Exhibit






Exhibit 10.1



            
November 29, 2017


Mr. David Buckley
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.
5500 Trillium Boulevard, Suite 501
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192


Cash Incentive Agreement


Dear David: 


Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is pleased to offer you a cash incentive, on the terms and conditions of this letter agreement, to which we and you agree.


1.The cash incentive will be payable to you as follows, subject to the terms and conditions of this letter agreement.  If we determine in our reasonable discretion that you have achieved the Performance Measure (defined in paragraph 2 below) by May 5, 2018 we will pay to you $40,000 in cash (less applicable withholdings) on, or as soon as practicable after, that date (the “Incentive”).  If we determine in our reasonable discretion that you have not achieved the Performance Measure by May 5, 2018 then we will have no obligation to pay the Incentive to you.  


2.For the purposes of this letter agreement, “Performance Measure” means that, in accordance with the Master Services Agreement dated as of April 4, 2015 between the Company and Capgemini America, Inc., as amended (the “MSA”), Capgemini shall have successfully built the Enterprise Solution with respect to the Primary Releases only after Capgemini (i) shall have developed all necessary enhancements, integrations, configurations, and other code (the “Development”) that are required by the Solution Design Documents and that the Company shall have reviewed and accepted and (ii) the Development shall have been tested, accepted by the Company, and delivered by Capgemini to the Company for use in its production environment.  “Enterprise Solution” and “Solution Design Documents” are defined in the MSA.  “Primary Releases” means the seven releases associated with the Enterprise Solution that are specified in section 1.0 of the Amended and Restated Attachment 13-A to the MSA, excluding all deferred development objects to which exclusions the Company agreed in writing prior to May 30, 2017.


3.If prior to May 5, 2018 either you voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company for Good Reason or the Company terminates your employment without Cause, we will pay the Incentive to you.  If prior to May 5, 2018 either you voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company other than for Good Reason or the Company terminates your employment for Cause, you will forfeit the Incentive and we will have no obligation to pay the Incentive to you.  If we pay to you the Incentive and prior to May 5, 2019 the Company terminates your employment for Cause, you will repay the Incentive to the Company.  “Good Reason” means that, without your written consent, your annual base salary in effect on the date of this letter agreement is reduced by ten percent or more or your place of employment is relocated by the Company to a business location that is more than fifty miles from the Company’s offices located at 5500 Trillium Boulevard, Hoffman Estates, Illinois.  “Cause” means (i) a material breach by you (other than a breach resulting from your incapacity due to a disability as reasonably determined by the Company) of your duties and responsibilities, which breach is demonstrably willful and deliberate on your part, is committed in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such breach is in the best interests of the Company, and is not 









Exhibit 10.1



remedied by you in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying the breach, (ii) the commission by you of a felony involving moral turpitude, or (iii) your dishonesty or willful misconduct in connection with your employment with the Company.


4.Your employment with the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries remains at-will, meaning that you and the Company may terminate the employment at any time, with or without Cause, and with or without notice to you.  Neither this letter agreement nor the Incentive has any effect on the at-will nature of your employment.


5.This letter agreement contains all of the agreements, understandings, and representations between the Company and you relating to the subject matter of this letter agreement.  This letter agreement supersedes all prior and contemporaneous written and oral understandings, discussions, agreements, representations, and warranties with respect to the subject matter.


6.This letter agreement may not be amended or modified except in writing signed by the Company and you.  This letter agreement, for all purposes, will be construed in accordance with the laws of Illinois without regard to conflicts-of-law principles.


7.This letter agreement is intended to comply with, or be exempt from, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and will be construed and administered in accordance with Section 409A.


You are a valuable member of our team and we look forward to your continued employment with us.  




	
		
	





Agreed to and accepted:




/s/ DAVID BUCKLEY
David Buckley 
	Very truly yours,


SEARS HOMETOWN AND OUTLET STORES, INC.




By: /s/ WILL POWELL
       Will Powell
       Chief Executive Officer and President