Document:

Stock Option Agreement

 Exhibit 10.10 
 AXESSTEL, INC. 
 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN  
 STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
 Unless
otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Axesstel, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Option Agreement. 
 I. NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT. 
 You have been granted an option to purchase Common Stock, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as follows: 
  

			
	Name of Optionee:	  	Patrick Gray
		
	Total Number of Shares Granted:	  	70,000
		
	Type of Option:	  	NSO
		
	Exercise Price per Share:	  	$1.99
		
	Grant Date:	  	November 13, 2006
		
	Vesting Commencement Date:	  	November 13, 2006
		
	Vesting Schedule:	  	This option may be exercised, in whole or in part, in accordance with the following schedule:
		
		  	1/3 of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest twelve (12) months after the Vesting Commencement Date, and 1/12 of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest each quarter thereafter until
fully vested, subject to the Optionee continuing to be a Service Provider on such dates.
		
	Termination Period:	  	This option may be exercised for three months after the optionee ceases to be a Service Provider. The Administrator determines when the optionee incurs a Termination of Service for this purpose.
Upon the death or Total and Permanent Disability of the optionee, this option may be exercised for 12 months after the optionee ceases to be a Service Provider. In no event shall this option be exercised later than the Term/Expiration Date
provided for below. These time periods may be extended as set forth in Section II.C and Section II.I below.
		
	Term/Expiration Date:	  	November 13, 2016

  

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 II. AGREEMENT. 
 A. Grant of Option. The Administrator hereby grants to the optionee named in the Notice of Stock Option Grant attached as Part I of this Option Agreement (the “Optionee”) an option (the
“Option”) to purchase the number of Shares, as set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Grant, at the exercise price per Share set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Grant (the “Exercise Price”), subject to the terms and
conditions of this Option Agreement and the Plan. This Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (“ISO”) or a Nonstatutory Stock Option (“NSO”), as provided in the Notice of Stock Option Grant. 
 B. Exercise of Option. 
 1.
Vesting/Right to Exercise. This Option is exercisable during its term in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Grant, this Option Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Plan. This Option will in
no event become exercisable for additional Shares after a Termination of Service for any reason. 
 2. Method of Exercise. This Option
is exercisable by delivering to the Administrator a fully executed “Exercise Notice” or by any other method approved by the Administrator. The Exercise Notice shall provide that the Optionee is electing to exercise the Option, the number
of Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised (the “Exercised Shares”), and such other representations and agreements as may be required by the Administrator. The Exercise Notice shall be accompanied by payment of the full
aggregate Exercise Price as to all Exercised Shares. This Option shall be deemed to be exercised upon receipt by the Administrator of such fully executed Exercise Notice accompanied by such aggregate Exercise Price. The Optionee is responsible for
filing any reports of remittance or other foreign exchange filings required in order to pay the Exercise Price. 
 C. Limitation on
Exercise. The grant of this Option and the issuance of Shares upon exercise of this Option is subject to compliance with all Applicable Laws. This Option may not be exercised if the issuance of Shares upon exercise would constitute a violation
of any Applicable Laws. In addition, this Option may not be exercised unless (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act is in effect at the time of exercise of this Option with respect to the Shares or (ii) in the opinion of
legal counsel to the Company, the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Option may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. THE OPTIONEE IS CAUTIONED THAT THE OPTION
MAY NOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. ACCORDINGLY, THE OPTIONEE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE OPTION WHEN DESIRED EVEN THOUGH THE OPTION IS VESTED. As a condition to the exercise of this Option, the Company may
require the Optionee to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.
Any shares which are issued will be “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and will bear an appropriate restrictive legend, unless they are registered under the Securities Act. The Company is
under no obligation to register the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Option. If on the date the Optionee ceases to be a Service Provider, a registration statement under the Securities Act is not 
  

