Employment Agreement



 Exhibit 10.4 
  
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 BETWEEN 
 SONYA A. HUFFMAN 
 AND 
 FIRST STATES GROUP, L.P. 
  
 This Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of January 1, 2004 (“Effective Date”), between First States Group, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), and Sonya A. Huffman (the “Executive”): 
  
 WHEREAS, American Financial Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “REIT”), is a limited partner and the sole owner of the
general partner of the Company; 
  
 WHEREAS, this Agreement amends
and restates the Employment Agreement between the Company and the Executive, dated May 15, 2003 (the “May 2003 Agreement”); 
  
 WHEREAS, the May 2003 Agreement amended and restated the Employment Agreement between the REIT (which assigned that agreement to the Company) and the
Executive, dated September 10, 2002 (the “Original Agreement”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company wishes to continue to employ the Executive in the capacities and on the terms and conditions set out below, and the Executive has agreed to continue such employment, in the capacities and on the
terms and conditions set forth below. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, the
Company and the Executive, in consideration of the respective covenants set out below, hereby agree as follows: 
  
 1. EMPLOYMENT. 
  
 (a) POSITIONS. The Executive shall be employed by the Company as Senior Vice President – Operations. The Executive shall also be an
officer of the REIT as its Senior Vice President – Operations. 
  
 (b) DUTIES. The Executive shall report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “Chief Executive Officer”) and her principal employment duties and responsibilities shall be those duties and
responsibilities customary for this position as are assigned by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Trustees of the REIT (the “Board”). 
  
 (c) EXTENT OF SERVICES. Except for illnesses and vacation periods, the Executive shall devote all of her working time and attention and
her best efforts to the performance of her duties and responsibilities under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may (i) make any passive investment where she is not obligated or required to, and shall not in fact, devote
any managerial efforts, (ii) participate in charitable, academic or community activities, and in trade or professional organizations, or (iii) hold directorships in other companies consistent with the Company’s conflict of interest policies and
corporate governance guidelines as in effect from time to time. 
  









 (d) RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT. In the event the Company changes the principal place of
business at which the Executive performs her duties to a location that is outside of a 50 mile radius of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable relocation expenses, including but not limited to,
temporary housing for the Executive and her family. 
  
 2. TERM.
This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall continue in full force and effect thereafter until May 15, 2006 (the “Initial Term”); and shall be automatically be extended for an additional one (1) year renewal term
at the end of the Initial Term (a “Renewal Term”), and an additional one (1) year Renewal Term on each one year anniversary of the previous one year Renewal Term (the last day of the Initial Term and each such Renewal Term is referred to
herein as a “Term Date”), unless either party terminates this Agreement not later than sixty (60) days prior to a Term Date by providing written notice to the other party of such party’s intent not to renew, or it is sooner terminated
pursuant to Section 7. For purposes of this Agreement, “Term” shall mean the actual duration of the Executive’s employment hereunder, taking into account any extensions pursuant to this Section 2 or early termination of employment
pursuant to Section 7. 
  
 3. BASE SALARY. The Company shall pay
the Executive a base salary annually (the “Base Salary”), which shall be payable in periodic installments according to the Company’s normal payroll practices. The initial Base Salary shall be $215,000. The Board or the Compensation
and Human Resources Committee of the REIT (the “Compensation Committee”) shall review the Base Salary at least once a year to determine whether the Base Salary should be increased effective January 1 of any year during the Term; provided,
however, that on each January 1 during the Term, the Base Salary shall be increased by a minimum positive amount equal to the Base Salary in effect on January 1 of the prior year multiplied by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for
such year. The amount of the increase shall be determined before March 31 of each year and shall be retroactive to January 1. The Base Salary, including any increases, shall not be decreased during the Term. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Base Salary” shall mean the amount established and adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Section 3. 
  
 4. INCENTIVE AWARDS. 
  
 ANNUAL INCENTIVE BONUS. The Executive’s annual cash incentive bonus for 2003 shall be based on the provisions of the May 2003 Agreement. Beginning
January 1, 2004, and for each year thereafter, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an annual cash incentive bonus for each fiscal year during the Term of this Agreement consistent with a bonus policy adopted by the Compensation Committee for
each fiscal year containing individual performance goals for participants and corporate performance goals set at Threshold, Target and Maximum levels, and allocating each participant’s annual cash incentive bonus on a percentage basis between
individual and corporate performance goals (the “Bonus Policy”). For each fiscal year, the annual incentive bonus shall be determined under the Bonus Policy in effect for such fiscal year by how well the Executive has met her individual
performance goals and by how well the overall corporate goals have been met, as follows: 
  

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 total annual incentive bonus = individual performance bonus + corporate
performance bonus 
  
 where: 
  
 individual performance bonus = individual performance
level achieved (Threshold, Target or Maximum percentage) x individual goals allocation percentage x Base Salary 
  
 corporate performance bonus = corporate performance level achieved (Threshold, Target or Maximum percentage) x corporate goals
allocation percentage x Base Salary 
  
 The percentages established for the
Executive for the performance bonus levels for 2004 shall be 30% for Threshold Level, 50% for Target Level, and 125% for Maximum Level. After 2004 the percentages shall not be less than the 2004 percentages for each performance bonus level without
the written agreement of the Executive. If Executive or the Company, as the case may be, fails to satisfy the performance criteria contained in such Bonus Policy for a fiscal year, the Executive may be eligible to receive an incentive bonus for such
fiscal year, in such amount as is recommended by the Chief Executive Officer and subject to approval by the Compensation Committee. The annual incentive bonus shall be paid to the Executive no later than thirty (30) days after the date the
Compensation Committee approves the annual incentive bonus payable to the Executive for such fiscal year. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Incentive Bonus” shall mean the amount established pursuant to this Section 4(a).

