Employment. Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall # interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate any Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law or # confer upon any Participant any right to continue his employment or service as a Director for any specified period of time. Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company or any Subsidiary and, accordingly, subject to Articles 3 and 19, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be amended or terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Board without giving rise to any liability on the part of the Company, any Subsidiary, the Committee or the Board.

Employment. Subject to the terms hereof, the Company agrees to employ Employee and Employee hereby accepts such employment in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Employment. Effective as of the close of business on ​ (the “Effective Date”) you shall serve as Interim President, and have the duties, responsibilities and authority of the President under the Company’s Bylaws, until either you or the Board provides written notice of your termination from such position (the “Employment Period”). You shall report to the Board and shall work on a full-time basis for the Company and shall devote substantially all of your business time, attention, skills and energies to the business and affairs of the Company. During the Employment Period, you shall not engage in any business activity which, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, conflicts with your duties hereunder, whether or not such activity is pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage. You agree that you shall promptly report any potential conflict in writing to the Board, affirmatively disclosing any outside business opportunity that presents even the appearance of a conflict. The primary place of your employment will be in the Company’s home offices in the Seattle, Washington area, subject to the Company’s policies regarding working from a remote location and subject to reasonable business travel requirements.

Employment. The Company hereby agrees to further employ the Executive as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, effective on the Effective Date and for the duration of the Term unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of [Section 2] below. The Executive accepts such employment and agrees to devote sufficient time, efforts and skills to diligently perform the duties of such role as shall reasonably be assigned to him by the Board of Directors of the Company (“Board”), subject to [Section 3] below.

Employment. ​ agrees to continue to employ Executive in the position of Executive Vice President of ​, and Executive agrees to continued employment in this position, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including the confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions which Executive acknowledges were discussed in detail prior to and made an express condition of Executive’s continued service as Executive Vice President of ​.

Employment. USPB will employ CEO as the chief executive officer of USPB under this Agreement from the Effective Date until ​ (the "Expiration Date") or the date the employment is otherwise terminated as provided in this Agreement ("Termination Date").

Employment. The Corporation hereby employs the Executive and the Executive hereby accepts employment as an executive of the Corporation, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Employment. Participation in the Plan shall not give any Employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or upon dismissal or upon his or her voluntary termination of employment, to have any right, legal or equitable, under the Plan or any portion thereof, except as expressly granted by the Plan.

Employment. Nothing in the Plan or in any related instrument shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, to continue service as a director or consultant for the Company or an Affiliate, or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate the employment or services of any Participant with or without cause.

Employment. I agree and understand that nothing in this agreement shall confer any right with respect to continuation of employment by Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with my right or Company’s right to terminate my employment at any time, with or without cause and with or without advance notice.