0000078890-15-000043.txt : 20151116 0000078890-15-000043.hdr.sgml : 20151116 20151116090344 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000078890-15-000043 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151113 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20151116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BRINKS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000078890 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ARRANGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT & CARGO [4731] IRS NUMBER: 541317776 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09148 FILM NUMBER: 151231896 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT STREET 2: P O BOX 18100 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226-1800 BUSINESS PHONE: 8042899623 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT STREET 2: P O BOX 18100 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226-8100 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PITTSTON CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 brink_s8-kregardingseveran.htm 8-K 8-K

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): November 13, 2015
THE BRINK’S COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia
001-09148
54-1317776
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1801 Bayberry Court
P. O. Box 18100
Richmond, VA 23226-8100
(Address and zip code of
principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 289-9600


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
 
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Soliciting materials pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))







Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Change in Control Agreements
On November 13, 2015, The Brink’s Company (the “Company”) entered into change in control agreements with each of its named executive officers, replacing prior change in control agreements that were entered into in February 2015. Other than updating the expiration date to February 28, 2018, the new change in control agreements are the same as the prior agreements.
Under the terms of the change in control agreements, if a change in control occurs and the applicable executive remains employed by the Company, the executive will be entitled to annual compensation equal to the sum of (1) a salary not less than the annualized salary in effect immediately before the date the change in control occurred, plus (2) a bonus not less than the average amount of the executive’s annual bonus award under the Company’s Key Employees Incentive Plan or any substitute or successor plan for the last three full calendar years preceding the date the change in control occurred (the “Average Annual Bonus”).
     The Agreements provide for certain payments and benefits upon termination following a change in control (“double-trigger”). Under the terms of the Agreements, if a change in control occurs and the Company terminates the applicable executive’s employment other than for cause, death or incapacity or the executive terminates employment for good reason during the two years following the date of the change in control, the executive will be entitled to the following amounts:
a lump sum payment equal to the sum of: (a) the executive’s annual base salary through the date of termination, (b) any bonus or incentive compensation for a performance period ended prior to the date of termination, (c) the executive’s Average Annual Bonus prorated based on the number of days worked in the year of termination, and (d) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not already paid or credited as of the date of termination;
a lump sum payment equal to the product of (a) two multiplied by (b) the sum of the executive’s annual base salary and Average Annual Bonus;
reimbursement of premiums associated with medical and dental benefit coverage, to the extent that the Company would have paid such premiums had the executive remained employed, until the earlier of 18 months following the date of termination and the date the executive becomes eligible for medical and dental benefits under another employer-provided plan; and
Reasonable outplacement services for up to one year following the date of termination.

The change in control agreements do not provide for any excise tax gross-ups. The change in control agreements will terminate on February 28, 2018, if a change in control has not

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occurred before that date, unless such agreements are terminated earlier or otherwise renewed or extended.
The foregoing description of the change in control agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of change in control agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference.
Severance Plan
In connection with its regular review of compensation practices and its ongoing efforts to align the compensation program with competitive market practices, the Compensation and Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company undertook a review of the Company’s severance benefits and determined that the Company’s practices were not consistent with those of the Company’s peer group due to the lack of a formal severance program. In consultation with its independent compensation consultant, on November 13, 2015, the Committee approved and adopted The Brink's Company Severance Pay Plan (the “Severance Plan”). The Severance Plan provides severance benefits to eligible employees, including the named executive officers (as designated by the Committee), whose employment is terminated by the Company without cause other than by reason of incapacity or terminated by the participant for good reason. A participant would not be entitled to severance benefits under the Severance Plan if the participant were otherwise eligible for more favorable severance benefits under another arrangement (including the change in control agreements) or in connection with a divestiture in which the participant is offered a comparable position.
Upon a qualifying termination, participants who are named executive officers will be eligible to receive the following benefits:
a lump sum payment equal to the sum of: (a) the executive’s annual base salary through the date of termination, (b) any bonus or incentive compensation approved but not paid, and (c) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not already paid or credited as of the date of termination;
a lump sum payment equal to the product of (a) one (1.5 for the Chief Executive Officer), multiplied by (b) the sum of annual base salary and target annual incentive opportunity;
a prorated bonus for the year of termination, so long as the participant was employed by the company for at least six months of the performance year;
reimbursement payments for continued medical and dental benefit coverage until the earlier of 12 months (18 months for the Chief Executive Officer) following the date of termination and such time as the participant becomes eligible to received medical and dental benefits under another employer-provided plan;
continued vesting of equity awards granted in connection with the Company’s ordinary long-term incentive award grant cycle until the first anniversary of the participant’s date of termination; and

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reasonable outplacement services during the period over which the health care benefits are provided.

In order to receive severance payments, the participant must execute a separation and release agreement that includes a release of claims in favor of the Company as well as confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition restrictions that remain in effect for a period of 12 months after termination of employment (18 months for the Chief Executive Officer).
The Committee may amend or terminate the Severance Plan at any time, but any action that would reduce the payments or benefits to participants, narrow the conditions for a qualifying termination, or otherwise reduce the protections provided to participants would not be effective until 12 months following approval by the Committee.
The foregoing description of the Severance Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Severance Plan, which is attached as Exhibit 10.2.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits
10.1
Form of Change in Control Agreement
10.2
The Brink's Company Severance Pay Plan


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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 thereunto duly authorized.
                        
 
THE BRINK’S COMPANY
(Registrant)
 
 
                  
 
Date: November 16, 2015
By:
/s/ McAlister C. Marshall, II
         
 
McAlister C. Marshall, II
 
 
Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT       DESCRIPTION  
10.1
Form of Change in Control Agreement
10.2
The Brink's Company Severance Pay Plan



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EX-10.1 2 exhibit101formofchangeinco.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit

                                        

EXHIBIT 10.1

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
dated as of November __, 2015
between The Brink’s Company,
a Virginia corporation (the “Company”),
and _______________(the “Executive”).

    
The Company and the Executive agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement:
(a) “Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 12b‑2 pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”).
(b) “Affiliated Company” means any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.
(c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) “Cause” means (i) embezzlement, theft or misappropriation by the Executive of any property of the Company, (ii) the Executive’s willful breach of any fiduciary duty to the Company, (iii) the Executive’s willful failure or refusal to comply with laws or regulations applicable to the Company and its business or the policies of the Company governing the conduct of its employees, (iv) the Executive’s gross incompetence in the performance of the Executive’s job duties, (v) commission by the Executive of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude, fraud or misrepresentation, (vi) the failure of the Executive to perform duties consistent with a commercially reasonable standard of care or (vii) any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Executive resulting in a loss to the Company.
For purposes of this Section 1(d), no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Executive shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon (A) authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board, or if the Company is not the ultimate parent corporation of the Affiliated Companies and is not publicly-traded, the board of directors of the ultimate parent of the Company (the “Applicable Board”) or (B) the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause without (1) reasonable notice to the Executive setting forth the reasons for the Company’s intention to terminate for Cause, (2) an opportunity for the Executive, together with

