MMODAL INC.
(F/K/A MEDQUIST HOLDINGS INC.)
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Award” or “Agreement”) is made by
and between MModal Inc. (the “Company”) and [see schedule below] (the “Grantee”)
as of [see schedule below] (the “Effective Date”).
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the MModal Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”), which Plan is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this
Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same
meanings as in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it is in the best interests of the
Company and its stock holders to award Restricted Stock to the Grantee, subject
to the Plan and the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the agreements set forth
herein, the parties, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1.Award of Restricted Stock. The Company hereby awards the Grantee [see schedule
below] shares of Restricted Stock.
2.    Vesting of Restricted Stock. Shares of Restricted Stock are subject to
forfeiture to the Company until they become vested and non-forfeitable in
accordance with this Section 2. While subject to forfeiture, the shares of
Restricted Stock may not be sold, pledged, assigned, otherwise encumbered or
transferred in any manner, whether voluntarily or involuntarily by the operation
of law.
(a)    Provided the Grantee remains in continuous service with the Company
through each applicable vesting date, 8.34% of the total number of shares of
Restricted Stock subject hereto shall become vested and non-forfeitable on the
last day of each full quarter (i.e., September 30, December 31, March 31 and
June 30) following the Effective Date, with the first vesting date occurring on
[see schedule below].
(b)    Upon cessation of the Grantee’s service by the Company without Cause or
if Executive resigns within 30 days following a reduction of (i) Grantee’s base
salary, (ii) Grantee’s target incentive amount under the Company’s Management
Incentive Plan or (iii) the amount of each Performance Based Restricted Share
award that Grantee is eligible to earn, any unvested shares of Restricted Stock
will become fully vested and non-forfeitable on such date of cessation of
service. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause,” “Management Incentive Plan,”
and “Performance Based Restricted Share,” shall have the meanings set forth in
any employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or an Affiliate in
effect at the time of such cessation of service.
(c)    Upon cessation of the Grantee’s service with the Company for any reason
other than by the Company without Cause or by the Grantee within 30 days
following a reduction of (i) Grantee’s base salary, (ii) Grantee’s target
incentive amount under the Company’s Management Incentive Plan or (iii) the
amount of each Performance Based Restricted Share award that Grantee is eligible
to earn , any unvested shares of Restricted Stock will immediately and
automatically, without any action on the part of the Company, be forfeited, and
the Grantee will have no further rights with respect to those shares.

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(d)    Solely for purposes of this Agreement, employment or service with the
Company will be deemed to include employment or service with any subsidiary or
Affiliate of the Company (for only so long as such entity remains a subsidiary
or Affiliate).
3.    Issuance of Shares.
(a)    The Company will cause the shares of Restricted Stock to be issued in the
Grantee’s name either by book-entry registration or issuance of a stock
certificate or certificates.
(b)    Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in writing, the shares of
Restricted Stock shall not be transferable by Grantee other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution.
(c)    While the shares of Restricted Stock remains forfeitable, the Company
will cause an appropriate stop-transfer order to be issued and to remain in
effect with respect to the unvested shares of Restricted Stock. As soon as
practicable following the time that any Restricted Stock becomes non-forfeitable
(and provided that appropriate arrangements have been made with the Company for
the withholding or payment of any taxes that may be due with respect to such
share), the Company will cause that stop-transfer order to be removed. The
Company may also condition delivery of certificates for shares of Restricted
Stock upon receipt from the Grantee of any undertakings that it may determine
are appropriate to facilitate compliance with federal and state securities laws.
(d)    If any certificate is issued in respect of shares of Restricted Stock,
that certificate will be legended and held in escrow by the Company or an agent
of the Company. In addition, the Grantee may be required to execute and deliver
to the Company a stock power with respect to those shares of Restricted Stock.
At such time as those shares of Restricted Stock become non-forfeitable, the
Company will cause a new certificate to be issued without that portion of the
legend referencing the previously applicable forfeiture conditions and will
cause that new certificate to be delivered to the Grantee (provided that
appropriate arrangements have been made with the Company for the withholding or
payment of any taxes that may be due with respect to such shares).
4.    Substitute Property. If, while any of the shares of Restricted Stock
remains subject to forfeiture, there occurs a merger, reclassification,
recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend or other similar event or
transaction resulting in new, substituted or additional securities being issued
or delivered to the Grantee by reason of the Grantee’s ownership of the
Restricted Stock, such securities will constitute Restricted Stock for all
purposes of this Agreement and any certificate issued to evidence such
securities will immediately be deposited with the secretary of the Company (or
his or her designee) and subject to the escrow described in Section 3, above.
5.    Rights of Grantee During Restricted Period. The Grantee will have the
right to vote the shares of Restricted Stock and to receive dividends and
distributions with respect to the Restricted Stock; provided, however, that any
cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Restricted Stock while
those shares remain subject to forfeiture will be withheld by the Company and
will be delivered to the Grantee (without interest and net of any required tax
withholding) only if and when the Restricted Stock giving rise to such dividends
or distributions become vested and non-forfeitable.
6.    Securities Laws. The Committee may from time to time impose any conditions
on the shares of Restricted Stock as it deems necessary or advisable to ensure
that the Restricted Stock is issued and sold in compliance with the requirements
of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which the shares are then listed
or quoted, the Securities Act of 1933 and all other applicable laws.

