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In further consideration of the compensation to be paid to the Executive hereunder, the Executive acknowledges that in the course of Executive’s employment with , Executive has, and will continue to, become familiar with ’s Confidential Information, methods of doing business, business plans and other valuable proprietary information concerning , its Affiliates, and their customers and suppliers and that Executive’s services have been and will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to and its Affiliates. The Executive agrees that, during the Employment Period and continuing for, as applicable, # twelve (12) months thereafter, regardless of the reason for the termination of Executive’s employment other than under [Section 9(a)] above or # eighteen (18) months in the event of a termination under [Section 9(a)] above (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the Restricted Area:

During the term of the Executive’s employment and for the one (1) year period commencing on the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason whatsoever during the Contract Period (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive shall not, without express prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, own or hold any proprietary interest in, or be employed by or receive remuneration from, any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other entity (collectively, an “entity”) “engaged in competition” (as defined below) with the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Competitor”). For purposes of the preceding sentence, # the term “proprietary interest” means direct or indirect ownership of an equity interest in an entity other than ownership of less than two (2) percent of any class stock in a publicly-held entity, and # an entity shall be considered to be “engaged in competition” if such entity is, or is a holding company for or a subsidiary of an entity which is engaged in the business of # providing banking, trust services, asset management advice, or similar financial services to consumers, businesses individuals or other entities, and # the entity, holding company or subsidiary maintains any physical offices for the transaction of such business located within fifty (50) miles of the main office of the Company.

Non-Compete/Non-Solicitation. In consideration of the Grant, the Participant shall not during the course of employment for the Company and for a period of one (1) year subsequent to termination of employment for any reason, or such longer period of time as set forth in an employment agreement or any other agreement between the Participant and the Company, (the “Restrictive Period”), either individually or in partnership or in conjunction with any other person or persons, firm, association, syndicate, company, corporation or any other business entity, as principal, agent, director, officer, employee, investor or in any other manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, be engaged in, be interested in or advise any business entity or person, carrying on, engaged in, interested in or concerned with, any business activities anywhere in the world that reasonably compete with those business activities in which the Participant was engaged on behalf of the Company (whether directly or indirectly) at any time during the twelve (12) months prior to separation from the Company (the “Restricted Activities”). The Participant shall also not during the Restrictive Period contact any customers or former customers of the Company, in any manner, for the purpose of soliciting or accepting any business that competes with the Restricted Activities, or request, induce or advise any customers of the Company to withdraw, curtail or cancel their respective business with the Company. In addition, the Participant shall not during the Restrictive Period contact any employees of the Company for the purpose of inducing or otherwise encouraging said employees to leave their employment with the Company. The Participant hereby confirms that all restrictions and affirmative obligations contained in this [Section 10] are reasonable, valid and necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests and the Participant hereby waives all defenses to the strict enforcement thereof by the Company. The Company agrees that the provisions of this [Section 10] shall not prevent the Participant from purchasing as a passive investor up to two percent (2%) of the outstanding publicly traded shares or other securities of any class of stock listed on a stock exchange.

In consideration of the benefits described herein, I also agree that until my Retirement Date, and for a period of two (2) years immediately following my Retirement Date, I shall not, without written waiver obtained from the Group Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Services, directly or indirectly, work for or associate with any business that competes in trade or commerce with Ford, its subsidiaries or its affiliates, whether individually or as an owner, partner, agent, employee, consultant, or otherwise. I further agree to refrain until my Retirement Date, and for two (2) years following my Retirement Date, from taking any action that will cause the termination or interference of existing business relationships between or among Ford, its subsidiaries or its affiliates, on the one hand, and any of their customers or suppliers with whom I had direct or indirect contact while working for Ford, on the other. I further agree that Ford and its subsidiaries and affiliates have invested substantial time and effort to identify, recruit, and train their personnel and that, until my Retirement Date and for a period of two (2) years following my Retirement Date ("Restricted Period"), I will not, either directly or indirectly, on my behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, in any capacity, recruit, solicit for hire, or hire or assist others in recruiting, soliciting for hire or hiring any person who is or during the Restricted Period becomes an employee, agency employee, contract employee or consultant of Ford or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

Non-Compete. Without limiting the generality of [subparagraph 10.b]. above, during the twenty-four (24)-month period following his Separation Date, Pennypacker agrees he will not, on his own behalf, or on behalf of any other person or entity, directly or indirectly, provide services to a direct competitor in a role where his knowledge of confidential information is likely to affect his decisions or actions for the direct competitor, to the detriment of the Company. For purposes of paragraph 10 (and the subparagraphs), a “direct competitor” is a person, business or company, anywhere in the United States that provides products or services that satisfy the same general needs as any products or services that has available for sale to its customers.

