3.養老前期福利在養老前期,只要您繼續受僱於公司,您將繼續獲得目前的基本工資並參與公司的福利計劃,包括如由薪酬委員會在其日常業務中決定的情況下,您有資格參加2024年管理現金激勵計劃(「MCIP」)獎勵,在此日期之前您參與Etsy, Inc.執行離職計劃(「執行離職計劃」),和您目前的出差費津貼,條件和日前您參與的相同。 儘管上述內容,(i)您承認並同意,在退休日期之前按公司要求從首席財務官職位上撤職將不構成行政離職計劃中定義的合格終止,(ii)在退休日期之後您將不再是執行離職計劃的參與者;但是,您在退休日期之前根據執行離職計劃可能享有的任何福利將不受本條款(ii)影響。 您之前由公司授予的股票期權、受限股票單位和績效股票單位將根據適用股權計劃和獎勵協議的條款和條件獲得授予。您與公司之間證明您根據Etsy, Inc. 2015年股權激勵計劃或Etsy, Inc. 2024年股權激勵計劃(如適用)的股權獎勵的任何獎勵協議將繼續有效,並且您同意繼續受其約束。您還承認並同意您將繼續受到所有公司政策和指南的約束,包括但不限於公司的內幕交易政策。
b. 公司將爲您和您的家人(“離職日期到2025年10月31日之間)的COBRA繼續保險費用。每月一次向高管支付COBRA福利,支付日爲公司在緊隨高管向公司提交高管支付適用保險費用的文件所在的月份之後的第一個日曆月份的首次正常支付日。該文件應在高管支付適用保險費用後的30天內由高管提交給公司。如果您在諮詢期結束前停止提供諮詢服務,則公司不再有義務支付COBRA繼續保險費用,停止提供諮詢服務的當天起。
5.Qualifying Retirement. Following your Retirement Date, all restricted stock units and performance stock units previously granted to you by the Company will be treated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable equity plan(s) and award agreements pursuant to which they were granted, including the Qualifying Retirement provisions contained therein for such awards granted on or after March 15, 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, all restricted stock units and performance stock units that you hold and that, as of the Retirement Date, are vested or will become vested as a result of such Qualifying Retirement provisions will be nonforfeitable following the Retirement Date.
6.Termination for Cause Prior to Retirement Date. Notwithstanding anything else in this Letter Agreement, the Company may terminate your employment for Cause (as defined in the Etsy, Inc. Executive Severance Plan) at any time prior to the Retirement Date, in which case you will receive only the benefits described in this Section 6. If the Company terminates your employment for Cause after the date of this Letter Agreement and prior to the Retirement Date, you will receive only your base salary through the
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applicable date of termination, any vested benefits under the Company’s benefit, stock, equity, and long-term incentive plans, reimbursement of duly-documented business expenses, and any other payments or benefits required to be paid or provided by law or Company policy.
7.Release of All Claims. In consideration for receiving the benefits described in this Letter Agreement, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby waive, release and promise never to assert any claims or causes of action, whether or not now known, against the Company or its predecessors, successors or past or present subsidiaries, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, consultants, attorneys, agents, assigns and employee benefit plans with respect to any matter, including (without limitation) any matter related to your employment with the Company or the termination of that employment, claims for attorneys’ fees or costs, claims of wrongful discharge, constructive discharge, emotional distress, defamation, invasion of privacy, fraud, breach of contract or breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, the New York Labor Law, the New York City Human Rights Law; the California Family Rights Act, the California Labor Code, the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act Of 1991, the California Warn Act, the California False Claims Act, the California Corporate Criminal Liability Act, the California Pregnancy Disability Leave Law, the California Family Rights Act, the Healthy Workplace Healthy Family Act Of 2014, any Wage Orders issued by the California Industrial Welfare Commission, the Unruh Civil Rights Act; the California Equal Pay Act, the California Business And Professionals Code, or any other Federal, State or Local Law, and any other similar Statutes, regulations or laws, claims under any and all other federal, state, and local statutes, regulations, and laws of any type; and claims for any compensation or benefits not specifically referenced in this Letter Agreement, including claims under any Company incentive plan, bonus plan, or severance plan). Execution of this Letter Agreement does not mean that this Release bars (i) any claim that arises hereafter, including (without limitation) a claim for breach of this Letter Agreement, (ii) any rights you may already have to be indemnified and/or advanced or reimbursed expenses pursuant to any corporate document of the Company or its affiliates or applicable law, or your right to be covered under any applicable directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, (iii) any rights to the transition benefits set forth in this Letter Agreement, (iv) any claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and (v) any rights to vested equity awards and any rights under any benefit plans of the Company under which you have a vested benefit and for which amounts are payable after the Retirement Date.
