{"id":38954,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/employment-agreement-bannister-steel-inc-schuff-steel-co-and.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"employment-agreement-bannister-steel-inc-schuff-steel-co-and","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/employment-agreement-bannister-steel-inc-schuff-steel-co-and.html","title":{"rendered":"Employment Agreement &#8211; Bannister Steel Inc., Schuff Steel Co. and Ted F. Rossin"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT\n\n         This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the 'Agreement') is made as of this 15th day\nof October, 1998, by and between BANNISTER STEEL, INC., a California corporation\n(the 'Company'), SCHUFF STEEL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation (the 'Parent')\n(solely as to Sections 5 and 25), and TED F. ROSSIN, an individual\n('Executive').\n\n                                    RECITALS\n\n         Company desires to employ Executive, and Executive desires to be\nemployed by Company, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.\n\n         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements,\nrepresentations, and warranties contained herein and for other good and valuable\nconsideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the\nparties agree as follows:\n\n         1.       Definitions.  As used herein:\n\n                  (a) 'Parent Confidential Information' shall mean confidential,\n         proprietary information or trade secrets of Parent and its\n         subsidiaries, whether now existing, or acquired, developed, or made\n         available anytime in the future to or by Parent or its subsidiaries,\n         including, without limitation, the following: (1) customer and vendor\n         lists and related information as compiled by Parent and its\n         subsidiaries, including name, address, contact persons, pricing, sale\n         and contract terms and conditions, and contract expirations; (2)\n         Parent's and its subsidiaries' internal practices and procedures; (3)\n         Parent's and its subsidiaries' financial condition and financial\n         results of operation; (4) information relating to Parent's and its\n         subsidiaries' strategic planning, sales, financing, bonding and\n         insurance, purchasing, marketing, promotion, distribution, and selling\n         activities; (5) all information that Executive has a reasonable basis\n         to consider confidential or that is treated by Parent or its\n         subsidiaries as confidential; and (6) any and all information having\n         independent economic value to Parent or its subsidiaries that is not\n         generally known to, and not readily ascertainable by proper means by,\n         persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use.\n         Executive acknowledges that such information is Parent Confidential\n         Information whether disclosed to or learned by Executive or originated\n         by Executive during his employment by Company or any of its\n         subsidiaries. In the event that information is not clearly and\n         obviously publicly available, the information shall be presumed to be\n         confidential.\n\n                  (b) 'Termination' shall mean termination of Executive's\n         employment with Company pursuant to Sections 15 through 19 hereof.\n\n         2. Term of Agreement. This Agreement will commence as of October 15,\n1998 and shall terminate five (5) years from such date, unless earlier\nterminated in accordance with, and subject to, the other provisions hereof (the\n'Term'). The parties may extend the Term for additional one-year terms by mutual\nwritten agreement.\n\n         3. Position with Company. During the Term, Executive shall serve as\nPresident of Company, shall devote his full time and efforts to the affairs of\nCompany, and shall faithfully and diligently perform all duties commensurate\nwith such position, including, without limitation, those duties reasonably\nrequested by Company's Board of Directors. In addition, Executive shall be\nsubject to and comply with the Company's policies and procedures.\n\n         4. Salary\/Bonus.\n\n                  (a) Executive shall be entitled to receive a minimum base\n         salary from Company in the amount of $240,000 annually (prorated as\n         appropriate), payable in equal installments in accordance with\n         Company's general salary payment policies in effect during the Term\n         hereof (the 'Minimum Base Salary'). The Minimum Base Salary shall be\n         reviewed annually in December and may be increased at such times and in\n         such amounts as Company's Board of Directors shall determine taking\n         into account Executive's performance and duties, and such other factors\n         as it deems appropriate.\n\n                  (b) In addition to the Minimum Base Salary, Executive shall be\n         entitled to receive an annual bonus, payable on or before the 90th day\n         after the end of Company's fiscal year during each year of this\n         Agreement (prorated for partial years during the Term) equal to four\n         and one-half percent (4-1\/2%) of Company's income before taxes for the\n         most recent twelve month period ending on the last day of Company's\n         fiscal year, after a home office charge mutually agreed upon in writing\n         and before any goodwill arising from the acquisition of Company by\n         Parent (the 'Annual Bonus'). Company's income before taxes shall be as\n         determined by Company's independent auditors in accordance with\n         generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of\n         such determination and in conjunction with Company's fiscal year end\n         audit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Annual Bonus for\n         any year (prorated as appropriate) does not equal or exceed $135,000\n         (the 'Minimum Bonus'), then Company shall pay to Executive, at the time\n         required for payment of the Annual Bonus, the Minimum Bonus. In its\n         discretion, the Board of Directors of the Company may award additional\n         bonuses to Executive from time to time.