EXHIBIT 10.81
AMENDMENT TO STOCK OPTIONS
This agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of January 3, 2000, between
Triton Energy Limited, a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), and the
undersigned holder of stock options of the Company ("Holder").
WHEREAS, Holder and the Company are parties to that certain Stock Option
Agreement dated as of January 12, 1998 pursuant to which the Holder was granted
a stock option (the "Option") to purchase 75,000 ordinary shares of the Company
under the Company's 1997 Share Compensation Plan (as amended, the "Plan"), and
the Company and Holder desire that the Option should be amended in certain
respects;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein,
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. The Option is hereby amended so that it shall terminate and cease to
be exercisable on January 12, 2005, subject to the remaining terms of the Plan.
2. This Agreement is intended to be performed in the State of Texas and
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of
Texas.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
and year first above written.
TRITON ENERGY LIMITED
By:____________________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, President and Chief
Executive Officer
OPTION HOLDER:
__________________________________________
X. X. Xxxxxx, III
