Document:

EXHIBIT 10.1

FORM OF AMENDED
AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Date:
                                     

Torotel is pleased to provide you with this letter
agreement (this “Agreement”) setting forth in general the scope and terms of
your employment with Torotel. This Agreement is intended to reflect our mutual
agreements regarding the terms and conditions of your employment with Torotel,
as follows:

1.   Employment.   Torotel
agrees to employ you as its                                                 ,
and you agree to serve Torotel in such capacity, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.

2.   Term.   The
term of your employment shall be from June 30, 2006, and, if not sooner
terminated pursuant to the terms hereof, shall expire on that date which is
three (3) years after the date hereof; provided, however, that on
June 30, 2007 and on June 30 of each year thereafter, the term shall be automatically
extended for one additional year and shall continue in this manner until the
Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 8 hereof.

3.   Duties.   You
agree that you will serve Torotel faithfully and diligently and that you will
fulfill the directions given to you by Torotel’s Board of Directors to the best
of your ability during your employment, and that you will devote your full-time
efforts and attention to the business of Torotel, excluding reasonable vacation
and sick leave in accordance with Torotel policies. Your place of employment
will be in the Kansas City metropolitan area and will involve the normal duties
associated with the positions as                                                 ,
such duties to include, but not be limited to                                                                 .

4.   Compensation.   As
compensation for services rendered by you to Torotel, you shall receive from
Torotel:

(a)    An initial
base salary of $                    per month (“Base Salary”), payable to you in bi-weekly
installments during your employment, subject to annual adjustments by the
Torotel Board of Directors in its sole discretion;

(b)    Lease of a
Chevrolet Tahoe or the equivalent as mutually agreed to. Includes insurance,
fuel and normal service.

(c)    Bonus and stock
options as determined by the Board of Directors;

 

5.   Employee Benefits.

(a)             Medical
and Insurance Benefits. You will be entitled to receive all employee benefits
provided to Torotel employees generally from time to time, so long as and to
the extent the same exist.

(b)            Vacation,
Sick Leave and Holidays. You shall be entitled to vacation, sick leave and
holidays in accordance with Torotel’s policy, as it exists from time to time.

(c)             Employee
Option Plan. You shall be entitled to participate in Torotel’s employee stock
option plan, in accordance with the terms of such plan, as it may be amended
from time to time.

6.   Confidentiality/Non-Solicitation.

(a)    While
employed, you will learn important proprietary information related to Torotel’s
business, including, but not limited to, confidential and proprietary
information concerning corporate strategies and planning in the area of
strategic growth. You acknowledge that the proprietary customer, operations,
financial, and business information that has been or will be learned (i) has
been and will be developed through Torotel’s expenditure of substantial effort,
time and money; and (ii) together with relationships developed with customers
and employees, could be used to compete unfairly with Torotel during the
post-employment period. Because Torotel’s ability to provide services on a
competitive basis depends, in part, on its proprietary information and customer
relationships, Torotel would not share such information and promote your
relationship with customers if Torotel believed that you would use or disclose
such information or relationships in competition with Torotel, or if Torotel
believed that your relationship with Torotel’s employees or customers would be
used to the detriment of Torotel.

(b)    You shall
protect Confidential Information from disclosure. “Confidential Information” is
any and all information (no matter in what form) relating to Torotel’s
intellectual property, customers, operations, finances, and business that
derives value from not being generally known to others. It includes, but is not
limited to, technical or non-technical data, formulas, patterns, compilations,
programs, devices, methods, techniques, drawings, processes, financial data, or
lists of actual or potential customers or suppliers (including identifying
information about those customers), whether or not reduced to writing. Confidential
Information includes information disclosed to Torotel by third parties that
Torotel is obligated to maintain as confidential. Confidential Information may
include information that is not privileged nor a trade secret, but information
that is not privileged and also not a trade secret shall constitute
Confidential Information only for two years after termination of your
employment. You will not use, except in connection with work for Torotel, and
will not disclose during or after your relationship with Torotel, Torotel’s
Confidential Information. Upon the termination of your employment, or for any
reason or at any time at Torotel’s request, you will deliver promptly to
Torotel all materials, documents, plans, records, notes, or other papers and
any copies in your possession or control relating in any way to Torotel’s
business, which at all times shall be the property of Torotel.

