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Exhibit 10.2
                                                                [Class B Stock]
                        RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
                                    UNDER THE
                  TRIARC COMPANIES, INC. 2002 EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN

               RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), made as of
________ , 200_, by and between Triarc Companies, Inc. (the "Company") and
_________ ("Award Recipient"):

                      WHEREAS, the Company maintains the 2002 Equity
              Participation Plan (the "Plan") under which the Performance
              Compensation Subcommittee of the Company's Board of Directors (the
              "Committee") may, among other things, award shares of the
              Company's Class B Common Stock, $.10 par value (the "Class B
              Common Stock"), to such eligible persons under the Plan as the
              Committee may determine, subject to terms, conditions, or
              restrictions as it may deem appropriate;

                      WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, the Committee has awarded
              to the Award Recipient a restricted stock award conditioned upon
              the execution by the Company and the Award Recipient of a
              Restricted Stock Agreement setting forth all the terms and
              conditions applicable to such award in accordance with Delaware
              law;

               NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises(s) and
covenants(s) contained herein, it is hereby agreed as follows:

1. DEFINED TERMS: Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meanings attributed thereto in the Plan.

2. AWARD OF RESTRICTED SHARES: Subject to the terms of the Plan and this
Agreement, the Committee hereby awards to the Award Recipient a restricted stock
award (the "Restricted Stock Award") on _________, 200_ (the "Award Date"),
covering _____ shares of Class B Common Stock (the "Restricted Shares").

3. VESTING: Subject to the Award Recipient's continued employment with the
Company (other than as set forth in Paragraph 6),

3.1 _______(1)Restricted Shares (the "First Tranche Shares") shall be eligible
to vest and become nonforfeitable on the first anniversary of the Award Date
the "First Vesting Date") as follows:

3.1.1    if the closing price per share of Class B Common Stock
         (for purposes of this Agreement, the "fair market value")
         on the First Vesting Date is at least $14.09, then 100% of
         the First Tranche Shares shall vest and become
         nonforfeitable;

3.1.2    if the fair market value on the First Vesting Date is less than $14.09
         but greater than $12.09, then that number of Restricted Shares equal to
         the product of (a) the number of First Tranche Shares multiplied by
         (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the excess of the fair
         market value on the First Vesting Date over $12.09 and the
         denominator of which is 2, shall vest and become nonforfeitable and
         any remaining Restricted Shares that are First Tranche Shares shall
         continue to be unvested; and

3.1.3    if the fair market value on the First Vesting Date is less
         than $12.09, then all of the First Tranche Shares shall
         continue to be unvested.

3.2 _______(2) Restricted Shares plus any of the First Tranche Shares that
continue to be unvested following the First Vesting Date (the total, the "Second
Tranche Shares") shall be eligible to vest and become nonforfeitable on the
second anniversary of the Award Date (the "Second Vesting Date") as follows:

3.2.1   if the fair market value on the Second Vesting Date is at
        least $15.09, then 100% of the Second Tranche Shares shall
        vest and become nonforfeitable;

3.2.2   if the fair market value on the Second Vesting Date is less than $15.09
        but greater than $12.09, then that number of Restricted Shares equal to
        the product of (a) the number of Second Tranche Shares multiplied by
        (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the excess of the fair
        market value on the Second Vesting Date over $12.09 and the
        denominator of which is 3, shall vest and become nonforfeitable and
        any remaining Restricted Shares that are Second Tranche Shares shall
        continue to be unvested; and

3.2.3   if the fair market value on the Second Vesting Date is
        less than $12.09, then all of the Second Tranche Shares
        shall continue to be unvested.

3.3 ____(3) Restricted Shares plus any of the Second Tranche Shares that remain
unvested following the Second Vesting Date (the total, the "Third Tranche
Shares") shall be eligible to vest and become nonforfeitable on the third
anniversary of the Award Date (the "Third Vesting Date") as follows:

3.3.1   if the fair market value on the Third Vesting Date is at
        least $16.09, then 100% of the Third Tranche Shares shall
        vest and become nonforfeitable;

3.3.2   if the fair market value on the Third Vesting Date is less than $16.09
        but greater than $12.09, then that number of Restricted Shares equal to
        the product of (a) the number of Third Tranche Shares multiplied by (b)
        a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the excess of the fair
        market value on the Third Vesting Date over $12.09 and (ii) the
        denominator of which is 4, shall vest and become nonforfeitable and
        any remaining Restricted Shares that are Third Tranche Shares shall
        continue to be unvested; and

3.3.3   if the fair market value on the Third Vesting Date is less
        than $12.09, then all of the Third Tranche Shares shall
        remain unvested.

3.4 Any of the Third Tranche Shares that remain unvested following the Third
Vesting Date shall (and to the extent not inconsistent with Section 6 hereof)
vest and become nonforfeitable on the fifth anniversary of the Award Date (the
"Final Vesting Date") if the fair market value on the Final Vesting Date is at
least $18.50. If the fair market value on the Final Vesting Date is less than
$18.50, all remaining unvested Third Tranche Shares shall be automatically
forfeited.

