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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-119785
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130321
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:		20130321
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130321

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000891166
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				650231984
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33251
		FILM NUMBER:		13708479

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1110 W. COMMERCIAL BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			FORT LAUDERDALE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33309
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9549581200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1110 W. COMMERCIAL BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			FORT LAUDERDALE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33309

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010330

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNIVERSAL HEIGHTS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950817
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>March&nbsp;21, 2013 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>Universal
Insurance Holdings, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>file number)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1110 W. Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (954)&nbsp;958-1200 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</U>
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On March&nbsp;21, 2013, the Company and Stephen J. Donaghy entered into an employment agreement, effective as of
February&nbsp;22, 2013 (&#147;Donaghy Agreement&#148;). The Donaghy Agreement provides that Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy will serve as the Company&#146;s Chief Administrative Officer and perform all duties commensurate with such position and report to the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Donaghy Agreement is effective through December&nbsp;31, 2014, unless terminated in
accordance with its terms. During the term, Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy will receive an annual base salary of $750,000, which will be increased by 7.25% on January&nbsp;1, 2014. Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy will also receive an annual performance bonus of 1.5% of the
Company&#146;s after-tax profits, subject to the Company&#146;s shareholders approving the bonus formula at the Company&#146;s 2013 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy will receive a total of 300,000 restricted shares of Company common
stock in two separate grants vesting through December&nbsp;31, 2015. Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy&#146;s receipt of such shares is subject to his continued employment through the applicable grant and vesting dates. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy will also receive health and welfare benefits, an automobile allowance, annual vacation of up to twenty-one (21)&nbsp;business days per
year, and reimbursement for travel and related expenses. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event that, in connection with a change in control of the Company during the
term of the Donaghy Agreement, Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy is involuntarily terminated without cause or resigns for good reason within 24 months after such change in control, the Company will be obligated to pay Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy a lump sum cash amount equal to
24 months&#146; base salary. Such amounts are subject to adjustment pursuant to certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Further, in the event of a change in control, all options held by Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy vest and become immediately
exercisable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Donaghy Agreement includes confidentiality, non-disparagement, non-solicitation and non-competition provisions that will
apply for at least one year following termination of Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy&#146;s employment and other customary provisions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy, age
48, has been the Company&#146;s Executive Vice President since October 2006, and since 2009 has served as the Company&#146;s Chief Information Officer. Before joining the Company, Mr.&nbsp;Donaghy held various executive positions at JM Family
Enterprises, a private company, including Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Senior Information Officer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The preceding summary of the Donaghy Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Donaghy Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This employment agreement (&#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;),
dated as of March 21, 2013, is between Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. a Delaware corporation (&#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and Stephen J. Donaghy (&#147;<U>Executive</U>&#148;). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the parties wish to establish the terms of Executive&#146;s employment with the Company. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Accordingly, the parties agree as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. <U>Employment and Acceptance</U>. The Company will employ Executive, and Executive will accept employment, subject to the terms of this Agreement, effective as of February&nbsp;22, 2013
(&#147;<U>Effective Date</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. <U>Term</U>. Subject to earlier termination pursuant to Section&nbsp;5, this
Agreement and the employment relationship hereunder will continue from the Effective Date until December&nbsp;31, 2014. As used in this Agreement, the &#147;<U>Term</U>&#148; means the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the date
Executive&#146;s employment terminates in accordance with this Section&nbsp;2 or Section&nbsp;5. In the event that Executive&#146;s employment terminates, the Company&#146;s obligation to continue to pay all Base Salary and other benefits then
accrued will terminate except as may be provided for in Section&nbsp;5. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. <U>Duties and Title</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.1 <U>Title</U>. The Company will employ Executive to render full-time services to the Company, its parent, its subsidiaries and its
affiliates (singularly, &#147;<U>Related Company</U>&#148; or collectively, &#147;<U>Related Companies</U>&#148;). The Company will employ Executive as Chief Administrative Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating
Officer of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.2 <U>Duties</U>. Executive will have such authority and responsibilities and will perform such
duties as the Company, its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Operating Officer may assign, commensurate with his position. Executive will devote all his full working-time and attention to the performance of such duties and to the promotion of the
Company&#146;s or a Related Company&#146;s business and interests. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.3 <U>Other Business Activities</U>. Executive may not
engage in any activity that conflicts with the Company&#146;s or a Related Company&#146;s interests or would materially interfere with the performance of Executive&#146;s duties to the Company, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.
