AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement (this "Second Amendment") is
made as of the 31st day of March, 2002, by and among Xxxxxx Industries, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Xxxxxx Shipyard, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability
company (together, the "Company"), and J. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (the "Executive").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive have entered into that certain
Employment Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998 (the "Employment Agreement"),
with an Initial Term (as defined in the Employment Agreement) of three years;
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive have entered into that certain Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated March 31, 2001 (the "First Amendment")
pursuant to which, among other things, the Company and the Executive mutually
elected to extend the term of the Employment Agreement until March 31, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to employ Executive, and Executive
desires to remain employed by the Company, for an extended term beginning on the
date hereof and ending on December 31, 2004, pursuant to the terms of the
Employment Agreement as amended by the First Amendment and as modified herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the continued employment of
Executive by the Company and the payment of salary and other compensation to
Executive by the Company, the parties hereto agree as follows, effective March
31, 2002:
Section 1. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the terms and
provisions of the Employment Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, shall
remain in full force and effect. Capitalized terms used herein, unless otherwise
defined herein, shall have the meaning given to them in the Employment Agreement
and the First Amendment.
Section 2. Paragraph 3 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
"3. Non-Competition Agreement.
(a) Executive recognizes that the Company's willingness to enter into
this Agreement is based in material part on Executive's agreement to the
provisions of this paragraph 3 and that Executive's breach of the
provisions of this paragraph 3 could materially damage the Company. Subject
to the further provisions of this Agreement, Executive will not, during the
term of his employment with the Company, and for a period of two years
immediately
following the termination of such employment for any reason whatsoever,
except as may be set forth herein, directly or indirectly:
(i) carry on or engage in any business in direct competition with
the construction, conversion or repair of marine vessels or the
fabrication of modular components for offshore drilling rigs or
floating production, storage and offloading vessels (collectively, the
"Businesses") of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company
(collectively, the "Companies") in any State of the United States or
other jurisdiction, or specified portions thereof, in which the
Executive regularly (a) makes contact with customers of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, (b) conducts the business of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or (c) supervises the activities of other
employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, as identified in
Appendix "A" attached hereto and forming a part of this Agreement, so
long as the Company or any of its subsidiaries carries on any of the
Businesses therein (collectively the "Territory");
(ii) call upon any person who is, at that time, an employee of
any of the Companies for the purpose or with the intent of enticing
such employee away from or out of the employ of any of the Companies;
(iii) call upon any customer of any of the Companies within the
Territory for the purpose of soliciting or selling products or
services in direct competition with any of the Companies within the
Territory;
(iv) call upon any prospective acquisition candidate, on
Executive's own behalf or on behalf of any competitor, which candidate
was, to Executive's knowledge after due inquiry, either called upon by
any of the Companies or for which any of the Companies made an
acquisition analysis, for the purpose of acquiring such entity; or
(v) disclose customers, whether in existence or proposed, of any
of the Companies to any person, firm, partnership, corporation or
business for any reason or purpose whatsoever except to the extent
that any of the Companies has in the past disclosed such information
to the public for valid business reasons.
Notwithstanding the above, the foregoing covenant shall not be deemed
to prohibit Executive from acquiring as in investment (i) not more than 1%
of the capital stock of a competing business, whose stock is traded on a
national securities exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market or similar market or
(ii) not more than 5% of the capital stock of a competing business whose
stock is not publicly traded unless the Board consents to such acquisition.
Executive agrees that he will from time to time upon the Company's
request promptly execute any supplement, amendment, restatement or
modification of Appendix "A" as may be necessary or appropriate to
correctly
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reflect the jurisdictions which, at the time of such modification, should
be covered by Appendix "A" and this Paragraph 3. Furthermore, Executive
agrees that all references to Appendix "A" in this Agreement shall be
deemed to refer to Appendix "A" as so supplemented, amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
(b) Because of the difficulty of measuring economic losses to the
Company as a result of a breach of the foregoing covenant, and because of
the immediate and irreparable damage that could be caused to the Company
for which it would have no other adequate remedy, Executive agrees that the
foregoing covenant may be enforced by the Company, in the event of breach
by him, by injunctions and restraining orders. Executive further agrees to
waive any requirement for the Company's securing or posting of any bond in
connection with such remedies.
(c) It is agreed by the parties that the foregoing covenants in this
Paragraph 3 impose a reasonable restraint on Executive in light of the
activities and business of the Companies on the date of the execution of
this Agreement and the current plans of the Companies.
(d) It is further agreed by the parties hereto that, in the event that
Executive shall cease to be employed by the Company and shall enter into a
business or pursue other activities not in competition with the Businesses
of the Companies or similar activities or businesses in locations the
operation of which, under such circumstances, does not violate clause
(a)(i) of this paragraph 3, and in any event such new business, activities
or location are not in violation of this paragraph 3 or of Executive's
obligations under this paragraph 3, if any, Executive shall not be
chargeable with a violation of this paragraph 3 if the Companies shall
thereafter enter the same, similar or a competitive (i) business, (ii)
course of activities or (iii) location, as applicable.