3.5 Each of the First Vesting Date, Second Vesting Date, Third Vesting Date and
Final Vesting Date may be referred to herein as a "Vesting Date."

3.6 In the event that a partial Restricted Share would vest on any Vesting Date,
the total number of Restricted Shares vesting on such Vesting Date shall be
rounded up to the nearest whole Restricted Share.

     4. STOCK CERTIFICATES:  Certificates evidencing the Restricted Shares shall
be issued by the Company and shall be registered in the Award  Recipient's  name
on the stock transfer books of the Company  promptly after the date hereof,  but
shall remain in the physical custody of the Company or its designee at all times
prior  to,  in the case of any  particular  Restricted  Shares,  the  applicable
Vesting Date. As a condition to the receipt of this Restricted  Stock Award, the
Participant  shall deliver to the Company a stock power, duly endorsed in blank,
relating to the Restricted Shares.

     5.  TRANSFERABILITY;  RIGHTS  AS  STOCKHOLDER.  Prior to the  vesting  of a
Restricted  Share,  (i) such  Restricted  Share shall not be transferable by the
Award Recipient by means of sale,  assignment,  exchange,  pledge, or otherwise;
provided,  however,  that the Award Recipient shall have the right to tender the
Restricted Share for sale or exchange with the Company's  written consent in the
event of any tender offer within the meaning of Section 14(d) of the  Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934  and  (ii)  unless  and  until  such  Restricted  Share is
forfeited  pursuant to Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 6, the Award  Recipient shall be
entitled to all rights of a stockholder  of the Company,  including the right to
vote  the   Restricted   Share;   provided  that  (i)  non-cash   dividends  and
distributions  in respect of such Restricted  Share shall be held by the Company
in escrow and paid to the Award Recipient if and when the Restricted Share vests
(and  forfeited back to the Company if it does not) and (ii) cash dividends paid
in respect  of such  Restricted  Share  shall be  withheld  by the  Company  and
credited to an account on the books of the Company (the "Dividend Account"), and
paid to the Award  Recipient,  along with  interest  thereon as described in the
following  sentence,  if and when the Restricted Share vests (and forfeited back
to the Company if it does not).  Each cash  dividend  credited  to the  Dividend
Account  shall earn  interest at a floating rate equal to five percent (5%) plus
the Base Rate (the aggregate rate referred to as the "Interest Rate"),  with the
initial  Interest  Rate  being  established  on the date of the  first  dividend
payment in respect of an unvested  Restricted  Share  following the date hereof,
and then subsequently adjusted on the first day of each January, April, July and
October thereafter.  "Base Rate" shall mean the rate published on the applicable
day (or the  preceding  business  day, if such day is not a business day) in the
Wall Street Journal for notes maturing three (3) months after issuance under the
caption "Money Rates, London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR)". Interest shall be
calculated  based on a 360 day year and  charged  for the actual  number of days
elapsed.

     6. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT: If the Award Recipient's employment
with the Company  terminates on account of  termination  by the Company  without
cause, or on account of the Award Recipient's death or permanent disability, the
Restricted  Stock  Award,  to the extent not already not already  vested,  shall
continue  to be  outstanding  and be  subject  to  the  vesting  and  forfeiture
provisions of this  Agreement,  as if such  termination  had not occurred.  Upon
termination of the Award  Recipient's  employment with the Company for any other
reason,  the Restricted Stock Award, to the extent not already vested,  shall be
forfeited,  unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
For purposes of this Agreement,  "cause" shall mean "cause" or any like term, as
defined in any  written  employment  contract or similar  agreement  between the
Company and the Award  Recipient  or, if not so defined,  "cause" shall mean (i)
fraud,  embezzlement  or other  unlawful  or  tortious  conduct,  whether or not
involving or against the Company or any affiliate, (ii) violation of a policy of
the Company of any  affiliate,  or (iii)  serious and willful acts or misconduct
detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or any affiliate.

     7.  BENEFICIARY:  The Award Recipient may designate a  beneficiary(ies)  to
receive the stock certificates  representing those Restricted Shares that become
vested and non-forfeitable upon the Award Recipient's death. The Award Recipient
has the right to change such beneficiary designation at will.

     8. EFFECT OF CHANGE OF CONTROL: Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control,
any  unvested  Restricted  Shares  shall be deemed  to have  become  vested  and
non-forfeitable as of immediately prior to the Change of Control.

     9. 162(m)  PERFORMANCE-BASED  AWARD: The Restricted Stock Award is intended
to be a 162(m)  Performance-Based  Award subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in Section 23 of the Plan (as such  Section  may be revised or  renumbered
following the date hereof), and shall be construed and interpreted accordingly.

