Exhibit 10.3


 


 


 


May 14, 2012


 


 


 


Alesia Pinney

c/o 405 114th Avenue SE

Third Floor

Bellevue, WA 98004


 


		Re:	Employment Agreement



 


Dear Alesia:


 


Radiant Logistics,
Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to confirm your conditions of employment with the Company.


 


1.  Position
and Commencement Date.  As the Company’s Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary, you will
perform duties consistent with the position as well as such other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time by the CEO
of the Company, to whom you will directly report.  Your position will be in the Bellevue, Washington office of the Company.


 


2.  Compensation.  You
will be employed at a base annual salary of $200,000, payable, subject to applicable tax withholdings and otherwise in accordance
with payroll practices adopted by the Company from time to time.  Your base salary will be evaluated for adjustment on
an annual basis.  In addition to your base salary, you will be eligible to participate in the Company's stock option
program and the Company's annual incentive compensation program in the following manner:


 


3.  Sign
On Time Bonus and Discretionary Bonus Arrangement.  You will be eligible for a sign on bonus equal to $24,000,
payable ratably on a monthly basis for the twelve months beginning with your first month of employment.  The amount of
your discretionary bonus, if any, will be determined in the sole discretion of the Company, with an initial target of 35% of your
annual base compensation if all individual and Company performance targets, as may be agreed from time-to-time, are achieved.  The
bonus will be based upon management's subjective view of a combination of (i) your individual contribution to the Company and,
(ii) the overall performance of the Company.  


 






    	 



    	 



    
 


4.  Stock
Option Program.  You will be granted one or more non-qualified stock option(s) (“the Options”) to
purchase an aggregate of 250,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price equal to the per share equivalent of
the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant as determined by the closing price of the Company’s
common stock on NYSE AMEX on the date of grant, or, if there is no such reported price on the date of grant, the closing
price on the trading day on NYSE AMEX first preceding the date of grant.  The grant shall be made by the Board
of Directors and the date of grant shall be set by the Board of Directors.  Options to purchase 150,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock (“First Option”) shall be granted to you subject to a grant date as of the effective date
of this offer letter (“Effective Date of Offer Letter”).  Subject to the accelerated vesting provisions set
forth herein, the First Option shall vest as to one- fifth of the shares subject thereto one year from the grant date of such First
Option and shall vest ratably each year thereafter over the four (4) year period commencing on the first anniversary of the grant
date of such First Option, subject to Employee’s continued full-time employment by the Company on the relevant vesting dates.  The
balance of the Options (“Second Option”) shall be granted to you as of the grant date corresponding to such earliest
date that the Company secures stockholder approval for an amendment of its existing, or creation of a new, incentive stock option
plan authorizing the issuance of additional stock options sufficient to at least cover such grant.  Subject to the accelerated
vesting provisions set forth herein, the Second Option shall vest as to one- fifth of the shares subject thereto one year from
the Effective Date of Offer Letter and shall vest ratably each year thereafter over the four (4) year period commencing on the
first anniversary of the Effective Date of Offer Letter, subject to Employee’s continued full-time employment by the Company
on the relevant vesting dates.  The First and Second Options shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s
incentive stock plan in effect at the time of the grant and the Stock Option Agreement between Employee and the Company; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Option and this
offer letter, the terms and conditions of this offer letter shall prevail.


 


5.  Benefits.  As
an employee of the Company, you will also be eligible to participate in such life insurance, hospitalization, major medical and
other health benefits generally offered by the Company to its employees in your general job classification level. This presently
includes participation in the Company's medical and dental insurance plans, however, these benefit programs are subject to termination
or modification from time-to-time.  You will also be eligible for a car allowance benefit and to participate in the Company’s
401K plan, subject to its terms.


 


6.  Vacations
and Holidays.  You will be entitled to receive at least 2 weeks of paid vacation in each calendar year, depending
on your years of service. Such vacation to be taken in accordance with company policies and at times that do not unreasonably interfere
with the performance of your duties as assigned.


 


7.  Expenses.  You
will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred by you in furtherance of your position with the Company, including travel
and entertainment expense, upon submission of the appropriate documentation.


 


8.  Employee-at-Will.  This
offer does not guarantee continued employment for any specified period of time, nor does it require that a dismissal be based on
"cause."  Your employment and compensation with the Company are "at will" in that they can be terminated
with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, at the option of either the Company or yourself, except as provided
by law.  The terms of this offer letter, therefore, do not and are not intended to create either an express and/or implied
contract of employment with the Company.  


