Document:

Exhibit
10.17

 

February 20,
2001

 

Mr.  Dale Messick

c/o
Worldspan, L.P.

300
Galleria Parkway, N.W.

Atlanta,
Georgia  30339

 

Re:          Revised Key Management Retention Program

 

Dear
Dale:

 

The establishment
and maintenance of a sound and vital management team is important to protecting
and enhancing the best interests of Worldspan. 
We have determined that additional steps should be taken to reinforce
and encourage the continued attention and dedication of certain members of
Worldspan’s management, including yourself.

 

Worldspan desires
to provide incentives to you in accordance with the terms of this letter
agreement (“Agreement”) to induce you to (i) remain with Worldspan; (ii)
achieve good individual and company performance; (iii) deliver key business
initiatives; and (iv) increase the value of Worldspan.  This Agreement supersedes and replaces the
letter agreement between you and Worldspan dated June 21, 1999.

 

1.             Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the
terms set forth in Section 27 will have the respective meanings specified
in such Section.  Other terms used in
this Agreement are defined in the context in which they are used and will have
the respective meanings there indicated.

 

2.             Term of Agreement.  This
Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue in effect until
December 31, 2002; provided commencing on January 1, 2003 and each
January 1 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be
extended for one (1) additional year unless at least ninety (90) days prior to
such January 1 dates, Worldspan or you shall have given notice that it or
you do not wish to extend this Agreement; provided further, this Agreement
shall continue in effect beyond the term and until all obligations are complete
if your termination or a Change-in-Control shall have occurred during such
term.

 

3.             Duties.  While you are actively employed
by Worldspan you shall faithfully, diligently, lawfully, and ethically
discharge your duties and responsibilities as an officer and an employee, and
shall:  (i) use your best efforts to
advance the interests of Worldspan and to implement the policies and decisions
of the Worldspan Board; (ii) devote your full and exclusive business time,
energy and skill to Worldspan, to the promotion of its business and interests; (iii)
not serve as an employee, officer, agent, representative or consultant, or
otherwise provide services for, or serve as a member of the board of directors
of, any other corporation or entity without the prior written approval of the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Worldspan or the Worldspan Board;
provided, you may be an officer with, and may serve as a member of the board of
directors of companies affiliated with Worldspan, and you may perform unpaid
services for charitable, educational, and similar organizations.

 

 

4.             Retention and Performance Incentives.

 

(a)           EICP Enhancements.  (i) The
minimum, target and maximum levels of the short-term portion of your 2001 and
2002 EICP will be 32.5%, 65% and 130% respectively; (ii) the minimum, target and
maximum levels and other terms and conditions of the short-term portion of your
2001 and 2002 EICP shall not be less favorable, taken as a whole, than the 2000
levels, terms and conditions;  (iii) the
minimum, target and maximum levels of the long-term portion of your 2001 and
2002 EICP (payable in 2004 and 2005, and payable in 2005 and 2006,
respectively) are hereby increased to 22.5%,  45% and 90% respectively; (iv) the
calculation of your EICP payments shall be based on your Salary, as that term
is defined in Section 27; and (v) the provisions of this Agreement will
prevail over any less favorable terms in the standard EICP documentation.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary:  (x) the minimum payment to you under the
short-term portion of your 2001 and 2002 EICP will be not less than 20% of your
Salary, irrespective of Company performance; (y) the minimum payment to you
under the short-term portion of your 2001 and 2002 EICPs will be not less than
20% of your Salary, irrespective of Company performance.  If you die on or after July 1 of any
particular calendar year while still employed by Worldspan, the short-term and
long-term portions of the EICP will be paid to your estate, at the levels paid
to other officers, prorated for the portion of year or EICP period which has
passed as of the date of your death.  If
you receive additional cash compensation for the performance of acting or
similar duties for more than six (6) months during a calendar year or EICP period,
your EICP payment for such calendar year or EICP period will be calculated
using your acting pay for the number of months you received such acting pay and
your base salary for all other months.

 

(b)           Equity Recognition Bonus.  At the
earlier of: (i) a Change-in-Control; (ii) the IPO Date; or (iii) June 30,
2001, you will be entitled to a recognition bonus equal to two (2) times your
Salary as of the applicable event in recognition of your contribution in
creating value for Worldspan’s owners. 
Fifty percent (50%) of the recognition bonus will be paid to you within
thirty (30) days of the applicable event if you are employed by Worldspan on
the date of such event other than as an Inactive Employee.  The remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be
paid to you no later than twelve (12) months following the date of the
applicable event even if you are no longer employed by Worldspan on the second
payment due date; provided, the remaining fifty percent (50%) installment shall
not be paid to you if your termination on or before the payment due date is by
you other than for Good Reason or by Worldspan for Good Cause.

 

(c)           June 30, 2002 Bonus.  If you
are employed by Worldspan or its successor on June 30, 2002 other than as
an Inactive Employee, and a Change-in-Control has not occurred on or before
that date, Worldspan will provide you with a lump sum cash payment of three
hundred percent (300%) of your salary as of June 30, 2002.  One half of this amount will be paid to you
no later than July 31, 2002 and the other one half will be paid to you no
later than July 31, 2003 if you are still employed by Worldspan on the
date of the second payment.

 

(d)           Retention Retirement Supplement.  If you
are employed by Worldspan on December 31, 2000 other than as an Inactive
Employee, Worldspan will provide you with an

 

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additional three (3) years to be applied to age and/or
Benefit Service (as defined in the Pension Plan) under a supplemental
retirement benefit program; said supplemental retirement benefit shall be
calculated as provided for in Section 8(a) of this Agreement with the
exception that the five (5) years specified in Section 8(a) shall be
changed to three (3) years.

 

(e)           Success Fee.  Provided the applicable
condition is met, Worldspan will pay you one or the other (but not both) of the
following:

 

(i)            If a Change-in-Control occurs by
December 31, 2002 (or by June 30, 2003 for a Change-in-Control
transaction for which the definitive agreement was signed on or after
April 1, 2002), not later than seven (7) days after the closing of such,
Worldspan (or its successor, if applicable) will pay to you the amount of
$2,500,000; or

 

(ii)           If on or before December 31, 2002 (or by
June 20, 2003 for a transaction for which the definitive agreement was
signed on or after April 1, 2002), Worldspan acquires all or a substantial
portion of Amadeus, Sabre, or Galileo, Worldspan (or its successor) will pay
you the amount of $1,250,000.

 

This
success fee is payable even if your employment terminates as a result of the
Change-in-Control, and is in addition to amounts and benefits payable under
Section 7; provided, payment of this success fee would be in lieu of any
unpaid retention payments pursuant to Section 4(c).

 

5.             Change-in-Control Retirement Supplement.

 

(a)           If you remain employed by Worldspan other than as
an Inactive Employee for two (2) years following a Change-in-Control, you will
be credited with an additional three (3) years to be applied to Benefit Service
under a supplemental retirement benefit program, a retiree medical program, and
a retiree flight pass program.  the
additional three (3) years to be applied pursuant to this Section are in
addition to the three (3) years provided for in Section 4(d).  Said supplemental retirement benefit under
this Section shall be calculated as provided for in Section 8(a) of
this Agreement with the exception that the five (5) years specified in
Section 8(a) shall be changed to three (3) years.

 

(b)           If you remain employed by Worldspan other than as
an Inactive Employee and are within five (5) years of the earliest retirement
age specified in the Pension Plan as of the date that is two (2) years
following a Change-In-Control, you may elect to apply the additional three (3)
years referred to in Section 4(d) and/or Section 5(a) to your age and/or
Benefit Service; provided the combined total of additional years towards age
and Benefit Service under Section 4(d) shall not exceed three (3) and the
combined total of additional years toward age and Benefit Service under
Section 5(a) shall not exceed three (3).

 

(c)           In no event will you be credited under this
Agreement with more than thirty (3) years of Benefit Service or more than age
62 years.

 

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(d)           All capitalized terms used in this Section, unless
otherwise defined, shall have the same meanings as such terms are defined in
the Pension Plan.

 

6.             Change-in-Control and EICP Payments.

 

(a)           Except as set forth in Section 6(b), in the
event a Change-in-Control occurs while you are employed by Worldspan other than
as an Inactive Employee, the short-term portion of the EICP shall be paid to
you at the maximum level (subject to Section 4(a)) and all of the unpaid
long-term portions of the EICP shall be paid to you at the greater of the
Forecasted Actual Levels or target levels (subject to Section 4(a)), in
each case, prorated for the portion of year or EICP period which has passed as
of the date of the Change-in-Control. 
The payments pursuant to this Section will be made within thirty
(30) days after the Change-in-Control unless your employment is terminated by
you other than for Good Reason or by Worldspan for Good Cause following the
Change-in-Control and before the due date of the payment in which event you
will not receive any payment hereunder.

 

(b)           If the Change-in-Control occurs during the first
quarter of a calendar year, your EICP payments will be paid pursuant to this
Section 6(b) rather than Section 6(a).  Subject to Section 4(a), Worldspan will pay the short-term
portion of the EICP for the previous calendar year at the maximum level and all
of the unpaid long-term portions of the EICP in effect for you on the date of
the Change-in-Control at the greater of the Actual Forecasted Levels or target
levels prorated for the portion of each EICP period which has passed as of the
date of the Change-in-Control. 
Worldspan will also pay the short-term portion of the EICP for the year
in which the Change-in-Control occurs at the target level, prorated for the
portion of the EICP year which has passed as of the date of the
Change-in-Control.  The payments
pursuant to this Section will be made within thirty (30) days after the
Change-in-Control unless your employment is terminated by you other than for
Good Reason or by Worldspan for Good Cause following the Change-in-Control and
before the due date of the payment in which event you will not receive any
payment.

 

7.             Severance Provisions.  If a
termination notice is given pursuant to Section 12, you shall be entitled
to the items specified in subparagraphs (a) through (m) below upon the
termination of your employment within thirty (30) days of the date of the
termination notice unless such termination is: 
(i) because of your death, (ii) because of your Total Disability, (iii)
by Worldspan for Good Cause, or (iv) by you other than for Good Reason.  In the event your termination of employment
is by you for Good Reason, you shall be entitled to the items specified in
subparagraphs (a) through (m) below (subject to Section 13) only if your
termination is within ninety (90) days of the date the Good Reason occurs.  The items in subparagraphs (a) through (l)
below will not be paid to you if Worldspan terminates your employment for Good
Cause at any time, even after a termination notice has already been given.