Executive may not hold, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest of more than 2% in any entity which competes with the Company or a Related Company, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4. <U>Compensation and Benefits by the Company</U>. As compensation for all services
rendered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will provide Executive the following during the Term: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.1 <U>Base
Salary</U>. The Company will pay Executive an annual base salary of $750,000, payable in accordance with the Company&#146;s customary payroll practices, which shall be increased by 7.25% on January&nbsp;1, 2014 over the rate in effect on the
Effective Date (&#147;<U>Base Salary</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.2 <U>Annual Bonus</U>. Executive shall receive an annual bonus of one and
one-half percent (1.5%)&nbsp;of the Company&#146;s annual after-tax profit, which shall be computed as at December&nbsp;31 of each year of the Term of this Agreement (with such bonus for calendar year 2013 based on January&nbsp;1, 2013 and not the
Effective Date) (the &#147;Annual Bonus&#148;); <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that in no event shall any bonus due and owing under this Section&nbsp;4.2 be paid to Executive later than March&nbsp;15 of the year following the year in which it was
earned; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that the payment of any bonus pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4.2 shall be contingent upon the Company&#146;s shareholders approving the bonus formula described in this Section&nbsp;4.2 at the Company&#146;s
annual meeting of shareholders in 2013, and should the Company&#146;s shareholders fail to approve the bonus formula described in this Section&nbsp;4.2, Executive shall have no right or entitlement under this Section&nbsp;4.2. For the avoidance of
doubt, if Executive has earned a bonus under this Section&nbsp;4.2, he need not be employed on the bonus payment date to receive such bonus, <U>provided</U>, that he is employed through December&nbsp;31 of the year to which the bonus relates.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.3 <U>Participation in Executive Benefit Plans</U>. Executive is entitled, if and to the extent eligible, to participate in
the Company&#146;s benefit plans generally available to Company employees in similar positions. Executive is eligible to participate in the Company&#146;s equity incentive plans, including the 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from
time to time (&#147;Plan&#148;), at the Company&#146;s sole discretion. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.4 <U>Vacation</U>. Executive will receive paid
vacation of twenty-one (21)&nbsp;business days per fiscal year. Unused vacation days will be forfeited at the end of each fiscal year. Executive is not entitled to payment for unused vacation days upon the termination of employment. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, for the fiscal year containing the Effective Date, Executive will receive twenty-one (21)&nbsp;business days of paid vacation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.5 <U>Expense Reimbursement</U>. The Company will reimburse Executive for all appropriate business expenses Executive incurs in connection with Executive&#146;s duties under this Agreement in accordance
with the Company&#146;s policies as in effect from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.6 <U>Automobile Allowance</U>. During the Term, the
Company will pay Executive a monthly car allowance of $500 for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an automobile to facilitate the performance of Executive&#146;s duties. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.7 <U>Insurance</U>. During the Term, the Company will pay applicable premiums on a $1,000,000 term life insurance policy on Executive
payable to Executive&#146;s designee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.8 <U>Restricted Stock Grants</U>. Subject to his continued employment through the
applicable grant dates and vesting dates (except as otherwise provided herein), Executive is entitled to receive (1)&nbsp;a time-based award of 100,000 restricted shares granted on </FONT></P>
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a date specified by the Compensation Committee in April, 2013 and vesting in April, 2014, and (2)&nbsp;a time-based award of 200,000 restricted shares granted on a date specified by the Committee
in April, 2014, with 100,000 of such restricted shares vesting on December&nbsp;31, 2014 and the remaining 100,000 restricted shares vesting on December&nbsp;31, 2015. No grant shall occur unless Executive has remained in the continuous full-time
employ of the Company through the applicable grant date or if Executive&#146;s employment has ended for any reason (including death) prior to the applicable grant date, and, except as provided in Section&nbsp;5, no award, once granted, shall vest
