EXHIBIT 10.6.8
AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
AGREED, as of the 4th day of June 1998, between the Federal Agricultural
Mortgage Corporation (FAMC) and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (the employee), that the
existing employment contract between the parties hereto, dated October 7, 1991,
as amended by Amendment to Employment Contract dated as of June 1, 1993,
Amendment No. 2 to Employment Contract dated as of January 6, 1994 and Amendment
No. 3 dated as of June 1, 1994, Amendment No. 4 dated as of June 1, 1995,
Amendment No. 5 dated as of February 8, 1996, Amendment No. 6 to Employment
Contract dated as of June 13, 1996 and Amendment No. 7 to Employment Contract
dated as of August 7, 1997 (collectively, the Agreement), be and hereby is
amended as follows:
Sections 1, 3 (a) and 7 (a) (3) of the Agreement are replaced in their
entirety with the following new sections:
1. Term. The Term of this Agreement shall continue until June 1, 2001 or
any earlier effective date of termination pursuant to Paragraph 7 hereof (the
"Term").
3 (a). Base Salary. You will be paid a base salary (the Base Salary)
during the Term of Two Hundred Two Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty-Six Dollars
($202,386) per year, payable in arrears on a bi-weekly basis.
7 (a) (3). Xxxxxx Mac may terminate your employment without "cause" at
any time. Such termination shall become effective on the earlier of June 1,
2001, or two years from the date of notice of such termination.
Section 5 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
after the first sentence of such section: "During the first six months of each
Planning Year, vacation shall accrue at the rate of four (4) weeks per Planning
Year; upon the expiration of such six-month period, all remaining vacation
rights for such Planning Year shall accrue immediately.
As amended hereby, the Agreement remains in full force and effect.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Employee
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By:--------------------------
President