Executive Acknowledgement. Executive confirms and represents to the Company that he has had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel, financial and tax advisers, and such other professionals as he deems necessary for entering into this Agreement, and he has not relied upon the advice of the Company or the Company’s officers, directors, or employees.

Executive Participant. The term “Executive Participant” means a Participant who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or a member of the Brinker Leadership Team at the time an Award is granted to such Participant.

Specified Executive. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, because Executive is considered a “specified employee” for purposes of Code Section 409A, any payment that constitutes “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A that is otherwise due to Executive as a result of such Executive’s “separation from service” under this Agreement during the six (6)-month period immediately following Executive’s “separation from service” shall be accumulated and paid to Executive on the first day of the seventh month following such “separation from service” (“Delayed Payment Date”), provided that if Executive dies prior to the payment of such amounts, such amounts shall be paid to the personal representative of Executive’s estate on the first to occur of the Delayed Payment Date or ten (10) days following the date of Executive’s death.

Executive Accounts. The Administration Committee shall establish a book reserve account (“Account”) for each Executive. The Account shall be credited with such amounts as the Administration Committee deems necessary to calculate the Pension Plan- and ESSOP-related benefits payable to the Executive as described in Sections 4.1(a) and 4.1(b). The unpaid balance of an Executive’s Account shall be credited with interest at the same time and at the same rate as Pension Plan participants’ account balances are so credited. As a result of the Pension Plan’s termination, effective August 31, 2017, the unpaid balance of an Executive’s Account shall be credited each year with an interest at a rate equal to the average of the interest rates used by the Pension Plan during the five-year period ending on December 31, 2016. The Executive’s Account balance, including any such interest, is hereinafter referred to as the Executive’s “Benefit.”

Executive Role. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Company shall employ Executive as its SVP, Corporate Development and Head of Emerging Areas reporting to Company’s President and [[Organization A:Organization]]. Executive accepts such employment upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, and agrees to perform to the best of Executive’s ability the duties normally associated with such position and as determined by Company in its sole discretion. During Executive’s employment, Executive shall devote all of Executive’s business time and energies to the business and affairs of Company, provided that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent or limit Executive’s right to manage Executive’s personal investments on Executive’s own personal time, including, without limitation the right to make passive investments in the securities of: # any entity which Executive does not control, directly or indirectly, and which does not compete with Company or the Parent Company, or # any publicly held entity so long as Executive’s aggregate direct and indirect interest does not exceed two percent (2%) of the issued and outstanding securities of any class of securities of such publicly held entity. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any family member of Executive from contracting with, being employed by or obtaining an ownership interest in any entity, whether or not such entity competes with the Company or the Parent Company; provided, however, that such contract, employment, or ownership interest does not extend to or involve Executive. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall require Executive to transfer, sell or otherwise divest himself of any investments Executive or Executive’s family members hold as of the date hereof. During Executive’s employment, Executive shall not engage in any other non-Company related business activities of any nature whatsoever (including board memberships) without the Company’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In addition, and so long as such activities do not interfere with Executive’s performance of Executive’s duties hereunder (including Executive’s full devotion of business time and energies to the business and affairs of Company, as described above), Executive also may participate in civic, charitable and professional activities, but shall not serve in any official capacity, including as a member of a board, without the prior written consent of the Company.

Eligible Executive. “Eligible Executive” means an employee of a Participating Company who is appointed by the Board of Directors as an executive officer and whose annual Compensation is in excess of the limitation in effect under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, but only if the employee is also considered to be a part of a select group of management or highly compensated employees.

Bonus awards under this Bonus Award Program for members of the Executive Committee will be granted based on a combination of earnings per share performance and performance of the Company’s birds as measured against the Company’s peers’ and competitors’ birds as reported by Agri Stats. For purposes of calculating bonuses awarded and paid to individuals in these positions based on operating performance, the corporate Agri Stats measure will be “bottom line analysis, per head” as compared to the same measure for all other head reported for the industry during the fiscal year, net of bonus. Awards made to these individuals based on the operating performance factor will be as follows:

In exchange for the payments and benefits promised to Executive in this Agreement, Executive agrees as follows:

Executive Agreement Covenants. Executive and ​ acknowledge and agree that except for Sections 2 – 7 of the Executive Agreement, which sections shall be deemed void and of no further force or effect as of the Effective Date, all of the other provisions of the Executive Agreement (collectively, the “Surviving Provisions”), including without limitation Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 thereof (collectively, the “Restrictive Covenants”), shall survive and continue in full force and effect after the Effective Date in accordance with their respective terms.

Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Company and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of a chief executive officer of a company. He or she shall preside at all meetings of Members if present thereat.