Non-Compete. The Director agrees that during the Directorship Term and for a period of Three # years thereafter, he shall not in any manner, directly or indirectly, through any person, firm or corporation, alone or as a member of a partnership or as an officer, director, stockholder, investor or employee of or consultant to any other corporation or enterprise; engage in the business of developing, marketing, selling or supporting technology to or for businesses in which the Company engages in or in which the Company has an actual intention, as evidenced by the Company's written business plans, to engage in, within any geographic area in which the Company is then conducting such business. Nothing in this [Section 6] shall prohibit the Director from being # a stockholder in a mutual fund or a diversified investment company or # a passive owner of not more than three percent of the outstanding stock of any class of securities of a corporation, which are publicly traded, so long as the Director has no active participation in the business of such corporation.

Non-Compete. Employee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the Company’s business and that Employee’s duties hereunder justify restricting Employee’s further employment following any termination of employment. Employee further acknowledges and understands that the Company recognizes Employee’s importance and value to the Company and thus has provided Employee with the overall compensation package described hereunder in order to induce Employee to enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, Employee agrees that so long as Employee is employed by the Company, and # for a period of two years following the termination of Employee’s employment, Employee shall not induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company to leave the employ of the Company, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any other employee; # for a period of one year following the termination of Employee’s employment, Employee, except when acting at the request of the Company on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company, shall not induce customers, agents or other sources of distribution of the Company’s business under contract, or doing business, with the Company to terminate, reduce, alter or divert business with or from the Company; and # for the period during which Employee is entitled to be paid severance under this Agreement (or for a period of six (6) months after termination of Employee’s employment if Employee’s employment is terminated under circumstances in which Employee is not entitled to severance pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent, employee, employer, consultant, partner, member or manager of a limited liability company, shareholder of a company that does not have securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”), or a shareholder in excess of one (1%) percent of a company that has securities registered under the 1934 Act, corporate officer or director, or in any other individual or representative capacity, engage or otherwise participate in any manner or fashion in any business that directly competes with the business activities of the Company (which at the present time are point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases in humans and animals) in or about any market in which the Company is, or has publicly announced a plan for, doing business. Employee further covenants and agrees that the restrictive covenants set forth in this paragraph are reasonable as to duration, terms, and geographical area and that the same protects the legitimate interests of the Company, imposes no undue hardship on Employee, and is not injurious to the public. The covenant set forth under # above shall not apply if Employee’s employment is terminated within twelve months of a Change Of Control (as defined below). Ownership by Employee, for investment purposes only, of less than one percent of any class of securities of a corporation if those securities are listed on a national securities exchange or registered under the 1934 Act shall not constitute a breach of the covenant set forth under # above. Employee acknowledges and understands that, by virtue of his position with the Company, he will have exposure to various entities with which the Company does business or is in discussions to do business. Accordingly, Employee hereby covenants and agrees that, so long as he is employed by the Company, he will not, except with the prior written consent of the Company, solicit or enter into any discussions for a position of employment with any such entities. It is the desire and intent of the Parties that the provisions of this paragraph be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular portion of this paragraph shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, this paragraph shall be deemed amended to apply in the broadest allowable manner and to delete therefrom the portion adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, such amendment and deletion to apply only with respect to the operation of this paragraph in the particular jurisdiction in which that adjudication is made. If Employee violates any of the restrictions contained in this [Section 9], the Restricted Period shall be suspended and shall not run in favor of Employee until such time that Employee cures the violation; the period of time in which Employee is in breach shall be added to the restricted period.

Non-Compete. Except as set forth in the third paragraph of this [Section 3], Employee shall not, while this Agreement is in effect, engage in, or be interested in, in an active capacity, any business other than that of the Employer or any affiliate, associate or subsidiary corporation of Employer. It is the express intent of the Employer and Employee that: # the covenants and affirmative obligations of this Section be binding obligations to be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law; # in the event of any determination of unenforceability of the scope of any covenant or obligation, its limitation which a court of competent jurisdiction deems fair and reasonable, shall be the sole basis for relief from the full enforcement thereof; and # in no event shall the covenants or obligations in this Section be deemed wholly unenforceable.

During the Non-Solicitation Restricted Period, Executive agrees to not, directly or indirectly, as an equity holder, member, partner, proprietor, director, manager, officer, employee, consultant, investor or in any other capacity, solicit or attempt to solicit, or take any actions that are calculated to persuade or that could reasonably be expected to persuade, any Person who is, or in the twelve (12)-month period immediately preceding the termination of the Term of Employment, has been a customer, client, owner or tenant of any property managed by the Company, vendor, supplier, distributor, licensor, licensee, sales representative, referral source, sales agent, consultant or other material business relation of the Company to cease doing business with, or to alter or limit its business relationship with, the Company.

Non-Solicitation. During the Directorship Term and for a period of three (3) years thereafter, the Director shall not interfere with the Company’s relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company, any person who, on the date of the termination of the Directorship Term and/or at any time during the one year period prior to the termination of the Directorship Term, was an employee or customer of the Company or otherwise had a material business relationship with the Company.

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