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EX-10.15

 Exhibit 10.15 

July 1, 2011 
  

									
	 Mr. R. Gerard Salemme
 2300 Carillon Point

Kirkland, WA 98033
								 ICO Global Communications
 2300
Carillon Point
 Kirkland, WA 98033
 Tel 425
278-7100
 Fax 425 278-7101

 Dear Gerry, 
 On behalf of ICO
Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (“ICO”) I am pleased to provide you the revised terms and conditions of your position of Chief Strategy Officer reporting to ICO’s Chief Executive Officer under the terms of this employment
letter (“Employment Letter”) effective July 11, 2011. This Employment Letter supersedes the prior employment letter entered into between you and ICO dated March 4, 2011. As an Officer of ICO, all terms and conditions of your
employment are subject to approval by ICO’s Compensation Committee. 
 During the course of your employment with ICO, you will dedicate full time and
efforts to ICO to fulfill your duties and obligations; provided that, nothing herein will prevent you from (i) participating in industry, trade, professional, charitable and community activities (ii) serving on corporate, civic or
charitable boards or committees as mutually agreed by us and you, and (iii) managing your personal investments and affairs, in each case so long as such activities do not conflict with ICO’s interests or interfere with the effective
performance of your responsibilities to ICO. 
 Base Salary and Performance Bonus 

As a full-time employee in this exempt position your compensation will be calculated at a rate equal to an annual salary of $400,000 (less payroll taxes and
required withholdings) paid semi-monthly subject to any increase approved by the ICO Compensation Committee. You will also be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus of up to 100% of your annual base salary based on performance criteria as
approved by ICO’s Compensation Committee and contingent upon your continuous service with the company through the date any bonus is paid. 
 Stock
Awards 
 In recognition of your outstanding performance you will receive 700,000 restricted shares of ICO Class A common stock (“Restricted
Stock”) with a grant date of July 5, 2011. You will also receive an option to purchase 700,000 shares of the Class A common stock of ICO (“Stock Option”) with a grant date of July 15, 2011 and a vesting date of
June 17, 2011. Stock options will have an exercise price equal to the closing price of ICO Global stock on July 15, 2011. Your Stock Option award will vest over 4 years consistent with the terms of the ICO 2000 Stock Incentive Plan. 

Vesting of your Restricted Stock will be based on ICO’s performance as described below: 

25% vest when ICO’s trailing 12 month net income reaches $ 50MM 

25% vest when ICO’s trailing 12 month net income reaches $100MM 

25% vest when ICO’s average closing share price for any 20 consecutive trading days is $4.50 or higher 

25% vest when ICO’s average closing share price for any 20 consecutive trading days is $6.00 or higher 

All performance goals must be achieved within 7 years of the date of grant or the Restricted Stock will be forfeited. If a performance target is achieved
within 1 year of the grant, no vesting will occur until the first anniversary of the grant. Net income calculations will exclude any proceeds from the sale of ICO’s interests in or related to DBSD and from any proceeds arising out of the
litigation between ICO and the Boeing Company and its subsidiaries. Vesting is subject to your continuous service with ICO. 

 Restricted Stock and Stock Options are (i) subject to the terms and conditions of their respective plan
agreements and (ii) subject to board and shareholder approval of an increase in the number of shares available under the ICO 2000 Stock Incentive Plan to the extent required. 

Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement 

In exchange for the consideration of your employment, you agree to execute and abide by the terms of the ICO Employee Intellectual Property
Agreement without modification, a copy of which is enclosed. 
 Benefits/Vacation/Expenses 

You will be eligible for standard company benefits under the applicable company plans. The amount and extent of benefits to which you are entitled will be
governed by the specific benefit plan, as it may be amended from time to time. You will accrue 20 days of paid vacation per year. Such vacation will be taken at such times as determined by you, subject to the reasonable business needs of ICO. ICO
will reimburse you for reasonable business expenses and other disbursements paid by you in the performance of your duties and responsibilities in accordance with ICO’s policies. 

