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Exhibit 10.1
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 (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 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 4.3. Subsection (g) of
Section 4.3 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(g) maintain in full force and effect, for the Executives
and the Executives eligible beneficiaries, until the first to occur of
(x) the Executives attainment of alternative employment if such
employment includes health insurance benefits or (y) the twelve (12) month
anniversary of termination of employment, the benefits provided pursuant to
Company-sponsored benefit plans, programs, or other arrangements in which the
Executive was entitled to participate as a full-time employee immediately prior
to such termination in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof, subject to the
terms and conditions of participation as provided under the general terms and
provisions of such plans, programs, and arrangements, or in the alternate, the
Company will arrange to provide the Executive with continued benefits
substantially similar to those which the Executive would have been entitled to
receive under such plans, programs, and arrangements; and
6.
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;
7.
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 one and one-half (1.5)
times Executives Annual Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the time
such termination occurs plus the greater of (x) one and one-half (1.5)
times the targeted Incentive Bonus immediately prior to the time such
termination occurs or (y) one and one-half (1.5) 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;
8.
Section 4.5. Section 4.5 shall be
added to read, in its entirety, as follows:
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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 [A]/[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 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.
9.
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.
10.
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.
11.
Section 6.1. Subsection (q) of
Section 6.1 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
(q) Retirement will mean normal retirement at age
65.
12.
Section 6.1. Subsection (r) of
Section 6.1 shall be amended and restated to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
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