Exhibit 10.2


 


AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


Richard D. Smith


 


THIS
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated and effective as of May 12,
2009, is between Allied Motion Technologies Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”),
and Richard D. Smith (“Employee”).


 


RECITALS:


 


WHEREAS,
the Employee has acknowledged skills and experience in the business conducted
by the Company and the Company desires to obtain the benefit of the Employee’s
knowledge, skills and experience and assure itself of the ongoing right to
Employee’s services from and after the date hereof, and is willing to do so on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and


 


WHEREAS,
Employee is willing and able to render services to the Company, from and after
the date hereof, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and


 


WHEREAS,
the Company and Employee entered into an Employment Agreement effective as of August 1,
2003; and


 


WHEREAS,
the Company and Employee desire to amend and restate the Employment Agreement
in order to recognize that the position and responsibilities of Employee have
changed.


 


AGREEMENT:


 


NOW,
THEREFORE, the Company and Employee agree as follows:


 


1.             Employment.


 


1.1                               Title and Duties of Employee.  The Company hereby
employs Employee as the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company and Employee hereby accepts such employment with the
Company.


 


(a)           Powers and Duties.  Employee shall have
the powers and duties normally incident to the offices he holds as provided in
the bylaws of the Company and such other duties as shall be determined from
time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) consistent with
Employee’s qualifications and the best interest of the Company.


 


(b)           Contract Rights.  Failure of the
Board to elect Employee as Executive Chairman of the Board, subject to Employee
being a member of the Board of Directors, or Chief Financial Officer, or action
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to remove Employee from such offices,
shall be without prejudice to the contract rights in this Agreement.


 


(c)           Service on the Board.  So long as Employee
is willing to serve on the Board and has not been terminated for cause, the
Board shall nominate Employee for election to the Board. Failure to elect to,
or removal from, the Board of Directors shall not constitute resignation from
or termination of employment as Chief Financial Officer. Failure to elect to,
or removal from, the position of Chief Financial Officer or termination of this
Agreement for any reason shall not constitute resignation from the Board of
Directors or termination of Employee’s service on the Board.


 


1.2                               Performance.  Throughout the period of Employee’s
employment hereunder, Employee shall devote Employee’s full business time,
attention, knowledge and skills, faithfully, diligently, and to the best of
Employee’s ability, to the active performance of Employee’s duties and
responsibilities hereunder; provided, however, Employee may serve as a director
of other corporations and entities and may engage in other activities to the
extent they do not inhibit the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder, or
conflict with the business of the Company. 
Employee shall disclose to the Company the name of any corporation or
entity on which he serves as a director or in a similar capacity and describe
other activities that are not personal in nature in which he engages.  Employee shall do such traveling as
reasonably may be required in connection with the performance of such duties
and responsibilities.  Employee shall not
be required to relocate Employee’s residence and Employee may conduct work out
of his residence from time to time as he determines appropriate.


 


2.             Term of Employment.  Unless terminated
as provided in Section 4 hereof, the term of this Agreement shall extend
to May 12, 2014 (the “Initial Period”), and thereafter shall automatically
continue on a year to year basis (each a “Subsequent Period”) unless the
Company or Employee shall give the other party notice at least 60 days prior to
the termination of the Initial Period or any Subsequent Period of its or his
election not to renew the term of employment, in which case this Agreement
shall terminate at the end of the period in which the notice is given;
provided, however, the Company’s obligation to pay compensation pursuant to Section 3
or perform any other acts with respect to the last year for which this
Agreement is effective shall continue and be enforceable notwithstanding the
termination of this Agreement.


 


3.             Compensation Benefits.


 


3.1                               Base Salary.  As compensation for services to be rendered
by Employee hereunder, the Company shall pay to Employee an annual salary of
not less than $285,000 per year, payable in periodic installments (but in no
event less frequently than monthly) in accordance with the standard payroll
practices of the Company in effect from time to time.  Employee’s salary shall be reviewed annually
for increase (but not decrease) on a merit basis.  Such review shall be conducted at the first
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after the end of a fiscal year but not
later than February 28 of each year and the effective date of any such
increase shall be March 1.  The
Employee’s annual salary in effect from year to year is herein referred to as
the “Base Salary”.


 


3.2                               Annual Bonus.


 


(a)           Performance Criteria.  The Company shall
pay to Employee an Annual Bonus with respect to each fiscal year in amounts
determined as provided by the Board based on achieving performance criteria
established at the beginning of each fiscal year.  Such performance criteria will recognize the
overall financial performance of the Company and the improvements made in
financial results.


