Exhibit 10.22


 


EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


 


This Executive Employment
Agreement (the “Agreement”), entered into and effective as of November 4, 2021, is by and between NEXGEL INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Adam Levy, an individual (the “Executive”). The Company and the
Executive shall sometimes be referred to herein as the “Parties”.


 


BACKGROUND


 


A.       The
Executive currently serves as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer without a written employment agreement.


 


B.       The
Company and the Executive desire to set forth in writing the terms and conditions of their agreement and understanding with respect to
the employment of the Executive as its President and Chief Executive Officer as of the Effective Date (as defined below).


 


AGREEMENT


 


NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:


 


1.             Employment. The Company hereby agrees to continue to employ Executive as President and Chief Executive Officer and
Executive hereby accepts such employment upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and agrees to perform duties as assigned by the
Company. The Executive’s employment, as provided herein, shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for a period of
one year thereafter unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 8 (“Term”). It is the intention of the Company Board
of Directors (the “Board”) to evaluate the Executive’s performance prior to the end of the Term and potentially
enter into an employment agreement with a longer term as the sole direction of the Company. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Effective
Date” means the date on which the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”) is initially listed
for trading on any tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, or any other national securities exchange
(collectively, the “Initial Public Offering”). It is understood and agreed by the Company and Executive that this Agreement
does not contain any promise or representation concerning the duration of Executive’s employment with the Company. Executive specifically
acknowledges that his employment with the Company is at-will and may be altered or terminated by either Executive or the Company at any
time, with or without cause and/or with or without notice. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Company Group” shall
include any and all subsidiaries of the Company in which the Company owns at least a 10% equity interest.


 


2.             Duties. The Executive shall render exclusive, full-time services to the Company as its President and Chief Executive Officer.
The Executive shall report to the Board. Executive’s responsibilities, title, working conditions, location, duties and/or any other
aspect of Executive’s employment may be changed, added to or eliminated during his employment at the sole discretion of the Company
and/or the Board. During the Term of this Agreement, the Executive shall devote his best efforts and all of his business time, skill and
attention to the performance of his duties on behalf of the Company and the Company Group and shall not, directly or indirectly, render
any services to any other person or organization (including but not limited to as a member of a third-party Board of Directors), whether
for compensation or otherwise, except with the Company’s prior written consent, except that, without such written consent.


 






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3.             Policies and Procedures. The Executive shall be bound by, and comply fully with, all of the Company’s written policies
and procedures for employees and officers in place from time to time, including, but not limited to, all terms and conditions set forth
in the Company’s employee handbook, compliance manual, codes of conduct and any other memoranda and communications applicable to
the Executive pertaining to the policies, procedures, rules and regulations, as currently in effect and as may be amended from time to
time and provided to the Executive in writing. These policies and procedures include, among other things and without limitation, the Executive’s
obligations to comply with the Company’s rules regarding confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets.


 


4.             Cash Compensation.


 


(a)       Salary. For all services rendered and to be rendered hereunder, the Company agrees to pay to the Executive, and the Executive
agrees to accept a salary of $300,000.00 per annum (“Base Salary”) beginning on the Effective Date. Any such salary
shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practice and shall be subject to such deductions or withholdings
as the Company is required to make pursuant to law, or by further agreement with the Executive.


 


(b)       Bonus. The Executive shall be eligible to receive cash bonus compensation as follows: (i) $33,000 in the event the Company
achieves net income for two consecutive fiscal calendar quarters for the period which is one year after the Initial Public Offering (the
 “Net Income Bonus”) and (ii) $67,000 in the event the average closing price of the Company’s Common Stock over
any consecutive three month period during the first year subsequent to the Initial Public Offering equals or exceeds one hundred and fifty
percent (150%) the price per share at which the Company’s Common Stock is sold at the Initial Public Offering (the “Trading
Price Bonus”). Both the Net Income Bonus and the Trading Price Bonus may be earned if both thresholds are achieved or either
the Net Income Bonus or the Trading Price Bonus may be earned in only one of the thresholds is achieved. Both the Net Income Bonus and
the Trading Price Bonus shall survive the termination of the Executive so long as the termination is not for Cause (as defined below)
and the applicable thresholds are achieve with the one year period after the Initial Public Offering.


