Document:

Exhibit 4.51

 

Contract No.: 3210812011CR0098

 

Electronic Supervision No.: 3210812011B01040

 

Contract for Assignment of Land Use Right
of

State-owned Construction land

 

	Formulated by	Ministry of Land and Resources of the People’s Republic of China
	 	 
	 	State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China

 

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Contract for Assignment of Land Use Right
of State-owned Construction land

 

Parties to this Contract:

  

Assignor: Yizheng Land and Resources Bureau

 

Postal Address: No.123 North of Gongnong
Road, Yizheng

 

Zip Code: 211400

 

Tel: 0514-83417993;

 

Fax: 0514-83417997;

 

Opening Bank:

 

Account No.:

 

 

Assignee: China Sunergy (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd.

 

Postal Address:

 

Zip Code:

 

Tel:

 

Fax:

 

Opening Bank:

 

Account No.:

 

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Chapter 1 General Provisions

 

Article 1 This Contract is made and entered
into by and between the parties in accordance with provisions of Real Right Law of the People’s Republic of China, Contract
Law of the People’s Republic of China, Law of the People’s Republic of China on Land Administration, Law
of the People’s Republic of China on Urban Real Estate Administration and other laws, relevant administrative regulations
and land supply policies under the principle of equality, free will, compensation and good faith.

 

Article 2 The ownership of the land to
be assigned remains with the People’s Republic of China. The Assignor assigns the rights to use the state-owned construction
land as authorized by law. The underground resources and hidden properties are not within the scope of assignment of the right
to use the state-owned construction land.

 

Article 3 The Assignee enjoys the right
to possess, use, benefit from and lawfully dispose the state-owned construction land obtained according to law within the term
of assignment, and has the right to make use of such land to construct buildings, structures and ancillary facilities according
to law.

 

Chapter 2 Delivery of Land to be Assigned
and Payment of Assignment Price

 

Article 4 The number of land parcel to
be assigned hereunder is 2011 (industry)-40, the total area of such land parcel (in words) is Two Hundred and Sixty Two
Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty Six square meters (in figures: 262686 square meters), and the area of the land parcel
to be assigned (in words) is Two Hundred and Sixty Two Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty Six square meters (in figures: 262686
square meters).

 

The land parcel to be assigned hereunder
is located at Xinsi Team, Hezhuang Team, Baozhuang Team, Daer Team, Yaozhuang Team, Dayi Team, Chuzhuang Team, Guizhuang Team,
Chuzhuang Team and Yuedong Team of Yuejiang Village, Shieryu Office.

 

The ichnographic boundary of the land parcel
to be assigned hereunder is   /  . See the ichnographic boundary map of the land parcel to be assigned
in Annex 1.

 

The vertical limits of the land parcel
to be assigned hereunder is to take  /    as its upper limit and to take   /   
as its lower limit with the altitude difference of   /   meters. See the vertical limits of the land
parcel to be assigned in Annex 2.

 

The space range of the land parcel to be
assigned refers to the closed space formed by the vertical plane composed of the aforesaid boundary points and the elevation plane
composed of the upper and lower limits.

 

Article 5 The use purpose of the land parcel
to be assigned hereunder is for industry land.

 

Article 6 The Assignor agrees to deliver
the land parcel to be assigned to the Assignee prior to May 6, 2012. The Assignor agrees that such land parcel
shall meet the following land conditions as specified in Paragraph 1 of this Article at the time of delivery of land:

 

1. The ground level shall be changed
to a natural smooth horizontal surface, and the line rod shall be removed by the Assignee on its own. The surrounding infrastructure
shall be as it was at the time of listing.

 

2. Current land conditions _/  .

 

Article 7 The term of assignment of the
right to use the state-owned construction land under this Contract is 50 years, calculating from the date of delivery
of land as agreed in Article 6 hereof. In case of application for completion of the formalities on originally allotted (or leased)
state-owned construction land, the term of assignment shall be calculated from the date of signing of the contract.

 

Article 8 The assignment price of the right
to use the state-owned construction land of the land parcel hereunder shall be (in words) RMB Fifty Eight Million Three Hundred
and Twenty Thousand Yuan Only (in figures: 58,320,000yuan), and the amount per square meter is (in words) RMB Two
Hundred and Twenty Two Point Zero one Yuan (in figures: 222.01yuan ).

 

Article 9 The deposit of the land parcel
hereunder shall be (in words) RMB Eleven Million Six Hundred Thousand Yuan Only (in figures: 11,600,000yuan), and
may offset part of the payment for assignment price.

 

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Article 10 The Assignee agrees to pay the
assignment price for the right to use state-owned construction land to the Assignor according to provisions of Paragraph 1 of
this Article:

 

1. The assignment price for the
right to use state-owned construction land shall be paid up in lump sum within 10 days from the date of this Contract;

 

2. The assignment price for the
right to use state-owned construction land shall be paid by 1 installment according to the following time and amount:

 

First Installment: In words: RMB
Fifty Eight Million Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand Yuan Only (in figures: 58,320,000yuan);
Payment time: before December 16, 2011.

 

Second Installment: In words:
RMB /  (in figures: /  yuan); payment time: before  /  .

 

Third Installment: In words: RMB / 
(in figures: /  yuan); payment time: before  /  .

 

Fourth Installment: In words:
RMB /  (in figures: /  yuan); payment time: before  /  .

 

In case the assignment price for the right
to use state-owned construction land is paid by installments, the Assignee, when paying the second and each subsequent installment
of assignment price, agrees to pay interests to the Assignor at the loan rate published by the People’s Bank of China on
the date when the first installment of land assignment price is paid.

 

Article 11 The Assignee shall, after completion
of payment for assignment price for this land parcel in full according to this Contract, apply for registration of assignment of
the right to use state-owned construction land by presenting this Contract and relevant supporting materials including the payment
receipt of assignment price.

 

Chapter 3 Development, Construction
and Utilization of Land

 

Article 12 The Assignee agrees with the
development and investment intensity of the land parcel hereunder as specified in Paragraph 1 of this Article:

 

1. Where the land parcel hereunder
is used for construction of industrial projects, the Assignee agrees the aggregate investment of fixed assets in the project of
the land parcel hereunder shall not be less than the approved or registered amount, i.e. (in words) RMB One Billion One Hundred
and Eighty Two Million Yuan (in figures: 1,182,000,000yuan), and the investment intensity shall not be less than (in
words) RMB Four Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety Nine Point Six Seven Yuan (in figures: 4,499.668806 yuan). The aggregate
investment of fixed assets in construction project of the land parcel hereunder includes buildings, structures and ancillary facilities,
equipment investment and assignment price.

 

2. Where the land parcel hereunder
is used for construction of non-industrial projects, the Assignee agrees the total amount of development and investment in the
land parcel hereunder shall not be less than (in words) RMB / yuan (in figures: / yuan).

 

Article 13 The new buildings, structures
and their ancillary facilities established by the Assignee within the scope of the land parcel hereunder shall meet the planning
conditions for land parcel to be assigned as determined by municipal (county) planning administration, including:

 

Nature of Main Building: Industry;

 

Nature of Ancillary Buildings:
/ ;

 

Total Building Area: 183,880.20
square meters;

 

Floor Area Ratio shall not be
higher than / and not lower than 0.70;

 

Building Height Limitation: /
meters;

 

Building Density shall not be
higher than / and not lower than 40%;

 

Greening Rate shall not be higher
than 20% and not lower than ;

 

Other requirements for land utilization
are detailed in YiGuiDiShe No. 2011040.

 

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Article 14 The Assignee agrees to develop
the land parcel hereunder according to provisions of Paragraph 1 of this Article:

 

1. The land parcel hereunder is
used for construction of industrial projects. In accordance with the planning and design conditions determined by the planning
department, the floor area of facilities used for enterprise internal administration and living service within the scope of land
parcel to be assigned under this Contract shall not be more than 7% of the area of the land parcel to the assigned,
i.e. not more than 18388.02 square meters, and the building area shall not be more than  /   square
meters. The Assignee agrees not to build non-productive facilities such as complete sets of houses, experts’ floor, hotel,
guest house and training center within the scope of land parcel to the assigned.

 

2. The land parcel hereunder is
used for construction of residential projects. In accordance with the planning and construction conditions determined by the planning
and construction administration, the total number of apartments constructed within the scope of land parcel to be assigned under
this Contract shall not be less than  /  sets, of which, the apartments with the building area of less than 90
square meters shall not be less than  /  sets. The requirement of dwelling size of the apartments shall be   / .
The land area used for developing apartments under 90 square meters within the scope of the land parcel hereunder shall not be
less than  /  % of the total construction area of the land parcel. The Assignee agrees to dispose the supporting
indemnificatory housing including affordable housing and low-rent housing constructed within the scope of the land parcel hereunder
after their completion in the   /   of the following ways:

 

1) To transfer to the l government;

 

2) To be purchased by the government;

 

3) To enforce relevant provisions
of the government on administration of construction and sale of affordable housing;

 

4)    /    ;

 

5)        .

