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Exhibit 10.1

       

      

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        CONFIDENTIAL

        Execution Copy

         

        COLLABORATION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT

         

        BETWEEN

         

        BIOSENSE GLOBAL LLC

         

        AND

         

        REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

         

        February 25, 2019

         

        

        
          
            

        

        
        TABLE OF CONTENTS

         

        	 	 	 	
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                ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS

              	
                1

              
	
                ARTICLE 2. DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATION

              	
                11

              
	 	
                2.1

              	
                Overview

              	
                11

              
	 	
                2.2

              	
                Collaboration Period

              	
                11

              
	 	
                2.3

              	
                Development Plan

              	
                11

              
	 	
                2.4

              	
                Diligence Obligations

              	
                12

              
	 	
                2.5

              	
                Mutual Grant of Rights

              	
                12

              
	 	
                2.6

              	
                RX-3117 Clinical Supply

              	
                12

              
	 	
                2.7

              	
                Costs of Development

              	
                13

              
	 	
                2.8

              	
                Standard; Efforts; Compliance

              	
                13

              
	 	
                2.9

              	
                Filing and Ownership of Regulatory Filings

              	
                14

              
	 	
                2.10

              	
                Safety Data Exchange Agreement

              	
                14

              
	 	
                2.11

              	
                Subcontracting

              	
                15

              
	 	
                2.12

              	
                Records, Reports and Audits

              	
                15

              
	 	
                2.13

              	
                Collaboration Intellectual Property (New IP) Ownership

              	
                16

              
	
                ARTICLE 3. GOVERNANCE

              	
                17

              
	 	
                3.1

              	
                Joint Steering Committee

              	
                17

              
	 	
                3.2

              	
                Alliance Managers

              	
                19

                

              
	 	
                3.3

              	
                No Authority to Amend

              	19
	
                ARTICLE 4. GRANT OF RIGHTS

              	19
	 	
                4.1

              	
                Exclusivity

              	19
	 	
                4.2

              	
                Licenses to Biosense

              	
                19

              
	 	
                4.3

              	
                Sublicenses

              	
                19

              
	 	
                4.4

              	
                Additional Collaboration Activities; Additional Indications.

              	
                20

              
	 	
                4.5

              	
                Rights to Rexahn

              	
                23

              
	 	
                4.6

              	
                Reservation of Rights; No Implied Rights

              	
                23

              
	
                ARTICLE 5. DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES

              	
                23

              
	 	
                5.1

              	
                Biosense Development and Commercialization

              	
                23

              
	 	
                5.2

              	
                Diligence Obligations

              	24
	 	
                5.3

              	
                Regulatory

              	
                24

                

              
	 	
                5.4

              	
                Licensed Product Supply

              	
                24

              
	 	
                5.5

              	
                Reporting

              	
                25

              
	
                ARTICLE 6. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

              	
                25

              
	 	
                6.1

              	
                License Fee

              	
                25

              
	 	
                6.2

              	
                Licensed Product Development Milestone Events

              	
                26

              
	 	
                6.3

              	
                Sales-Related Milestone Events

              	
                26

              
	 	
                6.4

              	
                Payment of Milestones

              	
                27

              
	 	
                6.5

              	
                Royalties

              	
                27

              
	 	
                6.6

              	
                Reports; Royalty Payments

              	
                28

              
	 	
                6.7

              	
                Method of Payments

              	28

        

        

        
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                6.8

              	
                Withholding Taxes

              	
                28

              
	 	
                6.9

              	
                Audit

              	29
	 	
                6.10

              	
                Currency

              	29
	 	
                6.11

              	
                Interest on Late Payment

              	29
	
                ARTICLE 7. PATENT ENFORCEMENT AND DEFENSE

              	30
	 	
                7.1

              	
                Prosecution, Maintenance and Enforcement of Patents

              	30
	 	
                7.2

              	
                Cooperation

              	30

              
	 	
                7.3

              	
                Third Party Infringement of Licensed IP

              	30
	 	
                7.4

              	
                Defense of Claims Brought by Third Parties

              	31
	
                ARTICLE 8. CONFIDENTIALITY

              	32
	 	
                8.1

              	
                General

              	32
	 	
                8.2

              	
                Notice of Potential Disclosure

              	32
	 	
                8.3

              	
                Remedies

              	33
	 	
                8.4

              	
                Rexahn Information

              	33
	 	
                8.5

              	
                Use of Confidential Information

              	
                33

              
	 	
                8.6

              	
                Limited Use

              	
                33

              
	 	
                8.7

              	
                Copies

              	
                33

              
	 	
                8.8

              	
                Protection of Confidential Information

              	
                33

              
	 	
                8.9

              	
                Representatives

              	
                34

              
	 	
                8.10

              	
                Survival of Obligations

              	34
	 	
                8.11

              	
                Return of Confidential Information

              	
                34

              
	 	
                8.12

              	
                Press Releases and Other Disclosures to Third Parties

              	
                34

                

              
	
                ARTICLE 9. PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS

              	
                35

                

              
	 	
                9.1

              	
                General

              	
                35

              
	 	
                9.2

              	
                Authorship

              	
                35

              
	
                ARTICLE 10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

              	
                36

              
	 	
                10.1

              	
                Representations and Warranties of Both Parties

              	
                36

              
	 	
                10.2

              	
                Representations and Warranties of Rexahn

              	
                36

              
	 	
                10.3

              	
                Mutual Covenants

              	
                37

              
	 	
                10.4

              	
                Disclaimer

              	
                38

              
	 	
                10.5

              	
                LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

              	38

              
	
                ARTICLE 11. INDEMNIFICATION

              	
                39

              
	 	
                11.1

              	
                Indemnification by Biosense

              	39
	 	
                11.2

              	
                Indemnification by Rexahn

              	39

              
	 	
                11.3

              	
                Procedure

              	
                40

              
	
                ARTICLE 12. TERM AND TERMINATION

              	
                40

                

              
	 	
                12.1

              	
                Term; Expiration

              	
                40

              
	 	
                12.2

              	
                Termination for Cause

              	
                41

              
	 	
                12.3

              	
                Termination for Insolvency

              	41
	 	
                12.4

              	
                Termination for Safety Issue

              	
                42

              
	 	
                12.5

              	
                Termination for Trial Failure

              	
                42

              
	 	
                12.6

              	
                Effects of Termination

              	
                42

              
	 	
                12.7

              	
                Accrued Rights; Surviving Provisions of this Agreement

              	
                44

              
	
                ARTICLE 13. MISCELLANEOUS

              	
                44

              
	 	
                13.1

              	
                Dispute Resolution

              	
                44

              

        

        

        
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                13.2

              	
                Arbitration Request

              	
                44

              
	 	
                13.3

              	
                Governing Law

              	
                46

              
	 	
                13.4

              	
                Assignment

              	
                46

              
	 	
                13.5

              	
                Performance Warranty

              	
                46

              
	 	
                13.6

              	
                Force Majeure

              	
                46

              
	 	
                13.7

              	
                Notices

              	
                46

              
	 	
                13.8

              	
                Waiver

              	
                47

              
	 	
                13.9

              	
                Severability

              	
                47

              
	 	
                13.10

              	
                Independent Contractors

              	
                47

              
	 	
                13.11

              	
                Headings; Interpretation

              	
                47

              
	 	
                13.12

              	
                Further Actions

              	
                48

              
	 	
                13.13

              	
                Construction of Agreement

              	
                48

              
	 	
                13.14

              	
                Counterparts

              	
                48

              
	 	
                13.15

              	
                Entire Agreement

              	
                48

              

        

        

        
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        COLLABORATION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT

        

        

        This COLLABORATION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of
          this 25th day of February, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), is made by and between BIOSENSE GLOBAL LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company having a place of business
          located at 1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 800, East Rutherford, NJ 07073 (“Biosense”), and REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation having a place of
          business located at 15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 455, Rockville, MD 20850 (“Rexahn”). Biosense and Rexahn are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

         

        INTRODUCTION

        

        

        WHEREAS, Rexahn is developing RX-3117 (as defined below) as,
            among other things, a treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer (the “Lead Indication”); and

         

        WHEREAS, Biosense desires to exclusively license from Rexahn
            certain intellectual property rights, and to develop, manufacture, use and distribute Licensed Products in the Licensed Field in the Territory (as such terms are defined below), and Rexahn desires to grant this exclusive license to Biosense, in
            accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

         

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

         

        ARTICLE 1.

          DEFINITIONS

         

        As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this ARTICLE 1:

         

        1.1          “AAA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.2.3.

         

        1.2          “Action” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
            7.3.2.

         

        1.3          “Additional Collaboration” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.2(a)(i).

         

        1.4          “Additional Indication” means the prevention or treatment of a human disease in the Option Field other
          than the Lead Indication.

         

        1.5          “Additional Indication Option” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.2.

         

        1.6          “Affiliate” means any Person which directly or indirectly
          through one (1) or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a Party. A Person shall be deemed to “control” another Person if it (a) owns, directly or indirectly, beneficially or legally, at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities or capital stock (or such
          lesser percentage which is the maximum allowed to be owned by a Person in a particular jurisdiction) of such other Person, or has other comparable ownership interest with respect to any Person other than a corporation; or (b) has the power, whether pursuant to contract, ownership of securities or otherwise, to direct the management and policies of the Person.

         

        
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        1.7          “Agreement” shall mean this collaboration and license agreement, as defined in the first paragraph above, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

         

        1.8          “Alliance Manager” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2.

         

        1.9          “Annual
            Net Sales” means total Net Sales of a Licensed Product in a particular Calendar Year.

         

        1.10       “Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean all applicable laws, regulations, orders, judicial decisions,
          conventions and international financial institution rules regarding corruption, bribery, ethical business conduct, money laundering, political contributions, gifts and gratuities, or lawful expenses to public officials and private persons, agency
          relationships, commissions, lobbying, books and records and financial controls, including the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act and Applicable PRC Laws relating to the prevention or punishment of acts of bribery
          or corruption.

         

        1.11        “API” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.4.1.

         

        1.12       “Applicable Accounting Standards” means International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Generally
          Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), as applicable to a Party, consistently applied.

         

        1.13       “Applicable Laws” means, with respect to any jurisdiction,
          individually and collectively, any federal, state, local, national and supra-national laws, treaties, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations, including those generated by the agencies or instrumentalities of such jurisdiction, including
          securities listing organizations, that are in effect from time to time during the Term and applicable to a particular activity hereunder.

         

        1.14       “Applicable PRC Laws” means any (including local or national level) laws, regulations, administrative
          regulations, rules, circulars, and other legislative, executive or judicial explanations or normative documents of any competent authority of the PRC which are publicly promulgated and available and in force for the time being.

         

        1.15        “Arbitration Request”
          has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.2.

         

        1.16        “Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.3.

         

        1.17        “Biosense” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

         

        1.18       “Biosense Know-How” means any Know-How that is Controlled by Biosense or its Affiliates

          whether prior to the Effective Date or after the Effective Date during the Term, or that is discovered, invented or created solely by or on behalf of Biosense as a result of the
          performance of obligations under this Agreement.

        

        
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        1.19       “Biosense Patents” means any Patents that are Controlled by Biosense or its Affiliates whether prior to the Effective Date or after the Effective Date during the Term.

         

        1.20       “Breaching Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.2.1.

         

        1.21       “Bulk Product” has the meaning
          assigned to such term in Section 5.4.1.

         

        1.22       “Business Day” means a day other than Saturday or Sunday on which banking
          institutions in New York, New York, United States and Beijing, China are open for business.

         

        1.23       “Calendar Quarter” means a period
          of three (3) consecutive months ending on the last day of March, June, September, or December, respectively.

         

        1.24       “Calendar Year” means a period of twelve (12) consecutive months beginning on January 1 and ending on
          December 31.

         

        1.25       “China” or “PRC” means the People’s Republic of China,
          excluding, for the purposes of this Agreement, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

         

        1.26       “Claims” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.1.

         

        1.27       “Clinical Trial” means any Phase 1 Clinical Trial, Phase 2 Clinical Trial, or Phase 3 Clinical Trial
          with RX-3117, as the context requires.

         

        1.28       “Collaboration” has the meaning set forth in Section
            2.1.

         

        1.29       “Collaboration Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2.

         

        1.30       “Commercial Supply Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.4.1.

         

        1.31      “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to the efforts to be expended
          by a Party with respect to any action or objective under this Agreement, such efforts that are consistent with the efforts and resources normally used by a similarly situated pharmaceutical company in pursuing
            the research, development and commercialization of a similar pharmaceutical product of similar market potential at a similar stage in its development or product life.

         

        1.32       “Confidential Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.1.

         

        1.33      “Control,” “Controls” or “Controlled” means, when referring to any type of intellectual property (including materials and Know-How), possession by a Party of the
          ability to grant the licenses or sublicenses as provided herein without violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangement with any Third Party that exists at the time such
          Party would be granting to the other Party such license or sublicense. A Party shall be deemed to Control certain specified Patents or Know-How to the extent
          of its individual or joint interest therein, as applicable.

         

        
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        1.34       “Data Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.4(a).

         

        1.35       “Development Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.1.

         

        1.36       “Direct Costs” means all costs directly associated with supporting clinical trial sites in China for the
          conduct of a global Registration Enabling Clinical Trial for RX-3117 for the Lead Indication, including all third party payments, supplies including clinical drug supplies, contract research organization costs, payments for patient enrollment,
          procedures and sample collection.  For clarity, Direct Costs shall include all costs directly associated with clinical trial sites in China that were selected by Biosense even if such clinical trial sites do not end
          up participating in the Registration Enabling Clinical Trial for RX-3117 for the Lead Indication.

         

        1.37       “Disclosing Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.1.

         

        1.38       “Dollars” or
          “$” means the legal tender of the U.S.

         

        1.39       “Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

         

        1.40       “Exclusive License”
          has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.2.2.

         

        1.41       “Executive Officers” has the meaning
          assigned to such term in Section 3.1.4.

         

        1.42       “Expanded License” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.2.

         

        1.43       “FCPA” shall mean the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq., as amended.

         

        1.44       “FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or any
          successor entity thereto.

         

        1.45       “First Commercial
            Sale” means, with respect to any Licensed Product, the first sale for which revenue has been recognized by Biosense or its Affiliate or Sublicensee for use or consumption
          by the general public of such Licensed Product in any country in the Territory after all required Regulatory Approvals have been granted in such country.

         

        1.46       “Force Majeure” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
            13.6.

         

        1.47       “Generic Competition”
          with respect to a Licensed Product, on a country-by-country and region-by-region basis, shall exist if [***].  For clarity, a Generic Product marketed or sold by or on behalf of Biosense or its Affiliates or
          Sublicensees shall not qualify as a Generic Product for purposes of determining whether Generic Competition exists.

         

        
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        1.48       “Generic Product” means a product approved in the U.S. under an Abbreviated New Drug Application, or ANDA, or any non-U.S. equivalent filing, with the Licensed Product as the reference product, that is “therapeutically equivalent” as evidenced by the
          assignment of an ‘A’ level therapeutic equivalence rating by the FDA, or any non-U.S. equivalent rating, such that the product is therapeutically equivalent to the Licensed Product, or otherwise is generally substitutable by the pharmacist for
          the Licensed Product when filling a prescription written for the Licensed Product without having to seek authorization to do so from the physician writing such prescription.

         

        1.49       “GLP” means current Good Laboratory Practices as
          defined in Part 58 of Title 21 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, as may be amended from time to time, or any successor thereto and foreign equivalents thereof, including, where referring to activities in China, such practices as may be
          otherwise required by the SAMR, including under the Quality Administrative Standard for Drug Manufacturing as well as any requirements issued pursuant to the Regulation of Drug Manufacturing Administrative Procedures issued by the SAMR (as applicable).

         

        1.50      “GMP” means current Good Manufacturing Practices as defined in
          Parts 210 and 211 of Title 21 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, as may be amended from time to time, or any successor thereto and
          foreign equivalents thereof, including, where referring to activities in China, the Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices specific to Advanced
          Therapy Medicinal Products, or such practices as may be as otherwise required by the SAMR, including under the Quality Administrative Standard for Drug Manufacturing as well as any
          requirements issued pursuant to the Regulation of Drug Manufacturing Administrative Procedures issued by the SAMR.

         

        1.51      “Government Authority” means any
          one or more transnational, domestic or foreign federal, state or local, governmental authority, department, court, agency or official, including any political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
          or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing.

         

        1.52       “Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special
          Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

         

        1.53       “Improvements” means any discovery, development, update, enhancement, modification, adaptation,
          variation or revision, whether patentable or not.

         

        1.54       “IND” means any investigational new drug application filed
          with the FDA pursuant to Part 312 of Title 21 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations prior to beginning clinical trials in humans in the United States or any
          comparable application filed with any Regulatory Authority outside of the United States.

         

        1.55       “Indemnitee”
          has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.3.

         

        1.56        “Indirect Costs”
          means overall costs actually incurred by Rexahn and its Affiliates to support the conduct of the global Registration Enabling Clinical Trial for RX-3117 for the Lead Indication that are not included within Direct Costs, including (a) data
          management and storage, electronic data capture systems, statistical analyses and reporting, (b) internal scientific, medical, technical or commercial personnel of Rexahn and its Affiliates (including personnel and travel expenses), (c) fees and
          other amounts paid to Third Party service providers in support of such Registration Enabling Clinical Trial, and (d) other out-of-pocket expenses.

         

        
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        1.57       “Infringement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.3.1.

         

        1.58        “Initial Study” means a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of RX-3117 for the treatment of the Initial Study
          Indications to be conducted by or on behalf of Biosense and its Affiliates in China, as further described in the Development Plan.

         

        1.59       “Initial Study Indications” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.1.

         

        1.60       “Interest Negotiation Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.3(c).

         

        1.61       “Interest Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.3(a).

         

        1.62       “Joint Steering Committee” or “JSC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1.

         

        1.63       “Know-How” means all tangible and intangible: (a) information, techniques, technology, practices, trade secrets, inventions (whether patentable or not), methods, knowledge, know-how, skill, experience, data, results (including assay development,
          compound screening, chemical, pharmacological, toxicological and clinical data and results), analytical and quality control data, results or descriptions, software and algorithms, reports and study
          reports; and (b) compositions of matter, cells, cell lines, assays, animal models and physical, biological or chemical material.

         

        1.64       “Lead Indication” has the meaning assigned to it in recitals.

         

        1.65       “Lead Indication Collaboration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.1(c).

         

        1.66       “Lead Indication Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.1(a).

         

        1.67       “License Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1.

         

        1.68       “License Term” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.2.2.

         

        1.69       “Licensed Field” means the prevention or treatment of the Lead Indication in humans.

         

        1.70      “Licensed IP” means the Rexahn Background IP, any New IP owned
          solely or jointly by Rexahn or its Affiliates and any Improvements to the Rexahn Background IP Controlled by Rexahn or its Affiliates, in each case that are necessary for making, selling or
          using Licensed Product in the Licensed Field in the Territory.

         

        1.71       “Licensed Product” means any pharmaceutical product containing RX-3117 as a single agent.

         

        
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        1.72       “Losses” has the meaning assigned to such
          term in Section 11.1.

         

        1.73       “Macau” means the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

         

        1.74      “Manufacturing Cost” means a supplier’s reasonable and necessary internal and Third Party costs incurred
          in manufacturing or acquisition of product or a component thereof, determined in accordance with such supplier’s standard cost accounting policies that are in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards and consistently applied across such
          supplier’s manufacturing network to other products that such supplier manufactures or acquires and shall not include inter-company profits among such supplier and its Affiliates.

         

        1.75      “NDA” means a New Drug Application filed with the FDA to
          obtain approval for commercial sale or use of a Licensed Product as a pharmaceutical or medicinal product in any formulation or dosage form (excluding any pricing and reimbursement approvals) or any comparable application filed with any
          Regulatory Authority outside of the United States.

         

        1.76       “Net Sales” means, with respect to any Licensed Product, the
          gross invoiced sales price of such Licensed Product sold by Biosense, its Affiliates or Sublicensees (the “Selling Party”)[***] less [***].

         

        1.77       “New IP” means Patents and Know-How developed, conceived or generated pursuant to the Collaboration after the
          Effective Date, by or on behalf of either Party or its Affiliates, or by or on behalf of both Parties or their Affiliates jointly.

         

        1.78       “Non-breaching Party” has the meaning
          assigned to such term in Section 12.2.1.

         

        1.79       “Notice of Exercise” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.2(a)(ii).

         

        1.80       “Option Field” means oncology.

         

        1.81       “Option Negotiation Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.2(a)(iii).

         

        1.82       “Option Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.2(a)(i).

         

        1.83       “Party” or “Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

         

        1.84     “Patent” means (a)
          all patents and patent applications in any country or supranational jurisdiction in the Territory, and (b) any substitutions, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, provisional applications,
          reissues, renewals, registrations, confirmations, re-examinations, extensions, supplementary protection certificates and the like of any such patents or patent applications.

         

        1.85       “Payment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1.

         

        
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        1.86       “Payment Due Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1.

         

        1.87       “Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
          company, corporation, firm, trust, association, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or agency, or any other entity not specifically listed herein.

         

        1.88       “Pharmacovigilance Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
            2.10.

         

        1.89       “Phase 1 Clinical Trial” means a human clinical trial of a compound or product, the
          principal purpose of which is a determination of safety over a range of doses, as more fully defined in 21 C.F.R. §312.21(a), or its successor regulation, or the equivalent in any foreign country or region.

         

        1.90       “Phase 2 Clinical Trial” means a human clinical trial of a
          compound or product for an indication, the principal purpose of which is a determination of safety and efficacy for such indication in a target patient population over a range of doses, as more fully
          defined in 21 C.F.R. §312.21(b), or its successor regulation, or the equivalent in any foreign country or region.

         

        1.91      “Phase 3 Clinical Trial” means a human clinical trial of a
          compound or product for an indication on a sufficient number of subjects that is designed to establish that the compound or product is safe and efficacious for its intended use, and to determine
          warnings, precautions, and adverse reactions that are associated with the compound or product in the dosage range to be prescribed, and to support Regulatory Approval of the compound or product for such
          indication, as more fully defined in 21 C.F.R. §312.21(c), or its successor regulation, or the equivalent in any foreign country or region.

         

        1.92      
          “Protocol” means a protocol for a Clinical Trial that is mutually prepared and agreed to by the Parties and is submitted to a Regulatory Authority for review and, as applicable, approval or clearance.

         

        1.93       “Receiving Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.1.

         

        1.94       “Registration Enabling Clinical Trial” means (a) a
          human clinical trial of a product that would satisfy the requirements of U.S. 21 C.F.R. Part 312.21(c), as amended, and is intended to (i) establish that the product is safe and efficacious for its intended use, (ii) define contraindications,
          warnings, precautions and adverse reactions that are associated with the product in the dosage range to be prescribed, and (iii) support Regulatory Approval for such product without the need to conduct additional clinical trials, or (b) a similar
          clinical study prescribed by the relevant Regulatory Authorities in a country or region other than the United States.

         

        1.95       “Regulatory Approval” means all approvals, licenses, permits, registrations, record filings,
          qualifications, or authorizations of any Government Authority (including any Regulatory Authority) that are necessary for the manufacture, use, storage, import, transport and/or sale of a particular Licensed Product in the applicable country or
          region, but not including approvals related to pricing or reimbursement.

