Exhibit 10.55



  
 Exhibit 10.55


 

 

 August 24, 2010 
 Mr. Kevin Iaquinto 
 [Address] 
 [City, State, Zip Code] 
 Dear Kevin: 

I am pleased to offer you the position of Chief Marketing Officer of Deltek, Inc. (the “Company”). I am very excited
about the Company’s future and equally excited at the prospect of your joining our team. The following are the terms and conditions of your offer. 
 Start Date: Your start date with the Company will be September 20, 2010. 

Reporting Responsibilities: As Chief Marketing Officer, you will report to me, although, as with all of the Company’s officers, you may also
be called on from time to time to give reports to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) directly. 
 Base
Salary and Annual Bonus: Your annual base salary will be $250,000, payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll policy, and will be reviewed periodically. You will have an annual bonus target of $175,000. Bonuses will be paid
quarterly, based on a combination of your satisfaction of actual performance against agreed targets and the Company’s actual performance against targets, and your actual bonuses may be more than or less than your bonus target. All payments to
you by the Company will be subject to any required withholding of taxes. 
 In addition, and as discussed, your quarterly bonus for the first
two quarters (Q3 and Q4 of 2010) after your start date will be paid at a minimum of 100% of your quarterly bonus target. 
 Sign-on
Bonus: You will receive a sign-on bonus in the amount of $50,000 to be paid 90 days after your start date. As with all bonuses, you must be a Deltek employee at the scheduled time of disbursement. Sign on bonuses are a taxable fringe benefit;
this amount will be included as income on your W-2 and will be taxed according to federal, state, and local tax laws. Should you decide to terminate your employment with Deltek prior to completing twelve (12) months of continuous employment,
you will be required to repay Deltek 1/12 of the full amount of the sign on bonus for each uncompleted month. 
 Other Benefits: You will
be provided with the Company’s standard benefits package, which currently includes medical coverage, 401(k) plan participation and four weeks of paid vacation. You will be reimbursed pursuant to the Company’s expense reimbursement policy
for the covered business expenses that you incur in connection with your service to the Company. 









 

 

  

  
 Insurance &
Indemnification: From and after your start date and for so long as the Company maintains any directors and officers liability insurance policy, you will be provided in respect of your service to the Company with the same coverage under such
policy as is provided to other directors or officers of the Company in respect of their service to the Company. In addition, from and after your start date, the Company will indemnify you to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law and/or
the Company’s charter or by-laws to the extent that such indemnification is provided to other directors or officers of the Company. Such coverage and indemnification will be provided, to the extent that you are entitled thereto, without regard
to your termination of employment. 
 Restricted Stock: On or as soon as practicable after your start date and upon approval of the
Board, the Company will award to you 60,000 shares of restricted common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (and including any securities into which such shares are changed or for which such shares are exchanged) (the “Common
Stock”). These shares will vest in 25% increments annually over four years from your start date, will be granted pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive and Award Plan and will be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Agreement in a
form customarily used by the Company for its executive officers, a copy of which has been provided to you. 
 At-Will Employment;
Severance: You will have no set term of employment, and your employment will be at will. 
 If your employment is terminated before a Change
in Control either by the Company without Cause or by you for Good Reason, then the Company shall continue to pay you your then current base salary as of the date of termination for six months thereafter. In addition, upon any termination that
entitles you to the foregoing severance benefits, the Company will also continue your coverage under the Company’s medical benefit plan for twelve months at the active-employee premium rate. 

If your employment is terminated on the date of or within 18 months following a Change in Control either by the Company or its successors without Cause
or by you for Good Reason, then the Company shall: (1) continue to pay you your then current base salary as of the termination date for 18 months thereafter, (2) pay you 150% of your then current target annual bonus (based on your target
annual bonus in effect in the period in which you are terminated), and (3) continue your medical coverage under the Company’s medical benefit plan for 18 months at the active-employee premium rate. 