 

(a)           You will remain on the Worldspan payroll for one
(1) year following the date specified in your termination notice, you will be
paid an amount during such year as an Inactive Employee at a rate equal to the
greater of your Salary as of the date you became an Inactive Employee or your
base salary as of the date of this Agreement, and you will continue to

 

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participate in Worldspan’s Qualified Plans (or
substitute nonqualified plans of equal value) as well as the airline pleasure
travel pass programs during such year but you shall not participate in any
long-term or short-term incentive payments or other bonus or special
arrangements and you will not accrue vacation or sick pay while on the payroll
as an Inactive Employee;

 

(b)           Worldspan shall pay as severance pay to you
within thirty (30) days of the date you become an Inactive Employee, an amount
equal to two (2) times the sum of (i) your Salary as of the date you become an
Inactive Employee or your base salary as of the date of this Agreement,
whichever is higher, plus (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the annual target
level payment under the short-term portion of the EICP applicable to you on the
date you become an Inactive Employee (subject to Section 4(a));

 

(c)           Worldspan shall pay you One Hundred Percent
(100%) of the greater of (i) the Forecasted Actual Level or (ii) the target
level payment, under the short-term portion of the EICP in effect for you on
the date you become an Inactive Employee, subject to Section 4(a),
prorated for the portion of the EICP plan year which has passed as of the date
you become an Inactive Employee, all to be paid within thirty (30) days of the
date you become an Inactive Employee;

 

(d)           Worldspan shall pay you One Hundred Percent (100%)
of the greater of the (i) Forecasted Actual Levels or (ii) target levels, under
all of the unpaid long-term portions of the EICP in effect for you on the date
you become an Inactive Employee, subject to Section 4(a), prorated for the
portion of the EICP periods which have passed as of the date you become an
Inactive Employee, all to be paid within thirty (30) days of the date you
become an Inactive Employee;

 

(e)           Unless you already received supplemental
retirement benefits under Section 5, Worldspan shall pay you supplemental
retirement benefits in accordance with Section 8 and if you have already
received supplemental retirement benefits under Section 5, you will not
receive any additional benefits under this subparagraph;

 

(f)            Worldspan shall provide health and dental
benefits in accordance with Section 9;

 

(g)           Subject to your passing a standard medical
physical performed by a representative of Worldspan, Worldspan shall provide a
Worldspan-paid term life insurance policy in a face amount of three (3) times
your annual Salary, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), while you
are an Inactive Employee and for a period of two (2) years following the date
you leave the payroll; said policy will be convertible to an individual policy
payable by you at the end of such two (2) year period, in a face amount
consistent with the foregoing and declining with age;

 

(h)           Worldspan shall provide executive outplacement
services with a total value of up to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for
two (2) years following the date you become an Inactive Employee, said services
to be provided by Drake Beam Morin, Inc. or a similar outplacement firm
selected by Worldspan;

 

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(i)            You may retain Worldspan-owned equipment
(including but not limited to, personal computer, lap top computer, software,
printer and mobile phone, if applicable) used outside the office by you on the
date the termination notice is given;

 

(j)            In the event you have not used all of your
vacation by the date you become an Inactive Employee, Worldspan will pay you a
lump sum for all unused earned vacation within thirty (30) days of the date you
become an Inactive Employee;

 

(k)           If you qualify, Worldspan shall provide retiree
pleasure travel passes in accordance with Section 10;

 

(l)            For a two (2) year period following the date on
which you leave the payroll as an Inactive Employee ends, you and your eligible
participants shall be entitled to participate in a travel program on Delta,
Northwest, and TWA which is essentially the same as the program set forth in
Exhibit A, attached hereto.  These pass
privileges will not apply on a carrier which has been acquired by another
carrier unless the successor carrier agrees to allow such travel.  Exhibit A is the document used to describe
the program in effect on the date of this Agreement; and

 

(m)          If the termination occurs before all amounts are
paid under Section 4(c) Worldspan shall pay you a pro rata portion of the
bonus set forth in Section 4(c), the amount to be based on your Salary on
the day you become an Inactive Employee and further on the period of time
between January 1, 2001 and the day you become an Inactive Employee
compared to the period between January 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002.

 

8.             Supplemental Retirement Benefits.

 

(a)           The supplemental
retirement benefit referred to in Section 7(e) shall be determined in
accordance with this Section.  In
addition to the retirement benefits to which you are or would be entitled under
the Pension Plan and under this Agreement, Worldspan shall pay a supplemental
retirement benefit hereunder, which supplemental benefit (except as provided
below) shall be payable in the form and at the times provided in the Pension
Plan.  Said benefit under this
Section shall be calculated as provided for in the Pension Plan with the
following exceptions: (i) regardless of your years of Vesting Service under the
Pension Plan, you will be treated as if you were on hundred percent (100%)
vested under the Pension Plan; (ii) the number of years of Benefit Service used
will be the actual number of years of Benefit Service accumulated as of your
Termination Date plus five (5) years; and (iii) the benefit will be calculated
as if the limitations under Sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue
Code were not in effect: provided, that the supplemental benefit payable
hereunder shall be reduced by an amount equal to the benefit payable to you by
the Pension Plan.

 

(b)           In the event you are
within five (5) years of the earliest retirement age specified in the Pension
Plan as of the date you leave the payroll as an Inactive Employee, you may
elect to have the additional five (5) years in Section 8(a) applied to
your age and/or Benefit Service; provided, the combined total of additional
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and (b) shall not exceed five (5).  Your
election shall be made no less than thirty (30) days prior to the date you
leave the payroll as an Inactive Employee.

 

(c)           In no event will you be
credited under this Agreement or otherwise with more than thirty (30) years of
Benefit Service or more than age 62 years.

 

(d)           All capitalized terms
used in this Section, unless otherwise defined, shall have the same meanings as
such terms are defined in the Pension Plan.

 

(e)           The benefits set forth
in Section 5 and this Section shall be funded by Worldspan in a
non-qualified rabbi or similar trust, the terms and conditions of such trust to
be determined in the reasonable discretion of Worldspan.

 

9.             Heath Coverage.  The health coverage referred to
in Section 7(f) shall be determined in accordance with this Section.  You may elect COBRA continuation coverage
(as set forth in the Health Plan) for a period of up to two (2) years following
the date you leave the payroll as an Inactive Employee.  Your cost for such coverage shall be equal
to the amount paid by active employees for similar coverage under the Health
Plan.  In the event you are within five
(5) years, of Worldspan’s earliest retirement age under the Pension Plan as of
the date you leave the payroll, you may elect retiree medical coverage at any
time following the expiration of your COBRA benefits.  The retiree medical coverage will be similar, in Worldspan’s reasonable
judgment, to the coverage provided to other Worldspan retirees.  You will be required to pay the same cost
for this retiree coverage that is required of retiring employees who have the
actual years of service which you are deemed to have pursuant to
Section 8(a) and (b).

 

10.           Retiree Pleasure Travel Passes.  Subject
to Section 7 and in the event you are within five (5) years of the
earliest retirement age specified in the Pension Plan as of the date you leave
the payroll and in addition to any other travel programs to which you are
entitled, you will be eligible for retiree passes in accordance with this
Section.  If you currently have flight
privileges directly with Delta, Northwest or TWA based on your service as a
former employee of such airline, you will be provided with retiree passes on
Delta, Northwest or TWA respectively, as the case may be, regardless of your
actual age or years of service on the date you leave the payroll.  Said passes will be based on your service as
a grandfathered employee of such airline. 
if you do not currently have flight privileges directly with Delta,
Northwest or TWA, you may elect retiree passes on one (1) of such
airlines.  You understand and agree that
your passes are nontransferable, may not be exchanged for cash or other
consideration and are subject to all other terms and conditions imposed from
time to time by the applicable airline for Worldspan retirees.  These pass privileges will not apply on a
carrier which has been acquired by another carrier unless the successor carrier
agrees to allow such travel.

 

11.           Effect of Termination on Account of Death, Good
Cause or Total Disability.

 

(a)           If you die while an employee of Worldspan and a
termination notice under Section 12 has not been given prior to the date
of your death, this Agreement shall terminate at the day of your death and no
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date of your death) will be payable to or with respect
to you on account of this Agreement.  If
you should die after a termination notice under Section 12 has been given
or subsequent to your Termination Date while any amount is still payable to you
hereunder, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other
designee or, if there be no such designee, to your estate; such payment to be
made in a lump sum within sixty (60) days from the date of your death.

 

(b)           If Worldspan terminates your employment for Good
Cause, Worldspan shall pay you your full Salary through the Termination Date at
the rate in effect at the time notice of termination is given, plus any unused
earned vacation but none of the payments or benefits set forth in Sections 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.  The amounts
payable under this Section will be paid within thirty (30) days of your
Termination Date and Worldspan shall have no further obligation to you under
this Agreement.

 

(c)           If your employment terminates on account of your
Total Disability and a termination notice under Section 12 has not been
given prior to the date of Total Disability, this Agreement shall terminate as
of your Termination Date.

 

12.           Notice of Termination.

 

(a)           Any termination of your employment by Worldspan,
and any termination by you on account of Good Reason, shall be communicated by
prompt written notice of termination to the other party hereto.  The notice of termination shall indicate the
specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set
forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a
basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so indicated.

 

(b)           You may request in writing an opinion from
Worldspan of whether Worldspan believes a proposed termination by you would be
considered on account of Good Reason as defined herein.  Such opinion shall be provided to you in
writing within twenty (20) days of your written request and shall be binding on
Worldspan.

 

13.           Taxes.

 

(a)           Except as otherwise provided herein, Worldspan
will withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state,
city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or government
regulation or ruling.

 

(b)           In the event any payments hereunder become
subject to excise tax pursuant to Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, or comparable state or local tax laws, Worldspan will
pay you such additional compensation as is necessary (after taking into account
all federal, state and local income taxes payable by you as a result of the
receipt of such amounts) to place you in the same after-tax position you would
have been in had no such excise tax (or any interest or penalties thereon) been
paid or incurred.

 

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14.           Mitigation and Other Benefits.  You
shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in
this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount
of any payment provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation
earned by you as the result of employment by another employer (subject to
Section 19) after the Termination Date or otherwise.  This Agreement shall not diminish the
vacation, retirement or welfare benefits to which you are or will be entitled
under the Worldspan vacation policy, Executive Deferred Compensation Plan,
Worldspan Benefit Restoration Plan, 401(k) Plan, Pension Plan, Health Plan and
other tax qualified employee benefit plans, as amended from time-to-time.

 

15.           Successors; Binding Agreement.

 

(a)           This Agreement shall be binding upon Worldspan
and any successors (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) to all, or substantially all, of the business
and/or assets of Worldspan.