 

(c)    During
your employment and for two years thereafter, you will not solicit for
employment with any individual, corporation, partnership, association,
franchise, unincorporated organization or other entity, any person who is or
was, at any time during the year prior to the date of termination of your
employment, a Torotel employee.

(d)    Because
you will be affiliated with and benefit from Torotel’s name and good will and
relationship with its customers, and will have access to Confidential
Information about Torotel’s customers, you will not, while employed by Torotel,
solicit any Torotel customer for the purpose of providing products or services
offered by Torotel, other than on behalf of Torotel. In addition, for a period
of two years after the termination of your employment, you will not solicit
Customers for the purpose of providing products or services identical to or
competitive with Torotel’s services. “Customers” are customers of Torotel in
the United States that you, during the year prior to the termination of your
employment, (i) serviced or solicited on behalf of Torotel; (ii) supervised
others servicing or soliciting on behalf of Torotel; or (iii) about whom you
had Confidential Information.

(e)    The
Company agrees that it shall make no disparaging remarks, written or verbal,
intended to adversely affect or having a foreseeable result of adversely
affecting Employee’s good name or reputation.

(f)     Employee
agrees that he shall make no disparaging remarks, written or verbal, intended
to adversely affect or having a foreseeable result of adversely affecting the
Company’s businesses or the good name or reputation of any of its employees.

7.   Expense Reimbursement.   Torotel will reimburse you for all
reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses, including but not limited to reasonable
travel expenses incurred in the performance of your employment duties under
this Agreement. Torotel will review and pay such expenses in accordance with
its normal procedures for paying the expenses of employees, including such
documentation requirements as may be adopted from time to time.

8.   Termination.

(a)    This Agreement
shall be terminated if you die, resign voluntarily, retire, voluntarily take
another position requiring a substantial portion of your time, or become
disabled under circumstances in which you would be entitled to benefits under
your long-term disability insurance policy (if any). In addition, this Agreement
may be terminated (x) by Torotel, at any time and without prior notice, for “Cause”
(as defined below); (y) by Torotel, without Cause, upon three (3) months’
written notice to you, or (z) by you, at any time and without prior notice, for
“Good Reason” (as defined below).

(b)    For
purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) your willful and continued
failure to perform your duties (other than any such failure resulting from your
incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after demand for substantial
performance is delivered to you by Torotel that specifically identifies the
manner in which you have not performed your duties; (ii) the engaging by you in
gross negligence or willful failure to perform a material duty; or (iii) your
conviction of a felony crime.

 

(c)    For
purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means (x) a material breach by
Torotel of any provision of this Agreement which is not cured by Torotel within
thirty (30) days’ notice thereof from you; (y) requiring you to move out of the
Kansas City metropolitan area to perform your duties under this Agreement; or (z)
a reduction in the character of your assigned duties or in your level of work
responsibility or conditions.

(d)    In the
event that you are terminated without Cause, you will receive a lump sum
severance payment in the amount equal to one year of your salary, bonus and
benefits (which shall include the amounts identified in Sections 4(a), (b) and (c)
above and Sections 5(a), (b) and (c) above, together with all bonuses earned
and also shall include full vesting of all of your stock options).

(e)    In the
event of a “Change of Control” (as defined below), if you are terminated by the
Company other than for Cause or if you terminate this Agreement for Good
Reason, you shall be entitled to receive a lump sum severance payment in an
amount equal to the greater of: (i) one year of your salary, bonus and benefits
(which shall include the amounts identified in Sections 4(a), (b) and (c) above
and Sections 5(a), (b) and (c) above, together with all bonuses earned and also
shall include full vesting of all of your stock options), or (ii) the amount of
your total salary, bonus and benefits for the remaining term of this Agreement
(which shall include the amounts identified in Sections 4(a), (b) and (c) above
and Sections 5(a), (b) and (c) above, together with all bonuses earned and also
shall include full vesting of all of your stock options).