  
 (a) OUTPERFORMANCE PLAN BONUS. The REIT has
established the 2003 Outperformance Plan (the “OPP”) as an incentive compensation plan for key employees with awards determined based on the annual and the three-year total return to shareholders of the REIT. The Executive shall be
eligible to participate in the OPP in an amount as determined by the Compensation Committee. 
  
 5. STOCK BASED AWARDS. 
  
 (a) 2002 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN OPTION GRANTS. The REIT has established the 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (“Equity Incentive Plan”). Under the Original Agreement, on the closing of the 144A Offering, the REIT granted the Executive an
initial grant of options (the “Initial Grant Options”) to purchase 125,000 common shares of beneficial ownership of the Company, par value $.001 (“Common Shares”). The Initial Grant Options have an exercise price of $10.00 per
share and a term of ten (10) years and will vest and become exercisable with respect to 25% of the underlying Common Shares on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant and 6.25% of the underlying Common Shares on the last day of each fiscal
quarter thereafter until fully vested; provided, however, that the Executive will be 100% vested in the Initial Grant Options upon (i) a Change in Control (as defined herein), (ii) a termination by the Company without Cause (as defined
herein), (iii) her death, (iv) her becoming Permanently Disabled (as defined herein), or (v) the Company’s failure to renew this Agreement. The Executive will forfeit all unvested Initial Grant Options if she is terminated at any time for
Cause, and will forfeit all unvested Initial Grant Options if she voluntarily terminates her employment with the Company for any reason. The Executive shall be eligible to receive future option grants as recommended by the Chief Executive Officer,
subject to review and approval by the Compensation Committee. 
  
 (b) 2002 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN RESTRICTED SHARE AWARDS. The Equity Incentive Plan provides for the issuance of Common Shares as restricted Common Shares 

  

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(“Restricted Share Grants”) to the extent that such Common Shares are available thereunder. On July 1, 2003, the REIT granted the Executive an
initial Restricted Share Grant for 72,000 Common Shares (the “Initial Restricted Share Grant”). The Executive shall be eligible to receive Restricted Share Grants as recommended by the Chief Executive Officer, subject to Compensation
Committee review and approval. The Compensation Committee has approved, subject to the effectiveness of this Agreement, a Restricted Share Grant to the Executive for 30,000 Common Shares to be granted on January 2, 2004 (the “January 2004
Restricted Share Grant”). The January 2004 Restricted Share Grant and future awards of Restricted Share Grants shall be on the following terms: vesting at the rate of 25% of the underlying Common Shares on the one-year anniversary of the
effective date of the grant of Common Shares as Restricted Share Grants and 6.25% of the underlying Common Shares on the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter until fully vested; provided, however, that the Executive will be 100% vested and all
restrictions will lapse upon (i) a Change in Control (as defined herein), (ii) a termination by the Company without Cause (as defined herein), (iii) her death, (iv) her becoming Permanently Disabled (as defined herein), or (v) the Company’s
failure to renew this Agreement. If the Executive is terminated for Cause or if she voluntarily terminates her employment for any reason, the Company has the right to repurchase any unvested Restricted Share Grants in accordance with the terms of
the Equity Incentive Plan. The Common Shares issued as Restricted Share Grants will have voting and dividend rights, and, following the restriction period, shall be registered and fully transferable by the Executive. 
  
 6. BENEFITS. 
  
 (a) VACATION. The Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation per full calendar year, which
shall accrue during the Executive’s employment with the Company. The Executive shall be entitled to cash in lieu of any accrued but unused vacation time in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy. 
  
 (b) SICK AND PERSONAL DAYS. The Executive shall be entitled
to sick and personal days pursuant to Company policy. 
  
 (c) EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. 
  
 (i)
PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. The Executive and her spouse and eligible dependents, if any, and their respective designated beneficiaries where applicable, will be eligible for and entitled to participate in any Company sponsored employee
benefit plans, including but not limited to benefits such as group health, dental, accident, disability insurance, group life insurance, and a 401(k) plan, as such benefits may be offered from time to time, on a basis no less favorable than that
applicable to other executives of the Company. 
  
 (ii) DISABILITY INSURANCE. The Company shall maintain, at its cost, supplemental renewable long-term disability insurance as agreed to by the Company and the Executive. 
  

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 (d) OTHER BENEFITS. 
  
 (i) ANNUAL PHYSICAL. The Company shall provide, at its cost, a medical examination for the Executive on an
annual basis by a licensed physician in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area selected by the Executive. 
  