unless Executive remains in the continuous employ of the Company through the applicable vesting date or if Executive&#146;s employment has ended for any reason (including death) prior to the applicable vesting date. Each grant shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of the applicable restricted stock award and shall be governed by the Plan and other applicable award documentation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.9 Subject to his continued employment through the applicable grant dates and vesting dates (except as otherwise provided herein), Executive is entitled to receive (1)&nbsp;a time-based award of 100,000
restricted shares granted on a date specified by the Compensation Committee in April, 2013 and vesting in April, 2014, and (2)&nbsp;a time-based award of 200,000 restricted shares granted on a date specified by the Committee in April, 2014 and
vesting as to (A)&nbsp;100,000 shares on December&nbsp;31, 2014 and (B)&nbsp;100,000 shares on December&nbsp;31, 2015. No grant shall occur unless Executive has remained in the continuous full-time employ of the Company through the applicable grant
date or if Executive&#146;s employment has ended for any reason (including death) prior to the applicable grant date, and, except as provided in Section&nbsp;5, no award, once granted, shall vest unless Executive remains in the continuous employ of
the Company through the applicable vesting date or if Executive&#146;s employment has ended for any reason (including death) prior to the applicable vesting date. Each grant shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable restricted
stock award and shall be governed by the Plan and other applicable award documentation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. <U>Termination of Employment</U>.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.1 <U>Payment Upon Termination</U>. If Executive&#146;s employment terminates for any reason, Executive will receive, within
30 days of termination, a lump sum cash payment equal to (1)&nbsp;accrued but unpaid Base Salary through the date of termination, (2)&nbsp;any employee benefits Executive may be entitled to pursuant to the Company&#146;s employee benefit plans
through the date of termination and (3)&nbsp;expenses reimbursable under Section&nbsp;4.5 incurred but not yet reimbursed to Executive through the date of termination. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.2 <U>Payment Upon Termination Without Cause</U>. If during the Term the Company terminates Executive&#146;s employment without Cause (which may be done at any time without prior notice), within 30 days
of termination Executive will receive, in addition to the payment specified in Section&nbsp;5.1, a lump-sum cash payment equal to Executive&#146;s Base Salary for a period equal to the remaining Term of the Agreement, provided Executive executes
(without revocation) a valid release agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. The Company will have no obligation to provide the benefits set forth in this Section&nbsp;5.2 in the event that Executive breaches the provisions of
Section&nbsp;6. For purposes of this Agreement, &#147;<U>Cause</U>&#148; means, as determined by Company (or its designee), (1)&nbsp;Executive&#146;s material breach of Executive&#146;s obligations or representations under this Agreement,
(2)&nbsp;Executive&#146;s arrest </FONT></P>
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for, conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to a felony, (3)&nbsp;Executive&#146;s acts of dishonesty resulting or intending to result in personal gain or enrichment at the Company&#146;s or a
Related Company&#146;s expense, (4)&nbsp;Executive&#146;s fraudulent, unlawful or grossly negligent conduct in connection with Executive&#146;s duties under this Agreement, (5)&nbsp;Executive&#146;s engaging in personal conduct which seriously
discredits or damages the Company or a Related Company, (6)&nbsp;contravention of the Company&#146;s specific lawful directions or continuing inattention to or continuing failure to adequately perform the duties described under Section&nbsp;3.2,
(7)&nbsp;Executive&#146;s material breach of the Company&#146;s manuals, written policies, codes or procedures, (8)&nbsp;initiation of a regulatory inquiry, investigation or proceeding regarding Executive&#146;s performance of duties on the
Company&#146;s or a Related Company&#146;s behalf or (9)&nbsp;breach of Executive&#146;s covenants set forth in Section&nbsp;6 below before termination of employment. A termination for Cause is effective immediately or on such other date set forth
by the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.3 <U>Payment Upon Termination for Good Reason</U>. If during the Term Executive terminates Executive&#146;s
employment for Good Reason, within 30 days of termination Executive will receive, in addition to the payment specified in Section&nbsp;5.1, a lump-sum cash payment equal to Executive&#146;s Base Salary for a period equal to the remaining Term of the
Agreement, provided Executive executes (without revocation) a valid release agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. The Company will have no obligation to provide the benefits set forth in this Section&nbsp;5.3 in the event that
Executive breaches the provisions of Section&nbsp;6. For purposes of this Agreement, &#147;<U>Good Reason</U>&#148; means, without Executive&#146;s consent, the Company&#146;s material breach of the Agreement. Executive must notify the Company in