 

(b)           This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be enforceable by your personal and legal representatives, executors,
administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.

 

16.           Notice.  Notices and all other communications
provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when hand delivered or mailed by United States first class mail
or similar mail service located outside the United States addressed to the
respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement or to such
other address or person as either party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith.  Notice
of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

 

17.           Non-Disparagement.  You
covenant and agree that you will not, during your employment with Worldspan,
while you are an Inactive Employee and for a period of twelve (12) months after
the date you leave the payroll, take any action or make any statement that
disparages or criticizes Worldspan, any of its Affiliates or its
successors.  Worldspan agrees that it
will not during your employment with Worldspan, while you are an Inactive
Employee and for a period of twelve (12) months after the Termination Date,
take any action or make any statement that disparages or criticizes you.

 

18.           Non-Solicitation.  You
covenant and agree that during your employment with Worldspan, while you are an
Inactive Employee and for a period of twelve (12) months after the date you
leave the payroll, you will not, directly or indirectly, solicit for
employment, attempt to employ, or affirmatively assist any entity other than
Worldspan in employing or soliciting for employment whether as an employee,
consultant or otherwise, any person at the manager level or above who is
employed by or a contractor to Worldspan or any successor entity.

 

19.           Non-Compete.  Worldspan provides to customers
on a worldwide basis CRS Services, Back-Office Subscriber Services, Airline
Support Services, and Internal Reservation Services (collectively, the
“Business”).  You acknowledge that in
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Worldspan, you have gained significant expertise and
knowledge of Worldspan’s Business, including, but not limited to, the operation
of the Worldspan systems, Worldspan’s international and domestic plans, the
marketing of Worldspan’s CRS, hosting and other services, Worldspan’s future
plans and strategies, and the relationships between Worldspan and its customers.  You agree that in order to adequately
protect the legitimate interests of Worldspan and its successor, it is
essential that any non-compete covenant cover Worldspan’s Business as defined
herein.  You covenant and agree that you
shall not, without Worldspan’ s express written consent, while you are an
employee of Worldspan, while you are an Inactive Employee and for a period of
twelve (12) months following the date you leave the payroll, directly or
indirectly render consulting or advisory services to, or be a proprietor,
officer, manager, director, partner or employee in a decision-making,
policy-setting, marketing or planning capacity of the following businesses
including their Affiliates and successors (if and to the extent that your
position with such Affiliate or successor involves or includes activities
included in the Business):  System One,
Sabre, Galileo, Abacus, Amadeus, Infini and EDS (only to the extent the EDS
activities are similar to the Worldspan Business).

 

20.           Non-Disclosure.  Except as required by law, you
covenant and agree not to divulge the terms of this Agreement to anyone except
your attorney, financial advisors, accountant or your spouse, children,
siblings, or parents.  To the extent that
you do divulge the terms of the Agreement to any such person, you will advise
them that they must not divulge the terms of this Agreement.

 

21.           Severance and Benefits Contingent.  You
acknowledge and agree that your eligibility to receive severance and other
benefits under this Agreement is subject to and contingent upon your keeping of
the covenants in Sections 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 and that any payments or
benefits made to or conferred upon you pursuant to this Agreement by virtue of
your termination of employment will be expressly conditioned upon execution by
you of a mutual release agreement substantially similar to the one attached
hereto as Attachment C.  Worldspan and
you covenant to sign such release in accordance with the terms of such release.  If you breach any of the covenants in Sections
17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 Worldspan shall be entitled immediately to cease all
severance and other rights, privileges, and benefits hereunder, and Worldspan
shall also have the right to institute legal proceedings to prevent your
further breach of such covenants and/or seek the recovery of payments and
damages.

 

22.           Miscellaneous.  No provision of this Agreement
may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or
discharge is agreed to in writing signed by you and the Chief Executive Officer
(or such other officer as may be specifically designated by the Chief Executive
Officer or Board of Worldspan).  No
waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party
hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to
be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or
dissimilar provisions or conditions at the time or at any prior or subsequent
time.  No agreements or representations,
oral or otherwise, expressed or implied, with respect to the subject matter
hereof have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this
Agreement; provided that Worldspan’s terms of employment, general rules of
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time shall continue to apply to
you.  The validity, interpretation,
construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
the State of Georgia and you irrevocably consent and submit (for purposes of
this Agreement) to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of
Georgia and the United States Federal Courts sitting in Georgia.

 

23.           Severability.  In the event that any one or
more of the provisions of this Agreement or any word, phrase, clause, sentence
or other portion thereof shall be deemed to be illegal or unenforceable for any
reason, such provision or portion thereof shall be modified or deleted in such
a manner as to make this Agreement as modified legal and enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted under applicable laws.  The validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions or
portions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.

 

24.           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed
in two or more counterparts, each of which shall take effect as an original and
all of which shall evidence one and the same Agreement.

 

25.           Employment Rights.  Nothing
expressed or implied in this Agreement shall create any right or duty on the
part of Worldspan or you to extend this Agreement or to have you continue as an
employee of Worldspan.  You or Worldspan
may terminate your employment at any time with or without cause subject to the
payment of any severance and other benefits provided for in this Agreement.

 

26.           Legal Fees.  In the event (a) Worldspan
materially breaches this Agreement without reasonable justification, (b) you
are terminated by Worldspan other than for Good Cause or Total Disability, or
(c) you terminate your employment for Good Reason, Worldspan shall reimburse
you for all legal fees and expenses reasonably incurred by you in seeking to
obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement and disputed
by Worldspan so long as you are ultimately successful, in any respect, in such
enforcement.

 

27.           Definitions.  The following words and
phrases, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a)           “Affiliate” means a person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled
by, or is under common control with, the person specified.

 

(b)           “Airline Served Affiliate” shall mean each
Delta, Northwest and TWA.

 

(c)           “Airline Served Affiliate Agreement” shall
mean an agreement between Worldspan and an Airline Served Affiliate for or
involving Internal Reservations Services and/or Airline Support Services.

 

(d)           “Airline Support Services” shall mean,
excluding CRS Services and Internal Reservations Services, those services
provided to any Airline Served Affiliate pursuant to an Airline Served Affiliate
Agreement and defined as such therein.

 

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(e)           “Back-Office Subscriber Services” shall
mean the provision to subscribers of: 
(i) systems for the collection, storage, processing and display of
information concerning the use of travel-related products and services,
including, without limitation, traveler profile records and travel and
entertainment expense control systems; and (ii) systems for operating,
reporting, accounting, financial, management and other internal functions.

 

(f)            “Change-in-Control’ shall be deemed to
exist either if Affiliates of Delta, Northwest, and/or TWA collectively no
longer hold more than fifty percent (50%)  of the voting interest in Worldspan or if
Worldspan (or a significant portion of the assets of Worldspan) is combined
with another entity of which Affiliates of Delta, Northwest, and/or TWA
collectively do not hold more than fifty percent (50%)  of the voting interests of
the combined entity.  Notwithstanding
any of the foregoing, an IPO of Worldspan shall not constitute a
“Change-in-Control”.

 

(g)           “Control,” “controlled,” and “under
common control” shall each mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power, whether or not exercised, to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of any person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, partnership interest, equity, by contract or otherwise.

 

(h)           “CRS Services” or “CRS” shall mean, excluding Internal
Reservations Services and Airline Support Services, respectively:  (i) the provision of systems for the
collection, storage, processing, display and distribution through communication
networks of information concerning industry alternatives for transportation,
lodging and/or other travel-related products and services of entities which
enable subscribers or users of automatic ticketing machines to:  (1) reserve or otherwise confirm the use of
such products and services; (2) report or receive payment for or otherwise
clear transactions regarding such products and services; or (3) issue tickets
for the acquisition or use of such products and services; and (ii) any such
system.

 

(i)            “Delta” means Delta Air Lines, Inc. and
its successors and assigns.

 

(j)            “EICP” means the Worldspan Executive
Incentive Compensation Program or any other short-term or long-term executive
incentive compensation plan maintained by Worldspan, as amended from time to
time.

 

(k)           “401(k) Plan” means the Worldspan
Retirement Savings Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

(l)            “Forecasted Actual Level” means the level
of the EICP determined by the President and Chief Executive Officer of
Worldspan or the head of the North American division of Worldspan’s successor
based on a good faith projection of year-to-date results to the end of the EICP
period.

 

(m)          “Good Cause” means a termination by
Worldspan after any of the following: 
(i) you are convicted of, plead guilty to, or confess to any felony or
any act of fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, or similar criminal act; (ii)
you have engaged in dishonest,

 

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unethical or unlawful conduct or activities to the
damage or prejudice of Worldspan or its reputation or in conduct or activities
involving moral turpitude damaging to the property, business or reputation of
Worldspan, or (iii) you materially violate any material provision in this
Agreement, and such violation continues for ten (10) days after written notice
from Worldspan.

 

(n)           “Good Reason” means a termination by you
based on:

 

(i)            A change in your position, duties,
responsibilities, line of reporting, status or title compared with those as of
the date hereof and as increased from time to time (excluding titles with
Worldspan’s Affiliates and excluding acting titles or duties) or any removal of
you from or any failure to re-elect you to such position, in each case except
in connection with the termination of your employment for Good Cause, Total
Disability, or as a result of your death; or

 

(ii)           A reduction by Worldspan in your base salary (excluding
additional cash compensation provided to you for the performance of acting or
similar duties if such reduction is made at the termination of such duties) as
in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time-to-time;
or

 

(iii)          A failure by Worldspan to continue either the
short-term portion or long-term portion of the EICP, as the same may be
modified from time-to-time, in a form no less favorable than the form as of the
date hereof (except in the event your compensation is increased to offset the
loss or reduction of any EICP benefit), or a failure by Worldspan to continue
you as a participant in the EICP on at least the present basis or to pay you
the amounts which you would be entitled to receive based on Worldspan’s performance
in accordance with the EICP and Section 4(a); or

 

(iv)          Worldspan’s requiring you to be based in a city
more than fifty (50)  miles from the city where you are based
as of the date hereof; provided, this shall not apply to required travel on
Worldspan’s business to an extent reasonably consistent with your present
business travel obligations, or in the event you consent to any such
relocation, the failure by Worldspan to pay (or reimburse you for) the
relocation benefits outlined in Schedule 1; or

 

(v)           The failure by Worldspan to continue in effect,
without comparable replacement or commensurate compensation, the Worldspan
Qualified Plans or the failure by Worldspan to provide you with a substantially
similar number of paid vacation days to which you are then entitled in
accordance with Worldspan’s normal vacation practices in effect on the date
hereof; or

 

(vi)          A liquidation, dissolution, consolidation or
merger of Worldspan or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets,
unless a successor assumes Worldspan’s obligations under the Agreement.

