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 Exhibit 10.3.1  


 
 

  AMENDMENT TO THE
  EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH RANDEL G. OWEN    
    


        WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services L.P. ("Company") and Randel G. Owen ("Executive") entered into an Employment Agreement
("Agreement") on February 10, 2005, as amended; and 


        WHEREAS,
the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Agreement to reflect compliance with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 


        NOW,
THEREFORE, the Agreement is hereby amended effective January 1, 2009 as follows: 


        1.     The
third sentence of Section 7.B is deleted and replaced with the following: 




Upon
such termination, the Company may elect, in its sole and absolute discretion, to pay the Executive his Base Salary in effect at the time of such termination for a period of up to 24 months
following such termination as consideration for Executive's agreement set forth in paragraph 9.A, and any such payment shall be made on the Company's regularly scheduled payroll dates during
such period. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that Executive is determined to be a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended ("Code") for purposes of any payment on termination of employment hereunder, payment
shall be made or begin, as applicable, on the first payroll date which is more than six months following the date of separation from service, to the extent required to avoid any adverse tax
consequences under Section 409A of the Code. 





        2.     Section 8.B.2
is deleted and replaced with the following: 




	2.
	Base
compensation at the rate payable on the date immediately prior to termination for an additional period of 24 months (or, in any Renewal Term, for
the number of months remaining in the Renewal Term or, in Purchaser's sole and absolute discretion, for a longer period, up to a maximum of 24 months), payable on the Company's regularly
scheduled payroll dates during such period, 





        3.     The
following language is added to the end of Section 8.B.3: 




The
payments hereunder shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit; and  



	4.
	The
following new Section 8.E is added as follows:



	5.
	For
purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the right to a series of installment payments hereunder shall be treated as a right to a series of separate
payments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that Executive is determined to be a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code for purposes of
any payment on termination of employment hereunder, and such payment (or any portion thereof) does not meet the short-term deferral exception, the involuntary separation from service
exception or another applicable exception to deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, payment shall be made or begin, as applicable, on the first payroll date which is
more than six months following the date of separation from service, to the extent required to avoid any adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. 
















IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Company and Executive have executed this Agreement, in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, this 30th day of December, 2008 and effective
January 1, 2009. 



							
	
 COMPANY	
 	
ATTEST:
	
 By:	
 	
/s/ William A. Sanger







 	
 	
By:	
 	








 
	
 Its:	
 	
Chairman and CEO







 	
 	
Its:	
 	








 






 





							
	

EXECUTIVE	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

/s/ Randel G. Owen








 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	
 Print:	
 	
Randel G. Owen







 	
 	

 	
 	

 














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