Document:

Confidential Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release dated April 5, 2011

 Exhibit 10.12 
 Confidential Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release 
  

	1.	Parties. 

 A. This Confidential
Settlement Agreement & Mutual General Release (“Agreement”) is entered into this 5th day of April, 2011 between THE JOHN HENRY COMPANY and MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS (hereinafter collectively referred to as “PLAINTIFFS”)
on the one hand, and DAN WELTY, LORETTA O’CONNELL, STEPHANIE MICKELSON, KURT GONSALVES, (collectively referred to as “INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS”) and COLLOTYPE LABELS USA, INC. and MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION (collectively referred to as
“CORPORATE DEFENDANTS”) on the other hand (the INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS and the CORPORATE DEFENDANTS are hereinafter collectively referred to as “DEFENDANTS”). The parties are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Settling
Parties” and individually as a “Settling Party”. PLAINTIFFS are represented by Donna M. Rutter and Kristin L. Oliveira, of the law firm of Curiale, Hirschfeld, Kraemer LLP, San Francisco, California. CORPORATE DEFENDANTS are
represented by Gregory Walsh, Paul G. Carey and Jennifer Phillips from the law firm of Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty, Napa, California. The INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS are represented by Allan Gomes and Shane Anderies of the law firm of Anderies
and Gomes, San Francisco, California. 
  

	2.	Claims. 

 A. On
February 12, 2010, Defendants WELTY, MICKELSON, and O’CONNELL resigned their employment with Plaintiff JHC. Defendant GONSALVES resigned his employment with JHC in January 2010 (hereinafter, the “resignation(s)”). 

B. All four INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS began working for CORPORATE DEFENDANTS following their resignations (hereinafter, the
“hiring(s)”). 
 C. PLAINTIFFS claim, among other things, that the CORPORATE DEFENDANTS unlawfully hired the
INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS, that the INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS improperly took confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information from PLAINTIFFS, and that all DEFENDANTS used this information to unfairly compete with PLAINTIFFS. 

D. On February 26, 2010, PLAINTIFFS JHC filed a complaint for damages and injunctive relief asserting various claims and causes of
action against DEFENDANTS arising out of the above matters in the Superior Court in and for the County of Napa titled THE JOHN HENRY COMPANY v. DAN WELTY, et al. Case No. 26-51787 (hereinafter the “Action”). 

E. DEFENDANTS deny all of PLAINTIFFS’ claims and allegations set forth above and in the Action. 

F. On February 25, 2011, the Court continued the trial date in the Action and issued a preliminary injunction on stipulation of the
parties prohibiting certain acts by DEFENDANTS as more specifically set forth in said stipulated preliminary injunction (hereinafter the “Injunction”). 
 G. The parties hereto recognize that they may have some other claims, demands or causes of action arising out of the matters released herein, against the persons or entities released herein, or any of
them, of which they are unaware or unsuspecting at this time. It is the intention of the parties in executing this General Release that each of them shall hereinafter be prevented and deprived from asserting any such claims against any such persons
released herein. In that regard, each of the parties hereto expressly waives the right to the benefits of Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, which provides as follows: 

“A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME
OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.” 
 Each party hereby further acknowledges that the foregoing waiver of the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code was bargained for separately. The parties knowingly, voluntarily,
intentionally and expressly waive any and all rights and benefits conferred by Section 1542, or by any law or any state or territory of the United States or any foreign country or principle of common law that is similar or analogous to
Section 1542, and agree and acknowledge that this waiver is an essential term of this Settlement Agreement, without which the consideration herein would not have been given. 

H. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the scope of the general release herein extend to the currently known, unknown,
foreseen and unforeseen claims and allegations between them arising out of the facts, transactions and occurrences set forth above and in the Action. 
  

	3.	Consideration. 

 A.
MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION shall pay to JOHN HENRY COMPANY the sum of two million eight hundred thousand dollars and no cents ($2,800,000.00). Payment shall be made by wire transfer within 1 day after full execution, and receipt by MULTI-COLOR
CORPORATION, of: (i) this Agreement; (ii) an original of the attached Exhibit “A;” (iii) a form W-9 completed and signed by an authorized representative of the JOHN HENTRY COMPANY; and (iv) wire instructions for
delivery of payment. Payment shall be evidenced by a form 1099 MISC. 

