Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the Company’s business and that access to the Company’s confidential records and proprietary information and exposure to customers, vendors, distributors and suppliers of the Company renders Executive special and unique within the Company’s industry. In consideration of Executive’s continued employment, any payment(s) by the Company to Executive of amounts that may hereafter be paid to Executive pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to [Sections 3 and 4]4] hereof) and other obligations undertaken by the Company hereunder, Executive agrees that during Executive’s employment with the Company and for twelve (12) months following termination of Executive’s employment (the “Covered Time”), Executive shall not, directly or indirectly (whether through affiliates, relatives, or otherwise), engage (as owner, investor, partner, stockholder, employer, employee, consultant, advisor, director or otherwise) in any Competing Business in any Restricted Area (each as defined below), provided that the provisions of this [Section 5(b)] will not be deemed breached solely because Executive passively owns, without Executive’s active involvement, less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding common stock of a publicly-traded company.

During the term of Employee’s employment, Employer agrees to provide, and to continue to provide Employee, on a daily, weekly, monthly and continual basis, access to, and the use of, its “Confidential Information and Trade Secrets” concerning A.M. Castle’s Business, and Employer’s employees, Customers and Customer Representatives, Suppliers and Supplier Representatives and Employer’s transactional histories with all of them, as well as information about the logistics, details, revenues and expenses of A.M. Castle’s Business, in order to allow Employee to perform Employee’s duties under this Agreement, and to develop or continue to solidify relationships with Customers, Customer Representatives, Suppliers and Supplier Representatives. Employee acknowledges that new and additional Confidential Information and Trade Secrets regarding each of these matters is developed by Employer as a part of its continuing operations, and Employer hereby agrees to provide Employee access to and use of all such new, additional and continuing Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, and Employee acknowledges that access to such new, additional and continuing Confidential Information and Trade Secrets is essential for Employee to be able to perform, and to continue to perform, Employee’s duties under this Agreement. In addition, Employer agrees to provide, and to continue to provide, training, education, direction and development to Employee with respect to all of Employer’s business methods, processes, procedures, software and information, including newly developed and newly discovered

In view of Executive’s importance to the success of the Corporation, Executive and the Corporation agree that the Corporation would likely suffer significant harm from Executive’s competing with the Corporation during employment and for some period of time thereafter. Accordingly, Executive agrees that Executive shall not engage in competitive activities (except in Marginal Business Areas, as defined in [Section 7(e)]) either: # while employed by the Corporation; or # if Executive’s employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement, during the Restricted Period (as defined below). Executive shall be deemed to engage in competitive activities if Executive shall, without the prior written consent of the Corporation, # in Ottawa County, Kent County, or Allegan County, Michigan, or in any county contiguous thereto (including the municipalities therein), render services directly or indirectly, as an employee, officer, director, consultant, advisor, partner or otherwise, for any organization or enterprise which competes directly or indirectly with the business of the Corporation in providing financial products or services (including, without limitation, banking, insurance, trust or investment products or services) to consumers and businesses, or # directly or indirectly acquires any financial or beneficial interest in (except as provided in the next sentence) any organization which conducts or is otherwise engaged in a business or enterprise in Ottawa County, Kent County, or Allegan County, Michigan, or any of the counties contiguous thereto (including all municipalities) which competes directly or indirectly with the business of the Corporation in providing financial products or services (including, without limitation, banking, insurance, trust or investment products or services) to consumers and businesses. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Executive shall not be prohibited from owning less than one percent (1%) of any class of publicly traded securities. For purposes of this [Section 7] the term “Restricted Period” shall equal twenty-four months following the date of termination of Executive’s employment during the term of this Agreement. If Executive is in breach of [Section 7],

Section # Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation.

Exclusive Employment; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation; Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information; Surrender of Records; Inventions and Patents.

the breach by the Participant of any restrictive covenant (e.g., noncompetition or nonsolicitation) to which the Participant is subject;

Enclosures: Kingwood Holiday Schedule; Orion Benefits Handout; Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement; Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation, Nondisparagement Agreement; Conflict of Interest Agreement.

Nonsolicitation. Executive hereby agrees for the duration of Executive’s employment with ​ and for the duration of the Restrictive Period, Executive shall not, either individually or by or through any agent, representative, entity, employee or otherwise:

Nonsolicitation. For a period of twelve (12) months after the Termination Date, Executive shall not employ or retain or solicit for employment or arrange to have any other person, firm, or other entity employ or retain or solicit for employment or otherwise participate in the employment or retention of any person who is an employee or consultant of the Company or any subsidiary thereof. Nothing in the foregoing shall preclude Executive’s rights to make generalized searches for employees by use of media advertisements that do not specifically target such individuals.

Noncompetition. CEO recognizes and acknowledges that he has knowledge of USPB and its affiliates (including National Beef Packing Company, LLC and entities owned or controlled by National Beef Packing Company, LLC and its affiliates), their operations, strategies and plans (collectively the "Affiliates") which was acquired during his employment with USPB. During the Term and for a period of twelve (12) months after the termination of the CEO's employment with USPB, CEO shall not, without the written consent of USPB, within the United States of America, participate through management or control or consult or be employed by any business or enterprise, other than USPB and its Affiliates, which is engaged in the beef packing or processing industry that involves any business activity that competes with the business of USPB and its Affiliates.