exv10w32






Exhibit 10-32




AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN




TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND DREW A. MORIN




          WHEREAS, TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Drew A.
Morin (“Employee”) have entered into an employment agreement, effective as of February 1, 2010 (the
“Employment Agreement”);




          WHEREAS, the Company and Employee now desire to amend the Employment Agreement to modify the
advance notice requirement for any resignation of employment and the limitations on the Employee’s
sale or other disposition of common stock of the Company received under incentive stock awards; and




          WHEREAS, Section 12 of the Employment Agreement provides that all amendments must be in
writing signed by both parties.




          NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Employee, for good and valuable consideration received and
intending to be legally bound, agree that the Employment Agreement is hereby amended effective as
of May 3, 2010, as follows:





	1.	 	Section 3.3(a) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:






	 	“(a)	 	 In any given calendar year, Executive shall not sell or
otherwise dispose of a number of shares of common stock of the Company
acquired under Incentive Stock Awards in excess of the greater of:






	 	(i)	 	40,000 shares (as adjusted to reflect any stock
dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, of the Class A
common stock of the Company); or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the product of (A) ten percent (10%) times
(B) the sum of (I) the number of shares of common stock of the
Company to which Executive holds title, determined as of the
date immediately before the proposed sale or disposition date,
that were issued pursuant to an Incentive Stock Award, plus
(II) seventy percent (70%) of the number of shares of common
stock of the Company for which Incentive Stock Awards are
exercisable determined as of the date immediately before the
proposed sale or disposition date.”






	2.	 	Section 3.3(b) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:






	 	“(b)	 	 In any given calendar quarter, Executive shall not sell or
otherwise dispose of a number of shares of common stock of the Company
acquired under Incentive Stock Awards in excess of the greater of:




 









 












	 	(i)	 	10,000 shares (as adjusted to reflect any stock
dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, of the Class A
common stock of the Company); or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the product of (A) two and one-half percent
(2.5%) times (B) the sum of (I) the number of shares of common
stock of the Company to which Executive holds title, determined
as of the date immediately before the proposed sale or
disposition date, that were issued pursuant to an Incentive
Stock Award, plus (II) seventy percent (70%) of the number of
shares of common stock of the Company for which Incentive Stock
Awards are exercisable determined as of the date immediately
before the proposed sale or disposition date.”






	3.	 	Section 5.1.2 is amended by changing “30 days” to be “90 days” where used therein.
	 
	4.	 	Section 5.2.2 is amended by changing “30 days” to be “90 days” where used therein.
	 
	5.	 	In all other respects, the Employment Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed.





     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Employee have duly executed this Amendment to Employment
Agreement, which document may be executed in two or more counterparts, each being an original and
all of which, when taken together, shall be deemed one instrument.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	WITNESS/ATTEST	 	TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Bruce A. White
 


	 	By:
	 	/s/ Richard A. Young
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Exec. VP & COO
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Date:
	 	05/03/2010	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EMPLOYEE
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Bruce A. White	 	/s/ Drew A. Morin
	 	 	   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Date:
	 	05/03/2010