         

        
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        1.96       “Regulatory Authority” means the FDA,
          and any health regulatory authority in any country or region in the Territory that is a counterpart to the FDA and holds responsibility for granting regulatory marketing approval for a Licensed Product in such country or region, and any successor(s) thereto.

         

        1.97       “Reimbursement Rate”
          means [***].

         

        1.98       “Relevant Indication” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.5.

         

        1.99       “Reports” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12.2.

         

        1.100     “Representatives” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.1.

         

        1.101     “Research Records” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12.1.

         

        1.102     “Response Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.3(b).

         

        1.103     “Rexahn” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

         

        1.104     “Rexahn Background IP” means, collectively, the Rexahn
          Patents, the Rexahn Know-How and the Rexahn Materials, in each case, existing as of the Effective Date.

         

        1.105     “Rexahn Know-How” means any Know-How that is Controlled by Rexahn or its Affiliates whether prior to the Effective Date or after the Effective Date during the Term,
          to the extent relating to RX-3117 or the Licensed Products, or that is discovered, invented or created solely by or on behalf of Rexahn as a result of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent used in connection with
          RX-3117 or the Licensed Products.

         

        1.106     “Rexahn License” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.4.

         

        1.107     “Rexahn Materials” means (a) any materials that are Controlled by Rexahn or its Affiliates that Biosense
          cannot obtain from a Third Party for commercial use, and (b) any other materials that are provided by Rexahn to Biosense pursuant to this Agreement (including any tangible embodiments of the Rexahn Know-How and any materials that are made,
          conceived, reduced to practice or otherwise developed by or on behalf of Rexahn pursuant to the Development Plan), in each case to the extent solely relating to RX-3117 or the Licensed Products.

         

        1.108     “Rexahn Option” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.4.

         

        1.109     “Rexahn Patents” means any Patents that are

          Controlled by Rexahn or its Affiliates whether prior to the Effective Date or after the Effective Date during the Term, that claim or cover the making, having made, using, selling, offering for sale or importation of RX-3117 or the Licensed
          Products.

         

        1.110     “Royalty Term” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.5.2.

         

        
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        1.111      “RX-3117” means [***].

         

        1.112     “Safety Issue” means, with respect to RX-3117, (a) a Regulatory Authority or safety data review board for
          a clinical trial of RX-3117 has required (i) termination or suspension of all clinical trials of RX-3117 in (1) the U.S., or (2) the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain (or EU centralized) (in each case, on a basis that is not limited to such country), or (ii) the withdrawal of a Regulatory Approval of RX-3117 or a Licensed Product in (1) the U.S., or (2) the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain (or EU
          centralized) (in each case, on a basis that is not limited to such country), or (b) a Party reasonably determines in good faith that the medical risk/benefit balance of RX-3117 is so unfavorable that it would be
          incompatible with the welfare of patients to develop or commercialize (or to continue to develop or commercialize) RX-3117.

         

        1.113      “SAMR” means the State
          Administration of Market Regulation or its competent local branches, the Administrations of Market Regulation, as the context may require.

         

        1.114      “Subcontractor” means a Third Party that a Party
          has engaged to perform services in connection with such Party fulfilling its obligations and exercising its rights under and pursuant to this Agreement.

         

        1.115      “Sublicensee” means, with respect
          to a particular Licensed Product, a Third Party to whom Biosense or Rexahn, as applicable, has granted a sublicense or license under the Rexahn Background IP, Licensed IP, New IP
          and Improvements thereto, as the case may be.

         

        1.116      “Technical Assistance” has the
          meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.4.2.

         

        1.117      “Technology Transfer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.4.2.

         

        1.118      “Term” has the meaning assigned to such
          term in Section 12.1.

         

        1.119      “Territory” means the Republic of
          Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

         

        1.120     “Third Party” means any Person other than Rexahn or Biosense or an Affiliate of Rexahn or Biosense.

         

        1.121     “United States”
          or “U.S.” means the United States of America, including its territories and possessions.

         

        1.122     “Valid Claim”
          means (a) an issued claim within a Patent included in the Licensed IP, in each case that has not expired or been revoked, held invalid or unenforceable by a patent
          office, court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction or (b) a claim within a patent application included in the Licensed IP that has not been revoked, cancelled, withdrawn, held invalid, abandoned or otherwise expressly disclaimed
          during prosecution and that has not been pending for more than [***] years from its first priority filing date (each an “Invalidating Event”). A claim shall cease to be a Valid Claim, and shall thereafter
          be disregarded for the purposes of calculation of royalties immediately upon occurrence of an Invalidating Event; provided, that it shall resume its status as a Valid Claim beginning immediately upon the reversal of any such Invalidating Event.

         

        
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        ARTICLE 2. 

        

        DEVELOPMENT
          COLLABORATION

         

        2.1         Overview. Subject to this ARTICLE 2, the Parties desire to collaborate to conduct certain development activities with
          respect to RX-3117 in the Territory (the “Collaboration”). As of the Effective Date, the scope of the Collaboration is limited to the Initial Study but may be expanded in
          accordance with Section 4.4.

         

        2.2          Collaboration Period.  The term of the Collaboration shall commence on the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier under ARTICLE
            12, shall expire upon the completion of all development activities under the Development Plan (the “Collaboration Period”).

         

        2.3          Development
              Plan.

         

        
          
            
              2.3.1      Initial Development Plan.  Within [***] months of the Effective Date, the Parties shall agree to the
                terms of an initial development plan that outlines the activities to be conducted by Biosense with respect to the Initial Study, including the Protocol for the Initial Study, and any support and assistance to be provided by Rexahn with
                respect thereof (as such development plan may be updated in accordance with Section 2.3.2, the “Development Plan”). The initial Development Plan shall also
                specify up to three (3) Additional Indications that will be the subject of the Initial Study (such specified Additional Indications, the “Initial Study Indications”).  The Development Plan shall be
                updated on an annual basis and amended from time to time in accordance with Section 2.3.2. Without limiting the foregoing or the matters set forth in the Development Plan, it is the intent of the Parties that Rexahn will have sole
                responsibility for the activities related to preclinical and clinical development of RX-3117 outside the Territory for all indications, and Biosense will have sole responsibility, in collaboration with Rexahn, for (a) conducting the Initial
                Study, and (b) preclinical and clinical development of RX-3117 in the Territory in the Licensed Field. For the sake of clarity, costs related to the Collaboration are covered in Section 2.7 below.

            

          

        

         

        2.3.2      Development Plan Updates and Amendments. At least [***] calendar days before each anniversary of the Effective Date, the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to submit an updated version of the Development Plan in writing to the JSC.  Additionally, if the Parties agree to engage in the Lead Indication Collaboration or collaborate on the development of RX-3117 for one or more Additional Indications in
            accordance with Section 4.4, the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to submit an updated version of the Development Plan in writing to the JSC.  The JSC shall review and approve the updated Development Plan in accordance with ARTICLE 3.  At any time during the Collaboration Period, either Party may submit proposed amendments to the Development Plan in writing to the JSC for review and approval.

         

        
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        2.4          Diligence Obligations.

         

        2.4.1      Rexahn Activities.  Rexahn shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to (a) either by itself or in collaboration with its Affiliates or Third Parties and, where applicable, pursuant to the Development Plan, perform its obligations under the
            Collaboration, and (b) collaborate with Biosense in connection with Biosense’s performance of Biosense’s obligations under the Collaboration.

         

        2.4.2      Biosense Activities.  Biosense shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to (a) either by itself or in collaboration with its Affiliates or Third Parties and, where applicable, pursuant to the Development Plan, perform its obligations under the
            Collaboration, and (b) collaborate with Rexahn in connection with Rexahn’s performance of Rexahn’s obligations under the Collaboration.

         

        2.5          Mutual Grant of Rights.

         

        2.5.1     By Biosense.  Biosense hereby grants to Rexahn the non-exclusive right and license, with the right to grant sublicenses (including through multiple tiers of Sublicensees), under any New IP owned solely or jointly by Biosense or its Affiliates and any
            Improvements to the Rexahn Background IP owned solely or jointly by Biosense or its Affiliates, in each case solely to the extent necessary for Rexahn to fulfill its obligations under the Collaboration as provided for in this Agreement.

         

        2.5.2      By Rexahn.  Rexahn hereby grants to Biosense the non-exclusive right and license, with the right to grant sublicenses (including through multiple tiers of Sublicensees), under any New IP owned solely or jointly by Rexahn or its Affiliates and any
            Improvements to the Rexahn Background IP owned solely or jointly by Rexahn or its Affiliates, in each case solely to the extent necessary for Biosense to fulfill its obligations under the Collaboration as provided for in this Agreement.

         

        2.6         RX-3117 Clinical Supply.  Following receipt of an IND from a Regulatory Authority in China to
          conduct the Initial Study, Rexahn will provide to Biosense a sufficient supply of RX-3117 necessary to enable Biosense to conduct the Initial Study under the terms and conditions of a quality agreement to be entered into prior to the start of
          clinical development activities in China by Biosense.  Rexahn shall provide such supply of RX-3117 at Rexahn’s sole cost and expense for the number of subjects to be enrolled in the Initial Study as described in
          the Protocol for the Initial Study that has been agreed by the Parties, and Biosense shall reimburse Rexahn [***] for any additional supply of RX-3117 necessary to enable Biosense to
          conduct the Initial Study.  If the Development Plan is amended to include additional development activities in the Territory other than the Initial Study, then Rexahn will provide to Biosense a sufficient supply
          of RX-3117 necessary to enable Biosense to conduct such activities and Biosense shall reimburse Rexahn [***] for such supply.  The Development Plan shall
          include a mutually agreed forecast for the quantities of RX-3117 to be provided by Rexahn hereunder.

         

        
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        2.7          Costs of Development.

         

        2.7.1      Initial Study. Biosense
            shall be responsible for, or reimburse Rexahn for, as applicable, all costs of conducting the Initial Study other than the costs and expenses associated with the supply of RX-3117, which costs and expenses shall be allocated between the Parties
            in accordance with Section 2.6.

         

        2.7.2      Additional Development Activities.  If the Development Plan is amended to include additional development activities in the Territory other than the
            Initial Study, the Parties shall agree in writing on the allocation of costs and expenses with respect thereto.  For clarity, neither Party shall be obligated to perform
            additional activities under an amended Development Plan unless and until the Parties have agreed in writing on the allocation of such costs and expenses. 
            Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 4.4.1 sets forth the Parties’ agreement on the allocation of costs and expenses with respect to a global
            Registration Enabling Clinical Trial for RX-3117 for the Lead Indication and no further written agreement with respect thereto shall be required.

         

        2.7.3      Reimbursement for Collaboration Expenses. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, with respect to costs for which Biosense is responsible under this Section 2.7, Rexahn will
            submit to Biosense no later than [***] days after the end of each Calendar Quarter an invoice setting forth the costs incurred by Rexahn during such preceding Calendar Quarter.  Biosense will reimburse Rexahn for such costs within [***] days of its receipt of such invoice in accordance with the payment methods set forth in Section 6.7.

         

        2.8          Standard; Efforts; Compliance.

         

        2.8.1       Development
              Plan. During the Collaboration Period, each Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to expeditiously conduct its respective activities under the Development Plan.

         

        2.8.2      Compliance. Each Party shall ensure
            that their respective employees conduct their respective Collaboration activities:

         

        (a)          in accordance with this Agreement and the Development Plan;

         

        (b)          in accordance with those policies, standards, procedures, conventions and techniques generally recognized in the pharmaceutical industry as the acceptable professional standard,
          including generally acceptable standards of quality for work performed in the scientific community, including, where necessary to comply with such standards, by dating laboratory records and including in such records sufficient detail to permit
          another employee working to such standards to reproduce the work described;

         

        (c)          in accordance with appropriate biosafety and containment conditions;

         

        (d)          in compliance with Applicable Laws on animal care;

         

        

        
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        (e)          in compliance with the guidelines established from time to time by any competent ethical review committee for experimentation with animals and, if applicable, human subjects and
          biological materials or, if there is no such committee, in accordance with the approval of an established ethical review committee of a Third Party institution reasonably acceptable to both Parties; and

         

        (f)           in accordance with all Applicable Laws and, to the extent applicable, all other requirements of GMP, GLP and current good clinical practice, as may be amended from time to time.

         

        2.8.3      Data Integrity.
          Each of the Parties acknowledges the importance of ensuring that the activities conducted under the Development Plan are undertaken in accordance with the following good data management practices, and shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to ensure the following:

         

        (a)          data are being generated using sound scientific techniques and processes;

         

        (b)          data are being accurately and reasonably contemporaneously recorded in accordance with good scientific practices by personnel conducting research or
          development hereunder;

         

        (c)          data are being analyzed appropriately without bias in accordance with good scientific practices; and

         

        (d)          data and results are being stored securely and can be easily retrieved.

         

        2.9         Filing
              and Ownership of Regulatory Filings. Rexahn shall have the sole right to prepare, own and maintain all regulatory filings made with Regulatory
          Authorities outside the Territory in connection with RX-3117, including all INDs and any foreign equivalents thereto not filed in China or other countries or regions within the
          Territory.  Biosense shall have the sole right to prepare, own and maintain all regulatory filings made with Regulatory Authorities in the Territory in connection with (a) the Initial Study, (b) RX-3117 for the
          Lead Indication, and (c) RX-3117 for any Additional Indication(s) that is the subject of an Expanded License, including all INDs and any foreign equivalents thereto filed in China or other countries within the Territory. As reasonably requested
          by either Party from time to time during the Collaboration Period, the other Party shall promptly provide assistance to the requesting Party with its filings and other interactions with Regulatory Authorities.

         

        2.10       Safety
              Data Exchange Agreement. Within [***] days of the Effective Date, but in any event prior to commencement of any clinical trials with RX-3117 in the Territory, the Parties will in good faith
          negotiate and finalize a separate safety data exchange agreement (the “Pharmacovigilance Agreement”), the terms of which shall set forth the obligations, procedures and timelines for exchanging information
          (such as the occurrence of adverse events and serious adverse events) observed in connection with RX-3117 in order to enable each Party to comply with its safety reporting obligations to Regulatory Authorities in its respective territory.  Prior to the execution of the Pharmacovigilance Agreement, each Party shall promptly notify the other Party of any information observed in connection with RX-3117 necessary to enable such Party to comply with
          its safety reporting obligations to Regulatory Authorities in its respective territory.  Rexahn shall maintain the global safety database for RX-3117 and the Licensed Product, which shall include adverse events
          and other information relating to the safety of RX-3117 and the Licensed Product.  Upon reasonable advanced request by Biosense, Rexahn shall make the data maintained in the global safety database accessible and
          available to Biosense in the form in which such data is then-currently maintained by Rexahn.

         

        
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        2.11        Subcontracting. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Party shall have the right to engage Affiliates
            or Subcontractors to perform certain of its obligations under the Development Plan during the Collaboration Period consistent with the Development Plan and the terms of this Agreement and shall provide to the other Party,
            upon reasonable request, with a list of any such Affiliates or Subcontractors actually engaged by such Party and a description of the relevant obligations being performed by such Affiliate or Subcontractor. Any Affiliate
            or Subcontractor to be engaged by a Party to perform a Party’s obligations set forth in this Agreement must hold all of the Regulatory Approvals
            required under Applicable Laws in the jurisdiction in question for the performance of the subcontracted activity and, where Regulatory Approval is required for subcontracting under Applicable Laws in the jurisdiction in
            question, then the Affiliate or Subcontractor must obtain Regulatory Approval from the competent Regulatory Authority before engaging in the subcontracted activity. Notwithstanding the preceding, any Party engaging an Affiliate or Subcontractor shall remain principally responsible and obligated for such activities. In addition, any Party engaging a Subcontractor
            shall in all cases retain or obtain Control of any and all intellectual property created by or used with the relevant Party’s permission by such Subcontractor directly related
            to such subcontracted activity.

         

        2.12       Records, Reports and Audits.

         

        2.12.1    Research Records. Each Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to ensure that all its employees, agents and consultants involved in the scientific aspects of the Collaboration
            prepare and maintain appropriate records of their work on the Collaboration (“Research Records”). All entries in laboratory notebooks shall
            be dated and shall include sufficient detail to permit another individual to reproduce the work. Research Records containing interpretations of data shall also include the rough data on which the interpretations have been built. Research
            Records shall be prepared and maintained in English. Subject to establishing appropriate procedures for ensuring confidentiality of non-Collaboration
            related information, each Party shall make its Research Records containing information related to the Collaboration available to the other Party upon reasonable request.

         

        2.12.2    Collaboration Reports. For every Calendar Quarter during the Collaboration Period beginning with the Calendar Quarter after the Effective Date, each Party shall provide to the other Party a report in English setting forth the material results of the
            Collaboration obtained during such Calendar Quarter by such Party (the “Reports”). Such Reports
            shall be dated and signed by such Party’s principal researcher.  It is understood and agreed that during such time when the Development Plan is limited to the Initial
            Study, Rexahn shall not be required to provide Reports to Biosense.  In addition, the obligation to deliver Reports under this Section
              2.12.2 shall also include the following: (a) if the Collaboration was terminated due to termination of the Agreement by Biosense for cause in accordance with Section 12.2, then within [***] days after the effective date of termination, Rexahn shall send to Biosense a final Report setting forth all of the material results of the Collaboration
            obtained by Rexahn since the delivery of the last Report and such other information reasonably requested by Biosense; and (b) if the Collaboration was terminated due to termination of the Agreement by Rexahn for cause in accordance with Section 12.2, then within [***] days after the effective date of termination, Biosense shall send to Rexahn a final Report setting forth all of the material results
            of the Collaboration obtained by Biosense since the delivery of the last Report and such other information reasonably requested by Rexahn. The Reports shall include, inter alia, a full description of the New IP generated during the period of
            such Report, if any. Each Party undertakes to treat all information, including but not limited to New IP, disclosed to it under this Section 2.12.2 as
            Confidential Information in accordance with the provisions of ARTICLE 8.  Additionally, each Party shall promptly (and in any event within [***] days of completion) deliver to the other Party a copy of any clinical trial reports arising from
            the conduct of a clinical trial in such Party’s respective territory that is the subject of the Development Plan.

         

        
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        2.12.3    Audit. Upon advance notice of [***]
            calendar days, each Party shall permit the other Party’s representatives to enter the Party’s facilities during regular business hours for the purpose of making quality control inspections of the Party’s facilities in which the Collaboration
            activities are being or have been conducted. The inspection shall be limited to the activities related to the Collaboration and shall not exceed [***] Business Days. The auditing Party shall cause its representatives to follow the audited
            Party’s security and facility access procedures. The audited Party may require that at all times the auditing Party’s representatives be accompanied by an audited Party’s representative and that the auditing Party’s representatives not enter
            some areas of the audited Party’s facilities that are not used in or related to the Collaboration to assure protection of the audited Party’s or Third Party confidential information. During such an audit and upon request of the auditing Party,
            the auditing Party’s representatives shall be given access to any document or information system containing documents or materials reasonably relating to the Collaboration, including but not limited to any Research Records containing
            information related to the Collaboration.  All records made available for audit shall be deemed to be the Confidential Information of the audited Party, except as may be
            used as evidence of breach of this Agreement.  The full cost of such audit shall be borne by the auditing Party.

         

        2.13       Collaboration
              Intellectual Property (New IP) Ownership.  Inventorship of New IP shall be determined in accordance with Applicable Laws and such principles of inventorship shall be used to determine whether a Party solely, or the Parties jointly,
          discovered, invented or created any Patents or Know-How arising as a result of the performance of their obligations under this Agreement. With regard to New IP, each Party shall own all right, title, and interest in and to any New IP invented or
          developed solely by its own employees, agents, or independent contractors in the course of conducting its activities under the Collaboration. Biosense and Rexahn will jointly own any and all New IP invented by employees, agents, or independent
          contractors from both Parties; provided, that if Applicable Law provides that only one Party can own New IP, the non-owning Party grants to the owning Party a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license, subject to the terms of this Agreement,
          to such New IP. In order to document the contribution of each Party in case New IP is generated during the Collaboration, each Party shall promptly notify the Alliance Manager for the other Party of any patentable invention made by it or on its
          behalf as a result of the performance of obligations under the Collaboration, and shall provide to such Alliance Manager any invention disclosure submitted in the normal course of its business which discloses any such invention, and shall present
          its opinion on whether such New IP should be jointly or solely owned by either Party and provide adequate grounds for such proposed classification. It shall be conclusive evidence that New IP was jointly discovered if any invention disclosure or
          Patent identifies employees from both Parties as inventors. Any decision on whether or not to file a Patent application covering New IP shall be discussed at the JSC.  Rexahn or Biosense, as the case may be, shall
          obtain from its employees, agents or independent contractors an assignment of their rights in any New IP if such assignment is not already stated in their engagement contract.

         

        
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        ARTICLE 3.

        GOVERNANCE

         

        3.1         Joint Steering Committee.  Promptly and in any event within [***] calendar days after the Effective Date, the Parties shall establish a committee (the “Joint
            Steering Committee” or “JSC”) as more fully described in this Section 3.1.  The JSC shall have review and oversight responsibilities for all activities to be performed under the Development Plan. The JSC shall cease to meet and its role under this Agreement shall end upon the earlier of
          (a) the mutual agreement of the Parties, and (b) such time as no development activities in respect of RX-3117 have been conducted by or on behalf of Biosense in the Territory for [***] consecutive months.

         

        3.1.1      Membership. The JSC shall be comprised of a total of six (6) members, comprised of three (3) senior representatives (or such other number of senior
            representatives as the Parties may agree) from each of Biosense and Rexahn. Each Party may replace any or all of its representatives on the JSC at any time upon written notice to the other Party in accordance with Section 13.7 of this Agreement.
            Any member of the JSC may designate a substitute to attend and perform the functions of that member at any meeting of the JSC. Each representative of each Party shall have expertise (either individually or collectively) in pharmaceutical drug discovery and development. Each Party
            may, in its reasonable discretion, invite non-member representatives of such Party to attend meetings of the JSC
            as a non-voting participant, subject to the confidentiality obligations of ARTICLE 8. A representative of Rexahn shall be
            designated as the chairperson to oversee the operation of the JSC.

         

        3.1.2      Meetings.
            During the Collaboration Period, the JSC shall meet at least once each Calendar Quarter and in person at least
            once each Calendar Year, and more or less frequently as the Parties mutually deem appropriate, on such dates, and
            at such places and times, as provided herein or as the Parties shall agree. The members of the JSC also may
            convene or be polled or consulted from time to time by means of telecommunications, video conferences, electronic mail or correspondence, as deemed necessary or appropriate by the JSC. Meetings of the JSC that are held in person shall alternate between the offices of the Parties or
            take place in New York, New York, USA or such other place as the Parties may agree. Each Party shall bear all
            expenses it incurs in regard to participating in all meetings of the JSC, including all travel expenses.

         

        
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        3.1.3     Minutes. The Alliance Managers shall be responsible for preparing and circulating minutes of each meeting of the JSC, setting forth, inter alia, a summary description of the discussions at the meeting and a list of any actions, decisions or determinations approved by the JSC and a list of any issues to be resolved by the Executive Officers pursuant to Section 3.1.4. Such minutes shall be effective only after approved by both Parties.
            With the sole exception of specific items of the meeting minutes to which the members cannot agree and which are escalated to the Executive Officers as provided in Section 3.1.4 below, definitive minutes of all JSC meetings shall be finalized no later than [***] calendar days after the meeting to which the minutes pertain. If at any time during the preparation and finalization of the JSC minutes, the Parties do not agree on any issue with respect to the minutes, such issue shall be resolved by the escalation process as provided in
          Section 3.1.4. The decision resulting from the escalation process shall be recorded
            by the Alliance Managers in amended finalized minutes for said meeting.

