Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

Agreement

between and among

1.    Harman Management GmbH,

        Becker-Göring-Straße 16, 76303 Karlsbad, Germany,

– hereinafter referred to as “the Company” –

represented by its shareholder Harman International Industries, Inc.

-hereinafter referred to as “Harman”-

and

2.    Dr. Klaus Blickle,

        [Address Intentionally Omitted],

– hereinafter referred to as “the Managing Director” –

- collectively referred to as “the Parties” –

Recitals

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

Section 1

Termination

Section 2

Compensation

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Section 3

Company Car / Return of Items

Section 4

Company Pension

“The Annual Pension shall be in the amount of €33.500, and shall be paid in twelve (12) equal monthly installments commencing the month following the month during which the last one of the following conditions has been satisfied:

Section 5

Confidentiality

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Section 6

Approval of Acts

The Company shall ensure that the shareholders of Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH will grant approval of acts (Entlastung) of the Managing Director for the time of his office as Managing Director in course of the approval of the respective financial statements. Signed copies of the shareholders’ resolutions concerning approval of the acts will be provided by the Company to the Managing Director immediately after they have been passed.

Section 7

Stock Options

Any stock options or RSUs granted to the Managing Director are subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions of the respective stock option agreements and restricted share units agreements entered into between the Managing Director and Harman International Industries, Inc. and the applicable stock option and incentive plans.

Section 8

Negative Utterances

The Managing Director shall not make any negative utterances, whether oral or written, express or implied, concerning the Company, any Affiliated Company, or any of their directors, officers or employees, suppliers or customers. In particular, notwithstanding and in addition to the Managing Director’s general secrecy obligations, the Managing Director will not discuss or make any kind of statements with respect to the Managing Director’s history with, and views of, the Harman Group.

Section 9

Press Release

The Parties will make statements or comments to the public about the Managing Director, his termination and resignation only if and to the extent expressly agreed between the Parties in advance.

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Section 10

Covenant not to compete

The provisions of Article 8 of the MDEA shall remain unaffected.

Section 11

Settlement

The Parties agree that upon signing of this Agreement neither of the Parties shall have any claims, whether past, present or future, known or unknown, arising from the MDEA terminated as of the Termination Date and/or in connection with its termination, except for claims based on the rights and duties agreed upon in this Agreement.

Section 12

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Section 13

Miscellaneous

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Arbitration Agreement

between and among

represented by its shareholder Harman International Industries, Inc.

and

- collectively referred to as “the Parties” –

The Parties agree hereby as follows: All disputes arising from the Agreement appended hereto between Dr. Klaus Blickle and Harman Management GmbH including its validity shall be finally settled by three arbitrators according to the Arbitration Rules of the German Institution of Arbitration e.V. (DIS) without recourse to the ordinary courts of law. The arbitration tribunal shall also decide on the validity of this arbitration agreement. The arbitral tribunal shall apply German substantive law. The language of the arbitration proceedings shall be English. If one party desires consideration of a document or of witness testimony in another language, that party must undertake the prior translation or simultaneous translation, respectively, of the same and alone carry such as a separate, non-refundable expense. The place of arbitration shall be Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany. With exception of possible translation expenses as described above, the winning party is entitled to the award of all necessary (in accordance with Section 91 ZPO (German Civil Procedure Code)) costs and necessary (in accordance with Section 91 ZPO (German Civil Procedure Code)) expenses in connection with the proceedings (including attorneys’ fees in accordance with the German Act on Attorney’s Fees (RVG)).

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