Exhibit
10.1


EMPLOYMENT
AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT


 


This EMPLOYMENT
AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 30, 2022, is among CURO Group Holdings Corp., a Delaware
corporation (“CURO”), CURO Management LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“CMLLC”), and Ismail Dawood (“Employee”).
As used in this Agreement, the term “CURO” includes both CURO and CMLLC, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.


 


1.       Employment.
CURO hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby accepts employment, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.


 


2.       Duties.
Employee shall be employed as the Chief Financial Officer of CURO. In such capacity, Employee shall have the responsibilities and duties
customary for such office and such other executive responsibilities and duties which are consistent with Employee’s position. At
all times during the performance of this Agreement, Employee will adhere to the rules and regulations (the “Policies”) that
have been or may hereafter be established by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CURO (and any committee thereof) for
the conduct of employees of CURO and its subsidiaries or for the position or positions held by Employee. Employee agrees to devote substantially
all of Employee’s time and best efforts to the performance of Employee’s duties to CURO.


 


3.       Term.
Employee’s term of employment shall be effective as of January 3, 2023 (the “Effective Date”) and shall continue until
terminated in accordance with Section 6 below.


 


4.       Compensation
and Benefits. Until the termination of Employee’s employment hereunder, in consideration for the services of Employee, CURO
shall compensate Employee as follows:


 


(a)       Base
Salary. As referenced in the terms sheet dated November 22, 2022 (the “Terms Sheet”), CURO shall pay Employee, in accordance
with CURO’s then current payroll practices, an annual base salary (the “Base Salary”). As of the Effective Date, Employee’s
Base Salary is $550,000. The Base Salary shall be periodically reviewed by CURO and may be increased but not decreased.


 


(b)       Short-Term
Incentive Compensation. For each calendar year during the term of this Agreement, Employee shall be eligible to participate in CURO’s
annual short-term incentive program, with a target annual short-term incentive compensation award as determined annually by the full Board
(the “STIP Award”). Employee’s target 2023 STIP Award is set forth in the Terms Sheet. Subject to the foregoing, the
performance targets, allocation of the aggregate award among those performance targets and threshold and stretch potential shall be approved
annually by the Board and shall be substantially similar to the terms and conditions applicable to awards made to other executive officers.
Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, any STIP Award actually earned by Employee in any calendar year shall be paid to Employee
at the same time and manner as CURO pays annual short-term incentive compensation awards to other



    	 		 



     


    




executive officers, subject
to Employee’s employment through the applicable performance period.


 


(c)
       Long-Term Incentive Compensation. For each calendar year during the term of this Agreement,
Employee shall be eligible to participate in CURO’s long-term incentive compensation program (the “LTIP Award”). The
LTIP Award shall be in the amount and form of equity (subject to vesting and other terms) as determined annually by the full Board and
shall be evidenced by an award agreement in the form used by CURO for other senior executives; provided, however, that with respect
to the annual LTIP Award to be made in 2023 (the “2023 LTIP Award”) only, if Employee’s employment is terminated prior
to the second anniversary of the Effective Date by the Company under Section 6(d) or by Employee under Section 6(e), any unvested time-based
restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the 2023 LTIP Award will accelerate and become vested as of the Employee’s last
date of employment. Employee’s expected target 2023 LTIP Award is set forth in the Terms Sheet.


 


(d)       Sign-On
Equity Grant. Subject to approval by the Board or relevant committee, Employee shall be entitled to receive a grant of 100,000 RSUs
under the Company’s 2017 Incentive Plan with a grant date of the Effective Date, which shall vest ratably over four years (the “Sign-On
Grant”). The Sign-On Grant will be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement in the form used by CURO for other senior executives,
subject to the following terms. If Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company under Section 6(d) or by Employee under Section
6(e), any unvested RSUs under the Sign-On Grant will accelerate and become vested as of Employee’s last date of employment.


(e)       Vacation.
Employee shall be part of CURO’s flexible paid time off program which has no fixed number or predetermined amount of vacation or
sick days per year. Any vacation shall be taken at the reasonable and mutual convenience of CURO and Employee.


