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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000894627-20-000020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200320
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200320
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200320

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000894627
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				760274813
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32167
		FILM NUMBER:		20731584

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9800 RICHMOND AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 700
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77042
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-623-0801

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9800 RICHMOND AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 700
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77042
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			Form 8-K
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">January 27</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">, 2020</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">emerging</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">growth</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#xA7;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#xA7;240.12</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">b-2of this chapter).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">If an&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">emerging</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">growth</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:MS Mincho;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#x2610;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Explanatory Note</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">On January 28, 2020, VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Original 8</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#8209;K") to report that William R. Thomas, who serves as a member of the Company&#x2019;s Board of Directors, had been appointed to serve as the Company&#x2019;s President, effective as of February 1, 2020 (the &#x201C;Effective Date&#x201D;). In connection with the appointment, on March 18, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Thomas (the &#x201C;Employment Agreement&#x201D;). This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K amends and supplements the disclosures included in Item 5.02 of the Original 8-K to provide certain compensation information for Mr. Thomas pursuant to the Employment Agreement that was not determinable at the time of filing the Original 8-K, as well as amends Item 9.01 of the Original 8-K to file a copy of the Employment Agreement as an exhibit to the Original 8-K. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">.02 </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Thomas shall be employed as the Company&#x2019;s President for an initial term beginning on the Effective Date and remaining in effect through at least July 31, 2020. Following the initial term, the agreement may be extended for such period as the parties mutually agree in writing.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Thomas is entitled to, among other things, an annual base salary of not less than $400,000 and eligible to receive a cash bonus for the initial term of his employment equal to 100% of his base salary, based on performance in relation to the Company&#x2019;s scorecard for executives.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Thomas will continue to serve as a member of the Company&#x2019;s Board of Directors, but as of the Effective Date he is no longer entitled to receive any compensation that the Company pays to its non-employee directors.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The Employment Agreement provides that if Mr. Thomas is separated from his employment due to (i) an involuntary termination without &#x201C;Cause&#x201D; (as defined in the Employment Agreement), (ii) death or disability or (iii) &#x201C;Good Reason&#x201D; (as defined in the Employment Agreement), Mr. Thomas will be entitled to severance in an amount equal to $50,000. In addition, if Mr. Thomas is separated from his employment due to (i) an involuntary termination without Cause, (ii) death or disability or (iii) Good Reason, and such separation occurs within a specified window following a &#x201C;Change in Control&#x201D; (as defined in the Employment Agreement), Mr. Thomas will be entitled to his regular severance plus a lump sum payment equal to the unpaid portion of his full target bonus. The right to receive any regular severance benefits or Change in Control severance benefits is conditioned upon Mr. Thomas executing a general release of claims in favor of the Company. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The Employment Agreement also contains customary provisions relating to, among other things, confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disparagement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The foregoing description of the Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Employment Agreement, a copy of which is filed with as Exhibit 10.1 to this Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item 9.01.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_1_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">1.1</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_1_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Definitions</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">1</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_1_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">1.2</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_1_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Employment; Effective Date</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">1</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_1_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">1.3</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_1_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Positions</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">1</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_1_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">1.4</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_1_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Duties and Services</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">2</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_1_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">1.5</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_1_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Other Interests</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">2</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_1_6"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">1.6</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_1_6"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Duty of Loyalty</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">2</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#art2"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Article 2. TERM AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">2</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_2_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">2.1</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_2_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Term of Employment</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">2</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_2_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">2.2</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_2_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Notice of Termination</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">3</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_2_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">2.3</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_2_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Resignations</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">3</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#art3"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Article 3. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#xFEFF;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_3_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">3.1</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_3_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Base Salary</font></a></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="width:04.70%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">3</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_3_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">3.2</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_3_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Targeted Cash Bonus</font></a></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="width:04.70%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">3</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_3_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">3.3</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_3_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Business and Entertainment Expenses</font></a></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="width:04.70%;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">3</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_3_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">3.4</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_3_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Vacation</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">4</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_3_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">3.5</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_3_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Employee and Executive Benefits Generally</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">4</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_3_6"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">3.6</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_3_6"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Proration</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">4</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#art4"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Article 4. RIGHTS AND PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION</font></a></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">4</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_4_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">4.1</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_4_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Rights and Payments upon Termination</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">4</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_4_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">4.2</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_4_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Limitation on Other Severance Benefits</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">6</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_4_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">4.3</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_4_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Release Agreement</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">6</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_4_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">4.4</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_4_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Notice of Termination</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">7</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_4_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">4.5</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_4_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">No Mitigation</font></a></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">7</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#art5"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Article 5. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND&nbsp;&nbsp;RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">7</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.1</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Access to Confidential Information and Specialized Training</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">7</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.2</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Agreement Not to Use or Disclose Confidential Information</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">7</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.3</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Duty to Return Company Documents and Property</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">8</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.4</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Further Disclosure</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.5</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Inventions</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">9</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_6"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.6</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_6"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Non-Solicitation Restriction</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">9</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_7"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.7</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_7"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Non-Competition Restriction</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">10</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_8"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.8</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_8"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">No-Recruitment Restriction</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">10</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_9"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.9</font></a></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">11</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_12"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.12</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_12"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">No Previous Restrictive Agreements</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">11</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_13"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.13</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_13"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Conflicts of Interest</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">11</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_14"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.14</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_14"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Remedies</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">11</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_15"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.15</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_15"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">No Disparaging Comments</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">12</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_5_16"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">5.16</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_5_16"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Company Documents and Property</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">12</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#art6"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Article 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">13</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.1</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_1"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Matters Relating to Section 409A of the Code</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">13</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.2</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_2"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Withholdings; Right of Offset</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">14</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.3</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_3"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Nonalienation</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">14</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.4</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_4"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Incompetent or Minor Payees</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">14</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.5</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_5"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Indemnification</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">14</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_6"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.6</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_6"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Successors and Assigns</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">14</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_7"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.7</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_7"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Notice</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">15</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_8"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.8</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_8"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">15</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_9"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.9</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_9"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Severability</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">17</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_10"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">10</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_10"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">No Third Party Beneficiaries</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">17</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_11"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.11</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_11"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Waiver of Breach</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">17</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_12"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.12</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_12"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Survival of Certain Provisions</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">17</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_13"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.13</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_13"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Entire Agreement; Amendment and Termination</font></a></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">17</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#xFEFF;</font><a href="#TOC_6_14"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">6.14</font></a></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
