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    Exhibit
10.39

     

    
      SYMYX
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

      EXECUTIVE
CHANGE IN CONTROL AND SEVERANCE BENEFIT PLAN

      CONFIRMATION

      

      

      To: W.
Henry Weinberg

      

      Date:
March 18, 2008

      

      You have
agreed to participate in the attached Symyx Technologies, Inc. Executive Change
in Control and Severance Benefit Plan (the "Plan"). By
countersigning below, you confirm: (i) your agreement to the terms of the Plan
in the form attached whether or not such changes are eventually adopted by the
Board, (ii) your agreement that your participation in the Plan is further
modified by the exceptions defined below, and (iii) your acknowledgment that
this Plan supersedes your existing change in control letter between you and the
Company effective December 31, 1998.

      

      The
Company and you have agreed to certain exceptions to the Plan. Under Section
4(a) of the Plan, you will have an additional cash payment in the amount of
32,300 times the price per share paid by an acquirer upon a Change in Control
Termination as defined by the Plan. As a result of your right to an additional
payment under Section 4(a), you have agreed to relinquish all right to the
benefits and procedures specified under Section 4(c) of the Plan.

      

      Please
retain a copy of this confirmation and the Plan for your records. Please sign
and promptly return a copy of this confirmation by March 25, 2008.

      

      
        	 
      	
                Symyx
      Technologies, Inc.

              
	 
      	
                By:
      /s/ Troy Fenner

              
	 
      	
                Its:
      VP, Human Resources

              

      

      

      

      

      Acknowledged
and agreed:

      

      /s/  W. Henry
Weinberg

      W. Henry
Weinbergex10_40.htm

    
      

    

    EXHIBIT 10.40

     

    March 6,
1996

    

    

    Dr. W
Henry Weinberg

    Department
of Chemical Engineering

    University
of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa
Barbara, CA 93106

    

    Dear
Henry,

    

    It is our
pleasure to offer you the position of Chief Technical Officer at Symyx
Technologies.  Your salary will be $205,000 per year for the first
year of employment.  In addition, the Board of Directors of Symyx
Technologies has granted you the right to purchase 600,000 shares of stock in
Symyx at an exercise price equal to $.01/share.  These shares account
for approximately 15% of the outstanding founders shares and they will vest in
five installments on each of the first five anniversaries of your employment
with Symyx Technologies, provided that you continue to be an employee of Symyx
Technologies on such anniversaries.

    

    In
addition, Symyx will provide you with $11,000 to pay for all reasonable
relocation expenses incurred for movement/storage of your household goods and
office.  The company will also provide you with $7,000 per month
during the next two years to compensate you for the increase in rent of your Bay
Area home, and the excess taxes that result from additional income associated
with the rent of your house.

    

    We also
agree that you will have the option to either participate in the Company’s
healthcare plan which will be structured within the next 3 months, or maintain
your current healthcare coverage from the University of California at Santa
Barbara.  If you choose to retain your existing plan, Symyx will pay
for the cost of your healthcare.

    

    As a
condition of employment, we will require that you sign a copy of the company’s
Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement.

    

    In
accordance with Federal Law, all new employees are required to present evidence
of their eligibility to be employed in the United
States.  Accordingly, we request that you provide us with an original
of an appropriate document for this purpose.  This may be a birth
certificate, a passport, a visa or a driver’s license and a social security
card, etc.

    

    Your
employment is at will, and no special or implied conditions of employment are
established unless they are made in writing.

    

    If you
have any questions, please contact me.  We are eager to have you on
board.

     

    Sincerely,

    

    

    Isy
Goldwasser

    Chief
Financial Officer

    

    

    ______________________

    Dr. W.
Henry Weinberg

    

    ____6
March 1996 ______

    Date

    ____1 May
1996   ______

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    EXHIBIT
10.41

    

    April 28,
1998

    

    

    Steven
Goldby

    180
Stockbridge

    Atherton,
CA 94027

    

    Dear
Steve:

    

    On behalf
of the Executive Committee and the management of Symyx, I am pleased to offer
you the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer with Symyx
Technologies (the “Company”).  You will receive a monthly salary of
$20,840 (twenty thousand eight hundred forty dollars), which will be paid
semi-monthly in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll
procedures.  As a Company employee, you are also eligible to receive
certain employee benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance,
short and long-term disability and 401(k) plan.  You should note that
the Company may modify salaries and benefits from time to time as it deems
necessary.

    

    In
addition, subject to approval by the Board of Directors at its next meeting, the
Company will allow you to purchase 675,000 (six hundred seventy five thousand)
shares of common stock of the Company at the then current fair market value as
determined by the Board.  These shares will be subject to the terms
and conditions of the Company’s stock purchase agreement, which will also
provide for a full recourse loan equal to the cost of the stock
purchase.  With regard to vesting, 175,000 (one hundred seventy five
thousand) shares will vest on your first full day of employment with the
Company, and the balance will vest annually thereafter at the rate of 125,000
(one hundred twenty five thousand) shares per annum.

