EX-10.01






CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT




This Change In Control Agreement is effective as of the 13th day of April
2012 (“Effective Date”) between Wright Express Corporation (“WEX”), a Delaware corporation
headquartered in South Portland, Maine and Steven Elder (the “Executive”).



WHEREAS, WEX employs the Executive as its Chief Financial Officer and desires to retain the
Executive who is amongst its key personnel and to eliminate any distraction or concerns of the
Executive in the event of a Change in Control.



NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:



SECTION I

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT IN 

THE EVENT OF A CHANGE IN CONTROL




A. If the Executive’s employment terminates due to either a Without Cause Termination or a
Constructive Discharge, in either case within the time period beginning 90 days before a Change in
Control (as defined herein) and ending 365 days after a Change in Control, then WEX will pay the
Executive (or his surviving spouse, estate or personal representative, as applicable) (i) a cash
payment equal to the sum of the Executive’s then current Base Salary plus his then current target
Incentive Compensation Award, multiplied by 200%, payable, at the Company’s option (but subject to
Section II hereof), in either one lump sum, equal installments not less frequently than once per
month over a twelve month period, or a combination of lump sum and equal installments not less
frequently than once per month over a twelve month period, and (ii) any and all Base Salary and
Incentive Compensation Awards earned but unpaid through the date of such termination and any
legitimate unreimbursed business expenses. In addition, upon such termination, those of the
Executive’s outstanding and unvested WEX stock options and unvested WEX restricted stock units held
by the Executive as of the date of termination will immediately become vested. In addition, WEX
shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum an amount equal to the present value of WEX’s share of the
cost of medical and dental insurance premiums for a twenty-four (24) month period, which amount
shall be paid in the next regularly scheduled payroll period immediately following the
effectiveness of the release required by Section I(C) hereof. Nothing contained herein is intended
to limit any of the Executive’s vested benefits under any WEX benefit plan or program, including
but not limited to rights with respect to stock options, restricted stock units or long term
incentive awards.



B. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:



(i) “Termination for Cause” means termination because of (i) the Executive’s willful failure
to substantially perform his duties as an employee of WEX or any subsidiary thereof (other than any
such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), (ii) any act of fraud,
embezzlement, gross misconduct, dishonesty or similar conduct, in each case against WEX or any
subsidiary thereof, (iii) the Executive’s conviction of or indictment for a felony or any crime
involving moral turpitude, (iv) the Executive’s gross negligence in the performance of his duties,
(v) the Executive’s knowing or negligent making of a false certification to WEX pertaining to its
financial statements, or (vi) the Executive’s knowing or grossly negligent violation of any
provision of Section III of this Agreement or any knowing violation of WEX’s Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics. WEX will provide the Executive a written notice that describes the
circumstances being relied on for the termination with respect to this paragraph. In the event that
WEX terminates the Executive’s employment without Cause but the Company later discovers evidence
not known at the time of termination that would have justified a Termination for Cause under this
paragraph, the Company may terminate the payment of all amounts to the Executive pursuant to
Section I, excluding any and all Base Salary and Incentive Compensation Awards earned but unpaid
through the date of such termination and any legitimate unreimbursed business expenses.



(ii) “Constructive Discharge” means the Executive resigns in response to: (i) any material
failure of WEX to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement (including without limitation any
material reduction of the Base Salary, as the same may be increased during the Period of
Employment), (ii) a material and adverse change to the Executive’s positions, duties and
responsibilities with or to WEX, (iii) the relocation of the Executive’s primary business office to
a location more than 50 miles from Portland, Maine or (iv) WEX’s failure to cause this Agreement to
be assumed by any successor to the business of WEX. The Executive will provide WEX a written notice
that describes the circumstances being relied on for the termination with respect to this paragraph
within sixty (60) days after the event giving rise to the notice. WEX will have sixty (60) days
after receipt of such notice to remedy the situation prior to the termination for Constructive
Discharge.



(iii) “Without Cause Termination” or “Terminated Without Cause” means termination of the
Executive’s employment by WEX other than due to death, disability, or Termination for Cause.



(iv) “Change in Control” means the happening of any of the following events:



(a) An acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3)
or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (any of which,
a “Person”) resulting in such Person having beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of either (i) the then-outstanding shares of
common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (ii) the combined voting
power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); excluding, however, the
following: (A) Any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of
the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired
directly from the Company, (B) Any acquisition by the Company, (C) Any acquisition by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by
the Company, or (D) Any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii) of Section I(B)(iv)(c);or



(b) A change in the composition of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) such
that the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (such Board shall be
hereinafter referred to as the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority of the Board; provided, however, for purposes of this definition, that any individual who
becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election, or nomination for
election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those
individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or
deemed to be such, pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a
member of the Incumbent Board; but, provided further, that any such individual whose initial
assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (i.e., a
solicitation of the type that was, or would have been, subject to Rule 14a-12(c) of Regulation 14A
promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board shall not be so considered as a member of
the Incumbent Board; or



(c) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of shares or assets of
another company (“Corporate Transaction”); excluding, however, such a Corporate Transaction
pursuant to which (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the
beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company
Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly
or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock (or equity
interests), and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent governing body, if applicable), as the
case may be, of the entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including an entity which as
a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock
and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than the
Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity resulting from
such Corporate Transaction) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of,
respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock (or equity interests) of the entity resulting
from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities
of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent
governing body, if applicable) except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the
Corporate Transaction, and (iii) individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will
constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing
body, if applicable) of the entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or



(d) The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution
of the Company.



C. Conditions to Payment. All payments due to the Executive under this Section I
shall be made as soon as practicable in accordance with Section I; provided, however, that such
payments, shall be subject to, and contingent upon, the execution by the Executive (or his
beneficiary or estate) of a release of any and all claims against WEX and its affiliates in such
reasonable form and substance adopted by WEX. Such release shall not waive, release or limit (A)
any rights the Executive has, or may have, to indemnification and/or advancement of expenses (1)
under the Articles or Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, or other corporate governance documents
of WEX, to the extent arising out of (x) claims asserted other than by WEX or its affiliates or (y)
claims raised derivatively by a shareholder on behalf of WEX or its affiliates, or (2) under
applicable law, or (B) any coverage or rights to coverage the Executive may have under insurance
maintained by WEX relating to the Executive’s actions on behalf of WEX within the scope of and
during the course of his employment with WEX. The Company will provide Executive with a copy of
such release not later than 21 days (45 days if Executive’s termination is part of an exit
incentive or other employment termination program offered to a group or class of employees) before
Executive’s termination of employment. Executive shall deliver the executed release to the Company
not later than eight days following his date of termination. The payments due to the Executive
under this Section I shall be in lieu of any other severance benefits otherwise payable to the
Executive under any severance plan of WEX or its affiliates and/or any other agreement or
arrangement. Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the Executive’s entitlement to any other
vested accrued benefits to which he (or his estate if applicable) is then entitled under WEX’s
applicable employee benefit plans, including without limitation any disability or life insurance
plan benefits which may become payable.



SECTION II

OTHER TERMS RELATING TO TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 

PAYMENTS; REIMBURSEMENTS; SECTION 409A EXEMPTIONS: 

DELAYED PAYMENTS UNDER SECTION 409A




A. Time of Payment. Amounts payable under Section I following Executive’s termination
of employment, other than those expressly payable on a deferred basis that are subject to Section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“409A”), will be paid (i) to the maximum extent possible under
the Separation Pay Plan Exemption (as defined in Section II(D) hereof), with the amounts subject to
such Exemption being paid no later than the last day of Executive’s second taxable year following
Executive’s taxable year in which the termination occur and (ii) otherwise pursuant to and in
compliance with the Short-Term Deferral Exemption (as defined in Section II(C) hereof), with the
amounts subject to such Exemption being paid no later than March 15 of the calendar year following
the year of termination.



