FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.20
This First Amendment to Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2010 (the “Amendment”), is
executed by and among the signatories hereto.
Recitals
A. American Learning Corporation (formerly known as “American Claims Evaluation, Inc.”), Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Palin Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Palin Xxxxxxx are parties to that certain Agreement, dated
as of July 16, 2009 (the “Agreement”).
B. Interactive Therapy Group Consultants, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Present Owner (as
defined in the Agreement), is executing that certain First Amendment to Employment Agreement (the
“First Amendment”) with the Former Majority Shareholder (as defined in the Agreement), concurrently
with the date hereof.
C. The execution of the First Amendment requires that corresponding amendments be made to the
Agreement.
D. Accordingly, Present Owner and the Prior Owners (as defined in the Agreement) desire to
modify the Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
Agreement
In consideration of the agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
Section 1. Amendment to Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in Section 3 of the Agreement, the due date of the Payment (as defined in the Agreement) shall,
subject to the terms and conditions of the First Amendment, be due not later than April 1, 2011.
Section 2. Amendment to Section 4. Section 4 of the Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the existing text and inserting the following as and for such Section 4:
| “As further security for the Payment, the Majority Shareholder shall execute an affidavit in the form and containing the substance set forth on Exhibit A and authorizes Present Owner to enter a judgment by confession in an amount equal to the portion of the Payment remaining uncollected on April 1, 2011. If the Balance (as defined and calculated in the First Amendment), is paid in accordance with Section 3 of the First Amendment, Present Owner will return the executed confession of judgment to the Former Majority Shareholder within five (5) days of such forgiveness.” |
Section 3. Amendment to Section 5. Section 5 of the Agreement is hereby superseded in
its entirety by the provisions of Section 6 of the First Amendment.
Section 4. Exhibit A. Exhibit A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety
and replaced with the Exhibit A attached to this Amendment.
Section 5. Effect of Amendments. Except as expressly stated herein, the Agreement is
and shall be unchanged and remain in full force and effect. Except as specifically stated herein,
the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall in no way release, harm or diminish, impair,
reduce or otherwise affect, the respective obligations and liabilities under the Agreement, all of
which shall continue in full force and effect.
Section 6. Miscellaneous. This Amendment is a contract made under and shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the state of New York, excluding its
choice of law provisions. This Amendment shall benefit and bind the parties hereto and their
respective successors and legal representatives. This Amendment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, and it shall not be necessary that the signatures of all parties hereto be contained
on any one counterpart hereof; each counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. All titles or headings to the sections or
other divisions of this Amendment are only for the convenience of the parties and shall not be
construed to have any effect or meaning with respect to the other content of such sections,
subsections or the divisions, such other content being controlling as to the agreement between the
parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed on September
23, 2010 but to be effective as of the date first above written.
| AMERICAN LEARNING CORPORATION | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||
| /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
| Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
| XXXX PALIN TORRENS | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Xxxx Xxxxxxx, as parent for a minor child | ||||||
| XXXXXXX PALIN XXXXXXX | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Xxxx Xxxxxxx, as parent for a minor child | ||||||
