Exhibit 10.3.17
AMENDMENT NO. 17 TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
AGREED, as of the 16th day of June 2005, between the Federal Agricultural
Mortgage Corporation (FAMC) and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (you) that the existing
employment contract between the parties hereto, dated May 11, 1989, as amended
by letter dated December 14, 1989, Employment Agreement Amendment No. 2 dated
February 14, 1991, Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of June 1, 1993,
Amendment No. 4 to Employment Contract dated as of June 1, 1993, Amendment No. 5
to Employment Contract dated as of June 1, 1994, Amendment No. 6 to Employment
Contract dated as of June 1, 1995, Amendment No. 7 to Employment Contract dated
as of February 8, 1996, Amendment No. 8 to Employment Contract dated as of June
13, 1996, Amendment No. 9 to Employment Contract dated as of August 7, 1997,
Amendment No. 10 to Employment Contract dated as of June 4, 1998, Amendment No.
11 to Employment Contract dated as of June 3, 1999, Amendment No. 12 to
Employment Contract dated as of June 1, 2000, Amendment No. 13 to Employment
Contract dated as of June 7, 2001, Amendment No. 14 to Employment Contract dated
as of June 6, 2002, Amendment No.15 to Employment Contract dated as of June 5,
2003, and Amendment No.16 to Employment Contract dated as of August 3, 2004
(collectively, the Agreement), be and hereby is amended as follows:
Sections 1, 3 (a) and 8 (a) (iii) of the Agreement are replaced in their
entirety with the following new sections:
1. Term. The Term of this Agreement shall continue until June 1, 2009 or
any earlier effective date of termination pursuant to Paragraph 8 hereof (the
"Term").
3 (a). Base Salary. As of July 1, 2005, you will be paid a base salary (the
Base Salary) during the Term of Three Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred
Dollars ($329,800) per year, payable in arrears on a bi-weekly basis; and
8 (a) (iii). Xxxxxx Mac may terminate your employment without "cause" at
any time. Such termination shall become effective on the earlier of June 1,
2009, or two years from the date of notice of such termination.
As amended hereby, the Agreement remains in full force and effect.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Employee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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President