writing within 30 days of the occurrence of any breach constituting Good Reason. Executive must give the Company 30 days following receipt of such written notice to cure the breach. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.4 <U>Termination Because of Death</U>. If Executive&#146;s employment terminates because of Executive&#146;s death, within 30 days of
termination Executive&#146;s legal representatives will receive, in addition to the payments specified in Section&nbsp;5.1, a lump-sum cash payment equal to Executive&#146;s unpaid Base Salary from the date of termination through the last day of the
month in which Executive&#146;s death occurred and any employee benefits Executive may be entitled to pursuant to the Company&#146;s employee benefit plans through such period. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.5 <U>Termination Because of Disability</U>. The Company may terminate Executive&#146;s employment because of Executive&#146;s
Disability. For purposes of this Agreement, &#147;<U>Disability</U>&#148; means a determination by the Company that, as a result of a physical or mental injury or illness, Executive is unable to perform the essential functions of Executive&#146;s
job with or without reasonable accommodation for a period of 90 consecutive days or 60 days in any six (6)-month period. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.6
<U>Termination in Connection with a Change in Control</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Payment</U>. In the event that, in
connection with a Change in Control (as defined below) during the Term, Executive&#146;s employment with the Company is involuntarily terminated by the Company other than for Cause or if Executive resigns for Good Reason upon or within twenty-four
(24)&nbsp;months following such Change in Control (notwithstanding the expiration of the Term), then, in lieu of any severance or other amounts payable by the Company </FONT></P>
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under Section&nbsp;5 of this Agreement or otherwise in connection with Executive&#146;s termination of employment, the Company or its successor shall pay Executive no later than the sixtieth day
following such termination of employment in connection with a Change in Control a cash lump sum amount equal to twenty-four (24)&nbsp;months of Executive&#146;s Base Salary at the time of such Change in Control. In addition, upon a Change in
Control, all options held by Executive shall vest and become immediately exercisable. For purposes of this Agreement, a &#147;<U>Change in Control</U>&#148; shall be deemed to have occurred if (1)&nbsp;there shall be consummated (A)&nbsp;any
consolidation or merger in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Company&#146;s common stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation or a
merger having the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the consolidation or merger or (B)&nbsp;any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions
other than in the ordinary course of business of the Company) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company to any corporation, person or other entity which is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, or
(2)&nbsp;any person, group, corporation or other entity shall acquire beneficial ownership (as determined pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder) of 50% or
more of the Company&#146;s outstanding common stock; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that in all cases, any such event described in this Section&nbsp;5.6(a) will not be determined to constitute a Change in Control unless the event constitutes
either a &#147;change in ownership,&#148; &#147;change in effective control&#148; or &#147;change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets&#148; of the Company, as such terms are described in Treasury Regulation
Section&nbsp;1.409A-3(i)(5). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Limitation on Change in Control Payments</U>. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that it is determined by an independent accounting firm chosen by mutual agreement of the parties that any economic benefit, payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of Executive,
whether paid, payable, distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (a &#147;<U>Payment</U>&#148;), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section&nbsp;4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the &#147;<U>Code</U>&#148;), then the value of any such Payments payable under this Agreement which constitute &#147;parachute payments&#148; under Section&nbsp;280G(b)(2) of the Code, as determined by the independent accounting firm, will be
reduced so that the present value of all Payments (calculated in accordance with Section&nbsp;280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder), in the aggregate, is equal to 2.99 times Executive&#146;s &#147;base amount,&#148; within the meaning of
Section&nbsp;280G(b)(3) of the Code. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Special Definition of &#147;Good Reason&#148;</U>. For purposes
of this Section&nbsp;5.6, in addition to the definition above, &#147;<U>Good Reason</U>&#148; will also include (i)&nbsp;any material adverse change in Executive&#146;s title, duties or reporting responsibilities and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to