     10.  EFFECT OF CHANGES IN  SHARES:  In the event of (i) any split,  reverse
split,  combination  of shares,  reclassification,  recapitalization  or similar
event which  involves,  affects or is made with regard to any class or series of
Capital Stock which may be delivered pursuant to the Plan ("Plan Shares"),  (ii)
any  dividend  or  distribution  on Plan  Shares  payable in Capital  Stock,  or
extraordinary  dividend  payable in cash,  or (iii) a merger,  consolidation  or
other  reorganization  as a result  of which  Plan  Shares  shall be  increased,
reduced or otherwise changed or affected,  then in each such event the Committee
shall,  to the  extent  it deems it to be  necessary  in  order to  prevent  the
dilution  or  enlargement  of the rights of the Award  Recipient,  appropriately
adjust the stock price  targets  contained in Section 3 of this  Agreement.  The
Committee  may  exercise  such  authority  to the  extent the  exercise  of such
authority  after the Performance  Goals Date in respect of the Restricted  Stock
Award  would  not  cause  the  Restricted  Stock  Award  to fail to be a  162(m)
Performance-Based Award.

     11. WITHHOLDING TAXES; 83(b) ELECTION: The Award Recipient hereby agrees to
make  appropriate   arrangements  with  the  Company  for  satisfaction  of  any
applicable federal,  state or local income tax withholding  requirements or like
requirements,  including  the payment to the Company  upon each Vesting Date (or
such later date as may be  applicable  under  Section 83 of the Code),  or other
settlement  in  respect  of,  the  Restricted  Shares  of  all  such  taxes  and
requirements  and the Company  shall be authorized to take such action as may be
necessary  in  the  opinion  of  the  Company's  counsel   (including,   without
limitation, withholding Restricted Shares or other amounts from any compensation
or other  amount owing from the Company to the Award  Recipient)  to satisfy all
obligations for the payment of such taxes.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the
Award  Recipient  may make an election  pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code in
respect of the Restricted  Shares and, if the Award Recipient does so, the Award
Recipient  shall timely notify the Company of such election and send the Company
a copy thereof. The Award Recipient shall be solely responsible for properly and
timely completing and filing any such election.

     12.  IMPACT ON OTHER  BENEFITS:  The value of the  Restricted  Stock  Award
(either on the Award Date or at the time any Restricted Shares become vested and
non-forfeitable)  shall  not be  includable  as  compensation  or  earnings  for
purposes of any benefit or incentive plan offered by the Company.

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     13. ADMINISTRATION:  The Committee shall have full authority and discretion
(subject  only to the  express  provisions  of the Plan) to decide  all  matters
relating to the administration  and  interpretation of this Agreement.  All such
Committee  determinations  shall be  final,  conclusive,  and  binding  upon the
Company, the Award Recipient, and any and all interested parties.

     14. RIGHT TO CONTINUED  EMPLOYMENT:  Nothing in the Plan or this  Agreement
shall  confer on an Award  Recipient  any right to continue in the employ of the
Company  or in any way  affect  the  Company's  right  to  terminate  the  Award
Recipient's employment without prior notice at any time for any reason.

     15. BOUND BY PLAN: The Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan,
as amended. This Agreement may not in any way be amended,  revised or superceded
without the Award Recipient's written consent.

     16.  FORCE  AND  EFFECT:  The  various  provisions  of this  Agreement  are
severable in their entirety. Any determination of invalidity or unenforceability
of any on provision  shall have no effect on the continuing  force and effect of
the remaining provisions.

     17.  GOVERNING  LAW:  This  Agreement  shall be  construed  and enforced in
accordance  with and  governed  by the laws of the  State of  Delaware,  without
giving effect to its conflict of laws principles.

     18. SUCCESSORS: This Agreement shall be binding and inure to the benefit of
the successors, assigns and heirs of the respective parties.

     19.  NOTICE:  Unless  waived by the  Company,  any  notice  to the  Company
required under or relating to this  Agreement  shall be in writing and addressed
to the Secretary of the Company.

     20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT:  This Agreement contains the entire  understanding of
the  parties  and shall not be  modified  or amended  except in writing and duly
signed by the  parties.  No waiver by either  party of any  default  under  this
Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any later default.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement as of
the date hereof.
                                                        TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.

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

                                                          ---------------------
                                                          [Award Recipient]

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1 One-third of the Restricted Shares

2 One-third of the Restricted Shares

3 One-third of the Restricted SharesEXHIBIT 10.1

Exhibit No. 10.1

SUPPLEMENTAL SEPARATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN DORIS SKOCH AND GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.

 

This Agreement is a contract between DORIS W. SKOCH ("you"), and your employer, GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC. (the "Company").  It sets out the terms under which your employment with the Company will continue and will terminate.  Those terms include the payment of certain monies and benefits to you in return for your agreement to be bound by conditions set forth in this Agreement.  You should thoroughly review and understand the effects of the Agreement before signing it.  The Company advises you to consult an attorney before you sign this Agreement.  If you sign this Agreement, you will receive the payments and benefits described in Section II below that are payable subsequent to April 30, 2005.

