Compensation Letter - Lance Inc. and Scott C. Lea
Lance, Inc.
P.O. Box 32368
[LANCE LOGO] Charlotte, NC 28232 2379 USA
Phone 704 554 1421
October 6, 1998
Mr. Scott C. Lea
Charlotte, North Carolina
Re: Chairman of the Board
Dear Scott:
This letter is to acknowledge the substantial contributions of
time and energy you have made to Lance, Inc., its stockholders and employees, in
your role as Chairman of the Board and to confirm the additional compensation
approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on October 6, 1998.
Since you have provided substantially more consulting services
since early 1996 than originally contemplated by the letter agreement of April
19, 1996 and you have agreed to serve for the full three-year term contemplated
in that letter, your compensation and tenure will continue as set forth in the
letter agreement of April 19, 1996 and the attachment to that letter as well as
with the additional amounts set forth in the attachment to this letter.
For the purposes of your additional incentive compensation
described in the attachment to this letter, the mean price of Lance Common Stock
on April 17, 1998 is $20.875 per share.
If you concur that this letter, together with the attachment,
correctly describes our arrangement, please so indicate in the space provided
below on the enclosed copy of this letter and return it to me.
On behalf of the Directors, stockholders and employees of Lance,
Inc., we appreciate and are grateful for your service as Chairman of the Board.
Very truly yours,
s/ Paul A. Stroup, III
Paul A. Stroup, III
President
Agreed:
s/ Scott C. Lea
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Scott C. Lea
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Lance, Inc.
Chairman of the Board Compensation
1. The Chairman of the Board of Directors (as non-executive
chairman) of Lance, Inc. (the Company) will continue to receive the fee and
incentive compensation on the terms and conditions set forth in the letter
agreement dated April 16, 1996 and the attachment thereto.
2. Upon completion of the three year term as Chairman of the
Board, the Chairman of the Board will be paid a cash bonus of $162,000.
3. As additional incentive compensation, the Chairman of the
Board will be paid $25,000 for each 1% that the Highest Average Sales Price (as
defined below) of the Company's Common Stock exceeds the mean of the high and
low prices of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market on April 17, 1998.
Such incentive compensation shall be paid in one lump sum upon the earlier of
(a) three years after completion of service as Chairman of the Board or (b) a
Change of Control (as defined below). For example, as the price is $20.875 and
if the Highest Average Sales Price is $32, this would result in an approximately
53% increase and additional incentive compensation of $1,325,000.
4. For purposes of determining additional incentive compensation,
the Highest Average Sales Price means the higher of (i) the average of the
highest sales price of the Company's Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market (or
a national securities exchange if the Common Stock is so listed) during four
consecutive interim (quarterly accounting) periods of the Company which have the
highest average sales price for the Common Stock of the Company beginning with
the interim period which began on March 22, 1998 and ending with the interim
period in March which is 35 months or more after the termination of service as
Chairman of the Board or (ii) the average of the highest sales price of the
Company's Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market (or a national securities
exchange if the Common Stock is so listed) for any 10 consecutive trading days
during the period from April 17, 1998 until three years after the termination of
service as Chairman of the Board.
5. In the event of a Change of Control as defined in the
Company's former Executive Employment Agreements, the Highest Average Sales
Price shall be deemed to be the highest per share consideration paid or payable
for the Company's Common Stock in connection with the transaction that results
in a Change of Control. In the event the Company or its stockholders receive a
bona fide, adequately financed offer or tender offer for a transaction, which
could result in a Change of Control, and such offer or tender offer is or
becomes available to the Company's stockholders, the Highest Average Sales Price
shall be the higher of the per share consideration payable for the Company's
Common Stock in connection with such offer or tender offer or the Highest
Average Sales Price determined in accordance with Section 4 above.
6. In the event that the Company through its Compensation/Stock
Option Committee and its Board of Directors determines that a new agreement for
service as Chairman of the Board after April 1999 is necessary and appropriate,
the Company will enter into such agreement with the Chairman of the Board prior
to March 1, 1999.