 

Article 15 The Assignee agrees to synchronously
construct the following supporting projects within the scope of the land parcel hereunder and transfers them to the government
without compensation upon completion thereof:

 

1.    /   ;

 

2.         ;

 

3.         .

 

Article 16 The Assignee agrees the land
construction project hereunder shall commence prior to December 6, 2012 and finish prior to December 6, 2014.

 

If the commencement can not be on schedule,
the Assignee shall submit the application for deferrable construction to the Assignor 30 days in advance. After the deferrable
construction is approved by the Assignor, the completion time shall be extended accordingly. However, the term of deferrable construction
shall not exceed one year.

 

Article 17 When doing construction in the
land parcel hereunder, the Assignee shall enforce relevant rules to handle the interface and introduction engineering of water,
gas, sewer and other facilities with main pipelines and substations outside the land parcel.

 

The Assignee agrees the entering, passing
and crossing of various pipes and pipelines laid by the government for public purposes. However, if the use function of the land
parcel is affected therefrom, the government or the constructing party of public utilities shall make reasonable compensation.

 

Article 18 The Assignee shall utilize the
land according to the land use and plot ratio agreed in this Contract, and any alteration thereto is prohibited. If it’s
required to alter the land use agreed in this Contract within the term of assignment, the parties agree to enforce the provision
of Paragraph 1 of this Article:

 

1. The Assignor shall withdraw
the right to use construction land with compensation to the Assignee;

 

2, To go through the approval
formalities for alteration to land use, sign the Agreement for Modification of Contract for Assignment of the Right to the Use
of State-owned Construction land or resign a Contract for Assignment of the Right to the Use of State-owned Construction land.
The Assignee shall make a supplementary payment for the balance between the evaluated market price of right to use construction
land under the new land use at the time of approval of alteration and the evaluated market price of right to use construction land
under the original land use, and conduct land modification registration.

 

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Article 19 Within the term of use of the
land parcel hereunder, the government reserves the right to adjust the planning thereof. In case of change in original planning,
the buildings existed in such land parcel will not be affected. However, the alteration, renovation and reconstruction of buildings,
structures and their ancillary facilities on this land parcel within the term of use or the renewal application upon expiration
of such term must be subject to the planning in force at that time.

 

Article 20 The Assignor shall not withdraw
the right to use state-owned construction land enjoyed by the Assignee according to law before the expiration of the term of use
agreed in this Contract. Under special circumstances, where the right to use state-owned construction land is required to be withdrew
in advance according to requirement of social public interests, the Assignor shall submit the same for approval according to legal
procedure, and compensate the land user according to the value of buildings, structures and their ancillary families on the land
at the time of withdraw, the evaluated market price of the right to use state-owned construction land within the remaining term
of use, and the direct losses confirmed through appraisal.

 

Chapter 4 Transfer, Lease and Mortgage of
Right to use State-owned Construction Land

 

Article 21 The Assignee is entitled to
transfer, lease or mortgage the right to use the state-owned construction land in whole or in part after paying up the assignment
price for right to use the state-owned construction land according to this Contract and receiving the State-owned Land Use Certificate.
The initial transfer shall meet the conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Article:

 

1. The investment and development
commenced according to this Contract and more than 25% of the total amount of development and investment has been completed;

 

2. The investment and development
commenced according to this Contract and the industrial land or other construction land conditions have been formed.

 

Article 22 The contracts for transfer,
lease and mortgage of right to use the state-owned construction land shall not violate provisions of national laws and regulations
and terms of this Contract.

 

Article 23 With the transfer of the right
to use the state-owned construction land in whole or in part, the rights and obligations specified in this Contract and the registration
documents shall be transferred accordingly. The term of use of such right to use the state-owned construction land shall be the
remainder of the term specified in this Contract minus the number of years in which the original land user used the land.

 

After the whole or part right to use the
state-owned construction land hereunder is leased, the rights and obligations specified in this Contract and the registration documents
shall still be borne by the Assignee.

 

Article 24 If the right to use the state-owned
construction land is transferred or mortgaged, the parties thereto shall apply to the land and resources administration for land
modification registration by presenting this Contract and corresponding transfer and mortgage contract and state-owned land use
certificate.

 

Chapter 5 Expiration

 

Article 25 Upon expiration of the term
of use agreed in this Contract, the land user who needs to continue to use the land parcel hereunder shall submit the renewal application
to the Assignor at latest one year prior to the expiration of such term. The Assignor shall approval the renewal except as required
by the social public benefits to withdrawal the land parcel hereunder.

 

The term of use of residential construction
land will be renewed automatically upon its expiration.

 

Where the Assignor agrees on the renewal,
the land user shall go through compensable land-use formalities including assignment and lease according to law, resign contracts
for compensable use of land including assignment and lease, and pay charges for compensable use of land including land assignment
price and rent.

 

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Article 26 If the land user applies for
renewal upon expiration of land assignment term, and such application isn’t approved due to requirement of social public
interests, the land user shall return the state-owned land use certificate and conduct cancellation registration of the right to
use the state-owned construction land according to provisions. The right to use the state-owned construction land is taken back
by the Assignor without compensation. The Assignor and the land user agree to dispose the buildings, structures and their ancillary
facilities on the land parcel hereunder according to provision of Paragraph 1 of this Article:

 

1. The Assignor shall take back
the above-ground buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities and compensate the land user according to the residual value
of such buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities at the time of taking back;

 

2. The Assignor shall take back
the above-ground buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities without compensation.

 

Article 27 If the land user doesn’t
apply for renewal upon the expiration of land assignment term, the land user shall return the state-owned land use certificate
and conduct cancellation registration of the right to use the state-owned construction land according to provisions. The right
to use the state-owned construction land is taken back by the Assignor without compensation. The buildings, structures and their
ancillary facilities on the land parcel hereunder will be taken back by the Assignor without compensation. The land user shall
keep the above-ground buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities in good conditions and shall prevent them from human
destruction. If the above-ground buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities can not be used normally, the Assignor may
require the land user to move or demolish such above-ground buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities and recover the
grading of the land.

 

Chapter 6 Force Majeure

 

Article 28 Either of the parties hereto
shall be released from liabilities for failure of performance of this Contract in part or in whole due to force majeure, but shall
take all necessary remedial measures to reduce the losses caused by force majeure to the extent permitted by the condition. The
party shall not be released from liabilities if force majeure occurs during the period of delay in performance.

 

Article 29 When force majeure occurs, the
affected party shall notify the other party within 7 days in writing such as letter, telegraph and fax, and shall submit the report
and certificate stating the Contract can not be performed in whole or in part or the performance shall be delayed to the other
party within 15 days after occurrence of force majeure.

 

Chapter 7 Liability for Breach

 

Article 30 The Assignee shall pay the assignment
price for the right to use state-owned construction land on time according to this Contract. In case the Assignee fails to do so,
it shall pay liquidated damages to the Assignor at the rate of 1 ‰ of payment in arrears on a daily basis from
the date of late payment. In case the payment is delayed for more than 60 days, and the Assignee still can not pay the assignment
price after required by the Assignor, the Assignor shall have the right to terminate the Contract and the Assignee is not entitled
to return of deposit. The Assignor may also claim damages from the Assignee.

 

Article 31 If the Assignee terminates the
investigation and construction of this project for any reason attributable to the Assignee, proposes to the Assignor to terminate
this Contract and requests returning the land, the Assignor shall, after submitting the same to the people’ government who
originally approved the land assignment plan for approval and obtaining such approval, return all or part of assignment price (without
interests accrued thereon) for the right to use the state-owned construction land other than the deposit agreed in this Contract
and take back the right to use the state-owned construction land. The buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities constructed
within the scope of such land parcel may not be compensated, and the Assignor may also require the Assignee to remove the constructed
buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities and recover the grading of the land. However, if the Assignor is willing to
continue to use the constructed buildings, structures and their ancillary facilities within the scope of such land parcel, the
Assignee shall be compensated to some extent.

 

1. If the Assignee makes the application
to the Assignor not less than 60 days before the end of one year from commencement date of construction agreed in this Contract,
the Assignor shall return the assignment price for the right to use the state-owned construction land to the Assignee after deducting
the deposit;

 

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2. If the Assignee makes the application
to the Assignor one year after the commencement date of construction but not less than 60 days before the end of two years from
such commencement date, the Assignor shall return the remaining assignment price for the right to use the state-owned construction
land to the Assignee after deducting the deposit agreed in this Contract and imposing the land idle fee according to relevant provisions.

