<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001504337-15-000012.txt : 20150304
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001504337-15-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150302
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150304

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000060519
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LUMBER & WOOD PRODUCTS (NO FURNITURE) [2400]
		IRS NUMBER:				930609074
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07107
		FILM NUMBER:		15671766

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		414 UNION STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2000
		CITY:			NASHVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37219-1711
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6159865600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		414 UNION STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2000
		CITY:			NASHVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37219-1711

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d) of the</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report: March 2, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Commission File Number 1-7107</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;__________________________________&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:24pt;font-weight:bold;">LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;__________________________________&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td width="32%"></td><td width="3%"></td><td width="31%"></td><td width="3%"></td><td width="31%"></td></tr><tr><td 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Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;text-indent:-72px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On March 2, 2015, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (&#8220;LP&#8221;) entered into Change of Control Agreements (the &#8220;Change-of-Control Agreements&#8221;) with Mr. Michael Sims, our senior vice-president Sales &amp; Marketing, and Mr. Neil Sherman, our senior vice-president and general manager, EWP.  Neither Mr. Sims nor Mr. Sherman were previously a party to a change of control agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A copy of the form of Change-of-Control Agreement entered into between LP and each named employee is attached to this filing as Exhibit 10.26 and is incorporated herein by this reference. Certain terms used in the following description of the Change-of-Control Agreements with initial capital letters are defined in the form of Change-of-Control Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Change-of-Control Agreements provide, among other things, that if, within three years following the occurrence of a Change of Control of LP during the Change of Control Period, the named employee&#8217;s employment with LP is terminated by LP other than for Cause or Disability, or by the named employee for Good Reason, the named employee will be entitled to receive (i)&#160;his annual base salary through the date of termination plus a pro rata amount of his target bonus for the fiscal year in which the Change of Control occurred (the &#8220;Target Bonus&#8221;), plus any compensation previously deferred by the named employee and any accrued vacation pay, (ii)&#160;an amount equal to three times the sum of (x)&#160;his annual base salary plus (y)&#160;his Target Bonus, and (iii)&#160;the difference, calculated on an actuarial present value basis, between the retirement benefits that would have accrued if the named employee&#8217;s employment had continued for an additional three years following the termination date and the actual vested retirement benefits, if any, at the date of termination.  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<a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CHANGE OF CONTROL</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">AGREEMENT by and between Louisiana&#8209;Pacific Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), and [Executive Name] (the &#8220;Executive&#8221;), dated as of the second day of March, 2015.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;), has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company. The Board believes it is imperative to:  diminish the inevitable distraction of the Executive by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened Change of Control, encourage the Executive&#8217;s full attention and dedication to the Company currently and in the event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and provide the Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements upon a Change of Control which ensure that the compensation and benefits meet the expectations of the Executive and are competitive with those of other corporations. There-fore, in order to accomplish these objectives, the Board has caused the Company to enter into this Agreement.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Certain Definitions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The &#8220;Effective Date&#8221; shall mean the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 1(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">) on which a Change of Control (as defined in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">) occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs during the Change of Control Period and if the Executive&#8217;s employment with the Company is terminated prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221; shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The &#8220;Change of Control Period&#8221; shall mean the period commencing </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">March 2, 2015, and ending on the second anniversary of the date on which the Company gives written notice to the Executive that the Change of Control Period shall end.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Change of Control</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. For the purpose of this Agreement, a &#8220;Change of Control&#8221; shall mean:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;)) (a &#8220;Person&#8221;) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d&#8209;3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the &#8220;Outstanding Company Common Stock&#8221;) or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Com-pany entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the &#8220;Outstanding Company Voting Securities&#8221;); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#253;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a), the fol-lowing acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any em-ployee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">corporation controlled by the Company or (iv) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#253;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c) of this Section </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#253;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the &#8220;Incumbent Board&#8221;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#8217;s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on be-half of a Person other than the Board; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a &#8220;Business Combination&#8221;), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respec-tively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of direc-tors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company&#8217;s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, imme-diately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (exclud-ing any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation re-sulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">3.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Employment Period</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its employ, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the Company subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the third anniversary of such date (the &#8220;Employment Period&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">4.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Terms of Employment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Position and Duties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">During the Employment Period, (A) the Executive&#8217;s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned to the Executive at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date and (B) the Executive&#8217;s services shall be performed at the location where the Executive was employed immediately preceding the Effective Date or any office or location less than 50 miles from such location.</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vaca-tion and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive&#8217;s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibili-ties. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal investments, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the perform-ance of the Executive&#8217;s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executive&#8217;s responsibilities to the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Compensation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Base Salary</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. During the Employment Period, the Ex-ecutive shall receive an annual base salary (&#8220;Annual Base Salary&#8221;), which shall be paid at a monthly rate, at least equal to twelve times the highest monthly base salary paid or payable, including any base salary which has been earned but deferred, to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies in respect of the twelve&#8209;month period immediately preceding the month in which the Effective Date occurs. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed no more than 12 months after the last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the Effective Date and thereafter at least annually. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term Annual Base Salary as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so increased. As used in this Agreement, the term &#8220;affiliated companies&#8221; shall include any com-pany controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Annual Bonus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. In addition to Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period, an annual bonus (the &#8220;Annual Bonus&#8221;) in cash at least equal to the Executive&#8217;s target bonus under the Company&#8217;s annual incentive plans for the fiscal year in which the Effective Date occurs (or if no target bonus has been set for such fiscal year, the Executive&#8217;s target bonus for the immediately preceding fiscal year (the &#8220;Target Bonus&#8221;)). Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid between January&#160;1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">st</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;and March&#160;15</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;following the last day of the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(iii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive opportunities (measured with respect to both regular and special incentive opportunities, to the extent, if any, that such distinction is applicable), savings opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its affiliated companies for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(iv)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Welfare Benefit Plans</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive&#8217;s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and its affiliated companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(v)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Expenses</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be en-titled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and procedures of the Company and its affiliated companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(vi)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Fringe Benefits</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits, including, without limitation, tax and financial planning services, payment of club dues, and, if applicable, use of an automobile and payment of related expenses, in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs and policies of the Company and its affiliated companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(vii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Office and Support Staff</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  During the Employment Period, the Execu-tive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to personal secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to the most favorable of the foregoing provided to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as provided generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(viii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Vacation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the most favorable plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company and its affiliated companies as in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">5.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Termination of Employment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Death or Disability</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The Executive&#8217;s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive&#8217;s death during the Employment Period.  If the Company determines in good faith that the Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of Disability set forth below), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 14(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of this Agreement of its intention to terminate the Executive&#8217;s employment. In such event, the Executive&#8217;s employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the &#8220;Disability Effective Date&#8221;), provided that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full&#8209;time performance of the Executive&#8217;s duties. For purposes of this Agreement, &#8220;Disability&#8221; shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executive&#8217;s duties with the Company on a full&#8209;time basis for 180 consecutive business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive&#8217;s legal representative.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Cause</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The Company may terminate the Executive&#8217;s employment during the Employment Period for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, &#8220;Cause&#8221; shall mean:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially the Executive&#8217;s duties with the Company or one of its affiliates (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or Chief Executive Officer believes that the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive&#8217;s duties, or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the willful engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall be considered &#8220;willful&#8221; unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive&#8217;s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Company or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three&#8209;quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Good Reason</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The Executive&#8217;s employment may be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason. The Executive must give notice of termination of employment for Good Reason within 60 days of the event giving rise to the decision to terminate for Good Reason.  The Executive shall allow the Company 30 days after notice of termination to remedy the event giving rise to the notice of termination for Good Reason.  If the Company fails to remedy the event giving rise to the notice of termination for Good Reason, the Executive shall have 10 days thereafter to terminate employment for Good Reason.  For purposes of this Agreement, &#8220;Good Reason&#8221; shall mean:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">any change by the Company of the Executive&#8217;s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities that does not comply with the provisions of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;4(a)(i)(A)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of this Agreement, excluding for this purpose any isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action by the Company not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">any failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 4(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of this Agreement, other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(iii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Company&#8217;s requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location other than as provided in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 4(a)(i)(B)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;hereof or the Company&#8217;s requiring the Executive to travel on Company business to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to the Effective Date;</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(iv)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">any purported termination by the Company of the Executive&#8217;s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by this Agreement; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(v)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;11(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Notice of Termination</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. Any termination by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 14(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a &#8220;Notice of Termination&#8221; means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive&#8217;s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than thirty days after the giving of such notice and shall not be after the date of Executive&#8217;s separation from service (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h)). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive&#8217;s or the Company&#8217;s rights hereunder.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Date of Termination</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. &#8220;Date of Termination&#8221; means (i) if the Executive&#8217;s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein, as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive&#8217;s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination and (iii) if the Executive&#8217;s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">6.