Exhibit 10.3
CONSULTING AGREEMENT

This Consulting Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made effective as of July 29,
2016 by and between Calix, inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”) and Kevin
peters, an individual (“Consultant”), for the purpose of setting forth the terms
and conditions by which Company will engage Consultant to perform services
(“Services”) on a temporary basis.
1.Work And Payment.
1.1.Project Assignment. Attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A is a project
assignment describing the Services that Consultant will perform (“Project
Assignment”). This Project Assignment will be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
1.2. Services. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Consultant will render
the Services set forth in the Project Assignment. The manner and means by which
Consultant chooses to complete projects are in Consultant’s sole discretion and
control. In performing the Services and completing the projects, Consultant will
use Consultant’s own equipment, tools and other materials at Consultant’s own
expense.
2.Confidential Information.
2.1. Definition. During the term of this Agreement and in the course of
Consultant’s performance hereunder, Consultant may receive and otherwise be
exposed to Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” shall include
confidential and proprietary information relating to Company’s business
practices, customer lists, strategies, designs, products, processes, trade
secrets, know-how, technologies and inventions. Any of such information, in
whatever form and whether or not marked as confidential or proprietary, and all
derivatives, improvements and enhancements to any of the above, whether provided
to Consultant, or created or developed by Consultant under this Agreement, as
well as information of third parties as to which Company has an obligation of
confidentiality, shall all be treated as the confidential and proprietary
information of Company.
2.2. Restrictions on Use and Disclosure. Consultant acknowledges the
confidential and secret character of the Confidential Information, and agrees
that the Confidential Information is the sole, exclusive and extremely valuable
property of Company. Accordingly, Consultant agrees not to use or reproduce the
Confidential Information except as necessary in the performance of this
Agreement, and not to disclose all or any part of the Confidential Information
in any form to any third party, either during or after the term of this
Agreement, without the prior written
 
consent of Company. In addition, Consultant represents that during Consultant’s
provision of Services, even if before the execution of this Agreement,
Consultant has not used the Confidential Information except in the performance
of this Agreement without the prior written consent of Company, and has not
disclosed all or any part of the Confidential Information in any form to any
third party.
2.3. Exceptions. The obligations of confidentiality set forth in Section 2.2
will not apply to the extent that such Confidential Information: (a) was
generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the
time of disclosure; (b) became generally available to the public or otherwise
part of the public domain after its disclosure and other than through any act or
omission of Consultant; (c) was already known to Consultant, without
confidentiality restrictions, at the time of disclosure; (d) was disclosed to
Consultant, without confidentiality restrictions, by a third party who had no
obligation not to disclose such information to others; or (e) was developed
independently by Consultant without any use of or reference to the Confidential
Information, as shown by Consultant’s contemporaneous written records.
2.4. Third Party Information. Consultant shall not disclose or otherwise make
available to Company in any manner any confidential information received by
Consultant under obligations of confidentiality from a third party.
3.Ownership; Licenses.
3.1.Work Product; Assignment. Consultant agrees that Company shall be the sole
and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to all ideas,
inventions, works of authorship, work product, materials, and other deliverables
(i) conceived, made, developed, reduced to practice, or worked on by Consultant
in the course of providing services for Company prior to the date of this
Agreement, (ii) that Consultant conceives, makes, develops or works on in the
course of providing the Services for Company following execution of this
Agreement, and (iii) all patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and other
intellectual property rights in any of the foregoing, whether now known or
hereafter recognized in any jurisdiction (collectively, “Work Product”).
Consultant hereby assigns to Company all of Consultant’s right, title and
interest in and to any and all Work Product. Consultant hereby waives any
applicable moral rights in the Work Product.
3.2. Assistance. Consultant agrees to execute all papers, including patent
applications, invention assignments and copyright assignments, and otherwise
agrees to assist Company as reasonably required at

