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                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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     THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of January 1, 2002,
is entered into between ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") and ROBERT R. SCHILLER (the "Employee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Employee and to be assured of
his services on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

     WHEREAS, the Employee is willing to accept such employment on such terms
and conditions.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set
forth in this Agreement, the Company and the Employee hereby agree as follows:

     1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby employs the Employee as the Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, and the
Employee accepts such employment, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement.

     2. TERM. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and
terminate on December 31, 2004 (the "Term"), subject to earlier termination
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

     3. DUTIES. During the Term of this Agreement, the Employee shall serve as
the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the
Company and shall perform all duties commensurate with his position and as may
be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer and the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors of the Company and subject to the control of the Chief
Executive Officer and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company. The Employee shall devote his full business time and energies to the
business and affairs of the Company and shall use his best efforts, skills and
abilities to promote the interests of the Company and to diligently and
competently perform the duties of his position.

     4. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. (a) During the term of this Agreement, the
Company shall pay to the Employee, and the Employee shall accept from the
Company, as compensation for the performance of services under this Agreement
and the Employee's observance and performance of all of the provisions hereof, a
salary of $320,000 per year (the "Base Compensation"). The Employee's salary
shall be payable in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Company
and shall be subject to withholding for applicable taxes and

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other amounts. In addition to the Base Compensation, the Employee may, in the
sole and absolute discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company, be entitled to incentive compensation which may, among
other things, be based upon the Company's performance and the Employee's
performance, all as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. Upon the
occurrence of a "change in control" (as hereinafter defined), the Employee shall
have the right to terminate this Agreement. Upon the termination of this
Agreement by the Employee due to the occurrence of a "change in control", or
upon the termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 10(d)
hereof, the Employee shall be entitled to receive, in one lump sum, within 5
business days of the occurrence of such "change in control" or termination by
the Company pursuant to Section 10(d), as the case may be, the greater of (i)
his Base Compensation to the end of the Term, or (ii) twice the Employee's
annual Base Compensation (any such payment is referred to as the "Termination
Payment"), and such Termination Payment shall be subject to withholding for
applicable taxes and other amounts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, in the event that the Employee has breached his obligations
under Sections 7 or 8 hereof, then the Employee shall immediately repay to the
Company the full amount of the gross Termination Payment before taking into
account any withholdings for applicable taxes and other amounts.

         (b) During the term of this Agreement, the Employee shall be entitled
to participate in or benefit from, in accordance with the eligibility and other
provisions thereof, the Company's medical insurance and other fringe benefit
plans or policies as the Company may make available to, or have in effect for,
its personnel with commensurate duties from time to time. The Company retains
the right to terminate or alter any such plans or policies from time to time.
The Employee shall also be entitled to four weeks paid vacation each year, sick
leave and other similar benefits in accordance with policies of the Company from
time to time in effect for personnel with commensurate duties.

         (c) The Employee shall also be entitled to participate, at the sole and
absolute discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of
the Company, in the Company's incentive stock option plan. Such participation
shall be based upon, among other things, the Employee's performance and the
Company's performance. In addition, the Employee may be entitled, during the
term of this Agreement, to receive such additional options, at such exercise
prices and other terms, and/or to participate in such other bonus plans, whether
during the term of this Agreement or upon termination pursuant to Section 10
hereof, as the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine. In addition to the
foregoing, the Employee shall be entitled to receive (i) options to purchase up
to 250,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock (which Employee acknowledges
having previously received in September 2001, with an exercise price of $15.05
per share), of which 50,000 shares have vested, and 50,000 shares shall vest on
each of December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003, December 31, 2004 and December 31,
2005; provided that if Warren B. Kanders is not Chairman of the Company on
December 31, 2004, the remaining 50,000 shares that have not vested shall vest
on December 31, 2004, (ii) options to purchase up to 50,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock, at an exercise price of $23.93 per share, all of which
shall vest on December 31, 2004, and (iii) a stock grant of 100,000 shares of
the Company's Common Stock, valued at $23.93 per share, all of which shall vest
15 years

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from the date hereof, subject to acceleration under certain circumstances, all
such awards to be upon the terms and conditions as more fully set forth in a
separate agreement between the Company and the Employee. Upon termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 10(a) or Section 10(b) hereof, the unvested
portion of the stock grant described in clause (iii) of this Section 4(c) as of
the date of such termination shall terminate and be null and void, and to the
extent that stock certificates have been delivered to Employee representing any
such terminated stock grants, the Employee shall promptly deliver such
certificates to the Company for cancellation; provided, that Employee's failure
to so deliver shall in no way contravene the fact that such shares are null and
void, and the Company shall give appropriate instructions to its stock transfer
agent and registrar in respect of the foregoing, and any stock options or stock
grants owned by Employee or granted to Employee during the Term hereof, other
than the stock grant described in clause (iii) of this Section 4(c), whether or
not vested as of such termination date, shall become fully vested.

