EXHIBIT 10.3
SECOND AMENDMENT
TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO L.P.,
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, INC. AND MARK A. REESE
This Second Amendment To Employment Agreement (this “Second Amendment”) between National Oilwell Varco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), National Oilwell Varco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NOI”), and Mark A. Reese (the “Executive”) entered into as of January 1, 2002 (the “Original Agreement”), and subsequently amended on December 22, 2008 (the “First Amendment”) is executed by the Company, NOI and the Executive on this 31st day of December, 2009, to be effective as of such date. (The Original Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, is referred to herein as the “Agreement.”)
WITNESSETH:
Whereas, the Company, NOI and the Executive desire to amend the Agreement to comply with new Internal Revenue Service guidance contained in Revenue Ruling 2008-13, 2008-10 I.R.B. 518 (Mar. 10, 2008) (“Revenue Ruling 2008-13”);
Whereas, the Agreement must be amended on or before December 31, 2009 to comply with Revenue Ruling 2008-13; and
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| 1. | | Subclauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 4(a)(i) of the Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to provide as follows: |
(A) the sum of (1) Executive’s Annual Base Salary in effect for the year of Termination (the “Termination Base Salary”) through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) 50% of Executive’s Termination Base Salary; and (3) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”), and
(B) an amount equal to 1.5 times Executive’s Termination Base Salary, and
(C) an amount equal to the maximum amount of employer matching contributions that could have been credited to the Executive under the Company’s 401(k) Savings Plan (without regard to any applicable nondiscrimination tests), any other excess or supplemental retirement plan in which the Executive participates or any other deferred compensation plan during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the month of the Executive’s Date of Termination, such amount to be grossed up so that the amount the Executive actually receives after payment of any federal or state taxes payable thereon equals the amount first described above.
| 2. | | The last word of clause (vi) of Section 4(a) of the Agreement shall be deleted, the period at the end of clause (vii) of Section 4(a) of the Agreement shall be deleted and a semicolon and the word “and” shall be substituted at the end of such clause (vii) in lieu of the deleted period. |
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