\n\n         5. Stock Options. Effective as of the date hereof, Parent shall grant\nExecutive an option to acquire 9,000 shares of Parent common stock, par value\n$.001 per share, under the existing option plan of Parent for similar executives\nat the closing market price of such shares, as reported on the Nasdaq National\nMarket on the date hereof. In addition, Executive shall be entitled to\nadditional options if Company's income before taxes (calculated in accordance\nwith the applicable provisions of paragraph 4 above) exceeds $3,000,000 in any\nyear (prorated as appropriate), as more fully set forth on Schedule A attached\nhereto and entitled 'Incentive Stock Option Plan.' In addition, the Board of\nDirectors of Parent will review Executive's option position annually and in its\ndiscretion may award Executive additional options.\n\n         6. Benefit Plans \/ Other Benefits. Executive shall be entitled to\nparticipate in the Company's benefit plans of general application and for\nsimilar executives, including its health insurance program; provided, however,\nthat nothing herein shall restrict Company's ability to terminate or modify any\nbenefit plan or arrangement.\n\n                                      -2-\n\n         7. Expenses and Related Matters. Company shall pay for or reimburse\nExecutive for all ordinary and necessary business expenses incurred or paid by\nExecutive in furtherance of Company's business and provide Executive with a\nCompany automobile or an automobile allowance, all subject to and in accordance\nwith Company's policies and procedures of general application and for similar\nexecutives and with applicable tax laws.\n\n         8. Covenants of Employee. Executive hereby covenants and agrees that,\nduring the term of this Agreement and for a period of twelve months after any\nTermination of employment, Executive will not:\n\n                  (a) Engage, directly or indirectly, either as principal,\n         partner, joint venturer, director, officer, employee, consultant or\n         independent contractor, agent, or proprietor or in any other manner\n         participate in the ownership, management, operation, or control of any\n         person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or\n         other entity which engages in the business of providing any products or\n         services, including, without limitation, engineering, detailing, steel\n         fabrication and erection and joist manufacturing, which are competitive\n         with those products or services offered or sold by Parent or its\n         subsidiaries within any jurisdiction in which Parent or its\n         subsidiaries does or proposes to do business.\n\n                  (b) Directly or indirectly solicit for employment (whether as\n         an employee, consultant, independent contractor, or otherwise) any\n         person who is or was at any time within six (6) months of Termination\n         an employee, consultant, independent contractor or the like of Parent\n         or any of its subsidiaries, unless Parent gives its written consent to\n         such employment or offer of employment.\n\n                  (c) Call on or directly or indirectly solicit or divert or\n         take away from Parent or any of its subsidiaries (including, without\n         limitation, by divulging to any competitor or potential competitor of\n         Parent or its subsidiaries) any person, firm, corporation, or other\n         entity who is, or during the preceding twelve months was, a customer or\n         prospective customer of Parent or any of its subsidiaries.\n\n         9. Confidentiality and Nondisclosure. It is understood that in the\ncourse of Executive's employment with Company, Executive will become acquainted\nwith Parent Confidential Information. Executive recognizes that Parent\nConfidential Information has been developed or acquired at great expense, is\nproprietary to Parent or its subsidiaries, and is and shall remain the exclusive\nproperty of Parent. Accordingly, Executive hereby covenants and agrees that he\nwill not, without the express written consent of Parent, during Executive's\nemployment with Company or its subsidiaries and thereafter or until such time as\nParent Confidential Information becomes generally known, or readily\nascertainable by proper means, by persons unrelated to Parent or its\nsubsidiaries, disclose to others, copy, make any use of, or remove from Parent's\nor its subsidiaries' premises any Parent Confidential Information, except as\nExecutive's duties for Company or its subsidiaries may specifically require.\n\n         10. Acknowledgment; Relief for Violation. Executive hereby agrees that\nthe period of time provided for in Sections 8 and 9 and the territorial\nrestrictions and other provisions and restrictions set forth therein are\nreasonable and necessary to protect Parent, its subsidiaries and\n\n                                      -3-\n\nits and their successors and assigns in the use and employment of the good will\nof the business conducted by Parent and its subsidiaries. Executive further\nagrees that damages cannot compensate Parent in the event of a violation of\nSection 8 or 9, and that, if such violation should occur, injunctive relief\nshall be essential for the protection of Parent, its subsidiaries, and its and\ntheir successors and assigns. Accordingly, Executive hereby covenants and agrees\nthat, in the event any of the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 shall be violated\nor breached, Parent and any subsidiary shall be entitled to obtain injunctive\nrelief against Executive, without bond but upon due notice, in addition to such\nfurther or other relief as may appertain at equity or law. Obtainment of such an\ninjunction by Parent shall not be considered an election of remedies or a waiver\nof any right to assert any other remedies which Parent has at law or in equity.