 B. All parties and their attorneys shall execute the Stipulation and Order Dismissing Case
with Prejudice and Retaining Jurisdiction Pursuant to CCP Section 664.6 attached hereto as Exhibit “A,” and upon receipt by the JOHN HENRY COMPANY of the payment referred to above, counsel for the CORPORATE DEFENDANTS shall file that
Stipulation and Order in the Action and the Injunction shall be deemed dissolved and of no further force or effect. 
 C. Upon
execution of this Agreement, all physical property of PLAINTIFFS’ currently in the possession of the INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS’ attorneys shall be delivered to PLAINTIFFS’ attorneys at the offices of Curiale, Hirschfeld, Kraemer LLP, in
San Francisco, and all of PLAINTIFFS’ electronic data in the possession of DEFENDANTS shall be deleted or destroyed as more specifically provided for in the attached Exhibit “B.” 

D. DEFENDANTS shall not use any of the following items of PLAINTIFFS to contact PLAINTIFFS’ customers (as identified in
Plaintiff’s Second Amended Code of Civil Procedure section 2019.210 disclosure) who are not already DEFENDANTS’ customers or to otherwise compete with PLAINTIFFS: customer list (as identified in PLAINTIFFS’ Second Amended Code of
Civil Procedure section 2019.210 disclosure), customer contact information for customers identified on that list which is not otherwise publicly available or provided to DEFENDANTS by the customers; pricing models; profit and loss details for
PLAINTIFFS’ digital label department; and information known only to PLAINTIFFS concerning its customers’ prior orders; whether any of the above information was obtained through hard copy or copied and stored electronically. Anything herein
to the contrary notwithstanding, PLAINTIFFS’ right to file a motion pursuant to CCP SECTION 664.6, or a new action, for an alleged breach of the provisions of this paragraph 3.D shall expire at, and shall not survive beyond, 12 months from the
date of execution of this Agreement by DEFENDANTS. 
  

	 	(i)	Anything to the contrary notwithstanding in the Stipulated Protective Order on file in the Action, to facilitate compliance with the provisions of paragraph 3.D, above,
the parties expressly agree that DEFENDANTS may receive, review and retain a copy of PLAINTIFFS’ customer list produced with PLAINTIFFS’ Second Amended Code of Civil Procedure section 2019.210 disclosure, even though that list had
previously been designated by PLAINTIFFS’ counsel as “Confidential - Attorney’s Eyes Only” at the time they produced it for DEFENDANTS’ counsel. 

 4. Confidentiality. Except as expressly permitted herein, this Agreement and the considerations therefore are confidential, and each party shall take every precaution to prevent disclosure
of any such information to third parties. However, such information may be disclosed if the party disclosing it is required to do so by legal process and then the party required to make such disclosure shall take all reasonable steps to limit the
nature and extent of such disclosure. Notwithstanding the above, the parties to this Agreement may: (a) disclose this Agreement to their respective attorneys, accountants and financial/tax advisors; (b) disclose to third parties, including
but not limited to employees, customers, suppliers, experts and consultants in this matter, the fact that the dispute between them has been settled (but without disclosing any of the terms of the settlement); and (c) disclose this Agreement, to
the extent required by law, to and as required by, the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and/or other state and federal governmental entities having jurisdiction over tax or corporate matters. 

5. Release. Effective upon payment of the funds called for herein, PLAINTIFFS on the one hand and DEFENDANTS on the other hand,
individually, for their assigns, successors and predecessors in interest, subsidiaries, agents, partners, employees, heirs, trustees, officers, directors, legal representatives and anyone claiming by, through or under such persons, does hereby and
forevermore release, and forever discharge each other, individually, their assigns, successors and predecessors in interest, subsidiaries, partners, agents, employees, heirs, trustees, officers, directors, and legal representatives, and anyone
claiming by, through or under such persons, from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses, attorneys’ fees, and/or other legal or equitable obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever, from the
beginning of time to the date hereof, whether known or unknown, in law or in equity, whichever they, or any of them, may have had, may now have, or may hereinafter have on the basis of the parties’ actions and conduct existing as of the date of
this Agreement, arising out of the claims as set forth in the Action, and/or in paragraph 2 of this Confidential Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release. 
  

