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AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AND AWARD AGREEMENTS
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This Amendment to Employment and Award Agreements (this "Amendment") is
entered into as of April 18, 1996 (so as to be effective: (i) in the case of the
Employment Agreement (as defined below) as of the 1st day of April, 1996; and
(ii) in the case of the Award Agreements (as defined below) as of April 15,
1996) by and between John Bram Bartling, Jr. ("Employee") and Cardinal Realty
Services, Inc., an Ohio corporation ("Employer").
RECITALS:
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A. Employee and Employer are parties to that certain Employment
Agreement dated as of December 1, 1995 (the "Employment Agreement").
B. Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Employee has received certain
Restricted and Deferred Share Awards ("Share Awards") of Employer's common
stock, no par value (the "Common Stock") under Employer's Amended and Restated
1992 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Incentive Equity Plan"), as well as Employer's
agreement to issue or deliver "Matching Stock" to Employee, as follows:
1. Twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) shares of
Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 3(c)(i) of the Employment
Agreement and that certain Restricted Shares Agreement (Stock Award)
between Employer and Employee dated as of April 5, 1996;
2. Twenty thousand (20,000) shares of Restricted Stock
pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii) of the Employment Agreement and that
certain Restricted Shares Agreement between Employer and Employee dated
as of April 5, 1996; and
3. Employer's agreement (as set forth in Section 3(c) of the
Employment Agreement) to issue up to ten thousand (10,000) shares of
Common Stock to Employee on account of each share of Common Stock which
Employee purchases for his own account from January 1, 1996 through
December 31, 1996.
C. Employer has afforded Employee and certain other senior executive
officers of Employer with the opportunity to defer federal income taxes which
may otherwise be payable on account of the issuance or vesting of shares of the
Common Stock by establishing an Executive Deferred Compensation Plan dated April
18, 1996 (the "Deferred Compensation Plan") and by entering into that certain
Executive Deferred Compensation Rabbi Trust Agreement between Employer and The
Provident Bank, a state chartered bank, as Trustee (together with its
successors, "Trustee"), dated as of April 18, 1996 (the "Trust Agreement").
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D. Employee has heretofore taken steps to defer federal income taxes
otherwise payable in respect of the issuance or vesting of shares of the Common
Stock by executing that certain equity deferral election dated December 1, 1995
thereby electing to defer his actual receipt of the Common Stock pursuant to a
Deferred Compensation Arrangement and Rabbi Trust to be established by Employer.
E. Employer has now formally adopted the Deferred Compensation Plan and
entered into the Trust Agreement and, pursuant to Employee's prior election,
Employee and Employer desire to cause the Common Stock to be issued to and held
by the Trustee for his benefit in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
F. Employer and Employee desire to refine the provisions in the
Employment Agreement for Employee's Cash Bonus (as defined in the Employment
Agreement).
AMENDMENTS
1. Amendments to Award Agreements. Concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Amendment, Employer and Employee will execute and deliver
Amended and Restated Award Agreements in the forms of Exhibits "A" and "B"
hereto. The Amended and Restated Award Agreements will provide that all
Restricted Shares will be issued to the Trustee for the benefit of Employee in
accordance with the provisions of the Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust
Agreement. The Award Agreements will also eliminate any references to the
Incentive Equity Plan inasmuch as the Common Stock formerly subject to the Share
Awards will not be issued under the Incentive Equity Plan.
2. Amendments to Employment Agreement. The Employment Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:
(a) The words "taxes, depreciation and amortization" are
hereby deleted from Section 3(b)(i) of the Employment Agreement and the
following words are hereby added to Section 3(b)(i) of the Employment
Agreement following the word "interest" as it appears in the second
line thereof: "(excluding, however, interest expense on account of
mortgage loans secured by real property in which the Company retains,
directly or indirectly, a one hundred percent (100%) equity ownership
interest), taxes, depreciation and amortization; with such earnings,
however, being further adjusted so as to exclude all non-recurring
items, including, without limitation, loan fees which the Company
receives from limited partnerships or other entities in which it
retains a minority interest and the accounts of which are not
consolidated in the Company's financial statements, net income from
disposal of non-core assets, restructuring costs and all other
extraordinary gains or losses; all as".
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(b) The words "shall issue to Employee" as they appear in
Section 3(c) of the Employment Agreement are hereby deleted and the
following language is substituted therefor: "shall issue to The
Provident Bank, a state chartered bank, in its capacity as Trustee
under that certain Executive Deferred Compensation Rabbi Trust
Agreement dated as of April 18, 1996 (the "Trust Agreement"), or any
successor trustee thereunder ("Trustee"), for the benefit of Employee".
(c) The second sentence of Section 3(c) of the Employment
Agreement is hereby deleted and the following sentence is substituted
therefor: "Any Matching Stock which Trustee is entitled to receive from
Employer shall be issued to Trustee within thirty (30) days of
Employee's purchase of any shares of Common Stock and shall be subject
to all restrictions and limitations imposed by applicable state and
federal securities laws and regulations."
(d) The following language is added to the end of Section
3(c)(i) of the Employment Agreement: "and except for the terms of
Employer's Executive Deferred Compensation Plan and the terms of the
Trust Agreement".
(e) The term "Employee" is hereby deleted from the second line
of Section 3(c)(ii) of the Employment Agreement, and the term "Trustee"
is substituted therefor.
3. Miscellaneous.
(a) Effect of Amendment. Except as specifically provided
herein, this Amendment does not in any way waive, amend, modify, affect
or impair the terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement, and all
terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement are to remain in full
force and effect unless otherwise specifically amended, waived or
changed pursuant hereto.
On and after the date of this Amendment, each reference in the
Employment Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof",
"herein" or words of like import referring to the Employment Agreement
shall mean and be a reference to the Employment Agreement as amended by
this Amendment.
This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement among the
parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, representations
or other arrangements, whether express or implied, written or oral, of
the parties in connection therewith except to the extent expressly
incorporated or specifically referred to herein.
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(b) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute
but one and the same instrument.
(c) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws
of the State of Ohio, without regard to conflicts of laws principles.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employer and Employee have signed this Amendment so
as to be effective as hereinabove provided.
CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
Attest:
By: /s/ John Bram Bartling, Jr.
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JOHN BRAM BARTLING, JR.
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