EX-10.16




 Exhibit
10.16



AMENDED AND RESTATED

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT




     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is effective as of October
10, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by and between FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and RAYMOND R. QUIRK (the “Employee”). This Agreement amends and
restates, in its entirety, the obligations of the parties under the agreement between the Company
and the Employee, dated as of October 24, 2006. In consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:



     1. Employment and Duties. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Company employs the Employee to serve in an executive capacity as President. Employee accepts such
employment and agrees to undertake and discharge the duties, functions and responsibilities
commensurate with the aforesaid position and such other duties and responsibilities as may be
prescribed from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Board”).



     2. Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall
continue for a period of three years ending on the third anniversary of the Effective Date or, if
later, ending on the last day of any extension made pursuant to the next sentence, subject to prior
termination as set forth in Section 7 (such term, including any extensions pursuant to the next
sentence, the “Employment Term”). The Employment Term shall be extended automatically for one (1)
additional year on the first anniversary of the Effective Date and for an additional year each
anniversary thereafter unless and until either party gives written notice to the other not to
extend the Employment Term before such extension would be effectuated. Notwithstanding any
termination of the Employment Term or the Employee’s employment, the Employee and the Company agree
that Sections 7 through 9 shall remain in effect until all parties’ obligations and benefits are
satisfied thereunder.



     3. Salary. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay the Employee an annual
base salary, before deducting all applicable withholdings, of $740,000 per year, payable at the
time and in the manner dictated by the Company’s standard payroll policies. Such minimum annual
base salary may be periodically reviewed and increased at the discretion of the Compensation
Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) to reflect, among other matters, cost of living increases
and performance results (such annual base salary, including any increases pursuant to this Section
3, the “Annual Base Salary”).



     4. Other Compensation and Fringe Benefits. In addition to any executive bonus,
pension, deferred compensation and long-term incentive plans which the Company or an affiliate of
the Company may from time to time make available to the Employee, the Employee shall be entitled to
the following during the Employment Term:




	 	(a)	 	the standard Company benefits enjoyed by the Company’s other top executives as
a group;




 









 












	 	(b)	 	payment by the Company of the Employee’s initiation and membership dues in all
social and/or recreational clubs as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Company to
maintain various business relationships on behalf of the Company; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be obligated to pay for any of the Employee’s personal
purchases and expenses at such clubs;
	 
	 	(c)	 	medical and other insurance coverage (for the Employee and any covered
dependents) provided by the Company to its other top executives as a group;
	 
	 	(d)	 	supplemental disability insurance sufficient to provide two-thirds of the
Employee’s pre-disability Annual Base Salary;
	 
	 	(e)	 	an annual incentive bonus opportunity under the Company’s annual incentive plan
(“Annual Bonus Plan”) for each calendar year included in the Employment Term, with such
opportunity to be earned based upon attainment of performance objectives established by
the Committee (“Annual Bonus”). The Employee’s “bonus factor” under the Annual Bonus
Plan shall be not less than 150% of the Employee’s Annual Base Salary. The Employee’s
“bonus factor” may be periodically reviewed and increased (but not decreased without
the Employee’s express written consent) at the discretion of the Committee. The Annual
Bonus shall be paid no later than the March 15th first following the
calendar year to which the Annual Bonus relates. Unless provided otherwise herein or
the Board determines otherwise, no Annual Bonus shall be paid to the Employee unless
the Employee is employed by the Company, or an affiliate thereof, on the Annual Bonus
payment date; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	participation in the Company’s equity incentive plans.





     5. Vacation. For and during each calendar year within the Employment Term, the
Employee shall be entitled to reasonable paid vacation periods consistent with his positions with
the Company and in accordance with the Company’s standard policies, or as the Board may approve. In
addition, the Employee shall be entitled to such holidays consistent with the Company’s standard
policies or as the Board or the Committee may approve.



     6. Expense Reimbursement. In addition to the compensation and benefits provided
herein, the Company shall, upon receipt of appropriate documentation, reimburse the Employee each
month for his reasonable travel, lodging, entertainment, promotion and other ordinary and necessary
business expenses to the extent such reimbursement is permitted under the Company’s expense
reimbursement policy.



