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Exhibit 10(j)

 

EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL CONTRACT -
IMPROVED PROPERTY

 

This EIGHTH
AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL CONTRACT - IMPROVED PROPERTY (this “Amendment”) is made
as of July 21, 2003 by and between Colinas Crossing, L.P. (“Seller”) and Haggar
Clothing Co. (“Buyer”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

A.                                   Seller
and Buyer entered into that certain Commercial Contract - Improved Property
dated May 9, 2003, as amended by that certain First Amendment to
Commercial Contract - Improved Property dated June 3, 2003, by that certain
Second Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property dated July 8, 2003,
by that certain Third Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property
dated July 9, 2003, by that certain Fourth Amendment to Commercial Contract -
Improved Property dated July 10, 2003, by that certain Fifth
Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property dated July 15, 2003,
by that certain Sixth Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property
dated July 17, 2003 and by that certain Seventh Amendment to Commercial
Contract - Improved Property dated July 18, 2003 (as amended, the “Contract”),
pertaining to certain property commonly referred to as Two Colinas Crossing
(the “Property”).

 

B.                                     Seller
and Buyer have agreed to modify certain provisions of the Contract.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned such terms
in the Contract.

 

2.                                       The
Inspection Period under the Contract is hereby extended for all purposes
through and until 7:00 p.m., CST, Tuesday, July 22, 2003.  Seller and Buyer agree that Buyer shall have
the right to terminate the Contract pursuant to Section 7.B(3) of the
Contract prior to the expiration of the Inspection Period, as extended hereby,
for any Permitted Reason (as defined in the Fourth Amendment to Commercial
Contract - Improved Property dated July 10, 2003) and only a Permitted
Reason.  If Buyer does not terminate the
Contract prior to the expiration of the Inspection Period, as extended hereby,
Buyer shall deposit the additional earnest money required by Paragraph 5.A of
the Contract with the title company on Tuesday, July 22, 2003.

 

3.                                       Except
as expressly amended hereby, the Contract remains unmodified and in full force
and effect.

 

4.                                       This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as
if all parties hereto had signed the same document.  All such counterparts shall be construed together and shall
constitute one instrument, but in making proof hereof it shall only be
necessary to produce one such counterpart.

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE FOR COLINAS CROSSING, LP TO

EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO

COMMERCIAL CONTRACT - IMPROVED PROPERTY

 

 

	
   

  	
  COLINAS
  CROSSING, LP

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  Steven A.
  Means Interests, Inc., general

  partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   /s/ Steven A. Means

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Steven A.
  Means, President

  	
   

  

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR HAGGAR CLOTHING CO. TO

EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO

COMMERCIAL CONTRACT - IMPROVED PROPERTY

 

 

	
   

  	
  HAGGAR CLOTHING
  CO.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   /s/ David Tehle

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   David Tehle

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief
  Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and SecretaryExhibit 10(k)

 

NINTH AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL CONTRACT -
IMPROVED PROPERTY

 

This NINTH
AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL CONTRACT - IMPROVED PROPERTY (this “Amendment”) is made
as of July 23, 2003 by and between Colinas Crossing, L.P. (“Seller”) and Haggar
Clothing Co. (“Buyer”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

A.                                   Seller
and Buyer entered into that certain Commercial Contract - Improved Property
dated May 9, 2003, as amended by that certain First Amendment to
Commercial Contract - Improved Property dated June 3, 2003, by that certain
Second Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property dated July 8, 2003,
by that certain Third Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property
dated July 9, 2003, by that certain Fourth Amendment to Commercial Contract -
Improved Property dated July 10, 2003, by that certain Fifth
Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property dated July 15, 2003, by
that certain Sixth Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property dated
July 17, 2003, by that certain Seventh Amendment to Commercial Contract -
Improved Property dated July 18, 2003 and by that certain Eighth
Amendment to Commercial Contract - Improved Property dated
July 21, 2003(as amended, the “Contract”), pertaining to certain
property commonly referred to as Two Colinas Crossing (the “Property”).

 

B.                                     Seller
and Buyer have agreed to modify certain provisions of the Contract.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned such terms
in the Contract.

 

2.                                       Section
9.A of the Contract is hereby amended to provide that the closing of the sale
will be on Friday, July 25, 2003.

 

3.                                       Except
as expressly amended hereby, the Contract remains unmodified and in full force
and effect.