						<a href="#TOC_6_14"><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:none;">Interpretive Matters</font></a></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;">THIS </font><font style="display: inline;">AMENDED AND RESTATED </font><font style="display: inline;">EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), effective as of</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">February 1, 2020</font><font style="display: inline;"> (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Effective Date</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), </font><font style="display: inline;">is made and entered into </font><font style="display: inline;">by and between VAALCO Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereafter &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) and </font><font style="display: inline;">William R. Thomas</font><font style="display: inline;"> (hereafter &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Executive</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and Executive may sometimes hereafter be referred to singularly as a &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Party</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; or collectively as the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Parties</font><font style="display: inline;">.&#x201D;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">WHEREAS, the Company desires to </font><font style="display: inline;">continue to </font><font style="display: inline;">secure the employment services of Executive subject to the terms and conditions hereafter set forth; and</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">WHEREAS, Executive is willing to enter into this Agreement upon the terms and conditions hereafter set forth;</font><font style="display: inline;"> and</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Executive&#x2019;s employment with the Company, and the mutual promises, covenants and obligations contained herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows:</font>
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			<a name="art1"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Article 1. </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;"></font><a name="_Toc34151964"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES</font>
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			<a name="TOC_1_1"></a><a name="_Toc34151965"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1.1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Definitions</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the terms defined in the text hereof, terms with initial capital letters as used herein have the meanings assigned to them, for all purposes of this Agreement, in the Definitions Appendix hereto, unless the context reasonably requires a broader, narrower or different meaning.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Definitions Appendix</font><font style="display: inline;">, as attached hereto,</font><font style="display: inline;"> is part of this Agreement and incorporated herein.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_1_2"></a><a name="_Toc34151966"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Employment; Effective Date</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective as of the Effective Date and continuing for the Employment Period (as defined in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">), the Executive&#x2019;s employment by the Company shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_1_3"></a><a name="_Ref365455140"></a><a name="_Toc34151967"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1.3</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Positions</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;As of the Effective Date, the Executive will serve as the</font><font style="display: inline;"> President</font><font style="display: inline;"> of the Company (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">President</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, Executive is currently serving </font><font style="display: inline;">as a </font><font style="display: inline;">member</font><font style="display: inline;"> of the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Board of Directors</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) pursuant to a Settlement Agreement, dated December 22, 2015, among the Company, Group 42, Inc. and certain other persons named therein (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Group 42 Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;),</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">and </font><font style="display: inline;">will continue </font><font style="display: inline;">serving as a </font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201C;Director Designee&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> under the</font><font style="display: inline;"> terms of the </font><font style="display: inline;"> Group 42 Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;"> (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Director Designee</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall maintain the Executive in the position of </font><font style="display: inline;">President o</font><font style="display: inline;">f the Company, and/or in such other positions as the Parties mutually may agree, for the Employment Period.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Company shall nominate the Executive for re-election to the Board of Directors as and when his term expires during the Employment Period, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;As a Director Designee, the Executive shall continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors in the event that the Executive&#x2019;s position changes from President to some other position</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">with the Company </font><font style="display: inline;">and</font><font style="display: inline;">, moreover, any </font><font style="display: inline;">termination of </font><font style="display: inline;">his </font><font style="display: inline;">employment with the Company shall not, in and of itself, affect </font><font style="display: inline;">Executive&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;">status as a Director Designee</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1.4</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Duties and Services</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Executive agrees to serve in the positions referred to in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> and to perform diligently and to the best of his abilities the duties and services appertaining to such offices, as well as such additional duties and services appropriate to such offices upon which the Parties mutually may agree from time to time or, with respect to his duties as </font><font style="display: inline;">President</font><font style="display: inline;">, that are assigned to him by the Board of Directors.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Executive&#x2019;s employment shall also be subject to the policies maintained and established by the Company from time to time, as the same may be amended or otherwise modified.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Executive shall at all times use his best efforts to in good faith comply with United States and foreign laws applicable to Executive&#x2019;s actions on behalf of the Company and its Affiliates.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive understands and agrees that he may be required to travel extensively at times for purposes of the Company&#x2019;s business.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_1_5"></a><a name="_Toc34151969"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1.5</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Other Interests</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Executive agrees that, during the Employment Period, he will devote his primary business time, energy and best efforts to the business and affairs of the Company and its Affiliates, and not to engage, directly or indirectly, in any other business or businesses, whether or not similar to that of the Company or an Affiliate, except with the consent of the Board of Directors.&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing notwithstanding, the Parties recognize and agree that the Executive may engage in passive personal investments </font><font style="display: inline;">(such as real estate investments and rental properties) </font><font style="display: inline;">and other civic and charitable activities </font><font style="display: inline;">(such as continued service on non-profit and/or educational boards) </font><font style="display: inline;">that do not conflict with the business and affairs of the Company or interfere with the Executive&#x2019;s performance of his duties hereunder without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Board of Directors; provided, however, Executive agrees that if the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Compensation Committee</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) determines that continued service with one or more civic or charitable entities is inconsistent with the Executive&#x2019;s duties hereunder and gives written notice to the Executive, he will promptly resign from such position(s).</font>
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			<a name="TOC_1_6"></a><a name="_Toc34151970"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1.6</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Duty of Loyalty</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Executive owes a fiduciary duty of loyalty, fidelity, and allegiance to use his best efforts to act at all times in the best interests of the Company and its Affiliates.&nbsp;&nbsp;In keeping with these duties, the Executive shall make full disclosure to the Company of all business opportunities pertaining to the Company&#x2019;s business, and he shall not appropriate for the Executive&#x2019;s own benefit any business opportunity concerning the subject matter of such fiduciary relationship.</font>
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			<a name="art2"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Article 2. </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"></font><a name="_Ref365455025"></a><a name="_Ref365455030"></a><a name="_Ref365455901"></a><a name="_Toc34151971"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">TERM AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT</font>
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			<a name="TOC_2_1"></a><a name="_Ref365456126"></a><a name="_Ref365456243"></a><a name="_Toc34151972"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">2.1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Term of Employment</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless sooner terminated pursuant to other provisions hereof, the Company agrees to </font><font style="display: inline;">continue to </font><font style="display: inline;">employ the Executive for the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending</font><font style="display: inline;"> at the end of the day on July 31</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2020</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">(the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Initial Term of Employment</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;Beginning effective as of </font><font style="display: inline;">August 1, 2020</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">(the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Initial Extension Date</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), the term of employment hereunder </font><font style="display: inline;">may</font><font style="display: inline;"> be extended </font><font style="display: inline;">for such period as the parties mutually agree in writing. </font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">In addition, the Company and Executive shall each have the right to give Notice of Termination at will, with or without </font><font style="display: inline;">c</font><font style="display: inline;">ause, at any time, subject</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">to the terms and conditions of this Agreement regarding the rights and duties of the Parties upon termination of employment.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The Initial Term of Employment, and any extension of employment hereunder, shall be referred to herein as a &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Term of Employment</font><font style="display: inline;">.&#x201D;&nbsp;&nbsp;The entire period from the Effective Date through the date of Executive&#x2019;s termination of employment with the Company, for whatever reason, shall be referred to herein as the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Employment Period</font><font style="display: inline;">.&#x201D;</font>
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			<a name="TOC_2_2"></a><a name="_Ref365455942"></a><a name="_Toc34151973"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">2.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Notice of Termination</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Company or the Executive desires to terminate the Executive&#x2019;s employment hereunder at any time prior to expiration of the Term of Employment, such Party shall do so by giving written Notice of Termination to the other Party, provided that no such action shall alter or amend any other provisions hereof or rights arising hereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;No further </font><font style="display: inline;">extensions </font><font style="display: inline;">of the Term of Employment hereunder shall occur pursuant to </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> after the giving of such Notice of Termination.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_2_3"></a><a name="_Toc34151974"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">2.3</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Resignations</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, upon the termination of the Executive&#x2019;s employment hereunder for any reason, </font><font style="display: inline;">unless otherwise requested by the Compensation Committee, Executive shall immediately resign from all officer positions and all boards of directors of any Affiliates of which he may be a member</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The Executive hereby agrees to execute any and all documentation of such resignations upon request by the Company, but he shall be treated for all purposes as having so resigned upon termination of his employment, regardless of when or whether he executes any such documentation.</font>
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			<a name="art3"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Article 3. </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"></font><a name="_Toc34151975"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS</font>
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			<a name="TOC_3_1"></a><a name="_Toc34151976"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">3.1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Base Salary</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive a minimum annual base salary of </font><font style="display: inline;">Four Hundred Thousand </font><font style="display: inline;">dollars (</font><font style="display: inline;">$</font><font style="display: inline;">4</font><font style="display: inline;">00</font><font style="display: inline;">,000</font><font style="display: inline;">)</font><font style="display: inline;">, which shall be prorated for any period of less than 12</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">months (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Base Salary</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;The Compensation Committee shall review the Executive&#x2019;s Base Salary on an annual basis and may, in its sole discretion, increase, but not decrease, the Base Salary, and references in this Agreement to &#x201C;Base Salary&#x201D; shall refer to annual Base Salary as so increased.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Base Salary shall be paid in equal installments in accordance with the Company&#x2019;s policy</font><font style="display: inline;">, as in effect from time to time, for</font><font style="display: inline;"> payment of</font><font style="display: inline;"> the Base Salary to Executive</font><font style="display: inline;">, but no less frequently than </font><font style="display: inline;">on a </font><font style="display: inline;">monthly</font><font style="display: inline;"> basis</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_3_2"></a><a name="_Toc34151977"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">3.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Targeted Cash </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Bonus</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;For the </font><font style="display: inline;">Initial Term of Employment</font><font style="display: inline;">, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a </font><font style="display: inline;">bonus equal to the Executive&#x2019;s annual Base Salary</font><font style="display: inline;"> (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Target</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"> Bonus</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">based on performance in relation to the Company&#x2019;s scorecard for executives as determined by the Company&#x2019;s Compensation Committee. </font>
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			<a name="TOC_3_3"></a><a name="_Toc34151978"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">3.3</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Business and Entertainment Expenses</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the Company&#x2019;s standard policies and procedures with respect to expense reimbursement as applied to its executives generally, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for, or pay on behalf of the Executive, the reasonable and appropriate expenses incurred by the Executive for business related purposes, including dues and fees to industry and professional organizations and costs of entertainment and business development.</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;Executive shall be reimbursed for the reasonable attorney</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;"> fees </font><font style="display: inline;">that </font><font style="display: inline;">he incurs </font><font style="display: inline;">for </font>