B. Reimbursements. Any reimbursements made or in-kind benefits provided under this
Agreement shall be subject to the following conditions:



(i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided in any one
taxable year of Executive shall not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or
in-kind benefits provided in any other taxable year of Executive;



(ii) the reimbursement of any expense shall be made no later than the last day of Executive’s
taxable year following Executive’s taxable year in which the expense was incurred (unless this
Agreement specifically provides for reimbursement by an earlier date);



(iii) the right to reimbursement of an expense or payment of an in-kind benefit shall not be
subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.



C. Short-Term Deferral Exemption. It is intended that payments made under this
Agreement due to Executive’s termination of employment that are not otherwise subject to 409A which
are paid on or before the 15th day of the third month following the end of Executive’s taxable year
in which his termination of employment occurs shall be exempt from compliance with 409A pursuant to
the exemption for short-term deferrals set forth in Section 1.409A-l(b)(4) of the Treasury
Regulations (“Regulations”).



D. Separation Pay Exemption. It is intended that payments made under this Agreement
due to Executive’s Without Cause Termination or Constructive Discharge that are not otherwise
subject to 409A which do not exceed two times the lesser of (a) the Executive’s annualized
compensation (determined in accordance with the Regulations) or (b) the maximum amount that may be
taken into account under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code ($245,000 for 2011) shall be exempt from
compliance with 409A pursuant to the exemption for separation pay set forth in Section
1.409A-l(b)(9) of the Regulations.



E. Six-Month Delay for Specified Employees. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, payments to be made under this Agreement upon termination of Executive’s
employment which are subject to 409A (“409A Payments”) shall be delayed for six months following
such termination of employment if Executive is a Specified Employee as defined below on the date of
termination of employment. Any 409A Payment due within such six-month period shall be delayed to
the end of such six-month period.



(i) The Company will adjust the 409A Payment to reflect the deferred payment date by
multiplying the payment or reimbursement by the product of the six-month CMT Treasury Bill
annualized yield rate as published by the U.S. Treasury for the date on which such payment or
reimbursement would have been made but for the delay multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days by which such payment or reimbursement was delayed and the denominator
of which is 365.



(ii) The Company will make the adjusted 409A Payment at the beginning of the seventh month
following Executive’s termination of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if calculation of
the amounts payable by any payment date specified in this Subsection E is not administratively
practicable due to events beyond the control of Executive (or Executive’s beneficiary or estate)
and for reasons that are commercially reasonable, payment will be made as soon as administratively
practicable in compliance with 409A and the Regulations thereunder. In the event of Executive’s
death during such six-month period, payment will be made in the payroll period next following the
payroll period in which Executive’s death occurs.



(iii) “Specified Employee”. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Specified Employee” shall mean
an employee of the Company who satisfies the requirements for being designated a “key employee”
under Section 416(i)(l)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Code without regard to Section 416(i)(5) of the
Code at any time during a calendar year, in which case such, employee shall be considered a
Specified Employee for the twelve-month period beginning on the first day of the fourth month
immediately following the end of such calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all employees
who are nonresident aliens during an entire calendar year are excluded for purposes of determining
which employees meet the requirements of Section 416(i)(l)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Code without
regard to Section 416(i)(5) of the Code for such calendar year. The term “nonresident alien” as
used herein shall have the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.409A- l(j). In the event of
any corporate spinoff or merger, the determination of which employees meet the requirements of
Section 416(i)(l)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Code without regard to Section 416(i)(5) of the Code
for any calendar year shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.409A-l(i)(6).



SECTION III

OTHER DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE 

DURING AND AFTER THE PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT




A. Cooperation with Legal Claims. The Executive will, with reasonable notice during or
after the Period of Employment, furnish information as may be in his possession and reasonably
cooperate with WEX and its affiliates as may reasonably be requested in connection with any claims
or legal action in which WEX or any of its affiliates is or may become a party. The foregoing shall
not unreasonably interfere with the Executive’s duties to any successor employer and the Company
shall reimburse the Executive for any reasonable expenses incurred for providing such assistance.