 

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Notwithstanding
the foregoing and except in the event of a Change-in-Control, the short-term
portion of the EICP for 2003 and subsequent years and the long-term portion of
the EICP for 2003 and subsequent years shall be determined by Worldspan in its
sole discretion.  Any reasonable
difference in the objectives or activators in the EICP from one year to another
shall not constitute a “Good Reason”.

 

(o)           “Health Plan” means the Group Health Plan
for Employees’ of Worldspan, L.P., as amended from time to time.

 

(p)           “Inactive Employee” you will be considered
to be an Inactive Employee if you are terminated as an active employee and you
remain on the Worldspan payroll.

 

(q)           “Internal Reservations Services” shall
mean, excluding CRS Services and Airline Support Services, the provision to any
entity of systems for the collection, storage, processing, display and
distribution of information concerning the travel products or services of such
entity and, incidental therewith, air carriers or other travel suppliers, which
enable such entity or its customers to reserve and otherwise confirm the use of
such products or services, receive payment or otherwise clear transactions for
such products or services and issue tickets for the acquisition or use of such
products or services.

 

(r)            “IPO” means an initial public offering of
Worldspan.

 

(s)           “IPO Date” means the date of the initial
public offering of Worldspan.

 

(t)            “Northwest” means Northwest Airlines,
Inc.  and its successors and assigns.

 

(u)           ‘Pension Plan” means the Worldspan
Employees’ Pension Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

(v)           “Salary” means your annual base salary and
any additional cash compensation provided to you for the performance of acting
or similar duties.

 

(w)          “Termination Date” means (i) if your
employment is terminated by your death, the day of your death, (ii) if your
employment is terminated for Total Disability, ten (10) days after notice of
termination is given by Worldspan (provided that you shall not have returned in
the performance of your duties on a full-time basis during such ten (10) day
period), (iii) if your employment is terminated for Good Cause, the date
specified in the notice of termination, and (iv) if your employment is
terminated for any other reason, the date specified in the notice of
termination (which date shall not be earlier than the date of the notice).

 

(x)            “Total Disability” is a mental or physical
incapacity that prevents you from performing your normal required services for
a period of six (6) months during any consecutive twelve (12) month period,
unless within ten (10) days after notice of termination is given following such
absence you shall have returned to the. 
satisfactory full-time performance of your duties.

 

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(y)           “TWA” means Trans World Airlines and its
successors and assigns.

 

(z)            “Worldspan” means Worldspan, L.P., its
subsidiaries, and any successors to its business and/or assets or which
otherwise become responsible for this Agreement by operation of law or
otherwise.

 

(aa)         “Worldspan’s Qualified Plans” mean the
401(k) Plan, Pension Plan and Health Plan but does not include any other
qualified, nonqualified, disability, or life plan maintained by Worldspan.

 

If this letter
correctly sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly sign
and return to me one copy of this letter within fifteen (15) days of the date
first set forth above, which will then constitute the agreement between
Worldspan and you on this subject.

 

	
  Sincerely,

  
	
   

  
	
  /s/  Paul Blackney

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  President and Chief
  Executive Officer

  
	
   

  
	
  Agreed to this 20th day
  of February, 2001

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  /s/  Dale Messick

  	
   

  

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

SENIOR VICE
PRESIDENT TRAVEL PRIVILEGE PROGRAM

 

Worldspan is
pleased to welcome you to our Senior Vice President (“SVP”) pleasure travel
privilege program effective July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001.

 

A.            PROGRAM OUTLINE

 

•              Number of tickets:  Each
SVP may obtain a total of twelve round-trip confirmed tickets on the three
partner airlines for his or her personal use, of which no more than six can be
used on any one airline.  In addition,
each eligible family member (spouse and dependent children as defined by each
airline) of a SVP may obtain a total of twelve round-trip confirmed tickets on
the three partner airlines, of which no more than six can be used on any one
airline.  If a SVP has no eligible
family members (spouse or dependent children), that person may obtain an
additional twelve round-trip confirmed tickets on the partner airlines, and may
select up to two persons on each carrier to use these twelve round trip
tickets; however, no more than six of these additional tickets may be used on
any one airline.

 

•              Class of Travel:  The SVP, spouse or an adult
designated traveler may travel in first class or coach on domestic
flights.  Domestic locations are those
determined by each airline for pleasure travel.  Dependent children and persons under the age of 21 selected as a
designated traveler must travel in coach both domestically and
internationally.  The SVP, spouse,
dependent children or a designated traveler may travel internationally (as designated
by each carrier) up to six times.  One
of the six trips can be in business class for the SVP, spouse, or an adult
designated traveler.  All other
international travel must be done in coach.

 

•              Ticket Usage:  Use of these tickets does not
require travel with the SVP.

 

•              Travel Arrangements:  The SVP
is responsible for making his or her own travel arrangements through TRIP
MANAGER , using the SVP’ s existing profile, at the fares bookable for
Worldspan business travel and pursuant to all other terms and conditions of
Worldspan business travel (e.g., no denied boarding compensation, no frequent
flyer miles, applicable dress code, conduct, etc.).  In order to book reservations in TRIP MANAGER for eligible family members and/or designated
travel companions, it will be necessary to create a traveler profile for each
person.  Please follow the guidelines in
section B on creating a new TRIP
MANAGER profile.

 

•              Payment:  The SVP must use his or
her division’s American Express Business Travel Account (BTA) for purchasing
tickets.  Please do not use your
personal credit card or corporate American Express card normally used for
business travel.  No expense reports
will be submitted for this travel.

 

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•              Tracking Usage:  The SVP is responsible for tracking
the applicable travel done by all eligible participants and must ensure that no
one exceeds the authorized allocation for this time period or violates any
other rules.

 

•              Program Violations: 
Violation of any rules related to this special privilege will result in
applicable disciplinary action up to and including loss of use of this program
and termination of employment.

 

•              This travel is in addition to the pass privileges
already extended to Worldspan employees.

 

•              This travel privilege should be treated with
confidentiality and discretion, like any other compensation program.

 

•              This travel privilege is at the discretion of the
airlines and Worldspan and may be canceled at any time by an airline or
Worldspan without compensation.

 

Questions regarding
this program should be directed to Paul Sundberg at Ext.  7405. 
Questions related to the purchase of air tickets through TRIP MANAGER, or assistance in creating
a traveler profile should be directed to Barbara Briggs at Ext.  7815.

 

B.            CREATING PROFILES IN WSPTVL

 

In order to create the
new traveler profile for your spouse, dependent children or other designated
travel companion, please follow the steps/instructions noted below:

 

1.             At
the TRIP MANAGER Welcome Screen
type the following:

 

	
  COMPANY NAME:

  	
  WSPTVL

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  MEMBER LOGIN:

  	
  WSPAN (Initial creation of the new profile is the
  only time the word WSPAN will be used at the member login box)

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  PASSWORD:

  	
  Leave
  blank (this field is left blank upon initial creation of your profile.  Each subsequent access of TRIP MANAGER will require this field
  be populated with the password established when creating the profile)

  

 

2.             Click
on LOG ME IN!

 

The Personal Information
Page will be displayed.  Please complete
this page.  In the Login section of
the page please enter your member ID as your 4-digit numeric payroll
number followed by a dash and two letter number of 01, 02, 03, 04, 05,
etc.  If your employee number is less
than 4-digits, please precede with leading zeros.  (Example:  Employee ID
0099, profiles created for spouse, family members and/or designated travel
companions will be created with 0099-0 1, 0099-02, 0099-03, 0099-04, etc.)

 

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3.             Click
on CONTINUE

 

4.             Click
on FINISH SETTING UP MY PROFILE

 

5.             The
menu that is then displayed is Personal Information, Credit Card Information,
Air Preferences, Car Preferences, Hotel Preferences, Reporting Information,
Travel Settings, Change Password.  Click
on each topic, completing the information then saving.

 

Once the family member
and/or designated travel companion profile is complete you will be ready to
begin booking reservations.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL

 

[Date]

 

 

[Name]

[Address]

[City, State, Zip]

 

Dear [Name]:

 

In view of your
termination of employment and in consideration of your execution of this letter
agreement (“Agreement”), Worldspan, L.P. 
(“Worldspan”) [or its successor company] will provide you with the
following:

 

1.           Your
last day on the payroll as an inactive employee of Worldspan will be
                                                   .

 

2.           Worldspan
will pay you the items specified in Section     of that
certain letter agreement dated     , 1999 between you and
Worldspan (“Letter Agreement”).  You
acknowledge and agree that your eligibility to receive these items is subject
to and contingent upon your keeping of the covenants contained in Paragraphs 4,
5, 6, and 7 of this Agreement.  In the
event you breach such covenants, Worldspan shall have the right to institute
legal proceedings to prevent your further breach, cease payment of said amounts
to you, seek recovery of any portion of said amounts already paid, and/or seek
recovery of damages as set forth in Paragraph 8.

 

3.           All payroll deductions,
including the Worldspan Retirement Savings Plan deduction, will cease effective
                                                   .

 

4.             As you know,
Worldspan provides to customers on a worldwide basis Computer Reservations
System (“CRS”) Services, Back-Office Subscriber Services, and Internal
Reservation Services (collectively, the “Business”) as such terms are or were
defined in the Letter Agreement.  You
acknowledge and agree that in your capacity as Vice President -
                                ,
you have gained significant expertise, information and knowledge of Worldspan’s
Business, including, but not limited to, the operation of the Worldspan
systems, Worldspan’s international and domestic plans, the marketing of
Worldspan’s CRS, hosting and other services, Worldspan’s future plans and
strategies, the relationships between Worldspan and its customers.  You agree that in order to adequately
protect the legitimate interests of Worldspan and its successor, it is
essential that any non-compete covenant cover Worldspan’s Business as defined
herein.  In accordance with
Section       of that certain Letter Agreement,
you covenant and agree that you shall not, without Worldspan’s express written
consent, while you are an inactive employee and for a period of twelve (12)
months from the date set forth in Paragraph 1, directly or indirectly render
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a proprietor, officer,
manager, director, partner or employee in a decision-making, policy-setting,
marketing or planning capacity of the following businesses including their
affiliates and successors (if and to the extent that your position with such
affiliate or successor involves or includes activities included in the
Business):  System One, Sabre, Galileo,
Abacus, Amadeus, Infini and EDS (only to the extent the EDS activities are
similar to Worldspan Business).  For
purposes of this Section, the term “affiliate” shall not include an airline
owner.

