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Amendment to the Employment Agreement, Michael T. Lawton

 EXHIBIT 10.45 
 AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 This Amendment to that certain employment agreement dated as of
February 14, 2007, by Domino’s Pizza LLC, a Michigan limited liability corporation (the “Company”) and Michael T. Lawton (the “Executive”) (the “Agreement”) is dated as of December 29, 2008. 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement as set forth herein. 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set forth herein and in the Agreement, the parties here to agree as follows. 
  

	 	1.	Effective as of December 29, 2008, Section 4.1 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting said Section in its entirety and substituting the following:

  

	 	“4.1	Base Salary. The Company shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of Three Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($345,000) per year, payable in accordance with the payroll
practices of the Company for its executives and subject to such increases as the Board of Directors of the Company or the Compensation Committee (the “Board”) in its sole discretion may determine from time to time (the “Base
Salary”). 

  

	 	2.	Effective immediately, Subsection (i) of Section 4.5 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting said Subsection in its entirety and substituting the
following: 

 “(i) any expense policy of the Company set by the Board from time to time, including without limitation any
portion thereof intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and other guidance thereunder (“Section 409A”) and” 
  

	 	3.	Effective immediately, Section 5 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting said Section in its entirety and substituting the following: 

  

	 	“5.	Termination of Employment and Severance Benefits. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 hereof, the Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate prior to
the expiration of the term of this Agreement under the circumstances described in this Section 5. All references herein to termination of employment, separation from service and similar or correlative terms, insofar as they are relevant to the
payment of any benefit that could constitute nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, shall be construed to require a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and the Company and the
Executive shall take all steps necessary (including with regard to any post-termination services by the Executive) to ensure that any such termination constitutes a “separation from service” as so defined.” 

 

	 	4.	Effective immediately, Section 5.2.1 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following to the end of said Section: 

 “; provided, that if the Executive incurs a leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months, the Executive, unless he/she earlier returns to service (at a level of service inconsistent with a separation from service under
Section 409A) or his/her employment is earlier terminated, shall in all events be deemed to have separated from service not later than by the end of the twenty-ninth (29th) month, commencing with the commencement of such leave of
absence.” 

	 	5.	Effective immediately, Section 5.2.2 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting said Section in its entirety and substituting the following: 

 

	 	 “5.2.2
	 The Board may designate another employee to act in the Executive’s place during any period of the Executive’s
disability. Notwithstanding any such designation, the Executive shall continue to receive the Base Salary in accordance with Section 4.1 and to receive benefits in accordance with Section 4.5, to the extent permitted by the then current
terms of the applicable benefit plans, until the Executive becomes disabled within the meaning of Section 409A or until the termination of his/her employment, whichever shall first occur. Upon becoming so disabled, or upon such termination,
whichever shall first occur, the Company shall promptly and in all events within thirty (30) days pay to the Executive any Base Salary earned but unpaid through the date of such eligibility or termination and any Bonus for the fiscal year
preceding the year of such eligibility or termination that was earned but unpaid. At the times the Company pays its executives bonuses generally, but no later than two and one half (2  1/2) months after the end of the fiscal year in which the bonus is earned, the Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to that portion of any Bonus earned but unpaid
during the fiscal year of such eligibility or termination (prorated in accordance with Section 4.2). During the eighteen (18) month period from the date of such disability (as determined under Section 409A), the Company shall pay the
Executive, at its regular pay periods, an amount equal to the difference between the Base Salary and the amounts of any disability income benefits that the Executive receives in respect of such period.” 

  

	 	6.	Effective immediately, Section 5.2.3 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “eligibility” and replacing it with “disability (as
determined under Section 409A)”. 

  

	 	7.	Effective immediately, Section 5.2.4 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by inserting “or for purposes of Section 409A” after the word
“hereunder,” and before the words “the Executive may”. 