Executive&#146;s title, duties, reporting responsibilities, compensation levels and situs of employment in effect after the expiration of the Term, any material adverse change in such title, duties, reporting responsibilities, compensation levels
and situs of employment from those in effect immediately prior to the expiration of the Term. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6. <U>Restrictions and Obligations of Executive</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.1 <U>Non-Disparagement</U>. Executive will not at any time (whether during or after the Term) publish or communicate to any person or
entity any Disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning the Company or a Related Company, and their respective present and former members, partners, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, agents, attorneys, successors, assigns,
clients and agents. &#147;<U>Disparaging</U>&#148; remarks, comments or statements are those that impugn the character, honesty, integrity, morality, business acumen or abilities in connection with any aspect of the operation of business of the
individual or entity being disparaged. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.2 <U>Confidentiality</U>. During the course of Executive&#146;s employment,
Executive has had and will have access to certain trade secrets and confidential information relating to the Company and the Related Companies which is not readily available from sources outside the Company. The parties agree that the business in
which the Company engages is highly sales-oriented and the goodwill established between Executive and the Company&#146;s customers and potential customers is a valuable and legitimate business interest worthy of protection under this Agreement.
Executive recognizes that, by virtue of Executive&#146;s employment by the Company, Executive is granted otherwise prohibited access to the Company&#146;s confidential and proprietary data which is not known to its competitors and which has
independent economic value to the Company and that Executive will gain an intimate knowledge of the Company&#146;s business and its policies, customers, employees and trade secrets, and of other confidential, proprietary, privileged or secret
information of the Company and its clients (collectively, all such nonpublic information is referred to as &#147;<U>Confidential Information</U>&#148;). This Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, data relating to the
Company&#146;s marketing and servicing programs, procedures and techniques, business, management and personnel strategies, analytic tools and processes, the criteria and formulae used by the Company in pricing its insurance products and claims
management, loss control and information management services, the Company&#146;s computer system, reinsurance marketing program and the skill of marketing and selling products, the structure and pricing of special reinsurance products or packages
that the Company has negotiated with various underwriters, lists of prospects, customer lists and renewals, the identity, authority and responsibilities of key contacts at clients&#146; accounts, the composition and organization of clients&#146;
business, the peculiar risks inherent in a client&#146;s operations, highly sensitive details concerning the structure, conditions and extent of a client&#146;s existing insurance and reinsurance coverages, policy expiration dates and premium
amounts, commission rates, risk management service arrangements, loss histories and other data showing clients&#146; particularized insurance requirements and preferences. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as required by law or an order of a court or governmental agency with jurisdiction, Executive will not, during the Term or any time thereafter, disclose any Confidential Information, directly or
indirectly, to any person or entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever, nor will Executive use it in any way. Executive will take all reasonable steps to safeguard the Confidential Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse,
espionage, loss and theft. Executive understands and agrees that Executive will acquire no rights to any such Confidential Information. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At the Company&#146;s request from time to time and upon the termination of Executive&#146;s
employment for any reason, Executive will promptly deliver to the Company all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of all Confidential Information in Executive&#146;s possession or within Executive&#146;s control (including, but not limited to,
memoranda, records, notes, plans, photographs, manuals, notebooks, documentation, program listings, flow charts, magnetic media, disks, diskettes, tapes and all other materials containing any Confidential Information) irrespective of the location or
form of such material. If requested by the Company, Executive will provide the Company with written confirmation that all such materials have been delivered to the Company as provided herein. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.3 <U>Non-Solicitation or Hire</U>. During the Term and for a period of one (1)-year following the termination of Executive&#146;s
employment for any reason, Executive will not directly or indirectly solicit or attempt to solicit or induce, directly or indirectly, (1)&nbsp;any party who is a client, customer or policyholder of the Company or a Related Company, or who was a