 (ii) CAR ALLOWANCE. The Company shall pay Executive a monthly car allowance as determined by the Chief Executive Officer provided such
allowance is consistent with amounts paid to other similarly situated executives of the Company and is not less than $750.00 per month. 
  
 (iii) DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INSURANCE. During the Term and the Severance Period, the Executive shall be entitled to directors and
officers insurance coverage for her acts and omissions while an officer and director of the Company and the REIT on a basis no less favorable to her than the coverage provided to current officers and trustees. 
  
 (iv) EXPENSES, OFFICE AND SECRETARIAL SUPPORT. The Executive
shall be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, in accordance with the Company’s policy as in effect from time to time and on a basis no less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company, including, without
limitation, telephone, reasonable travel and reasonable entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business of the Company, promptly upon the presentation by the Executive of appropriate documentation. The Executive
shall also be entitled to appropriate office space, administrative support, and such other facilities and services as are suitable to the Executive’s positions and adequate for the performance of the Executive’s duties. 
  
 (e) MATERNITY LEAVE. Executive shall be entitled to eight
(8) weeks paid maternity leave. Executive may, in connection with her maternity leave, take any accrued and unused vacation and personal days. The Executive’s maternity leave shall not constitute a Termination of Employment and Executive’s
maternity leave shall constitute active service for purposes of determining vesting under all Company sponsored employee benefit plans, including but not limited to, the Equity Incentive Plan and the OPP. 
  
 7. TERMINATION. The employment of the Executive by the Company pursuant to
this Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following: 
  
 (a) DEATH OR PERMANENT DISABILITY. Immediately upon death or Permanent Disability of the Executive. As used in this Agreement, “Permanent Disability” shall mean an inability due to a physical or mental
impairment to perform the material services contemplated under this Agreement for a period of six (6) months, whether or not consecutive, during any 365-day period. A determination of Permanent Disability shall be made by a physician satisfactory to
both the Executive and the Company, provided that if the Executive and the Company do not agree on a physician, the Executive and the Company shall each select a physician and these two together shall select a third physician, whose determination as
to Permanent Disability shall be binding on all parties. The appointment of one or more individuals to carry out the offices or duties of the Executive during a period of the Executive’s inability to perform such duties and pending a
determination of Permanent Disability shall not be considered a breach of this Agreement by the Company. 
  

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 (b) FOR CAUSE. At the election of the Company and subject to the provisions of this
Section 7(b), immediately upon written notice by the Company to the Executive of her termination for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” for termination shall be deemed to exist solely in the event of (i) the conviction of the
Executive of, or the entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by the Executive to, a felony (exclusive of any felony relating to negligent operation of a motor vehicle and not including a conviction, plea of guilty or nolo
contendere arising solely under a statutory provision imposing criminal liability upon the Executive on a per se basis due to the Company offices held by the Executive, so long as any act or omission of the Executive with respect to such matter
was not taken or omitted in contravention of any applicable policy or directive of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer), (ii) a willful breach of her duty of loyalty which is materially detrimental to the Company, (iii) a willful failure to
perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties that are consistent with the terms of this Agreement, or the Company’s reasonable and customary guidelines of employment or reasonable and customary corporate governance guidelines or policies,
including without limitation any business code of ethics adopted by the Board, or to follow the lawful directives of the Board (provided such directives are consistent with the terms of this Agreement) which, in any such case, continues for thirty
(30) days after written notice from the Chief Executive Officer to the Executive, or (iv) gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive’s duties. For purposes of this Section 7(b), no act, or failure to act, on the
Executive’s part will be deemed “gross negligence” or “willful misconduct” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without a reasonable belief that the Executive’s act, or failure to
act, was in the best interest of the Company. The parties agree that in order to terminate the Executive pursuant to Subsections (ii) and (iv) hereof, the Company shall first be required to prove to the reasonable satisfaction of the Executive that
she engaged in improper conduct under these Subsections, and if the Executive shall not agree with the Company’s assessment of her conduct, then the Executive shall not be terminated until an arbitrator, as provided for in Section 13(b), has
determined that the Executive’s conduct constituted improper conduct under the applicable Subsection. 
  
 (c) WITHOUT CAUSE; VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION. At the election of the Company without Cause, and at the election of the Executive for any
reason, in either case upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Executive or the Company, as the case may be. 
  
 8. EFFECTS OF TERMINATION. 
  
 (a) TERMINATION ON PERMANENT DISABILITY OR BY THE COMPANY WITHOUT CAUSE. If the employment of the Executive should terminate by reason of
her becoming Permanently Disabled or a termination by the Company for any reason other than Cause, then the Company shall pay all compensation and benefits for the Executive as follows: 
  
 (i) any Base Salary, Incentive Bonus, expense reimbursements and all other compensation related payments
that are payable as of her termination of employment date that are related to her period of employment preceding her termination date, and 
  
 (ii) the prorated amount of the Incentive Bonus at the Target Level for both corporate and individual performance for the year in which
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occurs, prorated for the portion of such year during which the Executive was employed prior to the effective date of the termination, and 
  
 (iii) the amount equal to her Base Salary, at the rate in
effect on the effective date of her termination of employment, that would have been paid or payable for the duration of the Initial Term of this Agreement, or if greater, for 12 months (the “Severance Period”). 
  