  

	 	8.	Effective immediately, Section 5.4 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting said Section in its entirety and substituting the following:

  

	 	 “5.4
	 By the Company Other Than for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder other
than for Cause at any time upon notice to the Executive. In the event of such termination, the Company shall pay the Executive: (i) promptly following termination and in all events within thirty (30) days thereof, Base Salary earned but
unpaid through the date of termination, plus (ii) severance payments for a period to end twelve (12) months after the termination date (“Severance Term”), of which (a) the first severance payment shall be made on the date
that is six (6) months from the date of termination and in an amount equal six (6) times the Executives monthly base compensation in effect at the time of such termination and (b) the balance of the severance shall be paid in six
(6) monthly payments beginning on the date that is seven (7) months from the date of termination and continuing through the date that is twelve (12) months from the date of termination, each such monthly payment in an amount equal to
the Executive’s monthly base compensation in effect at the time of such termination (i.e., 1/12th of the Base Salary), plus (iii) promptly following termination and in all events within thirty (30) days thereof, any unpaid portion of
any Bonus for the fiscal year preceding the year in which such termination occurs that was earned but has not been paid, plus (iv) at the times the Company pays its executives bonuses generally, but no later than two and one half (2  1/2) months after the end of the fiscal year in which the Bonus is earned, an amount equal to that portion of any Bonus earned but
unpaid during the fiscal year of such termination (prorated in accordance with Section 4.2).” 

  

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	 	9.	Effective immediately, the third sentence of Section 5.5 is hereby amended by deleting said sentence in its entirety and substituting the following: 

“In the event of termination in accordance with this Section 5.5, then the Company
shall pay the Executive: (x) promptly following termination and in all events within thirty (30) days thereof, Base Salary earned but unpaid through the date of termination, plus (y) six months after the termination date, an
amount equal to six times the Executive’s monthly base compensation in effect at the time of such termination (i.e., 1/12th of the Base Salary) and thereafter, monthly severance payments, each equal to the Executive’s monthly base
compensation for a period of six months, plus (z) at the times the Company pays its executives bonuses generally, but no later than two and one half (2  1/2) months after the end of the fiscal year in which the bonus is earned, an amount equal to that portion of any Bonus earned but unpaid during the fiscal year of such termination (prorated in
accordance with Section 4.2).” 
  

	 	10.	Effective immediately, Section 5.6 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence at the end of said Section: 

 “The payments made under subsections (i) and (iii) hereof shall be made promptly following termination and in all events within thirty
(30) days thereof.” 
  

	 	11.	Effective immediately, a new Section 5.8 of the Employment Agreement is inserted into the Employment Agreement as follows: 

  

	 	“5.8	Delayed Payments for Specified Employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, if the Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in
Section 409A, determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company as in effect on the Executive’s termination, amounts payable hereunder on account of the Executive’s termination that would constitute nonqualified
deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A and that would, but for this Section 5.9, be payable within the six (6) month period commencing with the Executive’s termination shall instead be accumulated and paid in a lump
sum at the conclusion of such six-month period.” 

  

	 	12.	Effective immediately, Section 12 of the Employment Agreement is amended by renaming the title “Withholding/Other Tax Matters” and adding the following sentence at
the end of the Section 13.3: 

 “This Agreement shall be construed consistent with the intent that all payment and
benefits hereunder comply with the requirements of, or the requirements for exemption from, Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be liable to the Executive for any failure to comply with any such
requirements.” 
  

	 	13.	The Employment Agreement as otherwise amended is in all other respects confirmed. 

  

	 	14.	This amendment shall be effective as of the dates provided herein. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this amendment has been duly
executed this 29th day of December, 2008 and is effective as described in Paragraph 14 hereof. 
  

					
	THE COMPANY:	 	DOMINO’S PIZZA LLC
			
	 	 	By:	 	 /s/ David A. Brandon

	 	 	Name:	 	David A. Brandon
	 	 	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
		
	THE EXECUTIVE:	 	 /s/ Michael T. Lawton

	 	 	Name:	 	Michael T. LawtonAmendment to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. et. al.

