FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 99.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”), dated as of November 27, 2007, by and between Camden Property Trust, a Texas real estate investment trust (the “Company”), and
(“Executive”).
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive have entered into a Second Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2003 (the “Employment Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to amend the Employment Agreement, effective as of
January 1, 2008, to comply with Section 409A of the Code as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Executive agree as follows:
1. Termination Date. Section 1(k) of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the
following sentence at the end thereof to read as follows:
“For purposes of Section 8(d) hereof, the requirements of Code Section
409A(a)(2)(A)(i), and guidance issued thereunder, relating to separation
from service must be satisfied for a Termination Date to be determined to
have occurred.”
2. Payment of Severance Benefit. Section 8(d) of the Employment Agreement is amended
and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
"(d) Payment of Severance Benefit. With respect to a Severance Event
resulting from a termination of the Executive’s employment by reason of death or
Disability, the Company shall pay the related Severance Benefit to the Executive in
a single lump sum in immediately available funds, in United States Dollars, within
five business days after the Termination Date. With respect to all other Severance
Events (the “Deferred Severance Events”), the Company shall pay the related
Severance Benefit (the “Deferred Severance Benefit”) to the Executive in a single
lump sum in immediately available funds, in United States Dollars, on the first
business day following the date that is six months after the Termination Date.
Following the first event constituting a Deferred Severance Event, the Deferred
Severance Benefit shall automatically become fully vested in favor of the Executive,
and the Company shall transfer an amount equal to the Deferred Severance Benefit
into an irrevocable trust, commonly referred to as a rabbi trust (the “Rabbi
Trust”), for accumulating and holding funds or assets of the Company to be used
solely for the purpose of paying the Deferred Severance Benefit. Neither Executive
nor his beneficiaries shall be deemed to have any legal or equitable interest in any
specific assets of the Company or in the assets of the Rabbi Trust, nor any
preference or priority over the rights of any general
unsecured creditor of the Company. The funds and assets of the Rabbi Trust shall
remain subject to the claims of creditors of the Company in the event of insolvency
of the Company.”
3. Successors and Assigns. Section 15 of the Employment Agreement is amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“This Agreement may not be assigned by the Executive without the prior written
consent of the Company, and may be assigned by the Company and shall be binding
upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Company’s successors and assigns. The
Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or
assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the
same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it
if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall
mean the Company as defined above and any successor to its business and/or assets
that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or
otherwise.”
4. Effective Date. The provisions of this Amendment shall be effective commencing as
of January 1, 2008.
5. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Employment Agreement.
6. Ratification. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Amendment, the
Employment Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect
in accordance with its terms.
7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in identical counterparts, which when
taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. A counterpart transmitted by
facsimile shall be deemed an original for all purposes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first above
written.
CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST | ||||
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EXECUTIVE | ||||
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