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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This First
Amendment to Employment
Agreement (the
"Amendment") is entered into as of December 15,
2008, by and
between Seaboard Overseas Trading Group, a division of
Seaboard
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with any
Successor
thereto, the "Company"), and David M. Dannov ("Executive").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive
have entered into that
certain Employment Agreement dated as of July 1,
2005, setting
forth the terms upon which Executive
is employed with the
Company; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend
certain provisions of
the Employment Agreement to ensure
compliance with Internal
Revenue Code 409A and the related regulations,
("Section 409A")
dealing with deferred compensation rules;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Definitions.
All terms used herein which are
not
defined shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the
Employment Agreement.
2. Amendment to Section 8.(d)
- Definition of Good Reason.
The parties agree that Section 8.(d)
is hereby amended and
restated to read as follows:
(d) Termination by Executive.
Executive may
resign from his employment for
any reason, including
for Good
Reason (as defined
below in this
subsection (d)). In the
event of a termination of
Executive's employment by Executive's
resignation other
than for Good Reason, no termination
benefits shall be
payable to or in
respect of Executive except as
provided in Section 8(f)(ii)
and in the event of a
termination of Executive's employment by
Executive for
Good Reason, no termination benefits
shall be payable
to or in respect of
Executive except as provided in
Section 8(f)(i). For
purposes of this Agreement, a
termination of
employment by Executive for "Good
Reason" shall mean a resignation by
Executive from his
employment with the Company within
one hundred eighty
(180) days following the
initial occurrence, without
Executive's consent, of
any one or more of the
following events: (i) a
material diminution in the
Executive's authority,
duties or responsibilities;
(ii) a material change in the geographic
location where
Executive primarily performs his services;
or (iii) any
other material breach by the Company
of any material
provision of this
Agreement; provided that the
Executive shall have given the
Company notice of the
occurrence of the event
or events constituting Good
Reason within ninety (90) days
following the initial
occurrence of
such event or such events and the
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Company shall have failed to cure such
event or events
(to the extent capable of being
cured) within thirty
(30) business days after receipt of such
notice.
3. Amendment to Section
8.(f)(i) - Payments Upon Certain
Terminations. The parties agree that Section 8.(f)(i)
is hereby
amended to add new subsections (F) and (G) immediately
following
Section 8. (f) (i) (E), reading as follows:
(F) The Company and Executive agree
that
each
payment made by the Company to
Executive
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