     7. Termination of Employment. The Company or the Employee may terminate the
Employee’s employment at any time and for any reason in accordance with subsection 7(a) below. The
Employment Term shall be deemed to have ended on the last day of the Employee’s employment. The
Employment Term shall terminate automatically upon the Employee’s death.




	 	(a)	 	Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of the Employee’s
employment (other than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written Notice of
Termination (as defined herein) from one party hereto to the other party




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	 	 	 	hereto in accordance with the notice provisions contained in Section 25. For
purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice that
indicates the Date of Termination (as that term is defined in Section 7(b)) and,
with respect to a termination due to Disability (as that term is defined in Section
7(e)), Cause (as that term is defined in Section 7(d)) or Good Reason (as that term
is defined in Section 7(f)), sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances that are alleged to provide a basis for such termination. A Notice of
Termination from the Company shall specify whether the termination is with or
without Cause or due to the Employee’s Disability. A Notice of Termination from the
Employee shall specify whether the termination is with or without Good Reason or due
to Disability.






	 	(b)	 	Date of Termination. For purposes of this Agreement, “Date of
Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination (but in no
event shall such date be earlier than the 30th day following the date the Notice of
Termination is given, unless expressly agreed to by the parties hereto) or the date of
the Employee’s death.
	 
	 	(c)	 	No Waiver. The failure to set forth any fact or circumstance in a
Notice of Termination, which fact or circumstance was not known to the party giving the
Notice of Termination when the notice was given, shall not constitute a waiver of the
right to assert such fact or circumstance in an attempt to enforce any right under or
provision of this Agreement.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, a termination for “Cause” means
a termination by the Company based upon the Employee’s (i) persistent failure to
perform duties consistent with a commercially reasonable standard of care (other than
due to a physical or mental impairment or due to an action or inaction directed by the
Company that would otherwise constitute Good Reason); (ii) willful neglect of duties
(other than due to a physical or mental impairment or due to an action or inaction
directed by the Company that would otherwise constitute Good Reason); (iii) conviction
of, or pleading nolo contendere to, criminal or other illegal activities involving
dishonesty; (iv) material breach of this Agreement; or (v) impeding, or failing to
materially cooperate with, an investigation authorized by the Board. The Employee’s
termination for Cause shall be effective when and if a resolution is duly adopted by an
affirmative vote of at least 3/4 of the Board (less the Employee), stating that, in the
good faith opinion of the Board, the Employee is guilty of the conduct described in the
Notice of Termination and such conduct constitutes Cause under this Agreement;
provided, however, that the Employee shall have been given reasonable opportunity (i)
to cure any act or omission that constitutes Cause if capable of cure and (ii),
together with counsel, during the thirty (30) day period following the receipt by the
Employee of the Notice of Termination and prior to the adoption of the Board’s
resolution, to be heard by the Board.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Disability. For purposes of this Agreement, a termination based upon
“Disability” means a termination by the Company based upon the Employee’s entitlement to




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	 	 	 	long-term disability benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan or
policy, as the case may be, as in effect on the Date of Termination.






	 	(f)	 	Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, a termination for “Good
Reason” means a termination by the Employee during the Employment Term based upon the
occurrence (without the Employee’s express written consent) of any of the following:






	 	(i)	 	a material diminution in the Employee’s position or title, or
the assignment of duties to the Employee that are materially inconsistent with
the Employee’s position or title;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	a material diminution in the Employee’s Annual Base Salary or
Annual Bonus Opportunity;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	within six (6) months immediately preceding or within two (2)
years immediately following a Change in Control: (A) a material adverse change
in the Employee’s status, authority or responsibility (e.g., the Company has
determined that a change in the departments or functional groups over which the
Employee has managerial authority would constitute such a material adverse
change); (B) a material adverse change in the position to whom the Employee
reports (including any requirement that the Employee report to a corporate
officer or employee instead of reporting directly to the CEO) or to the
Employee’s service relationship (or the conditions under which the Employee
performs his duties) as a result of such reporting structure change, or a
material diminution in the authority, duties or responsibilities of the
position to whom the Employee reports; (C) a material diminution in the budget
over which the Employee has managing authority; or (D) a material change in the
geographic location of the Employee’s principal place of employment (e.g., the
Company has determined that a relocation of more than thirty-five (35) miles
would constitute such a material change); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the material breach by the Company of any of its other
obligations under this Agreement.






Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board placing the Employee on a paid leave for up to 60
days pending the determination of whether there is a basis to terminate the Employee for
Cause, shall not constitute Good Reason. The Employee’s continued employment shall not
constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure to act
constituting Good Reason hereunder; provided, however, that no such event described above
shall constitute Good Reason unless: (1) the Employee has given a Notice of Termination to
the Company specifying the condition or event relied upon for such termination either: (x)
within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of such event; or (y) in the case of an
event predating a Change in Control, within ninety (90) days of the Change in Control; and
(2) the Company fails to cure the condition or event constituting



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Good Reason within the thirty (30) day period following receipt of the Employee’s Notice of
Termination.



     8. Obligations of the Company upon Termination.




	 	(a)	 	Termination by the Company for other than Cause, Death or Disability or
Termination by the Employee for Good Reason. If the Employee’s employment is
terminated by the Company for any reason, other than Cause, Death or Disability or by
the Employee for Good Reason:






	 	(i)	 	the Company shall pay to the Employee, (A) within five (5)
business days after the Date of Termination, any earned but unpaid Annual Base
Salary and any expense reimbursement payments owed to the Employee, and (B) no
later than March 15 of the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, any
earned but unpaid Annual Bonus payments relating to the prior calendar year
(the “Accrued Obligations”);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Company shall pay to the Employee no later than March 15 of
the calendar year following the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, a
prorated Annual Bonus based upon the actual Annual Bonus that would have been
earned by the Employee for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs
(based upon the target Annual Bonus opportunity in the year in which the Date
of Termination occurred, or the prior year if no target Annual Bonus
opportunity has yet been determined, and the actual satisfaction of the
applicable performance measures, but ignoring any requirement under the Annual
Bonus Plan that the Employee must be employed on the payment date) multiplied
by the percentage of the calendar year completed before the Date of
Termination;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Company shall pay to the Employee, no later than the
sixty-fifth (65th) calendar day after the Date of Termination, a
lump-sum payment equal to 200% of the sum of (x) the Employee’s Annual Base
Salary in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination (disregarding any
reduction in Annual Base Salary to which the Employee did not expressly consent
in writing) and (y) the highest Annual Bonus paid to the Employee by the
Company within the three (3) years preceding his termination of employment or,
if higher, the target Annual Bonus opportunity in the year in which the Date of
Termination occurs;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	all stock option, restricted stock and other equity-based
incentive awards granted by the Company that were outstanding but not vested as
of the Date of Termination shall become immediately vested and/or payable, as
the case may be, unless the equity incentive awards are based upon satisfaction
of performance criteria (not based solely on the passage of time); in which
case, they will only vest pursuant to their express terms; and




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	 	(v)	 	the Company shall provide the Employee with certain continued
welfare benefits as follows:






	 	(a)	 	Any life insurance coverage provided by the
Company shall terminate at the same time as life insurance coverage
would normally terminate for any other employee that terminates
employment with the Company, and the Employee shall have the right to
convert that life insurance coverage to an individual policy under the
regular rules of the Company’s group policy. In addition, if the
Employee is covered under or receives life insurance coverage provided
by the Company on the Date of Termination, then within thirty (30)
business days after the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay the
Employee a lump sum cash payment equal to thirty-six (36) monthly life
insurance premiums based on the monthly premiums that would be due
assuming that the Employee had converted his Company life insurance
coverage that was in effect on the Notice of Termination into an
individual policy.
	 
	 	(b)	 	As long as the Employee pays the full monthly
premiums for COBRA coverage, the Company shall provide the Employee
and, as applicable, the Employee’s eligible dependents with continued
medical and dental coverage, on the same basis as provided to the
Company’s active executives and their dependents until the earlier of:
(i) three (3) years after the Date of Termination; or (ii) the date the
Employee is first eligible for medical and dental coverage (without
pre-existing condition limitations) with a subsequent employer. In
addition, within thirty (30) business days after the Date of
Termination, the Company shall pay the Employee a lump sum cash payment
equal to thirty-six (36) monthly medical and dental COBRA premiums
based on the level of coverage in effect for the Employee (e.g.,
employee only or family coverage) on the Date of Termination.






