Second Amendment to Employment Contract between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Gregory S. McTaggart

Summary

This agreement amends the employment contract between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Gregory S. McTaggart, originally dated August 19, 1998, and previously amended on April 7, 2000. The amendment changes how the exercise price for stock options granted to Mr. McTaggart is determined, setting it as the closing price of the company's shares on December 31 of the relevant financial year instead of the previous method. All other terms of the employment contract remain unchanged.

EX-10.21 7 g88198exv10w21.txt 2ND AMENDT. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT/ GREGORY MCTAGGART EXHIBIT 10.21 SECOND AMENDMENT OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT THIS AGREEMENT is made this 5th day of December 2003 BETWEEN: CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD., a Cayman Islands company having its registered office at Trafalgar Place, West Bay Road, P.O. Box 1114 GT, Grand Cayman, BWI ("the Company") AND: GREGORY S. MCTAGGART of 422 Ocean Club, P.O. Box 30984 SMB, Grand Cayman, BWI ("the Vice President") WHEREAS: A. The Company and the Vice President entered into an employment contract dated the 19th of August 1998, which was amended by amendment of the employment contract dated the 7th of April 2000 ("the Employment Contract") B. The parties are now desirous of amending the same, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in order to change the date on which the exercise price of options to purchase Ordinary Shares granted to the Vice President is established. NOW IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained herein the parties agreed that the Employment Contract shall be amended and/or rectified as follows: 1. Clause 4 (c) of the First Amendment of the Employment Contract shall be amended as follows; Delete the words "average of the closing market price of the Company's Ordinary shares on each of the first seven trading days in the month of October of that financial year" and substitute "closing price of the Company's Ordinary shares on the 31st of December of the relevant financial year". THE PARTIES HERETO have set their hands and seals the day and date first above written. SIGNED AND SEALED in the presence of: ) CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD. ) ) ) /s/ Frederick McTaggart ) ------------------------------- /s/ Brent Santa ) Frederick McTaggart - ----------------------------------- ) ------------------------------- witness Brent Santha SIGNED AND SEALED in the presence of: ) ) ) ) ) /s/ Brent Santha ) /s/ Gregory McTaggart - ----------------------------------- ) ------------------------------- witness Gregory S. McTaggart Brent Santha