client, customer or policyholder of the Company or a Related Company at any time during the one (1)-year period immediately prior to the date of termination, for the purpose of marketing, selling or providing to any such party any services or
products offered by or available from the Company or a Related Company and (2)&nbsp;any employee of the Company or a Related Company or any person who was an employee of the Company or a Related Company during the one (1)-year period immediately
prior to the date Executive&#146;s employment terminates to terminate such employee&#146;s employment relationship with the Company or a Related Company, in either case, to enter into a similar relationship with Executive or any other person or any
entity in competition with the Company or a Related Company. During the Term and for a period of one (1)-year following the termination of Executive&#146;s employment for any reason, Executive will not enter into an employment relationship, directly
or indirectly, with any employee of the Company or a Related Company or any person who was an employee of the Company or a Related Company during the one (1)-year period immediately prior to the date Executive&#146;s employment terminates.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.4 <U>Non-Competition</U>. During the Term and for a period of one (1)-year following the Executive&#146;s termination of
employment for any reason, Executive will not, whether individually, as a director, manager, member, stockholder, partner, owner, employee, consultant or agent of any business, or in any other capacity, other than on behalf of the Company or a
Related Company, organize, establish, own, operate, manage, control, engage in, participate in, invest in, permit Executive&#146;s name to be used by, act as a consultant or advisor to, render services for (alone or in association with any person,
firm, corporation or business organization) or otherwise assist any person or entity that engages in or owns, invests in, operates, manages or controls any venture or enterprise which engages or proposes to engage in any business conducted by the
Company or a Related Company during the one (1)-year period immediately prior to the date Executive&#146;s employment terminates. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.5 <U>Company Policies</U>. During the Term and all periods thereafter, Executive will remain in strict compliance with the Company&#146;s policies and guidelines, including the Company&#146;s code of
business conduct or code of ethics. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7. <U>Representations and Warranties by Executive</U>. Executive represents and warrants the
following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.1 <U>Skills and Competencies</U>. Any resume, employment history or related information directly or indirectly
provided by Executive to the Company, whether orally or in writing, is true, complete and accurate in all respects. Further, Executive is qualified by education and experience to perform the duties contemplated by this Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.2 <U>Absence of Restrictions</U>. Executive is not a party to or subject to any restrictive covenants, legal restrictions or other
agreements in favor of any entity or person which would in any way preclude, inhibit, impair or limit Executive&#146;s ability to perform Executive&#146;s obligations under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, non-competition agreements,
non-solicitation agreements or confidentiality agreements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.3 <U>Absence of Litigation</U>. Within the 5-year period ending
on the Effective Date, Executive has not been involved in any proceeding, claim, lawsuit or investigation alleging wrongdoing by Executive in connection with any prior employer before any court or public or private arbitration board or panel.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8. <U>Remedies; Specific Performance</U>. The parties acknowledge and agree that Executive&#146;s breach or threatened breach
of any of the restrictions set forth in Section&nbsp;6 will result in irreparable and continuing damage to the Company and the Related Companies for which there may be no adequate remedy at law and that the Company and the Related Companies are
entitled to equitable relief, including specific performance and injunctive relief as remedies for any such breach or threatened or attempted breach. Executive consents to the grant of an injunction (temporary or otherwise) against Executive or the
entry of any other court order against Executive prohibiting and enjoining Executive from violating, or directing Executive to comply with, any provision of Section&nbsp;6. Executive also agrees that such remedies are in addition to any and all
remedies, including damages, available to the Company and the Related Companies against Executive for such breaches or threatened or attempted breaches. In addition, without limiting the Company&#146;s and the Related Companies&#146; remedies for
any breach of any restriction on Executive set forth in Section&nbsp;6, except as required by law, Executive is not entitled to any payments set forth in Sections 5.2 or 5.3 if Executive has breached the covenants contained in Section&nbsp;6.