	 	(b)	 	Termination by the Company for Cause or by the Employee without Good
Reason. If the Employee’s employment is terminated (i) by the Company for Cause or
(ii) by the Employee without Good Reason, the Company’s only obligation under this
Agreement shall be payment of any earned but unpaid Annual Base Salary and any expense
reimbursement payments owed to the Employee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Termination due to Death or Disability. If the Employee’s employment
is terminated due to death or Disability, the Company shall pay to the Employee (or to
the Employee’s estate or personal representative in the case of the Employee’s death),
within thirty (30) business days after the Date of Termination, (i) any Accrued
Obligations and (ii) a prorated Annual Bonus based on (A) the target Annual Bonus
opportunity in the year in which the Date of Termination occurs or




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	 	 	 	the prior year if no target Annual Bonus opportunity has yet been determined and (B)
the fraction of the year the Employee was employed.






	 	(d)	 	Definition of Change in Control. For purposes of this Agreement, the
term “Change in Control” shall mean that the conditions set forth in any one of the
following subsections shall have been satisfied:






	 	(i)	 	the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any “person”
(within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
thereof) of “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
Exchange Act) of securities of the Company possessing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total combined voting power of all outstanding securities of the
Company;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
surviving entity, except for a transaction in which the holders of the
outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such merger
or consolidation hold, in the aggregate, securities possessing more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all outstanding voting
securities of the surviving entity immediately after such merger or
consolidation;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving entity
but in which securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Company are
transferred to or acquired by a person or persons different from the persons
holding those securities immediately prior to such merger;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	during any period of two (2) consecutive years during the
Employment Term or any extensions thereof, individuals, who, at the beginning
of such period, constitute the Board, cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority thereof, unless the election of each director who was not a
director at the beginning of such period has been approved in advance by
directors representing at least two-thirds of the directors then in office who
were directors at the beginning of the period;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the sale, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or
a series of related transactions) of assets of the Company that have a total
fair market value equal to or more than one-third of the total fair market
value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such sale,
transfer or other disposition, other than a sale, transfer or other disposition
to an entity (x) which immediately following such sale, transfer or other
disposition owns, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the Company’s
outstanding voting securities or (y) 50% or more of whose outstanding voting
securities is immediately following such sale, transfer or other disposition
owned,




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	 	 	 	directly or indirectly, by the Company. For purposes of the foregoing
clause, the sale of stock of a subsidiary of the Company (or the assets of
such subsidiary) shall be treated as a sale of assets of the Company; or






	 	(vi)	 	the approval by the stockholders of a plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company.






	 	(e)	 	Six-Month Delay. To the extent the Employee is a “specified
employee,” as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the regulations and
other guidance promulgated thereunder and any elections made by the Company in
accordance therewith, notwithstanding the timing of payment provided in any other
Section of this Agreement, no payment, distribution or benefit under this Agreement
that constitutes a distribution of deferred compensation (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)) upon separation from service (within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)), after taking into account all
available exemptions, that would otherwise be payable during the six (6) month period
after separation from service, will be made during such six (6) month period, and any
such payment, distribution or benefit will instead be paid on the first business day
after such six (6) month period