The continuation of base salary will be paid in substantially equal installments over the 18-month severance period in accordance with the Company’s
standard payroll practices with respect to active employees, but not less frequently than monthly. The payment of your bonus will be made in a lump sum at such time as bonuses are generally paid to employees during the period in which you are
terminated. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, if Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), would cause the imposition of an excise tax on the salary continuation severance payment or bonus
award severance payment if paid as aforesaid, then payment of the salary continuation severance payment and bonus award severance payment shall be ordered so as to avoid the imposition of the excise tax, as follows: (i) as much of the bonus
award severance payment as may be paid without the imposition of the excise tax shall be paid as aforesaid, 









 

 

  

 
and any remaining portion of the bonus award severance payment shall be paid upon the day following the six-month anniversary of the termination date; and (ii) if any installments of the
salary continuation payment may be paid (in whole or in part) as aforesaid without the imposition of the excise tax, then such installments shall be paid as aforesaid, and the remaining installments shall commence upon the day following the
six-month anniversary of the termination date, and the first installment paid upon the day following the six-month anniversary of the termination date shall include all portions of the salary continuation severance payment that would have been paid
but for the application of Section 409A to the salary continuation severance payment. The Company’s obligations to make any payments and (if applicable) continue the medical coverage as set forth above is conditioned upon: (x) your
execution and delivery of, and your continued compliance with the obligations under, the Employee Confidential and Proprietary Information and Assignment of Inventions Agreement, the form of which is attached as Annex B, and (y) your execution,
delivery and non-revocation of a valid and enforceable general release of claims substantially in the form attached as Annex C. 
 For purposes
of this letter, “Cause” and “Good Reason” will have the meanings set forth on Annex A hereto. 
 Effect of
Section 280G: Notwithstanding any provision in this letter or any other plan, program or arrangement of the Company to the contrary, payments to be made to you in the event of a change in ownership or effective control of the Company or a
substantial portion of its assets (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) shall be reduced, but only if and to the extent that a reduction in the payments to you would result in your
retaining a larger amount, on an after-tax basis (taking into account federal, state and local income taxes and the excise tax payable under Section 4999 of the Code) than if you received the entire amount of such payments without reduction. If
the payments are to be reduced as aforesaid, then, unless you give prior written notice to the Company specifying a different order by which to effectuate the foregoing, the Company shall reduce or eliminate such payments (x) by first reducing
or eliminating the portion of such payments which is not payable in cash (other than that portion of such payments subject to clause (z) hereof), (y) then by reducing or eliminating cash payments (other than that portion of such payments
subject to clause (z) hereof) and (z) then by reducing or eliminating the portion of such payments (whether payable in cash or not payable in cash) to which Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1 Q/A 24(c) (or successor thereto)
applies, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the farthest in time from the date of the Change in Control. Any notice given by you pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence over the
provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing your rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation.” 

Employee Covenants: As a condition of your employment, not later than your start date, you will execute and deliver the Company’s form of
Employee Confidential and Proprietary Information and Assignment of Inventions Agreement, which is attached hereto as Annex B. 

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 If the foregoing
terms and conditions are consistent with your understanding, please sign this letter below and return a copy to me. Kevin, I am confident that you will be a valuable addition to our team, and I look forward to working with you. 

 

	
	 Very truly yours,
  

Deltek, Inc.

	
	
 




	 Kevin Parker
 President and
Chief Executive Officer



  

			
	ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
		
	/s/  Kevin Iaquinto	 	8/24/10
	Kevin Iaquinto	 	    Date    










 

 

  

  
 Annex A

 Definitions 
 “Cause” shall mean (A) a conviction of you for the commission of a felony, (B) a commission by you of one or more acts involving fraud or gross misconduct that cause material
damage to the Company, (C) a material violation by you of the Confidential and Proprietary Information, Assignment of Inventions and Noncompetition Agreement or (D) your breach of any material terms of this letter and such breach is not
cured within 30 days after written notice by the Company to you identifying such breach. Prior to terminating your employment for Cause pursuant to clause (D), you shall be given (1) a written notice of such determination setting forth the
nature of such alleged Cause item and specifically stating the corrective action required, (2) a reasonable opportunity to meet with the Board (with the assistance of your counsel if you so elect) to discuss such item and required corrective
action and (3) a reasonable opportunity to take the required action and cure such item. 
 A “Change in
Control” will have occurred if (A) any third party not affiliated with New Mountain Partners II, L.P., New Mountain Affiliated Investors II, L.P. or Allegheny New Mountain Partners, L.P. or any of their affiliates (collectively,
“New Mountain”), but excluding the deLaski Shareholders (as defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2005, to which (among others) the Company and New Mountain are parties), owns, directly or
indirectly, more voting capital stock of the Company than New Mountain owns or (B) a third party not so affiliated has or obtains the right to elect a majority of the Board. 

“Good Reason” shall mean (A) (x) a material reduction, without your written consent, of the nature and scope
of the authorities, powers, functions or duties assigned to you or (y) any reduction, without your prior written consent, of your compensation (including, without limitation, your annual base salary or target annual bonus opportunity)
(provided, however, that neither a change in your reporting responsibilities nor the Company ceasing to be a publicly registered company shall in itself constitute Good Reason unless, as a result thereof, there is a material reduction, without your
written consent, of the nature and scope of the authorities, powers, functions or duties assigned to you), (B) the Company’s requiring you, without your prior written consent, to change the office location at which you are based which
results in your having a commute to such location from your residence in excess of 75 miles or in excess of 120% (in miles) of your commute immediately prior to the date of such change of location, whichever is greater, or (C) the
Company’s breach of any material terms of your employment or this letter, and, in the case of clause (A) or (C), such reduction or breach is not cured within 30 days after written notice by you to the Company identifying such reduction or
breach. In order to constitute termination for Good Reason, you must terminate your employment within 60 days after the basis for such termination becomes known to you (or, in the case of clause (A) or (C), within 30 days after the Company has
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 Annex B

 CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, 
 ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTIONS AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT 
 This Confidential
and Proprietary Information, Assignment of Inventions and Non-Competition Agreement (“Agreement”), dated as of                     ,
is made and entered into by and between                      (the “Employee”) and Deltek, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”). 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Employee, and the Employee desires to be employed by the
Company; and 
 WHEREAS, in connection with the Employee’s employment with the Company, the Employee shall receive, have
access to, and contribute to various confidential information and materials, which constitute valuable proprietary information of the Company; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants set forth in this Agreement, the continued employment by the Company of the Employee, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Employee, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows: 

Section 1. Employee Covenants. The Employee agrees that (i) the Employee shall not at any time disclose or furnish to
any other Person or use for his or her own or any other Person’s account any Confidential or Proprietary Information (other than in the course of his or her employment with the Company) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;
(ii) the Employee will not (and has not), during employment with the Company, use or disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets of Employee’s former or concurrent employers or companies, if any (iii)the Employee will not bring
onto the premises of the Company any unpublished documents or any property belonging to Employee’s former or concurrent employers or companies, if any, unless consented to in writing by such employers or companies; (iv) the Employee’s
performance of all the terms of this Agreement and as an employee of the Company does not and, to the best of Employee’s present knowledge and belief, will not breach any agreement or duty to keep in confidence proprietary information acquired
by Employee in confidence or in trust prior to employment by the Company; (v)the Employee has not entered into, and will not enter into, any agreement either written or oral in conflict with this Agreement; (vi) the Employee at the present time
is not restricted from being employed by the Company or entering into this Agreement; (vii) the Employee shall not, at any time during his or her employment with the Company and thereafter during the Restriction Period, directly or indirectly
solicit for employment, including recommending to any subsequent employer the solicitation for employment of, any employee of the Company or any of its affiliates; and (viii) the Employee shall not, at any time during his or her employment with
the Company and thereafter during the Restriction Period, engage in any Competitive Activity. 
 For purposes of this Agreement:

 “Company’s Market Area” shall mean (i) the United States (including each state and the District of
Columbia), and (ii) each country or territory other than the United States that accounted for at least two and one-half percent (2-1/2%) of the software license revenue by the Company and its subsidiaries during the four (4) fiscal
quarters immediately prior to the date of the Employee’s termination of employment as reported on the Company’s financial statements. 









