EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
 
     This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into on May 27, 2011, by
and between Michael Burdiek, an individual (“Executive”), and CalAmp Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
 
RECITALS:
 
     A. It is the desire of the Company to assure itself of the continued
services of Executive by engaging Executive to perform such services under the
terms hereof.
 
     B. Executive desires to commit himself to serve the Company on the terms
herein provided.
 
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements set forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
     1. Employment by the Company and Term.
 
          (a) Full Time and Best Efforts. Effective as of June 1, 2011 (the
“Effective Date”) and subject to the terms set forth herein, the Company agrees
to employ Executive as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and
in such other executive capacities as may be requested from time to time by the
Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, and
Executive hereby accepts such employment. Executive shall render such other
services for the Company and corporations controlled by, under common control
with or controlling, directly or indirectly, the Company, and to successor
entities and assignees of the Company (the “Company’s Affiliates”) as the
Company may from time to time reasonably request and as shall be consistent with
the duties Executive is to perform for the Company and with Executive’s
experience. During the term of his employment with the Company, Executive will
devote his full time and use his best efforts to advance the business and
welfare of the Company, and will not engage in any other employment or business
activities for any direct or indirect remuneration that would be directly
harmful or detrimental to, or that may compete with, the business and affairs of
the Company or the Company’s Affiliates, or that would interfere with his duties
hereunder.
 
          (b) Duties. Executive shall serve in an executive capacity and shall
perform such duties as are customarily associated with his position, consistent
with the Bylaws of the Company and as reasonably required by the Company’s Board
of Directors (the “Board”).
 
          (c) Company Policies. The employment relationship between the parties
shall be governed by the general employment policies and practices of the
Company, including but not limited to those relating to protection of
confidential information and assignment of inventions, except that when the
terms of this Agreement differ from or are in conflict with the Company’s
general employment policies or practices, this Agreement shall control.
 
          (d) Term. The initial term of employment of Executive under this
Agreement shall begin as of the date hereof for an initial term ending on May
30, 2012 (such period, the “Initial Term”), subject to the provisions for
termination set forth herein and renewal as provided in Section 1(e) below.
 

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          (e) Renewal. Unless either party shall have given the other notice
that this Agreement shall not be renewed at least thirty (30) days prior to the
end of the Initial Term, the term of this Agreement shall be automatically
extended for a period of one (1) year, such procedure to be followed in each
such successive year. Each extended term shall continue to be subject to the
provisions for termination set forth herein. Failure by the Company to renew
this Agreement shall constitute termination without cause or disability and
Executive shall be eligible for severance in accordance with Sections 6(d) and
6(f) or, if applicable, Sections 6(e) and 6(f).
 
     2. Compensation and Benefits.
 
          (a) Salary. Executive shall receive for services to be rendered
hereunder a salary at the rate of Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred
Thirty-Three Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents ($33,333.33) per month payable at
least as frequently as monthly and subject to payroll deductions as may be
necessary or customary in respect of the Company’s salaried employees (the “Base
Salary”). The Base Salary will be reviewed by and shall be subject to adjustment
at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company each year during
the term of this Agreement.
 
          (b) Participation in Benefit Plans. During the term hereof, Executive
shall be entitled to participate in any group insurance, hospitalization,
medical, dental, health, accident, disability or similar plan or program of the
Company now existing or established hereafter to the extent that he is eligible
under the general provisions thereof. The Company may, in its sole discretion
and from time to time, amend, eliminate or establish additional benefit
programs, as it deems appropriate. Executive shall also participate in all
standard fringe benefits offered by the Company to any of its Executive
Officers.
 
          (c) Vacation. Executive shall be entitled to a period of annual
vacation time in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy, to accrue pro
rata during the course of each such twelve-month period. The days selected for
Executive’s vacation must be mutually and reasonably agreeable to by the Company
and Executive.
 
     3. Bonuses.
 
     Executive shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s employee bonus
program in accordance with the terms of such program (as it may exist from time
to time) and in the discretion of the committee administering such program.
 
     4. Stock Awards.
 
     Executive shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s employee stock
award plans and shall be eligible for award of stock options or other stock
incentive awards in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock award plans
and in the discretion of the Committee of the Board administering such plans.
 
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     5. Reasonable Business Expenses and Support.
 
     Executive shall be reimbursed for documented and reasonable business
expenses in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder. Executive
shall be furnished reasonable office space, assistance and facilities.
 
     6. Termination of Employment.
 
     The date on which Executive’s employment by the Company ceases under any of
the following circumstances, shall be defined herein as the “Termination Date.”
 