 


5.             Equity Grant. On the Effective Date, Executive shall receive
a grant of shares of Common Stock equal $50,000 divided by the per share price at which the Company’s Common Stock is sold at the
Initial Public Offering for the period which is one year after the Initial Public Offering (the “Equity Grant”). The
Equity Grant shall vest in twelve equal monthly installments (subject to any rounding adjustments) during the Term with the first installment
vesting on the Effective Date. The shares of Common Stock issued to the Executive pursuant to the Equity Grant shall be “restricted
securities” as such term is defined by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


 





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6.            Additional Equity Grants. During the Term and pursuant to the Plan, the Executive may receive additional equity grants in
excess of the Equity Grant and other equity grants already received by Executive, solely at the discretion of the Board or the Compensation
Committee of the Board, which grants will be subject to a separate award agreement between the Company and the Executive.


 


7.             Other Benefits. While employed by the Company as provided herein:


 


(a)      Executive and Employee Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to all benefits to which other executive officers of the
Company are entitled, on terms comparable thereto, including, without limitation, participation in pension and profit sharing plans, 401(k)
plan, group insurance policies and plans, medical, health, vision, and disability insurance policies and plans, and the like, which may
be maintained by the Company for the benefit of its executives. The Company reserves the right to alter and amend the benefits received
by Executive from time to time at the Company’s discretion.


 


(b)      Expense Reimbursement. The Executive shall receive, against presentation of proper receipts and vouchers, reimbursement
for direct and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by him in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder, according
to the policies of the Company and subject to the approval of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.


 


(c)      Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to three weeks paid personal time off per 12-month period (including vacation)
according to the Company’s personal time off policy. No untaken personal time off may be carried over to a subsequent year. Sick
time shall not be limited by this Section 7(c) and shall be governed by the Company’s policies for sick leave.


 


(d)       Additional Benefits. During the Term, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for the following: (i) up to $600
per month as an automobile allowance and (ii) the aggregate cost for one annual executive health screening at the Princeton Longevity
Center or similar type institution.


 


8.              Termination. Executive and the Company each acknowledge that either party has the right to terminate Executive’s employment
with the Company at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or with cause or advance notice pursuant to the following:


 


(a)        Voluntary Resignation by Executive, Termination for Cause or Death. In the event the Executive (i) voluntary terminates
his employment with the Company (other than for Good Reason as defined below), (ii) is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined
below), or (iii) shall die during the period of his employment hereunder, the Company’s obligation to make payments hereunder shall
cease upon the date of such termination, except the Company shall pay Executive (a) any salary earned but unpaid prior to termination
and all accrued but unused personal time, and (b) any business expenses that were incurred but not reimbursed as of the date of termination.
Vesting of any equity grants shall immediately cease on the date of termination.


 






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(b)       Termination by Disability. In the event Executive shall become permanently disabled, as evidenced by notice to the Company
of Executive’s inability to carry out his job responsibilities for a continuous period of more than three months, Executive’s
employment shall cease on such day however the Company shall continue (i) to make payment to Executive based on the then Base Salary for
a period of three months (in accordance with the Company’s general payroll policy) commencing on the first payroll period following
the fifteenth day after termination of employment and (ii) to provide substantially similar coverage under the Company’s then current
medical, health, and vision insurance plans to the Executive and his eligible dependents for a period of three months provided that Executive
continues to make any required employee contribution, in addition to any accrued but unpaid salary and unreimbursed expenses prior to
the date of termination. Vesting of any equity grants shall continue to vest pursuant to the schedule and terms previously established
during the one year severance period. Subsequent to the three month severance period the vesting of any equity grants shall immediately
cease.


 


(c)       Termination by the Company without Cause. The Company will have the right to terminate Executive’s employment
with the Company at any time without Cause.


