EX-10.13



 Exhibit 10.13 
  





 
 CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETITION, NON-SOLICITATION 

AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

THIS CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETITION, NON-SOLICITATION, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 1, 2015 by and between Wright Medical Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with all its subsidiaries and affiliates owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, now or
in the future, the “Company”), and Robert J. Palmisano (“Employee”). 
 I N T R O D U C T I O N:

 A. The Company designs, manufactures and markets orthopaedic medical devices and biologics. The Company conducts business in a highly
competitive market and has invested significant time and resources in developing its products, business, customer relationships, and employee relationships. 

B. The Company must protect its confidential and proprietary information, and its relationships with customers, prospective customers, and
other entities doing business with the Company, which the Company has developed on the Company’s behalf and at the Company’s expense, which constitute valuable assets of the Company and which the Company would not otherwise make accessible
to Employee. 
 C. As a condition of Employee’s employment and access to confidential and proprietary Company information, and of
Employee being permitted to develop knowledge regarding relationships with the Company’s customers and prospective customers, Employee and the Company agree to enter into and comply with this Agreement. 

A G R E E M E N T: 
 In
consideration of the Company’s offer of employment, compensation, benefits, and the mutual promises and covenants set forth in this Agreement, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
Employee and the Company agree to be bound by and comply with this Agreement: 
 1. Confidentiality. 

1.1 Except as required by, or in connection with the performance of, Employee’s duties to the Company, Employee shall not, at any time
during employment by the Company or thereafter, directly or indirectly disclose, furnish, make use of, or make accessible to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity, any Confidential Information (as defined below) developed or obtained while
Employee was in the employ of the Company. The restrictions contained in this Section 1 shall not apply to such Confidential Information, if any, which is in the public domain, so long as Employee was not responsible, directly or indirectly,
for such Confidential Information entering the public domain without the Company’s consent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions of this Section 1 shall not apply (i) when disclosure is required by
law or by legal process issued by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with apparent jurisdiction to order Employee to disclose or make accessible any information; provided, however,
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Employee shall, to the extent permitted by law or such legal process, give immediate notice to the Company upon receipt of any legal process that may compel disclosure of Confidential Information
and that Employee shall, to the extent permitted by law or such legal process, refrain from disclosure until the Company shall have reasonable opportunity to intervene or otherwise act to prevent compulsion of disclosure or to protect its
Confidential Information, (ii) with respect to any litigation, arbitration or mediation involving the Employment Agreement between the Company and Employee (the “Employment Agreement”) or any other agreement between or among
the parties hereto; provided, however, that Employee will reasonably agree to such orders or agreements that may be necessary to prevent public disclosure of Confidential Information, or (iii) in connection with any assistance provided by
Employee pursuant to Section 19 of the Employment Agreement. 
 1.2 As used in this Agreement, “Confidential
Information” means all information of the Company, whether or not developed by Employee, and all information of its customers and suppliers, including without limitation any formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique
or process, that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can derive economic value from its disclosure or use. Confidential
Information includes but is not limited to trade secrets, and it may relate to such matters as research and development, manufacturing processes, management systems and techniques, the identity and requirements of customers, the identity of
suppliers, strategic or financial data or plans, and sales and marketing plans and information. Confidential Information does not lose its confidential status merely because it was known by a limited number of persons or entities or because it did
not originate entirely with the Company. 
 1.3 Employee acknowledges that the above-described knowledge and information constitutes a
unique and valuable asset of the Company and represents a substantial investment of time and expense by the Company, that the Company would not grant Employee access to such knowledge and information in the absence of this Agreement, and that any
disclosure or other use of such knowledge or information other than for the sole benefit of the Company would be wrongful and would cause irreparable harm to the Company. Employee shall refrain from intentionally committing any acts that would
materially reduce the value of such knowledge or information to the Company. 
 2. Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Covenants. 