 

5.             You
covenant and agree that while you are an inactive employee and for a period of
twelve (12) months following the date set forth in Paragraph 1, you will not,
directly or indirectly, solicit for employment, attempt to employ, or
affirmatively assist any other entity in employing or soliciting for
employment, whether as an employee, consultant or otherwise, any person at the
manager level or above who is employed by or a contractor to Worldspan or any
successor entity.

 

6.             You
covenant and agree while you are an inactive employee and for a period of
twelve (12) months following the date set forth in Paragraph 1, you will not
directly or indirectly use or disclose, except as authorized in writing by
Worldspan, any information about Worldspan, Worldspan’s owners, the airline
affiliates of Worldspan’s owners, or any entity controlled by Worldspan that
you may have or acquire during your employment with Worldspan.  These rights of Worldspan are in addition to
all rights Worldspan has under the common law and under the Georgia Trade
Secrets Act of 1990, as said Act may be amended from time to time, or other
applicable state law, for protection of trade secrets.

 

7.             You
covenant and agree that you will not, while you are an inactive employee and
for a period of twelve (12) months after the date set forth in Paragraph 1,
take any action or make any statement that disparages or criticizes Worldspan,
any of its affiliates or its successors. 
Worldspan agrees that it will not, while you are an inactive employee
and for a period of twelve (12) months after the date set forth in Paragraph 1,
take any action or make any statement that disparages or criticizes you.

 

8.             Paragraphs
4, 5, 6, 7and 9 are separate and independent covenants, and the invalidity or
unenforceability of one or more of these provisions or covenants shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions or of the
other covenants of this Agreement. 
Further, if any provision of paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9 is construed to
be in violation of any law, such provision shall be modified to achieve the
objectives of the applicable covenant to the maximum extent permitted by
law.  You agree that Worldspan will or
would suffer irreparable injury if you were to breach any of the provisions of
Paragraphs 4, 5,  6, 7 or 9 and that in the event of such violation,
Worldspan shall (in addition to all other rights and remedies available to it)
be entitled to an injunction restraining you from such breach and/or specific
performance of Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, or 7.

 

9.             In
consideration of all of the foregoing, you have agreed as follows:

 

A.            Except for a claim based on a breach of this
Agreement by Worldspan, you irrevocably and unconditionally settle, waive,
release, acquit and

 

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discharge
any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action, known or unknown,
which you have against Worldspan, its partners, affiliates, subsidiaries,
directors, officers, agents and employees and you covenant not to sue
Worldspan, its partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, agents
and employees with respect to such claims, demands, actions or causes of
action.  You recognize that you are
giving up all claims, demands, actions and causes of action, which you now may
have, whether known or unknown, and whether specifically mentioned or not.  You specifically waive any claim or right to
assert that any cause of action or alleged cause of action or claim has been,
through oversight or error, intentionally or unintentionally omitted from this
Agreement.  You waive any right to seek
reinstatement or re-employment with Worldspan.

 

B.            You expressly acknowledge and agree that the
items referenced in Paragraph 2 above include consideration for the settlement,
waiver, release and discharge of and covenant not to sue with respect to any
and all claims or actions arising from your employment, or the terms and
conditions of your employment, including claims arising under the Fair Labor
Standards Act; claims of employment discrimination arising under Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967, as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, wrongful termination
or any claim arising under express or implied contract, tort, public policy,
common law or any federal, state or local statute, ordinance, regulation or
constitutional provision.

 

C.            You acknowledge that this Agreement is being
entered into as a settlement and compromise of any claims and is not to be
construed in any manner as an admission of any liability on the part of
Worldspan.

 

D.            You acknowledge that the only consideration for
signing this Agreement and all that you are ever to receive from Worldspan are
the terms stated herein and in the Letter Agreement, and that no other promises
or agreements of any kind have been made to you or with you by any person or
entity whatsoever to cause you to sign this Agreement.

 

E.             You covenant and agree not to divulge the terms
of this Agreement to anyone except your attorney, financial advisors,
accountant or your spouse, children, siblings, or parents.  To the extent that you do divulge the terms
of the Agreement to any such person, you will advise them that they must not
divulge the terms of this Agreement. 
This is a material provision of this Agreement.

 

In
the event this covenant of confidentiality is proven to have been breached by
you, Worldspan may seek all appropriate remedies.  You do hereby further agree to indemnify and save Worldspan
harmless from its costs, including attorney fees, necessitated by any breach by
you of this covenant of confidentiality.

 

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F.             You acknowledge that you have read and fully
understand all of the provisions of this Agreement and are entering into this
Agreement freely and voluntarily.  You
have been and are hereby advised to consult with an attorney prior to signing.  You acknowledge that you have been provided
a period of at least twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this
Agreement and consult with counsel and that if you have signed this Agreement
before the expiration of said twenty-one (21) day period that you have done so
knowingly and voluntarily.  In the event
you do not sign this Agreement upon or before the expiration of said twenty-one
(21) day period, the terms of this Agreement shall automatically
terminate.  You hereby acknowledge that,
for a period of seven (7) days following the date of execution of this
Agreement, you may revoke the Agreement and that this Agreement will not be
effective or enforceable until the revocation period expires.  You agree and understand that any revocation
shall be submitted to Worldspan in writing and accompanied by return of any
portion of the amount referenced in Paragraph 2 and any other consideration
that you may have received from Worldspan with respect to this Agreement.

 

G.            This release does not affect your rights to
vested benefits under the Worldspan Retirement Savings Plan or the Worldspan
Employees’ Pension Plan.

 

10.           This
Agreement has been entered into in, and shall be governed by and construed
under the laws of, the State of Georgia. 
Worldspan and you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of any local, state
or federal court located within the State of Georgia, and waive any objection
relating to improper venue or forum non conveniens to the conduct of any
proceeding in any such court.

 

11.           This
Agreement and the Letter Agreement constitute the entire agreement between you
and Worldspan and supersedes any oral communications, agreements and
understandings between you and Worldspan.

 

If this Agreement
accurately reflects our understanding, please sign the enclosed copy in the
space provided and return the same to me.

 

	
  Sincerely,

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  Read,
  Acknowledged and Agreed to this
             day
  of       , 2001.

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Signature

  

 

4Exhibit
10.18

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement
is dated as of August 29, 2003 (the “Agreement”), and is between Worldspan,
L.P., a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(the “Company”),
Travel Transaction Processing Corporation, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of Delaware (“Holding”), and Michael B. Parks (the “Executive”).

W  I  T  N  E  S
S  E  T  H :

WHEREAS, Executive is currently serving as a senior
vice president of the Company;

WHEREAS, Executive and the Company are parties to the
Key Management Retention Program agreement dated February 20, 2001 as revised
on February 18, 2003, February 26, 2003 and July 3, 2003 (the “Old
Agreements”);

WHEREAS, Holding (together with its subsidiaries)
acquired the Company on June 30, 2003 in a transaction that constituted a
“change-in-control” under the Old Agreements;

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution of this
Agreement, Executive is acquiring an equity interest in Holding;

WHEREAS, Holding, the Company and Executive desire for
Executive to continue on the management team of the Company, in each case, on
the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
mutual covenants herein contained, it is hereby agreed by and between Holding,
the Company and the Executive as follows:

1.     Agreement to Employ; No Conflicts.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to continue to employ the
Executive, and the Executive hereby agrees to continue as an employee of the
Company, in each case, as of January 1, 2004 (the “Effective Date”).  Upon the execution of this Agreement by
Executive and Company, neither party may rescind its agreement to be bound
hereby.  The Executive represents that (i)
he is entering into this Agreement voluntarily and that his employment
hereunder and compliance with the terms and conditions hereof will not conflict
with or result in the breach by him of any agreement to which he is a party or
by which he may be bound, (ii) he has not violated, and in connection
with his employment with the Company will not violate, any non-solicitation,
non-competition or other similar covenant or agreement by which he is or may be
bound and (iii) in connection with his employment with the Company he
will not use any confidential or proprietary information he may have obtained
in connection with employment with any prior employer.

 

2.     Term; Positions and Responsibilities.  (a)  Term.  Unless the Executive’s employment shall
sooner terminate pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall employ the Executive
hereunder for a term commencing on the Effective Date, and continuing until the
second anniversary of the Effective Date. 
Thereafter, the term of employment under this Agreement will
automatically renew for successive and consecutive one year periods following
the end of its initial term and any extended term, unless the Company or the
Executive gives the other party written notice at least 90 days prior to the
date the term hereof would otherwise renew that it or he does not want the term
to be so extended.  The period during
which the Executive is employed pursuant to this Agreement shall be referred to
as the “Employment Period.”

(b)   Position and Responsibilities.  During the Employment Period, the Executive
shall serve as a senior vice president of the Company or in a comparably titled
position.  The Executive shall have such
duties and responsibilities as are customarily assigned to individuals serving
in such position, and such other duties consistent with the Executive’s title
and position as the Company specifies from time to time.

(c)   Business Time.  During the Employment Period, the Executive
agrees to devote his full attention during normal business hours to the business
and affairs of the Company and to use his best efforts to perform faithfully
and efficiently the responsibilities assigned to him hereunder, to the extent
necessary to discharge such responsibilities, except for periods of vacation,
sick leave and other time off to which he is entitled and other activities
specifically approved by the Company.

3.     Compensation. 
(a)  Base Salary.  As compensation for the services to be
performed by the Executive during the Employment Period, the Company shall pay
the Executive a base salary at the annualized rate as in effect on the date
hereof, payable in installments on the Company’s regular payroll dates (but no
less frequently than monthly); provided, however, that such base salary shall
be subject to decrease in accordance with broad-based employee salary reduction
programs instituted by the Company from time to time.  Holding’s Board (the “Board”) shall review the Executive’s base
salary annually during the Employment Period and, in its sole discretion, may
increase such base salary from time to time. 
The annual base salary payable to the Executive under this Section 3(a),
as the same may be decreased or increased from time to time, shall hereinafter
be referred to as the “Base Salary.”

(b)   Performance Bonus.  During the Employment Period, in addition to
the Base Salary, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in performance
bonus plans that the Company provides to other senior executives from time to
time.