 


i.     During the Initial Six Month Term. In the event Executive is terminated without Cause or resigns for Good Reason (as defined
below) during the initial six months of the Term, and upon the execution of a full general release by Executive (“Release”),
releasing all claims known or unknown that Executive may have against Company as of the date Executive signs such Release, and upon the
written acknowledgment of his continuing obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall continue (i) to make payment to Executive
based on the then Base Salary for a period of one year (in accordance with the Company’s general payroll policy) commencing on the
first payroll period following the fifteenth day after termination of employment and (ii) to provide substantially similar coverage under
the Company’s then current medical, health, and vision insurance plans to the Executive and his eligible dependents for a period
of one year provided that Executive continues to make any required employee contribution, in addition to any accrued but unpaid salary
and unreimbursed expenses prior to the date of termination. Vesting of any equity grants shall continue to vest pursuant to the schedule
and terms previously established during the one year severance period. Subsequent to the one year severance period the vesting of any
equity grants shall immediately cease.


 


ii.    Subsequent to the Initial Six Month Term. In the event Executive is terminated without Cause or resigns for Good
Reason (as defined below) subsequent to the initial six months of the Term or the Company fails to enter into a new employment agreement
with the Executive at the termination of the Term after bona fide and good faith negotiations between the Company and the Executive (except
for a termination for Cause), and upon the execution of a Release, and upon the written acknowledgment of his continuing obligations under
this Agreement, the Company shall continue (i) to make payment to Executive based on the then Base Salary for a period of one year less
one month for each month (on a pro-rated basis) such termination or resignation occurs subsequent to the initial six month anniversary
of the Term (the “Adjusted Severance Period”) (in accordance with the Company’s general payroll policy) commencing
on the first payroll period following the fifteenth day after termination of employment and (ii) to provide substantially similar coverage
under the Company’s then current medical, health, and vision insurance plans to the Executive and his eligible dependents for the
Adjusted Severance Period provided that Executive continues to make any required employee contribution, in addition to any accrued but
unpaid salary and unreimbursed expenses prior to the date of termination. Vesting of any equity grants shall continue to vest pursuant
to the schedule and terms previously established during the Adjusted Severance Period. Subsequent to the Adjusted Severance Period the
vesting of any equity grants shall immediately cease. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Executive is terminated without Cause
or resigns for Good reason at the end of the eight month anniversary of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be entitled to an Adjusted
Severance Period of ten months.


 






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iii.   “Cause” means termination of the Executive’s employment because of the Executive’s: (i) commission
of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement related to the business or property of the Company; (ii) conviction for, or guilty plea to,
or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or crime of similar gravity in the jurisdiction in which such conviction or guilty plea occurs;
(iii) material breach by the Executive of this Agreement, and the duties described therein, or any other agreement to which the Executive
and the Company or a member of the Company Group are parties which breach is not cured by the Executive within thirty (30) of written
notice of such breach by the Company, provided, however, no such written notice or cure period prior to termination shall be required
for a breach which in incurable by its nature such as wrongful disclosure of Confidential Information; (iv) commission by the Executive
of acts that are dishonest and demonstrably injurious to a member of the Company Group, monetarily or otherwise; (v) any violation by
the Executive of any fiduciary duties owed by him to the Company or a member of the Company Group that causes injury to the Company, other
than breaches of fiduciary duty also committed by other officers and members of the Board based on actions taken after consultation with,
and the advice of, legal counsel; and (vi) willful or material violation of, or willful or material noncompliance with, any securities
law, rule or regulation or stock exchange listing rule adversely affecting the Company including without limitation if the Executive has
undertaken to provide any chief financial officer or principal financial officer certification required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), and he willfully or materially
fails to take reasonable and appropriate steps to determine whether or not the certificate was accurate or otherwise in compliance with
the requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.


 


iv.     “Good
Reason” means the occurrence of any of the following without the written consent of the Executive: (i) any duties, functions
or responsibilities are assigned to the Executive that are materially inconsistent with the Executive’s duties, functions or responsibilities
with the Company as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement; (ii) material diminution in Executive’s duties; (iii) the Base
Salary is materially reduced, unless a reduction is as part of an overall cost reduction program that affects all senior executives of
the Company and does not disproportionately affect the Executive or (iv) the Board and the Executive mutually agree during the Term to
the replace the Executive as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.