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his or her counsel, to be heard before the Applicable Board, and (3) delivery to the Executive of a Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 4(d)) from the Applicable Board finding that in the good faith opinion of three-quarters (3/4) or more of the Applicable Board (excluding the Executive, if the Executive is a member of the Applicable Board), the Executive acted in a manner described in one or more of clauses (i) through (vii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
(e) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur (1) upon (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which the shares of all classes of the Company’s Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property other than a consolidation or merger in which holders of the total voting power in the election of directors of the Company of all classes of Common Stock outstanding (exclusive of shares held by the Company’s Affiliates) (the “Total Voting Power”) immediately prior to the consolidation or merger will have the same proportionate ownership of the Total Voting Power in the election of directors of the surviving corporation immediately after the consolidation or merger, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, (2) when any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Act, a “Person”), other than the Company, its Affiliates or an employee benefit plan or trust maintained by the Company or its Affiliates, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 20% of the Total Voting Power or (3) if at any time during a period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) shall cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; provided that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual was a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board.
(f) “Good Reason” means any of the following events that is not cured by the Company within 30 days after written notice thereof from the Executive to the Company, which written notice must be made within 90 days of the occurrence of the event:
(i)     (A) without the Executive’s express written consent, the assignment to the Executive of any duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by

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Section 3(a) hereof, or (B) any other action by the Company or its Affiliates which results in a material diminution in such position, authorities, duties or responsibilities; or

(ii)     without the Executive’s express written consent, the Company’s requiring a change to Executive’s work location as set forth in Section 3(a)(i), which change increases the distance of the Executive’s commute from his principal residence at the time of such change; or

(iii)    any material breach of, or failure by the Company to comply with, the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 3(b) and 10(a).


Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Good Reason” will cease to exist if the Executive has not terminated employment within two years following the initial occurrence of the event constituting Good Reason.

(g) “Incapacity” means any physical or mental illness or disability of the Executive which continues for a period of six consecutive months or more and which at any time after such six-month period a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and reasonably acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative determines renders the Executive incapable of performing his or her duties during the remainder of the Employment Period.
(h) “Operative Date” means the date on which a Change in Control shall have occurred.
SECTION 2. Employment Period. The Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its employ, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period commencing on the Operative Date and ending on the second anniversary of such date (the “Employment Period”); provided, however, that, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall have the right to terminate his or her employment for any reason, or for no reason at all, whereupon the Employment Period shall terminate effective as of the date of such termination of employment.
SECTION 3. Terms of Employment. (a) Position and Duties. (i) During the Employment Period: (A) the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles, reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned immediately prior to the Operative Date, and (B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at a location that is within 25 miles of the location at which the Executive was based on the Operative Date, and the Company shall not require the Executive to travel on Company business to a substantially

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greater extent than required immediately before the Operative Date, except for travel and temporary assignments which are reasonably required for the full discharge of the Executive’s responsibilities and which are consistent with the Executive’s primary work location hereunder.
(ii) During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. All such services as an employee or officer will be subject to the direction and control of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or of an appropriate senior official designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s incapacity without such a designation, the Board).
(b) Compensation. (i) Salary and Bonus. During the Employment Period the Executive will receive compensation at an annual rate equal to the sum of (A) a salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) not less than the Executive’s annualized salary in effect immediately prior to the Operative Date, plus (B) an annual bonus not less than the amount of the Executive’s Average Annual Bonus (as defined below).
For purposes of this Agreement, “Average Annual Bonus” shall mean the average amount of the annual bonus earned by, and paid to, the Executive under the Key Employees Incentive Plan (or any substitute or successor plan) for the last three full calendar years preceding the Operative Date, for purposes of Section 3(b)(i), and the Date of Termination (as defined below), for purposes of Section 5; provided that, if the Executive has not been employed for the entirety of the last three full calendar years, so that the Average Annual Bonus cannot be determined based on the actual amount of annual bonuses earned and paid for such full calendar years, then to the extent necessary to attain an average of three years for purposes of determining the Average Annual Bonus, the Executive’s target annual bonus amount for the year in which the Operative Date, for purposes of this Section 3(b)(i), and the Date of Termination, for purposes of Section 5, occurs shall be used for any (i) partial calendar year(s) of employment and (ii) calendar year(s) that has not yet commenced.
(ii) Incentive and Savings Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive will be entitled to (A) continue to participate in all incentive and savings plans and programs generally applicable to similarly situated executives of the Company or (B) participate in incentive and savings plans and programs of a successor to the Company which have benefits that are not less favorable to the Executive than the benefits available to the Executive

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under the incentive and savings plans and programs in which the Executive was eligible to participate immediately prior to the Operative Date.
(iii) Welfare Benefit Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive’s family or beneficiary, as the case may be, shall be eligible to (A) participate in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans and programs generally applicable to similarly situated executives of the Company or (B) participate in welfare benefit plans and programs of a successor to the Company which have benefits that are not less favorable to the Executive than the benefits available to the Executive under the welfare benefit plans and programs in which the Executive was eligible to participate immediately prior to the Operative Date.
(iv) Business Expenses. During the Employment Period the Company shall, in accordance with policies then in effect with respect to the payment of expenses, pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable out-of-pocket travel and other expenses (other than ordinary commuting expenses) incurred by the Executive in performing services hereunder. All such expenses shall be accounted for in such reasonable detail as the Company may require.
(v) Vacations. The Executive shall be entitled to periods of vacation not less than those to which the Executive was entitled immediately prior to the Operative Date.
SECTION 4. Termination of Employment.
(a) Death. The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period.
(b) Cause or Incapacity. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause or Incapacity.
(c) Good Reason. The Executive may terminate his or her employment for Good Reason.
(d) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or Incapacity, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 12 of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” is a written notice that (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated, (iii) in the case of termination by the Company for (A) Cause, confirms that such termination is pursuant to a resolution of the Applicable Board or (B) Incapacity, confirms that such termination follows a

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determination of a physician selected in accordance with Section 1(f), and (iv) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than 30 days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason, Cause or Incapacity shall not serve to waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.
(e) Date of Termination.Date of Termination” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or Incapacity or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein and otherwise consistent with this Agreement, as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Incapacity, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination, and (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death, the Date of Termination shall be the date of death of the Executive.
SECTION 5. Obligations of the Company Upon Termination.
(a) Termination for Good Reason or for Reasons Other Than for Cause, Death or Incapacity. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than for Cause or Incapacity or the Executive shall terminate his or her employment for Good Reason:
(i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following amounts:
(A) the sum of (1) the Executive’s currently effective Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) any bonus or incentive compensation in respect of any performance period ended prior to the Date of Termination but which has not been paid as of the Date of Termination, (3) the product of (x) the Average Annual Bonus and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current calendar year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365 (a “Pro-Rata Bonus”) and (4) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”); and