	6.	Warranty of Authority. 

 A. Each person who executes this Agreement on behalf of a corporation, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated association, trust, or any other entity represents and warrants to each party hereto that
he or she has the authority of the shareholders or members of said entity to do so, or has the authority as trustee to bind any trust on whose behalf this Agreement is executed, and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each other party from
any claim that such authority did not exist. 
 B. The parties each warrant and represent to the other that none of them has
heretofore assigned or transferred or purported to assign or transfer to any person not a party hereto, any released matter or any part thereof, and each agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other from and against any claim based on, in
connection with or arising out of any such assignment or transfer or purported or claimed assignment or transfer. The absence of any such assignment or transfer is a condition precedent to the enforceability of this Agreement, but this condition may
be waived by the party who or which did not assign or transfer any such claim. 
 7. Representation of Comprehension of Document.
In entering into this Agreement, the parties represent that they have relied upon the legal advice of their attorneys, who are the attorneys of their own choice. The parties further represent that the terms of this Agreement have been completely
read by them and/or explained to them by their attorneys and that those terms are fully understood and voluntarily accepted by them. 
 8.
Construction. Each party and/or counsel for each party have reviewed this Agreement and accordingly the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed
in the interpretation of this Agreement. 

 9. Waiver of Costs. All parties hereto hereby waive any entitlement they may have to payment
by any other party hereto of any or all costs and attorney’s fees incurred in the Action and in connection with the preparation of this Agreement. 
 10. No Admissions. This Confidential Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release pertains to disputed claims and expressly does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of
any party hereto. 
 11. Partial Invalidity. With the exception of paragraphs 2.G, 3, 4 and 5 of this Agreement, should any other
part of this Agreement for any reason be declared invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of any remaining portion, which remaining portion shall remain in force and effect as if this Agreement had been executed with the invalid portion
thereof eliminated, and it is hereby declared the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining portion of this Agreement without including such part, parts, or portions which may, for any reason, be hereinafter declared
invalid. 
 12. Execution of Further Documents. Each party agrees, on the demand of the other, to execute or deliver any
instrument, furnish any information or perform any other act necessary to carry out the provisions of this Agreement without undue delay or expense. Any party who fails to comply or unreasonably delays compliance with this paragraph shall reimburse
the other party for any expenses, including attorneys’ fees or costs that as a result of such failure or delay have become reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this Agreement. 

13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 14. Attorneys’ Fees. In any action or arbitration to enforce or
interpret any part of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover his/her/their reasonable attorney’s fees incurred therein and in any appeal or enforcement proceeding thereafter in addition to all other recoverable costs.

 15. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be interpreted, enforced, and governed under the internal laws (and not
the law of conflict of laws) of the State of California. 
 16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents and contains the
entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and the same supersede any and all prior oral and written agreements and understandings between the parties. No representation, warranty,
condition, understanding or agreement of any kind between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof shall be relied upon by the parties unless the same is included herein. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by an
agreement in writing signed by the party against whom the enforcement of any modification or amendment is sought. 
 17. Binding on
Successors and Assigns. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the parties’ respective heirs, successors and assigns. 

18. Captions; Pronouns; Miscellaneous. The paragraph titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed
to be part of this Agreement. All pronouns and any variations of pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the parties may require. Whenever the terms referred to herein are
singular, the same shall be deemed to mean the plural, as the context indicates, and vice versa. 
 19. Enforcement And Jurisdiction Under
CCP §664.6. This Agreement shall be enforceable as a judgment pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 664.6, and the Parties expressly agree that the Napa Superior Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce
this Agreement notwithstanding any voluntary or involuntary dismissal of the Action. The Parties further agree that after dismissal of the Action, if any Party desires to file a motion pursuant to Section 664.6, that Party may file such a
motion simultaneously with the filing of an ex parte application for an order setting aside the dismissal. The Parties further agree that any such ex parte application may be brought without notice to the other Parties or their attorneys, provided
the 664.6 motion is set for hearing with full notice as required by CCP Section 1005(b) and provided further that the order setting aside the dismissal is served with the Section 664.6 motion and all supporting papers by overnight mail or
email on all counsel of record as of the time the dismissal is entered. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
on the day and year set forth below. 
 PLAINTIFFS: 