     5. REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES. During the term of this Agreement,
upon submission of proper invoices, receipts or other supporting documentation
satisfactory to the Company and in specific accordance with such guidelines as
may be established from time to time by the Company's Board of Directors, the
Employee shall be reimbursed by the Company for all reasonable business expenses
actually and necessarily incurred by the Employee on behalf of the Company in
connection with the performance of services under this Agreement. In addition,
the Company shall provide the Employee with a non-accountable supplemental
benefit allowance of $25,000 per year for each year during the Term.

     6. REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE; RESTRICTIONS ON SALE. (a) The Employee
represents and warrants that he is not party to, or bound by, any agreement or
commitment, or subject to any restriction, including but not limited to
agreements related to previous employment containing confidentiality or
noncompete covenants, which in the future may have a possibility of adversely
affecting the business of the Company or the performance by the Employee of his
duties under this Agreement.

         (b) The Employee further covenants and agrees that except as herein
provided, he will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of any
shares of capital stock or securities convertible into capital stock of the
Company granted pursuant to this Agreement until December 31, 2004 and such
restrictions on dispositions shall apply upon a termination of this Agreement
for cause as described in Section 10(c) hereof; provided, however, that the
restrictions with respect to such dispositions as set forth in this sentence
shall not apply to the Employee in the event of a "change in control" of the
Company or in the event of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to Sections
10(a), 10(b) or 10(d) hereof. With respect to any shares of capital stock or
securities convertible into capital stock of the Company that are owned by
Employee other than those granted to Employee pursuant to this Agreement, the
Employee shall give to the Company's Chairman of the Board five business days
advance written notice of any intent to sell such securities. In addition, upon
a termination of this Agreement for cause as set forth in Section 10(c) hereof,
all such shares of capital stock or securities convertible into capital stock of
the Company granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the
restrictions on disposition set forth in the first sentence of this Section 6(b)
for a period of 90

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days from and after any such termination and thereafter the Employee will not be
subject to the restrictions with respect to the disposition of such shares as
set forth in this Section 6(b); provided that such restriction upon such
termination for cause shall only be applicable to the Employee if the period for
the exercise of any option owned by him is extended from the current period of
90 days following such termination to a period of 120 days following such
termination. Such restrictions on disposition may also be waived from time to
time in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall, to the extent permitted under
applicable law, rule or regulation, be permitted to transfer shares of capital
stock or securities convertible into capital stock of the Company to his
immediate family members or trusts for the benefit of his immediate family
members for estate planning purposes; provided that any such transferees shall
be subject to the restrictions applicable to Employee set forth herein. In the
event that Warren B. Kanders is not Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors
and the Employee determines to terminate this Agreement as a result thereof,
then the restrictions contained in this Section 6(b) shall be applicable to
Employee for a period of six months from the date of termination of this
Agreement by Employee, and during such period, Employee will use its best
efforts to assist in an orderly transition of management of the Company. The
Company further agrees that Employee shall be entitled to receive any shares of
Common Stock or options that vest during such six-month period.

         (c) For purposes hereof, a "change in control" of the Company shall be
deemed to have occurred in the event that: (i) individuals who, as of the date
hereof, constitute the Board of Directors of the Company cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company;
provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the
date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's
shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors
then comprising the Board of Directors shall be considered as though such
individual was a member of the Board of Directors of the Company as of the date
hereof, or (ii) the Company shall have been sold by either (A) a sale of all or
substantially all its assets, or (B) a merger or consolidation, other than any
merger or consolidation pursuant to which the Company acquires another entity,
or (C) a tender offer, whether solicited or unsolicited.

         (d) In addition, in the event that this Agreement is terminated by the
Company without cause pursuant to Section 10(d) hereof prior to the expiration
of the Term or upon the occurrence of a change in control, all options for the
purchase of Common Stock of the Company and all stock grants granted to the
Employee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall vest and become
immediately exercisable and saleable, and the restrictions set forth in Section
6(b) hereof shall not be applicable, on the date of such termination by the
Company or the effective date of such change in control, as the case may be. In
the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company with cause pursuant
to Section 10(c) hereof prior to the expiration of the Term, all unvested
options granted to the Employee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall
terminate, and all unvested stock granted to the Employee pursuant to Section
4(c)(iii) hereof shall terminate and be null and

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void, and to the extent that stock certificates have been delivered to Employee
representing any such terminated stock grants, the Employee shall promptly
deliver such certificates to the Company for cancellation; provided, however,
that Employee's failure to so deliver shall in no way contravene the fact that
such shares are null and void, and the Company shall give appropriate
instructions to its stock transfer agent and registrar in respect of the
foregoing. In the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Employee, other
than due to a change in control or as described in the penultimate sentence of
Section 6(b), (i) all vested options for the purchase of Common Stock of the
Company and all vested stock grants granted to the Employee pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement shall remain subject to the lock-up restrictions
contained in Section 6(b) of this Agreement, and the unvested portion of such
options and stock grants shall terminate and be null and void, and to the extent
that stock certificates have been delivered to Employee representing any such
terminated stock grants, the Employee shall promptly deliver such certificates
to the Company for cancellation; provided, that Employee's failure to so deliver
shall in no way contravene the fact that such shares are null and void, and the
Company shall give appropriate instructions to its stock transfer agent and
registrar in respect of the foregoing, and (ii) all of the Employee's other
shares of Common Stock of the Company or vested options for the purchase of
Common Stock other than the options described in clause (i) of this sentence
shall not be subject to the lock-up restrictions of Section 6(b) of this
Agreement.