 

4.                                       This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as
if all parties hereto had signed the same document.  All such counterparts shall be construed together and shall
constitute one instrument, but in making proof hereof it shall only be
necessary to produce one such counterpart.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE FOR COLINAS CROSSING, LP TO

NINTH AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL CONTRACT -
IMPROVED PROPERTY

 

 

	
   

  	
  COLINAS
  CROSSING, LP,

  a Delaware limited partnership

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  PW Fairview,
  Inc.,

  a Delaware Corporation

  its General Partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date:

  	
   July 24, 2003

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   /s/ F. Michael Nugent

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  F. Michael
  Nugent, Vice President

  	
   

  
							

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR HAGGAR CLOTHING CO. TO

NINTH AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL CONTRACT -
IMPROVED PROPERTY

 

 

	
   

  	
  HAGGAR
  CLOTHING CO.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   /s/ David Tehle

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
   David Tehle

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Chief
  Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and SecretaryExhibit
10.4.1

PEC SOLUTIONS,
INC.

 

KEY EXECUTIVE
SEVERANCE PLAN

 

 

I.  Preamble and Statement of Purpose.

 

The purpose of this Plan is to assure PEC Solutions,
Inc. (“PEC”) and its subsidiaries (PEC, together with its subsidiaries, the
“Corporation”) of the continued dedication, loyalty, and service of, and the
availability of objective advice and counsel from, key employees of the
Corporation notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a bid or
other action to take over control of the Corporation.

 

In the event PEC receives any proposals from a third
party concerning a possible business combination with PEC, or acquisition of
PEC’s equity securities, the Board of Directors of PEC (the “Board”) believes
that it would be imperative that the Board, the Corporation and its senior
management be able to rely on the Corporation’s key employees to continue in
their positions and be available for advice, if requested, without concern that
those individuals might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks
created by such a proposal, or be influenced to consider other employment
opportunities or prospects because of such uncertainties or risks.

 

Should PEC receive any such proposals, in addition to
their regular duties, such key employees, in light of their experience and
knowledge gained within that portion of the business in which they are
principally engaged, may be called upon to assist in the assessment of
proposals, advise senior management and the Board as to whether such proposals
would be in the best interest of PEC and its shareholders, and take such other
actions as the Board might determine to be appropriate.

 

II.  Eligible Executives.

 

The following individuals are eligible to participate
in this Plan: (i) the executives of PEC (Grade Level 11 and above), and (ii)
those key employees of the Corporation who are from time to time designated by
the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) as
eligible to participate in this Plan.

 

 

Each eligible employee shall become a Participant in
the Plan upon his or her execution of a letter agreement in the form, or
substantially in the form, of Exhibit A, attached to and incorporated in this
Plan (the “Letter Agreement”).  The
executed Letter Agreement shall constitute the Participant’s agreement to the
terms and conditions of participation in this Plan and shall set forth the
amount of the Lump Sum Cash Payment under Section 3.2.2, the length of the
Coverage Period for welfare benefit continuation under Section 3.2.3, and such
other terms and conditions as the Compensation Committee may determine
applicable to the Participant.

 

A Participant who is no longer employed by the
Corporation shall cease to be a Participant in the Plan, unless the
Participant’s employment ceases (i) within six (6) months after the Effective
Date (as defined in Section 3.1.3) or (ii) during any period of time when the
Board has knowledge that any third person has taken steps reasonably calculated
to effect a Change of Control (as defined in Section 3.1.2) until, in the
opinion of the Board, the third party has abandoned or terminated its efforts
to effect a Change of Control.  Any
decision by the Board that, in its opinion, a third party has or has not taken
steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, or that, in its
opinion, the third person has abandoned or terminated its efforts to effect a
Change of Control, shall be conclusive and binding on the Participants.

 

III.  Plan Provisions.

 

3.1           Definitions.  The following terms, as used in this Plan
with capitalized first letters, shall have the meanings as provided in this
Section 3.1:

 

3.1.1.       “Cause”.  “Cause” means (i) the Participant’s willful and continued failure
substantially to perform the duties of his or her position (other than as a
result of disability, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or as a result of termination by the
Participant for Good Reason) after written notice to the Participant by the
Board specifying such failure, provided that such “Cause” shall have been found
by a majority vote of the Board after at least ten (10) days’ written notice to
the Participant specifying the failure on the part of the Participant and after
an opportunity for the Participant to be heard at a meeting of the Board; (ii)
any willful act or omission by the Participant constituting dishonesty, fraud
or other malfeasance, and any act or omission by the Participant constituting
immoral conduct, which in any such case is injurious to the financial condition
or business reputation of the Corporation; or (iii) the Participant’s
indictment of a felony under the laws of

 

 

the United States or any
state thereof or any other jurisdiction in which the Corporation conducts
business.  For purposes of this
definition, no act or failure to act shall be deemed “willful” unless effected
by the Participant not in good faith and without a reasonable belief that such
action or failure to act was in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation.

 

3.1.2.       “Change
of Control”.  “Change of Control”
means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)            Any
“person” (as defined in this Section 3.1.2) is or becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”)), directly or indirectly, of securities of PEC
(not including in the securities beneficially owned by such person any
securities acquired directly from PEC other than in connection with PEC’s
acquisition of a business) representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the
combined voting power of PEC’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(ii)           As
a result of, or in connection with, any cash tender or exchange offer, merger
or other business combination, sale of assets, or contested election, or any
combination of the foregoing transactions, the individuals who were directors
of PEC prior thereto shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors of PEC or any successor thereto.

 

As used in this Section, the term “person” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as
modified and used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) thereof, except that
such term shall not include (A) the Corporation, (B) any trustee or other
fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation,
(C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of
such securities, or (D) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
stockholders of PEC in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of
common stock of PEC.

 

3.1.3.       “Effective
Date”.  “Effective Date” means the
date on which a Change of Control occurs. 
In the event of a Change of Control occurring within six (6) months
after a prior Change of Control, “Effective Date” shall mean the date on which
the subsequent Change of Control occurs. 
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if a
Participant’s employment with the Corporation had terminated prior to the date
on which the Change of Control occurred, and if it is reasonably demonstrated
by the Participant to the Board that such termination of employment either was
at the request of a third party who had taken steps reasonably calculated

 

 

to effect the
Change of Control or otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of
the Change of Control, then, for all purposes of this Plan, “Effective Date”
shall mean, with respect to such Participant only, the date immediately prior
to the date of such termination of employment.

 

3.1.4.       “Good Reason”.  “Good Reason” means (i) removal from, or
failure to be reappointed or reelected to, the Participant’s principal
positions in existence immediately prior to Change of Control (other than as a
result of a promotion); (ii) diminution in the Participant’s title, position,
duties or responsibilities, or the assignment to the Participant of duties that
are inconsistent, in a material respect, with the scope of duties and
responsibilities associated with the Participant’s position in existence
immediately prior to the Change of Control; (iii) reduction in the
Participant’s compensation as in effect immediately preceding the Effective
Date; (iv) relocation of the Participant’s principal workplace without his or
her consent to a location which is more than fifty (50) miles from the
Participant’s principal workplace in existence on the Effective Date; or (v)
any failure by PEC to comply with and satisfy the requirements of Section
3.5.7, provided that the successor shall have received at least ten (10) days’
prior written notice from PEC or the Participant of the requirements of Section
3.5.7.  For purposes of clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, an isolated, insubstantial and
inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by PEC promptly
after receipt of notice thereof given by the Participant shall be
excluded.  For purposes of clause (ii),
no diminution of title, position, duties or responsibilities shall be deemed to
occur solely because PEC becomes a subsidiary of another corporation or change
in the reporting hierarchy incident thereto.

 

3.2           Benefits.

 

3.2.1.       Triggering
Event.  In the event the
Participant’s employment with the Corporation is terminated without Cause by
the Corporation, or for Good Reason by the Participant, on or within six (6)
months after the Effective Date, PEC shall (in addition to any compensation or
benefits to which the Participant may otherwise be entitled under any other
agreement, plan or arrangement with the Corporation, other than amounts
excluded by Section 3.5.2) make the payments and provide the benefits to
the Participant as specified under Sections 3.2.2 and 3.2.3.  For purposes of this Section 3.2.1, a
Participant’s employment with the Corporation will be deemed to have terminated
on the earlier of the date the Participant’s employment with the Corporation
ceases or the date that written notice of any such termination is received by
the Participant or by the Corporation, as the case may be, even though the
parties may agree in

 

 

connection therewith
that the Participant’s employment with the Corporation will continue for a
specified period thereafter.  The
failure by the Participant or the Corporation to set forth in any such notice
sufficient facts or circumstances showing Good Reason or Cause, as the case may
be, shall not waive any right of the Participant or the Corporation or preclude
either party from asserting such facts or circumstances in the enforcement of
any such right.

