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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2014 DIRECTOR FEE PLAN

SECTION 1 

Purposes; Reservation of Shares

(a)Purposes. The purposes of the Amended and Restated 2014 Director Fee Plan (the "Plan") are:
		
	(1)
	to provide each Director of Matthews International Corporation (the "Corporation"), who is not also an employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries ("Director"), with the payment of (i) an annual retainer fee (ii) in the case of a Director who  serves as Chairman of the Board (the "NE Chairperson") or serves as the lead director of the Board (the "Lead Director"), an additional annual retainer fee, (iii) an annual retainer fee for each Committee chairperson and to any Lead Director, in each case, for future services to be performed by such Director (collectively, "Director Fees") as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board");

		
	(2)
	to provide payment to each Director (except the NE Chairperson shall only be entitled to Board and Shareholders’ Meeting Fees) for the following (collectively, the “Meeting Fees”): (i) fees if any, paid for attendance at meetings of the Board or Committees of the Board; and (ii) fees, if any, paid to a Director for attendance at the Annual Meeting; 

		
	(3)
	to increase the identification of interests between the Directors and the shareholders of the Corporation by permitting (i) the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board or a Stock Compensation Subcommittee of the Committee (the "Subcommittee") to award restricted stock (“RSA”), restricted stock units (“RSU”), nonstatutory stock options and/or stock appreciation rights to each Director on the fifteenth (15th) business day after the annual shareholders' meeting of the Corporation, and

		
	(4)
	to allow Directors to elect to (i) receive payment of certain fees in shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”), (ii) defer receipt of certain fees and awards into a deferred stock account as deferred stock units (“DSU”), and (iii) reinvest dividends payable under this Plan instead of receiving cash.

For purposes of the Plan, the term "Subsidiary" means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or estate in an unbroken chain beginning with the Corporation, if each of the entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain owns equity possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of equity in one of the other entities in the chain. As used hereinafter, the term "Committee" shall mean either the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the Subcommittee, if the Subcommittee is authorized by the Board to act under this Plan; provided, however, that the members of the Committee must be composed solely of two or more "non-employee directors" in accordance with Rule 16b-3(d) under the 1934 Act. The term “Annual Meeting” shall refer to the annual shareholders’ meeting of the Corporation.
		
	(b)
	Reservation of Shares. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 1(b), the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan or credited (in DSUs) to deferred stock compensation accounts for subsequent issuance under the Plan is limited to one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) shares, subject to adjustment and substitution as set forth in Section 14  

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hereof. Shares issued under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or shares previously issued and thereafter acquired by the Corporation or partly each, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. If any stock option, RSU or stock appreciation right granted under the Plan is cancelled by mutual consent, forfeited, or terminates or expires for any reason without having been exercised in full, or if any RSAs under the Plan are forfeited, the number of shares subject thereto, in the case of stock options, RSUs or stock appreciation rights, or the number of shares forfeited, in the case of RSAs, shall again be available for all purposes of the Plan. All shares of Common Stock covered by a stock appreciation right or RSU, to the extent it is exercised or vests, as applicable, and shares of Common Stock are actually issued upon exercise or vesting of the right, shall be counted, regardless of the number of shares used to settle the stock appreciation right upon exercise.

SECTION 2

Eligibility

Any non-employee Director of the Corporation who is separately compensated in the form of Director Fees or Meeting Fees for services on the Board shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.

SECTION 3

Payment of Director Fees

(a)Director Fee Payment. Subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof, on the fifteenth (15th) business day following the Annual Meeting (or the election or re-election to a committee chair or lead director position if such election is not made at the time of the Annual Meeting) (each such date of payment referred to as a "Regular Payment Date"), each Director as of that date shall receive payment of Director Fees by:
		
	(1)
	the payment to (i) the Director of cash of seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) (ii) in the case of the NE Chairperson, an additional one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), (iii) any chairperson of a Committee of cash of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) (or $12,000 in the case of the Audit Committee chairperson and $10,000 in the case of the Compensation Committee Chairperson) (or such other amounts determined by the Board or by any committee of the Board which the Board authorizes to determine such amounts) (collectively, the "Director Fee Amount"); or

		
	(2)
	the issuance to the Director of a number of whole shares of Common Stock equal to the Director Fee Amount divided by the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock, as defined in Section 17 hereof, on such Payment Date (rounded upward to the next whole share).

Subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof, each Director who first becomes a Director after a Regular Payment Date and before the next Annual Meeting shall, on the fifteenth (15th) business day following his or her election as a Director (the "Interim Payment Date", and collectively with any Regular Payment Date, a “Payment Date”), receive payment of a pro-rata portion of the Director Fee Amount (in cash or in shares of Common Stock, as the case may be), equal to the applicable Director Fee Amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Board meetings scheduled between the date of such 

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Director's election and the date of the next Annual Meeting (excluding any Directors' meeting on the date of such Annual Meeting), and the denominator of which shall be the total number of Board meetings (actual and scheduled) between the date of the last Annual Meeting (including any Board meeting on the date of such Annual Meeting) and the date of the next Annual Meeting (excluding any Directors' meeting on the date of such Annual Meeting).
(b)Stock Election.  The Committee shall determine by November 30 of each year whether Director Fees in the following calendar year will be paid in cash or in shares of Common Stock, with the default election being the payment of Directors Fees in shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Director Fees are to be paid in cash, a Director may elect to receive payment of the Director Fees in shares (a "Stock Election"). A Stock Election shall be made by filing a notice of election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation (each, a "Notice of Election"). Once made, a Stock Election shall be effective on January 1 of the year following the date on which the Notice of Election is filed; provided, however, Stock Elections shall be effective on the date on which the Notice of Election is filed with respect to Director Fees payable after the time of a person's initial election to the office of Director, or any subsequent re-election if immediately prior thereto such person was not serving as a Director, provided the Director files such Notice of Election within ten (10) business days subsequent to being elected or re-elected as a Director. A Stock Election shall apply to all Director Fees otherwise payable while such election is effective. A Director may terminate a current Stock Election and receive current payment of Director Fees in cash (where the Committee has elected to pay Director Fees in cash) by filing a notice of termination with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation (each, a "Notice of Termination"), which shall be effective on January 1 of the year following the date on which a Notice of Termination is filed.
(c)    Evidence of Shares. As of the date on which the Director Fees are payable in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(a) or 3(b) hereof, (i) the Corporation, at its sole discretion, shall either issue share certificates to the Director for any shares of Common Stock received under the Plan or cause such shares to be registered in the name of the Director on any book-entry registration maintained by the Corporation or its transfer agent, and (ii) the Director shall be a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to any such shares of Common Stock so issued.
(d)    Deferral Election.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Director may elect to defer the receipt of Director Fees in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.  

SECTION 4

Payment of Meeting Fees

(a)    Current Cash Payment. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 hereof, each Director shall receive payment of Meeting Fees in cash in the following amounts (or such other amounts determined by the Board or by any committee of the Board which the Board authorizes to determine such amounts), except that the NE Chairperson shall only be entitled to Board Meeting Fees and Shareholder's Meeting Fees, if any:
	
		
	Board Meeting Fees:
	None

	Committee Meeting Fees:
	None

	Special Committee Meeting Fees:
Shareholders' Meeting Fees:
	$1,500 per day of service
None

Except as set forth in Section 5 hereof, payment of Meeting Fees, if any, shall be paid within ten (10) business days following the meeting with respect to which such fees are payable. The amount and time of payment of Meeting Fees may be changed from time to time by the Board in its sole discretion through a duly adopted Board resolution.
		
	(c)
	Deferral Election.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Director may elect to defer the receipt of Meeting Fees in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.

SECTION 5

Deferral Elections

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(a)    Deferred Payment of Director Fees and Meeting Fees. Regardless of whether Director Fees or Meeting Fees are scheduled to be paid in cash or shares of Common Stock, each Director may elect to defer the receipt of Director Fees, Meeting Fees and/or RSAs granted pursuant to Section 12, as provided under this Section 5 (a “Deferral Election”). 
(b)    Election Procedures.  A Deferral Election may be made by timely filing a Notice of Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation, subject to the following terms and conditions:
		
	(1)
	A Deferral Election shall be effective only if made on or prior to December 31st of the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the calendar year to which the Deferral Election relates (or such other date as may be established by the Committee to the extent consistent with Section 409A);  

		
	(2)
	Deferral Elections are entirely voluntary and shall be irrevocable once made; provided, however, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Deferral Election to be changed at any time prior to the last permissible date for making a Deferral Election;  

		
	(3)
	A Deferral Election shall apply to all Director Fees and/or RSAs earned and payable in each calendar year while such Deferral Election remains effective, and to all Meeting Fees paid or payable for meetings held in each calendar year while such Deferral Election remains effective;

		
	(4)
	A Notice of Election shall, to the extent permitted by the Committee, allow a Director to select whether any dividends or distributions payable with respect to the Director’s DSUs shall be paid currently in cash (or other property, as applicable) or otherwise credited in additional DSUs to the Director’s Account (the “Dividend Election”).

(c)    Elections for New Plan Participants.  A Director who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan may, to the extent permitted by the Committee, file a Deferral Election (the “Initial Election”) at any time on or before the 10th business day following the date on which the Director initially becomes eligible to participate in the Plan.  Any such Initial Election shall only apply to fees and awards earned and payable for services rendered after the date on which the Deferral Election is delivered to the Corporation.  Accordingly, an Initial Election shall apply to all Director Fees or RSAs earned and payable subsequent to the date the Initial Election is delivered to the Corporation, and to all Meeting Fees earned and payable for meetings held following the date the Initial Election is delivered to the Corporation.  
(d)    Termination/Modification of Deferral Elections.  Unless otherwise specifically provided in a Notice of Election, a Deferral Election shall remain in effect for future calendar years unless and until such election is timely revoked.  A Director may increase, decrease, terminate or recommence a Deferral Election by filing a new Deferral Election on or prior to the last date for filing a Deferral Election for the next calendar year. A new Deferral Election shall be effective January 1st of the calendar year following the date on which the election is filed with the Corporation.

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SECTION 6

Deferred Stock Compensation Account

(a)    General. The amount of any Director Fees, RSAs or Meeting Fees elected to be deferred in accordance with a Deferral Election for a calendar year shall be credited, in the form of shares of DSUs, to a deferred stock compensation account maintained by the Corporation in the name of the Director (an "Account"). On each Payment Date that a Deferral Election is effective for a Director or on which DSUs are to be credited pursuant to a Deferral Election, the Director's Account(s) shall be credited on the Payment Date with the number of DSUs (including fractional shares to at least two decimal places) (i) equal to that number of shares of Common Stock that otherwise would have been payable to the Director on such Payment Date where the Director Fees had been payable to the Director in shares of Common Stock, (ii) equal to the aggregate amount of all Director Fees and/or Meeting Fees subject to such Deferral Election otherwise payable during such calendar year to such Director in cash divided by the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock, as defined in Section 17 hereof, on such Payment Date, and/or (iii) equivalent to the number of shares of restricted stock granted.  DSUs shall represent the right to receive an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions outlined in this Section.  No interest or other amount shall be paid or credited to a Director notwithstanding that Director Fees and/or Meeting Fees which otherwise would have been payable under the Plan are not reflected as DSUs until the Payment Date. A separate Account shall be maintained for each amount of deferred Director Fees, Meeting Fees or RSAs for which a Director has elected a different payment option or as otherwise determined by the Committee. Separate Accounts shall be maintained for deferred Director Fees, Meeting Fees and/or RSAs under the Plan as opposed to those deferred, if any, under the 1994 Director Fee Plan, as amended.
The Account of a Director shall be charged on the date of distribution with any distribution of DSUs made to the Director from such Account pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof. 
(b)    Dividend Equivalent Rights.  If a dividend be declared on the Corporation’s Common Stock in cash or property other than Common Stock at a time when DSUs are outstanding in an Account, then on the date of such payment of the dividend the Corporation shall, based on each Director’s Dividend Election in effect at the time, either (i) pay directly to the Director an amount in cash or property other than Common Stock, as the case may be, or (ii) increase the number of DSUs credited to the Director’s Account by an amount, determined in accordance with the following formula, rounded down to the nearest whole share:   X =((A x B)/C)-D, where
X = the additional number of DSUs to be credited to the Account, or paid in cash, based on the Director’s Dividend Election then in effect;
A = the number of DSUs in the Director’s Account;
B = the per share amount of the dividend;
C = the average of the high and low per share selling prices of the Corporation’s Common Stock on the payment date of such dividend;
D = the taxes, if any, required to be withheld on such amount, including but not limited to any taxes required to be withheld due to the characterization of such amounts as wages or compensation.
(c)    Manner of Payment of Account. The DSUs held in a Director's Account will be paid in shares of Common Stock to the Director or, in the event of the Director's death, to the Director's Beneficiary as defined in Section 6(d) hereof.
		
	(1)
	Elections. For Deferral Elections, a Director may elect at the time of filing the Notice of Election to receive payment of the DSUs credited to the Director's Account, in whole or in part, as follows (except as otherwise provided in Sections 6(d) and 7(b) hereof, if applicable):

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	(i)
	In a lump sum on April 1 (or if April 1 is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Director first separates from service with the Corporation under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any successor Section, upon or after ceasing to be a member of the Board for any reason, including by reason of death or disability (the "Separation from Service Payment Commencement Date");

		
	(ii)
	In two to five annual installments commencing on the Separation From Service Payment Commencement Date and continuing on the same date (or if such date is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) in the calendar year(s) thereafter;

		
	(iii)
	In a lump sum on April 1 (or if April 1 is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) of the calendar year specified by the Director at the time of filing of such Notice of Election (the "Designated Payment Commencement Date");

		
	(iv)
	In two to five annual installments commencing on the Designated Payment Commencement Date and continuing on the same date (or if such date is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) in the calendar year(s) thereafter; or

		
	(v)
	If earlier than the date on which payment would be received under (i)-(iv) of this Section  6(c)(1), in a lump sum or in two to five annual installments, with payment commencing on the sixtieth (60th) day (or if such date is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) following the death of the Director or following the date on which the Director becomes disabled (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) and continuing on the same date (or if such date is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) in the calendar year(s) thereafter.

		
	(2)
	Installment Payments. In any case where payments are made in installments, the number of shares of Common Stock distributed in each installment shall be determined by multiplying (A) the number of DSUs in the Account on the date of payment of such installment, by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of remaining unpaid installments, and by rounding such result down to the nearest whole number of shares. The balance of the number of DSUs in the Account shall be appropriately reduced in accordance with Section 6(a) hereof to reflect the installment payments made hereunder. DSUs remaining in an Account pending distribution pursuant to this Section 6(c) shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14 hereof.

		
	(3)
	General. If a lump sum payment or the final installment payment hereunder would result in the issuance of a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall not be issued and cash in lieu of such fractional share shall be paid to the Director based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock, as defined in Section 17 hereof, on the date immediately preceding the date of such payment. The Corporation, at its sole discretion, shall either issue share certificates to the Director, or the Director's Beneficiary, for the shares of Common Stock distributed hereunder or cause such shares to be registered in the name of the Director, or the Director's Beneficiary, on any book-entry registration maintained by the Corporation 

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or its transfer agent. As of the date on which the Director is entitled to receive payment of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 6(c) hereof, a Director or the Director's Beneficiary shall be a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to such shares.  For purposes of Section 409A and the Plan, a payment shall be treated as made on a scheduled Payment Date if such payment is made at such date or a later date in the same calendar year or, if later, by the 15th day of the third calendar month following the scheduled Payment Date.
		
	(d)
	Director's Beneficiary. The "Director's Beneficiary" means any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) named by a Director under the Plan to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid in the case of his or her death before he or she receives any or all of such benefit. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Director, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed by the Director in writing with the Secretary of the Corporation during the Director's lifetime. In the absence of such a designation, Director's Beneficiary means the person designated by the Director in the Director's Will, or, if the Director fails to make a testamentary disposition of the shares or dies intestate, to the person entitled to receive the shares pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution of the state of domicile of the Director at the time of death.

SECTION 7

Other Payment Commencement Dates

(a)    General. If, in the case of a Deferral Election, the first DSUs credited to a particular Account with respect to such Director is credited after the relevant payment commencement date specified in Section 6(c) hereof or any DSUs are credited to an Account after a lump sum payment has been made pursuant to Section 6(c) hereof from such Account, payment of shares credited to such Account shall be made or commence on the April 1 (or if April 1 is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) following the date on which the shares are so credited.
(b)    Delay in Payment. Notwithstanding Section 6(c) hereof and except as otherwise provided in Section 7(c) hereof, a Director may irrevocably elect, by filing a Notice of Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation, to commence payment on a date later than the date specified under Section 6(c) hereof provided that:
		
	(i)
	Such election must be made at least twelve (12) months prior to the date on which payments (or the initial scheduled Payment Date in the case of installment payments) otherwise would have commenced pursuant to the election under Section 6(c) hereof; and

		
	(ii)
	The payment commencement date specified in such election under this Section 7(b) must be not less than five (5) years from the date on which payments (or the initial scheduled Payment Date in the case of installment payments) otherwise would have commenced pursuant to the election under Section 6(c) hereof.