 Exhibit 10.31 
 AMENDMENT TO THE 
 ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. ET AL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
 NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN 
 WHEREAS, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (the “Company”) currently maintains the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. et al Board of Directors Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Plan reserves to the Board of Directors of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (the “Board”) the authority to amend the Plan; and

 WHEREAS, the Company has determined that it is desirable to amend the Plan to (i) prohibit new Participants in the Plan on and
after January 1, 2009, (ii) provide that payment of all amounts deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2009, be made on or before December 31, 2017, and (iii) comply with the final regulations issued under Internal
Revenue Code Section 409A. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED that, the Plan is hereby revised, effective January 1, 2009, in
the following particulars: 
 1. Article 1 is amended to read as follows: 
 ARTICLE 1. PURPOSE 
 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. originally established The Royal Caribbean Cruises
Ltd. et al. Board of Directors Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, effective July 1, 2003. This amended Plan document contains amendments adopted through December 31, 2008. The Plan is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for the
members of the Board of Directors of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. as a means of deferring a portion of an eligible individual’s current income and to accumulate resources for future investments. 
 With respect to amounts deferred hereunder that are subject to Code Section 409A and any regulations and other official guidance issued thereunder
(generally, amounts deferred on and after January 1, 2005 and the earnings thereon), applicable provisions of the Plan document shall be interpreted to permit the deferral of compensation in accordance with Code Section 409A, and any
provision that would conflict with such requirements shall not be valid or enforceable. In addition, with respect to amounts deferred hereunder that are not subject to Section 409A (“Grandfathered Funds”), it is intended that the
rules applicable under the Plan as of December 31, 2004, and not Code Section 409A and related official guidance, shall apply with respect to such Grandfathered Funds. 
 2. Section 2.6 is amended to read as follows: 
 2.6 Effective Date means, with respect to
the original Plan document, July 1, 

 
2003. The effective date of this amendment and restatement is January 1, 2009. 
 3. The following Section 2.9 is added to the Plan and the remaining Sections and internal cross-references are re-numbered accordingly: 
 2.9 Grandfathered Funds means amounts deferred under the Plan before January 1, 2005 (and the earnings credited thereon before, on
or after January 1, 2005) for which (i) the Participant had a legally binding right as of December 31, 2004, to be paid the amount, and (ii) such right to the amount was earned and vested as of December 31, 2004 and was
credited to the Participant’s Account hereunder. 
 4. Section 3.1 is amended to read as follows: 
 3.1 Determination of Participant Status: Upon adoption of the Plan, the Company will notify the Board of their eligibility to
participate in the Plan. Thereafter, except as otherwise provided in Section 3.2, prior to each calendar quarter, the Company will notify those new members of the Board of their eligibility to participate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
member of the Board who was not a Participant in the Plan on December 31, 2008, and no individual who becomes a member of the Board on or after January 1, 2009, shall be eligible to become a Participant in the Plan on or after
January 1, 2009. 
 5. Section 3.2 is amended to read as follows: 
 3.2 Commencement of Participation: Each Participant shall be provided an opportunity to designate the percentage of his or her Eligible
Earnings to be deferred under Section 4.1. Any Participant who makes such a designation in the second calendar quarter of 2003 shall become a Participant on the first day of the following month, with respect to Eligible Earnings earned on or
after the Effective Date only, provided the Eligible Participant is a member of the Board as of such date. Thereafter through December 31, 2004, any such Participant who makes such a designation shall become a Participant on the first day of
the following calendar month. Effective on and after January 1, 2005, in the case of the first year in which a Board member becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the Board member may make a deferral election with respect to services to
be performed subsequent to the election provided the election is made within 30 days after the date the Board member becomes eligible to participate. In the case of all other Board members, including any newly eligible Board member who fails to make
an election within the 30-day period described above, deferral elections must be made no later than December 31 (or such other prior date designated by the Company) of the year before the year the services related to the deferral election are
to be performed. 
 Any such designation must be made in the manner authorized by the Company and must be accompanied by: 
 (a) an authorization by the Participant for the Company to make deductions to cover the amount of such deferrals elected pursuant to
Section 4.1; 

