Second Amendment to Employment Agreement between Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and Darren R. Jackson (Effective January 1, 2010)

Summary

This amendment updates the employment agreement between Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and Darren R. Jackson. It changes how termination payments are calculated if the company ends Mr. Jackson’s employment for reasons other than cause, death, or disability. The amendment specifies that the termination bonus will be based on the average annual bonuses received over the past three years, or the average during his employment if less than three years. All other terms of the original agreement remain unchanged.

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Exhibit 10.43
 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2010 BETWEEN
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. AND DARREN R. JACKSON
 
Second Amendment
 
SECOND AMENDMENT, dated as of January 1, 2010 (“Second Amendment”) to the EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 7, 2008, and first amended as of June 4, 2008, between Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (“Advance” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, and Darren R. Jackson (the “Executive”) (the “Agreement”).
 
The Company and the Executive agree as follows:
 
1.           Amendment of Section 4(d) of the Agreement.  Effective January 1, 2010, Section 4(d)(i)(B) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu
thereof:
 
4.           Termination of Employment.
 
(d).        Termination by the Company Other than for Due Cause, Death or Disability
 
(i) Termination Payment.
 
(B)           an amount equal to the average value of the annual bonuses pursuant to Section 3(b) paid to Executive for the three completed fiscal years immediately prior to the date of such termination; provided, however, that if Executive has been employed by the Company for fewer than three complete fiscal years prior to the date of such termination, Executive shall receive an amount equal to the average value of the annual bonuses pursuant to Section 3(b) that the Executive has received during the period of the Executive’s employment (the “Termination Bonus Payment”), and
 
2.           Full Force and Effect.   Except for those terms and provisions amended herein, all other terms and conditions in the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Executive have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
 
 
 
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
 
             
  By:         (SEAL)   
             
  Print Name:     
             
  Title:         
             
  Address:       
             
             
             
  Executive  
             
  Print Name: Darren R. Jackson  
             
  Signature:     
             
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