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Exhibit 10.4
 
AMENDMENT
TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made and entered into as
of December 31, 2010 by and between D3 Technologies, a California corporation
(“Corporation”), a wholly owned subsidiary of LMI AEROSPACE, INC. (“Parent”), a
Missouri corporation, and Richard L. Johnson (“Employee”),

Whereas, the Corporation and the Employee are parties to an employment agreement
between the Corporation and the Employee dated as of November 1, 2010 (the
“Employment Agreement”), a copy of which is attached and incorporated herein by
reference;

Whereas, the Corporation and the Employee have agreed to amend the Employment
Agreement;

Whereas, Section 11 of the Employment Agreement provided that amendments thereto
must be in writing and signed by both parties;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Corporation and the Employee do hereby agree to the
following:

1.              Section 3(C) of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted and
replaced with the following Section 3(C);

(C)           For each fiscal year of the Corporation during the term of this
Agreement, provided that the Employee is employed, under the terms of this
Agreement as of the first day of the next fiscal year, the Corporation shall pay
the Employee a “Performance Bonus,” in addition to the Employee’s Base Salary,
calculated as follows:

(1)            Five percent (5%) of the Employee’s Base Salary, provided that
the Corporation’s Annual Income from Operations for such fiscal year is not less
than sixty percent (60.0%) of its budgeted Annual Income from Operations; plus

(2)            Five percent (5%) of the Employee’s Base Salary, provided that
the Corporation’s Annual Income from Operations for such fiscal year is not less
than one-hundred percent (100%) of its budgeted Annual Income from Operations;
plus

 
 

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(3)            Seventeen Hundredths percent (0.17%) of the Annual income from
Operations of the Parent, provided the Parent’s Annual Income from Operations
for fiscal year 2011 is not less than sixty percent (60%) of its budgeted Annual
Income from Operations; Nineteen Hundredths percent (0.19%) of the Annual Income
from Operations of the Parent, provided the Parent’s Annual Income from
Operations for fiscal year 2012 is not less than sixty percent (60%) of its
budgeted Annual Income from Operations; Twenty Two Hundredths percent (0.22%) of
the Annual Income from Operations of the Parent, provided the Parent’s Annual
Income from Operations for fiscal year 2013 is not less than sixty percent (60%)
of its budgeted Annual Income from Operations.

For purposes of the calculation of the Performance Bonus, the Parent’s “Annual
Income from Operations” means its annual income from operations, on a
consolidated basis, for a given fiscal year, as determined by the firm of
independent certified public accountants providing auditing services to the
Parent, using generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.,
and calculated without regard to (a) any bonus paid pursuant to employment
contracts, and (b) any income or loss attributable to any other corporation or
entity (including the assets of a corporation or entity that constitute an
operating business) acquired by or merged into the Parent subsequent to the
effective date of this Agreement.

The Corporation’s “Annual Income from Operations” means the Income from
Operations of the Corporation.

The Corporation shall pay to the Employee any Performance Bonus due the Employee
hereunder not later than fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the Corporation
of its annual audited financial statements, which the Corporation expects to
receive within ninety (90) after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation.

2.              All references in the Employment Agreement to the “Agreement”
and any other references of similar import shall henceforth mean the Employment
Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

3.              In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this
Amendment and the provisions of the Employment Agreement (without regard to this
Amendment), the provisions of this Amendment shall control.  All defined terms
appearing in this Amendment shall continue to have the same meaning is provided
in the Employment Agreement, unless modified by this Amendment.

4.              Except to the extent specifically amended by this Amendment, all
of the terms, provisions, conditions, covenants, representations and warranties
contained in the Employment Agreement shall be and remain in full force and
effect and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed.

 
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5.      This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Corporation and the Employee and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, legal administrators, successors and permitted assigns.
 
6.              This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the substantive laws of the State of Missouri (without reference to
conflict of law principles).

The parties have executed this Amendment to Employment Agreement as of the date
first above written.

 

 
D3 TECHNOLOGIES INC,
 
(“Corporation”)
         
By:
/s/ Ronald S. Saks
   
Ronald S. Saks
           
/s/ Richard L. Johnson
   
Richard L. Johnson
   
(“Employee”)
 

 
 
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