 The sum of the amount payable under subsections (ii) and (iii) hereof is
referred to herein as her “Severance Payment”. 
  
 (iv) The Severance Payment shall be made in a single, lump sum cash payment before the later of (x) thirty (30) days after the effective date of the Executive’s termination of employment, and (y) the delivery of
the signed Release (as defined below) to the Company and the expiration of the Executive’s statutory period to revoke the Release. With respect to any Severance Payment attributable to a period after the expiration of 24 calendar months after
the termination of the Executive’s employment, such payment shall be reduced for compensation earned from other employment or self-employment after that date, and the Executive shall refund to the Company any amount due as a result of such
reduction. 
  
 (v) The Company shall allow the
Executive to continue to participate during the Severance Period in any healthcare, dental, vision and prescription drug plans in which the Executive was entitled to participate immediately prior tohertermination, to the same extent and upon the
same terms as the Executive participated in such plans prior tohertermination, provided that the Executive’s continued participation is permissible or otherwise practicable under the general terms and provisions of such benefit plans and
programs. During the Severance Period, the Company shall pay for the Executive’s continued participation in said healthcare, dental, vision and prescription drug plans, including but not limited to premiums for such programs. To the extent that
continued participation is neither permissible nor practicable, the Company shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide the Executive with substantially comparable benefits (without additional cost to the Executive) outside the scope of
such plans, including, without limitation, reimbursing the Executive forhercosts in obtaining such coverage, such as COBRA premiums paid by the Executive and/orhereligible dependents. If the Executive engages in regular employment
afterhertermination of employment (whether as an executive or as a self-employed person), any employee benefit and welfare benefits received by the Executive in consideration of such employment which are similar in nature to the healthcare, dental,
vision and prescription drug plans provided by the Company will relieve the Company of its obligation under this Section 8(a)(v) to provide comparable benefits to the extent of the benefits so received. 
  
 (vi) The Executive’s stock options awarded under the
Equity Incentive Plan (or any other or successor plan) shall immediately become 100% vested and she shall have a two-year period following the effective date of her termination of employment in which to exercise her vested stock options, including
those stock options that vested upon her termination of employment. 
  

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 (vii) The Executive’s restricted Common Shares awarded under the Equity Incentive
Plan (or any other or successor plan) shall immediately become 100% vested and all restrictions shall lapse. 
  
 (viii) The Executive shall vest in and receive a percentage of her total OPP allocation for the 3-year term of the OPP (the “OPP
Allocation”) equal to (x) the number of complete months the Executive had participated in the OPP through the effective date of her termination of employment, divided by (y) 36 (representing the total number of months in the OPP term), in lieu
of her scheduled vesting of her OPP Allocation under the OPP. This percentage of her OPP Allocation would be paid to the Executive (less any cash OPP payments previously received by the Executive) after the OPP reward is determined at the end of the
OPP plan term. 
  
 (ix) If the Severance Period
is less than 24 months, then the Noncompete Period in Section 11 shall be reduced to be equal to the Severance Period. 
  
 (x) All Severance Payments are contingent on Executive signing a release of claims, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(the “Release”). 
  
 (b) TERMINATION ON
DEATH. Upon a termination of employment due to the Executive’s death, the Executive shall become 100% vested in her stock options and restricted Common Shares awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan. The Executive’s personal representative
shall have a one-year period following the Executive’s death in which to exercise her vested stock options, including those stock options that vested on death. The Company shall pay to the Executive’s personal representative any Base
Salary, Incentive Bonus, expense reimbursements and all other compensation related payments that are payable as of her date of death and that are related to her period of employment preceding her date of death, and within 60 days after the
Executive’s death, shall pay to the Executive’s personal representative the prorated amount of the Incentive Bonus at the Target Level for both corporate and individual performance for the year in which the Executive’s death occurs,
prorated for the portion of the year during which the Executive was employed prior to her death. 
  
 (c) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE OR VOLUNTARILY BY THE EXECUTIVE. In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated by the
Company for Cause or voluntarily by the Executive, the Company shall pay the Executive her Base Salary, Incentive Bonus, expense reimbursements and all other compensation related payments that are payable as of her termination of employment date and
that are related to her period of employment preceding her termination date. If the Executive is terminated for Cause or if he voluntarily terminatesheremployment for any reason, he shall forfeit all unvested options, subject to Section 9(b) below,
and the Company has the right to repurchase any unvested Restricted Share Grants in accordance with the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan. 
  
 (d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from her employment with the Company for any
reason, notwithstanding anything else appearing in this Agreement or otherwise, the Executive will stop serving the functions of her terminated or expired position(s) and shall be without any of the authority or responsibility for such position(s).
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termination of employment for any reason, the Executive shall resign from the Board if then a member. 
  
