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ADP - The Middleby Corp Form 10-K Exhibit 10.15

	

     Exhibit
10.15 

CONFIDENTIAL 

THE MIDDLEBY
CORPORATION 
SEVERANCE AGREEMENT 

The Middleby Corporation
(“Middleby”) and David B. Baker (“Employee”) enter into this
severance agreement on this 7th day of June 2001. In recognition of the
Employee’s past and continued service to The Middleby Corporation, Middleby
agrees to provide the Employee with one year of base salary severance and one
year of normal employer provided health insurance in the event of the
Employee’s involuntary termination of employment from Middleby for any
reason other than Cause. Cause shall mean personal dishonesty, gross negligence,
willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit,
substance abuse, or commission of a felony. 

This one-year base salary
severance and health insurance guarantee to the Employee will also be in effect
in the event of a Change in Control of Middleby and shall be considered a
liability of the successor owner of Middleby. In the event of a Change in
Control of Middleby, Employee shall have the right at any time within the
six-month period immediately following the Change in Control to terminate his
employment by providing written notice to Middleby or its Successor. Upon
providing such notice of termination Employee shall be entitled to receive
one-year of base salary severance and one year of normal employer provided
health insurance. For purposes of this agreement a Change in Control shall mean
any twenty-five percentage point increase in the percentage of outstanding
voting securities of The Middleby Corporation hereafter held by any person or
group of persons who agree to act together for the purpose of acquiring,
holding, voting, or disposing of such voting securities as compared to the
percentage of outstanding voting securities of The Middleby Corporation held by
such person or group of persons on the date hereof. 

	 	
Example:
On June 7, 2001 individual A owns 2.42% of the total outstanding voting securities of The
Middleby Corporation. Thereafter, individual A commences a series of open market and
private purchases, and on October 7, 2001 for the first time his holdings exceed 27.42%
of the outstanding voting securities of The Middleby Corporation. A Change of Control
occurs on October 7, 2001.

	

This agreement expires two
years from the date first above written. 

Agreed: /s/ David B. Baker

David B. Baker, VP and Chief Financial Officer 

For Middleby: /s/ Selim A. Bassoul

Selim A. Bassoul, President and CEOADP - The Middleby Corp Form 10-K Exhibit 10.16

	

     Exhibit
10.16 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
OF DAVID P. RILEY 

     This
Amendment No. 3 is made and entered into as of this 20th day of June, 2001 by and among
THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“TMC”), MIDDLEBY MARSHALL
INC., a Delaware corporation (“MMI”), (TMC and MMI collectively, the “Employer”)
and DAVID P. RILEY (“Riley”). 

R E C I T A L 

Employer and Riley are
parties to that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of
January 1, 1995 (the “1995 Agreement”) as amended by Amendment
No. 1 dated as of January 1, 1998, and by Amendment No. 2 dated as of December
4, 2000. The 1995 Agreement as so amended is sometimes referred to herein below
as the “Employment Agreement”. The parties now wish to further
amend the Employment Agreement to provide for a lump sum payment in full
satisfaction of Riley’s annual retirement benefits. 

A G R E E M E N T 

	 	
NOW
THEREFORE the parties agree as follows: 

			1. 		On
or before July 1, 2001 Employer shall pay to Riley the sum of $1,830,000, and in
consideration thereof Riley hereby releases and discharges Employer from all liability
under Subsection 6(a) of the Employment Agreement for annual retirement benefits becoming
due after May 31, 2001. Riley shall bear and be legally responsible to pay 100% of all
income and other taxes with respect to such payment. 

			2. 		Riley’s
rights to health and medical benefits as provided in Subsection 6(b) of the Employment
Agreement shall continue at the expense of the Company through December 31, 2001. Riley’s
rights to such health and medical benefits shall continue after December 31, 2001 as long
as Riley pays, semi-annually in advance, the actuarial cost, as determined by Employer,
of such continued benefits. However, Riley’s rights to such benefits shall cease
upon a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined) of the Employer or upon reaching age
65. For purposes of this Section a “Change of Control”means any 25
percentage point increase in the percentage of outstanding voting securities of TMC
hereafter held by any person or group of persons (other than William F. Whitman, Jr., his
spouse, descendants or trusts for the primary benefit of any of the foregoing) who agree
to act together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such voting
securities as compared to the percentage of voting securities of TMC held by such person
or group of persons on the date hereof. 

