Document:

Agreement dated as of February 7, 2003

 
Exhibit 10.18

 
AGREEMENT 
 
THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of
February 7, 2003, is entered into by and between DIANE RENIHAN (hereinafter referred to as “Executive”) and COINSTAR, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Coinstar”). 
 
RECITALS 
 
A. Executive is Chief Financial Officer of Coinstar.

 
B. Executive and Coinstar were parties to an
employment agreement dated June 18, 2001, which agreement expired on December 31, 2002. 
 
C. Executive and Coinstar wish to enter into an agreement to resolve any and all issues that may exist between them in connection with the employment relationship and its planned termination and to
address other issues raised by Executive’s resignation. 
 
AGREEMENTS 
 
1. EMPLOYMENT: ENDING DATE
AND RESPONSIBILITIES 
 
Executive’s
employment as Chief Financial Officer of Coinstar will terminate effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2003 (the “Resignation Date”). Contemporaneous with the execution of this Agreement, Executive will submit in writing
her resignation from Coinstar in a form substantially similar to the letter attached hereto as Exhibit A. It is understood and agreed that Executive’s last day in the office will be February 7, 2003 and that Executive is entitled to take
vacation until the Resignation Date. 
 
2. SEVERANCE PAY AND
BENEFITS 
 
Executive shall receive regular pay
and benefits through February 28, 2003. Coinstar shall also pay Executive $315,000 (the “Severance Amount”) in accordance with the terms set forth herein. The Severance Amount shall be provided in a lump sum, less applicable deductions and
tax withholding, upon the Resignation Date. All benefits shall cease following the Resignation Date, except Executive’s right to self-pay health insurance benefits under COBRA and any right to exercise vested options pursuant to Coinstar’s
stock option agreements and plans. No prorated bonus shall be due or payable to Executive for 2003, provided, however, Executive shall receive a bonus for 2002 in the ordinary course of employment. 
 

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3. OUTPLACEMENT AND OTHER
SERVICES 
 
Coinstar shall provide Executive
with outplacement services provided by Lee Hecht Harrison in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Such services will be evidenced by appropriate invoices and billed directly to Coinstar. Executive shall receive reimbursement
for professional tax planning services in calendar year 2003 in an amount not to exceed the cost of nineteen (19) hours. Executive shall also be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the services of an attorney.

 
4. STOCK OPTIONS 
 
All outstanding stock options will be governed by the terms of
the existing option agreements and the plans under which they were granted. 
 
5. NON-DISPARAGEMENT OBLIGATION 
 
Executive and Coinstar shall refrain from making any derogatory comment in the future to the press or any individual or entity regarding the other that relates to their activities or relationship prior to the date of this Agreement,
which comment would likely cause material damage or harm to the business interests or reputation of Executive or Coinstar. Executive and Coinstar further agree to characterize the separation as a resignation. 
 
Each of Executive and Coinstar acknowledges that the
non-disparagement provisions of this Section 5 are essential to the other party, that such other party would not enter into this Agreement if it did not include this Section 5, and that damages sustained by such other party as a result of a breach
of this Section 5 cannot be adequately quantified or remedied by damages alone. Accordingly, each party shall be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief to prevent or curtail any breach of this Section 5. 
 
6. VALID CONSIDERATION 
 
Executive recognizes and agrees that Coinstar’s
commitments and undertakings herein are not required by Coinstar’s policies or procedures or by any contractual obligation of Coinstar and are solely as consideration for resolution of the severance arrangements between Executive and Coinstar
arising out of her employment. 
 
7. COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING
AGREEMENT 
 
Executive shall not initiate
communications regarding this Agreement, except for communications with her attorneys, financial advisors, family, or friends, or except as otherwise required by law or legal process. If asked by any person other than the foregoing, Executive shall
state only that she is resigning as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. 
 

