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AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Employee Retention Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Nevada     Date: 1/14/2009
Industry: Casinos and Gaming     Sector: Services

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, Parties: shuffle master inc
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  EXHIBIT 10.2


AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Roger Snow

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 31st day of December 2008, by and between Shuffle Master, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), and Roger Snow (the “Employee”), a resident of the State of Nevada.
RECITALS:
A.           The Company is in the business of developing, manufacturing, distributing and otherwise commercializing card shufflers, table games (both live and electronic) and related gaming equipment and technology systems throughout the world (the “Business”).
B.           Company and Employee want to create an at-will employment relationship that protects the Company with appropriate confidentiality and non-compete covenants, and compensates and rewards the Employee for performing his obligations for the full term of this contract or such shorter term, as may be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
C.           The Company and Employee desire that Employee be employed by the Company on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
D.           The Employee and Company have previously entered into an employment agreement dated as of December 17, 2007 (the “Previous Agreement”), as amended by that First Amendment dated November 16, 2008.
E.           The Company and the Employee desire to amend and restate the Previous Agreement solely in order to make changes to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, Employee and the Company agree as follows:
1.           Employment.  The Company hereby employs Employee as its Executive Vice President, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or his designee.  Employee shall perform the duties of his position as assigned by the Chief Executive Officer or his designee.  Subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Employee’s employment under this Agreement with the Company is for a term of three years (the “Term”), beginning August 1, 2007 (the “Commencement Date”), through July 31, 2010.  The parties acknowledge that from the Commencement Date through November 16, 2008, Employee was employed as the Company’s Senior Vice President – Products.
2.           Salary, Bonus and Benefits.

a.  

From the Commencement Date through October 31, 2008, Employee shall be paid an annual base salary of two hundred forty thousand dollars ($240,000), paid in the same intervals as other employees of the Company; and, for fiscal year 2007, Employee has received all bonus amounts to which he is entitled.  Further, if employed full-time through October 31, 2008, then Employee will be eligible to receive an executive bonus in accordance with the terms and conditions of the executive bonus program authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) for other senior management executives of the Company for fiscal year 2008, in a range of percentages, but with a target bonus of 50% of Employee’s base salary, but, for fiscal year 2008, Employee is guaranteed to receive a bonus of no less than Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000).

b.  

For any subsequent year after fiscal year 2008, Employee will receive an annual base salary of no less than his annual base salary for the immediately prior fiscal year of this Agreement, and will also be eligible to participate in an executive bonus program and/or in an individual performance bonus program as authorized by the Board for said period.

c.  

Other than the executive bonus program set forth herein, there are no other bonus programs or amounts, including Employee’s fiscal 2007 bonus program, applicable to Employee.

d.  

At the next regular-scheduled Board meeting after the execution hereof, Company shall recommend to the Board that the Employee be issued 30,000 restricted stock units of the Company (the “RSUs”).  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, or in the Plan, the RSUs shall vest one-half on the second (2nd) anniversary of the initial grant date by the Board of Directors (the “Grant Date”) and one-half on the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Grant Date, provided the Employee is still employed, on a full-time basis, with the Company on each of said anniversary dates, but same may accelerate vest under certain conditions, as set by the Board.  Future equity grants, if any, will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors, provided, however, that such RSUs will be treated in such a manner as to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

e.  

Any stock options, the RSUs, and any other equity grants (“Equity”) issued at any time to Employee shall vest in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable grant by the Board, and, as may be otherwise applicable, with any relevant terms and conditions of the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as amended, or any subsequent plan, provided, however, that such RSUs will be treated in such a manner as to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

f.  

During the Term and provided the Employee is employed with the Company on a full-time basis, Employee shall receive an annual golf membership allowance in an amount not to exceed Six Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($6,100) per year.  The golf membership allowance shall include the golf membership fee and any golf course playing fees and cart fees.  In the event of a termination of Employee’s full-time employment by Company for just cause or a voluntary termination by Employee, Employee shall reimburse the Company for the prorated portion of the golf membership allowance remaining in the Company’s fiscal year.

g.  

Employee’s salary is set in the expectation that Employee’s full professional time will be devoted to Employee’s duties hereunder.

h.  

During Employee’s employment with the Company, the Company will promptly pay or reimburse Employee for reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by Employee in the furtherance of or in connection with the performance of Employee’s duties.  Such reimbursement will be in accordance with Company policies in existence from time to time.

i.  

Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, Employee shall be and is an employee “at will,” terminable at any time, with or without just cause or notice.


3.           Outside Services or Consulting.  Employee shall devote Employee’s full professional time and best professional efforts to the Company.  Employee may render other professional or consulting services to other persons or businesses from time to time during the Term, only if Employee meets all of the following requirements:

a.  

The services do not interfere in any manner with the Employee’s ability to fulfill all of his duties and obligations to the Company.

b.  

The services are not rendered to any business that may compete with the Company in any area of the Business or do not otherwise violate paragraph 4 hereof.

c.  

The services do not relate to any products or services, which form part of the Business.

d.  

Employee informs and obtains the prior written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.


4.           Non-competition.  In consideration of the provisions of this Agreement, Employee hereby agrees that he shall not, during the term of his full-time employment and for a period of twenty-four (24) months thereafter:

a.  

Directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, participate in, consult with or work for any business that is engaged in the Business anywhere in the United States or Canada.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that Employee may hold up to one percent (1%) of the shares of any publicly traded company.

b.  

Either alone or in conjunction with any other person, partnership or business, directly or indirectly, solicit, hire, or divert or attempt to solicit, hire or divert any of the Employees, independent contractors, or agents of the Company (or its affiliates or successors) to work for or represent any competitor of the Company (or its affiliates or successors), or to call upon, on behalf of a competitor of or to the Business, any of the customers of the Company (or its affiliates or successors).

c.  

Directly or indirectly provide any services to any person, company or entity, which is engaged in the Business anywhere in the United States or Canada.


5.           Confidentiality; Inventions.

a.  

Employee shall fully and promptly disclose to the Company all inventions, discoveries, software and writings that Employee may make, conceive, discover, develop or reduce to practice either solely or jointly with others during Employee’s employment with the Company, whether or not during usual work hours.  Employee agrees that all such inventions, discoveries, software and writing shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and Employee hereby agrees to assign, and hereby assigns all of Employee’s right, title and interest in and to any such inventions, discoveries, software and writings to the Company.  Employee agrees to keep complete records of such inventions, discoveries, software and writings, which records shall be and remain the sole property of the Company, and to execute and deliver, either during or after Employee’s employment with the Company, such documents or assignments as the Company shall deem necessary or desirable to obtain such letters patent, utility models, inventor’s certificates, copyrights, trademarks or other appropriate legal rights of the United States and foreign countries as the Company may, in its sole discretion, elect, and to vest title thereto in the Company, its successors, assigns, or nominees.  If, after request, Employee fails to promptly execute any such documents or assignments, Employee hereby appoints the Company as its attorney-in-fact to execute, on Employee’s behalf and in Employee’s name, any such documents or assignments.

b.  

“Inventions,” as used herein, shall include inventions, discoveries, improvements, ideas and conceptions, developments and designs, whether or not patentable, tested, reduced to practice, subject to copyright or other rights or forms of protection, or relating to data processing, communications, computer software systems, programs and procedures.

c.  

Employee understands that all copyrightable work that Employee may create while employed by the Company is a “work made for hire,” and that the Company is the owner of the copyright therein.  Employee hereby assigns all right, title and interest to the copyright therein to the Company.

d.  

Employee has no inventions, improvements, discoveries, software or writings useful to the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates in the normal course of business, which were conceived, made or written prior to the date of this Agreement.

e.  

Employee will not publish or otherwise disclose, either during or after Employee’s employment with the Company, any published or proprietary or confidential information or secret relating to the Company, the Business, the Company’s operations or the Company’s products or services.  Employee will not publish or otherwise disclose proprietary or confidential information of others to which Employee has had access or obtained knowledge in the course of Employee’s employment with the Company.  Upon termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, retain or take with Employee any drawing, writing or other record in any form or nature which relates to any of the foregoing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall have the right, as reasonably necessary, to retain copies of this Agreement, any employee stock option and restricted stock agreements, and any other documents, information or materials related to Employee’s compensation or benefits from the Company, in order to confidentially review such items with Employee’s professional advisors or immediate family members.  In addition, and subject to the provisions of paragraph 22 hereof, nothing in this paragraph 5(e) or in paragraph 5(f) below shall be construed to prevent or preclude Employee from responding to legal process or testifying truthfully.

f.  

Employee understands that Employee’s employment with the Company creates a relationship of trust and confidence between Employee and the Company.  Employee understands that Employee may encounter information in the performance of Employee’s duties that is confidential to the Company or its customers.  For the Term hereof, and until the information falls into the public domain, Employee agrees to maintain in confidence all information pertaining to the Business or the Company to which Employee has access including, but not limited to, information relating to the Company’s products, inventions, trade secrets, know how, systems, formulas, processes, compositions, customer information and lists, res


 
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