    

    You
should be aware that your employment with the Company is for no specified period
and constitutes at will employment.  As a result, you are free to
resign at any time, for any reason or for no reason.  Similarly, the
Company is free to conclude its employment relationship with you at any time,
with or without cause, and with or without notice.

    

    For
purpose of federal immigration law, you will be required to provide to the
Company documentary evidence of your identity and eligibility for employment in
the United States.  Such documentation must be provided to us within
three (3) business days of your date of hire, or our employment relationship
with you may be terminated.

    

    You agree
that, during the term of your employment with the Company, you will not engage
in any other employment, occupation, consulting or other business activity
directly related to the business in which the Company is now involved or becomes
involved during the term of your employment, nor will you engage in any other
activities that conflict with your obligation to the Company.

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    As a
Company employee, you will be expected to sign and comply with an Employment,
Confidential Information, Invention Assignment and Arbitration Agreement, which
requires (among other things) the assignment of patent rights to any invention
made during the employment at the Company and non-disclosure of proprietary
information.

    

    To
indicate your acceptance of the Company’s offer, please sign and date this
letter in the space provided below and return it to me.  A duplicate
original is enclosed for your records.  This offer of employment expires May
31, 1998 unless accepted prior to that date.  This letter,
along with the agreement relating to proprietary rights between you and the
Company, set forth the terms of your employment with the Company and supersede
any prior representations or agreements, whether written or
oral.  This letter may not be modified or amended except by a written
agreement, signed by an officer of the Company and by you.

    

    We look
forward to working with you at Symyx.

    

    
      	 
      	
              Sincerely,

            	 
	 
      	 
      	 
	 
      	 
      	 
	 
      	 
      	 
	 
      	
              Isaac
      Stein

            	 
	 
      	
              Chairman,

            	 
	 
      	
              Symyx
      Executive Committee

            	 

    

    

    

    ACCEPTED
AND AGREED TO this

    28 day of April, 1998

    By: Steven
Goldby

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1998ex10_1-5.htm

    

     

    Exhibit
10.1.5

     

    

     

    May 29, 2008

     

    

    
      	
              Steven
      Helmers, Esq.

            	
              Christopher
      Reitz, Esq.

            
	
              Black
      Hills Corporation

            	
              Aquila,
      Inc.

            
	
              625
      Ninth Street

            	
              20
      West Ninth Street

            
	
              Rapid
      City, SD 57709

            	
              Kansas
      City, MO 64105

            
	 
      	
               

              Re:

            	
               

              Partnership
      Interests Purchase Agreement and Asset Purchase Agreement (collectively,
      the "Agreements") by and among Aquila, Inc. ("Aquila"), Black Hills
      Corporation ("Black Hills"), Great Plains Energy Incorporated ("Great
      Plains") and Gregory Acquisition Corp.
  ("Gregory")

            

    

     

    Dear
Steve and Chris:

     

    Under the
terms of the Agreements, as modified by those certain letters dated as of June
29, 2007, August 31, 2007, September 28, 2007, November 30, 2007, January 30,
2008, February 28, 2008, March 28, 2008, and April 28, 2008, Black Hills, Aquila
and Great Plains are to attach schedules setting forth Retained Agreements and
Shared Agreements prior to May 30, 2008.  We recognize that this
deadline may be implausible and therefore propose extending the date set forth
under section 2.2(1) and 8.5(d) of the Agreements to June 20, 2008.

    

    If you
are in agreement, please sign below on the attached signature page where
indicated and return a copy of this letter to me by fax or e-mail.

    

    

    
      	 
      	
              Very
      truly yours,

              Great
      Plains Energy Incorporated

            
	 
      	
               

              By:
      /s/ Mark G. English

              Name:
      Mark G. English

              Title:
      General Counsel

            

    

    
 

    
      
        

      

    

    ACKNOWLEDGED,
CONSENTED TO, AND ACCEPTED BY:

    

    BLACK
HILLS CORPORATION

    

    

    By:  /s/
Steven J. Helmers

    

    Name:  Steven
J. Helmers

    Title:    Sr.
Vice President and General Counsel

    

    

    AQUILA,
INC.

    

    

    By:  /s/
Chris Reitz

    

    Name:  Chris
Reitz

    Title:    General
Counsel

    

    

    GREGORY
ACQUISITION CORP.

    

    

    By:  /s/
Mark G. English

    

    Name:  Mark
G. English

    Title:    Secretary
and Treasurer

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