 9. CHANGE OF CONTROL. 
  
 (a) CHANGE OF CONTROL. For purposes of this Agreement, a
“Change of Control” will be deemed to have taken place upon the occurrence of any of the following events: 
  
 (i) any person, entity or affiliated group, excluding the REIT or any employee benefit plan of the REIT, acquiring more than 50% of the
then outstanding voting shares of the REIT, 
  
 (ii) the consummation of any merger or consolidation of the REIT into another company, such that the holders of the voting shares of the REIT immediately prior to such merger or consolidation is less than 50% of the voting power of the
securities of the surviving company or the parent of such surviving company, 
  
 (iii) the complete liquidation of the REIT or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the REIT’s assets, such that after the transaction, the holders of the voting shares of the REIT immediately
prior to the transaction is less than 50% of the voting securities of the acquiror, or the parent of the acquiror, or 
  
 (iv) a majority of the Board of the REIT votes in favor of a decision that a Change of Control has occurred. 
  
 (b) CERTAIN BENEFITS UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL. In the event
of a Change of Control, the Executive shall become 100% vested in the stock options and restricted Common Shares awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan (or any other or successor plan) and if the Executive voluntarily terminates her employment for
any reason after the Change of Control, then the Executive shall have a one-year period following the Change of Control in which to exercise her vested stock options, including those stock options that vested upon the Change of Control. 

 
 (c) EXCISE TAX. 
  
 (i) In the event that any payment or benefit received or to
be received by the Executive in connection with a change in control or a termination of the Executive’s employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any person whose
actions result in a change in control or any person affiliated with the Company or such person) (all such payments and benefits being hereinafter called “Total Payments”), such that the Executive will be subject (in whole or in part) to
the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Excise Tax”) on such payments and benefits, then the Company shall pay to the Executive an additional amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”)
such that the net amount retained by the Executive, after deduction of the Excise Tax and any federal, state and local tax on the Gross-Up Payment, will be equal to the Total Payment. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment,
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state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of the Executive’s residence on such date, net of the
maximum deduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. 
  
 (ii) The Executive or the Company may request, prior to the time any payments under this Agreement are made, a determination of whether
any or all of the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and, if so, the amount of such Excise Tax and the federal, state and local tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment. If such a determination is requested, it shall be made promptly, at
the Company’s expense, by tax counsel selected by the Executive and approved by the Company (with such approval not being unreasonably withheld), and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on both parties. The Company agrees to
provide any information reasonably requested by such tax counsel. Tax counsel may engage accountants or other experts, at the Company’s expense, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable for them to reach a determination. For these purposes,
the term “tax counsel” shall mean a law firm with expertise in federal income tax matters. 
  
 (iii) In the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder, the Executive
will repay to the Company, at the time that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined, the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction plus that portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax
and federal, state and local income tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment, without any interest thereon. In the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder, the Company will make an additional Gross-Up
Payment in respect of such excess and in respect of any portion of the Excise Tax with respect to which the Company had not previously made a Gross-Up Payment (plus any interest, penalties or additions payable by the Executive with respect to such
excess and such portion) at the time that the amount of such excess is finally determined, without any interest thereon. 
  
 (iv) Each party agrees to notify the other party, in writing, of any claim that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company
of a Gross-Up Payment or might entitle the Company to a refund of all or part of any previous Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after the Executive or Company is
informed in writing of such claim or otherwise becomes aware of such claim. If notice of the claim arose as a result of a claim made against the Executive by a taxing authority, Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the
thirty (30) day period following the date on which she gives notice to the Company. If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall: (A) give the
Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim, (B) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation,
accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney selected by the Executive and approved by the Company (with such approval not being unreasonably withheld), (C) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to effectively
contest such claim, and (D) permit the Company to reasonably participate in any proceedings relating to such claim. The Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including legal fees and additional interest and penalties) incurred
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with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. 
  
 (v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall control
all audits and proceedings taken in connection with any claim, audit or proceeding involving Excise Taxes or Gross-Up Payments and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences
with the taxing authority in respect of any such claim, audit or proceeding and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the tax in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees
to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the
Executive to pay such tax and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to the Executive, (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis,
for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance. The Company shall be required to consult with and keep
the Executive fully apprised of developments and actions being considered or taken with respect to such claim, audit or proceeding. The Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which such a Gross-Up Payment
would be payable or refundable hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue. Each party agrees to keep the other party fully apprised of developments concerning such claim, audit or
proceeding and to cooperate with the other in good faith in order to effectively resolve such claim, audit or proceeding. 
  
 (vi) For purposes of this Subsection (c), a determination of whether a payment is subject to Excise Taxes, including but not limited to, a
determination of change in control, shall be made pursuant to Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
  
 10. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term
“Confidential Information” as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees of the Company, or others in a confidential relationship with the Company, and relating to
the Company’s business including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, proprietary Company programs, sales products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product
applications, technical processes, and trade secrets, as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired
knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive shall not, during or after the Term, disclose all 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 her employment hereunder, unless and until such Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive of her
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termination of her employment, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether by the Company or the Executive, the Executive shall deliver to the Company all
documents and data pertaining to the Confidential Information and shall not take with her 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. The Company
acknowledges that prior to her employment with the Company, the Executive has lawfully acquired extensive knowledge of the industries and businesses in which the Company engages in business, and that the provisions of this Section 10 are not
intended to restrict the Executive’s use of such previously acquired knowledge. 
  