 

Article 32 If the land is left unused for
more than one year but less than two years for any reason attributable to the Assignee, the Assignee shall pay land idle fee according
to law. If the land if left unused for two years and the construction fails to commence, the Assignor has the right to tack back
the right to use the state-owned construction land without compensation.

 

Article 33 If the Assignee fails to start
up the construction on the date as agreed in this Contract or on other date as separately agreed for deferrable construction, the
Assignee shall pay liquidated damages to the Assignor at the rate of _1 ‰ of the total amount of assignment
price for the right to use the state-owned construction land for each day of delay, and the Assignor has the right to require the
Assignee to continue to perform the Contract.

 

If the Assignee fails to complete the construction
on the date as agreed in this Contract or on other date as separately agreed for deferrable construction, the Assignee shall pay
liquidated damages to the Assignor at the rate of _1 ‰ of the total amount of assignment price for the right
to use the state-owned construction land for each day of delay.

 

Article 34 If the total investment of fixed
assets, investment intensity and total amount of development and investment of this project fail to meet the standards as agreed
in this Contract, the Assignor may require the Assignee to pay liquidated damages equal to such amount of assignment price for
the right to use the state-owned construction land as calculated according to the proportion of the actual balance to the indicator
of total investment and investment intensity as agreed, and may also require the Assignee to continue to perform the Contract.

 

Article 35 If any indicator such as the
floor area ratio and building density of the land parcel hereunder is lower than the minimum standard as agreed in this Contract,
the Assignor may require the Assignee to pay liquidated damages equal to such amount of assignment price for the right to use the
state-owned construction land as calculated according to the proportion of the actual balance to the agreed minimum standard, and
also has the right to require the Assignee to continue to perform the Contract. If any indicator such as the floor area ratio and
building density is higher than the minimum standard as agreed in this Contract, the Assignor has the right to take back such part
of area as higher than the maximum standard as agreed and also has the right to require the Assignee to pay liquidated damages
equal to such amount of assignment price for the right to use the state-owned construction land as calculated according to the
proportion of the actual balance to the agreed standard,

 

Article 36 If an indicator such as greening
rate of industrial construction project, the proportion of land used for enterprise internal administration and living service
facilities and the building area of enterprise internal administration and living service facilities is higher than the standard
as agreed in this Contract, the Assignee shall pay liquidated damages to the Assignor at the rate of 1 ‰ of
the consignment price of the land parcel, and shall demolish corresponding virescence and building facilities on its own.

 

Article 37 If the Assignee pays the assignment
price for the right to use the state-owned construction land according to this Contract, the Assignor must deliver the land on
time according to this Contract. If the Assignor fails to provide the land to be assigned on time and causes the delay in possession
of the land parcel hereunder by the Assignee, the Assignor shall pay liquidated damages to the Assignee at the rate of_1 ‰
of the assignment price for the right to use the state-owned construction land paid by the Assignee for each day of delay, and
the term of use of the land will be calculated from the date of actual delivery of the land. If the Assignor delays to deliver
the land for more than 60 days, and fails to deliver such land after required by the Assignee, the Assignee has the right to terminate
the Contract. The Assignor shall return the deposit on a double basis and refund the remaining part of the paid assignment price
for the right to use the state-owned construction land. The Assignee may also claim damages from the Assignor.

 

Article 38 If the Assignor fails to deliver
the land on schedule or the delivered land fails to meet the land condition as agreed in this Contract or the Assignor changes
the land use conditions unilaterally, the Assignee has the right to require the Assignor to perform its obligations according to
provisions and compensate the Assignee for direct losses caused by delay in performance. The term of use of the land will be calculated
from the date when the agreed land condition is reached.

 

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Chapter 8 Applicable Law and Settlement
of Dispute

 

Article 39 The execution, validity, interpretation,
performance and settlement of dispute of this Contract apply the law of the People’ Republic of China.

 

Article 40 Any dispute arising from performance
o this Contract shall be settled by the parties through consultation. If no agreement is reached through consultation, such dispute
shall be settled in such a way as specified in Paragraph 2 of this Article:

 

1. To submit it to   /  
arbitration commission for arbitration;

 

2. To bring a lawsuit to the people’s
court according to law.

 

Chapter 9 Supplementary Provisions

 

Article 41 The assignment plan for the
land parcel hereunder has been approved by Yizheng People’s Municipal Government. This Contract will come into force from
the date of execution by the parties.

 

Article 42 The parties hereto warrant that
the name, postal address, telephone number, fax number, opening bank and agent filled in this Contract are all true and valid.
Either party whose information has any change shall notify the other party in writing within 15 days from the day of change. Otherwise,
the liability for failure of timely notification thus incurred shall be borne by the party whose information changes.

 

Article 43 This Contract and the annexes
attached hereto are 18 pages in total, and the Chinese version shall prevail.

 

Article 44 The price, amount and area in
this Contract shall be written in words and in figures. The amount in words shall be consistent with that in figures. In case of
discrepancy, the amount in words shall prevail.

 

Article 45 All matters uncovered by this
Contract are subject to separate agreement between the parties, which shall be attached hereto and shall have the same legal effect
with this Contract.

 

Article 46 This Contract is executed in
six originals with the Assignor and the Assignee each keeping three originals, which shall be equally authentic.

 

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	Assignor (stamp): Yizheng Land and Resources Bureau	 	Assignee (stamp): China Sunergy (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd.
	/seal/ Yizheng Land and Resources Bureau	 	/seal/ China Sunergy (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd.
	 	 	 
	Legal Representative (Entrusted Agent)	 	Legal Representative (Entrusted Agent)
	 	 	 
	(Signature):	 	(Signature): /s/ Zhang Ling

 

December 6, 2011

 

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	Scale 1 : 2000	Plotted in September, 2011	 

 

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Annex 2

 

Vertical Limits of the Land Parcel to be
assigned

 

 

	 	Adopted Elevation System:
	 	 
	 	Scale 1:

 

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Planning and Design Conditions for Construction
Land of Yizheng

 

	YiGuiDiShe No. 2011040	Date: November 11, 2011

 

 

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/seal/ Yizheng Municipal Urban and Rural
Construction Bureau

 

/seal/ Yizheng Municipal Land Survey Firm

 

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Planning Conditions Determined by (County)
Government Planning Administration for Land to be assigned

 

 

    	 	Electronic Supervision No.: 3210812011B01040EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement,
(the “Agreement”) is made by and between Selective Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation
with a principal place of business at 40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, New Jersey 07890 (the “Company”) and Kimberly
J. Burnett, an individual residing at [Address Intentionally Omitted] (the “Executive”).

 

SECTION 1.       definitions.

 

1.1.         Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

“Agreement”
has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble hereto.

 

“Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company’s Parent.

 

“Cause”
means any one or more of the following:

 

(i)          the
Executive shall have been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of, or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony
under, or within the meaning of, applicable United States federal or state law;

 

(ii)         the
Executive shall have breached in any respect any one or more of the material provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation,
any failure to comply with the Code of Conduct, and, to the extent such breach may be cured, such breach shall have continued for
a period of thirty (30) days after written notice by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer to the Executive specifying such
breach; or

 

(iii)        the
Executive shall have engaged in acts of insubordination, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Executive’s
duties and obligations to the Company.

 

For purposes of clauses
(ii) and (iii) of this definition of “Cause”, no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Executive shall be considered
grounds for “Cause” under such clauses if such act, or such failure to act, was done or omitted to be done based upon
authority or express direction given by the Chief Executive Officer or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company.

 

“Change in Control”
means the occurrence of an event of a nature that would be required to be reported by the Company’s Parent in response to
Item 5.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K, as in effect on the date thereof, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act; provided, however, that a Change in Control shall, in any event, conclusively be deemed to have occurred
upon the first to occur of any one of the following events:

 

The acquisition by any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange
Act or any successor provisions to either of the foregoing), including, without limitation, any current shareholder or shareholders
of the Company’s Parent, of securities of the Company’s Parent resulting in such person or group being a “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of any class of
Voting Securities of the Company’s Parent;

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(iv)         The
acquisition by any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act or any successor provisions to either of the foregoing), including, without limitation, any current shareholder
or shareholders of the Company’s Parent, of securities of the Company’s Parent resulting in such person or group being
a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more,
but less than twenty-five percent (25%), of any class of Voting Securities of the Company’s Parent, if the Board adopts a
resolution that such acquisition constitutes a Change in Control;

 

(v)          The
sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s Parent’s assets, defined as more than seventy-five
(75%) percent, on a consolidated basis, as shown in the Company’s Parent’s then most recent audited consolidated balance
sheet;

 

(vi)         The
reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Company’s Parent the
result of which is the ownership by the shareholders of the Company’s Parent of less than eighty percent (80%) of those Voting
Securities of the resulting or acquiring Person having the power to vote in the elections of the board of directors of such Person;
or

 

(vii)        A
change in the membership in the Board which, taken in conjunction with any other prior or concurrent changes, results in fifty
percent (50%) or more of the Board’s membership being persons not nominated by the Company’s Parent’s management
or the Board as set forth in the Company’s Parent’s then most recent proxy statement, excluding changes resulting from
substitutions by the Board because of retirement or death of a director or directors, removal of a director or directors by the
Board or resignation of a director or directors due to demonstrated disability or incapacity.

