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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - Delek US Holdings, Inc. | c96861exv99w1.htm |
EX-99.2 - EXHIBIT 99.2 - Delek US Holdings, Inc. | c96861exv99w2.htm |
Exhibit 99.3
February 24, 2010
Lynwood E. Gregory, III
6009 Woodland Hills
Nashville, TN 37211
6009 Woodland Hills
Nashville, TN 37211
Re: Termination of Employment
Dear Lyn:
This letter will confirm the terms of the agreement (the Agreement) between you, LYNWOOD E.
GREGORY, III, and Delek US Holdings, Inc. and/or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively
the Company). The terms of this letter shall be effective upon the date of the last signature
below.
1. You have submitted, and the Company has accepted, your resignation from employment with the
Company effective as of the close of business on September 15, 2010. You have agreed to assist the
Company in the orientation and training of your successor through the date of your termination. In
return for your agreement to the terms set forth herein: (a) the Company will pay you a severance
payment upon the termination of your employment in a lump sum gross amount equal to eighteen (18)
months of your base compensation at the time of termination (offset by any amounts that you may owe
the Company at the time of termination including, without limitation, taxes due on restricted stock
units); (b) the Company will pay you for any unused vacation time as of the termination of your
employment; and (c) subject to the approval of the Companys Board of Directors and/or any
applicable committee thereof: (i) the Company will grant you twelve thousand (12,000) restricted
stock units on March 10, 2010 that will vest in full six months following the grant date subject to
your continued employment through the vesting date; (ii) all outstanding non-qualified options to
purchase shares of the Companys common stock (NQSOs) held by you that are not vested at the time
of your termination shall immediately become vested and exercisable upon your termination; and
(iii) all NQSOs that are vested or that become vested upon your termination shall remain
exercisable for the full term of the NQSO.
2. You will return any Company property in your possession, custody, or control including,
without limitation, any documents, books, records (whether in electronic format or hard copy),
reports, files, correspondence, notebooks, manuals, notes, specifications, mailing lists, security
cards, credit cards, and other data.
3. On behalf of yourself and your heirs, representatives, and assigns, you discharge and
release the Company and its affiliates and agents (collectively the Released Parties) from all
claims, obligations, and demands that you had, have, or may have arising out of or related to your
employment and/or the termination of your employment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, you discharge and release any claims, causes of action, liabilities, covenants,
agreements, obligations, damages, and/or demands of every nature, character, and description under
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Tennessee Human Rights Act, the Civil
Rights Act of 1991, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Worker Benefit Protection
Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (except with respect to benefits to which
you have a vested entitlement), and all other federal, state, and local laws including any laws regarding
wrongful discharge, breach of contract, retaliation, infliction of emotional distress
(collectively, the Released Claims).
4. You agree and understand that the effect of this Agreement is to waive and release any and
all claims, causes of action, liabilities, covenants, agreements, obligations, damages and/or
demands of every nature, character, and description, without limitation in law, equity, or
otherwise, that you had, have, or may have, whether known or unknown, against any of the Released
Parties for any liability, whether vicarious, derivative, direct, or indirect. The foregoing
includes, without limitation, any claims for damages (actual or punitive), back wages, future
wages, commission payments, bonuses, reinstatement, past and future employee benefits (except to
which there is vested entitlement) including contributions to the Companys employee benefit plans,
compensatory damages, penalties, equitable relief, attorneys fees, costs of court, interest, and
any and all other loss, expense, or detriment of whatever kind arising out of or related in any way
to your employment by the Company and/or the termination of such employment. However, you do not
by virtue of this Agreement waive or release any claims that arise after your signature below.
5. You will not initiate, or cause to be initiated, any lawsuit based on the Released Claims.
Except as prohibited by law, you will indemnify the Company and all other Released Parties for any
sum of money that any of them may hereafter be compelled to pay you, your heirs, representatives,
or assigns and any of the Companys legal fees and/or costs associated therewith on account you
bringing or allowing to be brought on your behalf legal action based upon the Released Claims.
Furthermore, you understand and agree that this Agreement does not constitute any admission by the
Company of any liability or of any violation of any federal, state, or local laws.
6. You will at all times maintain strict confidentiality of, and will not use or disclose,
information or ideas of a confidential or proprietary nature which pertain to Companys business,
financial, legal, marketing, administrative, personnel, trade secrets (including, but not limited
to, specifications, designs, plans, drawings, software, data, prototypes, the identity of sources
and markets, marketing information and strategies, business and financial plans and strategies,
methods of doing business, data processing, technical systems and practices, customers, sales
history and financial health) and material non-public information as defined under federal
securities law as well as such information of third parties which has been provided to Company in
confidence (collectively Confidential Information). All such information is deemed
confidential or proprietary whether or not it is so marked, provided that it is maintained as
confidential by the Company. You specifically agree that, if you violate this confidentiality
obligation, in addition to any other rights and remedies available under applicable law, the
Company will have the contractual right to recover from you its actual damages not to exceed the
amount of any payments made under this Agreement by recoupment, restitution, set-off, or otherwise
as permitted by law.
7. You and the Company will treat the terms, conditions, amount, and circumstances relating to
this Agreement as confidential, except as disclosure may be required by applicable law. You may
disclose the terms of this Agreement to your spouse, tax advisor or counsel, provided that they
agree to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement. If you are required to make any
disclosure required by law, you agree to inform the Company immediately and prior to any such
disclosure. Obligations under this paragraph shall terminate to the extent that information
contained herein is made public by the Company in the course of its compliance with public
disclosure obligations.
