MIVA, INC. AMENDMENT I EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.5
MIVA, INC.
AMENDMENT I
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, MIVA, Inc. (Employer) and Peter Corrao (Executive) entered into an Executive Employment Agreement, effective September 6, 2005 (Agreement); and
WHEREAS, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, was enacted in 2004, and places strict rules on the time and form of certain payments provided under the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Employer and Executive may, by written consent of both parties, amend the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Employer and Executive desire to amend the Agreement to bring it into compliance with Code Section 409A so as to avoid the imposition on Executive of excise taxes.
NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, that, effective January 1, 2009, that the Agreement is amended as follows:
1. Section 2(c) is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
The Executive shall be based out of the Companys New York, New York office. If the Company decides to move its operations more than 50 miles from its current offices in New York, New York, Executive shall not be required to relocate and, to the extent the Executive cannot perform his duties hereunder as a result of such a move, his non-performance will not constitute Cause (as defined below).
2. The last sentence in Section 6(a) is deleted and replaced with the following:
For purposes of this Section 6, Termination Date shall mean the date on which a separation from service occurs, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).
3. The following Section 6(k) is added to the Agreement:
Notwithstanding any provision in this Section 6 to the contrary, if Executive is a specified employee as defined in Section 409A of the Code and the Company determines that any amounts to be paid to Executive hereunder are subject to Section 409A of the Code, then the Company shall not commence payment of such amounts until the earlier of (a) the date that is six months after the Executives Termination Date or (b) the date of the Executives death. Any
amount that otherwise would have been payable but for the delay described above shall be aggregated and paid with the first payment under this Section 6(k).
4. Section 6(e)(vi) is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
a relocation of the Companys offices in New York, New York to a location more than 50 miles from the current location.
5. The following clause is deleted in its entirety from the second to last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 8(a):
Unless an alternative method of reduction is elected by Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive has hereunto set his hand, and Employer has caused this Amendment I to be executed in its name and on its behalf, as of the 23rd day of December 2008.
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| By: | /s/ Lowell Robinson |
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| Its: | COO and CFO |
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| Executive | |
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| /s/ Peter A. Corrao | |
| Peter Corrao |