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General Release of Claims. Executive shall not be entitled to any payment or benefit pursuant to [Section 6(a)(ii)(B) or (C)] (theSeverance Benefits”) in the event Executive’s employment terminates without Cause, unless # Executive has executed and delivered to the Company a general release of claims (in the form attached hereto as [Exhibit A]) (theRelease”) and # such Release has become irrevocable under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act not later than sixty (60) days after the Termination Date. Executive’s entitlement to the Severance Benefits is further conditioned upon complying with the terms of Sections 6(i), 8, 9(a) and 9(b) hereof, subject to written notice by the Company and a reasonable opportunity for Executive to cure, if subject to cure. The Company shall deliver to Executive a copy of the Release not later than three (3) days after the Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof. In the event that the sixty (60) day period referenced above begins and ends in different taxable years of Executive, any payments or benefits under this Agreement that 010-8594-3010/5/AMERICAS

If Executive is terminated by the Company without Cause, Executive shall be entitled to all of the following (theSeverance Benefits”), provided that Executive executes and lets become effective, a release of claims in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (theRelease”) within the period of time specified by the Company (which shall be 21 days to sign and 7 days to revoke, unless a longer period is required by law) following the termination of employment:

Any obligation of the Company to the Executive hereunder, other than for his Final Compensation, is conditioned, however, on the Executive’s timely and effective execution of the form of release included with this Agreement as [Exhibit A], by the deadline specified therein (any such release submitted by such deadline, theEmployee Release”) and delivering it to the Company not later than the deadline specified therein, which shall not be later than the sixtieth (60th) calendar day following the date of his Separation from Service. Subject to Section 5(g) below, severance pay to which the Executive is entitled hereunder shall be payable in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Company, with the first payment, which shall be retroactive to the day immediately following the Termination Date, being due and payable on the Company’s next regular payday for executives that follows the expiration of sixty (60) calendar days from the Termination Date. The Release of Claims required for separation benefits in accordance with this Section 5(d) or Section 5(e) creates legally binding obligations on the part of the Executive and the Company therefore advises the Executive to seek the advice of an attorney before signing it.

Release of Claims Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Executive shall not be entitled to any severance payments or benefits under Section 5, unless the Executive executes and does not revoke the release of claims in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (theRelease”), and such release becomes effective and irrevocable within sixty (60) days following the Date of Termination (theRelease Deadline”). If the Release does not become effective and irrevocable by the Release Deadline, Executive shall forfeit any right to severance payments or benefits under this Agreement. In no event shall severance payments or benefits be paid or provided

Release of Claims Agreement. In the event of a termination of Executive’s employment with the Company pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 3(b), the receipt of any severance payments or benefits pursuant to this Agreement is subject to Executive signing and not revoking a separation agreement and release of claims in a form acceptable to the Company (theRelease”), which must become effective no later than the sixtieth (60th) day following Executive’s termination of employment (theRelease Deadline”), and if not, Executive will forfeit any right to severance payments or benefits under this Agreement. To become effective, the Release must be executed by Executive and any revocation periods (as required by statute, regulation, or otherwise) must have expired without Executive having revoked the Release. In addition, in no event will severance payments or benefits be paid or provided until the Release actually becomes effective. If the termination of employment occurs at a time during the calendar year where the Release Deadline could occur in the calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s termination of employment occurs, then any severance payments or benefits under this Agreement that would be considered Deferred Payments (as defined in Section 4(d)(i)) will be paid on the first payroll date to occur during the calendar year following the calendar year in which such termination occurs, or such later time as required by # the payment schedule applicable to each payment or benefit as set forth in Section 3, # the date the Release becomes effective, or # Section 4(d)(ii); provided that the first payment

Separation Agreement and Release of Claims. The payment of any severance set forth in Section 8 above is contingent upon Executive signing and not revoking the Company’s standard separation and release of claims agreement upon Executive’s termination of employment and such agreement becoming effective no later than sixty (60) days following Executive’s employment termination date (such deadline, theRelease Deadline”). In no event will severance payments be paid or provided until the release actually becomes effective. Any severance payments or benefits under this Agreement will be paid on, or, in the case of installments, will not commence until, the sixtieth (60th) day following Executive’s separation from service, or if later, such time as required by Section 9(c). Except as required by Section 9(c), any installment payments that would have been made to Executive during the sixty (60) day period immediately following her separation from service but for the preceding sentence will be paid to Executive on the sixtieth (60th) day following Executive’s separation from service and the remaining payments will be made as provided in the Agreement.

Separation Agreement and Release of Claims. The receipt of any severance pursuant to Sections 3 will be subject to Executive signing and not revoking a separation agreement and release of claims in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company (theRelease”) and provided that such Release becomes effective and irrevocable no later than sixty (60) days following the termination date (such deadline, theRelease Deadline”). If the Release does not become effective and irrevocable by the Release Deadline, Executive will forfeit any rights to severance or benefits under this Agreement. In no event will severance payments or benefits be paid or provided until the Release becomes effective and irrevocable. Except as required by Section 4(c), any installment payments that would have been made to Executive prior to the Release becoming effective and irrevocable but for the preceding sentence will be paid to Executive on the first regularly scheduled Company payroll date following the date the Release becomes effective and irrevocable, and the remaining payments will be made as provided in the Agreement.

Any obligation of the Company to the Executive hereunder, other than for his Final Compensation, is conditioned, however, on the Executive’s timely and effective execution of the form of release included with this Agreement as Exhibit A, by the deadline specified therein (any such release submitted by such deadline, theEmployee Release”) and delivering it to the Company not later than the deadline specified therein, which shall not be later than the sixtieth (60th) calendar day following the date of his Separation from Service. Subject to [Section 5(g)] below, severance pay to which the Executive is entitled hereunder shall be payable in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Company, with the first payment, which shall be retroactive to the day immediately following the Termination Date, being due and payable on the Company’s next regular payday for executives that follows the expiration of sixty (60) calendar days from the Termination Date. The Release of Claims required for separation benefits in accordance with this [Section 5(d)] or [Section 5(e)] creates legally binding obligations on the part of the Executive and the Company therefore advises the Executive to seek the advice of an attorney before signing it.

Release. The Executive's entitlement to receive from the Company Severance Benefits (other than Accrued Obligations) as provided in Section 2.1 is expressly conditioned on: # the Executive executing and delivering to the Company a Release Agreement, in the form customarily used by the Company at the executive level prior to the Change in Control (and which restrictive covenants thereunder, if any, shall be no more restrictive on the Executive than those terms set forth in Article 4 above), within twenty‑one (21) days (or forty‑five (45) days if the Company determines and notifies the Executive in writing that such longer period is required under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended ("ADEA")) after the occurrence of the Executive's Qualifying Termination (provided that the Company must deliver the Release Agreement to the Executive no later than two (2) days following the Executive's Qualifying Termination), and # Executive not revoking such Release Agreement within seven (7) days after execution and delivery of such Release Agreement to the Company. If the Executive does not execute the Release Agreement and deliver it to the Company within such period or executes and delivers the Release Agreement to the Company but revokes it within seven (7) days after execution and delivery, the Executive will not be entitled to any Severance Benefits (other than Accrued Obligations). Subject to Article 10, in the event, the Company determines, as provided above, that forty‑five (45) days is required under ADEA, the thirty (30) day period to pay the Severance Benefits as provided in Section 3.1 shall be sixty (60) days.

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