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			<a name="TOC_3_4"></a><a name="_Toc34151979"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">3.4</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Vacation</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;During each full year of the Term of Employment, the Executive shall be entitled to </font><font style="display: inline;">five</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">(</font><font style="display: inline;">5</font><font style="display: inline;">) weeks of paid vacation in accordance with the Company&#x2019;s vacation policy, as in effect from time to time</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_3_5"></a><a name="_Toc34151980"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">3.5</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Employee and Executive Benefits Generally</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;">During the Employment Period, t</font><font style="display: inline;">he Executive shall be eligible for participation in employee and executive benefits, including without limitation, qualified and supplemental retirement, savings and deferred compensation plans, medical and life insurance plans, and other fringe benefits, as in effect from time to time for the Company&#x2019;s most senior executives; provided, however, that Executive acknowledges and agrees that he shall not be a participant in, and he hereby waives any right to participate in,</font><font style="display: inline;"> (a) any bonus plan</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">program </font><font style="display: inline;">or other arrangement </font><font style="display: inline;">offered to </font><font style="display: inline;">any </font><font style="display: inline;">other </font><font style="display: inline;">officers or employees of the Company or its </font><font style="display: inline;">A</font><font style="display: inline;">ffiliates </font><font style="display: inline;">and (b)</font><font style="display: inline;"> any severance plan (as the same may be amended from time to time) that generally covers the employees of the Company or its Affiliates</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> such as to preclude duplicative severance benefits with those provided to Executive under the terms of this Agreement.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_3_6"></a><a name="_Toc34151981"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">3.6</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Proration</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;">Except </font><font style="display: inline;">as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, a</font><font style="display: inline;">ny payments or benefits payable to Executive hereunder in respect of any calendar year during which Executive is employed by the Company for less than the entire year, unless otherwise provided in the applicable plan or arrangement, shall be prorated in accordance with the number of days in such calendar year during which he is so employed.</font>
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			<a name="art4"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Article 4. </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"></font><a name="_Ref365539746"></a><a name="_Ref365540354"></a><a name="_Ref365540478"></a><a name="_Toc34151982"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">RIGHTS AND PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION</font>
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			<a name="TOC_4_1"></a><a name="_Ref365540453"></a><a name="_Toc34151983"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">4.1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Rights and Payments upon Termination</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive&#x2019;s right to compensation and benefits for periods after the date on which his employment terminates with the Company and all Affiliates (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Termination Date</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) shall be determined in accordance with this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, as follows:</font>
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			<a name="_Ref365458285"></a><font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Minimum Payments</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive shall be entitled to the following minimum payments under this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, in addition to any other payments or benefits to which he is entitled to receive under the terms of this Agreement or any employee benefit plan or program:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(i)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">his accrued and unpaid Base Salary through the Termination Date;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(iii)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">reimbursement of his reasonable business expenses that were incurred but unpaid as of the Termination Date.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Such salary and accrued vacation days shall be paid to Executive within five (5) Business Days following the Termination Date in a cash lump sum </font><font style="display: inline;">less applicable </font>
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			<a name="_Ref33705429"></a><a name="_Ref365540268"></a><a name="_Ref409181491"></a><a name="_Ref30511518"></a><font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Regular Severance Benefits</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that during the Term of Employment Executive should incur a Severance Payment Event</font><font style="display: inline;"> at a time when he is serving as the President</font><font style="display: inline;">, then </font><font style="display: inline;">in addition to the Minimum Payments under </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, above, </font><font style="display: inline;">the Company shall pay to Executive as additional compensation (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Severance</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"> Payment</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), an amount equal to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)</font><font style="display: inline;">, net of applicable taxes and other withholdings,</font><font style="display: inline;"> within </font><font style="display: inline;">sixty (60) days following the Termination Date.</font>
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			<a name="_Ref31039325"></a><font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">CI</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">C Severance </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Benefits</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that during the Term of Employment Executive </font><font style="display: inline;">should incur</font><font style="display: inline;"> a </font><font style="display: inline;">CIC </font><font style="display: inline;">Severance Payment Event</font><font style="display: inline;"> at a time when he is serving as the President</font><font style="display: inline;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">then in addition to the </font><font style="display: inline;">Minimum Payments and </font><font style="display: inline;">Regular Severance Benefits </font><font style="display: inline;">under </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">s</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"> and </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> above, </font><font style="display: inline;">an </font><font style="display: inline;">additional </font><font style="display: inline;">severance benefit</font><font style="display: inline;"> (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Additional Payment</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;"> shall be provided to Executive or, in the event of his death before receiving </font><font style="display: inline;">such benefit</font><font style="display: inline;">, to his Designated Beneficiary following his death</font><font style="display: inline;">, in a lump sum amount equal to the unpaid portion of the </font><font style="display: inline;">full </font><font style="display: inline;">Target Bonus, </font><font style="display: inline;">payable </font><font style="display: inline;">within sixty (60) days following the Termination Date</font><font style="display: inline;"> (net of applicable taxes and other withholdings)</font><font style="display: inline;">, without any required condition</font><font style="display: inline;"> relating to the scorecard for executives as described in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section 3.2</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<a name="_Ref33694280"></a><font style="display: inline;">(d)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Subsidized COBRA Coverage.</font><font style="display: inline;"> Except as provided in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> below, in the event that (i) the Term of Employment expires without renewal, (ii) during the Term of Employment</font><font style="display: inline;"> while he is serving as President, </font><font style="display: inline;">Executive </font><font style="display: inline;">should incur</font><font style="display: inline;"> a Severance Payment Event, the Company and its Affiliates shall maintain continued group health plan coverage following the Termination Date under any of the Company&#x2019;s group health plans that covered Executive immediately before the Termination Date which are subject to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, as codified in Code Section 4980B and Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">COBRA</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), subject to the terms and conditions of such plans, for Executive and his eligible </font><font style="display: inline;">covered </font><font style="display: inline;">spouse and other eligible </font><font style="display: inline;">covered </font><font style="display: inline;">dependents (together, &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Dependents</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), for a period of one (1)</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">year following the Termination Date and at no cost to Executive and his Dependents.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">After the Termination Date, Executive, and his Dependents, if any, must first elect and maintain any COBRA continuation coverage that they are entitled to receive under the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and COBRA.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive and his Dependents shall not be required to make any premium payments for the portion of any such COBRA coverage period that does not extend beyond the maximum one-year</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">period referenced above.&nbsp;&nbsp;In all other respects, Executive and his Dependents shall be treated the same as other COBRA qualified beneficiaries under the terms and conditions of the group health plan and COBRA during the entire period while COBRA coverage remains in effect.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The continuation coverage described above shall be provided in a manner that is intended to satisfy an exception to Code Section&nbsp;409A, and therefore not be treated as an arrangement providing for nonqualified deferred compensation that is subject to taxation under Code Section&nbsp;409A.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_4_2"></a><a name="_Ref365540174"></a><a name="_Ref365540293"></a><a name="_Toc34151984"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">4.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Limitation on Other Severance Benefits</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Limitation on Other Severance Payments</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of clarity, in the event that (i) Executive voluntarily resigns or otherwise voluntarily terminates his own employment during the Term of Employment, </font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;">except for</font><font style="display: inline;"> (A)&nbsp;Good Reason or (B)&nbsp;due to his death or Disability, or (ii)&nbsp;Executive&#x2019;s employment is terminated due to a </font><font style="display: inline;">No Severance Benefits Event</font><font style="display: inline;">, then, in either such event under clause (i) or (ii), the Company shall have no obligation to provide the severance benefits described in</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">s</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"> or </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">However, in that case, </font><font style="display: inline;">Executive shall still be entitled to </font><font style="display: inline;">receive </font><font style="display: inline;">the severance benefits provided under </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font>
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			<a name="_Ref33693904"></a><font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Limitation on Subsidized COBRA Coverage</font><font style="display: inline;">. In the event that Executive&#x2019;s employment is terminated due to a </font><font style="display: inline;">No Severance Benefits Event</font><font style="display: inline;">, then the Company shall have no obligation to provide the subsidized COBRA coverage </font><font style="display: inline;">described in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In such event, the Company shall</font><font style="display: inline;"> offer COBRA coverage (as required by COBRA) but not at the discounted rate as described in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">.</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font>
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			<a name="_Ref365540229"></a><font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">No Duplication of Severance Benefits</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, if Executive receives or is entitled to receive any severance benefit under any change of control policy, or any agreement with, or plan or policy of, the Company or any Affiliate, the </font><font style="display: inline;">Termination B</font><font style="display: inline;">enefits </font><font style="display: inline;">under </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">s</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"> and </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">that are provided </font><font style="display: inline;">to or on behalf of Executive shall be offset by </font><font style="display: inline;">any </font><font style="display: inline;">similar </font><font style="display: inline;">severance benefits </font><font style="display: inline;">to be </font><font style="display: inline;">received by Executive, and Executive shall thus be entitled to receive the greater of such other severance benefits or the benefits provided under this Agreement, and not any duplicate </font><font style="display: inline;">or consecutive </font><font style="display: inline;">benefits.&nbsp;&nbsp;The severance </font><font style="display: inline;">benefits </font><font style="display: inline;">provided under this Agreement shall also supersede and replace any duplicative severance benefits </font><font style="display: inline;">of the same kind </font><font style="display: inline;">under any severance pay plan or program that the Company or any Affiliate maintains for employees generally and that otherwise may cover Executive.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_4_3"></a><a name="_Ref365540050"></a><a name="_Toc34151985"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">4.3</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Release Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;">I</font><font style="display: inline;">n order to receive </font><font style="display: inline;">any </font><font style="display: inline;">Termination B</font><font style="display: inline;">enefits, Executive must first execute the Release on a form provided by the Company </font><font style="display: inline;">in substantially the same form as attached hereto as</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Appendix B</font><font style="display: inline;">, together with any changes thereto that the Company deems to be necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law or regulation.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Release, thereby Executive agrees to release and waive, in return for such </font><font style="display: inline;">Termination B</font><font style="display: inline;">enefits, any claims that he may have against the Company including, without limitation, for unlawful discrimination or retaliation (e.g., Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act); provided, however, the Release shall not release any claim by or on behalf of Executive for any payment or benefit that is due and payable under the terms of this Agreement prior to the receipt thereof.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The Company shall deliver the </font><font style="display: inline;">Release to Executive within ten (10</font><font style="display: inline;">) days after the </font><font style="display: inline;">Executive&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;">Termination Date.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Executive must return the executed Release within the twenty-one (21) or forty-five (45) day period</font><font style="display: inline;">, as applicable</font><font style="display: inline;"> and set out in the Release</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> following the date of his receipt of the Release.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the conditions set forth in the preceding sentence are not satisfied by Executive, the Termination Benefits shall be </font><font style="display: inline;">fully </font><font style="display: inline;">forfeited hereunder.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">If the Release delivery and non-revocation period spans two taxable years, the Termination Benefits will always be </font><font style="display: inline;">paid </font><font style="display: inline;">in the second taxable year.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall also execute the </font>
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			<a name="TOC_4_4"></a><a name="_Toc34151986"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">4.4</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Notice of Termination</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any termination of employment by the Company or Executive shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other Party.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_4_5"></a><a name="_Toc34151987"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">4.5</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">No Mitigation</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment or other benefits provided under this Agreement by seeking other employment.</font>