The provisions of this Section 7(b) are intended to comply with Section 409A(4)(C) of the Code, or any successor Section, and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(c)    Change in Control Event. Notwithstanding Sections 6(c) and 7(b) hereof, effective for Director Fees, Meeting Fees and/or RSAs payable (but for any Deferral Elections) on and after January 1 of the year following the date on which the Notice of Election is filed, a Director may irrevocably elect, by filing a Notice of Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in a form prescribed by the Corporation, to receive 

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payment of all DSUs credited to the Director's Account with respect to such Director Fees, Meeting Fees and/or RSAs, upon the earlier of when payment would be made pursuant to the election under Section 6(c) or 7(b) hereof or in a lump sum immediately following the occurrence of any Change in Control Event, as defined below (a "Change in Control Event Election").
A Change in Control Event Election shall be effective on the date on which it is filed with respect to Director Fees, Meeting Fees and RSAs payable (but for any Deferral Elections) after the time of a person's initial election to the office of Director, or any subsequent re-election if immediately prior thereto such person was not serving as a Director, provided (i) the Director files such Change in Control Event Election within ten (10) business days subsequent to being elected or re-elected as a Director and (ii) a Change in Control Event Election shall only be effective for Director Fees, Meeting Fees and RSAs payable for services performed after the Change in Control Event Election is filed. A Director may terminate a Change in Control Event Election only by filing a Notice of Termination of Change in Control Event Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation, which shall be effective for Director Fees, Meeting Fees and/or RSAs payable (but for any Deferral Elections) on and after January 1 of the year following the date on which such Notice of Termination of Change in Control Event Election is filed. If payments from a Director's Account have previously commenced at the time of a Change in Control Event which results in a permissible lump sum payment pursuant to this Section 7(c), for purposes of applying this Section 7(c) shares previously paid from the Director's Account shall be deemed to be from Director Fees, Meeting Fees and RSAs not subject to a Change in Control Event Election, to the extent thereof. A “Change in Control Event” shall mean the date upon which any event occurs which constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation under Section 409A of the Code or any successor Section and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)-(vii) thereunder or any successor Section, provided that:
		
	(i)
	The percentage specified in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) (addressing the percentage change in the ownership of the total fair market value or voting power of the Corporation's stock) shall be 50 percent and not a higher percentage;

		
	(ii)
	The percentage specified in Treasury Regulation §1.409-3(i)(5)(vi)(A)(1) (addressing the percentage change in the ownership of the voting power of the Corporation's stock) shall be 30 percent and not a higher percentage;

		
	(iii)
	For purposes of Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(A)(2) (addressing a change in the effective control of the Corporation by virtue of a change in the composition of the Board), the words "a majority of the members of the corporation's board of directors" shall not be replaced by a higher portion; and

		
	(iv)
	The percentage specified in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)(A) (addressing the percentage change in the ownership of the Corporation's assets) shall be 40 percent and not a higher percentage.

SECTION 8

Non-Alienability of Benefits

Except as may be required by law, neither the Director nor the Director's Beneficiary shall have the right to, directly or indirectly, alienate, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate or encumber (except by reason of death) any amounts or shares of Common Stock or DSUs that are or may be payable hereunder, including but not limited to in respect of any liability of a Director or the Director's Beneficiary for alimony or other payments for the support of a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent, prior to such amount actually 

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being received by the Director or the Director's Beneficiary hereunder, nor shall any such amounts or shares be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment by creditors of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary or to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any Director or Director's Beneficiary, or transfer by operation of law in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary, or any legal process.

SECTION 9

Nature of Deferred Stock Compensation Accounts

Any Account, and any DSUs reflected in such Account, shall be established and maintained only on the books and records of the Corporation. No assets or funds of the Corporation, a Subsidiary or the Plan shall be removed from the claims of the Corporation's or a Subsidiary's general or judgment creditors or otherwise made available, and no shares of Common Stock of the Corporation to be issued pursuant to an Account shall be issued or outstanding, until such amounts and shares are actually payable to a Director or a Director's Beneficiary as provided herein. DSUs credited to an Account constitute a mere promise by the Corporation to make payments in the future. Each Director and Director's Beneficiary shall have the status of, and their rights to receive a payment of shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be no greater than the rights of, general unsecured creditors of the Corporation. No person shall be entitled to any voting rights with respect to DSUs credited to an Account. The Corporation shall not be obligated under any circumstances to fund any financial obligations under the Plan and the Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan for tax purposes. However, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, set aside funds in a trust or other vehicle, subject to the claims of its creditors, in order to assist it in meeting its obligations under the Plan, if:
		
	(a)
	such arrangement will not cause the Plan to be considered a funded deferred compensation plan under the Code;

		
	(b)
	any trust created by the Corporation, and any assets held by such trust to assist the Corporation in meeting its obligations under the Plan, will conform to the terms of the model trust, as described in Rev. Proc. 92-64, 1992-2 C.B. 422 or any successor; and

		
	(c)
	such set aside of funds is not described in Section 409A(b) of the Code, or any successor provision.

SECTION 10

Grant of Equity Awards

The Committee shall have authority, in its sole discretion, (a) to grant "nonstatutory stock options" (i.e., stock options which do not qualify under Sections 422 and 423 of the Code), (b) to grant stock appreciation rights, (c) to award RSAs, and (d) to award RSUs (collectively “Equity Awards”). All grants and awards pursuant to this Section 10 shall be made on or to be effective on a Payment Date. On or as of each Payment Date, the Committee shall grant or award to each Director on such Payment Date Equity Awards with a total value of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) (or such other amount determined by the Board or by any committee of the Board which the Board authorizes to determine such amount). The Committee shall determine in its sole discretion the portion of each grant and/or award to be comprised of nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, RSAs and RSUs and the value of each.  

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SECTION 11

Terms and Conditions of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

Stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
		
	(A)
	The purchase price at which each stock option may be exercised (the "option price") and the base price at which each stock appreciation right may be granted (the "Base Price") shall be such price as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Stock covered by the stock option or stock appreciation right on the date of grant. For purposes of this Section 11, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined as provided in Section 17 hereof. In no event may any stock option or stock appreciation right granted under this Plan, other than pursuant to Section14, be amended to decrease the exercise price or Base Price thereof, be cancelled in conjunction with the grant of any new stock option or stock appreciation right with a lower exercise price or Base Price, be cancelled or repurchased for cash, property, or another award at a time when the exercise price or Base Price is greater than the Fair Market Value of the underlying Common Stock, or otherwise be subject to any action that would be treated, for accounting purposes, as a "repricing" of such stock option or stock appreciation right, unless such amendment, cancellation, or action is approved by the Corporation's shareholders.

		
	(B)
	The option price for each stock option shall be paid in full upon exercise and shall be payable in cash in United States dollars (including check, bank draft or money order), which may include cash forwarded through a broker or other agent-sponsored exercise or financing program; provided, however, that in lieu of such cash the person exercising the stock option may if authorized by the Committee pay the option price in whole or in part by delivering to the Corporation shares of the Common Stock (by delivery of such shares or by attestation) not restricted under Section 12 and having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the stock option, determined as provided in Section 17 hereof, equal to the option price for the shares being purchased, except that any portion of the option price representing a fraction of a share shall in any event be paid in cash. If the person exercising a stock option participates in a broker or other agent-sponsored exercise or financing program, the Corporation will cooperate with all reasonable procedures of the broker or other agent to permit participation by the person exercising the stock option in the exercise or financing program. Notwithstanding any procedure of the broker or other agent-sponsored exercise or financing program, if the option price is paid in cash, the exercise of the stock option shall not be deemed to occur and no shares of the Common Stock will be issued until the Corporation has received full payment in cash (including check, bank draft or money order) for the option price from the broker or other agent. To facilitate the foregoing, the Corporation may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, enter into agreements for coordinated procedures with one or more brokerage firms. In the event the broker sells any shares on behalf of a Director, the broker shall be acting solely as the agent of the Director, and the Corporation disclaims any responsibility for the actions of the broker in making any such sales. The date of exercise of a stock option shall be determined under procedures established by the Committee, and as of the date of exercise the person exercising the stock option shall be considered for all purposes to be the owner of the shares with respect to which the stock option has been exercised.

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	(C)
	Upon the exercise of stock appreciation rights the Corporation shall pay to the person exercising the stock appreciation rights a number of shares of the Common Stock with a Fair Market Value, as defined in Section 17 hereof, equal to the difference between the aggregate Fair Market Value, as defined in Section 17 hereof, of the Common Stock on the date of exercise of the stock appreciation rights and the aggregate Base Prices for the stock appreciation rights which are exercised (the "Spread") (rounded down to the next whole number of shares). No fractional shares of the Common Stock shall be issued nor shall cash in lieu of a fraction of a share of Common Stock be paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the sole discretion of the Committee, the Corporation may pay to the person exercising the stock appreciation rights an amount of cash, rather than shares of the Common Stock, equal to the Spread if and only if the payment of cash upon exercise of the stock appreciation rights would not cause the stock appreciation rights to provide for a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. The date of exercise of a stock appreciation right shall be determined under procedures established by the Committee.

		
	(D)
	Unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall otherwise determine and subject to the terms of Sections 11(G) and 11(H) hereof, stock options and stock appreciation rights shall be exercisable by a Director commencing on the second anniversary of the date of grant. Subject to the terms of Sections 11(G) and 11(H) hereof providing for earlier termination of a stock option or stock appreciation right, no stock option or stock appreciation right shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date of grant. Unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall otherwise determine, a stock option or stock appreciation right to the extent exercisable at any time may be exercised in whole or in part.

		
	(E)
	Unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall otherwise determine:

		
	(i)
	no stock option or stock appreciation right shall be transferable or assignable by the grantee otherwise than:

		
	(a)
	by Will; or

		
	(b)
	if the grantee dies intestate, by the laws of descent and distribution of the state of domicile of the grantee at the time of death; or

		
	(c)
	to the trustee of a trust that is revocable by the grantee alone, both at the time of the transfer or assignment and at all times thereafter prior to such grantee's death; and

		
	(ii)
	all stock options and stock appreciation rights shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the grantee only by the grantee (or the grantee's guardian or legal representative) or by the trustee of a trust described in Section 11(E)(i)(c) hereof.

A transfer or assignment of a stock option or a stock appreciation right by a trustee of a trust described in Section 11(E)(i)(c) to any person other than the grantee shall be permitted only to the extent approved in advance by the Committee in writing, in its sole discretion and subject to applicable law. Stock options or stock appreciation rights held by such trustee also shall be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable agreement with the grantee as if such trustee were a party to such agreement as the grantee. In the event the grantee ceases to be a Director of the Corporation, the provisions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable agreement with the grantee shall continue to be applicable to the stock option or stock appreciation right and shall limit the ability of such trustee to exercise any such transferred stock options or stock appreciation rights to the same extent they would have limited the grantee. The Corporation shall not have any obligation to notify such trustee of any termination of a stock option or stock appreciation right due to the termination of service of the grantee as a Director of the Corporation.
		
	(F)
	Unless otherwise specified by the Committee, the applicable Director shall have all of the rights of a shareholder of the Corporation holding Common Stock with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of a stock option or stock appreciation right (including the right to vote the applicable shares and the right to receive dividends), when the Director (i) has 

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given written notice of exercise in accordance with the procedures established by the Committee, (ii) if requested, has given the representation described in Section 18, and (iii) in the case of a stock option, has paid in full the option price for such shares.
		
	(G)
	Unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall otherwise determine, if a grantee ceases to be a Director of the Corporation, any outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights held by the grantee shall vest and be exercisable and shall terminate, according to the following provisions: 

		
	(i)
	Notwithstanding Section 11(D) hereof, if a grantee ceases to be a Director of the Corporation for any reason other than those set forth in Section 11(G)(ii) or (iii) hereof, any then outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right held by such grantee (whether or not vested and exercisable by the grantee immediately prior to such time) shall vest and be exercisable by the grantee (or, in the event of the grantee's death, by the person entitled to do so under the Will of the grantee, or, if the grantee shall fail to make testamentary disposition of the stock option or stock appreciation right or shall die intestate, by the legal representative of the grantee (the "Grantee's Heir or Representative")), at any time prior to the second anniversary of the date on which the grantee ceases to be a Director of the Corporation or the expiration date of the stock option or stock appreciation right, whichever is the shorter period;

		
	(ii)
	Unless the exercise period of a stock option or stock appreciation right following termination of service as Director has been extended as provided in Section 15(c) hereof, if during his or her term of office as a non-employee Director a grantee is removed from office for cause or resigns without the consent of the Board, any then outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right held by such grantee shall terminate as of the close of business on the last day on which the grantee is a Director of the Corporation; and

		
	(iii)
	Notwithstanding Section 11(D) hereof, following the death of a grantee during service as a Director of the Corporation, or upon the disability of a Director which requires his or her termination as a Director of the Corporation, any outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right held by the grantee at the time of death or termination as a Director due to disability (whether or not vested and exercisable by the grantee immediately prior to such time) shall vest and be exercisable, in the case of death of the grantee, by the Grantee's Heir or Representative, or, in the case of disability of the grantee, by the grantee at any time prior to the second anniversary of the date on which the grantee ceases to be a Director of the Corporation or the expiration date of the stock option or stock appreciation right, whichever is the shorter period.

Whether a resignation of a Director is with or without the consent of the Board and whether a grantee is disabled shall be determined in each case, in its sole discretion, by the Committee and such determination by the Committee shall be final and binding.
		
	(H)
	If a grantee of a stock option or stock appreciation right engages in the operation or management of a business (whether as owner, partner, officer, director, employee or otherwise and whether during or after service as a Director of the Corporation) which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or solicits any of the Corporation's customers or employees other than for the benefit of the Corporation, the Committee may immediately terminate all outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights held by the grantee; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the exercise period of a stock option or stock appreciation right following termination of service as a Director of the Corporation has been extended as provided in Section 15(c) hereof. Whether a grantee has engaged in the operation or management of a business which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or solicits any of the Corporation's customers or employees other than for the benefit of the Corporation, shall be determined, in its sole discretion, by the Committee, and any such determination by the Committee shall be final and binding.

		
	(I)
	All stock options and stock appreciation rights shall be confirmed by a written agreement or an amendment thereto in a form prescribed by the Committee, in its sole discretion. Each agreement or amendment thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer (if other than the President), the President or any Vice President and by the grantee. The provisions of such agreements need not be identical.

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restrictions and other terms and conditions, if any, as shall be determined, in its sole discretion, by the Committee and set forth in the agreement referred to in Section 11(I) hereof or an amendment thereto.

SECTION 12

Terms and Conditions of Restricted Share Awards

(a)    Restricted Share Awards. RSAs shall be evidenced by a written agreement in a form prescribed by the Committee, in its sole discretion, which shall set forth the number of shares of the Common Stock awarded, the restrictions imposed thereon (including, without limitation, restrictions on the right of the awardee to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber such shares while such shares are subject to the other restrictions imposed under this Section 12), the duration of such restrictions, events (which may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, include performance-based events) the occurrence of which would cause a forfeiture of the RSAs and such other terms and conditions as the Committee in its sole discretion deems appropriate. Restricted share awards shall be effective only upon execution of the applicable RSA agreement on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer (if other than the President), the President or any Vice President, and by the awardee. The provisions of such agreements need not be identical.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Director may elect to defer the receipt of any such RSAs in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5; provided, that the receipt of any DSUs in lieu of restricted share awards shall remain subject to the same vesting and forfeiture restrictions as the original equity award.  
(b)    Transfers to Trusts. Neither this Section 12 nor any other provision of the Plan shall preclude an awardee from transferring or assigning RSAs to (i) the trustee of a trust that is revocable by such awardee alone, both at the time of the transfer or assignment and at all times thereafter prior to such awardee's death or (ii) the trustee of any other trust to the extent approved in advance by the Committee in writing. A transfer or assignment of RSAs from such trustee to any person other than such awardee shall be permitted only to the extent approved in advance by the Committee in writing, and RSAs held by such trustee shall be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable agreement as if such trustee were a party to such agreement.
(c)    Default Vesting Restrictions. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, RSAs awarded to a Director shall be forfeited if the awardee terminates as a Director of the Corporation within two (2) years following the grant of such RSAs due to the voluntary resignation of the Director without the consent of the Board or the removal of the Director with cause. Any RSAs which have not previously vested shall vest and the restrictions related to service as a Director shall lapse upon the death of a Director or the disability of a Director which requires his or her termination as a Director of the Corporation.

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(d)    Evidence of Shares. Following a grant of RSA and prior to the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions, the Corporation, at its sole discretion, shall (i) issue share certificates in the name of the awardee and hold them in escrow together with related stock powers in blank signed by the awardee, (ii) issue such share certificates and deliver them to the awardee with an appropriate conspicuous legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such award, substantially in the following form:
"The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the Matthews International Corporation 2014 Director Fee Plan and a corresponding agreement. Copies of such Plan and agreement are on file at the offices of Matthews International Corporation, Two NorthShore Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5851."; 
or (iii) issue the shares in book-entry form in the name of the awardee. If share certificates are issued in the name of the awardee, the awardee shall execute and deliver to the Corporation a blank stock power in form acceptable to the Corporation with respect to each of the certificates subject to the RSAs. In the case of forfeiture of the shares, the Corporation shall use the stock power(s) to transfer ownership of the shares to the Corporation. Upon the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions, certificate(s) without the legend referenced in (ii) above and the blank stock power(s) shall be delivered to the awardee (or the awardee's personal representative) upon the surrender by such person of the legended certificates if they were previously provided to such person. If shares are issued in book-entry form, the Corporation shall instruct its transfer agent that the shares are to be designated as restricted on the transfer agent's book-entry records of the owners of the Common Stock, and may not be transferred from the name of the awardee until the earlier of (i) in the case of forfeiture of the shares, when the Corporation instructs its transfer agent in writing to record the shares as owned by the Corporation (rather than by the awardee), or (ii) when requested in writing by the awardee (or the awardee's personal representative) after the Corporation has instructed its transfer agent in writing that such shares are no longer to be designated as restricted on the transfer agent's book-entry records due to the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions. 
(e)    Dividends; Dividend Reinvestment.  From the date a RSA is effective, the awardee shall be a shareholder with respect to all of the restricted shares and shall have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to the restricted shares, including the right to vote the restricted shares and to receive all dividends, and other distributions paid with respect to the restricted shares, subject only to the preceding provisions of this Section 12(e) and the other restrictions imposed by the Committee. Except as provided in Section 14 hereof, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine that dividends and other distributions on the shares shall not be paid to the awardee until the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions. Unless otherwise provided, in its sole discretion, by the Committee, any such dividends or other distributions shall not bear interest. Upon the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions (and not before such time), the unpaid dividends, if any, shall be delivered to the awardee. Further, the Committee shall have the ability, in its sole discretion following a written request of a Director, to authorize the automatic reinvestment of such dividends in additional shares of restricted stock at the time of any dividend payment (such shares referred to herein as “Reinvested Shares”), provided that sufficient shares of Common Stock are available under Section 1(B) for the issuance of such Reinvested Shares (taking into account then outstanding awards). In the event that sufficient shares of Common Stock are not available for such Reinvestment Shares to be issued, such reinvestment of dividends shall be made in the form of a grant of RSUs equal in number to the shares of Common Stock that would have been obtained by such reinvestment, the terms of which RSUs shall provide for settlement in cash and for dividend equivalent reinvestment in further RSUs on the terms contemplated by Section 13.  Any Reinvestment Shares issued in connection with a Director’s election hereunder shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting schedule, as the shares of restricted stock upon which the dividend was issued.

