Exhibit 99-14
SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment is dated the 15th day of December, 2004, and is by and between
Xxxxx Ticonderoga Company, a Delaware corporation) the "Company") and Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Xx. (the "Executive").
Background:
I. The Company and Executive entered into an Employment Agreement dated as
of January 1, 1995 , which was amended by an Amendment to Employment Agreement
approved by the Company's Compensation Committee on July 7, 2004 pursuant to
authority granted to that Committee by the Company's Board of Directors (the
"Amendment"). The Agreement dated January 1, 1995, as amended by the Amendment,
is referred to herein as the "Employment Agreement."
II. The Company contemplates entering into a Merger Agreement (the "Merger
Agreement") with Fila-Fabbrica Italiana Lapis xx Xxxxxx S.p.A. (the "Buyer").
III. The execution of this Second Amendment was required by the Buyer as a
condition to the Buyer's entering into the Merger Agreement so that the Buyer
will have the Executive's participation in management of the Company after
completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
IV. The purpose of this Second Amendment is to further amend certain
provisions of the Employment Agreement as set forth in this Second Amendment,
conditioned upon the consummation of the tender offer contemplated by the Merger
Agreement.
For valuable consideration, the Company and the Executive agree as follows.
1. Background Statements. The background statements set forth above are
true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
2. Restriction on Exercise of Termination Rights. The Executive shall not
be entitled to terminate the Employment Agreement because of a Change in Control
(as that term is defined in the Employment Agreement) until the expiration of
the twelve month period immediately following the payment by the Buyer for
shares of Company common stock pursuant to the Offer (as that term is defined in
the Merger Agreement), which twelve month period is hereinafter referred to as
the "Transition Period").
3. Exclusion from Computation of Bonus. The bonus paid to the Executive
under the Company's Success Bonus Plan upon payment by the Buyer for shares of
Company common stock pursuant to the Offer will not be included in computing the
average bonus for severance purposes under Section 6(d)(iii) of the Employment
Agreement.
4. Termination after Change in Control. For purposes of this Agreement, the
payment by the Buyer for shares of Company common stock pursuant to the Offer
(as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement) shall constitute a Change in
Control giving rise to the right of Executive to terminate his Employment for
Good Reason under the Employment Agreement. Notwithstanding the provision
contained in the second paragraph of Section 5(d) of the Employment Agreement
that states "Good Reason" shall mean (A) a Change in Control (as defined below),
provided, however, that a termination by the Executive due to a Change in
Control must be within 12 months after the effective date of such Change in
Control," the Executive shall have the right to terminate his employment for
Good Reason as a result of a Change in Control only during the three month
period immediately following the end of the Transition Period.
5. Condition Precedent. This Second Amendment is expressly conditioned upon
payment by the Buyer for shares of Company common stock pursuant to the Offer
and if such payment is not made, this Second Amendment shall be null and void.
6. Effect of Amendment. Except as amended hereby, all terms of the
Employment Agreement remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Addendum on the date and year
first above written.
XXXXX TICONDEROGA COMPANY,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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As its: Vice Chairman and Co-CEO
Executive
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