 

 

  

  
 “Company
Product” shall mean any project-based business management and/or sales management software and/or other product that, as of the date of the Employee’s termination of employment, the Company or any of its affiliates is developing,
implementing, marketing and/or selling. 
 “Competing Business” shall mean the business of (i) developing,
implementing, marketing and/or selling any Company Products or Competing Products or (ii) developing, providing, performing, marketing or selling any Competing Services. 
 “Competing Product” shall mean any product that competes with any Company Product. 
 “Competing Service” shall mean implementation, consulting, support, maintenance, development and/or training services relating to, or in connection with, the use of any Company Products
or Competing Products. 
 “Competitive Activity” shall mean, directly or indirectly, (i) owning, managing,
operating, joining, controlling, being employed by, or participating in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or being connected in any manner with, including, without limitation, holding any position as a shareholder, director,
officer, consultant, independent contractor, employee or partner of, spokesman for, or investor in, any Competitor, or (ii) acting as a Competitor in an individual capacity; provided, that in no event (x) shall ownership by the Employee of
five percent (5%) or less of the outstanding securities of any class of any issuer whose securities are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, standing alone, be considered Competitive Activity, so long as the
Employee does not have, or exercise, any rights to manage or operate the business of such issuer other than rights as a shareholder thereof, (y) shall being employed by a Competitor, standing alone, be considered Competitive Activity, so long
as (A) the Competitor has more than one discrete and readily distinguishable part of its business, (B) the Employee’s duties are not at or involving the part of the Competitor’s business that constitutes a Competing Business,
including, without limitation, serving in a capacity where any Person involved in the part of the Competitor’s business that constitutes a Competing Business reports to the Employee and (C) the Employee notifies the Company of such
employment prior to commencement of his or her employment with such Competitor, or (z) shall being employed by a licensee of any Company Product and providing Competing Services to such licensee, standing alone, be considered Competitive
Activity. 
 “Competitor” shall mean any Person that is engaged in (or intends or proposes to engage in, or has
been organized for the purpose of engaging in) a Competing Business in the Company’s Market Area. 
 “Confidential
or Proprietary Information” shall mean any non-public information about the Company or any of its affiliates which was acquired by the Employee during his or her employment with the Company or any of its affiliates, including, but not
limited to, proprietary information relating to the Company’s business or the business of its subsidiaries, parent company, affiliates, successors or assigns (collectively, “Affiliated Entities”). Such information shall include, but
is not limited to, customer, employee, supplier, and distributor lists, contacts, addresses, information about employees and employee relations, training manuals and procedures, recruitment methods and procedures, business plans and projections,
employment contracts, employee handbooks, information about customers and suppliers, price lists, costs and expenses, documents, budgets, proposals, financial information, inventions, patterns, processes, formulas, data bases, know how,
developments, experiments, improvements, computer programs, manufacturing, recruitment and distribution techniques, specifications, tapes, and compilations of information, all of which (i) are owned by the Company or its Affiliated Entities,
other parties with which the Company or its Affiliated Entities do business (“Third Parties”) or customers of the Company or its Affiliated Entities, (ii) are used in the operation of the Company’s, Affiliated Entities’,
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likely to have value to the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or to a Competitor. Confidential or Proprietary Information excludes information that is or becomes generally available to
the public other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by the Employee. 
 “Person” shall mean an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof. 

“Restriction Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date of the Employee’s termination of employment and
ending on the twelve (12) month anniversary of such termination. 
 Section 2. Retaining and Assigning Inventions
and Original Works. 
 2.1 Inventions and Original Works Retained by Employee. Attached as Exhibit A is a list
describing all inventions, original works of authorship, developments, improvements, and trade secrets which were made by Employee prior to Employee’s employment with the Company, which belong to Employee, which relate to the Company’s
proposed business and products, and which are not assigned to the Company; or, if no such list is attached, Employee represents that there are no such inventions or original works of authorship. 