(e) The covenants in this paragraph 3 are severable and separate, and
the enforceability of any specific covenant shall not affect the provisions
of any other covenant. Moreover, in the event any court of competent
jurisdiction shall determine that the scope, time or territorial
restrictions set forth are unenforceable, then it is the intention of the
parties that such restrictions be enforced to the fullest extent permitted
by law, and the Agreement shall thereby be reformed.
(f) All of the covenants in this Paragraph 3 shall be construed as an
agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the
existence of any claim or cause of action of Executive against the Company,
whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a
defense to the enforcement by the Company of such covenants.
(g) The Company and Executive hereby agree that this covenant is a
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material and substantial part of this Agreement.
(h) Executive acknowledges that the payments provided under paragraph
4(d), (relating to termination without Cause or termination for Good
Reason) are conditioned upon Executive fulfilling the noncompetition and
nondisclosure provisions of this Agreement. In addition, such payments are
conditioned upon Executive refraining, for a two-year period after
termination of employment, from carrying on or engaging in, as an employee,
officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, joint venturer, or in a
managerial capacity, whether as an executive, independent contractor,
consultant or advisor, or as a sales representative or otherwise, any
business in direct competition with the Businesses of the Companies in the
Territory, to the extent such activity is not prohibited by paragraph 3(a).
In the event Executive shall at any time materially breach any
noncompetition or nondisclosure agreements contained in this Agreement,
including the agreements in this paragraph 3(h), the Company may cancel
payments otherwise due under paragraph 4(d) during the period of such
breach. Executive acknowledges that any such elimination of payments would
be an exercise of the Company's right to terminate its performance
hereunder upon Executive's breach of this Agreement and such elimination of
payments would not constitute and shall not be characterized as the
imposition of liquidated damages.
(i) Any dispute regarding the reasonableness of the covenants and
agreements set forth in this paragraph 3 or the territorial scope or
duration thereof or the remedies available to the Company upon any breach
of such covenants and agreements, shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of United States or other
jurisdiction in which the alleged prohibited competing activity or
disclosure occurs, and with respect to each such dispute, the Company and
Executive each hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the state and federal courts sitting in the relevant State (or, in the case
of any jurisdiction outside the United States, the relevant courts of such
jurisdiction) for resolution of such dispute, and agree to be irrevocably
bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with such dispute, and
further agree that service of process may be made upon him or it in any
legal proceeding related to this paragraph 3 and/or Appendix "A" by any
means allowed under the laws of such jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably
waives any objection he or it may have as to the venue of such suit, action
or proceeding brought in such a court or that such a court is an
inconvenient forum. The parties agree that it is their intent and desire
that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent
permitted under applicable law, whether now or hereafter in effect, and
therefore, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto
waive any provision of applicable law that would render any provision of
this paragraph 3 invalid or unenforceable."
Section 3. The first two sentences of paragraph 4 of the Employment
Agreement are hereby amended to read in their entirety as follows:
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"4. Term; Termination; Rights on Termination. The term of this
Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and shall continue for a period of
three years (the "Initial Term") and, unless terminated sooner as herein
provided, shall continue thereafter for such additional period as Company and
Executive may mutually agree (the "Extended Term") with such modifications, if
any, as the Company and Executive may mutually agree; provided, however, that
upon a Change in Control (as defined below) of the Company, the term of this
Agreement shall automatically continue following such Change in Control for a
period equal to the then remaining term or two years, whichever period is
longer, unless earlier terminated as provided in paragraph 11. As used in this
Agreement, the terms "Change in Control" and "Change of Control" shall have the
meaning assigned to the term "Change of Control" in the Xxxxxx Industries, Inc.
2002 Stock Plan. This Agreement and Executive's employment hereunder may be
terminated in any one of the following ways:"
Section 4. The fourth sentence of paragraph 4(d) of the Employment
Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"Should Executive be terminated by the Company without Cause during the
Extended Term or should Executive terminate with Good Reason during the Extended
Term, Executive shall receive from the Company the equivalent of one year of
Executive's base salary then in effect, which amount shall be paid in
substantially equal monthly installments during the first twelve full calendar
months immediately following the date of such termination."
Section 5. Paragraph 19 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
"19. Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed
according to the laws of the State of Louisiana without regard to its conflicts
of law provisions, except as expressly provided in paragraph 3(i) above with
respect to the resolution of disputes arising under, or the Company's
enforcement of, paragraph 3 of this Agreement.
Section 6. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of the Employment
Agreement, as amended hereby, the Company and Executive hereby mutually agree to
extend the term of the Employment Agreement from the date hereof until December
31, 2004, such extended term to constitute an "Extended Term" as defined in the
Employment Agreement, as amended hereby.
[signatures appear on the following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to
be duly executed and signed as of the date indicated above.
XXXXXX INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Chairman, Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors of
Xxxxxx Industries, Inc.
XXXXXX SHIPYARD, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Title: President
EXECUTIVE
/s/ J. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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