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 (f)    Competition. If an awardee of restricted shares engages in the operation of management of a business (whether as owner, partner, officer, director, employee or otherwise) which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or solicits any of the Corporation's customers or employees other than for the benefit of the Corporation, the Committee may immediately declare forfeited all restricted shares, including any Reinvested Shares, held by the awardee as to which the restrictions have not yet lapsed. Whether an awardee has engaged in the operation or management of a business which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or has solicited any of the Corporation's customers or employees other than for the benefit of Corporation, shall also be determined, in its sole discretion, by the Committee, and any such determination by the Committee shall be final and binding.

SECTION 13

Restricted Stock Units

(a)Restricted Stock Unit Awards. An RSU award represents the unsecured right to receive in the future payment (in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of both, as contemplated in the award) equal to the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock, which is subject to a risk of forfeiture or a restriction period or both. RSUs shall be evidenced by a written agreement in a form prescribed by the Committee, in its sole discretion. RSU awards shall be effective only upon execution of the applicable RSU agreement on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer (if other than the President), the President or any Vice President, and by the awardee. The provisions of such agreements need not be identical.  
(b)Terms and Conditions. Restricted stock units shall be subject to the restrictions imposed thereon, the duration of such restrictions, events (which may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, include performance-based events) the occurrence of which would cause a forfeiture of the RSUs and such other terms and conditions as the Committee in its sole discretion deems appropriate.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, RSUs awarded to a Director shall be forfeited if the awardee terminates as a Director of the Corporation within two (2) years following the grant of such RSU due to the voluntary resignation of the Director without the consent of the Board or the removal of the Director with cause.  An award of RSUs shall be settled as and when the RSUs vest, as determined and certified by the Committee, or at a later time specified by the Committee or in accordance with an election of the Director, if the Committee so permits. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Plan, the Committee at any time after the date of grant, in its sole discretion, may modify or waive any of the conditions applicable to an award of RSUs.  During the period, if any, set by the Committee, commencing with the date of grant of such RSUs for which such vesting restrictions apply, and until the expiration thereof, the Director shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber RSUs. 
(c)Dividends.  RSUs shall not have any voting rights, and holders of RSUs shall not be shareholders of the Corporation unless and until shares of Common Stock are issued by the Corporation (in book-entry form or otherwise).  An award of RSUs shall not entitle the Director to receive dividends during the Restriction Period, nor vote the Common Stock subject to such award, or to otherwise enjoy any other stockholder rights; provided, however that the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, prescribe additional terms, conditions or restrictions relating to RSU awards, including but not limited to the issuance of any dividend equivalent units in tandem with a Restricted Stock Unit Award. 

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(d)Dividend Equivalent Units. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each award of dividend equivalent units, including but not limited to whether: (i) such award will be granted in tandem with another award; (ii) payment of the award shall be made currently or credited to an account for the Director that provides for the deferral of such amounts until a stated time; and (iii) the award will be settled in cash or shares; provided that dividend equivalent units may be granted only in connection with a “full-value award.” For this purpose, a “full-value award” includes Restricted Stock, RSUs and any other similar award under which the value of the award is measured as the full value of a share, rather than the increase in the value of a share.

 
SECTION 14

Adjustment and Substitution of Shares

In the event of a (i) merger, consolidation, acquisition of shares, stock rights offering, liquidation, separation, spinoff, disaffiliation of a Subsidiary from the Corporation, extraordinary dividend of cash or other property, or similar event affecting the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, including but not limited to a Section 15 Event (each, a "Corporate Transaction") or (ii) a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, share combination, or recapitalization or similar event affecting the capital structure of the Corporation (each, a "Share Change") the Committee or the Board shall make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable, to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of Directors, to (A) the aggregate number and kind of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance and delivery under the Plan, (B) the number of DSUs credited to any Account, (C) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding grants and awards; (D) the option price and Base Price of outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights, respectively, carried to at least three decimal places with the last decimal place being rounded up to the nearest whole number.
In the case of Corporate Transactions, such adjustments may include, without limitation, (1) the cancellation of outstanding stock options, stock appreciation rights or RSUs in exchange for payments of cash, property or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such grants and awards, as determined by the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion (it being understood that in the case of a Corporate Transaction with respect to which shareholders of Common Stock receive consideration other than publicly-traded equity securities of the ultimate surviving entity, any such determination by the Committee that the value of an option stock appreciation right shall for this purpose be deemed to equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration being paid for each share pursuant to such Corporate Transaction over the option price of such option or the Base Price of such stock appreciation right shall conclusively be deemed valid); (2) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of the Corporation and securities of entities other than the Corporation) for the shares subject to outstanding grants and awards; and (3) in connection with any disaffiliation of a Subsidiary, arranging for the assumption of grants and awards, or replacement of grants and awards with new grants and awards based on other property or other securities (including, without limitation, other securities of the Corporation and securities of entities other than the Corporation), by the affected Subsidiary, or by the entity that controls such Subsidiary following such disaffiliation (as well as any corresponding adjustments to grants and awards that remain based upon Corporation securities). No adjustment or substitution provided in this Section 14 shall require the Corporation or any other entity to issue or sell a fraction of a share or other security. Except as provided in this Section 14, a Director shall not have any rights with respect to any Corporate Transaction or Share Change. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 14 to Accounts shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; (ii) any adjustments made pursuant 

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to this Section 14 to grants and awards that are not considered "deferred compensation" subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the grants and awards either (A) continue not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code or (B) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) in any event, neither the Committee nor the Board shall have the authority to make any adjustments pursuant to this Section 14 to the extent the existence of such authority would cause a grant or award that is not intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code at the grant or award date of the Award to be subject thereto.

SECTION 15

Additional Rights in Certain Events

(a)Definitions. For purposes of this Section 15, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
		
	(1)
	The term "Person" shall be used as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act as in effect on the effective date of the Plan.

		
	(2)
	"Beneficial Ownership" shall be determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act as in effect on the effective date of the Plan.

		
	(3)
	“Voting Shares" shall mean all securities of a corporation entitling the holders thereof to vote in an annual election of directors (without consideration of the rights of any class of stock other than the Common Stock to elect directors by a separate class vote); and a specified percentage of "Voting Power" of a corporation shall mean such number of the Voting Shares as shall enable the holders thereof to cast such percentage of all the votes which could be cast in an annual election of directors (without consideration of the rights of any class of stock other than the Common Stock to elect Directors by a separate class vote).

		
	(4)
	"Section 15 Event" shall mean the date upon which any of the following events occurs:

		
	(i)
	The Corporation acquires actual knowledge that any Person other than the Corporation, a Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan(s) sponsored by the Corporation has acquired the Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation entitling such Person to 20% or more of the Voting Power of the Corporation;

		
	(ii)
	At any time less than 60% of the members of the Board (excluding vacant rents) shall be individuals who were either (a) Directors on the effective date of the Plan or (b) individuals whose election, or nomination for election, was approved by a vote (including a vote approving a merger or other agreement providing the membership of such individuals on the Board) of at least two-thirds of the Directors then still in office who were Directors on the effective date of the Plan or who were so approved (other than an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board relating to the election of Directors which would be subject to Rule 14a-11 under the 1934 Act, or any successor rule, including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any such election contest or proxy contest);

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	(iii)
	The consummation of a merger, consolidation, share exchange, division or sale or other disposition of assets of the Corporation as a result of which the shareholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction shall not hold, directly or indirectly, immediately following such transaction, a majority of the Voting Power of (i) in the case of a merger or consolidation, the surviving or resulting corporation, (ii) in the case of a share exchange, the acquiring corporation or (iii) in the case of a division or a sale or other disposition of assets, each surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation which, immediately following the transaction, holds more than 30% of the consolidated assets of the Corporation immediately prior to the transaction; or

		
	(iv)
	The commencement of any liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation (other than pursuant to any transfer of 70% or more of the consolidated assets of the Corporation to an entity or entities controlled by the Corporation and/or its shareholders following such liquidation or dissolution);

provided, however, that if securities beneficially owned by a Director are included in determining the Beneficial Ownership of a Person referred to in paragraph 4(a) above, then no Section 15 Event with respect to such Director shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of such event.
(b)    Acceleration of the Exercise Date of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to Section 15(e), unless the agreement referred to in Section 11(I) hereof, or an amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan, in case any Section 15 Event occurs all outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights (other than those held by a Director referred to in the proviso to Section 15 (a)) shall become immediately and fully exercisable whether or not otherwise exercisable by their terms.
(c)    Extension of the Expiration Date of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to Section 15 (e), unless the agreement referred to in Section 11(I) hereof, or an amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan, all outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights held by a grantee whose service with the Corporation as a Director terminates within one year of any Section 15 Event (other than those held by a Director referred to in the proviso to Section 15 (a)) for any reason shall be exercisable for the longer of (i) a period of three months from the date of such termination of service or (ii) the period specified in Section 11(G) hereof, but in no event after the expiration date of the stock option or stock appreciation right.
(d)    Lapse of Restrictions on Restricted Share Awards and RSUs. Unless the agreement referred to in Section 12 hereof, or an amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan, if any Section 15 Event occurs prior to the scheduled lapse of all restrictions applicable to restricted share awards or RSUs under the Plan, all such restrictions (other than those applicable to a Director referred to in the proviso to Section 15 (a)) shall lapse upon the occurrence of any such Section 15 Event regardless of the scheduled lapse of such restrictions.
(e)    Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any grant or award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, this Section 15 shall be applicable only to the extent specifically provided in the agreement under Sections 11(I) or 12 applicable to the grant or award and permitted pursuant to Section 409A.

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SECTION 16

Administration of Plan; Hardship Withdrawal

(a)    Administration of Plan. Except where the terms of the Plan specifically grant authority to the Committee of the Board or where the Board delegates authority to the Committee, full power and authority to construe, interpret, and administer the Plan shall be vested in the Board and it and the Committee shall have plenary authority to interpret the Plan and prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures in connection with the operations of the Plan as it shall deem to be necessary and advisable for the administration of the Plan consistent with the purposes of the Plan. Decisions of the Committee and the Board shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all parties. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Committee shall have the authority, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan:
		
	(i)
	To determine the grants or awards to be made to the Directors pursuant to Sections 10-13 and all of the relevant terms thereof;

		
	(ii)
	Subject to Sections 11(I) and 12(a), to modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions of any such grant or award;

		
	(iii)
	To adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, regulations, procedures, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall from time to time deem advisable;

		
	(iv)
	To interpret the terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan and any such grant or award (and any agreement under Sections 11(I) and 12(a) relating thereto);

		
	(v)
	Subject to Sections 11(I) and 12(a), to accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions on any outstanding award, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion determines;

		
	(vi)
	To decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with such grants and awards;

		
	(vii)
	To establish any "blackout" period that the Committee in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable; and

		
	(viii)
	To otherwise administer the Plan in connection with such grants and awards.

The Committee may, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the listing standards of the stock exchange which is the principal market for the Common Stock, allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any officers of the Corporation or committee of officers of the Corporation selected by it. The Committee shall keep records of action taken at its meetings. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum at any meeting and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts approved in writing by all members of the Committee, shall be the acts of the Committee. Any determination made by the Committee or by an appropriately delegated officer pursuant to delegated authority under the provisions of the Plan with respect to any grant or award pursuant to Section 10 shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee or such officer at the time of such grant or award or, unless in contravention of any express term of the Plan, at any time thereafter. All decisions made by the Committee or any appropriately delegated officer pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and shall be final and binding on all persons, including the Corporation, its Subsidiaries, and the Directors eligible under the Plan.
(b)    Hardship Withdrawal. Notwithstanding the terms of Deferral Election made by a Director hereunder, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit the issuance of shares in accordance with the number of DSUs held in an Account with respect to Director Fees or Meeting Fees previously payable upon the request of a Director or the Director's representative, or following the death of a Director upon the request of a Director's Beneficiary or such beneficiary's representative, if the Board determines that the Director or the Director's Beneficiary, as the case may be, is confronted with an unforeseeable emergency.

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For this purpose, an unforeseeable emergency means a severe financial hardship to the Director or the Director's Beneficiary resulting from an illness or accident of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary, the spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary, loss of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary's property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary. The Director or the Director's Beneficiary shall provide to the Committee evidence as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may require to demonstrate  that such emergency exists and financial hardship would occur if the withdrawal were not permitted. The withdrawal shall be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary's assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship) or by the cessation of deferrals under the Plan. Cash needs arising from foreseeable events, such as the purchase or building of a house or education expenses, will not be considered to be the result of an unforeseeable financial emergency. Payment shall be made, as soon as practicable after the Committee approves the payment and determines the number of shares which shall be issued under and pursuant to the Account(s) providing for the latest payments or series of payments. No Director shall participate in any decision of the Committee regarding such Director's request for a withdrawal under this Section 16.
(c)    Cancellation; Suspension; Clawback. Any or all outstanding grants and awards to a Director may, at any time between the date of grant or award and the third anniversary of any exercise, payment or vesting of such grant and award, in the Board's or the Committee's sole discretion and subject to such terms and conditions established by the Board or the Committee, be cancelled, suspended, or required to be repaid to the Corporation if the Director (whether during or after service as a Director of the Corporation) (i) engages in the operation or management of a business (whether as owner, partner, officer, director, employee or otherwise) which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) induces or attempts to induce any customer, supplier, licensee or other individual, corporation or other business organization having a business relationship with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to cease doing business with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or in any way interferes with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee or other person and the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) solicits any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to leave the employment thereof or in any way interferes with the relationship of such employee with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) makes any statements or comments, orally or in writing, of a defamatory or disparaging nature regarding the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (including but not limited to regarding any of their respective businesses, officers, directors, personnel, products or policies), provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply following the occurrence of a Section 15 Event unless the agreement under Sections 11(I) or 12(a) specifically so provides. Whether a Director has engaged in any such activities shall also be determined, in its sole discretion, by the Board or the Committee, and any such determination by the Board or the Committee shall be final and binding.

SECTION 17

Fair Market Value

"Fair Market Value" of the Common Stock shall be the mean between the following prices, as applicable, for the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined as quoted in The Wall Street Journal (or in any other reliable publication (electronic or otherwise) as the Board of the Corporation or its delegate, in its sole discretion, may determine to rely upon):
		
	(a)
	if the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the Common Stock as quoted in the NYSE-Composite Transactions listing for such date; or

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	(b)
	if the Common Stock is not listed on such exchange, the highest and lowest sales prices per share of Common Stock for such date on (or on any composite index including) the NASDAQ Exchange or the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") on which the Common Stock is listed.

If there are no such sale price quotations for the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined but there are such sale price quotations within a reasonable period both before and after such date, then Fair Market Value shall be determined by taking a weighted average of the means between the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the Common Stock as so quoted on the nearest date before and the nearest date after the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined. The average should be weighted inversely by the respective numbers of trading days between the selling dates and the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined. If there are no such sale price quotations on or within a reasonable period both before and after the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined, then Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be the weighted average of the means between such bona fide bid and asked prices on the nearest trading date before and the nearest trading date after the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined, if both such dates are within a reasonable period. The average is to be determined in the manner described above in this Section 17. If the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock cannot be determined on the basis previously set forth in this Section 17 on the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined, the Board or its delegate shall in good faith and in conformance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable, determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on such date. Fair Market Value shall be determined without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse.

SECTION 18

Securities Laws; Issuance of Shares

The obligation of the Corporation to issue Common Stock or credit DSUs under the Plan shall be subject to:
		
	(i)
	the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to such shares, if deemed necessary or appropriate by counsel for the Corporation;

		
	(ii)
	the condition that the shares shall have been listed (or authorized for listing upon official notice of issuance) upon each stock exchange, if any, on which the Common Stock shares may then be listed;

		
	(iii)
	if required by the Committee, the representation and agreement of the Director that the Director is acquiring the shares only for investment and without a present view of the sale or distribution of such shares, with a corresponding legend on any stock certificates;

		
	(iv)
	all other applicable laws, regulations, rules and orders which may then be in effect; and

		
	(v)
	obtaining any other consent, approval, or permit from any state or federal governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable.

The inability or impracticability of the Corporation to obtain or maintain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Corporation's counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance, sale or delivery of any shares of Common Stock or credit DSUs in an Account hereunder, shall relieve the Corporation of any liability in respect of the failure to issue, sell or deliver such shares of Common Stock or credit DSUs in an Account as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. If, on the date on which any shares of Common Stock would be issued pursuant to a current stock payment under Section 3(a) hereof any DSUs or credited to an Account and after consideration of any shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding Equity Awards, sufficient shares of Common Stock are not available under the 

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Plan or the Corporation is not obligated to issue shares pursuant to this Section 18, then no shares of Common Stock shall be issued or DSUs credited but rather, in the case of a current stock payment under Section 3(a) hereof, cash shall be paid in payment of the Director Fees payable, and in the case of DSUs, Director Fees and Meeting Fees shall instead be credited in cash to a deferred cash compensation account in the name of the Director. The Board shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the intent of the immediately preceding sentence if the need for such rules and regulations arises.

SECTION 19

Governing Law; Integration

(a)    Governing Law. The provisions of this Plan shall be construed, administered and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania including its statute of limitations provisions, but without reference to conflicts of law principals. Titles of Sections of the Plan are for convenience of reference only and are not to be taken into account when construing and interpreting the Plan. In case any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegal or invalid provision shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, but the Plan shall be construed and enforced without regard to such.
(b)    Integration. The Plan contains all of the understandings and representations between the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and any of the Directors and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements entered into between them regarding the subject matter of the Plan. There are no representations, agreements, arrangements or understandings, oral or written, between the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and any of the Directors relating to the subject matter of the Plan which are not fully expressed in the Plan.