     9. Excise Tax Gross-up Payments.




	 	(a)	 	If any payments or benefits paid or provided or to be paid or provided to the
Employee or for his benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise in
connection with, or arising out of, his employment with the Company or its subsidiaries
or the termination thereof (a “Payment” and, collectively, the “Payments”) would be
subject to the excise tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, then,
except as otherwise provided in this Section 9(a), the Employee will be entitled to
receive an additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that, after
payment by the Employee of all income taxes, all employment taxes and any Excise Tax
imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment (including any related interest and penalties), the
Employee retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax (including
any related interest and penalties) imposed upon the Payments. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the amount of the Payments does not exceed by more than 3% the amount
that would be payable to the Employee if the Payments were reduced to one dollar less
than what would constitute a “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code (the
“Scaled Back Amount”), then the Payments shall be reduced, in a manner
determined by the Employee, to the Scaled Back Amount, and the Employee shall not be
entitled to any Gross-Up Payment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	An initial determination of (i) whether a Gross-Up Payment is required pursuant
to this Agreement, and, if applicable, the amount of such Gross-Up Payment or (ii)
whether the Payments must be reduced to the Scaled Back Amount and, if so, the amount
of such reduction, will be made at the Company’s expense by an accounting firm selected
by the Company. The accounting firm will provide its determination, together with
detailed supporting calculations and documentation,




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	 	 	 	to the Company and the Employee within ten (10) business days after the date of
termination of Employee’s employment, or such other time as may be reasonably
requested by the Company or the Employee. If the accounting firm determines that no
Excise Tax is payable by the Employee with respect to a Payment or Payments, it will
furnish the Employee with an opinion to that effect. If a Gross-Up Payment becomes
payable, such Gross-Up Payment will be paid by the Company to the Employee within
thirty (30) business days of the receipt of the accounting firm’s determination. If
a reduction in Payments is required, such reduction shall be effectuated within
thirty (30) business days of the receipt of the accounting firm’s determination.
Within ten (10) business days after the accounting firm delivers its determination
to the Employee, the Employee will have the right to dispute the determination. The
existence of a dispute will not in any way affect the Employee’s right to receive a
Gross-Up Payment in accordance with the determination. If there is no dispute, the
determination will be binding, final, and conclusive upon the Company and the
Employee. If there is a dispute, the Company and the Employee will together select
a second accounting firm, which will review the determination and the Employee’s
basis for the dispute and then will render its own determination, which will be
binding, final, and conclusive on the Company and on the Employee for purposes of
determining whether a Gross-Up Payment is required pursuant to this Section 9(b) or
whether a reduction to the Scaled Back Amount is required, as the case may be. If
as a result of any dispute pursuant to this Section 9(b) a Gross-Up Payment is made
or additional Gross-Up Payments are made, such Gross-Up Payment(s) will be paid by
the Company to the Employee within thirty (30) business days of the receipt of the
second accounting firm’s determination. The Company will bear all costs associated
with the second accounting firm’s determination, unless such determination does not
result in additional Gross-Up Payments to the Employee or unless such determination
does not mitigate the reduction in Payments required to arrive at the Scaled Back
Amount, in which case all such costs will be borne by the Employee.






	 	(c)	 	For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment and, if
applicable, the Scaled Back Amount, the Employee will be deemed to pay federal income
taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in
which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made or the Scaled Back Amount is determined, as
the case may be, and applicable state and local income taxes at the highest marginal
rate of taxation in the state and locality of the Employee’s residence on the date of
termination of Employee’s employment, net of the maximum reduction in federal income
taxes that would be obtained from deduction of those state and local taxes.
	 
	 	(d)	 	As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code,
it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not have been made by the Company
should have been made, the Employee’s Payments will be reduced to the Scaled Back
Amount when they should not have been or the Employee’s Payments are reduced to a
greater extent than they should have been (an “Underpayment”) or Gross-Up Payments are
made by the Company which should not have been made,




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	 	 	 	the Employee’s Payments are not reduced to the Scaled Back Amount when they should
have been or they are not reduced to the extent they should have been (an
“Overpayment”). If it is determined that an Underpayment has occurred, the
accounting firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and
any such Underpayment (together with interest at the rate provided in Section
1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the
benefit of Employee. If it is determined that an Overpayment has occurred, the
accounting firm shall determine the amount of the Overpayment that has occurred and
any such Overpayment (together with interest at the rate provided in Section
1274(b)(2) of the Code) shall be promptly paid by the Employee (to the extent he has
received a refund if the applicable Excise Tax has been paid to the Internal Revenue
Service) to or for the benefit of the Company; provided, however, that if the
Company determines that such repayment obligation would be or result in an unlawful
extension of credit under Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act, repayment shall not be
required. The Employee shall cooperate, to the extent his expenses are reimbursed
by the Company, with any reasonable requests by the Company in connection with any
contest or disputes with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the Excise
Tax.