 


(f)       Insurance;
Other Benefits. Employee shall be entitled to receive any health, accident, disability and life insurance and other employee benefits
provided by CURO under group health, accident, disability and life insurance plans and other employee benefit plans and fringe benefits
maintained by CURO for its full-time, salaried executive employees as such benefits may be modified from time-to-time by the Board. In
addition, Employee is entitled to participate in CURO’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan on terms consistent with other
senior executives of CURO.


 


(g)       Withholding.
All amounts payable by CURO to Employee hereunder (including, but not limited to, Base Salary and STIP Award) shall be reduced prior to
the delivery of such payment to Employee by an amount sufficient to satisfy any applicable federal, state, local or other withholding
tax requirements.


 


5.       Expenses.
CURO shall reimburse Employee for all documented reasonable expenses of types authorized by CURO and incurred by Employee in the performance
of Employee’s duties hereunder. Employee shall comply with such budget limitations and approval and reporting requirements with
respect to expenses as CURO may establish from time-to-time.


 






    	 		 



     


    

6.       Termination.
Employee’s employment hereunder shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until the expiration of the term as contemplated
by Section 3 above, except that the employment of Employee hereunder shall earlier terminate:


 


(a)       Death.
Upon Employee’s death.


 


(b)       Disability.
At the option of CURO, in the event of Employee’s Disability (as defined below), upon 30 days’ written notice from CURO.
For purposes hereof, Employee shall be deemed to have a “Disability” if Employee is unable (as reasonably determined in good
faith by the Board), on account of a physical or mental illness, injury or disease or combination thereof, to substantially perform Employee’s
material duties and obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than 90 consecutive days or for a total of 180 days within any
12-month period.


 


(c)       For
Cause. For “Cause” immediately upon written notice by CURO to Employee. For purposes of this Agreement, a termination
shall be for Cause if the Board shall reasonably determine, that any one or more of the following has occurred:


 


(i)  
Employee shall have committed an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation or breach of fiduciary duty against CURO or any of its
subsidiaries (CURO and all of its subsidiaries, collectively, the “Companies”), including, but not limited to, the
offer, payment, solicitation or acceptance of any unlawful bribe or kickback with respect to the business of any of the
Companies;


 


(ii)  
Employee shall have committed or been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of, or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, any
felony or any other crime that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business or reputation of any
of the Companies;


 


(iii)  
Employee shall have committed a material breach of any of the covenants, terms and provisions of Sections 7, 8 or 9 hereof or of
CURO’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or other written policy adopted by the Board;


 


(iv)  
Employee shall have breached in any material respects any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (excluding §§7,
8 and 9 hereof), and such breach, if curable, shall have continued or not been remedied for a period of 10 days after written
notice to Employee specifying such breach in reasonable detail (and during which time Employee may be suspended with pay);


 


(v)  
Employee shall have refused, after written notice, to obey any lawful resolution of or direction by the Board which is consistent
with Employee’s duties hereunder;


 


(vi)  
Employee shall be chronically absent from work (excluding disability (as defined in the applicable plan or program), vacation,
illnesses or leaves of absence approved by the Board) and such absence shall continue following written notice to Employee;









    	 		 



     


    

(vii)  
Employee, subject to Section 1 hereof, shall have failed to devote substantially all of Employee’s full time and best
efforts to the performance of Employee’s duties to CURO and such failure continues for more than 10 days after written
notice of such failure has been given to Employee; or


 


(viii)  
Employee shall have engaged in the unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of illegal drugs or shall have
possessed illegal, unpermitted or unregistered weapons, in each case on the premises of CURO or any of its direct or indirect
subsidiaries.


 


(d)       Resignation
or Termination Without Cause. At any time, upon written notice by either CURO or Employee to the other party hereto.


 


(e)       Resignation
For Good Reason. Employee may terminate employment for “Good Reason” upon prior written notice to CURO, provided that
(x) such notice shall be provided by Employee no later than 90 days after the applicable Good Reason event, (y) CURO shall have an opportunity
to cure for a period of 30 days (or shorter period as provided below), and (iii) such termination of employment shall occur no later than
90 days after CURO has failed to cure. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Good Reason” shall mean:


 


(i)
a material breach by CURO of any of its obligations under this Agreement that shall have continued for a period of 30 days
after written notice to CURO specifying such breach in reasonable detail and that is continuing as of the date of termination;
or


 


(ii)  
any other action by CURO which results in a material diminution in Employee’s title, position, compensation, status, reporting
relationships, authority, duties or responsibilities, other than insubstantial or inadvertent actions not taken in bad faith which
are remedied by CURO within 10 business days after receipt of notice thereof given by Employee.


