-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, C+S4s0ANocCj6DB6rcz82UX0TOxUzSZ6KwPwAKWVmSa8eY+Hzl/7QIOfl7m5scht y7dRsKGFklbEMNebBthvKg== 0001125282-05-006648.txt : 20051221 0001125282-05-006648.hdr.sgml : 20051221 20051221123641 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001125282-05-006648 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051216 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOWPOINT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000746210 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 770312442 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25940 FILM NUMBER: 051277630 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 LONG AVENUE CITY: HILLSIDE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07205 BUSINESS PHONE: 8054828277 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 LONG AVENUE CITY: HILLSIDE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07205 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WIRE ONE TECHNOLOGIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VIEW TECH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950418 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VIEWTECH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950418 8-K 1 b410766_8k.txt CURRENT REPORT UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 16, 2005 Glowpoint, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter) Delaware 0-25940 77-0312442 -------- ------- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 225 Long Avenue Hillside, NJ 07205 - ----------------------------- ----- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (973) 282-2000 Not Applicable --------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT. Effective as of December 31, 2005, Glowpoint, Inc. will enter into a third amended and restated employment agreement with its Chairman, Richard Reiss. The employment agreement requires Mr. Reiss to provide general executive-level advice regarding Glowpoint, its competitors and the videoconferencing industry. The agreement has a one year term and provides for the payment to Mr. Reiss of an annual salary of $165,000. This description of the employment agreement is qualified by reference to the provisions of the agreement attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1. ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. Not Applicable. (b) Pro Forma Financial Information. Not Applicable. (c) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- Exhibit 10.1 Third Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Richard Reiss dated as of December 31, 2005. 2 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. GLOWPOINT, INC. BY: /s/ David C. Trachtenberg ------------------------- David C. Trachtenberg Chief Executive Officer and President Date: December 21, 2005 3 EX-10.1 2 b410766ex10_1.txt EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit 10.1 THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of the 31st day of December 2005 between Glowpoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principal office at 225 Long Avenue, Hillside, New Jersey 07205 (hereinafter "Glowpoint"), and Richard Reiss, 10 Timber Acres Road, Springfield, New Jersey 07081 (hereinafter "Employee"). WHEREAS, Employee and Glowpoint entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement on October 14, 2003, as amended on December 31, 2004 (as so amended, the "Employment Agreement"); and WHEREAS, Employee possesses certain executive-level knowledge of Glowpoint, the videoconferencing industry and competitors of Glowpoint; and WHEREAS, this Agreement amends and restates the Employment Agreement in its entirety effective as of the Effective Date; and WHEREAS, Glowpoint wishes to retain Employee to assist Glowpoint's management and Board of Directors by providing general executive-level advice regarding Glowpoint, the videoconferencing industry and competitors of Glowpoint. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises made herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Employee Duties. Employee shall provide general executive-level advice regarding Glowpoint, the videoconferencing industry, and competitors of Glowpoint. Employee shall devote such portion of his business time as is reasonably required to fully perform his services under this Agreement. 2. Term of Agreement. The term of Employee's services under this Agreement (the "Employment Term") shall commence as of the date hereof and shall terminate on December 31, 2006. 3. Compensation. As compensation for Employee's services under this Agreement, beginning January 1, 2005, Glowpoint shall pay Employee a salary of $165,000 (the "Salary") for the remainder of the Employment Term, in the amount of $13,750 per month, payable on the fifteenth day of each month. Employee's rights as an optionee under Glowpoint's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") shall continue to be governed by the terms of the Plan and the associated stock option agreements currently in effect (the "Award Agreements"). Glowpoint shall, in addition to Employee's compensation, reimburse Employee for expenses incurred by Employee in the performance of his duties under this Agreement, upon submission of evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to Glowpoint, with respect to: (a) Employee's BMW car lease through its expiration on December 31, 2006, as well as related service and insurance costs; 4 (b) Employee's cell phone monthly charges through December 31, 2006, including the cost of all calls made by Employee in the performance of his duties under this Agreement; (c) the cost to maintain a Glowpoint line and a business telephone line at Employee's home through December 31, 2006, as well as the cost of all video and telephone calls made by Employee in the performance of his duties under this Agreement; (d) Employee's business travel expenses related to performance of his duties under this Agreement through December 31, 2006 which expenses have been pre-approved by Glowpoint; and (e) the premiums on a life insurance policy in the principal amount of $1,000,000 for a term through December 31, 2006, containing substantially the same terms and conditions as the life insurance policy currently maintained by Glowpoint on Employee's life, payable to Employee's designated beneficiary or Employee's estate. 