Writing Requirement. A requirement hereunder that an agreement, notice, or other instrument be written will be considered satisfied if the instrument is provided in electronic form that is approved by the Committee and that may be retained and reproduced in paper form.

Notification Requirement. During the term of the Participant's employment with the Corporation or any Affiliate and for the period of two (2) years following termination of the Participant’s employment with the Corporation or an Affiliate, regardless of the reason for or the manner of termination, the Participant agrees to notify the Corporation in writing prior to accepting new employment, or engaging in any other activity which may violate this Award Agreement, and the Participant agrees to provide in such notice information concerning the anticipated new employment or activity, including, but not limited to: name of new employer; address of new employer; name of new team leader; job title; and scope and responsibilities of the new position. The Participant recognizes that such duty of notification is not affected by the Participant’s belief that such employment may perhaps not violate this Award Agreement or otherwise be unfairly competitive with the Corporation or an Affiliate. The Participant’s written notice should be addressed to the Corporation's General Counsel with subject line Non-Competition Agreement, via email to ​.

Coverage Requirement;. The sum of the Net Investment, plus the Required Reserves does not exceed the Net Pool Balance.

Performance Requirement. The Performance RSUs shall, so long as the Participant remains employed with the Company or its Subsidiaries through the end of the Performance Period (or except as otherwise provided in Section 2(a)(i) above), become vested, earned and no longer subject to forfeiture in such number of Performance RSUs as shall be determined as set forth on [Exhibit A] hereto. Whether and to what extent the Performance RSUs shall become vested and earned shall be determined at a meeting of the Committee (such meeting date, the “Performance Vesting Date”) as soon as practicable following the end of the Performance Period pursuant to a certification by the Committee of the Company’s achievement, if any, of the applicable performance goals set forth on [Exhibit A] hereto.

Minimum Vesting Requirement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan (outside of this Section 3(e)) to the contrary, awards granted under this Plan (other than cash-based awards) shall vest no earlier than the first anniversary of the applicable Date of Grant; provided, that the following awards shall not be subject to the foregoing minimum vesting requirement: any # awards granted in connection with awards that are assumed, converted or substituted pursuant to Section 22(a) of this Plan; # shares of Common Stock delivered in lieu of fully vested cash obligations; # awards to non-employee Directors that vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the applicable Date of Grant and the next annual meeting of Stockholders which is at least 50 weeks after the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting of Stockholders; and # any additional awards the Committee may grant, up to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the available share reserve authorized for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) (subject to adjustment under Section 11). Nothing in this Section 3(e) or otherwise in this Plan, however, shall preclude the Committee, in is sole discretion, from # providing for continued vesting or accelerated vesting for any award under this Plan upon certain events, including in connection with or following a Participant’s retirement, death, disability, or termination of employment or service or a Change in Control, or # exercising its authority under Section 18(c) at any time following the grant of an award.

Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce the Fronting Exposure of any Issuing Lender shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this [Section 5.14] following # the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or # the determination by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to [Section 5.15], the Person providing Cash Collateral, the Issuing Lenders may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations; and provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

Share Ownership Requirement. Grantee understands and acknowledges that Grantee is expected to adhere to Share ownership and Share retention requirements in connection with Awards granted under the Plan, including the Restricted Stock. As of the Grant Date, the Share ownership requirement is stated as a multiple of Grantee’s annual cash retainer for service on the Board and mandates that Grantee own a number of Shares with a value equal to the applicable multiple of such annual cash retainer. Grantee’s Restricted Stock count toward satisfying Grantee’s Share ownership requirement beginning at the Grant Date.

Minimum Vesting Requirement. Except in the case of death, disability, involuntary termination, Retirement or a Change in Control, in no event shall the vesting schedule of an Award provide that any portion of such Award will vest prior to the first anniversary of the grant date; provided, however, that up to an aggregate of 5% of the maximum number shares of Stock that may be delivered to Participants and their beneficiaries under the Plan may be issued without regard to the foregoing requirements.

Minimum Stock Ownership Requirement. In an effort to more closely align the interests of our directors and senior management with those of our stockholders, each director and senior officer will be required to meet the following minimum stock ownership requirements: # each director shall own at least 100,000 shares of Scio Diamond stock; # our chief executive officer shall own at least 400,000 (four hundred thousand) shares of Scio Diamond stock. Our directors shall have five years from the date they became a director of Scio Diamond to come into compliance with these ownership requirements. Our chief executive officer shall have five years from the later of # December 1, 2014 or # the date they assumed such roles at Scio Diamond to come into compliance with these ownership requirements. Scio Diamond advisors who don't receive annual equity grants are exempt from the minimum ownership requirements set forth above. Compliance with the minimum stock ownership level will be determined on the date when the grace period set forth above expires, and annually on each December 31 thereafter.

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 ​.