\nNo waiver of any breach or violation hereof shall be implied from forbearance or\nfailure by Parent to take action thereon. Executive hereby agrees that he has\nsuch skills and abilities that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 will not\nprevent him from earning a living. Executive agrees to pay any and all\nreasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by Parent and\nany subsidiary in enforcing any provision of this Agreement.\n\n         11. Extension During Breach. Executive agrees that the time period\ndescribed in Sections 8 and 9 shall be extended for a period equal to the\nduration of any breach of such provisions by Executive.\n\n         12.      No Conflicts of Interest.\n\n                  (a) During the period of Executive's employment with Company,\n         Executive will not independently engage in the same or a similar line\n         of business as Parent or its subsidiaries, or, directly or indirectly,\n         serve, advise, or be employed by any individual, firm, partnership,\n         association, corporation, or other entity engaged in the same or\n         similar line or lines of business.\n\n                  (b) Executive is not a promoter, director, employee, or\n         officer of, or consultant or independent contractor to, a business\n         organized for profit, nor will Executive become a partner, promoter,\n         director, employee, or officer of, or consultant or independent\n         contractor to, such a business while employed by Company or its\n         subsidiaries without first obtaining the prior written approval of\n         Parent. Executive disclaims any such relationship or position with any\n         such business. Should Executive become a promoter, director, employee,\n         or officer of, or a consultant or independent contractor to, a business\n         organized for profit upon obtaining such prior written approval,\n         Executive understands that Executive has a continuing obligation to\n         advise Parent at such time of any activity of Parent or such other\n         business that presents Executive with a conflict of interest as an\n         employee of Company.\n\n                  (c) Should any matter of dealing in which Executive is\n         involved, or hereafter becomes involved, on his own behalf or as an\n         employee of Company, appear to present a possible conflict of interest\n         under any policy of Parent or any subsidiary then in effect, Executive\n         will promptly disclose the facts to Parent's Board of Directors so that\n         a determination can be made as to whether a conflict of interest does\n         exist. Executive will take whatever action is requested of Executive\n\n                                      -4-\n\n         by Parent or its Board of Directors to resolve any conflict which it\n         finds to exist, including severing the relationship which creates the\n         conflict.\n\n         13. Return of Company Materials and Parent Confidential Information.\nUpon Termination, Executive shall promptly deliver to Company the originals and\nall copies of any and all materials, documents, notes, manuals, or lists\ncontaining or embodying Parent Confidential Information or relating directly or\nindirectly to the business of Parent or its subsidiaries in the possession or\ncontrol of Executive.\n\n         14. No Agreement With Others. Executive represents, warrants, and\nagrees that Executive is not a party to any agreement with any other person or\nbusiness entity, including former employers, that in any way affects Executive's\nemployment by Company or relates to the same subject matter of this Agreement or\nconflicts with his obligations under this Agreement, or restricts Executive's\nservices to Company.\n\n         15. Termination for Cause. Company shall have the right to terminate\nExecutive for Cause at any time if the Board of Directors of Parent determines,\nin its reasonable discretion, that any of the following events have occurred:\n\n                  (a) Executive willfully fails to perform his duties hereunder\n         (whether by reason of drug or alcohol addiction or otherwise), or\n         otherwise materially breaches this Agreement;\n\n                  (b) Executive refuses or fails to follow any lawful direction\n         of Company's Board of Directors or violates any lawful rule or\n         regulation established by Company from time to time regarding the\n         conduct of its businesses and such failure or violation could have a\n         material adverse effect on or be materially disruptive to the business;\n         or\n\n                  (c) Executive is charged with or convicted of committing a\n         felony or crime (other than routine traffic violations), or engages in\n         conduct involving fraud, moral turpitude, dishonesty, gross misconduct,\n         embezzlement, theft, conduct that is detrimental to Company or could\n         have an adverse impact on the standing or reputation of Executive or\n         Company.