 


(b)           Time of Payment.  The first payment
of the Annual Bonus to Employee pursuant to Section 3.2 (a) shall be
with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.  An Annual Bonus provided herein shall be
paid, subject to achieving the performance criteria, with respect to each
fiscal year thereafter during the term of this Agreement.  All Annual Bonuses payable under Section 3.2
(a) shall be paid in cash immediately following the first Board meeting
held after the end of the applicable fiscal year at which the Annual Bonus
calculation is approved by the Board.  In
no event shall payment be made later than March 15th of the year following
the year in which the Annual Bonus was earned.


 


3.3                               Long-Term Incentive Payment Plan.  On or before the
first Board meeting held in a current fiscal year, the Board shall consider
whether to award restricted Common Stock (“Restricted Stock”) or grant options
to purchase the Company’s Common Stock (“Stock Options”) to Employee, including
the terms and the provisions of any Restricted Stock or Stock Options.  Awards of Restricted Stock or grants of Stock
Options provided under this Section 3.3 are referred to herein as “Long-Term
Incentive Payout”.  In making its
determination the Board shall consider, among other things, the Employee’s
responsibilities and efforts and performance under this Agreement in relation
to the business plan and forecast, the relationship between the benefits of Restricted
Stock or Stock Options and improving shareholder value, the development of the
Company’s products and the performance of the Company’s products in the marketplace,
impact of the Company’s products and product development on future prospects
for the Company, and an increase in the trading price per share of the Company’s
Common Stock.  The Board shall also
consider customary business practices and Long-Term Incentive Payment Plan
benefits granted to Employee in comparison to such benefits provided to other
executives in positions similar to the Employee.


 


3.4                               Expenses.  The Company promptly shall reimburse
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business expenses incurred by Employee
in connection with the performance of his duties and responsibilities
hereunder.


 


3.5                               Vacation.  Throughout the period of Employee’s employment
hereunder, Employee shall be entitled to take, from time to time, 5 weeks of
vacation annually with pay at such times as shall be mutually convenient to
Employee and the Company.


 


3.6                               Benefits and Perquisites.


 


(a)           Participation.  The Company shall make available to Employee,
throughout the period of employment hereunder, such benefits and perquisites as
are generally provided by the Company to its employees.  Without limiting the foregoing, Employee
shall be eligible to participate in any bonus plan, stock option plan, stock
purchase plan, pension plan and group life, health and accident insurance plans
as the Company shall continue to provide or which may hereafter be adopted by
the Company for the benefit of its employees generally.  The Company shall provide and pay the premium
on long term disability insurance for Employee. 
The Company shall not make any changes in such plans or arrangements
which would adversely affect the Employee’s rights or benefits thereunder,
unless such changes occur pursuant to a program applicable to all employees of
the Company and do not result in a proportionately greater reduction in the
rights of, or benefits to, the Employee as compared with any other employee of
the Company.


 


(b)           Office Space.  The Company shall provide office space and at
the Company’s offices suitable to Employee’s position and will provide the
equipment, including a computer, printer and phone, for Employee to maintain an
office at his home.


 


(c)           Life Insurance.  The Company shall
provide whole life insurance on the life of Employee with death benefits of
$500,000 with all premiums paid by the Company. 
In addition, the Company shall pay an additional $10,000 in annual
premiums toward an additional life insurance policy on the life of the Employee.  Employee may designate the beneficiary or
beneficiaries of such policies.


 


(d)           Automobile.  The Company shall provide a new automobile no
less frequently than every 3 years for Employee’s sole use and the Company
shall pay all costs of operating and maintaining or repairing such
automobile.  At or before the time of
replacement, Employee shall have the right to purchase, at its depreciated cost
to the Company, the automobile previously provided.


 


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(e)           Benefit Plans.  The Company will make non-qualified
contributions for Employee’s benefit under the Company’s IRS §401(k) plan
on the same basis as it makes contributions for other employees.


 


(f)            Retirement Plan Benefits.  The
Company will provide to Employee retirement plan benefits under any plan on the
same basis it provides benefits to other employees.