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			<a name="art5"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Article 5. </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"></font><a name="_Ref365560131"></a><a name="_Toc34151988"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_1"></a><a name="_Ref365553503"></a><a name="_Toc34151989"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Access to Confidential Information and Specialized Training</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with his employment and continuing on an ongoing basis during the Employment Period, the Company and its Affiliates will give Executive access to Confidential Information, which Executive did not have access to or knowledge of before the execution of this Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential Information is confidential and a valuable, special and unique asset of the Company that gives the Company an advantage over its actual and potential, current and future competitors.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive further acknowledges and agrees that Executive owes the Company a fiduciary duty to preserve and protect all Confidential Information from unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized use, that certain Confidential Information constitutes &#x201C;trade secrets&#x201D; under applicable laws, and that unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized use of the Confidential Information would irreparably injure the Company or any Affiliate.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The Company also agrees to provide Executive with Specialized Training, which Executive does not have access to or knowledge of before the execution of this Agreement and continuing on an ongoing basis during his employment.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_2"></a><a name="_Toc34151990"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Agreement Not to Use or Disclose Confidential Information</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Both during the term of Executive&#x2019;s employment and after his termination of employment for any reason (including wrongful termination), Executive shall hold all Confidential Information in strict confidence, and shall not use any Confidential Information except for the benefit of the Company or its Affiliates, in accordance with the duties assigned to Executive.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive shall not, at any time (either during or after the term of Executive&#x2019;s employment), disclose any Confidential Information to any Person (except other Persons who have a need to know the information in connection with the performance of services for the Company or an Affiliate), or copy, reproduce, modify, decompile or reverse engineer any Confidential Information, or remove any Confidential Information from the Company&#x2019;s premises, without the prior written consent of the Compensation Committee, or permit any other Person to do so.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive shall take reasonable precautions to protect the physical security of all documents and other material containing Confidential Information (regardless of the medium on which the Confidential Information is stored).&nbsp;&nbsp;This agreement and covenant applies to all Confidential Information, whether now known or later to become known to Executive.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Following the termination of the Executive&#x2019;s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such Confidential Information to any Person other than the Company and those designated by it.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The Company has and will disclose to the Executive, or place the Executive in a position to have access to or develop, trade secrets and Confidential Information of the Company or its Affiliates; and/or has and will place the Executive in a position to develop business goodwill on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates; and/or has and will entrust the Executive with business opportunities of the Company or its Affiliates.&nbsp;&nbsp;As part of the consideration for the compensation and benefits to be paid to the Executive hereunder; to protect the trade secrets and Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates that have been and will in the future be disclosed or entrusted to the Executive, the business goodwill of the Company and its Affiliates that has been and will in the future be developed in the Executive, or the business opportunities that have been and will in the future be disclosed or entrusted to the Executive; and as an additional incentive for the Company to enter into this Agreement, the Company and the Executive agree to the noncompetition and the nonsolicitation obligations set forth in this Agreement.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_3"></a><a name="_Toc34151991"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.3</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Duty to Return Company Documents and Property</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the termination of Executive&#x2019;s employment with the Company and its Affiliates, for whatever reason, Executive shall immediately return and deliver to the Company any and all papers, books, records, documents, memoranda and manuals, e-mail, electronic or magnetic recordings or data, including all copies thereof, belonging to the Company or an Affiliate or relating to their businesses, in Executive&#x2019;s possession or under his control, and regardless of, whether prepared by Executive or others.&nbsp;&nbsp;If at any time after the Employment Period, Executive determines that he has any Confidential Information in his possession or under his control, Executive shall immediately return to the Company all such Confidential Information, including all copies (including electronic versions) and portions thereof.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Within one (1) day after the end of the Employment Period for any reason, the Executive shall return to Company all Confidential Information which is in his possession, custody or control.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_4"></a><a name="_Toc34151992"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.4</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Further Disclosure</font><font style="display: inline;">. Executive shall promptly disclose to the Company all ideas, inventions, computer programs, and discoveries, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, which he may conceive or make, alone or with others, during the Employment Period, whether or not during working hours, and which directly or indirectly:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">relate to matters within the scope, field, duties or responsibility of Executive&#x2019;s employment with the Company; or</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">are based on any knowledge of the actual or anticipated business or interest of the Company; or</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">are aided by the use of time, materials, facilities or information of the Company.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Executive assigns to the Company, without further compensation, all rights, titles and interest in all such ideas, inventions, computer programs and discoveries in all countries of the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive recognizes that all ideas, inventions, computer programs and discoveries of the type described above, conceived or made by Executive alone or with others within six (6) months after termination of employment (voluntary or otherwise), are likely to have been conceived in significant part either while employed by the Company or as a direct result of knowledge Executive had of Confidential Information.&nbsp;&nbsp;Accordingly, Executive agrees that such ideas, inventions or discoveries shall be presumed to have been conceived during his employment with the Company, unless and until the contrary is clearly established by Executive.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_5"></a><a name="_Toc34151993"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.5</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Inventions</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any and all writings, computer software, inventions, improvements, processes, procedures and/or techniques which Executive may make, conceive, discover, or develop, either solely or jointly with any other Person, at any time during the Employment Period, whether at the request or upon the suggestion of the Company or otherwise, which relate to or are useful in connection with any business now or hereafter carried on or contemplated by the Company or an Affiliate, including developments or expansions of its present fields of operations, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive shall take all actions necessary so that the Company can prepare and present applications for copyright or Letters Patent therefor, and can secure such copyright or Letters Patent wherever possible, as well as reissue renewals, and extensions thereof, and can obtain the record title to such copyright or patents.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive shall not be entitled to any additional or special compensation or reimbursement regarding any such writings, computer software, inventions, improvements, processes, procedures and techniques.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive acknowledges that the Company from time to time may have agreements with other Persons which impose obligations or restrictions on the Company or an Affiliate regarding inventions made during the course of work thereunder or regarding the confidential nature of such work.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive agrees to be bound by all such obligations and restrictions and to take all reasonable action which is necessary to discharge the obligations of the Company or an Affiliate with respect thereto.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_6"></a><a name="_Toc34151994"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.6</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Non-Solicitation Restriction</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;To protect the Confidential Information, and in the event of Executive&#x2019;s termination of employment for any reason, it is necessary to enter into the following restrictive covenants which are ancillary to the enforceable promises between the Company and Executive in this Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive hereby covenants and agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly, either individually or as a principal, owner, partner, agent, consultant, contractor, employee, or as a director or officer of any corporation or other association, or in any other manner or capacity whatsoever, except on behalf of the Company or an Affiliate, solicit business, or attempt to solicit business, in products or services competitive with any products or services provided by the Company or any Affiliate, from the Company&#x2019;s or Affiliate&#x2019;s partners or clients (or any prospective partner or client) as of the Termination Date, or any other Person with whom the Company or Affiliate did business, or had a business relationship with, within the one (1) year period immediately preceding the Termination Date.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.7</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Non-Competition Restriction</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Executive shall not, directly or indirectly</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> for himself or for any other Person, in any geographic area or market</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">anywhere </font><font style="display: inline;">in </font><font style="display: inline;">the continent of </font><font style="display: inline;">Africa</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">or </font><font style="display: inline;">in </font><font style="display: inline;">the territorial waters of any country</font><font style="display: inline;"> located</font><font style="display: inline;"> in Africa</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">where </font><font style="display: inline;">(a)&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">the Company or any Affiliate is conducting any business </font><font style="display: inline;">or actively reviewing prospects </font><font style="display: inline;">or (b) the Company or an</font><font style="display: inline;">y</font><font style="display: inline;"> Affiliate has conducted any business during the previous 12</font><font style="display: inline;">&#8209;month period:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(i)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">engage in any business competitive with the oil and gas exploration and production business activity conducted by the Company </font><font style="display: inline;">or </font><font style="display: inline;">its Affiliates</font><font style="display: inline;"> and </font><font style="display: inline;">that is </font><font style="display: inline;">known to Executive</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">or reasonably should be known to Executive </font><font style="display: inline;">(the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Business</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;); or</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(ii)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">render advice or services to, or otherwise assist, any Person who is engaged, directly or indirectly, in any business that is competitive with the Business.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">For these purposes, if less than </font><font style="display: inline;">five </font><font style="display: inline;">percent (</font><font style="display: inline;">5</font><font style="display: inline;">%) of the revenues of any business are derived from activities competitive with the Business, then the first business shall not be considered to be competitive with the Business.&nbsp;&nbsp;These noncompetition obligations shall apply (a)&nbsp;during the period that the Executive is employed by the Company and (b) for a period of one (1) year after the Termination Date for whatever reason.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_8"></a><a name="_Ref365544231"></a><a name="_Toc34151996"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.8</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">No-Recruitment Restriction</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive agrees that during the Employment Period, and for a period of two (2) years from the end of the Employment Period for whatever reason, Executive will not, directly or indirectly, or by acting in concert with others, solicit or influence any employee of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate or reduce such Person&#x2019;s employment with the Company or any Affiliate.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for the Executive or for any other Person, in any geographic area or market where the Company or any of its Affiliates is conducting any business or has during the previous twelve (12) months conducted such business, induce any employee of the Company of any of its Affiliates to terminate his or her employment with the Company or such Affiliates, or hire or assist in the hiring of any such employee by any Person not affiliated with the Company, unless such employee has terminated employment with the Company and its Affiliates for at least thirty (30) days before such initial solicitation.&nbsp;&nbsp;These </font><font style="display: inline;">nonsolicitation</font><font style="display: inline;"> obligations shall apply during the period that the Executive is employed by the Company and during the two-year period commencing on the Termination Date.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> shall not restrict the ability of the Company or its Affiliates to take any action with respect to the employment or the termination of employment of any of its employees, or for the Executive to participate in his capacity as an officer of the Company.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_9"></a><a name="_Ref365544382"></a><a name="_Toc34151997"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.9</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Forfeiture of Severance Payment</font><font style="display: inline;">. A &#x201C;Forfeiture Event&#x201D; for purposes of this Agreement will occur if (a) Executive violates any of the covenants or restrictions contained in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Sections&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"> through </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, or (b) the Company learns of facts within one (1) year following Executive&#x2019;s Termination Date that, if such facts had been known by the Company as of the Termination Date, would have resulted in the termination of Executive&#x2019;s employment hereunder for Cause, as determined by the Compensation Committee.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event of a Forfeiture Event, within thirty (30) days of being notified by the Company in writing of the Forfeiture Event, Executive shall pay to the Company the full the amount of the Additional Payment received by Executive pursuant to </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, net of any tax withholdings that were previously withheld from such payment.&nbsp; </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">Executive specifically recognizes and affirms that this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> is a material part of this Agreement without which the Company would not have entered into this Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive further covenants and agrees that should all or any part or application of this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> be held or found invalid or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator in an action between Executive and the Company, then Executive shall promptly pay to the Company the amount of the Additional Payment, or such lesser amount as shall be determined to be the maximum reasonable and enforceable amount by a court or arbitrator, as applicable.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_10"></a><a name="_Toc34151998"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.10</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Tolling</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;If Executive violates any of the restrictions contained in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Sections&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;background-color:yellow;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">through </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, the restrictive period will be suspended and will not run in favor of Executive from the time of the commencement of any violation until the time when Executive cures the violation to the Company&#x2019;s reasonable satisfaction.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_11"></a><a name="_Toc34151999"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.11</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Reformation</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is expressly understood and agreed that the Company and the Executive consider the restrictions contained in this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Article 5</font><font style="display: inline;"> to be reasonable and necessary to protect the Confidential Information and reasonable business interests of the Company or its Affiliates.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nevertheless, if any of the aforesaid restrictions are found by a court having jurisdiction to be unreasonable, or overly broad as to geographic area or time, or otherwise unenforceable, the Parties intend for the restrictions therein set forth to be modified by such court or arbitrator so as to be reasonable and enforceable and, as so modified, to be fully enforced in the geographic area and for the time period to the full extent permitted by law.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_12"></a><a name="_Toc34152000"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.12</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">No Previous Restrictive Agreements</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive represents that, except </font><font style="display: inline;">for agreements he </font><font style="display: inline;">disclosed in writing to the Company, he is not bound by the terms of any agreement with any previous employer or other Person to (a) refrain from using or disclosing any trade secret or confidential or proprietary information in the course of Executive&#x2019;s employment by the Company or (b) refrain from competing, directly or indirectly, with the business of such previous employer or any other Person.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive further represents that his performance of all the terms of this Agreement and his work duties for the Company does not, and will not, breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by Executive in confidence or in trust prior to Executive&#x2019;s employment with the Company, and Executive will not disclose to the Company or induce the Company to use any confidential or proprietary information or material belonging to any previous employer or other Person.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_13"></a><a name="_Toc34152001"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.13</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Conflicts of Interest</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In keeping with his fiduciary duties to Company, Executive hereby agrees that he shall not become involved in a conflict of interest, or upon discovery thereof, allow such a conflict to continue at any time during the Employment Period.