 


(f)       Rights
and Remedies on Termination.


 


(i)  
If Employee’s employment hereunder is terminated for any reason (including those reasons specified in Sections 6(a) through
6(e)), then Employee (or Employee’s estate, as applicable) shall be entitled to receive (i) any accrued but unpaid Base Salary
through the date of termination of employment, (ii) any accrued but unused vacation time through the date of termination of
employment, subject to and in accordance with all applicable CURO policies, (iii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business
expenses incurred through the date of termination of employment, and (iv) all other compensatory payments and employee benefits to
which Employee is entitled upon termination of employment under the terms of any compensatory arrangement or employee benefit plan
(collectively, the “Accrued Obligations”).


 


(ii)  
If Employee’s employment hereunder is terminated by CURO pursuant to Section 6(d) or by Employee pursuant to Section 6(e),
then Employee shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the Accrued Obligations, (a) payment, in accordance with
CURO’s then-current payroll practices, of Employee’s Base Salary in effect at the time of such termination (the
“Termination Date”) for a 12-month period following such termination (the “Severance Period”); 



    	 		 



     


    

(b) any STIP Award earned for a completed calendar
year pursuant to Section 4(b) but not yet paid as of the Termination Date; (c) to the extent that the Board determines that CURO
was on track to meet the current calendar year STIP Award targets contemplated by Section 4(b) at the Termination Date and those targets
are actually met for such calendar year, the amount of the applicable STIP Award prorated for the number days elapsed (out of 365) in
such year prior to such Termination Date (it being understood and agreed that any STIP Award or prorated STIP Award payable pursuant
to clauses (b) or (c) above shall be paid at such time as such STIP Awards would have otherwise been payable under Section 4(b));
(d) to the extent permitted by applicable law without any penalty to Employee or CURO and subject to Employee’s election of
COBRA continuation coverage under CURO’s group health plan for Employee and/or Employee’s spouse or other eligible dependents,
on the first regularly scheduled payroll date of each month of the Severance Period during which Employee and/or Employee’s spouse
or eligible dependents are receiving COBRA continuation coverage under CURO’s group health plan (the “COBRA Continuation
Period”), CURO will pay Employee an amount equal to the “applicable percentage” of the monthly COBRA premium cost for
such coverage; provided that the payments pursuant to this clause (d) shall be made on an after-tax basis and cease earlier than the
expiration of the COBRA Continuation Period in the event (and to the extent) that Employee becomes eligible to receive any health benefits,
including through a spouse’s employer, during the COBRA Continuation Period or Employee and/or Employee’s spouse or other
eligible dependents otherwise cease receiving COBRA continuation coverage; and (e) outplacement services up to $25,000. For purposes
hereof, the “applicable percentage” shall be the percentage of Employee’s health care premium costs for the applicable
coverage that is paid by CURO as of the date of termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) Employee’s right to receive
the foregoing payments and benefits is expressly conditioned upon receipt by CURO, within the time frame specified by Section 11(i)(iv),
of a written release executed by Employee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to CURO, of any and all claims or causes of
action of any nature relating directly or indirectly to such Employee’s employment or termination of employment by CURO, and (y) in
the event that Employee breaches any of the covenants, terms or provisions of Sections 7, 8 or 9 hereof, without limiting any other rights
that CURO may have, CURO’s obligation to make payments under this Section 6(f)(ii) shall immediately terminate.