 


4.             Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated by the
Company or Employee as provided in this Section 4.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, any payment that is subject to Code Section 409A and is
payable upon termination of this agreement due to Retirement, Disability, or
termination of employment other than for cause, shall only be made if such
termination otherwise meets the definition of a “separation from service” as
defined under Code Section 409A. 
Furthermore, if Employee is a “specified employee” within the meaning of
Code Section 409A, the payment of any amount that is both subject to Code Section 409A
and due upon termination of this Agreement shall not be made until at least six
months following Employee’s separation from service.  At that time, all amounts, if any, that would
have been paid during the six-month period shall be paid to Employee, and
thereafter all payments shall be made as if there had been no six-month delay.


 


4.1                               Cause.


 


(a)           Definition.  This Agreement may be terminated at any time
at the option of the Company for Cause (as such term is hereinafter defined),
effective as provided in Section 4.9. 
As used herein, the term “Cause” shall mean and be limited to: (i) conviction
of, the indictment for (or its procedural equivalent), or the entering of a
guilty plea or plea of no contest with respect to, a felony; (ii) the
willful violation of the terms of this Agreement; (iii) gross negligence
by Employee in connection with the performance of Employee’s duties,
responsibilities, agreements and covenants hereof, which violation or
negligence shall continue uncorrected for a period of 45 days after receipt by
Employee of a written notice from the Company; (iv) the appropriation (or
attempted appropriation) of a material business opportunity of the Company,
including attempting to secure or securing any personal profit in connection
with any transaction entered into on behalf of the Company; (v) the
misappropriation (or attempted misappropriation) of any of the Company’s funds
or property; or (vi) the excessive use (following at least one written warning)
of alcohol or any illegal use of drugs or narcotics.  For purposes of this Section, no act or
failure to act on the Employee’s part shall be considered “willful” unless
done, or omitted to be done, by him not in good faith and without reasonable
belief that his action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall
not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause without written notice pursuant
to Section 13 and providing Employee an opportunity to be heard before the
Board with the provisions relied upon for termination provided in reasonable
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(b)           Salary; Benefits; Bonuses.  Upon termination
for Cause, the Company shall (i) continue the Base Salary through the Date
of Termination, (ii) pay all fringe benefits through the end of the
calendar month in which termination occurs, and (iii) pay any annual
bonuses pursuant to Section 3.2 treating the effective Date of Termination
as being the last day of the fiscal year in which termination under this Section 4
occurs.


 


4.2                               Retirement.  Termination of employment based on “Retirement”
shall mean termination in accordance with any retirement arrangement
established with Employee’s consent, including settlement for the Annual Bonus
pursuant to Section 3.2.


 


4.3                               Death of Employee.  This Agreement
shall terminate upon the death of Employee; provided, however, the Company
shall (i) continue Employee’s Base Salary through the month in which death
occurs and for the following three months and (ii) shall make payments as
provided in Section 4.5 in place of (x) Annual Bonus payments
provided in Section 3.2 and (y) the Long-Term Incentive Payout
pursuant to Section 3.3.


 


4.4                               Disability of Employee.


 


(a)           Termination; Definition.  In the event
Employee becomes mentally or physically disabled during the term of employment
hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate as of the date such disability is
established.  As used in this Section,
the term “Disabled” or “Disability” means suffering from any mental or physical
condition, other than use of alcohol or illegal use of drugs or narcotics,
which renders Employee unable to perform substantially all of Employee’s duties
and services under this Agreement in a satisfactory manner for 120 consecutive
days, or 180 days during any 12-month period. 
If, by reason of Disability, Employee is absent from the full-time
performance of his duties with the Company for the periods above provided,
Notice of Termination may be given and if Employee has not returned to the
full-time performance of his duties within 30 days thereafter, Employee’s
Disability shall be deemed “established” at the end of such 30-day period.


 


(b)           Salary, Benefits.  During any period
that Employee fails to perform his full duties with the Company because he is
Disabled, Employee shall continue to receive Base Salary until this Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section 4.8 at the rate in effect at the
commencement of any such period adjusted for any compensation payable to him
under any Company paid disability plan during such period.  In the event of termination for Disability
the Company shall continue (i) Employee’s Base Salary adjusted for any
compensation payable to him under any Company paid disability plan during such
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insurance for the greater of (x) the
remaining term of this Agreement or (y) until long term disability
insurance coverage becomes effective.


 


(c)           Bonuses.  In the event of termination upon established
Disability the Company shall make payments as provided in Section 4.5 in
place of (i) the Annual Bonus payment provided in Section 3.2 and (ii) the
Long-Term Incentive Payout pursuant to Section 3.3.


