EXHIBIT 10.9(a)
AMENDMENT TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, an employment agreement was entered into between Central
European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx (the "Executive") as of December 23, 1997 (the "Agreement");
and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Company's initial public offering,
the Company and the Executive have agreed that it is in the Company's and the
Executive's best interests to amend the Agreement as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth herein and in the Agreement and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Section 5 of the Agreement shall be amended to delete the
following sentence: "The Base Salary shall be increased no less than $25,000 one
year after the effective date of this Agreement and by another $25,000 two years
after the effective date of this Agreement and may be increased further at the
discretion of the Board."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this amendment
to the Agreement, or have caused this amendment to be duly executed on their
behalf, as of May 13, 1998.
CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION
CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice Chairman
THE EXECUTIVE
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
