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Exhibit 10.1




July 3, 2007




Tom Kassberg

1348 Trestle Glen

Oakland, CA 94610





			
	Re:	 	Separation Agreement and Release of Claims





Dear Tom:




     This letter, upon your signature, will constitute the agreement between you and InterMune,
Inc. (“InterMune”) regarding the terms of your separation from InterMune (the “Separation
Agreement”) as a result of the 2007 reduction in force. This letter constitutes the final, binding
terms of our agreement regarding your separation from employment.



     1. Your employment with InterMune will end on July 3, 2007 (the “Separation Date”). You will
receive all salary and accrued vacation pay due you through that day.



     2. You affirm that as of the Separation Date, you will return to InterMune any and all
property belonging to InterMune, as well as any proprietary information you have about InterMune’s
practices; procedures; customers; products; trade secrets; information technology; and technical,
clinical and other data. You understand and agree that you continue to be bound by the terms of
the employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement you signed with InterMune on April
10, 2007. For your reference, a copy of that agreement is attached.



     3. Upon the Effective Date of this Separation Agreement (as that term is defined in Paragraph
11 below), InterMune agrees to provide you with the following consideration:



          (a) Separation pay equal to twelve months’ pay at your final rate of pay (total gross
separation pay of $278,200), less all required deductions (the “Separation Payment”). The
Separation Payment will be made by check in a single lump-sum payment.




          (b) Payment of 50% of your 2007 target bonus (total gross bonus payment of $48,685), less all
required deductions (the “Bonus Payment”). The Bonus Payment will be made by check in a single
lump-sum payment.




          (c) Twelve months’ (i.e., through July 3, 2008) immediate accelerated vesting of all equity
grants made to you by InterMune during the term of your employment (the “Equity Acceleration”).




 









 








          (d) All vested stock options you have as of the Separation Date will be granted an
extension of time to exercise until December 31, 2007 (the “Extended Exercise Period”)
except for those options that you request that InterMune not extend by designating such
options on Exhibit A. You understand, acknowledge and agree that the grant by InterMune of
this Extended Exercise Period will result in the conversion of your Incentive Stock Options to
Non-Qualified Stock Options.




          (e) Payment of your COBRA premiums for medical, dental, and vision benefits, through the
earlier of July 31, 2008 or the date on which you first become eligible for similar benefits
through a subsequent employer, provided you elect to continue coverage (the “COBRA Payments”). You
agree to provide InterMune timely notice of your eligibility for such similar benefits.




     4. Under separate cover, you will receive notice of your right to continue your health
insurance under COBRA. To the extent that you have such rights, nothing in this Separation
Agreement is intended to impair those rights.



     5. In consideration of the Separation Payment, the Bonus Payment, the Equity Acceleration, the
Extended Exercise Period, the COBRA Payments, and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of
which you hereby acknowledge, you waive and release on behalf of yourself and your heirs, devisees,
executors administrators, representatives and assigns, and promise never to assert any and all
claims that you have or might have against InterMune, and its predecessors and successors, and each
of their respective current and former officers, directors, shareholders, agents, attorneys,
employees, assigns, parents, affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Releasees”), arising
from or related to your employment with InterMune and/or your separation from your employment with
InterMune.



          The claims released include, but are not limited to, all claims, debts, demands, accounts,
judgments, rights, causes of action, equitable relief, damages, costs, charges, complaints,
obligations, promises, agreements, controversies, suits, expenses, compensation, responsibility and
liability of every kind and character whatsoever (including attorneys’ fees and costs), whether in
law or equity, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, suspected or unsuspected which you have or
may have had against the Releasees based on any events or circumstances arising or occurring on or
prior to the date of your signature of this Separation Agreement, arising directly or indirectly
out of, relating to, or in any other way involving in any manner whatsoever your employment by
InterMune or the separation thereof, and any and all claims arising under federal, state, or local
laws relating to employment, including without limitation claims of wrongful discharge, breach of
express or implied contract, fraud, misrepresentation, defamation, or liability in tort, claims of
any kind that may be brought in any court or administrative agency, any claims arising under Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and similar state or
local statutes, ordinances, and regulations.