Termination 
 Without Cause or for Good
Reason or Due to Disability 
 If ICO terminates your employment without Cause or you terminate employment due to Disability or resign
from the company for Good Reason as defined below, then you will be entitled to the following: 
  

	 	•	 	a lump sum payment (less any required deductions) in an amount equal to (i) your unpaid base salary through the date of termination, (ii) the value of your vacation time not used as of the date of termination
to the extent that such vacation time has been accrued during the calendar year of termination, calculated based upon your base salary at the date of termination, and (iii) reimbursement of any reasonable business expenses reimbursable under
this letter, to the extent not theretofore reimbursed. 

 In addition, ICO will provide you the following severance benefits on the condition
that you execute a separation agreement that contains a full release of claims, in a form acceptable to ICO: 
  

	 	•	 	continuation of your base salary then in effect, payable in accordance with the normal payroll practices of ICO in effect on the date of termination, for a period of 12 months (“Severance Period”); plus
(ii) 100% of your target bonus, payable in accordance with the normal payroll practices of ICO in effect on the date of termination; provided that the payments will be accelerated to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code. 

  

	 	•	 	in connection with, and immediately prior the date of termination, ICO shall take steps necessary to accelerate and deem immediately vested those restricted shares and stock options granted to you under the Plan in
which you would have vested had you remained actively employed during the period of one year following your termination (with the exception of the July 5, 2011 grant of performance based restricted stock), at which point all other unvested
restricted shares and options shall expire; provided, however, this provision does not supersede any Change of Control provisions for accelerated vesting of stock options under the Plan. 

For Cause 
 ICO may
terminate your employment for Cause at any time upon written notice of such termination to you setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause. If ICO terminates your employment for Cause, or you resign, then you will be entitled to
a lump sum (less any required deductions) in an amount equal to (i) your base salary through the date of termination, (ii) the value of your vacation time not used as of the date of termination to the extent that such vacation time has
been accrued during the calendar year of termination, calculated based upon your base salary at the date of termination, and (iii) reimbursement of any reasonable business expenses reimbursable under this letter, to the extent not theretofore
reimbursed. In addition, upon termination of your employment by ICO for Cause, any options granted to you, notwithstanding any prior vesting, shall automatically expire at the time ICO first notifies you of such termination. 

 Definition of “Cause” 

“Cause” means dismissal for willful material misconduct or failure to effectively discharge duties, conviction or confession of a
crime punishable by law (except minor violations), the performance of an illegal act while purporting to act in ICO’s behalf, or engaging in activities directly in competition or antithetical to the best interest of ICO, such as dishonesty,
fraud, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets. 
 Definition of “Good Reason” 

“Good Reason” means, without your consent, (i) a material adverse change in your duties, responsibilities or reporting
relationships, (ii) a relocation of your principal office to a location more than 40 miles away from your current office that increases the distance from your principal office to your to your residence, not undertaken at your direction or with
your agreement, (iii) a reduction of salary not agreed to by you, or a material diminution of other employee benefits (other than any employee benefits approved by the board and implemented in a non-discriminatory fashion with respect to all
participating employees), or (iv) a material breach by ICO of other obligations under this Employment Letter, provided that in each such case, within 5 days of the initial occurrence of one of the above events, you give written notice to
ICO’s general counsel or board of directors specifying with reasonable particularity the grounds constituting “Good Reason,” that such grounds are not cured after 5 business days following ICO’s receipt of such written
notifications, and that you give written notice of your resignation for ICO’s receipt of such written notification , and that you give written notice of your resignation for Good Reason with 5 days of the expiration of the cure period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any actions taken by ICO to accommodate a disability of the Employee or pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act shall not be a Good Reason for purposes of this Employment Agreement. 

Definition of “Disability” 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” will mean a medically diagnosed physical or mental impairment that that renders you
incapable (even with reasonable accommodation) of performing the duties required under this Agreement for a period of time that is reasonably expected to exceed 8 weeks. ICO, acting in good faith, will make the final determination of whether
you have a Disability and, for purposes of making such determination, may require you to submit yourself to a physical examination by a physician mutually agreed upon by you and ICO. 

