Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTIVE RETENTION AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT by and between i2 Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), and
                     (the “Executive”), dated as of the 25 day of February,
2008.

WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Company, (the “Committee”), has
determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders
to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Executive,
notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of the termination of the
Executive’s employment in connection with or following the appointment by the
Board of Directors, (the “Board”), of a Chief Executive Officer of the Company
or Change of Control (as defined below).

WHEREAS, the Committee believes that it is imperative to provide the Executive
with certain severance benefits upon the Executive’s termination of employment
under the circumstances described herein that provide the Executive with the
financial incentive and encouragement necessary to remain with the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Term: The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the date
hereof and shall continue until February 25, 2010 (such initial term together
with any extensions thereof, the “Term”). On February 25 of each succeeding
calendar year, the Term shall, without any action by the Company or the
Committee, automatically be extended for one (1) additional year.

2. Employment At Will: Employment with the Company is at-will. The Company may
unilaterally terminate the Executive’s employment with or without Cause or in
the event of the Executive’s Disability. The Executive may terminate his or her
employment with or without Good Reason and the Executive’s employment will
automatically terminate upon the Executive’s death. Any termination of
Executive’s employment by the Company or by the Executive during the Term shall
be communicated by a Notice of Termination.

3. Certain Definitions:

(a) A “Change in Control” shall mean a change in the ownership or control of the
Company which occurs by reason of any of the following events:

(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s
outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the
persons holding those immediately prior to such transaction;

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(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of
persons (other than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company), of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of securities possessing more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding
securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company’s
stockholders which the Board recommends such stockholders to accept.

(b) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) “Disability” shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executive’s
full-time duties with the Company for 180 consecutive calendar days as a result
of incapacity due to mental or physical illness that is determined to be total
and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and
acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative (such
agreement as to acceptability not to be withheld unreasonably).

(d) “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following
conditions without the consent of the Executive: (A) a material reduction in the
scope of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities, (B) a material reduction
in the Executive’s base compensation, (C) a material change in the Executive’s
principal place of employment or (D) a material breach by the Company of any of
its obligations under this Agreement provided that the Executive must
(i) provide written notice to the Company of the existence of the act or
omission constituting Good Reason within sixty (60) days of the initial
existence of such act or omission and (ii) provide the Company with at least
thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice to correct such act or omission.

(e) “Separation from Service” means the Executive’s separation from service
within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).

4. Termination of Employment:

(a) Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment shall terminate
automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Term. If the Company
determines in good faith that the Executive is Disabled, it may give to the
Executive written notice in accordance with Section 14 of its intention to
terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment
with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such
notice by the Executive (the “Disability Effective Date”), provided that, within
the 30 days after such receipt, Executive shall not have returned to full-time
performance of the Executive’s duties.

 

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(b) Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Term
for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall be determined by the
Committee in exercise of good faith and reasonable judgment and shall mean (i) a
material violation of Company policy or a material breach by the Executive of
the Executive’s duties and obligations (other than as a result of incapacity due
to physical or mental illness) that is demonstrably willful and deliberate on
the Executive’s part, committed in bad faith or without reasonably belief that
the action or inaction that constitutes such breach is in the best interests of
the Company, and, if subject to being effectively remedied, is not remedied in a
reasonable period of time (specified by the Company) after receipt of written
notice from the Company specifying such breach of violation (“Notice of
Breach”); or (ii) the conviction of the Executive of a felony.

If the Company delivers a Notice of Breach to the Executive describing the
situation to be remedied and Executive fails to remedy such violation or breach
within 60 days, then a Notice of Termination delivered to the Executive
subsequent to the Notice of Breach shall become effective in accordance with the
provisions specified below.

(c) Notice of Termination: Any termination by the Company for Cause, or by the
Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the
other party hereto given in accordance with Section 14. For purposes of this
Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice that (i) indicates
the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the
extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail, the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under
the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined
below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the
termination date of such notice (with such date to be not more than thirty
(30) days after the giving of such notice, except that in the event of a
termination by the Executive for Good Reason, such date shall in no event be
prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period provided to the Company).
The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of
Termination any fact or circumstances that supports as showing of Good Reason or
Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company hereunder or
preclude the Executive or the Company from later asserting such fact or
circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder. The
Company may not terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause after the
Executive has delivered a Notice of Termination for Good Reason, nor may the
Executive terminate employment with Company for Good Reason after Company has
delivered a Notice of Termination to the Executive.

5. Date of Termination: “Date of Termination” means (i) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive for any
reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date
specified therein, as the case may be; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is
terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the date on which
the Company notifies the Executive or such termination; and (iii) if the
Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the date
of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be.

