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Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Administrator may grant Dividend Equivalent Rights under the Plan. A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award entitling the grantee to receive credits based on cash dividends that would have been paid on the shares of Stock specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other Award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to the grantee. A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any grantee as a component of an award of Restricted Stock Units or as a freestanding award. The terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the Award Certificate. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional shares of Stock, which may thereafter accrue additional equivalents. Any such reinvestment shall be at Fair Market Value on the date of reinvestment or such other price as may then apply under a dividend reinvestment plan sponsored by the Company, if any. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or shares of Stock or a combination thereof, in a single installment or installments. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of an Award of Restricted Stock Units shall provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled only upon settlement or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other Award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other Award.

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Subject to share availability under the Plan, any cash dividend paid with respect to the Common Stock for which the record date occurs on or after the Grant Date and the payment date occurs on or before the Date of Vesting will result in a credit to your Account of additional RSUs equal to # the dollar amount of the dividend per share of Common Stock multiplied by the number of RSUs credited to your Account as of the applicable record date, divided by # the closing price per share of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the applicable dividend payment date. The additional RSUs credited pursuant to this Section 9 will be subject to the same vesting schedule, forfeiture and other terms that apply to the original RSUs. RSUs that, at the relevant dividend payment date, previously have been settled or forfeited will not be eligible to receive dividend equivalents pursuant to this Section 9.

Dividend Equivalent Rights. Each restricted stock unit under this Article Five shall include a dividend equivalent right pursuant to which a book account shall be established for the non-employee Board member and credited from time to time with each dividend or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than shares of Common Stock) which is made per issued and outstanding share of Common Stock during the period the share of Common Stock underlying that restricted stock unit remains unissued. The amount credited to the book account with respect to such restricted stock unit shall be paid to the non-employee Board member concurrently with the issuance of the share of Common Stock underlying that unit, subject to the Corporation’s collection of any applicable withholding taxes.

Dividend Equivalent. If declares and pays a dividend in respect of its Stock and, on the record date for such dividend, you hold Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement, shall grant you an unvested right to receive an amount (the “Dividend Equivalent”) equal to the cash dividends you would have received if you were the holder of record, as of such record date, of the number of Shares related to the Restricted Stock Units that you hold as of such record date. Your Dividend Equivalent will vest if, when and to the extent that the related Restricted Stock Units vest and will be paid to you within the Settlement Period (as defined below). No interest will be paid with respect to Dividend Equivalents. If any portion of the Restricted Stock Units are forfeited, your Dividend Equivalent shall also be forfeited in the same proportion.

Dividend Equivalent Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, for a period of four years from the date of this Agreement, the Corporation shall make to the Participant who holds an option under this Agreement on the declared record date a cash payment on the outstanding shares of Common Stock covered by this Option, payable on or about the tenth (10th) day of March, June, September, and December, in an amount equal to dividends declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and paid on Common Stock. If the employment of the Participant is terminated for any reason, including Retirement, Disability or death, prior to the declared record date for any dividend, the Corporation shall have no further obligation to make any payments commensurate with dividends on shares of Common Stock covered by this Option. Each dividend equivalent shall be equal to the amount of the regular quarterly dividend paid in accordance with the Corporation’s normal dividend payment practice as may be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. Dividend equivalent payments shall not be made during a Participant’s leave of absence.

Dividend Equivalent Units. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Dividend Equivalent Units, including but not limited to whether: # such Award will be granted in tandem with another Award; # payment of the Award be made currently or credited to an account for the Participant which provides for the deferral of such amounts until a stated time; # the Award will be settled in cash or Shares; and # as a condition for the Participant to realize all or a portion of the benefit provided under the Award, one or more Performance Goals must be achieved during such period as the Administrator specifies; provided that any Dividend Equivalent Units granted in connection with an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or other “stock right” within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall be set forth in a written arrangement that is separate from such Award, and to the extent the payment of such dividend equivalents is considered deferred compensation, such written arrangement shall comply with the provisions of Code Section 409A; and provided further that no Dividend Equivalent Unit granted in tandem with another Award shall include vesting provisions more favorable to the Participant than the vesting provisions, if any, to which the tandem Award is subject; and provided further that any performance period applicable to an Award of Dividend Equivalent Units must relate to a period of one fiscal year of the Company except that, if the Award is made in the year this Plan becomes effective, at the time of commencement of employment with the Company or on the occasion of a promotion, then the Award may relate to a period shorter than one fiscal year.

Voting and Dividend Rights. The holders of Restricted Shares awarded under the Plan shall have the same voting, dividend and other rights as the Company’s other stockholders. A Restricted Share Award Agreement, however, may require that the holders of Restricted Shares invest any cash dividends received in additional Restricted Shares. Such additional Restricted Shares shall be subject to the same conditions and restrictions as the Award with respect to which the dividends were paid.

Voting and Dividend Rights. The holders of Stock Units shall have no voting rights. Prior to settlement or forfeiture, any Stock Unit awarded under the Plan may, at the Committee’s discretion, carry with it a right to dividend equivalents. Such right entitles the holder to be credited with an amount equal to all cash dividends paid on one Share while the Stock Unit is outstanding. Dividend equivalents may be converted into additional Stock Units. Settlement of dividend equivalents may be made in the form of cash, in the form of Shares or in a combination of both. Prior to distribution, any dividend equivalents shall be subject to the same conditions and restrictions (including without limitation, any forfeiture conditions) as the Stock Units to which they attach. The value of dividend equivalents payable or distributable with respect to any unvested Stock Units that do not vest shall be forfeited. Any entitlement to dividend equivalents or similar entitlements will be established and administered either consistent with an exemption from, or in compliance with, the applicable requirements of [Section 409A] to the extent applicable to the Participant.

"Permitted Dividend" means, a one-time dividend of up to $1.00 per share declared in 2017, and payable to the shareholders of RCM in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Maximum 2017 Dividend Amount (as defined below), which will be substantially paid on or before December 31, 2017. All Lenders and the Administrative Agent acknowledge that certain employees, directors and contractors hold dividend equivalent rights under unvested restricted share unit agreements which dividend equivalent rights shall be accrued before December 31, 2017, but paid after December 31, 2017 (the "2017 Unvested Dividend Equivalents"). For purposes of this Agreement, the "Maximum 2017 Dividend Amount" shall mean $12,400,000.00, reduced by the aggregate amount of the 2017 Unvested Dividend Equivalents.

No Dividend or Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalents. Grantee shall have no rights of ownership in the Restricted Share Units or in the Shares related thereto and shall have no right to dividends and no right to vote the Restricted Share Units or the Shares related thereto until the date on which the Shares underlying the Restricted Share Units are delivered to Grantee. However, at each time from the Date of Grant through the applicable Vesting Date that the Company pays a cash dividend to shareholders, the Company shall credit Grantee’s account hereunder with a dividend equivalent amount equal to the amount of such cash dividend per Share multiplied by the number of outstanding unvested Restricted Share Units on the dividend payment date. Any such dividend equivalent amount shall be accumulated and paid in cash (without interest) only at the time(s) and to the extent that the underlying Restricted Share Units become vested, subject to and conditioned upon Grantee’s Continuous Service until such time.

On each date that a cash dividend is paid to holders of Shares from the Grant Date through the date immediately prior to the date the PSUs are settled, an amount (the “Dividend Equivalent Amount”) equal to the cash dividend that is paid on each Share, multiplied by the total number of PSUs and any Dividend Equivalent Units (as defined below) that remain unvested and outstanding as of the dividend payment record date, will be credited to the Colleague, and such credited amount will be converted into an additional number of PSUs (“Dividend Equivalent Units”) determined by dividing the Dividend Equivalent Amount by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of the dividend payment. At the end of the Performance Period, the number of Dividend Equivalent Units will be adjusted to reflect the number of Dividend Equivalent Units that would have been credited to the Colleague as of the Grant Date if such calculations had been based on the number of Earned PSUs (such adjusted number, the “Earned Dividend Equivalent Units”). During the period beginning immediately following the last day of the Performance Period and ending on the date the Earned PSUs are paid pursuant to [Section 3.2(a)] below, Dividend Equivalent Units will accrue on any Earned PSUs and any Earned Dividend Equivalent Units. Dividend Equivalent Units and Earned Dividend Equivalent Units will be subject to the same conditions as the underlying PSUs with respect to which Dividend Equivalent Units and Earned Dividend Equivalent Units were credited, including without limitation, the vesting condition and the provisions governing time and form of settlement applicable to the underlying PSUs. Unless expressly provided otherwise, as used elsewhere in this Agreement, references to PSUs in this Agreement shall also include Dividend Equivalent Units and Earned Dividend Equivalent Units that have been credited to the Colleague pursuant to this [Section 2.6].

Dividend Equivalent Payments; Adjustments to Common Stock Units. The Company shall pay to each Eligible Employee in cash, less applicable payroll and withholding taxes, within thirty (30) days after the payment date of any cash dividend with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock, a dividend equivalent payment equal to the number of common stock units credited to the Eligible Employee’s Deferral Account as of the record date for such dividend multiplied by the per share amount of the dividend.

Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, and Dividend Equivalent Rights.

For all Dividend Equivalent Units, a cash payment equal to the value of the Dividend Equivalent Units as of the date of the Change of Control; and

“Dividend Equivalent” means a right, granted under this Plan, to receive the cash equivalent of all of the dividends declared and paid with respect to one share of the Company’s Stock during the Vesting Period that applies to an Award. The Dividend Equivalent amount shall be calculated based upon the dividend rate in effect on the last day of the Vesting Period that applies to an award of Units. Dividend Equivalents shall not be deemed reinvested in the Company’s Stock, and shall be paid to the Participants on the appropriate Settlement Date.

Amendment to Prior Agreement. The Company and the Participant acknowledge and agree that the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2014 by and between them (the “2014 Agreement”) shall be deemed to be amended as of such date to provide for, notwithstanding any contrary provision therein, dividend equivalent rights with respect to the restricted stock units awarded pursuant to the 2014 Agreement, in a manner consistent with the Plan and with Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of this Agreement. Such dividend equivalent rights shall only be credited to Participant in the event the performance goals as set forth on [Exhibit 2] to the 2014 Agreement are met. Such dividend equivalent rights shall be subject to forfeiture consistent with Section 4 of this Agreement and shall be paid upon vesting of the restricted stock units awarded pursuant to the 2014 Agreement in a form and at a time consistent with Section 5 of this Agreement. Except as expressly amended hereby, the terms of the 2014 Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

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