EXHIBIT 10.09

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This FIRST AMENDMENT (this “First Amendment”) to the Employment Agreement, made
and entered into by and between Adelphia Communications Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and
Vanessa Wittman (the “Executive”) is effective as of the 31st day of May 2006
(the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company entered into that certain Employment
Agreement dated May 8, 2003 (the “Employment Agreement”), attached hereto as
Exhibit A; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive now desire to amend the Employment
Agreement to provide for the payment of severance benefits in a lump sum and to
comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
hereinafter contained, the parties do hereby amend the Employment Agreement as
follows, effective as of the Effective Date:

1.               SECTION 9(C)(V) SHALL BE AMENDED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO PROVIDE AS
FOLLOWS:

“(v) payment of an amount equal to two times the Base Salary (based on such Base
Salary in effect immediately prior to Executive’s termination); such amount to
be paid to Executive in a lump sum within 15 days following Executive’s
termination date; and”

2.               SECTION 9(C)(VI) SHALL BE AMENDED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO PROVIDE AS
FOLLOWS:

“(vi) payment of an amount equal to the COBRA premiums for Company-paid health
insurance for Executive (on the same basis as provided to Executive immediately
prior to Executive’s termination) for the one-year period following Executive’s
termination, such amount to be paid to Executive in a lump sum within 15 days
following Executive’s termination date.”

3.               NEW SECTION 9(F) SHALL BE ADDED TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND
SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:

“(F)                              DELAYED PAYMENTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
PROVISION HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PAYMENT OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE MADE
HEREUNDER TO EXECUTIVE AT ANY DATE AS A RESULT OF THE TERMINATION OF EXECUTIVE’S
EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE DELAYED FOR SUCH PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO
SATISFY SECTION 409A(A)(2)(B)(I) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED (THE “CODE”).  ON THE EARLIEST DATE ON WHICH SUCH PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE
WITHOUT VIOLATING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 409A(A)(2)(B)(I) OF THE CODE,

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there shall be paid to Executive, in a single cash lump sum, an amount equal to
the aggregate amount of all payments delayed pursuant to the preceding
sentence.”

 

4.               DEFINED TERMS USED HEREIN AND NOT OTHERWISE DEFINED IN THIS
FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING ASCRIBED TO THEM IN THE EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT.

5.               EXCEPT AS AMENDED AND MODIFIED HEREBY, THE TERMS OF THE
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

6.               THIS FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICT
OF LAWS RULES TO THE EXTENT SUCH LAWS ARE NOT PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY
LAW.

The parties hereby (i) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of Colorado and the U.S. federal courts sitting in Colorado, provided that
until the consummation of the Plan, the Bankruptcy Court shall have exclusive
jurisdiction for any action or proceeding relating to this First Amendment,
(ii) consent that any such action or proceeding may be brought in any such
venue, (iii) waive any objection that any such action or proceeding, if brought
in any such venue, was brought in any inconvenient forum and agree not to claim
the same, (iv) agree that any judgment in any such action or proceeding may be
enforced in other jurisdictions, (v) consent to service of process at the
address set forth in Section 22 of the Employment Agreement (or to such other
addresses as Party may designate by notice to the other Party), and (vi) to the
extent applicable, waive their respective rights to a jury trial of any claim or
cause of action based on or arising out of this First Amendment or any dealings
between them relating to the subject matter of this First Amendment.

7.               THIS FIRST AMENDMENT MAY BE EXECUTED IN ONE OR MORE
COUNTERPARTS (INCLUDING BY FACSIMILE), EACH OF WHICH SHALL BE DEEMED AN ORIGINAL
AND ALL OF WHICH TOGETHER SHALL BE CONSIDERED ONE AND THE SAME INSTRUMENT.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into the First Amendment to
the Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

VANESSA WITTMAN

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  Vanessa Wittman

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David R. Brunick

 

 

By: David R. Brunick

 

Title: SVP HR

 

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