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8. GENERAL RELEASE OF
CLAIMS 
 
Each party (a “Releasing
Party”) expressly waives any claims against the other party (a “Released Party”) and releases the Released Party (including its subsidiaries, officers, directors, stockholders, managers, agents and representatives) from any claims the
Releasing Party may have in any way connected with Executive’s employment with Coinstar and the scheduled termination of her employment. It is understood that this release includes, but is not limited to, any claims Executive may have for
wages, bonuses, employment benefits, or damages of any kind whatsoever, arising out of any contracts, expressed or implied, any theory of wrongful discharge, any legal restriction on Coinstar’s right to terminate employees, or any federal,
state, or other governmental statute or ordinance, including, without limitation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Washington Law Against Discrimination, or any other legal limitation
on the employment relationship. Executive represents that she has not filed any complaints, charges or lawsuits against Coinstar with any governmental agency or any court, and agrees that she will not initiate, assist or encourage any such actions.
This waiver and release shall not waive or release any claims under this Agreement or predicated on acts that occur after the date of execution of this Agreement. 
 
9. NONCOMPETITION AND NONDISCLOSURE 
 
(a) The nature of Executive’s employment with Coinstar has given Executive access to trade secrets and
confidential information, including information about its technology and customers. Therefore, during her employment and for a period of twelve (12) months following the Resignation Date, Executive agrees that she will not engage in, be employed by,
perform services for, participate in the ownership, management, control or operation of, or otherwise be connected with, either directly or indirectly, any business or activity whose efforts are in competition with (i) the products or services
manufactured or marketed by Coinstar at the time of this Agreement, or (ii) the products or services which have been under research or development by Coinstar during the term of Executive’s employment, and which Coinstar has demonstrably
considered for further development or commercialization. The geographic scope of this restriction shall extend to anywhere Executive is doing business, has done business or intends to do business. Executive acknowledges that the restrictions are
reasonable and necessary for protection of the business and goodwill of Coinstar. 
 
(b) Executive further agrees she will not at any time disclose any confidential information about Coinstar relating to its business, technology, practices, products, marketing, sales, services,
finances or legal affairs. 
 
10. REAFFIRMATION OF PRIOR
AGREEMENTS 
 
Executive agrees that she shall
continue to be bound by the terms of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement following the Resignation Date. 
 

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11. SEVERABILITY

 
The provisions of this Agreement are
severable, and if any part of it is found to be unlawful or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain fully valid and enforceable to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law. 
 
12. AVAILABILITY AND CONSULTATION 
 
Executive will make herself reasonably available to Coinstar
and counsel for Coinstar for the purpose of enabling Coinstar to defend against any legal claims in which Coinstar determines she may have knowledge or information. 
 
13. REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES 
 
Coinstar will reimburse Executive for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with any
consultations under Section 12. 
 
14. ARBITRATION

 
Except for claims for specific performance
or other equitable relief, any controversies or claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be fully and finally settled by arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
effect (the “AAA Rules”), conducted by one arbitrator either mutually agreed upon by Coinstar and Executive or chosen in accordance with the AAA Rules, except that the parties thereto shall have any right to discovery as would be
permitted by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for a period of 90 days following the commencement of such arbitration and the arbitrator thereof shall resolve any dispute which arises in connection with such discovery. The prevailing party shall
be entitled to costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. This provision shall not preclude Coinstar from seeking court
enforcement or relief based upon an alleged violation of Executive’s obligations under any non-competition or non-disclosure agreement. 
 
15. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS 
 
This Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and
assigns. 
 

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16. NON-ADMISSION

 
This Agreement shall not be construed as an
admission by either party hereto of any wrongful act, and each party specifically denies any liability to the other party. This Agreement is entered into by the parties solely for the purpose of resolving all disputes between Coinstar and Executive
for all events occurring on or before the date of execution of this Agreement. 
 
17. KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT 
 
Executive represents and agrees that she has read this Agreement, understands its terms and the fact that it releases any claim she might have against Coinstar and its agents, understands that she has the right to consult an attorney
of her choice, acknowledges that she has in fact consulted an attorney, and enters into this Agreement without duress or coercion from any source. 
 
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT 
 
Except for (1) the continuing obligations of Executive under that certain Proprietary Invention and Information Agreement effective
December 27, 1999 and Coinstar’s Insider Trading and Communication Policy, as most recently amended, and (2) the continuing rights and obligations under Executive’s existing stock option agreements, this Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding between Executive and Coinstar, superseding any prior agreements or understandings, express or implied, pertaining to the terms of Executive’s employment with Coinstar. Executive acknowledges that in executing this Agreement, she
does not rely upon any representation or statement by any representative or agent of Coinstar concerning the subject matter of this Agreement. 
 
19. APPLICABLE LAW 
 
This Agreement and all obligations and duties under this Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted according to the laws of the State
of Washington, without regard to its choice of law principles to the contrary. 
 