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 in effect with respect to the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Option, this Option will remain exercisable until
three (3) months after the date the Optionee is notified by the Company that such a registration statement is in effect, but in any event no later than the Expiration Date. 
 D. Method of Payment. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be by any of the following methods; provided, however, the payment shall be in
strict compliance with all procedures established by the Administrator: 
 1. cash; 
 2. check or wire transfer; 
 3. subject to
any conditions or limitations established by the Administrator, other Shares which (i) in the case of Shares acquired upon the exercise of an option, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6) months on the date of surrender or
attestation and (ii) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender or attestation equal to the aggregate Exercise Price; 
 4.
consideration received by the Company under a broker-assisted sale and remittance program acceptable to the Administrator (Officers and Directors shall not be permitted to use this procedure if this procedure would violate Section 402 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended); or 
 5. any combination of the foregoing methods of payment. 
 E. Leave of Absence. The Optionee shall not incur a Termination of Service when the Optionee goes on a military leave, a sick leave or another
bona fide leave of absence, if the leave was approved by the Company (or Affiliate employing him or her) in writing and if continued crediting of service is required by the terms of the leave or by applicable law. However, the Optionee incurs a
Termination of Service when the approved leave ends, unless the Optionee immediately returns to active work. 
 For purposes of ISOs, no
leave of absence may exceed three months, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is provided by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company (or Affiliate employing him or her) is not
so provided by statute or contract, the Optionee shall be deemed to have incurred a Termination of Service on the first day immediately following such three month period of leave for ISO purposes and this Option shall cease to be treated as an ISO
and shall terminate upon the expiration of the three month period following the date the employment relationship is deemed terminated. 
 F.
Non-Transferability of Option. This Option may not be transferred in any manner otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee. The terms of this
Option Agreement and the Plan shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of the Optionee. This Option may not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Optionee whether by operation of law or otherwise, and
is not subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Option is designated as a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the 
  

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 Administrator may, in its sole discretion, allow the Optionee to transfer this Option as a gift to one or more family
members. For purposes of this Option Agreement, “family member” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law,
daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any individual sharing the Optionee’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which one or more of these individuals have more than 50% of the
beneficial interest, a foundation in which the Optionee or one or more of these persons control the management of assets, and any entity in which the Optionee or one or more of these persons own more than 50% of the voting interest. 
 G. Term of Option. This Option may be exercised only within the term set out in the Notice of Stock Option Grant, and may be exercised during such
term only in accordance with this Option Agreement and the Plan. 
 H. Tax Obligations. 
 1. Withholding Taxes. The Optionee agrees to make appropriate arrangements with the Administrator for the satisfaction of all applicable Federal,
state, local, and foreign income taxes, employment tax, and any other taxes that are due as a result of the Option exercise. With the Administrator’s consent, these arrangements may include withholding Shares that otherwise would be issued to
the Optionee pursuant to the exercise of this Option. The Optionee acknowledges and agrees that the Company may refuse to honor the exercise and refuse to deliver Shares if such withholding amounts are not delivered at the time of exercise.

 2. Notice of Disqualifying Disposition of ISO Shares. If the Option is an ISO, and if the Optionee sells or otherwise disposes of
any of the Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the ISO on or before the later of (i) the date two years after the Grant Date, or (ii) the date one year after the date of exercise, the Optionee shall immediately notify the
Administrator in writing of such disposition. The Optionee agrees that the Optionee may be subject to income tax withholding by the Company on the compensation income recognized by the Optionee. 
 I. Extension if the Optionee Subject to Section 16(b). If a sale within the applicable Termination Period set forth in Section I of Shares
acquired upon the exercise of this Option would subject the Optionee to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, this Option shall remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth (10th) day following the date on
which a sale of such shares by the Optionee would no longer be subject to such suit, (ii) the one hundred and ninetieth (190th) day after the Optionee’s Termination of Service, or (iii) the Expiration Date. 
 J. Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control prior to the Optionee’s Termination of Service, the Optionee will fully vest in and
have the right to exercise the Option. In addition, if the Option becomes fully vested and exercisable in the event of a Change in Control, the Administrator will notify the Optionee in writing or electronically that the Option will be fully vested
and exercisable for a period of time determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, and the Option will terminate upon the expiration of such period. 
  

