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Employment Agreement - Accenture Group and Diego Visconti
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Dear Mr. ______________,
In the framework and as a consequence of the process of reorganization of our
Group (Group means the company a subsidiary or holding company for the time
being of the Company or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing from time to time),
the necessity to reconsider ex novo certain aspects of your employment
relationship in your position of manager of the Company has arisen.
It is our intention to specify herebelow said aspects which are to be considered
in the framework also of the International scenario of our Group and of the
relevant provisions and initiatives, including the ones agreed on international
level, to which you have participated and will continue to participate.
The following is to implement the abovementioned reorganization, it being
provided that, your position as shareholders of entities of the Group (with
reference to the different forms used in the past and which will be used in the
future) is and remain separate from your employment relationship as manager of
the Company.
It is agreed that:
A) you shall render your activity as an employee of our Company in the
position of industrial manager, without prejudice - to all legal and contractual
effects - of your seniority in such position in the Company.
Your employment relationship is for an undetermined period of time and,
for those matters not expressly agreed upon in individual agreements,
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and provided that no other treatment applies, is ruled by the collective labour
agreement for Italian industrial managers and is subject to Italian law.
Your duties in your position of Partner/Manager shall not be modified,
without prejudice to the Company's reorganization and variation rights.
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B) As our Company is associated and makes reference to the economic enterprise
of the Accenture Group, your activity may be utilized also in favour of
companies similarly associated to such Group or which may be associated in the
future to it, also by way of your appointment in corporate bodies, such possible
appointment having been taken into account in determining your salary.
Therefore, any possible compensation deriving from such appointments in
corporate bodies shall be repaid to the Company.
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C) You shall render your services on an exclusive basis in favour of our
Company and of its above mentioned associated companies.
Without prejudice of the obligations which are peculiar to such employment
relationship, in addition to those specifically indicated in art. 2105 of Civil
Code, you shall not carry out and/or have, either directly or indirectly, even
through third parties, any activity or interest, including shareholding
participation or other business interests, contrary to the interest of our
Company and of its associated companies.
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D) The seat of your activity shall remain not varied, and namely
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Your duties and functions entail in any case the possible necessity of
travelling, according to the Company's requirements, in Italy and abroad.
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E) You shall perform your activity without being bound to working time and you
shall organize your activity in such a way as to ensure the effectiveness of
your direct responsibility as well as the regular enjoyment of daily and weekly
rests.
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F) You shall keep strictly confidential all news and information you become
aware of for cause of your employment relationship, including all information
relating to subsidiaries, controlling and/or associated companies, both in the
framework of the current provisions concerning fiduciary duties, pursuant to
art. 2105 of Civil Code, and confidentiality, pursuant to arts 622 and 623 of
the Criminal Code (as modified and integrated to safeguard confidentiality in
data processing as per law no. 547/93), and as a consequence of specific
covenant. It is understood and agreed that all programs and industrial and
commercial procedures of the Company and its associated companies, information
concerning their business, methodological and technological procedures
(including software and systems utilized by them),
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training methods and material, in whatever form (data processing, papers,
magnetic or others), as well as all subjective or objective news relating to the
Company's business and/or its clients, even if procured by you, shall be
included in this confidentiality obligation.
You further undertake that, at the end of your relationship, for whatever
reason, you will deliver to the Company all documents concerning the activity
carried out during your employment relationship, as well as any other document
of whatever nature, also informatics or magnetic, at your disposal, however
connected with the business of the Company and its associated companies, and
that you will not make and keep any copy therof and deliver back to the Company
and its associated companies any asset owned by any of the foregoing.
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G) You shall respect the Company's internal policies. Existing benefits and
policies shall remain in place including policies determined by Accenture Group
as far as they are compatible with Italian laws, without any prejudice to the
Company's right to vary, substitute and/or cancel them.
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H) In consideration of your entire activity and of any obligation it is agreed
that, effective as of September 1, 2001, you will receive:
1) a fixed annual gross salary equal to ITL __________. Such amount
shall be paid to you according to the items of the sal-
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ary table for industrial managers and in thirteen monthly salaries; and
2) an annual premium conditioned upon certain targets of the Accenture
Group being reached, such targets to be communicated to you separately
from time to time. For the first year (September 1, 2001 - August 31,
2001) this premium shall be equal to ITL ______________, being reached
the Group targets which shall be separately communicated; such premium
shall be paid to you at the end of each fiscal year (from _________ to
________) and anticipated payments may be made on a quarterly basis,
subject to final adjustment.