2.1 Agreement Not to Compete. During the term of Employee’s employment with the Company and for a period of one year from and
after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such termination is with or without cause, or whether such termination is at the instance of Employee or the Company (the “Restricted Period”), Employee
shall not, for himself or herself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any third party, engage or participate, either individually or as an employee, consultant or principal, partner, agent, trustee, officer, director, investor or shareholder of a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity that engages in a Competitive Business (as that term is defined in the Employment Agreement) anywhere in the World. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this
Section 2.1 shall be deemed to preclude Employee from acquiring and holding less than 1% of the outstanding capital stock of any corporation required to file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the securities of which are listed on any national securities exchange or traded on the over-the-counter market. 

2.2 Agreement Not to Solicit Employees. During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of
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solicit, induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company to leave his or her employment with the Company in order to accept employment with Employee or with any other person or entity
with which Employee is or may become associated, affiliated or connected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not constitute a violation of this Section 2.2 for Employee to discuss employment opportunities with any employee of the Company
or its Affiliates if Employee has first discussed with and received the written approval of the Company’s Vice President, Human Resources (or, if such position is vacant, the Company’s then Chief Executive Officer). 

2.3 Agreement Not to Solicit Customers and Suppliers. 

(a) During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, cause or
attempt to cause any customer, prospective customer, vendor, supplier, or other contractor of the Company, known by Employee to be such (or which Employee should have known to be such), (i) to terminate, limit, or in any manner adversely modify
or fail to enter into any actual or potential business relationship with the Company or (ii) to enter into or expand any actual or potential business relationship with any person or entity engaged in a Competing Business. 

(b) For a period of two (2) years from and after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such
termination is with or without cause, or whether such termination is at the instance of Employee or the Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, solicit any person or entity, with
respect to any product or service competitive with any products or services of the Company at the time of the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, from whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, to the
knowledge of Employee (or of which Employee should reasonably have had knowledge), directly or indirectly solicited business or to whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, submitted proposals to perform services on behalf of the
Company at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment. For purposes of this Section 2.3(b), “Subordinates” shall include any of the Company’s employees reporting
directly or indirectly to Employee at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment. 

2.4 Judicial Modification. If the duration of, the scope of, or any business activity covered by any provision of this Section 2
is in excess of what a court of competent jurisdiction under this Agreement determines to be valid and enforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be construed to cover only that duration, scope or activity that such court determines to
be valid and enforceable, and the Company and Employee consent to the judicial modification of the scope and duration of the restrictions in this Section 2 in any proceeding brought to enforce such restrictions so as to make them valid,
reasonable and enforceable. Employee hereby acknowledges that this Section 2 shall be given the construction which renders its provisions valid and enforceable to the maximum extent, not exceeding its express terms, possible under applicable
law. 
 3. Patents, Copyrights and Related Matters. 

3.1 Inventions. As used in this Agreement, the term “Invention” means discoveries, inventions, innovations, materials,
suggestions, mask works, works of authorship, know-how and ideas (whether or not shown or described in writing or reduced to practice), conceived, reduced to practice, authored, or developed by Employee or jointly with others, whether or not
patentable, copyrightable or registerable. “Company Inventions” means any Inventions which (a) relate directly to the business of the 

  
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Company; (b) relate to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development; (c) result from any work performed by Employee for the Company, for which
equipment, supplies, facility or Confidential Information is used; or (d) is developed on any Company time. 
 3.2 Disclosure of
Prior Inventions. Employee has identified on Exhibit A to this Agreement all Inventions relating in any way to the Company’s business or relating to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development that
were made by Employee prior to employment with the Company, and Employee represents that such list is complete. Employee represents that Employee has no rights in any such Inventions other than those specified in Exhibit A. If there is no
such list on Exhibit A, Employee represents that Employee has made no such Inventions at the time of signing this Agreement. 
 3.3
Obligations Regarding Company Inventions. Employee understands that the Company is continually developing new products, processes, systems and devices of which Employee may have knowledge. Employee agrees that during Employment, to the extent
Employee is involved with Company Inventions, Employee will (a) keep accurate, complete and timely records of all Company Inventions, which records shall be the Company’s property and be retained on the Company’s premises;
(b) promptly and fully disclose and describe all Company Inventions in writing; (c) assign (and Employee does hereby assign) to the Company all of Employee’s rights to all Company Inventions, and to applications for letters patent,
copyright registrations and/or mask work registrations in all countries and to letters patent, copyright registrations and/or mask work registrations granted upon such Company Inventions in all countries; and (d) acknowledge and deliver
promptly to the Company (without charge to the Company but at the Company’s expense) such written instruments and to do such other acts as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to preserve Company Inventions against forfeiture,
abandonment, or loss, and to obtain, defend or maintain such letters patent, copyright registrations and/or mask work registrations, and to vest the entire right and title thereto in the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein, in some circumstances, the provisions of this Section 4 may not apply to inventions for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Company was used and which were developed entirely on Employee’s own
time, and (a) which do not relate directly to the business of the Company or to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, and (b) which do not result from any work performed by Employee for the Company.