         

        3.1.4      Decisions.  Except as otherwise provided herein, all decisions of the JSC shall be made by consensus. If the JSC is unable to reach a consensus decision within [***] calendar days after it has met and attempted to reach such decision, then [***].

         

        3.1.5      Responsibilities. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1.4 above, the JSC
            shall perform the following functions, some or all of which may be addressed directly at each meeting of the JSC:

         

        (a)          monitor progress of activities under the Collaboration;

         

        (b)          review and approve amendments to the Development Plan and the Protocols for any Clinical Trials to be conducted
          thereunder;

         

        (c)          provide a forum for the Parties to keep each other informed with respect to their material activities under the
          Collaboration;

         

        (d)          provide a forum for Rexahn to keep Biosense informed of its material development activities with respect to RX-3117 in the Option Field outside of the
          Territory; provided, that the JSC shall have no decision-making authority with respect to any such development activities;

         

        (e)          discuss and attempt to resolve any deadlocked issues arising at the JSC in accordance with the procedures established in Section 3.1.4;

         

        (f)          resolve disputes escalated to it by a subcommittee, if any such subcommittee exists;

         

        (g)          discuss strategy for the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the jointly owned Patents; and

         

        (h)          such other responsibilities as may be assigned to the JSC pursuant to this Agreement or as may be mutually agreed by the Parties from time to time.

         

        
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        3.1.6      Subcommittee(s). From time to time,
            the JSC may establish subcommittees to oversee particular projects or activities within the scope of its authority, as it deems necessary or advisable. Each subcommittee shall consist of such number of members with such expertise as the JSC determines is appropriate from time to
            time.

         

        3.2          Alliance Managers. Within [***] calendar days after the Effective Date, each Party shall appoint an individual to act as alliance manager for such Party (each, an “Alliance Manager”).  Each Alliance Manager shall be permitted to attend meetings of the JSC and each subcommittee thereof, if any, as a non-voting observer, subject to the confidentiality provisions of ARTICLE
            8. The Alliance Managers shall be the primary point of contact for the Parties regarding the Collaboration and shall facilitate all activities undertaken under the Collaboration. The Alliance Managers shall also be responsible for assisting
          the JSC in performing its oversight responsibilities with respect to the activities of any subcommittee and preparing and finalizing the minutes from meetings of the JSC and any subcommittee. The name and contact information for the Alliance
          Managers, as well as any replacement(s) chosen by each Party, in their sole discretion, from time to time, shall be promptly provided to the other Party in accordance with Section 13.7 below.

         

        3.3          No Authority to Amend. Notwithstanding any provision of this ARTICLE 3 to the contrary, none of the JSC or any other subcommittee of the JSC shall have any authority or power to amend or modify the terms or provisions of
          this Agreement.

         

        ARTICLE 4.

        GRANT OF RIGHTS

         

        4.1          Exclusivity.  During the Term, Rexahn shall not be allowed to develop or commercialize, either by
          itself or through a Third Party, a Licensed Product in the Option Field in the Territory other than under the Collaboration or except as permitted under Section 4.6.

         

        4.2          Licenses to Biosense.

         

        4.2.1      Non-Exclusive License. Subject to the
            terms and conditions of this Agreement, beginning on the Effective Date, Rexahn hereby grants to Biosense the non-exclusive right and license under the Licensed IP to perform its obligations under the Collaboration.

         

        4.2.2      Exclusive License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in partial consideration for the payments set forth herein, beginning on the Payment Date and continuing during the Term (the “License Term”), Rexahn hereby grants to Biosense the exclusive (even as to Rexahn, subject to Section 4.6) right and license, with the right to grant sublicenses (subject to Section 4.3), under the Licensed IP to develop, make, have made, use, import,
            market, distribute, offer for sale, sell, have sold and otherwise dispose of the Licensed Product in the Licensed Field in the Territory (the “Exclusive License”).

         

        4.3          Sublicenses. 
          Biosense shall have the right to grant sublicenses under the Exclusive License to its Affiliates, Subcontractors and other Third Parties, provided, that Rexahn provides its prior written consent to such sublicense, such consent not to be
          unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, except that a sublicense to an Affiliate shall not require Rexahn’s consent only for so long as such Affiliate remains an Affiliate of Biosense.  Each sublicense
          agreement shall be consistent with, and shall be subject to, the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and Biosense shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, regardless of whether Biosense may have
          delegated those obligations to its Sublicensees.  Without limitation of the requirement to obtain Rexahn’s prior written consent as set forth above, Biosense shall, within [***] days after granting any sublicense,
          notify Rexahn of the grant of such sublicense and provide Rexahn with a copy of such sublicense and, if such sublicense is not in English, an English translation thereof certified as true and accurate by a Third Party translation firm reasonably
          acceptable to Rexahn.

         

        
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        4.4          Additional Collaboration Activities; Additional Indications.

         

        4.4.1      Collaboration for Lead Indication (Pancreatic Cancer).

         

        (a)          If at any time during the License Term after completion of the ongoing Phase 2
            Clinical Trial of RX-3117 in combination with Abraxane® for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) for the Lead Indication, Rexahn desires to move forward with a global
            Registration Enabling Clinical Trial for RX-3117 for the Lead Indication, then Rexahn shall provide Biosense with written notice thereof (the “Lead Indication Notice”).

         

        (b)          Biosense shall have the
            right to include clinical trial sites in China in such global Registration Enabling Clinical Trial by delivery to Rexahn of written notice within [***] days after the date it receives the Lead Indication Notice.  Rexahn shall promptly provide
            to Biosense any information in its control and possession relating to the development of RX-3117 for the Lead Indication reasonably requested by Biosense to enable Biosense to determine whether to exercise its right under this Section 4.4.1(b).

         

        (c)          If Biosense delivers written notice to Rexahn within the [***] day period set
            forth in Section 4.4.1(b) above that it has elected to include clinical trial sites in China in such global Registration Enabling Clinical Trial, then
            during the [***] day period following the date of such written notice (i) the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to prepare a written amendment to the Development Plan to include development activities in China with respect to such global
            Registration Enabling Clinical Trial (the “Lead Indication Collaboration”), and (ii) the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to revise and
            clarify any other provisions of this Agreement necessary or appropriate in view of the additional activities to be undertaken in connection with the Lead Indication Collaboration.

         

        (d)          The Parties acknowledge and agree that if Biosense elects to include as part of such global Registration
            Enabling Clinical Trial clinical trial sites in China, costs and expenses shall be allocated as between the Parties as follows:

         

        (i)           Biosense shall be responsible for[***]; and

         

        (ii)          Rexahn shall be responsible for[***].

         

        
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        4.4.2      Biosense Option. During the License
            Term, Rexahn hereby grants to Biosense an exclusive option (the “Additional Indication Option”) to acquire an exclusive license in the
            Territory under the Licensed IP to research, develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale and import RX-3117 and Licensed Products in the Territory for Additional Indications on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 4.4.2 (the “Expanded License”).

         

        (a)          Option if Rexahn Initiates Development.

         

        (i)          If at any time during the License Term, Rexahn desires to
            develop and commercialize RX-3117 for an Additional Indication, then Rexahn shall provide Biosense with written notice thereof (the “Option Notice”).  The Option Notice shall indicate whether Rexahn desires to collaborate with Biosense with respect to development activities for such Additional Indication in
            the Territory (the “Additional Collaboration”), and if so, the proposed scope and terms for such Additional Collaboration.

         

        (ii)         Biosense shall have the
            right to exercise the Additional Indication Option by delivery to Rexahn of a written notice of exercise (the “Notice of Exercise”) within
            [***] days after the date it receives the Option Notice.  The Notice of Exercise shall indicate whether Biosense is interested in negotiating terms for the Additional
            Collaboration.

         

        (iii)         If Biosense exercises the Additional Indication Option
            by delivery to Rexahn of a Notice of Exercise, then during the [***] ([***]) day period following the date of the Notice of Exercise (the “Option Negotiation Period”)  (x) the Parties shall finalize the terms
            of an amendment to this Agreement to provide for the grant by Rexahn to Biosense of the Expanded License in exchange for the payment of the milestones and royalties already agreed by the Parties and set forth in Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.5, (y) if Rexahn included an Additional Collaboration in the Option Notice and Biosense’s Option Notice indicated that Biosense was interested in negotiating terms for the Additional Collaboration, the Parties shall
            negotiate in good faith to enter into an amendment to this Agreement to provide for the terms of the Additional Collaboration, and (z) the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to revise and clarify any other provisions of this Agreement
            necessary or appropriate in view of the grant of the Expanded License and, if agreed, the Additional Collaboration.

         

        (b)          [***].

         

        
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        4.4.3      Biosense Indication of Interest.

         

        (a)          If at any time during the License Term, Biosense desires to develop and
            commercialize RX-3117 in the Territory for an Additional Indication, then Biosense shall provide Rexahn with written notice thereof, including a summary of any data or other relevant information supporting Biosense’s interest in pursuing
            development and commercialization activities with respect to such Additional Indication (the “Interest Notice”).

         

        (b)         Rexahn shall respond in writing to the Interest Notice (the “Response Notice”) within [***] days after the date it receives the Interest Notice indicating (i) whether Rexahn consents to the development and
            commercialization of RX-3117 for the Additional Indication in the Territory, and if Rexahn does not consent to such development and commercialization, Rexahn’s rationale for withholding its consent, and (ii) whether Rexahn desires to enter into
            an Additional Collaboration with respect thereto, and if so, the proposed scope and terms for such Additional Collaboration.  For clarity, Rexahn may withhold its
            consent to the development and commercialization of RX-3117 for an Additional Indication in the Territory in its sole discretion[***].

         

        (c)         If Rexahn indicates its consent to the development and commercialization of
            RX-3117 for the Additional Indication in the Territory in its Response Notice, then during the [***] day period following the date of the Response Notice (the “Interest Negotiation
            Period”), (i) the Parties shall finalize the terms of an amendment to this Agreement to provide for the grant by Rexahn to Biosense of the Expanded License in exchange for the payment of the milestones
            and royalties already agreed by the Parties and set forth in Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.5, (ii) if Rexahn included an Additional Collaboration in its Response Notice, the Parties shall negotiate in good
            faith to enter into an amendment to this Agreement to provide for the terms of the Additional Collaboration, and (iii) the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to revise and clarify any other provisions of this Agreement necessary or
            appropriate in view of the grant of the Expanded License and, if agreed, the Additional Collaboration.

         

        (d)         If Rexahn has withheld its consent to the development and commercialization of RX-3117 for the
            Additional Indication in the Territory, then Biosense shall have no right to develop and commercialize RX-3117 in the Territory for such Additional Indication.  For
            clarity, Rexahn shall have no obligation to enter into an Additional Collaboration under this Section 4.4.3.  If Rexahn declines to enter into an
            Additional Collaboration for an Additional Indication or the Parties are unable to agree to the terms for the Additional Collaboration during the Interest Negotiation Period, then Biosense shall be responsible for all costs associated with
            development of RX-3117 in the Territory for such Additional Indication.

         

        4.4.4     Rexahn Option to Obtain License.  During the License Term, if Biosense develops RX-3117 for an Additional Indication under Section 4.4.3 and Rexahn declines to enter into an Additional Collaboration with respect thereto, then Biosense hereby grants to Rexahn an exclusive option (the “Rexahn
            Option”) to acquire an exclusive license to use any data and other intellectual property rights obtained as part of Biosense’s development efforts in the Territory for the development and
            commercialization of RX-3117 for such Additional Indication outside of the Territory on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 4.4.4 (the “Rexahn License”).

         

        
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        (a)          Upon completion of any Registration Enabling Clinical Trial in the Territory for an Additional
            Indication described in Section 4.4.4 above, Biosense shall provide Rexahn with written notice thereof, which shall include a copy of the material data
            arising from such Registration Enabling Clinical Trial (the “Data Notice”).

         

        (b)          Rexahn shall have the right to exercise the Rexahn Option by delivery to Biosense of a Notice of
            Exercise within [***] days after the date it receives the Data Notice.

         

        (c)         If Rexahn exercises the Rexahn Option by delivery to Biosense of a Notice of Exercise, then during the
            Option Negotiation Period, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to enter into a license agreement on commercially reasonable terms for the Rexahn License, including financial provisions which may include, among other financial provisions,
            running royalties and reimbursement to Biosense for an equitable portion of the development costs for such Additional Indication based on the relative value of the rights to the Additional Indication in the Territory as compared to the relative
            value of the rights to the Additional Indication outside the Territory.

         

        4.5         Rights to Rexahn.  In consideration for the licenses granted by Rexahn to Biosense under Section 4.2, Biosense hereby grants to Rexahn the exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, cost-free license, with the right to grant sublicenses (including through multiple tiers of Sublicensees), under any Improvements
            to the Licensed IP and New IP owned or controlled by Biosense or its Affiliates (a) to research, develop, manufacture and commercialize RX-3117 and Licensed Products outside the Territory for all purposes, and (b) to the extent permitted under
          Section 4.6. Biosense hereby agrees not to sue Rexahn or its Affiliates, Subcontractors or Sublicensees for use of such Improvements in accordance with the
            foregoing license.

         

        4.6          Reservation of Rights; No Implied Rights.  Except as set forth in Section 4.2, Biosense shall have no other right to use,
          or interest in, any other Patents or intellectual property rights Controlled by Rexahn, and Rexahn makes no grant of intellectual property rights by implication.  Notwithstanding Section 4.1 and the grant
          of the Exclusive License under Section 4.2 above, Rexahn shall retain the right to use the Licensed IP (a) in order to perform its obligations under the Collaboration and this Agreement, (b) for all purposes outside of the Territory, and
          (c) to conduct clinical development activities for RX-3117 and Licensed Products in the Territory in support of its development and commercialization activities for RX-3117 and Licensed Products outside the Territory.

         

        ARTICLE 5.

        DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES

         

        5.1          Biosense Development and Commercialization. Biosense, either itself or by and through
          its Affiliates, Sublicensees or Subcontractors, shall be solely responsible for all development, registration, marketing, advertising, promotional, launch
          and sales activities in connection with the Licensed Product in the Licensed Field in the Territory; provided, that Biosense agrees to align its strategy in regard to such
          matters with the strategies being used in key markets outside the Territory, or, at a minimum, to ensure that its strategy is not contradictory to such strategies.  All costs associated with such activities shall
          be borne solely by Biosense.

         

        
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        5.2          Diligence
                Obligations. If the Parties engage in the Lead Indication Collaboration, then Biosense, either itself or by and through its
            Affiliates, Sublicensees or Subcontractors, shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to develop and commercialize the Licensed Product in the Licensed Field in the Territory.  Without limiting the generality of
            the foregoing, if the Parties engage in the Lead Indication Collaboration then Biosense shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to (a) develop, obtain Regulatory Approval for and commercialize at least one (1) Licensed Product hereunder, (b)
            file an IND in China within [***] months of approval by the JSC of the updated Development Plan to include the Lead Indication Collaboration, (c) undertake the commercial launch of a Licensed Product in China promptly after, and in any case not
            later than [***] months after, the date that Regulatory Approval is granted with respect such Licensed Product in China, and (d) after receipt of Regulatory Approval of the Licensed Product in China, establish and maintain a sales force and
            commercial infrastructure either by itself or through its Affiliates or Subcontractors, necessary to commercialize the Licensed Product in the Licensed Field in the Territory to a scale that is sufficient given the market demand for the
            Licensed Product in the Licensed Field in the Territory.  Any failure by Biosense to comply with the obligations set forth in this Section 5.2 shall be deemed to be a material breach for which Rexahn may
            exercise its termination rights under Section 12.2.1 and any other available remedies at law or in equity.

         

        5.3          Regulatory. 
          Biosense shall prepare, file, own and maintain all regulatory filings made with Regulatory Authorities in the Territory and Regulatory Approvals in connection with the Licensed Product in the Licensed Field in the Territory, and shall be
          responsible for all correspondence and communications with Regulatory Authorities relating thereto.

         

        5.4          Licensed Product Supply.

         

          

        

        5.4.1      Commercial Supply Agreement.  If Biosense does not elect to manufacture its own commercial supply of Licensed Product, then within [***] months of the Effective Date the Parties shall negotiate in good faith and attempt to agree upon a supply
            agreement for the commercial supply of active pharmaceutical ingredient for RX-3117 (“API”) or bulk, unlabeled Licensed Product (“Bulk Product”) by Rexahn to Biosense at Rexahn’s Manufacturing Cost plus [***] percent ([***]%) of Rexahn’s Manufacturing Cost (the “Commercial Supply Agreement”), and a related quality agreement.  Biosense will
            be solely responsible for conducting any further manufacturing activities to convert the API into Bulk Product and packaging and labeling the Bulk Product for use by Biosense, its Affiliates, and its Sublicensees in the Licensed Field in the
            Territory.  Biosense acknowledges and agrees that (a) Rexahn has engaged certain Third Party contract manufacturers to manufacture the API and Bulk Product to be
            supplied by Rexahn to Biosense under the Commercial Supply Agreement, and (b) the terms of the Commercial Supply Agreement shall be substantially consistent with the terms of Rexahn’s agreements with such Third Party contract manufacturers.

         

        
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        5.4.2      Technology Transfer.  If Biosense elects to manufacture its own commercial supply of Licensed Product, Rexahn shall transfer to Biosense or its designated Third Party contract manufacturer all material Rexahn Know-How necessary to manufacture the
            Licensed Product (the “Technology Transfer”) provided that Biosense or its designated Third Party contract manufacturer must first provide
            reasonable evidence to Rexahn that it holds all Regulatory Approvals required under Applicable Laws (including Applicable PRC Laws) to (a) manufacture the Licensed Product, or (b) engage a contract manufacturer to manufacture the Licensed
            Product.  In connection with the Technology Transfer, Rexahn shall provide reasonable technical assistance, at Biosense’s request, to enable Biosense or its designated
            Third Party contract manufacturer to manufacture the Licensed Product (the “Technical Assistance”).  The Technology Transfer and the Technical Assistance shall be provided [***].  Additionally, Biosense shall reimburse Rexahn for any
            out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Technology Transfer and the Technical Assistance.  Within [***] days after the end of each Calendar Quarter,
            Rexahn shall deliver to Biosense an invoice setting forth the number of hours of Technology Transfer Technical Assistance provided by Rexahn to
            Biosense during the prior Calendar Quarter, the amounts owed to Rexahn with respect thereto and any out-of-pocket expenses to be reimbursed by Biosense.

         

        5.5          Reporting.

         

        5.5.1      Reporting. With respect to each Licensed Product, once each Calendar Year after receipt of Regulatory Approval in China of such Licensed Product in the Licensed Field, Biosense shall provide to Rexahn a reasonably detailed report setting out the status of Biosense’s material activities with respect to the Licensed Product, including,
            without limitation, the activities referenced in Section 5.2, above.

         

        5.5.2      Coordination by Alliance Managers. After completion of the Collaboration Term, the Alliance
            Managers shall continue to act as the primary point of contact for the Parties regarding the activities
            contemplated by this Agreement.  Upon the reasonable request of Rexahn, once each Calendar Year, Biosense’s Alliance Manager and senior representatives of Biosense’s Licensed Products development team shall meet, in-person, with senior members of Rexahn (or, by
            video-conference or teleconference), to provide a detailed update on the status of the development and commercialization of the Licensed Products.

         

        ARTICLE 6.

          FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

         

        6.1        License Fee. In partial consideration for the Exclusive License, Biosense shall pay to Rexahn a one-time, non-refundable,
          non-creditable upfront payment of Three Million Dollars (US$3,000,000.00) (the “License Fee”), which License Fee shall be payable in installments on or before the following dates (each such date, a “Payment Due Date”):

        

        
          	
                  Payment Amount

                  (Amounts set forth below are in Dollars)

                	
                  Payment Due Date

                
	
                  $150,000

                	
                  Effective Date

                

          

          

          
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                  Payment Amount

                  (Amounts set forth below are in Dollars)

                	
                  Payment Due Date

                
	
                  $1,350,000

                	
                  April 13, 2019

                
	
                  $1,500,000

                	
                  August 24, 2019

                

          

          

           

          The date when the full amount of the License Fee is received by Rexahn shall be referred to as the “Payment Date.”

           

          6.2       Licensed Product Development Milestone Events. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 6.4, Biosense shall make each of the non-refundable, non-creditable milestone payments to Rexahn that are set forth below upon the occurrence of the
            corresponding development milestone event.

           

          	 	
                  Milestone Event

                	
                  Payment

                  (Amounts set

                  forth below are

                  in Dollars)

                
	
                  1.

                	
                  [***]

                	
                  $[***]

                
	
                  2.

                	
                  [***]

                	
                  $[***]

                
	
                  3.

                	
                  [***]

                	
                  $[***]

                
	
                  4.

                	
                  [***]

                	
                  $[***]

                
	
                  5.

                	
                  [***]

                	
                  $[***]

                

           

          [***].

           

          6.3        Sales-Related Milestone Events. Subject to

            the terms and conditions set forth in Section 6.4, Biosense shall make each of the non-refundable, non-creditable milestone payments to Rexahn that are set forth below upon the first occurrence of the corresponding sales milestone event
            with respect to a particular Licensed Product.  Each milestone event under this Section 6.3 shall be paid only once the first time such milestone is achieved with respect to a particular Licensed Product, no matter how many times such
            milestone event is achieved with respect to such Licensed Product.

           

          
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                  Milestone Event

                	
                  Payment

                  (Amounts set forth below are in

                  Dollars)

                

          	
                  $[***] in Annual Net Sales of a Licensed Product in the Territory

                	
                  $[***]

                
	
                  $[***] in Annual Net Sales of a Licensed Product in the Territory

                	
                  $[***]

                

           

          In the event that the first and the second sales milestone events set forth above are first achieved in the same Calendar Year, then both milestone payments shall be paid at the same time.

           

          6.4         Payment of Milestones. Biosense shall notify Rexahn in writing
            promptly, but in no event later than [***] Business Days after the achievement of each milestone set out in Section 6.2 or Section 6.3 that triggers a payment. Biosense shall pay all such milestone payments on net [***] calendar
            day payment terms in accordance with the payment method provided for in Section 6.7.

           

          6.5          Royalties.

           

          6.5.1      Licensed Product Royalty. Subject
              to the terms and conditions set forth in the remainder of this Section 6.5, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country and region-by-region basis, Biosense shall pay to Rexahn the following tiered royalties on Annual Net Sales of
              a Licensed Product in the Territory:

           

          	
                  Annual Net Sales

                	
                  Royalty Rate

                

          	
                  Annual Net Sales for a Licensed Product less than $[***]

                	
                  [***]%

                
	
                  Annual Net Sales for a Licensed Product equal to or exceeding $[***], but less than or equal to $[***]

                	
                  [***]%

                
	
                  Annual Net Sales for a Licensed Product exceeding $[***]

                	
                  [***]%

                

           

          
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          6.5.2     Royalty Term. Biosense’s obligation
              to pay royalties with respect to a Licensed Product in a particular country or region in the Territory, even if reduced as provided below in this Section 6.5, shall commence upon the First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in such country or region and shall expire on a country-by-country or region-by-region and Licensed
              Product-by-Licensed Product basis on the later of (a) the expiration of the last Valid Claim that claims the composition of matter or method of use or manufacture of RX-3117 in such country or
              region, and (b) the date that is [***] years after First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in such country or region (the “Royalty
              Term”).

