Severance Agreement - Napster Inc. and Bradford D. Duea
(i)
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When any "person," as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company, a subsidiary of the Company or a Company employee benefit plan, including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee) is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities;
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(ii)
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A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. "Incumbent Directors" shall mean directors who either (1) are directors of the Company as of the date hereof, or (2) are appointed, elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such appointment election or nomination (but shall not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors of the Company);
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(iii)
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The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or
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(iv)
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The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets.
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Accepted: /S/ Bradford D. Duea | Date: November 8, 2006 |