Exhibit 10.49
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This First Amendment to Employment
Agreement (the “First Amendment”) is made and entered
into by and between KENNEDY-WILSON, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and Donald J. Herrema, an individual
(“Employee”). This amendment will become
effective at the times set forth below, including the time at which
KW Merger Sub Corp., a subsidiary of Prospect Acquisition Corp.
(“PAX”), is merged into the Company (the
“Effective Time”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Company and Employee have agreed that the terms
of the Employment Agreement shall be modified as set forth below
and that, except as modified, the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.
WHEREAS, Company and Employee have
agreed that the modifications set forth below that are effective as
of the Effective Time shall be conditioned upon the consummation of
the merger of PAX into the Company.
AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE
, for good and valuable
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby amend the Agreement, as
follows:
1.
Section 3 is amended as of the
Effective Time to read as follows:
(a)
Employee shall be employed by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement for a term (the “Term”) beginning on
June 15, 2009, and continuing through to, and terminating at
the close of business on January 31, 2014 (unless earlier
terminated pursuant to Section 11).
2.
Section 5(c) is deleted
effective as of the Effective Time.
3.
Section 11(a) is deleted
effective as of the Effective Time by deleting the words
“eighteen (18) month.”
4.
Section 11(c) is amended
as of the Effective Time to read as follows:
If the Employee is terminated by
Company prior to the end of the Term without cause, then Company
shall continue to pay Employee the basic salary described in
Section 5(a) for the remainder of the Term of the
Agreement on the Company’s ordinary payroll dates applicable
to similarly situated employees of the Company, together with such
other employee benefits (other than continued participation under
the Company’s Section 401(k) plan) as Employee may
be entitled to under the provisions of Section 6 (or if such
benefits cannot be provided to Employee pursuant to the terms of
the applicable plans, comparable benefits, provided, however, that
the provision of comparable benefits shall be made following
Employee’s termination of employment only if and to the
extent that such
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