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EX-10.6

 Exhibit 10.6 

Genworth Financial, Inc. 

Amended and Restated 

2015 Key Employee Severance Plan 

Amended and Restated as of May 15, 2019 

1.    Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the retention of a selected group of key employees of the Company by enabling
the Company to offer certain protections to such employees in the event their employment is involuntarily terminated under certain circumstances. Capitalized terms and phrases used herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section 2.

 2.    Definitions. 

a.    “Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule
12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations of the Exchange Act. 

b.    “Base Salary” shall mean the Participant’s annual base salary in effect on the date of termination of
the Participant’s employment with the Company, including amounts not currently includible in gross income by reason the Participant’s election to defer such amounts under a cafeteria plan, 401(k) plan, or nonqualified deferred compensation
plan of the Company or an Affiliate. 
 c.    “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company as
constituted from time to time. 
 d.    “Bonus” shall mean the Participant’s target annual cash bonus for
the year in which the Participant’s employment is terminated. 
 e.    “Business Unit Sale” shall mean the
Company’s sale or disposition of all or any portion of a business unit. 
 f.    “Cause” shall mean (with
regard to a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company, the removal of a Participant from being a Participant under the Plan, or the reduction in a Participant’s tier level under the Plan) the Committee’s good faith
determination that: (i) the Participant has failed to perform his or her duties with the Company and its Affiliates as determined by the Committee; (ii) the Participant has committed, been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere (or
any similar plea or admission) to any felony or any act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement; (iii) the Participant has engaged in conduct (other than conduct covered under clause (i) above) which, in the good faith judgment of the
Committee, is injurious to the Company and/or its Affiliates, monetarily or otherwise; or (iv) the Participant has violated or breached any policy of the Company or an Affiliate, the terms of this Plan, or any applicable noncompetition,
confidentiality, or other restrictive covenant with respect to the Company or any of its Affiliates. 

g.    “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

 h.    “Committee” shall mean the Management Development and
Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee appointed or designated by the Board from time to time to administer the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if no Committee exists which has the authority to administer the Plan, the
functions of the Committee shall be exercised by the Board, and all references herein to the Committee shall be deemed to be references to the Board. 

i.    “Company” shall mean Genworth Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto as
provided in Section 13. 
 j.    “Competitive Services” shall mean the lines of business and services with
which a Participant is actively involved in conducting business on behalf of the Company at the time of a Qualified Termination, to be stated with more specificity in the restrictive covenant agreement required by Section 4. 

k.    “Director” shall mean any individual who is a member of the Board. 

l.    “Disability” shall mean a permanent disability that would make a Participant eligible for benefits
under the long-term disability program maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates or in the absence of any such program, such meaning as the Committee shall determine. 

m.    “Effective Date” shall mean January 1, 2015. 

n.    “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, or
any successor act thereto. 
 o.    “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, or any successor act thereto. 
 p.    “Executive Officer” shall mean an individual
designated by the Board as an executive officer of the Company. 
 q.    “Good Reason” shall mean
(i) relocation of the Participant’s principal business location to an area outside a 50 mile radius of its current location; or (ii) any material reduction in the Participant’s Base Salary or Bonus, and/or any failure to timely
pay any part of the Participant’s compensation when due (including Base Salary and Bonus) or any benefits due under any benefit plan, program or arrangement; provided, however, that Company-initiated reductions in compensation affecting
substantially all U.S.-based Company employees shall not alone be considered Good Reason, unless the compensation reductions exceed fifteen percent (15%) of pay (Base Salary plus Bonus); provided that any event described in clauses
(i) or (ii) above shall constitute Good Reason only if the Company fails to rescind or remedy such event within 30 days after receipt from the Participant of written notice of the event which constitutes Good Reason; provided,
further, that Good Reason shall cease to exist for an event or condition described in clauses (i) or (ii) above on the 90th day following its occurrence, unless the Participant has given the Company written notice thereof prior to such
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 For purposes of determining the amount of any cash payment payable to the Participant in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a), any reduction in compensation or benefits that would constitute Good Reason hereunder shall be deemed not to have occurred. 

r.    “Non-Competition Period” shall mean (i) the 12-month period commencing upon a Qualified Termination in the case of a Tier I or Tier II Employee, and (ii) the 6-month period commencing upon a Qualified Termination
in the case of a Tier III Employee. 
 s.    “Omnibus Plans” shall mean the 2004 Genworth Financial, Inc.
Omnibus Incentive Plan and the 2012 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, each as amended from time to time, or any successor plans providing for the grant or award of equity-based compensation to the Company’s employees, officers
and directors. 
 t.    “Participant” shall mean each key employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates who
has: (i) been selected by the Committee in its sole discretion and designated in writing as eligible for participation herein, and (ii) signed an acknowledgment and consent letter agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan.
The Committee will review the list of Participants on a periodic basis, and may (i) add Participants at its discretion, and (ii) remove Participants, subject to Sections 11 and 12. 

u.    “Plan” shall mean this Genworth Financial, Inc. 2015 Key Employee Severance Plan, as may be amended from
time to time. 
 v.    “Prohibited Competitor” shall mean no greater than ten (10) specifically named
entities, identified by the Company, that compete with the Company in the Restricted Territory with respect to the Competitive Services at the time of a Qualified Termination, to be stated with more specificity in the restrictive covenant agreement
required by Section 4. 
 w.    “Qualified Termination” shall mean a termination of the Participant’s
employment by the Company (i) without Cause (including a job loss due to any reduction in the work force, but excluding termination of employment due to the Participant’s death or Disability), or (ii) by the Participant for Good
Reason. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in no event shall a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company constitute a Qualified Termination if such termination occurs as a result of or in connection with a Business Unit Sale
and either (i) the Participant is offered employment with a successor entity in connection with the Business Unit Sale and the terms of such employment offer would not constitute Good Reason, or (ii) the Participant accepts employment with
a successor entity in connection with the Business Unit Sale. 
 x.    “Restricted Period” shall mean the 24-month period commencing upon a Qualified Termination. 

  
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 y.    “Restricted Territory” shall mean the territory in which
a Participant is conducting business on behalf of the Company at the time of a Qualified Termination, to be stated with more specificity in the restrictive covenant agreement required by Section 4. 

z.    “Severance Benefits” shall mean the payments and benefits described in Section 3(a). 

aa.    “Tier I Employees” shall mean the employees determined by the Committee in its sole discretion from time
to time to be Tier I Employees and identified as such in the records of the Plan maintained by the Company at any time during the term of the Plan. 

bb.    “Tier II Employees” shall mean the employees determined by the Committee in its sole discretion from time
to time to be Tier II Employees and identified as such in the records of the Plan maintained by the Company at any time during the term of the Plan. 

cc.    “Tier III Employees” shall mean the employees determined by the Committee in its sole discretion from time
to time to be Tier III Employees and identified as such in the records of the Plan maintained by the Company at any time during the term of the Plan. 

