     12.4 <u>No Other Representations<\/u>. No<br \/>\nrepresentation, promise or inducement has been made by either party that is not<br \/>\nembodied in this Agreement, and neither party shall be bound by or be liable for<br \/>\nany alleged representation, promise or inducement not so set forth.<br \/>\n                    12.5 <u>Assignability<\/u>. This Agreement and your rights and<br \/>\nobligations hereunder may not be assigned by you and except as specifically<br \/>\ncontemplated in this Agreement, neither you, your legal representative nor any<br \/>\nbeneficiary designated by you shall have any right, without the prior written<br \/>\nconsent of the Company, to assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, anticipate or<br \/>\ncommute to any person or entity any payment due in the future pursuant to any<br \/>\nprovision of this Agreement, and any attempt to do so shall be void and shall<br \/>\nnot be recognized by the Company. The Company shall assign its rights together<br \/>\nwith its obligations hereunder in connection with any sale, transfer or other<br \/>\ndisposition of all or substantially all of the Company&#8217;s business and assets,<br \/>\nwhether by merger, purchase of stock or assets or otherwise, as the case may be.<br \/>\nUpon any such assignment, the Company shall cause any such successor expressly<br \/>\nto assume such obligations, and such rights and obligations shall inure to and<br \/>\nbe binding upon any such successor.                     12.6 <u>Amendments; Waivers<\/u>.<br \/>\nThis Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, cancelled, renewed or<br \/>\nextended and the terms or covenants hereof may be waived only by written<br \/>\ninstrument executed by both of the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver,<br \/>\nby the party waiving compliance. The failure of either party at any time or<br \/>\ntimes to require performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect<br \/>\nsuch party&#8217;s right at a later time to enforce the same. No waiver by either<br \/>\nparty of the breach of any term or covenant contained in this Agreement, in any<br \/>\none or more instances, shall be<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>deemed to be, or construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such<br \/>\nbreach, or a waiver of the breach of any other term or covenant contained in<br \/>\nthis Agreement.                     12.7 <u>Specific Remedy<\/u>. In addition to such other<br \/>\nrights and remedies as the Company may have at equity or in law with respect to<br \/>\nany breach of this Agreement, if you commit a material breach of any of the<br \/>\nprovisions of Sections  9.1, 9.2 or 10, the Company shall have the right and<br \/>\nremedy to have such provisions specifically enforced by any court having equity<br \/>\njurisdiction, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or<br \/>\nthreatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Company.                     12.8<br \/>\n<u>Resolution of Disputes<\/u>. Except as provided in the preceding Section  12.7,<br \/>\nany dispute or controversy arising with respect to this Agreement and your<br \/>\nemployment hereunder (whether based on contract or tort or upon any federal,<br \/>\nstate or local statute, including but not limited to claims asserted under the<br \/>\nAge Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,<br \/>\nas amended, any state Fair Employment Practices Act and\/or the Americans with<br \/>\nDisability Act) shall, at the election of either you or the Company, be<br \/>\nsubmitted to JAMS\/ENDISPUTE for resolution in arbitration in accordance with the<br \/>\nrules and procedures of JAMS\/ENDISPUTE. Either party shall make such election by<br \/>\ndelivering written notice thereof to the other party at any time (but not later<br \/>\nthan 45  days after such party receives notice of the commencement of any<br \/>\nadministrative or regulatory proceeding or the filing of any lawsuit relating to<br \/>\nany such dispute or controversy) and thereupon any such dispute or controversy<br \/>\nshall be resolved only in accordance with the provisions of this Section  12.8.<br \/>\nAny such proceedings shall take place in New York City before a single<br \/>\narbitrator (rather than a panel of arbitrators), pursuant to any streamlined or<br \/>\nexpedited (rather than a comprehensive) arbitration process, before a<br \/>\nnon-judicial (rather than a judicial) arbitrator, and in accordance with an<br \/>\narbitration process which, in the judgment of such arbitrator, shall have the<br \/>\neffect of reasonably limiting or reducing the cost of such arbitration. The<br \/>\nresolution of any such dispute or controversy by the arbitrator appointed in<br \/>\naccordance with the procedures of JAMS\/ENDISPUTE shall be final and binding.