 

Anything in this
definition of Change in Control to the contrary notwithstanding, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes
of this Agreement by virtue of any transaction which results in the Executive, or a group of Persons which includes the Executive,
acquiring, directly or indirectly, Voting Securities of the Company’s Parent.

 

“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

“Code of Conduct”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.3(a) hereof.

 

“Commencement
Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

“Company”
has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble hereto and includes any Person which shall succeed to or assume the obligations
of the Company hereunder pursuant to Section 5.6 hereof.

 

“Company’s
Parent” means Selective Insurance Group, Inc., a publicly traded New Jersey corporation with a principal office at 40
Wantage Avenue, Branchville, New Jersey 07890.

 

“Covered Employee”
means a covered employee, within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code, of the Company.

 

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“Disability” shall mean:
(i) a long-term disability entitling the Executive to receive benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan as then
in effect; or (ii) if no such plan is then in effect or the plan does not apply to the Executive, the inability of the Executive,
as determined by the Board or its designee, to perform the essential functions of her regular duties and responsibilities, with
or without reasonable accommodation, due to a medically determinable physical or mental illness which has lasted (or can reasonably
be expected to last) for a period of six (6) consecutive months. At the request of the Executive or her personal representative,
determination by the Board or its designee that the Disability of the Executive has occurred shall be certified by two physicians
mutually agreed upon by the Executive, or her personal representative, and the Company. Without such independent certification
(if so requested by the Executive), the Executive’s termination shall be deemed a termination by the Company without Cause
and not a termination by reason of her Disability

 

 

“Early Termination”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

“Executive”
has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble hereto.

 

“Extended Benefit
Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.3(c) hereof.

 

“Good Reason” means the
occurrence of any one or more of the following conditions; provided, however, that no such condition shall be deemed to
constitute “Good Reason” unless the Executive provides notice of such condition to the Company within ninety (90) days
of its initial existence, and the Company shall have failed to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of its receipt of such
notice:

 

(i)          any
material diminution in the Executive’s Salary below the annualized rate in effect on the date on which a Change in Control
shall have occurred, unless such reduction is implemented for the senior executive staff generally, provided, however that
such reduction shall constitute Good Reason even if implemented for senior executive staff generally if such reduction occurs within
two years after a Change in Control;

 

(ii)         any
material negative change in the aggregate benefits the Executive receives, other than as a result of the normal expiration of any
Plan as to other eligible employees in accordance with its terms as in effect on the date preceding the date on which a Change
in Control shall have occurred, or unless such change affects all participants of such Plan generally;

 

(iii)        without
the Executive’s express prior written consent, a material diminution of the Executive’s position, duties, responsibilities
and status with the Company immediately prior to a Change in Control, or any material diminution in the Executive’s responsibilities
as an executive of the Company as compared with those she had as an executive of the Company immediately prior to a Change in Control,
or any material negative change in the Executive’s titles or office as in effect immediately prior to a Change in Control,
except in connection with the termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause, Disability or Retirement or as a result
of the Executive’s death, or by her termination of her employment other than for Good Reason;

 

(iv)         without
the Executive’s express prior written consent, the Company’s imposition of a requirement within two (2) years of a
Change in Control that the Executive be based at any location that increases the Executive’s regular commute fifty (50) miles
or more from the date preceding the Change in Control.

 

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(v)          the
failure by the Company’s Parent to obtain from any Person with which it may merge or consolidate or to which it may sell
all or substantially all of its assets, the agreement of such Person as set forth in the proviso in Section 5.6 hereof; provided
that such merger, consolidation or sale constitutes a Change in Control; or

 

(vi)         within
two years after a Change in Control shall have occurred, any action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company
of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

“Notice of Termination”
means a written notice which shall (i) indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) set forth
in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment
under the provision so indicated and, (iii) specify the date of termination in accordance with this Agreement (other than for a
termination for Cause).

 

“Person”
means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization,
and any government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Plans”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.4(b) hereof.

 

“Rabbi Trust”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.4(d) hereof.

 

“Release”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.5 hereof.

 

“Restrictive
Covenants” has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.5 hereof.

 

“Retirement”
means a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company or the Executive (i) at such age as shall be established
by the Company’s Board for mandatory or normal retirement of Company executives in general (which age shall be, if the determination
of Retirement is made after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the age established by the Company’s Board prior to a
Change in Control), which shall not be less than age 65, or (ii) at any other retirement age set by mutual agreement of the Company
and the Executive and approved by the Company’s Board.

 

“Salary”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.4(a) hereof.

 

“Section 409A” means
Section 409A of the Code and the regulations of the Treasury and other applicable guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

“Section 409A
Tax” has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.6 hereof.

 

“Securities Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Term”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

“Termination
Date” means the date of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company and its affiliates. If the Executive’s
employment is to be terminated by the Company for Disability, the Executive’s employment shall terminate thirty (30) days
after a Notice of Termination is given; provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the performance of the Executive’s
duties on a full-time basis during such thirty (30) day period.

 

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“Triggering Event”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.4(d) hereof.

 

“Trustee”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.4(d) hereof.

 

“Voting Securities”
means, with respect to a specified Person, any security of such Person that has, or may have upon an event of default or in respect
to any transaction, a right to vote on any matter upon which the holder of any class of common stock of such Person would have
a right to vote.

 

1.2.          Terms
Generally. Unless the context of this Agreement requires otherwise, words importing the singular number shall include the
plural and vice versa, and any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.

 

1.3.          Cross-References.
Unless otherwise specified, references in this Agreement to any Paragraph or Section are references to such Paragraph or Section
of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.        Employment
and Compensation.

 

The following terms and
conditions will govern the Executive’s employment with the Company throughout the Term.

 

2.1.          Employment.
The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company, on the terms and conditions
set forth herein.

 

2.2.          The
term of employment of the Executive under this Agreement shall commence as of March 5, 2012 (the “Commencement Date”)
and, subject to Section 3.1 hereof, shall terminate on the third anniversary of the Commencement Date, and shall
automatically be extended for additional one (1) year periods thereafter (any such renewal periods, together with the initial period,
being referred to as the “Term”) unless terminated by either party by written notice to the other party.

 

2.3.          Duties.
(a) The Executive agrees to serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company during the Term.
In such capacity, the Executive shall have the responsibilities and duties customary for such office(s) and such other executive
responsibilities and duties as are assigned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer which are consistent with the Executive’s
position(s). The Executive agrees to devote substantially all her business time, attention, and services to the business and affairs
of the Company and its affiliates and to perform her duties to the best of her ability. At all times during the performance of
this Agreement, the Executive will adhere to the Code of Conduct of the Company (the “Code of Conduct”) that
has been or may hereafter be established and communicated by the Company to the Executive for the conduct of the position or positions
held by the Executive. The Executive may not accept directorships on the board of directors of for-profit corporations without
the prior written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Executive may accept directorships on the board of
directors of not-for-profit corporations without the Chief Executive Officer’s prior, written consent so long as (a) such
directorships do not interfere with Executive’s ability to carry out her responsibilities under this Agreement, and (b) Executive
promptly notifies the Chief Executive Officer in writing of the fact that she has accepted such a non-profit directorship.

 

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(b)          If
the Company and the Executive do not agree in writing to renew the Term pursuant to Section 2.2, the Executive shall continue to
be employed under this Agreement only until the expiration of the then current Term (unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section
3.1 hereof), shall cooperate fully with the Chief Executive Officer and shall perform such duties not inconsistent with the provisions
hereof as she shall be assigned by the Chief Executive Officer.

 

2.4.         Compensation.

 

(a)          Salary.
For all services rendered by the Executive under this Agreement, the Company shall pay the Executive a salary during the Term at
a rate of not less than Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) per year, which may be increased but not decreased unless decreased
for the senior executive staff generally (the “Salary”), payable in installments in accordance with the Company’s
policy from time to time in effect for payment of salary to executives. The Salary shall be reviewed no less than annually by the
Chief Executive Officer and nothing contained herein shall prevent the Board from at any time increasing the Salary or other benefits
herein provided to be paid or provided to the Executive or from providing additional or contingent benefits to the Executive as
it deems appropriate.

