You will be eligible to accrue 20 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) per year.
Work Location
Your work location will be at the eBay Inc. offices located at 2025 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95125.
Severance and Change in Control Protections
Although your employment with the Company shall be “at-will” as set forth below, you will be entitled to severance protection in certain circumstances, as described below.
Termination Outside of a Change in Control Period. You will be eligible to participate in the eBay Inc. SVP & Above Standard Severance Plan, subject to the terms and conditions of the plan as in effect from time to time. Please review the enclosed eBay Inc. SVP and Above Standard Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description for the details on the plan.
Termination During a Change in Control Period. You will be eligible to participate in the eBay Change in Control Severance Plan for Key Employees, subject to the terms and conditions of the plan as in effect from time to time, at Tier 1. Please review the enclosed Change in Control Severance Plan for Key Employees and Summary Plan Description for the details on the plan.
Other terms; Required Employee Documents and Agreements
All payments and benefits set forth in this letter are subject to, and will be paid net of, all applicable taxes, deductions, and withholdings.
Under federal immigration laws, the Company is required to verify each new employee’s identity
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and legal authority to work in the United States. Accordingly, please be prepared to furnish appropriate documents satisfying those requirements; this offer of employment is conditioned on submission of satisfactory documentation. You will be provided with a list of the required documents.
Other terms, conditions, job responsibilities, compensation and benefits may be adjusted by the Company from time to time in its sole discretion.
All of us at eBay are very excited about you joining our team and look forward to a beneficial and fruitful relationship. However, should any dispute arise with respect to your employment or the termination of that employment, we both agree that such dispute shall be conclusively resolved by final, binding and confidential arbitration rather than by a jury court or administrative agency. The Company will bear those expenses unique to arbitration. Please review the enclosed Mutual Arbitration Agreement carefully.
As a condition of your employment, you must complete both the Mutual Arbitration Agreement and the enclosed Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement prior to commencing employment. These agreements address important obligations to the Company, both during and after your employment; therefore, please read both agreements carefully. You will be asked to execute the agreements as part of your new hire onboarding process. If you should have any questions about either agreement, please contact me.
This Offer Letter, the Mutual Arbitration Agreement, the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement as well as all other enclosed required documents, contain the entire agreement with respect to your employment. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Offer Letter is intended to modify the SVP & Above Standard Severance Plan or the eBay Change in Control Severance Plan for Key Employees, and in any circumstance where either plan may be applicable to awards described in this Offer Letter the provisions of the applicable plan shall control. Should you have any questions with regard to any of the items indicated above, please call me. Kindly indicate your consent to this Offer Letter by signing and returning a copy of this Offer Letter. All other documents requiring your signature must be submitted either in hard copy or electronically prior to your start date, including but not limited to the Mutual Arbitration Agreement, the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, and the Insider Trading Agreement certification.
This Offer Letter and your commencement of employment with eBay is contingent upon the results of your background verification, your legal authorization to work for eBay in the United States, and your resignation from your current employer. Upon your signature below, this will become our binding agreement with respect to your employment and its terms merging and superseding in their entirety all other or prior offers, agreements and communications, whether written or oral, by you and the Company as to the specific subjects of this Offer Letter.
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We are excited at the prospect of you joining our team. We look forward to having you on board!
Very truly yours,
/s/ Jamie Iannone
Jamie Iannone
Chief Executive Officer
ACCEPTED:
/s/ Samantha Wellington Anticipated Start Date: On or before October 31, 2024
Samantha Wellington
September 4, 2024
Date
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Repayment Requirement Agreement
In the event that your employment ceases for reasons of Cause (as defined below) or resignation prior to completion of one year of service from your start date, the net portion of the Equity Make-good Payment 1 of $2,500,000 that was paid to you (net of deductions or applicable taxes) is fully refundable to the Company. If your employment ceases for reasons of Cause or resignation after one year, but prior to the third anniversary from your start date, your repayment obligation will be reduced by 1/36th for every full month of active employment. No repayment of the Equity Make-good Payment 1 would be required for termination after three years of employment with the Company.
In the event that your employment ceases for reasons of Cause (as defined below) or resignation within two years of the date of payment, the net portion of the Equity Make-good Payment 2 of $2,000,000 that was paid to you (net of deductions or applicable taxes) is refundable to the Company provided that your repayment obligation will be reduced by 1/24th for every full month of active employment following the date of payment. No repayment of the Equity Make-good Payment 2 would be required for termination after two years of employment with the Company following the date of payment.
You authorize the Company to withhold from any compensation otherwise owed to you at the time of termination any amounts necessary to satisfy your repayment obligations, other than those exempt from attachment under federal and state laws.
For purposes of this Repayment Requirement Agreement, “Cause” shall mean any of the following:
(i) your failure to attempt in good faith to substantially perform your assigned duties, other than failure resulting from your death or incapacity due to physical or mental illness or impairment; which is not remedied within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such failure;
(ii) your indictment for, conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to any felony (or any other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude); or (iii) your commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, willful misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company, except good faith expense account disputes.