	

					Example:  
On July 1, 2001 Individual A, a person unrelated to William F. Whitman, Jr., owns 2.42%
of the total outstanding voting securities of The Middleby Corporation. Thereafter,
Individual A commences a series of open market and private purchases, and on August 15,
2001 for the first time his holdings exceed 27.42% of the outstanding voting securities
of The Middleby Corporation. A Change of Control occurs on August 15, 2001. 

			3. 		Except
as provided above, the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

	

          IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this instrument as of the day and year first
above written.  

		THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION

                    and

MIDDLEBY MARSHALL INC.		

——————————————

DAVID P. RILEY

	 	
By:____________________________ 
Title: _________________________EXHIBIT 10.19

                                EDG CAPITAL, INC.

                     CONVERTIBLE NEGOTIABLE PROMISSORY NOTE

THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES UNDERLYING THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE PLEDGED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN
THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW, OR UNLESS THE
COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. THIS NOTE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL
NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THE NOTE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH
OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

$__________                                                   August 24, 2001

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, EDG CAPITAL, INC., a New York corporation
("Company"), with its principal office at 700 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New
York 11530, promises to pay to the order of __________ ("Holder"), residing at
_________________________________________, or registered assigns, on the
earliest of (i) August 24, 2002, (ii) the date of the first closing by the
Company of a private offering (the "Private Offering") of shares of common stock
of the Company, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), on substantially the
terms outlined in the Placement Agent Agreement (as defined below), as such
terms may be amended after the date hereof, (iii) the date of consummation of a
sale by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets or a merger or
consolidation involving the Company in which the Company is not the surviving
entity, (iv) the date of consummation of the sale or exchange (including by way
of merger) of all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, or (v) upon the termination of the Private Offering prior to the first
closing thereof, in accordance with Section 8 of the Placement Agent Agreement
(in any such event, "Maturity Date"), the principal amount of _________ DOLLARS
($_____), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public or private
debts, together with interest on the unpaid balance of said principal amount
from time to time outstanding at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum.
Interest shall accrue to and include the date on which payment of principal is
made. This Note shall be paid (and prepaid, if applicable) only pro rata with
certain additional notes of like tenor being issued simultaneously herewith,
subject to each Holder's conversion rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall give at least ten (10) business days' advance written notice of
the Maturity Date, and provide an opportunity for the Holder to convert this
Note pursuant to Section 3 hereof during such ten (10) day period.

        This Note, together with a Warrant for the Purchase of Shares of Common
Stock of EDG Capital, Inc. (the "Warrant"), is issued pursuant to a subscription
agreement between the Company and the Holder ("Subscription Agreement").

        The Company has entered into a Placement Agent Agreement with G-V
Capital Corp. (the "Placement Agent") relating to the Private Offering (as
amended to date, the "Placement Agent Agreement"), which is available for
inspection at the Company's principal office. Reference herein to the Placement

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Agent Agreement shall in no way impair the absolute and unconditional obligation
of the Company to pay both principal and interest hereon as provided herein.

        1. Events of Default. (a) Upon the occurrence of any of the following
events (herein called "Events of Default"):

                (i) The Company shall fail to pay the principal of or interest
        on this Note on the Maturity Date;

                (ii) (A) The Company shall commence any proceeding or other
        action relating to it in bankruptcy or seek reorganization, arrangement,
        readjustment of its debts, receivership, dissolution, liquidation,
        winding-up, composition or any other relief under any bankruptcy law, or
        under any other insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution,
        arrangement, composition, readjustment of debt or any other similar act
        or law, of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, now or hereafter
        existing; or (B) the Company shall admit the material allegations of any
        petition or pleading in connection with any such proceeding; or (C) the
        Company shall apply for, or consent or acquiesce to, the appointment of
        a receiver, conservator, trustee or similar officer for it or for all or
        a substantial part of its property or admit generally an inability to
        pay its debts as they become due; or (D) the Company shall make a
        general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