	 	(e)	 	The Employee shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal
Revenue Service that, if successful, would require a payment resulting in an
Underpayment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later
than ten (10) business days after the Employee is informed in writing of such claim and
shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim
is requested to be paid. The Employee shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration
of the thirty (30) day period following the date on which he gives such notice to the
Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with
respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Employee in writing prior
to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Employee
shall:






	 	(i)	 	give the Company any information reasonably requested by the
Company relating to such claim,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	take such action in connection with contesting such claim as
the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including,
without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim
by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company,
	 
	 	(iii)	 	cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively
to contest such claim, and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	permit the Company to participate in any proceeding relating to
such claim;






	 	 	 	provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and
expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with




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	 	 	 	such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Employee harmless, on an after-tax
basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including related interest and penalties)
imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses.
Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(e), the Company
shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole
option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings,
hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim and may,
at its sole option, either direct the Employee to pay the tax claimed and sue for a
refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Employee agrees to
prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a
court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company
shall determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Employee to pay
such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such
payment to the Employee, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold the
Employee harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax
(including related interest or penalties) imposed with respect to such advance or
with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance. The Company’s
control of the contest shall be limited to issues that may impact Gross-Up Payments
or reduction in Payments under this Section 9, and the Employee shall be entitled to
settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal
Revenue Service or any other taxing authority.






	 	(f)	 	If, after the receipt by the Employee of an amount advanced by the Company
pursuant to Section 9(e), the Employee becomes entitled to receive any refund with
respect to such claim, the Employee shall (subject to the Company’s complying with the
requirements of Section 9(e)) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund
(together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto).
If, after the receipt by the Employee of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to
Section 9(e), a determination is made that the Employee shall not be entitled to any
refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Employee in
writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of
thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and
shall not be required to be repaid.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Any payment under this Section 9 must be made by the Company no later than the
end of the Employee’s tax year following the Employee’s tax year in which the Employee
remits the related tax payments.





     10. Non-Delegation of Employee’s Rights. The obligations, rights and benefits of the
Employee hereunder are personal and may not be delegated, assigned or transferred in any manner
whatsoever, nor are such obligations, rights or benefits subject to involuntary alienation,
assignment or transfer.



     11. Confidential Information. The Employee acknowledges that in his capacity as an
employee of the Company he will occupy a position of trust and confidence and he further
acknowledges that he will have access to and learn substantial information about the Company



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and its affiliates and their operations that is confidential or not generally known in the
industry including, without limitation, information that relates to purchasing, sales, customers,
marketing, and the Company’s and its affiliates’ financial positions and financing arrangements.
The Employee agrees that all such information is proprietary or confidential, or constitutes trade
secrets and is the sole property of the Company and/or its affiliates, as the case may be. The
Employee will keep confidential, and will not reproduce, copy or disclose to any other person or
firm, any such information or any documents or information relating to the Company’s or its
affiliates’ methods, processes, customers, accounts, analyses, systems, charts, programs,
procedures, correspondence or records, or any other documents used or owned by the Company or any
of its affiliates, nor will the Employee advise, discuss with or in any way assist any other
person, firm or entity in obtaining or learning about any of the items described in this Section
11. Accordingly, the Employee agrees that during the Employment Term and at all times thereafter
he will not disclose, or permit or encourage anyone else to disclose, any such information, nor
will he utilize any such information, either alone or with others, outside the scope of his duties
and responsibilities with the Company and its affiliates.



     12. Non-Competition During Employment Term. The Employee agrees that, during the
Employment Term, he will devote substantially all his business time and effort, and give undivided
loyalty, to the Company and its affiliates, and he will not engage in any way whatsoever, directly
or indirectly, in any business that is competitive with the Company or its affiliates, nor solicit
customers, suppliers or employees of the Company or affiliates on behalf of, or in any other manner
work for or assist any business which is competitive with the Company or its affiliates. In
addition, during the Employment Term, the Employee will undertake no planning for or organization
of any business activity competitive with the work he performs as an employee of the Company, and
the Employee will not combine or conspire with any other employee of the Company or any other
person for the purpose of organizing any such competitive business activity.