 (b) an investment election with respect to any Participant Deferral Contributions; 
 (c) a designation of Beneficiary; and 
 (d) a designation as to the form and timing of the distribution of his or her Participant Account. 
 Notwithstanding the
foregoing, effective January 1, 2009, no member of the Board who was not a Participant in the Plan on December 31, 2008, and no individual who becomes a member of the Board on or after January 1, 2009, shall become a Participant in
the Plan. 
 6. Article 4 is amended to read as follows: 
 ARTICLE 4. PARTICIPANT DEFERRALS 
 4.1 Participant Deferral Contributions: Effective on or before
December 31, 2008, each Participant may authorize the Company, in the manner described in Section 3.2, to have a Participant Deferral Contribution made on his or her behalf. Such election shall apply to the Participant’s Eligible
Earnings attributable to services performed during the designated period covered by the election, as provided in Section 3.2. Such Participant Deferral Contribution shall be a stated whole percentage of the Participant’s Eligible Earnings,
equal to not less than 10% nor more than 100%, as designated by the Participant. The percentage of Eligible Earnings designated by a Participant to measure the Participant Deferral Contributions to be made on the Participant’s behalf shall
remain in effect, notwithstanding any change in his or her Eligible Earnings, until he or she elects to change or suspend such percentage in accordance with Section 4.2 or Section 4.3, below. Effective on and after January 1, 2009, a
Participant may not elect to make Participant Deferral Contributions to the Plan, and the Company may not make Participant Deferral Contributions to the Plan. 
 4.2 Changes in Contributions: Effective on or before December 31, 2008, a Participant may change his or her contribution percentage election under Section 4.1 by applying to make such
change in the manner prescribed by the Company. Prior to January 1, 2005, any such change shall become effective no earlier than the first day of the month following the date on which the Participant applies to make such change. On and after
January 1, 2005, and prior to January 1, 2009, any such change shall become effective no earlier than the January 1 of the calendar year following the date on which the Participant applies to make such change. 
 4.3 Suspension of Contributions: Effective on or before December 31, 2008, a Participant may suspend his or her Participant
Deferral Contributions at any time by applying for a suspension in writing to the Company. Prior to January 1, 2005, any such suspension request shall become effective as soon as administratively practicable following the date the Participant
applies for the suspension. On and after January 1, 2005 and prior to January 1, 2009, any such suspension request shall not become effective before the January 1 of the calendar year following the date the Participant applies for the
suspension. A Participant whose Deferral Contributions have been suspended under this section may resume having Deferral Contributions made on his or 

 
her behalf by applying to change his or her contribution percentage election in accordance with Section 4.2. 
 7. Section 5.3 is amended to read as follows: 
 5.3 Establishment of Investment Funds: The Company will establish one or more Investment Funds which will be maintained for the purpose of determining the investment return to be credited to each Participant’s
Account. The Company may change the number, identity or composition of the Investment Funds from time to time. Each Participant’s Account will be increased or decreased by the net amount of investment earnings or losses that it would have
achieved had it actually been invested in the deemed investments elected by the Participant. The Company is not required to purchase or hold any of the deemed investments. Investment Fund elections must be made in a minimum of 1% increments and in
such manner as the Company may specify. A Participant may change his or her Investment Fund election periodically by completing a revised Participant Election Form and delivering it to the Vice President of Global Total Rewards. Any such change
shall become effective as of the first business day coincident with or immediately following the date the Participant applies to make such change. As the Participant’s Account balance changes, the adjustment of such amounts shall remain based
on the deemed investment previously elected until the Participant requests a change in accordance with this Section or the Company no longer includes that deemed investment as one of the available Investment Funds. If a Participant fails to make an
Investment Fund election, the amount in the Participant’s Account will be deemed to have been invested in a money market fund or any other fund as determined by the Company. 
 8. Section 5.4 is amended to read as follows: 
 5.4 Crediting Investment
Results: No less frequently than as of each Valuation Date, each Participant Account will be increased or decreased to reflect deemed investment results. Each Participant Account will be credited with the deemed investment return of the
Investment Funds in which the Participant elected to be deemed to invest. The credited investment return is intended to reflect the actual performance of the Investment Funds net of any applicable investment management fees or administrative
expenses determined by the Company. Notwithstanding the above, the amount of any payment of Plan benefits pursuant to Article 6 or upon Plan termination shall be determined as of the Valuation Date preceding the date of payment. 
 9. Section 6.1 is amended to read as follows: 
 6.1 Form and Timing of Distribution: Each Participant shall elect the form and timing of the distribution with respect to his or her Participant Account in the manner authorized by the Company. 
 (a) Form of Payment: A Participant’s entire Participant Account shall be payable in the form of a single lump sum. 