 

(b)          Benefits.

 

(i)          Standard
Benefits: During the Term, the Company shall permit the Executive to participate in or receive benefits under the Selective
Insurance Group, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Stock Plan, as amended and restated in 2010, the Selective Insurance Group, Inc. Cash Incentive
Plan, the Selective Insurance Retirement Savings Plan, the Retirement Income Plan for Selective Insurance Company of America, the
Selective Insurance Company of America Deferred Compensation Plan, and in any other incentive compensation, stock option, stock
appreciation right, stock bonus, pension, group insurance, retirement, profit sharing, medical, disability, accident, life insurance
plan, relocation plan or policy, or any other plan, program, policy or arrangement of the Company intended to benefit similarly
situated employees of the Company generally, if any, in accordance with the respective provisions thereof, from time to time in
effect (collectively, the “Plans”)..

 

(ii)         
Restricted Stock Unit Award. The Company has agreed to provide
the Executive with a grant of performance-based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) under the Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 2005 Omnibus
Stock Plan as amended and restated in 2010, having a monetized value of Two Hundred Forty- Five Thousand Dollars ($245,000) based
on the closing selling price of the underlying common stock of the Company’s Parent as listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market
on March 5, 2012 to be formally granted on March 5, 2012. The RSU award shall have a three-year vesting period from date of grant
and, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, is subject to the Executive’s continued employment through
the end of the vesting period and the performance criteria approved for 2012 performance-based RSU awards granted on February 6,
2012.

 

(c)          Vacations
and Reimbursements. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to vacation time off and reimbursements for ordinary
and necessary travel and entertainment expenses in accordance with the Company’s policies on such matters from time to time
in effect.

 

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(d)          Perquisites.
During the Term, the Company shall provide the Executive with suitable offices, secretarial and other services, and other perquisites
to which other executives of the Company generally are (or become) entitled, to the extent as are suitable to the character of
the Executive’s position with the Company, subject to such specific limits on such perquisites as may from time to time be
imposed by the Company’s Board and the Chief Executive Officer.

 

(e)          Taxable
Reimbursements and Perquisites. Any taxable reimbursement of business or other expenses, or any provision of taxable in-kind
perquisites or other benefits to the Executive, as specified under this Agreement, shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in one taxable year shall not affect the
expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in any other taxable year; (ii) the reimbursement
of an eligible expense shall be made no later than the end of the year after the year in which such expense was incurred; and (iii)
the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

SECTION 3.        Termination
and Severance.

 

3.1.         Termination.
The Executive’s employment hereunder shall commence on the Commencement Date and continue until the expiration of the Term,
except that the employment of the Executive hereunder shall earlier terminate:

 

(a)          Death.
Upon the Executive’s death.

 

(b)          Disability.
At the option of the Company, upon the Disability of the Executive.

 

(c)          For
Cause. At the option of the Company, for Cause.

 

(d)          Resignation.
At any time at the option of the Executive, by resignation (other than a resignation for Good Reason).

 

(e)          Without
Cause. At any time at the option of the Company, without Cause; provided, that a termination of the Executive’s
employment hereunder by the Company based on Retirement, Death, or Disability shall not be deemed to be a termination without Cause.

 

(f)          Relocation. At
the option of the Executive at any time prior to a Change in Control and within two years of the Company first imposing a
requirement without the consent of the Executive that the Executive be based at any location that increases the
Executive’s regular commute fifty (50) miles or more.

 

(g)          For
Good Reason. At any time at the option of the Executive for Good Reason, provided that such termination occurs (i) within
two (2) years following the occurrence of a Change in Control, and (ii) within two (2) years following the initial existence of
the condition constituting Good Reason.

 

3.2.         Procedure
For Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company or by the Executive prior to the expiration
of the Term (an “Early Termination”) shall be communicated by delivery of a Notice of Termination to the other
party hereto given in accordance with Section 5.12 hereof. Any Early Termination shall become effective as of the applicable Termination
Date.

 

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3.3.         Rights
and Remedies on Termination. The Executive will be entitled to receive the payments and benefits specified below if there
is an Early Termination.

 

(a)         Accrued
Salary. If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to any of the Paragraphs set forth in Section 3.1 hereof,
then the Executive (or her legal representative, as applicable) shall only be entitled to receive her accrued and unpaid Salary
through the Termination Date.

 

(b)         Severance
Payments.

 

(i)          If
the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Paragraphs (a) or (b) in Section 3.1 hereof, then the Executive (or
her legal representative, as applicable) shall be entitled to receive a severance payment from the Company in an aggregate amount
equal to the product of (A) 1.5 times (B) the Executive’s Salary plus an amount (if any) equal to
the average of the three (or fewer) most recent annual cash incentive payments (each an “ACIP”), if any, made to the
Executive; provided that each payment of any such severance payment shall be reduced, on a pro rata basis, by the amount
of payments the Executive receives under any life or disability insurance policies with respect to which the premiums were paid
by the Company.

 

(ii)         If
the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Paragraph (e) or (f) in Section 3.1 hereof, then the Executive shall
be entitled to receive a severance payment from the Company in an aggregate amount equal to the product of (A) 1.5 times
(B) the Executive’s Salary plus an amount (if any) equal to the average of the three (or fewer) most recent ACIP
payments (if any) made to the Executive.

 

(iii)        The
severance payment required to be paid by the Company to the Executive pursuant to Paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above, shall, subject
to Section 3.6, be paid in equal monthly installments over the twelve (12) month period following the Termination Date; provided,
however, that the first such installment shall be made upon the sixtieth (60th) day following the Termination Date, and shall include
all amounts that would have been paid between the Termination Date and such date.

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to any ACIP for the year in which the Termination Date occurs.

 

(c)         Severance
Benefits.

 

(i)          If
the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to any of the Paragraphs set forth in Section 3.1 hereof, then the Executive
(or her legal representative, as applicable) shall be entitled to receive the benefits which the Executive has accrued or earned
or which have become payable under the Plans as of the Termination Date, but which have not yet been paid to the Executive. Payment
of any such benefits shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Plans.

 

 

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(ii)         If
the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Paragraph (e) or (f) in Section 3.1 hereof, and if the Executive is
eligible for and timely elects continuation coverage pursuant to Section 601 et seq. of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4980B of the Code or similar state continuation coverage law (together, “COBRA”) under
any insured or self-insured medical, dental or vision plan maintained by the Company (other than any health and/or dependent care
flexible spending account plan or employee assistance plan), then, for a period of eighteen (18) months following the Termination
Date, or until the Executive is no longer eligible for COBRA coverage under the particular plan, the Company will reimburse the
Executive, on a taxable basis, for the cost of such COBRA coverage less the amount that the Executive would be required to contribute
toward health coverage if she had remained an active employee of the Company. Such reimbursement payments will commence on the
first payroll date of the month following the Termination Date and will be paid on the first payroll date of each subsequent month.
The Executive shall not be entitled to reimbursement for the cost of any COBRA coverage elected separately by her current or former
spouse or dependent child. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any such plan is fully insured, any such reimbursement
requirement shall apply only to the extent permitted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the “Health Care Law”).

 

Any portion of the continued or replacement welfare
benefits coverage provided for under this Section 3.3(c)(ii) which constitutes deferred compensation subject to Section 409A shall
be subject to the following conditions: (i) the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided
in one taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in any
other taxable year (except with respect to annual, lifetime or similar limits under arrangements providing for the reimbursement
of medical expenses under Section 105(b) of the Code); (ii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made no later than
the end of the year after the year in which such expense was incurred; and (iii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits
shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

(d)          Rights
Under Plans. If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Paragraphs (a), (b), (e), or (f) in Section
3.1 hereof, then, subject to the provisions of Section 3.5, the Executive shall be entitled to the following rights with respect
to any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock grants, restricted stock units, cash incentive units, or stock
bonuses theretofore granted by the Company or the Company’s Parent to the Executive under any Plan, whether or not provided
for in any agreement with the Company or the Company’s Parent; (i) all unvested stock options, stock appreciation rights,
restricted stock grants, restricted stock units, or stock bonuses, shall be vested in full on the Termination Date, notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary or any provision requiring any act or acts by the Executive in any agreement with the Company or
the Company’s Parent or any Plan; (ii) to the extent that any such stock options or stock appreciation rights shall require
by their terms the exercise thereof by the Executive, the last date to exercise the same shall, notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary in any agreement or any Plan, be the earlier of (A) the fifth anniversary of the Termination Date and (B) the original
expiration date had the Executive’s employment not so terminated; provided, however, that no such extension of the period
in which an incentive stock option, within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code, may be exercised shall occur without the
consent of the Executive if such extension would result in such incentive stock option failing to continue to qualify for the federal
income tax treatment afforded incentive stock options under Section 421 of the Code; and (iii) if the vesting or exercise pursuant
hereto of any such stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock grants, restricted stock units, or stock bonuses,
shall have the effect of subjecting the Executive to liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act or any similar
provision of law, the vesting date thereof shall be deemed to be the first day after the Termination Date on which such vesting
may occur without subjecting the Executive to such liability.