 






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9.            409A Compliance. This Agreement is intended to comply with the short-term deferral rule under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) and be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent, provided that, if any severance provided at any time hereunder
involves non-qualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, it is intended to comply with the applicable
rules with regard thereto and shall be interpreted accordingly. A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes
of any provision of this letter providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment that
are considered “nonqualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code unless such termination is also a “separation
from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and, for purposes of any such provision of this letter, references
to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.”
If Executive is deemed on the date of termination to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Section
409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code, then with regard to any payment that is considered non-qualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of
the Code payable on account of a “separation from service,” such payment or benefit shall be made or provided at the date
which is the earlier of (A) the date that is immediately following the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of
Executive’s “separation from service”, and (B) the date of Executive’s death (the “Delay Period”).
Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this paragraph (whether they would have otherwise
been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or reimbursed to Executive in a lump sum,
and any remaining payments and benefits due under this letter shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified
for them herein. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, Executive’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this
letter shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. In no event may you, directly or indirectly,
designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this letter that is considered non-qualified deferred compensation. In the
event the time period for considering any release and it becoming effective as a condition of receiving severance shall overlap two calendar
years, no amount of such severance shall be paid in the earlier calendar year.


 


10.          Proprietary and Other Obligations.


 


(a)    Confidential Information. During the period of the Executive’s employment with the Company and at all times thereafter,
the Executive shall hold in secrecy for the Company Group all Confidential Information (as defined below) that may come to his knowledge,
may have come to his attention or may have come into his possession or control while employed by the Company. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, the Executive shall not be required to maintain the confidentiality of any Confidential Information which (a) is or becomes
available to the public or others in the industry generally (other than as a result of inappropriate disclosure or use by the Executive
in violation of this Section 10(a)) or (b) the Executive is compelled to disclose under any applicable laws, regulations or directives
of any government agency, tribunal or authority having jurisdiction in the matter or under subpoena. Except as expressly required in the
performance of his duties to the Company under this Agreement, the Executive shall not use for his own benefit or disclose (or permit
or cause the disclosure of) to any Person, directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information unless such use or disclosure has been
specifically authorized in writing by the Company in advance. During the Executive’s employment and as necessary to perform his
duties under this Agreement, the Company will provide and grant the Executive access to the Confidential Information. The Executive recognizes
that any Confidential Information is of a highly competitive value, will include Confidential Information not previously provided the
Executive and that the Confidential Information could be used to the competitive and financial detriment of the Company if misused or
disclosed by the Executive. The Company promises to provide access to the Confidential Information only in exchange for the Executive’s
promises contained herein, expressly including the covenants in this Agreement.


 






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For the purposes of this Agreement,
 “Confidential Information” means any trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information acquired by the Executive
in the course and scope of his activities under this Agreement, including information acquired from third parties, that (i) is not generally
known or disseminated outside the Company (such as non-public information), (ii) is designated or marked by the Company as “confidential”
or reasonably should be considered confidential or proprietary, or (iii) the Company indicates through its policies, procedures, or other
instructions should not be disclosed to anyone outside the Company. Without limiting the foregoing definitions, some examples of Confidential
Information under this Agreement include (a) matters of a technical nature, such as scientific, trade or engineering secrets, ”know-how”,
formulae, secret processes, inventions, and research and development plans or projects regarding existing and prospective customers and
products or services, (b) information about costs, profits, markets, sales, customer lists, customer needs, customer preferences and customer
purchasing histories, supplier lists, internal financial data, personnel evaluations, non-public information about products or services
of the Company (including future plans about them), information and material provided by third parties in confidence and/or with nondisclosure
restrictions, computer access passwords, and internal market studies or surveys and (c) and any other information or matters of a similar
nature.


 


(b)    Inventions. The Executive agrees that all right, title and interest in and to any information, trade secrets, inventions,
discoveries, developments, derivative works, improvements, research materials and products made or conceived by the Executive alone or
with others during the course of the Executive’s employment and relating to the business of the Company or the Company Group shall
belong exclusively to the Company and the Company Group, as applicable. The Executive hereby irrevocably waives in favor of the Company
any and all copyright and moral rights, and irrevocably assigns to the Company any and all legal rights, that the Executive may have in
respect of any such materials. The Executive agrees to execute any assignments and/or acknowledgements as may be requested by the Company
from time to time, at the expense of the Company, without any further remuneration.


 


(c)    Return of Documents and Property. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive (or
his heirs or personal representatives) shall immediately deliver to the Company (a) all documents and materials containing Confidential
Information (including without limitation any “soft” copies or computerized or electronic versions thereof) or otherwise containing
information relating to the business and affairs of the Company (whether or not confidential), and (b) all other documents, materials
and other property belonging to the Company that are in the possession or under the control of the Executive.