 In the event that the Executive receives a request or is required (by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose all or any part of the
Confidential Information, the Executive agrees to (a) promptly notify the Company in writing of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such request or requirement, (b) consult with the Company on the advisability of taking legally
available steps to resist or narrow such request or requirement, and (c) assist the Company in seeking a protective order or other appropriate remedy. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained or that the Company waives
compliance with the provisions hereof, the Executive shall not be liable for such disclosure unless disclosure to any such tribunal was caused by or resulted from a previous disclosure by the Executive not permitted by this Agreement. 
  
 11. NON-COMPETITION AND NONSOLICITATION. During the Term and, except as
otherwise provided in Section 8(a)(ix), for a period of 24 calendar months after the termination of the Executive’s employment (the “Noncompete Period”), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, agent,
employee, employer, stockholder, partner or in any other capacity whatsoever: (a) engage or assist others engaged, in whole or in part, in any business which is engaged in a business or enterprise that is substantially similar to the business of the
Company that the Company was engaged in during the period of the Executive’s employment with the Company, or (b) without the prior consent of the Board, employ or solicit the employment of, or assist others in employing or soliciting the
employment of, any individual employed by the Company at any time while the Executive was also so employed; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 11 shall not apply in the event the Company materially breaches this
Agreement or the Release. 
  
 Nothing in this Section 11 shall
prohibit Executive from making any passive investment in a public company, or where she is the owner of five percent (5%) or less of the issued and outstanding voting securities of any entity, provided such ownership does not result in her being
obligated or required to devote any managerial efforts. 
  
 The
Executive agrees that the restraints imposed upon her pursuant to this Section 11 are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and that each and every one of the restraints is reasonable
in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area. The parties further agree that, in the event that any provision of this Section 11 shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its
being extended over too great a time, too large a geographic area or too great a range of activities, such provision shall be deemed to be modified to permit its enforcement to the maximum extent permitted by law. 
  

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 12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. During the Term, the Executive shall promptly disclose to the Company or any
successor or assign, and grant to the Company and its successors and assigns without any separate remuneration or compensation other than that received by her in the course of her employment, her entire right, title and interest in and to any and
all inventions, developments, discoveries, models, or any other intellectual property of any type or nature whatsoever (“Intellectual Property”), whether developed by her during or after business hours, or alone or in connection with
others, that is in any way related to the business of the Company, its successors or assigns. This provision shall not apply to books or articles authored by the Executive during non-work hours, consistent with her obligations under this Agreement,
so long as such books or articles (a) are not funded in whole or in part by the Company, and (b) do not contain any Confidential Information or Intellectual Property of the Company. The Executive agrees, at the Company’s expense, to take all
steps necessary or proper to vest title to all such Intellectual Property in the Company, and cooperate fully and assist the Company in any litigation or other proceedings involving any such Intellectual Property. 
  
 13. DISPUTES. 
  
 (a) EQUITABLE RELIEF. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that upon any breach by the Executive of her
obligations under Sections 10, 11, or 12 hereof, the Company will have no adequate remedy at law, and accordingly will be entitled to specific performance and other appropriate injunctive and equitable relief. 
  
 (b) ARBITRATION. Excluding only requests for equitable
relief by the Company under Section 13(a), in the event that there is any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach hereof, and the parties hereto shall not have resolved such claim or dispute within 60 days after
written notice from one party to the other setting forth the nature of such claim or dispute, then such claim or dispute shall be settled exclusively by binding arbitration in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the Employment
Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“Rules”), by an arbitrator mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto or, in the absence of such agreement, by an arbitrator selected according to such Rules.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either the Company or the Executive shall request, such arbitration shall be conducted by a panel of three (3) arbitrators, one selected by the Company, one selected by the Executive and the third selected by
agreement of the first two arbitrators, or, in the absence of such agreement, in accordance with such Rules. Judgment upon the award rendered by such arbitrator(s) shall be entered in any Court having jurisdiction thereof upon the application of
either party. The parties agree to use their reasonable best efforts to have such arbitration completed as soon as is reasonably practicable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except as provided in 13(c) below the losing party shall
pay the reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) of the prevailing party with respect to such arbitration, except the Executive, if she is the losing party, shall not be required to pay such expenses and costs
if the claim relates to statutory discrimination claims that she would not otherwise be required to pay if such claim had been brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. 
  
 (c) LEGAL FEES. The Company shall pay or promptly reimburse the Executive for the reasonable legal fees and
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defending any right of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement, even if the Executive does not prevail on each issue. 
  
 14. INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall indemnify the Executive, to the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, against all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained by the Executive, including the cost of legal counsel selected and retained by the Executive in connection with any action, suit or proceeding
to which the Executive may be made a party by reason of the Executive being or having been an officer, director, or employee of the Company or the REIT. 
  