4.     Equity Arrangements. 
On the Effective Date, the Executive is acquiring equity securities of
Holding on the terms and conditions set forth in (i) the terms of the
Holding stock incentive plan adopted on June 30, 2003 (as amended from time to
time, the “Stock Incentive Plan”), (ii) a restricted stock
subscription agreement to be entered into by the Executive and Holding, (iii)
the stockholders’ agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Stockholders
Agreement”) entered into on June 30, 2003 by Citigroup Venture
Capital Equity Partners, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, a corporation
without share capital organized under the laws of Ontario, Canada (“OTPP”),
and certain other stockholders and (iv) a registration rights agreement
entered into on June 30, 2003 by Holding, CVC, OTPP, and certain stockholders
of Holding, as it may be amended from time to time.  Copies of such agreements have been provided to the Executive.

5.     Employee Benefits. 
During the Employment Period, the Executive (and, to the extent
applicable, his eligible family members and dependents) shall be eligible to
participate in or be covered under all medical, dental, hospitalization, group
life insurance, short term disability, long term disability, and other employee
welfare benefit plans that the Company provides to all of its United States
senior executives (collectively, “Group Insurance Plans”).  The Executive shall also be eligible to
participate in any qualified and non-qualified pension plans and deferred
compensation plans that the Company provides to all of its United States senior
executives (or be provided benefits equivalent to what he would receive under
such plans); provided, however, that the Executive shall not be entitled to
participate in the Worldspan Employees’ Pension Plan except as expressly
permitted thereunder.

6.     Perquisites and Expenses.  (a)  General.  During the Employment Period, the Executive
shall be eligible to participate in any special benefit or perquisite program
provided by the Company (not including any such benefits or perquisites which
are available to employees solely as a result of their prior employment with
Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines or TWA) available from time to time to all
of the United States senior executives of the Company on the terms and
conditions then prevailing under such program.

(b)   Business Travel, Lodging, etc.  The Company shall reimburse the Executive
for reasonable travel, lodging, meals, business-related entertainment, and
other reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with his performance of
services hereunder, upon submission of evidence, satisfactory to the Company,
of the incurrence and purpose of each such expense and otherwise in accordance
with the Company’s expense substantiation policy applicable to its United
States senior executives (including any policy applicable to United States
employees in general) as in effect from time to time (the “Expense Policy”).

(c)   Vacation.  During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to
paid vacation and sick leave in accordance with the Company’s policies for its
senior executives (including any policies applicable to United States employees
in general) as in effect from time to time.

7.     Termination. 
(a)  Death and Disability.  Executive’s employment shall terminate
automatically upon the Executive’s death and may be terminated by the Company
following the Executive’s Disability. 
For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean any physical or
mental ailment or incapacity, as determined in good faith by a licensed
physician designated by the Company, which (i) constitutes a long-term
disability under the Company’s long-term disability policies or (ii)
which is expected to be permanent.

(b)   Termination by the Company.  The Company may terminate the Executive’s
employment with or without Cause.  For
purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) the Executive’s
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Company or its affiliates, (ii) a judicial
determination that the Executive committed fraud, misappropriation, or
embezzlement against any Person, or (iii) the Executive’s breach of any terms
of this Agreement or willful or gross and repeated neglect or misconduct in the
performance of his duties under Section 2(b) hereof, provided that in the case
of the preceding clause (iii), the Company shall first have given the Executive
written notice identifying the Executive’s breach, neglect or misconduct, and
the Executive shall have failed to satisfactorily cure (as determined in good
faith by the Company) such breach, neglect, or misconduct within 15 days after
receiving such written notice from the Company.

(c)   Termination by Executive.  The Executive may terminate his employment
at any time with or without Good Reason. 
For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means any of the following
actions by the Company without the Executive’s written consent:

(A)          The
failure by the Company or Holding to elect the Executive to the position set
forth in the first sentence of Section 2(b) or the removal of the Executive
from any such position;

(B)           A
reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or Performance Bonus opportunity
(other than as provided in Section 3); or

(C)           The
failure of the Company to obtain the assumption in writing of its obligation to
perform this Agreement by any successor as contemplated by Section 10(b);

provided that the Executive shall have first delivered
a written notice to the Company of his intention to terminate his employment
for Good Reason within 30 days of having actual knowledge of such act or acts
or failure or failures to act and such notice stating in detail the particular
act or acts or failure or failures to act that constitute the grounds on which
the proposed termination for Good Reason is based, and the Company shall have
failed to cure such breach, act, failure or conduct within 30 days after
receiving such written notice from the Executive.

(d)   Notice of Termination.  Any termination of Executive’s employment by
the Company for Cause or without Cause and any termination by the Executive for
Good Reason or without Good Reason shall be communicated by written notice (a “Notice of
Termination”) given in accordance with Section 11(e) hereof
specifying the applicable termination provision in this Agreement relied upon;

(e)   Date of Termination.  For the purpose of this Agreement, the term
“Date
of Termination” means (i) in the case of a termination
for which a Notice of Termination is required, the date specified in such
Notice of Termination (or, if later, the expiration of any applicable cure or
notice period) and (ii) in all other cases, the actual date on which the
Executive’s employment terminates during the Employment Period.

(f)    Resignation upon Termination.  Effective as of any Date of Termination
under this Section 7 or as of such earlier date as the Company may request
following the receipt or delivery of a Notice of Termination, the Executive
shall resign, in writing, from all positions then held by him with Holding, the
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the Company to execute on his behalf any and all
instruments of resignation necessary to effect the foregoing.

8.     Obligations of the Company upon Termination.  (a)  General.  If the Executive’s employment is terminated
for any reason during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to
receive (i) the Executive’s full Base Salary earned and accrued through
the Date of Termination (the “Earned Salary”) and (ii) any
vested amounts or benefits owing to the Executive under or in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Company’s otherwise
applicable employee benefit plans and programs, including any compensation
previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued earnings
thereon) and not yet paid by the Company and any accrued vacation pay not yet paid
by the Company (the “Accrued Obligations”).  Any Earned Salary shall be paid in cash in a
single lump sum as soon as practicable, but in no event more than 30 days,
following the Date of Termination (or at such earlier date required by law) and
Accrued Obligations shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the applicable plan, program or arrangement.

(b)   Death or Disability.  If the Executive’s employment is terminated
during the Employment Period by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability,
the Executive (or the Executive’s beneficiaries or legal representatives under
this Agreement) shall, in addition to the amounts provided in Section 8(a), be
entitled to receive (i) any benefits payable due to the Executive’s
death or Disability under this Agreement and the Company’s plans, policies or
programs (the “Additional Benefits”), (ii) a
pro-rata portion of any performance bonus or similar incentive compensation
arrangement in effect on the Date of Termination (the “Prorated Performance Bonus”)
equal to the target bonus for the year in which the Executive’s Employment is
terminated (the “Partial Year”) multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of days the Executive
was employed by the Company during the Partial Year and the denominator of
which is 365, and (iii) but without duplication, continued participation
in the Group Insurance Plans on the same terms as such plans are being provided
to all of the Company’s United States senior executives for a period of 18
months (or such longer period as is provided in such plans) following the Date
of Termination for the Executive, his spouse and his dependents, as
applicable.  Additional Benefits shall
be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the applicable plan,
policy or program.  The Prorated
Performance Bonus shall be paid in cash in a single lump sum as soon as
practicable, but in no event more than 30 days following the Date of
Termination (or at such earlier date required by law).

(c)   Termination by the Company other than for
Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason. 
Subject to the provisions of Section 8(e), if, during the Employment
Period, the Company terminates the Executive’s employment other than for Cause
or the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason (each such
termination an “Involuntary Termination”), the
Executive shall, in addition to the amounts provided in Section 8(a), be
entitled to receive (i) continuation of the Executive’s Base Salary in
effect at the Date of Termination (the “Continued Salary”) for a period
beginning on the Date of Termination and ending 18 months later (the “Continuation
Period”); and (ii) continued participation in the group
life insurance and group medical and dental plans for the Executive, his spouse
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Company’s United States senior executives during the
Continuation Period (or such longer period as is provided in such plans) and
subject to the payment of the applicable monthly premiums paid by active senior
executives for the same coverage.

The Continued Salary shall be payable in accordance
with Section 3(a) as if the Executive remained a senior executive of the
Company, or at the Company’s discretion, may be paid in a single lump sum not
more than thirty days following the Date of Termination.

(d)   Termination Following a Change of Control.

(i)           Subject
to the provisions of Section 8(e), if, during the Employment Period there is a
Change of Control (as defined below), and the Executive incurs an Involuntary
Termination prior to the first anniversary of a Change in Control, the
Executive shall, in addition to the amounts provided in Section 8(a), but in
lieu of any other payments he may otherwise be entitled to under Section 8 of
this Agreement, be entitled to receive (i) the Prorated Performance
Bonus, (ii) a cash amount equal to one and one half (1.5) times the sum
of (A) the Executive’s Base Salary in effect on the Date of Termination
and (B) the Incentive Bonus, if any, paid in the year immediately
preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (the aggregate
amount being the “Severance Payment”), and (iii)
continued participation in the group life insurance and group medical and
dental plans on the same terms as such plans are being provided to all of the
Company’s United States senior executives during the Continuation Period (or
such longer period as is provided in such plans) for the Executive, his spouse,
and his dependents, as applicable and subject to the payment of the applicable
monthly premiums paid by active senior executives for the same coverage.

Any Prorated
Performance Bonus shall be paid in cash in a single lump sum as soon as
practicable, but in no event more than 14 days following the Date of
Termination (or at such earlier date required by law).  The Severance Payment shall be paid within
14 days of the Date of Termination.

(ii)          For
purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to
have occurred if:

(A)          any
person (within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than CVC, OTPP,
or any of their Affiliates or Qualified Transferees (as such terms are defined
in the Stockholders Agreement), including any group (within the meaning of Rule
13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act)), acquires “beneficial ownership” (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of Holding representing more than 50% of the combined Voting Power
(as defined below) of Holding’s securities;

(B)           at any time
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directors of any successor
to Holding are not “Continuing Directors” where “Continuing Director” means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board or of the board of such successor who
(x) was a member of the Board or such successor board 24 months prior to the
date of determination; (y) was nominated for election or elected to the Board
or such successor board with the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors in office at the time of such nomination or election; or (z) was
designated to serve on the Board or such successor board by CVC or OTPP
pursuant to the Stockholder’s Agreement;

(C)           the
stockholders of Holding, if at the time in question Holding is a stock company,
approve a merger, consolidation, share exchange, division, sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Holding (a “Corporate
Event”), and immediately following the consummation of which the
stockholders of Holding immediately prior to such Corporate Event do not hold,
directly or indirectly, a majority of the Voting Power of (x) in the
case of a merger or consolidation, the surviving or resulting corporation, (y)
in the case of a share exchange, the acquiring corporation or (z) in the
case of a division or a sale or other disposition of assets, each surviving,
resulting or acquiring corporation which, immediately following the relevant
Corporate Event, holds more than 50% of the consolidated assets of Holding
immediately prior to such Corporate Event; or

(D)          any
other event occurs which the Board declares to be a Change of Control.