SECTION 20

Effect of the Plan on the Rights of Corporation and Shareholders

Nothing in the Plan or in any stock option, stock appreciation right or restricted share award under the Plan or in any agreement providing for any of the foregoing or any amendment thereto shall confer any right to any person to continue as a Director of the Corporation or interfere in any way with the rights of the shareholders of the Corporation or the Board to elect and remove Directors.

SECTION 21

Amendment and Termination

(a)General. The right to amend the Plan at any time and from time to time and the right to terminate the Plan at any time are hereby specifically reserved to the Board; provided that no amendment of the Plan shall:
		
	(i)
	be made without shareholder approval if shareholder approval of the amendment is at the time required by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed; or

		
	(ii)
	otherwise amend the Plan in any manner that would cause the shares of Common Stock issued or DSUs credited under the Plan not to qualify for the exemption from Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act provided by Rule 16b-3.

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No amendment or termination of the Plan shall, without the written consent of the holder of shares of Common Stock issued or credited under the Plan or the holder of an Equity Award theretofore granted or awarded under the Plan, adversely affect the rights of such holder with respect thereto.
(b)Rule 16b-3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph or any other provision of the Plan, the Board shall have the power to amend the Plan in any manner deemed necessary or advisable for shares of Common Stock issued or DSUs credited under the Plan to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule relating to exemption from Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act), and any such amendment shall, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the Board, be applicable to any outstanding shares of Common Stock theretofore issued or credited under the Plan.
(c)Termination Date. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan:
		
	(i)
	no shares of Common Stock shall be issued or DSUs credited on a Payment Date under the Plan after March 31, 2019;

		
	(ii)
	no shares of Common Stock shall be credited with respect to Meeting Fees payable under the Plan after March 31, 2019;

		
	(iii)
	no stock option or stock appreciation right shall be granted under the Plan after March 31, 2019; and

		
	(iv)
	no RSAs or vesting after 3/31/19 of RSAs or RSUs shall be awarded under the Plan after March 31, 2019;

provided, however, that the preceding provisions of this Section 21(c) shall not preclude the issuance of shares of Common Stock under the Plan in payment of the balance of a Director's Account or upon the exercise after March 31, 2019 of a stock option or stock appreciation right or vesting after 3/31/19 of RSAs or RSUs.

SECTION 22

Unsecured Creditor

The Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Corporation to make benefit payments in the future. The Corporation's obligations under the Plan shall be unfunded and unsecured promises to pay. Any amount payable under the Plan shall be established and maintained only on the books and records of the Corporation. The Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall not be obligated under any circumstance to fund the Corporation's financial obligations under the Plan and no assets or funds of the Corporation, any Subsidiary, or the Plan shall be removed from the claims of the Corporation's general or judgment creditors or otherwise made available until such amounts are actually paid to a Director as provided herein. Any of them may, in its sole discretion, set aside funds in a trust or other vehicle, subject to the claims of its creditors, in order to assist it in meeting its obligations under the Plan, if such arrangement will not cause the Plan to be considered a funded deferred compensation plan. To the extent that any Director or Director's Beneficiary or other person acquires a right to receive payments under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right, and each Director and Director's Beneficiary shall at all times have the status, of a general unsecured creditor of the Corporation.

SECTION 23

Limitation of Liability

Any grant or award under the Plan shall not give a Director or Director's Beneficiary any rights except as expressly set forth in the Plan and in any such grant or award or create (i) any fiduciary or other obligation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to take any action or provide to the Director or Director's 

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Beneficiary any assistance or dedicate or permit the use of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary in any manner; (ii) any trust, fiduciary or other duty or obligation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to engage in any particular business, continue to engage in any particular business, engage in any particular business practices or sell any particular product or products; or (iii) any obligation of the Corporation that shall be greater than the obligation of the Corporation to any of its general unsecured creditors.

SECTION 24

Dispute Resolution

Since fees are paid and grants or awards are made under the Plan in Western Pennsylvania, records relating to the Plan and fees, grants or awards thereunder are located in Western Pennsylvania, and the Plan and fees, grants or awards are administered in Western Pennsylvania, the Corporation and the Director participating in the Plan, for themselves and their heirs, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the "Parties") irrevocably submit to the exclusive and sole jurisdiction and venue of the state courts of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the federal courts of the Western District of Pennsylvania with respect to any and all disputes arising out of or relating to the Plan, the subject matter of the Plan or fees, grants or awards under the Plan, including but not limited to any disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation and enforceability of any fees, grants or awards or the terms and conditions of the Plan. To achieve certainty regarding the appropriate forum in which to prosecute and defend actions arising out of or relating to the Plan, and to ensure consistency in application and interpretation of the governing law under Section 19 of the Plan, the Parties agree that (a) sole and exclusive appropriate venue for any such action shall be the Pennsylvania courts described in the immediately preceding sentence, and no other, (b) all claims with respect to any such action shall be heard and determined exclusively in such Pennsylvania courts, and no other, (c) such Pennsylvania courts shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the Parties and over the subject matter of any dispute relating hereto and (d) the Parties waive any and all objections and defenses to bringing any such action before such Pennsylvania courts, including but not limited to those relating to lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue or forum non conveniens.

SECTION 25

Non-Uniform Determinations

The Committee's determinations under the Plan (including without limitation its determinations of the grants and awards under Section 10, the form, amount and timing of such grants and awards and the terms and provisions of such grants and awards) need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among Directors who receive, or are eligible to receive, grants and awards under the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.

SECTION 26

Indemnification

Subject to the requirements of Pennsylvania state law, each individual who is or shall have been a member of the Board or the Committee, or an officer of the Corporation to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 16, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation against and from any 

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loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under this Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Corporation's approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Corporation an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his/her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability, or expense is a result of his/her own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled under the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Corporation may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

SECTION 27

No Representations or Covenants With Respect to Tax Qualification

Although the Corporation may endeavor to (i) qualify the payment of fees or a grant or award for favorable United States tax treatment or avoid adverse tax treatment (e.g., under Section 409A of the Code), the Corporation makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment. The Corporation shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to any potential negative tax impact to Directors under the Plan.

SECTION 28

Compliance With Laws

Without limitation, payment of fees or a grant or award under the Plan and any issuance of shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or stock exchanges on which the Corporation is listed as may be required.

SECTION 29

Effective Date

The effective date and date of adoption of the original Plan was November 14, 2013, the date of adoption of the Plan by the Board, provided that on or prior to November 13, 2014 such adoption of the Plan by the Board was approved by the affirmative vote of holders of record of a majority of the shares of voting stock of the Corporation represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at a duly called and convened meeting of such holders at which a quorum is present. 

25Exhibit

Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. Foodservice Distribution Agreement
Schedule
	
					
	DMA:
	Distribution Market Advantage, Inc., 1515 Woodfield Rd., Suite 600, Schaumburg, IL 60173. Email: dan.cox@dmadelivers.com. 

	 
	 

	Distributors:
	Ben E. Keith Company, 7600 Will Rogers Blvd, Ft. Worth, TX 76140. Email: cslewis@benekeith.com. 
Gordon Food Service, Inc., 1300 Gezon Parkway SW, Wyoming, MI 49509. Email: brian.larsen@gfs.com. 
Nicholas & Co., Inc., 5520 W. Harrold Gatty Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116. Email: jake.box@nicholasandco.com. 
Shamrock Foods Company, 3900 E. Camelback Road, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85018. Email: Jeff_peitzmeier@shamrockfoods.com. 

	 
	 

	Customer:
	Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc., 777 Goodale Blvd, Suite 100, Columbus, OH 43212, Email: JOdachowski@BBRG.com. 

	 
	 

	Restaurant Concepts:
	Bravo, Brio, Bon Vie and others that BBRG may develop

	 
	 

	Units:
	See attached exhibit entitled Units under the Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. Foodservice Distribution Agreement

	 
	 
	 
	 

	Products:
	Item
	 
	Selling Markup

	 
	All Distributors other that Gordon Food Service
All Products except Products sold under Agency Billing Programs, as defined in the section titled “Pricing”.
	 
	[***]%

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Gordon Food Service
All Products except Products sold under
Agency Billing Programs, as defined in the section titled “Pricing”.
	 
	[***]%

	 
	 

	 
	Products sold under Agency Billing Programs, as defined in the section titled “Pricing”, shall be sold at the price Customer has negotiated with the Suppliers under such programs.

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	New Unit Opening Incentive:
	[***]% of Product purchases by a new Unit prior to or during the first [***] days of operation.

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Quick Pay Incentive
	The Selling Markup percentage shown under Products on the Schedule contain a Quick Payment Incentive. The quick payment incentive for all Distributors except Gordon Food Service will be [***]% for payment via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) in [***] days.
The quick payment incentive for Gordon Food Service will be [***]% for payment via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) in [***] days.
Should you wish to revert back to the Payment Terms shown on the Schedule at some point during the Term of this Agreement the Selling Markup % shown under Products will be increased [***]% for Gordon Food Service and [***]% for all other Distributors.

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Annual Conference / Marketing Support:
	$[***] per Unit for Units serviced as of June 30 and payable by July 31 of each year

	 
	 
	 

	Diesel Fuel Adjustment
Per Case:
	Diesel Fuel Cost per Gallon:
$[***]
$[***]
	Surcharge per Case
[***]
$[***]

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Term:
	February 1, 2017 - January 31, 2020 at 5 p.m. Chicago time

	 
	 

	Payment Terms:
	[***] days - See Quick Payment Incentive

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Customer Representations:
	 

	 
	 

	Minimum Percentage of Orders Placed With e-Advantage®:
	100 % 

	 
	 

	Maximum Deliveries Per Unit Per Week:
(Some high volume Unit that BBRG identifies to receive an additional delivery by Mutual consent)
	[***] per week

	 
	 

	Minimum Average Delivery in Dollars:
	$[***]

	 
	 

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	Maximum Number of Proprietary Product Items:
	[***] items

	 
	 

	Maximum Number of Supplier Contracted Product Items:
	[***] items

	 
	 

	Maximum Number of Proprietary Products with no Movement Requirements:
	[***] items

	 
	 

	Minimum Proprietary Product Inventory Turns Per Year:
	[***] annual turns

	 
	 

	Maximum Number of Slow Proprietary Product Items:
	[***] items

	 
	 

	Maximum Cubic Feet Per Case:
	[***] cubic feet

	 
	 

	Maximum Average Cubic Feet Per Case:
	[***] cubic feet

	 
	 

	Minimum Average Cost Per Case:
	$[***]

	 
	 

	Maximum Weight Per Case:
	[***] pounds

	 
	 

	Number of Distribution Centers at Commencement Date:
	[***] distribution centers

	 
	 

	Number of Units at Commencement Date:
	[***] Units

	 
	 

	Current Average Distribution Center Spoke Miles At Commencement Date
(Average distance of all Units serviced from a Distribution Center):
	[***] miles

	Maximum Geographic Coverage Area:
	Continental United States

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Table of Contents
		
	1.
	Primary Distributors.

		
	2.
	Term of Agreement.

		
	3.
	Units.

		
	4.
	Account Management.

		
	5.
	Usage Reports and Data.

		
	6.
	Ordering Procedures.

		
	7.
	Procedures Manuals.

		
	8.
	Deliveries.

		
	9.
	Pricing.

		
	10.
	Supplier Contracted Cost.

		
	11.
	Incentives.

		
	12.
	Annual Conference / Marketing Support.

		
	13.
	Adjustments.

		
	14.
	Proprietary Products.

		
	15.
	Invoicing and Payment Terms.

		
	16.
	Customer Representations and Other Critical Criteria.

		
	17.
	Price Audit.

		
	18.
	Price Verification.

		
	19.
	Credit and Collection.

		
	20.
	Termination.

		
	21.
	Warranties.

		
	22.
	Indemnification and Claim Limitations.

		
	23.
	Confidentiality.

		
	24.
	Distributor Liability.

		
	25.
	Insurance

		
	26.
	Recalls, Holds, Inspections, and Product Withdrawals.

		
	27.
	Annual Third Party Distributor Distribution Center Inspection.

		
	28.
	Force Majeure.

		
	29.
	Contract Interpretation.

		
	30.
	General.

DMA and Distributors (“we” or “us”) agree to furnish foodservice distribution of the Products and related services to Customer (“you”) for the Restaurant Concepts located at the Units during the Term of this Agreement as follows. “Units” shall mean all locations under this Agreement: (I) owned and operated by Customer or (2) operated by a franchisee of Customer or its affiliates (each a “Franchisee”). Capitalized terms are defined either in the Schedule or in the section where first used.
		
	1.
	Primary Distributors.

		
	1.1.
	We accept your appointment as your primary distributor for the Restaurant Concepts operated at the Units. We will sell and you (and each Franchisee) will purchase at least 80% (by selling Price) of your and the Franchisees' requirements, in the aggregate, for the Products at the Units from us during each calendar quarter of the Term.

		
	1.2.
	You acknowledge that DMA is solely the marketing and coordination organization for the Distributors, and that the Distributors, and not DMA, will sell and deliver the Products to you. Accordingly, you acknowledge that all of our rights and obligations under this Agreement are rights and obligations of the Distributors, and not DMA, unless specified otherwise.

		
	2.
	Term of Agreement. Our obligation to furnish foodservice distribution of the Products and related services will be in effect for the Term specified in the Schedule. The Term will automatically renew for successive one-year periods thereafter, unless you or DMA give notice of non-renewal to the other at least 90 days prior to the end of the Term specified in the Schedule or any successive one-year period.

		
	3.
	Units.

		
	3.1.
	You have the right to add Units within our then current distribution service areas by notice to us. DMA will furnish you with a description or map of each Distributor's service area at the commencement of the Term of this Agreement, and thereafter upon your request.

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	3.2.
	You have the right to request us to add Units outside of our then current distribution service areas. Upon your request, DMA will use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit a distributor to service the outside Units from among the Distributors, other DMA distributors not a party to this Agreement, or other distributors in the area.

		
	3.3.
	Each Franchisee will be required to sign an Acceptance of Foodservice Distribution Agreement by Franchisee (“Acceptance”) in the form attached as an exhibit prior to making purchases under this Agreement. Credit terms offered to each Franchisee will be independently determined by the Distributor serving it.

		
	3.4.
	If you have Franchisees, you have the right to direct us to cease distributing Products under this Agreement to any Franchisees (as you specify) or otherwise direct us with regard to distribution services under this Agreement to those Franchisees. You indemnify us for any loss, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or related to: (1) ceasing distribution to any Franchisee under this Agreement at your direction; or (2) any other action or inaction taken by us under this Agreement at your direction or otherwise related to the Franchisee. The foregoing indemnification obligations shall survive the termination of the Term or expiration of this Agreement.

		
	3.5.
	You represent and warrant that (1) each Franchisee has, by contract, appointed you as its purchasing agent, (2) you have the authority, as purchasing agent, to negotiate all terms, including payment provisions, of purchasing arrangements on behalf of each such Franchisee and to enter into agreements binding upon such Franchisees, and (3) you agree, as agent for and on behalf of each such Franchisee, to the terms of this Agreement. Each such Franchisee shall have your rights and your obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Products ordered by such Franchisee.

		
	4.
	Account Management.

		
	4.1.
	DMA will serve as the central contact for the administration of this Agreement.

		
	4.2.
	DMA will appoint an Account Executive as your single contact to manage this program. Sales professionals at each of our distribution centers will be responsible to the DMA Account Executive for the purposes of this program. DMA will also appoint a Supply Chain Specialist to expedite communications within the program.

		
	4.3.
	Each Distributor will assign an Account Executive and Customer Service Representatives to each Unit, and it will be their responsibility to maintain contact with the Unit with regard to service levels.

		
	4.4.
	DMA will coordinate the implementation and maintenance of this program between the Distributors and you, including development of a transition plan, assignment and reassignment of Distributors and distribution centers to Units, program planning and meetings, development of order guides, development of procedures manuals for the Units, implementation of Supplier contracts for contracted Products, and review of service levels, inventory management, and problem resolution between our distribution centers and you.

		
	4.5.
	DMA will serve as the “clearing house” for program communications such as Product requirements, Unit changes, new Product rollouts, inventory issues, Product code changes, and any other issues requiring system wide communications.

		
	4.6.
	DMA will schedule periodic business review meetings to review performance against your goals and requirements, and the status of the Customer Representations described in the Schedule.

		
	5.
	Usage Reports and Data.

		
	5.1.
	You will be furnished at no additional charge with our standard usage reports generated by e-Advantage®, our web based order entry and reporting system. DMA will make customized reports available to the extent practicable, but such reports will be at specified additional cost to you.

		
	5.2.
	Upon your request, DMA will provide Information to a third party you specify for the purpose of information analysis, order placement or processing, or supplier rebate application. “Information” means usage reports, data, and other information regarding this program provided by DMA to you or the third party. The Information will be made available in our standard formats. All Information we send to the third party is for your sole use. Selling, utilizing, or disclosing the Information to anyone other than you and the third party is prohibited. Prior to providing any Information to the third party, the third party will sign a confidentiality agreement, in a form reasonably requested by DMA.

		
	5.3.
	All Information DMA and the Distributors provide to you is owned by and is the property of DMA and the Distributors.

		
	5.4.
	DMA will use commercially reasonable efforts to collect and process Information in an accurate manner and will correct any errors, omissions, or defects in the Information within 30 days after notice of the error, omission, or defect from you. The correction methods and procedures will be determined by DMA, in its sole discretion. However, neither DMA nor the Distributors are liable for any loss, damage, or expense arising from or related to: (1) loss or corruption of data; (2) errors in data mapping or data input; (3) errors, omissions, or defects in the Information not described in a notice from you; or (4) any action or failure to take action by you in reliance on the Information.