           

          6.5.3      Existence and Expiry of Valid Claims. If, on a country-by-country or region-by-region and Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis, there is no Valid Claim
              that covers a Licensed Product, either at the time of First Commercial Sale or any time thereafter during the Royalty Term, then the applicable royalty rate set forth in Section 6.5.1 shall be reduced by [***] percent ([***]%).

           

          6.5.4     Royalty Reduction for Generic Competition. If at any time Generic Competition exists in a given country or region in the Territory with respect to a Licensed Product, then Biosense’s obligation to pay royalties with respect to such Licensed Product in such country or region
              shall be reduced by [***] percent ([***]%).

           

          6.5.5      Minimum Royalty. Notwithstanding
              the reductions permitted by Sections 6.5.3 and 6.5.4, in
              no event will the royalties payable to Rexahn in any Calendar Quarter be less than [***] percent ([***]%) of the amounts that otherwise would be payable to Rexahn based solely on the royalty rates set forth in Section 6.5.1.

           

          6.6         Reports; Royalty Payments. Until the expiration of all applicable
            Royalty Terms, Biosense shall make written reports and Calendar Quarter payments to Rexahn within [***] calendar days after the end of each Calendar Quarter covering all sales of Licensed Products in the Territory by Biosense, its Affiliates
            and Sublicensees, each such written report in reasonable detail as available stating: (a) the total Net Sales for each Licensed Product on a country-by-country or region-by-region basis; and (b) a calculation of the amount of royalty payment
            due on such Net Sales for each Licensed Product pursuant to Section 6.5 on a country-by-country or region-by-region basis.

           

          6.7         Method of Payments. All payments due from Biosense to Rexahn under this
            Agreement shall be paid by a U.S. Affiliate of Biosense in Dollars by wire transfer initiated in the U.S. to a bank account designated in writing by Rexahn.  With respect to any payment due under this ARTICLE 6, Rexahn shall provide
            Biosense an original invoice and Biosense shall make such payment by the [***] day of the month immediately following receipt of the original invoice.

           

          6.8         Withholding Taxes. Royalties and milestone payments shall be paid by
            Biosense to Rexahn, after deduction of any applicable withholding taxes. Prior to any payment by Biosense to Rexahn, Biosense shall provide to Rexahn any forms required to attest Rexahn’s fiscal domiciliation in order to allow Biosense to claim
            application of the reduced rate of withholding tax provided for in any applicable bilateral fiscal convention. Rexahn shall promptly return such forms to Biosense. In the event Rexahn fails to promptly return such forms duly filled and signed,
            Biosense shall declare and pay withholding tax at the common law rate of the applicable corporate income tax, and such tax shall then be deducted from the corresponding payment by Biosense to Rexahn. Biosense shall pay withholding tax to the
            proper taxing authority and proof of payment of such tax shall be secured and sent to Rexahn as evidence of such payment. If, in the opinion of either Party, the provisions of this Section 6.8 become extremely burdensome, the Parties
            agree to meet and discuss such other options as may be available to them. For the avoidance of doubt, Rexahn shall be responsible for its own compliance with Applicable Laws in respect of amounts paid to Rexahn under this Agreement and Biosense
            shall not be liable for any failure by Rexahn to comply with such Applicable Laws provided that such failure is not due to Biosense’s breach of its obligations under this Section 6.8 or any other provision of this Agreement.

           

          
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          6.9         Audit. Biosense shall keep and maintain for [***] years complete and
            accurate records of sales of Licensed Products in sufficient detail to allow Rexahn to confirm the accuracy of royalties paid hereunder. Rexahn shall have the right during such [***] year period to appoint at its expense an independent
            certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Biosense to audit its relevant records for the purpose of verifying reports provided by Biosense under Section 6.6. Biosense shall make its records available for audit by such
            independent certified public accountant during regular business hours at such place or places where such records are customarily kept, upon [***] calendar days written notice from Rexahn. Such audit right shall not be exercised by Rexahn more
            than once in any Calendar Year and the records for a [***] month period may not be audited more than once. All records made available for audit shall be deemed to be Confidential Information of Biosense, except as may be used as evidence of
            breach of this Agreement. The results of each audit, if any, shall be binding on both Parties absent manifest error. Rexahn shall bear the full cost of such audit, except in the event that the results of the audit reveal an underpayment of
            royalties to Rexahn under this Agreement of [***] percent ([***]%) or more over the period being audited, in which case reasonable audit fees for such examination shall be paid by Biosense.  The audits conducted by Rexahn shall not interfere
            with the ordinary business operations of Biosense in any material respect.

           

          6.10       Currency. With respect to sales of the Licensed Product invoiced in
            Dollars, the Net Sales and the amounts due hereunder will be expressed in Dollars. With respect to sales of Licensed Products invoiced in a currency other than Dollars, the gross sales, Net Sales and royalties payable shall be expressed in the
            currency of the invoice issued by the Party making the sale together with the Dollar equivalent of the royalty payable and the equivalent in the currency used for calculating the applicable royalty rates, calculated using the rate of exchange
            published in the Wall Street Journal for such currency on the last Business Day of the relevant Calendar Quarter.

           

          6.11       Interest on Late Payment. Any undisputed amount owed by one Party to the
            other Party under this Agreement that is not paid within the applicable time period set forth herein shall accrue interest at the rate of [***] ([***]%) percent per year from the dates and in the amounts that the undisputed amounts were
            incurred, or, if lower, the highest rate permitted under Applicable Laws. Where the late payment is caused by the Party that is owed the payment, including for reasons such as failure to communicate in a timely manner changes to bank details,
            or failure to respond to communications from the Party owing the payment regarding the interpretation or dispute of the terms of such payment, then no interest will be payable by the Party owing the payment.

           

          
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          ARTICLE 7. 

          

          PATENT ENFORCEMENT AND DEFENSE

           

          7.1        Prosecution, Maintenance and Enforcement of Patents.  Rexahn shall have
            the sole right, responsibility and obligation to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain the Patents included within the Licensed IP and any Patents jointly owned by the Parties that cover the Licensed Product, both within and without the
            Territory, at Rexahn’s expense.  Upon the request of Rexahn, Biosense shall reimburse Rexahn for [***] percent ([***]%) of such expenses to the extent relating to the Patents included within the Licensed IP.

           

          7.2        Cooperation.  Each Party
            agrees to cooperate with the other Party, and to execute all lawful papers and instruments, to make all rightful oaths and declarations, and to provide consultation and assistance as may be necessary in the prosecution, maintenance and
            enforcement of all Patents, Know-How and other intellectual property rights undertaken in a manner consistent with Section 7.1.

           

          7.3          Third Party Infringement of Licensed IP.

           

          7.3.1      Notice of Infringement.  Each Party
              shall promptly provide the other Party with written notice upon learning of any infringement or misappropriation of the Licensed IP in the Licensed Field in the Territory (“Infringement”).

           

          7.3.2     Rexahn Right to Enforce. Rexahn
              shall have the first right to address Infringement of the Licensed IP during the License Term in the Territory by taking reasonable steps, including the institution of legal proceedings or other actions (an “Action”), and to compromise or settle such Action; provided, that: (a) Rexahn shall keep Biosense fully informed about such Action and Biosense shall provide all reasonable cooperation to Rexahn in connection with such Action; (b) Rexahn shall not take any position with respect to, or compromise or settle, such Action in any
              way that is reasonably likely to directly and adversely affect the scope, validity or enforceability of the Licensed IP in the Licensed Field in the Territory without the prior consent of Biosense, which consent shall not be unreasonably
              withheld, conditioned or delayed; and (c) if Rexahn does not intend to prosecute or defend an Action, or ceases to diligently pursue such an Action, it shall promptly inform Biosense in such a manner that such Action will not be prejudiced and Section 7.3.3 shall apply.

           

          7.3.3      Biosense Right to Enforce. If (a) Rexahn informs Biosense that it does not intend to prosecute an Action in respect of the Licensed IP in the Territory,
              (b) within [***] calendar days after notice of Infringement Biosense has not commenced any such Action, or (c) Rexahn
              thereafter ceases diligently to pursue such Action and only if Rexahn has not informed Biosense that it is not proceeding on the opinion of competent counsel (and where Rexahn is relying on such opinion, Rexahn will have a discussion with
              Biosense concerning such opinion to the extent legally permitted to do so without compromising privilege), then Biosense
              shall have the right, at its own expense, upon notice to Rexahn to take appropriate action to address such Infringement, including by initiating its own Action or taking over prosecution of any
              Action initiated by Rexahn. In such event, Biosense shall keep Rexahn fully informed about such Action and shall
              consult with Rexahn before taking any major steps during the conduct of such Action. Rexahn shall provide all reasonable cooperation to Biosense in
              connection with such Action. Biosense shall not take any position with respect to, or compromise or settle, such Action in any way that is reasonably likely to directly and adversely affect the scope, validity or enforceability of the Licensed IP without Rexahn’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

           

          
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          7.3.4     Right to Representation. Each Party
              shall have the right to participate and be represented by counsel that it selects, in any Action instituted under Section 7.3.2 or Section 7.3.3 by the other Party. If a Party with the right to initiate an Action to eliminate an Infringement lacks standing to do so and the other Party has
              standing to initiate such Action, then the Party with the right to initiate an Action may name the other Party as plaintiff in such Action or may require the Party with standing to initiate such Action at the expense of the other Party;
              provided, that if Rexahn has informed Biosense that it would not proceed with such Action on the opinion of competent counsel, Biosense may not require Rexahn to initiate such Action.

           

          7.3.5     Cooperation. In any Action
              instituted under this Section 7.3, the Parties shall cooperate with and assist each other in all reasonable respects. Upon the reasonable request of
              the Party instituting such Action, the other Party shall join such Action and shall be represented using counsel of its own choice, at the requesting Party’s expense; provided, that if Rexahn has informed Biosense that it would not proceed
              with such Action on the opinion of competent counsel, Biosense may not require Rexahn to join such Action.

           

          7.3.6      Share of Recoveries. The costs and expenses of the Party bringing suit under this Section 7.3 shall be borne by such Party, and any damages or other monetary awards recovered shall be shared as follows: (a) the amount of such recovery actually received by the Party controlling such action shall first be applied to the
              out-of-pocket costs of each Party in connection with such action, and (b) any remaining proceeds [***]. A settlement or consent judgment or other voluntary final disposition of a suit under this Section 7.3 may be entered into without the consent of the Party not
              bringing the suit; provided, that such settlement, consent judgment or other disposition does not (i) admit the invalidity or unenforceability of the relevant Patent in the Licensed IP, or (ii) result in
              any adverse impact on the Party not bringing the suit; and provided, further that any rights granted under the relevant Patent to continue the infringing
              activity in such settlement, consent judgment or other disposition shall be limited to those rights that the granting Party otherwise has the right to grant.

           

          7.4         Defense of Claims Brought by Third Parties. In the event that
            any action, suit or proceeding is brought against either Party or an Affiliate or Sublicensee of either Party alleging the infringement of the Know-How or Patents of a Third Party by the making, having made, use, sale, offering for sale or
            importation of a Licensed Product, such Party shall notify the other Party within [***] calendar days of the earlier of (a) receipt of service of process in such action, suit or proceeding, or (b) the date such Party becomes aware that such
            action, suit or proceeding has been instituted and the Parties shall meet as soon as possible to discuss the overall strategy for defense of such matter. Rexahn shall have the right to defend such action, suit or proceeding in the Territory at
            its sole cost and expense. Biosense shall have the right to separate counsel at its own expense in any such action, suit or proceeding, and the Parties shall cooperate with each other in all reasonable respects in any such action, suit or
            proceeding. Each Party shall promptly furnish the other Party with a copy of each communication relating to the alleged infringement that is received by such Party including all documents filed in any litigation.

           

          
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          ARTICLE 8. 

          

          CONFIDENTIALITY

           

          8.1         General. Except as expressly set forth in this ARTICLE 8, each
            Party shall cause its respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and Subcontractors (collectively, “Representatives”) to keep confidential any and all technical, commercial, scientific
            and other confidential or proprietary data, processes, documents or other information (whether in oral or written form) or physical objects (including, without limitation, Rexahn Materials, Know-How, Licensed Product(s), intellectual property,
            marketing data, agreements between any Party and a Third Party, license applications, and business plans and projections of any Party) received directly or indirectly from the other Party (the “Disclosing Party”),
            its Affiliates or its Representatives prior to, on or after the date of this Agreement and which relates (in the case of a Party) to the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates or their respective businesses (“Confidential
              Information”), and each Party shall not disclose directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Representatives not to disclose directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information to anyone outside such Party and its Affiliates and their
            respective Representatives, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to any information disclosed hereunder to any Party, if such Party (the “Receiving Party”) can demonstrate by written
            proof that such Confidential Information:

           

          8.1.1      is or hereafter becomes generally available to the trade or public other than by reason of any breach or
              default by the Receiving Party, any of its Affiliates or any Representative of the foregoing with respect to a confidentiality obligation under this Agreement;

           

          8.1.2      was already known to the Receiving Party or such Affiliate or Representative, or was otherwise developed
              independently by the Receiving Party or its Affiliates or Representatives;

           

          8.1.3      is disclosed to the Receiving Party or such Affiliate or Representative by a Third Party who has the
              right to disclose such information and is not subject to an obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party; or

           

          8.1.4      based on such Party’s good faith judgment with the advice of counsel, is required to be disclosed
              pursuant to applicable legal requirements to a Government Authority, including, without limitation, securities listing organizations, FDA or any comparable authority of any country or region having jurisdiction.

           

          8.2         Notice of Potential Disclosure. Whenever the Receiving Party becomes
            aware of any state of facts which would or might require disclosure of Confidential Information pursuant to Section 8.1.4 above, it shall, if possible, promptly notify the Disclosing Party prior to any such disclosure so that the
            Disclosing Party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, and in any such case the Receiving Party shall reasonably cooperate with the Disclosing Party to try to
            obtain any protective order or other remedy the Disclosing Party may wish to obtain. In any event, if the Receiving Party is unable to promptly notify the Disclosing Party or if such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or if the
            Disclosing Party waives compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Receiving Party will furnish only that portion of the information which it is advised by counsel is legally required and will exercise reasonable efforts to obtain
            assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information.

           

          
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          8.3         Remedies. Each Party shall be entitled, in addition to any other right
            or remedy it may have at law or in equity, to an injunction, without the posting of any bond or other security except as required by the relevant laws, enjoining or restraining the other Party from any violation or threatened violation of this
            ARTICLE 8.

           

          8.4        Rexahn Information. For the purposes of this ARTICLE 8, the
            Rexahn Know-How and the Rexahn Materials included in the Rexahn Background IP and in the Licensed IP shall be deemed to be Confidential Information of Rexahn (i.e., for which Rexahn is the Disclosing Party and Biosense the Receiving Party).

           

          8.5          Use of Confidential Information. Each Party agrees that no Confidential
            Information received from the Disclosing Party shall:

           

          8.5.1      be used in its own business except as necessary to the fulfilment of such Party’s rights and obligations
              under this Agreement;

           

          8.5.2     be assigned, licensed, sublicensed, marketed, transferred or loaned, directly or indirectly, to any Third
              Party other than a Representative of the Party or an Affiliate, and except as necessary to the fulfilment of the Party’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; or

           

          8.5.3      be used or exploited by such Party or by any of its Affiliates or their Representatives for its or their
              respective benefit or the benefit of any other relationships with customers of such Party or its Affiliates, except as specifically allowed under Section 8.5.1.

           

          8.6        Limited Use. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party
            agrees that it shall not, without the express prior written consent of the Disclosing Party (and shall not permit any of its Affiliates or Representatives to), use any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party at any time for any purpose
            other than the performance of its obligations and the exercise of its rights as specifically set out in this Agreement.

           

          8.7         Copies. The obligations set forth in this ARTICLE 8 shall
            extend to copies, if any, of Confidential Information made by the Receiving Party and any Affiliates or Representatives of the Receiving Party and to documents prepared by such Persons which embody or contain Confidential Information.

           

          8.8         Protection of Confidential Information. Each Party shall manage
            Confidential Information received from the Disclosing Party so as to protect it from disclosure with a degree of care not less than that used by it in managing its own proprietary information and shall take reasonable steps to minimize the risk
            of disclosure of Confidential Information which shall include, without limitation, ensuring that only its Affiliates and its and their Representatives who have a bona fide “need to know” such Confidential Information for purposes permitted or
            contemplated by this Agreement shall have access thereto.

           

          
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          8.9        Representatives. Each Party shall notify all of its Representatives
            who have access to Confidential Information of its confidentiality and the care therefore required, and shall obtain from any Affiliate or any agent or Subcontractor who is a Representative that is permitted access to such Confidential
            Information in accordance with this ARTICLE 8, an agreement of confidentiality incorporating the restrictions set forth herein.

           

          8.10        Survival of Obligations. The obligations set forth in this ARTICLE 8
            shall survive the termination of this Agreement for a period of [***] years.

           

          8.11       Return of Confidential Information. Within [***] days after the
            termination of this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall (and shall cause its Representatives and its Affiliates to) return to the Disclosing Party or destroy all documents and tangible items (included but not limited to unused Rexahn
            Materials) then in its possession which it has received from the Disclosing Party or any Affiliate or Representative thereof that include or incorporate or contain any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, as well as all copies,
            summaries, records, descriptions, modifications, and duplications that it, or any of its Affiliates or Representatives, has made from the documents or tangible items received from the Disclosing Party or any Affiliate or Representative thereof;
            provided, however, that the Receiving Party may retain one copy of Confidential Information (but not any Rexahn Materials) in its legal files solely to permit the Receiving Party to continue to comply with its obligations hereunder and, in
            addition, may upon notice to the Disclosing Party, retain in its legal files or in the office of outside legal counsel one copy of any document solely for use in any pending legal proceeding to which such document relates.

           

          8.12       Press Releases and Other Disclosures to Third Parties.

           

          8.12.1    Neither Rexahn nor Biosense shall, without the prior written consent of the other, issue any press
              release or make any other public announcement or furnish any statement to any Person (other than either Party’s respective Affiliates or Representatives) concerning the existence of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
              Agreement, except for (i) general statements referring to the existence of this Agreement, specifying its nature, the Licensed Field, the Option Field and identity of the Parties but no other details (including, for clarity, financial
              details), (ii) disclosures made in compliance with Section 8.1 hereof, (iii) disclosures to attorneys, consultants, and accountants retained to
              represent them in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or as may be reasonably necessary to either Party’s bankers, investors, potential investors, attorneys or other professional advisers in connection with a merger or
              acquisition or investment, or potential merger or acquisition or investment, provided such advisors are bound by confidentiality obligations essentially identical to those provided for herein, and (iv) occasional, brief comments by the
              respective executive officers of both Parties consistent with such guidelines for public statements as may be mutually agreed by the Parties made in connection with routine interviews with analysts or members of the financial press.

           

          
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          8.12.2    In addition, either Party (after consultation with counsel) in its own right may make such further
              announcements and disclosures, if any, as may be required by applicable securities laws and regulations (such as, without limitation, regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or any comparable stock market or
              securities regulatory authority having jurisdiction), in which case the Party making the announcement or disclosure shall use its best efforts to give advance notice to, and discuss such announcement or disclosure with, the Disclosing Party
              and such Disclosing Party’s attorneys. In the event a copy of this Agreement would be required to be filed with the SEC or any other market authority, the Party with the obligation to file shall first consult with the other Party with a view
              to agreeing the items in the Agreement for which confidential treatment should be sought.

           

          8.12.3    Rexahn and Biosense shall have the right to make public announcements (including press releases)
              regarding this Agreement, including for example the exercise of the option hereunder, and the general nature of the undertakings hereunder, provided that no disclosure of Confidential Information of the other Party is contained in such public
              announcement, and that such public announcement has been reviewed and agreed in writing by the other Party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that either Party may make a public
              announcement (excluding press releases specifically about this Agreement) without the approval of the other Party with respect to information which has previously been made public with the authorization of the other Party.

           

          ARTICLE 9.

          PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS

           

          9.1          General. Either Party, and their respective Affiliates and Sublicensees,
            shall have the right to make disclosures pertaining to the Licensed Products in scientific journals or other publications; provided, that neither Biosense nor its Affiliates or Sublicensees shall have the right to make disclosures pertaining to
            the Licensed IP or the Licensed Products outside of the Licensed Field at any time.  No publications or communications (including, without limitation, posters) shall be published or submitted for publication by a Party unless they are first
            reviewed and approved in writing by the other Party (which review and approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). Any such proposed publication or communication shall not include any Confidential Information belonging
            to Biosense if the publishing Party is Rexahn, or belonging to Rexahn if the publishing Party is Biosense. A copy of any proposed publication or communication (including, in the case of any proposed oral communication, a transcript) shall be
            sent by the publishing Party to the other at least [***] days before the proposed publication or communication in order to allow the other Party to request deletion of any of its Confidential Information or, if the publication cannot be made
            without its Confidential Information, to refuse such publication or communication. Either Party may also require delay(s) of up to [***] days in publication or communication in order to have appropriate patent applications filed.

           

          9.2          Authorship. Any and all publications and communications relating to the
            Licensed Products or Licensed IP shall mention all Rexahn and Biosense scientists that may be considered as co-authors in accordance with industry practice, and shall refer to Rexahn and Biosense.

           

          
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          ARTICLE 10.

          

          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

           

          10.1       Representations and Warranties of Both Parties. Each Party hereby
            represents and warrants to the other Party, as of the Effective Date, that:

           

          10.1.1    such Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good
              standing under Applicable Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the provisions hereof;

           

          10.1.2     such Party has taken all necessary action on its part to
              authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder;

           

          10.1.3    this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf
              of such Party, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof;

           

          10.1.4    the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
              such Party does not conflict with any agreement, instrument or understanding, oral or written, to which it is a party or by which it is bound, nor violate
              any Applicable Laws of any Government Authority having jurisdiction over such Party; and

           

          10.1.5    no Regulatory Approvals, exemption of or filing or registration with any Government Authority, under any
              Applicable Laws currently in effect, is or shall be necessary for, or in connection with, the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument executed in connection herewith, or for the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement.

           

          10.2       Representations and Warranties of Rexahn. Rexahn hereby represents and
            warrants to Biosense, as of the Effective Date, that:

           

          10.2.1    Rexahn Controls the Rexahn
              Background IP;

           

          10.2.2    Rexahn has the right to grant all rights and licenses it purports to grant to Biosense with respect to the Rexahn Background IP under this Agreement;

           

          10.2.3    there is no settled or pending claim or lawsuit or legal proceeding of a Third Party against Rexahn, or any threat thereof made in writing by a Third Party to Rexahn, alleging that the Rexahn Background IP misappropriates or infringes, in part or in whole, the intellectual property or intellectual property rights of such Third Party;

           

          10.2.4    Rexahn has not received any written notice challenging its rights to practice Rexahn Background IP;

           

          10.2.5    Rexahn has not granted, and during the Term it will not grant, any right, security interest, option,
              lien, license or encumbrance of any nature to any Third Party relating to any of the Rexahn Background IP that
              would conflict or interfere with any of the rights or licenses granted to Biosense hereunder; and

           

          
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          10.2.6    to Rexahn’s knowledge, none of the issued Patents included within the Rexahn Background IP and covering
              the sale, use or manufacture of the Licensed Products in the Territory as of the Effective Date infringe any issued Patents in the Territory that are owned or controlled by a Third Party.

