Employment Requirement. The Option is not subject to any employment requirement.

Active Employment Requirement. Except as provided below, an Incentive Compensation Award shall be paid for an Incentive Compensation Award Period only to a Participant who is actively employed by the Company (or on approved vacation or other approved leave of absence) throughout the Incentive Compensation Award Period and who is employed by the Company on the date the Incentive Compensation Award is paid. The Committee may in its sole discretion # grant an Incentive Compensation Award for an Incentive Compensation Award Period to a Participant who is first employed or who is first promoted to a position conferring eligibility to participate in this Plan during the Incentive Compensation Award Period, or # authorize payment of an Incentive Compensation Award to a Participant whose employment is terminated during the Incentive Compensation Award Period because of the Participant’s retirement (as defined in the Company’s 401(k) plan), death, or disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. In such cases of active employment for part of an Incentive Compensation Award Period, a pro rata Incentive Compensation Award may be paid for the Incentive Compensation Award Period.

Requirement of Employment. No Incentive Stock Option may be granted to any person who is not an Employee of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.

Five-Year Continuous Employment Requirement. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, or except as otherwise provided in paragraph 7 (“Early Cancellation/Accelerated Vesting of PSUs”), the PSUs shall vest only if the Participant is continuously employed by the Company or a Related Company (as defined in paragraph 13) from August 1, 2018 (the date the PSUs are granted) through July 31, 2023 (the “Vesting Date”).

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 ​.

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. If, for any reason, with the exception of an event of force majeure, at any time, Supplier shall refuse or be unable, or should reasonably anticipate being unable to deliver any part or all of the Hemp Extracts in accordance with the terms hereof, Supplier shall verbally notify Buyer of such refusal or inability at the earliest possible time and immediately confirm such notification in writing. Such notification shall not be deemed to operate as a release of Supplier from its obligations under a Purchase Order, Buyer shall have the right to replace, modify and/or cancel any delayed open Purchase Orders free from liability to Supplier.

In its sole discretion, the Company may waive the active employment requirement in any case it deems appropriate. For example, the active employment requirement could be waived for otherwise eligible employees who:

Collateral and Guarantee Requirement. Clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied to the extent applicable as of such date. The Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of an agreement, signed on behalf of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, reaffirming its obligations and the Liens granted by it under the Guarantee and Security Agreement after giving effect to the Transactions.

Guarantee Requirement; Further Assurances. (a) If any Subsidiary that is a Designated Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Restatement Effective Date or any Subsidiary otherwise becomes, after the Restatement Effective Date, a Designated Subsidiary (including as a result of becoming a Material Subsidiary or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary), then, on or prior to the later of # the date on which the certificate with respect to the fiscal quarter (or, if such event occurs during the fourth fiscal quarter, with respect to the fiscal year) in which the relevant event occurs is required to be delivered pursuant to [Section 5.01(c) and (ii)])] 30 days after the date on which the relevant event occurs (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), the Company shall cause the Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary.

The Collateral Documents set forth in [Schedule 4.1(f)] shall have been duly executed and/or delivered by each Borrower that is to be a party thereto and shall be in full force and effect. The Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties shall have a security interest in the Collateral of the type and the priority described in each such Collateral Document; and

The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed and delivered Reaffirmation of the Pledge Agreement from Frontier Communications ILEC, the Borrower and Frontier North in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

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. This Award Agreement does not confer upon Executive any right to continue in employment, nor shall it, except during the period specified in the preceding sentence, restrict Executive’s right to terminate employment at any time.

Employment. Employer has employed and hereby continues to employ Employee, and Employee hereby accepts such continued employment, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Employee shall be employed by Employer but may serve (and if requested by Employer shall serve) as an officer and/or director of any subsidiary or affiliate of Employer.

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. Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Participant's employment at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company.