3.    Benefits. 

a.    Severance Benefits. Subject to Sections 4, 5, 6 and 10, if the Participant has a Qualified Termination, the
Participant shall be eligible to receive the following payments and benefits: 
 i.    a lump sum cash payment of accrued
but unpaid salary and accrued but unused vacation as of the Participant’s date of termination (net of applicable taxes and withholdings), payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices (typically within 15 days following
the date of termination), or earlier if required by applicable law; 
 ii.    a lump sum cash payment (net of applicable
taxes and withholdings) based on the Participant’s annual bonus that would have been payable with respect to the fiscal year in which the Qualified Termination occurs (determined at the end of such year based on actual performance results
through the end of such year), prorated to the nearest half-month to reflect the portion of the fiscal year that had elapsed prior to the Participant’s date of termination, and payable at the same time as annual bonuses are payable to other
employees of the Company; 
 iii.    a lump sum cash payment (net of applicable taxes and withholdings), payable within
60 days following the Participant’s date of termination, based on the Participant’s participation level under the Plan as of the Participant’s date of termination, as follows: 

  
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	 	A.	 Tier I Employees: 2.0 times Base Salary, plus 2.0 times Bonus; or 

 

	 	B.	 Tier II Employees: 1.0 times Base Salary, plus 1.0 times Bonus; or 

 

	 	C.	 Tier III Employees: 1.0 times Base Salary; 

iv.    a lump sum cash payment (net of applicable taxes and withholdings), payable within 60 days following the
Participant’s date of termination, equal to the monthly cost to provide group medical, dental, vision and/or prescription drug plan benefits sponsored by the Company and maintained by the Participant as of the date of the Participant’s
termination of employment, multiplied by a number of months equal to (i) twelve (12), in the case of Tier I and Tier II Employees, or (ii) six (6), in the case of Tier III Employees. For purposes of this Section 3(a)(iv), the cost of
such benefits will be calculated based on the “applicable premium” determined in accordance with Code Section 4980B(f)(4) and the regulations issued thereunder (less the 2% administrative fee and less the active-employee rate for such
coverage) for the year in which the termination of employment occurs; 
 v.    subject to Section 10 of this Plan,
stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock units (RSUs) and other stock and cash awards with time-based vesting restrictions granted under the Omnibus Plans and held by a Participant who is an Executive Officer as of the date
of such Participant’s Qualified Termination shall become immediately vested as of the date of such Participant’s Qualified Termination, but only with respect to the number of awards that otherwise would have become vested on the
award’s next regularly scheduled vesting date based on continued employment; 
 vi.    subject to Section 10 of
this Plan, performance-based stock and cash awards granted under the Omnibus Plans and held by a Participant who is an Executive Officer as of the date of such Participant’s Qualified Termination shall remain outstanding and shall be earned, if
at all, based on actual performance through the end of the performance period, prorated to the nearest half-month to reflect the portion of the performance period that had elapsed prior to the Participant’s Qualified Termination, payable on the
regular payment date for such awards. 
 vii.    any stock options and SARs that are vested (or become vested) and
unexercised as of the date of the Qualified Termination and are held by a Participant shall expire on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the Qualified Termination, or (ii) their regular
termination date; provided, however, that if the Participant dies before the earlier of such dates, then the stock options and SARs that are vested and unexercised as of the Qualified Termination shall not expire until twenty-four
(24) months after the date of the Participant’s death; and 
 viii.    with respect to a Participant who is an
Executive Officer as of the date of such Participant’s Qualified Termination and who has at least five years of Company-recognized service with the Company as of the Qualified Termination, full and

  
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immediate vesting of any benefit under any funded or unfunded nonqualified pension, retirement or deferred compensation plan now or hereafter maintained by the Company in which the Participant
participates, with payment to be made at such time and in accordance with the terms of such plan(s). 
 b.    Death
Benefits. If a Participant has a Qualified Termination, but subsequently dies before receiving some or all of the Severance Benefits, such remaining benefits will be paid to the Participant’s estate as soon as practicable after his
or her death. 
 c.    Non-Duplication of Benefits. In the event that a
Participant becomes entitled to receive Severance Benefits under this Plan and may also be eligible for benefits under any other Company plan, program, arrangement or agreement as a result of the Participant’s termination of employment, the
Participant shall be entitled to receive the greater of the Severance Benefits available under this Plan, on the one hand, and the benefits available under such other plan, program, arrangement or agreement, on the other, but not both. For the
avoidance of doubt, if a Participant is entitled to receive Severance Benefits under this Plan, he or she will not be eligible to receive any benefits under the Company’s Layoff Payment Plan. Conversely, if a Participant is entitled to receive
benefits under the Genworth Financial, Inc. 2014 Change of Control Plan, he or she will not be eligible to receive Severance Benefits under this Plan. In addition, if any termination payments made to a Participant by the Company are related to an
actual or potential liability under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) or similar law, such amounts shall reduce (offset) the Participant’s Severance Benefit under this Plan. 

4.    Restrictive Covenants. Any Severance Benefits payable pursuant to this Plan (except for any payment pursuant to
Section 3(a)(i) of the Plan) shall only be payable if the Participant executes, delivers to the Company and does not revoke a restrictive covenant agreement in a form acceptable to the Company (which may be contained in the same agreement as
the full general release required by Section 6), which agreement will contain, at a minimum, provisions substantially similar to the following: 

a.    Confidential Information and Confidentiality. In connection with his or her employment with the Company, the
Participant previously executed a Conditions of Employment acknowledgment obligating the Participant to comply with the terms of the Company’s Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement (“PIIA”), which is incorporated herein by
reference. The Participant acknowledges and reaffirms his or her obligation to comply with the terms of the PIIA. This Plan is not intended to, and does not, alter either the Company’s rights or the Participant’s obligations under the PIIA
or any state or federal statutory or common law regarding trade secrets and unfair trade practices. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Participant shall not be restricted from disclosing information that is required to be disclosed
by law, court order or other valid and appropriate legal process; provided, however, that in the event such disclosure is required by law, the Participant shall provide the Company with prompt notice of such requirement so that the Company may seek
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otherwise publicly disclosed by the Company, the Participant agrees to keep his or her participation in this Plan strictly confidential and agrees not to disclose it to any person at any time,
other than the Participant’s family or legal and financial advisors, who shall be subject to the same confidentiality provisions. 

b.    Non-Disparagement. Subject to any obligations the Participant may have
under applicable law, the Participant will not make or cause to be made any statements that disparage, are inimical to, or damage the reputation of the Company or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, officers, directors or employees. In the
event such a communication is made to anyone, including but not limited to the media, public interest groups and publishing companies, it will be considered a material breach of the terms of the Plan. Nothing in this section shall limit a
Participant’s ability to provide truthful testimony or information in response to a subpoena, court order, or investigation by a government agency. 