 

3.2.2.       Lump
Sum Cash Payment.  On or before the
Participant’s last day of employment with the Corporation, PEC shall pay to the
Participant as compensation for services rendered to the Corporation a Lump Sum
Cash Payment (subject to any applicable payroll or other taxes required to be
withheld) in the amount determined in accordance with the Letter Agreement,
subject to Section 3.4.

 

3.2.3.       Welfare
Benefit Continuation.  The
Participant’s (and, where applicable, members of the Participant’s family’s)
participation in the group medical, dental, life (including split dollar, if
any) and disability plans maintained by the Corporation shall be continued on
substantially the same basis as if the Participant were an employee of the
Corporation until the end of the Coverage Period as set forth in the Letter
Agreement.  In the event that PEC is
unable for any reason to provide for the Participant’s (and, where applicable,
the Participant’s family’s) continued participation in one or more of such
plans during the Coverage Period, PEC shall pay or provide at its expense
equivalent benefit coverage for the remainder of the Coverage Period.  The Coverage Period shall, to the extent
allowed by law, be taken into account as a period of continuation coverage for
purposes of Part 6 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, and for purposes of any other obligation of the Corporation
to provide any continued coverage to the Participant (and, where applicable,
members of the Participant’s family) under any group medical, dental, life or
disability plan.  The Corporation shall
also pay to the Participant at least annually an amount which shall be
sufficient on an after tax basis to compensate the Participant for all
additional taxes incurred by reason of any income realized as a result of the
continued coverage under this Section, to the extent such taxes result from the
Participant’s status as a non-employee and would not be incurred if Participant
was an employee of the Corporation, on a grossed-up basis, at the highest
marginal income tax rate for individuals.

 

3.2.4.       Accelerated
Vesting of Options.  All options
granted to a Participant to purchase common stock of PEC under any plan,
program or arrangement maintained by PEC, shall become fully vested and
exercisable as of the Effective Date of a Change of Control as defined in

 

 

Section 3.1.2(ii),
to the extent such options are then outstanding.  The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to any option
if: (i) in connection with the Change of Control, another entity (a) shall have
assumed or will assume the obligations of PEC with respect to such option, or
(b) shall have issued or will issue one or more options of equivalent economic
value with equivalent vesting conditions to replace such option; and (ii) the
assumed or replacement option as set forth in clause (i), pursuant to its
terms, shall vest as of the date the Participant’s employment with the
Corporation is terminated without Cause by the Corporation, or for Good Reason
by the Participant, on or within six (6) months after the Effective Date.  The Board shall have sole discretion in the
determination of whether a replacement option is of equivalent economic value
to the replaced option.

 

3.2.5        Exercisability
of Options After Termination.  If
any accounting requirements  with
respect to a Change of Control restrict a Participant’s sale or transfer of
stock subject to an option described in Section 3.2.4 which is not an
“incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, then
the period during which the Participant may exercise such option following his
or her termination of employment with the Corporation shall be determined by
excluding the period during which the Participant is subject to that
restriction.

 

3.3           Adjustment of Lump Sum Cash
Payment.

 

3.3.1.       Adjustment.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan or any
Letter Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Law or Accounting Firm (as
defined in Section 3.3.2) shall determine that the Lump Sum Cash Payment and
any other payment or distribution in the nature of compensation by the
Corporation to or for the benefit of the Participant, whether paid or payable
or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Plan or otherwise
(the Lump Sum Cash Payment, together with such other payments and
distributions, the “Payments”), would cause any portion of such Payments to be
subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 (or any successor provision)
of the Code (the “Parachute Payments”), the Participant’s Lump Sum Cash Payment
shall be reduced to an amount (not less than zero) which shall not cause any
portion of the Payments to constitute Parachute Payments, provided that no such
reduction shall be made if the Participant’s Payments, after the reduction and
after the application of Federal income tax at the highest rate applicable to
individual taxpayers, shall not be greater than the present value (determined
in accordance with Section 280G of the Code) of the Payments before the
reduction but after the application of (i) excise tax under Section 4999 of the
Code and (ii) Federal income tax at the highest rate applicable to individual
taxpayers.