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Execution of this Letter Agreement does not bar any claim that arises hereafter, including (without limitation) a claim for breach of this Letter Agreement. You are expressly waiving all rights afforded by Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California (“Section 1542”) with respect to the Company. Section 1542 states: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.” Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1542 and for the purpose of implementing a full and complete release, you expressly acknowledge that this Letter Agreement is intended to include all claims, if any, which you do not know or suspect to exist in your favor and that this Letter Agreement extinguishes those claims. You acknowledge that you may later discover facts different from or in addition to those you now know or believe to be true regarding the matters released or described in this Letter Agreement, and even so you agree that the releases and agreements contained in this Letter Agreement shall remain effective in all respects notwithstanding any later discovery of any different or additional facts. You expressly assume any and all risk of any mistake in connection with the true facts involved in the matters, disputes, or controversies released in this Letter Agreement or with regard to any facts now unknown to you relating thereto.
8.No Admission. Nothing contained in this Letter Agreement will constitute or be treated as an admission by you or the Company of liability, any wrongdoing or any violation of law.
9.Other Agreements. At all times in the future, you will remain bound by the terms of the Confidentiality and Proprietary Inventions Agreement (CPIA) and any other agreements between you and the Company, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Except as expressly provided in this Letter Agreement, this Letter Agreement renders null and void all prior agreements between you and the Company and constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the subject matter of this Letter Agreement. If any term in this Letter Agreement conflicts with term(s) in any other agreements between you and the Company, this Letter Agreement shall control. This Letter Agreement may be modified only in a written document signed by you and a duly authorized officer of the Company.
10.Company Property. You represent that at the end of the Advisory Period, you will return to the Company all property that belongs to the Company, including (without limitation) copies of documents that belong to the Company and files stored on your computer(s) that contain information belonging to the Company.
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11.Confidentiality of Letter Agreement. You agree that, until such time as this Letter Agreement is disclosed publicly by the Company, you will not disclose to others the existence or terms of this Letter Agreement, except that you may disclose such information to your attorney, or financial advisors (provided such individuals agree that they will not disclose to others the existence or terms of this Letter Agreement).
12.No Disparagement. You agree that you will not make any disparaging statements (orally or in writing) about the Company or its products, services, strategy, legal or business practices, past venture capital investors, known institutional investors, or current or past (as of the date of this Letter Agreement) directors, officers, and known employees who served during your tenure at the Company. The Company will instruct current members of the Company Executive Team and the Board to refrain from making any disparaging statements about you.
Nothing in this Letter Agreement prevents you from discussing or disclosing information about unlawful acts in the workplace, such as harassment or discrimination or any other conduct that you have reason to believe is unlawful.
13.Cooperation. You agree that you will provide reasonable cooperation with and assistance to the Company in connection with the defense or prosecution of any claim that may be made against or by the Company, or in connection with any ongoing or future investigation or dispute or claim of any kind involving the Company, including any proceeding before any arbitral, administrative, judicial, legislative, or other body or agency, including testifying in any proceeding to the extent such claims, investigations or proceedings are related to services performed or required to be performed by you, knowledge possessed by you, or any act or omission by you. The Company will reimburse you for reasonable related expenses in connection with such cooperation.
14.Preservation of Rights. Nothing in this Letter Agreement shall waive any right that is not subject to waiver by private agreement, including without limitation any claims arising under state unemployment insurance or workers’ compensation laws, or a challenge to the validity of this Letter Agreement.
In addition, nothing in this Letter Agreement shall be construed to prevent or limit you from: (i) responding truthfully to a valid subpoena; (ii) filing a charge or complaint with, providing information to, testifying before, participating in, or otherwise assisting any investigation conducted by any governmental agency, including, without limitation, the Department of Justice, Congress, any agency Inspector General, Department of Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, any state or local human rights agency, the National Labor Relations Board
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or the Securities and Exchange Commission; (iii) engaging in communications that constitute concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection of employees; (iv) exercising any other applicable rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act; (v) filing or disclosing any facts necessary to receive unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, Medicaid, or any other public benefits to which you may be entitled; (vi) communicating with law enforcement or an attorney retained by you; or (vii) making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any federal or state law or regulation. Although this Letter Agreement does not limit your right to receive an award for information provided to any government agency where such award is provided by the agency, you acknowledge and agree that this Letter Agreement does release and waive any right to any payment, benefit, or other remedy from the Company other than the payments set forth expressly in this Letter Agreement, including any payment from the Company that may come through a class, collective, or representative action brought on your behalf or in which you are a participant. You do not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and you are not required to notify the Company that you have made such reports or disclosures.