B. Protection of Confidential Information.



(i) Acknowledgement. The Company and the Executive acknowledge that the services to be
performed by the Executive under this Agreement are unique and extraordinary and that, as a result
of the Executive’s employment, the Executive will be in a relationship of confidence and trust with
the Company and will come into possession of Confidential Information (as defined below) that is
(1) owned or controlled by the Company, (2) in the possession of the Company and belonging to third
parties or (3) conceived, originated, discovered or developed, in whole or in part, by the
Executive. “Confidential Information” means trade secrets and other confidential or proprietary
business, technical, personnel or financial information, whether or not the Executive’s work
product, in written, graphic, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, including
specifications, samples, records, data, computer programs, drawings, diagrams, models, customer
names, business or mailing addresses, ID’s or e-mail addresses, business or marketing plans,
studies, analyses, projections and reports, communications by or to attorneys (including
attorney-client privileged communications), memos and other materials prepared by attorneys or
under their direction (including attorney work product), and software systems and processes. Any
Confidential Information that is not readily available to the public shall be considered to be a
trade secret and confidential and proprietary, even if it is not specifically marked as such,
unless the Company advises the Executive otherwise in writing.



(ii) Nondisclosure. The Executive agrees that the Executive will keep the Confidential
Information in strictest confidence and trust, and will not, without the prior written consent of
the Company, directly or indirectly, use or disclose Confidential Information to any person, during
or after the Executive’s employment, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of
performing the Executive’s duties under this Agreement. This Section III(B) shall apply
indefinitely, both during and after the Executive’s employment.



(iii) Surrender Upon Termination. The Executive agrees that, in the event of the
termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, at any time, the Executive will
immediately deliver to the Company all property belonging to the Company, including documents and
materials of any nature pertaining to the Executive’s work with the Company, and will not take with
the Executive any documents or materials of any description, or any reproduction thereof of any
description, containing or pertaining to any Confidential Information. It is understood that the
Executive is free to use information that is in the public domain, but not as a result of a breach
of this Agreement.



C. Restrictions.



(i) During the Executive’s employment and for the Post Termination Period thereafter
(collectively, the “Restricted Period”), the Executive will not knowingly use his status with WEX
or any of its affiliates to obtain loans, goods or services from another organization on terms that
would not be available to him in the absence of his relationship to WEX or any of its affiliates.
The Post Termination Period means a period of two (2) years following the Executive’s termination
of employment, if, in connection with such termination, the Executive receives a severance under
Section I of this Agreement..



(ii) During the Restricted Period, the Executive will not make any statements or perform any
acts intended or reasonably calculated to advance the interest of any existing or prospective
Competing Enterprise or in any way to injure the interests of or disparage WEX or any of its
affiliates.



(iii) During the Restricted Period, the Executive, without prior express written approval by
the Chief Executive Officer of WEX, will not become employed by, render services to or directly or
indirectly (whether for compensation or otherwise) own or hold a proprietary interest in, manage,
operate, or control, or join or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of,
or furnish any capital to or be connected in any manner with, any Competing Enterprise.



(iv) For purposes of this Section III, a “Competing Enterprise” means any entity, organization
or person engaged, or planning to become engaged, in substantially the same or similar business to
that being conducted or actively and specifically planned to be conducted within the Restricted
Period by WEX or its subsidiaries, owned or controlled. It includes, without limitation: (i) the
business of developing, managing, operating, marketing, processing, financing, or otherwise being
involved in providing any products or services for the benefit of or use by commercial vehicle or
aviation fleets through charge cards, credit cards, procurement cards or any other form of payment
services or electronic commerce; (ii) the sale, distribution or publication of petroleum product
pricing or management information or other products or services currently sold or contemplated to
be sold by WEX or any of its owned or controlled subsidiaries, and (iii) the business of
developing, managing, operating, marketing, processing, financing, or otherwise being involved in
providing commercial travel, entertainment, purchasing or payroll credit cards or payment services.
The restrictions in this Section shall not be construed to prevent the Executive from working for a
business entity that does not compete with WEX or its subsidiaries simply because the entity is
affiliated with a Competing Enterprise, so long as the entity is operationally separate and
distinct from the Competing Enterprise and the Executive’s job responsibilities at that entity are
unrelated to the Competing Enterprise. The Executive acknowledges that WEX’s and its subsidiaries’
businesses are conducted nationally and agrees that the provisions in this paragraph, shall operate
throughout the United States.