                (iii) (A) The commencement of any proceedings or the taking of
        any other action against the Company in bankruptcy or seeking
        reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of its debts, liquidation,
        dissolution, arrangement, composition, or any other relief under any
        bankruptcy law or any other similar act or law of any jurisdiction,
        domestic or foreign, now or hereafter existing and the continuance of
        any of such event for forty five (45) days undismissed, unbonded or
        undischarged; or (B) the appointment of a receiver, conservator, trustee
        or similar officer for the Company for any of its property and the
        continuance of any of such event for forty five (45) days undismissed,
        unbonded or undischarged; or (C) the issuance of a warrant of
        attachment, execution or similar process against any of the property of
        the Company and the continuance of such event for forty five (45) days
        undismissed, unbonded and undischarged;

                (iv) Any material breach of any of the Company's representations
        or warranties contained herein, in the Warrant or in the Subscription
        Agreement or the Placement Agent Agreement;

                (v) The Company shall breach or fail to perform or observe any
        obligation, covenant, term, condition, provision or agreement of the
        Company contained in this Note, the Warrant, the Subscription Agreement
        or the Placement Agent Agreement, after giving effect to any applicable
        notice provisions and cure periods;

                (vi) The Company shall fail to comply with any of its
        obligations under this Note; provided, however, that with respect to a
        failure to comply with any of the provisions of Sections 2.1(a) and (c)
        of this Note, such failure is not remedied within twenty (20) days after
        the Company's receipt of written notice of same;

                (vii) Failure of the Company to ensure that all conversions
        properly requested by the Holder, whether pursuant hereto or pursuant to
        the Warrant, are effected by the Company;

                (viii) The Company shall default with respect to any
        indebtedness of $50,000 or more for borrowed money (other than under
        this Note, but including any similar notes issued pursuant to a
        Subscription Agreement) if either (a) the effect of such default is to
        accelerate the maturity of such indebtedness (giving effect to any

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        applicable grace periods) or (b) the holder of such indebtedness
        declares the Company to be in default (giving effect to any applicable
        grace periods); or

                (ix) Any judgment or judgments against the Company or any
        attachment, levy or execution against any of its properties for any
        amount in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate shall remain unpaid, or
        shall not be released, discharged, dismissed, stayed or fully bonded for
        a period of 45 days or more after its entry, issue or levy, as the case
        may be;

then, and in any such event, the Holder, at its option and without written
notice to the Company, may declare the entire principal amount of this Note then
outstanding together with accrued unpaid interest thereon immediately due and
payable, and the same shall forthwith become immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest, or other notice of any kind, all of which are
expressly waived, and exercise any and all other legal or equitable rights
resulting therefrom. The Events of Default listed herein are solely for the
purpose of protecting the interests of the Holder of this Note.

        (b) Non-Waiver and Other Remedies. No course of dealing or delay on the
part of the Holder of this Note in exercising any right hereunder shall operate
as a waiver or otherwise prejudice the right of the Holder of this Note. No
remedy conferred hereby shall be exclusive of any other remedy referred to
herein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

        (c) Collection Costs; Attorney's Fees. In the event this Note is turned
over to an attorney for collection or Holder otherwise seeks advice of an
attorney in connection with the exercise of its rights hereunder upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, the Company agrees to pay all reasonable
costs of collection, including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses and all
out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with such collection efforts,
which amounts may, at the Holder's option, be added to the principal hereof.

        2. Obligation to Pay Principal and Interest; Covenants. No provision of
this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the
place, at the respective times, at the rates, and in the currency herein
prescribed.

        2.1 Affirmative Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees that, while
this Note is outstanding, it shall:

        (a) Pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or
levies imposed upon it or upon its income and profits, or upon any properties
belonging to it before the same shall be in default; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge or levy
that is being contested in good faith by proper proceedings and adequate
reserves for the accrual of same are maintained if required by generally
accepted accounting principles;

        (b) Preserve its corporate existence and continue to engage in business
of the same general type as conducted as of the date hereof;

        (c) Comply in all respects with all statutes, laws, ordinances, orders,
judgments, decrees, injunctions, rules, regulations, permits, licenses,
authorizations and requirements ("Requirement(s)") of all governmental bodies,
departments, commissions, boards, companies or associates insuring the premises,
courts, authorities, officials, or officers, that are applicable to the Company;
except when the failure to comply would not have a material adverse effect on
the Company; provided that nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company
from contesting the validity or the application of any Requirements.

