AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SPLIT DOLLAR AGREEMENT STUBBS TRUST
Exhibit
10.11 (a)
AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO
XXXXXX
TRUST
Reference
is made to that certain Split Dollar Agreement dated as of March 2, 1995 (the
"Agreement"), by and
between Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc., a Texas corporation (the
"Corporation"), and
Stoney Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, as Trustee ("Trustee") of The
Xxxxxx Irrevocable 1995
Trust (the "Trust").
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
A.
The
Agreement may be amended in accordance with Section 11 of the
Agreement.
B.
Capitalized
terms used in this amendment (the "Amendment"), but not
otherwise defined,
have the meaning for them set forth in the Agreement.
C.
The
parties desire to amend the Agreement to terminate any obligation of the
Corporation
to make Premium (as defined below) payments under the Agreement with respect to
the Policy.
D.
The
parties also desire to grant the Trust the right to repay the Corporation
directly for any
Premiums due to be repaid to the Corporation by the Trust under the Agreement
without the Trust
having to wait to surrender the Policy for its cash value or receipt of death
benefits
under the
Policy.
AMENDMENT
The
parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.
Termination
of Premium Payment Obligations. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary
in the Agreement (including under Section 3 of the Agreement), the
parties hereby agree
that the Corporation shall no longer have any obligation to pay
Premiums under the Agreement with respect to the Policy and that as of the date
hereof the Trust shall be
solely obligated
to make any and all Premium payments under or with respect to the Policy.
For the
avoidance
of doubt, Section 3 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety from the
Agreement and shall be of no further force or effect.
2.
Repayment
of Premiums. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the
Agreement
(including Sections 2 and 5 of the Agreement), the Trust shall have the right,
at its
sole and
absolute discretion, to repay Premiums owed to the Corporation under the
Agreement (including
under Section 2) at any time prior to the Trust surrendering the Policy
for its
cash value or receipt of death proceeds under the Policy. Nothing in this
Amendment, however, shall limit or
diminish the Trust's obligation to repay any unpaid Premiums in full no later
than as provided in Section 5 of the Agreement. As used
herein and in the context of the Agreement,
"Premiums" shall
mean the
total amount paid toward the premiums on the Policy by the
Corporation
under the Agreement prior to the date hereof and the total
amount that the Corporation
previously paid toward premiums on the Massachusetts Life Insurance Policy
(less
any sums
previously received by the Corporation with respect to the
Massachusetts Life Insurance
Policy), which Premium amounts currently owing total in the aggregate
$1,328,435, as
further
described on Exhibit
A.
3.
Ownership
Rights. Nothing
in this Amendment shall alter the ownership rights in the Policy, which
ownership rights shall remain with the Trust, subject only to the Corporation's
collateral assignment rights set forth in
the
Agreement, which collateral assignment rights shall terminate
on the earlier of repayment in full of the Premiums or as otherwise provided
in the
Agreement.
4. Succession.
This Amendment shall lie binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties to this Amendment and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
5.
Counterparts. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one
and the
same
instrument.
6.
Governing
Law. This
Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of
law
provision or rule (whether of the State of Texas or any other
jurisdiction).
7.
Severability. Any term
or provision of this Amendment that is invalid or
unenforceable
in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the
offending term
or
provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.
8.
Ratification. This
Amendment shall not affect any terms or provisions of the Agreement
other than those amended hereby and is only intended to amend, alter or modify
the
Agreement as expressly stated herein. Except as amended hereby, the Agreement
remains in effect,
enforceable against each of the parties, and is hereby ratified and acknowledged
by each
of the
parties. In the event of a conflict between this Amendment and the Agreement,
the terms
of this Amendment shall control.
9.
Further
Assurances. While the
Corporation and the Trust are the only parties to the
Agreement, both parties agree to take such actions as may be required by the
Insurer, or which the parties may reasonably request, to modify, amend or alter
the collateral assignment
documents
previously executed by the parties in
conjunction with the execution of the Agreement, all in such manner as would be
in furtherance with the spirit of this Amendment.
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The
parties hereto have executed this Amendment on November 12, 2003.
FROZEN
FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:
/s/ F.
Xxxxx XxXxxxx, Xx.
Name: F. Xxxxx
XxXxxxx, Xx.
Title:
Senior VP and CFO
THE
XXXXXX IRREVOCABLE 1995 TRUST
By:
/s/
Stoney Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:
Stoney Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title:
Trustee
of The Xxxxxx Irrevocable 1995 Trust
EXHIBIT
A
Outstanding
Premiums
as of
November 12, 2003
Analysis
of Split Dollar Premium Payments
Year |
Amount | ||
1992 |
59,
355.00 | ||
1993 |
59,355.00 | ||
1994 |
- | ||
1995 |
152,000.00 | ||
1995 |
(6,275.73) | ||
1996 |
152,
000.00 | ||
1.997 |
152,000.00 | ||
1998 |
152,000.00 | ||
1999 |
152,000.00 | ||
2000 |
152,000.00 | ||
2001 |
152,000.00 | ||
2002 |
152,000.00 | ||
1,328,434.27 | |||
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