The Executive agrees and acknowledges that the Confidential Information that the Executive will receive is valuable to the Company and that its protection and maintenance constitutes a legitimate business interest of the Company, to be protected by the non-competition restrictions set forth herein. The Executive agrees and acknowledges that the non-competition restrictions set forth herein are reasonable and necessary and do not impose undue hardship or burdens on the Executive.

The Employee shall not solicit or attempt to solicit any customer and/or client or actively sought prospective client and/or customer of the Employer with whom the Employee: # dealt with on behalf of the Employer; or # coordinated or supervised dealings on behalf of the Employer, for the benefit of any person or entity that engages in the Employer’s Business.

NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION. In consideration of the Employer’s employment of the

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. Participant agrees to comply fully with any written agreement between the Company and the Participant which provides for post-termination of employment restrictions against solicitation or competition (the “Restrictive Covenant Agreement”); provided, however, that if no such Restrictive Covenant Agreement exists, the Participant shall not for a period of [six (6), twelve (12), eighteen (18)] months after Participant’s voluntary termination of employment with Company or involuntary termination of employment by Company [for “Cause”], either himself or together with other persons, directly or indirectly: # own, manage, operate, finance, join, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing, or control of or be connected as an officer, director, employee, partner, principal, agent, representative, consultant or otherwise with, or have any financial interest in, or aid or assist anyone else in the conduct of, or use or permit Participant’s name to be used in connection with, any business engaged in the research, development, manufacture, sale, marketing or distribution of stainless steel, titanium, specialty alloys, metal powders or metal fabricated parts or components similar to or competitive with those manufactured by the Company (a “Competing Business”) as of the date the Participant’s employment with Company ends; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Participant from investing in the securities of any company listed on a national securities exchange, provided that Participant’s involvement with any such company is solely that of a stockholder of 5% or less of any class of the outstanding securities thereof; # solicit or divert to any Competing Business any individual or entity that is a customer or prospective customer of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or was such a customer or prospective customer at any time during the eighteen (18) months prior to the date of Participant’s employment termination with the Company; # induce, offer, assist, encourage or suggest # that another business or enterprise offer employment to or enter into a business affiliation with any Company employee, agent or representative, or any individual who acted as an employee, agent or representative of the Company in the previous six (6) months; or # that any Company employee, agent or representative (or individual who acted as an employee, agent or representative of the Company in the previous six (6) months) terminate his or her employment or business affiliation with the Company; or # hire or participate in the hiring of any Company employee or any person who was an employee of the Company in the previous six (6) months, by any business, enterprise or employer. For this purpose, “prospective customer” shall mean a person or business entity that the Company has identified as a user or potential user of the Company’s products and toward which the Company plans to direct sales or marketing activities.

Non Transfer and Non Assignability. This Agreement shall be non transferable and non assignable by either party.

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. During the Term of the Agreement and for a period of 12 months after the Executive’s Termination Date, the Executive covenants and agrees that he shall not, without the express written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company:

Non-Solicitation and Non-Recruitment. Employee acknowledges and agrees that the position Employee held with the Company was a position of trust which allowed Employee to develop relationships with employees of the Company and its Affiliates, and to have insight into such work relationships. As such, Employee has agreed to the non-solicitation and non-recruitment covenants as set out in the Employment Agreement.

Non-assignability and Non-transferability. The rights and obligations of the Employee under this Agreement are expressly declared and agreed to be personal, nonassignable and nontransferable during the Employee’s life.

Non-Use and Non-Disclosure. Each Party shall exercise due care in protecting all Confidential Information from unauthorized use or disclosure. However, neither Party bears any responsibility for safeguarding information that is publicly available, already in its possession and not subject to a confidentiality obligation, obtained by the other Party from third parties without restrictions on disclosure, independently developed by either Party without reference to Confidential Information, or required to be disclosed by order of a court or other governmental entity provided that the respective Party, if lawful, provides written notice to the other Party of such required disclosure.

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