Employment At Will 
 By signing this Employment Letter,
you understand and agree that your employment will continue at-will. Therefore, your employment can terminate, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, at your option or ICO’s option, and ICO can terminate or change all
other terms and conditions of your employment, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, in all cases subject to the other terms and conditions of this Employment Letter. This at-will relationship will remain in effect
throughout your employment with ICO or any of its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates. The at-will nature of your employment, as set forth in this paragraph, can be modified only by a written agreement signed by both ICO and you which expressly
alters it. This at-will relationship may not be modified by any oral or implied agreement, or by any policies, practices or patterns of conduct. 
 Other
Terms of Employment 
 Subsequent to receipt of this signed offer letter and as a further condition for employment, ICO conducts a reference/background
check on prospective employees. ICO reserves the right to rescind the offer set forth in this letter based on the results of such screenings and may do so in its sole discretion. By your signature below you authorize ICO to conduct this
reference / background check. This offer is also conditioned on your ability to provide satisfactory documentary proof of your identity and right to work in the United States of America on your first day of employment. 

Arbitration of Claims 
 You hereby acknowledge and agree
that all disputes concerning your employment with ICO, the termination thereof, the breach by either party of the terms of this Employment Letter or any other matters relating to or arising from your employment (with the exception of those excluded
from arbitration by statute), will be resolved in binding arbitration in a proceeding in Kirkland, WA administered by and under the rules and regulations of National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American
Arbitration Association. This means that the 

 
parties agree to waive their rights to have such disputes or claims decided in court by a jury. Instead, such disputes or claims will be resolved by an impartial AAA arbitrator. Both
parties and the arbitrator will treat the arbitration process and the activities that occur in the proceedings as confidential. 
 The arbitration procedure
will afford you and ICO the full range of statutory remedies. ICO and you will be entitled to discovery sufficient to adequately arbitrate any covered claims, including access to essential documents and witnesses, as determined by the
arbitrator and subject to limited judicial review. In order for any judicial review of the arbitrator’s decision to be successfully accomplished, the arbitrator will issue a written decision that will decide all issues submitted and will
reveal the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. The party that is not the substantially prevailing party, which determination shall be made by the arbitrator in the event of ambiguity, shall be responsible for paying
for the arbitration filing fee and the arbitrator’s fees. 
 Nothing contained in this section will limit ICO’s or your right to seek relief in
any court of competent jurisdiction in respect of the matters set forth in the “ICO Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement.” We specifically agree that disputes under the “ICO Employee Proprietary Information and
Inventions Agreement” will not be subject to arbitration unless both parties mutually agree to arbitrate such disputes. 
 Expiration of Offer:

 Please indicate your acceptance of this offer by signing below and returning it to the attention of Mark Fanning by July 5, 2011 after which time
the offer will expire. By signing and accepting this offer, you represent and warrant that (i) except as described in the second paragraph of this letter, you are not subject to any pre-existing contractual or other legal obligation with any
person, company or business enterprise which may be an impediment to your employment with, or your providing services to ICO as its employee; and (ii) you have not and shall not bring confidential or proprietary information of another person,
company or business enterprise to whom you previously provided services. 
 Entire Agreement 

This Employment Letter, any restricted stock and stock option agreement between you and ICO, and the ICO’s Employee Intellectual Property
Agreement constitute the entire agreement, arrangement and understanding between you and ICO on the nature and terms of your employment with ICO. This Employment Letter supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreement, arrangement or
understanding on this subject matter, subject to the sixth sentence in this paragraph regarding any stock option agreement between you and ICO. By executing this Employment Letter as provided below, you expressly acknowledge the termination of any
such prior agreement, arrangement or understanding. Also, by your execution of this Employment Letter, you affirm that no one has made any written or verbal statement that contradicts the provisions of this Employment Letter. In the event of any
inconsistency between the terms contained in this Employment Letter and the terms contained in any restricted stock or stock option agreement between you and ICO, the terms contained in this Employment Letter will control, and the provisions
regarding vesting or termination contained in your restricted stock and stock option agreements will be superseded by the provisions of this Employment Letter to the extent of any conflict. In addition, the covenants contained in the ICO
Employee Intellectual Property Agreement will also supersede the provisions of any other similar covenant contained in your restricted stock and stock option agreement to the extent of any conflict. This Employment Letter may be executed in
counterparts, each of which (including any signature transmitted via facsimile or email) shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. 

Except as otherwise specified in this Employment Letter, the terms and conditions of your employment pursuant to this letter may not be modified in any way
except by a writing from ICO’s Chief Executive Officer. 

 We hope that you will accept this offer and look forward to working with you. 