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred (a)
merely as a result of an underwritten offering of the equity securities of
Holding where no Person (including any group (within the meaning of Rule
13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act)) acquires more than 50% of the beneficial
ownership interests in such securities.

For purposes of
this Section 8(d)(ii), a specified percentage of “Voting Power” of a
company shall mean such number of the Voting Securities as shall enable the
holders thereof to cast such percentage of all the votes which could be cast in
an annual election of directors and “Voting Securities” shall mean all
securities of a company entitling the holders thereof to vote in an annual
election of directors.

(e)   Release.  The Executive’s receipt of the benefits described in Sections
8(c) and 8(d) is conditioned on the Executive first executing and delivering to
the Company a general release of all claims against the Company in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.  The Company’s obligation to make any of the payments and extended
benefits described in Sections 8(c) or 8(d) that are in addition to the
payments provided in Section 8(a) shall immediately cease, and the Executive
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has materially violated the confidentiality, ownership
of developments, non-competition, or non-solicitation provisions contained in
Section 9 of this Agreement.

(f)    Discharge of the Company’s Obligations.  The amounts payable to the Executive
pursuant to this Section 8 following termination of his employment shall be in
full and complete satisfaction of the Executive’s rights under this Agreement
and any other claims he may have in respect of his employment by Holding or the
Company or any of their affiliates, other than rights arising under any other
agreement, plan, program or arrangement to which the Executive is a party or is
covered, including but not limited to those referred to in Section 4 of this
Agreement.  Such amounts shall constitute
liquidated damages with respect to any and all such rights and claims based on
provisions of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment with the Company
and, upon the Executive’s receipt of such amounts, the Company shall be fully
released and discharged from any and all liability to the Executive in
connection with this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Executive’s
employment with the Company and its subsidiaries, other than as excepted above.

9.     Restrictive Covenants. 
(a)  Confidentiality.  In view of the fact that the Executive’s
work for the Company will bring him into close contact with many confidential
affairs of the Company, information not readily available to the public, and
also the Company’s plans for further developments and activities, the Executive
agrees during the Employment Period and thereafter to keep and retain in the
strictest confidence all confidential matters (“Confidential Information”)
of the Company and its affiliates, including, but not limited to, “know how,”
financial information or plans; track records and other performance data; sales
and marketing information or plans; business or strategic plans; salary, bonus
or other personnel information; information concerning new or potential
products or markets; information concerning new or potential investors,
customers, clients or shareholders; trade secrets; pricing policies;
operational methods; technical processes; computer code; formulae, inventions
and research projects; and other business affairs of the Company and its
affiliates, that the Executive may develop or learn in the course of his
employment, and not to disclose them to anyone outside of the Company, either
during or after his employment with the Company, except (A) in good
faith, in the course of performing his duties under this Agreement, (B)
with the Company’s express written consent (it being understood that
Confidential Information shall not be deemed to include any information that is
publicly disclosed by the Company) or (C) to the extent disclosure is
compelled by a court of competent jurisdiction, arbitrator, agency or other
tribunal or investigative body in accordance with any applicable statute, rule
or regulation (but only to the extent any such disclosure is compelled, and no
further).  On the occasion of the
Executive’s termination as an employee of the Company, or at any time the
Company may so request, the Executive will return to the Company all tangible
embodiments (in whatever medium) relating to Confidential Information that he may
then possess or have under his control.

(b)   Ownership of Developments.  The Executive agrees that the Company shall
own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade
secret rights, mask work rights and other rights throughout the world) in any
inventions, works of authorship, mask works, ideas or information made or
conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by the Executive (either
alone or with others) during the Employment Period (collectively “Developments”);
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which no equipment, supplies, facility or Confidential
Information of the Company was used, and which were developed entirely on the
Executive’s time and do not relate to the business of the Company.  Subject to the foregoing, the Executive will
promptly and fully disclose to the Company, or any persons designated by it,
any and all Developments made or conceived or reduced to practice or learned by
the Executive, either alone or jointly with others during the Employment
Period.  The Executive hereby assigns
all right, title and interest in and to any and all of these Developments to
the Company.  The Executive shall
further assist the Company, at the Company’s expense, to further evidence,
record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce,
and defend any rights specified to be so owned or assigned.  The Executive hereby irrevocably designates
and appoints the Company and its agents as attorneys-in-fact to act for and on
the Executive’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other
lawfully permitted acts to further the purposes of the foregoing with the same
legal force and effect as if executed by the Executive.  In addition, and not in contravention of any
of the foregoing, the Executive acknowledges that all original works of
authorship which are made by him (solely or jointly with others) within the
scope of the employment relationship and which are protectable by copyright are
“works made for hire,” as that term is defined in the United States Copyright
Act (17 USCA, § 101).

(c)   Non-Competition.  During the Employment Period and the
Continuation Period, the Executive shall not, except with the prior written
consent of the Board, directly or indirectly, own any interest in, operate,
join, control or participate as a partner, director, principal, officer, or
agent of, enter into the employment of, act as a consultant to, or perform any
services for any entity listed on Appendix A or any affiliate or successor
thereof or any other entities as the Company and the Executive shall agree from
time to time.

(d)   Non-Solicitation of Employees.  During the Employment Period and the
Continuation Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for the
Executive’s own account or for the account of any other natural person, firm,
partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, company,
trust, business trust, governmental authority or other entity (each, a “Person”)
in any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its affiliates has commenced
or has made plans to commence operations during the Employment Period, (i)
solicit for employment, employ, engage to perform services or otherwise
interfere with the relationship of the Company or any of its affiliates with
any natural person throughout the world who is or was employed by or otherwise
engaged to perform services for the Company or any of its affiliates at any
time during the Employment Period (in the case of any such activity during such
time) or during the twelve-month period preceding such solicitation, employment
or interference (in the case of any such activity after the Date of Termination
or otherwise as of the date of Executive’s termination of employment with
Company), other than any such solicitation or employment on behalf of the
Company or any of its affiliates during the Employment Period, or (ii)
induce any employee of the Company or any of its affiliates who is a member of
management to engage in any activity which the Executive is prohibited from
engaging in under any of the paragraphs of this Section 9 or to terminate his
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(e)   Non-Disparagement.  During the Employment Period and the
Continuation Period, the Executive shall not take any action or make any
statement that disparages or criticizes Company or any of its affiliates.

(f)    Injunctive Relief with Respect to
Covenants; Certain Acknowledgements and Agreements.

(i)           The
Executive acknowledges and agrees that the covenants and obligations of the
Executive with respect to confidentiality, ownership of developments,
non-competition, non-disparagement, and non-solicitation relate to special,
unique, and extraordinary matter and that a violation of any of the terms of
such covenants and obligations will cause the Company irreparable injury for
which adequate remedies are not available at law.  Therefore, the Executive agrees that the Company shall be
entitled to an injunction, restraining order, or such other equitable relief
(without the requirement to post bond) as a court of competent jurisdiction may
deem necessary or appropriate to restrain the Executive from committing any
violation of the covenants and obligations referred to in this Section 9.  These injunctive remedies are cumulative and
in addition to any other rights and remedies the Company may have at law or in
equity.

(ii)          If
any court of competent jurisdiction shall at any time determine that, but for
the provisions of this paragraph, any part of this Agreement is illegal, void
as against public policy or otherwise unenforceable, the relevant part will
automatically be amended to the extent necessary to make it sufficiently narrow
in scope, time and geographic area to be legally enforceable.  All other terms will remain in full force
and effect.

(iii)         The
Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Executive will have a prominent role
in the management of the business, and the development of the goodwill, of the
Company and its affiliates and will establish and develop relations and
contacts with the principal customers and suppliers of the Company and its
affiliates in the United States of America and the rest of the world, all of
which constitute valuable goodwill of, and could be used by the Executive to
harm, the Company and its affiliates and that (i) in the course of his
employment with the Company, the Executive will obtain Confidential Information
that could be used to compete unfairly with the Company and its affiliates, (ii)
the covenants and restrictions contained in Section 9 are intended to protect
the legitimate interests of the Company and its affiliates in their respective
goodwill, trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information, (iii)
the Executive desires to be bound by such covenants and restrictions, and (iv)
the Executive represents that his economic means and circumstances are such
that the provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictive covenants in
Section 9, will not prevent him from providing for himself and his family on a
basis satisfactory to him and them.

10.   Successors.  (a)  This Agreement is
personal to the Executive and, without the prior written consent of the
Company, shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution.  This
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(b)   This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon Holding, the Company and its successors, including any
successor to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
Company, whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation,
acquisition of ownership interests, or otherwise.  The Company shall require any such successor to expressly
acknowledge and agree in writing to assume the Company’s obligations hereunder.

11.   Miscellaneous.  (a)  Applicable
Law and Jurisdiction.  This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Georgia, applied without reference to principles of conflict of
laws.  Subject to Section 11(b), in any
action or proceeding brought with respect to or in connection with this
Agreement, the Company and the Executive both hereby irrevocably agree to
submit to the jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the State of Georgia, and
both parties consent to receive service of process in the State of Georgia.  Subject to Section 11(b), the Company and
the Executive both agree that any action or proceeding in connection with this
Agreement shall be brought exclusively in a United States court located in the
State of Georgia.

(b)   Arbitration.  Except to the extent provided in Section 9(f), any dispute or
controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be
resolved by binding arbitration.  The
arbitration shall be held in Atlanta and except to the extent inconsistent with
this Agreement, shall be conducted in accordance with the Expedited Employment
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect at the
time of the arbitration (or such other rules as the parties may agree to in
writing), and otherwise in accordance with principles which would be applied by
a court of law or equity.  The
arbitrator shall be acceptable to both the Company and the Executive.  If the parties cannot agree on an acceptable
arbitrator, the dispute shall be heard by a panel of three arbitrators, one
appointed by each of the parties and the third appointed by the other two
arbitrators.  The Company and the
Executive agree that arbitration costs shall be borne by the losing party.

(c)   Amendments.  This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a
written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors
and legal representatives.

