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                                                                   EXHIBIT (10P)

                               RUSSELL CORPORATION

                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

                           EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 23, 2000

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND OBJECTIVES.........................................   1
   1.1.  Establishment..........................................................   1
   1.2.  Purpose................................................................   1

ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS..........................................................   1

ARTICLE 3. ADMINISTRATION.......................................................   5
   3.1.  Administration.........................................................   5
   3.2.  The Plan Administrator.................................................   6
   3.3.  Membership of the Committee............................................   6
   3.4.  Action of the Committee................................................   6
   3.5.  Advisors and Agents of the Committee...................................   6
   3.6.  Liability of the Committee; Indemnification............................   6
   3.7.  Service in More than One Capacity......................................   7
   3.8.  Allocations and Delegations of Responsibility..........................   7
   3.9.  Expenses...............................................................   7

ARTICLE 4. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION........................................   7
   4.1.  Eligibility............................................................   7
   4.2.  Participation..........................................................   7

ARTICLE 5. BENEFITS.............................................................   8
   5.1.  Supplemental Benefit...................................................   8
   5.2.  Early Retirement Reduction.............................................   8
   5.3.  Postponed Retirement...................................................   8
   5.4.  Disability Benefit.....................................................   9
   5.5.  Death Benefits.........................................................   9
   5.6.  Form of Benefit........................................................   9
   5.7.  Change of Control......................................................   9

ARTICLE 6. VESTING..............................................................  10

ARTICLE 7. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION..............................................  10

ARTICLE 8. RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS...............................................  10
   8.1.  Contractual Obligation.................................................  10
   8.2.  Unsecured Interest.....................................................  10
   8.3.  Employment.............................................................  11
   8.4.  Nontransferability.....................................................  11

ARTICLE 9. CLAIMS PROCEDURE.....................................................  11
   9.1.  Filing a Claim.........................................................  11
   9.2.  Review of Claim Denial.................................................  11

ARTICLE 10. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION...........................................  11
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ARTICLE 11. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS...............................................  12
   11.1. Successors.............................................................  12
   11.2. Gender and Number......................................................  12
   11.3. Severability...........................................................  12
   11.4. Governing Law..........................................................  12
   11.5. Funding................................................................  12
   11.6. Tax Withholding........................................................  12
   11.7. Other Plans............................................................  12
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                               RUSSELL CORPORATION
                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

ARTICLE 1.        ESTABLISHMENT AND OBJECTIVES

         1.1.     Establishment. Russell Corporation, (the "Company"), hereby
establishes the Russell Corporation Supplemental Executive Pension Plan (the
"Plan") effective February 23, 2000.

         1.2.     Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to retain and motivate
designated select management and highly compensated Employees of the Company and
its Subsidiaries who are Participants in the Plan by providing supplemental
retirement benefits to enhance their economic security. The Plan is an unfunded
defined benefit pension plan for a "select group of management and
highly-compensated Employees" within the meaning of sections 201(2), 301(3), and
401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended.

ARTICLE 2.        DEFINITIONS

         Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below. Capitalized terms used in this Plan and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Pension Plan.

         2.1.     "Accrued Benefit" shall have the meaning set forth in section
1.1 of the Pension Plan.

         2.2.     "Actuarial Equivalent" shall have the meaning set forth in
section 1.3 of the Pension Plan.

         2.3.     "Affiliate" shall mean any corporation, trade, or business if
it is a Subsidiary of the Company or otherwise affiliated with the Company and
designated as an Affiliate by the Committee.

         2.4.     "Beneficiary" shall mean the person or persons designated
under Article 7.

         2.5.     "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

         2.6.     "Bonus" shall mean the amount, if any, of any annual bonus
awarded to a Participant under the Company's Management Incentive Programs or
annual bonus plans.

         2.7.     "Change of Control" means, any one or more of the following:

                  (a)      any person (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 of the
         SEC under the Exchange Act) or group (as such term is defined in
         Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than a
         Subsidiary, any employee benefit plan (or any related trust) of the
         Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Excluded Person, becomes the
         Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the common stock of the Company or
         of Voting Securities

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         representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company
         (such a person or group, a "20% Owner"), except that (i) no Change of
         Control shall be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of such
         beneficial ownership by a corporation with respect to which both more
         than 70% of the common stock of such corporation and Voting Securities
         representing more than 70% of the aggregate voting power of such
         corporation are then owned, directly or indirectly, by the persons who
         were the direct or indirect owners of the common stock and Voting
         Securities of the Company immediately before such acquisition in
         substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately
         before such acquisition, of the common stock and Voting Securities of
         the Company, as the case may be and (ii) such corporation shall not be
         deemed a 20% Owner; or

                  (b)      the Incumbent Directors (determined using the
         Effective Date as the baseline date) cease for any reason to constitute
         at least two-thirds of the directors of the Company then serving; or

                  (c)      approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
         merger, reorganization, consolidation, or similar transaction, or a
         plan or agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or
         substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company or a plan
         of liquidation of the Company (any of the foregoing transactions, a
         "Reorganization Transaction") which, based on information included in
         the proxy and other written materials distributed to the Company's
         stockholders in connection with the solicitation by the Company of such
         stockholder approval, is not expected to qualify as an Exempt
         Reorganization Transaction; or

                  (d)      the consummation by the Company of a Reorganization
         Transaction that for any reason fails to qualify as an Exempt
         Reorganization Transaction as of the date of such consummation,
         notwithstanding the fact that such Reorganization Transaction was
         expected to so qualify as of the date of such stockholder approval.

Notwithstanding the occurrence of any of the foregoing events, a Change of
Control shall not occur with respect to a Participant if, in advance of such
event, the Participant agrees in writing that such event shall not constitute a
Change of Control.

         2.8.     "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, and regulations and rulings thereunder. References to a
particular section of the Code include references to successor provisions of the
Code or any successor statute.

         2.9.     "Company" shall mean Russell Corporation.

         2.10.    "Committee" shall mean the committee appointed by the Board to
administer the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof.

         2.11.    "Credited Service" shall mean Years of Service (as defined in
Section 1.69 of the Pension Plan as in effect as of the Effective Date hereof)
earned on or after January 1, 1998.

         2.12.    "Disability" or "Disabled" means a mental or physical
condition which, either with or without reasonable accommodations, renders a
Participant incapable of performing the duties and responsibilities assigned to
him immediately prior to incurring such condition as determined

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by the Committee in good faith, upon receipt of medical advice from one or more
individuals, selected by the Committee, who are qualified to give professional
medical advice.

         2.13.    "Early Retirement Age" shall mean attainment of at least
fifty-five (55) years of age with at least five (5) Years of Service.

         2.14.    "Early Retirement Date" shall mean the first of the month
coincident with or next following the date upon which the Participant attains
Early Retirement Age.

         2.15.    "Earnings" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.23 of
the Pension Plan; provided, that for purposes of this Plan, "Earnings" shall
also include a Participant's Bonus and any amount which would otherwise be
Earnings absent an election by Participant to defer such amounts or convert such
amounts into a different form of benefit.

         2.16.    "Effective Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

         2.17.    "Eligible Employee" shall mean an Employee who meets the
requirements of Section 4.1.

         2.18.    "Employee" shall mean an individual who is employed by the
Company or an Affiliate, or Subsidiary.