	  Dated:  February 7, 2003
	  	  	  	  /s/ DIANE RENIHAN

	  	  	  	  	  	  	        Diane Renihan

	
	  	  	  	  	  COINSTAR, INC.

	
	  Dated: February 7, 2003
	  	  	  	  By:
	  	  /s/ DAVID W. COLE

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  Its:
	  	  C.E.O.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 
February 7, 2003

 
Board of Directors

 
Gentlemen: 
 
I hereby resign as Chief Financial Officer of Coinstar, Inc.
effective February 28, 2003. 
 
Sincerely, 
 

	  /s/    DIANE L.
RENIHAN

	
	  Diane L. Renihan

 

6Separation Agreement and General Release

Exhibit 10.5 
 
SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE 
 
This Separation Agreement and General Release (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between Ardell D.
“Bud” Albers (subsequently referred to as “Albers”), and Getty Images, Inc. (subsequently referred to as the “Company”), effective January 28, 2003 (“Effective Date”).

 
Both parties to this Agreement wish to set forth the terms and
conditions of Albers’s termination of employment with the Company. In exchange for the consideration outlined in this Agreement, the Company and Albers agree as follows: 
 

	1.	 	Employment/Final Pay. Albers’ employment with the Company will be discontinued as of March 31, 2003 (“date of termination”). The
Company agrees to pay Albers his normal salary through date of termination, less all required or agreed upon withholding. This Agreement replaces and cancels any existing Employment Agreement between the parties, and fully compensates Albers for any
benefits and compensation owed or described in any Employment Agreement. 

 

	2.	 	Consideration. As consideration and in exchange for signing this Agreement, the Company will provide Albers with the payment and other
consideration provided on Schedule A to this Agreement. Albers acknowledges that no other consideration will be due other than as provided by this Agreement, including Schedule A hereto. 

 

	3.	 	Retirement Plan. Albers may receive whatever accrued and vested benefits he is entitled to receive under the terms of the Getty Images, Inc. 401(k)
Profit Sharing Plan, according to the terms of that Plan. Any contributions to be made to this Plan on behalf of Albers for the consideration set forth in Schedule A hereto shall be as described therein. 

 

	4.	 	Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/COBRA. Albers shall have the right to purchase group medical/dental/vision continuation coverage through the Company
pursuant to his rights under COBRA statute and regulations. Under the COBRA statute and regulations, the medical, dental and vision insurance coverage available to Albers and his family will be the same as is currently available to him and his
family under the Company’s plans. Payment for such coverage shall be as set forth in Schedule A. 

 

	5.	 	Other Group Insurance. 

 

	 	5.1.	 	Group life and long-term disability insurance. Albers shall have the right to convert his basic group life insurance coverage to an individual policy under
the terms and conditions of the Company’s plans. Albers acknowledges that the basic group long-term disability insurance coverage provided by the Company is not portable and will terminate on the date of termination. Payment for continued
coverage under the basic group life insurance plan, if any, shall be as set forth in Schedule A. 

 

	 	5.2.	 	Supplemental life insurance policy (flexible premium variable life insurance through Security Life of Denver). With regards to the supplemental life insurance
policy covering Albers taken out by the Company through Security Life of Denver, the 

	 	    	 	Company will work with Albers to transfer ownership of the policy from the Company to Albers. Payment for continued coverage under the supplemental life insurance
plan, if any, shall be as set forth in Schedule A. 

 

	 	5.3.	 	Supplemental disability insurance policy (through the Principal Financial Group). With regards to the supplemental disability insurance policy taken
out by the Company through the Principal Financial Group, the Company will work with Albers to transfer ownership of the policy from the Company to Albers. Payment for continued coverage under the supplemental disability life insurance plan, if any,
shall be as set forth in Schedule A. 

 

	6.	 	Confidentiality. Albers acknowledges and reaffirms his obligation of confidentiality in the Confidentiality and Non-disclosure Agreement between Albers
and the Company, and as described in the Company’s Employee Resource Guide. Albers further agrees that he will keep the terms, amount and fact of this Agreement completely confidential and that he will not disclose any information concerning
this Agreement, unless compelled to do so by law, to any person other than his attorneys, accountants, tax advisors or immediate family members, whom Albers shall require to keep the terms, amount and fact of this Agreement completely confidential.