I.Complete Release and Waiver of Claims

A.  Release and Waiver:  In exchange for the payment and benefits described in Section II, you agree to release Gerber Scientific, Inc. and all of its past, present and future subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns (collectively, "the Company") from all claims, demands, actions, or liabilities you may have against the Company of whatever kind, including but not limited to those that in any way arise from or relate in any way to your employment with the Company or the termination of that employment.  You also agree to release from all such claims, demands, actions or liabilities the Company's past, present and future agents, directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries, representatives, successors, and assigns (hereinafter, "those associated with the Company").  You agree that you have executed this Agreement on your own behalf, and also on behalf of any heirs, agents, representatives, and assigns that you may have now or in the future.

You also agree that the release and waiver stated in this Agreement covers, but is not limited to, any demands, complaints, causes of action, claims and charges under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or under the laws of Belgium or the United Kingdom, or any political subdivision thereof, or under the laws of any other country or political entity, or any political subdivision thereof, including without limitation, claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (including the amendments of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (also known as "WARN"), the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, and any other federal, state and local law dealing with discrimination on any basis, including sex, race, national origin, veteran status, marital status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, reservist status or age.  You also agree that the release and waiver stated in this Agreement includes claims based on contract or tort theories, whether based on common law or otherwise.  This Agreement also includes a release and waiver by you of any claims that you suffered or any other harm by or through the actions of the Company, including, but not limited to, claims for defamation or emotional distress.  This Release and Waiver does not apply to claims arising under any Workers Compensation statute, except claims for wrongful discharge or other discrimination in employment for exercising rights under this statute.  The Release and Waiver in this Agreement does not affect your vested rights, if any, in the Company's pension plans, which survive unaffected by this Agreement.

B.  Nonrelease of Future Claims and Agreement to Sign Release and Waiver on Termination Date:  This Release and Waiver covers all claims or demands based on any facts or events, whether known or unknown by you, that occurred on or before the date you sign this Agreement.  The Company acknowledges that you have not released any rights or claim that you may have that arise after the date of this Agreement is executed.

C.  No Future Lawsuits:  As a terminating employee who chooses to accept the terms of this Agreement, you promise never to file a lawsuit asserting any claim or demand against the Company, or those associated with the Company, including claims filed in state or federal court that arise from or are related to any claim that is within the scope of the Release and Waiver or claims arising from or related to your employment.  In addition, you agree not to assist any other person or entity in bringing any lawsuit against the Company in any state or federal court unless you are compelled to do so by the court or by law.  Your failure to comply with this provision shall constitute a breach of the Agreement.

BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU GIVE UP ANY RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO BRING A LAWSUIT OR RECEIVE A RECOVERY ON ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE COMPANY AND THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY BASED ON ANY ACTIONS, FAILURES TO ACT, STATEMENTS OR EVENTS OCCURRING PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING CLAIMS THAT IN ANY WAY ARISE FROM OR RELATE TO YOUR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY OR THE TERMINATION OF THAT EMPLOYMENT.

II.Payments and Benefits

If you agree to the "Complete Release and Waiver of Claims" by signing this Agreement, you will receive the following consideration to which you are not otherwise entitled and which you acknowledge as sufficient, for your obligations under this Agreement.

1. Your last day of employment with the Company, and as a member of the Board of Directors of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, will be April 30, 2005 (the "Termination Date").  You will continue in your position as President of Spandex Ltd. in Brussels, Belgium until January 31, 2005.  From February 1, 2005 until April 30, 2005, you will remain available for consultations on an "as needed" basis to perform services for the Company, either in Brussels, Belgium, or in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but you will continue to receive salary and benefits through April 30, 2005, which will remain your Termination Date.

2.For the period May 1, 2005 through October 31, 2005, you will receive severance equivalent to 100% of your current base salary, such amount to be paid in weekly, biweekly, or monthly installments in accordance with the Company's normal employee payroll practices.  Such severance is in lieu of any claims for benefits pursuant to any severance policies or plans of the Company, including but not limited to the Severance Policy for Senior Officers of Gerber Scientific, Inc., as amended.

3.The Company will reimburse you for reasonable transportation for you and your family and household effects back to Tulsa, Oklahoma provided that the move out of foreign housing occurs not later than June 30, 2005.

4.The Company will assume responsibility for the penalty associated with the early termination of your foreign housing lease.  However, the Company will not be responsible for any additional costs and/or fees incurred in connection with such lease after April 30, 2005 other than early termination penalties.  If you choose to remain in the Company leased premises until June 30, 2005, you will assume responsibility for rent and related expense commencing May 1, 2005; provided, however, that you will have moved out of the leased space not later than June 30, 2005.

5.You will be compensated for all earned, unused and accrued vacation pay as of the Termination Date, in accordance with Company policy.  You agree and acknowledge that as of the Termination Date you will have accrued sixty six (66) vacation days, and that you will be paid for these vacation days, less any additional vacation taken between November 1, 2004 and January 31, 2005.  This is payable on Termination Date.