 






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9.  Severance.  Provided
you have been employed by the Company for six months, should your employment be terminated as a result of:  (i) your
death; (ii) an illness or disability that the Company, in its sole discretion, determines prevents you from carrying out your employment
duties; (iii) by the Company for no cause, i.e., if the termination was not a result of any misconduct on your part, then you will
be entitled to receive severance payments from the Company in the form of salary continuation at your base salary level prior to
such termination, plus a continuation of the medical benefits and car allowance benefits to which you were entitled at the time
of such termination during the period of such severance payments.  The severance payments shall continue for a period
of 6 months from the date of your termination under this Section.  However, should your employment be terminated by the
Company for no cause or by you for Good Reason (as hereinafter defined), either of which occur within nine months following a Change
of Control, then:  (i) the severance payments will continue instead for a period of 12 months from the date of your termination
under this Section; and (ii) the vesting of any and all Stock Options or other such grants or awards shall be deemed to have been
accelerated as of the date of such termination to include the period for which such severance payments shall cover (i.e.,
for a period of 12 months of service).  “Good Reason” for purposes of this offer letter is (i) a breach of
this offer letter by the Company; or (ii), a reduction in your salary without your consent, unless any such reduction is otherwise
part of an overall reduction in executive compensation experienced on a pro rata basis by other similarly situated senior vice
presidents of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless and until you have given
the Company thirty (30) days' written notice and an opportunity to cure.  As a condition to the receipt of any severance
payments from the Company, you shall be required to execute a separation agreement that shall include the broadest form of a waiver
and release of all claims against the Company.  For the purposes of this Section, a "Change of Control" shall
be deemed to occur if there occurs a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the Company
to another entity, except to an entity controlled directly or indirectly by the Company, or a merger, consolidation or other reorganization
of the Company in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company other than
pursuant to bankruptcy or insolvency laws.


 


Should your employment
be terminated as a result of:  (i) your voluntary resignation; or (ii) by the Company as a result of actions taken, or
omissions to act, by you that the Company, in its sole discretion, determines as misconduct by you, then the Company's only obligation
shall be to pay you such portion of your base salary as may be accrued but unpaid on the date of termination.


 


10.  Indemnification.  In
addition, the Company shall indemnify and defend you and your heirs, executors and administrators against any costs or expense
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and amounts paid in settlement, if such settlement is approved by the Company), fine, penalty,
judgment and liability reasonably incurred by or imposed upon you in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal,
to which you may be made a party or with which you shall be threatened, by reason of your being or having been an officer or director,
unless with respect to such matter you shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith or in the
reasonable belief that the action was in the best interests of the Company, or unless such indemnification is precluded by law,
public policy, or in the judgment of the Company's Board of Directors, such indemnification is being sought as a result of your
actions which were either:  (i) grossly negligent; (ii) reflective of your misconduct; (iii) in violation of rules, regulations
or laws applicable to the Company; or (iv) in disregard of Company's policies.


 






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11.  Full-Time
Position.  You agree that your employment hereunder will be full time, to the exclusion of any other employment
that would impede your full-time duties hereunder.  You will conscientiously and diligently perform all required acts
and duties to the best of your ability, and in a manner satisfactory to the Company.  You will faithfully discharge all
responsibilities and duties entrusted to you.


 


12.  Confidentiality,
Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation.  In recognition of the matter of trust and fiduciary capacity in which
you will be employed by the Company, you will be expected, during your term of employment and thereafter, not to disclose to any
third party any "Confidential Information" you receive relative to the Company.  For this purpose, the term
Confidential Information includes information relative to the Company's method of operations, customer base, strategies and objectives,
pricing information, financial information, proprietary or licensed data, identity of vendors utilized by the Company, computer
programs, system documentation, product offerings, software or hardware, manuals, formulae, processes, methods, inventions or other
information or materials relating to the Company's affairs that are not otherwise publicly available.  You also acknowledge
that such Confidential Information constitutes a major asset of the Company, and that the use, misappropriation or disclosure of
Confidential Information would constitute a breach of trust and could cause irreparable injury to the Company and that it is essential
for the protection of the Company's goodwill and maintenance of the Company's competitive position that the Confidential Information
be kept secret and that you neither disclose the Confidential Information to others nor use the Confidential Information to your
own advantage or to the advantage of others.  In addition, you shall not:  (i) engage in any activities that
may be viewed as competitive with the Company during your employment and any period in which severance payments are made or offered
to you (which in the case of a lump sum payment, includes any period of salary continuation over which the payment was to have
related) and (ii) for a period of 12 months following employment, directly or indirectly, solicit any business from, or relationships
with, any past, present or prospective employees, customers or suppliers of the Company.