For purposes of
this Agreement, each of the following events shall constitute a “Change of
Control”:

(1)            A
change in stockholder ownership of Torotel, whereby a person or company, or a
group of affiliated persons or companies, acquires a sufficiently large block
of the shares of capital stock of Torotel which, when voted together with the
shares of the capital stock of all other stockholders of Torotel whose proxies
or written consents are solicited by such person, company or group without the
benefit of a management-supported proxy statement at any meeting of the
stockholders of Torotel, would enable such person or company or group of
affiliated persons or companies to elect a majority of the Board of Directors
of Torotel, and the members of the Board of Directors immediately prior to such
election do not constitute a majority of the Board of Directors after such
election;

(2)            A
merger or consolidation of Torotel with and into another company, other than
with or into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torotel, where:

a.                  Torotel
is not the surviving company; or

b.                 Torotel
is the surviving company and the members of the Board of Directors immediately
prior to the merger or consolidation do not constitute a majority of the Board
of Directors of the surviving company after the merger or consolidation;

(3)            The
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Torotel; or

 

(4)            Any
other kind of a corporate reorganization or takeover where:

a.                  Torotel
is not the surviving company; or

b.                 Torotel
is the surviving company and the members of the Board of Directors immediately
prior to the reorganization do not constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors of the surviving company.

(f)     In the
event of “Good Reason,” you, in your sole discretion, may (i) accept the
changes and elect to remain with Torotel, or (ii) elect to take a lump sum
severance payment in an amount equal to the greater of: (A) one year of your
salary, bonus and benefits (which shall include the amounts identified in
Sections 4(a), (b) and (c) above and Sections 5(a), (b) and (c) above, together
with all bonuses earned and also shall include full vesting of all of your stock
options), or (B) the amount of your total salary, bonus and benefits for the
remaining term of this Agreement (which shall include the amounts identified in
Sections 4(a), (b) and (c) above and Sections 5(a), (b) and (c) above, together
with all bonuses earned and also shall include full vesting of all of your stock
options).

9.   Miscellaneous.

(a)    Interpretation.
The paragraph headings contained herein are for the purpose of convenience of
reference only and are not intended to define or limit the contents of such
paragraphs. In this Agreement, (i) all gender references include the feminine
and the masculine and (ii) the singular includes the plural, and the plural the
singular.

(b)    Severability.
If all or any provision or portion of this Agreement shall to any extent be
held invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, by a court or agency having
competent jurisdiction, a valid decision or decree to which Torotel is a party,
then the parties expressly agree to be bound by any lesser covenant imposing
the maximum legal duty permitted by law that is subsumed within the terms of
such covenant, as if the resulting covenants were separately stated in and made
a part of this Agreement, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect.

(c)    Equitable
Relief. You and Torotel acknowledge and agree that breach of any of the
covenants made by you herein would cause irreparable injury to Torotel, which
could not sufficiently be remedied by monetary damages, and therefore that
Torotel shall be entitled to obtain such equitable relief as declaratory
judgments; temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctions; and order of
specific performance to enforce those covenants or to prohibit any act or
omission that constitutes a breach thereof.

(d)    Amendment.
This Agreement may be altered or amended only by a writing signed by all
parties hereto. This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon your death. This
Agreement is the final, complete and exclusive statement and expectation of the
agreement between you and Torotel.

(e)    Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be construed under and governed by the laws of the
State of Kansas.

 

(f)     No
Improper Use of Information or Violation of Agreements with Prior Employers and
Others. During your employment, you will not improperly use or disclose any
confidential information or trade secrets or violate any non-competition or
other agreement with, any former employer or any other persons to whom you have
an obligation of confidentiality or non-competition. You will not bring onto
the premises of Torotel any unpublished documents or any property belonging to
any former employer or any person to whom you have an obligation of
confidentiality, unless consented to in writing by that former employer or
person. You will use in the performance of your duties only information that is
generally known and used by persons with training and experience comparable to
your own, which is common knowledge in the industry or otherwise legally in the
public domain, or which is otherwise provided or developed by Torotel.

(g)    Assignment.
You understand that you have been selected for employment by Torotel on the
basis of your personal qualifications, experience and skills. Therefore, you
shall not assign all or any portion of your performance under this Agreement.

If the foregoing adequately reflects your
understanding of our agreement, please indicate your affirmation by signing the
enclosed copy of this Agreement and returning it to me at the above listed
address.

	
  

  	
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  TOROTEL, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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  The undersigned
  hereby agrees to the terms of the foregoing Agreement:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
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  Date:Exhibit 10.1

    
      

    

    EMPLOYMENT
      AGREEMENT

    

    This
      Employment Agreement (this "Agreement")
      is
      made and entered into as of April 1, 2006
      (the
      "Effective
      Date"),
      by
      and between BOOTS & COOTS SERVICES (the "Company")
      and
      DEWITT H. EDWARDS ("Employee").