		
	6.
	Ordering Procedures.

		
	6.1.
	In order to permit us to capture efficiencies in the supply chain for you, you and each Franchisee agree that the Units will place orders through e-Advantage®. A standardized order entry format approved by you will be implemented across all our distribution centers. Each Distributor will have the right to charge an additional fee equal to $[***] for any orders not made through e-Advantage® or other electronic means agreed upon between you and the Distributor.

		
	6.2.
	Order guides will be categorized utilizing your chart of accounts.

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	7.
	Procedures Manuals.

		
	7.1.
	Each Distributor will supply you and each Unit the Distributor serves with a detailed procedures manual. The procedures manual will cover key contacts at the distribution center that service the Unit, the e-Advantage® system, and the Distributor's procedures for ordering, delivery schedules, delivery procedures, key drops, receiving, credit memos, pick-ups, Product returns, recalls, etc.

		
	7.2.
	The procedures manuals will establish the course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade between you and each Distributor. Each procedures manual will be updated any time a change in procedures is made.

		
	8.
	Deliveries.

		
	8.1.
	We will make deliveries to the Units at the frequency specified in the Schedule, unless we specify otherwise (with your approval) at time of order.

		
	8.2.
	The delivery schedules prepared by each Distributor will take your and each Franchisee's needs and preferences into account. The delivery schedules may be modified from time to time by us, either temporarily or permanently, with reasonable notice to the affected Units and approved by the BBRG Corporate Office.

		
	8.3.
	We recognize that your preference is to receive unattended key drop deliveries. Deliveries that are not made as a key drop will not be scheduled during lunch blackout periods defined as 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

		
	8.4.
	You and the Franchisees will attain the Minimum Average Delivery in Dollars specified in the Schedule, calculated as the average of all Units and measured by calendar quarter.

		
	8.5.
	We agree to provide additional deliveries to any Unit in excess of the Maximum Deliveries Per Unit Per Week set forth in the Schedule if such Unit achieves the Minimum Average Delivery in Dollars specified in the Schedule for all deliveries during such week.

		
	8.6.
	We will use commercially reasonable efforts to attain [***]% (by case) order fill rate within one business day of order if you are delivered on a next day basis and two business days if you are delivered on a skip day basis with either the Product you ordered or a substitute approved by your authorized representative, subject to the section titled “Force Majeure”. Order fill rate will be calculated as the average of all Units and measured by calendar quarter.

		
	8.7.
	Each Unit must provide us with notice of any delivery of non-conforming Products, or shortage, loss, or damage of Products, upon receipt of the Products and before our driver leaves the Unit (except for key drop deliveries).

		
	8.8.
	If a Distributor makes a key drop delivery to a Unit, the Unit will be conclusively deemed to have received and accepted the type and quantity of Products shown on the Distributor's invoice or delivery list left with the Products (even though the invoice or list was not signed by the Unit), unless the Unit gives the Distributor notice of non-conforming Products, or shortage, loss, or damage, by the time specified in the Distributor's procedures manual. A key drop delivery means a delivery made by a Distributor to a Unit when none of the Unit's employees in charge of receiving is present. You and the Franchisees agree to cooperate with us in maximizing key drop deliveries if requested by a Distributor.

		
	8.9.
	If no notice of non-conforming Products, or shortage, loss, or damage (excluding hidden damage that cannot be readily seen) of Products is given by the times specified in this Agreement, you and each Franchisee waive any right to assert such matters.

		
	a.
	Hidden damage claims need to be submitted within [***] hours of the delivery, except for produce items, which must be made the day of delivery.

		
	8.10.
	If there is a shortage of Products at any distribution center, we will notify you, and we reserve the right to allocate Products distributed by us among all of our customers in our sole discretion. If the shortage is a Proprietary Product, we will allocate Proprietary Products in the affected distribution center among all Units serviced by the distribution center in a commercially reasonable manner, taking into account the proportion of total sales to each Unit, unless directed by you to allocate in a different manner, which shall consider Distributor's needs for effective recovery.

		
	8.11.
	For purchases that are returned for credit on account of your or a Unit's excessive ordering or other ordering errors, a restocking fee equal to the greater of [***]% of the total dollar value of the returned Product or $[***] will be assessed.

		
	9.
	Pricing.

		
	9.1.
	Pricing Mechanisms. The following pricing mechanisms (“Pricing Mechanisms”) shall apply to determine the Price of the Products.

		
	9.1.1.
	Pricing Based upon a Mark-Up Percentage. The Price of the Products is our Cost, as defined below, plus the Mark-Up specified in the Schedule. If a Product sold is not listed on the Schedule, the Mark-Up for it will be provided to you by the selling Distributor at time of order.

		
	9.1.1.1.
	For example, the Price for a Product with a [***]% Mark-Up would be calculated as Cost multiplied by [***]. A Product with a $[***] Cost would have a Price of $[***] ($[***] x [***] = $[***]).

		
	9.1.1.2.
	Pricing is based on full cases. Due to the added costs associated with the handling of split cases, a split case surcharge will be added to the unit of sale as follow: Unit Cost plus the Mark-up Percentage in the Schedule plus a handling fee of $[***]. For example, if a full case is 40 lbs. (4/10 lbs.). and the full case cost is $[***] and we are selling you 1 10lb., the Sell Price would be $[***] ($[***]/4 = $[***] @ [***]% = $[***] + $[***]).

		
	9.2.
	Agency billing programs, including Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, Ecolab, and Starbucks, (“Agency Billing Programs”) provide for the Distributor to receive agency payments directly from the manufacturer or supplier as compensation for distribution services. These Products will be sold at the price that you have negotiated with the manufacturer or supplier without any additional charge. 

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We will pass the quick payment discount for Products sold under an Agency billing program to you provided that you pay us within the terms specified in the Agency billing program. Currently this pertains to Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola and payment needs to be made in [***] days.
		
	9.3.
	To simplify pricing, receiving, and inventory valuation, we round all Prices with calculated penny fractions to the next highest penny per unit of sale.

		
	9.4.
	The minimum dollar Mark-up per case or per split case is $[***].

		
	9.5.
	In areas where dairy pricing is controlled by the state dairy advisory board, including California, Colorado, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, dairy Products will be sold at the posted pricing.

		
	9.6.
	Certain Distributors may offer the same or similar Products at a retail or wholesale store (“Store Purchases”). Because Products are offered in less than full case quantities, Store Purchases may not have the same Price as provided in the section titled “Pricing”.

		
	9.7.
	“Cost” is defined as the cost from the invoice of our manufacturer or supplier (“Supplier”), plus Applicable Freight, less any Supplier's promotional allowances reflected on the Supplier's invoice and designated for the end user. “Applicable Freight” means a freight charge for delivering Products to the Distributor. Applicable Freight charges may include common or contract carrier charges by the Supplier or a third party and charges such as fuel surcharges, cross-dock charges, unloading and restacking charges, container charges, air freight charges, assessorial costs, redistribution charges, and other similar charges not included in the Supplier's invoice cost that are required to bring Products into the Distributor's distribution center.

		
	9.8.
	Cost is not reduced by cash discounts for prompt payment. Cost is also not reduced for payments which are earned, such as performance-based incentives, or fees we receive for marketing, freight management, warehousing, distribution, or quality assurance services we provide to our Suppliers.

		
	9.9.
	Cost for freight we arrange will not exceed the cost stated in the Supplier's delivered price list or the Supplier's published freight schedule (or, if neither is available, the current market rates established by recognized common carriers). Freight for transfers between a Distributor's distribution centers (or from one Distributor to another) necessary to provide Products to your Units will be included in Cost.

		
	9.10.
	You will receive the benefit of the freight rate applied to the entire shipment even if your Proprietary Product only represents a fraction of that shipment.

		
	9.11.
	The Cost for Products sold to Units located in a state or locality that levies a tax on gross receipts or sales revenue, or that levies a product content tax, shall include an additional amount sufficient to cover that portion of a Distributor's overhead cost resulting from the tax. The additional amount shall be evaluated as needed to ensure the fee per case reasonably covers the Distributor's actual cost.

		
	9.12.
	Costs for Products are recalculated with the following frequencies:

		
	9.12.1.
	Time of sale pricing will be used for price sensitive Products with volatile fluctuations in pricing (including produce and fresh seafood).

		
	9.12.2.
	Weekly pricing will be used for commodity Products which reflect declines and advances in Cost on a regular basis (including most protein Products).

		
	9.12.3.
	Monthly pricing will be used for Products with a fairly stable pricing for extended periods (including most canned Products).

		
	9.13.
	Adjustments to Product Prices will follow general market declines and advances. Variances can occur to the invoiced Price due to starting and ending dates of contract pricing, as described in the section titled “Supplier Contracted Cost”. If there is a major (more than 10%) increase in the Cost of any Product during a pricing period, we have the right to make an immediate adjustment in the Cost of the Product, effective upon notice to you.

		
	9.14.
	Prices do not include taxes or other governmental charges imposed on the Products. We will invoice for any taxes or charges together with penalties and expenses, if any. If applicable, you or the applicable Franchisee will provide us with a tax exemption certificate acceptable to the taxing authority.

		
	9.15.
	If you seek to introduce any outside parties into your relationship with us, such as purchasing consultants, technology providers, back office systems providers, third-party logistics providers, or any other third party, and as a result, we experience a negative economic impact on our earnings from this program, such as increased costs or loss of revenue, then we have the right, upon 30 days prior notice to you, to adjust the Pricing Mechanisms in a reasonable manner to eliminate the negative economic impact, beginning at the end of the 30 day period. The notice shall include a description of the negative economic impact and the adjustment to the Pricing Mechanisms, all in reasonable detail.

		
	10.
	Supplier Contracted Cost.

		
	10.1.
	You have the right to negotiate your Cost of a Product directly with the Product's Supplier for up to the Maximum Number of Supplier Contracted Product Items specified in the Schedule. Each separate SKU counts as a separate item. Supplier agreements include agreements establishing the guaranteed Cost the Supplier will charge us for Products to be resold to you, and agreements granting Allowances to you. Allowances are off-invoice allowances, bill-backs, and other special arrangements granted by a Supplier to you.

		
	10.2.
	The contract Cost you negotiate will be used to calculate the Price of the Product (so long as we have been notified appropriately), regardless of our Cost.

		
	10.3.
	We will provide for a Supplier Allowance for a Product by deducting the Allowance value from the Product's Cost before the Price of the Product is calculated.

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	10.4.
	If a Supplier's Cost or a Supplier Allowance is premised upon specified payment or credit terms or specified purchase volumes of Products, the payment and credit terms must be consistent with industry standards for the Supplier and the specified purchase volumes and brackets must be consistent with your historical or reasonably forecasted purchases of such Products. We are not required to purchase more than [***] weeks average supply of any Product.

		
	10.5.
	You must provide us with copies of the agreements you have with Suppliers for the purchase of Products, and also complete the DMA Contract Form for contracted Cost (forms furnished on your request). The agreements and forms must be transmitted to us by email or electronically. If we do not receive the copies and completed forms, we will default to calculating the Price of the contracted Products using our actual Cost as described in the section titled “Pricing”. You must submit revisions in the contract Cost to us by the 15th of the month to be valid for the next month. If we fail to receive the revisions by that date, no change in the contract Cost will be made for the next month. This may mean that deviated Supplier agreements may revert to Supplier list cost and purchasing agreements may change to the Cost invoiced by the Supplier.

		
	10.6.
	We are not responsible for inaccuracies, errors, or omissions made by your contracting Supplier in the billing of the pricing and Allowances, and your sole remedy for any inaccuracies, errors, or omissions shall be against the Supplier.

		
	10.7.
	If your contracting Supplier provides both the Product which you specified, and also an equivalent Product which is branded to a Distributor, that Distributor has the right to provide its equivalent branded Product to you so long as: (1) you have approved the equivalent branded Product for purchase; (2) the Supplier agrees that the contracted pricing can be applied to the equivalent branded Product; and (3) the equivalent branded Product is stocked by a Distributor servicing any Unit.

		
	11.
	Incentives.

		
	11.1.
	We will pay you a new Unit opening incentive each time you open a Unit to the public in a new location equal to the percentage specified in the Schedule of purchases made by the Unit prior to or during the first [***] days of operation. The incentive will be paid within [***] days after the end of each calendar quarter. 11.1.1. For example, if you open a Unit to the public on May 1 and took a pre-opening order for training on April 21, the incentive would apply to all purchases from the pre-opening purchases made on April 21 through [***].

		
	11.2.
	We will pay you the Quick Payment Incentives listed in the Schedule.

		
	11.3.
	A purchase is considered made on the date of our invoice for it. Only purchases that you paid within terms will be counted towards any Incentive. During any period that your payments are not within the payment terms specified in the Schedule, our obligation to pay any Incentives then due and owing is permanently cancelled for that period.

		
	11.4.
	We have the right to set off the amount of any Incentives against any amounts you owe us under this Agreement, including the purchase Price of Products, interest on overdue payments, and expenses of collection.

		
	12.
	Annual Conference / Marketing Support.

		
	12.1.
	We will support your annual meeting by paying you the amount per Unit listed in the Schedule for Units serviced as of June 30 of each year. The payment will be made by July 31 of each year. This payment compensates you in full for conference fees, food and supplies, and booth space for DMA and Distributors to attend your annual meeting. Any requests by Franchisees for funding of Franchisee sponsored conferences must be approved by you, and the amount of any such approved Franchisee sponsored conference funding shall be subtracted from Distributor's overall funding obligation for support of your annual meeting.

		
	13.
	Adjustments.

		
	13.1.
	Diesel Fuel Adjustment Per Case. You acknowledge that the cost of diesel fuel is a critical cost component that is beyond our control. We will assess a surcharge per case, as a separate line item on each invoice, if the diesel cost is outside designated limits, all as specified in the Schedule.

		
	13.1.1.
	The diesel cost will be based on the U.S. Average for Retail On-Highway Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Price per Gallon for the continental United States as published by the United States Energy Information Agency (website http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/wohdp/diesel.asp.), or another similar index reasonably chosen by us. The average of the diesel cost for the first [***] weeks of a calendar quarter will apply to the next quarter.

		
	13.1.2.
	For example, a diesel cost of $[***] per gallon will require a surcharge of $[***] per case. 

		
	13.1.3.
	No diesel fuel surcharge will be applied for the first 60 days of the program.

		
	13.2.
	Extraordinary Circumstances. The Pricing Mechanism will be adjusted for extraordinary costs and expenses associated with (1) delivery requirements different from those in place on the Date of this Agreement; (2) non-traditional delivery locations; (3) non-traditional delivery requirements of you or any Franchisee; or (4) changes in operating expenses associated with new governmental regulations, taxes, permits, laws, or other requirements. Such costs and expenses include compliance with governmental, municipal, and quasi-governmental requirements, as well as new taxes, including taxes based on emissions or mileage; bonding of employees; wait time to complete deliveries; severe economic conditions not reasonably foreseeable on the Date of this Agreement; deliveries to hard to access locations; use of any special equipment; and adherence to security requirements.

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	14.
	Proprietary Products.

		
	14.1.
	We will maintain an inventory of Proprietary Product items up to the number of items specified in the Schedule. Each separate SKU counts as a separate item.

		
	14.2.
	Proprietary Products are Products that would not otherwise be brought into the inventory of a distribution center except for your requirements. Proprietary Products include Products with your label or logo, special order Products, test Products, menu special Products, seasonal Products, (if you designate that the Product must be procured from a specific Supplier). Proprietary Products are determined by distribution center, and what is a Proprietary Product in one distribution center may or may not be a Proprietary Product in another distribution center. Proprietary Products include Products that have been purchased, transferred, or consigned for your account that we have in inventory, in transit, or for which non-cancelable orders have been placed.

		
	14.3.
	You must notify DMA for us to stock Proprietary Products using the Product Information Form (PIF). 

		
	14.4.
	Notification to discontinue a Proprietary Product must be communicated to us via e-mail.

		
	14.5.
	We recognize that the distributor or distribution center which served you prior to the Term of this Agreement may have Proprietary Products in their inventory. We will purchase those Proprietary Products under the following conditions: (1) you approve the list of the Products (furnished by the previous distributor) and the Cost of the Products; (2) the Products are inspected by you and us; (3) the Products are in their original shipping containers; (4) the Products have a reasonable remaining shelf life; (5) the Products are picked up by us; (6) we charge you for the transportation expense to move the Product from your previous distributor to our distribution centers; (7) terms for our payment of the invoices for the Products are 21 days from date of receipt; and (8) we are not required to purchase discontinued or unsaleable inventory.

		
	14.6.
	If you specify a particular Supplier for your Proprietary Products which is not currently doing business with a Distributor, then the Supplier will be required to complete the Distributor's standard Supplier documentation before purchases can be made for resale to you. Supplier documentation includes agreements regarding indemnification, insurance coverage, requirements for disclosure of applicable hazardous materials (including for transportation), and applicable pure food guarantees. If the Supplier does not provide the documentation required by a Distributor, then you indemnify the Distributor and its employees, officers and directors from all loss, damage, and expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) for personal injury or property damage arising from or related to the delivery, sale, use or consumption of the Proprietary Products, or government imposed fines arising from inadequate notification of requirements with respect to hazardous materials, except to the extent caused by the Distributor's negligence, or the negligence of its employees or agents. If you elect to not indemnify the Distributor, then we will not stock the Product. We will notify the BBRG VP of Purchasing when this occurs.

		
	14.7.
	We will stock each Proprietary Product in sufficient quantities to meet our service requirements not to exceed a 3 weeks' average supply of on-hand inventory. The on-hand inventory for some Proprietary Products may be lower to ensure freshness and shelf life of the Product.

		
	14.8.
	The Units will purchase at least 5 cases of each Proprietary Product per week from each of our distribution centers, and we will notify you if the Units fail to do so. If movement for the Proprietary Product does not increase to the minimum within 30 days of notice, the following options can be used for mitigation by you: (1) select an alternative Product commonly stocked by the distribution center; (2) procure the Proprietary Product as a direct shipment from the Supplier (freight and transfer fees may apply); or (3) discontinue the Proprietary Product. If you do not choose one of these alternatives within 35 days after our notice, then the Distributor shall discontinue the Product and implement option (1).