     7. CONFIDENTIALITY. For purposes of this Section 7, all references to the
Company shall be deemed to include all of the Company's affiliates and
subsidiaries.

         (A) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Employee acknowledges that as a
result of his employment with the Company, the Employee has and will continue to
have knowledge of, and access to, proprietary and confidential information of
the Company, including, without limitation, inventions, trade secrets, technical
information, know-how, plans, specifications, methods of operations, financial
and marketing information, information with respect to business and product
development, including, without limitation, acquisitions and new lines of
business, and the identity of customers and suppliers (collectively, the
"Confidential Information"), and that such information, even though it may be
contributed, developed or acquired by the Employee, constitutes valuable,
special and unique assets of the Company developed at great expense which are
the exclusive property of the Company. Accordingly, the Employee shall not, at
any time, either during or subsequent to the term of this Agreement, use
(whether for personal gain or otherwise), reveal, report, publish, transfer or
otherwise disclose to any person, corporation or other entity, any of the
Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Company,
except to responsible officers and employees of the Company and other
responsible persons who are in a contractual or fiduciary relationship with the
Company and who have a need for such information for purposes in the best
interests of the Company, and except for such information which is or becomes of
general public knowledge from authorized sources other than the Employee. The
Employee acknowledges that the Company would not enter into this Agreement
without the assurance that all such Confidential Information will be used for
the exclusive benefit of the Company.

         (B) RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Upon the termination of
Employee's employment with the Company, the Employee shall promptly deliver to
the Company all drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports and copies
thereof and all other materials relating to the Company's business, including
without limitation any materials incorporating Confidential Information, which
are in the Employee's possession or control.

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         (C) INVENTIONS, ETC. The Employee will promptly disclose to the Company
all designs, processes, inventions, improvements, discoveries and other
information related to the business of the Company (collectively "developments")
conceived, developed or acquired by him alone or with others during the term of
this Employment Agreement, whether or not conceived during regular working
hours, through the use of Company time, material or facilities or otherwise. All
such developments shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and
upon request the Employee shall deliver to the Company all drawings, models and
other data and records relating to such developments. In the event any such
developments shall be deemed by the Company to be patentable or copyrightable,
the Employee shall, at the expense of the Company, assist the Company in
obtaining any patents or copyrights thereon and execute all documents and do all
other things necessary or proper to obtain letters patent and copyrights and to
vest the Company with full title thereto.

     8. NON-COMPETITION. For purposes of this Section 8, all references to the
Company shall be deemed to include all of the Company's affiliates and
subsidiaries. The Employee will not utilize his special knowledge of the
business of the Company and his relationships with customers, suppliers of the
Company and others to compete with the Company. During the Term of this
Agreement and for a period of three (3) years after the expiration of this
Agreement without renewal or two (2) years after the termination of this
Agreement, the Employee shall not engage, directly or indirectly, or have an
interest, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the United States of America or
any other geographic area where the Company does business or in which its
products or services are marketed, alone or in association with others, as
principal, officer, agent, employee, director, partner or stockholder (except
with respect to his employment by the Company), or through the investment of
capital, lending of money or property, rendering of services or otherwise, in
any business competitive with or substantially similar to that engaged in by the
Company during the Term of this Agreement, or any line of business or
acquisition that the Company either (i) contemplates entering into, whether or
not actually entered into, or (ii) has obtained due diligence or other
information on during Employee's employment with the Company (it being
understood hereby, that the ownership by the Employee of five percent (5%) or
less of the stock of any company listed on a national securities exchange shall
not be deemed a violation of this Section 8). During the same period, the
Employee shall not, and shall not permit any of his employees, agents or others
under his control to, directly or indirectly, on behalf of himself or any other
person, (i) call upon, accept business from, or solicit the business of any
person who is, or who had been at any time during the preceding two (2) years, a
customer of the Company or any successor to the business of the Company, or
otherwise divert or attempt to divert any business from the Company or any such
successor, or (ii) directly or indirectly recruit or otherwise solicit or induce
any person who is an employee of, or otherwise engaged by, the Company or any
successor to the business of the Company to terminate his or her employment or
other relationship with the Company or such successor, or hire any person who
has left the employ of the Company or any such successor during the preceding
two (2) years. The Employee shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, use
or purport to authorize any person to use any name, mark, logo, trade dress or
other identifying words or images which are the same as or similar to those used
at any time by the Company in connection with any product or service, whether or
not such use would be in a business competitive with that of the Company. Any
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provisions of this Section 8 shall toll the running of any time periods set
forth in this Section 8 for the duration of any such breach or violation.