&nbsp;&nbsp;Moreover, Executive agrees that he shall abide by the Company&#x2019;s Code of Conduct, as it may be amended from time to time, and immediately disclose to the Board of Directors any known facts which might involve a conflict of interest of which the Board of Directors was not aware.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_14"></a><a name="_Ref365560205"></a><a name="_Toc34152002"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.14</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Remedies</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this </font><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, in view of the nature of the Company&#x2019;s business, are reasonable and necessary to protect the Company&#x2019;s legitimate business interests, and that any violation of this Agreement would result in irreparable injury to the Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event of a breach or a threatened breach by Executive of any provision of </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, the Company shall be entitled to a temporary restraining order and injunctive relief restraining Executive from the commission of any breach, and to recover the Company&#x2019;s attorneys&#x2019; </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">fees, costs and expenses related to the breach or threatened breach.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies available to it for any such breach or threatened breach, including, without limitation, the recovery of money damages, attorneys&#x2019; fees, and costs.&nbsp;&nbsp;These covenants and disclosures shall each be construed as independent of any other provisions in this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action by Executive against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of such covenants and agreements.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The Executive acknowledges that money damages would not be sufficient remedy for any breach of </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Article 5</font><font style="display: inline;"> by the Executive, and the Company shall also be entitled to specific performance as an available remedy for any such breach or any threatened breach.&nbsp;&nbsp;The remedies provided in this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> shall not be deemed the exclusive remedies for a breach of </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, but shall be in addition to all remedies available at law or in equity.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_15"></a><a name="_Toc34152003"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.15</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">No Disparaging Comments</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive and the Company shall refrain from any criticisms or disparaging comments about each other or in any way relating to Executive&#x2019;s employment or separation from employment; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall apply to or restrict in any way the communication of information by the Company or any of its Affiliates or by the Executive to any state or federal law enforcement agency.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and Executive will not be in breach of this covenant solely by reason of testimony or disclosure that is required for compliance with applicable law or regulation or by compulsion of law.&nbsp;&nbsp;A violation or threatened violation of this prohibition may be enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction.&nbsp;&nbsp;The rights under this provision are in addition to any and all rights and remedies otherwise afforded by law to the Parties.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Executive acknowledges that in executing this Agreement, he has knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived any free speech, free association, free press or First Amendment to the United States Constitution (including, without limitation, any counterpart or similar provision or right under the Texas Constitution or any other state constitution which may be deemed to apply) rights to disclose, communicate, or publish disparaging information or comments concerning or related to the Company</font><font style="display: inline;"> or its Affiliate</font><font style="display: inline;">; provided, however, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent Executive from testifying fully and truthfully in response to a subpoena from any court or from responding to an investigative inquiry from any governmental agency.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_5_16"></a><a name="_Toc34152004"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.16</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Company Documents and Property</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;All writings, records, and other documents and things comprising, containing, describing, discussing, explaining, or evidencing any Confidential Information, and all equipment, components, parts, tools, and the like in Executive&#x2019;s custody, possession or control that have been obtained or prepared in the course of Executive&#x2019;s employment with the Company shall be the exclusive property of the Company, shall not be copied and/or removed from the premises of the Company, except in pursuit of the business of the Company, and shall be delivered to the Company, without Executive retaining any copies</font><font style="display: inline;"> or electronic versions</font><font style="display: inline;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">promptly </font><font style="display: inline;">upon notification of the termination of Executive&#x2019;s employment or at any other time requested by the Company. The Company shall have the right to retain, access, and inspect all property of any kind in the office or premises of the Company.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Article 6. </font><a name="art6"></a><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"></font><a name="_Ref365554187"></a><a name="_Toc34152005"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">GENERAL PROVISIONS</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_1"></a><a name="_Ref365558222"></a><a name="_Toc34152006"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Matters Relating to Section 409A of the Code</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if the payment of any compensation or benefit provided hereunder (including, without limitation, any Termination Benefits) would be subject to additional taxes and interest under Section 409A of the Code (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Section 409A</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), then the following provisions shall apply:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to any amounts payable to Executive under this Agreement in connection with a termination of Executive&#x2019;s employment that would be considered &#x201C;non-qualified deferred compensation&#x201D; that is subject to, and not exempt under, Section 409A, a termination of employment shall not be considered to have occurred under this Agreement unless and until such termination constitutes Executive&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;">S</font><font style="display: inline;">eparation </font><font style="display: inline;">F</font><font style="display: inline;">rom </font><font style="display: inline;">S</font><font style="display: inline;">ervice</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<a name="_Ref31372430"></a><font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the </font><font style="display: inline;">Termination Benefits </font><font style="display: inline;">provided </font><font style="display: inline;">to Executive pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in reliance upon Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (relating to separation pay plans) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (relating to short-term deferrals).&nbsp;&nbsp;However, to the extent any such payments are treated as &#x201C;non-qualified deferred compensation&#x201D; subject to Section 409A, and if Executive is </font><font style="display: inline;">determined by the Company </font><font style="display: inline;">at the time of his Separation </font><font style="display: inline;">F</font><font style="display: inline;">rom Service to be a &#x201C;specified employee&#x201D; for purposes of Section 409A, then to the extent delayed payment of the Termination Benefits to which Executive is entitled under this Agreement is required in order to avoid a prohibited payment under Section 409A, such severance payment shall not be made to Executive before the earlier of (1)&nbsp;the expiration of the six-month period measured from the date Executive&#x2019;s Separation </font><font style="display: inline;">F</font><font style="display: inline;">rom Service or (2)&nbsp;the date of Executive&#x2019;s death.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the earlier of such dates, all payments deferred pursuant to this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> shall be paid in a lump sum to Executive (or to Executive&#x2019;s Designated </font><font style="display: inline;">Beneficiary</font><font style="display: inline;"> in the event of his death).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The determination of whether Executive is a &#x201C;specified employee&#x201D; for purposes of Section 409A at the time of his Separation </font><font style="display: inline;">F</font><font style="display: inline;">rom Service shall be made by the Company in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(d)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Notwithstanding anything</font><font style="display: inline;"> to the contrary</font><font style="display: inline;"> in this Agreement or in any separate Company policy, </font><font style="display: inline;">with respect to </font><font style="display: inline;">any in-kind benefits and reimbursements provided under this Agreement during any tax year of Executive shall not affect in-kind benefits or reimbursements to be provided in any other tax year of Executive and are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.&nbsp;&nbsp;Reimbursement requests must be timely submitted by Executive, and if timely submitted, reimbursement payments shall be made to Executive as soon as administratively practicable following such submission in accordance with the Company&#x2019;s policy regarding reimbursements, but in no event later than the last day of Executive&#x2019;s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred.&nbsp;&nbsp;This </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> shall only apply to in-kind benefits and reimbursements that would result in taxable compensation income to Executive.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 36pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">(e)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">This Agreement is intended to be written, administered, interpreted and construed in a manner such that no payment under this Agreement becomes subject to (1)&nbsp;the gross income inclusion under Section 409A or (2) the interest and additional tax under Section 409A (collectively, &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Section 409A Penalties</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), including, where appropriate, the construction of defined terms to have meanings that would not cause the imposition of the Section 409A Penalties.&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of Section 409A, each payment that Executive may be eligible to receive under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate and distinct payment and shall not collectively be treated as a single payment.</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">If any provision of this Agreement would cause Executive to incur the Section 409A Penalties, the Company may, after consulting with Executive, reform such provision to comply with Section&nbsp;409A or to preclude</font><font style="display: inline;"> imposition of the Section 409A Penalties</font><font style="display: inline;">, to the full extent permitted under Section 409A.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_2"></a><a name="_Toc34152007"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Withholdings; Right of Offset</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may withhold and deduct from any benefits and payments made or to be made pursuant to this Agreement (a) all federal, state, local, foreign, and other taxes as may be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling, (b) all other normal employee deductions made with respect to Company&#x2019;s employees generally, and (c) any advances made to Executive and owed to Company.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_3"></a><a name="_Toc34152008"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.3</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Nonalienation</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The right to receive payments under this Agreement shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or encumbrance by Executive, his dependents or beneficiaries, or to any other Person who is or may become entitled to receive such payments hereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;The right to receive payments hereunder shall not be subject to or liable for the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any Person who is or may become entitled to receive such payments, nor may the same be subject to attachment or seizure by any creditor of such Person under any circumstances, and any such attempted attachment or seizure shall be void and of no force and effect.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_4"></a><a name="_Toc34152009"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.4</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Incompetent or Minor Payees</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Should the Compensation Committee determine, in its discretion, that any Person to whom any payment is payable under this Agreement has been determined to be legally incompetent or is a minor, any payment due hereunder, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, may be made in any one or more of the following ways:&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) directly to such Person; (b) to the legal guardian or other duly appointed personal representative of the individual or the estate of such Person; or (c) to such adult or adults as have, in the good faith knowledge of the Compensation Committee, assumed custody and support of such Person; and any payment so made shall constitute full and complete discharge of any liability under this Agreement in respect to the amount paid.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_5"></a><a name="_Toc34152010"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.5</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Indemnification</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company agrees to indemnify the Executive with respect to any acts or omissions he may commit during the period during which he is an officer, director and/or employee of the Company or any Affiliate, and to provide him with coverage under any directors&#x2019; and officers&#x2019; liability insurance policies, in each case on terms not less favorable than those provided to any of its other directors and officers as in effect from time to time.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_6"></a><a name="_Ref365558305"></a><a name="_Toc34152011"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.6</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Successors and Assigns</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor of the Company (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise), and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">enforceable by Executive&#x2019;s legal representatives.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.&nbsp;&nbsp;As used in this Agreement, &#x201C;Company&#x201D; shall mean the Company as previously defined and any successor by operation of law or otherwise, as well as any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as provided in the preceding provisions of this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, this Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder, are personal in nature and neither this Agreement, nor any right, benefit, or obligation of either Party hereto, shall be subject to voluntary or involuntary assignment, alienation or transfer, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the written consent of the other Party.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_7"></a><a name="_Ref408497093"></a><a name="_Toc34152012"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.7</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Notice</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and transmitted, delivered, or sent by personal delivery, prepaid courier or messenger service (whether overnight or same-day), or prepaid certified United States mail (with return receipt requested), addressed (in any case) to the other Party at the address for that Party set forth below or under that Party&#x2019;s signature on this Agreement, or at such other address as the recipient has designated by Notice to the other Party.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">To the Company:</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">VAALCO Energy, Inc.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">9800 Richmond Avenue, Suite 700</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Houston, </font><font style="display: inline;">Texas 77042</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Attention:&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;">General Counsel &amp; Corporate Secretary</font><br /><font style="display: inline;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">To Executive:</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">William R. Thomas</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">(as set forth below his signature)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Each Notice or communication so transmitted, delivered, or sent (a) in person, by courier or messenger service, or by certified United States mail (return receipt requested) shall be deemed given, received, and effective on the date delivered to or refused by the intended recipient (with the return receipt, or the equivalent record of the courier or messenger, being deemed conclusive evidence of delivery or refusal), or (b) by </font><font style="display: inline;">email </font><font style="display: inline;">or facsimile shall be deemed given, received, and effective on the date of actual receipt (with the confirmation of transmission being deemed conclusive evidence of receipt, except where the intended recipient has promptly Notified the other Party that the transmission is illegible). Nevertheless, if the date of delivery or transmission is not a Business Day, or if the delivery or transmission is after 4:00</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">p.m. (local time at the recipient) on a Business Day, the Notice or other communication shall be deemed given, received, and effective on the next Business Day.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_8"></a><a name="_Ref365542478"></a><a name="_Toc34152013"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.8</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as provided in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">subsection&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> of this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">, any Dispute must be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the following:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Either Party may begin arbitration by filing a demand for arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Rules and concurrently Notifying the other Party of that </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">demand.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Parties are unable to agree upon the choice of an arbitrator within twenty (20) Business Days after the demand for arbitration was filed (and do not agree to an extension of that 20-day period), either Party may request the Houston, Texas, office of the American Arbitration Association (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">AAA</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) to appoint the arbitrator in accordance with the Arbitration Rules.&nbsp;&nbsp;The arbitrator, as so appointed hereunder, is referred to herein as the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Arbitrator</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;.</font>
