FORM OF VINCENT J. INTRIERI AMENDMENT IN RELATION TO SECTION 409A OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
EXHIBIT
10.56A
FORM
OF XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
AMENDMENT
IN RELATION TO
SECTION 409A OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE
This
Amendment In Relation to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (this “Amendment”) is
entered into this _____ day of December, 2008 by and between Icahn Management
LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Management Company”),
Icahn Onshore LP (the “Onshore GP”) and
Icahn Offshore LP (the “Offshore GP” and,
together with the Onshore GP, the “Fund GPs”), and
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, residing at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00X, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000 (“Employee”).
RECITALS:
The
parties hereto executed an Agreement dated as of December 31, 2004, as
subsequently amended, including pursuant to an Amendment in Relation to
Management Fee Participation dated August 8, 2007 (together, the “Agreement”). Except
as otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
Pursuant
to the Agreement, Employee was entitled to receive an amount (the “Management Fee
Participation”) equal to a portion of the Management Fees earned by the
Management Company from certain funds to which it provided management services,
including Icahn Fund Ltd., Icahn Fund II Ltd. and Icahn Fund III Ltd. (together,
the “Funds”).
Pursuant
to the Agreement, payment of 100% of Employee’s Management Fee Participation
with respect to each of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 calendar years was deferred and
payable, together with hypothetical gains and losses thereon as if invested in
the Master Fund, Master Fund II and Master Fund III (together, the “Master Funds”), on
January 30, 2010, subject to earlier payment upon a Terminating Event, as set
forth in Section 12 and Schedule A of the Agreement.
Pursuant
to a Management Contribution, Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of
August 8, 2007 between the Management Company and Icahn Capital Management LP
(the “Assignment”), the
Management Company assigned to Icahn Capital Management LP, effective as of
August 8, 2007, all of its right, title and interest in the Agreement, and Icahn
Capital Management LP assumed and agreed to perform the liabilities and
obligations (the “Assumed Obligations”)
of the Management Company under the Agreement, other than liabilities and
obligations arising prior to August 8, 2007, including the liabilities and
obligations of the Management Company with respect to Employee’s deferred
Management Fee Participation.
The
Management Company, Employee and the other parties hereto wish to amend the
terms of that portion of the Agreement that was not subject to the Assignment
(the “Original
Employment Agreement”) that relate to Employee’s deferred Management Fee
Participation: (i) to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code;
and (ii) to permit Employee, with the consent of the Management Company and
pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, to further extend the period of deferral
of the Management Fee Participation.
In
consideration of the premises, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree
to amend the Original Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2009
except as expressly set forth below, as follows:
1. Section
12(i) of the Original Employment Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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i)
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Indexation and Payment
of Management Fee Participation. The deferred Management
Fee Participation shall be indexed to the return of the Master Fund,
Master Fund II and Master Fund III, as applicable, in accordance with the
methodology set forth in the Deferred Management Fee Agreements (each, a
“Deferred Fee
Agreement”) between the Management Company and each of (A) Icahn
Fund Ltd. dated December 29, 2004; (B) (A) Icahn Fund II Ltd. dated
February 1, 2007; and (C) Icahn Fund III Ltd. dated April 1, 2007; provided
however that, if indexation against the return of any of the Master Fund,
Master Fund II or Master Fund III is impossible or impracticable, the
applicable portion of the deferred Management Fee Participation shall be
indexed to the return of U.S. Treasury obligations with duration as close
as practicable to the remaining anticipated duration of the
deferral. The Vested Amounts of the deferred Management Fee
Participation, as so indexed (the “Applicable
Amounts”), shall be paid to Employee in cash on the earliest of the
following:
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A)
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following
the last day of the respective deferral period thereof as follows: (i) 95%
of the Management Company’s estimate of the amount due shall be paid 10
days after the last day of the deferral period; and (ii) the balance shall
be paid promptly (but not more than 10 days) after the completion of the
preparation of the audited financial statements of the Funds for the year
in which the deferral period ends, but in any event within the calendar
year following the year in which the deferral period ends;
and
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B)
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as
set forth in Schedule A hereto in respect of any Terminating Event (as
contemplated in Schedule A) to the extent permissible under applicable law
including, without limitation, the New Law (as defined in Section 21(xi)
below); and
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C)
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if
and to the extent determined by the Management Company in its sole
discretion, upon any of the events set forth in Schedule A(c)
hereto.
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Employee
acknowledges that payments are to be made to Employee under this Section 12(i)
or otherwise in respect of the Management Fee Participation only with respect to
Vested Amounts of the Management Fee Participation and that the term “Applicable
Amounts” used herein includes only Vested Amounts of the Management Fee
Participation.
2. Section
12 of the Original Employment Agreement shall be amended by adding the following
as clause (ii) of Section 12, by renumbering the current clauses (ii) through
(iv) of Section 12 accordingly, and by changing the reference to “clause (iv)”
in renumbered clause (iii) (entitled “Incentive Allocation Participation”) to
“clause (v)”:
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ii)
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Redeferrals. In
accordance with Section 409A(a)(4)(C) of the Code, on or after January 1,
2009, Employee, subject to the consent of the Management Company, may
elect to extend the deferral period with respect to all or any portion of
the deferred Management Fee Participation by filing a written election
notice with the Management Company; provided that the
following conditions are met:
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A)
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the
election may not take effect until at least twelve months after the date
on which such election is made;
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B)
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except
in the case of payments upon Employee’s death or Disability, the payment
with respect to which such election is made must be deferred for a period
of not less than five years from the date such payment would otherwise
have been made; and
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C)
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the
election must be made at least twelve months prior to the scheduled
payment date.