c.    Non-Competition. Unless waived in writing by the most senior Human
Resources officer of the Company (or his or her successor), the Participant shall not, during the Non-Competition Period, (i) carry on or engage in Competitive Services on behalf of a Prohibited
Competitor within the Restricted Territory on his or her own or on behalf of any other person or entity, or (ii) own, manage, operate, join, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control, of any Prohibited
Competitor. 
 d.    Non-Solicitation of Customers or Clients by
Participants. Unless waived in writing by the most senior Human Resources officer of the Company (or his or her successor), the Participant shall not, during the Restricted Period, directly or indirectly, solicit or contact any of the customers
or clients of the Company with whom the Participant had material contact during his or her employment, regardless of the location of such customers or clients, for the purpose of engaging in, providing, marketing, or selling any services or products
that are competitive with the services and products being offered by the Company. 
 e.    Non-Solicitation of Company Employees. Unless waived in writing by the most senior Human Resources officer of the Company (or his or her successor), the Participant shall will not, during the Restricted Period,
directly or indirectly, solicit or encourage any director, agent or employee of the Company to terminate his or her employment or other engagement with the Company. 

f.    Return of Materials. Each Participant agrees that he or she will not retain or destroy (except as set forth
below), and will immediately return to the Company on or prior to the termination of Participant’s employment with the Company, or at any other time the Company requests such return, any and all property of the Company that is in his or her
possession or subject to his or her control, including, but not limited to, keys, credit and identification cards, personal items or equipment, customer files and information, papers, drawings, notes, manuals, specifications, designs, devices, code,
email, documents, diskettes, CDs, tapes, access cards, computers, mobile devices, other electronic media, all other files and documents relating to the Company and its business (regardless of form, but specifically including all electronic files and
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Company), together with all Developments (as defined in the PIIA) and all secret or confidential information covered by the PIIA, belonging to the Company or that a Participant received from or
through his or her employment with the Company. Each Participant agrees not to make, distribute, or retain copies of any such information or property. To the extent that a Participant has electronic files or information in his or her possession or
control that belong to the Company, contain secret or confidential information covered by the PIIA, or constitute Developments under the PIIA (specifically including but not limited to electronic files or information stored on personal computers,
mobile devices, electronic media, or in cloud storage), on or prior to the termination of such Participant’s employment with the Company, or at any other time the Company requests, such Participant shall (a) provide the Company with an
electronic copy of all of such files or information (in an electronic format that readily accessible by the Company); (b) after doing so, delete all such files and information, including all copies and derivatives thereof, from all non-Company-owned computers, mobile devices, electronic media, cloud storage, or other media, devices, or equipment, such that such files and information are permanently deleted and irretrievable; and
(c) provide a written certification to the Company that the required deletions have been completed and specifying the files and information deleted and the media source from which they were deleted. Each Participant agrees that he or she will
reimburse the Company for all of its costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, of recovering the above materials and otherwise enforcing compliance with this provision if he or she does not return the materials to the Company or take the
required steps with respect to electronic information or files on or prior to the termination of such Participant’s employment with the Company or at any other time the materials and/or electronic file actions are requested by the Company or if
such Participant otherwise fails to comply with this provision. 
 g.    Remedies. Participants specifically
acknowledge and agree that the remedy at law for any breach of the provisions of this Section 4 (the “Restrictive Covenants”) will be inadequate, and that in the event a Participant breaches, or threatens to breach, any of the
Restrictive Covenants, the Company shall have the right and remedy, without the necessity of proving actual damage or posting any bond, to enjoin, preliminarily and permanently, such Participant from violating or threatening to violate the
Restrictive Covenants and to have the Restrictive Covenants specifically enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction, it being agreed that any breach or threatened breach of the Restrictive Covenants would cause irreparable injury to the Company
and that money damages would not provide an adequate remedy to the Company. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the Company at law or in equity. Participants understand and
agree that, if the Company and a Participant become involved in legal action regarding the enforcement of the Restrictive Covenants and if the Company prevails in such legal action, the Company will be entitled, in addition to any other remedy, to
recover from such Participant its reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees incurred in enforcing such covenants. The Company’s ability to enforce its rights under the Restrictive Covenants or applicable law against a Participant shall not be
impaired in any way by the existence of a claim or cause of action on the part of such Participant based on, or arising out of, this Plan or any other agreement, event or transaction. 

  
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 h.    Severability and Modification of Covenants. Participants
acknowledge and agree that each of the Restrictive Covenants is reasonable and valid in time and scope and in all other respects. Participants and the Company agree that it is their intention that the Restrictive Covenants be enforced in accordance
with their terms to the maximum extent permitted by law. Each of the Restrictive Covenants shall be considered and construed as a separate and independent covenant. Should any part or provision of any of the Restrictive Covenants be held invalid,
void, or unenforceable, such invalidity, voidness, or unenforceability shall not render invalid, void, or unenforceable any other part or provision of this Plan or such Restrictive Covenant. If any of the provisions of the Restrictive Covenants
should ever be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the scope permitted by the applicable law, such provision or provisions shall be automatically modified to such lesser scope as such court may deem just and proper for the reasonable
protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests and may be enforced by the Company to that extent in the manner described above and all other provisions of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable. 

5.    No Duty to Mitigate/Set-off. No Participant entitled to receive Severance Benefits
hereunder shall be required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to him or her pursuant to this Plan. Further, the amount of Severance Benefits payable hereunder shall not be reduced by any compensation
earned by the Participant as a result of employment by another employer or otherwise. Except as provided herein, the amounts payable hereunder shall not be subject to setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Company may
have against the Participant or others. In the event of the Participant’s breach of any provision hereunder, including without limitation, Sections 4, 5 or 6, the Company shall be entitled to recover any payments previously made to the
Participant hereunder. 
 6.    Release Required. Any Severance Benefits payable pursuant to this Plan (except for any payment
pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) of the Plan) shall only be payable if the Participant executes, delivers to the Company and does not revoke a full general release of all claims of any kind whatsoever that the Participant has or may have against the
Company and its Affiliates and their officers, directors and employees, known or unknown, arising on or before the date on which the Participant executes such release (other than claims to payments specifically provided hereunder; claims to vested
accrued benefits under the Company’s tax-qualified employee benefit plans; claims for reimbursement under the Company’s medical reimbursement program for any unreimbursed medical expenses incurred on
or before the Participant’s date of termination; claims for unreimbursed business expenses in accordance with the Company’s policy or rights of indemnification or contribution to which the Participant was entitled under the Company’s By-laws, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise with regard to the Participant’s service as an employee, officer or director of the Company; or claims that the Participant cannot by law
release) in a form acceptable to the Company. The release will not limit a Participant’s ability to file a charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other federal, state or local governmental agency or
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Participant’s ability to communicate with any Government Agencies or otherwise participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by any Government Agencies in connection
with any charge or complaint, whether filed by such Participant, on his or her behalf, or by any other individual. Such release must be executed and all revocation periods shall have expired within 60 days after the Participant’s date of
termination; failing which all Severance Benefits shall be forfeited. If any payment or benefit hereunder constitutes non-exempt deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, and if
such 60-day period begins in one calendar year and ends in the next calendar year, the payment or benefit shall not be made or commence before the second such calendar year, even if the release becomes
irrevocable in the first such calendar year.
 7.    Funding. Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in
or to any investments that the Company and/or its Affiliates may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust
of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right
shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of
assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in the Plan. 
 8.    Administration of the
Plan. 
 a.    Plan Administrator. The administrator of the Plan shall be the Committee. 