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 K. Restrictions on Resale. The Optionee agrees not to sell any Shares at a time when Applicable
Law, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale. This restriction shall apply as long as the Optionee is a Service Provider and for such period of time after the Optionee’s Termination of Service
as the Administrator may specify. 
 L. Lock-Up Agreement. The Optionee hereby agrees that in connection with any underwritten public
offering of Shares made by the Company pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act, the Optionee shall not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, hypothecate, grant any option to purchase or make any short sale of, or
otherwise dispose of any Shares (including but not limited to Shares subject to this Option) or any rights to acquire Shares of the Company for such period of time beginning on the date of filing of such registration statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and ending at the time as may be established by the underwriters for such public offering; provided, however, that such period of time shall end not later than one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of
such registration statement. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to shares registered for sale in such public offering. 
 M. Entire
Agreement; Governing Law. This Option Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and
Optionee with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the Optionee’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and Optionee. This Option Agreement is governed by the internal substantive
laws, but not the choice of law rules, of California. 
 N. NO GUARANTEE OF CONTINUED SERVICE. THE OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES
THAT THE VESTING OF THE OPTION PURSUANT TO THE VESTING SCHEDULE HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY (AND NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED AN OPTION OR PURCHASING SHARES HEREUNDER).
OPTIONEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS OPTION AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE VESTING SCHEDULE SET FORTH HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR
THE VESTING PERIOD, FOR ANY PERIOD, OR AT ALL, AND SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH OPTIONEE’S RIGHT OR THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO TERMINATE OPTIONEE’S RELATIONSHIP AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE. 
 By the Optionee’s signature and the signature of the Company’s representative below, the Optionee and the Company agree that this Option is
granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of this Option Agreement and the Plan. The Optionee has reviewed this Option Agreement and the Plan in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing
this Option Agreement and fully understands all provisions of this Option Agreement and the Plan. The Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions relating
to this Option Agreement and the Plan. 
  

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 The Optionee further agrees that the Company may deliver by email all documents relating to the Plan or
this Option (including, without limitation, prospectuses required by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and all other documents that the Company is required to deliver to its security holders (including, without limitation, annual reports and
proxy statements). The Optionee also agrees that the Company may deliver these documents by posting them on a web site maintained by the Company or by a third party under contract with the Company. 
  

									
	OPTIONEE:	 		 	AXESSTEL, INC.
				
	 /S/ PATRICK GRAY
	 		 	By:	 	 /S/ Marv Tseu

	Signature	 		 		 	Marv Tseu
		 		 	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
	 Patrick Gray
	 		 		 	
	 Print Name
	 		 		 	
				
	  
	 		 		 	
	Resident Address	 		 		 	

  

 -6-Form of the Director Restricted Phantom Unit Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.1 
 DIRECTOR RESTRICTED PHANTOM UNIT AGREEMENT 
 UNDER THE 
 STONEMOR PARTNERS L.P. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 
 This
Director Restricted Phantom Unit Agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into as of November 8, 2006 (the “Agreement Date”), by and between StoneMor GP LLC (the “Company”), the general partner of and acting on behalf
of StoneMor Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”) and
                                        ,
a director of the Company (the “Participant”). 
 BACKGROUND: 
 In order to make certain awards to key employees, directors and consultants of the Company and its Affiliates, the Company maintains the StoneMor Partners L.P. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan
is administered by the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Company. The Committee has determined to grant to the Participant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a
one-time award (the “Award”) of Phantom Units, representing notional limited partner interests in StoneMor Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”). The Participant has determined to accept such Award. Any initially capitalized terms
and phrases used in this Agreement, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. This document is intended to formalize a prior agreement made with the Participant in connection with the
Participant’s service as a director. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Participant, each intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