 

	7.	 	Availability. Although no longer employed by the Company, for a reasonable period of time following the date of termination Albers will make himself
reasonably available, upon request, to provide information or answer questions regarding matters he handled or was familiar with during his employment. 

 

	8.	 	Company Property. Prior to the date of termination, Albers shall return to the Company all of its property in his possession, specifically
including all keys, passwords, security cards to Company’s buildings or property, all Company-owned equipment, all Company documents and papers, and all copies thereof, whether in hard copy or other form, including but not limited to any trade
secrets or other confidential Company information; provided, however, that Albers shall be allowed to keep such Company-owned property as set forth in Schedule A. 

 

	9.	 	General Release. In exchange for the benefits and consideration outlined in this Agreement, including Schedule A, which are in addition to the
benefits Albers is otherwise entitled to receive, Albers and his successors and assigns forever release and discharge the Company, the Company’s parent, subsidiary, or related entities, the Company-sponsored employee benefit plans in which
Albers participates, and the Company’s respective officers, directors, shareholders, trustees, agents, elected officials, employees, employees’ spouses and all of their successors and assigns (collectively, “Releasees”)
from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights or damages, including costs and attorneys fees (collectively “Claims”), which Albers may have on behalf of himself or his heirs, known, unknown, or later discovered, which
arose prior to the date Albers signs this Agreement, or subsequent to signing but related in any way to his employment or this Agreement. 

 

	 	9.1.	 	This General Release includes, but is not limited to, any Claims under any local, state, or federal laws, including without limitation, the Civil Rights Acts, the
Americans with 

	 	    	 	Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Washington State Law Against Discrimination, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the
California Labor Code, or the New York State Executive Law § 290 et seq., the Human Rights Law of the City of New York, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Washington State Minimum Wage Act; the
Washington State Industrial Welfare Act, the National Labor Relations Act, any other Texas, Illinois, Washington, California, or New York state tort, contract, wage & hour, discrimination, public policy, compensation, or other Claims related to
employment or presence at the Company in any manner, or Claims alleging any legal restriction on the Company’s right to terminate its employees, any personal injury Claims, including without limitation, wrongful discharge, defamation, invasion
of privacy, retaliation, tortious interference with business expectancy, infliction of emotional distress, or any claims alleging breach of express or implied employment contract. 

 

	 	9.2.	 	Albers represents that he has not filed any Claim, complaint or report against the Company or its Releasees, and that he will not do so at any time in the future
concerning Claims released in this Agreement or issues addressed in this Agreement; provided, however, that this will not limit Albers from filing a Claim to enforce the terms of this Agreement. 

 

	10.	 	Voluntary Agreement. Albers understands and acknowledges the significance and consequences of this Agreement. Albers acknowledges that it is voluntary
and that Albers has not signed it as a result of any coercion. 

 

	11.	 	Non-Disparagement. Albers agrees that in partial consideration for the benefits provided in this Agreement, he shall not make any derogatory, negative,
critical or disparaging remarks of any nature whatsoever at any time, publicly or privately, regarding the Company or any of its past or present employees, officers or directors. The Company in turn agrees that in partial consideration for
Albers’s execution of this Agreement, its officers, directors and employees within its control shall not make any derogatory, negative, critical or disparaging remarks of any nature whatsoever at any time, publicly or privately, regarding
Albers. 

 

	12.	 	Notice of Rights. Albers acknowledges he has been encouraged to review this Agreement with his attorney before signing it.

 

	13.	 	Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the Company and Albers regarding his separation of employment. This
Agreement may not be modified except through another written agreement signed by Albers and by the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. 

 

	14.	 	Treatment of Invalidated Provisions. If any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will
nevertheless continue to be valid and enforceable. 

 

	15.	 	Nonadmission of Liability. This Agreement shall not be construed as an admission of wrongdoing by either party. 

 

	16.	 	Applicable Law. This Agreement is made and shall be construed and performed under the laws of the State of Washington. Any and all disputes arising
from this Agreement or its enforcement shall be submitted to binding arbitration, pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in effect as of the date such arbitration is sought, utilizing a single arbitrator,
selected through the typical arbitrator selection process recommended by the AAA. Any arbitration arising from this Agreement, its enforcement, or otherwise related to Albers’s employment with the Company shall be held in King County,
Washington. 