		
	14.9.
	No Product substitutions for Proprietary Products will be made without the approval of your authorized representative. Any approved substitute Products will be sold at the Price calculated for the substitute Product as described in the section titled “Pricing”, just like any other Product.

		
	14.10.
	If a Proprietary Product is discontinued by you, you must order or pay for any remaining inventory of the Proprietary Product from all distribution centers within 45 days after you notify us of discontinuance. If there are no sales of a Proprietary Product for 30 consecutive days from a distribution center, you must order or pay for any remaining inventory of the Proprietary Product from the distribution center within 45 days after notice from us. The Products shall be purchased at the Price calculated as described in the section titled “Pricing”. If Products are returned to the Suppliers, you will pay any re-stocking charges and freight incurred. If Products are sold to or picked up by a third party, you guarantee payment for such Products. If disposition of the Proprietary Products is not made within these time periods, we may dispose of them as necessary and invoice you for the Price of the Products calculated as described in the section titled “Pricing”, plus any fees associated with delabeling or disposal, if necessary. The Inventory Management Report currently utilized during the weekly calls will be the tracking mechanism for both discontinued and Proprietary inventory.

		
	15.
	Invoicing and Payment Terms.

		
	15.1.
	Each Unit will be provided with an invoice at the time of delivery. The invoice will serve as the receiving document to aid the Unit's personnel to check in the shipment. Our driver will be empowered to adjust the invoice for shipping errors discovered at the time of delivery or for Product rejected at the time of delivery and returned to us.

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	15.2.
	The terms for payments must not exceed the number of days specified in the Schedule. Terms are measured from the date of our invoice to the date we receive payment. Payment terms for any Franchisee may be different than the payment terms specified in the Schedule, in the sole discretion of the Distributor servicing the Franchisee.

		
	15.3.
	The terms for payment specified in the Schedule are based on the creditworthiness of you and the Franchisees. Each Distributor has the right to change payment terms if, in the Distributor's sole judgment (1) the financial condition of you (or any Franchisee) materially deteriorates from that existing either on the date of the financial statements included in the Account Application originally submitted to the Distributor, or at any point during the Term of the Agreement, or (2) the Distributor becomes aware of circumstances that may materially and adversely impact your (or any Franchisee's) ability to meet financial obligations when due. The Distributor shall make the change in payment terms by notice on you or the Franchisee: (1) describing the deterioration in financial condition or circumstances that materially and adversely impact ability to meet financial obligations with reasonable specificity; and (2) stating that the terms of payment shall be modified and made effective as specified in the notice. The modifications may include shortening payment terms, selling C.O.D., requiring a standby letter of credit issued by a bank to secure payment, a security deposit, a personal guarantee, or additional forms of security. The modifications shall be effective at the time specified in the notice, unless you or the Franchisee eliminate or cure the change in financial condition or inability to meet financial obligations before that time, to the Distributor's reasonable satisfaction.

		
	15.4.
	We may reduce any amounts you or a Franchisee owes to us under this Agreement (including the purchase Price of Products) by any amounts we owe to you or the Franchisee. We may satisfy any amounts we owe to you or a Franchisee under this Agreement by applying them against amounts you or the Franchisee owes to us (including the purchase Price of Products). You and each Franchisee shall pay all invoices in full without setoff or deduction of any kind, except credits issued in the ordinary course of business and applied to the original invoice for which the credit is issued.

		
	15.5.
	You and each Franchisee acknowledge that purchases made by you or the Franchisee may be made through electronic transactions. You and each Franchisee agree to the electronic storage of the signature given at the point of sale or time of delivery and agree to the later use of such signature on an itemized invoice or other document evidencing the transaction. You and each Franchisee agree that the itemized invoice or other documents evidencing the transaction, although presented in a different format than the document received at the point of sale or time of delivery, establishes the order and acceptance of Products from us.

		
	15.6.
	EFT Payment Pushed by Customer. All payments made under this Agreement must be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT), unless agreed otherwise by you or the Franchisee and us.

		
	15.1.1.
	Prior to submission of the first request for payment under this Agreement, the Distributor shall provide the information required to make payment by EFT to you (or the Franchisee). If the EFT information changes, the Distributor will provide the changed information to you (or the Franchisee).

		
	15.1.2.
	For all EFT payments, the Distributor shall provide the following information: (1) the Distributor's name and remittance address as stated in the Agreement, (2) the Distributor's account number at the Distributor's financial agent, and (3) the signature (manual or electronic, as appropriate), title, and telephone number of the Distributor's official authorized to provide this information.

		
	15.1.3.
	You (or any Franchisee) may make payment by EFT through an Automated Clearing House (ACH) subject to the banking laws of the United States or by other wire transfer system subject to the approval of the Distributor.

		
	15.1.4.
	For ACH payment only, the Distributor will provide to you or the Franchisee the name, address, and 9-digit Routing Transit Number of the Distributor's financial agent, the Distributor's account number, and the type of account (checking, saving, or lockbox).

		
	15.1.5.
	If an incomplete or erroneous transfer occurs because you (or any Franchisee) failed to use the Distributor-provided EFT information in the correct manner, then you (or the Franchisee) remain responsible for (1) making a correct payment, (2) paying any penalty or additional costs imposed for making a late payment, and (3) recovering any erroneously-directed funds.

		
	16.
	Customer Representations and Other Critical Criteria.

		
	16.1.
	You have told us that you and the Franchisees can and will attain the Customer Representations listed in the Schedule. Our pricing and other terms of this Agreement are based on your doing so. Each Customer Representation will be calculated each calendar quarter as the average for all Units. If the Customer Representations are not achieved, then our expectations for this program will not be realized.

		
	16.2.
	If the Units fail to achieve one or more of the Customer Representations for a calendar quarter, DMA will notify you of the need to review the deficiency and will recommend remedial action.

		
	16.3.
	If you fail to take the remedial action within [***] days after service of DMA's notice, or if any of the Customer Representations are not achieved in the [***] day period, then DMA has the right to change this program by amending the terms of this Agreement as follows:

		
	16.1.1.
	The amendment may modify the Pricing Mechanisms, delivery frequency, payment terms, Units served, or any other term of this Agreement, except that the amendment shall not change any of your rights and obligations which arose prior to the effective date of the amendment, or your right to terminate this Agreement under the section titled “Termination”.

		
	16.1.2.
	DMA will provide you with a copy of the amendment at least [***] days prior to its effective date, which will be specified in the amendment.

		
	16.1.3.
	If you consent to the amendment, or if you fail to notify DMA of your objection to the amendment within 15 days after DMA provides it to you, the amendment will become part of this Agreement on its effective date.

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	16.1.4.
	If you notify DMA of your objection to the amendment within 15 days after DMA provides it to you, then DMA has the right to terminate the Term of this Agreement as provided in the section titled “Termination” on account of such objection.

		
	17.
	Price Audit. You have the right to an on-site audit of each Distributor's Prices for all Products once per calendar year, as follows:

		
	17.1.
	You must notify the Distributor to be audited at least [***] business days in advance of the audit.

		
	17.2.
	You have the right to check up to 25 line items per audit, and to check one pricing period per item.

		
	17.3.
	The audit will be limited to Products purchased from the Distributor within the prior [***] days.

		
	17.4.
	The audit will consist of reviewing computer reports documenting the Cost and the Distributor's calculation of the invoice Price. If requested and reasonably necessary for the audit, the Distributor will provide the Supplier's invoices and, where applicable, freight invoices. If any of the documents have been submitted electronically, the Distributor will furnish printouts of the electronic versions.

		
	17.5.
	Supplier Contracted Products will be reviewed based on the contract Cost that you have negotiated with your Supplier.

		
	17.6.
	The Distributor will provide adequate workspace and have its National Account Manager or Account Executive available for the audit.

		
	17.7.
	You will not remove any of the Distributor's documents, or copies, provided for the audit from the Distributor's premises.

		
	17.8.
	Reimbursement of overcharges and billing and payment for undercharges identified during the audit will be processed promptly.

		
	17.9.
	If you request a third party to be present during the audit, the third party will sign a confidentiality agreement, in a form reasonably requested by the Distributor.

		
	17.10.
	Due to the extensive time and complexity associated with an audit, we cannot permit computer generated price matching or electronic price audits by you or on your behalf by a third party.

		
	18.
	Price Verification. We will provide Price verification for you through our e-VerifyTM Price verification process, as follows:

		
	18.1.
	Any Price being verified must be a [***] item.

		
	18.2.
	You will provide us with your contract pricing utilizing the DMA form, as described in the section titled “[***]”.

		
	18.3.
	You recognize that accurate pricing is a shared responsibility, agree to participate in the process as required, and provide us with updated contract pricing by the  [***] of each month.

		
	18.4.
	Price Verification will be performed [***] and will consist of two types of price verification reports: (1) Expected Value Table (“EVT”) comparison to order guides at the start of each [***], and (2) EVT to invoice transaction comparison at the end of each [***].

		
	18.5.
	Reimbursement for the overcharges and billing and payment for the undercharges identified during the Price verification process will be processed promptly, but no later than [***] days after the verification is completed.

		
	19.
	Credit and Collection.

		
	19.1.
	Your continuing creditworthiness is of central importance to us. In order for us to analyze and determine your creditworthiness and financial condition, you agree to furnish us with a completed account application using our forms (“Account Application”), your most recent audited financial statements, your most recent internal financial statements, and such other public documents as we reasonably request at any time during the Term of this Agreement. So long as you are a publicly traded company, you shall not be obligated to provide any financial statements or financial information not otherwise available to the general public, nor shall you be requested or required to complete more than one credit application per year. If at any time during the Term you are no longer a publicly traded company, then you will furnish private as well as public documents from time to time, but not more often than once in any calendar quarter. Each Franchisee, and any guarantor of any Franchisee, shall also provide the documents. Credit determinations will be made by each Distributor.

		
	19.2.
	If this Agreement was signed prior to receiving completed Account Applications from you or a Franchisee, then: (1) the payment terms in the Schedule may be amended by DMA immediately upon notice to you or the Franchisee; and (2) this Agreement is not binding upon DMA or the Distributors, with respect to you or the Franchisee, if DMA notifies you or the Franchisee that any Account Application has been rejected by one or more Distributors. Either of such notices must be served within [***] days after each Distributor receives completed Account Applications from you or the Franchisee.

		
	19.3.
	Any invoices not paid when due shall bear interest at the rate regularly charged on unpaid accounts by the Distributor issuing the invoice, but not in excess of the rate permitted by law.

		
	19.4.
	If you fail to make a payment when due, we have the right to stop delivery of Products to you if the failure continues for 7 days after service of a notice from us. If any Franchisee fails to make a payment when due, we have the right to stop delivery of the Products immediately upon the failure, with or without notice.

		
	19.5.
	As provided in the Uniform Commercial Code, if we have reasonable grounds, in our reasonable discretion for insecurity as to your (or any Franchisee's) payment or performance (including the obligation to re-purchase Proprietary Products) and give notice specifying the grounds in reasonable detail, we may withhold delivery of Products until we receive adequate assurances of payment or performance, in such form as we reasonably request. You (or the Franchisee) will have at least [***] days after receipt of the notice to provide the adequate assurances before we cease deliveries.

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	19.6.
	If we have reason to believe, in our reasonable discretion, that you (or any Franchisee) are or are about to become insolvent, we have the right to take any action provided by law, and also the rights, with or without notice, to: (1) withhold delivery of Products; (2) stop delivery of Products in transit; (3) reclaim Products delivered to you (or the Franchisee) while insolvent, as permitted by law; (4) immediately change payment terms to C.O.D. by certified or bank check or wire transfer of immediately available funds, or (5) require a bank standby letter of credit as security.

		
	19.7.
	If any proceedings are filed by or against you (or any Franchisee) in bankruptcy, or for appointment of a receiver or trustee, or if you (or any Franchisee) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, we have the right to stop deliveries immediately.

		
	19.8.
	If you fail to pay within agreed upon terms, the unpaid amount of all of your outstanding invoices will, at the Distributor's option, immediately become due and payable irrespective of their payment terms and the Distributor may withhold all deliveries until the full amount due under such invoices is paid.

		
	19.9.
	If any Franchisee fails to pay within agreed upon terms, the unpaid amount of all of the Franchisee's outstanding invoices will, at the Distributor's option, immediately become due and payable irrespective of their payment terms and the Distributor may withhold all deliveries to the Franchisee until the full amount due under such invoices is paid.

		
	19.10.
	You or any Franchisee will reimburse us upon demand for all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, incurred in collecting any amounts due to us, or in enforcing our rights under this Agreement.

		
	19.11.
	PACA. This section is a notice required under federal law. This Agreement may cover sales of perishable agricultural commodities as those terms are defined by federal law. All fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables which have not been processed beyond cutting, combining, or steam blanching are generally considered perishable agricultural commodities. All perishable agricultural commodities sold under this Agreement are sold subject to the statutory trust authorized by section 5(c) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 (7 U.S.C. 499e(c)). The seller of these commodities retains a trust claim over these commodities and all inventories of food or other products derived from these commodities, and any receivables or proceeds from the sale of these commodities until full payment is received.

		
	20.
	Termination.

		
	20.1.
	You have the right to terminate the Term of this Agreement if any of the following occurs:

		
	20.1.1.
	DMA or the Distributors are in material breach of this Agreement, after the lapse of the cure period described in the section titled “General”.

		
	20.1.2.
	You serve a notice to terminate for convenience and without cause upon DMA, which specifies an effective date of termination at least [***] days after service of the notice.

		
	20.1.3.
	You may terminate an individual distribution center with cause after the lapse of the cure period described in the General section.

		
	20.1.4.
	Termination of an individual distribution center does not affect the balance of this Agreement. 

		
	20.2.
	DMA has the right to terminate the Term of this Agreement if any of the following occurs:

		
	20.2.1.
	You fail to make payments at the times required under this Agreement, and the failure continues for [***] days after service of a notice from DMA.

		
	20.2.2.
	You are in material breach (other than for failure to make payments) of this Agreement, after the lapse of the cure period described in the section titled “General”.

		
	20.2.3.
	You have notified DMA of your objection to an amendment submitted under the section titled “Customer Representations and Other Critical Criteria”, and DMA serves a notice to terminate upon you, which specifies an effective date of termination at least [***] days after service of the notice.

		
	20.2.4.
	Immediately upon notice to you if, in DMA's sole judgment, (1) your financial condition materially deteriorates from that existing either on the date of the financial statements included in the Account Application originally submitted to the Distributors, or at any point during the Term of this Agreement, or (2) DMA becomes aware of circumstances that may materially and adversely impact your ability to meet your financial obligations when due.

		
	20.2.5.
	DMA serves a notice to terminate for convenience and without cause upon you, which specifies an effective date of termination at least [***] days after service of the notice.

		
	20.3.
	DMA has the right to terminate any one or more Franchisees from food service distribution under this Agreement (and not you or any other Franchisees), if any of the following occurs:

		
	20.3.1.
	The Franchisee fails to make payments at the times required under this Agreement, and the failure continues for [***] days after service of a notice from DMA.

		
	20.3.2.
	The Franchisee is in material breach (other than for failure to make payments) of this Agreement, after the lapse of the cure period described in the section titled “General”.

		
	20.3.3.
	Immediately upon written notice to the Franchisee if, in DMA's sole judgment, (1) its financial position materially deteriorates from that existing either on the date of the financial statements included in the Account Application originally submitted to the Distributors, or at any point during the Term of this Agreement, or (2) if DMA becomes aware of any circumstances that may materially and adversely impact such Franchisee's ability to meet its financial obligations when due.

		
	20.3.4.
	DMA serves a notice to terminate for convenience and without cause upon the Franchisee, which specifies an effective date of termination at least [***] days after service of the notice.

		
	20.4.
	Upon termination of the Term of this Agreement, you will purchase any remaining inventory of the Proprietary Products from all of our distribution centers as follows.

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	20.4.1.
	You will notify us within [***] days after termination which Proprietary Products will be purchased F.O.B. our distribution centers, and which Proprietary Products are to be delivered to you, a successor distributor, or a third party.

		
	20.4.2.
	Any Proprietary Products purchased F.O.B. our distribution centers will be purchased at a price equal to the Cost of the Products plus $[***] per case to cover our receiving and warehouse handling services.

		
	20.4.3.
	Any Proprietary Products delivered to you or a third party will be purchased at the Price of the Products calculated as described in the section titled “Pricing”.

		
	20.4.4.
	You will purchase all perishable Proprietary Products within 7 days after the effective date of termination and all frozen and dry Proprietary Products within [***] days after the effective date of termination.

		
	20.4.5.
	Our invoices for the Proprietary Products will be paid for by you, the successor distributor, or the third party within 21 days after the pick-up or delivery of the Products. You guarantee payment for any Proprietary Products purchased by a successor distributor or a third party.

		
	20.4.6.
	If the Proprietary Products are not purchased within the time periods listed above, we have the right to dispose of such Products as necessary and you will pay the Price for the Products as stated above.

		
	20.5.
	Upon termination, all invoices (except those for our remaining inventory of Proprietary Products) will be due and payable at the earlier of: (1) the date specified in the Schedule or applicable to a Franchisee under this Agreement (or as modified by any Distributor under this Agreement); or (2) the [***] day after the last day of shipment.

		
	20.6.
	Termination of any Distributor's participation status in DMA does not terminate the Term of or alter this Agreement, but DMA has the right to terminate the Distributor's obligation to furnish foodservice distribution to your Units on any date chosen by DMA, in DMA's sole discretion, after the effective date of termination. In such case, DMA will use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit the remaining Distributors, other DMA distributors not a party to this Agreement, or other distributors in the area to fulfill the terminated Distributor's service obligations to you. If DMA is unable to procure a distributor to fulfill the terminated Distributor's service obligations, then you may in your sole discretion choose another distributor outside of DMA to fulfill the terminated Distributor's service obligation and that will not be considered a breach of the Agreement.