 

					
	Signature of Acceptance				Sincerely,
			
					ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd
			
	     /s/ R. Gerard Salemme
				     /s/ Ben Wolff

	By: R. Gerard Salemme				By: Ben Wolff
					Chief Executive Officer
	Date: July 5, 2011				

 ADDENDUM TO AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT LETTER AGREEMENT 

This Addendum to the Amended and Restated Employment Letter Agreement (the “Employment Letter”) between Pendrell Corporation and R. Gerard Salemme
(the “Employee”) dated July 1, 2011 confirms and clarifies the following provisions of the Employment Letter with respect to equity awards granted to the Employee by the Company. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Letter. 
 If the Company terminates the employment of the Employee without Cause or the
Employee terminates his employment due to Disability or resigns from the Company for Good Reason, then in connection with and immediately prior to the date of termination, the Company will take steps necessary to accelerate and deem immediately
vested those stock options, shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units and any other equity awards held by the Employee in which the Employee would have vested had he remained actively employed during the period of one year following the
date of termination with the exception of Performance Awards. “Performance Awards” include the July 5, 2011 grant of performance-based restricted stock, the August 24, 2012 grant of performance-based restricted stock units, and
any other future equity awards, or components thereof, the vesting of which is dependent upon the achievement of performance-based vesting conditions that have not been achieved as of the date of termination. On the date of termination, all other
unvested options, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other equity awards shall expire; unless such other options, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other equity awards vest as a result of any Change of Control provisions in the
Plan that are triggered in connection with the termination of employment, and which contemplate accelerated vesting of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other equity awards under the Plan. 

 

							
	ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:				
			
					PENDRELL CORPORATION
				
	 /s/ R. Gerard Salemme
				By:		 /s/ Tim Dozois

	R. Gerard Salemme				Its:		 Corporate Counsel

				
	Date: 8/25/2014				Date:		8/26/2014

 ADDENDUM TO AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT LETTER AGREEMENT 

This is an addendum to the Amended and Restated Employment Letter Agreement between Pendrell Corporation (the “Company”) and R. Gerard Salemme (the
“Employee”) dated July 1, 2011 (the “Employment Letter”). This addendum confirms and clarifies certain provisions of the Employment Letter relating to the payment of severance benefits (“Severance”) by the Company
to the Employee upon certain employment termination events that the Employee does not control. Specifically, if the Company determines it is appropriate to pay Severance promptly upon employment termination, the Company may do so, in its sole
discretion. Conversely, if the Company opts to pay Severance in accordance with any other methods described in the Employment Letter, and unless the Employment Letter specifies otherwise, the Employee shall not be entitled to compel accelerated
payment of Severance. 
 This addendum is effective as of January 1, 2015. 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED: 
  

							
	 		 		PENDRELL CORPORATION
				
	 /s/ R. Gerard Salemme
				By:		 /s/ Lee E. Mikles

	R. Gerard Salemme				Its:		CEO
				
	Date: 1/14/2015				Date:		1/28/2015EX-10.16

 Exhibit 10.16 

February 16, 2015 
 Gerry Salemme 

Arlington, VA 22207 
 Dear Gerry, 

This letter relates to your employment with Pendrell Corporation, a Washington corporation (“Pendrell”). You have served as
Pendrell’s full-time chief strategy officer under the terms and conditions of an employment letter dated July 1, 2011, as supplemented by addenda dated August 25, 2014 and January 1, 2015 (collectively, the
“Agreement”). We have mutually determined that your duties no longer warrant full-time employment, which coincides with your desire to pursue activities outside of Pendrell. Therefore, we wish to terminate the Agreement to eliminate your
full time employment relationship and replace the employment relationship with the consulting relationship described in this letter. We have agreed on the following. 