          (a) Termination Upon Death. If Executive dies prior to the expiration
of the term of this Agreement, the Company shall (i) continue coverage of
Executive’s dependents (if any) under all benefit plans or programs of the type
listed above in Section 2(b) herein for a period of six (6) months, and (ii) pay
to Executive’s estate the accrued portion of any salary and vacation earned as
of the Termination Date, less standard withholdings for tax and social security
purposes.
 
          (b) Termination Upon Disability. The Company may terminate Executive’s
employment in the event Executive suffers a disability that renders Executive
unable to perform the essential functions of his position, even with reasonable
accommodation, as determined by competent medical authority. After the
Termination Date, which in this event shall be the date upon which notice of
termination is given, no further compensation will be payable under this
Agreement except that Executive shall be paid the accrued portion of any salary
and vacation earned as of the Termination Date, less standard withholdings for
tax and social security purposes.
 
          (c) Termination for Cause.
 
               (i) Termination; Payment of Accrued Salary and Vacation. The
Board may terminate Executive’s employment with the Company at any time for
Cause, immediately upon notice to Executive of the circumstances leading to such
termination for Cause. In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated
for Cause, Executive shall receive payment for all accrued salary and vacation
earned through the Termination Date, which in this event shall be the date upon
which notice of termination is given. The Company shall have no further
obligation to pay severance of any kind whether under this Agreement or
otherwise nor to make any payment in lieu of giving notice of such termination.
 
               (ii) Definition of Cause. “Cause” means the occurrence or
existence of any of the following with respect to Executive, as determined by a
majority of the directors of the Board: (A) unsatisfactory performance of
Executive’s duties or responsibilities, provided that the Company has given
Executive written notice specifying the unsatisfactory performance of his duties
and responsibilities and afforded Executive reasonable opportunity for cure, all
as determined by a majority of the directors of the Board; (B) a material breach
by Executive of any of his material obligations hereunder that the Company has
given Executive written notice thereof; (C) willful failure to follow any lawful
directive of the Company consistent with Executive’s position and duties, after
written notice and reasonable opportunity to cure, all as determined by the
Board; (D) a material breach by Executive of his duty not to engage in any
transaction that represents, directly or indirectly, self-dealing with the
Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates which has not been approved by a
majority of the disinterested directors of the Board or of the terms of his
employment; (E) commission of any willful or intentional act which could
reasonably be expected to injure materially the property, reputation, business
or business relationships of the Company or its customers; or (F) the conviction
or the plea of nolo contendere or the equivalent in respect of a felony
involving moral turpitude.
 
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          (d) Termination Without Cause or Disability.
 
               (i) Termination; Payment of Accrued Salary and Vacation. The
Company may terminate Executive’s employment at any time for other than Cause or
disability, by providing written notice to Executive. In such event (unless such
termination would be covered by Section 6(e) below), the Company shall pay
Executive as severance (A) subject to the last sentence of this Section 6(d)(i),
an amount equal to 12 months of his then Base Salary, less standard withholdings
for tax and social security purposes, payable over such 12 month term in monthly
pro rata payments commencing as of the Termination Date (such monthly continued
payments of Base Salary, the “Salary Continuation Benefit”) and (B) the accrued
portion of any vacation earned, less standard withholdings for tax and social
security purposes.
 
               (ii) No Breach of Sections 7 or 8. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall not be obligated to pay any termination payments under this
Section 6(d) if Executive breaches the provisions of Sections 7 or 8 below.
 
               (iii) Vesting Upon Termination. In the event Executive’s
employment is terminated pursuant to this Section 6(d), fifty percent (50%) of
Executive’s then unvested equity awards granted under the Company’s stock
incentive plans after the Executive became an employee of the Company shall
become vested.
 
               (iv) Release By Executive. In order to receive the benefits
provided by this Section 6(d) or Section 6(e), Executive shall deliver to the
Company within 21 days following Executive’s termination of employment a full
and complete release, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Company, of all claims, known or unknown, that Executive may have against the
Company, other than claims for indemnification, workers compensation or under
the Company’s 401(k) plan.
 
          (e) Termination Following a Change of Control. If, within the 12-month
period following a Change of Control (as defined below), the Company terminates
Executive’s employment for other than Cause or disability or Executive
terminates his employment for Good Reason (as defined below), then (i) seventy
five percent (75%) of Executive’s then unvested equity awards granted under the
Company’s stock incentive plans after the Executive became an employee of the
Company shall become vested and (ii) the Executive shall be entitled to the
termination payments described in Section 6(d)(i). In order to terminate his
employment for Good Reason the Executive must give the Company notice of
termination within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of one of the events
included in the definition of Good Reason, following which notice the Company
will have a period of thirty (30) days to cure the circumstances constituting
Good Reason. Unless the Company cures the circumstances constituting Good Reason
within such thirty (30) day period, Executive’s employment will be deemed to
terminate on the thirtieth (30th) day following the date such notice is
delivered to the Company. In all other respects Section 6(d) shall remain
applicable. The following definitions shall apply:
 
