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EXHIBIT 10.51
XXXXXX XXXXXX
00 XXXXXXXXXX XXXX
XXX XXXXXXXXX, XX 00000
(000) 000-0000
March 12, 1999
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
GT Interactive Software Corp.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Dear Xxx:
Reference is made to the following agreements with respect to my employment with
GT Interactive Software Corp. ("GT"):
1. Severance Pay Agreement dated 21 July 1998 ("Severance
Agreement").
2. Amendment to Stock Option Agreements dated 13 February 1998
("Option Amendment").
3. Amendment to Severance Agreement dated 27 October 1998
("Severance Amendment").
This letter will confirm our agreement with respect to my employment by GT and
the modification of each of the agreements referenced above (the "Agreements").
In consideration for my continued employment with GT through 3 September 1999,
we agree that the Agreements are hereby amended as follows:
1. Section 2(d) of the Severance Agreement is hereby modified and
replaced in its entirety to read: "(d) Termination by Company
for Any Other Reason. In the event that the Executive's
employment is terminated by the Company during the Agreement
Term for any reason other than for Cause or for Disability,
then the Company shall pay to Executive, within thirty days of
the date of such termination, Executive's Base Salary through
such date of termination and, in lieu of any further
compensation and benefits, severance pay equal to the Base
Salary and benefits (other than bonuses and stock options)
that Executive would have otherwise received if his employment
had continued during the
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eighteen month period from the effective date of such
termination, commencing with such termination date at the
times and in the amounts such base salary and benefits would
have been paid and provided." This paragraph shall not affect
my rights to existing stock options as provided in paragraph 3
below.
2. Section 1 of the Severance Amendment is hereby amended by
inserting "18 months" to replace "12 months."
3. The Option Amendment is hereby amended in its second paragraph
to define the Revised Expiration Date "as the later of March
3, 2002, and the first anniversary of such termination."
4. On September 3, 1999, GT will terminate my employment, in
accordance with Section 2(d) of the Severance Agreement, as
amended.
5. Other than for "Cause" (as defined in the Severance
Agreement), GT will not terminate me before September 3, 1999.
Please indicate your agreement with the preceding terms and amendments by
signing the copy attached, and returning it to me.
Sincerely, Accepted and agreed to:
/s/XXXXXX XXXXXX /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer
