exv10w44w2





Exhibit
10.44.2



AMENDMENT

TO

MICHAEL SZWAJKOWSKI

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT




     THIS AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Amendment”) is made, effective as of December
31, 2008, by and between CapitalSource Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Michael
Szwajkowski (the “Executive”).



Recitals:




     WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company previously entered into the Employment Agreement,
effective as of April 22, 2005, and previously amended on November 22, 2005 (the “Employment
Agreement”); and



     WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company desire to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with
the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.



Agreement:




     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements contained herein and of such other good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which the Executive acknowledges, the Company and the
Executive, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:



          1. Section 9(f) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new sentence after
the third sentence of said Section 9(f) to read as follows:





“The Executive will forfeit all rights to the Severance Payment if the Executive fails to
execute and deliver the release within 30 days of delivery of the release to the Executive.”



          2. Section 9(h) of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended and
restated to read as follows:





“(h) Section 409A. To the extent the Executive would be subject to the additional
20% tax imposed on certain deferred compensation arrangements pursuant to Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as a result of any provision of
this Agreement, such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to
avoid application of such tax and preserve to the maximum extent possible the original
intent and economic benefit to the Executive and the Company, and



 









 







the parties shall promptly execute any amendment reasonably necessary to implement this
Section 9(h).




               (i) For purposes of Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive installment payments
pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, each severance payment and COBRA
continuation reimbursement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and
distinct payments.




               (ii) The Executive will be deemed to have a Date of Termination for purposes of
determining the timing of any payments or benefits hereunder that are classified as deferred
compensation only upon a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A.




               (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at the
time of the Executive’s separation from service, (i) the Executive is a specified employee
(within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the
Company from time to time), and (ii) the Company makes a good faith determination that an
amount payable on account of such separation from service to the Executive constitutes
deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required
to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to
avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A (“the Delay Period”), then the Company will not
pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it in a lump
sum on the first business day after such six-month period (or upon the Executive’s death, if
earlier), together with interest for the period of delay, compounded annually, equal to the
prime rate (as published in the Wall Street Journal) in effect as of the dates the payments
should otherwise have been provided. To the extent that any benefits to be provided during
the Delay Period is considered deferred compensation under Code Section 409A provided on
account of a “separation from service,” and such benefits are not otherwise exempt from Code
Section 409A, the Executive shall pay the cost of such benefit during the Delay Period, and
the Company shall reimburse the Executive, to the extent that such costs would otherwise
have been paid by the Company or to the extent that such benefits would otherwise have been
provided by the Company at no cost to the Executive, the Company’s share of the cost of such
benefits upon expiration of the Delay Period, and any remaining benefits shall be reimbursed
or provided by the Company in accordance with the procedures specified herein.




               (iv) (A) Any amount that the Executive is entitled to be reimbursed under this
Agreement will be reimbursed to the Executive as



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promptly as practical and in any event not later than the last day of the calendar year
after the calendar year in which the expenses are incurred, (B) any right to reimbursement
or in kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and
(C) the amount of the expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year will not
affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year.




               (v) Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference
to a number of days (e.g., “payment shall be made within thirty (30) days following the date
of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the
sole discretion of the Company.



          3. The fourth sentence of Section 10(b) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read as follows:





“Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 10 shall be paid by the
Employer to the Executive within five days of receipt of the Accounting Firm’s
determination, but in no event later than the end of the taxable year following the taxable
year in which the related taxes are remitted by the Executive.”



          4. The Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new last sentence to the definition
of Change in Control in Section 25 of the Employment Agreement to read as follows:





“Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of the payment of any deferred compensation
under Section 5(f)(1)(a)(iii) hereof, an event shall not be considered to be a Change in
Control hereunder unless such event is also a “change in ownership,” a “change in effective
control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the
Company within the meaning of Code Section 409A.”



          5. The first sentence of the definition of Good Reason in Section 25 of the Employment
Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:





“Good Reason” means, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Executive, any diminution
or adverse change prior to a Change in Control in the Executive’s title; (ii) a material
reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or, after a Change in Control, the annual bonus
payable to the Executive under Section 5(b); (iii) prior to a Change in Control a
requirement that the Executive report to someone other than the Employer’s Chief Executive
Officer and, in a dual reporting role, President (provided, however that Executive
acknowledges and agrees that during the Employment Period an



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increasing amount of the day-to-day supervision of his work may be undertaken by the
President); (iv) a material diminution in the Executive’s authority, responsibilities or
duties or material interference with the Executive’s carrying out his duties; (v) the
assignment of duties inconsistent with the Executive’s position or status with the Employer
as of the date hereof; (vi) a relocation of the Executive’s New York, New York place of
employment to a location that is more than 25 miles away from the current location of the
Employer’s offices in New York, New York; (vii) any other material breach of the terms of
this Agreement or any other agreement that breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after
the Executive’s delivery of a written notice of such breach to the Employer; (vii) an
purported termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer that is not effected in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement; (ix) the failure of the
Employer to obtain the assumption in writing of its obligations under this Agreement by any
successor to all or substantially all of the assets of the Employer within 15 days after a
merger, consolidation, sale or similar transaction; or (x) the delivery of a notice of
Non-Renewal by the Employer at ant time up to and including April 22, 2023.



          6. The Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new sentence after the second
sentence of the definition of Good Reason in Section 25 of the Employment Agreement to read as
follows:





The Executive further understands and agrees that none of the foregoing events shall
constitute Good Reason unless and until the Executive provides written notice to the
Employer identifying the asserted grounds for Good Reason, such notice is provided to the
Employer within sixty (60) days of such event, and the Employer fails to cure such asserted
grounds for Good Reason within thirty (30) days of its receipt of such notice from the
Executive.



          7. The provisions of this Amendment may be amended and waived only with the prior written
consent of the parties hereto. This Amendment may be executed and delivered in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.




          8. Except as set forth in this Amendment, the Employment Agreement shall remain unchanged and
shall continue in full force and effect.




          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment on the date
first written above.




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	 	CAPITALSOURCE INC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ DEAN C. GRAHAM
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Dean C. Graham 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief
Operating Officer 	 
	 
	 	EXECUTIVE

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ MICHAEL SZWAJKOWSKI
 	 
	 	 	Michael Szwajkowski 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 




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