FOURTH AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT (the Fourth Amendment) is made and entered into as of May 3, 2017, by and among EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and SHIRLEY SINGLETON (Employee).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Company and Employee entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated June 12, 2007 (the Employment Agreement) for a term commencing on June 12, 2007 and continuing through December 31, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Company and Employee by their First Amendment to Employment Agreement agreed to extend the term of the Employment Agreement through December 31, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Company and Employee by their Second Amendment to Employment Agreement agreed to extend the term of the Employment Agreement through December 31, 2016; and
WHEREAS, Company and Employee by their Third Amendment to Employment Agreement agreed to extend the term of the Employment Agreement through December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Company terminated Employees employment without Cause effective as of March 8, 2017 entitling Employee to receive certain severance benefits as provided for in the Employment Agreement; and
WHEREAS, all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement;
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Effective as of the Termination Date, the term Continued Health Care Coverage, as used in the Employment Agreement, shall mean only health and dental insurance coverage and shall expressly exclude life and disability insurance coverage. As of the Termination Date, the Company shall have no obligation of any nature to provide life and/or disability insurance coverage to Employee under the Employment Agreement or otherwise.
2. The period of time that the Company is required to provide the Employee with Continued Health Care Coverage, as said term is amended herein and to the extent provided in
the Employment Agreement, shall be increased from a period of two (2) years from the Termination Date to a period of three (3) years from the Termination Date.
3. Except as expressly amended herein, all other terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement, the First Amendment to the Employment Agreement, the Second Amendment to the Employment Agreement and the Third Amendment to the Employment Agreement, to the extent the same survive Employees termination, shall remain in full force and effect, unaltered and unaffected hereby, and the parties hereby ratify and confirm their rights and obligations as set forth in said Employment Agreement, as amended herein.
5. This Fourth Amendment shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
6. This Fourth Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Fourth Amendment by facsimile or PDF shall be effective as delivery of a manually-executed counterpart of this Fourth Amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Fourth Amendment as of the date first set forth above, intending this document to take effect as a sealed instrument.
COMPANY: EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Jeffrey Rutherford | |
Name: | Jeffrey Rutherford | |
Title: | Chairman, Interim President and Interim CEO | |
EMPLOYEE:
/s/ Shirley Singleton Shirley Singleton |