SECOND
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This
second amendment (“Second Amendment”) is effective as of February 12, 2008
(“Amendment Date”) by and between Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. (as
successor-in-interest to the WAAT Corporation) (“Twistbox”) and Ian Aaron
(“Employee”), and amends that certain Letter Agreement dated May 16, 2006 by and
between Twistbox and Employee, as amended (the “Agreement”). Unless otherwise
defined herein, defined terms shall have their meanings as set forth in the
Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
Twistbox
and Mandalay Media, Inc. (“Mandalay”) have entered into that certain Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated December 31, 2007, as amended, pursuant to which
Employee has agreed to sell, transfer, assign and convey all of his capital
stock in Twistbox to Mandalay in exchange for common stock of Mandalay;
WHEREAS,
Twistbox and Employee believe it is in the best interest of Twistbox and
Employee to mutually agree to certain modifications to the Agreement;
and
WHEREAS,
the
parties hereto desire to memorialize their mutual understandings as contained
herein.
AMENDMENT
NOW
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the foregoing, Twistbox and Employee desire to further amend
and/or modify the Agreement and enter into this Second Amendment on the terms
and conditions provided below:
Employee’s
Agreement shall be modified as follows:
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Section
2 of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the
following:
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“EMPLOYMENT
TERM.
The
term
of your employment under this Letter Agreement (the “Employment
Term”)
will
be for a term commencing on February 12, 2008 (the “Effective
Date”)
and
unless terminated earlier as provided in paragraph 6 hereto or extended by
mutual consent of you and the Company on terms at least as favorable as those
in
the final year of the Employment Term, ending on the third anniversary of the
Effective Date. On or about August 12, 2010, you and the Company shall meet
in
good faith to discuss the terms of a renewal, in order to negotiate terms
related to, among other things, base salary, bonus percentage and additional
grants of stock options.”
2. |
Section
3 of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the
following:
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“A. Base
Salary.
During
the Employment Term, the Company will pay to you a base salary at the annual
rate of $350,000 from February 12, 2008 through February 11, 2009, $367,500
from
February 12, 2009 through February 11, 2010, and $385,875 from February 12,
2010
through February 12, 2011, in accordance with the usual payroll practices of
the
Company.”
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Sub-paragraph
(f) shall be added to Section 5 of the Agreement as
follows:
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“Stock
Options.
On the
Effective Date, the Company shall cause Mandalay to grant to Employee an initial
option (“Option”) to purchase 600,000 shares of Mandalay’s common stock (“Common
Shares”) at an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Common Shares on
the Effective Date. Each Option shall represent the right to acquire one (1)
Common Share. The Option shall vest in full and become immediately exercisable
as follows: (a) one-third shall immediately vest on the Effective Date, (b)
one-third shall vest on the first anniversary of the Effective Date and (c)
one-third shall vest on the second anniversary of the Effective
Date.
The
Option shall be evidenced by a written option agreement and be governed by
the
terms and conditions thereof and the terms and conditions of Mandalay’s 2007
Stock Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,
the Option is subject to full accelerated vesting upon a change of control
and/or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
Mandalay.”
4. Lines
five through nine of sub-paragraph (b) of Section 7 of the Agreement beginning
with “(1)” and ending with “(the “Severance
Period”)”
shall
be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:
“(1)
continued payment of your base salary (but not as an employee) in accordance
with the usual payroll practices of the Company for a period equal to six (6)
months following such termination (the “Severance
Period”);”
5. Sub-paragraph
(e)(2) of Section 6 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
“(2)
your
being required to relocate to a principal place of employment more than 15
miles
from your current location in Sherman Oaks, California; provided, that you
acknowledge that the Company is currently seeking to relocate within the Los
Angeles, CA area and the Company’s first move from its current location to a new
location within the Los Angeles area will not be deemed a “Good Reason”
hereunder;”
6. Sub-paragraph
(c) of Section 7 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety.
7. Sub-paragraph
(a) of Section 9 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
“Non-Competition.
During
the Employment Term and for the twelve month
period following expiration or termination of your employment, you will
not,
directly or indirectly, enter into Competition with the Company or any of its
affiliates
(the “Employer”).
“Competition”
means
participating, directly or indirectly,
as an individual proprietor, partner, stockholder, officer, employee,
director,
joint venturer, investor, lender or in any capacity whatsoever in any
activities
or businesses related to the provisioning of any of the following products
and/or services in connection with Mobile Adult WAP, Adult MobileTV,
Adult Off-Deck Services, Mobile AVS Systems and Mobile Adult Advertising
Services.”
8. All
terms
and conditions of the Agreement not specifically and expressly modified or
amended herein are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall
remain in full force and effect.
9. Each
person who executes this Amendment represents and warrants to each party hereto
that he has the authority to do so and to bind each entity as contemplated
hereby, and agrees to hold harmless each other party from any claim that such
authority did not exist. This Amendment will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties and their respective shareholders, successors and
permitted assigns.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have executed this Second Amendment as of the Amendment Date
set
forth above.
TWISTBOX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(AS
SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO
THE
WAAT CORPORATION)
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EMPLOYEE |
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By: David
Mandell |
By: /s/ Ian
Aaron |
Name: David Mandell |
Name:
Ian Aaron
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Title:
EVP/General
Counsel
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