15.Taxes. All payments under this Letter Agreement will be subject to all deductions required by law, including applicable taxes and withholdings, other than with respect to the Advisory Fee. In accordance with its normal payroll practices, the Company will mail to your home address in the Company’s records any tax reporting forms it prepares in accordance with any payments made to you, at such time as those forms are prepared and/or filed. You will be solely responsible and liable for any taxes owed on any payments or benefits made or provided to you under this Letter Agreement, except for taxes the Company believes it has an obligation to withhold from any such payments or benefits.
16.Section 409A. The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Letter Agreement comply with, or be exempt from, Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively, "Code Section 409A") and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Letter Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance with Code Section 409A; provided, that the Company does not guarantee to you any particular tax treatment with respect to this Letter Agreement and any payments hereunder.
17.Severability. If any term of this Letter Agreement is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Letter Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, and the parties will use their best efforts to find an alternate way to achieve the same result.
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18.Choice of Law. This Letter Agreement will be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
19.Execution. This Letter Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be considered an original, but all of which together will constitute one agreement. Execution of a facsimile copy will have the same force and effect as execution of an original, and a facsimile signature will be deemed an original and valid signature.
20.Consideration and Revocation Periods. You agree by your signature below that you had, and that the Company gave you, at least twenty-one (21) days to review and consider this Letter Agreement before signing it, and that such period was sufficient for you to fully and completely consider all of its terms. The Company hereby advises you to discuss this Letter Agreement with your own attorney (at your own expense) during this period if you wish to do so. You may accept this Letter Agreement by delivering a copy of the Letter Agreement signed by you to me within twenty-one (21) days from the day you receive the Letter Agreement. You may revoke your acceptance of the Letter Agreement for a period of seven (7) days after signing the Letter Agreement by delivering written notification to me within that seven-day period. If you do not revoke your acceptance of the Letter Agreement, it will be effective on the eighth (8th) day after you sign it (“Effective Date”). If you revoke your acceptance of this Letter Agreement, you will not be entitled to the benefits listed in Sections 3 and 4, above. You agree that you have carefully read this Letter Agreement, fully understand what it means, and are entering into it voluntarily without duress, coercion, fraud, misrepresentation or threat to withdraw or alter the offer prior to the expiration of the twenty-one (21) day consideration period.
Please indicate your agreement with the above terms by signing below.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Josh Silverman
Josh Silverman
CEO & President
Etsy, Inc.
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I agree to the terms of this Letter Agreement.
/s/ Rachael Glaser
Rachel Glaser
Dated: 7/31/2024
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EXHIBIT A
SUPPLEMENTAL RELEASE
You and Etsy, Inc. (the "Company") hereby enter into this Supplemental Release (the "Supplemental Release"), which will become effective on the Supplemental Release Effective Date (as defined below).
1.Last Date of Employment. Your last day of employment with the Company was April 1, 2025 (“Retirement Date”).
2.Release of All Claims. In consideration for receiving the benefits described in that certain Letter Agreement between you and the Company, dated as of July 31, 2024 (the “Letter Agreement”), and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby waive, release and promise never to assert any claims or causes of action, whether or not now known, against the Company or its predecessors, successors or past or present subsidiaries, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, consultants, attorneys, agents, assigns and employee benefit plans with respect to any matter, including (without limitation) any matter related to your employment with the Company or the termination of that employment, claims for attorneys’ fees or costs, claims of wrongful discharge, constructive discharge, emotional distress, defamation, invasion of privacy, fraud, breach of contract or breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, the New York Labor Law, the New York City Human Rights Law; the California Family Rights Act, the California Labor Code, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act Of 1991, the California Warn Act, the California False Claims Act, the California Corporate Criminal Liability Act, the California Pregnancy Disability Leave Law, the California Family Rights Act, the Healthy Workplace Healthy Family Act Of 2014, any Wage Orders issued by the California Industrial Welfare Commission, the Unruh Civil Rights Act; the California Equal Pay Act, the California Business And Professionals Code, or any other Federal, State or Local Law, and any other similar Statutes, regulations or laws, claims under any and all other federal, state, and local statutes, regulations, and laws of any type; and claims for any compensation or benefits not specifically referenced in the Letter Agreement, including claims under any Company incentive plan, bonus plan, or severance plan).