 (iii)  
In the event any payments or benefits otherwise payable to Employee, whether or not pursuant
to this Agreement, (a) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (b) but for this Section 6(f)(iii), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section
4999 of the Code, then such payments and benefits will be either (x) delivered in full, or (y) delivered as to such lesser extent that
would result in no portion of such payments and benefits being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever of the
foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes and the excise tax imposed
by Section 4999 of the Code (and any equivalent state or local excise taxes), results in the receipt by Employee on an after-tax basis,
of the greatest amount of benefits, notwithstanding that all or some portion of such payments and benefits may be taxable under Section
4999 of the Code. Unless CURO and Employee otherwise agree in writing, any determination required under this Section 6(f)(iii) will be
made in writing by the public accounting firm that is retained by CURO as of the date immediately prior to the change in control (“Accountants”).
In the event that the Accountants are serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity, or group 



    	 		 



     


    

effecting the change in control,
Employee will appoint another nationally recognized public accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting
firm will then be referred to as the “Accountants”). The determination of the Accountants will be conclusive and binding
upon Employee and CURO for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 6(f)(iii), the Accountants
(1) may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes, (2) may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations
concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code, and (3) shall take into account a “reasonable compensation”
(within the meaning of Q&A-9 and Q&A-40 to Q&A 44 of the final regulations under Section 280G of the Code) analysis of the
value of services provided or to be provided by Employee, including any agreement by Employee (if applicable) to refrain from performing
services pursuant to a covenant not to compete or similar covenant applicable to Employee that may then be in effect (including, without
limitation, those contemplated by Section 8 of this Agreement). CURO and Employee agree to furnish to the Accountants such information
and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this provision. CURO will bear all costs
the Accountants may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this provision.


 


To the extent such aggregate
parachute payment amounts are required to be so reduced, the parachute payment amounts due to Employee (but no non-parachute payment
amounts) shall be reduced in the following order: (A) the parachute payments that are payable in cash shall be reduced (if
necessary, to zero) with amounts that are payable last reduced first; (B) payments and benefits due in respect of any equity, valued
at full value (rather than accelerated value) (as such values are determined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1, Q&A 24)
shall be reduced in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the furthest in time; and
(C) all other non-cash benefits not otherwise described in clause (B) of this Section 6(f)(v) reduced last. In applying these
principles, any reduction or elimination of the payments shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A
of the Code and where two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction but payable at different times, such amounts
shall be reduced on a pro rata basis but not below zero.


 


(iv)  Except
as otherwise set forth in this Section 6(f) and Sections 4(c) and 4(d), Employee shall not be entitled to any severance, bonus or other
compensation after termination.


 


7.       Inventions;
Assignment. All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto)
related to the business of any of the Companies, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark or reduced to writing,
that Employee may discover, invent or originate during the term of Employee’s employment hereunder, either alone or with others
and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of any of the Companies (“Inventions”), shall be
the exclusive property of the Companies. Employee shall promptly disclose all Inventions to CURO, shall execute at the request of CURO
any assignments or other documents CURO may deem necessary to protect or perfect the rights of the Companies therein, and shall assist
the Companies, at the Companies’ expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Companies’ rights therein. Employee hereby
appoints CURO and each of the other Companies, individually, as Employee’s attorney in fact to execute on Employee’s behalf
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documents deemed necessary by CURO or any of the other Companies to protect or perfect their rights to any Inventions.


 


8.       Confidential
Information.





(a)               
Employee recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of, and information relating to, the Companies,
including, without limitation, information regarding the Companies’ methods of operation, financial information, strategic planning,
operational budgets and strategies, payroll data, management systems programs, computer systems, marketing plans and strategies, merger
and acquisition strategies and customer lists (“Confidential Information”) are valuable, special and unique assets or information
of the Companies and their affiliates. Employee shall not, during or after Employee’s term of employment, disclose any or any part
of the Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, association or any other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever,
directly or indirectly, except as may be required pursuant to Employee’s employment hereunder; provided, that Confidential Information
shall in no event include (i) Confidential Information which was generally available to the public at the time of disclosure by
Employee or (ii) Confidential Information which becomes publicly available other than as a consequence of the breach by Employee
of Employee’s confidentiality obligations hereunder. In the event of the termination of Employee’s employment, whether voluntary
or involuntary and whether by CURO or Employee, Employee shall deliver to CURO all documents and data pertaining to the Confidential
Information and shall not take with Employee any documents or data of any kind or any reproductions (in whole or in part) or extracts
of any items relating to the Confidential Information. In the event that Employee is legally compelled to disclose any of the Confidential
Information, Employee shall provide CURO with prompt written notice so that CURO, at its sole cost and expense, may seek a protective
order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. In the event that such protective order
or other remedy is not obtained, or that Employer waives compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, Employee shall furnish only
that portion of the Confidential Information that Employee is advised by counsel is legally required to be disclosed. 