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7.    Tax Consequences.
(a)    The Grantee acknowledges that the Company has not advised the Grantee
regarding the Grantee’s income tax liability in connection with the grant or
vesting of the Restricted Stock and the Company makes no guarantees regarding
the tax treatment of this Award. The Grantee has had the opportunity to review
with his or her own tax advisors the federal, state and local tax consequences
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Grantee is relying
solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the
Company or any of its agents. The Grantee understands that the Grantee (and not
the Company) shall be responsible for the Grantee’s own tax liability that may
arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b)    If the Grantee makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with
respect to the grant of Restricted Stock, the Grantee agrees to notify the
Company in writing on the day of such election. The amount includible in the
Grantee’s income as a result of that election will be subject to tax
withholding. The Grantee will be required to remit to the Company in cash, or
make other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Company for the
satisfaction of such tax withholding amount; failure to do so within three
business days following the making the Section 83(b) election will result in
forfeiture of all Restricted Stock.
(c)    The Grantee shall be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate, and
the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to
withhold, from any cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or other
property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts
owing to the Grantee, the amount (in cash, Common Stock, other securities or
other property) of any required withholding taxes in respect of the Restricted
Stock and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the
Committee or the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such
withholding and taxes.
(d)    Without limiting the generality of clause (c) above, the Committee may,
in its sole discretion, permit the Grantee to satisfy, in whole or in part, the
foregoing withholding liability by the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which
are Mature Shares) owned by the Grantee having a Fair Market Value equal to such
withholding liability (but no more than the minimum required statutory
withholding liability).
8.    Restricted Stock Subject to the Plan. By entering into this Agreement the
Grantee agrees and acknowledges that the Grantee has received and read a copy of
the Plan and that this grant of Restricted Stock is subject to the Plan. The
terms and provisions of the Plan as it may be amended from time to time are
hereby incorporated herein by reference. In the event of a conflict between any
term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the Plan, the
applicable terms and provisions of the Plan will govern and prevail.
9.    Consent to Electronic Delivery. The Grantee hereby authorizes the Company
to deliver electronically any prospectuses or other documentation related to
this Agreement, the Plan and any other compensation or benefit plan or
arrangement in effect from time to time (including, without limitation, reports,
proxy statements or other documents that are required to be delivered to
participants in such plans or arrangements pursuant to federal or state laws,
rules or regulations). For this purpose, electronic delivery will include,
without limitation, delivery by means of e-mail or e-mail notification that such
documentation is available on the Company’s intranet site. Upon written request,
the Company will provide to the Grantee a paper copy of any document also
delivered to the Grantee electronically. The authorization described in this
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the Company.
10.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the terms incorporated herein
by reference, represents the entire agreement between the parties hereto
relating to the subject matter hereof, and merges and supersedes all prior and
contemporaneous discussions, agreements and understandings of every nature
relating to the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,
this Agreement will not supersede any other restrictive covenant agreement
between the Grantee and the Company or any of its Affiliates, and the Grantee
shall be bound both by the restrictions set forth in such other restrictive
covenants agreements and the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
11.    Severability. Whenever possible, each provision and term of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner to be effective and valid, but if any
provision or term of this Agreement is held to be prohibited or invalid, then
such provision or term will be ineffective only to the extent of such
prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or affecting in any manner
whatsoever the remainder of such provision or term or the remaining provisions
or terms of this Agreement. If any of the covenants set forth in this Agreement
are held to be unreasonable, arbitrary or against public policy, such covenants
will be considered divisible with respect to scope, time and geographic area,
and in such lesser scope, time and geographic area, will be effective, binding
and enforceable against the Grantee.
12.    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of laws. Any legal proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Agreement will be instituted in a state or federal court in the State of
Delaware, and the Grantee and the Company hereby consent to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction of such court(s) and hereby waive any objection(s) that
they may have to personal jurisdiction, the laying of venue of any such