6.You shall be eligible to receive any annual incentive bonus awarded by the Management Development and Compensation Committee for fiscal year 2005 pursuant to the Company's Annual Incentive Bonus Plan or any successor Plan.  Such amount shall be paid to you at the time such amount would have been paid had you continued to be employed by the Company.  You agree and acknowledge you are not eligible to receive or are otherwise entitled to receive any bonus or prorated bonus, under any policy, practice or plan of the Company or pursuant to this Agreement for the fiscal year 2006 or subsequently.

7.The Company will continue to pay 100% of your salary and any bonus you may earn pursuant to this Agreement from the United States, and the Company will withhold from your pay an appropriate amount of hypothetical tax.  To the extent that the Company's tax accounting firm, KPMG, advises that you have a tax filing obligation in Belgium and/or in the United Kingdom for the year 2005, at the end of the year, pursuant to Paragraph 4 of the Memorandum dated January 21, 2004 from Marc Giles to you, a true up will be done to adjust for any differences between the taxes actually withheld and your final actual tax liability had you remained a resident of Connecticut.  KPMG will assist in the preparation and filing of your United States and Belgian tax returns at the Company's expense and will provide you and the Company the tax equalization settlement calculations.

8.You acknowledge and agree that you and your immediate family's participation in any benefit plan provided by the Company will cease as April 30, 2005, including but not limited to any health, life insurance or disability plan, except to the extent any such plan provides to the contrary with regard to employees who have terminated employment and with the exception that your participation will continue in the Company's pension plan or any other "top hat" non-qualified pension benefit plan but no additional years of service will be credited to you subsequent to April 30, 2005 nor will any subsequent contribution be permitted to any such plan.  Your rights under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ("COBRA") will commence on May 1, 2005.

9.All unvested stock options previously granted pursuant to any of the Company's stock option plans and all restricted stock granted to you shall vest, if at all, pursuant to the terms of any applicable stock option plans and grants of the Company, and such options must be exercised in accordance with the applicable stock option plans and grant agreements.  Notwithstanding anything in this Paragraph 9 or in any company stock option plan to the contrary, you shall have thirty (30) days following the opening of the trading window for trades in company stock by executive officers after the annual earnings release for fiscal 2005 within which to exercise stock options that have vested as of the Termination Date.

III.Confidentiality

The terms of this Agreement are strictly confidential.  You agree that you will not discuss, disclose or allow to be disclosed any of the terms, conditions or other details of this Agreement, provided, however, you may disclose this Agreement to your immediate family, your attorney and/or tax advisor, or if required by law.  Further, you may, if necessary, advise a new employer of your obligations hereunder.  The Company will not discuss, disclose or allow to be disclosed any of the terms, conditions or other details of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may disclose this Agreement to its executives, agents, legal and financial advisors and other employees and/or consultants with a business need to know, as reasonably determined by the Company, or if required by law.

IV.Surrender of Materials

You acknowledge that you have returned or will return to the Company by April 30, 2005, all Company-related reports, files, memoranda, notes, records and other documents (whether stored electronically or otherwise) as well as credit cards, card key passes, door and file keys, computer access codes, computer software and any other property that you received or prepared or helped to prepare in connection with your employment.  You further acknowledge that you have not and will not retain any copies of excerpts of the materials described above, and that you will not attempt to retrieve or recreate any of the materials described above after the termination of your employment.

V.Non-Competition

For two (2) years after April 30, 2005, you agree (1) that you shall not directly or indirectly, whether individually or as a partner, officer, director, employee, consultant or in any capacity whatsoever, own, manage, operate, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of or have any substantial financial interest in the conduct of any business or venture which competes with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in any country in which the Company conducts business or maintains an office; (2) you shall not directly or indirectly, on your behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm, organization, business or venture solicit, induce, influence or encourage any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his or her employment with the Company or violate any agreement or duty or responsibility to the Company; and (3) you shall not directly or indirectly, on your behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm, organization, business or venture solicit, induce, influence or encourage any customer, supplier or any person or entity which has a business relationship with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate, discontinue or materially alter its relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates.  You acknowledge that the restrictions contained herein are reasonable in scope, area and duration and are necessary to protect the Company's legitimate business interests, and that any violation of this paragraph will cause irreparable harm for which monetary damages will not be an adequate remedy.  In the event of a breach of the provisions of this paragraph, the Company will be entitled to an injunction, specific performance or other remedies available in law or in equity.

VI.Confidential Information

You will not at any time directly or indirectly divulge, furnish, use, publish or make accessible to any person or entity any Confidential Information (as defined below) relating to the business of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, except as may be required by applicable law.  The term "Confidential Information" means information of the Company or an affiliate which is confidential, secret or proprietary and pertains directly or indirectly to the business activities or services of the Company or an affiliate or their customers or clients, including but not limited to methods, processes, procedures, business plans, client lists and records, potential client or customer lists and client or customer billing.  However, the term Confidential Information will not include information which has been or is subsequently generally available to the public or has been or is subsequently made public by the Company or any affiliate or a third party not obligated to keep that information secret or confidential.

