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Exhibit 10.25 to CNS, Inc. Form 10-K dated March 31, 2004

Exhibit 10.25 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 

          THIS
AMENDMENT to the Executive Employment Agreement dated February 12, 1999 (the
“Agreement”) between CNS, Inc. (the “Company”) and Daniel Cohen (the
“Employee”), as amended June 29, 2001 (“First Amendment”), is made and
entered into as of the 29th day of June 2003. 

	1. 	
The purpose of this Amendment is to extend the employment of the Employee after
June 30, 2003 in connection with the Employee’s position and duties as
Chairman of the Board of CNS under the terms of the Agreement, as amended by the
First Amendment. This Amendment is intended to modify the Agreement and First
Amendment to the extent set forth herein. 

	2. 	
Pursuant to Paragraph 3 of the First Amendment, the Agreement, as amended, and
Employee’s employment is extended until June 30, 2004 and each of the dates
set forth in Paragraph 3 of the First Amendment shall be modified to read
“June 30, 2004.” 

	3. 	
The parties acknowledge that the Company has satisfied its obligations to
Employee with respect to the severance payments set forth in Paragraph 5 of the
First Amendment and that such paragraph shall be null and void and of no further
force and effect after June 30, 2003. 

	4. 	
Paragraph 8 of the First Amendment shall be modified to read as follows: 

	  	
“In the event that the Company terminates the Employee’s employment
during the term of the Agreement other than for Good Cause (as defined in
Section 7(b) of the Agreement) or in the event the Employee resigns for
Good Reason (as defined in Section 8(b)(i) of the Agreement), whether prior
to or following a Change in Control of the Company, in consideration for the
Employee executing a standard release agreement covering all claims against the
Company as defined in the Agreement, the Company will: (a) pay to the
Employee Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($11,700) per month, payable in
semi-monthly installments and subject to tax withholding as required by law,
until June 30, 2004; and (b) pay the COBRA premium on the
Company’s health plan on behalf of the Employee until the earliest of:
(i) June 30, 2004; or (ii) the date Employee otherwise ceases to
be eligible for COBRA continuation coverage. Such payments shall be in lieu of
any salary continuation, severance or other similar payment due upon termination
of employment by the Company under the Agreement (including after a Change in
Control of the Company), any policy, practice or arrangement of the Company.
Employee shall be entitled to any benefits thereafter under any of the
Company’s benefit plans to which terminated employees are entitled in
accordance with law.” 

	5. 	
The provisions of Section 8 of the Agreement, as modified by Paragraph 9 of the
First Amendment (other than the definition in Section 8(b)(i) referred to in
Paragraph 4 above), shall be void and of no further force and effect from and
after the date of this Second Amendment. 

	6. 	
The date in Paragraph 10 of the First Amendment is modified to read “July
1, 2004.” 

	7. 	
Except as specifically modified herein, all of the terms and conditions set
forth in the Agreement and the First Amendment shall continue in full force and
effect. 

          IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Second Amendment is executed on behalf of the Company by an
Executive Officer who has the authority and approval of the Board and by the Employee as
of the day and date set forth above. 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CNS, INC.
	

/s/   Daniel Cohen		

By:  	 	

/s/   Marti Morfitt 	 
	
	 	

	 Daniel Cohen 	
	
 		
Its:  	 	
President and Chief Executive OfficerExhibit 10.26 to CNS, Inc. Form 10-K dated March 31, 2004

Exhibit 10.26 

CNS, Inc.

7515 Smetana Lane

Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55345

Phone: (952) 229-1500 Fax (952) 229-1700

www.cns.com 

September 18, 2003 

Samuel E. Reinkensmeyer

4506 Drexel Avenue

Edina, MN 55424 

Dear Sam: 

I am pleased to confirm my offer of
employment to you as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer reporting to
me. If you accept this offer, your start date will be as mutually agreed between us, but
not later than October 15, 2003. 

Your compensation package will
include the following components: 

	  	•  	  	Your
base salary will be $190,000 annualized, paid over our regular semi-monthly pay periods.  

	  	•  	  	You
will be eligible for annual revenue and profit based incentive bonus of up to 60% (15% at
threshold, 30% at plan and 60% maximum) of your base salary. The parameters of the
incentive bonus plan for senior management is presented by management for approval by the
Board of Directors each year.  

	  	•  	  	Subject
to the approval of the CNS, Inc. Compensation Committee, we will grant you an option to
purchase 53,500 shares of CNS common stock at a price per share determined on your first
day of employment (date of grant). These shares will vest in equal amounts over a
five-year period beginning on your first anniversary date.  

	  	• 	  	Periodically,
at the discretion of the Compensation Committee, you will be eligible to receive annual
stock options that will vest over a three-year period.  

