EX-10.30



 Exhibit 10.30 
 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO  
 AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 

THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO AMENDED
AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into on February 25, 2011 between THE FINISH LINE,
INC., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), and SAMUEL M. SATO (the “Executive”). 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated December 31, 2008 (the “Original Agreement”); and 

WHEREAS, the Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2008-13 and based on the Company’s evaluation of that notice
the Company and the Executive have concluded that it is in the best interests of the Company and the Executive to amend the Original Agreement in order to ensure that certain compensation paid to the Executive continues to be “qualified
performance based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive also desire to amend and modify certain other provisions contained in the Original
Agreement. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 
 1. The first sentence in Section 2(a) of the Original
Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 “While employed by the Company hereunder,
Executive shall serve as the Company’s President and Chief Merchandising Officer.” 
 2. The first sentence in
Section 3 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 “As
compensation for services rendered to the company, the Company shall initially pay Executive a base salary at the annual rate of $533,000.” 
 3. Section 7(a)(iii)(B) of the Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

“(B) any earned but unpaid portion of Executive’s annual performance bonus (if any) for the fiscal year
preceding the fiscal year in which such termination occurs;” 
 4. Section 7(b)(ii) of the Original Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “(ii) Upon termination of
Executive’s employment hereunder for either Disability or death, Executive or Executive’s estate (as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive: 
 (A) the Accrued Rights; and 

  
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 (B) if Executive was eligible to receive one or more cash bonuses for the
fiscal year during which Executive’s employment is terminated (the “Termination Year”), an amount equal to a pro-rated portion (based on the number of days in the Termination Year during which Executive was employed) of the
annual cash bonus and any other cash bonus Executive would have received for the Termination Year had he remained employed through the entire fiscal year (based on the Company’s actual performance for the Termination Year), payable, subject to
Section 7(g), when bonuses are generally paid to the Company’s executives for the Termination Year but no later than two and one half months after the end of the fiscal year in which the cash bonus was earned.” 

5. Section 7(c)(iii)(B)(1) of the Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

“(1) a lump sum cash payment equal to 2 times the Base Salary, payable, subject to Section 7(g), within 30 days
following the date of such termination of employment (the “Termination Date”); and” 
 6.
Section 7(c)(iii)(B)(3) of the Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “(3) if Executive was eligible to receive one or more cash bonuses for the Termination Year, an amount equal to a pro-rated portion (based on the number of days in the Termination Year during which
Executive was employed) of the annual cash bonus and any other cash bonus Executive would have received for the Termination Year had he remained employed through the entire fiscal year (based on the Company’s actual performance for the
Termination Year), payable, subject to Section 7(g), when bonuses are generally paid to the Company’s executives for the Termination Year but no later than two and one half months after the end of the fiscal year in which the cash bonus
was earned.” 
 7. Section 7(c)(iv)(B)(3) of the Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows: 
 “(3) if Executive was eligible to receive one or more cash bonuses for the Termination
Year, an amount equal to a pro-rated portion (based on the number of days in the Termination Year during which Executive was employed) of the annual cash bonus and any other cash bonus Executive would have received for the Termination Year had he
remained employed through the entire fiscal year (based on the Company’s actual performance for the Termination Year), payable, subject to Section 7(g), when bonuses are generally paid to the Company’s executives for the Termination
Year but no later than two and one half months after the end of the fiscal year in which the cash bonus was earned.” 
 8.
Except as specifically amended herein, all other terms and conditions contained in the Original Agreement shall remain unchanged and shall continue in full force and effect. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
when taken together shall be deemed one original Amendment. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
duly executed this Amendment Number One to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 
  

	
	 /s/ Samuel M. Sato

	Samuel M. Sato

 THE FINISH LINE, INC. 

 

			
	By:	 	 /s/ Glenn S. Lyon

		 	Glenn S. Lyon, Chairman of the Board