exv10w4






Exhibit 10.4




AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT



AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT (“Amendment”), executed and effective as of
December 19, 2008 by and between COLLECTIVE BRANDS, INC., formerly known as Payless ShoeSource,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CBI”), and
                     (“Executive”).



WHEREAS, CBI and Executive are parties to the amended and restated change of control agreement
entered into                      (“Change of Control Agreement”).



WHEREAS, in order to avoid certain adverse federal income tax consequences to Executive under the
Change of Control Agreement as a result of Sections 162(m) and 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, relating to deferred compensation, CBI desires to implement certain amendments to
the Change of Control Agreement; and



WHEREAS, CBI and Executive desire to amend the Change of Control Agreement.




NOW, THEREFORE:




Section 1. Amendment to Section 4(c). Section 4(c) will be replaced in its entirety with
the following:





          “(c) Good Reason. The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the
Executive for Good Reason. ‘Good Reason’ means in the absence of a written consent by the
Executive:




	 	1.	 	the assignment to the Executive of any
duties inconsistent in any material respect with the Executive’s
position (including status, offices, titles and reporting
requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated
by Section 3(a) of this Agreement, or any other action by the Company
that results in a material diminution in such position, authority,
duties or responsibilities;
	 
	 	2.	 	any other action or inaction that
constitutes a material breach of the terms of the Agreement;
	 
	 	3.	 	the Company’s requiring the Executive to be
based at any office or location different than the office the
Executive was employed immediately preceding the Effective Date if
such relocation increases Executive’s one-way commute from the
Executive’s principal residence by more than 35 miles;




 









 






	 	4.	 	any purported termination by the Company of
the Executive’s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by
this Agreement; or
	 
	 	5.	 	any failure by the Company to comply with
and satisfy Section 10(c).






Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding a termination by the Executive
for any reason during the 30-day period immediately following the first anniversary of a
Change of Control shall be deemed to be a termination for Good Reason for all purposes of
this Agreement.”



Section 2. Addition of Section 4(f). Section 4(f) shall be inserted as follows:





        “(f) Notice of Good Reason. Prior to complying with Sections 4(d) and 11(b),
(1) the Executive must provide written notification of the Executive’s intention to resign
within 90 days after the Executive knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any
such event in Sections 4(c)(1)-(5) constituting Good Reason, (2) the Company shall have 30
days from the receipt of such notice to effect a cure of the condition constituting Good
Reason under Section 4(c) and (3) if the Company is unable to cure the condition
constituting Good Reason within the 30-day period then the Executive must terminate his
employment within two years from the date such event constituting Good Reason occurred,
otherwise the event will no longer constitute Good Reason. For the avoidance of doubt,
Good Reason will not include any isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken
in bad faith by the Company and that is cured promptly upon receiving notice from the
Executive.”


Section 3. Amendment to Section 5(a). The introductory language to Section 5(a)(A) shall
be replaced in its entirety with the following:





“(A) the Company shall pay to the Executive, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after
the Date of Termination, (provided, however, that no amount shall be paid pursuant to this
Subsection 5(a)(A) after March 15 of the year following the first anniversary of a Change
of Control), the aggregate of the following amount:”


Section 4. Amendment to Section 5(e). The following shall be added at the end of Section
5(e):





“, except that no amount shall be paid pursuant to clause (ii) of the first paragraph of
Section 5(a)(A) of this Agreement (relating to a fractional payment of the highest Annual
Bonus) and the amount specified in Appendix A shall be paid at the same time as the other
amounts specified in Section 5(a)(A) are paid.”



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Section 5. Amendment to Section 8(a). The following language shall be included at the end
of Section 8(a):





“The reduction of amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be determined in manner
which has the least economic cost to the Executive and, to the extent the economic cost is
equivalent, then all the Payments, in the aggregate will be reduced in the inverse order of
when all the Payments, in the aggregate, would have been made to the Executive until the
reduction specified is achieved.”



Section 6. Amendment to Section 11(f). Section 11(f) will be replaced in its entirety
with the following:





“(f) From and after the Effective Date or the date that a Potential Change in Control
occurs, and except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall supersede any other
agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, including the
employment agreement, dated as of                                          (the ‘Employment Agreement’); provided, however, in no
event shall this Agreement supersede or replace the Indemnification Agreement between the
Executive and the Company, dated as of                                         , as from time to time amended prior to the
Effective Date; and provided further that, to the extent not inconsistent with any
provision hereof, the following provisions of the Employment Agreement shall remain in
effect during the Change of Control Period: Section 4 (relating to non-competition),
Section 10 (relating to certain remedies that the Company and the Executive shall have),
and Section 19 (relating to Section 409A, with any references in that provision to other
sections of the Employment Agreement also being deemed references to similar provisions of
this Agreement, as appropriate, so as to give maximum effect to such provision).”


Section 7. Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective on the date
hereof.



Section 8. Definitions. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Amendment shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Change of Control Agreement.



Section 9. Other Provisions Unaffected. Except as modified by this Amendment, the
existing provisions of the Change of Control Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.




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	 	 	COLLECTIVE BRANDS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Its:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EXECUTIVE	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 






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APPENDIX A

CHART OF SEVERANCE PAYMENT UNDER SECTION 5(E)




FOR EACH EXECUTIVE OFFICER




DOUGLAS J. TREFF




	 	 	 	 	 
	Fiscal Quarter in which	 	 
	Date of Termination	 	Payment under Section
	Occurs	 	5(E) $
	First Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	260,000	 
	Second Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	380,000	 
	Third Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	510,000	 
	Fourth Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	630,000	 






DARREL J. PAVELKA




	 	 	 	 	 
	Fiscal Quarter in which	 	 
	Date of Termination	 	Payment under Section
	Occurs	 	5(E) $
	First Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	260,000	 
	Second Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	380,000	 
	Third Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	510,000	 
	Fourth Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	620,000	 






MICHAEL J. MASSEY




	 	 	 	 	 
	Fiscal Quarter in which	 	 
	Date of Termination	 	Payment under Section
	Occurs	 	5(E) $
	First Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	180,000	 
	Second Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	250,000	 
	Third Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	330,000	 
	Fourth Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	410,000	 






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BETTY J. CLICK




	 	 	 	 	 
	Fiscal Quarter in which	 	 
	Date of Termination	 	Payment under Section
	Occurs	 	5(E) $
	First Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	150,000	 
	Second Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	220,000	 
	Third Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	290,000	 
	Fourth Fiscal Quarter
	 	$	350,000	 







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