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(B) the amount equal to the product of (1) two and (2) the sum of (x) the Executive’s currently effective Annual Base Salary and (y) his or her Average Annual Bonus;
(ii) in the event the Executive elects continued medical and dental benefit coverage pursuant to Section 4980B(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (collectively, with the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder, the “Code”), then until the earlier of (A) the eighteen-month anniversary of the Date of Termination or (B) such time as the Executive becomes eligible to receive medical benefits under another employer-provided plan, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for premiums associated with such coverage in an amount equal to the premiums that the Company would have paid in respect of such coverage had the Executive’s employment continued during such period. (iii) the Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with reasonable outplacement services for a period of up to one year from the Date of Termination, the provider and scope of which shall be selected by the Executive in his or her sole discretion; and
(iv) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its Affiliates (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Other Benefits”).
(b) Death or Incapacity. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Incapacity during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for (i) timely payment of Accrued Obligations in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination and (ii) provision by the Company of death benefits or disability benefits for termination due to death or Incapacity, respectively, in accordance with Section 3(b)(iii) as in effect at the Operative Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, at the Executive’s Date of Termination.
(c) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for Cause during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive other than timely payment to the Executive of (i) the Executive’s currently effective Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination and (ii) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid. If the Executive voluntarily terminates employment during the Employment Period, excluding a termination for Good Reason, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for the timely

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payment of (i) Accrued Obligations other than a Pro-Rata Bonus in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination and (ii) Other Benefits.
(d)    Limitations on Payments Under Certain Circumstances. In the event that an accounting firm designated by the Company prior to a Change in Control determines that the aggregate amount of the payments and benefits that, but for this Section 5(d), would be payable to the Executive under this Agreement or any other plan, policy or arrangement of the Company and its Affiliates, exceeds the greatest amount of payments and benefits that could be paid or provided to the Executive without giving rise to any liability for any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the aggregate amount of such payments and benefits payable or to be provided to the Executive shall not exceed the amount that produces the greatest after-tax benefit to the Executive after taking into account any Excise Tax and other taxes to be payable by the Executive. Any reduction in such payments or benefits pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be made in the following order: (1) by reducing benefits payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(B) and then (2) by reducing amounts payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii).
SECTION 6. Non-exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or any of its Affiliates and for which the Executive may qualify, nor, subject to Section 16(c), shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliates. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliates at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.
SECTION 7. No Mitigation. The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive hereunder. Furthermore, except as provided in Section 5(a)(ii), the amount of any payment or benefit provided hereunder shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise.
SECTION 8. Full Settlement. Subject to full compliance by the Company with all of its obligations under this Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute the settlement of such claims as the Executive might otherwise be entitled to assert against the Company by reason of the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason during the Employment Period. The

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Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and such amounts shall not be reduced, except as explicitly provided in Section 5(a)(ii), whether or not the Executive obtains other employment.
SECTION 9. Legal Fees. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur prior to the tenth anniversary of the end of the Employment Period as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof.
SECTION 10. Successors; Binding Agreement.
(a) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place; provided, however, no such express agreement shall be necessary in the event such successor assumes this Agreement by operation of law. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession will be a breach of this Agreement and entitle the Executive to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would be entitled to hereunder had the Company terminated the Executive for reason other than Cause or Incapacity on the succession date. As used in this Agreement, the “Company” means the Company as defined in the preamble to this Agreement and any successor to its business or assets which executes and delivers the agreement provided for in this Section 10 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.
(b) This Agreement shall be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
SECTION 11. Non-assignability. This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder, except as provided in Section 10 hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, the Executive’s right to receive payments hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than a transfer by his or her will

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or by the laws of descent or distribution, and, in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer by the Executive contrary to this Section 11, the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned or transferred.
SECTION 12. Notices. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive:              [Executive]
Address on file with the Company
    
If to the Company:             The Brink’s Company
1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 400
P.O. Box 18100
Richmond, VA 23226
Attention of Corporate Secretary

or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
SECTION 13. Operation of Agreement. (a) This Agreement shall be effective immediately upon its execution and continue to be effective so long as the Executive is employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates. The provisions of this Agreement do not take effect until the Operative Date.
(b)    Notwithstanding anything in Section 13(a) to the contrary, this Agreement shall, unless extended by written agreement of the parties hereto, terminate, without further action by the parties hereto, on February 28, 2018 if a Change in Control shall not have occurred prior to such date.
SECTION 14. Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without reference to principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 15. Section 409A. The provisions of this Section 15 shall apply notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary.
(a)    Intent to Comply with Section 409A. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”), and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A. For the purpose of compliance with Section 409A, the Date of Termination as defined

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above shall be the date that qualifies as a “separation from service” of the Executive within the meaning of Section 409A.
(b)    No alienation, set-offs, etc. Neither the Executive nor any creditor or beneficiary of the Executive shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable under this Agreement or under any other plan, policy, arrangement or agreement of or with the Company or any Affiliate thereof (this Agreement and such other plans, policies, arrangements and agreements, the “Company Plans”) to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable to or for the benefit of the Executive under any Company Plan may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by the Executive to the Company (or an Affiliate, as applicable).
(c)    Six-Month Delay of Certain Payments. If, at the time of the Executive’s separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) the Executive shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable under any Company Plan constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company (or an Affiliate, as applicable) shall not pay any such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead accumulate such amount and pay it, without interest, on the first day of the seventh month following such separation from service.
(d)    Reimbursements and In-Kind Benefits. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement that are subject to Section 409A shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A , including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during the Executive’s lifetime (or during a shorter period of time specified in this Agreement); (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other calendar year; (iii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made as soon as practicable, but no later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred; and (iv) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
(e)    Amendment of Deferred Compensation Plans. Notwithstanding any provision of any Company Plan to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to any Company Plan as the Company

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deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A.
SECTION 16.     Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement contains the entire understanding with the Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings, written or oral, relating to such subject matter. No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the Executive and the Company.
(b) The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
(c) Except as provided herein, this Agreement shall not be construed to affect in any way any rights or obligations in relation to the Executive’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates prior to the Operative Date or subsequent to the end of the Employment Period.
(d) This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement.
(e) The Company may withhold from any benefits payable under this Agreement all Federal, state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling.
(f) The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above set forth.
THE BRINK’S COMPANY,
By: _________________________________    
Name:     McAlister C. Marshall, II    
Title: Vice President and General Counsel


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[Executive]
 

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EX-10.2 3 exhibit102severancepayplan.htm EXHIBIT 10.2 Exhibit



EXHIBIT 10.2
SEVERANCE PAY PLAN OF THE BRINK’S COMPANY
This is the Severance Pay Plan of The Brink’s Company (this “Plan”), as approved by the Compensation and Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of The Brink’s Company effective as of November 13, 2015 (the “Effective Date”). This Plan explains whether an employee is eligible to receive severance benefits hereunder, and if so, how benefits shall be calculated and paid. This Plan became effective on the Effective Date through action of the Committee on the Effective Date.
The adoption and continuation of this Plan are voluntary on the part of the Company and are not intended to create any contract of employment. This Plan shall continue in effect until terminated by the Committee pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6.
SECTION 1
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
The purpose of this Plan is to provide financial assistance to employees whose termination is described within the terms and conditions of this Plan. The benefits of this Plan are designed to help terminated Participants economically during the period immediately following termination. It is not intended to imply that severance benefits will be offered to any employee whose employment is terminated by voluntary resignation without Good Reason (as defined below), for Cause (as defined below) or for any other circumstance of termination other than as specifically described herein.
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS

As used in this Plan, the following terms, when capitalized, shall have the meanings given below:
2.1    Annual Base Salary” means an applicable Participant’s annualized base salary on the Termination Date without regard to commissions, overtime or bonus (unless specifically stated otherwise).
2.2    Annual Incentive” means an applicable Participant’s annual incentive under the Annual Incentive Plan for the year in which the Termination Date occurs.
2.3    Annual Incentive Plan” means the annual incentive plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries in which an applicable Participant participates as of Termination Date.
2.4    Cause” means (a) embezzlement, theft or misappropriation by the Participant of any property of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (b) the Participant’s willful breach of any fiduciary duty to the Company or its Subsidiaries, (c) the Participant’s willful failure or refusal to comply with laws or regulations applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries and its business or the policies of the Company or its Subsidiaries governing the conduct of its employees, (d) the Participant’s gross incompetence in the performance of the Participant’s job duties, (e) commission by the Participant of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude, fraud or misrepresentation, (f) the failure of the Participant to perform duties consistent with a

    



commercially reasonable standard of care or (g) any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Participant resulting in a loss to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
2.5    Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any Treasury regulations promulgated or other Treasury guidance thereunder.
2.6    Company” means The Brink’s Company (and any predecessor, successor or assign).
2.7    Good Reason” means, in the case of a Tier 1 or Tier 2 Participant, any of the following events, without the Participant’s express written consent, that is not cured by the Company or its Subsidiaries within 30 days after written notice thereof from the Participant to the Company or its Subsidiaries, which written notice must be provided within 90 days of the occurrence of the event: (a) a material reduction in the Participant’s annual base salary or target annual incentive opportunity (other than in connection with a reduction that applies to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries generally) or (b) the relocation of the Participant’s primary place of employment to a location that (I) is not within 35 miles of the Participant’s primary place of employment on the date he or she became a Participant and (II) increases the Participant’s commuting distance from his or her primary residence by more than 35 miles; provided, however, that clause (b) shall not apply in connection with a relocation of the corporate headquarters of the Company. If any such event is not cured by the Company or its Subsidiaries during the 30-day cure period, the Participant must terminate employment within the 30-day period immediately thereafter in order to experience a Qualifying Termination in connection with such event.
2.8    Health Care Continuation Period” has the meaning given in Section 4.1(d).
2.9    Incapacity” means any physical or mental illness or disability of the Participant which continues for a period of six consecutive months or more and which immediately thereafter renders the Participant incapable of performing his or her duties.
2.10    Officer” means an employee of the Company who has been designated an “officer” by the Committee in accordance with Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
2.11    Participant” has the meaning given in Section 3.1.
2.12    Plan Administrator” has the meaning given in Section 5.
2.13    Qualifying Termination” has the meaning given in Section 3.2.
2.14    Release” has the meaning given in Section 3.3.
2.15    Severance Payment” has the meaning given in Section 4.1(b).
2.16    Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity during any period in which at least a 50% voting or profits interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any successor to the Company.
2.17    Termination Date” means the date on which the Participant’s employment is terminated by the Company or its Subsidiaries.

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2.18    Weekly Base Salary” means an applicable Participant’s Annual Base Salary divided by 52.
2.19    Years of Service” means the number of full, completed years in which a Participant has been employed with the Company or its Subsidiaries, beginning with the last date of hire with the Company or its Subsidiaries and ending on the Participant’s Termination Date. For purposes of determining a Participant’s Years of Service, the Participant shall be credited with service for a period of absence on account of military service to the extent required by law.
SECTION 3
PARTICIPATION
3.1    Eligibility. This Plan shall apply to employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries who are selected for participation by either the Committee or, in the case of employees who are not Officers or whose compensation arrangements are not otherwise within the purview of the Committee, in accordance with its charter, by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Any such employee selected for participation shall be a “Participant.” The designation of an employee as a Participant may be revoked by the Committee (as to Participants who are Officers) or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (as to Participants who are not Officers or whose compensation arrangements are not otherwise within the purview of the Committee, in accordance with its charter) on not less than 12 months’ prior written notice to the Participant. Each Participant shall receive a written “Notification of Severance Pay Participation” substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A. The Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall promptly notify the Committee of any employees he or she selects as Participants or whose Participant status he or she revokes.
3.2    Qualifying Termination. Subject to Sections 3.3 and 3.4, a Participant whose employment is (a) involuntarily terminated by the Company or its Subsidiaries without Cause other than by reason of the Participant’s Incapacity or (b) in the case of a Tier 1 or Tier 2 Participant, terminated by the Participant for Good Reason (either of clauses (a) or (b), a “Qualifying Termination”) shall be entitled to the compensation and benefits contemplated by Section 4.
3.3    Exceptions. Notwithstanding Section 3.2, a Qualifying Termination shall not include (a) a termination of employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries due to a sale of assets (including a subsidiary) by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as to a Participant who either remains employed with the sold entity immediately following such transaction or is offered employment by the acquirer to commence immediately following such transaction, in each case (i) with a base salary and target incentive opportunity not materially less favorable than applied to the Participant immediately prior to such transaction and (ii) at a location that is within 35 miles of the Participant’s primary place of employment on the date he or she became a Participant and that does not increase the Participant’s commuting distance from his or her primary residence by more than 35 miles, or (b) the termination of a Participant’s employment under circumstances that entitle the Participant to compensation and benefits under another severance plan or arrangement of the Company or its Subsidiaries that provides for compensation and benefits that are greater than those payable under the Plan, including under the Participant’s Change in Control Agreement with the Company or its Subsidiaries.