(v) During the Restricted Period, the Executive, without express prior written approval from
the Chief Executive Officer, will not solicit any then-current clients, customers or private label,
co-brand or similar strategic partners of WEX or any of its affiliates. In addition, during the
Restricted Period, the Executive, without express prior written approval from the Chief Executive
Officer, will not discuss with any employee of WEX or any of its affiliates information related to
the operation or potential operation of any Competing Enterprise.



(vi) During the Restricted Period, the Executive will not interfere with the employees or
affairs of WEX or any of its affiliates or solicit or induce any person who is an employee of WEX
or any of its affiliates to terminate any relationship such person may have with WEX or any of its
affiliates. In addition, neither the Executive nor any entity he controls or person he employs
shall, during such period, directly or indirectly engage, employ or compensate any employee of WEX
or any of its affiliates. The Executive hereby represents and warrants that the Executive has not
entered into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with any employee of WEX or any of its
affiliates pertaining to any business in which the Executive has participated or plans to
participate, or to the employment, engagement or compensation of any such employee.



(vii) For the purposes of this Agreement, “proprietary interest” means legal or equitable
ownership, whether through stock holding or otherwise, of an equity interest in a business, firm or
entity or ownership of more than 1% of any class of equity interest in a publicly-held company and
the term “affiliate” when used with respect to WEX will include without limitation all subsidiaries
of WEX.



D. The Executive hereby acknowledges that damages at law may be an insufficient remedy to WEX
if the Executive violates the terms of this Agreement and that WEX will be entitled, upon making
the requisite showing, to preliminary and/or permanent injunctive relief in any court of competent
jurisdiction to restrain the breach of or otherwise to specifically enforce any of the covenants
contained in this Section IX without the necessity of showing any actual damage or that monetary
damages would not provide an adequate remedy. Such right to an injunction will be in addition to,
and not in limitation of, any other rights or remedies WEX may have. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, neither party will oppose any motion the other party may make for any
expedited discovery or hearing in connection with any alleged breach of this Section III.



E. The Executive agrees that the restrictions contained in this Section III are an essential
element of the compensation the Executive is granted hereunder and but for the Executive’s
agreement to comply with such restrictions, WEX would not have entered into this Agreement.



F. This Section III will continue in full force in accordance with its terms notwithstanding
any termination of Executive’s employment.



SECTION IV

MITIGATION




The Executive will not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for
hereunder by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor will the amount of any such payment be
reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer
after the date the Executive’s employment hereunder terminates or by offset against any amount
claimed to be owed by the Executive to WEX, or otherwise. The parties’ respective obligations
hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances,
including without limitation any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the
other party hereto may have.



SECTION V

TAXATION




The Executive acknowledges and agrees that WEX may directly or indirectly withhold from any
payments under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes that will be required
pursuant to any law or governmental regulation. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the terms of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in a manner
consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Regulations so as not to
subject Executive to the payment of any tax or interest which may be imposed under such section,
and the Company shall have no right to accelerate or make any payment under this Agreement to the
extent such action would subject Executive to the payment of any tax or interest under such
section. If all or a portion of the benefits and payments provided under this Agreement constitute
taxable income to Executive for any taxable year that is prior to the taxable year in which such
payments and/or benefits are to be paid to Executive, as a result of the Agreement’s failure to
comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Regulations, the applicable
payment or benefit shall be paid immediately to Executive to the extent such payment or benefit is
required to be included in income.



SECTION VI

EFFECT OF PRIOR AGREEMENTS




This Agreement will supersede any prior agreement between the Executive on the one hand, and
WEX (or any of its affiliates or parents) on the other hand concerning the subject matter hereof
and any such prior agreement will be deemed terminated without any remaining obligations of either
party thereunder.



SECTION VII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS




Nothing in this Agreement will preclude WEX from consolidating or merging into or with, or
transferring all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation that assumes this
Agreement and all obligations and undertakings of WEX hereunder. Upon such a consolidation, merger
or sale of assets the term “WEX” will mean the other corporation and this Agreement will continue
in full force and effect.