 


4.5                               Death and Disability of Employee.  In the event of
termination upon death the Company shall make payments to Employee’s personal
representative, and in the event of termination for Disability the Company
shall make payments to Employee, as hereinafter provided.  Such payments shall be made immediately
following the first meeting of the Board held after the end of the fiscal year
in which death or Disability occurred, but in no event later than February 28
of the year following the year of such death or disability.


 


(a)           Annual Bonus.  With respect to the Annual Bonus payment
provided in Section 3.2(a) the Company shall make a separate
determination of the Annual Bonus based on the factors provided in Section 3.2(a) for
the fiscal year in which death or Disability occurs


 


(b)           Long Term Incentive Plan.  With respect to the
Long-Term Incentive Payout provided in Section 3.3 the Company shall make
a separate determination of the Long-Term Incentive Payout based on the factors
provided in Section 3.3 for the fiscal year in which death or Disability
occurs.


 


4.6                               Other than for Cause.  If Employee’s
employment shall be terminated by the Company other than for Cause, Retirement,
death or Disability, prior to a change in control of the Company or potential
change in control of the Company as defined in the Severance Agreement referred
to in Section 4.7, then Employee shall be entitled to the payments
provided below:


 


(a)           Base Salary.  On the effective Date of Termination the
Company shall pay Employee his full Base Salary through the end of the month in
which termination occurs at the rate in effect at the time Notice of
Termination is given, and for one full year thereafter with payments being made
over the following 12 months and no less frequently than once per month.


 


(b)           Benefits.  The Company shall continue providing medical,
dental, long-term disability and life insurance equal to the coverages existing
at the time Notice of Termination is given for one full year.


 


(c)           Annual and Long Term Bonus.  On the effective
Date of Termination the Company shall make payments to and issue to Employee
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Section 3.2 an amount in cash
equal to 0.9 multiplied by Base Salary for the year in which employment is
terminated and (ii) the Long Term Incentive Payout provided in Section 3.3
for the fiscal year in which employment is terminated under this Section.


 


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4.7                               Change in Control.


 


(a)           Severance Agreement Continued.  The letter
agreement dated July 24, 2003 as subsequently amended, (Severance
Agreement) between the Company and Employee providing certain benefits to
Employee upon a change in control of the Company is continued and upon a change
in control of the Company the Severance Agreement shall apply and have priority
over this Agreement so that in the event of any conflict between this Agreement
and the Severance Agreement the Severance Agreement shall apply.  Any payments made or benefits provided
pursuant to the Severance Agreement are not to be duplicated by any
requirements of this Agreement.


 


(b)           Definition.  As used in this Agreement the term “change in
control of the Company” shall have the meaning expressed in the Severance
Agreement.


 


4.8                               Notice of Termination.  Any purported
termination of employment by the Company or by Employee, other than for death,
may be communicated orally or in writing. 
If communicated orally, such communication shall be followed within 10
days by a written communication which, and if communicated by written
communication the communication, shall indicate the specific termination
provisions in this Agreement relied upon, shall set forth in reasonable detail
the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of
employment under the provisions so indicated and shall state an effective date
of termination.


 


4.9                               Date of Termination, Etc.  “Date of
Termination” shall mean: (i) if employment is terminated for Disability,
the date as provided in Section 4.4(a), and (ii) if employment is
terminated for Cause pursuant to Section 4.1 or for any other reason
(other than Disability), the date specified in the Notice of Termination
(which, in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be the
end of a calendar month but not less than 15 days).  Amounts paid under this Section are in
addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and shall not be offset
against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement.


 


4.10                        Termination by Employee.  Employee may
terminate this Agreement by resigning as both Executive Chairman of the Board and
Chief Financial Officer upon at least 30 days prior written notice of the
effective Date of Termination.  In such
event the Company shall continue Employee’s Base Salary and all fringe benefits
to the effective Date of Termination. 
Termination of this Agreement under this Section does not affect
the Company’s obligation to make all payments to Employee which were fixed and
determined prior to the effective Date of Termination.


 


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5.             Confidential Information.


