FINANCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 STOCK OPTION/RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
AMENDMENT TO RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
This Amendment, is made and entered into as of the 9th day of
December, 2008, by and between Financial Federal Corporation (the
"Company") and [INSERT NAME OF PARTICIPANT] (the "Participant")
(together, the "Parties").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into the Restricted Stock
Agreement(s) referenced on Exhibit A attached hereto (the
"Agreement(s)") that previously granted restricted stock awards to the
Participant under the Financial Federal Corporation Amended and
Restated 1998 Stock Option/Restricted Stock Plan;
WHEREAS, for purposes of bringing the Agreement(s) into compliance
with the plan document requirements of Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the Parties have
prepared this Amendment which must be adopted on or before December 31,
2008; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement(s) that require
any amendments thereto to be signed by the Participant and the
Company's Chief Executive Officer, the Parties desire to adopt this
Amendment in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
Effective as of the date first written above, a new section is
hereby added immediately following the section entitled "Applicable
Law" in the Agreement(s) to read as follows:
"Compliance with Code Section 409A.
To the extent this Agreement is subject to Code Section 409A, and
notwithstanding any provision in the Agreement to the contrary, if upon
your "separation from service" within the meaning of Code Section 409A,
you are then a "specified employee" (as defined in Code Section 409A),
then to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A and avoid
the imposition of taxes under Code Section 409A, the Company shall
defer payment of "nonqualified deferred compensation" subject to Code
Section 409A payable as a result of and within six (6) months following
such separation from service under this Agreement until the earlier of
(i) the first business day of the seventh month following your
separation from service, or (ii) ten (10) days after the Company
receives notification of your death. Any such delayed payments shall
be made without interest."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be
executed by its Chief Executive Officer and the Participant has
hereunto set his hand on the day and year first above written.
FINANCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION
By:
Its: Chief Executive Officer
PARTICIPANT
[INSERT NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
EXHIBIT A
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT(S)
DATE OF RESTRICTED STOCK SHARES OF RESTRICTED STOCK
AGREEMENT GRANTED