This Award is also subject to Valley’s clawback policies in accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement.

Forfeiture Events. The Administrator may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award will be subject to the reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, recoupment, reimbursement, or reacquisition upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary under this Plan, an Award shall be subject to the Company’s clawback policy as may be established and/or amended from time to time to comply with Applicable Laws (including without limitation pursuant to the listing standards of any national securities exchange or association on which the Company’s securities are listed or as may be required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) (the “Clawback Policy”). The Administrator may require a Participant to forfeit, return or reimburse the Company all or a portion of the Award and any amounts paid thereunder pursuant to the terms of the Clawback Policy or as necessary or appropriate to comply with Applicable Laws. Unless this Section 24 specifically is mentioned and waived in an Award Agreement or other document, no recovery of compensation under a Clawback Policy or otherwise will constitute an event that triggers or contributes to any right of a Participant to resign for “good reason” or “constructive termination” (or similar term) under any agreement with the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.

13 Clawback. CPI has the right to take any action with respect to this Award (and the shares of Stock subject to this Award) that the Committee reasonably determines is required for CPI to comply with the clawback provisions of the Dodd‑Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The Company may # cause the cancellation of any Award, # require reimbursement of any Award by a Participant or Beneficiary, and # effect any other right of recoupment of equity or other compensation provided under this Plan or otherwise in accordance with any Company policies that currently exist or that may from time to time be adopted or modified in the future by the Company and/or applicable law (each, a “Clawback Policy”). In addition, a Participant may be required to repay to the Company certain previously paid compensation, whether provided under this Plan or an Award Agreement or otherwise, in accordance with any Clawback Policy. By accepting an Award, a Participant is also agreeing to be bound by any existing or future Clawback Policy adopted by the Company, or any amendments that may from time to time be made to the Clawback Policy in the future by the Company in its discretion (including without limitation any Clawback Policy adopted or amended to comply with applicable laws or stock exchange requirements) and is further agreeing that all of the Participant’s Award Agreements (and/or awards issued under the Prior Plan) may be unilaterally amended by the Company, without the Participant’s consent, to the extent that the Company in its discretion determines to be necessary or appropriate to comply with any Clawback Policy.

Clawback/Forfeiture. If the Participant receives any amount in excess of what the Participant should have received under the terms of this Award Agreement for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount to the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, all Restricted Stock shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law.

“Clawback” shall mean the recoupment or forfeiture of a Covered Employee’s Incentive Compensation whether paid, vested, granted or accrued, upon the occurrence of a Covered Event.

No claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Award or recoupment of any shares of Common Stock acquired under the Plan resulting from # the termination of the Participant's employment by the Corporation or the Employer (regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not the termination is later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws); and/or # the application of the Corporation’s Recoupment Policy or any recovery or clawback policy required by law.

Clawback. This Award shall be subject to the clawback provision of [Section 16(n)] of the Plan and this paragraph. The Company may in its sole discretion and as allowed by law recoup amounts paid to the Executive under this Award Agreement in the event of # a financial restatement of the Company's previously issued financial statements as a result of errors, omission, fraud, or noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, or # any conduct by Executive, or concerning which Executive has direct knowledge and fails to timely take action to address, that is materially adverse to the Company (such conduct to include conduct that in the reasonable opinion of the Company: # warrants or could warrant the Executive’s dismissal; or # is a violation of the Company’s Guiding Principles, or any law, regulation or listing standard (collectively, “Violation”), whether or not such Violation results in criminal prosecution or sanctions against Executive or the Company, and whether or not the Company learns of such Violation before or after the Executive’s termination of employment). In such circumstances, the Committee shall review the facts and circumstances underlying the restatement or Violation. After this review, if it is determined that an Award amount was based on the achievement of certain financial results that were the subject of a restatement, or that the Violation subjected the Company to financial, reputational or other harm, the Committee may, in its discretion, require the Executive to reimburse the Company for all or a portion of any Award actually paid to the Executive or, if such Award has been deferred into the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, forfeit the Award so deferred. In each such instance, the Company may forfeit (to the extent deferred) or seek to recover (to the extent paid) the amount by which the Executive's Award amount exceeded the lower amount, if any, that would have been made based on the restated financial results or the amount that, in the Company’s sole discretion, the Company was harmed by such Violation. However, if the clawback arises from a material restatement of our financial results, the Company will not seek such recovery where the payment to Executive occurred more than three years prior to the date the Company is required to prepare the applicable restatement. If the clawback relates to knowledge of materially adverse conduct, there is no time limit on recovery. The Company will determine, in its sole discretion (but subject to the direction of the Committee), the method for obtaining reimbursement from the Executive. The Company may forfeit and/or recoup amounts paid in respect of an Award regardless of whether the Executive is still employed by the Company or an affiliate on the date forfeiture and/or reimbursement is required. Forfeiture of or recoupment of amounts paid in respect of an Award does not limit any other remedies that the Company may have.

Clawback. In the event of Albany’s material restatement of its financial results, Employee shall repay the entire Retention Incentive, or forfeit such if not already paid, whether vested or unvested, to the extent the restatement is caused or substantially caused by fraud or intentional misconduct on the part of Employee.

Clawback. The Restricted Stock and the Shares issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock will be subject to such clawback provisions as may be required to be made pursuant to any applicable law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement, or other applicable Company policy.