    

    The
      Company hereby employs Employee and Employee accepts such employment on the
      following
      terms and conditions:

    

    1.    
Termination
      of Consulting Agreement.  The
      Company and Employee hereby agree that the Consulting Agreement, dated August
      16, 2002 by and between Boots & Coots International
      Well Control, Inc. (the "Parent
      Company"
      of
      Company) and Oak Hollow Consulting,
      L.L.C. (of which Employee is the principal) and any other services agreement,
      whether
      written or other (the "Consulting
      Agreement"),
      if
      not previously terminated or expired, are
      hereby effectively terminated.

    

    2.    
Term.  Employee
      shall be employed by the Company for a period of two (2) years from
      the
      Effective Date hereof (the "Employment
      Term").
      The
      Employment Term and this Agreement
      shall be automatically renewed for successive additional two (2) year terms
      unless notice
      of
      termination is given in writing by either party to the other party at least
      three (3) months
      prior to the expiration of the initial term or any such renewal
      term.

    

    3.    
Duties.  Employee
      shall initially hold the title of Executive Vice President (EVP) and
      shall
      perform such services as are appropriate for such position as established by
      the
      Board of
      Directors and as the CEO of the Company may from time to time direct. As EVP,
      Employee shall report directly to the CEO of the Company. The duties of Employee
      shall include, but not be
      limited to, corporate development and coordination of products and services
      from
      all business units.
      During the Employment Term, Employee will not be required to permanently
      relocate without his agreement; however Employee understands that regular travel
      will be an essential part
      of
      his duties.

    

    4.    
Conduct
      of Employee.  During
      the Employment Term, Employee shall devote his full
      business time, effort, skill and attention to the affairs of the Company and
      its
      subsidiaries, will
      use
      his best efforts to promote the interests of the Company, and will discharge
      his
responsibilities
      in a diligent and faithful manner, consistent with sound business
      practices.

    

    Nothing
      in this Agreement shall be deemed to preclude the Employee from participating
      in other business, charitable or community opportunities if and to the extent
      that (i) such business opportunities are not competitive with or similar to
      the
      business of the Company, (ii) the Employee's activities with respect to such
      opportunities do not have a material adverse effect
      on
      the performance of the Employee's duties hereunder, (iii) the Employee's
      activities pose
      no
      conflict of interest as to the Employee's responsibilities to the Company,
      and
      (iv) the Employee's
      activities with respect to such opportunity have been fully disclosed in writing
      to the Company's
      President.

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    5.    
Compensation.  In
      consideration of the work and other services that Employee performs
      for the Company hereunder, the Company shall pay Employee the
      following:

    

    (a)    Base
      Salary.  During
      the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Employee a gross annual base salary
      of not less than $220,000 (the "Base
      Salary"),
      payable semi-monthly
      in accordance with the Company's normal payroll policies, subject to withholding
      for
      federal income tax, social security, state and local taxes, if any, and any
      other sums that the Company may be legally required to withhold. The Base Salary
      shall be reviewed on an annual basis
      by
      the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors with the recommendation
      of
      the CEO
      and
      the amount of such Base Salary shall be subject to increase on the basis of
      the
performance
      of the Employee and the performance of the Company.

    

    (b)    Bonus.  Employee
      shall participate in the Company's employee incentive compensation
      program and any other additional executive compensation plans adopted from
      time
      to
      time by the Board of Directors or a compensation committee appointed by the
      Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors or the compensation committee,
      as
      the case may be, shall have
      the
      authority to adjust such participation upward or downward from time to time
      in
      its sole discretion.

    

    (c)    Incentive
      Stock Plan.  From
      time to time, at the direction of the Board of Directors
      of the Parent Company, or its compensation committee, Employee shall be eligible
      to receive
      options to purchase shares of the Parent Company's Common Stock. Within 60
      days
after
      the
      Effective Date, the Parent Company shall issue to Employee 120,000 options
      to
purchase
      the Parent Company's common stock at market value (determined as of the last
      closing price
      prior to the date of issue of the options). This grant shall be vested in annual
      increments over
      three years and the options shall have a term of six years.

