EX-10.1



 







April 4, 2006




Mitch Pulwer

13115 Old Farm Drive

St. Louis, Missouri 63146




Dear Mitch,



On behalf of Polypore, Inc. I am pleased to offer you the position of Vice President and General
Manager of Celgard, LLC reporting to Bob Toth, President and Chief Executive Officer. Your start
date will be on or before April 17, 2006. The details of this offer are as follows:




COMPENSATION



Your base pay will be $20,416.67/month ($245,000.00 annual) paid bi-weekly. This position is based
in Charlotte, N.C. and is a salaried exempt position. In addition to your base pay, you will be
eligible to participate in the Company Incentive Plan with a target opportunity of 70% of the base
pay salary based upon achievement of certain performance targets established by the CEO. You must
be employed a minimum of (3) months in the calendar year to be eligible.




EQUITY ARRANGEMENT



You will participate in the equity plan at a level consistent with the position of Vice President &
General Manager as one of the top five positions in the Company. The plan is currently being
revised with expected implementation in 2Q or early 3Q, 2006. Complete details will be available
in the near future.




SEVERANCE



In the event you are terminated by the Company without cause, you will be eligible for severance
payments for a period of 9 months at your base pay. Should you be terminated for cause you will
not be entitled to severance benefits.




RELOCATION EXPENSES



All reasonable and customary relocation costs including closing costs, realtor fees, move of
household goods will be paid by the Company contingent upon your relocation to the Charlotte area
no later than June 1, 2007. Relocation expenses that are taxable to you will be grossed up
accordingly. In addition, temporary housing expenses for up to 9 months targeted at $1500/monthly
will be provided.




 









 








VACATION



You will be eligible for four (4) weeks vacation on an annual basis prorated in 2006.




BENEFITS



You will be eligible for our Benefits Program described in the benefits summary that has been
provided. Any questions you have regarding insurance and/or benefits may be directed to Debi
Cutright at 704-587-8574.



Our offer is contingent upon you successfully completing a post-offer physical that confirms that
you are able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable
accommodation, a background check and passing a drug screening test prior to actual employment. If
you fail the drug screen test or the background check, this offer of employment will be withdrawn.
If you accept our offer, we will schedule your post-offer physical.



On your first working day, please bring two forms of identification (i.e. driver’s license and
social security card). If any of the above documents are not available, please give us a call to
get a complete list of other acceptable forms of identification.




CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT



You will be required to sign the Polypore, Inc. Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement.



PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE:



I understand that employment is for no fixed period, and that my employment with the Company can be
terminated with or without cause by the Company or by myself at any time. No oral representation
to the contrary has been made to me, and I further understand that no employee of the Company is
authorized to make any such representation. I also understand that Company policies, procedures,
and the like, are not contractual, and may be altered, changed or deviated by the Company at its
sole discretion.



I understand it is the policy of the Company to respect all trade secrets and confidential know-how
and information of any other company, including its competitors, and any company where its
consultants and employees may have previously worked. Accordingly, I represent and warrant (i)
that I am free to divulge to the Company without any violation of any rights of others, any and all
information, practices and techniques which I may describe, divulge or in any other manner make
known to the Company during my employment with the Company, (ii) that the services and duties to be
performed for the Company and its affiliates will not infringe any third party copyright, patent,
trade secret or other intellectual property right, and (iii) that I am free to accept employment
with the Company, have no obligations inconsistent with this offer and any subsequent employment
with the Company.




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Please acknowledge your acceptance of this offer by signing the original and returning it to me.
We are excited about you joining Polypore, Inc., and look forward to a successful relationship.




Regards,




/s/ John J. O’Malley




John O’Malley

Senior Vice President

Human Resources

Polypore, Inc.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ACCEPTANCE

	 	/s/ Mitch Pulwer
	 	DATE
	 	April 7, 2006	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 




cc: D. Cutright





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