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			<a name="_Ref365554084"></a><font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The arbitration shall be conducted in </font><font style="display: inline;">the </font><font style="display: inline;">Houston, Texas</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">metropolitan area, </font><font style="display: inline;">at a place and time agreed upon by the Parties with the Arbitrator, or if the Parties cannot agree, as designated by the Arbitrator.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Arbitrator may, however, call and conduct hearings and meetings at such other places as the Parties may mutually agree or as the Arbitrator may, on the motion of one Party, determine to be necessary to obtain significant testimony or evidence.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The Arbitrator may authorize any and all forms of discovery upon a Party&#x2019;s showing of need that the requested discovery is likely to lead to material evidence needed to resolve the Dispute and is not excessive in scope, timing, or cost.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(d)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The arbitration shall be subject to the Federal Arbitration Act and conducted in accordance with the Arbitration Rules to the extent that they do not conflict with this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parties and the Arbitrator may, however, agree to vary to provisions of this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> or the matters otherwise governed by the Arbitration Rules.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(e)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The arbitration hearing shall be held within sixty (60) days after the appointment of the Arbitrator.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Arbitrator&#x2019;s final decision or award shall be made within thirty (30) days after the hearing.&nbsp;&nbsp;That final decision or award by the Arbitrator shall be deemed issued at the place of arbitration.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Arbitrator&#x2019;s final decision or award shall be based on this Agreement and applicable law.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(f)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The Arbitrator&#x2019;s final decision or award may include injunctive relief in response to any actual or impending breach of this Agreement or any other actual or impending action or omission by a Party in connection with this Agreement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(g)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The Arbitrator&#x2019;s final decision or award shall be final and binding upon the Parties, and judgment upon that decision or award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parties shall have any appeal rights afforded to them under the Federal Arbitration Act.</font>
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			<a name="_Ref365558341"></a><font style="display: inline;">(h)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Nothing in this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> shall limit the right of either Party to apply to a court having jurisdiction to: (1) enforce the agreement to arbitrate in accordance with this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">; (2) seek provisional or temporary injunctive relief in response to an actual or impending breach of the Agreement or otherwise so as to avoid an irreparable damage or maintain the status quo, until a final arbitration decision or award is rendered or the Dispute is otherwise resolved; or (3) challenge or vacate any final Arbitrator&#x2019;s decision or award that does not comply with this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, nothing in this </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> prohibits the Parties from resolving any Dispute (in whole or in part) by mutual agreement at any </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">time, including, without limitation, through the use of </font><font style="display: inline;">personal negotiations or </font><font style="display: inline;">mediation</font><font style="display: inline;"> with a third party.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(i)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The Arbitrator may proceed to an award notwithstanding the failure of any Party to participate in such proceedings.&nbsp;&nbsp;The prevailing Party in the arbitration proceeding may be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys&#x2019; fees incurred in connection with the arbitration in such amount, if any, as determined by the Arbitrator in his discretion.&nbsp;&nbsp;The costs of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the Parties unless otherwise determined by the Arbitrator in the award.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(j)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The Arbitrator shall be empowered to impose sanctions and to take such other actions as it deems necessary to the same extent a judge could impose sanctions or take such other actions pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and applicable law.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Party agrees to keep all Disputes and arbitration proceedings strictly confidential except for the disclosure of information required by applicable law.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(k)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive acknowledges that by agreeing to this provision, he knowingly and voluntarily waives any right he may have to a jury trial based on any claims he has, had, or may have against the Company or an Affiliate, including any right to a jury trial under any local, municipal, state or federal law.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_9"></a><a name="_Toc34152014"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.9</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Severability</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is the desire of the Parties hereto that this Agreement be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and should any provision contained herein be held unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator (pursuant to </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">), the Parties hereby agree and consent that such provision shall be reformed to create a valid and enforceable provision to the maximum extent permitted by law; provided, however, if such provision cannot be reformed, it shall be deemed ineffective and deleted herefrom without affecting any other provision of this Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement should be construed by limiting and reducing it only to the minimum extent necessary to be enforceable under then applicable law.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_10"></a><a name="_Toc34152015"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.10</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">No Third Party Beneficiaries</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto, and to their respective successors and permitted assigns hereunder, but otherwise this Agreement shall not be for the benefit of any </font><font style="display: inline;">Persons who are </font><font style="display: inline;">third parties.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_11"></a><a name="_Toc34152016"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.11</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Waiver of Breach</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;No waiver by either Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other Party, or of compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by the other Party, will operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the other Party or any similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any subsequent time.&nbsp;&nbsp;The failure of either Party to take any action by reason of any breach will not deprive such Party of the right to take action at any time while such breach continues.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_12"></a><a name="_Toc34152017"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.12</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Survival of Certain Provisions</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Wherever appropriate to the intention of the Parties, the respective rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement or </font><font style="display: inline;">following the </font><font style="display: inline;">Executive&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;"> Termination Date</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_13"></a><a name="_Toc34152018"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.13</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Entire Agreement; Amendment and Termination</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the matters covered herein; moreover, this Agreement supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">written, between the Parties concerning the subject matter hereof.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement may be amended, waived or terminated only by a written instrument that is identified as an amendment, waiver or termination hereto and that is executed by or on behalf of each Party.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_14"></a><a name="_Toc34152019"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.14</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Interpretive Matters</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the interpretation of the Agreement, except where the context otherwise requires:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Headings.</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;The Agreement headings are for reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The terms &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">including</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; and &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">include</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; do not denote or imply any limitation.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The conjunction &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">or</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; has the inclusive meaning &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">and/or</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(d)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The singular includes the plural, and vice versa, and each gender includes each of the others.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(e)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The term &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">month</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; refers to a calendar month.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(f)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Reference to any statute, rule, or regulation includes any amendment thereto or any statute, rule, or regulation enacted or promulgated in replacement thereof.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(g)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The words &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">herein</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;, &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">hereof</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;, &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">hereunder</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; and other compounds of the word &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">here</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; shall refer to the entire Agreement and not to any particular provision;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(h)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">All amounts referenced herein are in U.S. dollars.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_15"></a><a name="_Ref365455710"></a><a name="_Toc34152020"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.15</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Governing Law; Jurisdiction</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;All matters or issues relating to the interpretation, construction, validity, and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice-of-law principle that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Texas.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jurisdiction and venue of any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any Dispute (to the extent arbitration is not required under </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">) shall be exclusively in the federal and state courts of competent jurisdiction in Houston, Texas.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_16"></a><a name="_Toc34152021"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.16</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Executive Acknowledgment</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive acknowledges that (a) he is knowledgeable and sophisticated as to business matters, including the subject matter of this Agreement, (b) he has read this Agreement and understands its terms and conditions, (c)&nbsp;he has had ample opportunity to discuss this Agreement with his legal counsel prior to execution, and (d) no strict rules of construction shall apply for or against the drafter or any other Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive represents that he is free to enter into this Agreement including, without limitation, that he is not subject to any covenant not to compete or other restrictive covenant that would conflict with his employment duties and covenants under this Agreement.</font>
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			<a name="TOC_6_17"></a><a name="_Toc34152022"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.17</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Counterparts</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each counterpart may consist of a copy hereof containing multiple signature pages, each signed by one Party hereto, but together signed by both Parties.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">APPENDIX A</font><a name="appexA"></a>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Affiliate&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> has the same meaning ascribed to such term in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">2.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Anticipatory Termination&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means a Separation From Service of the Executive within the time period that begins </font><font style="display: inline;">on </font><font style="display: inline;">the first day of the month that is three (3) months immediately preceding the </font><font style="display: inline;">first day of the </font><font style="display: inline;">month containing the </font><font style="display: inline;">Change in Control Date and ends on the Change in Control Date, but only if the Executive&#x2019;s Separation From Service was due to </font><font style="display: inline;">(a) </font><font style="display: inline;">a termination by the Company without Cause or (b) a termination by the Executive for Good Reason.&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of clarification and not limitation, a Separation From Service for Cause</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> or due to Executive&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;">death or Disability or </font><font style="display: inline;">his</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">voluntary resignation without Good Reason</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> is not an Anticipatory Termination.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">3.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Arbitration Rules&#x201D; </font><font style="display: inline;">means the Rules for Employment Arbitrations of the American Arbitration Association, as in effect at the time of arbitration of a Dispute.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">4.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Board&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means the then-current Board of Directors of the Company.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Business Day&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means any Monday through Friday, excluding any such day on which banks are authorized to be closed in Texas.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Cause&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> shall mean the termination by the Company of the Executive&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;">e</font><font style="display: inline;">mployment </font><font style="display: inline;">with the Company </font><font style="display: inline;">by reason of (a</font><font style="display: inline;">) the conviction of the Executive by a court of competent jurisdiction as to which no further appeal can be taken of a crime involving </font><font style="display: inline;">moral turpitude or a felony; (b</font><font style="display: inline;">) the commission by the Executive of a material act of fraud upon the Company or any Subsidiary, or any cu</font><font style="display: inline;">stomer or supplier thereof; (c</font><font style="display: inline;">) the misappropriation of any funds or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any customer or supplier thereof, by the Executive; (</font><font style="display: inline;">d</font><font style="display: inline;">) the willful and continued failure by the Executive to perform the material duties assigned to him that is not cured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company within </font><font style="display: inline;">30 </font><font style="display: inline;">days after written notice of such failure is provided to Executive by the Board</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">or the Compensation Committee</font><font style="display: inline;"> (or by an officer of the Company who has been designated by</font><font style="display: inline;"> the Board</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">or the Compensation Committee for such purpose); (e</font><font style="display: inline;">) the engagement by the Executive in any direct and material conflict of interest with the Company or any Subsidiary without compliance with the Company&#x2019;s or Subsidiary&#x2019;s conflict of interest policy</font><font style="display: inline;">, if any, then in effect; or (f</font><font style="display: inline;">) the engagement by the Executive, without the written approval of the Board</font><font style="display: inline;"> or the Compensation Committee</font><font style="display: inline;">, in any material activity which competes with the business of the Company or any Subsidiary or which would result in a material injury to the business, reputation or goodwill of the Company or any Subsidiary.