Continued Employment. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create any employment or consultancy or guaranty of continued employment or consultancy or limit in any way the Company’s right to terminate Optionee’s employment or consultancy at any time.

Right to Continued Employment. Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall be construed as a contract of employment between the Company (or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company) and the Grantee, or as a contractual right of the Grantee to continue in the employ of the Company (or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company), or as a limitation of the right of the Company (or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company) to discharge the Grantee at any time.

Right to Continued Employment. Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall be construed as a contract of employment between the Company (or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company) and the Grantee, or as a contractual right of the Grantee to continue in the employ of the Company (or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company), or as a limitation of the right of the Company (or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company) to discharge the Grantee at any time.

Continued Employment. Except as otherwise approved by the Committee or specifically set forth in a written employment agreement between the Executive and the Company or its Subsidiaries in effect on the date of such payment, no incentive payment under this Plan with respect to a Performance Period shall be paid or owed to a Participant who is not employed in good standing, as determined by the Committee, on the date payment is made for a Performance Period under Section 5.1.

Continued Employment. Nothing in this Plan or in any Award Agreement hereunder shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue his employment, consulting or similar relationship with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Consultant, Director or otherwise, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company or an Affiliate, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the relationship with any Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, subject to the terms of any Employment Agreement entered into by the Participant and the Company or Affiliate.

Continued Employment. You will remain a Company employee from April 16, 2022 until April 15, 2025 (the “Continued Employment Period”). During that time, your title will be Consultant. In that role, you will be expected to be reasonably available to the Company to provide consulting services related to the Steel Pressure Pipe municipal market, train and mentor existing and new sales employees, participate in the discussion of markets for possible growth opportunities and other services as needed. The amount of time needed to perform these services amount may vary during the Continued Employment Period at the Company’s discretion, but it is expected to be no more than eighty (80) hours per month. The Company expects that most if not all of this work can be performed remotely, though you agree to be available to come into the office as reasonably requested from time to time by the Company during the Continued Employment Period.

Continued Employment. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create any employment or consultancy or guaranty of continued employment or consultancy or limit in any way the Company’s right to terminate Optionee’s employment or consultancy at any time.

Continued Employment. Except as set forth below, to earn a Performance Bonus for any Performance Period, a Participant must remain employed by the Company Group through the end of such Performance Period (the “Vesting Date”). Except as set forth in this Section 6(d), a Participant whose employment with the Company Group terminates for any reason before the Vesting Date will forfeit the right to any Performance Bonus for that Performance Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant who becomes a Good Leaver during a Performance Period will be entitled to a pro rata portion (based on the percentage of the Performance Period the Participant was employed by the Company Group) of the Performance Bonus that would otherwise have been earned for such Performance Period.

Continued Employment. The grant of an Award pursuant to the Plan shall not be construed to imply or to constitute evidence of any agreement, express or implied, on the part of the Company or any Affiliate to retain the Recipient in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, as a member of the Board, as an independent contractor or in any other capacity, whichever the case may be.

No Continued Employment. No participant under the Plan shall have any right, because of his or her participation, to continue in the employ of the Company