 

 

3.3.2.       Determination.  All determinations required to be made under
this Section 3.3, including the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such
determination, shall be made by Piper Rudnick L.L.P. or other nationally
recognized law or accounting firm (the “Law or Accounting Firm”), which shall
provide detailed supporting calculations both to PEC and the Participant (i)
within fifteen (15) business days after the receipt of a notice from the
Participant that he or she may have a Parachute Payment, or (ii) at such
earlier time as may be requested by PEC. 
The Law or Accounting Firm may employ and rely upon the opinions of
actuarial or accounting professionals to the extent it deems necessary or
advisable.  In the event that the Law or
Accounting Firm determines, for any reason, that it is unable to perform such
services, or declines to do so, PEC shall select another nationally recognized
law or accounting firm to make the determinations required under this Section
(which law or accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Law or
Accounting Firm hereunder). Any Accounting Firm providing services to the
Corporation or to any person (within the meaning of 3.1.2., above) with respect
to the Change in Control shall not serve as the Accounting Firm under this
Section 3.3. All fees and expenses of the Law or Accounting Firm shall be borne
solely by PEC.  Any determination by the
Law or Accounting Firm shall be binding upon PEC and the Participant.

 

3.4           Terms and
Conditions of Participation

 

3.4.1.       Conditions
of Participation.  As a condition to
being covered by the Plan, each Participant, by executing the Letter Agreement,
shall acknowledge and agree that (i) except as may otherwise be expressly
provided under any other executed agreement between the Participant and the
Corporation, nothing contained in this Plan (including, but not limited to,
using the term “Cause” to determine benefits under this Plan) is intended to
change the fact that the employment of the Participant by the Corporation is
“at will” and, prior to the Effective Date, may be terminated by either the
Participant or the Corporation at any time, (ii) the Participant shall be bound
by, and comply with, the requirements of Sections 3.5.3 and 3.5.4, and (iii)
the Participant consents to the modifications to the options as provided in
Sections 3.2.4 and 3.2.5.  Moreover, if
prior to the Effective Date, the Participant’s employment with the Corporation
terminates, then the Participant shall have no further rights under this Plan.

 

 

3.4.2.       Non-Duplication.  As a
condition to being covered by this Plan, and notwithstanding any other prior
agreement to the contrary, each Participant, by executing the Letter Agreement,
shall agree that, if Participant is eligible to receive salary continuation,
severance or similar cash payments from the Corporation under any other plan,
program, policy or agreement, then Participant shall be entitled to receive the
severance payable under Section 3.2.2 of this Agreement (the “Severance
Payment”) only if (a) the Severance Payment results in a greater financial
benefit to Participant than the aggregate net present value of the payments
payable under such other plans, programs, policies and agreements and
(b) Participant waives in writing all rights to receive the salary
continuation, severance or similar cash payments under such other plans,
programs, policies and agreements.  For
purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the net present value of a
payment shall be determined by the Law or Accounting Firm as defined in 3.3.2,
above, measured as of the date that the Severance Payment would otherwise be
payable and based upon a discount factor determined to be reasonable by the Law
or Accounting Firm in good faith.  If
Participant is eligible to continue participation in the welfare benefit plans
of the Corporation after termination of employment pursuant to the provisions
of any plan, program, policy or agreement on terms that are different from the
terms for continued participation provided under Section 3.2.3 of this
Agreement, Participant shall be entitled to select whether the terms of this
Agreement or the terms of such other plan, program, policy or agreement shall
govern Participant’s continued participation in such welfare benefit plans;
provided, however, that no participation in or receipt of benefits under this
Plan or any other plan, program, policy or agreement shall be deemed to waive
or diminish any right that Participant or Participant’s eligible dependents has
under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.