 


5.1                               Definition.  Confidential Information means:


 


(a)           Any and all (i) trade secrets concerning the business
and affairs of the Company, product specifications, data, know-how, formula,
compositions, processes, designs, sketches, photographs, graphs, drawings,
samples, inventions and ideas, past, current, and planned research and
development, current and planned manufacturing or distribution methods and
processes, customer lists, current and anticipated customer requirements, price
lists, market studies, business plans, computer software and programs
(including object code and source code), computer software and database
technologies, systems, structures, architectures (and related formula),
improvements, devices, discoveries, concepts, ideas, methods and information,
and any other information, however documented, that is a trade secret within
the meaning of Colorado Revised Statutes § 7-74-101 et seq.; and


 


(b)           information concerning the business and affairs of the
Company (which includes historical financial statements, financial projections
and budgets, historical and projected sales, capital spending budgets and
plans, the names and backgrounds of key personnel, personnel training and
techniques and materials), however documented; and


 


(c)           notes, analyses, compilations, studies, summaries and other
material prepared by or for the Company containing or based, in whole or in
part, on any information included in the foregoing.


 


5.2                               Disclosure and Use.  Employee shall not
disclose, either during or subsequent to Employee’s employment with the
Company, any Confidential Information or proprietary data of the Company,
whether or not developed by Employee, except (i) as may be required for
Employee to perform Employee’s employment duties with the Company; (ii) to
the extent such information has been disclosed to Employee by a third party who
is not subject to restriction on the dissemination of such information; (iii) as
such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a
result of a disclosure by Employee; (iv) information which must be
disclosed as a result of a subpoena or other legal process, or (v) if
Employee shall first secure the Company’s prior written authorization.  This covenant shall survive the termination
of the Employee’s employment with the Company, and shall remain in effect and
be enforceable against Employee for so long as any such Confidential
Information or proprietary data retains economic value, whether actual or
potential, from not being generally known to other persons who can obtain
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5.3                               Return of Materials.  The Employee will
not remove from the Company’s premises (except to the extent such removal is
for the purposes of the performance of Employee’s duties at home or while
traveling), any Confidential Information. Employee recognizes that, as between
the Company and Employee, all the Confidential Information, whether or not
developed by the Employee, are the exclusive property of the Company.  Upon termination of employment by the
Company, Employee shall promptly deliver to the Company all Confidential
Information, and all other materials of a secret or confidential nature
relating to the Company’s business, which are in the possession or under the
control of Employee and Employee shall not retain copies of any such
Confidential Information.


 


6.             Inventions and Discoveries.  Employee hereby
assigns to the Company all of the Employee’s rights, title and interest in and
to all inventions, techniques, discoveries, processes, designs or improvements
(whether patentable or not), any industrial design (whether registrable or
not), or uses Confidential Information as described in Section 5.1, or
other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto, that relates in any way
to, or is useful in any manner in, the business then being conducted or
proposed to be conducted by the Company, and any such item created by the
Employee, either solely or in conjunction with others, following termination of
Employee’s employment with the Company (hereinafter referred to collectively as
the “Inventions”).  Promptly upon the
development or making of any Invention or improvement thereon, Employee shall
disclose the same to the Company and shall execute and deliver to the Company
such reasonable documents as the Company may request to confirm the assignment
of Employee’s rights therein and if requested by the Company, shall assist the
Company in applying for and prosecuting any patents which may be available in
respect thereof.  Employee acknowledges
that all of Employee’s Company-related writing, works of authorship, specially
commissioned works and other Employee Inventions are works made for hire,
property of the Company, including all copyrights, patents, and other
intellectual property rights pertaining thereto.  If it is determined that any such works are
not works made for hire, the Employee hereby assigns to the Company all of the
Employee’s right, title, and interest, including all rights of copyright,
patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or in such Inventions.


 


7.             Restrictive Covenant.


 


(a)           While the Employee is an employee of the Company and during
a period in which the Company is making continuation payments of Base Salary
pursuant to Section 4 hereof, Employee shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Company, (i) engage directly or indirectly in any
Competing Business in the geographical area where the Company does business
(including, without limitation, the United States and any country in which the
Company has a sales representative at the time of termination) whether as an
employee, consultant or advisor, or owner as principal, shareholder or partner
of any equity interest in excess of 5% of any business entity (which shall
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as an officer, director, trustee,
partner or the like in any such business entity.


 


(b)           The term “Competing Business” as used in this Section 7
includes any business conducted by the Company, which initially includes the
design, production and marketing of motion control products and any other
products manufactured or marketed by the Company at the date of termination of
this Agreement.


