Company: KG
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0002055116-25-000009
Chunk: 8

Company: Kestrel Group Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 9.01
Chunk 8
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 to and including the date this Agreement is fully executed, whether as an individual or class action, under any federal, state or local laws, rules, regulations or any other basis. Further, Employee shall not seek or accept any award or settlement from any such source or proceeding (not including unemployment insurance proceedings). In the event that Employee institutes, is a knowing participant, or is a willing member of a class that institutes any such action, Employee’s claims shall be dismissed or class membership terminated with prejudice immediately upon presentation of this Agreement. This Agreement does not affect Employee’s right to file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“ EEOC”), the New York State Division of Human Rights (“ NYSDHR”), or any similar state or local agency, or to participate in any investigation conducted by the EEOC, the NYSDHR, or any similar state or local agency, but Employee acknowledges that Employee is not entitled to any monies other than those payments described in this Agreement.

16. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits Employee from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, including but not limited to the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congress, and any agency Inspector General, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. Employee does not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and Employee is not required to notify the Company that Employee has made such reports or disclosures. Further, this Agreement does not limit Employee’s right to

receive an award for information provided to any governmental agency or entity.

17. This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“409A”). The Company shall undertake to administer, interpret and construe the provisions of the Agreement in a manner that does not result in the imposition of any additional tax, penalty or interest under 409A. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the extent required in order to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under 409A, Employee shall not be considered to have terminated employment or service with the Company for purposes of this Agreement until the Employee would be considered to have incurred a “separation from service” from the Company within the meaning of 409A. Any payments described in this Agreement that are due within the “short-term deferral period” as defined in 409A, or that otherwise are exempt from 409A, shall not be treated as deferred compensation unless applicable