(d)   Termination of Old Agreements; Entire
Agreement.  Executive and the
Company acknowledge and agree that effective as of the Effective Date, the Old
Agreements (and all agreements and side letters associated therewith) are
hereby terminated and of no further force and effect and neither party has any
rights thereunder except Executive’s rights to receive accrued and unpaid
salary in connection with his employment thereunder and any other vested
benefits in accordance with the Company’s benefit plans.  This Agreement, together with the stock
subscription agreement, the stockholders’ agreement and the stock incentive
plan referred to in Section 4, constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties hereto with respect to the matters referred to herein; provided,
however, that the Terms of Employment set forth in the Employee Handbook shall
remain in effect and be in addition to the terms of this Agreement except to
the extent inconsistent herewith in which case the terms of this Agreement
shall govern, supersede and prevail.  No
other agreement relating to the terms of the Executive’s employment by the
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is sought. 
There are no promises, representations, inducements, or statements
between the parties other than those that are expressly contained herein.  The Executive acknowledges that he is
entering into this Agreement of his own free will and accord, and with no
duress, that he has read this Agreement, that he understands it and its legal
consequences and that he has had the opportunity to consult with such advisors
as he desired.

(e)   Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be given by hand-delivery to the other party, or by
first class, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the
Executive:                                                                                                                                             at the home address of the Executive
noted on the records of the Company

 

If to Holding or
the Company:                                                                                 Worldspan, L.P.

300 Galleria Parkway, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30339

Attn:  General Counsel

or to such other address as a party may from time to
time designate in writing in accordance with this section.  Notice and communications shall be effective
when actually received by the addressee.

(f)    Tax Withholding.  The Company shall withhold from any amounts
payable under this Agreement such Federal, state or local taxes as shall be
required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(g)   Severability; Reformation.  In the event that one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement shall become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

(h)   Waiver.  Waiver by any party hereto of any breach or default by another
party of any of the terms of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of
any other breach or default, whether similar to or different from the breach or
default waived.  No waiver of any provision
of this Agreement shall be implied from any course of dealing between the
parties hereto or from any failure by a party hereto to assert its or his
rights hereunder on any occasion or series of occasions.

(i)    Captions.  The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions
hereof and shall have no force or effect.

(j)    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Executive has executed this Agreement and Holding and the Company have caused
this Agreement to be executed in their names on their behalf, all as of the
date first above written.

 

	
   

  	
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  General Counsel and
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  WORLDSPAN, L.P.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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  General Counsel and
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Appendix
A

Abacus
Distribution Systems pte. Ltd.

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A.

Galileo International, LLC

Sabre, Inc.

AXESS International Network Inc.

Infini Travel Information Inc.

Navitaire, Inc.

Pegasus Solutions Inc.

Wizcom International, Ltd.

Cendant Corporation

System One Corporation

Electronic Data Systems Corporation (“EDS”) (only to the extent EDS’s
activities are competitive with the Company’s business)

 

Exhibit
A

 

[FORM
OF]

GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS

WHEREAS, my employment with Travel Transaction
Processing Corporation (“TTPC”) and Worldspan, L.P. (“Worldspan, and together
with TTPC and each subsidiary and affiliate thereof the “Company”)
[terminated/will terminate] on          
; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of my
employment, I am entitled to certain payments and benefits under the terms of
the Employment Agreement between me and the Company dated as of                    , 2003 (the “Employment
Agreement”) [insert any other relevant agreement references], subject to my
execution and delivery of this Release; and

WHEREAS, I am a party to the following agreements with
the Company pursuant to which I acquired (or have the right to acquire) equity
securities of the Company:  Management
Stock Subscription Agreement, dated as of      
, 2003, Restricted Stock Subscription Agreement, dated as of         , 2003, Stock Option Agreement, dated
as of         , 2003 [insert other
equity agreements] (the “Management Equity Agreements”);

WHEREAS, I am entitled to certain benefits and subject
to certain obligations pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of        , 2003, among TTPC, [Name] and each of
the other parties named in the schedules thereto (as amended from time to time
in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Stockholders Agreement”) and to the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of           , 2003 among TTPC and each of the other persons party
thereto (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the
“Registration Rights Agreement”);

WHEREAS, I, [insert name], acknowledge that I have
been provided all monies owed through the date I sign this General Release of
All Claims (the “Release”) and that the Company has satisfied all obligations
to me arising out of or relating to my employment with the Company or
separation from such employment through the date I sign this Release; and

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises set forth herein, I, [Name], on
behalf of myself, my agents, representatives, administrators, receivers,
trustees, executives, successors, heirs, designees, legal representatives, assignees
and attorneys hereby irrevocably and forever release, acquit and discharge TTPC
and Worldspan and all affiliated or related companies, parents, divisions, or 

 

subsidiaries, whether said entities are incorporated,
unincorporated associations, partnerships or other entities and their owners,
shareholders, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, partners, members,
employees, insurers, successors and assigns and each of them (collectively, the
“Company Group”) from any and all debts, claims, demands, liabilities, actions
or causes of action, of any kind, nature and description, past or present,
known or unknown, which I now have, or may have or could assert against the
Company Group arising out of, or in any way connected with, my employment or my
separation from employment, including but not limited to any claims or demands
for the following:  wrongful discharge;
breach of an implied or expressed employment contract; negligent or intentional
infliction of emotional stress; defamation; fraud; discrimination and/or
harassment based on age, sex, race, religion, national origin, sexual
orientation, physical or mental disability, or medical condition; violation of
any section of the AIDS Confidentiality Act, the Equal Employment for Persons
with Disabilities Code, the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor
Standards Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871, Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Equal Pay Act of 1963,
the Age Discrimination Act, the Age Discrimination In Employment Act, the Older
Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, or any other federal, state or
local laws or regulations; unpaid wages, salary, overtime compensation,
bonuses, commissions, or other compensation of any sort; for damages of any
nature, including compensatory, general, special or punitive; or for costs,
fees or other expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, incurred
regarding these matters.  The foregoing
list is meant to be illustrative rather than inclusive.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this release
and my understandings, agreements, representations and warranties set forth
below do not (x) preclude me from seeking to obtain any payments or
benefits to which I may be entitled under Section 8 of the Employment
Agreement, under the Management Equity Agreements or under any applicable
employee benefit plans (other than any severance plan or policy or any other
benefit plan or program specifically referred to in the Employment Agreement
and for which payment is made in accordance with the terms of the Employment
Agreement, which payment is stated to be in satisfaction of my rights
thereunder, or any Options, Share grants, subscription or other rights under
the Management Equity Agreements that terminate upon my ceasing to be employed
by the Company), but my entitlement to such payments and benefits, if any, will
be determined in accordance with such agreements and any relevant plan
documents or (y) release any rights under the Stockholders Agreement or
the Registration Rights Agreement, which will be determined in accordance with
the terms of such agreements.

 

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If I, [Name], initiate or participate in any legal
action in violation of this release, TTPC and Worldspan may reclaim any amounts
paid in respect of my termination, without waiving the release granted herein,
and terminate any benefits or payments that are due to me, in addition to any
other remedies.

FURTHER, in consideration of said promises and as a
further consideration for this Release, I, [Name], understand, agree, represent
and warrant as follows:

1.     That this
is a full and final release applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries,
claims, or damages arising out of said employment, as well as to those now
known or disclosed and that I, [Name], voluntarily waive all rights or benefits
which I now have, with the express intention of releasing and extinguishing
unknown or unsuspected obligations, and I warrant that I am currently unaware
of any claim(s), right(s), demand(s), debt(s), action(s), obligation(s),
liability or cause(s) of action whatsoever against the Company which I have not
released pursuant to this Release.  I,
[Name], understand, agree and acknowledge that this Release is intended to
include in its effect, without limitation, claims and causes of action which I
do not know of or suspect to exist in my favor at the time of executing this
Release, and that this Release contemplates extinguishment of all such claims
and causes of action.

2.     That, I,
[Name], have had the opportunity to consult with a representative of my own
choosing with respect to this Release; that I have read this Release; that I am
fully aware of its contents and of its legal effect; and I freely and
voluntarily entered into it.

3.     That, I,
[Name], will not file or bring any claims, charges, complaints, or other
actions against the Company or the Company Group arising out of or based upon
the circumstances of my employment or my separation from employment, except as
otherwise expressly required by law or with respect to matters not released
hereunder.

4.     That, I,
[Name], warrant that except as expressly set forth herein, no representations
of any kind or character have been made to me by the Company or any of the
Company’s agents, representatives, employees or attorneys (or anyone else
purporting to act in any such capacities) to induce me to execute this Release.

5.     That, I,
[Name], acknowledge and agree that none of the Employment Agreement, the
consideration given thereunder or this Release is to be construed as an
admission by the Company or as an admission of any act or fact whatsoever.

6.     The
consideration set forth in Section 8 of the Employment Agreement exceeds any amount
and/or consideration to which I would otherwise be entitled under the Company’s
standard operating policies, practices, or as required by law.  All amounts to which I would be entitled
under the Company’s policies, practices and/or as required 

 

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by law
have been tendered to me and are hereby acknowledged.  Therefore, said consideration is not paid as wages or other
compensation due, but is paid solely in consideration of this Release and the
provisions set forth herein relating to Confidential Information.

7.     Compliance
With Older Workers Benefit Protection Act.

In
compliance with the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (P.L. 101-433), the
Company and [Name] do hereby acknowledge as follows:

(a)   That, I, [Name], acknowledge that this Release
specifically applies to any rights or claims I may have against the Company or
any party released herein under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment
Act of 1967, as amended;

(b)        This Release does not purport to waive rights or
claims that may arise from acts or events occurring after the date that this
Release is executed by the parties;

(c)        That, I, [Name], acknowledge that the consideration
provided for in this Release and the provisions of this paragraph are in
addition to that to which I am already entitled;

(d)        That, I, [Name], understand that this Release shall be
revocable for a seven (7) day period following execution of this Release by
me.  Accordingly, this Release shall not
become effective or enforceable until the expiration of this seven (7) day
revocation period;

(e)        That, I, [Name], acknowledge that I have been advised
of my right to consult with an attorney, and have in fact consulted with an
attorney, prior to signing this Release and have been given a period of
twenty-one (21) days within which to consider whether to sign this Release.

8.     This Release is made in the State of Georgia and shall be
interpreted under the laws of said State. Its language shall be construed as a
whole, according to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either
party.

9.     In the event that it shall be necessary for any party hereto to
institute legal action to enforce any of the terms and conditions or provisions
contained herein, or for any breach thereof, the prevailing party in such
action shall be entitled to costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY, THIS RELEASE
INCLUDES A WAIVER AND A SETTLEMENT OF ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMS.

 

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