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Company’s reasonable expense to perfect in Company the right, title and other
interest in Work Product expressly granted to Company under this Agreement.
3.3. License to Perform Services. Company hereby grants to Consultant a
non-exclusive, limited license during the term of this Agreement, under all
intellectual property rights owned or controlled by Company, solely to the
extent required for Consultant to perform Services in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement. With the exception of the foregoing limited license, no
right, title or interest in or to any intellectual property rights of the
Company are granted to Consultant under this Agreement.
4.Term and Termination. The initial term of this Agreement shall be August 1,
2016 through September 2, 2016 (five weeks). This Agreement shall expire at the
end of the initial term; provided, however, that at the end of the initial term,
the Agreement may be extended for an additional period or periods upon mutual
agreement by the Company and Consultant in writing. Sections 2 through 6 shall
survive expiration or any termination of this Agreement.
5.Independent Contractor. Consultant’s relationship with Company will be that of
an independent contractor and nothing in this Agreement should be construed to
create a partnership, joint venture, or employer-employee relationship.
Consultant is not the agent of Company in performing its duties under this
Agreement, and is not authorized to make any representation, warranty, contract,
or commitment on behalf of Company in its capacity as a Consultant hereunder.
Consultant will be solely responsible for all tax returns and payments required
to be filed with or made to any federal, state or local tax authority with
respect to Consultant’s performance of services and receipt of fees under this
Agreement. Because Consultant is an independent contractor, Company will not
withhold or make payments for social security, make unemployment insurance or
disability insurance contributions, or obtain worker’s compensation insurance on
Consultant’s behalf. Consultant agrees to accept exclusive liability for
complying with all applicable state and federal laws governing self-employed
individuals, including obligations such as payment of taxes, social security,
disability and other contributions based on fees paid to Consultant under this
Agreement.
6.General.
6.1. Assignment. The parties’ rights and obligations under this Agreement will
bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors, heirs, executors,
administrators and permitted assigns. Company may freely assign this Agreement,
and Consultant expressly agrees that any intellectual property rights licensed
to Company are transferable to Company’s assignee without Consultant’s consent.
Consultant shall not assign this Agreement or Consultant’s rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of Company. Any such purported
assignment not in accordance with this Section 6.2 shall be null and void.
 
6.2. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. The rights and obligations of the parties
under this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State
of California without regard to conflict of law principles. Consultant agrees
that, upon Company’s request, all disputes arising hereunder shall be
adjudicated in the state and federal courts having jurisdiction over disputes
arising in San Francisco, California, and Consultant hereby agrees to consent to
the personal jurisdiction of such courts.
6.3. Notices. All notices or reports permitted or required under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be delivered by personal delivery, electronic
mail, facsimile transmission or by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, and shall be deemed given upon personal delivery, five days after
deposit in the mail, or upon acknowledgment of receipt of electronic
transmission. Notices shall be sent to such address as either party may specify
in writing.
6.4. Entire Agreement; Waiver and Modification; Severability; Construction. This
Agreement may not be waived, modified or amended unless mutually agreed upon in
writing by both parties. As used in this Agreement, the words “include” and
“including,” and variations thereof, will be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation.” In the event any provision of this Agreement is found to
be legally unenforceable, such unenforceability shall not prevent enforcement of
any other provision of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that any rule of
construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the
drafting party will not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement. This agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which will be considered an original, but all of which together will constitute
one and the same instrument. This Agreement and any Project Assignments agreed
upon by the parties constitute the parties’ final, exclusive and complete
understanding and agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements relating
to its subject matter. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and
any Project Assignment, this Agreement shall govern.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date first set forth above.
CALIX, INC.
KEVIN PETERS
By: /s/ William J. Atkins
By: /s/ Kevin Peters
Name: William J. Atkins
 
Title: EVP & Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
Date: July 29, 2016
Date: July 29, 2016

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Exhibit A
Project Assignment
Initial term:
August 1, 2016 - September 2, 2016 (five weeks)

Work to be performed:
Consulting and advisory services with respect to Company customer projects and
opportunities and such other matters based on Consultant’s experience and
expertise as may be agreed between Company and Consultant from time to time.

Payment:            $10,000 per week

Expenses to be reimbursed:
Reasonable and necessary expenses related to travel and other direct expenses
incurred in connection with rendering the Work to be Performed, not to exceed
$15,000 for the initial term unless approved in advance by the Company in
writing.

Maximum amount Company is
required to pay (if applicable):     Not in any event to exceed $100,000

Approved by:
CALIX, INC.
KEVIN PETERS
By: /s/ William J. Atkins
By: /s/ Kevin Peters
Name: William J. Atkins
 
Title: EVP & Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: July 29, 2016
Date: July 29, 2016

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