b.    Authority of the Committee. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have full discretion and
authority to determine a Participant’s participation and benefits under the Plan and to interpret and construe the provisions of the Plan. 

c.    Delegation of Authority. The Committee may delegate any or all of its powers and responsibilities hereunder to
other persons. Any such delegation shall not be effective until it is accepted by the persons designated by the Committee and may be rescinded at any time by written notice from the Committee to the person to whom the delegation is made.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may not delegate any of its powers or responsibilities with respect to any matters relating to or involving an Executive Officer of the Company. 

d.    Retention of Professional Assistance. The Committee may employ such legal counsel, accountants and other
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 e.    Claims/Disputes Procedure. 

i.    Prior to paying any benefit under the Plan, the Committee may require the Participant to provide such information or
material as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary for it to make any determination it may be required to make under the Plan. The Committee may withhold payments of any benefit under the Plan until it receives all such
information and material and is reasonably satisfied of its accuracy. 
 ii.    Claims for benefits under the Plan should
be forwarded to the Committee. The Committee shall provide adequate notice in writing to a Participant whose claim for benefits is denied, setting forth the specific reasons for such denial. In the event of the denial of a claim, the Participant has
the right to file a written request for a review of the denial with the Committee within 90 days after the Participant receives written notice of the denial. If a Participant requests such a review, the Committee will conduct a full and fair review
of the claim for benefits and will deliver to the Participant a written decision on that claim within 60 days after the receipt of the written request for review, unless there are special circumstances requiring an extension of the time for review,
in which case the 60-day period may be extended by the Committee up to a period of 120 days after the receipt of the written request for review. 

iii.    All acts and decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Participant. 

f.    Indemnification. The Committee, its members and any person designated pursuant to Section 8(c) above
shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan. The Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, by the purchase of insurance or otherwise, indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee
and each director, officer and employee of the Company for liabilities or expenses they and each of them incur in carrying out their respective duties under this Plan, other than for any liabilities or expenses arising out of such individual’s
willful misconduct or fraud. 
 9.    Effect of Participant’s Breach. If a Participant breaches any of the
provisions of this Plan, including but not limited to the Restrictive Covenants in Section 4, the Participant will be required to reimburse the Company for any and all Severance Benefits provided under the terms of the Plan (other than those
that were already vested without respect to the Plan), and all obligations of the Company under the Plan to provide any additional payments or benefits to the Participant will cease immediately and be null and void. 

10.    Code Section 409A. 

a.    Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, to the extent that any amount or benefit that would constitute
non-exempt “deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code would otherwise be payable or distributable hereunder by reason of a Participant’s termination of employment,
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circumstance unless (i) the circumstances giving rise to such termination of employment meet any description or definition of “separation from service” in Section 409A of the
Code and applicable regulations (without giving effect to any elective provisions that may be available under such definition), or (ii) the payment or distribution of such amount or benefit would be exempt from the application of
Section 409A of the Code by reason of the short-term deferral exemption or otherwise. This provision does not prohibit the vesting of any amount upon a termination of employment, however defined. If this provision prevents the payment or
distribution of any amount or benefit, such payment or distribution shall be made on the date, if any, on which an event occurs that constitutes a Section 409A-compliant “separation from service.” 

b.    Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if any amount or benefit that would constitute non-exempt “deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code would otherwise be payable or distributable under this Plan by reason of a Participant’s separation from service during
a period in which he or she is a Specified Employee (as defined below), then, subject to any permissible acceleration of payment by the Company under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ii) (domestic
relations order), (j)(4)(iii) (conflicts of interest), or (j)(4)(vi) (payment of employment taxes): 

(i)    if the payment or distribution is payable in a lump sum, the Participant’s right to receive
payment or distribution of such non-exempt deferred compensation will be delayed until the earlier of the Participant’s death or the first business day of the seventh month following the
Participant’s separation from service; and 
 (ii)    if the payment or distribution is payable over
time, the amount of such non-exempt deferred compensation that would otherwise be payable during the six-month period immediately following the Participant’s
separation from service will be accumulated and the Participant’s right to receive payment or distribution of such accumulated amount will be delayed until the earlier of the Participant’s death or the first day of the seventh month
following the Participant’s separation from service, whereupon the accumulated amount will be paid or distributed to the Participant and the normal payment or distribution schedule for any remaining payments or distributions will resume. 

For purposes of this Plan, the term “Specified Employee” has the meaning given such term in Code Section 409A and the final regulations
thereunder (“Final 409A Regulations”), provided, however, that, as permitted in the Final 409A Regulations, the Company’s Specified Employees and its application of the six-month delay
rule of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the Company, which shall be applied consistently with respect to all nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements of the Company, including this
Plan. 
 11.    Duration. The Plan shall become effective as of the Effective Date, and shall continue in effect until terminated
by the Board or the Committee. Subject to Section 12, the Committee or the Board may terminate the Plan as of any date that is at least 3 

  
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months after the date of the Committee or the Board’s action. If any Participants become entitled to any payments or benefits hereunder during such
3-month period, this Plan shall continue in full force and effect and shall not terminate or expire with respect to such Participants until after all such Participants have received such payments and benefits
in full. 
 12.    Amendment and Termination. The Plan may be amended from time to time in any respect by the Committee or the
Board; provided, however, that any amendment that would adversely affect the rights or potential rights of Participants shall not be effective for at least 3 months after the date of the Committee or the Board’s action. 