 15. COOPERATION IN FUTURE MATTERS. The Executive hereby agrees that for a period of 18 months following her termination of employment she shall cooperate
with the Company’s reasonable requests relating to matters that pertain to the Executive’s employment by the Company, including, without limitation, providing information or limited consultation as to such matters, participating in legal
proceedings, investigations or audits on behalf of the Company, or otherwise making himself reasonably available to the Company for other related purposes. Any such cooperation shall be performed at scheduled times taking into consideration the
Executive’s other commitments, and the Executive shall be compensated at a reasonable hourly or per diem rate to be agreed upon by the parties to the extent such cooperation is required on more than an occasional and limited basis. The
Executive shall not be required to perform such cooperation to the extent it conflicts with any requirements of exclusivity of services for another employer or otherwise, nor in any manner that in the good faith belief of the Executive would
conflict with her rights under or ability to enforce this Agreement. 
  
 16. 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 sent by overnight courier or 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 in writing to the other party hereto, in
accordance with this Section 16(a). 
  

			
	 If to the Company, to:
	  	 First States Group, L.P.
 1725 The Fairway

Jenkintown, PA 19046
 Attn:     Nicholas S. Schorsch,
President and
     Chief Executive Officer
 Facsimile: 215-887-2585


  
 If to Executive, at
her last residence shown on the records of the Company. 
  
 Any
such notice shall be effective (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when receipted for, (iii) if mailed, five (5) days after being mailed, and (iv) on confirmed receipt if sent by written telecommunication
or telecopy, provided a copy of such communication is sent by regular mail, as described above. 
  

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 (b) 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. 
  
 (c) 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. 
  
 (d) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.

  
 (e) ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Company’s successors and the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the
Executive, it being understood and agreed that this is a contract for the Executive’s personal services. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Company except that the Company shall assign it in connection with a transaction involving
the succession by a third party to all or substantially all of the Company’s business and/or assets (whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise). When assigned to a successor, the
assignee shall assume this Agreement and expressly agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform it in the absence of such an assignment. For all purposes under this Agreement,
the term “Company” shall include any successor to the Company’s business and/or assets that executes and delivers the assumption agreement described in the immediately preceding sentence or that becomes bound by this Agreement by
operation of law. 
  
 (f) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This
Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, including the Original Agreement and the May 2003 Agreement, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof and may not
be amended except by a written instrument hereafter signed by the Executive and the Chief Executive Officer or a duly authorized representative of the Board (other than the Executive). 
  
 (g) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and the performance hereof shall be construed and governed in accordance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. 
  
 (h) CONSTRUCTION. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual
intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. Whenever any word is used herein in one
gender, it shall be construed to include the other gender, and any word used in the singular shall be construed to include the plural in any case in which it would apply and vice versa. 
  

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 (i) PAYMENTS AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS AFTER DEATH. Any amounts payable hereunder after the
Executive’s death shall be paid to the Executive’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, whether received as a designated beneficiary or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Executive may designate a beneficiary or
beneficiaries for all purposes of this Agreement, and may change at any time such designation, by notice to the Company making specific reference to this Agreement. If no designated beneficiary survives the Executive or the Executive fails to
designate a beneficiary for purposes of this Agreement prior to her death, all amounts thereafter due hereunder shall be paid, as and when payable, to her spouse, if she survives the Executive, and otherwise to her estate. 
  
 (j) CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. The Executive acknowledges
that she has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of her own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, and that the Company has not made any representations or
warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement. 
  
 (k) WITHHOLDING. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable income tax withholding required under
federal, state or local law. 
  
 (l) CONSUMER
PRICE INDEX. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “CPI” refers to the Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, U.S. City Average, All Items for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers (1982-1984=100). If the CPI is hereafter converted to a different standard reference base or otherwise revised, the determination of the CPI adjustment shall be made with the use of such conversion factor, formula or table for
converting the CPI, as may be published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or, if the bureau shall no longer publish the same, then with the use of such conversion factor, formula or table as may be published by an agency of the United States, or
failing such publication, by a nationally recognized publisher of similar statistical information. 
  
 (m) SURVIVAL. The provisions of Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 
  

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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 first above written. 
  

											
	 FIRST STATES GROUP, L.P.
	 	 	 	 SONYA A. HUFFMAN

	 By:
	 	 	 	 First States Group, LLC
 Its general partner
	 	 	 	 
						
	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 	 	 	 
			
	 Dated: January 1, 2004
	 	 	 	 Dated: January 1, 2004


  
 GUARANTEE: 
  
 For good and valuable consideration, including the Executive’s agreement to serve as an
officer of American Financial Realty Trust, the obligations of First States Group, L.P. under this Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 2004, with Sonya A. Huffman, shall be guaranteed by American Financial Realty Trust. 
  

			
	 AMERICAN FINANCIAL REALTY TRUST

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	 Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch

	 	 	 Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer


  
 Dated: January 1, 2004 
  

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 EXHIBIT A 
  

RELEASE AND WAIVER 
  
 This release and waiver (the “Termination Release”) is made as of the          day of
                        , 200   by
                                        
(the “Executive”). 
  
