Exhibit 10.43
 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2010 BETWEEN
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. AND DARREN R. JACKSON
 
Second Amendment
 
SECOND AMENDMENT, dated as of January 1, 2010 (“Second Amendment”) to the
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 7, 2008, and first amended as of June
4, 2008, between Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (“Advance” or the “Company”), a
Delaware corporation, and Darren R. Jackson (the “Executive”) (the “Agreement”).
 
The Company and the Executive agree as follows:
 
1.           Amendment of Section 4(d) of the Agreement.  Effective January 1,
2010, Section 4(d)(i)(B) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
the following is inserted in lieu
thereof:
 
4.           Termination of Employment.
 
(d).        Termination by the Company Other than for Due Cause, Death or
Disability

 
(i) Termination Payment.
 
(B)           an amount equal to the average value of the annual bonuses
pursuant to Section 3(b) paid to Executive for the three completed fiscal years
immediately prior to the date of such termination; provided, however, that if
Executive has been employed by the Company for fewer than three complete fiscal
years prior to the date of such termination, Executive shall receive an amount
equal to the average value of the annual bonuses pursuant to Section 3(b) that
the Executive has received during the period of the Executive’s employment (the
“Termination Bonus Payment”), and
 
2.           Full Force and Effect.   Except for those terms and provisions
amended herein, all other terms and conditions in the Agreement shall remain
unchanged and in full force and effect.
 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Executive have executed this Agreement as of
the date first written above.
 
 

 
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
                  By:         (SEAL)                    Print Name:             
        Title:                          Address:                               
                    Executive                   Print Name: Darren R. Jackson  
                Signature:                      Address: