FINANCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION
2001 MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT TO RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENTS
AND TO REQUESTS TO CONVERT AND IRREVOCABLY DEFER RECEIPT OF VESTED
RESTRICTED STOCK
This Amendment, is made and entered into as of the 9th day of
December, 2008, by and between Financial Federal Corporation (the
"Company") and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx (the "Participant") (together, the
"Parties").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Parties previously entered into Restricted Stock
Agreements, dated March 1, 2002 and October 4, 2004 (together, the
"Agreements"), which granted shares of restricted stock to the
Participant under the Financial Federal Corporation 2001 Management
Incentive Plan;
WHEREAS, the Parties previously entered into two Requests to
Convert and Irrevocably Defer Receipt of Vested Restricted Stock, each
of which were dated February 26, 2003 (together, the "Requests to
Defer");
WHEREAS, the Requests to Defer apply to certain shares of
restricted stock granted to the Participant pursuant to Restricted
Stock Agreements, dated February 27, 2001 and March 1, 2002, which
continue to remain in effect and govern the terms and conditions
applicable to the Requests to Defer;
WHEREAS, for purposes of bringing the Agreements into compliance
with the plan document requirements of Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the Parties have
prepared this Amendment which must be adopted on or before December 31,
2008;
WHEREAS, the Parties have prepared this protective Amendment to
the Requests to Defer for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, which
must be adopted on or before December 31, 2008; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Agreements that require any
amendments thereto to be signed by the Participant and a member of the
Company's Board of Directors, the Parties desire to adopt this
Amendment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Effective as of the date first written above, a new section is
hereby added immediately following the section entitled "Applicable
Law" in the Agreements to read as follows:
"Compliance with Code Section 409A.
To the extent this Agreement is subject to Code Section 409A, and
notwithstanding any provision in the Agreement to the contrary, if
upon your "separation from service" within the meaning of Code
Section 409A, you are then a "specified employee" (as defined in
Code Section 409A), then to the extent necessary to comply with
Code Section 409A and avoid the imposition of taxes under Code
Section 409A, the Company shall defer payment of "nonqualified
deferred compensation" subject to Code Section 409A payable as a
result of and within six (6) months following such separation from
service under this Agreement until the earlier of (i) the first
business day of the seventh month following your separation from
service, or (ii) ten (10) days after the Company receives
notification of your death. Any such delayed payments shall be
made without interest."
2. Effective as of the date first written above, a new paragraph is
added between the fifth and sixth paragraphs of the Requests to Defer
to read as follows:
"To the extent this request is subject to Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("409A"), and
notwithstanding any provision in the request to the contrary, if
upon the Participant's "separation from service" within the
meaning of 409A, he is then a "specified employee" (as defined in
409A), then to the extent necessary to comply with 409A and avoid
the imposition of taxes under 409A, the Company shall defer
payment of "nonqualified deferred compensation" subject to 409A
payable as a result of and within six (6) months following such
separation from service under this request until the earlier of
(i) the first business day of the seventh month following the
Participant's separation from service, or (ii) ten (10) days after
the Company receives notification of the Participant's death. Any
such delayed payments shall be made without interest."
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be
executed by a member of its Board of Directors and Participant has
hereunto set his hand on the day and year first above written.
FINANCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION
By:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Chairman, Executive Compensation and
Stock Option Committee
PARTICIPANT
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx