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AMENDMENT
(“Amendment”) made to the Employment Agreement dated as
of the Effective Date (the “Employment Agreement”), by
and between Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and Franz S. Hanning (the
“Executive”). Except as provided herein all terms and
conditions set forth in the Employment Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect.
WHEREAS ,
the Company and the Executive have previously entered into the
Employment Agreement; and
WHEREAS ,
the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Employment
Agreement in a manner intended to address Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”).
NOW,
THEREFORE , effective as of December 31, 2008, the
Employment Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1. Section II
of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence to the end thereof:
“The
Company acknowledges that given the nature and scope of the
Executive’s duties and responsibilities as the Chief
Executive Officer of TRG, one of the three business units of the
Company, an integral part of the Executive being able to perform
such duties and responsibilities is the Executive’s ability
to report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
and the Company further agrees the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company shall not delegate the direct supervision of the
Executive.”
2. Section IV-A
of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence to the end thereof:
“The Base
Salary shall be payable according to the customary payroll
practices of the Company.”
3. Section IV-B
of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence to the end thereof:
“The
Incentive Compensation Award shall be paid to the Executive at such
time as shall be determined by the Compensation Committee of the
Company’s Board of Directors, but in no event later than the
last day of the calendar year following the calendar year with
respect to which the performance targets relate.”
4. Section IV-G
of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence to the end thereof:
“The
Company shall reimburse all taxable business expenses to the
Executive promptly following submission but in no event later than
the last day of the Executive’s taxable year following the
taxable year in which the expenses are incurred.”
5. Section V
of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence to the end thereof:
“For
purposes of this Section V, Base Salary shall be paid in
accordance with the terms set forth in Section IV-A, and any
Incentive Compensation Award shall be paid in accordance with the
terms set forth in Section IV-B. Any earned but unpaid ALTI
bonus shall be paid in accordance with
Section IV-C.”
6. Section VI
of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence to the end thereof:
“For
purposes of this Section VI, Base Salary shall be paid in
accordance with the terms set forth in Section IV-A, and any
Incentive Compensation Award shall be paid in accordance with the
terms set forth in Section IV-B. Any earned but unpaid ALTI
bonus shall be paid in accordance with
Section IV-C.”
7. Section VII-C(ii)
of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety as
follows:
“ii.
‘Constructive Discharge’ means (1) any material
failure of the Company to fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement (including a material reduction of Base Salary, as the
same may be increased during the Period of Employment),
(2) the Executive&rsq
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