         2.19.    "Excess Plan" shall mean the Russell Corporation Supplemental
Retirement Benefit Plan, as amended and restated.

         2.20.    "Excess Plan Benefit" shall mean the Supplemental Retirement
Benefit payable under the Excess Plan.

         2.21.    Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. References to a particular section of the Exchange Act include
references to successor provisions.

         2.22.    "Exempt Reorganization Transaction" means a Reorganization
Transaction which results in the Persons who were the direct or indirect owners
of the outstanding common stock and Voting Securities of the Company immediately
before such Reorganization Transaction becoming, immediately after the
consummation of such Reorganization Transaction, the direct or indirect owners
of both more than 70% of the then-outstanding common stock of the Surviving
Corporation and Voting Securities representing more than 70% of the aggregate
voting power of the Surviving Corporation, in substantially the same respective
proportions as such Persons' ownership of the common stock and Voting Securities
of the Company immediately before such Reorganization Transaction.

         2.23.    "Final Average Pay" shall mean the average monthly amount
determined by dividing Participant's total Earnings during the 3 consecutive
years in which such total was the highest, selected from the last 10 consecutive
years prior to retirement by 36; provided, that for purposes of this Section
2.23, "year" shall mean the 12-month period ending on the last day of the fiscal
quarter preceding the date on which such Participant has a Termination of
Employment

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or other date as of which a calculation in respect thereto is made and each
12-month period prior thereto.

         2.24.    "Gross Supplemental Pension Benefit" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.1 hereof.

         2.25.    "Incumbent Directors" means, as of any specified baseline
date, individuals then serving as members of the Board who were members of the
Board as of the date immediately preceding such baseline date; provided that any
subsequently-appointed or elected member of the Board whose election, or
nomination for election by stockholders of the Company or the Surviving
Corporation, as applicable, was approved by a vote or written consent of at
least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Directors shall
also thereafter be considered an Incumbent Director, unless the initial
assumption of office of such subsequently-elected or appointed director was in
connection with (i) an actual or threatened election contest, including a
consent solicitation, relating to the election or removal of one or more members
of the Board, (ii) a "tender offer" (as such term is used in Section 14(d) of
the Exchange Act), (iii) a proposed Reorganization Transaction, or (iv) a
request, nomination or suggestion of any Beneficial Owner of Voting Securities
representing 15% or more of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Securities
of the Company or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable.

         2.26.    "100% Joint and Survivor Annuity" shall mean an annuity that
is the Actuarial Equivalent of a Single Life Annuity, that provides a reduced
level monthly benefit to the Participant for his lifetime and, upon his death,
an annuity for the life of his Beneficiary in a monthly amount equal to the
amount payable to the Participant during his life.

         2.27.    "Normal Retirement Age" shall mean age 65.

         2.28.    "Normal Retirement Date" shall mean the first of the month
coincident with or next following the date upon which the Participant attains
Normal Retirement Age.

         2.29.    "Offset Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.1 hereof.

         2.30.    "Participant" shall mean an Eligible Employee who has
satisfied the requirements of Section 4.1 of the Plan.

         2.31.    "Pension Plan" shall mean the Russell Corporation Revised
Pension Plan (as amended and restated effective January 1, 1997) as it may be
amended from time to time provided that section references hereunder shall refer
to sections as renumbered and amended.

         2.32.    "Plan Year" shall mean the calendar year.

         2.33.    "Qualified Joint & Survivor Annuity" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 1.55 of the Pension Plan.

         2.34.    "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any successor thereto.

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         2.35.    "Single Life Annuity" shall mean an annuity providing equal
monthly payments for the lifetime of a Participant with no survivor benefits.

         2.36.    "Subsidiary" means, (a) any corporation of which more than 50%
of the Voting Securities are at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such
Person, and (b) any partnership or limited liability company in which such
Person has a direct or indirect interest (whether in the form of voting power or
participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than 50%.

         2.37.    "Supplemental Pension Benefit" means the Participant's
Supplemental Pension Benefit determined pursuant to Article 5 hereof.

         2.38.    "Termination of Employment" shall mean the retirement,
resignation, death, or other voluntary or involuntary termination of a
Participant's employment relationship with the Company and all Affiliates.

         2.39.    "Voting Securities" of a corporation means securities of such
corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors,
but not including any other class of securities of such corporation that may
have voting power by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.

         2.40.    "Year of Service" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.69 of the Pension Plan.

ARTICLE 3.        ADMINISTRATION

         3.1.     Administration. Subject to Article 10, the Plan shall be
administered by the Board or a committee of the Board appointed by the Board to
administer the Plan (the "Committee"). Any references herein to "Committee" are
references to the Board or the Committee, as applicable. The Committee may from
time to time establish rules for the administration of the Plan that are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan. The Committee shall have the
discretion to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan including, but not
limited to:

                  (a)      subject to any limitations under the Plan or
         applicable law, to make and enforce such rules and regulations of the
         Plan and prescribe the use of such forms as it shall deem necessary for
         the efficient administration of the Plan;

                  (b)      to require any person to furnish such information as
         it may request as a condition to receiving any benefit under the Plan;

                  (c)      to decide on questions concerning the Plan and the
         eligibility of any Participant to participate in the Plan, in
         accordance with the provisions of the Plan;

                  (d)      to compute or have computed the amount of benefits
         which shall be payable to any person in accordance with the provisions
         of the Plan; and

                  (e)      to appoint and remove, as it deems advisable, the
         Plan Administrator.

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The determination of the Committee as to any issue or disputed question arising
under this Plan, including questions of construction and interpretation, shall
be final, binding, and conclusive upon all persons.

         3.2.     The Plan Administrator. The Committee may appoint a Plan
Administrator who may (but need not) be a member of the Committee, and in the
absence of such appointment, the Committee shall be the Plan Administrator. The
Plan Administrator shall perform the responsibilities delegated to him or her by
the Committee.

         3.3.     Membership of the Committee. The Committee shall consist of at
least three members. Any member of the Committee may resign by delivering his or
her written resignation to the secretary of the Company; the resignation shall
become effective when received by the secretary of the Company (or at any other
time agreed upon by the member and the Board). The Board may remove any member
of the Committee at any time, with or without cause, upon notice to the member
being removed; provided that if any individual member of the Committee is a
Participant of an Employer, his or her membership on the Committee shall
terminate automatically upon his or her termination of employment unless the
Company specifies otherwise. Notice of the appointment, resignation, or removal
of a member of the Committee shall be given by the Board to the members of the
Committee.

         3.4.     Action of the Committee. A vote of a majority of the members
of the Committee shall be required for any action taken by the Committee.
Resolutions may be adopted or other action taken without a meeting upon the
written consent of all members of the Committee. Any person dealing with the
Committee shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of any member of the
Committee, or its secretary, as to any act or determination of the Committee.

         3.5.     Advisors and Agents of the Committee. The Committee may,
subject to periodic review, (a) authorize one or more of its members or an agent
to execute or deliver any instrument, and make any payment on its behalf and (b)
utilize the services of associates and engage accountants, agents, clerks, legal
counsel, record keepers and professional consultants (any of whom may also be
serving an Employer or a Subsidiary of the Company) to assist in the
administration of this Plan or to render advice with regard to any
responsibility under this Plan.