     13. Non-Competition After Employment Term. The parties acknowledge that as an
executive officer of the Company the Employee will acquire substantial knowledge and information
concerning the business of the Company and its affiliates as a result of his employment. The
parties further acknowledge that the scope of business in which the Company and its affiliates are
engaged as of the Effective Date is national and very competitive and one in which few companies
can successfully compete. Competition by an executive officer such as the Employee in that
business after the Employment Term is terminated would severely injure the Company and its
affiliates. Accordingly, for a period of one (1) year after the Employee’s employment terminates
for any reason whatsoever, except as otherwise stated herein below, the Employee agrees (a) not to
become an employee, consultant, advisor, principal, partner or substantial shareholder of any firm
or business that in any way competes with the Company or its affiliates in any of their
presently-existing or then-existing products and markets; and (b), on behalf of any such
competitive firm or business, not to solicit any person or business that was at the time of such
termination and remains a customer or prospective customer, a supplier or prospective supplier, or
an employee of the Company or an affiliate. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions to the
contrary, the Employee shall not be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 13 under
the following circumstances:




	 	(a)	 	if the Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause;




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	 	(b)	 	if the Employee’s employment is terminated as a result of the Company’s
unwillingness to extend the Employment Term;
	 
	 	(c)	 	if the Employee terminates employment for Good Reason; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	if the Employee terminates employment without Good Reason, any time during the
one (1) year period immediately following a Change in Control.





     14. Return of Company Documents. Upon termination of the Employment Term, Employee
shall return immediately to the Company all records and documents of or pertaining to the Company
or its affiliates and shall not make or retain any copy or extract of any such record or document,
and other property of the Company or its affiliates.



     15. Improvements and Inventions. Any and all improvements or inventions, which the
Employee may make or participate in during the Employment Term, unless wholly unrelated to the
business of the Company and its affiliates and produced not in the scope of Employee’s employment
hereunder, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Employee will, whenever
requested by the Company, execute and deliver any and all documents which the Company shall deem
appropriate in order to apply for and obtain patents for improvements or inventions or in order to
assign and convey to the Company the sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to such
improvements, inventions, patents or applications.



     16. Actions. The parties agree and acknowledge that the rights conveyed by this
Agreement are of a unique and special nature and that the Company will not have an adequate remedy
at law in the event of a failure by the Employee to abide by its terms and conditions nor will
money damages adequately compensate for such injury. It is, therefore, agreed between and hereby
acknowledged by the parties that, in the event of a breach by the Employee of any of his
obligations contained in this Agreement, the Company shall have the right, among other rights, to
damages sustained thereby and to obtain an injunction or decree of specific performance from any
court of competent jurisdiction to restrain or compel the Employee to perform as agreed herein.
The Employee hereby acknowledges that obligations under Sections 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
shall survive the termination of his employment and he shall be bound by their terms at all times
subsequent to the termination of his employment for the periods specified therein. Nothing herein
contained shall in any way limit or exclude any other right granted by law or equity to the
Company.



     17. Release. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Company may
require that, prior to payment of any amount or provision of any benefit under Section 8 or payment
of any Gross-Up Payment pursuant to Section 9 of this Agreement (other than due to the Employee’s
death), the Employee shall have executed a complete release of the Company and its affiliates and
related parties in such form as is reasonably required by the Company, and any waiting periods
contained in such release shall have expired; provided, however, that such release relates only to
the Employee’s employment relationship with the Company. With respect to any release required to
receive payments owed pursuant to Section 8, the Company must provide the Employee with the form of
release no later than seven (7) days after the Date of Termination and the release must be signed
by the Employee and returned to the Company, unchanged, effective and irrevocable, no later than
sixty (60) days after the Date of Termination.



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     18. No Mitigation. The Company agrees that, if the Employee’s employment hereunder is
terminated during the Employment Term, the Employee is not required to seek other employment or to
attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Employee by the Company hereunder.
Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for hereunder (other than pursuant to
Section 8(a)(v) hereof) shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Employee as the
result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits or otherwise.



