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Exhibit 10.1

Employee: James Griffin

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT 

Dated:
March 1, 2007

     The terms of this Severance Agreement, dated March 1, 2007 (“Agreement”), by and between XATA
Corporation (“XATA” or the “Company”) and Employee (named above), set forth certain payment
provisions in the event that Employee is separated from his employment with XATA under specified
circumstances. This Agreement does not change the employment relationship of XATA and Employee,
which is terminable at will by either party.

     1. XATA and Employee agree that if there is a Change of Control (as defined below)
and within six months following such Change of Control:

	 	(a)	 	Employee is terminated without Cause (as defined below);
or
	 
	 	(b)	 	Employee terminates his employment for Good Reason (as defined below);

then Employee shall thereupon become immediately vested without restriction in all
of the Award Shares issued to him under his Matching Restricted Stock Award Agreement and
his Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated March 1, 2007. In addition, Employee shall
be entitled to the payments and other benefits set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement.

     2. XATA shall continue to pay Employee’s salary at the annual rate in effect immediately prior
to the date of termination for a period of 12 months; provided, however, that such payments shall
be reduced by the amount of Employee’s income from salary, wages, tips, and other remuneration
related to full time or part time employment or services. The salary shall be paid at the end of
each calendar month in the same manner as if Employee had remained employed. In addition, the
Company shall reimburse the Employee for outplacement expenses up to $10,000, which amount shall be
payable for services provided within the first twelve months following the date of termination upon
submission to the Company of appropriate documentation evidencing Employee’s payment for such
services.

     3. XATA and Employee agree that, if XATA terminates employee without Cause and there
has not been a Change of Control within the preceding six months, XATA shall pay Employee a
sum equal to Employee’s annual base salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination.
This payment shall be treated as wages and reduced by required tax withholdings.

     4. The following definitions apply for purposes of this Agreement:

Cause. A termination of employment shall be for “Cause” only if the Employee:

	 	(i)	 	has been convicted of a felony;

 

 

	 	(ii)	 	has engaged in an act or acts of personal dishonesty intended
to result in substantial personal enrichment of the Employee at the
expense of XATA;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	has intentionally engaged in other conduct that is
demonstrably and materially injurious to XATA, monetarily or
otherwise;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	has committed a fraud;
	 
	 	(v)	 	has committed an act involving dishonesty or disloyalty
with respect to XATA or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	has engaged in conduct tending to bring XATA or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates into substantial public disgrace or
disrespect; or
	 
	 	(vii)	 	has acted or failed to act in a manner involving gross
negligence or willful misconduct with respect to XATA or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates.

Change of Control. A Change of Control has occurred if there has been:

	 	(i)	 	A sale, consolidation, merger, acquisition or affiliation which results in the
Employee not remaining as a executive vice president, research and development, with
essentially the same duties and responsibilities as prior to the sale, consolidation,
merger, acquisition or affiliation; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	A sale, consolidation, merger, or acquisition in which XATA becomes
accountable to, or a part of, a newly created company or controlling organization where
at least 50% of the members of the Board of the newly created company or controlling
organization were not members of XATA’s Board immediately prior to such sale,
consolidation, merger, or acquisition.

     Termination by Employee for Good Reason. If Employee terminates his employment due
to any of the following actions or failures by XATA, such termination shall be deemed to be
for “Good Reason:”

	 	(i)	 	Assignment to Employee by XATA of duties which are inconsistent with
Employee’s position, duties, responsibilities, and status with XATA, except in
connection with the termination of his employment for Disability (as defined below) or
Cause.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Any failure by XATA to continue in effect, or to provide a
comparable substitute for, any benefit plan or arrangement (including,
without limitation, any profit sharing plan, executive supplemental
medical plan, group life insurance plan, and medical, dental, accident,
and disability plans but excluding incentive plans or arrangements) in
which Employee is participating as in effect on the date hereof (or any
other plans providing Employee with substantially similar benefits)
(hereinafter referred to as “Benefit Plans”), or by the taking of any
action by XATA that would

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	 	 	 	adversely affect Employee’s participation in or materially reduce Employee’s benefits under any
such Benefit Plan or deprive Employee of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by Employee as in
effect on the date hereof.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Any failure by XATA to continue in effect, or to provide a comparable substitute for any
incentive plan or arrangement (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation plan,
long-term incentive plan, bonus or contingent bonus arrangements or credits, the right to receive
performance awards, or similar incentive compensation benefits) in which Employee is participating,
or is eligible to participate (hereinafter referred to as “Incentive Plans”), or the taking of any
action by XATA which would adversely affect Employee’s participation in any such Incentive Plans.

     5. Conditions. The Company’s obligation to make payments under Sections 2 and 3
hereof is expressly conditioned upon receipt from Employee, and non-rescission by Employee, of a
full and complete written release of the Company and its agents and representatives from any
liability to Employee (other than the obligation of the Company to pay the amounts under Sections 2
and 3). The release shall be in a form prescribed by the Company. The Company’s obligations under
Sections 2 and 3 shall also terminate if Employee breaches his Confidentiality, Invention and
Non-Compete Agreement with
XATA, dated March 1, 2007.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	XATA Corporation	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: February 14, 2007

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Mark E. Ties	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Its:
	 	CFO	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:  February 14, 2007
	 	 	 	/s/ James Griffin 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	James Griffin	 	 	 	 

3exv10w2

Exhibit 10.2

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

     THIS SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into effective October 1, 2008 by
and between XATA Corporation (“XATA”, or the “Company”) and James Griffin (“Employee”). This
Agreement establishes certain payment provisions upon Employee’s separation of employment with XATA
under the identified circumstances and supersedes that Severance Agreement dated March 1, 2007
between the parties.