(b)              
In addition, Employee understands that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit
Employee from (i) filing a charge or complaint with, participating in an investigation or proceeding conducted by, or reporting
possible violations of law or regulation to any federal, state or local government agency, (ii) truthfully responding to or complying
with a subpoena, court order or other legal process or (iii) exercising any rights Employee may have under applicable labor laws
to engage in concerted activity with other employees; provided however, that Employee agrees to forgo any monetary benefit from the filing
of a charge or complaint with a government agency except pursuant to a whistleblower program or where Employee’s right to receive
such a monetary benefit is otherwise not waivable by law. 


(c)              
Employee understands that the Defend Trade Secrets Act provides that Employee may not
be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in
confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose
of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or that is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other
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files a lawsuit for retaliation by any of the
Companies for reporting a suspected violation of law, Employee may disclose the trade secret to Employee’s attorney and use the
trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Employee files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not
disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.


 


9.       Post
Termination Covenants. During the term of Employee’s employment hereunder and for 12 months (“the Designated Period”)
after termination of Employee’s employment hereunder, Employee will not (a) anywhere within any county in which any of the
Companies conducts business, engage, directly or indirectly, alone or as a shareholder (other than as a holder of less than 1% of the
common stock of any publicly traded corporation), partner, officer, director, employee, consultant or advisor, or otherwise in any way
participate in or become associated with, any other business organization that is engaged or becomes engaged in any business that provides
the same or any substantially similar services or products offered by any of the Companies during the term of Employee’s employment
or at the time of Employee’s termination or that any of the Companies has notified Employee at any time prior to the time of such
termination that it proposes to conduct and for which any of the Companies have, prior to the time of such termination, expended substantial
resources (the “Designated Industry”), (b) solicit any employee of any of the Companies to leave its employ for alternative
employment, or hire or offer employment to any person to whom Employee actually knows any of the Companies has offered employment, (c)
solicit, or attempt to divert or otherwise interfere with the relationship with, any customers or suppliers of the Companies, and (d)
disparage the Companies or any of their officers, directors or employees other than in the performance of Employee’s duties to the
Companies. For purposes of this Section 9 only, the term “Companies” shall apply only to CURO and any subsidiary of CURO for
which Employee has provided material services or obtained material Confidential Information. Employee acknowledges that the provisions
of this Section 9 are essential to protect the business and goodwill of the Companies. Employee will continue to be bound by the provisions
of this Section §9 until their expiration and shall not be entitled to any compensation from CURO with respect thereto except as
provided above. If at any time the provisions of this Section 9 shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable by reason of being
vague or unreasonable as to area, duration or scope of activity, this Section 9 shall be considered divisible and shall become and be
immediately amended to only such area, duration and scope of activity as shall be determined to be reasonable and enforceable by the court
or other body having jurisdiction over the matter; and Employee agrees that this Section 9 as so amended shall be valid and binding as
though any invalid or unenforceable provision had not been included herein. Employee hereby acknowledges that Employee has agreed to be
bound by the provisions of this Section 9 in consideration for the compensation, severance and other benefits to be provided by CURO to
Employee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.


 


10.       Recoupment.
Any compensation paid or payable under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement between the
Employee and CURO shall be subject to any policy of CURO regarding the recoupment or clawback of compensation as in effect at the date
of this Agreement or as hereafter adopted or amended by the Board or required by applicable law, including to conform to regulations related
to recoupment or clawback of compensation adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.


 






    	 		 



     


    

11.       General.


 


(a)       Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly
given if delivered personally or if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or sent by written telecommunication
or telecopy, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall
have specified to the other party hereto in accordance with this Section 10(a):


 


If to CURO, to:


 


CURO Group Holdings Corp.


3615 North Ridge Road


Wichita, Kansas 67205


Attention: Chief Executive Officer


 


If to Employee, to Employee’s
last known address, as reflected in CURO’s records.