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">7.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Change in Control&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 36pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (a &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Person</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of fifty percent (50%) or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Outstanding Company Stock</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Outstanding Company Voting Securities</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;); provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) any acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary or by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iii) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a reorganization, merger, consolidation or similar business combination involving the Company (a &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Merger</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), if, following such Merger, the conditions described in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;7.8(c)</font><font style="display: inline;"> (below) are satisfied;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent Board</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#x2019;s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the </font><font style="display: inline;">Board</font><font style="display: inline;">;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The consummation of a Merger involving the Company, unless immediately following such Merger, (i) substantially all of the holders of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to Merger beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the common stock of the corporation resulting from such Merger (or its parent corporation) and (ii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Merger (or its parent corporation) were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Merger;</font><font style="display: inline;"> or</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(d)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The sale consummation, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, unless immediately following such sale or other disposition, (i) substantially all of the holders of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to the consummation of such sale or other disposition beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the common stock of the corporation acquiring such assets in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to the consummation of such sale or disposition, and (ii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of such corporation (or its parent corporation) were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of execution of the initial agreement or action of the </font><font style="display: inline;">Board of Directors</font><font style="display: inline;"> providing for such sale or other disposit</font><font style="display: inline;">ion of assets of the Company.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this </font><font style="display: inline;">Change in Control </font><font style="display: inline;">definition, to the extent that any payment (or acceleration of payment) under the Agreement is considered to be deferred compensation that is subject to, and not exempt under, </font><font style="display: inline;">Code Section 409A</font><font style="display: inline;">, then the term Change in Control hereunder shall be construed to have the meaning as set forth </font><font style="display: inline;">in Code Section 409A</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">but only </font><font style="display: inline;">with respect to the payment (or acceleration of payment) of such deferred compensat</font><font style="display: inline;">ion</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">and </font><font style="display: inline;">to the extent inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of th</font><font style="display: inline;">is </font><font style="display: inline;">definition as determined by the Incumbent Board.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">8.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Change in Control Date&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means the first date</font><font style="display: inline;"> upon which a Change in Control event occurs, provided that such date is </font><font style="display: inline;">during </font><font style="display: inline;">(a)&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">t</font><font style="display: inline;">he Employment Period or </font><font style="display: inline;">(b)&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">the three</font><font style="display: inline;">-month period following </font><font style="display: inline;">the </font><font style="display: inline;">end of the </font><font style="display: inline;">Emplo</font><font style="display: inline;">yment Period</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">as specified in the definition </font><font style="display: inline;">of </font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;">Anticipatory Termination</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; if applicable</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">9.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;CIC Window Period&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means </font><font style="display: inline;">(a) </font><font style="display: inline;">the time period beginning on the Change in Control Date and ending on the last day of the </font><font style="display: inline;">six</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;(</font><font style="display: inline;">6)</font><font style="display: inline;"> consecutive month period that begins immediately following the</font><font style="display: inline;"> last day of the</font><font style="display: inline;"> month containing the Change in Control Date, or (</font><font style="display: inline;">b</font><font style="display: inline;">)&nbsp;following an Anticipatory Termination, the occurrence of a Change in Control </font><font style="display: inline;">(which Change in Control must qualify as</font><font style="display: inline;"> a &#x201C;change in control event&#x201D; within the meaning of Section 409A) within the three-month period </font><font style="display: inline;">that is </font><font style="display: inline;">specified in the definition of &#x201C;Anticipatory Termination&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">10.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Code&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or its successor.&nbsp;&nbsp;References herein to any Section of the Code shall include any successor provisions of the Code.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">11.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Confidential Information&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means any information or material known to, or used by or for, the Company or an Affiliate (whether or not owned or developed by the Company or an Affiliate and whether or not developed by Executive) that is not generally known by other Persons in the Business.&nbsp;&nbsp;For all purposes of the Agreement, Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, the following: all trade secrets of the Company or an Affiliate; all non-public information that the Company or an Affiliate has marked as confidential or has otherwise described to Executive (either in writing or orally) as confidential; all non-public information concerning the Company&#x2019;s or Affiliate&#x2019;s products, services, prospective products or services, research, prospects, leases, surveys, seismic data, drilling data, designs, prices, costs, marketing plans, marketing techniques, studies, test data, leasehold and royalty owners, investors, suppliers and contracts; all business records and plans; all personnel files; all financial information of or concerning the Company or an Affiliate; all information relating to the Company&#x2019;s operating system software, application software, software and system methodology, hardware platforms, technical information, inventions, computer programs and listings, source codes, object codes, copyrights and other intellectual property; all technical specifications; any proprietary information belonging to the Company or an Affiliate; all computer hardware or software manuals of the Company or an Affiliate; all Company or Affiliate training or instruction manuals; all Company or Affiliate electronic data; and all computer system passwords and user codes.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">12.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Designated </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Beneficiary</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means Executive&#x2019;s surviving spouse, if any</font><font style="display: inline;">, as determined for purposes of the Code</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;If there is no such surviving spouse at the time of Executive&#x2019;s death, then the Designated </font><font style="display: inline;">Beneficiary</font><font style="display: inline;"> shall be Executive&#x2019;s estate.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">14.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Dispute&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means any dispute, disagreement, controversy, claim, or cause of action arising in connection with or relating to this Agreement or Executive&#x2019;s employment or termination of employment hereunder, or the validity, interpretation, performance, breach, modification or termination of this Agreement.</font>
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			<a name="_Ref365456399"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">15.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Good Reason&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means, with respect to Executive, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events which first occurs during the Employment Period, except as a result of actions taken in connection with termination of Executive&#x2019;s employment for Cause or Disability, and without Executive&#x2019;s specific written consent:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The assignment to Executive of any duties that are materially inconsistent with Executive&#x2019;s executive position, which in this definition includes status, reporting relationship to the Board of Directors, office, title, scope of responsibility over corporate level staff or operations functions, or responsibilities as an officer of the Company, or any other material diminution in Executive&#x2019;s position, authority, duties, or responsibilities, other than (in any case or circumstance) an isolated and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith that is remedied by the Company within thirty (30) Business Days after Notice thereof to the Company by Executive; or</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The Company requires Executive to be based at any office or location that is farther than forty (40) miles from Executive&#x2019;s principal office location located in the Houston, Texas</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> metropolitan area, except for required business travel; or</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Any failure by the Company to obtain an assumption of this Agreement by its successor in interest, or any action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Notwithstanding the foregoing definition of &#x201C;Good Reason&#x201D;, Executive cannot terminate his employment under the Agreement for Good Reason unless Executive (1)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">first provides written Notice to the Compensation Committee</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">of the event (or events) that Executive believes constitutes a Good Reason event (above) within sixty (60) days from the first occurrence date of such event, and (2) provides the Company with at least thirty (30) Business Days to cure, correct or mitigate the Good Reason event so that it either (A) does not constitute a Good Reason event hereunder or (B) Executive specifically agrees, in writing, that after any such modification or accommodation by the Company, such event does not constitute a Good Reason event hereunder.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">17.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Notice&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means a written communication complying with </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;"> (&#x201C;Notify&#x201D; </font><font style="display: inline;">has</font><font style="display: inline;"> the correlative meaning).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">18.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Notice of Termination&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means a written Notice which (a) indicates the specific termination provision in the Agreement that is being relied upon, (b) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive&#x2019;s employment under the provision so indicated, and (c) if the Termination Date is other than the date of receipt of such Notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than sixty (60) days after the giving of such Notice).&nbsp;&nbsp;Any termination of Executive by the Company for Cause, or by Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;The failure by Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of such Party, or preclude such Party from asserting, such fact or circumstance in enforcing such Party&#x2019;s rights.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">19.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Person&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, or other entity, including any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">20.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Release&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means a </font><font style="display: inline;">separation and </font><font style="display: inline;">release agreement, in such form as is prepared and delivered by the Company to Executive.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Release shall not release any claim by or on behalf of Executive for any payment or other benefit that is required under this Agreement </font><font style="display: inline;">and not conditioned upon execution and non-revocation of the Release </font><font style="display: inline;">prior to the receipt thereof, except as may otherwise be agreed to by Executive.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">22.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Severance Payment Event&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means either a </font><font style="display: inline;">(</font><font style="display: inline;">a) &#x201C;CIC Severance Payment Event&#x201D; or (b) &#x201C;Regular Severance Payment Event&#x201D;, as such terms are defined below.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">CIC Severance Payment Event</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; means: the Executive&#x2019;s Separation From Service with the Company and all Affiliates</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">which </font><font style="display: inline;">occurs within the CIC Window Period</font><font style="display: inline;"> and while the Executive holds the position of President</font><font style="display: inline;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;">other than</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">a Separation From Service that is </font><font style="display: inline;">(</font><font style="display: inline;">1</font><font style="display: inline;">) voluntarily by the Executive unless for Good Reason</font><font style="display: inline;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">(2</font><font style="display: inline;">)&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">due to </font><font style="display: inline;">Executive&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;">death or Disability, or (</font><font style="display: inline;">3</font><font style="display: inline;">) for Cause</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;">Any </font><font style="display: inline;">other </font><font style="display: inline;">Separation From Service of the Executive shall not be a CIC Severance Payment Event.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Regular Severance Payment Event</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; means</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">the Executive&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;"> Separation From Servic</font><font style="display: inline;">e while the Executive holds the position of President</font><font style="display: inline;"> that is </font><font style="display: inline;">(1)&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">not a CIC Severance Payment Event and </font><font style="display: inline;">(2) </font><font style="display: inline;">due to:</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">(</font><font style="display: inline;">A</font><font style="display: inline;">)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">an involuntar</font><font style="display: inline;">y &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">termination of Executive&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;">e</font><font style="display: inline;">mployment</font><font style="display: inline;"> by the Company except </font><font style="display: inline;">for C</font><font style="display: inline;">ause, </font><font style="display: inline;">(B</font><font style="display: inline;">)&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">termination of Executive&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;">e</font><font style="display: inline;">mployment</font><font style="display: inline;"> due to </font><font style="display: inline;">his death or Disability, or (C</font><font style="display: inline;">)&nbsp;termination</font><font style="display: inline;"> of </font><font style="display: inline;">e</font><font style="display: inline;">mployment </font><font style="display: inline;">by Executive </font><font style="display: inline;">for Good Reason.</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;Any other Separation From Service of the Executive shall not be a Regular Severance Payment Event.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">25.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Termination Benefits&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means the benefits described in </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"> and Section&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">26.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;Termination Date&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> means the date on which Executive&#x2019;s employment terminates with the Company and all Affiliates.