Execution of this Supplemental Release does not bar (i) any claim that arises hereafter, including (without limitation) a claim for breach of the Letter Agreement or this Supplemental Release, (ii) any rights you may already have to be indemnified and/or advanced or reimbursed expenses pursuant to any corporate document of the Company or
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its affiliates or applicable law, or your right to be covered under any applicable directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, (iii) any rights to the transition benefits set forth in the Letter Agreement, and (iv) any rights to vested equity awards and any rights under any benefit plans of the Company under which you have a vested benefit and for which amounts are payable after the Retirement Date. Further, nothing in this Supplemental Release waives any right that is not subject to waiver by private agreement, including without limitation any claims arising under state unemployment insurance or workers’ compensation laws, or a challenge to the validity of the Letter Agreement or this Supplemental Release.
In addition, nothing in this Supplemental Release shall be construed to prevent or limit you from: (i) responding truthfully to a valid subpoena; (ii) filing a charge or complaint with, providing information to, testifying before, participating in, or otherwise assisting any investigation conducted by any governmental agency, including, without limitation, the Department of Justice, Congress, any agency Inspector General, Department of Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, any state or local human rights agency, the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission; (iii) engaging in communications that constitute concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection of employees; (iv) exercising any other applicable rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act; (v) filing or disclosing any facts necessary to receive unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, Medicaid, or any other public benefits to which you may be entitled; (vi) communicating with law enforcement or an attorney retained by you; or (vii) making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any federal or state law or regulation. Although this Supplemental Release does not limit your right to receive an award for information provided to any government agency where such award is provided by the agency, you acknowledge and agree that this Supplemental Release does release and waive any right to any payment, benefit, or other remedy from the Company other than the payments set forth expressly in the Letter Agreement, including any payment from the Company that may come through a class, collective, or representative action brought on your behalf or in which you are a participant.
Execution of this Agreement does not bar any claim that arises hereafter, including (without limitation) a claim for breach of this Agreement. You are expressly waiving all rights afforded by Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California (“Section 1542”) with respect to the Company. Section 1542 states: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.”
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1542 and for the purpose of implementing a full and complete release, you expressly acknowledge that this Agreement is intended to include all claims, if any, which you do not know or suspect to exist in your favor and that this Agreement extinguishes those claims. You acknowledge that you may later discover facts different from or in addition to those you now know or believe to be true regarding the matters released or described in this Agreement, and even so you agree that the releases and agreements contained in this Agreement shall remain effective in all respects notwithstanding any later discovery of any different or additional facts. You expressly assume any and all risk of any mistake in connection with the true facts involved in the matters, disputes, or controversies released in this Agreement or with regard to any facts now unknown to you relating thereto.
3.No Admission. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Release will constitute or be treated as an admission by you or the Company of liability, any wrongdoing or any violation of law.
4.Other Agreements. Except as expressly provided in the Letter Agreement and this Supplemental Release, the Letter Agreement and this Supplemental Release render null and void all prior agreements between you and the Company and constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the subject matter of the Letter Agreement and this Supplemental Release. If any term in the Letter Agreement and this Supplemental Release conflicts with term(s) in any other agreements between you and the Company, the Letter Agreement and this Supplemental Release shall control. This Supplemental Release may be modified only in a written document signed by you and a duly authorized officer of the Company.
5.Severability. If any term of this Supplemental Release is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Supplemental Release will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, and the parties will use their best efforts to find an alternate way to achieve the same result.
6.Choice of Law. This Supplemental Release will be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
7.Execution. This Supplemental Release may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be considered an original, but all of which together will constitute one agreement. Execution of a facsimile copy will have the same force and effect as execution of an original, and a facsimile signature will be deemed an original and valid signature.
8.Consideration and Revocation Periods. You agree by your signature below that you had, and that the Company gave you, at least twenty-one (21) days to review and consider
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this Supplemental Release before signing it, and that such period was sufficient for you to fully and completely consider all of its terms. The Company hereby advises you to discuss this Supplemental Release with your own attorney (at your own expense) during this period if you wish to do so. You may accept this Supplemental Release by delivering a copy of this Supplemental Release signed by you to me within twenty-one (21) days of the Retirement Date. You may revoke your acceptance of this Supplemental Release for a period of seven (7) days after signing the Supplemental Release by delivering written notification to me within that seven-day period. If you do not revoke your acceptance of this Supplemental Release, it will be effective on the eighth (8th) day after you sign it (such date, the “Supplemental Release Effective Date”). If you revoke your acceptance of this Supplemental Release, you will not be entitled to the benefits listed in the Letter Agreement. You agree that you have carefully read this Supplemental Release, fully understand what it means, and are entering into it voluntarily without duress, coercion, fraud, misrepresentation or threat to withdraw or alter the offer prior to the expiration of the twenty-one (21) day consideration period.
Please indicate your agreement with the above terms by signing below.
Very truly yours,
______________________________
Josh Silverman
CEO & President
Etsy, Inc.
I agree to the terms of this Supplemental Release.