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Obligations of the Company upon Termination</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Good Reason; Other Than for Cause, Death or Disability</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive&#8217;s employment other than for Cause or Disability or the Executive shall terminate employment for Good Reason:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Company shall pay the following amounts to the Executive in lump sum cash payment(s) on the 60</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;day following the Date of Termination (or, for amounts described in Sections 6(a)(i)(A)(1) and (3), such earlier date as required by law) subject to certain delays as provided in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 13</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;as applicable:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:96px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(A)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the sum of (1) the Executive&#8217;s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the product of (x)&#160;the Target Bonus and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365 and (3) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts de-scribed in clauses (1), (2), and (3) shall be hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;Accrued Obligations&#8221;); </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:96px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(B)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the sum of (1)&#160;the product of (X) three and (Y) the sum of (i)&#160;the Executive&#8217;s Annual Base Salary and (ii) the Target Bonus; and (2)&#160;an amount equal to the difference between (x) the aggregate benefit under the Company&#8217;s qualified defined benefit retirement plans (collectively, the &#8220;Retirement Plan&#8221;) and any excess or supplemental defined benefit retirement plans in which the Executive participates (collectively, the &#8220;SERP&#8221;) which the Executive would have accrued (whether or not vested) if the Executive&#8217;s employment had continued for three years after the Date of Termination, based on the assumption that the Executive&#8217;s compensation in each of the three years following </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:96px;text-align:left;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">such termination would have been that required by </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 4(b)(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 4(b)(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;and computed without regard to any accrued benefit enhancements under the provisions of the Retirement Plan and the SERP that arise by reason of a Change of Control and (y) the actual vested benefit, if any, of the Executive under the Retirement Plan and the SERP, determined as of the Date of Termination.  The foregoing amounts described in clause (2) shall be computed on an actuarial present value basis, and using actuarial assumptions and early retirement reduction factors no less favorable to the Executive than the most favorable of those in effect for purposes of computing benefit entitlements under the Retirement Plan and the SERP at any time from the day before the Effective Date through the Date of Termination; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:96px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(C)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Interest on the amounts described in paragraphs A and B of this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;6(a)(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;from the Date of Termination through the date of payment at the six month London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as published in the Wall Street Journal plus 85 bps, which rate will be set on the Date of Termination (the payment described in this paragraph (C) together with the payment described in paragraph&#160;(B) is herein referred to as the &#8220;Severance Compensation&#8221;).   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to 36 months cash value of the Welfare Benefit Plans (described in Section 4(b)(iv)) in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.  The amount shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment on the 60</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;day following the Date of Termination (or such earlier date as required by law) subject to certain delays as provided in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 13</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;as applicable.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(iii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Company shall, for a period of 12 months after the Executive&#8217;s Date of Termination and at its sole expense as incurred (not to exceed, in total, an amount equal to 10 percent of the Executive&#8217;s Annual Base Salary), provide the Executive with reasonable and customary outplacement services, the provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in the Executive&#8217;s sole discretion; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(iv)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliated companies (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;Other Benefits&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Death</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. If the Executive&#8217;s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive&#8217;s death during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive&#8217;s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive&#8217;s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of Other Benefits, the term Other Benefits as utilized in this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 6(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;shall include, without limitation, and the Executive&#8217;s estate and/or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, benefits at least equal to the most favorable benefits provided by the Company and affiliated companies to the estates and beneficiaries of peer executives of the Company and such affiliated companies under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to death benefits, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their beneficiaries at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive&#8217;s estate and/or the Executive&#8217;s beneficiaries, as in effect on the date of the Executive&#8217;s death with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their beneficiaries.</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Disability</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. If the Executive&#8217;s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive&#8217;s Disability during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of Other Benefits, the term Other Benefits as utilized in this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 6(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those generally provided by the Company and its affiliated companies to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during the 120&#8209;day period immedi-ately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive&#8217;s family, as in effect at any time thereafter generally with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Cause; Other than for Good Reason</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. If the Executive's employment shall be terminated for Cause during the Employment Period or the Executive voluntarily terminates employment during the Employment Period, excluding a termination for Good Reason, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (y) the Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, and (z) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">7.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Release</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, receipt of Severance Compensation and other benefits or amounts by the Executive under this Agreement is conditioned upon the Executive (or, in the event of death, Executive&#8217;s estate representative) executing and delivering to the Company a release of all current or future claims, known or unknown, arising against the Company on or before the date of the execution date of such release and its subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and affiliates, in a form approved by the Company (the &#8220;Release&#8221;).  Such Release must be executed and delivered prior to the 60th day following the Date of Termination and any applicable revocation period must expire during such 60-day period without the Executive (or, in the event of death, Executive&#8217;s estate representative) revoking the Release.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">8.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Non&#8209;exclusivity of Rights</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive&#8217;s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor, subject to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 14(f)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its affiliated companies. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its affiliated companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">9.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Full Settlement; Legal Fees</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The Company&#8217;s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set&#8209;off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and except as specifically provided in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 6(a)(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability or entitlement under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (whether such contest is between the Company and the Executive or </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">between either of them and any third party, and including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">10.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Confidential Information.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its affiliated companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive&#8217;s employment by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive&#8217;s employment with the Company, 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 information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 10</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">11.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Successors</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive&#8217;s legal representatives.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Company will 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. As used in this Agreement, &#8220;Company&#8221; shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">12.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Potential Adjustments of Payments and Benefits</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive (including, without limitation, any payment or benefit received in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive&#8217;s employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, program, arrangement or agreement) (all such payments and benefits, together, the &#8220;Total Payments&#8221;) would be subject (in whole or in part) to any excise tax imposed under Section&#160;4999 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto (the &#8220;Excise Tax&#8221;), then, after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided by reason of Section&#160;280G of the Code in such other plan, agreement, arrangement or program, the Total Payments provided under this Agreement shall be reduced (but in no event to less than zero) in the following order to the minimum extent necessary so that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax:  (i)&#160;cash payments that do not constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section&#160;409A of the Code, (ii)&#160;all other cash payments not described in clause (i), with amounts that are payable last reduced first, shall be next reduced, and (iii) all other non-cash benefits not otherwise described in clauses shall be next reduced pro-rata (the payments and benefits in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), together, the &#8220;Potential Payments&#8221;); provided, however, that the Potential Payments shall only be reduced if (a)&#160;the net amount of the Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments), is greater than or equal to (b)&#160;the net amount of the Total Payments without such reduction (but after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and the amount of Excise </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Tax to which the Executive would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments).  The fact that the Executive&#8217;s right to payments or benefits may be reduced by reason of the limitations contained in this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 12</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;shall not of itself limit or otherwise affect any other rights of Executive under this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">All determinations under this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 12</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;shall be made at the expense of the Company by a nationally recognized accounting firm or law firm selected by the Company (the &#8220;Tax Advisor&#8221;).  The Company and the Executive will each provide the Tax Advisor access to and copies of any books, records and documents in the possession of the Company or the Executive, as the case may be, reasonably requested by the Tax Advisor, and otherwise cooperate with the Tax Advisor in connection with the preparation and issuance of the determinations and calculations contemplated by this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 12</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">13.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 409A of the Code</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The amounts payable under this Agreement are intended to be exempt from or otherwise comply with Section 409A of the Code so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) do not apply to the Executive.  With respect to amounts payable under this Agreement that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, this Agreement shall in all respects be administered in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.  Each payment under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.  In no event may the Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement.  The term &#8220;terminate employment&#8221; and similar terms as used in this Agreement shall mean a &#8220;separation from service&#8221; (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h) (&#8220;Separation from Service&#8221;)).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If the Executive is a &#8220;specified employee,&#8221; determined pursuant to procedures adopted by the Company in compliance with Section 409A of the Code, on the date of the Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service, and if any portion of the payments or benefits to be received by the Executive upon his or her Separation from Service would constitute nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), then to the extent required to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code, amounts that would otherwise be payable or provided pursuant to this Agreement during the six-month period immediately following the Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service will instead be paid or made available on the earlier of (i)&#160;the date that the first business day of the seventh month after the Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service or (ii)&#160;the Executive&#8217;s death.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">To the extent that any reimbursement or in-kind benefit provided under this Agreement is nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code:  (i)&#160;the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year; (ii)&#160;the reimbursement of an eligible expense must be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred, and (iii)&#160;the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">14.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Miscellaneous</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If to the Executive:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">[Executive Name and address]</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If to the Company:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Louisiana-Pacific Corporation</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">414 Union Street, Suite 2000</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Nashville, Tennessee  37219-1711</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Executive&#8217;s or the Company&#8217;s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision hereof or any other provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 5(c)(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;through </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 5(c)(v)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(f)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by the Company is &#8220;at will&#8221; and, prior to the Effective Date, the Executive&#8217;s employment may be terminated by either the Executive or the Company at any time prior to the Effective Date, in which case the Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement. From and after the Effective Date this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to participate in any severance plan of the Company or otherwise receive severance benefits from the Company during the Employment Period. </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sdf48219a96a9410b9da83bc90132b390"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive&#8217;s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from its Board of Directors, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">____________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">[Executive Name]</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">By____________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;[Company Officer]</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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