 

											
		 		 		 	THE JOHN HENRY COMPANY
					
	Dated:	 	April 4, 2011	 		 	By:	 	/s/ William H. Hogan
						
		 		 		 		 	Name:	 	William H. Hogan
						
		 		 		 		 	Its:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

											
		 		 		 	MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
					
	Dated:	 	April 4, 2011	 		 	By:	 	/s/ William H. Hogan
						
		 		 		 		 	Name:	 	William H. Hogan
						
		 		 		 		 	Its:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

CORPORATE DEFENDANTS: 
  

											
		 		 		 	MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION
					
	Dated:	 	April 5, 2011	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Nigel Vinecombe
						
		 		 		 		 	Name:	 	Nigel Vinecombe
						
		 		 		 		 	Its:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer
				
		 		 		 	COLLOTYPE LABELS USA INC.
					
	Dated:	 	April 5, 2011	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Nigel Vinecombe
						
		 		 		 		 	Name:	 	Nigel Vinecombe
						
		 		 		 		 	Its:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer

 INDIVIDUAL
DEFENDANTS: 
  

									
		 		 	
					
	Dated:	 	April 5, 2011	 		 		 	/s/ Dan Welty
		 		 		 		 	DAN WELTY

									
		 		 	
					
	Dated:	 	April 5, 2011	 		 		 	/s/ Stephanie Mickelson
		 		 		 		 	STEPHANIE MICKELSON

									
					
	Dated:	 	April 5, 2011	 		 		 	/s/ Loretta O’Connell
		 		 		 		 	LORETTA O’CONNELL

									
					
	Dated:	 	April 5, 2011	 		 		 	/s/ Kurt Gonsalves
		 		 		 		 	KURT GONSALVES

 APPROVED AS TO FORM: 

 

									
		 	Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty	 	Curiale, Hirschfeld, Kraemer LLP
					
	By:	 	/s/ Paul G. Cary	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Donna Rutter
		 	Paul G. Carey, Attorneys	 		 		 	Donna Rutter, Attorneys
		 	for CORPORATE DEFENDANTS	 		 		 	for PLAINTIFFS

  

			
	Anderies and Gomes
		
	By:	 	/s/ Allen Gomes
		 	 Allan Gomes, Attorneys
 for
INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTSSummary of Fiscal 2011/2012 Annual Incentive Programs

 Exhibit 10.6 
 FISCAL 2011/2012 ANNUAL INCENTIVE BONUS PLAN SUMMARY 
 The Company’s
three named executive officers are: Peter L. Vosotas, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer; Ralph T. Finkenbrink, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary; and Douglas W. Marohn, Senior Vice
President—Branch Operations. The Company has in place an annual incentive bonus program for each of these named executive officers. Set forth below is a summary of the principal terms of such programs for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2011 (“Fiscal 2011”) and the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 (“Fiscal 2012”): 
 Fiscal 2011

 Cash Bonuses. In addition to his annual base salary, each named executive officer is entitled to
receive cash bonuses for Fiscal 20121 based upon the Company’s revenues and operating income exceeding certain target percentages. The tables below summarize the cash bonuses payable to each of the named executive officers based upon the
Company meeting or exceeding the indicated growth targets: 
  

													
	 Revenue Growth Target
 (% Increase Over Fiscal 2010)*
	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Vosotas	 	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Finkenbrink	 	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Marohn	 
				
	 5%
	  	$	15,000	  	  	$	10,000	  	  	$	15,000	  
	 10% or above
	  	$	30,000	  	  	$	20,000	  	  	$	30,000	  

  

	*	A prorated cash bonus is payable to each named executive officer in the event revenue growth falls between the 5% and 10% targets. 

