Contract
AMENDMENT
NO 1 to the CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT, dated as of April 25, 2005 (the
“Agreement”) by and between PAXAR CORPORATION (the “Company”) and XXXXXX X. VAN
DER MERWE (the “Executive”).
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Executive have entered into the Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Executive mutually desire to amend the Agreement on the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained in the
Agreement, as amended hereby, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby amend the Agreement
as follows:
1. Section
6(a)(i)B. is hereby amended by deleting “2.99” therefrom and substituting “2”
therefor.
2. Section
9
is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following substituted therefor:
9. GROSS
UP.
(a) If
it
shall be determined that any benefit provided to the Executive or payment or
distribution by or for the account of the Company or its affiliates to or for
the benefit of the Executive, whether provided, paid or payable or distributed
or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (a
"Payment") would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the
Code, or any interest or penalties are incurred by the Executive with respect
to
such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties,
collectively, the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive
an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after
payment by the Executive of the Excise Tax and all other income, employment,
excise and other taxes that are imposed on the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive
retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment (the “Residual Amount”) equal to the
Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments; provided, however, that in no event shall
the amount of the Residual Amount exceed $2,000,000.
(b) All
determinations required to be made under this Section 9, including whether
and
when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment
and
the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be
made
on or before the consummation of a transaction giving rise to the imposition
of
an Excise Tax by the Company's independent, certified public accounting firm
(the "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting calculations
both to the Company and the Executive. All fees and expenses of the Accounting
Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined
pursuant to this Section 9, shall be paid by the Company to the Executive within
five days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm's determination. As a result
of
the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time
of
the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible
that
additional Gross-Up Payments shall be required to be made to compensate the
Executive for amounts of Excise Tax later determined to be due (an
"Underpayment"). If the Executive is subsequently required to make a payment
of
any Excise Tax and the Executive has not theretofore been paid the maximum
Gross-Up Payment permitted by Section 9(a), the Accounting Firm shall determine
the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment
shall
be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive but
only
to the extent such Underpayment (together with all earlier Gross-Up Payments
made to the Executive) does not exceed the maximum Gross-Up Payment permitted
by
Section 9(a).
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment No. 1 to be executed
this 22nd
day of
March, 2007.
PAXAR CORPORATION | |||
/s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Its” | |||
/s/ Xxxxxx X. van der Merwe | |||
Xxxxxx
X. van der Merwe
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