4. Benefits. In addition to the above-listed compensation and expense reimbursements, Employee shall be entitled to: (a) retain the laptop computer, cell phone and Polycom ViewStation and associated monitor currently in Employee's possession which were purchased by Glowpoint for Employee's use. (b) extension of the post-termination exercise period under the Plan and each Award Agreement to twenty-four (24) months after the expiration of the Employment Term; provided, however, that to the extent not exercised within the time permitted by law for the exercise of incentive stock options following the termination of Employee's employment, such options shall convert automatically to non-qualifying stock options. (c) In the event that Employee elects COBRA coverage following the termination of the Employment Term, Glowpoint will, for the eighteen (18) month period provided pursuant to COBRA following such termination, pay the applicable COBRA premiums on Employee's behalf to maintain Employee's individual and family Glowpoint health insurance coverage (including without limitation hospital and dental care). As of the termination of that 18-month period, Employee will be solely responsible for all applicable insurance premiums. 5. Confidential Information; Non-Solicitation. Except as required in connection with the performance of services to Glowpoint, Employee shall not, during or after the termination of the Employment Term, use or disclose to any person, partnership or corporation any confidential business information or trade secrets of Glowpoint obtained or learned by Employee during the Employment Term. Employee also agrees that he shall not, for a period of one (1) year following the termination of the Employment Term, induce any employee of Glowpoint to terminate his or her employment with Glowpoint. Solely with respect to this Paragraph 5 and Paragraph 6 herein, the term "Employment Term" shall include all periods of Employee's employment with Glowpoint, including those which precede the date hereof. 5 6. Work Product. Employee hereby agrees that all ideas, creations, improvements and other works of authorship created, developed, written or conceived by Employee within the scope of his employment under this agreement at any time during the Employment Term are works for hire and shall be the property of Glowpoint free of any claim whatever by Employee or any person claiming any rights or interests through Employee. 7. Employee's Other Endeavors. Glowpoint acknowledges that Employee plans to pursue employment or consultancy engagements by parties other than Glowpoint ("Other Endeavors") and that Employee shall (subject to the final sentence of Paragraph 1 above) have the unrestricted right to pursue Other Endeavors, whether or not any such Other Endeavor results in a conflict of interest with the interests of Glowpoint (a "Conflict"). If Employee secures any Other Endeavor (of which Employee shall promptly notify Glowpoint, for purposes of this Paragraph 7), (a) Employee shall have the right to terminate the Employment Term effective upon no less than least ten days' prior written notice to Glowpoint and (b) if Glowpoint reasonably determines that such Other Endeavor results in a Conflict, Glowpoint shall have the right to terminate the Employment Term effective upon no less than ten days' prior written notice to Employee (provided that, in the event of such a termination under this Paragraph 7, Employee shall nevertheless continue to be entitled to receive any then-outstanding installments of the Salary when otherwise payable hereunder through the end of the Employment Term). 8. Miscellaneous. This Agreement is made in the State of New Jersey and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey. The parties in any action arising from this Agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state courts, as applicable, situated within the State of New Jersey. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and shall supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreement oral or written, between the parties hereto regarding Employee's services to Glowpoint as an employee as and from the Effective Date forward and may not be modified or amended except by a written document signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. This Agreement may be signed in more than one counterpart, in which case each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement. 6 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. GLOWPOINT, INC. By: /s/ David C. Trachtenberg ------------------------- Name: David C. Trachtenberg Title: Chief Executive Officer and President /s/ Richard Reiss ----------------- Richard Reiss 7 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----