         3.6.     Liability of the Committee; Indemnification. The members of
the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall have no liability with respect to
any action or omission made by them in good faith nor from any action made in
reliance upon (a) the advice or opinion of any accountant, legal counsel,
medical adviser or other professional consultant or (b) any resolutions of the
Board certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company. Each
member of the Committee and each Participant to whom are delegated duties,
responsibilities and authority with respect to the Plan shall be indemnified and
held harmless by the Company and the Employers and their respective successors
against all claims, liabilities, fines and penalties and all expenses (including
but not limited to reasonable attorneys fees) reasonably incurred by or imposed
upon such member or Participant which arise as a result of his or her actions or
failure to act in connection with the operation and administration of the Plan,
to the extent lawfully allowable and to the extent that such claim liability,
fine, penalty or expense is not paid for by liability insurance purchased by or
paid for by the Company or an Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not indemnify any person for any such amount incurred

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through any settlement or compromise of any action unless the Company consents
in writing to such settlement or compromise.

         3.7.     Service in More than One Capacity.  Any person or group of
persons may serve the Plan in more than one capacity.

         3.8.     Allocations and Delegations of Responsibility.

                  (a)      Delegation of Responsibility. The Board, the
         Committee and the Plan Administrator, respectively, shall have the
         authority to delegate from time to time, in writing, all or any part of
         his or its responsibilities under the Plan to such person or persons as
         he or it may deem advisable (and may authorize such person, upon
         receiving the written consent of the delegating authority, to delegate
         such responsibilities to such other person or persons as the delegating
         authority shall authorize), and in the same manner to revoke any such
         delegation of responsibility. Any action of the delegate in the
         exercise of such delegated responsibilities shall have the same force
         and effect for all purposes hereunder as if such action had been taken
         by the delegating authority. Neither the Board, the Company, the
         Committee nor the Plan Administrator shall be liable for any acts or
         omissions of any such delegate. The delegate shall periodically report
         to the delegating authority concerning the discharge of the delegated
         responsibilities.

                  (b)      Allocations of Responsibility. The Board, the
         Committee and, if the Plan Administrator is more than one person, the
         Plan Administrator shall have the authority to allocate from time to
         time, in writing, all or any part of its responsibilities under the
         Plan to one or more of its members as it may deem advisable, and in the
         same manner to revoke such allocation of responsibilities. Any action
         of the member to whom responsibilities are allocated in the exercise of
         such allocated responsibilities shall have the same force and effect
         for all purposes hereunder as if such action had been taken by the
         allocating authority. Neither the Board, the Employers, the Committee
         nor the Plan Administrator shall be liable for any acts or omissions of
         such member. The member to whom responsibilities have been allocated
         shall periodically report to the allocating authority concerning the
         discharge of the allocated responsibilities.

         3.9.     Expenses. The cost of payment of benefits under this Plan and
the expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.

ARTICLE 4.        ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

         4.1.     Eligibility. Each key management employee (Grade 20 and
above), officer or highly compensated Employee of the Company, its Affiliates
and Subsidiaries as designated by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or the
Committee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan ("Eligible Employee"). As
of the Effective Date, the Employees identified on Schedule A hereto have been
designated by the Chief Executive Officer and shall be eligible to participate
in the Plan.

         4.2.     Participation. Eligible Employees set forth on Schedule A
hereto shall participate in the Plan as of the Effective Date. Any other
Eligible Employee designated who is eligible to

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participate shall commence participation upon such designation by the Chief
Executive Officer or the Committee.

ARTICLE 5.        SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION BENEFIT

         5.1.     Supplemental Pension Benefit. Subject to the provisions in
Section 5.6 and Article 7, each Participant shall be entitled to a Supplemental
Pension Benefit in the form of a Single Life Annuity payable at Normal
Retirement Age equal to (a) reduced by (b), where

                  (a)      equals 2% of Participant's Final Average Pay
         multiplied by the Participant's Credited Service provided that the
         maximum number of years of Credited Service considered hereunder shall
         be 25 (the "Gross Supplemental Pension Benefit") and

                  (b)      equals the sum of (i) and (ii) below multiplied by a
         fraction the numerator of which is the Credited Service calculated
         hereunder and the denominator of which is the Participant's Credited
         Service calculated under the Pension Plan (the "Offset Amount"):

                           (i)      an amount equal to the Participant's Accrued
                  Benefit ; and

                           (ii)     an amount equal to the Excess Plan Benefit

         5.2.     Early Retirement Reduction. If a Participant retires before
attaining Normal Retirement Age, but upon or after attaining Early Retirement
Age, the Participant shall be entitled to a Supplemental Pension Benefit on his
early Retirement Date calculated in accordance with Section 5.1, above, with the
following changes:

                  (a)      for each year the Participant's benefit hereunder
         commences prior to Normal Retirement Age, the Gross Supplemental
         Pension Benefit shall be reduced by (i) 3% for each of the first five
         years prior to Normal Retirement Age and (ii) 5% for each of the next
         five years prior to Normal Retirement Age; and

                  (b)      the Offset Amount shall be reduced by the factors set
         forth in Section 4.2 of the Pension Plan as if Participant at his age
         upon commencement of benefits hereunder were entitled to Early
         Retirement under the Pension Plan and would receive a benefit
         calculated pursuant to that section without regard to any service
         requirement thereunder.

         5.3.     Postponed Retirement. If a Participant continues in employment
beyond Normal Retirement Age or is re-employed following his Normal Retirement
Date, benefit shall be adjusted as provided in Section 4.4 of the Pension Plan.

         5.4.     Disability Benefit. If the Board determined that a Participant
hereunder is Disabled, such Participant shall be entitled to a Supplemental
Pension Benefit in accordance with the terms, conditions and timing in Section
5.1 provided that the calculation of such benefit shall be based on Final
Average Pay calculations as of the date upon which the Board determined the
Participant was Disabled and shall include the period of such Disability as
Credited Service for purposes of the calculation.

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         5.5.     Death Benefits.

         (a)      If a Participant who is at least 55 years of age dies while
employed with at least 5 Years of Service, the surviving spouse, if any, shall
be entitled to an immediate benefit equal to the amount such surviving spouse
would have received if the Participant had elected to receive his benefit in the
form of a 100% Joint and Survivor Annuity payment option commencing immediately.

         (b)      If a Participant dies while employed and after at least 5
Years of Service, but before attaining at least age 55, the surviving spouse, if
any, shall be entitled to benefit calculated as described above, provided that
it shall be calculated and payable as of the date the Participant would have
attained age 55.

         (c)      If a Participant who is at least 55 years of age with at
least 5 Years of Service upon Termination of Employment dies after such
Termination of Employment, but prior to commencing benefits hereunder, the
surviving spouse, if any, shall be entitled to an immediate benefit equal to the
amount such surviving spouse would have received if the Participant had elected
to receive his benefit in the form of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity
payment option commencing immediately.

         (d)      Except as provided in this Section 5.5 or otherwise provided
as a result of Participant's election of an optional form of benefit in
accordance with Section 5.6, no benefits shall be payable hereunder upon a
Participant's death.

         5.6.     Form of Benefit.

                  (a)      Normal Form of Benefit. Unless the Participant
         otherwise elects hereunder, the Supplemental Pension Benefit shall be
         payable in the form of a Single Life Annuity.