Executive will immediately return to the Company any such payments previously received under Sections&nbsp;5.2 or 5.3 upon such a breach and, in the event of such breach, the Company will have no obligation to pay any of the amounts that remain
payable by the Company under Sections 5.2 or 5.3. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9. <U>Code Section&nbsp;409A</U>. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, any payments to be made to Executive under this Agreement shall be made in accordance with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. If the Company determines that Executive is not a &#147;specified employee&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;409A of
the Code as of the date of Executive&#146;s termination, no payment described in Section&nbsp;5.2 will be paid earlier than the date on which Executive incurs a &#147;separation from service&#148; as that term is defined in Section&nbsp;409A of the
Code. If the Company determines that Executive is a specified employee as of the date of Executive&#146;s termination, no payment described in Section&nbsp;5.2 will be paid earlier than the date that is six (6)&nbsp;months after the date on which
Executive incurs a separation from service, but will be paid during the calendar year following the year in which the termination occurs and within 30 calendar days of the earliest possible date permitted under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">10. <U>Notice</U>. For purposes of this Agreement, all notices and other communications will
be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or when mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, first-class postage prepaid, addressed as follows: </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stephen J. Donaghy</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to
Executive&#146;s most recent</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">address on file with the Company</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1110 West Commercial Boulevard</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attn: Janet Conde</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance with this Section&nbsp;10,
except that notices of any change of address is effective only upon actual receipt. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11. <U>Entire Agreement</U>. This
Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12. <U>Waiver and Amendments</U>. This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms and
conditions hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. No delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any right, power or privilege hereunder, nor any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or privilege hereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13. <U>Governing Law</U>: This Agreement will be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Florida applicable to agreements made and not to be performed entirely within such state, without regard to conflicts of laws principles. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14. <U>Venue</U>. The parties agree that the exclusive venue for any litigation relating to this Agreement will be the state courts
located in Broward County, Florida and the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division in Broward County, Florida. The parties waive any rights to object to venue as set forth herein, including any argument
of inconvenience for any reason. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15. <U>Assignability by the Company and Executive</U>. The Company may assign this
Agreement, and the rights and obligations hereunder, at any time. Other than to the extent provided in Section&nbsp;5.4, Executive may not assign this Agreement or the rights and obligations hereunder. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16. <U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which will
constitute one and the same instrument. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17. <U>Headings</U>. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and will not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of terms contained herein. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18. <U>Severability</U>. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement,
or any part thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction of any foreign, federal, state, county or local government or any other governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or authority to be invalid, void, unenforceable or against
public policy for any reason, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected or impaired or invalidated. If any court determines that any of
such covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable because of the geographic or temporal scope of such provision, such court will reduce such scope to the minimum extent necessary to make such covenants valid and enforceable. Executive
acknowledges that the restrictive covenants contained in Section&nbsp;6 are a condition of this Agreement and are reasonable and valid in temporal scope and in all other respects. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19. <U>Tax Withholding</U>. The Company or other payor is authorized to withhold from any benefit provided or payment due hereunder, the
amount of withholding taxes due any federal, state or local authority in respect of such benefit or payment and to take such other action as may be necessary in the Company&#146;s opinion to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Sean P. Downes</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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