 






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(d)    Non-disparagement. The Executive agrees during and after the Term, he shall not to knowingly disparage the Company, its
subsidiaries or its officers, directors, employees or agents in any manner that could be harmful to it or them or its or their business,
business reputation or personal reputation. The Company agrees during and after the Term, it shall instruct its officers, directors, employees
and agent not to knowingly disparage the Executive in any manner that could be harmful to Executive or Executive’s business or personal
reputation. This paragraph will not be violated by statements from either party that are truthful, complete and made in good faith in
required response to legal process or governmental inquiry.


 


11.        Noncompetition and Non-solicitation. Executive acknowledges that he will be a member of executive and management
personnel at the Company.


 


(a)     Definitions.


 


i.        “Competing Business” means any business or activity that (i) competes with any member of the Company Group for
which the Executive performed services or the Executive was involved in for purposes of making strategic or other material business decisions
and (ii) involves (A) the same or substantially similar types of products or services (individually or collectively) produced, offered,
marketed or sold by the Company during Term or (B) products or services so similar in nature to that of the Company Group during Term
(or that the Company Group will soon thereafter offer) that they would be reasonably likely to displace substantial business opportunities
or customers of the Company.


 


ii.       “Prohibited Area” means worldwide, which Prohibited Area the parties have agreed to as a result of the fact
that those are the geographic areas in which the Company Group conducts a preponderance of their business and in which the Executive provides
substantive services to the Company Group expand during the Term.


 


(b)     Covenant Not to Compete. Without the prior written consent of the Board (which may be withheld in the Board’s
sole discretion), so long as the Executive is an employee of the Company or any other member of the Company Group and for a one year period
thereafter, the Executive agrees that he shall not anywhere in the Prohibited Area, for his own account or the benefit of any other, engage
or participate in or assist or otherwise be connected with a Competing Business. For the avoidance of doubt, the Executive understands
that this Section 11(b) prohibits the Executive from acting for himself or as an officer, employee, manager, operator, principal, owner,
partner, shareholder, advisor, consultant of, or lender to, any individual or other Person that is engaged or participates in or carries
out a Competing Business or is actively planning or preparing to enter into a Competing Business. The parties agree that such prohibition
shall not apply to the Executive’s passive ownership of not more than 5% of a publicly-traded company


 


(c)     Non-solicitation Covenant. Executive agrees that he will not, individually or with others, directly or indirectly (including
without limitation, individually or through any business, venture, proprietorship, partnership, or corporation in which they control or
own more than a 5% interest, through any agents, through any contractors, through recruiters, by their successors, by their employees,
or by their assigns) hire, solicit, or induce any employee of the Company to leave the Company during the period he is employed by the
Company and for a period of two years following the separation, resignation, or termination of Executive’s employment with the Company.
Executive further agrees that during the period he is employed by the Company and for two years thereafter, he will not, either directly
or indirectly, solicit or attempt to solicit any customer, client, supplier, investor, vendor, consultant or independent contractor of
the Company to terminate, reduce or negatively alter his, her or its relationship with the Company. The geographic scope of the covenants
in Section 11(c) is the Prohibited Area. Nothing in Sections 10 and 11 should be construed to narrow the obligations of Executive imposed
by any other provision herein, any other agreement, law or other source.


 






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(d)     Reasonable. Executive agrees and acknowledges that the time limitation and the geographic scope on the restrictions in Sections
10 and 11 and their subparts are reasonable. Executive also acknowledges and agrees that the limitation in Sections 10 and 11 and their
subparts is reasonably necessary for the protection of the Company, that through this Agreement he shall receive adequate consideration
for any loss of opportunity associated with the provisions herein, and that these provisions provide a reasonable way of protecting the
Company’s business value which was imparted to him. In the event that any term, word, clause, phrase, provision, restriction, or
section of Sections 10 and 11 of this Agreement is more restrictive than permitted by the law of the jurisdiction in which the Company
seeks enforcement thereof, the provisions of this Agreement shall be limited only to that extent that a judicial determination finds the
same to be unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable. Moreover, notwithstanding any judicial determination that any term, word, clause,
phrase, provision, restriction, or section of this Agreement is not specifically enforceable, the parties intend that the Company shall
nonetheless be entitled to recover monetary damages as a result of any breach hereof.