2.2 Inventions and Original Works Assigned to the Company. Employee agrees that Employee will promptly make full written
disclosure to the Company, will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of the Company, and will assign to the Company all his or her right, title, and interest in and to any and all inventions, original works of authorship, developments,
improvements or trade secrets which Employee has solely or jointly conceived or developed or reduced to practice, or caused to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the period of time Employee has been in the employ of the Company
or which Employee may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, during the period of time Employee shall be in the employ of the Company. 
 Employee acknowledges that all original works of authorship which have been and will be made by Employee (solely or jointly with others) within the scope of employee’s employment and which are
protectable by copyright are “works made for hire,” as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act (17 USCA Section 101). 
 2.3 Maintenance of Records. Employee agrees to keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all inventions and original works of authorship made by Employee (solely or jointly with
others) during the term of his or her employment with the Company. The records will be in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, and any other format that may be specified by the Company. The records will be made available to and shall remain the
sole property of the Company at all times. 
 2.4 Obtaining Letters Patent and Copyright Registrations. Employee agrees
that Employee’s obligation to assist the Company to obtain United States or foreign letters patent and copyright registrations covering inventions and original works of authorship assigned under this Agreement to the Company shall continue
beyond the termination of employment, but the Company shall compensate Employee at a reasonable rate for time actually spent by Employee at the Company’s request on such assistance. If the Company is unable because of Employee’s mental or
physical incapacity or for any other reason to secure Employee’s signature to apply for or to pursue any application for any United States or foreign letters patent or copyright registrations covering inventions or original works of authorship
assigned to the Company as described above, then Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly 









 

 

  

 
authorized officers and agents as Employee’s agent and attorney in fact, to act for and in Employee’s behalf and stead, to execute and further the prosecution and issuance of letters
patent or copyright registrations with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Employee. Employee hereby waives and quitclaims to the Company any and all claims, of any nature whatsoever, which Employee now or hereafter may have for
infringement of any patents or copyright resulting from any such application for letters patent or copyright registration assigned under this Agreement to the Company. 
 Section 3. Remedies. The Employee agrees that any material breach of the terms of this Agreement would result in irreparable injury and damage to the Company for which the Company would have
no adequate remedy at law. The Employee therefore also agrees that in the event of said 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 Employee and/or any and all Persons acting for and/or with the Employee, 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 3 shall not prevent the Company from pursuing any other available remedies for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the recovery of damages from the Employee. The Employee and the Company
further agree that the provisions of the covenants contained in this Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect the businesses of the Company and its affiliates because of the Employee’s access to Confidential Information and his or her
material participation in the operation of such businesses. 
 Section 4. Miscellaneous. 

4.1. Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement and any of its provisions may be amended, waived (either generally or in a particular
instance and either retroactively or prospectively), modified or supplemented, in whole or in part, only by a written agreement signed by the parties to this Agreement; provided, that the observance of any provision of this Agreement may be waived
in writing by the party that will lose the benefit of such provision as a result of such waiver. The waiver by any party to this Agreement of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing
waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, except as otherwise explicitly provided in such waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay
in exercising, any right, power or remedy under this Agreement, or otherwise available in respect of this Agreement at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by
such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. 
 4.2.
Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, and the Employee’s rights and obligations under it, may not be assigned by the Employee, and any purported assignment by the Employee in violation of this Agreement shall be null
and void. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon any Person not a party to this Agreement, or the legal representatives of such Person, any rights or remedies of any nature or kind whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. 

4.3. Notices. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications
provided for under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication under this Agreement shall be sent by (i) personal delivery (including receipted courier service) or overnight
delivery service, (ii) facsimile , with confirmation of receipt, to any facsimile number the Employee provides to the Company for purposes of receipt of notice, (iii) commercial overnight delivery service courier or (iv) registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and addressed to the intended recipient as set forth below: 
  

	 	(a)	If to the Employee, to the most recent home address that the Company maintains in its records for the Employee; and 










 

 

  

  

	 	(b)	If to the Company, to: 

 Deltek,
Inc. 
 13880 Dulles Corner Lane 
 Herndon, VA 20171 
 Attention: General Counsel 

Facsimile: (703) 880-0260 

All such notices, requests, consents and other communications shall be deemed to have been given when received. Any party may change its facsimile number
or its address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications under this Agreement are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner then set forth. 