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3.4    Release Requirement. As a condition of receiving any benefits pursuant to this Plan (other than the Accrued Obligations), a Participant must execute a Separation and Release Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B (the “Release”). No payment shall be made to a Participant under this Plan unless the Participant signs and returns to the Company the Release within the period specified therein (which period shall in no event expire more than 52 days following the Termination Date), and does not thereafter revoke the Release.
SECTION 4
BENEFITS
4.1    Amount and Payment of Benefit. Upon a Qualifying Termination, subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, a Participant shall be entitled to the following payments and benefits:
(a)    Accrued Obligations. A cash payment, which shall be paid in a lump sum on the first payroll date following the Termination Date, equal to the sum of (i) the Participant’s Annual Base Salary through the Termination Date to the extent not theretofore paid, (ii) any bonus or incentive compensation for which payment has been approved in accordance with the terms of the applicable arrangement but not made as of the Termination Date and (iii) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the amounts contemplated by clauses (i), (ii)  and (iii), the “Accrued Obligations”). The Accrued Obligations shall be due without regard to whether the Participant has executed and not revoked the Release.
(b)    Cash Severance. A cash severance payment (the “Severance Payment”), which shall be paid in a lump sum within 60 days following the Termination Date, equal to:
(i)    Tier 1 Participants. The product of (x) 1.5 multiplied by (y) the sum of the Participant’s Annual Base Salary and target Annual Incentive opportunity for the year in which the Termination Date occurs (or, if no such target Annual Incentive Opportunity has been set as of the Termination Date, the target Annual Incentive Opportunity for the immediately preceding year);
(ii)    Tier 2 Participants. The product of (x) 1.0 multiplied by (y) the sum of the Participant’s Annual Base Salary and target Annual Incentive opportunity (or, if no such target Annual Incentive Opportunity has been set as of the Termination Date, the target Annual Incentive Opportunity for the immediately preceding year);
(iii)    Tier 3 Participants. The product of (x) 2.0, multiplied by (y) the Participant’s Years of Service multiplied by (z) the Participant’s Weekly Base Salary; provided, however, the minimum Severance Payment shall be equal to 26 weeks of the Participant’s Weekly Base Salary, and the maximum Severance Payment shall be equal to 52 weeks of the Participant’s Weekly Base Salary.
(c)    Prorated Annual Incentive. If the Participant has been employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries for at least six months of the performance year of the Annual Incentive Plan in which the Termination Date occurs, an amount equal to the Participant’s Annual Incentive determined in accordance with the Annual Incentive Plan in a manner consistent with that applicable to other participants in the Annual Incentive Plan generally (provided that any individual performance modifier thereunder (if applicable) shall be deemed satisfied at 100%) multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the number of completed months elapsed

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in the performance year of the Annual Incentive Plan as of the Termination Date, and (ii) the denominator of which is 12, which shall be paid at the same time that incentives are paid to other participants in the Annual Incentive Plan generally in respect of the applicable performance year, but in no event after March 15 of the year following the year in which the Termination Date occurs (subject to any deferral elections that the Participant may have made with respect to such compensation).
(d)    Health Care Benefits. If the Participant elects continued medical and dental benefit coverage pursuant to Section 4980B(f) of the Code, then until the earlier of (i) (A) for Tier 1 Participants, the 18-month anniversary of the Termination Date, (B) for Tier 2 Participants, the 12-month anniversary of the Termination Date and (C) for Tier 3 Participants, the number of weeks following the Termination Date equal to the number of weeks of Weekly Base Salary as to which cash severance is paid under Section 4.1(b)(iii), and (ii) such time as the Participant becomes eligible to receive medical and dental benefits under another employer-provided plan (such period, the “Health Care Continuation Period”), the Company or its Subsidiaries shall reimburse the Participant for premiums associated with such coverage in an amount equal to the premiums that the Company or its Subsidiaries would have paid in respect of such coverage had the Participant’s employment continued during such period; provided, however, such benefits shall be reported by the Company or its Subsidiaries as taxable income to the Participant to the extent reasonably determined by the Company or its Subsidiaries to be necessary to avoid such benefits from being considered to have been provided under a discriminatory self-insured medical reimbursement plan pursuant to Section 105(h) of the Code.
(e)    Equity Awards. Any unvested compensatory awards denominated in shares of common stock of the Company that are held by the Participant as of the Termination Date (excluding any one-off, make-whole awards, special retention awards or other awards that were not granted in connection with the Company’s ordinary long-term incentive award grant cycle) shall be eligible for continued vesting, to the same extent as if the Participant had remained employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, until the first anniversary of the Termination Date, provided that any performance-based vesting conditions applicable to such an award shall be deemed achieved based on the lower of target and actual performance as of the vesting date. Except as expressly provided herein, such compensatory awards shall continue to be governed by the terms of the applicable benefit plan and related award agreement.
(f)    Outplacement Services. The Company or its Subsidiaries shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Participant with reasonable outplacement services during the Health Care Continuation Period, the provider and scope of which shall be selected by the Company or its Subsidiaries in its sole discretion.
4.2    Funding. The Company or its Subsidiaries shall pay benefits from its general assets. No specific amount shall be set aside in advance for this purpose. Participants shall be unsecured general creditors of the Company or its Subsidiaries for purposes of benefits due hereunder.
4.3    No Mitigation; No Offset. In no event shall a Participant be obligated to take any action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to such Participant under any of the provisions of this Plan and, other than as explicitly stated herein, amounts payable or to be provided under this Plan shall not be offset by amounts earned from another employer or otherwise.

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4.4    Continued Eligibility to Participate in Company Plans. Nothing in this Plan shall prevent or limit a Participant’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as a Participant may have under any other contract or agreement with the Company or its Subsidiaries. Amounts that are vested benefits or that a Participant or a Participant’s dependents are otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice, program, agreement or arrangement of the Company or its Subsidiaries shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice, program, agreement or arrangement.
4.5    Tax Withholding. The Company or its Subsidiaries shall be entitled to withhold from the benefits and payments described herein all income and employment taxes required to be withheld by applicable law.
SECTION 5
ADMINISTRATION
5.1    Administrator and Named Fiduciary. The Committee may appoint a committee, which shall be known as the “Administrative Committee,” to carry out the Plan Administrator’s responsibilities under this Plan, and the term “Plan Administrator” as used in this Plan shall mean the Administrative Committee. If the Committee does not appoint an Administrative Committee, the Committee shall be the Plan Administrator for all purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall serve as the Plan Administrator with respect to Participants who are Officers or whose compensation arrangements are within the purview of the Committee, in accordance with its charter. The Plan Administrator shall have authority to control and manage the operation and administration of this Plan. The Plan Administrator may adopt such rules and regulations and may make such decisions as it deems necessary or desirable for the proper administration of this Plan.
5.2    Administrative Discretion. The Committee and the Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to make findings of fact needed in the administration of this Plan and shall have the discretion to interpret or construe any ambiguous, unclear or implied terms in any fashion it, in its sole and reasonable discretion, deems appropriate.
SECTION 6
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN
The Committee reserves the right to amend or terminate this Plan at any time, in whole or in part, with respect to any Participant who has not experienced a Qualifying Termination as of the effective date of such amendment or termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any termination of this Plan, and amendment of this Plan that reduces in any manner the payments or benefits which are provided to any Participant upon a Qualifying Termination, or in any manner narrows the conditions under which a Qualifying Termination will be determined to have occurred, or in any other manner reduces the protections provided to Participants hereunder, shall not be effective until at least 12 months following approval by the Committee without the written approval of each affected Participant.
SECTION 7
GENERAL PROVISIONS