 (b) Time of Payment: The Participant’s election shall indicate that payment shall be made:

 (1) as soon as administratively practicable following the Participant’s Termination of Service as a member of the Board which
shall in no event exceed 21 days beyond such Termination of Service; 
 (2) on the January 1 following the year in which the
Participant’s Termination of Service occurs; or 
 (3) in a specific month and year. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant elects his or her distribution to be made in accordance with paragraph 3 above, and such date falls before
the Participant’s Termination of Service, the Participant’s distribution shall be made in accordance with paragraph 1 above. Further, if a Participant elects his or her distribution to be made in accordance with paragraph 3 above, and such
date falls before the Participant’s Termination of Service, the Participant must complete new designations and authorizations pursuant to Section 3.2 in order to continue making Participant Deferral Contributions. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may change his or her form and timing election applicable to the distribution of his or her Participant
Account, provided that such request for change is made (i) at least twelve (12) consecutive months prior to the date on which such distribution would otherwise have been made, (ii) at least twelve (12) consecutive months prior to
the date on which such distribution will be made, and (iii) solely with respect to amounts deferred under the Plan that do not constitute Grandfathered Funds, such that the payment with respect to an amended distribution election is deferred
for a period of not less than 5 years from the date such payment would otherwise have been paid. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in
accordance with Code Section 409A and any guidance issued thereunder, a Participant may make an election to change the time and manner of payment of amounts subject to Code Section 409A on or before December 31, 2008, provided that if
any such election is made during the calendar year ending on December 31, 2008, the change in election (1) is for amounts not otherwise payable in 2008, and (2) does not cause an amount to be paid from a Participant’s Account in
2008. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective January 1, 2009, all amounts deferred under the Plan for a Participant for Plan Years
beginning prior to January 1, 2009, shall be paid no later than December 31, 2017. 
 10. Section 6.3 is amended to read as follows: 

 6.3 Early Distribution: Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, including Sections 6.1 and 6.3, and effective
solely with respect to amounts deferred under the Plan that constitute Grandfathered Funds, a Participant may, one time per year, 

 
make a written request to the Company to immediately receive a lump sum distribution equal to ninety percent (90%) of the entire applicable portion of
his or her Participant Account as adjusted under Section 9.4. The remaining applicable balance of his or her Participant Account from which a payment has been made pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be forfeited by the Participant.
Following receipt of written notice by the Company the Participant shall be precluded from participating in the Plan for one year following such distribution. Except as otherwise allowed under the terms of the Plan, amounts deferred under the Plan
that do not constitute Grandfathered Funds shall not be eligible for early distribution pursuant to this Section 6.3. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is being executed as of the 11th day of November, 2008. 
  

									
		 		 		 	ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD.
					
	Attest:	 	 /s/ Bradley Stein
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Maria R. Del Busto

		 	Bradley Stein	 		 		 	Maria R. Del Busto
		 	Vice President, General Counsel/Secretary	 		 		 	Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

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