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Corporate Governance Agreement |
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<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>0004.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT
<TEXT>
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT
By this Corporate Governance Agreement, entered into as of this 30th
day of September, 2000 ("Agreement"), the parties identified below state,
confirm, represent, warrant and agree as follows:
1. RECITALS
1.1. SIMULA. Simula, Inc. ("Simula" or the "Company") is a corporation
organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of
Arizona, with its principal place of business in Phoenix, Arizona.
1.2. DESJARDINS. Stanley P. Desjardins ("Desjardins") is, and was at all
times material hereto, a resident of Maricopa County, Arizona.
Desjardins is the founder of Simula and currently serves as its
Chairman of the Board and owns approximately 28% of the outstanding
Common Stock of the Company.
1.3. PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT. Simula and Desjardins desire to enter into
this Agreement to resolve certain issues that have arisen with respect
to Desjardins' relationship with the Company in order to provide
certainty to the Company, its employees, customers and shareholders
regarding the manner in which the business and corporate governance of
Simula will be conducted for the benefit of Simula and its
shareholders.
1.4. RECITALS PART OF AGREEMENT. The matters set forth in Article 1 of this
Agreement are and shall be deemed to be material and operative
provisions of this Agreement and not mere recitals.
2. TERMS OF AGREEMENT
2.1. CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SIMULA. Effective immediately, Simula,
acting through its Board of Directors, shall act to replace Donald
Townsend as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer with
Bradley Forst, who shall serve in that capacity pursuant to a written
employment agreement to be approved by the Board of Directors. The
Board shall work with the Company's new President and Chief Executive
Officer to effect additional management changes as soon as practicable
and to obtain any necessary approvals for such changes from the
Company's lenders. Without repudiating any existing agreement with the
Company's management, the Company shall review and seek to renegotiate
such agreements to modify the change in control and severance
provisions contained in such agreements in a manner acceptable to the
Board of Directors.
2.2. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. Within 10 days of the execution hereof, the
Company and Desjardins will issue the press release attached hereto as
EXHIBIT A and incorporated herein. During the Standstill Period,
Desjardins agrees to publicly communicate his support for the Company
and the decisions and actions undertaken by the Company at the
direction of its management or its Board of Directors and to refrain
from any actions or communications that would reasonably be regarded
as expressing a lack of support therefor, unless advised in writing by
legal counsel that he would more likely than not violate his fiduciary
duty to the Company by doing so.
<PAGE>
2.3. ACTIVITIES AS CHAIRMAN. In his capacity as Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Desjardins shall undertake only those duties expressly set
forth in the Company's Bylaws or expressly required by law. Desjardins
acknowledges that the Chairman of the Board is not an officer position
and does not carry with it any day-to-day operational duties,
responsibilities or authority. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
deemed to modify the Consulting Agreement between Simula and
Desjardins, in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT B and incorporated
herein by reference. In his capacity as a Consultant, Desjardins shall
undertake only those duties and activities authorized by the
Consulting Agreement.
2.4. AVAILABILITY OF EQUITABLE RELIEF. The Company and Desjardins mutually
acknowledge and agree that the obligations undertaken by each of them
under this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary
character, and that Simula and it shareholders, officers and directors
on the one hand, and Desjardins on the other hand, could not be
adequately compensated by money damages for a breach of any of the
provisions of this Agreement by the other party. In the event that any
provision of this Agreement is breached by either party hereto, the
non-breaching party shall be entitled to obtain (i) an injunction
restraining such breach or threatened breach; and (ii) specific
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