           

          10.3        Mutual Covenants. Each Party hereby covenants to the other Party that:

           

          10.3.1    All employees of such Party or its Affiliates working under this Agreement shall be under the obligation to assign all right, title and interest in and to their inventions and discoveries, whether or not patentable, if
              any, to such Party as the sole owner thereof;

           

          10.3.2    Such Party shall not employ (or use any Subcontractor or
              consultant that employs) any individual or entity debarred by the FDA or any equivalent sanction instituted by a Regulatory Authority other than the FDA, or any individual who or entity which is the
              subject of an FDA debarment investigation or proceeding or any equivalent investigation or proceeding instituted by a Regulatory Authority other than the FDA, in the conduct of its activities under
              the Development Plan;

           

          10.3.3   Such Party shall (a)
              perform its activities under this Agreement in compliance with Section 2.8; (b) at all times comply (and
              shall ensure compliance by any of its Subcontractors) with all Applicable Laws and with the most current best practices for pharmaceutical companies for the proper care, handling and use of animals in pharmaceutical research and development
              activities, and with the “3R Principles” (reducing the number of animals used, replacing animals with non-animal methods whenever possible and refining the research techniques used), subject to the
              other Party’s reasonable right of inspection; and (c) promptly and in good faith undertake reasonable corrective steps and measures to remedy the situation to the extent that any significant deficiencies are identified as a result of such
              inspection;

           

          10.3.4    Neither Party shall, during the Term, grant any right or license to any Third Party relating to any of the intellectual property rights (including New IP, Rexahn Background
              IP and Improvements thereto) it Controls which would conflict or interfere with any of the rights or licenses granted to the other Party hereunder;

           

          10.3.5    Each Party shall notify the other Party in writing promptly in the event that it has actual knowledge of the material breach of any covenant under this ARTICLE 10 or the
              material breach of any representation or warranty provided by either Party under Section 10.1 or by Rexahn under Section 10.2;

           

          10.3.6    Neither Party shall in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, directly or indirectly,
              offer, pay, promise to pay, or authorize the giving of money or anything of value to any official or employee of any government or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof (including any health or medical providers owned or
              controlled by the government), to any political party or official thereof, or to any candidate for political office, or to any other person, for the purpose of:

           

          
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          (a)        inappropriately influencing any act or decisions of such person, official, political party, party official, or candidate in, if applicable, its official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform official functions;

           

          (b)       inducing such person, official, political party, party official, or candidate to use
              influence with the government, any instrumentality thereof, or any other entity to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality, or entity, in order to assist a Party in obtaining or retaining business for or
              with, or directing business to, any Affiliate or Third Party; or

           

          (c)       otherwise inappropriately influencing any decisions favorable to either Party or its
              Affiliates and the business resulting therefrom in contravention of the FCPA or Applicable PRC Laws relating to the prevention or punishment of acts of bribery or corruption applicable to the activities of the Parties under this Agreement.

           

          Each Party shall have necessary procedures in place to prevent bribery and corrupt conduct by itself and each of its Affiliates and to comply with all Anti-Corruption Laws.  Within [***] days after the end of
            each Calendar Year during the Term, Biosense shall deliver to Rexahn a certificate executed by an executive officer of Biosense certifying that Biosense and its Affiliates have been in compliance with their obligations under this Section
              10.3.6 during such Calendar Year.

           

          10.4       Disclaimer. EACH OF REXAHN AND BIOSENSE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM THAT THE
            COLLABORATION WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHOLE OR IN PART. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR EXTENDS ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY THAT
            ANY PATENTS ARE VALID OR ENFORCEABLE OR THAT THEIR EXERCISE DOES NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF
            THE FOREGOING, EACH PARTY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO: (A) THE SUCCESS OF ANY STUDY OR TEST COMMENCED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, (B) THE SAFETY OR USEFULNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE OF RX-3117; AND (C) THE VALIDITY, ENFORCEABILITY, OR
            NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IT PROVIDES OR LICENSES TO THE OTHER PARTY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

           

          10.5       LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT FOR A BREACH OF ARTICLE 8, OR FOR
            CLAIMS OF A THIRD PARTY WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 11, OR AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER REXAHN NOR BIOSENSE, NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR SUBLICENSEES SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER
            PARTY, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBLICENSEES FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, RELIANCE OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST OR IMPUTED PROFITS, WHETHER LIABILITY IS ASSERTED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT
            PRODUCT LIABILITY), INDEMNITY OR CONTRIBUTION, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THAT PARTY OR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF, OR OTHERWISE MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED THE POSSIBILITY OF, ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE.

           

          
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          ARTICLE 11.

          INDEMNIFICATION

           

          11.1       Indemnification by Biosense. Biosense shall indemnify, defend and hold
            harmless Rexahn, and its Affiliates, and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all costs and expenses actually incurred, including the reasonable fees of attorneys and other professionals
            (collectively, “Losses”), arising out of or resulting from any and all Third Party suits, claims, actions, proceedings or demands (“Claims”)
            based upon:

           

          11.1.1    the negligence, recklessness or wrongful intentional acts or omissions of Biosense and/or its Affiliates and/or its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, in connection with Biosense’s performance of its obligations or exercise of its
              rights under this Agreement;

           

          11.1.2    any material breach of any representation or warranty or express covenant made by Biosense under ARTICLE 10 or any other provision under this Agreement;

           

          11.1.3    research and development activities conducted by or on behalf of Biosense under this Agreement, and the
              storage, handling, use, manufacture, marketing, commercialization, importation or sale by Biosense, its Affiliates, Subcontractors or Sublicensees of the
              Licensed Products;

           

          11.1.4    employee-inventor rights by any Biosense Affiliate or
              Subcontractor in the Territory under the Applicable PRC Law;

           

          11.1.5    violation of Applicable Laws (including Applicable PRC Laws) relating to data protection or data privacy
              by Biosense and/or its Affiliates when performing its obligations under this Agreement; or

           

          11.1.6     disclosure of data to Government Authorities in China pursuant to the PRC Scientific Data Administrative Measures;

           

          except, in each case with respect to Sections 11.1.1 through 11.1.6 (inclusive), to the extent such Claim arose out of or resulted from or is attributable
            to the negligence, recklessness or wrongful intentional acts or omissions of Rexahn and/or its Affiliates, or their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, including with respect to any activities under the responsibility of Rexahn
            according to the Development Plan.

           

          11.2          Indemnification by Rexahn. Rexahn shall indemnify, defend and hold
            harmless Biosense and its Affiliates, and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all Losses, arising out of or resulting from any and all Third Party Claims based upon:

           

          
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          11.2.1    the negligence, recklessness or wrongful intentional acts or omissions of Rexahn and/or its Affiliates and/or its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, in connection with Rexahn’s performance of its obligations or exercise of its
              rights under this Agreement;

           

          11.2.2    any material breach of any representation or warranty or express covenant made by Rexahn under ARTICLE 10 or any other provision under this Agreement;

           

          11.2.3     research and development activities conducted by or on behalf of Rexahn under the Collaboration;

           

          11.2.4    employee-inventor rights by any Rexahn Affiliate or
              Subcontractor outside the Territory under the Applicable Law; or

           

          11.2.5    violation of Applicable Laws relating to data protection or data privacy by Rexahn and/or its Affiliates
              when performing its obligations under this Agreement;

           

          except, in each case with respect to Sections 11.2.1 through 11.2.5 (inclusive), to the extent such Claim arose out of or resulted from or is attributable
            to the negligence, recklessness or wrongful intentional acts or omissions of Biosense and/or its Affiliates, or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, including with respect to any activities under the responsibility of
            Biosense according to the Development Plan.

           

          11.3        Procedure. In the event that any Person (an “Indemnitee”) entitled to indemnification under Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 is seeking such indemnification, such Indemnitee shall (a) inform, in writing, the indemnifying Party of the Claim as
            soon as reasonably practicable after such Indemnitee receives notice of such Claim, (b) permit the indemnifying Party to assume direction and control of the defense of the Claim (including the sole right to settle it at the sole discretion of
            the indemnifying Party, taking into consideration in good faith any reasonable concerns or objections raised by the Indemnitee; provided, that such settlement does not impose any obligation on, or otherwise adversely affect, the Indemnitee or
            other Party), (c) cooperate as reasonably requested (at the expense of the indemnifying Party) in the defense of the Claim, and (d) undertake all reasonable steps to mitigate any loss, damage or expense with respect to the Claim(s).

           

          ARTICLE 12.

          TERM AND TERMINATION

           

          12.1       Term; Expiration. The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall begin on the Effective Date and, unless earlier terminated pursuant to the other provisions of this ARTICLE 12, shall expire on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and
            country-by-country or region-by region basis on the expiration of the last Valid Claim covering a Licensed Product.

           

          
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          12.2       Termination for Cause.

           

          12.2.1    Termination for
                Material Breach. Either Party (the “Non-breaching Party”) may, without prejudice to any other remedies available to it at law or in equity, terminate this Agreement in the event the other Party (the “Breaching Party”) shall have materially breached or defaulted in the performance of any of its material obligations under this Agreement and such default shall have continued for [***] calendar days
              after written notice thereof was provided to the Breaching Party by the Non-breaching Party, such notice describing with particularity and in detail the alleged material breach. Any such termination of this Agreement under this Section
              12.2.1 shall become effective at the end of such [***]
              calendar day period, unless the Breaching Party has either (a) cured any such breach or default prior to the
              expiration of such [***] calendar day period, or (b) if such breach is not susceptible to cure within such [***] calendar day period, the Breaching Party has, within such [***] calendar day period, provided to the Non-breaching Party a written plan
              that is reasonably calculated to effect a cure and such plan has been accepted by the Non-breaching Party. Where the Non-breaching Party has accepted any such plan in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Non-breaching Party
              may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to the Breaching Party if the Breaching Party subsequently fails to carry out such plan. The right of either Party to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 12.2.1 shall not be affected in
              any way by such Party’s waiver or failure to take action with respect to any previous default.

           

          12.2.2    Disagreement. If the Parties reasonably and in good faith disagree as to whether there has been a material breach, the Party which seeks to dispute that there has been a material breach may contest the allegation in accordance with Section
                13.1.

           

          12.2.3    Termination Due to Patent Challenge. Rexahn may terminate this Agreement immediately if Biosense or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees of the Patents included in the Licensed IP
              directly or indirectly initiate or prosecute any lawsuit or any other civil or administrative proceeding, or the making of any claim or counterclaim, of any kind in any court, tribunal, agency or governmental entity anywhere in the world
              challenging the validity or enforceability of any Patent licensed or sublicensed to it under this Agreement by Rexahn.

           

          12.2.4    Termination For Failure to Pay License Fee. Rexahn may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to Biosense if Biosense fails to pay any installment of the
              License Fee on or before the relevant Payment Due Date or on such other date mutually agreed by both Parties in writing.  For clarity, unless Rexahn elects otherwise, Section 12.2.1 shall not apply to any such failure by Biosense to timely pay any installment of the License Fee in accordance with Section
                6.1 and there shall be no cure period with respect to such failure.

           

          12.3       Termination for Insolvency. In the event that either Party (or,
            in the case of Biosense, an Affiliate of Biosense that holds the IND or a Regulatory Approval for RX-3117 or a Licensed Product in the Territory) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, appoints or suffers appointment of a receiver or
            trustee over all or substantially all of its property, files a petition under any bankruptcy or insolvency act in any state or country or has any such petition filed against it which is not discharged within [***] calendar days of the filing
            thereof, then the other Party may terminate this Agreement effective immediately upon written notice to such Party. In connection therewith, all rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to any section of this Agreement are and shall
            otherwise be deemed to be for purposes of Section 365(n) of Title 11, United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined in Section 101(56) of the
            Bankruptcy Code. The Parties shall retain and may fully exercise all of their respective rights and elections under the Bankruptcy Code. Upon the bankruptcy of any Party, the non-bankrupt Party shall further be entitled to a complete duplicate
            of, or complete access to, any such intellectual property, and such, if not already in its possession, shall be promptly delivered to the non-bankrupt Party, unless the bankrupt Party elects to continue, and continues, to perform all of its
            obligations under this Agreement.

           

          
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          12.4       Termination for Safety Issue. Either Party may terminate this Agreement
            upon written notice to the other Party in the event of a Safety Issue.  Any notice of termination due to a Safety Issue pursuant to this Section 12.4 must be delivered to the non-terminating Party within [***] days of the terminating
            Party determining such Safety Issue exists.

           

          12.5       Termination for Trial Failure. Biosense may terminate this Agreement with
            respect to the Lead Indication or any Additional Indication (such terminated indication, the “Relevant Indication”) for which Biosense has obtained an Expanded License if the global or the Chinese
            Registration Enabling Clinical Trial for RX-3117 for the Relevant Indication fails to meet its primary endpoints and the results of such Registration Enabling Clinical Trial are not sufficient to support Regulatory Approval of the Licensed
            Product for the Relevant Indication in China.  Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 12.5 must be delivered to Rexahn within [***] days of the availability of the initial tables and listings for the relevant Registration
            Enabling Clinical Trial.  For clarity, the terms of this Agreement relating to indications other than the Relevant Indication shall remain in full force and effect.

           

          12.6       Effects of Termination.

           

          12.6.1    Termination by Rexahn for Cause or Insolvency or by Either Party for a Safety
                Issue or by Biosense for a Trial Failure. In the event of termination of this Agreement by Rexahn pursuant to Section 12.2 or Section 12.3, by either Party pursuant to Section 12.4 or by Biosense with respect to the Relevant Indication pursuant to Section 12.5, the following terms shall apply:

           

          (a)          all rights and licenses granted to Biosense by Rexahn under this Agreement shall terminate;

           

          (b)          the Parties shall have no further obligation to perform any activities under this Agreement other than as provided for or referenced in this Section 12.6.1 or in Section
              12.7;

           

          (c)        upon the request of Rexahn, Biosense shall grant and hereby grants to Rexahn a perpetual, exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license, with the right to grant sublicenses
            (including through multiple tiers of Sublicensees), under any Patents and Know-How owned or controlled by Biosense and its Affiliates necessary or reasonably useful for the further development and commercialization of RX-3117 and Licensed
            Products in the Territory;

           

          (d)         upon the request of Rexahn, Biosense shall promptly transfer to Rexahn, or to a designee of Rexahn, all regulatory filings made with Regulatory Authorities in the Territory in
            connection with RX-3117 for the Lead Indication, the Initial Study Indications or any other Additional Indication, including all INDs and any foreign equivalents thereto filed in China or other countries or regions within the Territory; and

           

          
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          (e)          with respect to any ongoing Clinical Trials of RX-3117 in the Territory: (i) if Rexahn notifies Biosense that it intends to continue any such ongoing Clinical Trials, then each
            Party shall cooperate with the other Party to facilitate the orderly transfer to Rexahn or its designee of the conduct of any such Clinical Trials as soon as reasonably practicable after the effective date of termination, and until such time as
            the conduct of such Clinical Trials has been successfully transferred to Rexahn or its designee, Biosense shall continue such Clinical Trials[***]; or (ii) if Rexahn notifies Biosense that it does not intend to continue any such ongoing
            Clinical Trials, or if this Agreement is terminated by either Party for a Safety Issue, then each Party shall cooperate with the other Party to wind down in accordance with Applicable Laws any ongoing Clinical Trials of RX-3117.

           

          For clarity, if Biosense terminates this Agreement with respect to a Relevant Indication pursuant to Section 12.5, then the provisions of this Section 12.6.1 shall only apply to the extent
            applicable to the terminated Relevant Indication.

           

          12.6.2    Termination by Biosense for Cause or Insolvency. In the event of a termination of this Agreement by Biosense pursuant to Section 12.3 or pursuant to Section 12.2.1, the following terms shall apply:

           

          (a)          all rights and licenses granted to Rexahn by Biosense under this Agreement, if any, shall terminate;

           

          (b)          the Parties shall have no further obligation to perform any activities under this Agreement other than as provided for or referenced in this Section 12.6.2 or in Section
              12.7;

           

          (c)          [***];

           

          (d)        if Biosense elects to obtain the license described in Section 12.6.2(c) above, then Biosense shall be responsible at its sole cost and in its sole discretion for completing
            or winding down any ongoing Clinical Trials of RX-3117 in the Territory in accordance with Applicable Laws; provided, that Rexahn shall have no obligation to Biosense under this Agreement to continue to conduct any global Registration Enabling
            Clinical Trial for RX-3117 for the Lead Indication; and

           

          (e)          if Biosense does not elect to obtain the license described in Section 12.6.2(c) above, then Biosense shall be responsible at its sole cost for promptly winding down any
            ongoing Clinical Trials of RX-3117 in the Territory in accordance with Applicable Laws.

           

          
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          12.7       Accrued Rights; Surviving Provisions of this Agreement.

           

          12.7.1    Termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason shall be without prejudice to any rights that shall have accrued to the benefit of any Party prior to such termination or expiration including the payment obligations under ARTICLE 6 hereof and any and all damages arising from any breach hereunder. Such
              termination or expiration shall not relieve any Party from obligations which are expressly indicated to survive termination of this Agreement.

           

          12.7.2    The provisions of Sections 2.12 (for [***] years after the date of termination or expiration), 4.5, 6.9, 10.4, 10.5, 12.6 and this Section 12.7, ARTICLES
                8, 9, 11
              and 13, as well as any applicable definitions in ARTICLE 1
              and any other provisions which are expressed to survive termination or expiration or which are required to give effect to such termination or expiration, shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason, in accordance with their respective terms and conditions, and for the duration stated, and where no duration is stated,
              shall survive indefinitely.

           

          ARTICLE 13.

          MISCELLANEOUS

           

          13.1       Dispute Resolution. Unless otherwise set forth in this Agreement, in the
            event of a dispute arising under this Agreement between the Parties, either Party shall have a right to refer such dispute to the respective Executive Officers, and such Executive Officers shall attempt in good faith to resolve such dispute,
            including by the mean of exchanging written arguments. If the Parties are unable to resolve a given dispute pursuant to this Section 13.1 within [***] calendar days (which period can be extended upon mutual agreement) of
            referring such dispute to the Executive Officers, either Party may have the dispute settled by binding arbitration pursuant to Section 13.2; provided, that disputes that are subject to a Party’s final decision-making authority
            pursuant to Section 3.1.4 shall not be submitted to arbitration.

           

          13.2       Arbitration Request. If a Party intends to begin arbitration to resolve a
            dispute arising under this Agreement, such Party shall provide written notice (the “Arbitration Request”) to the other Party of such intention and the issues for resolution. From the date of the
            Arbitration Request until such time as the dispute has become finally settled, the time period during which a Breaching Party must cure an alleged breach that is the subject matter of the dispute shall be suspended.

           

          13.2.1    Additional Issues. Within [***] Business Days after the receipt of the Arbitration Request, the other Party may, by written notice, add additional issues for resolution.

           

          13.2.2   No Arbitration of Patent/Confidentiality Issues. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, disputes relating to Patents
              and Know-How and non-disclosure, non-use and maintenance of Confidential Information shall not be subject to arbitration, and shall be submitted to a court of competent jurisdiction. For the sake of clarity, all discussions and any exchange of documents, written consultations or opinions relating to a dispute or the arbitration procedures set forth in this Section 13.2, shall be considered as a Confidential Information.

           

          
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          13.2.3    Arbitration Procedure. The arbitration shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) and be held in New York, New York, United States under the commercial arbitration rules of the AAA. The arbitration shall be conducted by three (3) arbitrators who shall each (a) be a lawyer of not less than [***] years’
              standing who is knowledgeable in the law concerning the subject matter at issue in the dispute, (b) not be or have been an employee, consultant, officer, director or stockholder of either Party or any Affiliate of either Party and (c) not
              have a conflict of interest under any applicable rules of ethics. Each arbitrator shall be selected by mutual agreement of the Parties, provided that if the
            Parties cannot agree on the arbitrator within [***] Business Days of the relevant Arbitration Request, such
              arbitrator shall be selected by the New York, New York office of the AAA. The arbitrators may proceed to an award, notwithstanding the failure of either Party to participate in the proceedings. The arbitrators shall, within [***] calendar days after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing, issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential
              findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The arbitrators shall be authorized to award compensatory damages, but shall not be authorized
              to award non-economic damages or punitive, special, consequential, or any other similar form of damages, or to reform, modify or materially change this Agreement. The arbitrators also shall be
              authorized to grant any temporary, preliminary or permanent equitable remedy or relief the arbitrator deems just and equitable and within the scope of this Agreement, including an injunction or order for specific performance. The award of the arbitrators shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Parties
              (except for those remedies set forth in this Agreement), the Parties hereby expressly agree to waive the right to
              appeal from the decisions of the arbitrators, and there shall be no appeal to any court or other authority (government or private) from the decision of the arbitrators. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrators may be enforced in any
              court having competent jurisdiction thereof, subject only to revocation on grounds of fraud or clear bias on the part of the arbitrators. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 13.2 to the contrary, each Party shall have the right to institute judicial proceedings against the other Party or anyone acting by, through or under such other Party, in order to enforce the instituting Party’s rights hereunder
              through specific performance, injunction or similar equitable relief.

           

          13.2.4    Costs. Each Party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees, costs, and disbursements arising out of the arbitration, and
              shall pay an equal share of the fees and costs of the arbitrators; provided, that the arbitrator shall be authorized to determine whether a Party is the prevailing Party, and if so, to award to that prevailing Party reimbursement for its reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements (including, for example, expert witness fees and expenses, photocopy charges and travel expenses), unless an arbitration award provides otherwise.

           

          13.2.5    Preliminary Injunctions.
              Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Party may seek a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction from any court of
              competent jurisdiction in order to prevent immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage on a provisional basis, pending the decision of the arbitrators on the ultimate merits of any dispute.

           

          13.2.6     Confidentiality. All proceedings
              and decisions of the arbitrators shall be deemed Confidential Information of each of the Parties, and shall be subject to ARTICLE 8.

           

          
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          13.3       Governing Law. This Agreement and any dispute arising from the
            performance or breach hereof shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to conflicts of laws principles which would direct the application of the laws of another
            jurisdiction.

           

          13.4       Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any obligation of a Party
            hereunder may be assigned by either Party without the consent of the other which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, except that each Party may assign this Agreement and the rights, obligations and interests of such
            Party, in whole or in part, to any of its Affiliates, to any purchaser of all or substantially all of its assets or all or substantially all of its assets to which this Agreement relates, or to any successor corporation resulting from any
            merger, consolidation, share exchange or other similar transaction; provided, that in each instance the assignee expressly assumes all obligations imposed on the assigning Party by this Agreement in writing and the other Party is notified in
            advance of such assignment. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 13.4 shall be null
            and void.

           

          13.5      Performance Warranty. Each Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that it
            shall be responsible for the full and timely performance as and when due under, and observance of all the covenants, terms, conditions and agreements set forth in this, Agreement by its Affiliate(s) and Sublicensees.