 

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(e)         No
Double Dipping.

 

(i)          The
severance payments and severance benefits the Executive may be entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be in lieu
of any of the payments and benefits the Executive may be entitled to receive pursuant to any other agreement, plan or arrangement
providing for the payment of severance payments or benefits.

 

(ii)         The
Executive expressly disclaims any interest she may have in the Selective Insurance Company of America Severance Plan.

 

3.4.        Rights
and Remedies on Termination After Change in Control. The Executive will be entitled to receive the severance payments and
severance benefits specified below in the event there shall occur a termination of the Executive’s employment pursuant to
Paragraph (e) or (g) of Section 3.1 hereof within two (2) years following the occurrence of a Change in Control. The severance
payments and benefits the Executive may be entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall be in lieu of, and not in addition
to, any of the payments and benefits the Executive may be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 3.3 hereof.

 

(a)         Severance
Payments. The Executive shall be entitled to receive a severance payment from the Company in an aggregate amount equal
to the product of (i) 1.5; and the sum of the Executive’s Salary in effect as of the Termination Date plus the Executive’s
average ACIP (if any) for the three (or fewer) calendar years prior to the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled
to any ACIP for the year in which the Termination Date occurs.

 

Such payment shall be made, subject to Section 3.6, sixty (60)
business days following the Termination Date. provided that the Executive has executed and delivered a Release pursuant to Section
3.5 hereof and such Release has become effective and irrevocable; and further provided that, if and to the extent
any portion of the payments under this Section 3.4 constitutes deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, then, unless the
Change in Control qualifies as a change in the ownership of the Company’s Parent, a change in effective control of the Company’s
Parent, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company’s Parent, as described in Treasury
Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), such portion of the payments shall be paid at the times specified in Section 3.3(b)(iii) of
the Employment Agreement for payment of such portion.

 

(b)         Severance
Benefits. If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Paragraph (e) or (f) in Section 3.1 hereof, and
if the Executive is eligible for and timely elects continuation coverage pursuant to COBRA under any insured or self-insured medical,
dental or vision plan maintained by the Company (other than any health and/or dependent care flexible spending account plan or
employee assistance plan), then the Company, for a period of eighteen (18) months following the Termination Date, or until the
Executive is no longer eligible for COBRA coverage under the particular plan will reimburse the Executive, on a taxable basis,
for the cost of such COBRA coverage less the amount that the Executive would be required to contribute toward health coverage if
she had remained an active employee of the Company. Such reimbursement payments will commence on the first payroll date of the
month following the Termination Date and will be paid on the first payroll date of each subsequent month. The Executive shall not
be entitled to reimbursement for the cost of any COBRA coverage elected separately by her current or former spouse or dependent
child. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such plan is fully insured, any such reimbursement requirement shall apply to the
extent permitted by the Health Care Law.

 

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(c)          Rights
Under Plans. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.5, the Executive shall be entitled to the following rights with respect
to any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock grants, restricted stock units, cash incentive units, or stock
bonuses theretofore granted by the Company or the Company’s Parent to the Executive under any Plan, whether or not provided
for in any agreement with the Company or the Company’s Parent (i) all unvested stock options, stock appreciation rights,
restricted stock grants, restricted stock units, or stock bonuses, shall be vested in full on the Termination Date, notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary or any provision requiring any act or acts by the Executive in any agreement with the Company or
the Company’s Parent or any Plan; (ii) to the extent that any such stock options or stock appreciation rights shall require
by their terms the exercise thereof by the Executive, the last date to exercise the same shall, notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary in any agreement or any Plan, be the earlier of (A) the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Termination Date
and (B) the original expiration date had the Executive’s employment not so terminated; provided, however, that no such extension
of the period in which an incentive stock option, within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code, may be exercised shall occur
without the consent of the Executive if such extension would result in such incentive stock option failing to continue to qualify
for the federal income tax treatment afforded incentive stock options under Section 421 of the Code; and (iii) if the vesting or
exercise pursuant hereto of any such stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock grants, restricted stock units,
or stock bonuses shall have the effect of subjecting the Executive to liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange
Act or any similar provision of law, the vesting date thereof shall be deemed to be the first day after the Termination Date on
which such vesting may occur without subjecting the Executive to such liability.

 

(d)          Rabbi
Trust. The Company shall maintain a trust intended to be a grantor trust within the meaning of subpart E, Part I, subchapter
J, chapter 1, subtitle A of the Code (the “Rabbi Trust”). Coincident with the occurrence of a Change in Control,
the Company shall promptly deliver to a bank as trustee of the Rabbi Trust (the “Trustee”), an amount of cash
or certificates of deposit, treasury bills or irrevocable letters of credit adequate to fully fund the payment obligations of the
Company under this Section 3.4. The Company and Trustee shall enter into a trust agreement that shall provide that barring the
insolvency of the Company, amounts payable to the Executive under this Section 3.4 (subject to Section 3.6) shall be paid by the
Trustee to the Executive ten (10) days after written demand therefore by the Executive to the Trustee, with a copy to the Company,
certifying that such amounts are due and payable under this Section 3.4 because the Executive’s employment has been terminated
pursuant to Paragraph (e) or (g) in Section 3.1 hereof at a time which is within two (2) years following the occurrence of a Change
in Control (a “Triggering Event”). Such trust agreement shall also provide that if the Company shall, prior
to payment by the Trustee, object in writing to the Trustee, with a copy to the Executive, as to the payment of any amounts demanded
by the Executive under this Section 3.4, certifying that such amounts are not due and payable to the Executive because a Triggering
Event has not occurred, such dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration as set forth in Section 5.8 hereof.

 

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3.5.        Conditions
to Severance Payments and Benefits.

 

(a)          The
Executive’s right to receive the severance payments and benefits pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4 hereof, is expressly conditioned
upon (a) receipt by the Company of a written release (a “Release”) executed by the Executive in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, on or before the fiftieth (50th) day following the Termination Date and the expiration of the revocation
period described therein without such Release having been revoked, and (b) the compliance by the Executive with the covenants,
terms or provisions of Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 hereof (the “Restrictive Covenants”). If the Executive shall
fail to deliver a Release in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.5 or shall breach any of the Restrictive Covenants, the
Company’s obligation to make the severance payments and to provide the severance benefits pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4
hereof shall immediately and irrevocably terminate.

 

(b)          Except
where the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3.1(a) or (b), during any calendar year in which the Executive
is a Covered Employee, if any stock-based or cash incentive unit awards of the Executive are intended to qualify as “performance
based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, then the Executive’s entitlement, if any, to
accelerated vesting of her stock-based and cash incentive unit awards pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4 of this Agreement shall apply
only to the accelerated lapse of any service requirement, and the Executive shall be entitled to such stock-based awards, or to
the vesting thereof, only if and to the extent that the applicable performance criteria applicable to such awards are satisfied.

 

3.6.        Section
409A Tax. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent any payment or provision of benefits under this
Agreement upon the Executive’s “separation from service” is subject to Section 409A of the Code, no such payment
shall be made, and Executive shall be responsible for the full cost of such benefits,
for six (6) months following the Executive's "separation from service" if the Executive is a "specified employee"
of the Company on the date of such separation from service. On the expiration of such six (6) month period, any payments delayed,
and an amount sufficient to reimburse the Executive for the cost of benefits met by the Executive, during such period shall be
aggregated (the “Make-Up Amount”) and paid in full to the Executive, and any succeeding payments and benefits
shall continue as scheduled hereunder. The Company shall credit the Make-Up Amount with
interest at no less than the interest rate it pays for short-term borrowed funds, such interest to accrue from the date on which
payments would have been made, or benefits would have been provided, by the Company to the Executive absent the six month delay.
The terms "separation from service" and "specified employee" shall have the meanings set forth under
Section 409A and the regulations and rulings issued thereunder. Furthermore, the Company shall not be required to make, and the
Executive shall not be required to receive, any severance or other payment or benefit under Sections 3.3 or 3.4 hereof if the making
of such payment or the provision of such benefit or the receipt thereof shall result in a tax to the Executive arising under Section
409A of the Code (a “Section 409A Tax”). For purposes of Section 409A, any right to a series of installment
payments or provision of benefits in installments under Sections 3.3 and 3.4 of this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a
series of separate payments. For purposes of and if and to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A, any reference in this
Agreement to the Executive’s “termination of employment” or words of similar import shall mean the Executive’s
“separation from service” from the Company, and the Executive’s Termination Date shall mean the date of her “separation
from service” from the Company.