Samuel E. Reinkensmeyer Offer Letter

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	  	•  	  	 CNS
will pay you a one time hiring bonus of $65,000 less required withholding, to be paid
with your first paycheck.  

	  	•  	  	You
will be eligible to receive a monthly car allowance of $450.00.  

	  	•  	  	 You
will be eligible to participate in CNS, Inc.‘s benefit plans. A packet of benefit
information will be sent to you under separate cover following your acceptance of this
offer. CNS’ benefit plan includes 25 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) during the first
year of employment. Eight of the 25 days will be added to your PTO bank immediately upon
date of hire. The remaining 17 days accrue at a rate of 5.67 hours per pay period over
the first twelve months.  

	  	•  	  	 In
the event your employment is terminated by CNS without Cause (as defined on Exhibit A)
prior to a change in control of CNS, in exchange for a written release of all claims by
you, CNS will pay you severance equal to your annual base salary payable over a period of
twelve months from your termination date, subject to required withholding plus pay your
COBRA premium over the same period. In the event your employment is terminated by CNS
without Cause or you resign your employment with CNS for Good Reason (as defined on
Exhibit A) within 24 months after a change in control of CNS, in exchange for a written
release of all claims by you, CNS will pay you severance equal to two times your annual
base salary payable over a period of twenty-four months from your termination date,
subject to required withholding plus your COBRA premium over a period of 18 months from
your termination date.  

We will schedule a pre-employment
druge and alcohol screen tests for you at the Airport Clinic. This employment offer is
contingent upon successfully completing these tests. As a condition of your employment and
as consideration for the compensation and benefits to be provided, you will, prior to your
first day of employment, execute the Employment Agreement attached as Exhibit B,
containing confidentiality, invention assignment and noncompetition provisions required of
all new employees. 

Samuel E. Reinkensmeyer Offer Letter

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Sam, we are very excited about the
prospect of you joining CNS and ask that you confirm your acceptance of this offer by
signing the enclosed copy of this letter and returning it to me at your earliest
convenience. If you have any questions at all about the terms of the offer, please call me
or Michelle Beuning so that we can discuss and resolve them as soon as possible. I know
that you will find this position a challenging and rewarding opportunity and that you will
be an important part of delivering the CNS vision! 

Sincerely, 

/s/   Marti Morfitt 

Marti Morfitt

President & CEO 

Accepted and agreed to this offer on the

23rd day of September, 2003. 

/s/   Samuel E. Reinkensmeyer 

Samuel E. Reinkensmeyer 

EXHIBIT A  

	  	“Cause”
shall mean one or more of the following: (i) your willful failure or
refusal to perform your expected services to CNS consistent with your position;
(ii) your commission of an intentional breach of fiduciary duty against CNS
or a substantial act of fraud against or affecting CNS or any customer,
supplier, client, agent, or executive thereof; (iii) your commission of any
other willful or reckless act which is deemed by CNS’s Board to have a
material adverse effect on CNS (it being understood that mere negligence in
performance of duties is not Cause under this Agreement); (iv) your willful
breach of any provision of this Agreement or any policy or directive of the
Board or the CEO, including the CNS Code of Conduct; or (v) your commission
of any act involving moral turpitude which is deemed by CNS’s Board to have
a material adverse effect on CNS or your position with CNS; or (vi) your
unsatisfactory performance after specific notice of performance deficiencies,
description of expectations and opportunity to cure. 

	  	“Good
Reason” shall mean: (i) CNS has materially breached any of the terms
of this Agreement; (ii) you are assigned duties which are materially
inconsistent with your position, duties, responsibilities and status as Chief
Financial Officer; (iii) your base salary or bonus opportunity, is reduced;
or (iv) as a result of the relocation of CNS’ principal offices, you
would be required to relocate your principal residence outside reasonable
commuting distance of the Twin Cities Metropolitan area.Exhibit 10.27 to CNS, Inc. Form 10-K dated March 31, 2004

Exhibit 10.27 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

CNS, INC. AND

SAM REINKENSMEYER 

THIS AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”), made and entered into in the City of Eden Prairie,
State of Minnesota, this 15th day of October, 2003, by and
between CNS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“the Corporation”) and Sam
Reinkensmeyer (“Employee”); 

ARTICLE 1

EMPLOYMENT 

1.0)        The
Corporation hereby employs Employee, and Employee agrees to work for Corporation
at such duties as are assigned to him/her from time to time by the directors and
officers of the Corporation. 

ARTICLE 2

TERM 

2.0)        The
Agreement shall be in effect hereinafter unless and until altered or terminated
as hereinafter provided. 

ARTICLE 3

DUTIES 

3.0)        Employee
agrees, unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Corporation, to devote
his full time and effort to his duties for the profit, benefit and advantage of
the business of the Corporation. 