    

    (d)    Retirement
      Plan.  Employee
      shall be eligible to participate in any retirement
      or similar plans as may be adopted from time to time by the
      Company.

    

    (e)    Medical,
      Life and Disability Insurance.  Employee
      will be permitted to participate
      in the Company's life, health and dental insurance programs. Employee
acknowledges
      that the Company may seek to secure a policy of Key Man life insurance on the
      life of Employee, with death benefits payable to the Company. Employee agrees
      to
      cooperate with
      the
      Company in securing the same.

    

    (f)     Other
      Benefits.  During
      the Employment Term, Employee shall be entitled to participate in all employee
      benefit plans or to receive any incentive bonuses, stock options or other
      benefits as may from time to time be made available to the executives or general
      employees
      of the Company, in the sole election of the Board of Directors.

    

    6.    
Vacation
      and Sick Leave.  Employee
      shall be entitled to take 4 weeks of paid vacation
      during each year of his employment hereunder. Such vacation shall be taken
      at
      such time, or times, as shall not be disruptive to the business of the Company.
      Scheduling shall be accomplished with the CEO. Employee shall be entitled to
      paid sick leave in accordance with Company
      policies and procedures.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    7.    
Expenses.  The
      Company shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable expenses and
      disbursements incurred by Employee, and approved by the President or his
      designee, in the performance
      of his duties hereunder, including expenses for entertainment and travel, as
      are
consistent
      with the policies and procedures of the Company and Internal Revenue Service
      regulations.
      Travel and other expenses from Employee's home to the Company's office are
      not
included.
      The Company shall furnish Employee with a cellular telephone at the expense
      of
      the Company.

    

    8.    
Confidential
      Information.  Employee
      acknowledges that in the course of employment
      by the Company, Employee will receive certain trade secrets and confidential
      information
      belonging to the Company which the Company desires to protect as confidential.
      For
      the
      purposes of this Agreement, the term "confidential information" shall mean
      information of
      any
      nature and in any form which at the time is not generally known to those persons
      engaged in business similar to that conducted by the Company. Employee agrees
      that such information is confidential
      and that he will not reveal such information to anyone other than officers,
      directors, Employees
      or authorized agents of the Company. Upon termination of employment, for any
      reason,
      Employee shall surrender all papers, documents and other property of the
      Company.

    

    9.    
Information,
      Ideas, Concepts, Improvements, Discoveries, Inventions, etc.  Employee
      agrees that during the Employment Term he will promptly disclose, in writing,
      all information,
      ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries and inventions, whether patentable
      or
not,
      and
      whether or not reduced to practice, which are conceived, developed, made or
      acquired by
      the
      Employee, either individually, or jointly with others, and which relate to
      the
      business, products
      or services of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates,
      irrespective of whether
      such information, idea, concept, improvement, discovery or invention was
      conceived, developed,
      discovered or acquired by Employee on the job, or elsewhere (collectively,
      the
"Inventions").
      The
      Company and Employee have agreed as follows regarding the
      Inventions:

     

    (a)    All
      inventions are, and shall be, the property of the Company. In this context,
      all drawings, memoranda, notes, records, files, correspondence, manuals, models,
      specifications,
      computer programs, maps and all other writings, or materials of any time
embodying
      any such Inventions are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the
      Company.

    