 

 

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SECTION 4.       Restrictive
Covenants.

 

4.1.        Confidentiality.
The Executive agrees that she will not, either during the Term or at any time after the expiration or termination of the Term,
disclose to any other Person any confidential or proprietary information of the Company, the Company’s Parent, or their subsidiaries,
except for (a) disclosures to directors, officers, key employees, independent accountants and counsel of the Company, the Company’s
Parent and their subsidiaries as may be necessary or appropriate in the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder,
(b) disclosures which do not have a material adverse effect on the business or operations of the Company, the Company’s Parent
and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (c) disclosures which the Executive is required to make by law or by any court, arbitrator
or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to disclose
or make accessible any information, (d) disclosures with respect to any other litigation, arbitration or mediation involving
this Agreement, and (e) disclosures of any such confidential or proprietary information that is, at the time of such disclosure,
generally known to and available for use by the public otherwise than by the Executive’s wrongful act or omission. The Executive
agrees not to take with her upon leaving the employ of the Company any document or paper relating to any confidential information
or trade secret of the Company, the Company’s Parent and their subsidiaries, except that Executive shall be entitled to retain
(i) papers and other materials of a personal nature, including but limited to, photographs, correspondence, personal diaries,
calendars and Rolodexes (so long as such Rolodexes do not contain the Company’s only copy of business contact information),
personal files and phone books, (ii) information showing her compensation or relating to her reimbursement of expenses, (iii) information
that she reasonably believes may be needed for tax purposes, and (iv) copies of plans, programs and agreements relating to
her employment, or termination thereof, with the Company.

 

4.2.        Non-Solicitation
of Employees. The Executive agrees that, except in the course of performing her duties hereunder, she will not, either
during the Term and for a period of two (2) years after the expiration or termination of the Term, directly or indirectly, solicit
or induce or attempt to solicit or induce or cause any of the employees of the Company, the Company’s Parent or their subsidiaries
to leave the employ of the Company, the Company’s Parent or any of their subsidiaries.

 

4.3.        Intellectual
Property and Company Creations.

 

(a)          Definitions.
Included Activity means at the relevant time of determination, any activity conducted by, for or under the Company’s
direction, whether or not conducted at the Company’s facilities, during working hours or using the Company’s resources,
or which relates directly or indirectly to (i) the Company’s business as then operated or under consideration or development
or (ii) any method, program, computer software, apparatus, design, plan, model, specification, formulation, technique, product,
process (including, without limitation, any business processes and any operational processes) or device, then purchased, sold,
leased, used or under consideration or development by the Company. Development means any idea, discovery, improvement,
invention (including without limitation any discovery of new technology and any improvement to existing technology), Confidential
Information, know-how, innovation, writing, work of authorship, compilation and other development or improvement, whether or not
patented or patentable, copyrightable, or reduced to practice or writing. The Company Creation means any Development
that arises out of any Included Activity.

 

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(b)          Assignment.
Executive hereby sells, transfers and assigns to (and the following shall be the exclusive property of) the Company, or its
designee(s), the entire right, title and interest of Executive in and to all Company Creations made, discovered, invented, authored,
created, developed, originated or conceived by Executive, solely or jointly, (i) during the term of Executive’s employment
with the Company or (ii) on or before the first anniversary of the date of termination of Executive’s employment with
the Company. Executive acknowledges that all copyrightable materials developed or produced by Executive within the scope of Executive's
employment by the Company constitute works made for hire, as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act 17 U.S.C.
§ 101. Executive shall bear the burden to prove that any Development did not arise out of an Included Activity.

 

(c)          Disclosure
and Cooperation. Executive shall communicate promptly and disclose to the Company, in such form as the Company may
reasonably request, all information, details and data pertaining to any Company Creations, and Executive shall execute and deliver
to the Company or its designee(s) such formal transfers and assignments and such other papers and documents and shall give such
testimony as may be deemed necessary or required of Executive by the Company or its designee to develop, preserve or extend the
Company's rights relating to any Company Creations and to permit the Company or its designee to file and prosecute patent applications
and, as to copyrightable material, to obtain copyright registrations thereof. Executive hereby appoints the Company as Executive's
attorney-in-fact to execute on Executive's behalf any assignments or other documents deemed necessary by the Company to protect
or perfect its rights to any Creations.

 

(d)          Exclusion.  If
any Company Creation fully qualifies under any applicable state or federal law that (i) restricts the enforcement of the provisions
of Sections 4.3(b) or 4.3(c) by the Company against any Company
employee and (ii) prohibits the waiver of such employee rights by contract, then as to such qualifying Company Creations, the provisions
of Sections 4.3(b) and 4.3(c) shall only apply to the extent, if any, not prohibited by such law.

 

(e)          Excluded
and Licensed Developments.  Attached is a list of all Developments made by Executive before Executive’s
employment with the Company commenced that Executive desires to exclude from this Agreement (Excluded Developments).
Executive represents that if no such list is attached, there are no Excluded Developments. As to any Development (other than a
Company Creation) in which Executive has an interest at any time prior to or during Executive’s employment with the Company,
including without limitation, any Excluded Development, any Development not arising from an Included Activity or any Development
in which Executive otherwise acquires any interest (a Separate Development), prior to (i) using such Separate Development
in any way in the course of Executive’s employment with the Company or (ii) disclosing the Separate Development to any employee,
contractor, customer or agent of the Company, Executive shall inform the Company in writing of Executive’s intention to so
use or disclose the Separate Development (the Separate Development Notice) and shall not so use or disclose the Separate
Development unless the Company consents in writing to such use or disclosure. Executive hereby grants to The Company an exclusive,
royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide right and license to exercise any all rights with respect to any Separate Development that
Executive so uses or discloses, irrespective of whether such use or disclosure is in accordance with or in breach of this notice
requirement, unless the Separate Development Notice expressly makes reference to this Section of this Agreement and specifies the
license restrictions or royalties required and the Company agrees in writing to such restrictions or royalties.

 

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SECTION 5.        Miscellaneous
Provisions.

 

5.1.          No
Mitigation; Offsets. The Executive shall not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment provided for
under this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise and no future income earned by the Executive from employment or otherwise
shall in any way reduce or offset any payments due to the Executive hereunder. Assuming a payment or otherwise is due Executive
under this Agreement, the Company may offset against any amount due Executive under this Agreement only those amounts due Company
in respect of any undisputed, liquidated obligation of Executive to the Company.

 

5.2.          Governing
Law. The provisions of this Agreement will be construed and interpreted under the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

5.3.          Injunctive
Relief and Additional Remedy. The Executive acknowledges that the injury that would be suffered by the Company, the Company’s
Parent, or their subsidiaries as a result of a breach of the provisions of Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 hereof would be irreparable
and that an award of monetary damages to the Company, the Company’s Parent, or their subsidiaries for such a breach would
be an inadequate remedy. Consequently, the Company, the Company’s Parent, or their subsidiaries will have the right, in addition
to any other rights it may have, to obtain injunctive relief to restrain any breach or threatened breach or otherwise to specifically
enforce any provision of this Agreement, and the Company, the Company’s Parent, or their subsidiaries will not be obligated
to post bond or other security in seeking such relief. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the federal and state courts of the State of New Jersey for the purpose of injunctive relief. 

 

5.4.          Representations
and Warranties by Executive. The Executive represents and warrants to the best of her knowledge that the execution and
delivery by the Executive of this Agreement do not, and the performance by the Executive of the Executive’s obligations hereunder
will not, with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both: (a) violate any judgment, writ, injunction, or
order of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency applicable to the Executive or (b) conflict with, result in the breach of
any provisions of or the termination of, or constitute a default under, any agreement to which the Executive is a party or by which
the Executive is or may be bound.

 

5.5.          Waiver.
The rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay
by either party in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power,
or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise
of such right, power, or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, (a) no waiver that may be given by a party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it
is given; and (b) no notice to or demand on one party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such party or of
the right of the party giving such notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement.

 

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5.6.          Assignment.
No right or benefit under this Agreement shall be assigned, transferred, pledged or encumbered (a) by the Executive except by a
beneficiary designation made by will or the laws of descent and distribution or (b) by the Company except that the Company may
assign this Agreement and all of its rights hereunder to any Person with which it may merge or consolidate or to which it may sell
all or substantially all of its assets; provided that such Person shall, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory
to the Executive, expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement for the remainder of the Term in the same manner and to
the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such merger, consolidation or sale had taken place. Subject
to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Company’s Parent and
each of their successors and assigns, and the Executive, her heirs, legal representatives and any beneficiary or beneficiaries
designated hereunder.