 


8.             Arbitration.  Any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof shall be settled by
arbitration in the City and County of Denver in accordance with the rules of
the American Arbitration Association. 
Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in
any court having jurisdiction thereof. 
The Company shall pay all costs of arbitration.  In the event that it shall be necessary or
desirable for Employee to retain legal counsel and/or incur other costs and
expenses in connection with interpretation of his rights under this Agreement,
including any procedure in arbitration, Employee shall be entitled to recover
from the Company reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs and expenses incurred by
him in connection with such interpretation or arbitration, regardless of the
final outcome, unless the arbitrator shall determine that under the
circumstances such payment would be unjust. 
Reimbursement of attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses shall be subject to
the following requirements:  (a) such
reimbursement shall be available to the Employee for as long as he has
enforceable rights under this Agreement; (b) reimbursements provided
during the Employee’s taxable year may not affect the reimbursements provided
in any other taxable year; (c) reimbursement must be made on or before the
last day of the Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the
expense was incurred; and (d) no reimbursement provided under this
paragraph shall be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.


 


9.             Mitigation.  Employee shall not be required to mitigate
the amount of any payment provided in this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit
provided in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by Employee as
the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset
against any amount claimed to be owed by Employee to the Company, or otherwise.


 


10.          Announcements.  No public
announcement regarding termination of employment of the Employee or any change
in status of the Employee of the Company shall be made without Employee’s
approval except the Company may announce Employee’s termination if Company is
otherwise required to do so pursuant to the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission or to any other legal requirement.  All matters with respect to termination of
employment of Employee, retirement of Employee or other action taken pursuant
to this Agreement shall be kept confidential and neither Company nor Employee
will make unfavorable comments about the other in connection with this
Agreement.


 


11.          Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement, including
the Restrictive Covenant in Section 7, is held invalid or unenforceable,
either in its entirety or by virtue of its scope or application to given
circumstances, such provision shall thereupon be deemed modified only to the
extent necessary to render same valid, or not applicable to given
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and
enforced as if such provision had been included herein as so modified in scope
or application, or had not been included herein, as the case may be.


 


12.          Non-Assignability.  In light of the
unique personal services to be performed by Employee hereunder, it is
acknowledged and agreed that any purported or attempted assignment or transfer
by Employee of this Agreement or any of Employee’s duties, responsibilities or
obligations hereunder shall be void. 
This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company without the prior
written consent of Employee.


 


13.          Notices.  Any notice, request, demand or other
communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally or on the date
of receipt when mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed
as follows:


 


	
  If
  to the Company:

  	
  Allied
  Motion Technologies Inc.

  
	
   

  	
  23
  Inverness Way East, Ste 150

  
	
   

  	
  Englewood,
  Colorado 80112

  
	
   

  	
  Attention:
  CEO and Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  If
  to the Employee:

  	
  Richard
  D. Smith

  
	
   

  	
  8422
  Newland Drive

  
	
   

  	
  Arvada,
  CO 80003

  



 


or
to such other address or addresses as may be specified from time to time by
notice; provided however, that any notice of change of address shall not be
effective until its receipt by the party to be charged therewith.


 


14.          General.


 


14.1                        Amendments.  Neither this Agreement nor any of the terms
or conditions hereof may be waived, amended or modified except by means of a
written instrument duly executed by the party to be charged therewith.


 


14.2                        Captions and Headings.  The captions and
paragraph headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only, and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement
or any of the provisions hereof.


 


14.3                        Governing Law.  This Agreement, and
all matters or disputes relating to the validity, construction, performance or
enforcement hereof, shall be governed, construed and controlled by and under
the laws of the State of Colorado without regard to principles of conflicts of
law.


 


14.4                        Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement
shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.


 


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(a)           The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, by agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to Employee, to expressly assume and agree to
perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such
agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach
of this Agreement and shall entitle Employee to all rights for breach
hereunder.


 


(b)           If Employee should die while any amounts would still be
payable to him hereunder if he had continued to live, all such amounts, unless
otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement to Employee’s personal representatives or to his estate.


 


14.5        Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original hereof, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


 


14.6        Entire Agreement.  Except as otherwise
set forth or referred to in this Agreement, this Agreement constitutes the sole
and entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto as to the
subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior discussions, agreements and
understandings of every kind and nature between them as to such subject matter.


 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of the date first set
forth above.


 


	
   

  	
  ALLIED
  MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By

  	
  /s/ Delwin Hock             

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Delwin Hock — Lead Director

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Richard D. Smith

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Richard D. Smith - Employee

  



 


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