    (b)    Employee
      hereby specifically sells, assigns and transfers to the Company all
      of
      his worldwide right, title and interest in and to all such Inventions, and
      any
      United States or foreign
      applications for patents, inventor's certificates or other industrial rights
      that may be filed thereon,
      including divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues and/or
      extensions thereof, and applications for registration of any names and marks
      included therewith. Both during
      the Employment Term and thereafter, Employee shall assist the Company and its
      nominees
      at all times in the protection of such Inventions, both in the United States
      and
      all foreign
      countries, including but not limited to, the execution of all lawful oaths
      and
      all assignment
      documents, not inconsistent with this Agreement, requested by the Company,
      or
      its nominee
      in connection with the preparation, prosecution, issuance or enforcement of
      any
applications
      for United States or foreign letters patent, including divisions, continuations,
      continuations-in-part,
      reissue, and/or extensions thereof, and any application for the registration
      of
      names
      and marks included therewith.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (c)    Moreover,
      if during the Employment Term, Employee creates any original work
      of
      authorship which is the subject matter of copyright relating to the Company's
      business, products,
      or services, whether such work is created solely by Employee or jointly with
      others, the Company
      shall be deemed the author of such work if the work is prepared by Employee
      in
      the scope of his employment; or, if the work is not prepared by Employee within
      the scope of his employment,
      but is specifically ordered by the Company as a contribution to a collective
      work, as
      a part
      of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a
      supplementary work, as
      a
      compilation or as an instructional text, then the work shall be considered
      to be
      a work made for
      hire
      and the Company shall be the author of the work. In the event such work is
      neither prepared
      by the Employee within the scope of his employment or is not a work specially
      ordered and
      deemed to be a work made for hire, then Employee hereby agrees to assign, and
      by
      these presents,
      does assign, to the Company an undivided one-half interest in and to all of
      Employee's worldwide right, title and interest in and to the work and all rights
      or copyright therein, including but
      not
      limited to, the execution of all formal assignment documents requested by the
      Company or its nominee, not inconsistent with this Agreement, and the execution
      of all lawful oaths and applications
      for registration of copyright in the United States and foreign
      countries.

    

    10.   Agreement
      Not to Solicit.
      During
      the Employment Term and for a period of one (1) year after the termination
      of
      employment hereunder (the "Termination
      Date"),
      regardless of how
      terminated, Employee will not, solely, jointly, or as a partner, member,
      contractor, Employee
      or agent of any partnership or as an officer, director, Employee, agent,
      contractor, stockholder
      or investor in any other entity or in any other capacity, directly or
      indirectly:

    

    (a)    induce,
      or attempt to induce, any person or party who, on the Termination Date,
      is
      employed by or affiliated with the Company or at any time during the term of
      this covenant
      is, or may be, or becomes an employee of or affiliated with the Company, to
      terminate his,
      her
      or its employment or affiliation with the Company;

    

    (b)    induce,
      or attempt to induce, any person, business or entity which is or becomes
      a
      customer or supplier of the Company, or which otherwise is a contracting party
      with the
      Company, as of the Termination Date, or at any time during the term hereof,
      to
      terminate any written or oral agreement or understanding with the Company,
      or to
      interfere in any manner with any relationship between the Company and such
      customer or supplier; or

    

    (c)    employ
      or
      otherwise engage in any capacity any person who at the Termination
      Date or at any time during the period two (2) years prior thereto was employed,
      or otherwise
      engaged, in any capacity by the Company and who, by reason thereof is or is
      reasonably
      likely to be in possession of any confidential information.

    

    Employee
      acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this paragraph 10 constitute
      a
      material, mutually
      bargained for portion of the consideration to be delivered under this Agreement
      and failure
      to comply with this paragraph 10 shall be deemed a breach of this
      Agreement.

    

    11.   Termination
      by the Company.
      Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, the Company
      may terminate the employment of Employee under this Agreement if any of the
      following
      occur:

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (a)    the
      death
      of Employee;

    

    (b)    the
      Employee becomes, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors
of
      the
      Company, physically or mentally disabled, for a period of more than six (6)
      consecutive months,
      to the extent he is unable to perform his duties hereunder;

    

    (c)    for
      any
      reason, or for no reason, at the end of the initial two (2) year term
of
      this
      Agreement or any renewal thereof; or

    

    (d)    for
      "Cause", which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean Employee (i)
      has
      engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the
      duties required
      of him hereunder, (ii) has willfully refused without proper legal reason to
      perform the duties
      and responsibilities required of him hereunder (provided, however, that no
      act
      or failure to act
      pursuant to subsections (i) and (ii) above shall be deemed "willful" if due
      primarily to an error
      in
      judgment or negligence or if made in good faith with reasonable belief that
      such
      act is in the
      best
      interest of the Company), (iii) has materially breached any material provision
      of this Agreement
      (and such breach remains unconnected 30 days following Employee's receipt of
      written
      notice of the breach from the Company), or (iv) the Employee commits, is
      arrested or officially
      charged with any felony, or any crime involving moral turpitude, which, in
      the
      good faith
      opinion of the Company, would impair Employee's ability to perform his duties
      hereunder or
      would
      impair the business reputation of the Company or Employee misappropriates any
      funds or
      property of the Company.