SECTION VIII

MODIFICATION, WAIVER, TERMINATION AND SURVIVAL




This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in writing signed by the parties. No term
or condition of this Agreement will be deemed to have been waived except when waived in writing by
the party charged with waiver. A waiver will operate only as to the specific term or condition
waived and will not constitute a waiver for the future or have any impact on anything other than
that which is specifically waived. Notwithstanding the above, the Company may unilaterally
terminate this Agreement by providing at least 12 months prior written notice to the Executive of
such termination and in which case this Agreement shall have no further effect from and after the
effective date of termination specified in such notice; provided, however, that the provisions of
Section III A, B, D, E and F (“Other Duties of the Executive During and After the Period of
Employment”), Section VII (“Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets”), Section VIII (“Modification,
Waiver, Termination and Survival”), Section IX (“Governing Law”), Section XI (“Not An Employment
Contract”) and Section XII (“Separability”) shall continue in full force in accordance with their
terms notwithstanding such termination of the Agreement.



SECTION IX

GOVERNING LAW




This Agreement has been executed and delivered in the State of Maine and its validity,
interpretation, performance and enforcement will be governed by the internal laws of that state.



SECTION X

ARBITRATION




A. Any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
breach hereof which cannot be settled by mutual agreement (other than with respect to the matters
covered by Section III for which WEX may, but will not be required to, seek injunctive relief) will
be finally settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act (or if not
applicable, the applicable state arbitration law) as follows: Any party who is aggrieved will
deliver a written notice to the other party setting forth the specific points in dispute. Any
points remaining in dispute twenty (20) days after the giving of such written notice may be
submitted by either party, upon ten (10) days prior written notice to the other party, to
arbitration in Portland, Maine, to the American Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator
appointed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association,
National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes, modified only as herein expressly
provided. The arbitrator may enter a default decision against any party who fails to participate in
the arbitration proceedings.



B. The decision of the arbitrator on the points in dispute will be final, and binding, and
judgment on the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.



C. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the arbitrator will be authorized to
apportion his/her fees and expenses as the arbitrator deems appropriate. In the absence of any such
apportionment, the fees and expenses of the arbitrator will be borne equally by each party, and
each party will bear the fees and expenses of its or his own attorney.



D. The parties agree that this Section X has been included to rapidly and inexpensively
resolve any disputes between them, with respect to this Agreement, and that this Section X will be
grounds for dismissal of any court action commenced by either party with respect to this Agreement,
other than post-arbitration actions seeking to enforce an arbitration award, or matters covered by
Section III. In the event that any court determines that this arbitration procedure is not binding,
or otherwise allows any litigation regarding a dispute, claim, or controversy covered by this
Agreement to proceed, the parties hereto hereby waive any and all right to a trial by jury in or
with respect to such litigation and do hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court
within the State of Maine.



E. The parties will keep confidential, and will not disclose to any person, except as may be
required by law, the existence of any controversy hereunder. the referral of any such controversy
to arbitration or the status or resolution thereof.



SECTION XI

NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT




The Executive acknowledges that this Agreement does not constitute a contract of employment
and does not imply that the Company will continue the Executive’s employment for any period of
time.



SECTION XII

SEPARABILITY




All provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. In the event any provision or
restriction contained herein is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, in whole or in
part, such finding will in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of
this Agreement. The parties hereto further agree that any such invalid or unenforceable provision
will be deemed modified so that it will be enforced to the greatest extent permissible under law,
and to the extent that any court of competent jurisdiction determines any restriction herein to be
unreasonable in any respect, such court may limit this Agreement to render it reasonable in the
light or the circumstances in which it was entered into and specifically enforce this Agreement as
limited.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement this 13th day of April, 2012
and effective as of the date first above written.




WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION




/s/ Michael E. Dubyak

By: MICHAEL E. DUBYAK

Title: Chief Executive Officer





/s/ Steven Elder




	 	 	STEVEN ELDER