     9. REMEDIES. The restrictions set forth in Sections 7 and 8 are considered
by the parties to be fair and reasonable. The Employee acknowledges that the
restrictions contained in Section 7 and 8 will not prevent him from earning a
livelihood. The Employee further acknowledges that the Company would be
irreparably harmed and that monetary damages would not provide an adequate
remedy in the event of a breach of the provisions of Sections 7 or 8.
Accordingly, the Employee agrees that, in addition to any other remedies
available to the Company, the Company (i) shall be entitled to specific
performance, injunction, and other equitable relief to secure the enforcement of
such provisions, (ii) shall not be required to post bond in connection with
seeking any such equitable remedies, and (iii) shall be entitled to receive
reimbursement from the Employee for all attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by
the Company in enforcing such provisions. If any provisions of Sections 7, 8, or
9 relating to the time period, scope of activities or geographic area of
restrictions is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the
maximum permissible time period, scope of activities or geographic area, the
maximum time period, scope of activities or geographic area, as the case may be,
shall be reduced to the maximum which such court deems enforceable. If any
provisions of Sections 7, 8, or 9 other than those described in the preceding
sentence are adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or
unenforceable provisions shall be deemed amended (with respect only to the
jurisdiction in which adjudication is made) in such manner as to render them
enforceable and to effectuate as nearly as possible the original intentions and
agreement of the parties.

     10. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the expiration
of the Term set forth in Section 2 upon the occurrence of any of the events set
forth in, and subject to the terms of, this Section 10.

         (A) DEATH. This Agreement will terminate immediately and automatically
upon the death of the Employee.

         (B) DISABILITY. This Agreement may be terminated at the Company's
option, immediately upon notice to the Employee, if the Employee shall suffer a
permanent disability. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "permanent
disability" shall mean the Employee's inability to perform his duties under this
Agreement for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or for an aggregate of
one hundred twenty (120) days, whether or not consecutive, in any twelve (12)
month period, due to illness, accident or any other physical or mental
incapacity, as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
In the event that a dispute arises with respect to the disability of the
Employee, the parties shall each select a physician licensed to practice in the
State of Florida to make such a determination. If the two (2) physicians
selected cannot agree on a determination, they will mutually select a third
physician and the decision of the majority of the three (3) physicians will be
binding.

         (C) CAUSE. This Agreement may be terminated at the Company's option,
immediately upon notice to the Employee, upon: (i) breach by the Employee of any
material provision of this Agreement and the expiration of a 10-day cure period
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after written notice thereof has been given to the Employee (which cure period
shall not be applicable to clauses (ii) through (v) of this Section 10(c)); (ii)
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Employee in connection with the
performance of his duties under this Agreement; (iii) Employee's failure to
perform any reasonable directive of the Board of Directors of the Company; (iv)
fraud, criminal conduct, dishonesty or embezzlement by the Employee; or (v)
Employee's misappropriation for personal use of any assets (having in excess of
nominal value) or business opportunities of the Company.

         (D) WITHOUT CAUSE. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the
Company without cause immediately upon giving written notice to the Employee of
such termination. In such event, the Employee shall be entitled to receive his
Base Compensation in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(a) hereof.

     11. TAX EFFECT. If the compensation payable under this Agreement, either
alone or together with other payments to the Employee from the Company or one of
its subsidiaries would constitute a "parachute payment" (as defined in Section
280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), such
severance compensation may be reduced to the largest amount as will result in no
portion of the severance compensation payments hereunder being subject to the
excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or being disallowed as deductions
to the Company under Section 280G of the Code. The determination of whether any
reduction shall be made in the severance compensation payments hereunder
pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be made jointly by the Employee and
the Company. The Employee shall be liable for the payment of income and excise
taxes, if any, applicable to him on such severance compensation.

     12. MISCELLANEOUS.

         (A) SURVIVAL. The provisions of Sections 7, 8, and 9 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.

         (B) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding of the parties and merges and supersedes any prior or
contemporaneous agreements between the parties pertaining to the subject matter
hereof.

         (C) MODIFICATION. This Agreement may not be modified or terminated
orally, and no modification or waiver of any of the provisions hereof shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by the party against whom the same is
sought to be enforced.

         (D) WAIVER. Failure of a party to enforce one or more of the provisions
of this Agreement or to require at any time performance of any of the
obligations hereof shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provisions by
such party nor to in any way affect the validity of this Agreement or such
party's right thereafter to enforce any provision of this Agreement, nor to
preclude such party from taking any other action at any time which it would
legally be entitled to take.

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         (E) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Neither party shall have the right to
assign this Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, without the
consent of the other party; provided, however, that upon the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets, business and goodwill of the Company to another
company, or upon the merger or consolidation of the Company with another
company, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, both
Employee and the company purchasing such assets, business and goodwill, or
surviving such merger or consolidation, as the case may be, in the same manner
and to the same extent as though such other company were the Company; and
provided, further, that the Company shall have the right to assign this
Agreement to any affiliate or subsidiary of the Company. Subject to the
foregoing, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon,
the parties hereto and their legal representatives, heirs, successors and
permitted assigns.

         (F) COMMUNICATIONS. All notices, requests, demands and other
communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been given at the time personally delivered or when mailed in any United
States post office enclosed in a registered or certified postage prepaid
envelope and addressed to the addresses set forth below, or to such other
address as any party may specify by notice to the other party; provided,
however, that any notice of change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt.