4.4. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights and obligations of the
parties to this Agreement shall be governed by, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to its conflicts of laws principles. 
 4.5. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but the
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement, including that provision or portion of any provision, in any other jurisdiction. In addition, if a court or arbitrator determines that any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is not reasonable or
valid, either in period of time, geographical area, or otherwise, the parties to this Agreement agree that such provision should be interpreted and enforced to the maximum extent which such court or arbitrator deems reasonable or valid. 

4.6. Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties, and supersedes all prior
representations, agreements and understandings (including any prior course of dealings), both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall prevail and govern in the
event of any conflict in terms between this Agreement and any Company agreement or Company policy applicable to the Employee. 

4.7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 
 4.8. No Right to Continued Employment.
This Agreement shall not confer upon the Employee any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company or any Affiliated Entity, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Affiliated Entity to terminate the
Employee’s employment at any time. Specifically, nothing in this Agreement changes Employee’s status as an express “at-will” employee. Employee agrees that unless specifically provided in another writing signed by the Employee
and the President of the Company, Employee’s employment by the Company is not for a definite period of time. Rather, Employee’s employment relationship with the Company is one of employment “at will” and may be terminated by
either Employee or the Company at any time, with or without cause or prior notice. In addition, the Company has the right to change Employee’s compensation, duties, assignments, responsibilities, location of position and any other terms and
conditions of his or her employment at any time, with or without cause or notice. 









 

 

  

  
 4.9 Change in
Residence. Employee understands and agrees that upon a change of Employee’s state of legal residence, Employee shall, if so requested by the Company, promptly execute and deliver the Company’s standard Confidential and Proprietary
Information, Assignment of Inventions and Non-Competition Agreement applicable to such state. 
 4.10. Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding on, the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, the Employee’s heirs and the personal representatives of the Employee’s estate and any
successor to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company. 
 4.11. General Interpretive
Principles. The headings of the sections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, clauses and subclauses of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of this
Agreement. Words of inclusion shall not be construed as terms of limitation, so that references to “include,” “includes” and “including” shall not be limiting and shall be regarded as references to non-exclusive and
non-characterizing illustrations. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been signed by or on behalf of each of the parties
to this Agreement, all as of the date first above written. 
  

							
	Employee	 		 	DELTEK, INC.
				
	  
	 		 	By:	 	  

	Name:	 		 		 	 Name:

Title:











 

 

  

  
 EXHIBIT A

 LIST OF PRIOR INVENTIONS AND ORIGINAL WORKS OF AUTHORSHIP 

 

					
	 TITLE
	  	 DATE
	  	 IDENTIFYING NUMBER OR BRIEF DESCRIPTION











 

 

  

  
 Annex C

 Form of Release of Claims 
 WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS 
 1. General Release. In consideration
of the payments and benefits to be made under the letter from Deltek, Inc. (the “Company”) to [                    ] (the
“Employee”), dated as of                     , (the “Employment Letter”), the Employee, with the intention
of binding the Employee and the Employee’s heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, releases, remises, acquits and forever discharges the Company and each of its subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Company Affiliated
Group”), their present and former officers, directors, executives, agents, shareholders, attorneys, employees and employee benefits plans (and the fiduciaries thereof), and the successors, predecessors and assigns of each of the foregoing
(individually, a “Company Released Party,” and collectively, the “Company Released Parties”), of and from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, complaints, charges, demands, rights, damages, debts, sums of
money, accounts, financial obligations, suits, expenses, attorneys’ fees and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise and whether now known, unknown,
suspected or unsuspected which the Employee, individually or as a member of a class, now has, owns or holds, or has at any time prior to the date of this Agreement had, owned or held, against any Company Released Party (each, an
“Action”) arising out of or in connection with the Employee’s service as an employee, officer and/or director of any member of the Company Affiliated Group (or the predecessors thereof), including, without limitation,
(i) the termination of such service in any such capacity, (ii) for severance or vacation benefits, unpaid wages, salary or cash incentive or bonus payments, (iii) for breach of contract, wrongful discharge, impairment of economic
opportunity, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional harm or other tort and (iv) for any violation of applicable state and local labor and employment laws (including, without limitation, all laws concerning harassment, discrimination,
retaliation and other unlawful or unfair labor and employment practices), any and all Actions based on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and any and all Actions arising under the civil rights laws of any
Federal, state or local jurisdiction, including, without limitation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), excepting only: 
  