               (i) “Change of Control” shall mean the consummation of the first
to occur of (A) the sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company to any person or group (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended); (B) the
adoption by the stockholders of the Company of a plan relating to the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (C) the merger or consolidation of
the Company with or into another entity or the merger of another entity into the
Company or any subsidiary thereof with the effect that immediately after such
transaction the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction (or their Related parties) hold less than 50% of the total voting
power of all securities generally entitled to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees of the entity surviving such merger of consolidation; or
(D) the acquisition by any person or group of more than 50% of the voting power
of all securities of the Company generally entitled to vote in the election of
directors of the Company.
 
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               (ii) “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more
of the following without the Executive’s express written consent: (A) the
assignment of the Executive to duties materially inconsistent with the
Executive’s authority, duties, responsibilities and status (including offices,
titles and reporting requirements) as an officer of the Company or any other
action that constitutes a material reduction in or alteration to the nature or
status of the Executive’s authority, duties or responsibilities, in each case
from those in effect at the date of the occurrence of the Change of Control; (B)
the Company requiring the Executive to be based at a location which is more than
fifty (50) miles further from the Executive’s then current primary residence
than such residence is from the Company location at which the Executive is then
working; or (C) a material reduction in the Executive’s base salary.
 
          (f) Benefits Upon Termination. All benefits provided under Section
2(b) hereof shall be extended, at Executive’s election and cost, to the extent
permitted by the Company’s insurance policies and benefit plans, for 12 months
after Executive’s Termination Date, except (i) as required by law (e.g., COBRA
health insurance continuation election) or (ii) in the event of a termination
described in Section 6(a).
 
          (g) Termination by Executive. Executive shall have the right, at his
election, to terminate his employment with the Company upon two months advance
written notice to the Company to that effect; provided, however, that the
Company may in its discretion waive the advance notice period.
 
          (h) Reduction in Payments. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the payments to Executive under
this Section 6, either alone or together with other payments Executive has a
right to receive from the Company, would not be deductible (in whole or in part)
by the Company as a result of such payments constituting a “parachute payment”
(as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the
“Code”)), such payments shall be reduced to the largest amount as will result in
no portion of the payments under this Section 6 not being fully deductible by
the Company as the result of Section 280G of the Code. The determination of any
reduction in the payments under this Section 6 pursuant to the foregoing
sentence shall be made exclusively by the firm of independent public accountants
serving as the Company’s principal auditors immediately prior to the Termination
Date (whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company), and such
determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Executive. In
the event that the payments and/or benefits are to be reduced pursuant to this
Section 6(h), such payments and benefits shall be reduced such that the
reduction of compensation to be provided to Executive as a result of this
Section 6(h) is minimized. In applying this principle, the reduction shall be
made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A (as defined
below) and where two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction
but payable at different times, such amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata
basis but not below zero.
 
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     7. Proprietary Information Obligations.
 
     During the term of employment under this Agreement, Executive will have
access to and become acquainted with the Company’s and the Company’s Affiliates’
confidential and proprietary information, including, but not limited to,
information or plans regarding the Company’s and the Company’s Affiliates’
customer relationships, personnel, or sales, marketing, and financial operations
and methods; trade secrets; formulas; devices; secret inventions; processes; and
other compilations of information, records, and specifications (collectively
“Proprietary Information”). Executive shall not disclose any of the Company’s or
the Company’s Affiliates’ Proprietary Information directly or indirectly, or use
it in any way, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time
thereafter, except as required in the course of his employment for the Company
or as authorized in writing by the Company. All files, records, documents,
computer-recorded information, drawings, specifications, equipment and similar
items relating to the business of the Company or the Company’s Affiliates,
whether prepared by Executive or otherwise coming into his possession, shall
remain the exclusive property of the Company or the Company’s Affiliates, as the
case may be, and shall not be removed from the premises of the Company under any
circumstances whatsoever without the prior written consent of the Company,
except when (and only for the period) necessary to carry out Executive’s duties
hereunder, and if removed shall be immediately returned to the Company upon any
termination of his employment; provided, however, that Executive may retain
copies of documents reasonably related to his interest as a shareholder and any
documents that were personally owned, which copies and the information contained
therein Executive agrees not to use for any business purpose. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Proprietary Information shall not include (i) information which
is or becomes generally public knowledge except through disclosure by Executive
in violation of this Agreement and (ii) information that may be required to be
disclosed by applicable law.
 