 

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6. Obligations of the Company upon Certain Terminations: If, the Company
unilaterally terminates the Executive’s employment other than for Cause or the
Executive terminates employment for Good Reason, the Company shall pay the
Executive the following payments and benefits:

(a) The Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days
after the Date of Termination the sum of (1) the Executive’s annual base salary
through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the
product of (x) the annual target bonus (if any) for the year in which such Date
of Termination occurs and (y) a fraction, the numerator or which is the number
of days in the then current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the
denominator of which is 365 and (3) any accrued vacation pay, to the extent not
therefore paid.

(b) The Company shall pay to the Executive a severance payment in an amount
equal to one (1) times the sum of (x) the Executive’s annual base salary in
effect on the Date of Termination and (y) the annual target bonus (if any) for
the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, subject to reduction as set
forth in Section 9. Such benefit shall be paid in one lump sum within sixty
(60) days after the Executive’s Separation from Service from the Company and
such payment shall be subject to the Company’s collection of all applicable
withholding taxes.

(c) The Corporation shall pay to the Executive an amount equal to the cost that
would be incurred by the Executive if the Executive elected continued health
care coverage for the Executive and his spouse and other eligible dependents
under Section 4980B of the Code and the regulations thereunder for a period of
twelve (12) months measured from the Date of Termination. Such payment shall be
made in a lump sum within sixty (60) days after the Executive’s Separation from
Service.

7. Accelerated Vesting of Equity Awards: In the event of the Executive’s
termination of employment by the Company without Cause during the Term, all
outstanding equity awards held by the Executive at the time of such termination
shall fully vest. Any accelerated vesting under this Section 7 shall be subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 9.

8. General Release of Claims required under Termination: Upon receipt of any
payments or benefits under Section 6, the Executive knowingly and voluntarily
releases and forever discharges the Company and its subsidiaries, officers,
directors, employees and agents which shall release all claims, known and
unknown, the Executive may have relating to the Executive’s employment with the
Company (or any subsidiary) other than claims relating to any benefits under
this Agreement, and such release must become effective and enforceable following
the expiration of any applicable revocation period under federal or state law.

 

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9. Limitation of Benefits.

(a) In the event that any payments or benefits to which the Executive becomes
entitled in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (or any other
agreement with the Company or other affiliated company) would otherwise
constitute a parachute payment under Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, then such
payments and/or benefits will be subject to reduction to the extent necessary to
assure that the Executive receives only the greater of (i) the amount of those
payments which would not constitute such a parachute payment or (ii) the amount
which yields the Executive the greatest after-tax amount of benefits after
taking into account any excise tax imposed under Code Section 4999 on the
payments and benefits provided the Executive under this Agreement (or on any
other payments or benefits to which the Executive may become entitled in
connection with any change in control or ownership of the Company or the
subsequent termination of his employment with the Company). All calculations
required under this Section 9 shall be performed by the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm.

(b) Should a reduction in benefits be required to satisfy the benefit limit of
this Section 9, then the aggregate dollar amount of the salary and target bonus
payments otherwise due to the Executive under Section 6, shall be reduced to the
extent necessary to comply with such benefit limit. Should such benefit limit
still be exceeded following such reduction, then the number of shares which
would otherwise vest on an accelerated basis under each of the Executive’s
equity awards pursuant to Section 7 shall be reduced to the extent necessary to
eliminate such excess, with the actual awards to be so reduced to be agreed upon
by the Committee and the Executive.

10. Non-Competition And Noninterference: The Executive agrees that during the
term of his or her employment and for a period of twelve (12) months from the
Date of Termination, for whatever reason:

(a) The Executive shall not provide any services (whether as an employee, agent,
consultant, advisor, or independent contractor or in any other capacity,
directly or indirectly) to any competitor in a position that has substantially
the same function and /or responsibilities as the position occupied by the
Executive at the time of the Executive’s Date of Termination. Nor shall the
Executive provide any services (whether as an employee, agent, consultant,
advisor, or independent contractor or in any other capacity, directly or
indirectly) to any competitor in a capacity in which the Employee would be
required to use or disclose the Company’s confidential information (whether for
the benefit of the Executive or the competitor, or to the detriment of the
Company). For the purposes of this covenant a competitor shall mean one of the
following businesses: (Oracle, SAP, Manhattan, JDA, or Red Prairie).

(b) The Executive shall not request, advise or suggest to any customer of the
Company, nor shall the Employee directly or indirectly assist any other person
or entity to request, advise or suggest to any customer of the Company, the
customer curtail, cancel or withdraw its business from the Company or that the
customer not expand its relationship with the Company.

 

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(c) The Executive shall not directly or indirectly solicit or accept i2-related
business or any customer or prospect of the Company with whom the Employee
(i) had contact during the Executive’s last twelve (12) months of employment
with the Company, or (ii) had access to the Company’s confidential information
with respect to the customer or prospect during the last twelve (12) months of
employment with the Company.