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7.1    Not an Employment Contract. Neither this Plan nor any action taken with respect to it shall confer upon any person the right to continued employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries.
7.2    Not Subject to ERISA. This Plan does not require an ongoing administrative scheme and, therefore, is intended to be a payroll practice which is not subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). However, if it is determined that the Plan is subject to ERISA, (i) it shall be considered to be an unfunded plan maintained by the Company primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees (a “top-hat plan”), and (ii) it shall be administered in a manner which complies which those provisions of ERISA which are applicable to top-hat plans.
7.3    Other Employee Benefit Plans. The provisions of this Plan shall be construed and applied independently of any other benefit plan the Company or its Subsidiaries may provide to its employees. Benefits received under this Plan shall not be counted as wages or compensation for pension or other retirement benefits of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
7.4    Inability to Locate Payee. If the Plan Administrator is unable to make payments to any Participant or other person to whom a payment may be due under the Plan because he or she cannot ascertain the identity or whereabouts of such Participant or other person after reasonable efforts have been made to identify or locate such person (including a notice of the payment so due mailed to the last know address of such Participant or other person as shown on the records of the Company or its Subsidiaries), any obligation the Company or its Subsidiaries may have had under this Plan shall cease 12 months after the Participant’s Termination Date.
7.5    Non-Assignability. This Plan, and the rights, interest and benefits receivable hereunder shall not be assigned, transferred, pledged, sold, conveyed or encumbered in any way by a Participant and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempted sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment, pledge or encumbrance of any rights, interest or benefit receivable under this Plan by a Participant, contrary to the foregoing provisions, or the levy of any attachment or similar process thereupon, shall be null and void and without effect.
7.6    Headings. The Section headings contained herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not be construed as defining or limiting the matter contained thereunder.
7.7    Governing Law. To the extent this Plan is not governed by federal law, the validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Plan shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without reference to principles of conflict of laws.
7.8    Severability. If any provision of the Plan is held invalid or unenforceable, its invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not been included in the Plan.
7.9    Section 409A of the Code.
(a)    General. It is intended that payments and benefits made or provided under this Plan shall not result in penalty taxes or accelerated taxation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. Any payments that qualify for the “short-term deferral” exception, the separation pay exception or another exception under Section 409A of the Code shall be paid under the

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applicable exception. For purposes of the limitations on nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, each payment of compensation under this Plan shall be treated as a separate payment of compensation for purposes of applying the exclusion under Section 409A of the Code for short-term deferral amounts, the separation pay exception or any other exception or exclusion under Section 409A of the Code. All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under this Plan may only be made upon a “separation from service” under Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary in order to avoid the imposition of penalty taxes on a Participant pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. In no event may a Participant, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment under this Plan.
(b)    Reimbursements and In-Kind Benefits. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, all reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this Plan that are subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during a Participant’s lifetime (or during a shorter period of time specified in this Plan); (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other calendar year; (iii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made no later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred; and (iv) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
(c)    Delay of Payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is considered a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code (as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company as in effect on the Termination Date), any payment that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code that is otherwise due to such Participant under this Agreement during the six-month period immediately following such Participant’s separation from service (as determined in accordance with Section 409A of the Code) on account of such Participant’s separation from service shall be accumulated and paid to such Participant on the first business day of the seventh month following his separation from service (the “Delayed Payment Date”), to the extent necessary to avoid penalty taxes or accelerated taxation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. If such Participant dies during the postponement period, the amounts and entitlements delayed on account of Section 409A of the Code shall be paid to the personal representative of his estate on the first to occur of the Delayed Payment Date or 30 calendar days after the date of such Participant’s death.
7.10    Successors and Assigns. This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors. The Company shall require any corporation, entity, individual or other Person who is the successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform, by a written agreement in form and in substance satisfactory to the Company, all of the obligations of the Company under this Plan. As used in this Plan, the term “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Plan by operation of law, written agreement or otherwise. It is a condition of this Plan, and all rights of each Participant to receive benefits under this Plan shall be subject hereto, that no right or interest of any such person in this Plan shall be assignable or transferable in whole or in part,

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except by operation of law, including, but not limited to, lawful execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge, bankruptcy, alimony, child support or qualified domestic relations order.
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EXHIBIT A
[BRINK’S LETTERHEAD]
NOTIFICATION OF SEVERANCE PAY PLAN PARTICIPATION
This is to advise the person identified as the “Participant” below that he or she has been selected to participate in the Severance Pay Plan of The Brink’s Company (the “Plan”), at the Tier level noted below. A copy of the Plan is attached.
THE BRINK’S COMPANY
By:________________________
Title:_______________________
Date:_______________________

NAME OF PARTICIPANT
____________________________
Tier: ________________________









EXHIBIT B
SEPARATION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
This Separation and Release Agreement (“Agreement”) is made by and between [name of employee] (“Participant”) and The Brink’s Company (the “Company”). Participant is a participant in the Severance Pay Plan of The Brink’s Company (the “Severance Plan”), and has experienced a Qualifying Termination (as defined in and pursuant to the Severance Plan). In consideration of the mutual covenants, undertakings, and consideration set forth herein, Participant and the Company hereby agree as follows:
1.Participant and the Company mutually agree that Participant’s employment with the Company was terminated effective as of [insert date] (the “Termination Date”). It is understood and agreed that after the Termination Date, the Company owes no duty or obligation to Participant other than those set forth in this Agreement and, except as set forth in this Agreement, Participant’s participation in any and all employee benefit plans of the Company will cease as of the Termination Date, to the extent permitted by law.
2.Participant will receive the Accrued Obligations (as defined in the Severance Plan) in accordance with the terms set forth in the Severance Plan and any unpaid expense account items due to Participant under the Company’s regular expense account policies.
3.In addition to whatever payments Participant may receive from the Company as described in Section 2 above, in consideration of Participant’s promises and commitments set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall provide Participant with the compensation and benefits contemplated by Sections 4.1(b)-(f) of the Severance Plan (the “Severance Package”) in accordance with the terms specified therein . In addition to the promises and commitments by Participant set forth in this Agreement, the Severance Package is conditioned on Participant executing, at the request of the Company, such documents as the Company deems necessary to effectuate his removal from officer and director positions, committee memberships and any other positions he holds with any Brink’s entity, if any, and assigning to the Company or its designee any shares of capital stock of any Brink’s entity (other than shares of common stock of The Brink’s Company) which may be registered in his name.
4.Participant shall immediately return all company property to the Company, including but not limited to laptop computer, mobile phone (provided that Participant shall be able to keep his phone number if he so requests), all other company-provided electronic equipment, company credit cards, identification cards and/or badges, office keys and/or key cards, etc.
5.Participant acknowledges that the Severance Package is not otherwise owed to Participant and that the Company is providing this benefit in exchange for the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement. In consideration of and as a condition to these payments and benefits, Participant, on his behalf and on behalf of his heirs, legal representatives, agents, successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to release and forever discharge the Company, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, divisions, successors, assigns, health and retirement plans (and the fiduciaries and service providers to such plans) and its and their respective current and former officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, and representatives (collectively, the “Releasees”) of and from, any and all claims, actions, demands and liabilities of whatever nature, kind or character, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, which Participant has or may have against the Company or any of the Releasees through the Termination Date, including but not limited to, claims arising out of, related to, or in any way connected with Participant’s employment by, and officer and/or director positions with, the

    



