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EXHIBIT 10
SELECTED SECTIONS OF TREX MEDICAL CORPORATION'S
PROXY STATEMENT FOR ITS 2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Executive Retention Agreements
Thermo Electron has entered into agreements with certain executive
officers and key employees of Thermo Electron and its subsidiaries that provide
severance benefits if there is a change in control of Thermo Electron and their
employment is terminated by Thermo Electron "without cause" or by the individual
"for good reason", as those terms are defined therein, within 18 months
thereafter. For purposes of these agreements, a change in control exists upon
(i) the acquisition by any person of 40% or more of the outstanding common stock
or voting securities of Thermo Electron; (ii) the failure of the Thermo Electron
board of directors to include a majority of directors who are "continuing
directors", which term is defined to include directors who were members of
Thermo Electron's board on the date of the agreement or who subsequent to the
date of the agreement were nominated or elected by a majority of directors who
were "continuing directors" at the time of such nomination or election; (iii)
the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or
statutory share exchange involving Thermo Electron or the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Thermo Electron unless
immediately after such transaction (a) all holders of Thermo Electron common
stock immediately prior to such transaction own more than 60% of the outstanding
voting securities of the resulting or acquiring corporation in substantially the
same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such transaction and
(b) no person after the transaction owns 40% or more of the outstanding voting
securities of the resulting or acquiring corporation; or (iv) approval by
stockholders of a complete liquidation or dissolution of Thermo Electron.
In 1999, Thermo Electron authorized an executive retention agreement
with Mr. Webb. This agreement provides that in the event Mr. Webb's employment
is terminated under the circumstances described above, he would be entitled to a
lump sum payment equal to the sum of (a) one times his highest annual base
salary in any 12 month period during the prior five-year period, plus (b) one
times his highest annual bonus in any 12 month period during the prior five-year
period. In addition, Mr. Webb would be provided benefits for a period of one
year after such termination substantially equivalent to the benefits package he
would have been otherwise entitled to receive if he was not terminated. Further,
all repurchase rights of Thermo Electron and its subsidiaries shall lapse in
their entirety with respect to all options that he holds in Thermo Electron and
its subsidiaries, including the Corporation, as of the date of the change in
control. Finally, Mr. Webb would be entitled to a cash payment equal to $15,000
to be used toward outplacement services.
Assuming that the severance benefits would have been payable as of
January 31, 2000, the lump sum salary and bonus payment under such agreement to
Mr. Webb would have been approximately $450,000. In the event that payments
under this agreement are deemed to be so called "excess parachute payments"
under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Internal Revenue Code"), Mr. Webb would be entitled to receive a gross-up
payment equal to the amount of any excise tax payable by him with respect to
such payment, plus the amount of all other additional taxes imposed on him,
attributable to the receipt of such gross-up payment.