	 	(a)	rights of the Employee under this Waiver and Release of Claims and the Employment Letter; 


 

	 	(b)	rights of the Employee relating to equity awards held by the Employee as of his or her date of termination; 


 

	 	(c)	the right of the Employee to receive COBRA continuation coverage in accordance with applicable law and the Employment Letter; 


 

	 	(d)	rights to indemnification the Employee may have (i) under applicable corporate law, (ii) under the bylaws or certificate of incorporation of any Company
Released Party or (iii) as an insured under any directors and officers liability insurance policy now or previously in force; 

  

	 	(e)	claims for benefits under any health, disability, retirement, deferred compensation, life insurance or other similar employee benefit plan or arrangement of the Company
Affiliated Group; and 

  

	 	(f)	claims for the reimbursement of unreimbursed business expenses incurred prior to the date of termination pursuant to applicable Company policy.











 

 

  

  
 2. No
Admissions, Complaints or Other Claims. The Employee acknowledges and agrees that this Waiver and Release of Claims is not to be construed in any way as an admission of any liability whatsoever by any Company Released Party, any such liability
being expressly denied. The Employee also acknowledges and agrees that he or she has not, with respect to any transaction or state of facts existing prior to the date hereof, filed any Actions against any Company Released Party with any governmental
agency, court or tribunal. 
 3. Application to all Forms of Relief. This Waiver and Release of Claims applies to any
form of relief, including, without limitation, wages, back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive damages for pain or suffering, costs and attorneys’ fees and expenses. 

4. Specific Waiver. The Employee specifically acknowledges that his or her acceptance of the terms of this Waiver and Release of
Claims is, among other things, a specific waiver of any and all Actions under Title VII, ADEA, ADA and any state or local law or regulation in respect of discrimination of any kind; provided, however, that nothing in this Waiver and Release of
Claims shall be deemed, nor does anything in this Agreement purport, to be a waiver of any right or Action which by law the Employee is not permitted to waive. 
 5. Voluntariness. The Employee acknowledges and agrees that he or she is relying solely upon his or her own judgment; that the Employee is over eighteen years of age and is legally competent to
sign this Waiver and Release of Claims; that the Employee is signing this Waiver and Release of Claims of his or her own free will; that the Employee has read and understood the Waiver and Release of Claims before signing it; and that the Employee
is signing this Waiver and Release of Claims in exchange for consideration that he or she believes is satisfactory and adequate. The Employee also acknowledges and agrees that he or she has been informed of the right to consult with legal counsel
and has been encouraged to do so. 
 6. Complete Agreement/Severability. This Waiver and Release of Claims constitutes
the complete and final agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous agreements, negotiations, or discussions relating to the subject matter of this Waiver and Release of Claims. All provisions and portions
of this Waiver and Release of Claims are severable. If any provision or portion of this Waiver and Release of Claims or the application of any provision or portion of the Waiver and Release of Claims shall be determined to be invalid or
unenforceable to any extent or for any reason, all other provisions and portions of this Waiver and Release of Claims shall remain in full force and shall continue to be enforceable to the fullest and greatest extent permitted by law. 

7. Acceptance and Revocability. The Employee acknowledges that he or she has been given a period of 21 days within which to
consider this Waiver and Release of Claims, unless applicable law requires a longer period, in which case the Employee shall be advised of such longer period and such longer period shall apply. The Employee may accept this Waiver and Release of
Claims at any time within this period of time by signing the Waiver and Release of Claims and returning it to the Company. This Waiver and Release of Claims shall not become effective or enforceable until seven calendar days after the Employee signs
it. The Employee may revoke his or her acceptance of this Waiver and Release of Claims at any time within that seven calendar day period by sending written notice to the Company. Such notice must be received by the Company within the seven calendar
day period in order to be effective and, if so received, will void this Waiver and Release of Claims for all purposes. 









 

 

  

  
 8. Governing
Law. Except for issues or matters as to which Federal law is applicable, this Waiver and Release of Claims shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without giving effect to its
conflicts of laws principles. 
  

	
	  

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