 WHEREAS, the Executive and First
States Group, L.P. (the “Company”) have entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of January 1, 2004 that provides for certain compensation and severance amounts upon her termination of employment; and

  
 WHEREAS, the Executive has agreed, pursuant to the terms of
the Agreement, to execute a release and waiver in the form set forth in this Release and Waiver (“Termination Release”) in consideration of the Company’s agreement to provide the compensation and severance amounts upon her termination
of employment set out in the Agreement; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the
Executive has incurred a termination of employment effective as of                     , 20    ; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to settle all rights, duties
and obligations between them, including without limitation all such rights, duties, and obligations arising under the Agreement or otherwise out of the Executive’s employment by the Company. 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound and for good and valid
consideration the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Executive agrees as follows: 
  
 1. RELEASE. In consideration for the payments to be made pursuant to the Agreement: 
  
 (a) Executive knowingly and voluntarily releases, acquits and forever discharges the Company, and its
respective owners, parents, stockholders, predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, divisions and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all charges, complaints, claims,
liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of action, suits, rights, costs, losses, debts and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, against
them which the Executive or any of her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (“Executive Persons”) ever had, now has or at any time hereafter may have, own or hold by reason of any matter, fact, or cause whatsoever from
the beginning of time up to and including the date of this Termination Release, including without limitation all claims for salary, bonuses, severance pay, vacation pay or any benefits arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended; any claims of sexual harassment, or discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, medical condition or disability under Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the American with Disabilities Act, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871, the Equal Pay Act, The Rehabilitation Act, The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as amended,
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employment; any claims of age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, or under
any other federal, state or local law prohibiting age discrimination; claims of breach of implied or express contract, breach of promise, misrepresentation, negligence, fraud, estoppel, defamation, infliction of emotional distress, violation of
public policy, wrongful or constructive discharge, or any other employment-related tort; any claim for costs, fees, or other expenses, including attorneys fees; and all claims under any other federal, state or local laws relating to employment,
except in any case to the extent such release is prohibited by applicable federal, state and/or local law. 
  
 (b) Executive represents that she has not filed or permitted to be filed against the Releasees, any complaints, charges or lawsuits and
covenants and agrees that she will not seek or be entitled to any personal recovery in any court or before any governmental agency, arbitrator or self-regulatory body against any of the Releasees arising out of any matters set forth in Section 1(a)
hereof. If Executive has filed a complaint, charge, grievance, lawsuit or similar action, she agrees to remove, dismiss or take similar action to eliminate such complaint, charge, grievance, lawsuit or similar action within five (5) days of signing
this Termination Release. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Termination Release is not intended to interfere with Executive’s right to file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “EEOC”) in connection with any claim she
believes she may have against the Company. However, Executive hereby agrees to waive the right to recover money damages in any proceeding she may bring before the EEOC or any other similar body or in any proceeding brought by the EEOC or any other
similar body on her behalf. This Termination Release does not release, waive or give up any claim for workers’ compensation benefits, vested retirement or welfare benefits she is entitled to under the terms of the Company’s retirement and
welfare benefit plans, as in effect from time to time, any right to unemployment compensation that Executive may have, or her right to enforce her rights under the Agreement. 
  
 2. CONFIRMATION OF OBLIGATIONS. Executive hereby confirms and agrees to her continuing obligation under the Agreement after
termination of employment not to directly or indirectly disclose to third parties or use any Confidential Information (as defined in the Agreement) that she may have acquired, learned, developed, or created by reason of her employment with the
Company. 
  
 3. CONFIDENTIALITY; NO COMPETITION; NONSOLICITATION.
Executive hereby confirms and agrees to her confidentiality, nonsolicitation and non-competition obligations under the Agreement. 
  
 4. NO DISPARAGEMENT. Each of the Executive and the Company agree not to disparage the other, including making any statement or comments or engaging in any
conduct that is disparaging or derogatory toward the Executive or the Company, as the case may be, whether directly or indirectly, by name or innuendo; provided, however, that nothing in this Termination Release shall restrict communications
protected as privileged under federal or state law to testimony or communications ordered and required by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction. 
  

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 5. CONFIDENTIALITY. Each of the Executive and the Company agree to keep the terms of this Termination
Release confidential and shall not disclose the fact or terms to third parties, except as required by applicable law or regulation or by court order; provided, however, that Executive may disclose the terms of this Termination Release to
members of her immediate family, her attorney or counselor, and persons assisting her in financial planning or tax preparation, provided these people agree to keep such information confidential; provided, further, however, that the Company
may disclose the terms of this Termination Release to its certified public accountants, outside counsel or others on a need to know basis, provided these people agree to keep such information confidential. 
  
 6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Company has advised the Executive to consult with an
attorney of her choosing prior to signing this Termination Release and the Executive hereby represents to the Company that she has been offered an opportunity to consult with an attorney prior to signing this Termination Release. The Executive shall
have forty-five (45) days to consider the waiver of her rights in this Termination Release, although she may sign this Termination Release sooner if she chooses. Once she has signed this Termination Release, the Executive shall have seven (7)
additional days from the date of execution to revoke her consent to the waiver of her rights. If no such revocation occurs, the Executive’s waiver of rights in this Termination Release shall become effective seven (7) days from the date of
execution by the Executive. In the event that the Executive revokes her waiver of rights in this Termination Release, this Termination Release will have no force and effect and no Severance Payments (as defined in the Agreement) shall be due or
payable. 
  
 7. GOVERNING LAW. This Termination Release shall be
governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to principles of conflicts law. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has executed this Termination Release as of the day and year first above written. 
  

	
	
	 
	



  

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