 

	 GETTY IMAGES, INC.
	 	 	 	 	 	 Ardell D. Albers

	
	 By
	 	 /s/    JONATHAN D.
KLEIN        

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
	 Its
	 	 CEO      

	 	 	 	 	 	 /s/    ARDELL D.
ALBERS            

	
	 Date
	 	 1/29/03    

	 	 	 	 Date
	 	 1/30/03      

 
Schedule
A 
 
In consideration for
the provisions and obligations outlined in the Separation Agreement and General Release effective January 28, 2003, (the “Agreement”) between Ardell D. “Bud” Albers and Getty Images, Inc. (the
“Company”), the following consideration shall be provided to Albers: 
 

	1.	 	Salary. During the first week of April 2003, the Company will pay Albers $275,000, minus applicable withholdings and taxes, representing 12-months’
salary. 

 

	2.	 	2002 Bonus. During the first week of April 2003, the Company will pay Albers $110,000, less normal or agreed upon withholding, representing his 2002 bonus.

 

	3.	 	2003 Bonus. During the first week of April 2003, the Company will pay Albers $27,500, less normal or agreed upon withholding, representing his pro-rated 2003
bonus. 

 

	4.	 	Supplemental Bonus. Within 3 business days following the Effective Date of the Agreement, the Company will pay Albers $50,000, less normal or agreed upon
withholding. 

 

	5.	 	Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/COBRA. The Company will pay Albers’s COBRA premium through September 2004, unless Albers secures substitute coverage
prior to that date, in which instance he shall notify the Company promptly and such coverage shall cease. 

 

	6.	 	Other Group Insurance. 

 

	 	6.1.	 	Basic group life insurance. If Albers elects to convert the basic group life insurance policy provided by the Company to a personal whole life policy, the
Company will pay the premiums for that policy for up to eighteen months following the date of termination (i.e., through September 31, 2004). 

 

	 	6.2.	 	Supplemental life insurance policy (flexible premium variable life insurance through Security Life of Denver). Albers and the Company acknowledge that the
Company has paid the premium on the supplemental life insurance policy through December 31, 2003, and that Albers will not be required to reimburse the Company for any portion of that premium. Although this policy will belong to Albers, if Albers
retains ownership of this policy the Company will reimburse Albers for the approximate annual premium of $2,520 for the policy for coverage for the period of January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. 

 

	 	6.3.	 	Supplemental disability insurance policy (through the Principal Financial Group). Albers and the Company acknowledge that the Company has paid the premium on
the supplemental disability insurance policy through December 31, 2003, and that Albers will not be required to reimburse the Company for any portion of that premium. Although this policy will belong to Albers, if Albers retains ownership of this
policy the Company will reimburse Albers for the approximate annual premium of $4,180 for the policy for coverage for the period of January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. 

 

	7.	 	Stock Options. Albers’ stock options will vest and expire in their normal course as provided by the Plan and the terms of the agreements governing each
stock option award; provided, however, that Albers will have until the market close (i.e., 4pm New York City time) on March 31, 2005, to exercise the following stock option grant: 

 

	 Date Of Grant

	 	 Number Of
 Options Granted

	 	 Number Vested
 as of Mar. 31, 2003

	  	 Number with Accelerated Vesting

	  	 Number to be
 Forfeited

	 	 Exercise Price

	 Aug. 28, 2000
	 	 25,000
	 	 16,146
	  	 8,854
	  	 0
	 	 $40.41

 

	8.	 	Email and Telephone Access. The Company will allow Albers to retain his Company email address and have access to the Company’s email system through the
date his employment terminates on March 31, 2003. Through July 31, 2003, the Company will allow Albers to retain his Company phone number (206-925-6007) and to access voice messages left for him at this number. Albers will not make any long distance
calls using this phone line except in the course of performing his duties for the Company. 

 

	9.	 	Cell Phone and PC. Albers may keep the laptop and docking station provided to him by the Company, provided that Albers allows the Company to remove all
existing programs that are currently under license to the Company and the Company-owned information and data on the laptop. Albers may keep the cell phone provided to him by the Company, provided that Albers will be responsible for all charges for
such cell phone after his employment terminates on March 31, 2003. 

 

	10.	 	Access to Executive Assistant. The Company will allow Albers to use the services of his executive assistant, Sandra Jones, for a period ending no later than
April 30, 2003. 

 

	

	 End of Schedule A

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