EXHIBIT 10.14
First Amendment to Employment Agreement
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2001
("First Amendment"), between Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (the "Executive") and Eagle Point
Software Corporation (the "Company").
Whereas, the Executive and the Company have entered in an Employment
Agreement dated as of July 1, 1995 (the "Agreement") providing, among other
things, for the terms and conditions upon which the Company shall employ the
Executive; and
Whereas, each of the Executive and the Company desire to amend and
supplement the Agreement in certain respects as described in this First
Amendment.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and
agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:
1. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement to the
contrary, if an event constituting Good Reason (as defined below) shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Executive shall be permitted to terminate the
Agreement upon ten business days' written notice to the Company and shall be
entitled to receive such payments and other benefits determined in accordance
with Section 3.6 of the Agreement.
2. As used in this First Amendment, "Good Reason" means, without the
Executive's express written consent, the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(1) any of (i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in
any material respect with the Executive's position(s), duties,
responsibilities or status with the Company as contemplated by the
Agreement, (ii) a change in the Executive's reporting responsibilities,
titles or offices with the Company as contemplated by the Agreement or
(iii) any removal or involuntary termination of the Executive from the
Company otherwise than as expressly permitted by the Agreement;
(2) a reduction by the Company in the Executive's rate of annual base salary or
the Executive's target total annual compensation;
(3) the establishment by the Company of performance goals and similar criteria
as a condition to the receipt by the Executive of variable compensation
that are less favorable to the Executive than those established for other
executives of the Company;
(4) the failure of the Company to provide the Executive with benefits that are,
in the aggregate, at least as favorable to him as are provided to him as of
the date hereof;
(5) any requirement of the Company that the Executive be based anywhere other
than at the Company's facility in Dubuque, Iowa;
(6) the failure of the Company to (i) permit the Executive to participate in
the Company's employee benefit plans generally available to executives of
the Company, (ii) permit the Executive to take time off for vacation or
illness in accordance with the Company's policy for executives or (iii)
provide to the Executive all other fringe benefits as are from time to time
made generally available to executives of the Company; or
(7) the failure of the Company to comply with its obligations under the
Agreement;
Provided, however, that an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action taken
in good faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of
notice thereof given by the Executive shall not constitute Good Reason.
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3. Anything in the Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the
event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company or
its affiliated companies to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or
payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of the Agreement
or otherwise, but determined without regard to any adjustment required under
this Section 3 of the First Amendment) (in the aggregate, the "Total Payments")
would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Excise Tax"), then the payments due under
the Agreement shall be reduced so that the Total Payments are One Dollar ($1)
less than the maximum amount that may be paid or distributed to or for the
benefit of the Executive without resulting in the imposition of the Excise Tax.
4. Except as expressly modified hereby, the Agreement remains in full
force and effect. Upon the execution and delivery hereof, the Agreement shall
thereupon be deemed to be amended and supplemented as hereinabove set forth as
fully and with the same effect as if the amendments and supplements made hereby
were originally set forth in the Agreement, and this First Amendment and the
Agreement shall henceforth be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument, but such amendments and supplements shall not operate so as to
render invalid or improper any action heretofore taken under the Agreement.
5. This First Amendment may be executed in two counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and both of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment
as of the date first written above.
EAGLE POINT SOFTWARE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Chairman of the Board
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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