    

    12.   Termination
      by Employee.  Notwithstanding
      the provisions of paragraph 2, Employee
      may terminate his employment under this Agreement if any of the following
      occur:

    

    (a)    in
      connection with or based upon (i) a material breach by the Company of
any
      material provision of this Agreement, (ii) a substantial and material reduction
      in the nature or scope
      of
      Employee's duties or responsibilities, (iii) a permanent re-location of Employee
      without his
      approval to an office outside of Harris County, Texas, or (iv) the assignment
      to
      Employee of duties
      and responsibilities that are materially inconsistent with his position;
provided,
      however,
      that
      prior to Employee's termination of employment under this paragraph 12(a),
      Employee must give
      written notice to the Company of any such breach, reduction or assignment and
      such breach, reduction
      or assignment must remain uncorrected for 30 days following such written notice;
      or

    

    (b)    at
      any
      time, for any other reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of Employee.

    

    13.   Termination
      and Compensation.

    

    (a)    Termination
      by the Company and Compensation. 
      In the event that the Company
      elects to terminate Employee's employment prior to the expiration of a two
      (2)
      year initial
      term, or renewal term, of this Agreement for any reason other than termination
      for Cause as
      expressly provided for in Paragraph 11(d), or if the Company chooses not to
      renew this Agreement
      at the expiration of any term hereunder, then, and in that event, the Company
      shall pay
      to
      Employee, on the Termination Date, the following sole compensation: (i) a lump
      sum payment
      equal to one (1) year's gross annual salary, (ii) any earned bonus at the time
      of termination,
      (iii) shall continue the payment of premiums for hospitalization and major
      medical

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    insurance
      for the lesser period of either twelve (12) months or the date on which Employee
      secures full time employment that affords equivalent medical coverage, and
      (iv)
      half of all unvested
      options held by Employee, if any, shall become fully vested, notwithstanding
      anything to
      the
      contrary contained in the individual Option Agreement(s). In the event of a
      termination for
      Cause
      pursuant to paragraph 11(d), this Agreement shall be wholly terminated and
      Employee shall
      not
      be entitled to any further compensation or any other benefits provided for
      herein, and shall
      not
      be entitled to severance pay. However, any of the provisions of this Agreement
      relating to
      activities and conduct after the termination of the employment relationship
      between the Company
      and Employee shall remain in full force and effect and enforceable.

    

    (b)    Termination
      by Employee and Compensation.
      In the
      event that Employee elects
      to
      terminate his employment pursuant to paragraph 12(a), then, and in that event,
      the Company
      shall pay to Employee, on the Termination Date, the following compensation:
      (i)
      a lump
      sum
      payment equal to one (1) year's gross annual salary, (ii) any earned bonus
      for
      the year in
      which
      termination occurs, (iii) and shall continue the payment of premiums for
      hospitalization and
      major
      medical insurance for the lesser period of either twelve (12) months or the
      date
      on which
      Employee secures full time employment that affords equivalent medical coverage.
      In the event
      that Employee elects to terminate his employment pursuant to paragraph 12(b),
      this Agreement
      shall be wholly terminated and Employee shall not be entitled to any further
      compensation
      or any other benefits provided for herein, and shall not be entitled to
      severance pay.
      However, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to activities and
      conduct after the
      termination of the employment relationship between the Company and Employee
      shall remain
      in
      full force and effect and enforceable.

    

    (c)    Termination,
      Other Provisions.
      In the
      event that a change in control event occurs
      and the Employee is terminated by the Company for any reason other than for
      cause pursuant
      to Section 11(d) within one year following such change in control, then all
      unvested options
      held by Employee shall be immediately fully vested. Change in control event
      shall be defined
      to be any one of the following:

     

    (1)   any
      "person" (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), other
      than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
      benefit plan of the Company or any affiliate or entity already owning
      beneficial ownership of 35% or more of the combined voting power
      of
      the Company's then outstanding securities) acquires "beneficial ownership"
      (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of
      the
      Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting
      power of the Company's then outstanding securities; provided, however, that
      if
      the Company engages in a merger or consolidation in which
      the
      Company or surviving entity in such merger or consolidation becomes
      a
      subsidiary of another entity, then references to the Company's then
      outstanding securities shall be deemed to refer to the outstanding securities
      of such parent entity;

