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Exhibit 10.9

	 	 	 	 	 
	

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FAX

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	 	408 227 4500

408 227 4550

www.arubanetworks.com

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	180 Great Oaks Blvd., Ste B.
	 

	 	 	 	San Jose, CA 95119

June 2,
2004

Richard C. Wilmer

23180 Mora Glen Dr.

Los Altos, CA 94024

Dear Rick:

Aruba Wireless Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to offer you employment on the following
terms:

	 	1.	 	Position. You will start in a full-time position as Vice President, Operations and report to
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. By signing this letter agreement, you confirm to the Company
that you have no contractual commitments or other legal obligations that would prohibit you from
performing your duties for the Company.
	 
	 	2.	 	Cash Compensation. The Company will pay you a starting salary at the rate of $175,000 per
year, payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll schedule. This salary will be
subject to adjustment pursuant to the Company’s employee compensation policies in effect from time
to time. You will also be eligible to participate in the fiscal year 2005 Executive Incentive
Program.
	 
	 	3.	 	Employee Benefits. As a regular employee of the Company, you will be eligible to participate
in a number of Company-sponsored benefits. In addition, you will be entitled to paid vacation in
accordance with the Company’s vacation policy, as in effect from time to time.
	 
	 	4.	 	Stock Options. Subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors, following your
commencement of service you will be granted an option to purchase 450,000 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock (the “Option”). The exercise price per share will be equal to the fair market value
per share on the date the Option is granted or on your first day of service, whichever is later.
The Option will be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to options granted under the
Company’s 2002 Stock Plan (the “Plan”), as described
in the Plan and the applicable stock option
agreement. The Option will be immediately exercisable, but the unvested portion of the purchased
shares will be subject to repurchase by the Company at the exercise price in the event that your
service terminates for any reason before you vest in the shares. You will vest in 25% of the option
shares after 12 months of continuous service measured from the start of your service, and the
balance will vest in equal monthly installments over the next 36 months of continuous service, as
described in the applicable stock option agreement.
	 
	 	 	 	If the Company is subject to a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) and you are subject to an
Involuntary Termination without cause within 12 months following such Change in Control, then you

 

 

	 	 	 	will immediately become vested in 50% of any then unvested shares, options and other equity you
hold at that time.
	 
	 	 	 	“Involuntary Termination” means either (a) involuntary discharge by the Company for reasons other
than Cause or (b) voluntary resignation following (i) a change in your position with the Company
that materially reduces your level of authority or responsibility, (ii) a reduction in your base
salary or (iii) receipt of notice that your principal workplace will be relocated more than 35
miles.
	 
	 	 	 	“Cause” means (a) an unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s confidential information or
trade secrets, (b) a material failure to comply with the Company’s written policies or rules, (c)
conviction of, or plea of “guilty” or “no contest” to, a felony under the laws of the United States
or any state thereof or (d) gross misconduct.
	 
	 	5.	 	Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement. Like all Company employees, you will be
required, as a condition of your employment with the Company, to sign the Company’s standard
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
	 
	 	6.	 	Employment Relationship. Employment with the Company is for no specific period of time. Your
employment with the Company will be “at will,” meaning that either you or the Company may terminate
your employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause. Any contrary representations
that may have been made to you are superseded by this letter agreement. This is the full and
complete agreement between you and the Company on this term. Although your job duties, title,
compensation and benefits, as well as the Company’s personnel policies and procedures, may change
from time to time, the “at will” nature of your employment may only be changed in an express
written agreement signed by you and the Chief Executive Officer.
	 
	 	7.	 	Outside Activities. While you render services to the Company, you agree that you will not
engage in any other employment, consulting or other business activity without the prior written
consent of the Company. While you render services to the Company, you also will not assist any
person or entity in competing with the Company, in preparing to compete with the Company or in
hiring any employees or consultants of the Company.
	 