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        2.2 Negative Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees that while this
Note is outstanding it will not directly or indirectly, without the consent of
the Holder hereof,:

        (a) Guaranty or otherwise in any way become or be responsible for
indebtedness for borrowed money, or for obligations, in either case of any of
its officers, directors or principal shareholders or any of their affiliates,
contingently or otherwise, other than such guaranties existing as of the date
hereof;

        (b) Declare or pay cash dividends;

        (c) Sell, transfer or dispose of, any of its assets other than in the
ordinary course of its business and for fair value or engage in any merger,
consolidation or reorganization;

        (d) Purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any of its
capital stock now or hereafter outstanding.

        3. Conversion.

           3.1 Mandatory Conversion. The principal amount of this Note shall
automatically convert, in whole but not in part, into Common Stock in connection
with and pursuant to the terms of the closing of the Private Offering and the
Holder shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of an investor therein,
provided the Holder satisfies the requirements for investing in the Private
Offering.

           3.2 Optional Conversion. Following any termination of the Private
Offering prior to the first closing thereof and prior to the Maturity Date
hereof, Holder may, at his or her option, elect to convert this Note, in whole
but not in part, into Common Stock at the rate of $2.00 per share of Common
Stock (as adjusted to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations
and the like).

           3.3 Notice of Rights. The Company shall give the Holder ten (10)
business days' written notice prior to the first closing of the Private
Offering.

           3.4 Mechanics of Conversion. In order to convert the principal amount
of this Note in the Private Offering, the Holder must deliver to the Company,
not later than three business days prior to the first closing of the Private
Offering, duly executed and completed subscription materials as are required to
be submitted by persons subscribing for securities in the Private Offering. The
Company shall have the right to reject the Holder's subscription for securities
in the Private Offering if the Holder made a material misrepresentation in its
Subscription Agreement or if the Holder fails to satisfy the suitability
requirements for investing in the Private Offering.

           3.5 Interest. Upon conversion of the principal amount of this Note as
described above, the interest owed hereon shall simultaneously be paid by the
Company to the Holder in cash.

      4.   Miscellaneous.

           4.1 Required Consent. The Company may not modify any of the terms of
this Note without the prior written consent of the Holder.

           4.2 Lost Documents. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note or
any Note exchanged for it, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of
indemnity satisfactory to it, and upon surrender and cancellation of such Note,
if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver in lieu of such Note a new Note
of like tenor and unpaid principal amount and dated as of the original date of
the Note.

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           4.3 Benefit. This Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and their legal representatives, successors and assigns.

           4.4 Notices and Addresses. All notices, offers, acceptances and any
other acts under this Note (except payment) shall be in writing, and shall be
sufficiently given if delivered to the addressee in person, by overnight courier
service or similar receipted delivery, or, if mailed, postage prepaid, by
certified mail, return receipt requested, as follows:

          To Holder:                        To Holder's address on page 1 of
                                            this Note

          To the Company:                   EDG Capital, Inc.
                                            700 Stewart Avenue
                                            Garden City, New York 11530
                                            Attn: Shraga David Aranoff, Vice
                                            President

          In either case with copies to:    Feldman & Associates
                                            Counselors at Law, P.C.
                                            36 West 44th Street, Suite 1201
                                            New York, New York 10036
                                            Attn: David N. Feldman, Esq.

                                            and

                                            Davis & Gilbert LLP
                                            1740 Broadway
                                            New York, New York 10019
                                            Attn:  Brad J. Schwartzberg, Esq.

or to such other address as any of them, by notice to the others may designate
from time to time. Time shall be counted to, or from, as the case may be, the
delivery in person or five (5) business days after mailing.

           4.5 Governing Law. This Note and any dispute, disagreement, or issue
of construction or interpretation arising hereunder whether relating to its
execution, its validity, the obligations provided therein or performance shall
be governed and interpreted according to the law of the State of New York
without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

           4.6 Section Headings. Section headings herein have been inserted for
reference only and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect, in any
matter, or be deemed to interpret in whole or in part any of the terms or
provisions of this Note.

           4.7 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. The
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive the
delivery and conversion of this Note.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Note has been executed and delivered on the
date specified above by the duly authorized representative of the Company.

                                      EDG CAPITAL, INC.

                                      By:
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Jack Schwartzberg
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

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