VII.Breach of Agreement

If you violate any part of this Agreement, you will be responsible for all costs incurred by the Company that flow from that violation, including but not limited to the Company's legal fees and other costs associated with defending any legal action related to said breach.

VIII.Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Connecticut.

Acknowledgments

1.  You acknowledge receipt of this Agreement on December 6, 2004;

2.  You acknowledge that you have read and understand this Agreement and the meaning and effect thereof;

3.  You have been given a period of at least twenty-one days from the date of receipt noted above within which to consider this Agreement and determined that you did not need that entire period but had ample time to carefully review and consider this Agreement;

4.  This Agreement is not effective or enforceable for seven days after you sign it and you may revoke it during that time.  If you choose to revoke the Agreement, you must do so in writing and such written notice must be received by the Company prior to the end of the seventh day after you sign the Agreement.  Any revocation within this period must be submitted, in writing to William V. Grickis, Jr., Esq., Gerber Scientific, Inc., 83 Gerber Road West, South Windsor, CT 06074.  If the Company does not receive a written revocation by the end of the seven day period, this Agreement will become fully enforceable at that time.

5.  You have not relied on any representations, promises, or agreements of any kind made to you in connection with your decision to sign this Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between you and the Company and supersedes and renders null and void any and all prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings, statements, representations or promises.

6.  You acknowledge that a finding that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, unlawful or unenforceable will not affect the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement, except that if the Release and Waiver provision above, which is an essential and material element of the Agreement, is found invalid, the entire Agreement shall also be invalid.

You have read, understand and voluntarily execute this Agreement and assent to its terms, affirming that you decision to sign this Agreement has been made freely and without any duress or coercion.

	 	 
	
Dated:  December 21, 2004
	/s/ Doris W. Skoch

	 	Doris W. Skoch

	 	 
	 	 
	
Dated:  December 21, 2004
	Gerber Scientific, Inc.

	 	 
	 	By:  /s/ William V. Griskis, Jr.

	 	William V. Griskis, Jr.

Its:Secretary

	 	 

 

SEPARATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN DORIS SKOCH AND GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.

 

This Agreement is a contract between DORIS W. SKOCH ("you"), and your employer, GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC. (the "Company").  It sets out the terms under which your employment with the Company will continue and will terminate.  Those terms include the payment of certain monies and benefits to you in return for your agreement to be bound by conditions set forth in this Agreement.  You should thoroughly review and understand the effects of the Agreement before signing it.  The Company advises you to consult an attorney before you sign this Agreement.  If you sign this Agreement, you will receive the payments and benefits described in Section II below.

I.Complete Release and Waiver of Claims

A.  RELEASE AND WAIVER:  In exchange for the payment and benefits described in Section II, you agree to release Gerber Scientific, Inc. and all of its past, present and future subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns (collectively, "the Company") from all claims, demands, actions, or liabilities you may have against the Company of whatever kind, including but not limited to those that in any way arise from or relate in any way to your employment with the Company or the termination of that employment.  You also agree to release from all such claims, demands, actions or liabilities the Company's past, present and future agents, directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries, representatives, successors, and assigns (hereinafter, "those associated with the Company").  You agree that you have executed this Agreement on your own behalf, and also on behalf of any heirs, agents, representatives, and assigns that you may have now or in the future.

You also agree that the release and waiver stated in this Agreement covers, but is not limited to, any demands, complaints, causes of action, claims and charges under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or under the laws of Belgium or the United Kingdom, or any political subdivision thereof, or under the laws of any other country or political entity, or any political subdivision thereof, including without limitation, claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (including the amendments of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (also known as "WARN"), the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, and any other federal, state and local law dealing with discrimination on any basis, including sex, race, national origin, veteran status, marital status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, reservist status or age.  You also agree that the release and waiver stated in this Agreement includes claims based on contract or tort theories, whether based on common law or otherwise.  This Agreement also includes a release and waiver by you of any claims that you suffered or any other harm by or through the actions of the Company, including, but not limited to, claims for defamation or emotional distress.  This Release and Waiver does not apply to claims arising under any Workers Compensation statute, except claims for wrongful discharge or other discrimination in employment for exercising rights under this statute.  The Release and Waiver in this Agreement does not affect your vested rights, if any, in the Company's pension plans, which survive unaffected by this Agreement.

B.  Nonrelease of Future Claims and Agreement to Sign Release and Waiver on Termination Date:  This Release and Waiver covers all claims or demands based on any facts or events, whether known or unknown by you, that occurred on or before the date you sign this Agreement.  The Company acknowledges that you have not released any rights or claim that you may have that arise after the date of this Agreement is executed.  To accept and receive the payments benefits described below after April 30, 2005, you shall be required to sign, at the time of the Termination Date, another Separation Agreement, a form of which is attached as Appendix A hereto.  If you do not timely execute that Separation and Release Agreement, you shall not be entitled to the payments and benefits after April 30, 2005 described below.

