EXHIBIT 99(a)(20)
AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Comshare, Incorporated (the "COMPANY") entered into a Change
in Control Severance Agreement with Dennis Ganster (the "EXECUTIVE"), dated as
of June 1, 1998 and amended as of November 30, 1999 (as amended, the "SEVERANCE
AGREEMENT"); and
WHEREAS, the Company seeks to enter into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger, as of June 22, 2003 (the "MERGER AGREEMENT") among the Company, Geac
Computer Corporation Limited, a corporation governed by the Canada Business
Corporations Act ("PARENT"), and Conductor Acquisition Corp., a Michigan
corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("MERGER
SUBSIDIARY"), pursuant to which Merger Subsidiary will acquire the Company on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to Parent and Merger Subsidiary to enter into
the Merger Agreement, the Company and the Executive desire to enter into this
Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. This letter agreement will take effect simultaneously with the
acceptance for payment by Merger Subsidiary of any shares of common stock of the
Company pursuant to the Offer described in the Merger Agreement (the "Effective
Date").
2. Parent and Merger Subsidiary acknowledge and agree that upon the
Effective Date, a "Change in Control" will have occurred, and "Good Reason" will
exist for termination by the Executive of his employment by the Company, as each
such term is defined in the Severance Agreement.
3. In the event that after the Effective Date there shall occur any
Termination of Employment of the Executive, as defined in Section 5 of the
Severance Agreement, the amount of the severance benefit to which the Executive
will be entitled under Section 6(a) of the Severance Agreement shall be equal to
the amount calculated by reference to Section 6(a), less $6,000.
4. The Executive agrees and confirms, for the benefit of the Company
and for the benefit of Parent and Merger Subsidiary that, notwithstanding the
provisions of any other agreement or arrangement, he will not be entitled to
receive, will not take any action to obtain, and will not accept: (i) any base
salary for the Company's fiscal years ended June 30, 2003 or 2004 in an amount
higher than $350,000 per annum or (ii) any bonus payment whatsoever for fiscal
year 2003.
5. This Agreement, and the Severance Agreement, as modified by Section
3 above, contain the entire agreement between or among us, with respect to their
subject matter.
If these arrangements are acceptable to you, we ask that you indicate
your acceptance of this Agreement by signing the enclosed copy and returning it
to Parent at 66 Perimeter Center East, Atlanta, GA 30346, Attention: Cindy
Davis.
COMSHARE, INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Alan G. Merten
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CONDUCTOR ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ Paul D. Birch
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Paul D. Birch
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GEAC COMPUTER CORPORATION LIMITED
By: /s/ Paul D. Birch
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Paul D. Birch
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ACCEPTED:
/s/ Dennis Ganster
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Dennis Ganster