For the avoidance of doubt, removal of a Participant as a Participant (other than as a result of the Participant ceasing to be an employee under circumstances
in which he or she would not be entitled to Severance Benefits under the terms of the Plan), a decrease in the Participant’s Tier level or any other reduction in payments or benefits shall be deemed to be an amendment of the Plan which
adversely affects the rights of the Participant. 
 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 12 to the contrary, in the event the Committee
determines in good faith that a Participant has engaged in conduct that constitutes Cause, the Committee may remove such Participant as a Participant under the Plan or decrease a Participant’s Tier level immediately upon such determination, and
such individual shall thereafter have no further rights to participate in the Plan or receive any Severance Benefits under the Plan (if the Participant has been removed as a Participant in the Plan), or have only the rights associated with the
decreased Tier level (if the Participant’s Tier level has been decreased). 
 13.    Successors. All obligations of the
Company under the Plan shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or
assets of the Company. In any such event, the term “Company”, as used in this Plan, shall mean the Company, as hereinbefore defined and any successor or assignee to the business or assets which by reason hereof becomes bound by the terms
and provisions of this Plan. 
 14.    Miscellaneous. 

a.    Rights of Participants. Nothing herein contained shall be held or construed to create any liability or
obligation upon the Company to retain any Participant in its service. All Participants shall remain subject to discharge or discipline to the same extent as if this Plan had not been put into effect. 

b.    Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, excluding any conflicts
or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. 

  
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 c.    Withholding. The Company shall have the right to make such
provisions as it deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy any obligations it may have to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of payments pursuant to this Plan. 

d.    Severability. In case any provision of this Plan be deemed or held to be unlawful or invalid for any reason,
such fact shall not adversely affect the other provisions of this Plan unless such determination shall render impossible or impracticable the functioning of this Plan, and in such case, an appropriate provision or provisions shall be adopted so that
this Plan may continue to function properly. 
 e.    Assignment and Alienation. The benefits payable to the
Participant under the Plan shall not be subject to alienation, transfer, assignment, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind and any attempt to cause any benefits to be so subjected shall not be recognized. 

f.    Communications. All announcements, notices and other communications regarding this Plan will be made by the
Company in writing. 
 g.    ERISA Plan. The Plan is intended to be a “top hat” welfare benefit plan
within the meaning of U.S. Department of Labor Regulation § 2520.104-24. 
 15.    Entire
Agreement. This Plan sets forth the entire understanding of the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Plan may only be amended as expressly set forth above in Section 12. 

  
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Exhibit 10.1

    
APPENDIX AGREEMENT
This appendix Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of July 18th, 2016 between Timken Europe, 2, rue Timken 68000 Colmar France, registered under No Siret 775 757 487.  00050 (the “Company”) a branch of The Timken Company, and Andreas Roellgen (the “Employee”).
This agreement is an appendix to Mr. Roellgen’s employment contract signed with Timken Europe (formerly designated as Timken France) on September 1st 1997.
Recitals
WHEREAS, the Employee is a key employee of the Company and has made and is expected to continue to make major contributions to the profitability, growth and financial strength of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to induce its key employees to remain in the employment of the Company and to assure itself of stability and continuity of operations by providing severance protection to those key employees who are expected to make major contributions to the success of the Company and The Timken Company.  In addition, the Company recognizes that a termination of employment may occur following a change in control in circumstances where the Employee should receive additional compensation for services theretofore rendered and for other good reasons, the appropriate amount of which would be difficult to ascertain.  Hence, the Company has agreed to provide special payment in the event of a change in control of The Timken Company; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises provided for in this Agreement, the Company and the Employee agree as follows:
1.Definitions:
These definitions are given for information purposes.  They are applicable as long as the Employee effectively enjoys the benefits defined herein.  In any case, these definitions do not create any supplementary rights for the Employee
1.1Base Salary:  The term “Base Salary” shall mean the Employee’s annual gross base salary as in effect on the date this Agreement becomes operative, as the same may be increased from time to time.

1.2Board:  The term “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of The Timken Company.

1.3Change in Control:  “Change in Control” means the occurrence during the Term of any of the following events:

(a)any individual, entity or group is or becomes the beneficial owner of 30% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of The Timken Company provided, however, that:

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(i)for purposes of this Section 1.3(a), the following acquisitions will not constitute a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition of Voting Stock of The Timken Company directly from The Timken Company that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors, (B) any acquisition of Voting Stock of The Timken Company by the Company or any Subsidiary, (C) any acquisition of Voting Stock of The Timken Company by the trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by The Timken Company or any Subsidiary, and (D) any acquisition of Voting Stock of The Timken Company by any person pursuant to a Business Transaction that complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 1.3(c) below;

(ii)if any person is or becomes the beneficial owner of 30% or more of combined voting power of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of The Timken Company as a result of a transaction described in clause (A) of Section 1.3(a)(i) above and such person thereafter becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock of The Timken Company representing 1% or more of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of The Timken Company, other than in an acquisition directly from The Timken Company that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors or other than as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction effected by The Timken Company in which all holders of Voting Stock are treated equally, such subsequent acquisition shall be treated as a Change in Control;

(iii)a Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred if a person is or becomes the beneficial owner of 30% or more of the Voting Stock of The Timken Company as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Voting Stock of The Timken Company outstanding pursuant to a transaction or series of transactions that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors unless and until such person thereafter becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock of The Timken Company representing 1% or more of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of The Timken Company, other than as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction effected by The Timken Company in which all holders of Voting Stock are treated equally; and

(iv)if at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors determine in good faith that a person has acquired beneficial ownership of 30% or more of the Voting Stock of The Timken Company inadvertently, and such person divests as promptly as practicable but no later than the date, if any, set by the Incumbent Directors a sufficient number of shares so that such person beneficially owns less than 30% of the Voting Stock of The Timken Company, then no Change in Control shall have occurred as a result of such person’s acquisition; or

(b)a majority of the Board ceases to be comprised of Incumbent Directors; or

(c)the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of The Timken Company and of the Company or the acquisition of the stock or assets of another corporation, or other transaction (each, a “Business Transaction”), unless, in each case, immediately following such Business Transaction:

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(i)the Voting Stock of The Timken Company outstanding immediately prior to such Business Transaction continues to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Stock of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), at least 51% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such Business Transaction (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns The Timken Company and the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries),

(ii)no person (other than The Timken Company, such entity resulting from such Business Transaction, or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by The Timken Company, any Subsidiary or such entity resulting from such Business Transaction) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such Business Transaction, and

(iii)at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the entity resulting from such Business Transaction were Incumbent Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Transaction; or

(d)approval by the shareholders of The Timken Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of The Timken Company, except pursuant to a Business Transaction that complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 1.3(c).
The Company shall give the Employee written notice, delivered to the Employee in the manner specified in Section 9 hereof, of the occurrence of any event constituting a Change in Control as promptly as practical, and in no case later than 10 calendar days, after the occurrence of such event.
1.4CIC Amount:  The term “CIC Amount” shall mean an amount equal to the sum of:
(a)One and one-half times the greater of: (i) the Employee’s Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the Employee’s Termination of Employment or (ii) the Employee’s Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control;
plus,
(b)One and one-half times the greater of (i) the Employee’s Incentive Pay for the year in which the Employee’s employment is terminated or (ii) the Employee’s Incentive Pay for the year in which the Change in Control occurred.