 


(e)     Legal and Equitable Remedies. In view of the nature of the rights in goodwill, employee relations, trade secrets, and business
reputation and prospects of the Company to be protected under Sections 10 and 11 of this Agreement, Executive understands and agrees that
the Company could not be reasonably or adequately compensated in damages in an action at law for Executive’s breach of their obligations
(whether individually or together) hereunder. Accordingly, Executive specifically agrees that the Company shall be entitled to temporary
and permanent injunctive relief, specific performance, and other equitable relief to enforce the provisions of Sections 10 and 11 of this
Agreement and that such relief may be granted without the necessity of proving actual damages, and without bond. Executive acknowledges
and agrees that the provisions in Sections 10 and 11 and their subparts are essential and material to this Agreement, and that upon breach
of Sections 10 and 11 by him, the Company is entitled to withhold providing payments or consideration, to equitable relief to prevent
continued breach, to recover damages and to seek any other remedies available to the Company. This provision with respect to injunctive
relief shall not, however, diminish the right of the Company to claim and recover damages or other remedies in addition to equitable relief.


 


(f)      Extension of Time. In the event that Executive breaches any covenant, obligation or duty in Sections 10 and 11 or their
subparts, any such duty, obligation, or covenants to which the parties agreed by Sections 10 and 11 and their subparts shall automatically
toll from the date of the first breach, and all subsequent breaches, until the resolution of the breach through private settlement, judicial
or other action, including all appeals. The duration and length of Executive’s duties and obligations as agreed by Sections 10 and
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12.          
Miscellaneous.


 


(a)     Taxes. Executive agrees to be responsible for the payment of any taxes due on any and all compensation, stock option,
or benefit provided by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. Executive agrees to indemnify the Company and hold the Company harmless
from any and all claims or penalties asserted against the Company for any failure to pay taxes due on any compensation, stock option,
or benefit provided by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. Executive expressly acknowledges that the Company has not made, nor herein
makes, any representation about the tax consequences of any consideration provided by the Company to Executive pursuant to this Agreement.


 


(b)     Modification/Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, superseded, canceled, renewed or expanded, or any
terms or covenants hereof waived, except by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto or, in the case of a waiver, by the party
waiving compliance. Failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect
his or its right at a later time to enforce the same. No waiver by a party of a breach of any term or covenant contained in this Agreement,
whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of
agreement contained in the Agreement.


 


(c)     Attorneys’ Fees. The prevailing party shall have the right to collect from the other
party its reasonable costs and necessary disbursements and attorneys’ fees incurred in enforcing this Agreement.


 


(d)     Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor or assignee
of the business of the Company. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive.


 


(e)     Notices. All notices given hereunder shall be given by certified mail, addressed, or delivered by hand, to the other
party at his or its address contained in the Company’s records. Executive promptly shall notify Company of any change in Executive’s
address. Each notice shall be dated the date of its mailing or delivery and shall be deemed given, delivered or completed on such date.


 


(f)      Governing Law; Personal Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement and all disputes relating to this Agreement shall be governed
in all respects by the laws of the State of New York as such laws are applied to agreements between New York residents entered into and
performed entirely in New York. The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes the minimum contacts to establish personal jurisdiction
in New York and agree to New York court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction. The Parties further agree that any disputes relating
to this Agreement shall be brought in courts located in the State of New York.


 


(g)     Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with any equity grants under the Plan set forth the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto with regard to the employment of the Executive by the Company and supersede any and all prior agreements,
arrangements and understandings, written or oral, pertaining to the subject matter hereof. No representation, promise or inducement relating
to the subject matter hereof has been made to a party that is not embodied in these Agreements, and no party shall be bound by or liable
for any alleged representation, promise or inducement not so set forth.


  


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties have each duly executed this Executive Employment Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


 


  


	NEXGEL, INC.	 	EXECUTIVE
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	 /s/ Steven Glassman	 	/s/ Adam Levy
	 	Steven Glassman	 	Adam Levy
	 	Chairman	 	 


 


 









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