	 	8.	 	Withholding Taxes. All forms of compensation referred to in this letter agreement are subject
to reduction to reflect applicable withholding and payroll taxes and other deductions required by
law.
	 
	 	9.	 	Entire Agreement. This letter agreement supersedes and replaces any prior agreements,
representations or understandings, whether written, oral or implied, between you and the Company.

 

 

We hope that you will accept our offer to join the Company. You may indicate your agreement
with these terms and accept this offer by signing and dating both the enclosed duplicate original
of this letter agreement and the enclosed Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement and
returning them to me. As required by law, your employment with the Company is contingent upon your
providing legal proof of your identity and authorization to work in the United States. We look
forward to having you join us on June 21, 2004. Welcome!

	 	 	 
	Very truly yours,

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	/s/ Don LeBeau
 

	 	 
	By: Don LeBeau
	 	 
	Title: Chief Executive Officer
	 	 

I have read and accept this employment offer:

	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Richard C. Wilmer

	 	6/3/04	 	 
	 	 	 
	Signature of Richard C. Wilmer

	 	Dated	 	 

Attachment

Exhibit A: Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement

Exhibit B: New Employee Guidelinesexv10w10

 

Exhibit 10.10

					
	
	 	1322 Crossman Avenue | Sunnyvale, California 94089

Tel 408 227 4500 | Fax 408 227 4550

www.arubanetworks.com
	 	 

April 6, 2006

Mr. Don LeBeau

12795 Normandy Lane

Los Altos Hills, CA 94022

Dear Don:

     This letter (the “Agreement”) confirms the agreement between you and Aruba
Wireless Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) regarding the termination of your
employment with the Company.

          1. Termination Date. Your employment with the Company shall terminate on April 10, 2006
(the “Termination Date”).

          2. Effective Date and Rescission. You have up to 21 days after you receive this Agreement
to review it. You are advised to consult an attorney of your own choosing (at your own
expense) before signing this Agreement. Furthermore, you have up to seven days after you sign
this Agreement to revoke it. If you wish to revoke this Agreement after signing it, you may do
so by delivering a letter of revocation to me. If you do not revoke this Agreement, the eighth
day after the date you sign it will be the “Effective Date.” Because of the seven-day
revocation period, no part of this Agreement will become effective or enforceable until the
Effective Date.

          3. Salary and Vacation Pay. On the Termination Date, the Company will pay you all of
your base salary earned through the Termination Date and all of your accrued but unused
vacation time or PTO. You acknowledge that, prior to the execution of this Agreement, you were
not entitled to receive any additional money from the Company, and that the only payments and
benefits that you are entitled to receive from the Company for your services on or prior to
the Termination Date are those specified in this Agreement

          4. Additional Option Vesting. On January 21, 2004, the Company granted you an option to
purchase 833,333 shares of its Common Stock (the “First Option”) and an option to purchase
2,790,681 shares of its Common Stock (the “Second Option” and, together with the First Option,
the “Options”). You exercised the Options for all 3,624,014 shares. As of the Termination
Date, you will be vested in 486,111 of the shares that you purchased by exercising the First
Option and 1,627,897 of the shares that you purchased by exercising the Second Option (for a
total of 2,114,008 Option shares). If you sign this Agreement, you will become vested in
104,167 additional shares subject to the First Option and 348,835 additional shares subject to
the Second Option (for a total of 2,567,010 vested Option shares) on the Effective Date. The
Company hereby notifies you that it is exercising its right to repurchase from you the
1,057,004 remaining unvested shares pursuant to Section 7 of the Stock Option Agreements dated
January 21, 2004 between you and the Company (the “Stock Option Agreements”). The Company
will make a payment to you in the amount of $0.12 per

 

 