ARTICLE 4

NON-COMPETITION 

	4.0)  	  	The
Corporation and the Employee acknowledge that:   

	  	01)  	  	The
Corporation’s business is highly competitive; 

	  	02)  	  	The essence of
such business consists of confidential information and trade secrets as
described in Article 5, all of which are zealously protected and kept secret by
the Corporation; 

	  	03)  	  	In the course of
his/her employment, Employee will acquire the information described in Article 5
and that the Corporation would be adversely affected if such information
subsequently, and in the event of the termination of the Employee’s
employment, is used for the purposes of competing with the Corporation.

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	  	04)  	  	For these
reasons, both the Corporation and the Employee further acknowledge and agree
that the restrictions contained herein are reasonable and necessary for the
protection of their respective, legitimate interests. 

4.1)        Employee
agrees that from and after the date hereof during his/her employment with the
Corporation for one (1) year thereafter, he/she will not, without the
express written permission of the Corporation, directly or indirectly
(a) own, manage, operate, control, lend money to, endorse the obligations
of, or participate or be connected as an officer, consultant, director, 5% or
more stockholder of a publicly held company, employee, partner, member, or
otherwise, with any enterprise or individual engaged in the business of
developing, manufacturing or marketing products to persons or companies that
were customers of the Corporation during the term of this Agreement, or with any
enterprise or individuals engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing
or marketing products that have been, or are known by Employee as being planned
to be developed by the Corporation and will not in any manner either directly or
indirectly compete with the Corporation in such business (b) solicit or do
business with (1) any persons or entities who are customers or clients of
the Corporation at the time of the Employee’s termination of employment, or
(2) any prospective or former customers of the Corporation with whom the
Employee had contact during the [two years] preceding his/her termination of
employment (c) individually or collectively or in conjunction with others,
solicit, on his/her own behalf or on behalf of any other person, the services of
any person who is an employee or agent of the Corporation, or directly or
indirectly solicit any of the Corporation’s employees or agents to
terminate their employment or agency with the Corporation. It is understood and
acknowledged by both parties that, inasmuch as the Corporation’s products
are marketed nationwide, that this covenant not to compete shall be enforced
throughout the United States, in any other country for which the Corporation has
developed or is in the process of developing a marketing plan for its products,
even if such plan is not yet in effect, 

4.2)        Employee
further agrees that during and following the termination of his/her employment,
he/she will do nothing to interfere with any of the Corporation’s business
relationships or its goodwill or reputation. 

4.3)        Employee,
during the term of his/her employment by the Corporation, shall at all times
keep the Corporation informed of any business activity and outside employment.
The Employee shall not engage in any activity or employment which may be in
conflict with the Corporation’s interests, as determined by the Corporation
in its sole discretion. 

ARTICLE 5

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND TRADE SECRETS 

5.0)        Employee
has acquired and will acquire information and knowledge respecting the intimate
and confidential affairs of the Corporation including, without limitation,
confidential information with respect to the Corporation’s products,
packages, improvements, designs. practices, sales or distribution methods and
other confidential information pertaining to the Corporation’s business or
financial affairs, which may or may not be patentable, which are developed by
the Corporation at considerable time and expense, and which could be unfairly
utilized in competition with the Corporation. Confidential information includes
information 

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relating to the
Corporation, which is provided or disclosed to the Employee, which he/she
develops in the course of performing his/her duties for the Corporation. The
term “trade secret” shall be defined as follows: 

	  	A trade secret
may consist of any formula, pattern, device or compilation of information which
is used in one’s business, and which gives him an opportunity to obtain an
advantage over competitors who do not know or use it. 

Accordingly, Employee agrees that
he/she shall not, during the period of his/her employment hereunder or thereafter, use for
his/her own benefits confidential information or trade secrets, whether written or
otherwise, and whether expressly labeled as “confidential” or “trade
secret” or not, acquired during the term of his/her employment by the Corporation.
Further, during the period of his/her employment hereunder and thereafter, the Employee
shall not, without the written consent of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a
person duly authorized thereby, disclose to any person, other than an employee of the
Corporation or a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in
connection with the performance by the Employee of his/her duties, any confidential
information or trade secrets obtained by him/her while in the employ of the Corporation. 

5.1)        Upon
termination of employment, Employee agrees to deliver to the Corporation all
materials that include confidential information or trade secrets, such as
customer lists (Customer Account Master), product formulations, instruction
sheets drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, books, reports and copies
thereof, and all of the materials of a confidential nature which belong to or
related to the business of the Corporation. 

5.2)        Employee
agrees and acknowledges that confidential information and trade secrets are the
sole and exclusive property of the Corporation, absolutely and forever.