                  (b)      Optional Forms of Benefit. Participant may elect, by
         furnishing the Committee with written notification of such election 90
         or more days prior to the commencement of benefits hereunder, to
         receive the Supplemental Pension Benefit in any form of payment then
         available under Article 7 of the Pension Plan.

                  (c)      Level Income Option. In addition to the forms of
         payment available under the Pension Plan, a Participant may elect,
         provided that the Supplemental Pension Benefit hereunder is sufficient,
         by providing the Committee with written notification of such election
         90 or more days prior to commencement of benefits hereunder, to receive
         payment of his Supplemental Pension Benefit in the form of an adjusted
         annuity of equivalent Actuarial Value payable in a greater amount
         before such Participant is eligible to first receive benefits under the
         Pension Plan and the Excess Plan, so that the total income, including
         the sum of the benefits payable under (i) this Plan, (ii) the Pension
         Plan and (iii) the Excess Plan to which the Participant shall be
         entitled are as nearly uniform as possible both before and after first
         becoming eligible for benefits under the Pension Plan and/or the Excess
         Plan (the "Level Payment Option").

                  (d)      Benefits not in Excess of $10,000. Notwithstanding
         any other provision herein to the contrary, if upon Participant's
         Termination of Employment, the Actuarial

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         Equivalent lump-sum value of Participant's vested benefit does not
         exceed $10,000, then, such benefit shall be paid to participant in an
         immediate lump-sum.

         5.7.     Change of Control. Upon a Change of Control, Participant's
benefit shall become 100% fully vested and the Actuarial Equivalent lump-sum
value of Participant's vested benefit shall be immediately paid to Participant
in a single lump-sum cash payment within thirty (30) days following the Change
of Control; provided that Participants shall be entitled to act at any time
during the 10 day period following a Change of Control (prior to receiving
payment) not to receive such lump-sum payment and to instead leave the benefit
with the Plan. Participant's benefit under the Plan following the Change of
Control shall be reduced by the Actuarial Equivalent of the amount, if any, of
such lump-sum payment received by Participant pursuant to this Section 5.7.

ARTICLE 6.        VESTING

         Participants shall become 100% fully vested upon being on the first of
the following to occur (a) being credited with 5 or more years of Credited
Service, (b) attaining age 61, and (c) a Change of Control. If Participant shall
have a Termination of Employment before benefits hereunder become vested and
non-forfeitable, Participant shall forfeit the right to any Supplemental Pension
Benefit or other benefit hereunder upon such Termination of Employment.

ARTICLE 7.        BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

         A Participant shall designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who, upon
the Participant's death, will receive the amounts that were otherwise due and
payable to Participant prior to Participant's death. All such designations shall
be in writing and signed by the Participant. The Participant also may change his
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries by a signed, written instrument delivered to the
Committee. The payment of amounts shall be in accordance with the last unrevoked
written designation of Beneficiary that has been signed and delivered to the
Committee. For purposes of this Plan, the term "Beneficiary" means, the person
or persons designated under paragraphs (a) or (b) below, as applicable.

         (a)      Unmarried Participants. Each unmarried Participant may
designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to receive the amounts that were
otherwise due and payable to Participant prior to Participant's death. Such
designation shall not be effective unless it is made on a form provided for that
purpose by the Committee during the Participant's lifetime. The Participant may,
from time to time during the Participant's lifetime, on a form approved by and
filed with the Committee, change the Participant's Beneficiary or Beneficiaries.

         (b)      Married Participants. The Beneficiary of each Participant who
is married shall be the surviving spouse of such Participant, unless the
Participant, with the spouse's written consent, designates another Beneficiary
or Beneficiaries. Each married Participant may, from time to time during the
Participant's lifetime, on a form approved by and filed with the Committee,
change such Participant's designation of Beneficiaries but only if the

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Participant's spouse consents in writing to such Beneficiary designation on a
form supplied by the Committee.

ARTICLE 8.        RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS

         8.1.     Contractual Obligation. It is intended that the Company be
under a contractual obligation to pay Supplemental Pension Benefits when due.
Payment of Supplemental Pension Benefits under this Plan shall be made out of
the Company's general assets.

         8.2.     Unsecured Interest. No Participant or Beneficiary shall have
any interest whatsoever in any specific asset of the Company. To the extent that
any person acquires a right to receive payments under this Plan, such right
shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the
Company.

         8.3.     Employment. Nothing in this Plan shall interfere with or limit
in any way the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate any
Participant's employment at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right
to continue in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate.

         8.4.     Nontransferability. In no event shall the Company make any
payment under this Plan to any assignee or creditor of a Participant or a
Beneficiary. Prior to the time of payment hereunder, a Participant or a
Beneficiary shall have no rights by way of anticipation or otherwise to dispose
of any interest under this Plan nor shall such rights be assigned or transferred
by operation of law.

ARTICLE 9.        CLAIMS PROCEDURE

         9.1.     Filing a Claim. Each individual eligible for benefits under
this Plan ("Claimant") may submit his application for benefits ("Claim") to the
Plan Administrator (or to such other person as may be designated by the Plan
Administrator) in writing in such form as is provided or approved by the Plan
Administrator. A Claimant shall have no right to seek review of a denial or
benefits, or to bring any action in any court to enforce a Claim, prior to his
filing a Claim and exhausting his rights to review under Sections 9.1 and 9.2.

         When a Claim has been filed properly, it shall be evaluated and the
Claimant shall be notified of the approval or the denial of the Claim within
thirty (30) days after the receipt of such Claim. A Claimant shall be given a
written notice in which the Claimant shall be advised as to whether the Claim is
granted or denied, in whole or in part. If a Claim is denied, in whole or in
part, the notice shall contain (a) the specific reasons for the denial, (b)
references to pertinent Plan provisions upon which the denial is based, (c) a
description of any additional material or information necessary to perfect the
Claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and
(d) the Claimant's right to seek review of the denial.

         9.2.     Review of Claim Denial. If a Claim is denied, in whole or in
part, the Claimant shall have the right to (a) request in writing that the
Committee (or such other person as shall be designated in writing by the
Committee) review the denial, (b) review pertinent documents, and (c) submit
issues and comments in writing. Within thirty (30) days after a request for
review is

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received, the review shall be made and the Claimant shall be advised in writing
of the decision on review. The decision on review by the Committee shall be
forwarded to the Claimant in writing and shall include specific reasons for the
decision and references to Plan provisions upon which the decision is based.

ARTICLE 10.       AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

         The Company expects the Plan to be permanent, but since future
conditions affecting the Company cannot be anticipated or foreseen, the Board
necessarily must and does hereby reserve the right to amend, modify, or
terminate the Plan at any time by written resolution. No such amendment or
termination shall deprive any Participant of benefits accrued at the time of
such amendment or termination. Notice of such amendment or termination shall be
given in writing to each Participant and Beneficiary of a deceased Participant
having an interest in the Plan. Any of the provisions of this Article 10 to the
contrary notwithstanding, if the Board shall amend the Plan in a manner to find
the benefits obligation hereunder is a manner which results in all or any
portion of the benefits under the Plan being taxable hereunder prior to the date
of payment specified herewith, the Board shall have the authority to amend the
benefit formula hereunder to contain such adjusted benefit amount hereunder as
the Board in its discretion shall determine to be equitable to provide
Participants an accelerated after tax benefit hereunder reasonably expected to
be equal to the after tax benefit hereunder reasonably expect without such
amendment.