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3. Section
12(iv) of the Original Employment Agreement shall be renumbered as Section 12(v)
and shall be amended by adding the following sentence at the end
thereof:
This
Section 12(v) shall not apply to the payment of any portion of the Management
Fee Participation.
4. Section
21(ix) and (x) of the Original Employment Agreement shall be amended by
substituting the term “Management Fee Participation” for the term “Management
Fees” wherever it appears.
5. Schedule
A to the Original Employment Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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Schedule
A
Terminating Events and
Accelerated Payments
(a) If
a Terminating Event occurs, amounts shall be paid to Employee as
follows:
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(I)
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Ninety-five
percent (95%) of the Applicable Amounts shall be paid to Employee by the
end of the second month following the month in which a Terminating Event,
as described in subsections b(I), (II) or (III) below,
occurs. The remainder of such amounts shall be paid to Employee
promptly after the completion of the audited financial statements of the
Funds for the year in which such Terminating Event occurs, but in any
event within the calendar year following the calendar year in which such
Terminating Event occurs.
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(II)
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The
Applicable Amounts shall be paid to Employee by the end of the second
month following the month in which a Terminating Event, as described in
subsection b(V) below, occurs.
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(III)
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Upon
the occurrence of a Terminating Event described in subsection b(IV)
hereof, the amount determined by the Management Company pursuant to that
subsection to be the amount necessary to satisfy the financial need giving
rise to such Terminating Event shall be paid to Employee as soon as
administratively practicable after such Terminating Event
occurs.
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(b) The
following events shall each constitute “Terminating
Events”:
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(I)
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the
death of Employee;
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(II)
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Employee’s
Disability, where “Disability”
means Employee’s inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that
can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12
months;
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(III)
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the
separation from service, as such term is defined in Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-1(h), of Employee from the Management Company and all other
entities considered a single “employer” with the Management Company under
the default provisions of Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-1(h)(3);
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(IV)
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upon
an “Unforeseeable
Emergency,” as such term is defined in Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-3(i)(3), of Employee: (A) with respect only to amounts reasonably
necessary to satisfy the emergency need, including amounts necessary to
pay any Federal, state, local, or foreign income taxes or penalties
reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution; and (B) if and to
the extent permitted by the Management Company in its sole discretion;
and
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(V)
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with
respect to that portion of the deferred Management Fee Participation that
is attributable to a particular Fund, and only if and to the extent
permitted by Section 409A of the Code, the separation from service, as
such term is defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h), of the Management
Company from such Fund that occurs on or after January 1,
2009.
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(c) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Management Company, in its sole
discretion, may accelerate payment of all or any Applicable Amounts upon the
occurrence of any of the events described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4),
including, without limitation, the events described in subsections(c)(I), (II),
(III) and (IV) below.
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(I)
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Payment Upon Income
Inclusion Under Section 409A. The
Management Company may accelerate payment of all or any portion of the
Applicable Amounts if this Agreement fails to meet the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code; provided that
any payment made pursuant to this subsection c(I) may not exceed the
amount required to be included by Employee in income as a result of the
failure to comply with the requirements of Code Section
409A.
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(II)
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Payment of State,
Local or Foreign Taxes. The
Management Company may accelerate payment of all or any portion of the
Applicable Amounts for payment of state, local, or foreign tax obligations
of Employee arising from participation by Employee in this Agreement and
applicable to amounts deferred under this Agreement before they are paid
or made available to Employee. The total payments under this
subsection c(II) shall not exceed the aggregate of the state, local, and
foreign tax amounts and the income tax withholding related to such state,
local, and foreign tax amount. Any such payment shall be made,
in the Management Company’s discretion, either by: (A) distributions to
Employee in the form of withholding pursuant to provisions of applicable
state, local, or foreign law; or (B) distribution directly to
Employee.
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(III)
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Payment of Employment
Taxes. The
Management Company may accelerate payment of all or any portion of the
Applicable Amounts to pay: (A) the Federal Insurance Contributions Act
(“FICA”)
tax imposed under Code Sections 3101 and 3121(a) and (v)(2) on deferred
Management Fee Participation amounts (the “FICA Amount”);
and/or (B) income tax at source on wages imposed under Code Section 3401
or the corresponding withholding provisions of applicable state, local, or
foreign tax laws as a result of the payment of the FICA Amount, and the
additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the pyramiding
Code Section 3401 wages and taxes; provided,
however, that the total payment under this subsection c(III) shall not
exceed the aggregate of the FICA Amount and the income tax withholding
related to such FICA Amount.
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(IV)
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Termination of the
Agreement.
The Management Company may accelerate payment of all Applicable
Amounts upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).
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6. This
Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York applicable to agreements made and/or to be performed in that
State, without regard to any choice of law provisions thereof. All
disputes arising out of or related to this Amendment shall be submitted to the
state and federal courts of New York, and each party irrevocably consents to
such personal jurisdiction and waives all objections thereto, but does so only
for the purposes of this Amendment.
7. Except as
specifically amended by this Amendment, all terms and provisions of the Original
Employment Agreement shall remain and continue in full force and
effect.
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In
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.
EMPLOYEE
_________________________
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
ICAHN
MANAGEMENT LP
By:
______________________
Name:
Title:
ICAHN
ONSHORE LP
By: ______________________
Name:
Title:
ICAHN
OFFSHORE LP
By: ______________________
Name:
Title:
[Signature
page to Amendment to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Employment Agreement
to
reflect the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code]
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