 

5.7.          Entire
Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Company (and the Company’s Parent)
and Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written,
between the Company (and the Company’s Parent) and Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof,. This Agreement may
not be amended orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto.

 

5.8.          Arbitration.
Any dispute which may arise between the Executive and the Company with respect to the construction, interpretation or application
of any of the terms, provisions, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any claim arising from or relating to this Agreement
will be submitted to final and binding arbitration by three (3) arbitrators in the Newark, New Jersey, under the expedited rules
of the American Arbitration Association then obtaining. One such arbitrator shall be selected by each of the Company and the Executive,
and the two arbitrators so selected shall select the third arbitrator. Selection of all three arbitrators shall be made within
thirty (30) days after the date the dispute arose. The written decision of the arbitrators shall be rendered within ninety (90)
days after selection of the third arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrators shall be final and binding on the Company and the
Executive and may be entered by either party in any New Jersey federal or state court having jurisdiction. 

 

5.9.          Severability.
In the case that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held invalid or unenforceable,
the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable
only in part or degree shall remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

 

5.10.         Counterparts;
Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original copy
of this Agreement and all of which, when taken together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement
may be executed via facsimile.

 

5.11.         Headings;
Interpretation. The various headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and do not limit or otherwise affect
any of the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the parties that this Agreement not be construed more strictly with
regard to one party than with regard to any other party.

 

5.12.         Notices.
(a) All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing
and sent as follows:

 

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If to the Company, to:

 

Selective Insurance Company of America

40
Wantage Avenue

Branchville, New Jersey 07890

Attn: General Counsel

Fax: (973) 948-0282

 

If to the Executive, to:

 

[Address Intentionally Omitted]

 

(b)          All
notices and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement which are addressed as provided in Paragraph (a) of
this Section 5.12, (i) if delivered personally against proper receipt shall be effective upon delivery, (ii) if sent by facsimile
transmission (with evidence supplied by the sender of the facsimile’s receipt at a facsimile number designated for receipt
by the other party hereunder, which other party shall be obligated to provide such a facsimile number) shall be effective upon
dispatch, and (iii) if sent (A) by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid or (B) by Federal Express or similar courier
service with courier fees paid by the sender, shall be effective upon receipt. The parties hereto may from time to time change
their respective addresses and/or facsimile numbers for the purpose of notices to that party by a similar notice specifying a new
address and/or facsimile number, but no such change shall be deemed to have been given unless it is sent and received in accordance
with this Section 5.12.

 

5.13.       Withholding.
All amounts payable by the Company to the Executive hereunder (including, but not limited to, the Salary or any amounts payable
pursuant to Sections 3.3 and/or 3.4 hereof) shall be reduced prior to the delivery of such payment to the Executive by an amount
sufficient to satisfy any applicable federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company and Executive have executed this Agreement as of the Commencement Date.

 

	 	SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
	 	 
	 	By:	  /s/ Gregory E. Murphy
	 	 	 Gregory E. Murphy
	 	 	 Its Chairman, President & CEO
	 	 	 
	 	EXECUTIVE:
	 	 
	 	/s/	Kimberly J. Burnett
	 	 	 Kimberly J. Burnett

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF RELEASE

 

Reference is hereby made
to the Employment Agreement, made as of October 24, 2011 (the “Employment Agreement”), by and between
Kimberly J. Burnett (the “Executive”) and Selective Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey
corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings specified
in the Employment Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the terms of
the Employment Agreement and in consideration of the payments to be made to the Executive by the Company, which Executive acknowledges
are in excess of what Executive would otherwise be entitled to receive, the Executive hereby releases and forever discharges and
holds the Company, the Company’s Parent and their subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Parties”
and each a “Company Party”), and the respective officers, directors, employees, partners, stockholders,
members, agents, affiliates, successors and assigns and insurers of each Company Party, and any legal and personal representatives
of each of the foregoing, harmless from all claims or suits, of any nature whatsoever (whether known or unknown), past, present
or future, including those arising from the law, being directly or indirectly related to the Executive’s employment by or
the termination of such employment by any Company Party, including, without limiting the foregoing, any claims for notice, pay
in lieu of notice, wrongful dismissal, severance pay, bonus, overtime pay, incentive compensation, interest or vacation pay for
the Executive’s service as an officer or director to any Company Party through the date hereof. The Executive also hereby
agrees not to file a lawsuit asserting any such claims. This release (this “Release”) includes, but is not
limited to, claims growing out of any legal restriction on any Company Party’s right to terminate its employees and claims
or rights under federal, state, and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination (including, but not limited to, claims or
rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991,
the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Equal Pay Act,
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, and the laws
of the State of New Jersey against discrimination, or any other federal or state statutes prohibiting
discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation, or any other
federal, state or local employment law, regulation or other requirement) which arose before the date this Release is signed,
excepting only claims in the nature of workers’ compensation, claims for vested benefits, and claims to enforce this agreement.
The Executive acknowledges that because this Release contains a release of claims and is an important legal document, she has
been advised to consult with counsel before executing it, that she may take up to [twenty-one (21)]1 [forty-five (45)]2
days to decide whether to execute it, and that she may revoke this Release by delivering or mailing a signed notice of revocation
to the Company at its offices within seven (7) days after executing it. If Executive executes this Release and does not subsequently
revoke the release within seven (7) days after executing it, then this Release shall take effect as a legally binding agreement
between Executive and the Company.

 

 

1          Delete
brackets and use text enclosed therewith if 45 days is not otherwise required by Section 7(f)(1)(F) of the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act and/or 29 C.F.R. Part 1625. If 45 days is so required, delete bracketed text in its entirety.

 

2          Delete
brackets and use text enclosed therewith if 45 days is required by Section 7(f)(1)(F) of the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act and/or 29 C.F.R. Part 1625. If 45 days is not so required, delete bracketed text in its entirety.

   

    	 

    	 

    

 

If Executive does not deliver
to the Company an original signed copy of this Release by [INSERT DATE], or if Executive signs and revokes this Release within
seven (7) days as set forth above, the Company will assume that Executive rejects the Release and Executive will not receive the
payments referred to herein.

 

The Executive acknowledges
that there is a risk that after signing this Release she may discover losses or claims that are released under this Release, but
that are presently unknown to her. The Executive assumes this risk and understands that this Release shall apply to any such losses
and claims.

 

The Executive understands
that this Release includes a full and final release covering all known and unknown, injuries, debts, claims or damages which have
arisen or may have arisen from Executive’s employment by or the termination of such employment by any Company Party. The
Executive acknowledges that by accepting the benefits and payments set forth in the Employment Agreement, she assumes and waives
the risks that the facts and the law may be other than as she believes.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing,
this Release does not release, and the Executive continues to be entitled to, (i) any rights to exculpation or indemnification
that the Executive has under contract or law with respect to her service as an officer or director of any Company Party and (ii)
receive the payments to be made to her by the Company pursuant to Section 3.3 and/or 3.4 of the Employment Agreement (including
any plan, agreement or other arrangement that is referenced in or the subject of the applicable Section), subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 3.5 of the Employment Agreement, (iii) any right the Executive may have to obtain contribution as permitted
by law in the event of entry of judgment against her as a result of any act or failure to act for which she and any Company Party
are jointly liable, and (iv) any claim in respect of any insurance policy with any Company Party entered into outside of the
employment relationship.

 

This Release constitutes
the release referenced in Section 3.5 of the Employment Agreement.

 

The undersigned Executive,
having had the time to reflect, freely accepts and agrees to the above Release. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that no Company
Party representative has made any representation to or agreement with the Executive relating to this Release which is not contained
in the express terms of this Release. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the execution and delivery of this Release is
based upon the Executive’s independent review of this Release, and the Executive hereby expressly waives any and all claims
or defenses by the Executive against the enforcement of this Release which are based upon allegations or representations, projections,
estimates, understandings or agreements by any Company Party or any of their representatives or any assumptions by the Executive
that are not contained in the express terms of this Release.

 

	 	 	Date:	 
	Kimberly J. Burnett	 	 	 

 

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	STATE OF	 	:
	 	 	: ss.:
	COUNTY OF	 	:

 

On this _____ day of _______________, 2011, before me, the undersigned
officer, personally appeared Kimberly J. Burnett, personally known to me (or satisfactorily proven to be the same person whose
name is subscribed in the foregoing instrument), who acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein
contained as her free act and deed.

 

	 	In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Notary Public
	 	My Commission Expires:

 

[Attach disclosures required by the Older Workers Benefit
Protection Act, if required]

 

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