ARTICLE 11.       ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

         11.1.    Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with
respect to benefits hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company,
whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect
purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise of all or substantially all of the
business or assets of the Company.

         11.2.    Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the
context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the
plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

         11.3.    Severability. If any part of the Plan is declared by any court
or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or
invalidity shall not invalidate any other part of the Plan. Any Section or part
of a Section so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be
construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section or
part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and
valid.

         11.4.    Governing Law. The Plan shall be construed in accordance with
and governed by the laws of the State of Alabama other than its laws respecting
choice of law.

         11.5.    Funding. Benefits hereunder shall constitute an unfunded
obligation to the Company, but the Company may create reserves, funds, and/or
provide for amounts to be held in trust on the Company's behalf. Payment of
benefits may be made by the Company, on behalf of the Company by such a trust or
through a service or benefit provider to the Company or such trust. No
Participant, Employee, or any other person shall have any right, title or
interest whatsoever in or to, or any preferred claim in or to, any such trust
assets or to any other

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investment reserves, accounts or funds that the Company may purchase, establish,
or accumulate to aid in providing the payments described in the Plan. Nothing
contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall
create or be construed to create a trust or a fiduciary relationship of any kind
between the Company and a Participant, Employee, or any other person.

         11.6.    Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold or cause to be
withheld from any benefit payment any withholding or other taxes required to be
withheld with respect to such payment and such sum as the Company may reasonably
estimate as necessary to cover any withholding or other taxes which may be due
and owing as a result of any Supplemental Pension Benefit or the creation or
maintenance of this Plan.

         11.7.    Other Plans. No benefit payable hereunder shall be deemed
compensation to the Participant for the purposes of computing benefits to which
such Participant may be entitled under the Qualified Plan, the Excess Plan or
any other plan or arrangement of the Company for the benefit of its employees.

                        Executed this 22nd day of December, 2000.

                                                THE RUSSELL CORPORATION

                                                By:  /s/ Michael W. Hager
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                     Its:  Senior Vice President

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This Employment Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of
January 17, 2000, by and between H.T.E., Inc., a Florida corporation (the
"Company"), and Joseph M. Loughry, III (hereinafter called the "Executive").

                                    RECITALS

         The Company and the Executive have agreed that the Executive shall be
employed by the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.

                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

         1.       Employment.

                  1.1      Employment and Term. The Company hereby agrees to
employ the Executive and the Executive hereby agrees to serve the Company on the
terms and conditions set forth herein. This Agreement having been duly
authorized and approved by the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board").

                  1.2      Duties of Executive. During the term of this
Agreement, the Executive shall serve as the President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, and shall diligently perform all reasonable and
appropriate services, consistent with the Executive's position as President and
CEO of the Company, as may be assigned to him by the Board, and he shall
exercise such power and authority as may from time to time be delegated to him
by the Board and as provided by the Bylaws of the Company. The Executive shall
devote his full time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company,
render such services to the best of his ability, and use his best efforts to
promote the interests of the Company. Without the Executive's consent, no
material change in the Executive's duties and responsibilities shall be made
during the term of this agreement.

                  1.3      Purchase of Company's Stock. The Executive shall
purchase from the Company shares of the Company's common stock within forty (40)
days following the record date ("Record Date") established by the Company for
the distribution of DemandStar.com, Inc. rights to the Company's shareholders.
The number of shares of such common stock to be purchased by the Executive shall
be determined by dividing $125,000 by the lowest closing bid price per share on
NASDAQ during the twenty (20) trading following the Record Date. Such shares of
common stock will be unregistered securities and issued by the Company to the
Executive with a legend thereon restricting the subsequent transfer of the
shares except as provided under applicable securities laws.

         2.       Term.

                  2.1      Initial Term. The initial term of this Agreement, and
the employment of the Executive hereunder, shall commence on January 17, 2000
(the "Commencement Date") and shall expire on January 17, 2004, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof (the "Initial
Term").

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                  2.2      Renewal Term. At the end of the Initial Term, this
Agreement shall automatically renew and continue until terminated by either of
the parties upon no less than ninety (90) days prior notice of termination to
the other party (the "Renewal Term").

                  2.3      Expiration Date. The date on which the term of this
Agreement shall expire (including the date on which any renewal term shall
expire), is sometimes referred to in this Agreement as the Expiration Date.

         3.       Compensation.

                  3.1      Base Salary. The Executive shall receive a base
salary at the annual rate of Two Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($270,000)
(the "Base Salary") during the term of this Agreement, with such Base Salary
payable in installments consistent with the Company's normal payroll schedule,
subject to applicable withholding and other taxes. The Base Salary also shall be
reviewed, at least annually, for merit and cost of living adjustment increases
and may, by action and in the discretion of the Board, be increased at any time
or from time to time.

                  3.2      Bonuses. During the term of this Agreement, the
Executive shall be eligible to receive annual bonuses up to 50% of the then
current Base Salary ("Incentive Compensation") based on achieving goals to be
set by the Board prior to each bonus period (the "Incentive Compensation Plan").
The goals and applicable bonus percentages to be established by the Board will
be graduated in nature. In order for the Executive to be entitled to the above
referenced maximum 50% bonus, the Executive's performance during such Bonus
Period must have been extraordinary. Each period for which Incentive
Compensation is payable under the Incentive Compensation Plan is sometimes
hereinafter referred to as a Bonus Period.

         4.       Expense Reimbursement and Other Benefits.

                  4.1      Reimbursement of Expenses. During the term of
Executive's employment hereunder, upon the submission of proper substantiation
by the Executive, and subject to such rules and guidelines as the Company may
from time to time adopt, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all
reasonable expenses actually paid or incurred by the Executive in the course of
and pursuant to the business of the Company. The Executive shall account to the
Company in writing for all expenses for which reimbursement is sought and shall
supply to the Company copies of all relevant invoices, receipts or other
evidence reasonably requested by the Company.

                  4.2      Compensation/Benefit Programs. During the term of
this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all medical,
dental, hospitalization, accidental death and dismemberment, disability, travel
and life insurance plans, and any and all other plans as are presently and
hereinafter offered by the Company to its executives, including savings,
pension, profit-sharing and deferred compensation plans.

                  4.3      Working Facilities. The Company shall furnish the
Executive with an office, secretarial help and such other facilities and
services suitable to his position and adequate for the performance of his duties
hereunder. The Executive shall be located at the Company's corporate/executive
offices, presently at 1000 Business Center Drive, Lake Mary, Florida, during the
Initial Term and any Renewal Term of this Agreement.

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                  4.4      Stock Options. The Company shall grant to the
Executive "Qualified Stock Options" and "Non-Qualified Stock Options" for the
Company's common stock, pursuant to the Company's 1997 Employee Incentive
Compensation Plan, as follows:

                           a.       The maximum number, not to exceed 160,000,
                  of Qualified Stock Options ("Maximum Qualified Stock Options")
                  which are permitted under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue
                  Code to be granted to the Executive at one time with: (i) an
                  equal annual time vesting schedule for such granted options of
                  January 17, 2001, January 17, 2002, January 17, 2003 and
                  January 17, 2004; and (ii) a strike or exercise price per
                  share equal to the lowest closing bid price per share on
                  NASDAQ during the twenty (20) trading following the Record
                  Date.