As of the date of this letter (“Effective Date”), your employment is terminated and you are relieved of your duties as
Pendrell’s chief strategy officer. Instead, you will be a consultant to Pendrell, with freedom to pursue professional activities outside Pendrell, subject to (i) devotion of sufficient time to perform your duties, as you deem necessary and
appropriate; and (ii) the absence of activities that interfere with the effective performance of your duties to Pendrell. 
 In your
new role, you will provide strategic advice, identify business opportunities for Pendrell, and assess opportunities that are presented to you by the Pendrell Board of Directors or Pendrell management. You will report to the chairperson of
Pendrell’s board of directors. You will perform these services in a first class, professional manner with skill, care and diligence, in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and regulations. You will
personally perform the services, and not retain third parties to perform the services unless you obtain Pendrell’s prior written consent, which shall be granted or withheld in Pendrell’s sole discretion. For your consulting services, you
will receive a monthly consulting fee of $20,000. 
 With the exception of your salary through the day prior to the Effective Date and your
2014 performance bonus, which shall be paid to you on the first pay roll date after the Effective Date, all payments under your terminated Agreement will cease as of the Effective Date, and you are hereby relinquishing any and all entitlement to or
eligibility for bonus compensation and severance benefits, including any amounts payable under the Agreement. Moreover, you will no longer be eligible for any base salary, bonus, paid time off accruals, severance benefits, 40l(k) matching
contributions, insurance benefits or any other employee benefits. As consideration for your agreement to relinquish all such past and future benefits, Pendrell shall pay you, at the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the Effective Date,
a lump sum payment of $455,000. 
 Either you or Pendrell may terminate the consulting relationship at any time upon no less than 30 days
advance written notice; provided, however, that before Pendrell may terminate the relationship for Cause (defined below ), Pendrell must provide you with the opportunity to cure the Cause within the 30-day notice period. If Pendrell terminates the
consulting relationship without Cause (defined below) or if you terminate the consulting relationship for Good Reason (defined below), Pendrell shall pay to you in lump sum upon termination a termination fee of $455,000 and

 
you shall retain and continue to vest in any existing equity awards through the first anniversary of the termination date, subject to the terms and conditions of Pendrell’s Stock Incentive
Plan and your individual plan agreements. If you terminate the consulting relationship for other than Good Reason or if Pendrell terminates the consulting relationship for Cause, no further payments are due, and vesting will cease on your existing
equity awards on the termination date. 
 For purposes of this letter, “Cause” means continued willful material misconduct or
intentional failure to discharge duties, conviction or confession of a crime punishable by law (except minor violations), personally engaging in activities directly in competition with Pendrell’s existing business, or the performance of an
illegal act while purporting to act on Pendrell’s behalf, such as dishonesty, fraud, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets. 

For purposes of this letter, “Good Reason” means your involuntary removal from the Pendrell board of directors, a change in your
reporting relationship (to someone other than the chairperson of the board of directors), or an ownership change at Pendrell (as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code). 

As a consultant, you are an independent contractor. Neither you nor any of your employees or agents is entitled to participate in any of
Pendrell’s benefit plans. As an independent contractor, you may perform your work in the manner and at times selected by you. You shall remain solely liable for the payment of any salaries, income tax withholding, social security tax
withholding, workers’ compensation insurance or disability insurance premiums, benefits, or other obligations to your employees; provided, however, that Pendrell shall contribute $750 per month through December 31, 2015 in order to retain
and provide use of Pendrell’s current office space in Washington, D.C. You shall not be Pendrell’s agent, nor shall you have any right, authority or power to enter into any commitments on behalf of Pendrell unless specifically authorized
by Pendrell in writing. 
 You will submit you r monthly invoices by e-mail to Pendrell for services performed during the previous month,
addressed to ap@pendrell.com. Pendrell will pay invoices that are properly submitted within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt. 

In light of your continuing relationship with Pendrell, you shall retain and continue to vest in any existing equity awards, subject to the
terms and conditions of Pendrell’s Stock Incentive Plan and your individual plan agreements. So long as you continue as a director of Pendrell, you shall maintain your rights under your existing director indemnification agreement. You shall
also retain any indemnification rights under your terminated Agreement. You shall also remain obligated to keep Pendrell’s proprietary information confidential according to the terms of your existing Non-Disclosure Agreement. All such rights
and obligations shall continue in full force and effect. Except for those rights and obligations, this letter constitutes the final, exclusive and complete understanding and agreement of the parties relating to the consulting services that you will
be providing to Pendrell. 
 We look forward to our continuing relationship with you. 

 

							
	Signature of Acceptance				Sincerely,
			
	Pendrell Corporation				
			
	 /s/ R. Gerard Salemme
				 /s/ Tim Dozois

	By: R. Gerard Salemme				By:		Tim Dozois
					Title:		Corporate Counsel

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