C.  No Future Lawsuits:  As a terminating employee who chooses to accept the terms of this Agreement, you promise never to file a lawsuit asserting any claim or demand against the Company, or those associated with the Company, including claims filed in state or federal court that arise from or are related to any claim that is within the scope of the Release and Waiver or claims arising from or related to your employment.  In addition, you agree not to assist any other person or entity in bringing any lawsuit against the Company in any state or federal court unless you are compelled to do so by the court or by law.  Your failure to comply with this provision shall constitute a breach of the Agreement.

BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU GIVE UP ANY RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO BRING A LAWSUIT OR RECEIVE A RECOVERY ON ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE COMPANY AND THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY BASED ON ANY ACTIONS, FAILURES TO ACT, STATEMENTS OR EVENTS OCCURRING PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING CLAIMS THAT IN ANY WAY ARISE FROM OR RELATE TO YOUR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY OR THE TERMINATION OF THAT EMPLOYMENT.

II.Payments and Benefits

If you agree to the "Complete Release and Waiver of Claims" by signing this Agreement, you will receive the following consideration to which you are not otherwise entitled and which you acknowledge as sufficient, for your obligations under this Agreement.

1. Your last day of employment with the Company, and as a member of the Board of Directors of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, will be April 30, 2005 (the "Termination Date").  You will continue full time in your position as President of Spandex Ltd. in Brussels, Belgium until January 31, 2005.  From February 1, 2005 until April 30, 2005, you will remain available for consultations on an "as needed" basis to perform services for the Company, either in Brussels, Belgium, or in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  However, you will continue to receive salary and benefits through April 30, 2005, which will be your official Termination Date.

2.For the period May 1, 2005 through October 31, 2005, you will receive severance equivalent to 100% of your current base salary, such amount to be paid in weekly, biweekly, or monthly installments in accordance with the Company's normal employee payroll practices.  Such severance is in lieu of any claims for benefits pursuant to any severance policies or plans of the Company, including but not limited to, the Severance Policy for Senior Officers of Gerber Scientific, Inc., as amended.

3.The Company will reimburse you for reasonable transportation for you and your family and household effects back to Tulsa, Oklahoma, provided that the move out of foreign housing occurs not later than June 30, 2005.

4.The Company will assume responsibility for the penalty associated with the early termination of your foreign housing lease.  However, the Company will not be responsible for any additional costs and/or fees incurred in connection with such lease after April 30, 2005 other than early termination penalties.  If you choose to remain in the Company leased premises until June 30, 2005, you will assume responsibility for rent and related expense commencing May 1, 2005; provided, however, that you will have moved out of the leased space not later than June 30, 2005.

5.You will be compensated for all earned, unused and accrued vacation pay as of the Termination Date, in accordance with Company policy.  You agree and acknowledge that as of the Termination Date you will have accrued sixty six (66) vacation days, and that you will be paid for these vacation days, less any additional vacation taken between November 1, 2004 and January 31, 2005.  This is payable on the Termination Date.

6.You shall be eligible to receive any annual incentive bonus awarded by the Management Development and Compensation Committee for fiscal year 2005 pursuant to the Company's Annual Incentive Bonus Plan or any successor Plan.  Such amount shall be paid to you at the time such amount would have been paid had you continued to be employed by the Company.  You agree and acknowledge you are not eligible to receive or otherwise entitled to receive any bonus or prorated bonus, under any policy, practice or plan of the Company or pursuant to this Agreement for the fiscal year 2006 or subsequently.

7.The Company will continue to pay 100% of your salary and any bonus you may earn pursuant to this Agreement from the United States, and the Company will withhold from your pay an appropriate amount of hypothetical tax.  To the extent that the Company's tax accounting firm, KPMG, advises that you have a tax filing obligation in Belgium and/or in the United Kingdom for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, pursuant to Paragraph 4 of the Memorandum dated January 21, 2004 from Marc Giles to you, a true up will be done to adjust for any differences between the taxes actually withheld and your final actual tax liability for such years had you remained a resident of Oklahoma.  KPMG will assist in the preparation and filing of your United States and Belgian tax returns at the Company's expense and will provide you and the Company the tax equalization settlement calculations.

8.You acknowledge and agree that you and your immediate family's participation in any benefit plan provided by the Company will cease as April 30, 2005, including but not limited to any health, life insurance or disability plan, except to the extent any such plan provides to the contrary with regard to employees who have terminated employment and with the exception that your participation will continue in the Company's pension plan or any other "top hat" non-qualified pension benefit plan but no additional years of service will be credited to you subsequent to April 30, 2005, nor will any subsequent contribution be permitted to any such plan.  Your rights under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ("COBRA") will commence on May 1, 2005.

9.All unvested stock options previously granted pursuant to any of the Company's stock option plans and all restricted stock granted to you shall vest, if at all, pursuant to the terms of any applicable stock option plans and grants of the Company, and such options must be exercised in accordance with the applicable stock option plans and grant agreements.  Notwithstanding anything in this Paragraph 9 or in any company stock option plan to the contrary, you shall have thirty (30) days following the opening of the trading window for trades in company stock by executive officers after the annual earnings release for fiscal 2005 within which to exercise stock options that have vested as of the Termination Date.

