Bruce Foster
1414 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Re: Employment Agreement
Dear Bruce:
I refer
you to your Employment Agreement dated December 1, 2005 with 4Kids
Entertainment Licensing, Inc. (“Employer”) as amended
by letter agreements dated January 30, 2007 and April 16, 2007
(collectively the “Employment Agreement”).
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This letter hereby further amends
the Employment Agreement as follows:
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1. Paragraph 2 (b) of your
Employment Agreement, which was amended pursuant to the January 30,
2007 amendment, is hereby further amended as follows:
(a) The current final sentence of
Paragraph 2 (b) set forth in the January 30, 2007 amendment, which
final sentence reads "Employer’s payments to Employee of the
Severance Benefit shall be made in accordance with the provisions
of Paragraph 3 (b) below" is hereby deleted in its entirety and is
replaced by the following which shall be added to the end of
Paragraph 2 (b):
“Employer’s payments to
Employee of the Severance Benefit shall be made in accordance with
the provisions of Paragraph 3 (b) below subject to Paragraph 19
below. For the avoidance of doubt, the Severance Benefit shall not
be in addition to any payment which Employee may receive pursuant
to Paragraph 10 (f) of this Agreement with respect to a Change of
Control (as defined below in Paragraph 10 (f) (ii)). This Paragraph
2 (b) shall survive the expiration of this Agreement."
2.
Paragraph 10(d) of your Employment Agreement, which was amended
pursuant to the April 16, 2007 amendment, is hereby further amended
by deleting the last sentence thereof and replacing it with the
following:
"In the event that such written
notice of termination is delivered, Employee shall continue to
receive Employee’s full salary and Fringe Benefits for the
remainder of the Term. Such payment of the amount due Employee
pursuant to this Paragraph 10 (d) shall be made to Employee in a
lump sum within five (5) business days of the date of the
termination of this Agreement by Employer without cause subject to
Paragraph 19 below.
3. Paragraph 10(f) of your
Employment Agreement, which was amended pursuant to the January 30,
2007 amendments and the April 16, 2007 amendment, is hereby further
amended by deleting Paragraph 10 (f), as amended, in its entirety
and replacing it with the following new Paragraph 10
(f):
“(f) (i) If during the Term,
there shall occur a Change of Control (as defined below), Employee
may, within six (6) months after the occurrence of the Change of
Control, voluntarily terminate his employment in which case
Employee shall be entitled to receive a payment equal to 2.99 times
his average annual compensation (including bonuses) paid by
Employer during the three (3) calendar years prior to the Change of
Control. For the avoidance of doubt, if Employer terminates
Employee pursuant to Paragraph 10 (d) above during the