         TO THE COMPANY:  Armor Holdings, Inc.
                          1400 Marsh Landing Parkway
                          Jacksonville, Florida 32250
                          Attention: Warren B. Kanders

         WITH A COPY TO:  Kane Kessler, P.C.
                          1350 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, New York  10019
                          Attention:  Robert L. Lawrence, Esq.

         TO THE EMPLOYEE: Robert R. Schiller
                          7270 Oakmont Court
                          Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082

         (G) SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the
other provisions of this Agreement and the provision held to be invalid or
unenforceable shall be enforced as nearly as possible according to its original
terms and intent to eliminate such invalidity or unenforceability.

         (H) JURISDICTION; VENUE. This Agreement shall be subject to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in New York County, New York. Any
breach of any provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a breach
occurring in the State of New York by virtue of a failure to perform an act
required to be performed in the State of New York, and the parties irrevocably
and expressly agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in New
York County, New York for the purpose of resolving any disputes among them
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
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the grounds of forum non conveniens or otherwise. The parties hereto agree to
service of process by certified or registered United States mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to the party in question.

         (I) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is made and executed and shall be
governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts
of law principles thereof.

         (J) NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. Each of the provisions of this
Agreement is for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and shall
not be deemed for the benefit of any other person or entity.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the date set forth above.

                                          ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC.

                                          By:
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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                                          Robert R. Schiller

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                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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     THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of January 1, 2002,
is entered into between ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company) and STEPHEN E. CROSKREY (the "Employee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Employee and to be assured of
his services on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

     WHEREAS, the Employee is willing to accept such employment on such terms
and conditions.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set
forth in this Agreement, the Company and the Employee hereby agree as follows:

     1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby employs the Employee as the President and
Chief Executive Officer of its Armor Holdings Products Division, and the
Employee accepts such employment, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement.

     2. TERM. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and
terminate on December 31, 2004 (the "Term"), subject to earlier termination
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

     3. DUTIES. During the Term of this Agreement, the Employee shall serve as
the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Armor Holdings Products
Division and shall perform all duties commensurate with his position and as may
be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Employee
shall devote his full business time and energies to the business and affairs of
the Company and shall use his best efforts, skills and abilities to promote the
interests of the Company and to diligently and competently perform the duties of
his position.

     4. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. (a) During the term of this Agreement, the
Company shall pay to the Employee, and the Employee shall accept from the
Company, as compensation for the performance of services under this Agreement
and the Employee's observance and performance of all of the provisions hereof, a
salary of $300,000 per year (the "Base Compensation"). The Employee's salary
shall be payable in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Company
and shall be subject to withholding for applicable taxes and other amounts. Upon
the occurrence of a "change in control" (as hereinafter defined), the

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Employee shall have the right to terminate this Agreement. Upon the termination
of this Agreement by the Employee due to the occurrence of a "change in
control", or upon the termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to
Section 10(d) hereof, the Employee shall be entitled to receive, in one lump
sum, within 5 business days of the occurrence of such "change in control" or
termination by the Company pursuant to Section 10(d), as the case may be, the
greater of (i) his Base Compensation to the end of the Term, or (ii) twice the
Employee's annual Base Compensation (any such payment is referred to as the
"Termination Payment"), and such Termination Payment shall be subject to
withholding for applicable taxes and other amounts. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, in the event that the Employee has breached his
obligations under Sections 7 or 8 hereof, then the Employee shall immediately
repay to the Company the full amount of the gross Termination Payment before
taking into account any withholdings for applicable taxes and other amounts.

         (b) During the term of this Agreement, the Employee shall be entitled
to participate in or benefit from, in accordance with the eligibility and other
provisions thereof, the Company's medical insurance and other fringe benefit
plans or policies as the Company may make available to, or have in effect for,
its personnel with commensurate duties from time to time. The Company retains
the right to terminate or alter any such plans or policies from time to time.
The Employee shall also be entitled to four weeks paid vacation each year, sick
leave and other similar benefits in accordance with policies of the Company from
time to time in effect for personnel with commensurate duties.

         (c) The Employee shall also be entitled to participate, at the sole and
absolute discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of
the Company, in the Company's incentive stock option plan. Such participation
shall be based upon, among other things, the Employee's performance and the
Company's performance. In addition, the Employee may be entitled, during the
term of this Agreement, to receive such additional options, at such exercise
prices and other terms, and/or to participate in such other bonus plans, whether
during the term of this Agreement or upon termination pursuant to Section 10
hereof, as the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine. In addition to the
foregoing, the Employee shall be entitled to receive (i) options to purchase up
to 150,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, at an exercise price of $23.93
per share, of which 50,000 shares shall vest on each of December 31, 2002,
December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, and (ii) options to purchase up to
50,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, at an exercise price of $23.93 per
share, all of which shall vest on December 31, 2004, all such awards to be upon
the terms and conditions as more fully set forth in a separate agreement between
the Company and the Employee. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 10(a) or Section 10(b) hereof, the options herein described shall vest
ratably as herein described, or the vesting thereof may be accelerated as the
Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine.