10.All terms contained in the Memoranda from Marc Giles to you dated September 30, 2002, May 23, 2002, and January 21, 2004 not otherwise addressed in this Agreement shall remain in effect through the Termination Date.

III.Confidentiality

The terms of this Agreement are strictly confidential.  You agree that you will not discuss, disclose or allow to be disclosed any of the terms, conditions or other details of this Agreement, provided, however, you may disclose this Agreement to your immediate family, your attorney and/or tax advisor, or if required by law.  Further, you may, if necessary, advise a new employer of your obligations hereunder.  The Company will not discuss, disclose or allow to be disclosed any of the terms, conditions or other details of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may disclose this Agreement to its executives, agents, legal and financial advisors and other employees and/or consultants with a business need to know, as reasonably determined by the Company, or if required by law.

IV.Surrender of Materials

You acknowledge that you have returned or will return to the Company by April 30, 2005, all Company-related reports, files, memoranda, notes, records and other documents (whether stored electronically or otherwise) as well as credit cards, card key passes, door and file keys, computer access codes, computer hardware and software and any other property that you received or prepared or helped to prepare in connection with your employment.  You further acknowledge that you have not and will not retain any copies of excerpts of the materials described above, and that you will not attempt to retrieve or recreate any of the materials described above after the termination of your employment.

V.Non-Competition

For two (2) years after April 30, 2005, you agree (1) that you shall not directly or indirectly, whether individually or as a partner, officer, director, employee, consultant or in any capacity whatsoever, own, manage, operate, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of or have any substantial financial interest in the conduct of any business or venture which competes with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in any country in which the Company conducts business or maintains an office; (2) you shall not directly or indirectly, on your behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm, organization, business or venture solicit, induce, influence or encourage any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his or her employment with the Company or violate any agreement or duty or responsibility to the Company; and (3) you shall not directly or indirectly, on your behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm, organization, business or venture solicit, induce, influence or encourage any customer, supplier or any person or entity which has a business relationship with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate, discontinue or materially alter its relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates.  You acknowledge that the restrictions contained herein are reasonable in scope, area and duration and are necessary to protect the Company's legitimate business interests, and that any violation of this paragraph will cause irreparable harm for which monetary damages will not be an adequate remedy.  In the event of a breach of the provisions of this paragraph, the Company will be entitled to an injunction, specific performance or other remedies available in law or in equity.

VI.Confidential Information

You will not at any time directly or indirectly divulge, furnish, use, publish or make accessible to any person or entity any Confidential Information (as defined below) relating to the business of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, except as may be required by applicable law.  The term "Confidential Information" means information of the Company or an affiliate which is confidential, secret or proprietary and pertains directly or indirectly to the business activities or services of the Company or an affiliate or their customers or clients, including but not limited to methods, processes, procedures, business plans, client lists and records, potential client or customer lists and client or customer billing.  However, the term Confidential Information will not include information which has been or is subsequently generally available to the public or has been or is subsequently made public by the Company or any affiliate or a third party not obligated to keep that information secret or confidential.

VII.Breach of Agreement

If you violate any part of this Agreement, you will be responsible for all costs incurred by the Company that flow from that violation, including but not limited to the Company's legal fees and other costs associated with defending any legal action related to said breach.

 

2.  You acknowledge that you have read and understand this Agreement and the meaning and effect thereof.

3.  You have been given a period of at least twenty-one days from the date of receipt noted above within which to consider this Agreement and determined that you did not need that entire period but had ample time to carefully review and consider this Agreement.

4.  This Agreement is not effective or enforceable for seven days after you sign it and you may revoke it during that time.  If you choose to revoke the Agreement, you must do so in writing and such written notice must be received by the Company prior to the end of the seventh day after you sign the Agreement.  Any revocation within this period must be submitted, in writing to William V. Grickis, Jr., Esq., Gerber Scientific, Inc., 83 Gerber Road West, South Windsor, CT 06074.  If the Company does not receive a written revocation by the end of the seven day period, this Agreement will become fully enforceable at that time.

5.  You have not relied on any representations, promises, or agreements of any kind made to you in connection with your decision to sign this Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between you and the Company and supersedes and renders null and void any and all prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings, statements, representations or promises.

6.  You acknowledge that a finding that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, unlawful or unenforceable will not affect the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement, except that if the Release and Waiver provision above, which is an essential and material element of the Agreement, is found invalid, the entire Agreement shall also be invalid.

You have read, understand and voluntarily execute this Agreement and assent to its terms, affirming that your decision to sign this Agreement has been made freely and without any duress or coercion.

	 	 
	
Dated:  ______________, 2005
	__________________________

	 	Doris Skoch

	 	 
	 	 
	
Dated:  ______________, 2005
	GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.

	 	 
	 	By:  ______________________ 

	 	William V. Grickis, Jr.

Its:Secretary

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