           

          13.6      Force Majeure. Neither Biosense nor Rexahn shall be liable for failure of
            or delay in performing obligations set forth in this Agreement, and neither shall be deemed in breach of its obligations, if such failure or delay is due to any occurrence beyond the reasonable control of a Party that (a) prevents or
            substantially interferes with the performance by such Party of any of its obligations hereunder and (b) occurs by reason of any act of God, flood, fire, explosion, earthquake, strike, lockout, labor dispute, casualty or accident, or war,
            revolution, civil commotion, act of terrorism, blockage or embargo, or any injunction, law, order, proclamation, regulation, ordinance, demand or requirement of any government or of any subdivision, authority or representative of any such
            government (a “Force Majeure”). In event of such Force Majeure, the Party affected shall use reasonable efforts to cure or overcome the same and resume performance of its obligations hereunder.

           

          13.7      Notices. Any notice or request required or permitted to be given under or
            in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given if in writing and personally delivered or sent by certified mail (return receipt requested), e-mail transmission (receipt verified), or overnight express courier
            service (signature required), prepaid, to the Party for which such notice is intended, at the address set forth for such Party below:

           

          	
                  If to Rexahn, addressed to:

                	
                  Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

                
	 	
                  15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 455

                
	 	
                  Rockville, MD 20850

                
	 	
                  Attn: Chief Executive Officer

                
	 	
                  E-mail: [***]

                

          

          

          
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                  With a copy to:

                	
                  Hogan Lovells US LLP

                
	 	
                  100 International Drive, Suite 2000

                
	 	
                  Baltimore, Maryland 21202

                
	 	
                  Attn: Asher M. Rubin

                
	 	
                  Telephone: [***]

                
	 	
                  E-mail: [***]

                

          

          

          	
                  If to Biosense, addressed to:

                	
                  Biosense Global LLC

                
	 	
                  1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 800

                
	 	
                  East Rutherford, NJ 07073

                
	 	
                  Attention:  Andy Li, Chief Executive Officer

                
	 	
                  E-mail: [***]

                

          

          

          or to such other address for such Party as it shall have specified by like notice to the other Parties, provided that notices of a change of address shall be effective only upon receipt thereof. If delivered
            personally or by e-mail, the date of delivery shall be deemed to be the date on which such notice or request was given. If sent by overnight express courier service, the date of delivery shall be deemed to be the next Business Day after such
            notice or request was deposited with such service. If sent by certified mail, the date of delivery shall be deemed to be the third (3rd) Business Day after such notice or request was deposited with the U.S. Postal Service.

           

          13.8       Waiver. Neither Party may waive or release any of its rights or interests
            in this Agreement except in writing. The failure of either Party to assert a right hereunder or to insist upon compliance with any term or condition of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of that right or excuse a similar subsequent
            failure to perform any such term or condition. No waiver by either Party of any condition or term in any one or more instances shall be construed as a continuing waiver of such condition or term or of another condition or term.

           

          13.9      Severability. If any provision hereof should be held invalid, illegal or
            unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith a valid, legal and enforceable substitute provision that most nearly reflects the original intent of the Parties and all other provisions hereof shall remain in full
            force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the intentions of the Parties hereto as nearly as may be possible. Such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity,
            legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

           

          13.10     Independent Contractors. Nothing herein shall be construed to create any
            relationship of employer and employee, agent and principal, partnership or joint venture between the Parties. Each Party is an independent contractor. Neither Party shall assume, either directly or indirectly, any liability of or for the other
            Party. The Parties shall not have the authority to bind or obligate the other Party and neither Party shall represent that it has such authority.

           

          13.11     Headings; Interpretation. Headings used herein are for convenience only
            and shall not in any way affect the construction of or be taken into consideration in interpreting this Agreement. Further, in this Agreement: (a) the word “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation” or like
            expression; (b) the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; and (c) masculine, feminine and neuter pronouns and expressions shall be interchangeable.

           

          
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          13.12      Further Actions. Each Party shall execute, acknowledge and deliver such
            further instruments, and do all such other acts, as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the expressly stated purposes and the clear intent of this Agreement.

           

          13.13     Construction of Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Agreement
            represent the results of negotiations between the Parties and their representatives, each of which has been represented by counsel of its own choosing, and neither of which has acted under duress or compulsion, whether legal, economic or
            otherwise. Accordingly, the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with their usual and customary meanings, and each of the Parties hereto hereby waives the application in connection with the
            interpretation and construction of this Agreement of any rule of law to the effect that ambiguous or conflicting terms or provisions contained in this Agreement shall be interpreted or construed against the Party whose attorney prepared the
            executed draft or any earlier draft of this Agreement.

           

          13.14     Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each and every
            one of which shall be deemed an original, notwithstanding variations in format or file designation which may result from the electronic transmission, storage and printing of copies of this Agreement from separate computers or printers.
            Facsimile signatures and signatures transmitted via PDF shall be treated as original signatures.

           

          13.15     Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth all the covenants,
            promises, agreements, warranties, representations, conditions and understandings between the Parties hereto and supersedes and terminates all prior agreements and understandings between the Parties on the subject matter hereof. There are no
            covenants, promises, agreements, warranties, representations, conditions or understandings, either oral or written, between the Parties other than as set forth herein and therein. No subsequent alteration, amendment, change or addition to this
            Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto unless reduced to writing and signed by the respective authorized officers of the Parties.

           

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Collaboration and License Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the
            Effective Date.

           

          	 	
                  REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

                
	 	 	 
	 	
                  By:

                	
                  /s/ Douglas J. Swirsky

                	 
	 	 	 
	 	
                  Name:

                	
                  Douglas J. Swirsky

                	 
	 	 	 
	 	
                  Title:

                	
                  President & CEO

                	 

          

          

          	 	
                  BIOSENSE GLOBAL LLC

                
	 	 	 
	 	
                  By:

                	
                  /s/ Andy Li

                	 
	 	 	 
	 	
                  Name:

                	
                  Andy Li

                	 
	 	 	 
	 	
                  Title:

                	
                  CEO & PresidentExhibit

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), by and among Charter Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Kevin Howard (“Executive”), is dated as of August 2, 2019.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Company to assure itself of the services of Executive by engaging Executive as its Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller and the Executive desires to serve the Company on the terms herein provided; 

WHEREAS, Executive’s agreement to the terms and conditions of Sections 13, 14 and 15 are a material and essential condition of Executive’s employment with the Company under the terms of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective covenants and agreements set forth below, the Parties agree as follows:

1.    Certain Definitions.

(a)“Annual Base Salary” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.

(b)“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(c)“Bonus” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

(d)The Company shall have “Cause” to terminate Executive’s employment hereunder upon:

(i)    Executive’s willful breach of a material obligation (which, if curable, is not cured within ten (10) business days after the Company provides written notice of such breach) or representation under this Agreement, Executive’s willful breach of any fiduciary duty to the Company, which, if curable, is not cured within ten (10) business days after the Company provides written notice of such breach; or any act of fraud or willful and material misrepresentation or concealment upon, to or from the Company or the Board;

(ii)Executive’s willful failure to comply in any material respect with (A) the Company’s Code of Conduct in effect from time to time and applicable to officers and/or employees generally, or (B) any written Company policy, if such policy is material to the effective performance by Executive of Executive’s duties under this Agreement, and, if such failure is curable, if Executive has been given a reasonable opportunity to cure this failure to comply within a period of time which is reasonable under the circumstances but not more than the thirty (30)-day period after written notice of such failure is provided to Executive; provided that if Executive cures this failure and then fails again to comply with the same provision of the Code of Conduct or the same written Company policy, no further opportunity to cure that failure shall be required;

(iii)Executive’s misappropriation (or attempted misappropriation) of a material amount of the Company’s funds or property;

(iv)Executive’s conviction of, the entering of a guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere or no contest (or the equivalent), with respect to (A) either a felony or a crime that materially adversely affects or could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the Company or its business reputation; or (B) fraud, embezzlement, any felony offense involving dishonesty or constituting a breach of trust or moral turpitude;

(v)Executive’s admission of liability of, or finding of liability by a court of competent jurisdiction for, a knowing and deliberate violation of any “Securities Laws”; provided that any termination of Executive by the Company for Cause pursuant to this clause (v) based on finding of liability by the court shall be treated instead for all purposes of this Agreement as a termination by the Company without Cause, with effect as of the date of such termination, if such finding is reversed on appeal in a decision from which an appeal may not be taken or as to which the time to appeal has expired. As used herein, the term “Securities Laws” means any federal or state law, rule or regulation governing generally the issuance or exchange of securities, including without limitation the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”);

(vi)Executive’s illegal possession or use of any controlled substance or excessive use of alcohol, in each case at a work function, in connection with Executive’s duties, or on Company premises; “excessive” meaning either repeated unprofessional use or any single event of consumption giving rise to significant intoxication or unprofessional behavior; or

(vii)Executive’s willful or grossly negligent commission of any other act or willful failure to act in connection with Executive’s duties as an executive of the Company which causes or should reasonably be expected (as of the time of such occurrence) to cause substantial economic injury to or substantial injury to the business reputation of the Company, including, without limitation, any material violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as described herein below.
    
No termination of Executive’s employment shall be effective as a termination for Cause for purposes of this Agreement or any other “Company Arrangement” (as defined in Section 11(f)) unless Executive shall first have been given written notice by the Board of its intention to terminate his employment for Cause, such notice (the “Cause Notice”) to state in detail the particular circumstances that constitute the grounds on which the proposed termination for Cause is based. If, within twenty (20) calendar days after such Cause Notice is given to Executive, the Board gives written notice to Executive confirming that, in the judgment of at least a majority of the members of the Board, Cause for terminating his employment on the basis set forth in the original Cause Notice exists, his employment hereunder shall thereupon be terminated for Cause, subject to de novo review, at Executive’s election, through arbitration in accordance with Section 29. If Executive commits or is charged with committing any offense of the character or type specified in subparagraph 1(d)(iv), (v) or (vi) herein, then the Company at its option may suspend Executive with or without pay and such suspension shall not constitute “Good Reason” hereunder or for purposes of any other arrangement with the Company. If Executive subsequently is 

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convicted of, pleads guilty or nolo contendere (or equivalent plea) to, any such offense, Executive shall immediately repay the after-tax amount of any compensation paid in cash hereunder from the date of the suspension. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any stock option or equity incentive plan or award agreement, all vesting and all lapsing of restrictions on restricted shares shall be tolled during the period of suspension and all unvested options and restricted shares for which the restrictions have not lapsed shall terminate and not be exercisable by or issued to Executive if during or after such suspension Executive is convicted of, pleads guilty or nolo contendere (or equivalent plea) to, any offense specified in subparagraph 1(d)(iv) or (v).  However, if Executive is found not guilty of all offenses relating to his suspension, or the charges relating to all such offenses are otherwise dropped, Executive shall be entitled to immediate payment of any amounts not paid during the suspension and any awards as to which the vesting or lapsing of restrictions was tolled shall immediately vest and applicable restrictions shall immediately lapse.

(e)    “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i)an acquisition of any voting securities of the Company by any “Person” or “Group” (as those terms are used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), immediately after which such Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding voting securities; provided, however, that the acquisition of voting securities in a “Non-Control Transaction” (as hereinafter defined) shall not constitute a Change of Control;

(ii)the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election by the Company’s common stockholders, of any new director (excluding any director whose nomination or election to the Board is the result of any actual or threatened proxy contest or settlement thereof) was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board;

(iii)the consummation of a merger, consolidation or reorganization with or into the Company or in which securities of the Company are issued (a “Merger”), unless such Merger is a Non-Control Transaction.  A “Non-Control Transaction” shall mean a Merger where: (1) the stockholders of the Company immediately before such Merger own, directly or indirectly, immediately following such Merger more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the entity resulting from such Merger or its controlling parent entity (the “Surviving Entity”), (2) the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing for such Merger constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Surviving Entity, and (3) no Person other than (X) the Company, its subsidiaries or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each such entity, an “affiliate”) or any of their respective employee benefit plans (or any trust forming a part thereof) that, immediately prior to such Merger, was maintained by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, or (Y) any Person who, immediately prior to such Merger, 

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had Beneficial Ownership of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company, has Beneficial Ownership of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities or common stock of the Surviving Entity;

(iv)the approval by the holders of the Company’s then-outstanding voting securities of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company (other than where all or substantially all of assets of the Company are transferred to or remain with subsidiaries of the Company); or

(v)the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, directly or indirectly, to any Person (other than a transfer to an affiliate of the Company) unless such sale or disposition constitutes a Non-Control Transaction (with the disposition of assets being regarded as a Merger for this purpose).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not occur solely based on a filing of a Chapter 11 reorganization proceeding of the Company.

(f)“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(g)“Committee” shall mean either the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board, or a subcommittee of such Committee duly appointed by the Board or the Committee, or any successor to the functions thereof.

(h)“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

(i)“Corporate Office” shall mean the Company’s offices in or near the metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri.

(j)“Date of Termination” shall mean (i) if Executive’s employment is terminated by Executive’s death, the date of Executive’s death and (ii) if Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 10(a)(ii)-(vi), the date of termination of employment as provided thereunder.  After the Date of Termination, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, Executive shall, to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of penalty taxes under Section 409A of the Code, have no duties that are inconsistent with his having had a “separation from service” as of the Date of Termination for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

(k)For purposes of this Agreement, Executive will be deemed to have a “Disability” if, due to illness, injury or a physical or medically recognized mental condition, (i) Executive is unable to perform Executive’s duties under this Agreement with reasonable accommodation for one hundred and twenty (120) consecutive calendar days, or one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days during any twelve (12)-month period, as determined in accordance with this Section 1(k), or (ii) Executive is considered disabled for purposes of receiving/qualifying for long-term disability benefits under any group long-term disability insurance plan or policy offered by the Company in which Executive participates. The Disability of Executive will be determined by a medical doctor selected by written agreement of the Company and Executive 

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upon the request of either Party by notice to the other, or (in the case of and with respect to any applicable long-term disability insurance policy or plan) will be determined according to the terms of the applicable long-term disability insurance policy/plan.  If the Company and Executive cannot agree on the selection of a medical doctor, each of them will select a medical doctor and the two medical doctors will select a third medical doctor who will determine whether Executive has a Disability.  The determination of the medical doctor selected under this Section 1(k) will be binding on both Parties.  Executive must submit to a reasonable number of examinations by the medical doctor making the determination of Disability under this Section 1(k), and to other specialists designated by such medical doctor, and Executive hereby authorizes the disclosure and release to the Company of such determination and all supporting medical records.  If Executive is not legally competent, Executive’s legal guardian or duly authorized attorney-in-fact will act in Executive’s stead under this Section 1(k) for the purposes of submitting Executive to the examinations, and providing the authorization of disclosure, required under this Section 1(k).

(l)“Effective Date” shall mean July 26, 2019.

(m)“Employment Effective Date” shall mean the date Executive’s employment with the Company or a predecessor commenced. 

(n)“Executive” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

(o)“Good Reason” shall mean any of the events described herein that occur without Executive’s prior written consent: (i) any reduction in Executive’s Annual Base Salary or Target Bonus; (ii) any failure to pay or provide Executive’s compensation hereunder when due; (iii) any material breach by the Company of a material term of this Agreement; (iv) a material adverse change of Executive’s title, authorities, duties or responsibilities, including without limitation a transfer or reassignment to another executive of material responsibilities that have been assigned to Executive and generally are part of the responsibilities and functions assigned to an Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of a public corporation; provided that this clause (iv) shall not apply following the delivery to Executive by the Company of a Non-renewal Notice at any time prior to a Change of Control and within one hundred ninety (190) days prior to the end of the term of this Agreement; (v) relocation of Executive’s primary workplace to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from the Corporate Office (in each case of clauses (i) through (v) only if Executive objects to the Company in writing within ninety (90) calendar days after first becoming aware of such event and unless the Company retracts and/or rectifies the claimed Good Reason event within thirty (30) calendar days following receipt of such notice; or (vi) the failure of a successor to the business of the Company to assume the Company’s obligations under this Agreement in the event of a Change of Control during the Term.

(p)“Notice of Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

(q)“Non-renewal Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

(r)“Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act. 

(s)“Plan” shall mean the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended by the Company from time to time, and any successor thereto.

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(t)“Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

2.Employment Term.  The Company hereby continues to employ Executive, and Executive hereby accepts continued employment, under the terms and conditions hereof, for the period (the “Term”) beginning on the Effective Date and terminating upon the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”) and (ii) the Date of Termination as defined in Section 1(j).  The Company may, in its sole discretion, extend the term of this Agreement for additional one (1)-year periods.  If the Company fails to provide Executive with at least one hundred eighty (180) days’ notice prior to the end of the Initial Term or any extension thereof of the Company’s intent to not renew this Agreement (the “Non-renewal Notice”), the Initial Term or any previous extension thereof shall be extended one day for each day past the one hundred eightieth (180th) day prior to the end of the Initial Term or any extension thereof on which a Non-renewal Notice is not provided; provided that, if the Company fails to provide any Non-renewal Notice and does not extend the term of this Agreement as of the last day of the Initial Term or any extension thereof, the Non-renewal Notice shall be deemed to have been given to Executive on the last day of the term of this Agreement.
3.Position and Duties.

(a)During the Term, Executive shall serve as the Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of the Company; shall have the authorities, duties and responsibilities customarily exercised by an individual serving in those positions at an entity of the size and nature of the Company; shall be assigned no duties or responsibilities that are materially inconsistent with, or that materially impair his ability to discharge, the foregoing duties and responsibilities; shall have such additional duties and responsibilities (including service with affiliates of the Company) reasonably consistent with the foregoing, as may from time to time reasonably be assigned to him.

(b)During the Term, Executive shall devote substantially all of his business time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude Executive from: (i) serving on the boards of a reasonable number of business entities, trade associations and charitable organizations, (ii) engaging in charitable activities and community affairs, (iii) accepting and fulfilling a reasonable number of speaking engagements, and (iv) managing his personal investments and affairs; provided that such activities do not, either individually or in the aggregate, interfere with the proper performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder; create a conflict of interest; or violate any provision of this Agreement; and provided further that service on the board of any business entity must be approved in advance by the Board.

4.Place of Performance.  During the Term, Executive’s primary office and principal workplace shall be the Corporate Office, except for necessary travel on the Company’s business. The Parties acknowledge and Executive agrees that Executive is expected to commute to the Corporate Office from his principal or secondary residence whether inside or outside of the metropolitan area or areas in which the Corporate Office is located.

5.Annual Base Salary.  During the Term and beginning on the Effective Date, Executive shall receive a base salary at a rate not less than $550,000 per annum (the “Annual Base 

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Salary”), paid in accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices for executives, but no less frequently than monthly. The Annual Base Salary shall compensate Executive for any position in or directorship of a Company subsidiary or affiliate that Executive holds. No less frequently than annually during the Term, the Committee, on advice of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, shall review the rate of Annual Base Salary payable to Executive, and may, in its discretion, increase the rate of Annual Base Salary payable hereunder; provided, however, that any increased rate shall thereafter be the rate of “Annual Base Salary” hereunder.

6.Bonus.  Except as otherwise provided for herein, for each fiscal year or other period consistent with the Company’s then-applicable normal employment practices during which Executive is employed hereunder on the last day (the “Bonus Year”), Executive shall be eligible to receive a bonus with a target amount not less than 75% of Executive’s Annual Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”), with the actual bonus payout depending on the achievement of levels of performance for that year (the “Bonus”) pursuant to, and as set forth in, the terms of the Company’s Executive Bonus Plan as it may be amended from time to time, plus such other bonus payments, if any, as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, with such bonuses being paid on or before March 15 of the calendar year next following the Bonus Year.

7.Benefits.  Executive shall be entitled to receive such benefits and to participate in such employee group benefit plans, including life, health and disability insurance policies, and financial planning services, and other perquisites and plans as are generally provided by the Company to its other senior executives in accordance with the plans, practices and programs of the Company, as amended and in effect from time to time. 

8.Expenses.  The Company shall promptly reimburse Executive for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Executive in connection with the performance of Executive’s duties as an employee of the Company. Such reimbursement is subject to the submission to the Company by Executive of appropriate documentation and/or vouchers in accordance with the customary procedures of the Company for expense reimbursement, as such procedures may be revised by the Company from time to time hereafter.

9.    Vacations.  Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the 
Company’s vacation policy as in effect from time to time, provided that, in no event shall Executive be entitled to less than four (4) weeks of paid vacation per calendar year. Executive shall also be entitled to paid holidays and personal days in accordance with the Company’s practice with respect to same as in effect from time to time.

10.    Termination.

(a)    Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company,
on the one hand, or Executive, on the other hand, as applicable, without any breach of this Agreement, under the following circumstances:

(i)Death. Executive’s employment hereunder shall automatically terminate upon Executive’s death.

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(ii)Disability. If Executive has incurred a Disability, the Company may give Executive written notice of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment. In such event, Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the fourteenth (14th) calendar day after delivery of such notice to Executive; provided that, within the fourteen (14) calendar days after such delivery, Executive shall not have returned to full time performance of Executive’s duties.  Executive may provide notice to the Company of Executive’s resignation on account of a Disability at any time.

(iii)Cause. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause effectively immediately upon delivery of notice to Executive, after complying with any procedural requirements set forth in Section 1(d).

(iv)Good Reason. Executive may terminate Executive’s employment herein with Good Reason upon (A) satisfaction of any advance notice and other procedural requirements set forth in Section 1(o) for any termination following an event described in any of Sections 1(o)(i) through (v), or (B) at least thirty (30) calendar days’ advance written notice by Executive for any termination following an event described in Section 1(o)(vi).

(v)Without Cause. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause upon at least thirty (30) calendar days’ advance written notice to Executive.

(vi)Resignation Without Good Reason. Executive may resign Executive’s employment without Good Reason upon at least thirty (30) calendar days’ advance written notice to the Company.

(b)Notice of Termination. Any termination of Executive’s employment by the Company or by Executive under this Section 10 (other than pursuant to Section 10(a)(i)) shall be communicated by a written notice (the “Notice of Termination”) to the other Party hereto, indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, setting forth in reasonable detail any facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated, and specifying a Date of Termination, which notice shall be delivered within the applicable time periods set forth in subsections 10(a)(ii)-(vi) (the “Notice Period”); provided that the Company may earlier terminate Executive’s employment during such Notice Period and pay to Executive all Annual Base Salary, benefits and other rights due to Executive under this Agreement during such Notice Period (as if Executive continued employment) instead of employing Executive during such Notice Period.

(c)Resignation from Representational Capacities. Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that upon Executive’s termination of employment with the Company for whatever reason, Executive shall be deemed to have, and shall have in fact, effectively resigned from all executive, director, offices, or other positions with the Company or its affiliates at the time of such termination of employment, and shall return all property owned by the Company and in Executive’s possession, including all hardware, files and documents, at that time. Nothing in this Agreement or elsewhere shall prevent Executive from retaining and utilizing copies of benefits plans and programs in which he retains an interest or other documents relating 

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to his personal entitlements and obligations, his desk calendars, his rolodex, and the like, or such other records and documents as may reasonably be approved by the Company.

(d)Termination in Connection with Change of Control. If (i) Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause upon, within thirty (30) calendar days before, or within thirteen (13) months after, a Change of Control, or prior to a Change of Control at the request of a prospective purchaser whose proposed purchase would constitute a Change of Control upon its completion, such termination shall be deemed to have occurred immediately before such Change of Control for purposes of Section 11(b) of this Agreement and the Plan, or (ii) Executive’s employment terminates for any reason at the end of the Term following the delivery or deemed delivery to Executive of a Non-renewal Notice upon, within thirty (30) calendar days before, or within thirteen (13) months after, a Change of Control, or prior to a Change of Control at the request of such a prospective purchaser, such termination shall be deemed to be by the Company without Cause and shall be deemed to have occurred immediately before such Change of Control for purposes of Section 11(b) of this Agreement and the Plan.