                           b.       The number of Non-Qualified Stock Options
                  ("Time Vested Non-Qualified Stock Option") determined by
                  deducting the number of Maximum Qualified Stock Options
                  granted from 160,000, which shall have: (i) an equal annual
                  time vesting schedule for such granted options of January 17,
                  2001, January 17, 2002, January 17, 2003 and January 17, 2004;
                  and (ii) a strike or exercise price per share equal to the
                  lowest closing bid price per share on NASDAQ during the twenty
                  (20) trading following the Record Date. In the event of a
                  "Change of Control" of the Company, as defined in the
                  Company's 1997 Employee Incentive Compensation Plan, the
                  vesting schedule for up to eighty thousand (80,000) Time
                  Vested Non-Qualified Stock Options which have not vested as of
                  the date of the Change of Control shall accelerate and vest as
                  of the date of the Change of Control.

                           c.       180,000 Non-Qualified Stock Options with:
                  (i) a strike or exercise price per share equal to the lowest
                  closing bid price per share on NASDAQ during the twenty (20)
                  trading following the Record Date; and (ii) vesting, subject
                  to the Company's common stock price achieving certain levels
                  as follows:

                                    i.       22,500 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $10 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2000, if not, the
                           vesting for such unvested options shall be carried
                           forward to the next succeeding calendar year and
                           proportionally added to the number of options
                           scheduled to vest based on the three stock
                           performance vesting price levels for such year.

                                    ii.      22,500 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $15 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2000, if not, the
                           vesting for such unvested options shall be carried
                           forward to the next succeeding calendar year and
                           proportionally added to the number of options
                           scheduled to vest based on the three stock
                           performance vesting price levels for such year.

                                    iii.     15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $15 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2001, if not, the
                           vesting for such unvested options shall be carried
                           forward to the next succeeding calendar year and
                           proportionally added to the number of options
                           scheduled to vest based on the three stock
                           performance vesting price levels for such year.

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                                    iv.      15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $20 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2001, if not, the
                           vesting for such unvested options shall be carried
                           forward to the next succeeding calendar year and
                           proportionally added to the number of options
                           scheduled to vest based on the three stock
                           performance vesting price levels for such year.

                                    v.       15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $25 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2001, if not, the
                           vesting for such unvested options shall be carried
                           forward to the next succeeding calendar year and
                           proportionally added to the number of options
                           scheduled to vest based on the three stock
                           performance vesting price levels for such year.

                                    vi.      15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $35 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2002, if not, the
                           vesting for such unvested options shall be carried
                           forward to the next succeeding calendar year and
                           proportionally added to the number of options
                           scheduled to vest based on the three stock
                           performance vesting price levels for such year.

                                    vii.     15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $40 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2002, if not, the
                           vesting for such unvested options shall be carried
                           forward to the next succeeding calendar year and
                           proportionally added to the number of options
                           scheduled to vest based on the three stock
                           performance vesting price levels for such year.

                                    viii.    15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $45 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2002, if not, the
                           vesting for such unvested options shall be carried
                           forward to the next succeeding calendar year and
                           proportionally added to the number of options
                           scheduled to vest based on the three stock
                           performance vesting price levels for such year.

                                    ix.      15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $45 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2003.

                                    x.       15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $50 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2003.

                                    xi.      15,000 options upon the closing bid
                           price per share on NASDAQ for the Company's common
                           stock being above $60 for twenty consecutive trading
                           days during the calendar year 2003.

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                  d.       60,000 Non-Qualified Stock Options with: (i) a strike
                  or exercise price per share equal to the lowest closing bid
                  price per share on NASDAQ during the twenty (20) trading
                  following the Record Date; and (ii) vesting of 15,000 options
                  for each of the next four calendar years, beginning with the
                  year 2000, upon the Company achieving certain annual
                  performance criteria or objectives determined by the Board at
                  the beginning of each such calendar year.

         Except as provided in this Agreement, the above described Qualified
         Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options shall be granted to the
         Executive subject to all terms and conditions of the Company's 1997
         Employee Incentive Compensation Plan, and any amendments or successor
         plan thereto and all rules of regulation of the Securities and Exchange
         Commission applicable to stock option plans then in effect.

                  4.5      Other Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to
four (4) weeks of vacation each calendar year during the term of this Agreement,
to be taken at such times as the Executive and the Company shall mutually
determine and provided that no vacation time shall materially interfere with the
duties required to be rendered by the Executive hereunder. The Executive shall
receive such additional benefits, if any, as the Board shall from time to time
determine.

                  4.6      Relocation. The Executive shall receive a $60,000
relocation expense allowance, including the cost of temporary housing until his
permanent residential relocation to the Lake Mary, Florida area. The Company
will pay vendors directly whenever applicable income tax law permits. The
Company shall pay to the Executive any of the $60,000 relocation allowance not
paid by the Company directly to such relocation vendors, subject to applicable
withholding tax.

         5.       Termination.

                  5.1      Termination for Cause. The Company shall at all times
have the right, upon written notice to the Executive, to terminate the
Executive's employment hereunder, for cause. For purposes of this Agreement, the
term "cause" shall mean: (a) an action or omission of the Executive which
constitutes a willful and intentional material breach of this Agreement which is
not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Executive of written
notice of same, (b) fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds or breach of
trust in connection with his services hereunder, (c) conviction of any crime
which involves dishonesty, a breach of trust, or which could cause material
negative publicity to the Company as determined by the Board, or (d) negligence
in connection with the performance of the Executive's duties hereunder. Any
termination for cause shall be made in writing to the Executive, which notice
shall set forth in detail all acts or omissions upon which the Company is
relying for such termination. The Executive shall have the right to address the
Board regarding the acts set forth in the notice of termination. Upon any
termination pursuant to this Section 5.1, the Company shall pay to the Executive
his Base Salary to the date of termination. The Company shall have no further
liability hereunder other than for: (i) reimbursement for reasonable business
expenses incurred prior to the date of termination, subject, however, to the
provisions of Section 4.1, and (ii) payment of compensation for unused vacation
days that have accumulated during the calendar year in which such termination
occurs.

                  5.2      Disability. The Company shall at all times have the
right, upon written notice to the Executive, to terminate the Executive's
employment hereunder, if the Executive shall become entitled to benefits under
the Company's Long Term Disability Plan as then in effect, or, if the Executive
shall as the

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result of mental or physical incapacity, illness or disability, become unable to
perform his obligations hereunder for a period of 180 days in any 12-month
period. The Company shall have sole discretion based upon competent medical
advice to determine whether the Executive continues to be disabled. Upon any
termination pursuant to this Section 5.2, the Company shall: (a) pay to the
Executive any unpaid Base Salary through the effective date of termination
specified in such notice, (b) pay to the Executive his accrued and declared but
unpaid Incentive Compensation, if any, for any Bonus Period ending on or before
the date of termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, and (c)
pay to the Executive (within forty-five (45) days after the end of the Bonus
Period in which such termination occurs) a prorata portion (based upon the
period ending on the date of termination of the Executive's employment
hereunder) of the Incentive Compensation, if any, for the Bonus Period in which
such termination occurs, as calculated pursuant to the Incentive Compensation
Plan; provided that the goals under the Incentive Compensation Plan for each
period used in the calculation of the Executive's Incentive Compensation, shall
be based on: (i) the portion of the Bonus Period through the end of the Bonus
Period in which such termination occurs and (ii) unaudited financial information
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, applied
consistently with prior periods, as approved and reviewed by the Board. The
Company shall have no further liability hereunder other than for: (x)
reimbursement for reasonable business expenses incurred prior to the date of
termination, subject, however to the provisions of Section 4.1, and (y) payment
of compensation for unused vacation days that have accumulated during the
calendar year in which such termination occurs.