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the date on which a &#x201C;separation from service&#x201D; under Code Section 409A is effective shall be the Termination Date with respect to any payment or benefit to or on behalf of Executive that constitutes deferred compensation that is subject to, and not exempt from or excepted under, Code Section 409A</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">In consideration of the Termination Benefits as set forth in that certain Executive Employment Agreement (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Employment Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) dated as of </font><font style="display: inline;">February 1, 2020</font><font style="display: inline;">, and as it may be amended thereafter, by and between VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) and </font><font style="display: inline;">William R. Thomas</font><font style="display: inline;"> (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Executive</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), this Release Agreement (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) is made and entered into by the Company and the Executive (each a &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Party</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D; and together, the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Parties</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;). </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">1.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Purpose</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Agreement is to provide for the orderly termination of the employment relationship between the Parties, and to voluntarily resolve any actual or potential disputes or claims that Executive has, had or may ever have, as of the date of Executive&#x2019;s execution of this Agreement, against (a) the Company and all of its parents, predecessors, successors, Affiliates (as defined in the Employment Agreement), divisions, related companies and organizations, and its and their present and former agents, employees, managers, officers, directors, attorneys, stockholders, plan fiduciaries, assigns, agents, representatives, and all other Persons (as defined in the Employment Agreement) acting by, through or in concert with any of them and (b)&nbsp;all compensation and benefit plans and programs sponsored or maintained by the Company and the administrators, trustees, insurers, and fiduciaries of such plans and programs (hereinafter, all the persons and entities in clauses (a) and (b)&nbsp;being individually and collectively referred to as the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Released Parties</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the fact that this Agreement has been proposed or executed, nor the terms of this Agreement, are intended to suggest, or should be construed as suggesting, that the Released Parties have acted unlawfully or violated any federal, state or local law or regulation, or any other duty, policy or contract involving Executive.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">2.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Termination of Employment</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective as of the close of business on ______________ (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Termination Date</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), Executive&#x2019;s employment with the Company and all of its Affiliates has voluntarily terminated. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">3.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Termination Benefits</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;In consideration for Executive&#x2019;s execution of, and required performance under, this Agreement, the Company shall provide Executive with the Termination Benefits (as defined in the Employment Agreement, which definition and other terms in the Employment Agreement are incorporated herein by this reference).&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive confirms and agrees that he would not otherwise have received, or been entitled to receive, the Termination Benefits if he did not enter into this Agreement.&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">5.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Non-Disparagement</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive hereby agrees not to disclose, communicate, or publish any disparaging or negative information, writings, electronic communications, comments, opinions, facts, or remarks, of any kind, about the Company and/or any of the other Released Parties; provided, however, that this paragraph shall have no application to any evidence or testimony required by any court or other government entity, including but not limited to, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">EEOC</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) or any similar federal, state or local agency, under compulsion of law. Executive acknowledges that in executing this Agreement, Executive has knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived any free speech or First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution or applicable state counterpart to disclose, publish or communicate any such disparaging information about the Company and/or any of the other Released Parties.&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">6.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Executive Representations</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive expressly acknowledges and represents, and intends for the Company to rely upon the following in entering the Agreement:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive has not filed any complaints, claims or actions against the Company or any of the other Released Parties with any court, agency, or commission regarding the matters encompassed by this Agreement and, by executing this Agreement, Executive hereby waives the right to recover monetary damages in any proceeding that (1)&nbsp;Executive may bring before the EEOC or any state or local human rights commission or (2)&nbsp;may be brought by the EEOC or any state or local human rights commission by or on Executive&#x2019;s behalf. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive understands that he is, by entering into this Agreement, releasing the Released Parties, including the Company, from any and all claims he has, had or may ever have against them under federal, state or local laws, which have arisen on or before the execution date of this Agreement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive understands that he is, by entering into this Agreement, waiving all claims that he has, had or may ever have against the Released Parties under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, which have arisen on or before the execution date of this Agreement. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(d)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive agrees that this Agreement shall be binding on him and his heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors, and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors and assigns. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(e)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive has reviewed all aspects of this Agreement, and has carefully read and fully understands all of the provisions and effects of this Agreement. </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;text-indent: -36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">(g)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive is knowingly and voluntarily entering into this Agreement, and has relied solely and completely upon his own judgment and, if applicable, the advice of his own attorney in entering into this Agreement. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(h)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive is not relying upon any representations, promises, predictions, projections or statements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of the other Released Parties, other than those that are specifically stated in this Agreement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(i)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive does not waive rights or claims that may arise after the date this Agreement is signed below.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(j)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">This Agreement shall be, in all cases, construed as a whole according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against any of the Parties.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(k)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Executive will receive payment of consideration under this Agreement that is beyond what Executive was entitled to receive before entering into this Agreement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">7.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Release</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive, on behalf of himself and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, irrevocably and unconditionally releases, waives and forever discharges the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, charges, complaints, liabilities, obligations, promises, sums of money, agreements, representations, controversies, disputes, damages, suits, right, sanctions, costs (including attorneys&#x2019; fees), losses, debts and expenses of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, which Executive has, had or may ever have against the Released Parties arising out of, concerning, or related to, his employment or separation from employment with the Company and its Affiliates, from the beginning of time and up to and including the date Executive executes this Agreement below.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement includes, without limitation, (a) law or equity claims; (b)&nbsp;contract (express or implied) or tort claims; (c) claims arising under any federal, state or local laws of any jurisdiction that prohibit age, sex, race, national origin, color, disability, religion, veteran, military status, sexual orientation or any other form of discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment or retaliation (including, without limitation, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and/or 1871, 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, the Rehabilitation Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Texas Labor Code, Section 1558 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, and any other federal, state or local laws of any jurisdiction); (d)&nbsp;claims under any other federal, state, local, municipal or common law whistleblower protection, discrimination, wrongful discharge, anti-harassment or anti-retaliation statute or ordinance; (e) claims arising under ERISA; or (f)&nbsp;any other statutory or common law claims related to Executive&#x2019;s employment or separation from employment with the Company and its Affiliates.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive further </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">represents that, as of the date of his execution of this Agreement, he has not been the victim of any illegal or wrongful acts by any of the Released Parties, including, without limitation, discrimination, retaliation, harassment or any other wrongful act based on sex, age, race, religion, or any other legally protected characteristic.&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement specifically does not release any claim or cause of action by or on behalf of Executive (or his </font><font style="display: inline;">b</font><font style="display: inline;">eneficiary</font><font style="display: inline;">) (i) for any payment or other benefit that is required under the terms of either the Employment Agreement or pursuant to any Plan (as defined in the Employment Agreement) prior to the receipt thereof by or on behalf of Executive or (ii) arising out of the Company&#x2019;s obligation to indemnify the Executive in his capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate thereof, or as a former director, officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate as provided in the Company&#x2019;s by-laws, any agreement to which the Executive is a party or </font><font style="display: inline;">b</font><font style="display: inline;">eneficiary</font><font style="display: inline;">, at law, or otherwise.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">8.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Entire Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the Parties and fully supersedes and replaces any and all prior agreements or understandings, written or oral, between the Parties pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">9.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Severability</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Should any provision of this Agreement be declared or be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the Agreement shall first be reformed to make the provision at issue enforceable and effective to the full extent permitted by law.&nbsp;&nbsp;If such reformation is not possible, all remaining provisions of this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and shall be construed as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision has not been included herein.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">10.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Twenty-One Calendar Days to Consider Offer of Termination Benefits.</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;Executive shall have, and by signing this Agreement Executive acknowledges and represents that he has been given, a period of twenty-one (21) calendar days to consider whether to elect to sign this Agreement, and to thereby waive and release the rights and claims addressed in this Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Although Executive may sign this Agreement prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) calendar day period, Executive may not sign this Agreement on or before the Termination Date.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, if Executive signs this Agreement prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) calendar day period, Executive shall be deemed, by doing so, to have certified and agreed that the decision to make such election prior to the expiration of the twenty-one (21) calendar day period is knowing and voluntary and was not induced by the Company through:&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) fraud, misrepresentation or a threat to withdraw or alter the offer prior to the end of the twenty-one (21) calendar day period; or (b) an offer to provide different terms or benefits in exchange for signing the Agreement prior to the expiration of the twenty-one (21) calendar day period.&nbsp;&nbsp;The procedure for Executive to accept this Agreement is to return a fully executed, dated and witnessed Agreement to the Chairman or Secretary of the Company&#x2019;s Board of Directors prior to the deadline.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">Directors, within seven (7) calendar days after the date that he signs this Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive further understands that if he does not revoke this Agreement within seven (7) calendar days following his execution of the Agreement (excluding the date of execution), the Agreement will become effective, binding and enforceable on both Parties.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">12.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Agreement not to Sue</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as required by law that cannot be waived, Executive agrees that he will not commence, maintain, initiate, or prosecute, or cause, encourage, assist, volunteer, advise or cooperate with any other Person (as defined in the Executive Employment Agreement) to commence, maintain, initiate or prosecute, any action, lawsuit, proceeding, charge, petition, complaint or claim before any court, agency or tribunal against the Company or any Affiliate arising from, concerned with, or otherwise relating to, in whole or in part, Executive&#x2019;s employment or separation from employment with the Company, or any of the matters discharged and released in this Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the preceding sentence or any other provision of this Agreement or the Employment Agreement, this release and the Employment Agreement are not intended to interfere with Executive&#x2019;s right to file a charge with the EEOC or a state or local human rights commission in connection with any claim that Executive believes he may have against the Company or its Affiliates, or to cooperate or provide truthful testimony to the EEOC or a state or local human rights commission with respect to any investigation.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, by executing this Agreement, Executive hereby waives the right to recover monetary damages in any proceeding he may bring before the EEOC or any state or local human rights commission or in any proceeding brought by the EEOC or any state or local human rights commission (or any other agency) on Executive&#x2019;s behalf.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">13.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Confidentiality of Agreement</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive agrees to keep this Agreement and its terms confidential.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive agrees and understands that he is prohibited from disclosing any terms of this Agreement to anyone, except that he may disclose the terms of this Agreement to his attorney, his spouse, his financial advisor or as otherwise required by compulsion of law.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from disclosing any terms of this Agreement to any third parties, except that the Company may disclose the terms of this Agreement to its attorneys, accountants, and other Persons (as defined in the Employment Agreement) with a need to know, or as otherwise required by compulsion of law.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">14.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Agreement to Return Company Property/Documents</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive acknowledges that his employment with the Company and its Affiliates has terminated effective as of the Termination Date.&nbsp;&nbsp;Accordingly, Executive agrees that, in accordance with the Company&#x2019;s policy:&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Executive will not take with him, copy, alter, destroy or delete any files, documents or other materials whether or not embodying or recording any Confidential Information (as defined in the Employment Agreement), including copies, without obtaining in advance the written consent of an authorized Company representative; and (ii) Executive will promptly return to the Company all Confidential Information, documents, files, records and tapes (written or electronically stored) that are in Executive&#x2019;s possession or under his control, and Executive shall not use or disclose such materials in any way or in any format, including written information in any form, information stored by electronic means, and any and all copies of such materials.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive further agrees that he will return to the Company immediately all Company property, including, without limitation, </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Nothing in this Agreement will be construed to prevent Executive from challenging the validity of this Agreement under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act or Older Workers Benefit Protection Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive further understands and agrees that if he, or someone acting on his behalf, files, or causes to be filed, any such claim, charge, complaint or action against the Company, an Affiliate or any other Released Party, Executive hereby expressly fully waives and relinquishes any right to recover any damages or other relief, whatsoever, from the Company, its Affiliates and/or other Persons, including costs and attorneys&#x2019; fees.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive has executed and entered into this Agreement, and the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized officer, to be effective as of the date this Agreement is executed by Executive as set forth beneath his signature below.</font>
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