<br \/>\nJudgment upon the award rendered by such arbitrator may be entered in any court<br \/>\nhaving jurisdiction thereof, and the parties consent to the jurisdiction of the<br \/>\nNew York courts for this purpose. The prevailing party shall be entitled to<br \/>\nrecover the costs of arbitration (including reasonable attorneys fees and the<br \/>\nfees of experts) from the losing party. If at the time any dispute or<br \/>\ncontroversy arises with respect to this Agreement, JAMS\/ENDISPUTE is not in<br \/>\nbusiness or is no longer providing arbitration services, then the American<br \/>\nArbitration Association shall be<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>substituted for JAMS\/ENDISPUTE for the purposes of the foregoing provisions<br \/>\nof this Section  12.8. If you shall be the prevailing party in such arbitration,<br \/>\nthe Company shall promptly pay, upon your demand, all legal fees, court costs<br \/>\nand other costs and expenses incurred by you in any legal action seeking to<br \/>\nenforce the award in any court.                     12.9 <u>Beneficiaries<\/u>. Whenever<br \/>\nthis Agreement provides for any payment to your estate, such payment may be made<br \/>\ninstead to such beneficiary or beneficiaries as you may designate by written<br \/>\nnotice to the Company. You shall have the right to revoke any such designation<br \/>\nand to redesignate a beneficiary or beneficiaries by written notice to the<br \/>\nCompany (and to any applicable insurance company) to such effect.<br \/>\n                    12.10 <u>No Conflict<\/u>. You represent and warrant to the Company<br \/>\nthat this Agreement is legal, valid and binding upon you and the execution of<br \/>\nthis Agreement and the performance of your obligations hereunder does not and<br \/>\nwill not constitute a breach of, or conflict with the terms or provisions of,<br \/>\nany agreement or understanding to which you are a party (including, without<br \/>\nlimitation, any other employment agreement). The Company represents and warrants<br \/>\nto you that this Agreement is legal, valid and binding upon the Company and the<br \/>\nexecution of this Agreement and the performance of the Company&#8217;s obligations<br \/>\nhereunder does not and will not constitute a breach of, or conflict with the<br \/>\nterms or provisions of, any agreement or understanding to which the Company is a<br \/>\nparty.                     12.11 <u>Conflict of Interest.<\/u> Attached as Annex B and made<br \/>\npart of this Agreement is the Time Warner Corporate Standards of Business<br \/>\nConduct. You confirm that you have read, understand and will comply with the<br \/>\nterms thereof and any reasonable amendments thereto. In addition, as a condition<br \/>\nof your employment under this Agreement, you understand that you may be required<br \/>\nperiodically to confirm that you have read, understand and will comply with the<br \/>\nStandards of Business Conduct as the same may be revised from time to time.<br \/>\n                    12.12 <u>Withholding Taxes<\/u>. Payments made to you pursuant to this<br \/>\nAgreement shall be subject to withholding and social security taxes and other<br \/>\nordinary and customary payroll deductions.                     12.13 <u>No Offset<\/u>.<br \/>\nNeither you nor the Company shall have any right to offset any amounts owed by<br \/>\none party hereunder against amounts owed or claimed<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>to be owed to such party, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise,<br \/>\nand you and the Company shall make all the payments provided for in this<br \/>\nAgreement in a timely manner.                     12.14 <u>Severability<\/u>. If any<br \/>\nprovision of this Agreement shall be held invalid, the remainder of this<br \/>\nAgreement shall not be affected thereby; provided, however, that the parties<br \/>\nshall negotiate in good faith with respect to equitable modification of the<br \/>\nprovision or application thereof held to be invalid. To the extent that it may<br \/>\neffectively do so under applicable law, each party hereby waives any provision<br \/>\nof law which renders any provision of this Agreement invalid, illegal or<br \/>\nunenforceable in any respect.                     12.15 <u>Survival<\/u>. Sections  3.4, 8.3<br \/>\nand 9 through 12 shall survive any termination of the term of employment by the<br \/>\nCompany for cause pursuant to Section  4.1. Sections  3.4, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and<br \/>\n8 through 12 shall survive any termination of the term of employment pursuant to<br \/>\nSections  4.2, 5 or 6.                     