                  5.3      Death. In the event of the death of the Executive
during the term of his employment hereunder, the Company shall: (a) pay to the
estate of the deceased Executive any unpaid Base Salary through the Executive's
date of death, (b) pay to the estate of the deceased Executive his accrued and
declared but unpaid Incentive Compensation, if any, for any Bonus Period ending
on or before the Executive's date of death, (c) pay to the estate of the
deceased Executive (within forty-five (45) days after the end of the Bonus
Period in which his death occurs) a prorata portion (based upon the period
ending on the date of death) of the Incentive Compensation, if any, for the
Bonus Period in which his death occurs, as calculated pursuant to the terms of
the Incentive Compensation Plan; provided that, the goals under the Incentive
Compensation Plan for each period used in the calculation of the Executive's
Incentive Compensation shall be based on: (i) the portion of the Bonus Period
through the end of the Bonus Period in which the Executive's death occurs, and
(ii) unaudited financial information prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, applied consistently with prior periods, as
approved and reviewed by the Board. The Company shall have no further liability
hereunder other than for: (x) reimbursement for reasonable business expenses
incurred prior to the date of the Executive's death, subject, however to the
provisions of Section 4.1, and (y) payment of compensation for unused vacation
days that have accumulated during the calendar year in which such termination
occurs.

                  5.4      Termination Without Cause. At any time the Company
shall have the right to terminate the Executive's employment hereunder by
written notice to the Executive. Upon any termination pursuant to this Section
5.4 that is not a termination under any of Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 or 5.5, the
Company shall: (a) pay to the Executive any unpaid Base Salary through the
effective date of termination specified in such notice, (b) pay to the Executive
the accrued and declared but unpaid Incentive Compensation, if any, for any
Bonus Period ending on or before the date of the termination of the Executive's
employment with the Company, (c) if such termination occurs during the first two
years of the Initial Terms, continue to pay the Executive's Base Salary for a
period of nine (9) months following the termination of the Executive's
employment with the Company, or if such termination occurs after the first two
years of the Initial Term, continue to pay the Executive's Base Salary for a
period of six (6) months following the termination of the Executive's employment
with the Company, in the manner and at such time as the Base Salary otherwise
would have been payable to the Executive, and (d) continue to pay the Executive
Incentive Compensation and

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continue to provide the Executive with the benefits he was receiving under
Sections 4.2 and 4.5 hereof, for the same salary continuation period described
above following the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company,
in the manner and at such times as the compensation or benefits otherwise would
have been payable or provided to the Executive. In the event that the Company is
unable to provide the Executive with a continuation of any savings, pension,
profit-sharing or deferred compensation plans required hereunder by reason of
the termination of the Executive's employment pursuant to this Section 5.4, then
the Company shall pay the Executive cash equal to the value of the benefit that
otherwise would have accrued for the Executive's benefit under the plan, for the
period during which such benefits could not be provided under the plans, said
cash payments to be made within forty-five (45) days after the end of the year
for which such contributions would have been made or would have accrued. The
Company's good faith determination of the amount that would have been
contributed or the value of any benefits that would have accrued under any plan
shall be binding and conclusive on the Executive. The Company shall have no
further liability hereunder other than for: (i) reimbursement for reasonable
business expenses incurred prior to the date of termination, subject, however,
to the provisions of Section 4.1, and (ii) payment of compensation for unused
vacation days that have accumulated during the calendar year in which such
termination occurs.

                  5.5      Change of Control. In the event of a "Change of
Control" of the Company, as defined in the Company's 1997 Employee Incentive
Compensation Plan, during the first two years of the Initial Term: (i) the nine
months and six months salary continuation periods described clause (c) of
Section 5.4 above shall be changed to twelve (12) months; and (ii) if the
Executive terminates his employment with the Company because of a material
change in his duties, in violation of Section 1.2 above, the Company shall
continue to pay the Executive's Base Salary for a period of twelve months
following such termination in the manner and at such time as the Base Salary
otherwise would have been payable to the Executive.

                  5.6      Resignation by Executive. After December 31, 2001,
the Executive shall at all times have the right, upon one hundred twenty (120)
days written notice to the Company, to terminate the Executive's employment
hereunder. Upon any termination pursuant to this Section 5.6, the Company shall:
(a) pay to the Executive any unpaid Base Salary through the effective date of
termination specified in such notice and (b) pay to the Executive his accrued
but unpaid Incentive Compensation, if any, for any Bonus Period ending on or
before the termination of Executive's employment with the Company. The Company
shall have no further liability hereunder other than for: (i) reimbursement for
reasonable business expenses incurred prior to the date of termination, subject,
however, to the provisions of Section 4.1, and (ii) payment of compensation for
unused vacation days that have accumulated during the calendar year in which
such termination occurs.

                  5.7      Survival. The provisions of this Article 5 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement, as applicable.

         6.       Restrictive Covenants.

                  6.1      Non-competition. At all times while the Executive is
employed by the Company and for a two (2) year period after the termination of
the Executive's employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive shall
not, directly or indirectly, engage in or have any interest in any sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation or business or any other person or
entity (whether as an employee, officer, director, partner, agent, security
holder, creditor, consultant or otherwise) that directly or indirectly (or
through any affiliated entity) engages in competition with the Company in the
United States, Canada or any foreign market where the Company markets and sells
software applications or its services (for this purpose, any business that
engages in the development and/or marketing of software applications and/or

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information technology services in the public sector or utilities marketplace
shall be deemed to be in competition with the Company); provided that such
provision shall not apply to the Executive's ownership of Common Stock of the
Company or the acquisition by the Executive, solely as an investment, of
securities of any issuer that is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that are listed or admitted for
trading on any United States national securities exchange or that are quoted on
the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System, or
any similar system or automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices
in common use, so long as the Executive does not control, acquire a controlling
interest in or become a member of a group which exercises direct or indirect
control or, more than five percent of any class of capital stock of such
corporation. 6.2 Nondisclosure. The Executive shall not at any time divulge,
communicate, use to the detriment of the Company or for the benefit of any other
person or persons, or misuse in any way, any Confidential Information (as
hereinafter defined) pertaining to the business of the Company. Any Confidential
Information or data now or hereafter acquired by the Executive with respect to
the business of the Company (which shall include, but not be limited to,
information concerning the Company's financial condition, prospects, technology,
customers, suppliers, sources of leads and methods of doing business) shall be
deemed a valuable, special and unique asset of the Company that is received by
the Executive in confidence and as a fiduciary, and Executive shall remain a
fiduciary to the Company with respect to all of such information. For purposes
of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" means information disclosed to the
Executive or known by the Executive as a consequence of or through his
employment by the Company (including information conceived, originated,
discovered or developed by the Executive) prior to or after the date hereof, and
not generally known, about the Company or its business. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the Executive from
disclosing Confidential Information to the extent required by law.