 

3.4.3.       Amendment
and Termination.  The Plan may not
be amended or terminated after the Effective Date.  Prior to the Effective Date, the Board may, in its sole
discretion, modify or amend this Plan in any respect, or terminate the Plan
(including with respect to individuals then participating in the Plan),
provided (i) such action is taken and becomes effective at least one (1) year
prior to the Effective Date and such action is communicated to the Participants
prior to the Effective Date, (ii) the Board, in its sole discretion, determines
that such actions are necessary, in its opinion, to permit any business
combination that is authorized by the Board to comply with requirements for
treatment as a pooling of interests transaction for accounting purposes under
generally accepted accounting principles, if such transaction is intended to
meet, and is conditioned upon compliance with, such requirements, or (iii) such
actions do not reduce the amount or defer the receipt of any payment or benefit
provided under this Plan.

 

 

3.5           General.

 

3.5.1.       Indemnification.  If litigation or arbitration shall be
brought to enforce or interpret any provision of this Plan which relates to
PEC’s obligation to make payments hereunder, then PEC, to the extent permitted
by applicable law and PEC’s Charter, shall indemnify the Participant for his or
her reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements incurred in such proceedings,
and shall pay pre-judgment interest on any money judgment obtained by the
Participant calculated at the prime rate of interest published from time to
time by The Wall Street Journal (“Prime Rate”) from the date that payment(s) to
him or her should have been made under this Plan.

 

3.5.2.       Payment
Obligations; Overdue Payments.  The
Corporation’s obligations to make the payments and provide the benefits to the
Participant under this Plan shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not
be affected in any way by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any
offset, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which PEC may have
against the Participant or anyone else, provided, however, that
as a condition to payment of amounts under this Plan, the Participant shall
execute a general release and waiver (the “Waiver”), in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to PEC, of all claims relating to the Participant’s
employment by the Corporation and the termination of such employment,
including, but not limited to, discrimination claims, employment-related tort
claims, contract claims and claims under this Plan (other than claims with
respect to benefits under the Corporation’s tax-qualified retirement plans,
continuation of coverage or benefits solely as required by Part 6 of Title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or any obligation of PEC
to provide future performance under Section 3.2.3).  All amounts payable by PEC hereunder shall be paid without notice
or demand, except as may be required with respect to the Waiver.  Each and every payment made hereunder by PEC
shall be final.  The Corporation shall
not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Participant or
from whosoever may be entitled thereto, for any reason whatsoever.  The Participant shall not be obligated to
seek other employment in mitigation of the amounts payable or arrangements made
under any provision of this Plan, and the obtaining of any such other employment
shall in no event effect any reduction of PEC’s obligations to pay the Lump Sum
Cash Payment.  The Participant shall be
entitled to receive interest at the Prime Rate on any payments under this Plan
that are overdue, provided, however, that no payments shall be
deemed to be overdue until the Participant executes the Waiver and any
rescission period with respect to such Waiver has expired.

 

 

3.5.3.       Confidential
Information.  The Participant shall
at all times hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Corporation
all secret, confidential or proprietary information, knowledge or data relating
to the Corporation, and its respective businesses, which shall have been
obtained by the Participant during the Participant’s employment by the
Corporation and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by
acts by the Participant or representatives of the Participant in violation of
this Plan) including, but not limited to, information regarding the technology,
proprietary methodologies and products, software, other trade secrets, clients,
customers, consultants and agents of the Corporation (the “Confidential
Information”).  During the Participant’s
employment with the Corporation and after termination of such employment at any
time or for any reason, and regardless of whether any payments are made to the
Participant under this Plan as a result of such termination, the Participant
shall not, without the prior written consent of the Corporation or as may
otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any Confidential
Information to any person other than the Corporation and those designated by it
or use any Confidential Information except for the benefit of the
Corporation.  Immediately upon
termination of the Participant’s employment with the Corporation at any time or
for any reason, the Participant shall return to the Corporation all
Confidential Information, including, but not limited to, any and all copies,
reproductions, notes or extracts of Confidential Information. The terms of this
Section shall be in addition to, and not a replacement of, the provisions of
the Corporations’s “Employee Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement”.

 

3.5.4.       Solicitation
of Employees.  During the
Participant’s employment with the Corporation and for a period of twelve (12)
months after termination of such employment at any time and for any reason, and
regardless of whether any payments are made to the Participant under this Plan
as a result of such termination, the Participant shall not solicit, participate
in or promote the solicitation of any person who was employed by the
Corporation at the time of the Participant’s termination of employment with the
Corporation to leave the employ of the Corporation, or, on behalf of himself or
any other person, hire, employ or engage any such person.  The Participant further agrees that, during
such time, if an employee of the Corporation contacts the Participant about
prospective employment, the Participant will inform such employee that he or
she cannot discuss the matter further without informing the Corporation.