Company or any of the Releasees or from their termination, or arising from the conduct, acts or omissions of the Company or any Releasee or its or their agents or employees, or arising from any other transactions, agreements, including but not limited to the Change in Control Agreement dated [DATE] between Participant and The Brink’s Company, occurrences, acts or omissions, or any loss, damage or injury, known or unknown, resulting from any act or omission by or on the part of the Company or any of the Releasees or its or their agents or employees. This includes, but is not limited to, any claims for liability, wages (including but not limited to any payments, wages, benefits, or compensation of any kind under the [STATE] Labor Code), the loss of emoluments and equity, such as but not limited to incentive compensation, bonuses (including but not limited to any bonus under the Key Employees Incentive Plan) and/or any and all other emoluments, severance or other termination payments beyond the Severance Package specified herein, demands, losses, expenses, suits, fringe benefits, health insurance, costs, attorney’s fees, actions or causes of action based on any federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance or regulation of the United States or other jurisdictions in which the Releasees operate or the common law of [STATE] or any other state or country (collectively, the “Statutes”). Participant further states that he is unaware of any facts or circumstances that would give rise to liability against the Releasees under any Statutes, including without limitation any federal, state or local whistleblower statute. Finally, Participant agrees and represents that he has not filed in any state, federal, or local court or with any state, federal or other governmental agency or entity or any administrative tribunal, or any arbitration forum, any claim or complaint of whatever kind or nature, whether in Participant’s own capacity or as a member of a class or otherwise based upon any rights, privileges, entitlements or benefits arising out of or related to Participant’s employment with the Company, and that any remedies for such claims or complaints Participant might have standing to assert are released by this Agreement. The foregoing shall not affect Participant’s right to obtain whatever benefits Participant is entitled to receive from the Company’s health and retirement plans as of the Termination Date. The release language in this Section 5 shall not affect any right to indemnification Participant may have under the Bylaws of The Brink’s Company, provided Participant is in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and provided further that Participant shall have taken no action, either directly or indirectly, to assist, facilitate or otherwise encourage the making of the claim, investigation or liability giving rise to the right to indemnification.
6.Participant agrees he shall at all times, and from time to time, take all reasonable actions and provide information and support reasonably requested by the Company to assist the Company, its affiliates, successors and assigns (including its counsel) in maintaining, contesting, defending against or settling any action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim or demand. Participant further agrees that, other than pursuant to valid subpoena, process, or court order commanding attendance or testimony, Participant shall not: (a) assist any other person or entity in any judicial, administrative, arbitral or other proceedings that in any way involve or relate to Participant’s employment with the Company, or (b) voluntarily participate or assist in any such litigation or proceeding of any nature brought by or on behalf of any present or previous employee or agent of the Company, unless requested by the Company, or except as may be required by law. Should Participant file any claim or complaint against the Company or any of the Releasees in any court or with any governmental agency or entity or any administrative tribunal, or any arbitration forum, Participant acknowledges that Participant has irrevocably waived any right to recovery against the Company or any of the Releasees in connection with such claims or activities. In the event Participant is commanded to attend any proceedings or provide testimony within the meaning of this Section, Participant agrees to provide notice of such attendance or testimony to counsel for the Company, in writing, ten (10) days prior to such attendance or testimony, or the amount of prior notice of such attendance or testimony that Participant received, whichever is less.

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7.In exchange for the consideration described herein, Participant also expressly and voluntarily covenants and agrees that for [Insert time period] following the Termination Date,1 Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, by agency, as an employee, consultant, officer or director, through a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or by any other artifice or device:
a.Engage in activities or business, or establish any new businesses, in the [insert appropriate geographical area], that are substantially in competition with the business of the Company or any of its affiliates, including (i) selling goods or services of the type sold by the Company or any of its affiliates in the [insert appropriate geographical area], over which Participant had management oversight and/or responsibility in his position as [insert title], except that Participant may sell any goods or services that were not sold or to be sold by the Company or any of its affiliates on the Termination Date or at any time during Participant’s employment with the Company or any of its affiliates; (ii) soliciting any customer or client or prospective customer or client of the Company or any of its affiliates to purchase any goods or services sold by the Company or any of its affiliates from anyone other than the Company or any of its affiliates, or servicing any such customer or client or prospective customer or client in any way in connection with or relating to the goods or services sold by the Company or any of its affiliates; (iii) interfering with, or attempting to interfere with, business relationships between the Company or any of its affiliates and the suppliers, partners, members or investors of the Company or any of its affiliates; and (iv) assisting any person in any way to do, or attempt to do, anything prohibited by clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above; or
b.[Perform services for Garda, Loomis, Dunbar or any other direct competitor of the Company in the United States or Canada similar to the services Participant performed for the Company or its affiliates];2
c.Perform any action, activity or course of conduct that is substantially detrimental to the Company or any of its affiliates or to the business reputation of the Company or any of its affiliates, including (i) soliciting, recruiting or hiring any employees of the Company or any of its affiliates or persons who have worked for the Company or any of its affiliates; (ii) soliciting or encouraging any employee of the Company or any of its affiliates to leave the employment of the Company or any of its affiliates or intentionally interfering with the relationship of the Company or any of its affiliates with any such employee; and (iii) assisting any person in any way to do, or attempt to do, anything prohibited by clauses (i) or (ii) above.
d.Participant specifically acknowledges that, during the course of his employment by the Company as the [insert title], he was exposed to, and played a crucial role in, the development and implementation of the Company’s strategic business operations, financial performance, marketing strategy, and plans for existing and future products and services in the [insert appropriate geographical area]. As such, Participant agrees that the geographic scope of the restriction set forth in section a. and b. above is no more broad than reasonably necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests.

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1 Tier 1 Participants: 18 months; Tier II Participants: 12 months; Tier III Participants: a number of weeks determined by multiplying (x) 2.0 by (y) Participant’s Years of Service, with a minimum duration of 6 months and a maximum duration shall be 12 months.
2 To be adjusted as appropriate for employees with a principal place of employment or primary responsibility outside of the U.S. or Canada.

