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Company Release. Effective upon delivery of the Settlement Amount by the Company to the Lender in accordance with the Settlement Instructions, the Company, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, hereby forever waives, releases and discharges, and hereby covenants not to assert or prosecute, any and all claims (including, without limitation, cross-claims, counterclaims, rights of setoff and recoupment), causes of action, demands, suits, costs, expenses and damages arising out of actions taken under the Indebtedness Documents or any failure to act under the Indebtedness Documents that it now has or hereafter may have, of whatsoever nature and kind, whether known or unknown, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising at law or in equity (theCompany Released Claims”, and collectively with the Lender Released Claims, theReleased Claims”), against the Lender (in its capacity as a lender or in any other capacity) and any its subsidiaries and affiliates, and each its successors, assigns, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys and other representatives (collectively, theLender Releasees”, and collectively with the Company Releasees, theReleasees”), based in whole or in part on facts, whether or not known, existing on or prior to the Effective Date.

The Employee hereby represents and warrants to the Company that # the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Employee do not and shall not conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any contract, agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the Employee is a party or by which he is bound, # the Employee is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, noncompete agreement or confidentiality agreement with any other person or entity and # upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this Agreement shall be the valid and binding obligation of the Employee, enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Employee hereby acknowledges and represents that he has consulted with legal counsel regarding his rights and obligations under this Agreement and that he fully understands the terms and conditions contained herein.

Employee’s Successors. The terms of this Agreement and all rights of the Employee hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Employee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.

Employee’s Obligations. Employee agrees to take all reasonably necessary actions to enable Company to obtain, register, perfect and/or otherwise protect its rights in Company Intellectual Property in the United States and all foreign countries. Employee irrevocably waives any “moral rights,” or other rights with respect to attribution of authorship or integrity of Company Intellectual Property, that Employee may have under any applicable law under any legal theory.

Employee’s Representations. Employee represents that Employee is not subject to any agreement or obligation that would prevent or limit Employee from entering into this Agreement or that would be breached upon performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement, including but not limited to any duties owed to any former employers not to compete. If Employee possesses any information that Employee knows or should know is considered by any third party, such as a former employer of Employee’s, to be confidential, trade secret, or otherwise proprietary, Employee shall not disclose such information to [[Organization A:Organization]] or use such information to benefit [[Organization A:Organization]] in any way.

Employee’s Representations. You represent and warrant that:

Employee’s Acknowledgement. Employee acknowledges and agrees that, except for this Agreement, Employee would have no right to receive the benefits described in Section 7.

Release of the Company. Executive, for himself, his successors, assigns, attorneys, and all those entitled to assert his rights, now and forever hereby releases and discharges the Company and its respective officers, directors, stockholders, trustees, employees, agents, parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, estates, successors, assigns and attorneys (theReleased Parties”), from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, sums of money due, suits, debts, liens, covenants, contracts, obligations, costs, expenses, damages, judgments, agreements, promises, demands, claims for attorneys’ fees and costs, or liabilities whatsoever, in law or in equity, which Executive ever had or now has against the Released Parties, including, without limitation, any claims arising by reason of or in any way connected with any employment relationship which existed between the Company or any of its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or predecessors, and Executive. It is understood and agreed that this Release is intended to cover all actions, causes of action, claims or demands for any damage, loss or injury, whether known or unknown, of any nature whatsoever, including those which may be traced either directly or indirectly to the aforesaid employment relationship, or the termination of that relationship, that Executive has, had or purports to have, from the beginning of time to the date of this Release, and including but not limited to claims for employment discrimination under federal or state law, except as provided in Paragraph 2; claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e), et seq., or the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.; claims for statutory or common law wrongful discharge, claims arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.; claims for attorney’s fees, expenses and costs; claims for defamation; claims for emotional distress; claims for wages or vacation pay; claims for benefits, including any claims arising under the Executive Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq.; and claims under any other applicable federal, state or local laws or legal concepts; provided, however, that nothing herein shall release the Company of # obligations to Executive to make termination payments under § 8 of the Employment Agreement or any other rights under the Employment Agreement, # any indemnification obligations to Executive under the Company’s bylaws, certificate of incorporation, Delaware law or otherwise; # obligations with respect to insurance coverage under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies; # any rights that Executive may have as a stockholder of the Company; or # vested interests in any pension plan or other benefit or deferred compensation plan.

Payment Following Resignation/Release. Upon: 1) Employee’s Resignation and execution of this Agreement; 2) Employee’s execution of the Resignation General Release attached as Exhibit A hereto as on March 1, 2016 or thereafter; and 3) the expiration of the seven (7) day Revocation Period in the Resignation General Release without the revocation of such release, the Company shall pay Employee a lump sum payment of $443,500 (theResignation Payment”). The parties acknowledge that the Resignation Payment is consideration for Employee entering into this Agreement (and in particular his taking on the Restrictive Covenants in Section 4 of the Agreement) and his release of claims in the Resignation General Release. Employee acknowledges that the Resignation Payment is in addition to any compensation Employee has earned from the Company through the Transition Start Date and that Employee would not be entitled to the Resignation Payment but for Employee’s execution of this Agreement and Exhibit A, the Resignation General Release.

The Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that all personal property and equipment furnished to or prepared by the Employee in the course of or incident to his employment hereunder belongs to Employer and shall be promptly returned to Employer upon termination of the Employee’s employment. The term “personal property” includes, without limitation, all office equipment, laptop computers, cell phones (excluding any cellular telephone number, which Employee shall have the right to retain), books, manuals, records, reports, notes, contracts, requests for proposals, bids, lists, blueprints, and other documents, or materials, or copies thereof (including computer files), and all other proprietary and non-proprietary information relating to the business of Employer. Following termination of his employment hereunder, the Employee will not retain any written or other tangible material of Employer.

Employee’s Right to Revoke. The parties acknowledge that Employee shall have the right to revoke and cancel this Agreement if Employee, at any time within the seven-day period following its execution, revokes it. If Employee desires to revoke and cancel this Agreement, he must do so in writing and he shall return this document to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and all terms of the Agreement shall be void and of no effect.

Significance of Employee’s Signature. Employee’s signature below indicates that Employee:

Confidentiality. Subject to paragraph 5, Employee will not disclose the terms of this Release to any person unless required by law without the written consent of the Company, except to Employee’s legal, financial and tax advisors, and members of Employee’s immediate family, and any prospective or subsequent employer as respects any of Employee’s obligations under paragraphs 6 through 9 who may need to be informed of these terms of this Release. If Employee does tell any of the persons listed in the preceding sentence about the Release or its contents, Employee must immediately tell them that they must keep the disclosed information confidential as well.

[Employee’s Signature Page to Separation Agreement and General Release]

Release. The Borrower for itself and each other Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that: # neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has any claim or cause of action against the Agent or any Lender (or any of the directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys or consultants of any of the foregoing), and # the Agent and the Lenders have heretofore properly performed and satisfied in a timely manner all of their obligations to the Loan Parties, and all of their Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent and the Lenders wish (and the Borrower for itself and each other Loan Party agrees) to eliminate any possibility that any past conditions, acts, omissions, events or circumstances would impair or otherwise adversely affect any of their rights, interests, security and/or remedies. Accordingly, for and in consideration of the agreements contained in this Amendment and other good and valuable consideration, the Borrower (for itself and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and the successors, assigns, heirs and representatives of each of the foregoing) (collectively, theReleasors”) does hereby fully, finally, unconditionally and irrevocably release, waive and forever discharge the Agent and the Lenders, together with their respective Affiliates and Related Funds, and each of the directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and consultants of each of the foregoing (collectively, theReleased Parties”), from any and all debts, claims, allegations, obligations, damages, costs, attorneys’ fees, suits, demands, liabilities, actions, proceedings and causes of action, in each case, whether known or unknown, contingent or fixed, direct or indirect, and of whatever nature or description, and whether in law or in equity, under contract, tort, statute or otherwise, which any Releasor has heretofore had or now or hereafter can, shall or may have against any Released Party by reason of any act, omission or thing whatsoever done or omitted to be done, in each case, on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date directly arising out of, connected with or related to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any act, event or transaction related or attendant thereto, or the agreements of the Agent or any Lender contained therein, or the possession, use, operation or control of any of the assets of any Loan Party, or the making of any Loans or other advances, or the management of such Loans or other advances or the Collateral. The Borrower for itself and each other Loan Party represents and warrants that it has no knowledge of any claim by any Releasor against any Released Party or of any facts or acts or omissions of any Released Party which on the date hereof would be the basis of a claim by any Releasor against any Released Party which would not be released hereby.

Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following # the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with [Section 12.2(b)(vi)]) or # the [[Administrative Agent:Organization]]’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, # that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 10.5 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 10.3), and # the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable Issuer or Swing Loan Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

Release. Pennypacker understands and agrees that his acceptance of this Agreement means that, except as stated in paragraph 8, he is forever waiving and giving up any and all claims he may have, whether known or unknown, against [[Organization A:Organization]], its subsidiaries and related companies, their insurers, their officers and directors, their employees and agents for any personal monetary relief for himself, benefits or remedies that are based on any act or failure to act that occurred before he signed this Agreement. Pennypacker understands that this release and waiver of claims includes claims relating to his employment and the termination of his employment; any Company policy, practice, contract or agreement; any tort or personal injury; any policies, practices, laws or agreements governing the payment of wages, commissions or other compensation, including but not limited to under the Pennsylvania Wage Payment & Collection Law; any laws governing employment discrimination or retaliation including, but not limited to, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), Older Worker Benefits Protection Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, and any state or local laws, including but not limited to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act; any laws or agreements that provide for punitive, exemplary or statutory damages; and any laws or agreements that provide for payment of attorney fees, costs or expenses. PENNYPACKER UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS AGREEMENT RELEASES ALL CLAIMS BASED ON FACTS OR OMISSIONS OCCURRING ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF HE DOES NOT, AT THE TIME HE SIGNS THIS AGREEMENT, HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE FACTS OR OMISSIONS.

Release. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to make any payment under Section 4.3 # hereof unless # prior to the 60th day following the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive executes a General Release and # any applicable revocation period has expired during such 60-day period without the Employee revoking such release.

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