                  6.3      Nonsolicitation of Employees and Clients. At all
times while the Executive is employed by the Company and for a two (2) year
period after the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company for
any reason, for the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for himself or
for any other person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other
entity: (a) employ or attempt to employ or enter into any contractual
arrangement with any employee or former employee of the Company, unless such
employee or former employee has not been employed by the Company for a period in
excess of six months, and/or (b) call on or solicit any of the actual or
targeted prospective clients of the Company on behalf of any person or entity in
connection with any business competitive with the business of the Company, nor
shall the Executive make known the names and addresses of such clients or any
information relating in any manner to the Company's trade or business
relationships with such customers, other than in connection with the performance
of Executive's duties under this Agreement.

                  6.4      Ownership of Developments. All copyrights, patents,
trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights associated with any ideas,
concepts, techniques, inventions, processes, or works of authorship developed or
created by Executive during the course of performing work for the Company or its
clients (collectively, the "Work Product") shall belong exclusively to the
Company and shall, to the extent possible, be considered a work made by the
Executive for hire for the Company within the meaning of Title 17 of the United
States Code. To the extent the Work Product may not be considered work made by
the Executive for hire for the Company, the Executive agrees to assign, and
automatically assign at the time of creation of the Work Product, without any
requirement of further consideration, any right, title, or interest the
Executive may have in such Work Product. Upon the request of the Company, the
Executive shall take such further actions, including execution and delivery of
instruments of conveyance, as may be appropriate to give full and proper effect
to such assignment.

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                  6.5      Books and Records. All books, records, and accounts
relating in any manner to the customers or clients of the Company, whether
prepared by the Executive or otherwise coming into the Executive's possession,
shall be the exclusive property of the Company and shall be returned immediately
to the Company on termination of the Executive's employment hereunder or on the
Company's request at any time.

                  6.6      Definition of Company. Solely for purposes of this
Section 6, the term "Company" also shall include any existing or future
subsidiaries of the Company that are operating during the time periods described
herein and any other entities that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, control, are controlled by or are under common control with the
Company during the periods described herein.

                  6.7      Acknowledgment by Executive. The Executive
acknowledges and confirms that the length of the term of the provisions of this
Section 6 and the geographical restrictions contained in Section 6.1 are fair
and reasonable and not the result of overreaching, duress or coercion of any
kind. The Executive further acknowledges and confirms that his full, uninhibited
and faithful observance of each of the covenants contained in this Section 6
will not cause him any undue hardship, financial or otherwise, and that
enforcement of each of the covenants contained herein will not impair his
ability to obtain employment commensurate with his abilities and on terms fully
acceptable to him or otherwise to obtain income required for the comfortable
support of him and his family and the satisfaction of the needs of his
creditors. The Executive acknowledges and confirms that his special knowledge of
the business of the Company is such as would cause the Company serious injury or
loss if he were to use such ability and knowledge to the benefit of a competitor
or were to compete with the Company in violation of the terms of this Section 6.

                  6.8      Reformation by Court. In the event that a court of
competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision of this Section 6 is
invalid or more restrictive than permitted under the governing law of such
jurisdiction, then only as to enforcement of this Section 6 within the
jurisdiction of such court, such provision shall be interpreted and enforced as
if it provided for the maximum restriction permitted under such governing law.

                  6.9      Extension of Time. If the Executive shall be in
violation of any provision of this Section 6, then each time limitation set
forth in this Section 6 shall be extended for a period of time equal to the
period of time during which such violation or violations occur. If the Company
seeks injunctive relief from such violation in any court, then the covenants set
forth in this Section 6 shall be extended for a period of time equal to the
pendency of such proceeding including all appeals by the Executive.

                  6.10     Survival. The provisions of this Section 6 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement, as applicable.

         7.       Injunction. It is recognized and hereby acknowledged by the
parties hereto that a breach by the Executive of any of the covenants contained
in Section 6 of this Agreement will cause irreparable harm and damage to the
Company, the monetary amount of which may be virtually impossible to ascertain.
As a result, the Executive recognizes and hereby acknowledges that the Company
shall be entitled to an injunction from any court of competent jurisdiction
enjoining and restraining any violation of any or all of the covenants contained
in Section 6 of this Agreement by the Executive or any of his affiliates,
associates, partners or agents, either directly or indirectly, and that such
right to injunction shall be cumulative and in addition to whatever other
remedies the Company may possess.

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         8.       Assignment. Neither party shall have the right to assign or
delegate his rights or obligations hereunder, or any portion thereof, to any
other person.

         9.       Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.

         10.      Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and, upon its effectiveness, shall supersede all prior agreements,
understandings and arrangements, both oral and written, between the Executive
and the Company (or any of its affiliates) with respect to such subject matter.
This Agreement may not be modified in any way unless by a written instrument
signed by both the Company and the Executive.

         11.      Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered by courier, sent
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested or sent by confirmed
facsimile transmission addressed as set forth herein. Notices personally
delivered, sent by facsimile or sent by overnight courier shall be deemed given
on the date of delivery and notices mailed in accordance with the foregoing
shall be deemed given upon the earlier of receipt by the addressee, as evidenced
by the return receipt thereof, or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. Mail.
Notice shall be sent: (a) if to the Company, addressed to 1000 Business Center
Drive, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, Attention: Chairman of the Board, with a copy
of such notice addressed to L. A. Gornto, Jr., Esq., 149-F South Ridgewood
Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, and (b) if to the Executive, to his address as
reflected on the payroll records of the Company, or to such other address as
either party hereto may from time to time give notice of to the other.

         12.      Benefits; Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be for the
benefit of and binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs,
personal representatives, legal representatives, successors and, where
applicable, assigns, including, without limitation, any successor to the
Company, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of stock, sale of assets or
otherwise.

         13.      Severability. The invalidity of any one or more of the words,
phrases, sentences, clauses or sections contained in this Agreement shall not
affect the enforceability of the remaining portions of this Agreement or any
part thereof, all of which are inserted conditionally on their being valid in
law, and, in the event that any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences,
clauses or sections contained in this Agreement shall be declared invalid, this
Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid word or words, phrase or
phrases, sentence or sentences, clause or clauses, or section or sections had
not been inserted. If such invalidity is caused by length of time or size of
area, or both, the otherwise invalid provision will be considered to be reduced
to a period or area which would cure such invalidity.

         14.      Waivers. The waiver by either party hereto of a breach or
violation of any term or provision of this Agreement shall not operate nor be
construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or violation.

         15.      Damages. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to
prevent the Company or the Executive from seeking and recovering from the other
damages sustained by either or both of them as a result of its or his breach of
any term or provision of this Agreement. In the event that either party hereto
brings suit for the collection of any damages resulting from, or the injunction
of any action constituting, a breach of any of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement, then the party found to be at fault shall pay all reasonable court
costs and attorneys' fees of the other.

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         16.      Section Headings. The section headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

         17.      No Third Party Beneficiary. Nothing expressed or implied in
this Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon or give any
person other than the Company, the parties hereto and their respective heirs,
personal representatives, legal representatives, successors and assigns, any
rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.

COMPANY:                               EXECUTIVE:

H.T.E., INC.

By: /s/ L. A. Gornto, Jr.              /s/ Joseph M. Loughry, III
   ------------------------------      -------------------------------------
   L. A. Gornto, Jr.                       Joseph M. Loughry, III
   Executive Vice President

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