    

    (2)   a
      change
      in the composition of the Board, as a result of which fewer
      than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    "Incumbent
      Directors" shall mean directors who either (i) are directors of the
      Company as of the Effective Date, or (ii) are elected, or nominated for
election,
      to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the
      Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination, but Incumbent
      Director shall not include an individual whose election or nomination occurs
      as
      a result of either (1) an actual or threatened election contest
      (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated
      under the Exchange Act) or (2) an actual or threatened solicitation
      of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the
      Board
      of Directors of the Company;

    

    (3)   the
      consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
      corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would
      result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
      thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding
      or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity
      (or if the surviving entity is or shall become a subsidiary of another
entity,
      then such parent entity)) more than 50% of the combined voting power
      of
      the voting securities of the Company (or such surviving entity or parent
      entity, as the case may be) outstanding immediately after such merger
      or
      consolidation;

    

    (4)   the
      stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation
      of the Company; or

    

    (5)   the
      sale
      or disposition (other than a pledge or similar encumbrance) by
      the
      Company of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company other
      than to a subsidiary or subsidiaries of the Company.

     

    14.   No
      Duty to Mitigate Losses.  Employee
      shall have no duty to find new employment
      following the termination of his employment under circumstances which require
      the Company
      to pay any amount to Employee pursuant to paragraph 13. Any salary or
      remuneration received
      by Employee from a third party for the providing of personal services (whether
      by employment
      or by functioning as an independent contractor) following the termination of
      his
employment
      with the Company shall not reduce the Company's obligation to make a payment
      to
      Employee (or the amount of such payment) pursuant to the terms of paragraph
      13.

    

    15.   Notices.  All
      notices or other communications pursuant to this Agreement may be given
      by
      personal delivery, or by certified mail, addressed to the home office of the
      Company or to
      the
      last known address of Employee. Notices given by personal delivery shall be
      deemed given
      at
      the time of delivery, and notices sent by certified mail shall be deemed given
      when deposited
      with the U.S. Postal Service.

    

    16.   Entirety
      of Agreement Amendment.  This
      Agreement contains the entire understanding
      of the parties and all of the covenants and agreements between the parties
      with
respect
      to Employee's employment. No amendment to this Agreement shall be effective
      unless it
      is in
      writing and signed by both the parties hereto.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    17.   Governing
      Law.  This
      Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with,
      and
      be governed by, the laws of the State of Texas.

    

    18.   Waiver.  The
      failure of either party to enforce any rights hereunder shall not be
deemed
      to
      be a waiver of such rights, unless such waiver is an express written waiver
      which has been
      signed by the waiving party. Waiver of one breach shall not be deemed a waiver
      of any other
      breach of the same or any other provision hereof.

    

    19.   Assignment.  This
      Agreement shall not be assignable by Employee. Subject to Section
      12(b) hereof, in the event of a future disposition of the properties and
      business of the Company
      by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, or otherwise, then the Company may
      assign this
      Agreement and all of its rights and obligations to the acquiring or surviving
      entity; provided, that any such entity shall assume all of the obligations
      of
      the Company hereunder.

    

    20.   Counterparts.  This
      Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
      of
      which shall be deemed to be an original for all purposes hereof.

    

    21.   Arbitration.  Any
      dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement
      and Employee's job duties shall be submitted to and finally settled by binding
      arbitration
      to be held in Houston, Texas, in accordance with the rules of the American
      Arbitration
      Association in effect on the Effective Date, and judgment upon the award
      rendered by
      the
      arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. All
      agreements contemplated
      herein to be entered into to which the parties hereto are parties shall contain
      provisions
      which provide that all claims, actions or disputes pursuant to, or related
      to,
      such agreements
      shall be submitted to binding arbitration. In any proceeding to enforce the
      provisions hereof,
      the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable expenses incurred
      by him, including
      reasonable attorneys' fees.

    

    This
      Agreement is entered into as of the Effective Date.

    

    
      	 "COMPANY"	 
	 	 
	 BOOTS
              & COOTS SERVICES	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Jerry Winchester

            	 
	 	
              Jerry
                Winchester, CEO

            	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 "EMPLOYEE"
              	 
	 	 
	 /s/
              Dewitt H. Edwards	 
	 Dewitt
              H. Edwards	 

    

     

     

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