 

													
	 Operating Income Growth Target

(% Increase Over Fiscal 2010)*
	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Vosotas	 	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Finkenbrink	 	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Marohn	 
				
	 10%
	  	$	15,000	  	  	$	 5,000	  	  	$	10,000	  
	 20% or above
	  	$	30,000	  	  	$	20,000	  	  	$	20,000	  

  

	*	A prorated cash bonus is payable to each named executive officer in the event operating income falls between the 10% and 20% targets. 

 In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Vosotas is entitled to a cash bonus in the event the
average closing price of the Company’s Common Stock for the five trading days immediately preceding March 31, 2011 exceeds the average closing price for the five trading days immediately preceding April 1, 2010. The table below
summarizes the cash bonus payable to Mr. Vosotas based upon an increase in the Company’s stock price over the period indicated: 
  

					
	 % Increase in Average Closing Price*
	  	Cash Bonus Payable	 
		
	 25%
	  	$	 50,000	  
	 50%
	  	$	 75,000	  
	 75% or above
	  	$	100,000	  

  

	*	A prorated cash bonus is payable to Mr. Vosotas in the event the increase in the Company’s average closing stock price for the period indicated falls between
25% and 75%. 

 Equity Awards. Each of the Company’s named executive officers also
received the following equity awards under the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan as part of the Fiscal 2011 incentive bonus program: (i) on April 15, 2010, Mr. Vosotas was awarded 25,000 shares of restricted stock, which shares
will vest on March 31, 2012; (ii) on April 15, 2010, Mr. Finkenbrink was awarded 15,000 shares of restricted stock, which shares will vest on March 31, 2013; and (iii) on April 1, 2010, Mr. Marohn was awarded
8,000 shares of restricted stock, which shares will vest on March 31, 2013. 
 Fiscal 2012 

Cash Bonuses. In addition to his annual base salary, each named executive officer is entitled to receive cash bonuses
for Fiscal 2012 based upon the Company’s revenues and operating income exceeding certain target percentages. The tables below summarize the cash bonuses payable to each of the named executive officers based upon the Company meeting or exceeding
the indicated growth targets: 
  

													
	 Revenue Growth Target
 (% Increase Over Fiscal 2011)*
	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Vosotas	 	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Finkenbrink	 	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Marohn	 
				
	 5%
	  	$	15,000	  	  	$	10,000	  	  	$	15,000	  
	 10% or above
	  	$	30,000	  	  	$	30,000	  	  	$	30,000	  

  

	*	A prorated cash bonus is payable to each named executive officer in the event revenue growth falls between the 5% and 10% targets. 

  
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	 Operating Income Growth Target 
(% Increase Over Fiscal 2011)*
	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Vosotas	 	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Finkenbrink	 	  	Cash Bonus Payable
to Mr. Marohn	 
				
	 10%
	  	$	15,000	  	  	$	 5,000	  	  	$	10,000	  
	 20% or above
	  	$	30,000	  	  	$	20,000	  	  	$	20,000	  

  

	*	A prorated cash bonus is payable to each named executive officer in the event operating income falls between the 10% and 20% targets. 

In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Vosotas is entitled to a cash bonus in the event the average closing price of the Company’s
Common Stock for the five trading days immediately preceding March 31, 2012 exceeds the average closing price for the five trading days immediately preceding April 1, 2011. The table below summarizes the cash bonus payable to
Mr. Vosotas based upon an increase in the Company’s stock price over the period indicated: 
  

					
	 % Increase in Average Closing Price*
	  	Cash Bonus Payable	 
		
	 10%
	  	$	 50,000	  
	 15%
	  	$	 75,000	  
	 25% or above
	  	$	100,000	  

  

	*	A prorated cash bonus is payable to Mr. Vosotas in the event the increase in the Company’s average closing stock price for the period indicated falls between
10% and 25%. 

 Equity Awards. Mr. Finkenbrink also received the following equity award
under the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan as part of the Fiscal 2012 incentive bonus program: On April 1, 2011, Mr. Finkenbrink was awarded 5,000 shares of restricted stock, which shares will vest on March 31, 2014. 

  
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