Mr. Don LeBeau

April 6, 2006

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repurchased share, or $126,840.48 in the aggregate, after the Effective Date.
The Company will cancel the stock certificates that were issued in your name with
respect to the shares that you purchased, and it will issue you a new stock
certificate for the vested shares. As of the Termination Date, you will have no
further interest in the repurchased shares and will have no stockholder rights with
respect to those shares. You acknowledge and agree that in consideration of the
Company’s immediate acceleration of your Option shares as described above, your
“Service” as defined in the Stock Option Agreements will terminate on the Termination
Date and that you will not vest in any of the shares subject to the Options,
irrespective of whether you provide service to the Company following the Termination
Date, as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors or as Chairman of the Board or
otherwise. Except as amended herein, in all other respects, the Stock Option
Agreements will remain in full force and effect, and you agree to remain bound by
those Agreements. You acknowledge and confirm that you have no stock rights in the
Company other than those enumerated in this paragraph.

          5. Release of All Claims. In consideration for receiving the immediate acceleration of your
Option shares as described in Paragraph 4 above, you waive, release and promise not to assert any
claims or causes of action, whether or not now known, against the Company or its predecessors,
successors or past or present subsidiaries, stockholders, directors, officers, employees,
consultants, attorneys, agents, assigns and employee benefit plans with respect to any matter,
including (without limitation) any matter related to your employment with the Company or the
termination of that employment, including (without limitation) claims to attorneys’ fees or costs,
claims of wrongful discharge, constructive discharge, emotional distress, defamation, invasion of
privacy, fraud, breach of contract or breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and any
claims of discrimination or harassment based on sex, age, race, national origin, disability or any
other basis under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the California Fair Employment and
Housing Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act
and all other laws and regulations relating to employment.

          6. Waiver. You expressly waive and release any and all rights and benefits under Section 1542
of the California Civil Code (or any analogous law of any other state), which reads as follows: “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 by him or her must have
materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.”

          7. No Admission. Nothing contained in this Agreement will constitute or be treated as an
admission by you or the Company of liability, any wrongdoing or any violation of law.

          8. Other Agreements. The Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement and
the Indemnification Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibits A and B, respectively, shall
remain in full force and effect at all times in the future. Except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, this Agreement renders null and void all prior agreements between you and the Company
and constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the subject matter of
this Agreement. This Agreement may be modified only in a written document signed by you and a
duly authorized officer of the Company.

 

 

Mr. Don LeBeau

April 6, 2006

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          9. Confidentiality of Agreement. You agree that you will not disclose to others the
existence or terms of this Agreement, except that you may disclose such information to your spouse,
attorney or tax adviser if such individuals agree that they will not disclose to others the
existence or terms of this Agreement.

          10. No Disparagement. You agree that you will never make any negative or disparaging
statements (orally or in writing) about the Company or its stockholders, directors, officers,
employees, products, services or business practices, except as required by law. The Company
agrees that its directors and officers will never make any negative or disparaging statements
(orally or in writing) about you, except as required by law.

          11. Severability. If any term of this Agreement is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be
affected, and the parties will use their best efforts to find an alternate way to achieve the same
result.

          12. Choice of Law. This Agreement will be construed and interpreted in accordance with the
laws of the State of California (other than their choice-of-law provisions).

          13. Execution. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be
considered an original, but all of which together will constitute one agreement. Execution of a
facsimile copy will have the same force and effect as execution of an original, and a facsimile
signature will be deemed an original and valid signature.

Please indicate your agreement with the above terms by signing below.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours, 

ARUBA WIRELESS NETWORKS, INC.

 	 
	 	/s/ Steffan Tomlinson
 	 
	 	Steffan Tomlinson, 	 
	 	Chief Financial Officer 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Mr. Don LeBeau

April 6, 2006

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     I agree to the terms of this Agreement, and I am voluntarily signing this release of
all claims. I acknowledge that I have read and understand this Agreement, and I understand that I
cannot pursue any of the claims and rights that I have waived in this Agreement at any time in
the future.

	 	 	 
	/s/ Don LeBeau

	 	 
	 	 	 
	Signature of Don LeBeau
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Dated: 5/10/06

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