 ARTICLE 1 
 AWARD OF
PHANTOM UNITS 
 1.1 Award: The Participant is hereby awarded 3,000 Phantom Units under the Plan. 
 1.2 Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account. The Phantom Units shall be credited to a Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account established by the
Company for the Participant, which account may include any Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account previously created for the Participant. 
 1.3 Crediting Distribution Equivalent Rights (“DERs”). For each Phantom Unit in the Participant’s Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account, the Company shall credit such account, solely in Phantom Units (or fractions
thereof), with an amount, in respect of DERs, equal to the cash distributions paid on a Unit. The crediting shall occur as of the date on which such cash distributions on the Common Units of the Partnership are paid. The number of Phantom Units (or
fractions thereof) to be credited to the Participant’s Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account shall be calculated by dividing the dollar amount of the DERs by the closing price for the Common Units of the Partnership as published in The
Wall Street Journal or in Yahoo Finance for the trading day immediately prior to the day on which the cash distribution is paid on the Units. Any fractional Phantom Unit created by DERs or otherwise shall likewise 

 be entitled to further DERs equal to cash distributions paid on Common Units of the Partnership multiplied by such
fractional Phantom Unit. The Company will establish a bookkeeping method to account for DERs to be credited to the Participant’s Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account. DERs shall cease to be credited to the Participant’s Mandatory
Deferred Compensation Account from and after any of the events specified in Section 1.4 hereof, except to the extent that any balance remains in the Participant’s Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account after such event. DERs shall not
bear interest. 
 1.4 Time of Payment. All payments to the Participant of the Participant’s Mandatory Deferred Compensation
Account shall commence as soon as administratively feasible on the earliest date on which distributions may be made pursuant to Section 409A(2) of the Code and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder if any of the following events occur,
but not before any of the following events have occurred: 
 (1) separation of the Participant from service as a Director; or

 (2) disability (as determined by the Committee) of the Participant; or 
 (3) an unforeseeable emergency with respect to the Participant, but subject to the limitations under Section 409A of the Code and the
rules and regulations adopted thereunder as to any amount which may be paid; or 
 (4) a “Change of Control” of the
Partnership or Company, as defined in the Plan, but subject to any further limitations under Section 409A of the Code and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder; or 
 (5) death of the Participant. Upon the death of a Participant prior to the full payment of all amounts credited to the Participant’s
Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account, the balance of such Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account shall be paid in accordance with Sections 1.5 and 1.6. 
 No payment of the Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account shall be made to the Participant prior to the occurrence of any of the preceding events and only to the extent permitted under Section 409A(2) of the
Code. 
 1.5 Method of Payment. 
 (a) All payments for Phantom Units (or fractions thereof) credited to the Participant’s Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account shall be made in Common Units of the Partnership, except as the Company, at its
option, otherwise elects as provided in Section 1.5(b) hereof. The number of Common Units of the Partnership paid shall be equal to the number of whole Phantom Units in the Participant’s Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account. For this
purpose, any fractional Phantom Units in such Account shall be combined to equal whole Phantom Units to the extent possible. If after such combination there is any remaining fractional Phantom Unit, such remaining fractional Phantom Unit shall be
distributed as an amount of cash equal to the product of multiplying such fractional Phantom Unit by the closing price for Common Units of the Partnership as published in The Wall Street Journal or in Yahoo Finance for the trading day
immediately prior to the payment date. 

