**Exhibit 10.24**

 

March 28, 2006

 

Mr. ChristopherA. Pierce

67Portland Street

Yarmouth,ME 04096

 

RE:  First Amendment to Employment Agreement

 

DearChris:

 

Reference is hereby made to the Employment andNon-Competition Agreement dated as of May 25, 2004 (the “EmploymentAgreement”) among The Dingley Press, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Employer”),Christopher A. Pierce (the “Employee”) and solely for purposes of §4, TheSheridan Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation and parent of the Employer (“Sheridan”).Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaningsassigned to such terms in the Employment Agreement.

 

1.     Amendments to Employment Agreement:  Wehereby further agree with you to amend the Employment Agreement effective April 1,2006 as follows:

 

Section 2 of the Employment Agreement is herebyamended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

DUTIES:  The Employee shall be employedas the Chairman of the Employer for the duration of the Agreement. In suchcapacity, the Employee shall focus primarily on sales, marketing and customerretention, but will not have day-to-day responsibility for the operations ofthe Employer. In addition, the Employee shall have additional executiveresponsibilities and duties as may be reasonably assigned by the President ofthe Employer. The Employee shall report directly to the President of Employer. TheEmployee agrees to devote his full time and best efforts to the performance ofhis duties to the Employer. Nothing contained herein shall be construed asprohibiting the Employee from serving (a) as a non-executive director ofany non-profit organization, including any industry trade group, or (b) asa director of any other entity that is not in the Designated Industry, so longas, in either such case, such position does not provide any compensation to theEmployee and otherwise does not materially interfere with the performance ofhis duties under this Agreement.

 

2.     Miscellaneous:  Inall other respects, the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force andeffect.

 

Please indicate your agreement to the foregoing bysigning both copies of this letter, returning one to me and retaining thesecond copy for your personal file.

 

Very truly yours,

 
|   | The Sheridan Group, Inc. | The Dingley Press, Inc.          |
|--------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|   |                          |                                  |
|   |                          |                                  |
|   | By:                           | /s/ John A. Saxton                    |   | By: | /s/ John A. Saxton |   |
|   |                          | John A Saxton                         |   | John A. Saxton |
|   |                          | President and Chief Executive Officer |   | Chief Executive Officer |
|   |                          |
|   |                          |
|   | Agreed to and accepted by:    |                                  |
|   |                          |                                  |
|   | /s/ Christopher A. Pierce     |                                  |   |
|   | Christopher A. Pierce         |                                  |
|        |                               |                                       |  |  |  |  |  |  |

 

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