12.16 <u>Definitions<\/u>. The following terms<br \/>\nare defined in this Agreement in the places indicated: affiliate : Section  4.2.2<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAverage Annual Bonus : Section  4.2.1 <br \/>\nBase Amount : Section  4.7.1 <br \/>\nBase Salary : Section  3.1 <br \/>\nBonus : Section  3.2 <br \/>\ncause : Section  4.1 <br \/>\nCode : Section  4.5 <br \/>\nCompany : the first paragraph on page 1 and Section  9.1 <br \/>\nCompetitive Entity : Section  9.2 <br \/>\nDisability Date : Section  5 <br \/>\nDisability Period : Section  5 <br \/>\nEffective Date : the first paragraph on page 1 <br \/>\nEffective Termination Date : Section  4.1 <br \/>\nEquity Cessation Date : Section  4.2.2 <br \/>\nOverpayment : Section  4.7.3 <br \/>\nParachute Amount : Section  4.7.1 <br \/>\nReduced Amount : Section  4.7.1<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>Severance Term Date : Section  4.2.2 <br \/>\nTerm Date : Section  1 <br \/>\nterm of employment : Section  1 <br \/>\ntermination without cause : Section  4.2.1 <br \/>\nWork Product : Section  10                     12.17 <u>Compliance with IRC<br \/>\nSection  409A<\/u>. This Agreement is intended to comply with Section  409A of the<br \/>\nInternal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;) and will be interpreted<br \/>\nin a manner intended to comply with Section  409A of the Code. Notwithstanding<br \/>\nanything herein to the contrary, (i)  if at the time of your termination of<br \/>\nemployment with the Company you are a &#8220;specified employee&#8221; as defined in<br \/>\nSection  409A of the Code (and any related regulations or other pronouncements<br \/>\nthereunder) and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits<br \/>\notherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is<br \/>\nnecessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under<br \/>\nSection  409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the<br \/>\npayment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in<br \/>\nsuch payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to you) until the date<br \/>\nthat is six months following your termination of employment with the Company (or<br \/>\nthe earliest date as is permitted under Section  409A of the Code) and (ii)  if<br \/>\nany other payments of money or other benefits due to you hereunder could cause<br \/>\nthe application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the<br \/>\nCode, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make<br \/>\nsuch payment or other benefits compliant under Section  409A of the Code, or<br \/>\notherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent<br \/>\npossible, in a manner, determined by the Company, that does not cause such an<br \/>\naccelerated or additional tax. To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind<br \/>\nbenefits due to you under this Agreement constitutes &#8220;deferred compensation&#8221;<br \/>\nunder Section  409A of the Code, any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits<br \/>\nshall be paid to you in a manner consistent with Treas. Reg.<br \/>\nSection  1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv). Each payment made under this Agreement shall be<br \/>\ndesignated as a &#8220;separate payment&#8221; within the meaning of Section  409A of the<br \/>\nCode. The Company shall consult with you in good faith regarding the<br \/>\nimplementation of the provisions of this Section  12.17; provided that neither<br \/>\nthe Company nor any of its employees or representatives shall have any liability<br \/>\nto you with respect to thereto.                     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have<br \/>\nduly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"font-size: 10pt\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"48%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<p>TIME WARNER INC.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>By    <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<p>\/s\/ Mark A. 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(the &#8220;Company&#8221;), One Time Warner Center, New York, New York<br \/>\n10019 as of the date set forth below in connection with the Employment Agreement<br \/>\ndated <u>                                        <\/u><u>                                        <\/u>, and effective as<br \/>\nof <u>                                        <\/u><u>                                     <\/u>, and the letter<br \/>\nagreement (the &#8220;Letter Agreement&#8221; between You and the Company dated as of<br \/>\n<u>                                        <\/u><u>                                        <\/u>(as so amended, the<br \/>\n&#8220;Employment Agreement&#8221;), and in association with the termination of your<br \/>\nemployment with the Company. In consideration of payments made to You and other<br \/>\nbenefits to be received by You by the Company and other benefits to be received<br \/>\nby You pursuant to the Employment Agreement, as further reflected in the Letter<br \/>\nAgreement, You, being of lawful age, do hereby release and forever discharge the<br \/>\nCompany, its successors, related companies, Affiliates, officers, directors,<br \/>\nshareholders, subsidiaries, agents, employees, heirs, executors, administrators,<br \/>\nassigns, benefit plans (including but not limited to the AOL Time Warner Inc.