Possible additional premiums and incentives might be provided for at the Group
level on the basis of your individual performance.
Stock Option plans shall be provided for and subject to regulatory approval and
any participation in the plans will be subject to the terms and conditions as
amended from time to time by the Company.
It is agreed that, as a consequence of the agreement of the parties, until the
effective date of the new salary starting from September 1, 2001, you shall
receive for the period from June 1, 2001 until August 31, 2001 the gross total
amount equal to ITL ______________ as consideration for all and any activity and
obligation.
This amount shall be paid in three monthly instalments.
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I) The level of the above salary has been determined taking into account the
contents and particular characteristics of the employment relationship. It is
personal and on a "most profitable" basis, every cumulative compensations being
expressly excluded.
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L) You will have also the right to participate to the integrative pension Fund
Prometheia, substituting the Previndai contractual fund.
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M) Any inventions concerning products as well as technical means of production,
process methods or techniques, even of software development you may develop
during the term of your employment relationship shall be included in the scope
of your duties. All rights on such inventions and on their economical and
commercial exploitation shall be to the benefit of the Company, without
prejudice to your right of being recognized as being the author of same.
All the above has been taken into account in the determination of your salary.
You undertake, in addition to and as an integration of your obligations
described under point F) above, not to disclose any data, and to maintain
strictly confidential all information concerning such inventions and processes
and processing methods used by the Company.
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N) Upon termination of the employment relationship due to withdrawal of any of
the parties, in whatever form and for any reason whatsoever, you shall not, for
a period of 18 months carry out, directly or indirectly, any entrepreneurial
activity, nor will you render your services as an employee, consultant, agent or
in whatever other form, also by means of occasional or permanent shareholding,
with or without subordination and with or without payment of any consideration,
together with or in favour of individuals, companies, enterprises, associations
or, in general, any entity carrying out consulting, production and/or commercial
activities in competition with the activity carried out by our Company and its
associated companies to which you shall have posted to render your activity or
in favour of which you shall have carried out any duty; or companies carrying
out activities which are auxiliary to the above mentioned activities by
organization, consulting or advertising bodies. The following activities shall
be considered in competition: planning, production and realisation, start-up,
maintenance and management, of the core and application information computer
systems, in the framework of the layout structure of industrial, administrative,
commercial and operating processes in general, of human resources development
organisation, strategies and information technology and consulting services, in
favour of companies of any kind, industrial, banking, insurance and financial
groups, private or public institutions.
Moreover, data processing, accounting services and administration service
management, such as, by way of exemplification, , development, management and
maintenance, filing and storage of documents and data banks, in favour of third
parties, including government institutions.
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Other support services as well as non financial lease of software, electronic
and telecommunication equipment in addition to the supply information consulting
services.
The non competition obligations provided for herein, shall include the
obligation not to solicit clients of the Company and of Accenture Group.
Such non competition obligations shall be limited to the following territories
of the Italian Republic: Piemonte, Lombardia, Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Toscana,
Lazio, Campania and Sardegna.
Such non competition obligations shall be limited to the following Companies:
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In consideration of this non competition obligation you shall be paid a
gross annual amount equal to 20% of your last annual salary as determined in
preceding point H n. 1 and 2, to be referred to 18 months, and therefore equal
to 30% of your last yearly salary. Such amount shall be paid, pro-rata, at the
end of each six-month period of duration of this non competition covenant.
In order to allow control on the fulfilment of such obligation by you, you shall
notify to the Company, by registered mail, the kind of activity you are carrying
out in the period of duration of this non competition obligation, as well as any
modification of same.
In case of any breach by you of this non competition covenant, you shall be
bound to repay the relevant consideration and any portion thereof already
received, and to pay, as a penalty, a sum equal to three times the entire amount
of the consideration, without prejudice to any for further damages.
Our Company shall be entitled to withdraw from this non-competition agreement at
any time during the employment relationship.
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O) You further expressly undertake, for a period of 18 months after the
termination, for whatever reason, of your employment relationship, not to
contact and solicit, directly or through third parties, and/or on behalf of any
third parties, any employees of the Company or of its associated companies, to
the purpose of inducing them to breach their obligations deriving from their
employment, or to the purpose of inducing them to terminate their employment
relationships with the Company or companies associated to it.
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Please return to us the attached copy of this letter signed by you for
acceptance of same, and the specific acceptance of clauses (B) compensation, (C)
no participation to third parties activities, (G) benefits and policies, (I)
nature of the salary, (N-O) non competition covenant.
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