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Exhibit 10.2
AMENDMENT TO
SENIOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO SENIOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this Amendment) is made as of August 6, 2008, by and between Deckers Outdoor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), and Angel Martinez (the Executive) and is effective as of January 1, 2008.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive are parties to that certain Senior Executive Employment Agreement dated as of April 11, 2005, as amended (the Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive have agreed to enter into this Amendment to amend the Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto agree that the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
1.
Section 4.1. Subsection (e) of
Section 4.1 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(e)
pay the Executive (or the Executives
estate) or beneficiaries any Incentive Bonus with respect to a fiscal year
prior to the year of termination that has been earned and accrued but has not
been paid (the Accrued Incentive Bonus); plus a pro-rated portion of
the Incentive Bonus based on the actual length of service during the year of
termination; and
2.
Section 4.2. Subsection (e) of
Section 4.2 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(e)
pay the Executive any Accrued Incentive
Bonus, and excluding any Incentive Bonus for the year of termination; and
3.
Section 4.3. Subsection (e) of
Section 4.3 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(e)
pay the Executive any Accrued Incentive
Bonus; plus a pro-rated portion of the Incentive Bonus based on the actual
length of service during the year of termination;
4.
Section 4.3. Subsection (f) of
Section 4.3 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(f)
pay the Executive severance, commencing
on the thirtieth (30th) day following the termination date, of twelve (12)
monthly payments equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the Executives Annual Base
Salary in effect immediately prior to the
time such termination
occurs. Severance will be mitigated on a dollar for dollar basis for any
income received by Executive for duties performed for Company or any third
party during the twelve (12) months following termination; however,
notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Companys securities are publicly
traded on the date of Executives termination of employment, any portion of the
aggregate severance payments described in this Section 4.3(f), which, if
paid, would exceed the Section 409A Safe Harbor Limit shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh (7th) calendar month
immediately following the date of Executives termination;
5.
Section 4.4. Subsection (e) of
Section 4.4 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(e)
pay the Executive any Accrued Incentive
Bonus; plus a pro-rated portion of the Incentive Bonus based on the actual
length of service during the year of termination;
6.
Section 4.4. Subsection (f) of
Section 4.4 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(f)
pay the Executive severance of two
(2) times Executives Annual Base Salary in effect immediately prior to
the time such termination occurs plus the greater of (x) two
(2) times the targeted Incentive Bonus immediately prior to the time such
termination occurs or (y) two (2) times the average actual Incentive
Bonus for the previous three (3) years, whichever is greater; however,
notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Companys securities are publicly
traded on the date of Executives termination of employment, any portion of the
aggregate severance payments described in this Section 4.4(f), which, if
paid, would exceed the Section 409A Safe Harbor Limit shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh (7th) calendar month
immediately following the date of Executives termination. In the event
that the Company shall default in any payments of the severance, and such
default shall not be cured within five (5) days written notice of said
default by the Executive, then all unpaid severance will be immediately due and
payable.
7.
Section 4.5. Section 4.5 shall be
added to read, in its entirety, as follows:
4.5
RELEASE. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the
contrary, the Company may require that, prior to payment of any amount or
provision of any benefit pursuant to subsection (f) or (g) of
Sections 4.3 and 4.4, Executive shall have executed, on or prior to the Release
Expiration Date, a customary general release in favor of the Company in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit B, and any waiting periods contained in
such release shall have expired. To the extent that the Company requires
execution of such release, the Company shall deliver such release to Executive
within ten (10) business days following the termination of Executives
employment hereunder. In the event that Executive fails to execute such
release on or prior to the Release Expiration Date, Executive shall not be
entitled to any payments or benefits pursuant to subsections (f) or
(g) of Sections 4.3 and 4.4. Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Agreement to the contrary in any case
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where the date of termination and the Release Expiration Date fall in two separate taxable years, any payments required to be made to Executive that are treated as deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in the later taxable year.
8.
Section 5.2. Section 5.2 shall be
amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as follows:
5.2
EMPLOYEES RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS UPON
TERMINATION. If the Executives
employment is terminated for any reason, Executive agrees:
(a)
To keep all of the Companys Confidential
Information confidential in perpetuity in accordance with the Companys policy;
and
(b)
To not hire or solicit for hire or
consultation employees of the Company for a period of one and one-half (1
1/2) years after termination of employment.
9.
Section 6.1. Subsection (p) of
Section 6.1 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(p)
Release Expiration Date shall
mean the date which is twenty-one (21) days following the date upon which the
Company delivers Executive the release contemplated in Section 4.5 above,
or, in the event that such termination of employment is in connection with an
exit incentive or other employment termination program (as such phrase is
defined in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967), the date which is
forty-five (45) days following such delivery date.
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