 3.4 Future Inventions. Employee recognizes that Company Inventions or Confidential Information relating to Employee’s
activities while working for the Company and conceived or made by Employee, alone or with others, within one (1) year after termination of employment may have been conceived in significant part while employed by the Company. Accordingly,
Employee agrees that such post-employment Inventions and proprietary information will be presumed to have been conceived during employment with the Company and are to be assigned and are hereby assigned to the Company unless and until Employee has
established the contrary. 
 3.5 Appointment of Company as Agent/Attorney-in-Fact. In the event that the Company is unable for any
reason to secure Employee’s signature to any document required to apply for or execute any patent, copyright, maskwork or other applications with respect to any Company Inventions (including improvements, renewals, extensions, continuations,
divisions or continuations in part thereof), Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as Employee’s agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and on behalf and instead of
Employee, to execute and file any such application and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights, maskworks or other rights thereon with the same legal force and effect as if executed by
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 4. Return of Records and Property; Cooperation. 

4.1 Upon termination of Employee’s employment, upon Employee’s resignation, or at any time immediately upon the Company’s
request, Employee shall promptly deliver to the Company any and all loaners, tool kits, Company records and any and all Company property in Employee’s possession or under Employee’s control and all copies thereof (whether in hard copy or
stored in electronic or magnetic media, whether furnished by the Company or compiled by Employee, and whether or not containing Confidential Information), including without limitation products, formulae, technology, processes, marketing plans, price
lists, customer lists, prospect lists, manuals, books, blank forms, documents, correspondence, memoranda, notes, notebooks, reports, printouts, computer disks, computer tapes, source codes, data, tables, calculations, and all other materials or
information relating to the business of the Company, and keys, access cards, access codes or other access information, passwords, credit cards, personal computers, telephones and other electronic equipment belonging to the Company. 

4.2 Upon termination of Employee’s employment or at any time as requested by the Company, Employee agrees to make available to any person
designated by the Company all information that Employee has concerning work Employee performed for the Company and any pending, reasonably anticipated or past transactions that may affect operation of the Company. 

5. No Conflicting Obligations. Employee represents and warrants to the Company that Employee is not contractually prohibited from
executing and abiding by this Agreement, and that Employee’s employment with the Company, and the performance of any duties as an Employee of the Company, will not breach or conflict with any non-competition, confidentiality, or other
obligations to another employer. Employee further represents and warrants that Employee has not brought and will not bring to his employment by the Company any confidential or proprietary information, including trade secrets, of prior employers and
agrees not to make use of or disclose such confidential or proprietary information in carrying out Employee’s duties. 
 6.
Remedies. Employee hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Company and that any violation of the provisions of this Agreement by Employee would cause
substantial and irreparable harm to the Company. Employee further acknowledges that it would be difficult to fully compensate the Company for monetary damages resulting from any breach by Employee of the provisions hereof. Accordingly, in the event
of any actual or threatened breach of any such provisions, the Company shall, in addition to any other remedies it may have, be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief to enforce such provisions, and such relief may be granted without the
necessity of proving actual monetary damages. Employee agrees that in the event Employee is found to have breached (or threatened to breach) any provision of this Agreement, Employee will be liable to Employer for reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs which the Employer incurred in enforcing this Agreement. 
 7. Miscellaneous. 