		
	21.
	Warranties.

		
	21.1.
	We assign to you all of our rights against the Suppliers of the Products under the warranties (if any) we receive from them, to the extent the rights are assignable. We will cooperate with you in the enforcement of any such warranties, so long as there is no additional cost to us. We reserve the rights to file a claim under and directly enforce any such warranties and indemnifications if any Distributor is named as a defendant or is otherwise liable under any suit or proceeding with regard to Products supplied by the Distributor.

		
	21.2.
	We do not make any warranties with respect to the Products via any document, oral, written, or electronic communication, or sample. We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or arising as a result of custom or usage in the trade or by course of dealing with regard to the Products. (This section must appear in bold font.)

		
	22.
	Indemnification and Claim Limitations.

		
	22.1.
	You indemnify DMA and Distributors, their parent and affiliated companies, and the officers, directors, employees, and successors and assigns of the foregoing, from any loss, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees), arising out of or related to: (1) any breach of a warranty or representation made by you under this Agreement; (2) any breach in the performance of obligations owed by you under this Agreement; (3) negligence in the performance of obligations owed by you under this Agreement (to the extent not caused by or contributed to by our negligence); (4) any negligent actions or omissions by you concerning or related to the Products after delivery by us in the storage, handling, or preparation of the Products, additions or modifications to the Products, or use of the Products; or (5) claims against DMA or Distributors by third parties on account of adjustments to Pricing made at your direction or the payment of incentives, rebates, or commissions to you.

		
	22.2.
	Each of your Franchisees indemnifies DMA and Distributors, their parent and affiliated companies, and the officers, directors, employees, and successors and assigns of the foregoing, from any loss, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees), arising out of or related to: (1) any breach of a warranty or representation made by the Franchisee under this Agreement; (2) any breach in the performance of obligations owed by the Franchisee under this Agreement; (3) negligence in the performance of obligations owed by the Franchisee under this Agreement (to the extent not caused by or contributed to by our negligence); (4) any negligent actions or omission by the Franchisee concerning or related to the Products after delivery by us in the storage, handling, or preparation of the Products, additions or modifications to the Products, or use of the Products; or (5) claims against DMA or Distributors by third parties on account of adjustments to Pricing made at the Franchisee's direction or the payment of incentives, rebates, or commissions to the Franchisee.

		
	22.3.
	You and each Franchisee will notify us, within 48 hours after you or the Franchisee have knowledge of its occurrence, of any illness, sickness, accident, or malfunction involving any Products which results in injury to or death of persons, or damage to property, or the loss of its use. You and each Franchisee will cooperate fully with us in investigating and determining the cause of any such event.

		
	22.4.
	We indemnify you, your parent and affiliated companies, and the officers, directors, employees, and successors and assigns of the foregoing, from any loss, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees), arising out of or related to: (1) any breach of a

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 warranty or representation made by us under this Agreement; (2) any breach in the performance of our obligations under this Agreement; (3) our negligence in the performance of our obligations under this Agreement (to the extent not caused by or contributed to by your negligence); or (4) any negligent actions or omissions by us concerning or relating to the Products while they are in our possession, in the storage or handling of the Products.
		
	22.5.
	Neither DMA nor the Distributors are liable under this Agreement or otherwise for any loss, damage, or expense incurred by you which: (1) arises from or relates to a Product for which you designated the source or specifications, so long as neither DMA nor the Distributors caused or contributed to the loss, damage, or expense in the storage and handling of the Product; (2) are expressly disclaimed in this Agreement; (3) arises from or relates to the handling, preparation, or use of a Product before Distributor's receipt of the Product or after delivery; or (4) are partially or wholly caused by any breach in your or any Franchisee's performance of this Agreement, any breach of your or any Franchisee's warranties under this Agreement, or your negligence (or the negligence of any Franchisee).

		
	22.6.
	Our obligations upon our breach of, or for performance of, any provision of this Agreement is limited, at our election, to the replacement of Products or crediting of an amount not to exceed the purchase Price of the Products. We are only obligated to replace or credit the purchase Price for Products which our examination discloses to have been defective under ordinary and normal handling, preparation, use, and consumption. You or any Franchisee must give us notice of any breach at the affected Distributor's home office, within 30 days after you or the Franchisee discover the breach or should have discovered the breach using reasonable care, and if no such notice is given, you and the Franchisee waive the right to assert such matters.

		
	22.7.
	Neither DMA nor the Distributors are liable for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, punitive, special or tort damages of any kind, including any loss of profits. The limitations on the liability of DMA and the Distributors contained in this Agreement apply regardless of whether the form of the claim against them is based on contract, negligence, strict liability, or tort law. (This section must appear in bold font.)

		
	22.8.
	The foregoing indemnification obligations and claim limitations shall survive the termination of the Term or expiration of this Agreement.

		
	23.
	Confidentiality.

		
	23.1.
	When we disclose Confidential Information (defined below) to you or any Franchisee, we are the Discloser, and you or the Franchisee are the Recipient. When you or any Franchisee disclose Confidential Information to us, you or the Franchisee are the Discloser, and we are the Recipient.

		
	23.2.
	Recipient acknowledges that Discloser has a substantial economic investment in the Confidential Information, which Discloser has acquired at great cost over many years. Recipient is aware of Discloser's need to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. Therefore, in consideration for Discloser's revealing the Confidential Information, Recipient agrees to take reasonable actions to ensure that the Confidential Information remains confidential.

		
	23.3.
	Definition of Confidential Information.

		
	23.3.1.
	“Confidential Information” means any information, data, or know-how concerning or related to Discloser's business or operations which is confidential, secret, or proprietary. Confidential Information includes that concerning or related to trade secrets, financial statements, finance, bank account information, marketing, customers, suppliers, costs, pricing (specifically including the pricing under this Agreement), manufacturing, software, business plans, personnel, sales, engineering, research and development, and any other component or aspect of Discloser's business or operations. In particular, Confidential Information includes any information, data, or know-how concerning or related to price rebates, allowances, or discounts offered under this Agreement. Confidential Information includes both the information, data, and know-how itself, as well as its tangible expressions in writings, graphics, electronic media, models, prototypes, or other media. Confidential Information need not be so marked or stamped to qualify as Confidential Information. Confidential Information includes this Agreement.

		
	23.3.2.
	Confidential Information excludes all of the following information, data, or know-how, so long as it was made available to Recipient by lawful means, without violation of any obligation of confidentiality: (1) information, data, or know-how in Recipient's possession prior to the commencement of the communications between Discloser and Recipient in contemplation of this Agreement; (2) information, data, or know-how which becomes generally available to the public other than by or through Recipient; and (3) information, data, or know-how made available to Recipient from other sources by lawful means.

		
	23.3.3.
	Recipient may disclose Confidential Information if Recipient is required to do so by order of court or governmental agency, so long as Recipient first notifies Discloser sufficiently in advance to permit Discloser to seek a protective order relating to the disclosure.

		
	23.4.
	Recipient will keep Confidential Information in confidence at all times in accordance with this Agreement.  Recipient will not remove any Confidential Information from Discloser's premises, make any unauthorized copy of Confidential Information, or communicate any Confidential Information to any persons at any time in each case without Discloser's written consent (except to Recipient's management, accountants, credit consultants, or attorneys on a need-to-know basis, so long as each has agreed to or is bound under the same obligations of confidentiality as Recipient under this Agreement). Recipient will take all reasonable precautions to prevent inadvertent disclosure of Confidential Information. Recipient will use Confidential Information only as reasonably required to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and not in conducting or for the benefit of Recipient's other business or operations, or the business or operations of any other person or firm.

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	23.5.
	Upon request following termination of the Term of this Agreement, Recipient will return to Discloser or destroy all Confidential Information, including any papers, notes, computers, other electronic devices, electronic media, or other recorded material that contains any Confidential Information.

		
	23.6.
	Recipient's obligations under this Agreement to keep Confidential Information in confidence shall terminate on the 5'h anniversary of the date the Term of this Agreement is terminated, except with respect to trade secrets of Discloser which at that time remain protected from disclosure by law. Recipient shall remain obligated to keep valid trade secrets in confidence at all times.

		
	23.7.
	Recipient acknowledges that money damages shall be an inadequate remedy in the event of a breach of this section titled “Confidentiality” by Recipient and that such breach will cause Discloser irreparable injury and damage. Accordingly, Recipient agrees that Discloser shall be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief in the event of a breach. Recipient waives any requirement for a bond or security in connection with such remedy.

		
	23.8.
	If Recipient seeks to introduce any outside party into the relationship between Recipient and Discloser, such as purchasing consultants, technology providers, back office system providers, third-party logistics providers, or any other third party, Recipient will cause such third party to sign a confidentiality agreement in the form attached as an exhibit, along with any other agreements deemed necessary in the sole discretion of Discloser, prior to the disclosure of any Confidential Information to such third party by Recipient or Discloser.

		
	23.9.
	Recipient indemnifies Discloser, its parent and affiliated companies, and the officers, directors, employees, and successors and assigns of the foregoing, from any loss, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to a breach of this section titled “Confidentiality” by Recipient.

		
	24.
	Distributor Liability.

		
	24.1.
	DMA warrants and represents to you that DMA is authorized to and does bind the Distributors to this Agreement by DMA's signature below.

		
	24.2.
	Each Distributor will be severally liable for its respective service obligations and for Products sold to the Units which it services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Distributor is liable for service obligations or Products sold to Units which it does not service. Each Distributor is responsible for its own credit determination and for collection of its invoices. This Agreement shall not create joint liability or joint and several liability among Distributors, or among Distributors and DMA. No Distributor is the agent for, or authorized to obligate, any other Distributor. The Distributors are independent contractors and not partners or joint venturers with each other or with you. DMA is only liable for obligations which it specifically agrees to undertake in this Agreement.

		
	24.3.
	You and the Franchisees are obligated for payment of purchases of Products solely to the Distributor which has delivered the Products to you or the Franchisee.

		
	25.
	Insurance. At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Distributor shall procure and maintain at its own expense commercial general liability insurance coverage and, if necessary, commercial umbrella insurance coverage, each written on an occurrence form, with policy limits of not less than $[***] per occurrence. You will be included as an additional insured under the policies, using ISO additional insured endorsements or substitute providing substantially equivalent coverage. All certificates shall provide for 30 days' written notice to you prior to the cancellation or material change of any policy.

		
	26.
	Recalls, Holds, Inspections, and Product Withdrawals.

		
	26.1.
	If a governmental authority declares that any of the Products or any ingredient, packaging, or supplies used in connection with the Products, or if we at any time believe in good faith that any of the Products or any such ingredient, packaging, or supplies, (1) is or may be adulterated or misbranded or does not or may not conform with an applicable consumer or regulatory product safety standard, or (2) is or may be otherwise unsafe or unfit for the intended use of the Product, then, without limiting other rights and remedies that are available to us under this Agreement or applicable law, we shall have the right to recall or withdraw all such Products from you, and cancel or not ship orders based on a recall, withdrawal, alert, or good faith decision.

		
	26.2.
	If any governmental authority issues an alert or warning on a Product, and you or any Franchisee requests shipment of the Product notwithstanding the notification of the alert or warning from DMA or the Distributor, you or such Franchisee indemnify the Distributor and DMA from any loss, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorney's fees) from actions, disputes, claims, or controversies of any kind arising out of or in any way related to the requested shipment. The BBRG VP of Purchasing, CEO, and or CFO are the only ones authorized to request these shipments.

		
	26.3.
	To the extent that we request, you or such Franchisee agree to comply with appropriate disposition instructions with respect to all such Products, packaging, or supplies that we have previously delivered to you and to reasonably assist us in all aspects of a recall, including (1) developing a recall strategy and preparing and furnishing reports, records, and other information with respect to such recall, and (2) notifying any of your customers or consignees who may be in possession of the recalled Products.

		
	26.4.
	If, in the absence of a formal recall or withdrawal of Product initiated by the Supplier of such Product, or a government authority, you direct us to withdraw all such Products from our distribution centers, we reserve the right to assess a reasonable handling charge.

		
	26.5.
	Each Distributor has a stated recall policy to charge each Supplier for expenses the Distributor incurs as a result of recalls and withdrawals of Products purchased from the Supplier. If the Distributor purchases Proprietary Products exclusively for you or any Franchisee, and if the Supplier does not pay such expenses, you or such Franchisee agree to pay or reimburse the Distributor for all such expenses.

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	27.
	Annual Distributor Distribution Center Inspection

		
	27.1.
	We will provide you with food safety audit reports on an annual basis for each distribution center that services you from a qualified third party, AIB, ASI, Siliker, etc.

		
	28.
	Force Majeure. No party is liable for any loss, damage, or expense from any delay in delivery or failure of performance due to any cause beyond the party's control, including fire or other casualty; strike or labor difficulty; accident; war conditions; riot or civil commotion; terrorism; government regulation or restriction; shortages in transportation, power, labor or material; unforeseeable abnormal road or traffic conditions; freight embargo; default of supplier; or events which render performance commercially impracticable or impossible. This section does not relieve a party from any obligation to pay money or issue credits.

		
	29.
	Contract Interpretation.

		
	29.1.
	You and we acknowledge that your home office, the Units, DMA's home office, our Distributors, and our distribution centers are situated in many different States. To simplify interpretation of this Agreement, the Uniform Commercial Code (most recent version adopted by the Uniform Laws Commission) is incorporated by reference into this Agreement, and for any remaining matters not determined by such Code, including instances in which a Uniform Commercial Code provision requires interpretation or provides alternate rules to be selected by the States, Illinois law (without reference to its choice of law rules) shall apply.

		
	29.2.
	The terms of this Agreement shall govern over any other conflicting, different, or additional terms in your purchase order, acceptance, or other form. We object to such terms, and they are not binding on us. If you or any Franchisee use such a form, the form shall be used for convenience only, and shall evidence your unconditional agreement to the terms of this Agreement.

		
	29.3.
	The examples given in this Agreement are for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of actual or predicted results.

		
	30.
	General.

		
	30.1.
	No party is in breach of this Agreement unless the non-breaching party has given notice to the breaching party describing the breach in reasonable detail, and the breaching party has failed to cure the breach within 30 days after service of the notice (or if the breach cannot reasonably be cured within that period, the breaching party has failed to diligently begin to cure the breach within that period). This sub-section shall not apply to breaches consisting of the obligation to pay money or issue credits.

		
	30.2.
	Any action or suit against DMA or the Distributors in any way arising from or related to this Agreement or the Products must be commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued.

		
	30.3.
	The words “including” and “includes” as used in this Agreement mean “including, without limitation” or “includes, without limitation”, respectively.

		
	30.4.
	Our obligations under this Agreement are extended to you only, and shall not inure to the benefit of or form the basis of a claim by any purchaser of the Products or other party. Neither you nor DMA will assign this Agreement without the other's consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned.

		
	30.5.
	All previous oral, written, or electronic communications between you, any Franchisee, DMA, and the Distributors for the sale of the Products to the Units are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement, together with its Schedule and Exhibits, the Acceptance, and the Account Application constitute the final, complete, and exclusive expression of the agreement between you, the Franchisees, DMA, and the Distributors for the sale of the Products to the Units. This Agreement may be amended only with the consent of you and DMA, except as stated otherwise.

		
	30.6.
	The remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative. The exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the right to exercise any other right or remedy in this Agreement, by law, or in equity.

		
	30.7.
	The invalidity of any part of this Agreement shall not invalidate any other part and, except for the invalid part, the rest of this Agreement shall remain effective. No waiver of performance shall be valid without consent of the party entitled to the performance. No waiver of a specific action shall be construed as a waiver of future performance.

		
	30.8.
	Each party waives its right to jury trial with respect to any disputes, claims, or controversies of any kind whatsoever under this Agreement.

		
	30.9.
	Any notice, consent, demand, or other submission required under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered to the parties at the addresses set forth in the Schedule, or at any addresses they designate. For any Franchisees, any notice, consent, demand, or other submission shall be delivered to the delivery address for the Unit specified on the attached exhibit. Notice may be made by hand delivery, by recognized overnight courier, by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), or by email, in each case prepaid. Service by email must be acknowledged by a return email from the recipient, or confirmed in writing using another of the foregoing methods. All such communications shall be effective when received, except that email communications shall be effective when received only if acknowledgement or confirmation is received within 7 days later.

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	Distribution Market Advantage, Inc.
	 
	Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc.