\n\nCompany shall provide written notice of a termination for Cause hereunder and,\nwith respect to a purported violation of subsection (a) or (b) above that is\ncurable in such time period, shall afford Executive an opportunity to cure or\ndisprove the purported violation for the ten-day period following such notice.\nUpon a termination for Cause, Executive shall be entitled to receive only his\nMinimum Base Salary, the amount of any unpaid Annual Bonus earned in any\ncomplete fiscal year of the Company preceding the date of Termination, and any\nbenefits as are due Executive through the effective date of such Termination.\n\n         16. Termination Upon Voluntary Resignation. Executive may resign his\nemployment with Company at any time and shall provide Company with not less than\n90 days prior written notice thereof. In the event Executive voluntarily resigns\nhis employment with Company, Executive shall be entitled to receive only such\nMinimum Base Salary, the amount of any unpaid Annual Bonus earned in any\ncomplete fiscal year of the Company preceding the date of\n\n                                      -5-\n\nTermination, and any benefits as are due Executive through the effective date of\nsuch resignation.\n\n         17. Termination Upon Death of Executive. If during the term of this\nAgreement Executive dies, then this Agreement shall terminate and Company shall\npay to the estate of Executive only the Minimum Base Salary, the amount of any\nunpaid Annual Bonus earned in any complete fiscal year of the Company preceding\nthe date of Termination, and any benefits as are due Executive through the date\nof his death.\n\n         18. Termination Upon Disability of Executive. If during the term of\nthis Agreement Executive is unable to perform the services required of Executive\npursuant to this Agreement for a continuous period of ninety (90) days due to\ndisability or incapacity by reason of any physical or mental illness (as\nreasonably determined by Parent's Board of Directors), then Company shall have\nthe right to terminate this Agreement at the end of such ninety-day period by\ngiving written notice to Executive. Executive shall be entitled to receive only\nsuch Minimum Base Salary, the amount of any unpaid Annual Bonus earned in any\ncomplete fiscal year of the Company preceding the date of Termination, and any\nbenefits as are due Executive through the effective date of such Termination.\n\n         19. Termination by Company Other than for Cause, Death, Disability, or\nVoluntary Resignation. Company may elect at any time to terminate Executive for\nany reason other than for Cause, death, disability, or voluntary resignation of\nExecutive. If such Termination occurs, Executive shall be entitled to receive\nthe Minimum Base Salary and the Minimum Bonus over the twelve month period\nfollowing such Termination, and any benefits as are due Executive through the\ndate of such Termination.\n\n         20. Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy, or claim, whether\ncontractual or non-contractual, between the parties hereto arising directly or\nindirectly out of or connected with this Agreement, relating to the breach or\nalleged breach of any representation, warranty, agreement, or covenant under\nthis Agreement, unless mutually settled by the parties hereto, shall be resolved\nby binding arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of\nthe American Arbitration Association (the 'AAA'). Any arbitration shall be\nconducted by arbitrators approved by the AAA and mutually acceptable to Company\nand Executive. All such disputes, controversies, or claims shall be conducted by\na single arbitrator, unless the dispute involves more than $50,000 in the\naggregate in which case the arbitration shall be conducted by a panel of three\narbitrators. If the parties hereto are unable to agree on the arbitrator(s),\nthen the AAA shall select the arbitrator(s). The resolution of the dispute by\nthe arbitrator(s) shall be final, binding, nonappealable, and fully enforceable\nby a court of competent jurisdiction under the Federal Arbitration Act. The\narbitrator(s) shall award compensatory damages to the prevailing party. The\narbitrator(s) shall have no authority to award consequential or punitive or\nstatutory damages, and the parties hereby waive any claim to those damages to\nthe fullest extent allowed by law. The arbitration award shall be in writing and\nshall include a statement of the reasons for the award. The arbitration shall be\nheld in Phoenix, Arizona. The arbitrator(s) shall award reasonable attorneys'\nfees and costs to the prevailing party.\n\n         21. Severability; Reformation. In the event any court or arbiter\ndetermines that any of the restrictive covenants in this Agreement, or any part\nthereof, is or are invalid or\n\n                                      -6-\n\nunenforceable, the remainder of the restrictive covenants shall not thereby be\naffected and shall be given full effect, without regard to invalid portions. If\nany of the provisions of this Agreement should ever be deemed to exceed the\ntemporal, geographic, or occupational limitations permitted by applicable laws,\nthose provisions shall be and are hereby reformed to the maximum temporal,\ngeographic, or occupational limitations permitted by law. In the event any court\nor arbiter refuses to reform this Agreement as provided above, the parties\nhereto agree to modify the provisions held to be unenforceable to preserve each\nparty's anticipated benefits thereunder.\n\n         22. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in\nwriting and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery, by telecopier,\nor by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid and return receipt\nrequested) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address\nfor a party as shall be specified by it by like notice):\n\n                  If to Parent\n                  or Company :              Schuff Steel Company\n                                            420 South 19th Avenue\n                                            Phoenix, Arizona 85009\n                                            Phone: (602) 452-4445\n                                            FAX: (602) 452-4465\n                                            Attention: President\n\n                  With a copy to:           Snell &amp; Wilmer L.L.P.\n                                            One Arizona Center\n                                            Phoenix, Arizona 85004-0001\n                                            Phone: (602) 382-6252\n                                            FAX:  (602) 382-6070\n                                            Attn:  Steven D. Pidgeon, Esq.\n\n                  If to Executive:          Ted Rossin\n                                            1515 Willow Bend Drive\n                                            El Cajon, California  92019\n                                            Phone:\n                                            FAX:\n\n                  With a copy to:           Murray M. Helm, Jr., Esq.\n                                            Marks &amp; Golia\n                                            3900 Harney Street, 1st Floor\n                                            San Diego, California  92110\n                                            Phone:  619-293-7000\n                                            FAX:  619-293-7362\n\n         All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to have been\nduly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days\nafter being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if delivered by mail; and\nwhen receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied.\n\n                                      -7-\n\n         23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of\ncounterparts, and each counterpart shall constitute an original instrument, but\nall such separate counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement.\n\n         24. Governing Law. The validity, construction, and enforceability of\nthis Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of\nCalifornia, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.\n\n         25. Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not be\nassigned by operation of law or otherwise, except that Company may assign all or\nany portion of its rights under this Agreement to any subsidiary or affiliate of\nthe Company, but no such assignment shall relieve Company of its obligations\nhereunder, and except that this Agreement may be assigned to any corporation or\nentity with or into which Company may be merged or consolidated or to which\nCompany transfers all or substantially all of its assets, and such corporation\nor entity assumes this Agreement and all obligations and undertakings of Company\nhereunder. Parent and its subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries hereof and\neach may enforce this Agreement.\n\n         26. Further Assurances. At any time on or after the date hereof, the\nparties hereto shall each perform such acts, execute and deliver such\ninstruments, assignments, endorsements and other documents and do all such other\nthings consistent with the terms of this Agreement as may be reasonably\nnecessary to accomplish the transaction contemplated in this Agreement or\notherwise carry out the purpose of this Agreement.\n\n         27. Gender, Number and Headings. The masculine, feminine, or neuter\npronouns used herein shall be interpreted without regard to gender, and the use\nof the singular or plural shall be deemed to include the other whenever the\ncontext so requires.\n\n         28. Waiver of Provisions. The terms, covenants, representations,\nwarranties, and conditions of this Agreement may be waived only by a written\ninstrument executed by the party waiving compliance. The failure of any party at\nany time to require performance of any provisions hereof shall, in no manner,\naffect the right at a later date to enforce the same. No waiver by any party of\nany condition, or breach of any provision, term, covenant, representation, or\nwarranty contained in this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any\none or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or\ncontinuing waiver of any such condition or of the breach of any other provision,\nterm, covenant, representation, or warranty of this Agreement.\n\n         29. Attorneys' Fees and Costs. If any legal action or any arbitration\nor other proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement, or because\nof an alleged dispute, breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with\nany of the provisions of this Agreement, the successful or prevailing party or\nparties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees, accounting\nfees, and other costs incurred in that action or proceeding, in addition to any\nother relief to which it or they may be entitled.\n\n         30. Section and Paragraph Headings. The Article and Section headings in\nthis Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way\nthe meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.\n\n                                      -8-\n\n         31. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in\nwriting executed by all parties hereto.\n\n         32. Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each party\nshall bear its own expenses incident to this Agreement and the transactions\ncontemplated hereby, including without limitation, all fees of counsel,\nconsultants, and accountants.\n\n         33. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes and embodies the full\nand complete understanding and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to\nthe subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior understandings or\nagreements, whether oral or in writing.\n\n         34. Withholding. Executive acknowledges and agrees that payments made\nto Executive by Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement may be subject\nto tax withholding and that Company may withhold against payments due Executive\nany such amounts as well as any other amounts payable by Executive to Company.\n\n         35. Release. Receipt of any of the benefits to be provided to Executive\nunder this Agreement following termination of Executive's employment hereunder\nshall be subject to Executive's compliance with any reasonable and lawful\npolicies or procedures of Company relating to employee severance including the\nexecution and delivery by Executive of a release reasonably satisfactory to\nCompany of any and all claims that Executive may have against Company or any\nrelated person, except for the continuing obligations provided herein, and an\nagreement that Executive shall not disparage Company or any of its directors,\nofficers, employees or agents.\n\n         36. Reimbursement of Membership Fee. Within thirty (30) days of the\ncommencement of this Agreement, Executive shall reimburse Company for the\n$24,000 membership fee to San Diego Country Club, which the Company advanced on\nExecutive's behalf.\n\n\n\n\n\n                  [REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]\n\n                                      -9-\n\n         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this\nAgreement or caused this Agreement to be duly executed on their respective\nbehalf, by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the\nday and year first above written.\n\n                                 BANNISTER STEEL, INC., a California corporation\n\n\n\n                                 By: \/s\/ Ted Rossin     \n                                    --------------------------------------------\n                                 Name:\n                                 Its:\n\n                                 SCHUFF STEEL COMPANY, a\n                                 Delaware corporation\n                                 (Solely as to Sections 5 and 25 hereof)\n\n\n\n                                 By: \/s\/ Kenneth Zylstra\n                                    --------------------------------------------\n                                 Name:\n                                 Its:\n\n\n\n                                    \/s\/ TED F. ROSSIN\n\n                                      -10-\n\n                                   SCHEDULE A\n\n                           INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN\n\n1.       For any year during the Term of the Agreement, the Executive may be\n         eligible to receive options in addition to those received pursuant to\n         the terms and provisions of the Agreement if the Company earns a\n         minimum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000), before taxes, for the\n         fiscal year (the 'Goal').\n\n2.       If the Company achieves the Goal for any fiscal year during the Term of\n         the Agreement, the Executive will be granted options to purchase Four\n         Thousand (4,000) shares of Parent common stock, par value $0.01 per\n         share, under the existing option plan of Parent at the closing market\n         price of such shares, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on the\n         date of the grant.\n\n3.       For every full percentage point, up to five (5) percentage points, in\n         which the Goal is exceeded during any fiscal year, Executive will be\n         granted options to purchase Eight Hundred (800) shares of Parent common\n         stock, par value $0.01 per share, under the existing option plan of\n         Parent at the closing market price of such shares, as reported on the\n         Nasdaq National Market on the date of the grant.\n\n4.       For every full percentage point above five (5) percentage points,\n         without limitation, in which the Goal is exceeded during any fiscal\n         year, Executive will be granted options to purchase One Thousand Six\n         Hundred (1,600) shares of Parent common stock, par value $0.01 per\n         share, under the existing option plan of Parent at the closing market\n         price of such shares, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on the\n         date of the grant.\n\n5.       All options will be granted on or about the date the Company's annual\n         financial statement audit is completed for the fiscal year for which\n         the Executive is eligible to receive options under this plan.\n\n\n\n                                      -11-\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false},"corporate_contracts_companies":[8773],"corporate_contracts_industries":[9481],"corporate_contracts_types":[9539,9544],"class_list":["post-38954","corporate_contracts","type-corporate_contracts","status-publish","hentry","corporate_contracts_companies-schuff-international-inc","corporate_contracts_industries-construction__specialty","corporate_contracts_types-compensation","corporate_contracts_types-compensation__employment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts\/38954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/corporate_contracts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_companies?post=38954"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_industries?post=38954"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_types?post=38954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}