 


13.  Code
Section 409A.


 


(a)  This
Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).  Payments
of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation (as such term is defined under Code Section 409A and the regulations promulgated thereunder)
may only be made under this Agreement upon an event and in a manner permitted by Code Section 409A. For purposes of Code Section
409A, the right to a series of installment payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.
All reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with Code Section
409A including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during the period of time
specified in this Agreement, (ii) the amount of expenses available for reimbursement, or the in-kind benefits provided, during
a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, in any other calendar year,
(iii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made no later than the last day of the calendar year following the year
in which the expense in incurred, and (iv) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange
for another benefit.


 






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(b)  To
the extent required by Code Section 409A, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no payment
of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation will be provided to, or with respect to, the Employee on account of his separation from
service until the first to occur of (i) the date of the Employee’s death or (ii) the date which is one day after the six
(6) month anniversary of his separation from service, and in either case only if he is a “specified employee” (as defined
under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) and the regulations promulgated thereunder) in the year of his separation from service.  Any
payment that is delayed pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence shall instead be paid in a lump sum (subject
to all applicable withholding) promptly following the first to occur of the two dates specified in such immediately preceding sentence.


 


(c)  Any
payment of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation made under this Agreement pursuant to a voluntary or involuntary termination of
the Employee’s employment with the Company shall be withheld until the Employee incurs both (i) a termination of his employment
relationship with the Company and (ii) the first instance of a “separation from service” with the Company, as such
term is defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h).


 


(d)  The
preceding provisions of this paragraph 13 shall not be construed as a guarantee by the Company of any particular tax effect to
the Employee under this Agreement, under any plan or program sponsored or maintained by the Company or under any other agreement
by and between the Employee and the Company. The Company shall not be liable to the Employee for any additional tax, penalty or
interest imposed under Code Section 409A nor for reporting in good faith any payment made under this Agreement or under any such
other plan, program or agreement as an amount includible in gross income under Code Section 409A.


 


14.  Developments.  You
acknowledge that the Company will be the sole owner of all the results and products of your work efforts, including all written,
audio and/or visual materials relating to the Company's business (collectively, the "Developments") which you develop
or create during the term of your employment, either alone or with others and whether or not during normal business hours.  You
acknowledge that all copyrightable Developments will be considered works "made for hire" or commissioned works under
the Federal Copyright Act.  You hereby assign all such Developments to the Company, and agree that you will execute or
cooperate with the Company in any copyright or patent applications, and do all other acts, as the Company reasonably deems necessary
to establish, protect, enforce or defend the Company's right, title and interest in such Developments.


 


15.  Injunctive
Relief.  You acknowledge that irreparable injury or damage shall result to the Company in the event of a breach
or threatened breach by you of Sections 12 or 14 of this offer letter and that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining
you from engaging in any activity constituting such breach or threatened breach.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed
as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies available to the Company at law or in equity for breach or threatened
breach of Sections 12 or 14 of this offer letter, including but not limited to, the recovery of damages from you and, the termination
of your employment with the Company for cause in accordance with the terms and provisions of this offer letter.


 






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16.  Validity.  If
any provision, or portion thereof, of this offer letter is deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, illegal
or in conflict with any federal, state or local law, the validity of the remaining terms and provisions of this offer letter shall
continue to exist and remain in full force and effect.


 


17.  No
Prior Agreements.  In order to induce the Company to offer you this position of employment, you are hereby confirming
for us that you are not a party to or otherwise subject to or bound by the terms of any contract, agreement or understanding that
in any manner would limit or otherwise affect your ability to perform your obligations hereunder.  You further represent
and warrant that your employment by the Company would not under any circumstances require you to disclose or use any Confidential
Information belonging to any third parties, or to engage in any conduct which may potentially interfere with contractual, statutory
or common-law rights of third parties.


 


18.  Entire
Agreement.  The terms of this offer letter constitute the complete and exclusive agreement among the parties
and supersedes all proposals, oral and written, and other communications between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof.


 


19.  Governing
Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington.  Any
dispute arising between the parties relating in any manner to this Agreement shall be brought in a federal or state court located
in Seattle, Washington.


 


20.  Counterparts.  This
offer of employment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but which together shall
constitute the same instrument. Each party agrees to be bound by its own telecopy or facsimile signature, and agrees that it accepts
the telecopy or facsimile signature of the other party hereto.


 


If you agree to accept
the terms of this offer of employment, would you kindly sign this letter and return it to us by no later than your start date.


 











 


	 	RADIANT LOGISTICS, INC.
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Bohn Crain	 
	 	 	Chief Executive Officer	 


 


 


ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED BY:


 


 


	/s/ Alesia Pinney	 	Date:	May  14, 2012	 
	Alesia Pinney	 	 	 	 


 






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