     5. REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES. During the term of this Agreement,
upon submission of proper invoices, receipts or other supporting documentation
satisfactory to the Company and in specific accordance with such guidelines as
may be established from time to time by the Company's Board of Directors, the
Employee shall be reimbursed by the Company for all reasonable business expenses
actually and necessarily

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incurred by the Employee on behalf of the Company in connection with the
performance of services under this Agreement.

     6. REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE; RESTRICTIONS ON SALE. (a) The Employee
represents and warrants that he is not party to, or bound by, any agreement or
commitment, or subject to any restriction, including but not limited to
agreements related to previous employment containing confidentiality or
noncompete covenants, which in the future may have a possibility of adversely
affecting the business of the Company or the performance by the Employee of his
duties under this Agreement.

         (b) The Employee further covenants and agrees that except as herein
provided, he will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of any
shares of capital stock or securities convertible into capital stock of the
Company granted pursuant to this Agreement until December 31, 2004 and such
restrictions on dispositions shall apply upon a termination of this Agreement
for cause as described in Section 10(c) hereof; provided, however, that the
restrictions with respect to such dispositions as set forth in this sentence
shall not apply to the Employee in the event of a "change in control" of the
Company or in the event of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to Sections
10(a), 10(b) or 10(d) hereof. With respect to any shares of capital stock or
securities convertible into capital stock of the Company that are owned by
Employee other than those granted to Employee pursuant to this Agreement, the
Employee shall give to the Company's Chairman of the Board five business days
advance written notice of any intent to sell such securities. In addition, upon
a termination of this Agreement for cause as set forth in Section 10(c) hereof,
all such shares of capital stock or securities convertible into capital stock of
the Company granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the
restrictions on disposition set forth in the first sentence of this Section 6(b)
for a period of 90 days from and after any such termination and thereafter the
Employee will not be subject to the restrictions with respect to the disposition
of such shares as set forth in this Section 6(b); provided that such restriction
upon such termination for cause shall only be applicable to the Employee if the
period for the exercise of any option owned by him is extended from the current
period of 90 days following such termination to a period of 120 days following
such termination. Such restrictions on disposition may also be waived from time
to time in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall, to the extent permitted under
applicable law, rule or regulation, be permitted to transfer shares of capital
stock or securities convertible into capital stock of the Company to his
immediate family members or trusts for the benefit of his immediate family
members for estate planning purposes; provided that any such transferees shall
be subject to the restrictions applicable to Employee set forth herein. In the
event that Warren B. Kanders is not Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors
and the Employee determines to terminate this Agreement as a result thereof,
then the restrictions contained in this Section 6(b) shall be applicable to
Employee for a period of six months from the date of termination of this
Agreement by Employee, and during such period, Employee will use its best
efforts to assist in an orderly transition of management of the Company. The
Company further agrees that Employee shall be entitled to receive any shares of
Common Stock or options that vest during such six-month period.

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         (c) For purposes hereof, a "change in control" of the Company shall be
deemed to have occurred in the event that: (i) individuals who, as of the date
hereof, constitute the Board of Directors of the Company cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company;
provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the
date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's
shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors
then comprising the Board of Directors shall be considered as though such
individual was a member of the Board of Directors of the Company as of the date
hereof, or (ii) the Company shall have been sold by either (A) a sale of all or
substantially all its assets, or (B) a merger or consolidation, other than any
merger or consolidation pursuant to which the Company acquires another entity,
or (C) a tender offer, whether solicited or unsolicited.

         (d) In addition, in the event that this Agreement is terminated by the
Company without cause pursuant to Section 10(d) hereof prior to the expiration
of the Term or upon the occurrence of a change in control, all options for the
purchase of Common Stock of the Company granted to the Employee pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement shall vest and become immediately exercisable and
saleable, and the restrictions set forth in Section 6(b) hereof shall not be
applicable, on the date of such termination or the effective date of such change
in control, as the case may be. In the event that this Agreement is terminated
by the Company with cause pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof prior to the
expiration of the Term, all unvested options granted to the Employee pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement shall terminate. In the event that this Agreement is
terminated by the Employee, other than due to a change in control or as
described in the penultimate sentence of Section 6(b), (i) all vested options
for the purchase of Common Stock of the Company granted to the Employee pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement shall remain subject to the lock-up restrictions
contained in Section 6(b) of this Agreement, and the unvested portion of such
options shall terminate, and (ii) all of the Employee's other shares of Common
Stock of the Company or vested options for the purchase of Common Stock other
than the options described in clause (i) of this sentence shall not be subject
to the lock-up restrictions of Section 6(b) of this Agreement.

     7. CONFIDENTIALITY. For purposes of this Section 7, all references to the
Company shall be deemed to include all of the Company's affiliates and
subsidiaries.