     8. Noninterference.
 
     While employed by the Company and for a period of two (2) years after
termination of this Agreement, Executive agrees not to interfere with the
business of the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates by directly or
indirectly soliciting, attempting to solicit, inducing, or otherwise causing any
employee of the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates to terminate his or
her employment in order to become an employee, consultant or independent
contractor to or for any other employer.
 
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     9. Miscellaneous.
 
          (a) Notices. Any notices provided hereunder must be in writing and
shall be deemed effective upon the earlier of two days following personal
delivery (including personal delivery by telecopy or telex), or the fourth day
after mailing by first class mail to the recipient at the address indicated
below:
 

           To the Company:       CalAmp Corp.   1401 Rice Avenue   Oxnard,
California 93030   Attention: Chairman of the Board   Telecopier: (805) 482-5842
      To Executive:   Michael Burdiek   c/o CalAmp Corp.   11 Cushing, Suite 250
  Irvine, California 92618   Telecopier: (805) 880-1578

or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the
recipient party will have specified by prior written notice to the sending
party.
 
          (b) Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is deemed
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that
jurisdiction and subject to this paragraph be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without affecting in any way the
remaining provisions hereof in such jurisdiction or rendering that or any other
provisions of this Agreement invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any other
jurisdiction. If any covenant should be deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable
because its scope is considered excessive, such covenant shall be modified so
that the scope of the covenant is reduced only to the minimum extent necessary
to render the modified covenant valid, legal and enforceable.
 
          (c) Entire Agreement. This document constitutes the final, complete,
and exclusive embodiment of the entire agreement and understanding between the
parties related to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any
prior or contemporaneous understandings, agreements, or representations by or
between the parties, written or oral. Without limiting the generality of the
preceding sentence, effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement shall
supersede the Employment Agreement dated July 2, 2007 between the Company and
Executive, as amended (the “Original Employment Agreement”), which Original
Employment Agreement shall, from and after the Effective Date, be of no further
force or effect.
 
          (d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts, any one of which need not contain signatures of more than one
party, but all of which taken together will constitute one and the same
agreement.
 
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          (e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is intended to bind and
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive and the Company, and
their respective successors and assigns, except that Executive may not assign
any of his duties hereunder and he may not assign any of his rights hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Company.
 
          (f) Amendments. No amendments or other modifications to this Agreement
may be made except by a writing signed by both parties. No amendment or waiver
of this Agreement requires the consent of any individual, partnership,
corporation or other entity not a party to this Agreement. Nothing in this
Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any third person any
rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
 
          (g) Choice of Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity
and interpretation of this Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State
of California without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.
 
     10. Attorney’s Fees.
 
     In the event of litigation arising under this Agreement or out of or
concerning Executive’s employment or termination by the Company, the prevailing
party shall, in addition to all costs of suit, be entitled to recover his or her
reasonable attorney’s fees from the other party.
 
     11. Section 409A Compliance.
 
          (a) The parties agree that this Agreement is intended to comply with
the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and guidance
promulgated thereunder (“Section 409A”) or an exemption from Section 409A. The
Company shall undertake to administer, interpret, and construe this Agreement in
a manner that does not result in the imposition on Executive of any additional
tax, penalty, or interest under Section 409A. Each payment under this Agreement
shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A.
 
          (b) A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred
for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any
amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such
termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section
409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a
“termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation
from service.”
 
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          (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that
Executive is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A) on the
date of termination of Executive’s employment with the Company and the payments
described in Section 6(d)(i) or Section 6(e), as applicable, to be paid within
the first six months following the date of such termination of employment (the
“Initial Payment Period”) exceed the amount referenced in Treas. Regs. Section
1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A) (the “Limit”), then (i) any portion of such payments that
are payable during the Initial Payment Period that does not exceed the Limit
shall be paid at the times set forth in Section 6(d)(i) or Section 6(e), as
applicable, (ii) any portion of such payments that exceed the Limit (and would
have been payable during the Initial Payment Period but for the Limit) shall be
paid, in lump sum, on the first business day after the six-month anniversary of
Executive’s termination of employment and (iii) any portion of such payments
that are payable after the Initial Payment Period shall be paid at the times set
forth in Section 6(d)(i) or Section 6(e), as applicable.
 
          (d) With regard to any provision herein that provides for
reimbursement of costs and expenses or in-kind benefits, except as permitted by
Section 409A of the Code, all such payments shall be made on or before the last
day of calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense occurred..
 
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as
of the date first written above.
 
EXECUTIVE
 

       /s/ Michael Burdiek                   Michael Burdiek     CALAMP CORP.  
By:           /s/ Frank Perna                            Frank Perna Title: 
Chairman of the Board

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