	 
	/s/ Daniel J. Cox
	 
	/s/ James O'Connor

	 
	Signature
	 
	Signature

	 
	 
	 
	 

	By
	By Daniel J. Cox
	By
	By James O'Connor

	 
	 
	 
	 

	Its
	Its President and CEO
	Its
	Chief Financial Officer

	 
	 
	 
	 

	Date
	Date:  []
	Date
	Date: March 30, 2017

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Units under Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Foodservice Distribution Agreement
	
									
	Chain Owner Name
	Dist Whs Name
	Dist Cust Nbr
	Unit Nbr
	Unit Address
	Unit City
	Unit State
	Unit Zip

	BBRG
	BEK-ALB
	348975
	60
	2220 LOUISIANA BLVD NE
	ALBUQUERQUE
	NM
	87110

	BBRG
	BEK-HOU
	301590
	10
	3413 VETERAN'S MEMORIAL BLVD
	METAIRIE
	LA
	70002

	BBRG
	BEK-HOU
	088852
	35
	1201 LAKE WOODLANDS DRIVE
	THE WOODLANDS
	TX
	77380

	BBRG
	BEK-HOU
	312622
	89
	12808 QUEENSBURY LANE
	HOUSTON
	TX
	77024

	BBRG
	BEK-HOU
	092888
	94
	15900 LACANTERA PARKWAY
	SAN ANTONIO
	TX
	78209

	BBRG
	BEK-HOU
	720533
	110
	10000 RESEARCH BLVD
	AUSTIN
	TX
	78759

	BBRG
	BEK-OKC
	095386
	44
	13810 N PENN
	OKLAHOMA
	OK
	73134

	BBRG
	BEK-OKC
	102741
	91
	17815 CHENAL PARKWAY
	LITTLE ROCK
	AR
	72223

	BBRG
	BEK-OKC
	726726
	130
	3010 SOUTH HULEN STREET
	FORT WORTH
	TX
	76109

	BBRG
	BEK-OKC
	097326
	CORP
	777 GOODALE BOULEVARD
	COLUMBUS
	OH
	43212

	BBRG
	BEK-OKC
	099645
	54
	1431 PLAZA PLACE
	SOUTHLAKE
	TX
	76092

	BBRG
	BEK-OKC
	099992
	65
	810 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY PERIMETER BLDG K
	ALLEN
	TX
	75013

	BBRG
	GFS-ABD
	638490031
	39
	193 CENTRAL PARK WEST
	VIRGINIA BEACH
	VA
	23462

	BBRG
	GFS-ABD
	638490035
	58
	ONE WALDEN GALLERIA
	BUFFALO
	NY
	14225

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-ABD
	100013651
	66
	236 LEHIGH VALLEY MALL
	WHITEHALL
	PA
	18052

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-ABD
	100042227
	85
	207 SPOTSYLVANIA MALL
	FREDERICKSBURG
	VA
	22407

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-ABD
	100060525
	104
	2500 MORELAND ROAD UNIT 3245
	WILLOW GROVE
	PA
	19090

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	638560010
	33
	9210 STONY POINT PARKWAY
	RICHMOND
	VA
	23235

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	638560011
	48
	1961 CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD
	MCLEAN
	VA
	22102

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	638560016
	62
	901 HADDENFIELD ROAD SUITE C
	CHERRY HILL
	NJ
	8002

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100033320
	80
	325 WESTFARMS MALL
	FARMINGTON
	CT
	06032

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100032841
	81
	2505 RIVA ROAD
	ANNAPOLIS
	MD
	21401

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100051047
	92
	305 CHRISTIANA MALL RD
	NEWARK
	DE
	19702

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100060518
	101
	500 ROUTE 73 SOUTH UNIT C10
	MARLTON
	NJ
	08053

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100060519
	103
	2 PASEO DRIVE
	ROCKVILLE
	MD
	20852

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100060521
	105
	7 BACKUS AVENUE SPACE M208
	DANBURY
	CT
	06810

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100060520
	106
	3710 ROUTE 9 SOUTH
	FREEHOLD
	NJ
	07728

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100060524
	107
	100 EAST PRATT STREET
	BALTIMORE
	MD
	21202

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100068083
	111
	1575 WILLOWBROOK MALL
	WAYNE
	NJ
	07470

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100098364
	115
	200 BOYLSTON STREET
	CHESTNUT HILL
	MA
	02467

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100098363
	118
	160 WALT WHITMAN ROAD
	HUNTINGTON STATION
	NY
	11746

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100099429
	120
	3320 BRUNSWICK PIKE
	LAWRENCEVILLE
	NJ
	08648

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-ABD
	100121972
	121
	11776U FAIR OAKS MALL
	FAIRFAX
	VA
	22033

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-DGV
	100008431
	36
	106 MAJOR REYNOLDS PLACE
	KNOXVILLE
	TN
	37919

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-DGV
	638490033
	57
	3324 WEST FRIENDLY CENTER
	GREENSBORO
	NC
	27410

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-DGV
	100116485
	136
	401 THE BRIDGE STREET NW
	HUNTSVILLE
	AL
	35806

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-DGV
	100106410
	137
	9824 REA ROAD
	CHARLOTTE
	NC
	28277

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-DGV
	638560012
	15
	2964 PEACHTREE ROAD N.W.
	ATLANTA
	GA
	30305

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-DGV
	100008173
	18
	591 BROOKWOOD VILLAGE
	BIRMINGHAM
	AL
	35203

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-DGV
	100008343
	24
	700 ASHWOOD PARKWAY
	ATLANTA
	GA
	30338

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-DGV
	916100001
	55
	4720 PIEDMONT ROW DRIVE, SUITE 150
	CHARLOTTE
	NC
	28209

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-DGV
	100028151
	76
	4325 GLENWOOD AVE SUITE 5000
	RALEIGH
	NC
	27620

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-DGV
	100066856
	801
	777 CASINO DRIVE
	CHEROKEE
	NC
	28719

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	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-KEN
	638490011
	21
	2970 TOWNE CENTRE BLVD.
	LANSING
	MI
	48912

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-KEN
	638490019
	37
	2600 NAVY BLVD
	GLENVIEW
	IL
	60025

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-KEN
	100008166
	40
	120 SOUTH JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY
	WEST DES MOINES
	IA
	50266

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-KEN
	638490024
	45
	95 MOORLAND AVENUE
	BROOKFIELD
	WI
	53005

Units under Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Foodservice Distribution Agreement
	
									
	Chain Owner Name
	Chain Concept Name
	Dist Whs Name
	Dist Cust Nbr
	Unit Nbr
	Unit Address
	Unit City
	Unit State
	Unit Zip

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	6E5-KEN
	100068529
	113
	17151 DAVENPORT ST
	OMAHA
	NE
	68118

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GF5-KEN
	100143056
	141 
	2078 E. BELTLINE AVE NE
	GRAND RAPIDS
	MI
	49525

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-PLT
	100097046
	 75
	7924 VIA DELLAGIO WAY
	ORLANDO
	FL
	32819

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-PLT
	100097045
	88
	9110 STRADA PL
	NAPLES
	FL
	34108

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-PLT
	100113891
	133
	149 SOUNDINGS AVENUE
	JUPITER
	FL
	33477

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100008175
	14
	480 NORTH ORLANDO AVENUE SUITE 108
	WINTER PARK
	FL
	32789

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100008176
	22
	420 CONROY ROAD SUITE 154
	ORLANDO
	FL
	32839

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100008177
	30
	3101 PGA BLVD
	PALM BEACH GARDENS
	FL
	33410

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100008178
	53
	5505 TAMIAMI TRAIL
	NAPLES
	FL
	34108

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100016865
	64
	14576 SOUTHWEST 5TH STREET
	PEMBROKE
	FL
	033027

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	,100037982
	87
	2223 N. WEST SHORE BLVD
	TAMPA
	FL
	33607

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100042228
	90
	600 SILKS RUN SUITE 1205
	HALLANDALE
	FL
	33009

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100060526
	108
	5050 TOWN CENTER CIRCLE SUITE 239
	BOCA RATON 
	FL
	33486

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100072515
	109
	8888 SW 136TH STREET
	MIAMI
	FL
	33176

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100068082
	112
	4910 BIG ISLAND DRIVE
	JACKSONVILLE
	FL
	32246

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100074581
	119
	550 S. ROSEMARY STREET
	WEST PALM BEACH
	FL
	33401

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100110092
	123
	480 N ORLANDO AVE 
	WINTER PARK
	FL
	32789

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100135129
	124
	11401 NW 12TH STREET
	SWEETWATER
	FL
	33172

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-PLT
	100119120
	132
	499 SOUTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE
	PLANTATION
	FL
	33388

	BBRG
	BON VIE
	GFS-SPR
	638610001
	17
	4089 THE STRAND EAST
	COLUMBUS
	OH
	43219

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490001
	2
	3000 HAYDEN ROAD
	COLUMBUS
	OH
	43235

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100008159
	3
	8651 CASTLECREEK PKWY EAST DRIVE
	INDIANAPOLIS
	IN
	46250

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490003
	4
	2148 MIAMISBURG CENTERVILLE
	CENTERVILLE
	OH
	45459

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490004
	5
	7470 VANTAGE DRIVE
	COLUMBUS
	OH
	43235

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490006
	7
	4976 MCKNIGHT ROAD
	PITTSBURGH
	PA
	15237

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100008160
	9
	2658 LAKE CIRCLE DRIVE
	INDIANAPOLIS
	IN
	46268

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490008
	12
	211 SUMMIT PARK DRIVE
	PITTSBURGH
	PA
	15275

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490009
	13
	20001 ROUTE 19
	CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP
	PA
	16066

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490010
	16
	250 WEST BRIDGE STREET
	WEST HOMESTEAD
	PA
	15120

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490012
	23
	VILLAGE OF ROCHESTER HILLS
	ROCHESTER HILLS
	MI
	48309

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490016
	26
	28889 CHARGRIN BLVD
	WOODMERE
	OH
	44122

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100008161
	27
	5005 WEST 117 TH STREET
	LEAWOOD
	KS
	66211

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100008162
	28
	206 BULLITT LANE
	LOUISVILLE
	KY
	40222

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490015
	31
	9436 WATERFRONT DRIVE
	WESTCHESTER
	OH
	45069

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490018
	34
	1500 WASHINGTON ROAD
	PITTSBURGH
	PA
	15228

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100008164
	38
	7301 NW 87TH STREET
	KANSAS CITY
	MO
	64153

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490022
	42
	17700 HAGERTY ROAD
	LIVONIA
	MI
	48154

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490023
	43
	7787 REYNOLDS ROAD
	MENTOR
	OH
	44060

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490025
	46
	5001 MONROE STREET SUITE R-3
	TOLEDO
	OH
	43623

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490027
	52
	4224 EVERHARD ROAD NW
	CANTON
	OH
	44718

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100019493
	71
	3265 W MARKET ST
	FAIRLAWN
	OH
	44333

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	638490005
	77
	5045 DEERFIELD BLVD
	MASON
	OH
	45040

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100031216
	84
	17 WETS COUNTY CENTER
	DES PERES
	MO
	63131

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100053232
	100
	1803 OLENTANGY RIVE RD
	COLUMBUS
	OH
	43212

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100121971
	131
	3825 EDWARDS ROAD
	CINCINNATI
	OH
	45209

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100115362
	134
	760 BRIARWOOD CIRCLE
	ANN ARBOR
	MI
	48108

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	GFS-SPR
	100143058
	140
	2731 FAIRFIELD COMMONS
	BEAVERCREEK
	OH
	45431

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	638560001
	11
	3993 EASTON STATION
	COLUMBUS
	OH
	43219

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	638560002
	20
	1 LEVEE WAY
	NEWPORT
	KY
	41071

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	638560007
	25
	200 CROCKER PARK BLVD
	WESTLAKE
	OH
	44145

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	638560004
	29
	24325 CEDAR ROAD LEGACY VILLAGE
	LYNDHURST
	OH
	44124

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Units under Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Foodservice Distribution Agreement
	
									
	Chain Owner Name
	Chain Concept Name
	Dist Whs Name
	Dist Cust Nbr
	Unit Nbr
	Unit Address
	Unit City
	Unit State
	Unit Zip

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	100008171
	32
	1701 SOUTH LINDBEREG PLAZA
	ST LOUIS
	MO
	63131

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	100008172
	41
	502 NICHOLS ROAD
	KANSAS CITY
	MO
	64112

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	638560008
	47
	2801 WEST BIG BEAVER ROAD SUITE E150
	TROY
	MI
	48084

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	638560014
	56
	4459 CEDAR PARK DRIVE
	BEAVER CREEK
	OH
	45440

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	'638560015
	63
	330 YORKTOWN 
	LOMBARD 
	IL
	60148

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	100015577
	68
	17430 HALL ROAD FASHION PARK SQUARE R104
	CLINTON TOWNSHIP
	MI
	48038

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	100013519
	70
	1500 POLARIS PARKWAY SUITE 200
	COLUMBUS
	OH
	43240

	BBRG
	BRIO
	GFS-SPR
	100135734
	125
	7600 GIBSON RD SUITE F-120
	LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
	OH
	45069

	BBRG
	BRAVO
	NCMD-LV
	159611
	138
	1300 WEST SUNSET RD
	HENDERSON
	NV
	89014

	BBRG
	BRIO
	NCMD-LV
	159661
	67
	6653 LAS VEGAS BLVD SOUTH
	LAS VEGAS
	NV
	89119

	BBRG
	BRIO
	NCMD-LV
	159631
	93
	420 SOUTH RAMPART
	LAS VEGAS
	NV
	89145

	BBRG
	BRIO
	NC-SALT
	159671
	102
	6173 SOUTH STATE STREET
	MURRAY
	UT
	84107

	BBRG
	BRIO
	NC-SALT
	159681
	122
	80 SOUTH REGENT STREET
	SALT LAKE CITY
	UT
	84101

	BBRG
	BRIO
	SHAM-AZ
	0016061
	72
	2150 E. WILLIAMS FIELD RD 
	GILBERT 
	AZ
	85295

	BBRG
	BRIO
	SHAM-AZ
	0016066
	83
	15301 N. SCOTTSDALE RD
	SCOTTSDALE
	AZ
	85254

	BBRG
	BRIO
	SHAM-CO
	0032582
	74
	8441 PARK MEADOWS CTR DR
	LONE TREE
	CO
	80127

	BBRG
	BRIO
	SHAM-CO
	0032586
	86
	2500 E FIRST AVE 
	DENVER
	CO
	80206

	BBRG
	BRIO
	SHAM-S0
	0097509
	114
	12370 S. MAIN ST
	RANCHO CUCAMONGA
	CA
	91739

	BBRG
	BRIO
	SHAM-SO
	0026302
	116
	618 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE
	IRVINE
	CA
	92618

	BBRG
	BRIO
	SHAM-SO
	0107169
	126
	21532 HAWTHORNE BLVD
	TORRANCE
	CA
	90503

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Acceptance of Foodservice Distribution 
Agreement by Franchisee
	
			
	Franchisee:
	

	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	DMA:
	Distribution Market Advantage, Inc., 1515 Woodfield Rd., Suite 600, Schaumburg, IL 60173. Email: dan.cox@dmadelivers.com. 

	 
	 

	Distributors:
	Ben E. Keith Company, 7600 Will Rogers Blvd, Ft. Worth, TX 76140. Email: cslewis@benekeith.com. 
Gordon Food Service, Inc., 1300 Gezon Parkway SW, Wyoming, MI 49509. Email: brian.larsen@gfs.com. 
Nicholas & Co., Inc., 5520 W. Harrold Gatty Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116. Email: jake.box@nicholasandco.com. 
Shamrock Foods Company, 3900 E. Camelback Road, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85108. Email: Jeff_peitzmeier@shamrockfoods.com. 

	 
	 

	Customer:
	Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc., 777 Goodale Blvd, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43212, Email: JOdachowski@BBRG.com. 

	 
	 

	Foodservice Distribution Agreement:
	Foodservice Distribution Agreement with the Term beginning on February 1, 2017] between DMA, Distributors, and Customer.

Franchisee agrees as follows:    
		
	1.
	Acknowledgements. Franchisee acknowledges as follows:

1.1. Franchisee and Customer have entered into an agreement (the “Franchise Agreement”) governing the terms under which Franchisee will operate one or more retail food establishments under the trade name of Customer and under which Franchisee will purchase products.
1.2. DMA and Distributors have entered into the Foodservice Distribution Agreement with Customer in order to provide a portion of the purchasing, warehousing, and distribution functions for Customer's concept and franchise system on terms negotiated by Customer. DMA and Distributors require this Acceptance in order to furnish those functions to Franchisee.

		
	2.
	Acceptance. In order for Franchisee to have the benefit of the terms and conditions of the Foodservice Distribution Agreement, (1) Franchisee accepts the terms and conditions of the Foodservice Distribution Agreement, (2) Franchisee's purchase of Products under the Foodservice Distribution Agreement shall be governed by the Foodservice Distribution Agreement, and (3) Franchisee shall be obligated to perform all of the obligations required of Franchisee under the Foodservice Distribution Agreement. The terms of the Foodservice Distribution Agreement are incorporated into this Acceptance by this reference. Customer has agreed to furnish Franchisee at any time upon request of Franchisee with either: (1) a copy of the Foodservice Distribution Agreement; (2) a copy of the Foodservice Distribution Agreement redacted to remove confidential information; or (3) a summary of the Foodservice Distribution Agreement which lists all applicable rights and obligations pertaining to Franchisee.

		
	3.
	Amendments. Franchisee acknowledges that the Foodservice Distribution Agreement may be amended, from time to time, with the consent of Customer, DMA, and Distributors. Any such amendments shall be binding on Franchisee.

    

Signature on the following page

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Third Party Confidentiality Agreement
	
			
	Third Party:
	

	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	DMA:
	Distribution Market Advantage, Inc., 1515 Woodfield Rd., Suite 600, Schaumburg, IL 60173. Email: dan.cox@dmadelivers.com. 

	 
	 

	Distributors:
	Ben E. Keith Company, 7600 Will Rogers Blvd, Ft. Worth, TX 76140. Email: cslewis@benekeith.com. 
Gordon Food Service, Inc., 1300 Gezon Parkway SW, Wyoming, MI 49509. Email: brian.larsen@gfs.com. 
Nicholas & Co., Inc., 5520 W. Harrold Gatty Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116. Email: jake.box@nicholasandco.com. 
Shamrock Foods Company, 3900 E. Camelback Road, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85108. Email: Jeff_peitzmeier@shamrockfoods.com. 

	 
	 

	Customer:
	Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc., 777 Goodale Blvd, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43212, Email: JOdachowski@BBRG.com. 

	 
	 

	Agreement:
	Foodservice Distribution Agreement with the Term beginning on February 1, 2017] between DMA, Distributors, and Customer.

	 
	 

	Confidential Information:
	“Confidential Information”, as defined under the section titled “Confidentiality” of the Agreement

Third party agrees as follows:

		
	1.
	Acknowledgements. Third Party, DMA, Distributors, and Customer acknowledge as follows:

1.1. Customer has retained Third Party to provide services to Customer in connection with the Agreement.

1.2. DMA and Distributors have disclosed Confidential Information to Third Party to permit Third Party to perform its services to Customer.

		
	2.
	Acceptance.

2.1. Third Party agrees to be bound by all of the obligations of a Recipient of Confidential Information of DMA and Distributors as the Discloser, as described in the section titled “Confidentiality” of the Agreement.

2.2 Third Party agrees to sign any additional agreements deemed necessary in the sole discretion of DMA and the Distributors.

		
	3.
	Term of Third Party Confidentiality Agreement. Third Party's obligations under this Third Party Confidentiality Agreement to keep Confidential Information in confidence shall terminate on the 10th anniversary of the Date of the Agreement, except with respect to trade secrets of DMA and Distributors which at that time remain protected from disclosure by law. Third Party shall remain obligated to keep valid trade secrets in confidence at all times.

Signature on the following page

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