     1. Termination and Severance

     XATA and Employee agree that effective October 1, 2008 Employee’s employment will be
terminated and XATA will pay the following benefits, subject to the terms hereof:

	 	(i)	 	pay Employee as severance pay each month for twelve (12) consecutive months his
monthly base salary in effect at the time of separation, less customary withholdings,
and according to XATA’s ordinary payroll schedule (the “Severance Period”), and;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	pay Employee, according to XATA’s ordinary schedule, any bonus earned as of the
date of this Agreement, and;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	reimbursement for outplacement services for a period of six (6) months not to
exceed $10,000.00, and;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	if Employee timely elects to continue his group health and dental
insurance coverage pursuant to applicable COBRA/continuation law and the terms of the
respective benefit plans, pay on Employee’s behalf the premiums for such coverage for
the lesser of twelve (12) months or such time as Employee’s COBRA/continuation rights
expire. Employee will be responsible for paying the same percentage of such premiums as
he paid during his employment.

     This Agreement will be deemed terminated upon the death of the Employee. In the event of such
termination, XATA shall pay only compensation earned through the date of termination provided,
however, that Employee shall be entitled to all or a portion of any bonus due Employee pursuant to
any bonus plan or arrangement established prior to termination, to the extent earned or performed
based upon the requirements or criteria of such plan or arrangement, as the Board shall in good
faith determine.

     2. Cooperation

     During the severance period, Employee agrees to make himself available, at times and places
reasonably agreed to by the parties, to assist in the transition of Employee’s duties.

     3. Employment with XATA

     If, during the Severance Period, Employee becomes re-employed with XATA, the severance
payments set forth in Section 1 hereof shall cease. Employee shall be entitled to receive any
remaining severance payments under the terms and conditions of that Severance Agreement, dated
March 1, 2007,

 

 

between the parties, which remaining payments shall be the maximum amount XATA shall
be obligated to pay.

     4. Release. By signing below, Employee acknowledges that the severance payment and certain
other valuable benefits described above in this Severance Agreement are in excess of those to which
he would otherwise be entitled from XATA, including under its normal policies and benefit plans.
In consideration of those payments and benefits, Employee, on behalf of Employee, Employee’s heirs,
administrators, executors and assigns, hereby releases and discharges XATA, and all of its present
and former subsidiaries, affiliates, parents, divisions, and successors, and its past, present and
future directors, officers, employees and agents, trustees, insurers, attorneys, employee benefit
plans, and their fiduciaries (collectively “the Company”), of and from any and all claims, suits,
demands and causes of actions of any nature or kind whatsoever, whether in law or in equity,
contract or tort, which Employee now has or has ever had up to the date of Employee’s signature on
this Severance Agreement and Release, against any of them. This release includes claims pertaining
to Employee’s employment at XATA or the termination of that employment, or any other event
occurring prior to the date thereof and the acts of the Company agreed to by Employee in the
Severance Agreement and Release. However, this release does not include claims that the law does
not allow Employee to waive, claims that are not effectively waived, or claims that may arise after
the date upon which Employee signs this Severance Agreement and Release.

Without limiting the foregoing, this release includes claims Employee may have up to the date of
Employee’s signature on this Severance Agreement and Release for payment of wages, sick or vacation
pay, commissions, or benefits; claims for discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (the “ADEA”), the Older Worker Benefit
Protection Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act, the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, workers’ compensation
non-interference or non-retaliation statutes (such as Minn. Stat. § 176.82), or any other claims
that Employee is allowed to waive and are hereby effectively waived under any federal, state or
local law, regulation, executive order, common law or other source concerning civil rights,
employment discrimination, employee benefits, wrongful discharge, breach of express or implied
contract; breach of fiduciary duty; fraud or misrepresentation; claims for the ongoing payment of
insurance premiums or insurance coverage; expense reimbursement; defamation; intentional or
negligent infliction of emotional distress; breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing;
promissory estoppel; negligence; any other claims for unlawful employment practices; or any other
claims that arose prior to the date of execution of the Severance Agreement and Release, pertaining
to or arising out of Employee’s employment or the termination of that employment, or the acts of
the Company agreed to by Employee in the Severance Agreement and Release, or any other event,
whether said losses are now known or hereinafter become known, including all present losses, and
all future developments therefrom. If this release is held by a court to be inadequate to release
a particular claim, the Release will remain in full force and effect with respect to all the rest
of the claims discussed above.

     5. Miscellaneous

     Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed and construed according to the laws
of the State of Minnesota.

 

 

     Insurance. For the period from the date hereof through at least the second
anniversary of Employee’s termination of employment from Company or XATA, Company and XATA agree to
maintain Employee as an insured party on all directors’ and officers’ insurance maintained by the
Company and XATA
for the benefit of its directors and officers on at least the same basis as all
other covered individuals and provide Employee with at least the same corporate indemnification as
its officers.

     Successors. This Agreement is personal to Employee and Employee may not assign or
transfer any part of his rights or duties hereunder, or any compensation due to him hereunder, to
any other person or entity. This Agreement may be assigned by XATA and XATA shall require any
successors or assigns to expressly assume and agree to perform XATA’s obligations under this
Agreement.

     Modification. This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all prior oral or
written understandings, if any, between the parties relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement, which are hereby revoked. The parties agree that this Agreement (a) is the entire
understanding and agreement between the parties and (b) is the complete and exclusive statement of
the terms and conditions thereof, and there are no other written or oral agreements in regard to
the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be changed or modified except by a
written document signed by the parties hereto.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the following parties have executed the above instrument the day and year
first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	XATA Corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Its:
	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	James Griffin

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