 (b) The Company, at its option, may elect to pay all or any portion of the Mandatory
Deferred Compensation Account in cash instead of paying in Common Units of the Partnership. Phantom Units (or fractions thereof) credited to the Participant’s Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account shall be valued at the closing price for
Common Units of the Partnership as published in The Wall Street Journal or in Yahoo Finance for the trading day immediately prior to the payment date. 
 1.6 Designation of Beneficiary. 
 (a) In the event of the Participant’s death,
the primary death beneficiaries and contingent death beneficiaries entitled to receive payments due the Participant at the time of death are designated below the Participant’s signature on this Agreement, unless such designation is amended as
provided in this Section 1.6, in which case the amended designation shall apply. No amendment to the designation of the beneficiaries shall be valid unless in a writing, signed by the Participant, dated, and filed with the Committee during the
lifetime of the Participant. A subsequent beneficiary designation will cancel all beneficiary designations signed and filed earlier under this Agreement. In case of a failure of designation of a beneficiary, or the death of the designated
beneficiary (to whom a payment is otherwise due hereunder) without a designated successor, distribution shall be paid in one lump sum to the estate of the Participant. 
 (b) The interest in any amounts hereunder of a spouse who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass to the Participant and
shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner, including, but not limited to, such spouse’s will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession. 
 (c) No payment shall be made to a designated contingent death beneficiary unless it is proven to the satisfaction of the Committee that
the designated primary death beneficiary is deceased. 
 1.7 Source of Payments. All payments of deferred compensation shall, if paid
in cash, be paid solely from the general funds of the Partnership and the Partnership and the Company shall be under no obligation to segregate any assets in connection with the maintenance of any Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account, nor shall
anything contained in this Agreement nor any action taken pursuant to the Plan create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Partnership or the Company with the Participant. Title to the beneficial
ownership of any assets, whether cash or investments, that the Partnership or the Company may designate to pay the amount credited to a Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account shall at all times remain in the Partnership and the Participant shall
not have any property interest whatsoever in any specific assets of the Partnership or the Company. Participant’s interest in any Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account shall be limited to the right to receive payments pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement and such rights to receive shall be no greater than the right of any other unsecured general creditor of the Partnership. 
 1.8 Nonalienation of Benefits. Participant shall not have the right to sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey or encumber in whole or in part the right to receive any payment under this Agreement except in accordance with
Section 1.6, and the right to receive any payment hereunder shall not be subject to attachment, lien or other involuntary encumbrance. 

 ARTICLE 2 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 2.1 No Right Of Continued Board Service. The receipt of this Award does
not give the Participant, and nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant, any right to continue in the service of the Board of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement shall
affect any right which the Company or any of its subsidiaries may have to terminate the Board service of the Participant. The payment of Mandatory Deferred Compensation Account under this Agreement shall not give the Company or any of its
subsidiaries any right to the continued services of the Participant for any period. 
 2.2 Rights As A Limited Partner. Neither the
Participant nor any other person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership of Common Units of the Partnership, limited partnership interests in the Partnership, or otherwise have any rights as a limited partner, by reason of the award of the
Phantom Units covered by this Agreement. 
 2.3 Tax Withholding. All distributions under this Agreement are subject to withholding of
all applicable taxes. Cash payments in respect of any Phantom Units, and/or the related DERs, shall be made net of any applicable foreign, federal, state, or local withholding taxes. 
 2.4 Administration. Pursuant to the Plan, the Committee is vested with conclusive authority to interpret and construe the Plan, to adopt rules and
regulations for carrying out the Plan, and to make determinations with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement, the Plan and awards made pursuant thereto. The authority to manage and control the operation and administration of this
Agreement shall be likewise vested in the Committee, and the Committee shall have all powers with respect to this Agreement as it has with respect to the Plan. Any interpretation of this Agreement by the Committee, and any decision made by the
Committee with respect to this Agreement, shall be final and binding. The Committee may refuse to issue Common Units as provided in Section 8(f) of the Plan and, without limiting the foregoing, may refuse to issue Common Units if, in its sole
discretion, the Committee determines that the issuance of such Common Units may violate federal or state securities laws or the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Company. 
 2.5 Effect of Plan; Construction. The entire text of the Plan is expressly incorporated herein by this reference and so forms a part of this
Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the provisions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Plan under which the Phantom Units are granted, the provisions of the Plan shall govern and prevail. The Phantom
Units, the related DERs and this Agreement are each subject in all respects to, and the Company and the Participant each hereby agree to be bound by, all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the same may have been amended from time to time in
accordance with its terms; provided, however, that no such amendment shall deprive the Participant, without the Participant’s consent, of any rights earned or otherwise due to the Participant hereunder. 
 2.6 Amendment or Supplement. This Agreement shall not be amended or supplemented except by an instrument in writing executed by both parties to
this Agreement, without the consent of any other person, as of the effective date of such amendment or supplement. 