proceeding and any claim or defense of inconvenient forum.
13.    Amendment. No change, modification or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement shall be valid unless the same be in writing and signed by the parties
hereto, except for any changes under Sections 9, 12 and 14 of the Plan permitted
to Awards made under the Plan without consent.
14.    Execution. This Agreement may be executed, including execution by
facsimile signature, in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed
an original, and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same
instrument.
15.    Waiver. Any right of the Company contained in this Agreement may be
waived in writing by the Committee. No waiver of any right hereunder by any
party shall operate as a waiver of any other right, or as a waiver of the same
right with respect to any subsequent occasion for its exercise, or as a waiver
of any right to damages. No waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement
shall be held to constitute a waiver of any other breach or a waiver of the
continuation of the same breach.
16.    Notices. Any written notices provided for in this Agreement or the Plan
shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given if either hand
delivered or if sent by fax or overnight courier, or by postage paid first class
mail. Notices sent by mail shall be deemed received three business days after
mailing but in no event later than the date of actual receipt. Notices shall be
directed, if to the Grantee, at the Grantee’s address indicated by the Company’s
records, or if to the Company, to the attention of the secretary of the Company
at the Company’s principal executive office.
17.    No Rights to Employment. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
construed as giving Grantee any right to be retained, in any position, as an
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Company or its Affiliates or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the
right of the Company or its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to
remove, terminate or discharge Grantee at any time for any reason whatsoever.
18.    Beneficiary. The Grantee may file with the Committee a written
designation of a beneficiary on such form as may be prescribed by the Committee
and may, from time to time, amend or revoke such designation. Any notice should
be made to the attention of the secretary of the Company at the Company’s
principal executive office. If no designated beneficiary survives the Grantee,
the Grantee’s estate shall be deemed to be Grantee’s beneficiary.
19.    Clawback/Forfeiture.
(a)    Grantee’s Conduct. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, if the Company as a result of misconduct or fraud is required to prepare
a financial restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company with
any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, where the Grantee
(i) engaged in fraud resulting in such financial restatement, or (ii) knowingly
or through gross negligence engaged in misconduct resulting in such financial
restatement, the Grantee shall forfeit any or all of the shares of Restricted
Stock, whether or not vested, then held by the Grantee and repay to the Company
an amount in cash equal to all or any portion of the sales proceeds received by
the Grantee in connection with the sale or other disposition of any such shares
of Restricted Stock during the three-year period preceding the date on which the
Company first determines that it must prepare the financial restatement (or, if
no proceeds were received by the Grantee in any such disposition, an amount
equal to the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Restricted Stock so
disposed of, determined as of the date of such disposition). For the avoidance
of doubt, the Grantee’s failure to have personal knowledge of the conduct of any
other individual that contributed to a financial restatement shall not, in and
of itself, be sufficient to trigger this provision.
(b)    Conduct of Others or Errors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Grantee shall repay the Company any amount in excess of
what the Grantee should have received under the terms of the Award for any
reason (including without limitation by reason of a financial restatement,
mistake in calculation or other administrative error) with respect to any sale
or other disposition of any Restricted Stock during the three-year period
preceding the date on which the Company first determines that it must prepare
the financial restatement or otherwise first discovers the mistake or error and
promptly notifies the Grantee.
(c)    Compliance. The Grantee will agree to revise this Section 19 to the
extent necessary for the Company to comply with any regulatory guidance
promulgated under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act of 2010.
[Signature page follows]

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N WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company’s duly authorized representative and the Grantee
have each executed this Restricted Stock Award Agreement on the respective date
below indicated.

 
MMODAL INC. (f/k/a MedQuist Holdings Inc.)
 
 
 
By
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 
Date:
 
 
 
 
 
GRANTEE
 
 
 
Signature
 
Name:
 
 
Date:
 

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Schedule of Differences

Officer
Current Title
Effective Date
Shares of Restricted Stock Granted
Initial Vesting Date
William Donovan
SVP Human Resources
December 13, 2011
17,650
March 31, 2012
Matthew Jenkins
SVP Corporate Business Development
December 13, 2011
20,590
March 31, 2012
Michael Raymer
SVP Solutions Management
March 8, 2012
29,412
June 30, 2012
Randy Drawas
Chief Marketing Officer
March 6, 2012
29,412
June 30, 2012

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