         (a) Confidential Information. The Employee acknowledges that as a
result of his employment with the Company, the Employee has and will continue to
have knowledge of, and access to, proprietary and confidential information of
the Company, including, without limitation, inventions, trade secrets, technical
information, know-how, plans, specifications, methods of operations, financial
and marketing information and the identity of customers and suppliers
(collectively, the "Confidential Information"), and that such information, even
though it may be contributed, developed or acquired by the Employee, constitutes
valuable, special and unique assets of the Company developed at great expense
which are the exclusive property of the Company. Accordingly, the Employee shall
not, at any time, either during or subsequent to the term of this Agreement,
use, reveal, report, publish, transfer or otherwise disclose to any person,
corporation or other entity, any of the Confidential Information without the
prior written consent of the Company, except to responsible officers and
employees of the Company and other responsible persons who are in a contractual
or fiduciary relationship

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with the Company and who have a need for such information for purposes in the
best interests of the Company, and except for such information which is or
becomes of general public knowledge from authorized sources other than the
Employee. The Employee acknowledges that the Company would not enter into this
Agreement without the assurance that all such Confidential Information will be
used for the exclusive benefit of the Company.

         (b) Return of Confidential Information. Upon the termination of
Employee's employment with the Company, the Employee shall promptly deliver to
the Company all drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports and copies
thereof and all other materials relating to the Company's business, including
without limitation any materials incorporating Confidential Information, which
are in the Employee's possession or control.

         (c) Inventions, etc. The Employee will promptly disclose to the Company
all designs, processes, inventions, improvements, discoveries and other
information related to the business of the Company (collectively "developments")
conceived, developed or acquired by him alone or with others during the term of
this Employment Agreement, whether or not conceived during regular working
hours, through the use of Company time, material or facilities or otherwise. All
such developments shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and
upon request the Employee shall deliver to the Company all drawings, models and
other data and records relating to such developments. In the event any such
developments shall be deemed by the Company to be patentable or copyrightable,
the Employee shall, at the expense of the Company, assist the Company in
obtaining any patents or copyrights thereon and execute all documents and do all
other things necessary or proper to obtain letters patent and copyrights and to
vest the Company with full title thereto.

     8. NON-COMPETITION. For purposes of this Section 8, all references to the
Company shall be deemed to include all of the Company's affiliates and
subsidiaries. The Employee will not utilize his special knowledge of the
business of the Company and his relationships with customers, suppliers of the
Company and others to compete with the Company. During the Term of this
Agreement and for a period of two (2) years after the expiration or termination
of this Agreement, the Employee shall not engage, directly or indirectly, or
have an interest, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the United States of
America or any other geographic area where the Company does business or in which
its products or services are marketed, alone or in association with others, as
principal, officer, agent, employee, director, partner or stockholder (except
with respect to his employment by the Company), or through the investment of
capital, lending of money or property, rendering of services or otherwise, in
any business competitive with or substantially similar to that engaged in by the
Company during the Term of this Agreement, or any line of business or
acquisition that the Company either (i) contemplates entering into, whether or
not actually entered into, or (ii) has obtained due diligence or other
information on during Employee's employment with the Company (it being
understood hereby, that the ownership by the Employee of five percent (5%) or
less of the stock of any company listed on a national securities exchange shall
not be deemed a violation of this Section 8). During the same period, the
Employee shall not, and shall not permit any of his employees, agents or others
under his control to, directly or indirectly, on behalf of himself or any other
person, (i) call upon, accept business from, or solicit the business of any
person who is, or who had been at any time during the preceding two (2) years, a
customer of the Company or

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any successor to the business of the Company, or otherwise divert or attempt to
divert any business from the Company or any such successor, or (ii) directly or
indirectly recruit or otherwise solicit or induce any person who is an employee
of, or otherwise engaged by, the Company or any successor to the business of the
Company to terminate his or her employment or other relationship with the
Company or such successor, or hire any person who has left the employ of the
Company or any such successor during the preceding two (2) years. The Employee
shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, use or purport to authorize any
person to use any name, mark, logo, trade dress or other identifying words or
images which are the same as or similar to those used at any time by the Company
in connection with any product or service, whether or not such use would be in a
business competitive with that of the Company. Any breach or violation by the
Employee of the provisions of this Section 8 shall toll the running of any time
periods set forth in this Section 8 for the duration of any such breach or
violation.

     9. REMEDIES. The restrictions set forth in Sections 7 and 8 are considered
by the parties to be fair and reasonable. The Employee acknowledges that the
restrictions contained in Section 7 and 8 will not prevent him from earning a
livelihood. The Employee further acknowledges that the Company would be
irreparably harmed and that monetary damages would not provide an adequate
remedy in the event of a breach of the provisions of Sections 7 or 8.
Accordingly, the Employee agrees that, in addition to any other remedies
available to the Company, the Company (i) shall be entitled to specific
performance, injunction, and other equitable relief to secure the enforcement of
such provisions, (ii) shall not be required to post bond in connection with
seeking any such equitable remedies, and (iii) shall be entitled to receive
reimbursement from the Employee for all attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by
the Company in enforcing such provisions. If any provisions of Sections 7, 8, or
9 relating to the time period, scope of activities or geographic area of
restrictions is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the
maximum permissible time period, scope of activities or geographic area, the
maximum time period, scope of activities or geographic area, as the case may be,
shall be reduced to the maximum which such court deems enforceable. If any
provisions of Sections 7, 8, or 9 other than those described in the preceding
sentence are adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or
unenforceable provisions shall be deemed amended (with respect only to the
jurisdiction in which adjudication is made) in such manner as to render them
enforceable and to effectuate as nearly as possible the original intentions and
agreement of the parties.