<br \/>\nSeverance Pay Plan For Regular Employees), benefit plan sponsors and benefit<br \/>\nplan administrators of and from any and all actions, causes of action, claims,<br \/>\nor demands for general, special or punitive damages, attorney&#8217;s fees, expenses,<br \/>\nor other compensation or damages (collectively, &#8220;Claims&#8221;), whether known or<br \/>\nunknown, which in any way relate to or arise out of your employment with the<br \/>\nCompany or the termination of Your employment, which You may now have under any<br \/>\nfederal, state or local law, regulation or order, including without limitation,<br \/>\nClaims related to any stock options held by You or granted to You by the Company<br \/>\nthat are scheduled to vest subsequent to Your termination of employment and<br \/>\nClaims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (with the exception of<br \/>\nClaims that may arise after the date You sign this Release, Title VII of the<br \/>\nCivil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as<br \/>\namended, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Employee Retirement Income<br \/>\nSecurity Act of 1974, as amended, through and including the date of this<br \/>\nRelease; provided, however, that the execution of this Release shall not prevent<br \/>\nYou from bringing a lawsuit against the Company to enforce its obligations under<br \/>\nthe Employment Agreement and this Release. Notwithstanding anything to the<br \/>\ncontrary, nothing in this Release shall prohibit or restrict You from (i)  making<br \/>\nany disclosure of information required by law; (ii)  filing a charge with,<br \/>\nproviding information to, or testifying or otherwise assisting in any<br \/>\ninvestigation or proceeding brought by, any federal regulatory or law<br \/>\nenforcement agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, or the<br \/>\nCompany&#8217;s legal, compliance or human resources officers; (iii) filing,<br \/>\ntestifying or participating in or otherwise assisting in a proceeding relating<br \/>\nto an alleged violation of any federal, state or municipal law relating to fraud<br \/>\nor any rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any<br \/>\nself-regulatory organization; or (iv) challenging the validity of my release of<br \/>\nclaims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Provided, however, You<br \/>\nacknowledge that You cannot recover any monetary damages or equitable relief in<br \/>\nconnection with a charge brought by You or through any action brought by a third<br \/>\nparty with respect to the Claims released and waived in the Agreement. Further,<br \/>\nnotwithstanding the above, You am not<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<p>waiving or releasing: (i)  any claims arising after the Effective Date of this<br \/>\nAgreement; (iii)  any claims for enforcement of this Agreement; (iii)  any rights<br \/>\nor claims You may have to workers compensation or unemployment benefits;<br \/>\n(iv)  claims for accrued, vested benefits under any employee benefit plan of the<br \/>\nCompany in accordance with the terms of such plans and applicable law; and\/or<br \/>\n(v)  any claims or rights which cannot be waived by law. You further state that<br \/>\nYou have reviewed this Release, that You know and understand its contents, and<br \/>\nthat You have executed it voluntarily. You acknowledge that You have been given<br \/>\n<u>                                        <\/u> days from the date You received a copy of the<br \/>\nRelease to sign it. You also acknowledge that by signing this Release You may be<br \/>\ngiving up valuable legal rights and that You have been advised to consult with<br \/>\nan attorney. You understand that You have the right to revoke my consent to the<br \/>\nRelease for seven days following my signing of the Release. You further<br \/>\nunderstand that You will not receive any payments or benefits under this<br \/>\nAgreement if You do not sign this Release or if You revoke Your consent to the<br \/>\nRelease within seven days after signing the Release. The Release shall not<br \/>\nbecome effective or enforceable with respect to claims under the Age<br \/>\nDiscrimination Act until the expiration of the seven-day period following Your<br \/>\nsigning of this Release. You shall not receive any payments or benefits pursuant<br \/>\nto this Agreement until the Release becomes effective. To revoke, You send a<br \/>\nwritten statement of revocation by certified mail, return receipt requested, or<br \/>\nby hand delivery. If You do not revoke, the Release shall become effective on<br \/>\nthe eighth day after You sign it. 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