 









 








          Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, you do not release the following claims and
rights:




          (a) Claims for unemployment compensation or any state disability insurance benefits pursuant
to the terms of applicable state law;




          (b) Claims to continued participation in certain of the Company’s group benefit plans pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the federal law known as COBRA;




          (c) Claims to any benefit entitlements vested as the date of separation of employment,
pursuant to written terms of any Company employee benefit plan;




          (d) Your right to bring to the attention of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims
of discrimination; provided, however, that you do release your right to secure any damages for
alleged discriminatory treatment; and




          (e) Your right, if any, to indemnification from the Company under California Labor Code
Section 2802.




     6. You waive and release and promise never to assert any such claims, even if you do not
believe that you have such claims. You therefore waive your rights under section 1542 of the
California Civil Code, if applicable, which states:



     A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to
exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known to him or her must
have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.



     7. Unless required or otherwise permitted by law, you will not disclose to others any
proprietary information regarding InterMune’s business, practices, procedures, contracts,
discussions with government authorities, clients, trade secrets, and technical and other data.



     8. As of the date you sign this Separation Agreement, you agree to refrain from making any
statement, whether oral or written, that is disparaging of InterMune, its employees, officers and
directors, and its products and services. Similarly, InterMune, through its officers and
directors, agrees to refrain making any statement, whether oral or written, that is disparaging of
you or your services.



     9. You also agree that for a period of two years after your employment ends, you will not
solicit any InterMune employee to leave his or her employment with InterMune in order to begin
employment or a consulting or independent contractor relationship with any company or business.



 









 





     10. In the event that you breach any of your obligations under this Separation Agreement or as
otherwise imposed by law, InterMune will be entitled to recover the benefits paid under the
Separation Agreement.



     11. The following notice is given to you in compliance with the Older Workers Benefit
Protection Act:



          (a) You have forty-five days in which to accept the terms of this Separation Agreement,
although you may accept the Separation Agreement at any time within those forty-five days.




          (b) After you accept this Separation Agreement, you will still have seven days in which you
may revoke your acceptance. To revoke, you must send a written letter of revocation to InterMune,
return receipt requested, within the seven-day revocation period. If you do not revoke, the eighth
day after your acceptance of this Separation Agreement will be the “Effective Date” of this
Separation Agreement.




          (c) You acknowledge that you have been advised to consult with an attorney of your choice
regarding this Separation Agreement.




     12. This Separation Agreement shall in all respects be governed and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California, including all matters of construction, validity and
performance, without regard to conflicts of law principles.



     13. This Separation Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the
separation of your employment, and supersedes any prior agreements as to that matter. This
Agreement may not be changed or modified, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing
signed by you and InterMune’s SVP, HR & Corporate Services and Associate General Counsel.



 









 





     Tom, on behalf of InterMune, I want to thank you for your service to the Company. We wish you
every success in your future endeavors.



Sincerely,




/s/ Howard Simon




Howard Simon

SVP, HR & Corporate Services

Associate General Counsel




     By signing this letter, I acknowledge that I have had the opportunity to review this
Separation Agreement carefully with an attorney of my choice, that I have read this Separation
Agreement and understand the terms of the Separation Agreement, and that I voluntarily agree to
those terms.



	 	 	 
	Dated: July 3, 2007

	 	/s/ Thomas Kassberg
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Tom Kassberg







 









 





Exhibit A




Vested Stock Options as of Separation Date, the exercise period of which should remain at

90-days and should NOT be extended until December 31, 2007




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Type of Stock	 	Grant Number	 	Grant Date	 	Price
	ISO
	 	00002238
	 	8/2/2004
	 	$11.98
	ISO
	 	00002482
	 	6/24/2005
	 	$12.74
	ISO
	 	00003198
	 	6/30/2006
	 	$15.40






 









 





Appendix A




Reaffirmation of Release




     I hereby reaffirm in all respects the terms of the Separation Agreement between InterMune,
Inc. and me dated July 3, 2007 (including the terms of the general release of claims contained
therein), and agree to be fully bound by its terms.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Dated: July 3, 2007 	/s/ Thomas Kassberg
 	 
	 	Tom Kassberg