 2.7 Captions. The captions at the beginning of each of the numbered Sections and Articles herein
are for reference purposes only and will have no legal force or effect. Such captions will not be considered a part of this Agreement for purposes of interpreting, construing or applying this Agreement and will not define, limit, extend, explain or
describe the scope or extent of this Agreement or any of its terms and conditions. 
 2.8 Governing Law. THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION,
INTERPRETATION AND EFFECT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL EXCLUSIVELY BE GOVERNED BY AND DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT
PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW, WHICH SHALL GOVERN. 
 2.9 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties
hereto to be effective shall be in writing, sent by facsimile, by overnight courier or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested. Notices to the Company shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon actual
receipt by the Company. Such communications shall be addressed and directed to the parties listed below (except where this Agreement expressly provides that it be directed to another) as follows, or to such other address or recipient for a party as
may be hereafter notified by such party hereunder: 
  

	 (a)    if to the Partnership or Company: 
	 StoneMor GP LLC 

	 	 Board of Directors 

	 	 155 Rittenhouse Circle 

	 	 Bristol, PA 19007 

	                  
                                Attention: 
	 President and Chief Executive Officer 

  

	 (b)    if to the Participant:    to the address for the Participant as it appears on the
Company’s records. 
	

 2.10 Severability. If any provision hereof is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prohibited or
unenforceable, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability, and such prohibition or unenforceability shall not invalidate the balance of such provision to the extent it is not
prohibited or unenforceable, nor invalidate the other provisions hereof. 
 2.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the
entire understanding and supersedes any and all other agreements, oral or written, between the parties hereto, in respect of the subject matter of this Agreement, and embodies the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof. 
 2.12 Acceptance of Terms. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the estate, heirs,
beneficiaries and other successors in interest of the Participant to the same extent that said terms and conditions are binding upon the Participant. 

 2.13 Arbitration. Any dispute or disagreement between Participant and the Partnership with respect
to any portion of this Agreement or its validity, construction, meaning, performance, or Participant’s rights hereunder shall be settled by arbitration, conducted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration
Rules of the American Arbitration Association or its successor, as amended from time to time. However, prior to submission to arbitration the Participant will attempt to resolve any disputes or disagreements with the Partnership over this Agreement
amicably and informally, in good faith, for a period not to exceed two weeks. Thereafter, the dispute or disagreement will be submitted to arbitration. At any time prior to a decision from the arbitrator(s) being rendered, the Participant and the
Partnership may resolve the dispute by settlement. The Participant and the Partnership shall equally share the costs charged by the American Arbitration Association or its successor, but the Participant and the Partnership shall otherwise be solely
responsible for their own respective counsel fees and expenses. The decision of the arbitrator(s) shall be made in writing, setting forth the award, the reasons for the decision and award and shall be binding and conclusive on the Participant and
the Partnership. Further, neither Participant nor the Partnership shall appeal any such award. Judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction may be entered upon the award and may be enforced as such in accordance with the provisions of the award.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have executed this Agreement as of the day first above
written. 
  

							
	STONEMOR PARTNERS L.P.
		
	By:	 	StoneMor GP LLC
			
		 	By:	 	  

				
		 		 	Name:	 	  

				
		 		 	Title:	 	  

  

 The Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Restricted Phantom Unit Agreement
and the Plan, and having read them, hereby signifies his or her understanding of, and his or her agreement with, their terms and conditions. 
  

							
	  	 	(seal)	 		 	  
	 (Signature of Participant)
  

 
	 		 		 	 (Date)

	 Name of Primary Death Beneficiary
  
  
	 		 		 	 Relationship to Participant

	 Name of Contingent Death Beneficiary
	 		 		 	 Relationship to Participant

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