AMENDMENT
TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Amendment to Employment Agreement entered into as of the 27th day of
January, 1999 between HydroChem Industrial Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Employer"), and Xxxx Xxxx, an individual (the "Employee").
WHEREAS, Employer, as the successor and assignee of Hydro Environmental
Services Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, and Employee are
parties to an Employment Agreement dated as of November 1, 1992 (the "Employment
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Employer and Employee desire to amend the Employment Agreement
as hereinafter provided;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. At the beginning of the last line in section 5 (a)(ii) of the
Employment Agreement, the word "six" shall be deleted and the word "twelve"
shall be substituted therefor.
2. Immediately after the last word in clause (i) in the last paragraph
of section 5 (a) of the Employment Agreement, the phrase "which failure is not
corrected within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice thereof" shall
be added.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as
of the date first hereinabove set forth.
EMPLOYER:
HYDROCHEM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ B. Xxx Xxxxxx, Jr.
---------------------------------------
B. Xxx Xxxxxx, Jr., Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
EMPLOYEE:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
---------------------------------------
Xxxx Xxxx