1.5Company Termination Event:  The term “Company Termination Event” shall mean the Termination of Employment of the Employee by the Company or otherwise in any of the following events and prior to any Employee Termination Event:

(a)The Employee’s death; or

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(b)For Cause.  Termination of Employment shall be deemed to be for “Cause” only if compliant with French laws and based on the fact that the Employee has done any of the following:

(i)An intentional act of fraud, embezzlement or theft in connection with his duties with the Company;

(ii)Intentional wrongful disclosure of secret processes or confidential information of the Company, or The Timken Company or a Company subsidiary ; or

(iii)Intentional wrongful engagement in any Competitive Activity which would constitute a material breach of the Employee’s duty of loyalty to the Company.
For purposes of this Agreement, no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Employee shall be deemed “intentional” unless done or omitted to be done, by the Employee not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company.
1.6Competitive Activity:  The term “Competitive Activity” shall mean the Employee’s participation, without the written consent of an officer of the Company, in the management of any business enterprise if such enterprise engages in substantial and direct competition with the Company and such enterprise’s sales of any product or service competitive with any product or service of the Company amounted to 25% of such enterprise’s net sales for its most recently completed fiscal year and if the Company’s net sales of said product or service amounted to 25% of the Company’s net sales for its most recently completed fiscal year.  “Competitive Activity” shall not include (a) the mere ownership of securities in any enterprise and exercise of rights appurtenant thereto or (b) participation in management of any enterprise or business operation thereof other than in connection with the competitive operation of such enterprise.
For the purposes of this Agreement, the enterprise will be considered to engage in direct competition with the Company if it performs the following competitive activities: the design, manufacture, marketing and/or sale of bearings, gearboxes, transmissions, chains, belts and/or related products and services.
1.7Employee Termination Event:  The term “Employee Termination Event” shall mean the Termination of Employment of the Employee (including a decision to retire under the requirements provided by French law and the applicable collective bargaining agreement if eligible) by the Employee in any of the following events:

(a)A determination by the Employee made in good faith that upon or after the occurrence of a Change in Control:

(i)a material reduction in the nature or scope of the responsibilities, authorities or duties of the Employee attached to the Employee’s position held immediately prior to the Change in Control has occurred; or

(ii)a change of more than 100 kilometers has occurred in the location of the Employee’s principal office immediately prior to the Change in Control;

(b)A material reduction by the Company in the Employee’s Base Salary upon or after the occurrence of a Change in Control;

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For purposes of this Agreement, the amount of any reduction in annual base salary elected by the Employee shall be included in the determination of Base Salary; or
(c)An action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement upon or after the occurrence of a Change in Control.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Termination of Employment by the Employee will be an Employee Termination Event unless (x) the Employee gives the Company notice of the existence of a condition described in subsection (a), (b), or (c), above within 90 days of the initial existence of such condition, and (y) the Company does not remedy such condition described in clause (a), (b), or (c) above, as applicable, within 30 days of receiving the notice described in the preceding clause (x), and (z) the Employee terminates employment within 2 years after the initial existence of a condition described in subsection (a), (b), or (c), above.
1.8French Severance Payments:  The term “French Severance Payments” shall mean an amount equal to the total mandatory gross severance payments to be paid to the Employee in case of termination pursuant to the French legal provisions, any contractual provisions as well as pursuant to the collective bargaining agreements either national or company-wide applicable to the employment relationship between, the Employee and the Company, including notice period indemnity paid in lieu (i.e., when the notice period is not worked).

1.9Incentive Pay:  The term “Incentive Pay” shall mean an annual amount equal to the target annual amount of Incentive Payments payable to the Employee.  However, for purposes of Section 4.2 for a Termination of Employment other than in the Limited Period, Incentive Pay shall mean an amount equal to the annual incentive amount actually paid, based on the attainment of pre-established goals, and subject to the generally applicable terms of the Senior Executive Management Performance Plan or any similar plan for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs.

1.10Incentive Payments:  The term “Incentive Payments” shall mean any cash incentive compensation paid based on an annual performance period (whether pursuant to the Company’s Senior Executive Management Performance Plan or any similar plan or through any other means).

1.11Incentive Payout Percentage:  The term “Incentive Payout Percentage” shall mean, for a given year, (a) the amount of Incentive Payments paid to the Employee, divided by (b) the corresponding amount of Incentive Pay, expressed as a percentage, but in no event exceeding one hundred percent (100%).

1.12Incumbent Directors:  The term “Incumbent Directors” means the individuals who, as of the date hereof, are Directors of The Timken Company and any individual becoming a Director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, nomination for election by The Timken Company’s shareholders, or appointment, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the then Incumbent Directors (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of The Timken Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination); provided, however, that an individual shall not be an Incumbent Director if such individual’s election or appointment to the Board occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board.

1.13Limited Period:  The term “Limited Period” shall mean that period of time commencing on the date of a Change in Control and continuing for a period of three years.

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1.14Notice of Termination:  The term “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice compliant with French law requirements.

1.15Agreement Amount:  The term “Agreement Amount” shall mean an amount equal to the sum of:

(a)One times the Employee’s Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the Employee’s Termination of Employment; plus

(b)One times an amount equal to (x) the Employee’s highest Incentive Payout Percentage during the five years immediately preceding the year in which the Employee’s employment is terminated, multiplied by (y) the amount of the Incentive Pay for the year in which Employee’s employment is terminated.

1.16Period:  The term “Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Employee’s Termination Date and ending on the one and one-half anniversary of the Termination Date.

1.17Subsidiary:  The term “Subsidiary” means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated association or other entity in which The Timken Company directly or indirectly beneficially owns 50% or more ownership or other equity interest.

1.18Termination Date:  The term “Termination Date” shall mean the effective date of the Employee’s Termination of Employment with the Company, i.e. the end of his notice period.

1.19Termination of Employment:  The term “Termination of Employment” means termination of employment compliant with French law requirements.

1.20Voting Stock:  The term “Voting Stock” means securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

2.Operation of Agreement:  This Agreement shall be effective immediately upon its execution.