11.    Termination Pay.

(a)Effective upon the termination of Executive’s employment, the Company will be obligated to pay Executive (or, in the event of Executive’s death, Executive’s designated beneficiary as defined below) only such compensation as is provided in this Section 11, except to the extent otherwise provided for in any Company stock incentive, stock option or cash award plan (including, among others, the Plan and the award agreements applicable thereunder). For purposes of this Section 11, Executive’s designated beneficiary will be such individual beneficiary or trust, located at such address, as Executive may designate by notice to the Company from time to time or, if Executive fails to give notice to the Company of such a beneficiary, Executive’s estate. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Company will have no duty, in any circumstances, to attempt to open an estate on behalf of Executive, to determine whether any beneficiary designated by Executive is alive or to ascertain the address of any such beneficiary, to determine the existence of any trust, to determine whether any person purporting to act as Executive’s personal representative (or the trustee of a trust established by Executive) is duly authorized to act in that capacity, or to locate or attempt to locate any beneficiary, personal representative, or trustee.

(b)Termination by Executive with Good Reason or by Company without Cause.  If prior to expiration of the Term, Executive terminates his employment with Good Reason, or if the Company terminates Executive’s employment other than for Cause and other than for death or Disability, Executive will be entitled to receive: (i) all Annual Base Salary earned and duly payable for periods ending on or prior to the Date of Termination but unpaid as of the Date of Termination and all accrued but unused vacation days at his per-business-day rate of Annual Base Salary in effect as of the Date of Termination, which amounts shall be paid in cash in a lump sum no later than ten (10) business days following the Date of Termination; (ii) all reasonable expenses incurred by Executive through the Date of Termination that are reimbursable in accordance with Section 8, which amount shall be paid in cash within thirty (30) calendar days after the submission by Executive of receipts; and (iii) all Bonuses earned and duly payable for periods ending on or prior to the Date of Termination but unpaid as of the Date of Termination, which amounts shall be paid in cash in a lump sum no later than sixty (60) calendar days following the Date of Termination (such amounts in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) together, the “Accrued 

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Obligations”).  If Executive signs and delivers to the Company and does not (within the applicable revocation period) revoke the Release (as defined in Section 11(g)) within sixty (60) calendar days following the Date of Termination, Executive shall also be entitled to receive the following payments and benefits in consideration for Executive abiding by the obligations set forth in Sections 13, 14 and 15:

		
	(A)
	an amount equal to 2.0 times the sum of Executive’s (x) Annual Base Salary and (y) Target Bonus for the calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs, which amount shall (subject to Section 32(a)) be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices in effect from time to time commencing with the first payroll date more than sixty (60) calendar days following the Date of Termination and ending twenty-four (24) months and sixty (60) days following the Date of Termination; provided that, if a Change of Control occurs during the twenty-four (24) month period after the Date of Termination (or is deemed pursuant to Section 10(d) to have occurred immediately after such Date of Termination) and such Change of Control qualifies either as a “change in the ownership or effective control” of the Company or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, any amounts remaining payable to Executive hereunder shall be paid in a single lump sum immediately upon such Change of Control;

		
	(B)
	a lump sum payment (in an amount net of any taxes deducted and other required withholdings) equal to twenty-four (24) times the monthly cost (as of the Date of Termination) for Executive to receive continued coverage under COBRA for health, dental and vision benefits then being provided for Executive at the Company’s cost on the Date of Termination.  This amount will be paid on the first payroll date immediately following the thirty (30)-calendar-day anniversary of the Date of Termination and will not take into account increases in coverage costs after the Date of Termination; and

		
	(C)
	provide for up to twelve (12) months, or until Executive obtains new employment if sooner, executive-level outplacement services (which provides as part of the outplacement services the use of an office and secretarial support as near as reasonably practicable to Executive’s residence).

(c)No Mitigation.  Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payments provided in this Section 11 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 11 be reduced by any compensation earned by Executive as a result of employment by another company or business, or by profits earned by Executive from any other source at any time before or after the Date of Termination.

(d)Termination by Executive without Good Reason or by Company for Cause.  If, prior to the expiration of the Term, Executive terminates Executive’s employment without Good Reason or if the Company terminates Executive’s employment for Cause, Executive shall 

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be entitled to receive the Accrued Obligations at the times set forth in Sections 11(b)(i), (ii) and (iii), respectively, and Executive shall be entitled to no other compensation, bonus, payments or benefits except as expressly provided in this Section 11(d) or Section 11(f) below.

(e)Termination upon Disability or Death.  If Executive’s employment shall terminate by reason of Executive’s Disability (pursuant to Section 10(a)(ii)) or death (pursuant to Section 10(a)(i)), the Company shall pay to Executive or Executive’s estate (as applicable) the Accrued Obligations at the times set forth in Sections 11(b)(i), (ii) and (iii), respectively.  In the case of Disability, if there is a period of time during which Executive is not being paid Annual Base Salary and not receiving long-term disability insurance payments, the Company shall (subject to Section 32(a)) make interim payments to Executive equal to such unpaid disability insurance payments until the commencement of disability insurance payments.

(f)Benefits on Any Termination. On any termination of Executive’s employment hereunder, he shall be entitled to other or additional benefits in accordance with the then applicable terms of applicable plans, programs, corporate governance documents, agreements and arrangements of the Company and its affiliates (excluding any such plans, programs, corporate governance documents, agreements and arrangements of the Company and its affiliates providing for severance payments and/or benefits) (collectively, “Company Arrangements”).

(g)Conditions to Payments. Any and all amounts payable and benefits or additional rights provided pursuant to Sections 11(b)(A)-(C) shall be paid only if Executive signs and delivers to the Company and does not (within the applicable revocation period) revoke a general release of claims in favor of the Company, its affiliates, and their respective successors, assigns, officers, directors and representatives in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A hereto (the “Release”) within no later than sixty (60) calendar days following the Date of Termination. If Executive does not timely sign and deliver such Release to the Company, or if Executive timely revokes such Release, Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that he shall forfeit any and all right to any and all amounts payable and benefits or additional rights provided pursuant to Sections 11(b)(A)-(C).

(h)Survival. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the respective rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall survive any termination of Executive’s employment.

12.    Excess Parachute Payment.

(a)    Anything in this Agreement or the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, to
the extent that any payment, distribution or acceleration of vesting to or for the benefit of Executive by the Company (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder), whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (the “Total Payments”), is or will be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the Total Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Safe Harbor Amount (as defined below) if and to the extent that a reduction in the Total Payments would result in Executive retaining a larger amount, on an after-tax basis (taking into account federal, state and local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax), than if Executive received the entire amount of such Total Payments in accordance with their existing 

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terms (taking into account federal, state, and local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Safe Harbor Amount” means the largest portion of the Total Payments that would result in no portion of the Total Payments being subject to the Excise Tax. To effectuate the foregoing, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Total Payments by first reducing or eliminating the portion of the Total Payments which are payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating non-cash payments, in each case, starting with the payments to be made farthest in time from the Determination (as defined below).

(b)The determination of whether the Total Payments shall be reduced as provided in Section 12(a) and the amount of such reduction shall be made at the Company’s expense by an accounting firm selected by Company from among the ten (10) largest accounting firms in the United States or by qualified independent tax counsel (the “Determining Party”); provided that Executive shall be given advance notice of the Determining Party selected by the Company, and shall have the opportunity to reject the selection, within two (2) business days of being notified of the selection, on the basis of that Determining Party’s having a conflict of interest or other reasonable basis, in which case the Company shall select an alternative auditing firm among the ten largest accounting firms in the United States or alternative independent qualified tax counsel, which shall become the Determining Party.  Such Determining Party shall provide its determination (the “Determination”), together with detailed supporting calculations and documentation to the Company and Executive, within ten (10) business days of the termination of Executive’s employment or at such other time mutually agreed by the Company and Executive. If the Determining Party determines that no Excise Tax is payable by Executive with respect to the Total Payments, it shall furnish Executive with an opinion reasonably acceptable to Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to any such payments and, absent manifest error, such Determination shall be binding, final and conclusive upon the Company and Executive. If the Determining Party determines that an Excise Tax would be payable, the Company shall have the right to accept the Determination as to the extent of the reduction, if any, pursuant to Section 12(a), or to have such Determination reviewed by another accounting firm selected by the Company, at the Company’s expense. If the two accounting firms do not agree, a third accounting firm shall be jointly chosen by Executive and the Company, in which case the determination of such third accounting firm shall be binding, final and conclusive upon the Company and Executive.

(c)If, notwithstanding any reduction described in this Section 12, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) determines that Executive is liable for the Excise Tax as a result of the receipt of any of the Total Payments or otherwise, then Executive shall be obligated to pay back to the Company, within thirty (30) calendar days after a final IRS determination or in the event that Executive challenges the final IRS determination, a final judicial determination, a portion of the Total Payments equal to the “Repayment Amount.” The “Repayment Amount” with respect to the payment of benefits shall be the smallest such amount, if any, as shall be required to be paid to the Company so that Executive’s net after-tax proceeds with respect to the Total Payments (after taking into account the payment of the Excise Tax and all other applicable taxes imposed on the Payment) shall be maximized. The Repayment Amount shall be zero if a Repayment Amount of more than zero would not result in Executive’s net after-tax proceeds with respect to the Total Payments being maximized. If the Excise Tax is not eliminated pursuant to this Section 12(c), Executive shall pay the Excise Tax.

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(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 12, if (i) there is a reduction in the Total Payments as described in this Section 12, (ii) the IRS later determines that Executive is liable for the Excise Tax, the payment of which would result in the maximization of Executive’s net after-tax proceeds (calculated as if Executive’s benefits had not previously been reduced), and (iii) Executive pays the Excise Tax, then the Company shall pay to Executive those payments or benefits which were reduced pursuant to this Section 12 as soon as administratively possible after Executive pays the Excise Tax (but not later than March 15 following the calendar year of the IRS determination) so that Executive’s net after-tax proceeds with respect to the Total Payments are maximized.

(e)To the extent requested by Executive, the Company shall cooperate with Executive in good faith in valuing, and the Determining Party shall take into account the value of, services provided or to be provided by Executive (including, without limitation, Executive’s agreeing to refrain from performing services pursuant to a covenant not to compete or similar covenant, before, on or after the date of a change in ownership or control of the Company (within the meaning of Q&A-2(b) of the final regulations under Section 280G of the Code), such that payments in respect of such services may be considered reasonable compensation within the meaning of Q&A-9 and Q&A-40 to Q&A-44 of the final regulations under Section 280G of the Code and/or exempt from the definition of the term “parachute payment” within the meaning of Q&A-2(a) of the final regulations under Section 280G of the Code in accordance with Q&A-5(a) of the final regulations under Section 280G of the Code.

13.    Competition/Confidentiality.

(a)Acknowledgments by Executive. Executive acknowledges that: (i) on and following the Employment Effective Date and through the Term and as a part of Executive’s employment, Executive has been and will be afforded access to Confidential Information (as defined below); (ii) public disclosure of such Confidential Information could have an adverse effect on the Company and its business; (iii) because Executive possesses substantial technical expertise and skill with respect to the Company’s business, the Company desires to obtain exclusive ownership of each invention by Executive while Executive is employed by the Company, and the Company will be at a substantial competitive disadvantage if it fails to acquire exclusive ownership of each such invention by Executive; and (iv) the provisions of this Section 13 are reasonable and necessary to prevent the improper use or disclosure of Confidential Information and to provide the Company with exclusive ownership of all inventions and works made or created by Executive.

(b)Confidential Information.

(i)Executive acknowledges that on and following the Employment Effective Date and through the Term Executive has had and will have access to and may obtain, develop, or learn of Confidential Information (as defined below) under and pursuant to a relationship of trust and confidence. Executive shall hold such Confidential Information in strictest confidence and never at any time, during or after Executive’s employment terminates, directly or indirectly use for Executive’s own benefit or otherwise (except in connection with the performance of any duties as an employee hereunder) any Confidential Information, or divulge, 

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reveal, disclose or communicate any Confidential Information to any unauthorized person or entity in any manner whatsoever.

(ii)As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following information relating to the Company learned by Executive on and following the Employment Effective Date and through the Term or as a result of Executive’s employment with the Company:

		
	(A)
	information regarding the Company’s business proposals, manner of the Company’s operations, and methods of selling or pricing any products or services;

		
	(B)
	the identity of persons or entities actually conducting or considering conducting business with the Company, and any information in any form relating to such persons or entities and their relationship or dealings with the Company or its affiliates;

		
	(C)
	any trade secret or confidential information of or concerning any business operation or business relationship;

		
	(D)
	computer databases, software programs and information relating to the nature of the hardware or software and how said hardware or software is used in combination or alone;

		
	(E)
	information concerning Company personnel, confidential financial information, customer or customer prospect information, information concerning subscribers, subscriber and customer lists and data, methods and formulas for estimating costs and setting prices, engineering design standards, testing procedures, research results (such as marketing surveys, programming trials or product trials), cost data (such as billing, equipment and programming cost projection models), compensation information and models, business or marketing plans or strategies, deal or business terms, budgets, vendor names, programming operations, product names, information on proposed acquisitions or dispositions, actual performance compared to budgeted performance, long range plans, internal financial information (including but not limited to financial and operating results for certain offices, divisions, departments, and key market areas that are not disclosed to the public in such form), results of internal analyses, computer programs and programming information, techniques and designs, and trade secrets;

		
	(F)
	information concerning the Company’s employees, officers, directors and shareholders; and

		
	(G)
	any other trade secret or information of a confidential or proprietary nature.

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(iii)Executive shall not make or use any notes or memoranda relating to any Confidential Information except for uses reasonably expected by Executive to be for the benefit of the Company, and will, at the Company’s request, return each original and every copy of any and all notes, memoranda, correspondence, diagrams or other records, in written or other form, that Executive may at any time have within his possession or control that contain any Confidential Information.

(iv)Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that has come within the public domain through no fault of or action by Executive or that has become rightfully available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from any third party, the disclosure of which to Executive does not violate any contractual or legal obligations that such third party has to the Company or its affiliates with respect to such Confidential Information. None of the foregoing obligations and restrictions applies to any part of the Confidential Information that Executive demonstrates was or became generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by Executive or by any other person bound by a confidentiality obligation to the Company in respect of such Confidential Information. Further, nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from using Confidential Information to the extent necessary to exercise any legally protected whistleblower rights (including pursuant to Rule 21F under the Exchange Act).

(v)    Executive will not remove from the Company’s premises (except to the extent such removal is for purposes of the performance of Executive’s duties at home or while traveling, or except as otherwise specifically authorized by the Company) any Company document, record, notebook, plan, model, component, device, or computer software or code, whether embodied in a disk or in any other form (collectively, the “Proprietary Items”).  Executive recognizes that, as between the Company and Executive, all of the Proprietary Items, whether or not developed by Executive, are the exclusive property of the Company. Upon termination of Executive’s employment by either Party, or upon the request of the Company on and following the Effective Date and through the Term, Executive will return to the Company all of the Proprietary Items in Executive’s possession or subject to Executive’s control, including all equipment (e.g., laptop computers, cell phone, portable e-mail devices, etc.), documents, files and data, and Executive shall not retain any copies, abstracts, sketches, or other physical embodiment of any such Proprietary Items.

14.    Proprietary Developments.

(a)Developments.  Any and all inventions, products, discoveries, improvements, processes, methods, computer software programs, models, techniques, or formulae (collectively, hereinafter referred to as “Developments”), made, conceived, developed, or created by Executive (alone or in conjunction with others, during regular work hours or otherwise) during Executive’s employment which may be directly or indirectly useful in, or relate to, the business conducted or to be conducted by the Company will be promptly disclosed by Executive to the Company and shall be the Company’s exclusive property. The term “Developments” shall not be deemed to include inventions, products, discoveries, improvements, processes, methods, computer software programs, models, techniques, or formulae which were in the possession of Executive prior to the Employment Effective Date. Executive hereby transfers and assigns to the Company all proprietary rights that Executive may have or acquire in any 

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Developments and Executive waives any other special right which Executive may have or accrue therein. Executive will execute any documents and take any actions that may be required, in the reasonable determination of the Company’s counsel, to effect and confirm such assignment, transfer and waiver, to direct the issuance of patents, trademarks, or copyrights to the Company with respect to such Developments as are to be the Company’s exclusive property or to vest in the Company title to such Developments; provided, however, that the expense of securing any patent, trademark or copyright shall be borne by Company. The Parties agree that Developments shall constitute Confidential Information.

(b)Work Made for Hire.  Any work performed by Executive during Executive’s employment with the Company shall be considered a “Work Made for Hire” as defined in the U.S. Copyright laws, and shall be owned by and for the express benefit of the Company. In the event it should be established that such work does not qualify as a Work Made for Hire, Executive agrees to and does hereby assign to the Company all of Executive’s right, title, and interest in such work product including, but not limited to, all copyrights and other proprietary rights.

15.    Non-Competition and Non-Interference.

(a)Acknowledgments by Executive.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the services to be performed by Executive under this Agreement are of a special, unique, unusual, extraordinary, and intellectual character; (ii) the Company competes with other businesses that are or could be located in any part of the world; (iii) the provisions of this Section 15 are reasonable and necessary to protect the Company’s business and lawful protectable interests, and do not impair Executive’s ability to earn a living; and (iv) the Company has agreed to provide the severance and other benefits set forth in Sections 11(b)(A)-(C) in consideration for Executive’s abiding by the obligations under this Section 15 and but for Executive’s agreement to comply with such obligations, the Company would not have agreed to provide such severance and other benefits.

(b)Covenants of Executive.  For purposes of this Section 15, the term “Restricted Period” shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and terminating on the second annual anniversary (or, in the case of Section 15(b)(iii), the first anniversary) of the Date of Termination; provided, that the “Restricted Period” also shall encompass any period of time from whichever anniversary date is applicable until and ending on the last date Executive is to be paid any payment; and provided further, that the “Restricted Period” shall be tolled and extended for any period of time during which Executive is found to be in violation of the covenants set forth in this section 15(b).  In consideration of the acknowledgments by Executive, and in consideration of the compensation and benefits to be paid or provided to Executive by the Company, Executive covenants and agrees that during the Restricted Period, Executive will not, directly or indirectly, for Executive’s own benefit or for the benefit of any other person or entity other than the Company:

(i)in the United States or any other country or territory where the Company then conducts its business: engage in, operate, finance, control or be employed by a “Competitive Business” (as defined below); serve as an officer or director of a Competitive Business (regardless of where Executive then lives or conducts such 

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activities); perform any work as an employee, consultant (other than as a member of a professional consultancy, law firm, accounting firm or similar professional enterprise that has been retained by the Competitive Business and where Executive has no direct role in such professional consultancy and maintains the confidentiality of all information acquired by Executive during his or her employment with the Company), contractor, or in any other capacity with, a Competitive Business; directly or indirectly invest or own any interest in a Competitive Business (regardless of where Executive then lives or conducts such activities); or directly or indirectly provide any services or advice to any business, person or entity who or which is engaged in a Competitive Business (other than as a member of a professional consultancy, law firm, accounting firm or similar professional enterprise that has been retained by the Competitive Business and where Executive has no direct role in such professional consultancy and maintains the confidentiality of all information acquired by Executive during his or her employment with the Company).  A “Competitive Business” is any business, person or entity who or which, anywhere within that part of the United States, or that part of any other country or territory, where the Company conducts business, directly or indirectly through any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with such business, offers, provides, markets or sells any service or product of a type that is offered or marketed by or competitive with a service or product offered or marketed by the Company at the time Executive’s employment terminates or is being planned to be offered or marketed by the Company with Executive’s participation, or  who or which in any case is preparing or planning to do so. To appropriately take account of the highly competitive nature of the Company’s business, the parties agree that any business engaged in any of the activities set forth on Schedule 1 shall be deemed to be a “Competitive Business.” The provisions of this Section 15 shall not be construed or applied so as to prohibit Executive from owning not more than five percent (5%) of any class of securities that is publicly traded on any national or regional securities exchange, as long as Executive’s investment is passive and Executive does not lend or provide any services or advice to such business or otherwise violate the terms of this Agreement in connection with such investment; 

(ii)contact, solicit or provide any service in connection with any Competitive Business to any person or entity that was a customer franchisee, or prospective customer of the Company at any time during Executive’s employment (a prospective customer being one to whom the Company had made a business proposal within twelve (12) months prior to the time Executive’s employment terminated); or directly solicit or encourage any customer, franchisee or subscriber of the Company to purchase any service or product of a type offered by or competitive with any product or service provided by the Company, or to reduce the amount or level of business purchased by such customer, franchisee or subscriber from the Company; or take away or procure for the benefit of any Competitive Business, any business of a type provided by or competitive with a product or service offered by the Company; or

(iii)    Solicit, recruit or hire for employment or provision of consulting services any person or persons who are employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or who were so employed at any time within a period of six (6) months immediately prior to the Date of Termination, or otherwise interfere with the relationship between any such person and the Company; nor will Executive assist anyone else in 

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recruiting any such employee to work for another company or business or discuss with any such person his or her leaving the employ of the Company or engaging in a business activity in competition with the Company. This provision shall not apply to secretarial, clerical, custodial or maintenance employees, nor shall it prohibit Executive from providing a personal reference for the person or persons described in this subsection in response to a request for such a personal reference.

If Executive violates any covenant contained in this Section 15, then the term of the covenants in this Section shall be extended by the period of time Executive was in violation of the same.

(c)Provisions Pertaining to the Covenants.  Executive recognizes that the existing business of the Company extends to various locations and areas throughout the United States and will extend hereafter to other countries and territories and agrees that the scope of this Section 15 shall extend to any part of the United States, and any other country or territory, where the Company operates or conducts business, or has concrete plans to do so at the time Executive’s employment terminates.  It is agreed that Executive’s services hereunder are special, unique, unusual and extraordinary giving them peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated for by damages, and in the event of Executive’s breach of this Section, the Company shall be entitled to equitable relief by way of injunction or otherwise in addition to the cessation of payments and benefits hereunder.  If any provision of Section 13, 14 or 15 is deemed to be unenforceable by a court (whether because of the subject matter of the provision, the duration of a restriction, the geographic or other scope of a restriction or otherwise), that provision shall not be rendered void but the Parties instead agree that the court shall amend and alter such provision to such lesser degree, time, scope, extent and/or territory as will grant the Company the maximum restriction on Executive’s activities permitted by applicable law in such circumstances. The Company’s failure to exercise its rights to enforce the provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected by the existence or non-existence of any other similar agreement for anyone else employed by the Company or by the Company’s failure to exercise any of its rights under any such agreement.

(d)Notices.  In order to preserve the Company’s rights under this Agreement, the Company is authorized to advise any potential or future employer, any third party with whom Executive may become employed or enter into any business or contractual relationship with, and any third party whom Executive may contact for any such purpose, of the existence of this Agreement and its terms, and the Company shall not be liable for doing so.