(d) The Executive shall not induce or solicit any employee of the Company to
leave the employ of the Company.

11. Injunctive Relief And Additional Remedy: The Executive acknowledges and
agrees that any breach of the terms of Section 10 above would result in
irreparable injury and damage to the Company for which the Company would have no
adequate remedy at law; the Executive therefore also acknowledges and agrees
that in the event of such breach or any threat of breach, the Company shall be
entitled to an immediate injunction and restraining order to prevent such breach
and/or threatened breach and/or continued breach by the Executive and/or any and
all persons and/or entities action for and/or with the Executive, without having
to prove damages, in addition to any other remedies to which the Company may be
entitled at law or in equity. The terms of this Section 11 shall not prevent the
Company from pursuing any other available remedies for any breach or threatened
breach hereof, including but not limited to the recovery of damages from the
Executive.

12. Delayed Commencement of Benefits: Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in this Agreement, no payments or benefits to which the Executive
becomes entitled under Section 6 of this Agreement shall be made or paid to the
Executive prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period
measured from the date of the Executive’s Separation from Service with the
Company or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death, if the Executive is deemed at
the time of such separation from service a “key employee” within the meaning of
that term under Code Section 416(i) and such delayed commencement is otherwise
required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code
Section 409A(a)(2). Upon the expiration of the applicable Code
Section 409A(a)(2) deferral period, all payments deferred pursuant to this
Section 12 shall be paid in a lump sum to the Executive, and any remaining
payments due under this Agreement shall be paid in accordance with the normal
payment dates specified for them herein.

13. Compliance with Section 409A: It is the intent of the Company and the
Executive that the provisions of this Agreement comply with all applicable
requirements of Code Section 409A. Accordingly, to the extent any provisions of
this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more requirements or
limitations of Code Section 409A, then the Company and the Executive shall,
within the remedial amendment period provided under the Treasury Regulations
issued under Code Section 409A, effect through mutual agreement the appropriate
amendments to those provisions which are necessary in order to bring the
provisions of this Agreement into compliance with Section 409A.

 

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14. Notices: Any and all notices, demands or other communications required or
desired to be given hereunder by any party shall be in writing and shall be
validly given or made to another party if delivered either personally or if
deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested. at the following address:

 

To the Company:    i2 Technologies, Inc.    11701 Luna Road    Dallas, Texas
75039    Attention: General Counsel

Any notice to the Executive shall be addressed to his home address as set forth
at the time in the records of the Corporation.

15. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed and conformed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of laws
provisions. The Executive agrees to appear before and submit exclusively to the
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Dallas County, Texas
with respect to any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to
the Agreement. Should any provision of this Agreement become or be deemed
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction by reason of the scope,
extent or duration of its coverage, then such provision shall be deemed amended
to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law so as to be valid and
enforceable or, if such provision cannot be so amended without materially
altering the intention of the parties, then such provision will be stricken, and
the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

16. Severability: Should any provision of this Agreement be declared illegal or
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction and cannot be modified to
be enforceable, excluding the general release language, such provision shall
immediately become null and void, leaving the remainder of this Agreement in
full force and effect.

17. Amendment: This Agreement may not be modified, altered or changed except in
writing and signed by the Company and the Executive.

18. Understanding of Terms: The Executive acknowledges that the Executive has
read this Agreement completely, has consulted with or had the opportunity to
consult with independent legal counsel of his own choice and has been advised to
do so by the Company, and fully understands the terms, nature and effect of this
Agreement, which the Executive voluntarily executes in good faith. The Executive
acknowledges that the Executive has not relied on any representations, promises,
or agreements of any kind made to the Executive in connection with the
Executive’s decision to accept this Agreement, except for those set forth in
this Agreement.

 

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19. Withholding: The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this
Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes and other payments as
shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

20. Counterparts: Duplicate copies of this Agreement may be signed, and each
copy will be considered an original document, but when taken together, all
copies will constitute one Agreement.

21. Entire Agreement: This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the
Executive and the Company hereto, and fully supersedes any prior agreements or
understandings between the parties, except for (i) the Employee Proprietary
Information Agreement together with the invention and non-disclosure agreements
contained therein, (ii) any agreements evidencing equity awards granted to the
Executive pursuant to the i2 Technologies 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan
or the i2 Technologies, Inc. 2001 Non-Officer Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan
and (iii) any applicable arbitration agreement previously executed by the
Executive. These enumerated documents or agreements will remain effective,
notwithstanding the execution of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.

 

Executive       i2 Technologies, Inc. By:  

 

    By:  

 

        John Harvey       Title:   SVP and General Counsel

 

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