3.Conditions during the Limited Period:  During the Limited Period:

(a)the Employee shall remain in the same or better office and position in the Company (or a successor thereto) or any Subsidiary that the Employee held immediately prior to the Change in Control;

(b)if the Employee was a Director of the Company or a Subsidiary immediately prior to a Change in Control, the Employee shall remain a Director of the Company (or a successor thereto) or a Director of such Subsidiary;

(c)Employee shall be entitled to receive Incentive Payments equal to or in excess the Employee’s average Incentive Pay for the previous three calendar years; and such amounts will be paid in the calendar year following the calendar year in which the amounts are earned but in no event later than 21⁄2 months after the end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such amounts are earned;

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(d)(i) the Company shall continue in effect without a material negative change to any compensation or benefit plan in which the Employee participated immediately prior to the Change in Control and, as applicable, the Company shall continue Employee’s participation in any such compensation or benefit plan; (ii) the Company shall take no action that would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of the benefits of any compensation or benefit plan enjoyed by the Employee at the time of the Change in Control; (iii) the Employee shall continue to be entitled to no less than the same number of paid vacation days to which the Employee was entitled immediately prior to the Change in Control, based on years of service with the Company in accordance with the normal vacation policy, in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, of the Company immediately prior to the Change in Control, and (iv) the Company shall take no other action which would materially adversely change the conditions or perquisites of the Employee’s employment as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control; and

(e)the termination of Employee’s employment by the Company shall only be effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of the French law and applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Employee acknowledges that if the Company fails to fulfill any of its obligations under this Section 3, Employee’s only recourse is to cause such failure to be considered an Employee Termination Event if the breach is considered a material breach of this Agreement.
4.Severance Compensation:  The Severance Compensation will exclusively be governed by the French regulations and collective bargaining agreements either national or company-wide.  The purpose of this Agreement is to provide a supplement to the French Severance Payments that may result from a change in control (CIC) resulting in a termination of the employment contract of the Employee.  Under these circumstances and provided that all requirements provided in this Agreement are complied with, the Company will provide an additional payment to cover the difference between the Agreement Amount or the CIC Amount provided in this Agreement and the French Severance Payments.  If the French Severance Payments would be in excess of the Agreement Amount or the CIC Amount, no payment would be made to the Employee pursuant to this Agreement, other than any payment pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement.

4.1Severance Compensation:

(a)If the Employee experiences a Termination of Employment during the Limited Period because the Company terminated the Employee’s employment during the Limited Period other than pursuant to a Company Termination Event, or because the Employee voluntarily terminated his employment during the Limited Period pursuant to an Employee Termination Event, then the Company shall pay as severance compensation to the Employee a lump sum cash payment equal to the difference between the CIC amount and the French Severance Payments.  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change in Control occurs and not more than 90 days prior to the date on which the Change in Control occurs, the Employee experiences a Termination of Employment because the Company terminated the Employee’s employment, such Termination of Employment will be deemed to be a Termination of Employment during the Limited Period for purposes of this Agreement if the Employee has reasonably demonstrated that such Termination of Employment (A) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in 

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Control, or (B) otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of a Change in Control.  In the event the Employee is entitled to the benefits under this Agreement as a result of the preceding sentence, then the 60-calendar-day period specified in Section 4.1(c) shall be deemed to commence on the date on which the Employee receives the notice contemplated by the last sentence of Section 1.3 hereof.

(b)If the Employee experiences a Termination of Employment because the Company has terminated the Employee’s employment, the Company shall pay as compensation to the Employee a lump sum cash payment equal to the difference between the Agreement Amount and the French Severance Payments unless the Termination of Employment occurs:

(i)during the Limited Period, or

(ii)pursuant to a Company Termination Event, or

(iii)for reasons of (A) criminal activity or (B) willful misconduct (“faute lourde”) or gross negligence (“faute grave”) in the performance of the Employee’s duties, or

(c)The payment of the Severance Compensation required by this Section 4.1 shall be made to the Employee within 60 calendar days after the Termination Date.  In no event will the Employee have a right to designate the taxable year of any such payment.

(d)The Severance Compensation are gross amounts and therefore will be subject to all applicable social security contributions and taxes (employee’s part) that may need to be withheld by the Company.

4.2Compensation through Termination:  If the Employee experiences a Termination of Employment, the Company shall pay the Employee any gross base salary that has accrued but is unpaid through the Termination Date.  If the Employee experiences a Termination of Employment because his employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, the Company shall pay the Employee an amount equivalent to the Incentive Pay for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs that have expired prior to the Termination Date and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five.  Such payment shall be made, in the case of a Termination of Employment during the Limited Period, in accordance with the provisions governing payment of the Severance Compensation under Section 4.1(c), and in the case of a Termination of Employment other than during the Limited Period, in the year following the year in which the Termination Date occurs but no later than March 15th of such year.

4.3Offset:  To the full extent permitted by applicable law, the Company retains the right to offset against the Severance Compensation otherwise due to the Employee hereunder any amounts then owing and payable by such Employee to the Company or any of its affiliates.

4.4Interest on Overdue Payments:  Without limiting the rights of the Employee at law or in equity, if the Company fails to make any payment required to be made under this Agreement on a timely basis, the Company shall pay interest on the amount thereof at the annualized rate of interest provided by French law.

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4.5Continuation of Certain Benefits.

(a)If the Company terminates the Employee’s employment during the Limited Period other than pursuant to a Company Termination Event, or if the Employee voluntarily terminates his employment during the Limited Period pursuant to an Employee Termination Event, then the Employee, and the Employee’s eligible dependents, shall be entitled to continue to participate in the Company’s medical, dental and vision plans for which the Employee was eligible immediately prior to the Employee’s Termination Date, until the earlier of (i) Employee’s eligibility for any such coverage under another employer’s or any other medical plan or (ii) twelve (12) months following the termination of Employee’s employment as provided by French law (the “CIC Benefit Continuation Period”).  The Employee’s continued participation in the Company’s medical, dental, and vision plans shall be on the terms not less favorable than those in effect for actively employed key employees of the Company and will be supported fully by the Company.

(b)If the Company terminates the Employee’s employment other than during the Limited Period and other than (i) pursuant to a Company Termination Event; (ii) for reasons of (A) criminal activity or (B) willful misconduct (“faute lourde”) or gross negligence (“faute grave”) in the performance of the Employee’s duties, then the Employee, and the Employee’s eligible dependents, shall be entitled to continue to participate in the Company’s medical, dental and vision plans for which the Employee was eligible immediately prior to the Employee’s Termination Date, until the earlier of (x) Employee’s eligibility for any such coverage under another employer’s or any other medical plan or (y) 12 month period following the termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to French law (the “Severance Benefit Continuation Period”).  The Employee’s continued participation in the Company’s medical, dental and vision plans shall be on the terms not less favorable than those in effect for actively employed key employees of the Company and will be supported fully by the Company.

5.No Obligation to Mitigate Damages:  The Employee shall not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment provided for under this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor, except as provided in Sections 4.6(a) and 4.6(b), shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for under this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the Employee as the result of employment by another employer after the Termination Date, or otherwise.

6.Confidential Information; Covenant Not To Compete:

6.1The Employee acknowledges that all trade secrets, customer lists and other confidential business information are the exclusive property of the Company and of The Timken Company.  The Employee shall not (following the execution of this Agreement, during the Limited Period, or at any time thereafter) disclose such trade secrets, customer lists, or confidential business information without the prior written consent of the Company.  The Employee also shall not (following the execution of this Agreement, during the Limited Period, or at any time thereafter) directly or indirectly, or by acting in concert with others, employ or attempt to employ or solicit for any employment competitive with the Company any person(s) employed by the Company.  The Employee recognizes that any violation of this Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 is likely to result in immediate and irreparable harm to the Company for which money damages are likely to be inadequate.  Accordingly, the Employee consents to the entry of injunctive and other appropriate equitable relief by a court of competent jurisdiction, after notice and hearing and the court’s finding of irreparable harm and the likelihood of prevailing on a claim alleging violation of this Section 6, in order to protect the Company’s 

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rights under this Section.  Such relief shall be in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled at law or in equity.