7.1 Governing Law. In order to provide Employee and Company with certainty and predictability, the Employee and Company agree that all
matters relating to the interpretation, construction, application, validity and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule, whether
of the State of Tennessee or any other jurisdiction, that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Tennessee. 

  
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 7.2 Mandatory Jurisdiction and Venue. In order to facilitate efficient litigation and
to provide Employee and Company with certainty and predictability, Employee and Company agree that the state courts of the State of Tennessee and/or the federal district courts, Western District of Tennessee, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for
the purpose of interpreting, enforcing, and resolving all issues of law, equity, or fact, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, and all other claims and disputes related to Employee’s employment with and/or separation from
employment with the Company. Any action involving such claims or disputes shall be brought in such courts. Each party consents to personal jurisdiction over such party in the state courts of the State of Tennessee and/or the federal district courts,
Western District of Tennessee, and hereby waives any defense of lack of personal jurisdiction. Venue, for the purpose of all such suits, shall be in the state or federal courts located in Shelby County, Tennessee. 

7.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Employment Agreement and the various agreements referenced in the Employment Agreement and
the exhibits thereto contain the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter addressed therein and supersede all prior agreements and understandings with respect to such subject matter, except as otherwise specifically provided to
the contrary in the Employment Agreement, and the parties hereto have made no other agreements, representations or warranties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. 

7.4 Amendments. No amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be deemed effective unless made in writing and signed by an
authorized officer of the Company and Employee. 
 7.5 No Waiver. No term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
waived, except by a statement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought. Any written waiver shall not be deemed a continuing waiver unless specifically stated, shall operate only as to the specific term or
condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of such term or condition for the future or as to any act other than that specifically waived. Failure of the Company to require strict compliance with this Agreement or to enforce or seek to
enforce this Agreement in response to a breach by Employee does not constitute a waiver of the Company’s right subsequently to seek enforcement as to that breach or any other breach of this Agreement. 

7.6 Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, by either party without the prior written consent of the
other party, except that the Company may, without the consent of Employee, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement (i) to any entity affiliated with the Company, (ii) in connection with a merger or consolidation involving
the Company, or (iii) to any corporation or other person or business entity to which all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Company may be sold or transferred, directly or indirectly. After any such assignment by the Company,
the assignee shall thereafter be deemed to be “the Company” for purposes of all terms and conditions of this Agreement, including this Section 7. 

7.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and such executed counterparts shall constitute one
Agreement. This Agreement may be executed by signatures delivered by facsimile or in PDF or other electronic format, which shall be deemed to be an original. 

7.8 Severability. Subject to Section 2.4, to the extent that any portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable, it shall be considered deleted herefrom and the remainder of such provision and of this Agreement shall be unaffected and shall continue in full force and effect. 

  
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 7.9 Captions and Headings. The captions and paragraph headings used in this Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement or any of the provisions hereof. 

7.10 Tolling. Employee understands and agrees that in the event of any breach of his or her obligations under Section 2 of this
Agreement, the period of restraint applicable to such obligations shall be automatically tolled for the amount of time the violation continues. 

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 By signing below, Employee acknowledges that he has read, understands, agrees to comply with,
and agrees to be bound by the foregoing Confidentiality, Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Intellectual Property Rights Agreement. 
 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Employee has signed this Agreement below and the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed below by its duly authorized representative. 

 

			
	EMPLOYEE:
		
	Signature:	 	 /s/ Robert J. Palmisano

		
	Name:	 	 Robert J. Palmisano

		
	Date:	 	 October 15, 2015

	
	COMPANY:
	
	WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
		
	Signature:	 	 /s/ James A. Lightman

		
	Name:	 	 James A. Lightman

		
	Title:	 	 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

		
	Date:	 	 October 15, 2015




  
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 Exhibit A 

Prior Inventions 
 None. 

  
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