 


(b)       Equitable
Remedies. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that upon any breach by Employee of Employee’s obligations under
Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof, CURO will have no adequate remedy at law, and accordingly will be entitled to specific performance and other
appropriate injunctive and equitable relief.


 


(c)       Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any law, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired.


 


(d)       Waivers.
No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege.


 


(e)       Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including by telecopier), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


 


(f)       Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs and successors of each of the parties hereto, including any
entity which acquires substantially all of the assets or stock of CURO.


 


(g)       Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Terms Sheet and the documents containing the terms and conditions of the STIP Award
and LTIP Award, contain the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the
subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, any other employment agreements or any other agreements or memoranda entitling
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(including any bonus) from CURO or any of the Companies. This Agreement shall not be amended except by a written
instrument hereafter signed by each of the parties hereto.


 


(h)       Governing
Law. This Agreement and the performance hereof shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas,
without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.


 


(i)       Section
409A.


 


(i)  Purpose.
This Agreement is intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”), to the fullest extent possible, partially as an involuntary separation
pay plan as that term is understood under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9) and partially as providing for short-term deferrals
as that term is understood under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4) and will be interpreted and operated consistently with those
intentions. If an amount is to be paid under this Agreement in two or more installments, each installment shall be treated as a separate
payment for purposes of Section 409A. To the extent Section 409A is found to be applicable to this Agreement, this Agreement is to be
interpreted to comply with Section 409A and will be interpreted and operated consistently with those intentions. However, CURO does not
warrant to Employee that all compensation paid or delivered to Employee for Employee’s services will be exempt from, or paid in
compliance with, Section 409A.


 


(ii)  Amounts
Payable on Account of Termination. CURO will pay and provide Employee with the payments and benefits provided for under Section 6
of the Agreement if Employee’s employment terminates during the term of this Agreement in a manner that constitutes a “separation
from service” as that term is defined by Section 409A.


 


(iii)  Reimbursements.
Any taxable reimbursement of business or other expenses as specified under this Agreement shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) the expenses eligible for reimbursement in one taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other
taxable year; (2) the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made no later than the end of the year after the year in which
such expense was incurred; and (3) the right to reimbursement shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.


 


(iv)  Releases.
Any amounts otherwise payable on account of Employee’s separation from service under this Agreement which (1) are conditioned
in any part on a release of claims and (2) would otherwise be paid (assuming the release is given) prior to the last day on which
the release could become irrevocable assuming Employee’s latest possible execution and delivery of the release (such last day, the
“Release Deadline”) shall be paid, if ever, no sooner than the 60th day after Employee’s separation from
service, unless CURO elects to start such payments up to 30 days earlier.


 


(v)  Interpretative
Rules. In applying Section 409A to amounts paid pursuant to this Agreement, any right to a series of installment payments under
this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.


       



    	 		 



     


    

(vi)  Delay
Period. Notwithstanding any other timing provision in this Agreement, if, at the time any payment that is not exempt from Section
409A would commence due to a separation from service, and Employee is a “specified employee” as that term is defined by Section
409A of the Code, then no such payment under this Agreement may be paid before the date that is six months after Employee’s separation
from service (or, if earlier, before the date of the individual’s death). Payments that are not exempt from Section 409A and that
Employee would otherwise have been entitled to during those six months will be accumulated and paid on the first payroll date after six
months following Employee’s separation from service (or, if earlier, following the individual’s death). All payments that
are exempt from Section 409A, or that would otherwise be made more than six months following Employee’s separation from service,
will be made in accordance with the general timing provisions described above.


 


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally
bound hereby, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date and year first above written.





	CURO GROUP HOLDINGS CORP.	EMPLOYEE 

                                        







	By:	/s/Jillian Slagter	 	By:	/s/
    Ismail Dawood
	 	Jillian Slagter	 	 	Ismail Dawood
	Title:	Chief Administrative and HR Officer	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: 	December 1, 2022	 	Date:	November 30, 2022





 


 

	CURO MANAGEMENT LLC	  

                                      







	By:	/s/Jillian Slagter	 	
	 	Jillian Slagter	 	 
	Title: 	Vice President and HR Officer	 	
			 	 
	Date: 	December 1, 2022