 

3.5.5.       Application
of Restrictions Respecting Confidential Information and Solicitation of
Employees.  The requirements and
obligations of the Participant under Sections 3.5.3 and 3.5.4 shall be in
addition to, and not a limitation under, any other requirements and obligations
of

 

 

the Participant,
at law or otherwise.  The term “person”
for purposes of Sections 3.5.3 and 3.5.4 shall include any individual or
entity, including any corporation, trust or partnership.

 

3.5.7.       Successors.  All right under this Plan are personal to
the Participant and without the prior written consent of PEC shall not be
assignable by the Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution.  This Plan shall inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by the Participant’s legal
representative.  This Plan shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon PEC and its successors and assigns.  PEC will require any successor (whether
direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of PEC to assume expressly and
agree to perform this Plan in the same manner and to the same extent that PEC
would be required to perform it if no such event resulting in a successor had
taken place.

 

3.5.8.       Controlling
Law; Jurisdiction.  This Plan shall
in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the Commonwealth of Virginia (without regard to the principles of conflicts of
laws).  The Corporation and the
Participants irrevocably consent and submit to the jurisdiction of Fairfax
County Circuit Court, or in any Federal court sitting in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, for the purposes of any controversy, claim, dispute or action arising
out of or related to this Plan, and hereby waive any defense of an inconvenient
forum and any right of jurisdiction on account of the parties’ place of
residence or domicile.

 

3.5.9.       Severability.  Any provision in this Plan which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability
without invalidating or affecting the remaining provisions hereof, and any such
prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

 

 

Date:  July 23, 2003

 

 

EXHIBIT
A

 

KEY EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE
PLAN

 

July 23, 2003

 

Dear Dave:

 

On July 14, 2003,
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Director of PEC, Inc. approved the
enclosed PEC, Inc. Key Executive Severance Plan (the “Plan”).  You are eligible to participate in the Plan
and will become a Participant therein upon signing this letter agreement.  As used in this letter, each capitalized
term, if not defined herein, has the meaning ascribed to it under the Plan.

 

For purposes of
Section 3.2.2 of the Plan, the amount of the Lump Sum Cash Payment, in the
event you become entitled to benefits under the Plan, will be equal to the
product of (a) 0.5 and (b) the sum
of (i) your actual annual rate of base salary as in effect immediately prior to
either the date of your termination of employment with the Corporation or the
Effective Date, whichever is higher, and (ii) the average of your annual bonus
payments under the Corporation’s annual bonus plan for the last three (3) years
ending before either the Effective Date or the date your employment with the
Corporation terminates, whichever is higher.

 

If you will not
have been eligible to participate in the annual bonus plan for all three (3)
years ending before either the Effective Date or the date of your termination,
your average annual bonus payment (with respect to the years ending before the
Effective Date or the date of termination, as applicable) shall be determined
only for the years with respect to which you shall have been eligible to
participate.  For purposes of the Plan,
your base salary will include (i) your cash allowances reportable as wages in
Form W-2, and (ii) the dollar value of any compensation that would have been
paid to you but was deferred or excluded for Federal income tax purposes under
a deferred compensation plan, program or arrangement.

 

For purposes of
Section 3.2.3, the Coverage Period, in the event you become entitled to
benefits under the Plan, will begin on the date immediately following the
termination of your employment with the Corporation and shall end on the date six (6) months thereafter.

 

Please review the
provisions of the Plan and its stated purposes carefully, including particularly
the terms and conditions stated in Sections 3.4 (Terms and Conditions of
Participation), 3.5.3 (Confidential Information), and 3.5.4 (Solicitation of
Employees), to which you will agree by executing this letter agreement.  In order to be entitled to the benefits and
agree

 

 

to your obligations
provided in the Plan, please execute the enclosed copy of this letter and
return it to Alan Harbitter, Secretary of PEC, whereupon the Plan and this
letter will become a legally binding agreement between you and PEC.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Very truly yours,

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  PEC SOLUTIONS, INC.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   /s/ David C. Karlgaard

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  I hereby confirm my
  agreement

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  with the foregoing:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ David C. Karlgaard

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date:  7/24/03

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