FIRST AMENDMENT TO RETENTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
FIRST AMENDMENT TO RETENTION AGREEMENT
This First Amendment to Retention Agreement (this Amendment) is made and entered into effective as of September 19, 2011, by Mark Faris (Employee) and SRI/SURGICAL EXPRESS, INC., a Florida corporation (the Company).
BACKGROUND
Employee and Company entered into a Retention Agreement dated as of December 23, 2009 (the Retention Agreement). Employee and Company desire to amend the Retention Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth below in order to modify the scope of Employees severance compensation.
OPERATIVE TERMS
In consideration of the respective agreements of the parties contained in this Amendment and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree to amend the Retention Agreement as follows:
1. Section 1 of the Retention Agreement is amended to add the following definition:
Good Reason means, without the consent of Employee, the occurrence of any of the following within one year following a Change in Control (as defined in the Companys 2004 Stock Compensation Plan): (a) a material adverse change in Employees base salary and bonus opportunity from such pay in effect during the six month period preceding a Change in Control, (b) a material adverse change in Employees position and duties from such position and duties in effect during the six month period preceding a Change in Control, excluding any such change resulting from a change in the Companys status as a public company to a private company or (c) the Company requires Employee to change the location of Employees job or office, so that Employee will be based at a location more than 50 miles from the location of Employees job or office during the six month period preceding a Change in Control. In addition to any requirements set forth above, in order for any of the above events to constitute Good Reason, Employee must (i) inform the Company of the existence of the event within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the event, after which date the Company shall have no less than thirty (30) days to cure the event which otherwise would constitute Good Reason hereunder and (ii) Employee must terminate his employment with the Company for such Good Reason no later than ninety days after the initial existence of the event that prompted Employees termination. The foregoing Good Reason definition is intended to qualify under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(n)(2) to be treated as an involuntary separation from service, and shall be administered consistently therewith.
2. The definition of Involuntary Termination in Section 1 of the Retention Agreement is amended and restated to read as follows:
Involuntary Termination means either (a) the termination of Employees employment by the Company for any reason other than for Cause, death, or Disability that constitutes an involuntary separation from service within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(n)(1) or (b) the termination of Employees employment by Employee for Good Reason. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, references to termination of employment, separation from service or variations thereof in this Agreement shall mean the Employees separation from service from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code and the default rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(h).
3. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, all other terms and conditions of the Retention Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
4. The parties may execute this Amendment in counterparts. Each executed counterpart will constitute an original document, and all executed counterparts, together, will constitute the same agreement.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO RETENTION AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Employee have executed this Amendment effective as of the date first set forth above.
WITNESSES: | SRI/SURGICAL EXPRESS, INC., | |||||
a Florida corporation | ||||||
/s/ Ray Reilly | By: | /s/ Gerald Woodard | ||||
Name: | Gerald Woodard | |||||
| Title: | CEO | ||||
WITNESSES: | EMPLOYEE | |||||
/s/ Ray Reilly | /s/ Mark R. Faris | |||||
Mark Faris | ||||||
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