Executive may not assign, transfer or subcontract any of Executive’s rights or obligations under this Agreement to any party without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive’s obligations under this Agreement will be binding on Executive’s successors and permitted assigns. Any assignment, transfer or subcontracting in violation of this provision will be null and void.

Assignment by the Executive. The Executive may not assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude the Executive from designating one or more beneficiaries to receive any amount that may be payable following occurrence of the Executive’s legal incompetency or Death and shall not preclude the legal representative of the Executive’s estate from assigning any right hereunder to the person or persons entitled thereto under the Executive’s will or, in the case of intestacy, to the person or persons entitled thereto under the laws of intestacy applicable to the Executive’s estate. The term “beneficiaries,” as used in this Agreement, shall mean a beneficiary or beneficiaries so designated to receive any such amount or, if no beneficiary has been so designated, the legal representative of the Executive (in the event of the Executive’s incompetency) or the Executive’s estate.

No Assignment by the Executive. This Agreement is personal to the Executive and will not be assignable by the Executive.

Executive. The parties hereto agree that Executive is obligated under this Agreement to render personal services of a special, unique, unusual, extraordinary and intellectual character, thereby giving this Agreement special value. Executive’s rights and obligations under this Agreement shall not be transferable by Executive by assignment or otherwise, and any purported assignment, transfer or delegation thereof shall be void; provided, however, that if Executive shall die, all amounts then payable to Executive hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s estate.

Executive Acknowledgments. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that # any and all loyalty obligations arising under Paragraph 18 were discussed with, and accepted by, the Executive prior to the commencement of the Executive’s employment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; # the loyalty obligations arising under Paragraph 18 constitute a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement and to agree to employ the Executive on the terms and conditions stated herein; # the loyalty obligations arising under Paragraph 18 are reasonable in time, territory, and scope, and in all other respects; # should any part or provision of any covenant be held invalid, void, or unenforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, voidness, or unenforceability shall not render invalid, void, or unenforceable any other part or provision of this Agreement; and # if any portion of the foregoing provisions is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction because its duration, territory, definition of activities, or definition of information covered is considered to be invalid or unreasonable in scope, the invalid or unreasonable terms shall be redefined to carry out the Executive’s and the Company’s intent in agreeing to these restrictive covenants. These restrictive covenants shall be construed as agreements independent of any other provision in this Agreement and the existence of any claim or cause of action of the Executive against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of the loyalty obligations arising under Paragraph 18.

Executive Participant. The term “Executive Participant” means a Participant who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or a member of the Brinker Leadership Team (being defined as any executive vice president or senior vice president of the Company) at the time an Award is granted to such Participant.

Executive Accounts. The Administration Committee shall establish a book reserve account (“Account”) for each Executive. The Account shall be credited with such amounts as the Administration Committee deems necessary to calculate the Pension Plan- and ESSOP-related benefits payable to the Executive as described in Sections 4.1(a) and 4.1(b). The unpaid balance of an Executive’s Account shall be credited with interest at the same time and at the same rate as Pension Plan participants’ account balances are so credited. As a result of the Pension Plan’s termination, effective August 31, 2017, the unpaid balance of an Executive’s Account shall be credited each year with an interest at a rate equal to the average of the interest rates used by the Pension Plan during the five-year period ending on December 31, 2016. The Executive’s Account balance, including any such interest, is hereinafter referred to as the Executive’s “Benefit.”

[[Organization A:Organization]] hereby employs Executive as a Managerial Employee. Executive’s employment is at will. As an at-will Employee, the Executive has the right to voluntarily terminate his/her employment at any time, and with or without advance notice, subject to the terms and conditions herein in this Agreement. [[Organization A:Organization]] also has the option to involuntarily terminate the Executive’s employment at any time, with or without cause, and with or without advance notice, subject to the terms and conditions herein in this Agreement.

Executive Officer. "Executive Officer" is as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Executive Notice. The term “Executive Notice” means a notice from an Executive Participant to the chair of the Committee that the Executive Participant is considering retirement. The Executive Notice need not state a specific date retirement is being considered and is intended to help the Committee be prepared with succession planning.