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8.Participant acknowledges that, during the course of his employment by the Company, he had access to various confidential information of the Company and its affiliates, including but not limited to strategic plans, security and operational procedures, practices and data, company specific reports and/or data, routing information, performance related data and reports, salary/compensation information, customer lists, pricing practices and lists, marketing plans, operational processes and techniques, financial information including financial information set forth in internal records, files and ledgers or incorporated in profit and loss statements, financial reports and business plans, inventions, discoveries, devices, algorithms, as well as computer hardware and software (including source code, object code, documentation, diagrams, flow charts, know how, methods and techniques associated with the development of a use of any of the foregoing computer software), all internal memoranda, any other records of the Company or its affiliates (including electronic and data processing files and records) and any other information designated as a “trade secret” and/or constituting a trade secret under any governing law and any other proprietary information not generally available to the public that the Company or its affiliates consider confidential information (collectively called “Confidential Information.”). In connection with this Agreement, Participant agrees that all Confidential Information is and shall remain the property of the Company or its affiliates and that he will not divulge or disclose any such Confidential Information to any third party or use any such Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Company.
9.In the event Participant becomes, or believes he has become, in any way legally compelled to disclose any Confidential Information, Participant will provide the Company with prompt prior written notice of such requirement so the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the terms of this Section. In the event such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or the Company waives compliance with this Section, Participant agrees to furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which he is legally compelled to disclose and agrees to exercise best efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded any such information so furnished. Participant further agrees to return immediately to the Company any and all Confidential Information received or obtained during the course of Participant’s employment with the Company, including but not limited to all documents and records and computer databases and files, and all copies thereof.
10.The parties agree that the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed confidential, and the parties shall not, either individually or in concert with any other, make, cause to be made, or assist in publishing, disseminating, or in any way advertising, releasing or disclosing the existence or terms of this Agreement to any other individual, entity or body, except to their attorney, tax advisor, spouse or as otherwise may be required by law or as may be required to enforce this Agreement.
11.Participant agrees that he will not make any untrue, misleading, or defamatory statements concerning the Company or Releasees or any of its or their officers or directors, and will not directly or indirectly make, repeat or publish any false, disparaging, negative, unflattering, accusatory, or derogatory remarks or references, whether oral or in writing, concerning the Company or Releasees or any of its or their officers or directors, or otherwise take any action which might reasonably be expected to cause damage or harm to the Company or Releasees or any of its or their officers or directors. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits Participant from communicating with or fully cooperating in the investigations of any governmental agency on matters within their jurisdictions. However, this Agreement does prohibit Participant from recovering any relief, including without limitation monetary relief, as a result of such activities. In agreeing not to make disparaging statements regarding the Company or Releasees or any of its or their officers or directors, Participant acknowledges that he is making a knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver of any and all rights

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he may have to make disparaging comments about the Company or Releasees or any of its or their officers or directors, including rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and any other applicable federal and state constitutional rights. _____ [initialed]
12.Participant acknowledges that a violation by Participant of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement would cause irreparable damage to the Company and its affiliates in an amount that would be material but not readily ascertainable, and that any remedy at law (including the payment of damages) would be inadequate. Accordingly, Participant agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in addition to any other damages it is able to show, in the event of a violation by Participant of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled (without the necessity of showing economic loss or other actual damage) to (a) cease payment of the compensation and benefits contemplated by this Agreement (including the Severance Package) to the extent not previously paid or provided, (b) the prompt return by Participant of any portion of such compensation and the value of such benefits previously paid or provided and (c) injunctive relief (including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions), without posting a bond, in any court of competent jurisdiction for any actual or threatened breach of any of the covenants set forth in this Agreement in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies it may have. The preceding sentence shall not be construed as a waiver of the rights that the Company may have for damages under this Agreement or otherwise, and all such rights shall be unrestricted.
13.Participant acknowledges that the Company and its affiliates have expended and will continue to expend substantial amounts of time, money and effort to develop business strategies, employee, customer and other relationships and goodwill to build an effective organization. Participant acknowledges that the Company has a legitimate business interest in and right to protect its Confidential Information, goodwill and employee, customer and other relationships, and that the Company would be seriously damaged by the disclosure of Confidential Information and the loss or deterioration of its employee, customer and other relationships. Participant further acknowledges that the Company and its affiliates are entitled to protect and preserve the going concern value of the Company to the extent permitted by law.
a.    In light of the foregoing acknowledgments, Participant agrees that the covenants contained in this Agreement are reasonable and properly required for the adequate protection of the businesses and goodwill of the Company and its affiliates. Participant further acknowledges that, although Participant’s compliance with the covenants contained in this Agreement may prevent Participant from earning a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company, Participant’s experience and capabilities are such that Participant has other opportunities to earn a livelihood and adequate means of support for Participant and Participant’s dependents.
b.    Prior to execution of this Agreement, Participant was advised by the Company of Participant’s right to seek independent advice from an attorney of Participant’s own selection regarding this Agreement. Participant acknowledges that Participant has entered into this Agreement knowingly and voluntarily and with full knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this Agreement after being given the opportunity to consult with counsel. Participant further represents that, in entering into this Agreement, Participant is not relying on any statements or representations made by any of the Company’s directors, officers, employees or agents that are not expressly set forth herein, and that Participant is relying only upon Participant’s own judgment and any advice provided by Participant’s attorney.
c.     In light of the acknowledgements contained in this Section 13, Participant agrees not to challenge or contest the reasonableness, validity or enforceability of any limitations on, and obligations of, him contained in this Agreement.

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14.Participant acknowledges that he has been afforded all of the leave to which he is entitled under the Family and Medical Leave Act or any other applicable leave statute or regulation.
15.Participant specifically releases the Company from claims he might have standing to assert arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”). By signing this Agreement, Participant understands and agrees that his release of ADEA claims is completely voluntary. Participant does not waive any rights or claims that may arise after the Effective Date of this Agreement. Participant has the right to consult with an attorney at his own expense regarding the terms of this Agreement and, specifically, Participant’s release of ADEA claims, and Company urges Participant to do so. Participant has up to twenty-one (21) days from the date of receipt of this Agreement to decide whether to accept the terms of this Agreement. Participant also understands that he has seven (7) days from the date he executes this Agreement to revoke it, for any reason.
16.Participant acknowledges and agrees that he has received this Agreement for review on [insert date] and that the benefits provided herein shall be payable to Participant only if Participant executes this Agreement and returns it to the Company, to the attention of [insert name] at [insert address], by the close of business on or before twenty-one (21) days have passed since his receipt of this Agreement. Participant further acknowledges that he has retained or had the opportunity to retain counsel concerning this Agreement and is hereby again advised to do so. The parties agree that any modifications, material or otherwise, made to this Agreement do not restart or affect in any manner this consideration period. Participant states and confirms that he has signed this Agreement voluntarily and of his own free will, and not as a result of any promise not contained in this Agreement or any threat, intimidation, coercion or undue influence on the part of the Company or its representatives or agents.
17.This Agreement supersedes all understandings or agreements, whether oral or written, by and between the Company and Participant, and sets forth the entire agreement between the Company and Participant (excepting any prior non-competition and/or non-disclosure agreements between the Company and Participant, which shall continue unabated pursuant to their own terms). Participant acknowledges and agrees that no oral agreement or representations have been made by the Company that are not contained in this Agreement. The parties agree that this Agreement may not be modified, except in writing, and signed by each of the undersigned. If a provision of this Agreement is declared invalid or is unenforceable in any other way, the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. In such event, the parties shall replace the invalid provision with a valid provision in accordance with the object and the purport of this Agreement, in such manner that the new provision shall reflect the intention of the parties as much as possible.
18.The parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the [insert State where employee is employed] without regard to conflict of law principles.
19.This Agreement takes effect on the eighth day after the date Participant signs it, without revocation (the “Effective Date”). On that date, this Agreement becomes fully binding on Participant and the Company.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed or caused this Agreement to be executed as of the dates indicated below.

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THE BRINK’S COMPANY

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