     19. Entire Agreement and Amendment. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter of this Agreement, and
supersedes and replaces all prior agreements, understandings and commitments with respect to such
subject matter. This Agreement may be amended only by a written document signed by both parties to
this Agreement.



     20. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Florida, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle
that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law
of another jurisdiction. Any litigation pertaining to this Agreement shall be adjudicated in
courts located in Duval County, Florida.



     21. Successors. In addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to
the Company, the Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase,
merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of
the Company, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.
Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption by a successor shall be a material breach of this
Agreement. The Employee agrees and consents to any such assumption by a successor of the Company,
as well as any assignment of this Agreement by the Company for that purpose. As used in this
Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as herein before defined and any such successor that
expressly assumes this Agreement or otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions of this
Agreement by operation of law.



     22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.



     23. Attorneys’ Fees. If any party finds it necessary to employ legal counsel or to
bring an action at law or other proceedings against the other party to interpret or enforce any of
the terms hereof, the party prevailing in any such action or other proceeding shall be paid by the
other party its reasonable legal fees, court costs, litigation expenses, all as determined by the
court and not a jury, and such payment shall be made by the non-prevailing party no later than the
end of the Employee’s tax year following the Employee’s tax year in which the payment amount
becomes known and payable; provided, however, that on or after a Change in Control, if any party
finds it necessary to employ legal counsel or to bring an action at law or other proceedings
against the other party to interpret or enforce any of the terms hereof, the Company shall pay (on
an ongoing basis) to the Employee to the fullest extent permitted by law, all legal fees, court
costs and litigation expenses reasonably incurred by the Employee or others on his



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behalf (such amounts collectively referred to as the “Reimbursed Amounts”); provided, further,
that the Employee shall reimburse the Company for the Reimbursed Amounts if it is determined that a
majority of the Employee’s claims or defenses were frivolous or without merit.



     24. Severability. If any section, subsection or provision hereof is found for any
reason whatsoever to be invalid or inoperative, that section, subsection or provision shall be
deemed severable and shall not affect the force and validity of any other provision of this
Agreement. If any covenant herein is determined by a court to be overly broad thereby making the
covenant unenforceable, the parties agree and it is their desire that such court shall substitute a
reasonable judicially enforceable limitation in place of the offensive part of the covenant and
that as so modified the covenant shall be as fully enforceable as if set forth herein by the
parties themselves in the modified form. The covenants of the Employee in this Agreement shall
each be construed as an agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the
existence of any claim or cause of action of the Employee against the Company, whether predicated
on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of
the covenants in this Agreement.



     25. Notices. Any notice, request, or instruction to be given hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given when personally delivered or three (3) days after being sent by
United States Certified Mail, postage prepaid, with Return Receipt Requested, to the parties at
their respective addresses set forth below:



     To the Company:


Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

601 Riverside Avenue

Jacksonville, FL 32204

Attention: General Counsel




     To the Employee:


Raymond R. Quirk

c/o Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

601 Riverside Avenue

Jacksonville, FL 32204




     26. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by any party of any provisions of this Agreement
shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach by the other party.



     27. Tax Withholding. The Company or an affiliate may deduct from all compensation and
benefits payable under this Agreement any taxes or withholdings the Company is required to deduct
pursuant to state, federal or local laws.



     28. Code Section 409A. To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Agreement
and any payment made hereunder shall comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and
any related regulations or other guidance promulgated with respect to such Section by



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the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service (“Code Section 409A”).
Any provision that would cause the Agreement or any payment hereof to fail to satisfy Code Section
409A shall have no force or effect until amended to comply with Code Section 409A, which amendment
may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A. In addition, the direct payment
or reimbursement of expenses permitted under this Agreement or otherwise shall be made no later
than the last day of the Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which such expense
was incurred.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date
first set forth above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.



By: /s/ Alan L. Stinson

Its: Chief Executive Officer



RAYMOND R. QUIRK

 	 
	 	/s/ Raymond R. Quirk
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 




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