UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS INC
THIRD AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.19.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>THIRD AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Third Amendment to Employment Agreement (the &#147;Third Amendment&#148;) is made and entered into as of August 20,
2003 by and between Unified Western Grocers, Inc., a California corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) and Alfred A. Plamann (the &nbsp;&#147;Executive&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company and Executive entered into an Employment Agreement (the &#147;Employment Agreement&#148;), as of February 5, 1996, a copy of which
is attached as Exhibit &#147;A&#148;, and further entered into the Amendment to Employment Agreement, as of August, 1999 and Second Amendment to Employment Agreement, as of April, 2001, a copy of which are attached as Exhibit &#147;B&#148;. The
Employment Agreement and the amendments are sometimes referred to as the &#147;Amended Employment Agreement&#148;; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to amend the terms and conditions of the Amended Employment Agreement, as set forth in this Third Amendment.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the
mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A. The Amended Employment Agreement is amended as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. Subsequent 9(j) is amended and restated to read as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:6%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;(j) <U>ESPP II</U>. If the Executive incurs a termination of employment with the Company within one
year of a Change of Control, as provided for in (vi) of subsection 8(a) above, then the Executive shall be credited with an additional five years of service for purposes of calculating the Executive&#146;s benefits under the Unified Western Grocers,
Inc. Executive Salary Protection Plan II (the &#145;ESPP II&#146;). The Executive&#146;s benefits under ESPP II shall otherwise be calculated and paid pursuant to the terms of such plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:6%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) <U>Forfeiture</U>. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any right of the Executive to receive the termination
payment, additional years of service under the ESPP II, and benefits hereunder shall be forfeited to the extent of any amounts payable after any breach of Section 10 by the Executive.&#148; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B. Except as amended by this Third Amendment, the terms and conditions of the
Amended Employment Agreement remain in effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Third Amendment as of the day and year first
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="42%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E<SMALL>DMUND</SMALL> K<SMALL>EVIN</SMALL> D<SMALL>AVIS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="42%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<SMALL>LFRED</SMALL> A. P<SMALL>LAMANN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="42%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Edmund Kevin Davis</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Chairman,
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Alfred A. Plamann</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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