(e)Injunctive Relief and Additional Remedy.  Executive acknowledges that the injury that would be suffered by Company as a result of a breach of the provisions of this Agreement (including any provision of Sections 13, 14 and 15) would be irreparable and that an award of monetary damages to the Company for such a breach would be an inadequate remedy. Consequently, the Company will have the right, in addition to any other rights it may have, to obtain injunctive relief to restrain any breach or threatened breach or otherwise to specifically enforce any provision of this Agreement, and the Company will not be obligated to post bond or other security in seeking such relief.  Without limiting the Company’s rights under this Section or any other remedies of the Company, in the event of a determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, as to which no further appeal can be taken or as to which the time to appeal has expired, that Executive has willfully breached a material obligation under Section 13, 14 or 15, 

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(i) the Company will have the right to cease making any payments otherwise due to Executive under this Agreement and (ii) Executive will repay to the Company all amounts paid to him under this Agreement on and following the date that such breach first occurred (as determined by the court), including but not limited to the return of any stock and options (and stock purchased through the exercise of options) that first became vested following such date, and the proceeds of the sale of any such stock.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Executive’s breach of a material obligation under Section 13, 14 or 15 is curable, prior to seeking the remedies contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall provide Executive written notice of such breach and Executive shall be given ten (10) business days from receipt of such written notice to cure, provided, that if Executive cures such breach and then breaches again, no further opportunity to cure shall be provided.

(f)Covenants of Sections 13, 14 and 15 are Essential and Independent Covenants.  The covenants by Executive in Sections 13, 14 and 15 are essential elements of this Agreement, and without Executive’s agreement to comply with such covenants, the Company would not have entered into this Agreement or employed Executive. The Company and Executive have independently consulted their respective counsel and have been advised in all respects concerning the reasonableness and propriety of such covenants, with specific regard to the nature of the business conducted by the Company. Executive’s covenants in Sections 13, 14 and 15 are independent covenants and the existence of any claim by Executive against the Company, under this Agreement or otherwise, will not excuse Executive’s breach of any covenant in Section 13, 14 or 15. If Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated, this Agreement will continue in full force and effect as is necessary or appropriate to enforce the covenants and agreements of Executive in Sections 13, 14 and 15. The Company’s right to enforce the covenants in Sections 13, 14 and 15 shall not be adversely affected or limited by the Company’s failure to have an agreement with another employee with provisions at least as restrictive as those contained in Section 13, 14 or 15, or by the Company’s failure or inability to enforce (or agreement not to enforce) in full the provisions of any other or similar agreement containing one or more restrictions of the type specified in Sections 13, 14 and 15.

16.    Representations and Further Agreements.

(a)Executive represents, warrants and covenants to the Company that Executive is knowledgeable and sophisticated as to business matters, including the subject matter of this Agreement, and that prior to assenting to the terms of this Agreement, or giving the representations and warranties herein, Executive has been given a reasonable time to review it and has consulted with counsel of Executive’s choice; and

(b)During Executive’s employment with the Company and subsequent to the cessation thereof, Executive will reasonably cooperate with Company, and furnish any and all complete and truthful information, testimony or affidavits in connection with any matter that arose during Executive’s employment, that in any way relates to the business or operations of the Company or any of its parent or subsidiary corporations or affiliates, or of which Executive may have any knowledge or involvement; and will consult with and provide information to the Company and its representatives concerning such matters. Executive shall reasonably cooperate with the Company in the protection and enforcement of any intellectual property rights that relate to services performed by Executive for Company, whether under the terms of this Agreement or 

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prior to the execution of this Agreement. This shall include without limitation executing, acknowledging, and delivering to the Company all documents or papers that may be necessary to enable the Company to publish or protect such intellectual property rights. Subsequent to the cessation of Executive’s employment with the Company, the Parties will make their best efforts to have such cooperation performed at reasonable times and places and in a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with any other employment in which Executive may then be engaged. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Executive to provide any testimony, sworn statement or declaration that is not complete and truthful. If the Company requires Executive to travel outside the metropolitan area in the United States where Executive then resides to provide any testimony or otherwise provide any such assistance, then the Company will reimburse Executive for any reasonable, ordinary and necessary travel and lodging expenses incurred by Executive to do so; provided that Executive submits all documentation required under the Company’s standard travel expense reimbursement policies and as otherwise may be required to satisfy any requirements under applicable tax laws for the Company to deduct those expenses. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Executive to provide any testimony or affidavit that is not complete and truthful.

(c)The Company represents and warrants that (i) it is fully authorized by action of the Board (and of any other Person or body whose action is required) to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under it, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it does not violate any applicable law, regulation, order, judgment or decree or any agreement, arrangement, plan or corporate governance document to which it is a party or by which it is bound, and (iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parties, this Agreement shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

17.Mutual Non-Disparagement.  Neither the Company nor Executive shall make any oral or written statement about the other Party which is intended or reasonably likely to disparage the other Party, or otherwise degrade the other Party’s reputation in the business or legal community or in the telecommunications industry.

18.Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  Executive agrees to comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), which provides generally that: under no circumstances will foreign officials, representatives, political parties or holders of public offices be offered, promised or paid any money, remuneration, things of value, or provided any other benefit, direct or indirect, in connection with obtaining or maintaining contracts or orders hereunder.  When any representative, employee, agent, or other individual or organization associated with Executive is required to perform any obligation related to or in connection with this Agreement, the substance of this section shall be imposed upon such person and included in any agreement between Executive and any such person.  A material violation by Executive of the provisions of the FCPA shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the Company to terminate Executive’s employment for Cause in accordance with Section 10(a)(iii).

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Company’s Securities by Employees (the “Policy”), as the Policy may be amended from time to time.  Specifically, and without limitation, Executive agrees that Executive shall not purchase or sell stock in the Company at any time (a) that Executive possesses material non-public information about the Company or any of its businesses; and (b) during any “Trading Blackout Period” as may be determined by the Company as set forth in the Policy from time to time.

21.Withholding. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments required to be made by the Company hereunder to Executive or his estate or beneficiary shall be subject to the withholding of such amounts, if any, relating to tax and other payroll deductions as the Company may reasonably determine it should withhold pursuant to applicable law or regulation, and other withholding amounts authorized by Executive.

22.Notices. Any written notice required by this Agreement will be deemed provided and delivered to the intended recipient when (a) delivered in person by hand; (b) on the date of transmission, if delivered by confirmed facsimile; (c) three (3) calendar days after being sent via U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested; or (d) the calendar day after being sent via overnight courier, in each case when such notice is properly addressed to the following address and with all postage and similar fees having been paid in advance:

If to the Company:     Charter Communications, Inc.
400 Atlantic Street
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
Attention: General 

Facsimile: (203) 564-1377

If to Executive, to the home address and facsimile number of Executive most recently on file in the records of the Company;

Either Party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands and other communications to such Party shall be delivered personally or mailed by giving written notice to the other Party in the manner described above.

23.Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall be for the benefit of and binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, legal representatives, successors and, where applicable, assigns.

24.Entire Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to its specific subject matter and supersedes any prior oral and written communications, agreements and understandings among the Parties concerning the specific subject matter hereof.  This Agreement may not be modified, amended, altered, waived or rescinded in any manner, except by written instrument signed by both of the Parties hereto that expressly refers to the provision of this Agreement that is being modified, amended, altered, waived or rescinded; provided, however, that the waiver by either Party of a breach or compliance with any provision of this Agreement shall not operate nor be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or compliance.

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25.Severability.  In case any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction or any arbitrator selected in accordance with the terms hereof to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall have no force and effect, but such holding shall not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement; provided that the provisions held illegal, invalid or unenforceable do not reflect or manifest a fundamental benefit bargained for by a Party hereto.

26.Assignment.  Without limitation of Executive’s right to terminate for Good Reason under Section 10(a)(iv), this Agreement can be assigned by the Company only to a company that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company and which assumes all of the Company’s obligations hereunder.  The duties and covenants of Executive under this Agreement, being personal, may not be assigned or delegated except that Executive may assign payments due hereunder to a trust established for the benefit of Executive’s family or to Executive’s estate or to any partnership or trust entered into by Executive and/or Executive’s immediate family members (meaning Executive’s spouse and lineal descendants).  This Agreement shall be binding in all respects on permissible assignees.

27.Notification.  In order to preserve the Company’s rights under this Agreement, the Company is authorized to advise any third party with whom Executive may become employed or enter into any business or contractual relationship with, or whom Executive may contact for any such purpose, of the existence of this Agreement and its terms, and the Company shall not be liable for doing so.

28.Choice of Law/Jurisdiction.  This Agreement is deemed to be accepted and entered into in Delaware.  Executive and the Company intend and hereby acknowledge that jurisdiction over disputes with regard to this Agreement, and over all aspects of the relationship between the Parties, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to its rules governing conflicts of laws.  With respect to orders in aid or enforcement of arbitration awards and injunctive relief, venue and jurisdiction are proper in any county in Delaware, and (if federal jurisdiction exists) any United States District Court in Delaware, and the Parties waive all objections to jurisdiction and venue in any such forum and any defense that such forum is not the most convenient forum.

29.Arbitration.  Any claim or dispute between the Parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any other agreement between the Parties, Executive’s employment with the Company, or any termination thereof (collectively, “Covered Claims”) shall (except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 15(e) with respect to certain requests for injunctive relief) be resolved by binding confidential arbitration, to be held in Wilmington, Delaware, before a panel of three arbitrators in accordance with the National Rules for Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association and this Section 29. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Pending the resolution of any Covered Claim, Executive (and his beneficiaries) shall continue to receive all payments and benefits due under this Agreement or otherwise, except to the extent that the arbitrators otherwise provide. The Company shall reimburse Executive for all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, legal, tax and accounting fees) incurred by him in any arbitration under this Section 29, to the extent he substantially prevails in any such arbitration.

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30.Section Headings.  The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any manner the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

31.Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  This Agreement may also be executed by delivery of facsimile or “.pdf” signatures, which shall be effective for all purposes.

32.Section 409A Compliance.

(a)    This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code or an exemption thereto, and, to the extent necessary in order to avoid the imposition of a penalty tax on Executive under Section 409A of the Code, payments may only be made under this Agreement upon an event and in a manner permitted by Section 409A of the Code.  Any payments or benefits that are provided upon a termination of employment shall, to the extent necessary in order to avoid the imposition of a penalty tax on Executive under Section 409A of the Code, not be provided unless such termination constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.  Any payments that qualify for the “short term deferral” exception or another exception under Section 409A of the Code shall be paid under the applicable exception.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if Executive is considered a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code), any amounts paid or provided under this Agreement shall, to the extent necessary in order to avoid the imposition of a penalty tax on Executive under Section 409A of the Code, be delayed for six (6) months after Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, and the accumulated amounts shall be paid in a lump sum within ten (10) calendar days after the end of the six (6)-month period. If Executive dies during the six (6)-month postponement period prior to the payment of benefits, the amounts the payment of which is deferred on account of Section 409A of the Code shall be paid to the personal representative of Executive’s estate within sixty (60) calendar days after the date of Executive’s death.

(b)    For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the right to a series of installment payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.  In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of a payment. All reimbursements and in kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during the period of time specified in this Agreement, (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in kind benefits to be provided, in any other calendar year, (iii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made no later than the last calendar day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (iv) the right to reimbursement or in kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

By:  /s/ Kevin D. Howard                    
Print Name:  Kevin D. Howard
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller 

EXECUTIVE

                        
Name:    Kevin Howard 
    

SCHEDULE 1
COMPETITIVE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

		
	A.
	The distribution of video programming to consumer or commercial customers or users on a retail or wholesale basis, whether by analog or digital technology, to any type of end-user equipment (television, computer, phone, personal digital assistant, tablet, console or other), and by any distribution platform (including broadcast, coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, digital subscriber line, power line, satellite, wireless and Internet), method (streaming, download, application or other) or protocol (IP or other). Executive agrees that the following companies (and their parents, subsidiaries and controlled affiliates), and their successors and assigns, are  among those engaged in competitive video programming distribution as of the date hereof; Altice USA, Inc.; Amazon.com, Inc.; Apple Inc.; AT&T Inc. (including DIRECTV); CBS Corporation; Century Link, Inc.; Cincinnati Bell, Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Cox Communications, Inc.; DISH Network Corporation; EchoStar Holding Corporation (including Sling Media); Facebook, Inc.; Frontier Communications Corporation; Google, Inc. (including YouTube); Hulu, LLC; Microsoft Corporation (including Xbox); Netflix, Inc.; NeuLion, Inc. (including Jumptv); Public Broadcasting Service and its broadcast affiliates; RCN Corporation; Redbox; Roku, Inc.; Sony Corporation of America (including PlayStation); The Walt Disney Company (including ABC);  T-Mobile USA, Inc. (including Layer3TV, Inc.); TiVo Inc.; Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.; Verizon Communications, Inc.; VUDU, Inc.; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; and Wide Open West.

		
	B.
	The provision of Internet access or portal service (including related applications and services) to consumer or commercial customers or users, on a retail or wholesale basis, whether by analog or digital technology, to any type of end-user equipment (television, computer, phone, personal digital assistant, tablet, console or other), and by any distribution platform (including dial-up, coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, digital subscriber line, power line, satellite and wireless) or protocol (IP or other). Executive agrees that the following companies (and their parents, subsidiaries and controlled affiliates), and their successors and assigns, are among those engaged in competitive high-speed Internet access and/or portal service as of the date hereof; Altice USA, Inc.; AT&T Inc. (including DIRECTV); CenturyLink, Inc.; Cincinnati Bell, Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Cox Communications, Inc.; DISH Network Corporation; EchoStar Holding Corporation (including Sling Media); Frontier Communications Corporation; Google, Inc.; Microsoft Corporation (including MSN); RCN Corporation; Sprint Corporation; T-Mobile USA, Inc.; Verizon Communications, Inc.; (including AOL); Windstream Holdings, Inc.; and Wide Open West.

		
	C.
	The provision of voice and/or data service or transport to consumer or commercial customers or users, on a retail or wholesale business, whether by analog or digital technology, by any distribution platform (including coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, digital subscriber line, power line, satellite, wireless and Internet) or protocol (IP or other). Executive agrees that the following companies (and their parents, subsidiaries and 

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controlled affiliates), and their successors and assigns, are among those engaged in competitive voice and/or data service or transport as of the date hereof; Altice USA, Inc.; AT&T Inc. (including DIRECTV); Birch Communications, Inc.; CenturyLink, Inc.; Cincinnati Bell, Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Cox Communications, Inc.;  DISH Network Corporation; EarthLink Holdings Corp; EchoStar Holding Corporation (including Sling Media); Frontier Communications Corporation; Google, Inc.; Integra Telecom; Lumos Networks Corp.; Microsoft Corporation (including Skype); RCN Corporation; Sprint Corporation TelePacific Communications; T-Mobile USA, Inc.; Vonage Holdings Corp.; Verizon Communications, Inc.; Wide Open West; Windstream Holdings, Inc.; and Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. 

		
	D.
	The provision of wireless communications services to consumer or commercial customers or users, on a retail or wholesale basis, whether by analog or digital technology, to any type of end-user equipment (television, computer, phone, personal digital assistant, tablet, console or other) and by any technology or protocol (IP or other). Executive agrees that the following companies (and their parents, subsidiaries and controlled affiliates), and their successor and assigns, are among those engaged in the provision of competitive wireless service as of the date hereof: AT&T Inc.; Boingo Wireless, Inc.; Sprint Corporations; T-Mobile USA, Inc. (including MetroPCS Communications, Inc.); Verizon Communications, Inc.; and Windstream Holdings, Inc.

		
	E.
	The sale of other provision of advertising to commercial customers, directly or indirectly through representation groups, cooperatives or otherwise, on a retail or wholesale basis, for distribution by analog or digital technology, to any type of end-user equipment (television, computer, phone, personal digital assistant, tablet, console or other), by any distribution platform (including broadcast, coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, digital subscriber line, power line, satellite, wireless and Internet), method (streaming, download, application or other) or protocol (IP or other). Executive agrees that the following companies (and their parents, subsidiaries and controlled affiliates), and their successors and assigns, are among those engaged in such competitive activities as of the date hereof; Altice USA, Inc.; Apple, Inc.; AT&T Inc. (including DIRECTV); Comcast Corporation; Cox Communications, Inc.; DISH Network Corporation; EchoStar Holding Corporation (including Sling Media); Facebook, Inc.; Google, Inc.; (including YouTube); Microsoft Corporation (including MSN); RCN Corporation; Verizon Communications, Inc. (including AOL); Viamedia, Inc.; and Wide Open West. 

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EXHIBIT A

RELEASE

This Release of Claims (this “Release”) is entered into as of the “Date of Termination” (as defined in that certain Employment Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2019, to which Kevin Howard (“Executive”) and CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), are parties, as such agreement is from time to time amended in accordance with its terms (the “Employment Agreement”).

		
	1.
	Release of Claims by Executive.

(a)Pursuant to Section 11(g) of the Employment Agreement, Executive, with the intention of binding himself and his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns (collectively, and together with Executive, the “Executive Releasors”), hereby releases, remises, acquits and forever discharges the Company and each of its subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Company Affiliated Group”), and their past and present directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, representatives, plan fiduciaries, and the successors, predecessors and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, and together with the members of the Company Affiliated Group, the “Company Released Parties”), of and from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, complaints, charges, demands, rights, damages, debts, sums of money, accounts, financial obligations, suits, expenses, attorneys’ fees and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise and whether now known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, that arise out of, or relate in any way to, events occurring on or before the date hereof relating to Executive’s employment or the termination of such employment (collectively, “Released Claims”) and that Executive, individually or as a member of a class, now has, owns or holds, or has at any time heretofore had, owned or held, against any Company Released Party in any capacity, including any and all Released Claims (i) arising out of or in any way connected with Executive’s service to any member of the Company Affiliated Group (or the predecessors thereof) in any capacity (including as an employee, officer or director), or the termination of such service in any such capacity, (ii) for severance or vacation benefits, unpaid wages, salary or incentive payments, (iii) for breach of contract, wrongful discharge, impairment of economic opportunity, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional harm or other tort, (iv) for any violation of applicable federal, state and local labor and employment laws (including all laws concerning unlawful and unfair labor and employment practices) and (v) for employment discrimination under any applicable federal, state or local statute, provision, order or regulation, and including, without limitation, any claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) and any similar or analogous state statute, excepting only that no claim in respect of any of the following rights shall constitute a Released Claim:

(1)any right arising under, or preserved by, this Release or the Employment Agreement;

(2)for avoidance of doubt, any right to indemnification under (i) applicable corporate law, (ii) the by-laws or certificate of incorporation of any Company Released Party, 

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(iii) any other agreement between Executive and a Company Released Party or (iv) as an insured under any director’s and officer’s liability insurance policy now or previously in force; or

(3)for avoidance of doubt, any claim for benefits under any health, disability, retirement, life insurance or similar employee benefit plan of the Company Affiliated Group.

(b)No Executive Releasor shall file or cause to be filed any action, suit, claim, charge or proceeding with any governmental agency, court or tribunal relating to any Released Claim within the scope of this Section 1 (each, individually, a “Proceeding”), and no Executive Releasor shall participate voluntarily in any Proceeding; provided, however, and subject to the immediately following sentence, nothing set forth herein is intended to or shall interfere with Executive’s right to participate in a Proceeding with any appropriate federal, state, or local government agency enforcing discrimination laws, nor shall this Agreement prohibit Executive from cooperating with any such agency in its investigation.  Executive waives any right he may have to benefit in any manner from any relief (whether monetary or otherwise) arising out of any Proceeding.

(c)In the event any Proceeding within the scope of this Section 1 is brought by any government agency, putative class representative or other third Party to vindicate any alleged rights of Executive, (i) Executive shall, except to the extent required or compelled by law, legal process or subpoena, refrain from participating, testifying or producing documents therein, and (ii) all damages, inclusive of attorneys’ fees, if any, required to be paid to Executive by the Company as a consequence of such Proceeding shall be repaid to the Company by Executive within ten (10) calendar days of his receipt thereof.

(d)The amounts and other benefits set forth in Sections 11(b)(A)-(C) of the Employment Agreement, to which Executive would not otherwise be entitled, are being paid to Executive in return for Executive’s execution and non-revocation of this Release and Executive’s agreements and covenants contained in the Employment Agreement.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the release of claims set forth in this Section 1 is not to be construed in any way as an admission of any liability whatsoever by any Company Released Party, any such liability being expressly denied.

(e)The release of claims set forth in this Section 1 applies to any relief in respect of any Released Claim of any kind, no matter how called, including wages, back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive damages, damages for pain or suffering, costs, and attorney’s fees and expenses.  Executive specifically acknowledges that his acceptance of the terms of the release of claims set forth in this Section 1 is, among other things, a specific waiver of his rights, claims and causes of action under Title VII, ADEA and any state or local law or regulation in respect of discrimination of any kind; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed, nor does anything contained herein purport, to be a waiver of any right or claim or cause of action which by law Executive is not permitted to waive.

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	2.
	Voluntary Execution of Release.

BY HIS SIGNATURE BELOW, EXECUTIVE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT:

(a)HE HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS RELEASE AND WAS OFFERED A PERIOD OF TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER IT;

(b)IF HE SIGNS THIS RELEASE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF TWENTY-ONE (21) CALENDAR DAYS, HE KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES AND GIVES UP THIS RIGHT OF REVIEW;

(c)HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REVOKE THIS RELEASE FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN (7) CALENDAR DAYS AFTER HE SIGNS IT BY MAILING OR DELIVERING A WRITTEN NOTICE OF REVOCATION TO THE COMPANY NO LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE SEVENTH CALENDAR DAY AFTER THE DAY ON WHICH HE SIGNED THIS RELEASE;

(d)THIS RELEASE SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE OR ENFORCEABLE UNTIL THE FOREGOING SEVEN DAY REVOCATION PERIOD HAS EXPIRED WITHOUT THE RELEASE HAVING BEEN REVOKED;

(e)THIS RELEASE WILL BE FINAL AND BINDING AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE FOREGOING REVOCATION PERIOD REFERRED TO IN SECTION 2(c), AND FOLLOWING SUCH REVOCATION PERIOD EXECUTIVE AGREES NOT TO CHALLENGE ITS ENFORCEABILITY;

(f)HE IS AWARE OF HIS RIGHT TO CONSULT AN ATTORNEY, HAS BEEN ADVISED IN WRITING TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY, AND HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY, IF DESIRED, PRIOR TO SIGNING THIS RELEASE;

(g)NO PROMISE OR INDUCEMENT FOR THIS RELEASE HAS BEEN MADE EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND THIS RELEASE; AND

(h)HE HAS CAREFULLY READ THIS RELEASE, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE HAS NOT RELIED ON ANY REPRESENTATION OR STATEMENT, WRITTEN OR ORAL, NOT SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT OR THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, AND WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT HE IS SIGNING THIS RELEASE KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY.

		
	3.
	Miscellaneous.

The provisions of the Employment Agreement relating to representations, successors, notices, amendments/waivers, headings, severability, choice of law, references, arbitration and counterparts/faxed signatures, shall apply to this Release as if set fully forth in full herein, with references in such Sections to “this Agreement” being deemed, as appropriate, to be references to this Release.  For avoidance of doubt, this Section 3 has been included in this Release solely for 

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the purpose of avoiding the need to repeat herein the full text of the referenced provisions of the Employment Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive has acknowledged, executed and delivered this Release on the date indicated below.

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Kevin Howard

		
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