ARTICLE 6

IMPROVEMENTS AND INVENTIONS 

6.0)        Employee
shall promptly and fully disclose to the Corporation, any and all ideas,
improvements, discoveries, and inventions, whether or not they are believed to
be patentable (including those which may be subject to copyright protection)
(all of which are hereinafter referred to as “Inventions”), which
Employee conceives or first actually reduces to practice, either solely or
jointly with others, during the period of Employee’s employment or within
two years after termination of employment, and which relate to the business now
or hereafter carried on or contemplated by the Corporation or which results from
any work performed by Employee for the Corporation. 

6.1)        All
such inventions shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Corporation, and
during the term of his/her employment and thereafter, whenever requested to do
so by the Corporation, Employee shall execute and assign any and all
applications, assignments and other instruments which the Corporation shall deem
necessary or convenient in order to apply for and obtain Letters Patent of the
United States and/or of any foreign counties for such inventions and in order to
assign and convey to the Corporation or its nominee the sole and exclusive
right, title 

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and interest in and to such
inventions, and Employee will render aid and assistance in any interference or
litigation pertaining thereto, all expenses reasonably incurred by employee at
the request of the Corporation shall be borne by the Corporation. 

6.2)        To
the extent, if any, that Minnesota law is determined to apply to the
enforceability of this Agreement, Minnesota Statue Section 181.78 provides
that the Agreement does not apply, and written notification is hereby given to
the Employee that this Agreement does not apply, to an invention for which no
equipment, supplies, facility, or trade secret information of the Corporation
was used and which was developed entirely on he Employee’s own time, and
(1) which does not relate (a) directly to the business of the
Corporation, or (b) to the Corporation’s actual or demonstrably
anticipated research or development, or (2) which does not result from any
work performed by the Employee for the Corporation. 

ARTICLE 7

JUDICIAL CONSTRUCTION 

7.0)        The
Employee believes and acknowledges that the provisions contained in this
Agreement, including the covenants contained in Article 4 and 5 of this
Agreement, are fair and reasonable. Nonetheless, it is agreed that if a court
finds any of these provisions to be invalid in whole or in part under the laws
of any state, such finding shall not invalidate the covenants, nor the Agreement
in its entirety but rather the covenants shall be construed and/or bluelined,
reformed or rewritten by the court as if the most restrictive covenants
permissible under applicable law were contained herein. 

ARTICLE 8

RIGHT TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF 

8.0)        Employee
acknowledges that a breach by the Employee of any of the terms of
Articles 4 or 5 of this Agreement will render irreparable harm to the
Corporation; and that the Corporation shall therefore be entitled to any and all
equitable relief, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief, and to any
other remedy that may be available under any applicable law or agreement between
the parties, and to recover from the Employee all costs of litigation including,
but not limited to, attorneys fees and court costs. 

8.1)        The
Corporation’s action in not enforcing a breach of any part of the Agreement
shall not prevent it from enforcing it as to any other breach of the Agreement
that it discovers. 

ARTICLE 9

TERMINATION 

9.0)        Either
party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with or without cause
upon fifteen (15) days notice to the other, and the Corporation shall pay
Employee until the date of termination, unless the Corporation terminates the
Agreement because the Employee has violated either Article 4 or 5, in
which ease no additional compensation shall be payable to Employee. Employee
acknowledges that any employment and compensation can be terminated with or
without cause at any time by the Company. 

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ARTICLE 10

ASSIGNMENT 

10.0)        The
Corporation shall have the right to assign this Agreement to its successors or
assigns, and all covenants or agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of
and be enforceable by or against its successors or assigns. 

10.1)        The
terms “successors” and “assigns” shall include any
Corporation which buys all or substantially all of the Corporation’s
assets, or a controlling portion of its stock, or with which it merges or
consolidates. 

ARTICLE 11

LICENSES 

11.0)        This
Agreement does not grant the Employee any rights or licenses, express or
implied, under any patents, copyrights or trade secrets. 

ARTICLE 12

GOVERNING LAW 

12.0)        This
Agreement shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the State
of Minnesota. 

ARTICLE 13

ENTIRE AGREEMENT 

13.0)        The
Corporation and the Employee acknowledge that this Agreement contains the full
and complete employment agreement between and among the parties, that there are
no implied or express modifications of this employment agreement in an oral
discussion or any writing, including without limitation in any employee handbook
policy statement or other document of the Corporation. This Agreement supersedes
any prior agreements or understandings, if any, between the Corporation and the
Employee, whether written or oral. The parties further agree that no
modifications of this Agreement may be made except by means of a written
agreement of memorandum signed by the parties. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation
has hereunto signed its name and the Employee hereunder has signed his/her name, all as of
the day and year first above written. 

	By:   	 	/s/   Samuel E. Reinkensmeyer  	 	 	 	 	 
	 	

	   	 	(employee) 
	  	CNS, Inc.
	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	/s/   Michelle Beuning  	  
	 	

	  	(witness) 

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