EX-10.5






Exhibit 10.5




AMENDMENT

TO

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT



This Amendment (this “Amendment”), dated as of January 21, 2009, amends that certain Employment
Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) made and entered into on the 9th day of October
2001, by and between Globecomm Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation with principal offices located
at 45 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, N.Y. 11788 (the “Company”), and Paul J. Johnson (the “Executive”).




WITNESSETH:



WHEREAS, since the Effective Date of the Employment Agreement, the Executive has been employed as
an executive by the Company (all capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement); and



WHEREAS, the parties believe that it is desirable to modify the “special bonus” provisions of the
Employment Agreement to provide for such bonus to equal 50% of the Executive’s salary for the prior
year.



NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree to amend the Employment Agreement as follows:





	1.	 	Position.
	 
	 	 	Section 1 of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in full with the following:
	 
	 	 	“The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive to serve in the role of Senior Vice
President, Customer Relations and Contracts and Corporate Secretary of the Company, subject to
the limitation set forth herein. The Executive accepts such employment upon the

terms and conditions set forth herein, and further agrees to perform to the best of his
abilities the duties generally associated with his position, as well as such other duties
commensurate with his position as Senior Vice President, Customer Relations and Contracts and
Corporate Secretary as may be reasonably assigned by the Company. The Executive shall, at all
times during the Term, report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Globecomm Systems Inc. The Executive
shall perform his duties diligently and faithfully and shall devote his full business time and
attention to such duties.”
	 
	2.	 	Termination and Severance.
	 
	 	 	The third sentence of Section 10(g) of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced
in full with the following:
	 
	 	 	“If the Executive does not provide the Company notice of resignation or non-renewal at any time
during the year following a Change in Control and remains employed by the Company through the
first anniversary of the Change in Control, as defined below, the Executive shall




 









 






	 	 	be paid a
one-time bonus payment of 50% of his Salary during the immediately preceding calendar year (the
‘Special Bonus’).”
	 
	3.	 	Miscellaneous. Section 13(g) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended to
provide that copies of any notices, requests, demands and other communications addressed to
the Company shall be provided to:





Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

1177 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Attn: Richard H. Gilden, Esq.





	4.	 	Effect of this Amendment. As amended hereby, the Employment Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect.




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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first set
forth above.




EXECUTIVE




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	/s/ Paul J. Johnson
 	 	 
	Paul J. Johnson 	 	 



GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC.




	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ David E. Hershberg
 	 	 
	 	Title: Chairman, CEO and President 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 




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