6.2The Employee recognizes that the duties to be performed by him under the terms of his Employment Contract as amended by the Agreement, give him access to important confidential information and documents on the activities and the customers of the Company and of the group of companies to which it belongs.  Consequently, the Parties have agreed to insert the present Covenant Not To Compete obligation, it being understood that the only purpose of the restriction on the Employee’s professional activities upon termination of his duties is to safeguard the legitimate interests of the Company and does not have for object, nor for consequence, to prevent the Employee from performing his professional activity, which the Employee expressly acknowledges.

6.3Taking into account his duties, the Employee undertakes for a period of time of 12 months beginning upon the Termination Date and ending upon the first anniversary of the Termination Date (i.e., when the notice period is worked, from the end of the notice period or from the date on which the notice period is interrupted or, when the notice period is not worked, from the date of notification of the dismissal or of the resignation), for any reason whatsoever, to (a) refrain from engaging or participating, directly or indirectly, through any person or legal entity in which the Employee may have any interest (whether as key management employee, officer, director, shareholder, partner, employee, owner or otherwise) in any Competitive Activity, as defined in Section 1.6 (a) or (b) solicit or cause to be solicited on behalf of a competitor any person or entity which was a customer of the Company during the term of this Agreement, if the Employee had any direct responsibility for such customer while employed by the Company.

6.4In consideration for this commitment not to compete as set forth above, the Employee will receive, during the term of this obligation, a special monthly gross indemnity equal to 5/10th of the average monthly salary including any contractual benefits and gratifications received by the Employee over the course of the past twelve months of presence within the Company.
However, in case of dismissal and if the Employee has not found a new employment, the special monthly indemnity as described in the previous paragraph will be increased to 6/10th of the above mentioned average monthly salary including any contractual benefits and gratifications, for the period of implementation of the present Covenant Not To Compete.
6.5The undertaking mentioned in this Article will geographically concern the European Union and the United States of America.  Because the business activities of the Company and The Timken Company, as well as the responsibilities of the Employee, are global, the Employee acknowledges that the geographic area covered by this undertaking is reasonable, fair and required to protect the Company’s interests.

6.6The special monthly indemnity amounts described in Section 6.4 are gross amounts and therefore will be subject to all applicable social security contributions and taxes (employee’s part) that may need to be withheld by the Company.  In addition, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, the Company retains the right to offset against the amounts otherwise due to the Employee hereunder any amounts then owing and payable by such Employee to the Company or any of its affiliates.

6.7The Company will have the unilateral right, which is expressly acknowledged by the Employee, to waive compliance by the Employee with this Covenant Not To Compete or to reduce the term thereof, at any time during the performance of the Agreement, and (i) at the latest upon notification of termination of contract to the Employee or by the Employee, in case of exemption of work during notice 

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period; (ii) in all other cases, within an eight (8) day-period following notification of termination of the employment contract to the Employee or by the Employee.  In the event compliance is waived or the term is reduced, the amounts otherwise due to the Employee under Section 6.4 shall also be eliminated or reduced proportionally.

7.Successors, Binding Agreement and Complete Agreement:

7.1Successors:  The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Employee, to assume and agree to perform this Agreement.

7.2Binding Agreement:  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Employee’s personal or legal representative, executor, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees and legatees.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor of or to the Company, including, without limitation, any person acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the assets of the Company whether by merger, consolidation, sale or otherwise (and such successor shall thereafter be deemed “the Company” for the purposes of this Agreement), but shall not otherwise be assignable by the Company.

7.3Complete Agreement.  This Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and effective as of its date supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or between the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

8.Notices:  For the purpose of this Agreement, all communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by letter, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as indicated below, or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

		
	If to the Company:
	Timken Europe

2, rue Timken
68000 COLMAR
FRANCE

		
	If to the Employee:
	Andreas Roellgen

Schloßstraße 1
79258 Hartheim am Rhein
Germany

9.Governing Law:  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of France.

10.Miscellaneous:  No provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived or discharged unless such amendment, waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the Employee and the Company.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other 

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party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, expressed or implied with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

11.Validity:  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement which shall remain in full force and effect.  The provisions of this Agreement are severable; the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.  The invalid, ineffective or unenforceable provision shall, without further action by the parties, be automatically amended to effect the original purpose and intent of such provision to the fullest extent legally permissible; provided, however, that such amendment will apply only with respect to the operation of such provision in the particular jurisdiction with respect to which such adjudication of invalidity or unenforceability is made.
13.Counterparts:  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

14.Employment Rights:  Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement shall create any right or duty on the part of the Company or the Employee to have the Employee remain in the employment of the Company.

15.Withholding of Taxes:  The Company may withhold from any amount payable under this Agreement all social contributions and taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or government regulation or ruling.

16.Non-assignability:  This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations, hereunder, except as provided in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 above.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Employee’s right to receive payments hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than by a transfer by his will or by the laws of descent and distribution and in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this Section the Company shall have no liability to pay any amounts so attempted to be assigned or transferred.

17.Termination of Agreement:  The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence as of the date hereof and shall expire on the close of business on December 31, 2016; provided, however, that (i) commencing on January 1, 2017 and each January I thereafter, the term of this Agreement will automatically be extended for an additional year unless, not later than September 30 of the immediately preceding year, the Company or the Employee shall have given notice that it or the Employee, as the case may be, does not wish to have the Term extended; (ii) if a Change in Control occurs during the Term, the Term will expire on the last day of the Limited Period; and (iii) subject to Section 4.1, if the Employee ceases for any reason to be a key employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, thereupon without further action the Term shall be deemed to have expired and this Agreement will immediately terminate and be of no further effect.  For purposes of this Section 17, the Employee shall not be deemed to have ceased to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary by reason of the transfer of Employee’s employment between the Company and any Subsidiary, or among any Subsidiaries.

18.Language of the Agreement.  The present Agreement is drafted in French and in English.  However, the English version was drafted only for mutual understanding purposes between the Parties during the negotiation of the clauses of the Agreement.  Therefore, in compliance with French law which is applicable 

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to the Employment Contract, the Parties acknowledge that only the French version of the present Amendment shall be enforceable between them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first set forth above.
		
	By:
	/s/ Andreas Roellgen    

Employee

		
	By:
	/s/ Dominique Ohl    

Timken Europe
Dominique Ohl
General Manager Organizational
Advancement - Europe.

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