     10. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the expiration
of the Term set forth in Section 2 upon the occurrence of any of the events set
forth in, and subject to the terms of, this Section 10.

         (a) Death. This Agreement will terminate immediately and automatically
upon the death of the Employee.

         (b) Disability. This Agreement may be terminated at the Company's
option, immediately upon notice to the Employee, if the Employee shall suffer a
permanent disability. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "permanent
disability" shall mean the Employee's inability to perform his duties under this
Agreement for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or for an aggregate of
one hundred twenty (120) days, whether or not

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consecutive, in any twelve (12) month period, due to illness, accident or any
other physical or mental incapacity, as reasonably determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company. In the event that a dispute arises with respect to the
disability of the Employee, the parties shall each select a physician licensed
to practice in the State of Florida to make such a determination. If the two (2)
physicians selected cannot agree on a determination, they will mutually select a
third physician and the decision of the majority of the three (3) physicians
will be binding.

         (c) Cause. This Agreement may be terminated at the Company's option,
immediately upon notice to the Employee, upon: (i) breach by the Employee of any
material provision of this Agreement and the expiration of a 10-day cure period
for such breach after written notice thereof has been given to the Employee
(which cure period shall not be applicable to clauses (ii) through (v) of this
Section 10(c)); (ii) gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Employee in
connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement; (iii)
Employee's failure to perform any reasonable directive of the Board of Directors
of the Company; (iv) fraud, criminal conduct, dishonesty or embezzlement by the
Employee; or (v) Employee's misappropriation for personal use of any assets
(having in excess of nominal value) or business opportunities of the Company.

         (d) Without Cause. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the
Company without cause immediately upon giving written notice to the Employee of
such termination. In such event, the Employee shall be entitled to receive his
Base Compensation for a period of six (6) months from the date of such
termination in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(a) hereof.

     11. MISCELLANEOUS.

         (a) Survival. The provisions of Sections 7, 8, and 9 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.

         (b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding of the parties and merges and supersedes any prior or
contemporaneous agreements between the parties pertaining to the subject matter
hereof.

         (c) Modification. This Agreement may not be modified or terminated
orally, and no modification or waiver of any of the provisions hereof shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by the party against whom the same is
sought to be enforced.

         (d) Waiver. Failure of a party to enforce one or more of the provisions
of this Agreement or to require at any time performance of any of the
obligations hereof shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provisions by
such party nor to in any way affect the validity of this Agreement or such
party's right thereafter to enforce any provision of this Agreement, nor to
preclude such party from taking any other action at any time which it would
legally be entitled to take.

         (e) Successors and Assigns. Neither party shall have the right to
assign this Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, without the
consent of the other

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party; provided, however, that upon the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets, business and goodwill of the Company to another
company, or upon the merger or consolidation of the Company with another
company, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, both
Employee and the company purchasing such assets, business and goodwill, or
surviving such merger or consolidation, as the case may be, in the same manner
and to the same extent as though such other company were the Company; and
provided, further, that the Company shall have the right to assign this
Agreement to any affiliate or subsidiary of the Company. Subject to the
foregoing, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon,
the parties hereto and their legal representatives, heirs, successors and
permitted assigns.

         (f) Communications. All notices, requests, demands and other
communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been given at the time personally delivered or when mailed in any United
States post office enclosed in a registered or certified postage prepaid
envelope and addressed to the addresses set forth below, or to such other
address as any party may specify by notice to the other party; provided,
however, that any notice of change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt.

         TO THE COMPANY:  Armor Holdings, Inc.
                          1400 Marsh Landing Parkway
                          Jacksonville, Florida 32250
                          Attention: Warren B. Kanders

         WITH A COPY TO:  Kane Kessler, P.C.
                          1350 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, New York  10019
                          Attention:  Robert L. Lawrence, Esq.

         TO THE EMPLOYEE: Stephen E. Croskrey
                          10010 Belle Rive Blvd. East, #909
                          Jacksonville, Florida 32256

         (g) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the
other provisions of this Agreement and the provision held to be invalid or
unenforceable shall be enforced as nearly as possible according to its original
terms and intent to eliminate such invalidity or unenforceability.

         (h) Jurisdiction; Venue. This Agreement shall be subject to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in New York County, New York. Any
breach of any provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a breach
occurring in the State of New York by virtue of a failure to perform an act
required to be performed in the State of New York, and the parties irrevocably
and expressly agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in New
York County, New York for the purpose of resolving any disputes among them
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and waive any objections on the grounds of forum non conveniens or otherwise.
The parties hereto agree to service of

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process by certified or registered United States mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the party in question.

         (i) Governing Law. This Agreement is made and executed and shall be
governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts
of law principles thereof.

         (j) No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Each of the provisions of this
Agreement is for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and shall
not be deemed for the benefit of any other person or entity.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the date set forth above.

                                       ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC.

                                       By:
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Jonathan M. Spiller
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Stephen E. Croskrey

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