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8. You shall have a period of up to 21 calendar days in which to consider entering into this Agreement. You acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to read and review this
Agreement and seek legal advice. You freely and voluntarily, and without coercion, agree to and
understand the significance and consequences of the terms of this Agreement. Following the date of
your signature below, you shall have a period of 7 calendar days within which to revoke your
acceptance of this Agreement, in which case this Agreement shall be null and void. If you do not
exercise your right to revoke this Agreement within 7 calendar days of your signature, this
Agreement shall be held in full force and effect and each party shall be obligated to comply with
its requirements. The parties agree that any changes made to this Agreement (whether material or
immaterial) as a result of the negotiation of the parties do not restart the running of the 21-day
period noted above.
9. You will not engage in any conduct, verbal or otherwise, that would disparage or harm the
reputation of the Company and any of the other Released Parties. Such conduct shall include,
without limitation, any negative statements made verbally or in writing by you about the Company or
any of the Released Parties including, without limitation, the Companys directors, officers and
employees.
10. For a period of thirty-six (36) months following the termination of your employment, you
will not contact or solicit, directly or indirectly, for any sales-related business purpose, any
customer or client of the Company or its affiliates as of the termination of your employment.
11. For a period of thirty-six (36) months following the termination of your employment, you
will not (and you will not assist others to) directly or indirectly, entice or induce, or attempt
to entice or induce, any employee of the Company or its affiliates to leave employment with the
Company or its affiliates. However, this paragraph does not prohibit you or your new employer from
hiring or employing an individual that contacts you on his/her own initiative without any direct or
indirect solicitation by you other than customary forms of general solicitation such as newspaper
advertisements or internet postings.
12. For a period of thirty-six (36) months following the termination of your employment, you
will not directly or indirectly, either as an individual or as an employee, officer, director,
shareholder, partner, equity participant, sole proprietor, independent contractor, consultant or in
any other capacity conduct any business, or assist any person in conducting any business, that is
directly in competition with the Companys retail fuel and convenience store business in the
Territory. The Territory shall mean, at any given time, a fifty (50) mile radius from any of the
Companys retail fuel and/or convenience merchandise facilities provided that states in which the
Company owns and operates less than ten (10) retail fuel and convenience stores shall not be
included in the Territory. It is expressly agreed and understood that (a) this paragraph is not
intended to and shall not prevent you from employment or other engagement by a person or entity
that competes with Companys retail fuel and convenience store business as long as you do not
personally compete or assist such person or entity in such restricted competition, (b) otherwise
non-competitive activities by you shall not become restricted under this paragraph solely by virtue
of the Companys actions and (c) the terms of this paragraph shall not apply to your ownership of
less than five percent (5%) of a class of equity securities of an entity, which securities are
publicly traded on any national securities exchange.
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13. As part of your employment, you acknowledge and agree that you have obtained knowledge,
information, and expertise regarding the operations of the Company that may be useful to the
Company in prosecuting, defending and otherwise managing current and future litigation matters by or against the Company. Therefore, you agree to cooperate fully and assist the
Company to the best of your abilities in connection with any such matters including making yourself
reasonably available to assist in the Companys defense. The Company will pay you for your time
expended and pay any out-of-pocket expenses you incur in connection with your assistance. The
foregoing is not intended to reward you for any particular testimony or to limit in any manner your
truthful testimony in any proceeding.
14. In response to inquiries from your prospective employers, you agree that the Company may
provide your dates of employment with the Company, job titles while employed by the Company, and
final salary. You agree to advise any prospective employers to contact the Human Resources
Department of the Company with regard to any references or other inquiries. Each party agrees that
it will not disparage the other or indicate (explicitly or implicitly) that your departure was
involuntary.
15. The Company and you acknowledge and agree that the severance payment and benefits set
forth herein do not constitute deferred compensation as such terms are defined in Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). In addition, the parties agree that
the Agreement will be interpreted in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
Furthermore, in the event that any severance payment or benefits provided herein are deemed to
constitute deferred compensation, the parties agree to cooperate and work together to ensure that
the payment and/or provision of such benefits comply with Section 409A.
16. Except with respect to the release of claims provided for above, the provisions of this
Agreement shall be severable, and the invalidity of any provisions or portion thereof shall not
affect the validity of the other provisions. To the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction
deems any provision of this Agreement unenforceable (except the release of claims), such court
shall modify the terms of the Agreement by adding, deleting, or changing in its discretion any
language necessary to make such provision enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law, and
the parties expressly agree to be bound by any such provision as reformed by such court. If this
Agreement is not enforceable in whole or in part after such severance or reformation, the Company
shall have a contractual right of restitution, recoupment, and set-off to recover from you any
consideration paid to you under this Agreement.
17. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to its
subject matter and supersedes all previous agreements and understandings between the parties. This
agreement may not be modified except in a writing signed by both parties. This agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee and without regard
to any rule of construction under which an agreement may be construed against the drafter or any
rule regarding conflicts of law. Any dispute arising under this agreement must be adjudicated in
the courts of competent jurisdiction located in Williamson County, Tennessee, and the parties
hereby agree to such courts exercise of exclusive personal jurisdiction over them.
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I have carefully read this agreement. I hereby accept and agree to all of the terms and
conditions of this agreement.
DELEK US HOLDINGS, INC.
/s/ Mark B. Cox
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/s/ Lynwood E. Gregory, III | |
By: Mark B. Cox
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LYNWOOD E. GREGORY, III | |
Title: CFO
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Date: February 24, 2010 | |
Date: February 24, 2010 |
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/s/ Kent B. Thomas
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By: Kent B. Thomas |
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Title: General Counsel / Secretary |
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Date: February 24, 2010 |
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