Document:

Exhibit 10.26

 

THIS
NOTE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER (THE “1933 ACT”)

 

US
$78,750.00 

 

HEALTHLYNKED
CORP.

10%
CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE NOTE

DUE
MAY 24, 2019

 

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, HealthLynked Corp. (the “Company”) promises to pay to the order of ADAR BAYS, LLC and its authorized
successors and permitted assigns (“Holder”), the aggregate principal face amount of Seventy Eight Thousand Seven
Hundred Fifty Dollars exactly (U.S. $78,750.00) on May 24, 2019 (“Maturity Date”) and to pay interest on the
principal amount outstanding hereunder at the rate of 10% per annum commencing on May 24, 2018. The interest will be paid to the
Holder in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Note.
The principal of, and interest on, this Note are payable at 3411 Indian Creek Drive, Suite 403, Miami Beach, FL 33140, initially,
and if changed, last appearing on the records of the Company as designated in writing by the Holder hereof from time to time.
The Company will pay each interest payment and the outstanding principal due upon this Note before or on the Maturity Date, less
any amounts required by law to be deducted or withheld, to the Holder of this Note by check or wire transfer addressed to such
Holder at the last address appearing on the records of the Company. The forwarding of such check or wire transfer shall constitute
a payment of outstanding principal hereunder and shall satisfy and discharge the liability for principal on this Note to the extent
of the sum represented by such check or wire transfer. Interest shall be payable in Common Stock (as defined below) pursuant to
paragraph 4(b) herein.

 

This
Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

1.  This
Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration or transfer or exchange, except that Holder
shall pay any tax or other governmental charges payable in connection therewith.

 

 

 

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2.  The
Company shall be entitled to withhold from all payments any amounts required to be withheld under applicable laws.

 

3.  This
Note may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Act”) and
applicable state securities laws. Any attempted transfer to a non-qualifying party shall be treated by the Company as void. Prior
to due presentment for transfer of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the person in whose name this
Note is duly registered on the Company’s records as the owner hereof for all other purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue,
and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected or bound by notice to the contrary. Any Holder of this Note electing
to exercise the right of conversion set forth in Section 4(a) hereof, in addition to the requirements set forth in Section 4(a),
and any prospective transferee of this Note, also is required to give the Company written confirmation that this Note is being
converted (“Notice of Conversion”) in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A. The date of receipt (including
receipt by telecopy) of such Notice of Conversion shall be the Conversion Date.

 

4.  (a) The
Holder of this Note is entitled, at its option to convert all or any amount of the principal face amount of this Note then outstanding
into shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) at a price (“Conversion Price”)
for each share of Common Stock equal to 60% of the lowest trading price of the Common Stock as reported on
the National Quotations Bureau OTC Market exchange which the Company’s shares are traded or any exchange upon which the
Common Stock may be traded in the future (“Exchange”), for the twenty prior trading days
including the day upon which a Notice of Conversion is received by the Company (provided such Notice of Conversion is delivered
by fax or other electronic method of communication to the Company or its transfer agent after 4 P.M. Eastern Standard or Daylight
Savings Time if the Holder wishes to include the same day closing price). If the shares have not been delivered within 3 business
days, the Notice of Conversion may be rescinded. Such conversion shall be effectuated by the Company delivering the shares of
Common Stock to the Holder within 3 business days of receipt by the Company of the Notice of Conversion. Accrued, but unpaid interest
shall be subject to conversion. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but
the number of shares issuable shall be rounded to the nearest whole share. To the extent the Conversion Price of the Company’s
Common Stock closes below the par value per share, the Company will take all steps necessary to solicit the consent of the stockholders
to reduce the par value to the lowest value possible under law. The Company agrees to honor all conversions submitted pending
this increase. In the event the Company experiences a DTC “Chill” on its shares, the conversion price shall be
decreased to 50% instead of 60% while that “Chill” is in effect. In no event shall the Holder be allowed to effect
a conversion if such conversion, along with all other shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its
affiliates would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company (which may be increased up to 9.9%
upon 60 days’ prior written notice by the Investor). All the terms set forth herein, including but not limited to interest
rate, prepayment terms, conversion discount or lookback period will be adjusted downward (i.e. for the benefit of the Holder)
if the Company offers a more favorable conversion discount (whether via interest, rate OID or otherwise) or lookback period to
another party or otherwise grants any more favorable terms to any third party than those contained herein while this note is in
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(b)  Interest
on any unpaid principal balance of this Note shall be paid at the rate of 10% per annum. Interest outstanding after the six month
anniversary of this Note, shall be paid by the Company in Common Stock (“Interest Shares”). Holder may, at any time
after the six month anniversary of this Note, send in a Notice of Conversion to the Company for Interest Shares based on the formula
provided in Section 4(a) above. The dollar amount converted into Interest Shares shall be all or a portion of the accrued interest
calculated on the unpaid principal balance of this Note to the date of such notice.

 

(c)  During
the first 6 months this Note is in effect, the Company may redeem this Note by paying to the Holder an amount equal to 128% of
the face amount plus any accrued interest. This Note may not be prepaid after the 6 month anniversary. The redemption must be
closed and paid for within 3 business days of the Company sending the redemption demand or the redemption will be invalid and
the Company may not redeem this Note.

 

(d)
  Upon (i) a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any
person in a single transaction or series of related transactions, (ii) a reclassification, capital reorganization or other change
or exchange of outstanding shares of the Common Stock, other than a forward or reverse stock split or stock dividend, or (iii)
any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another person or entity in which the Company is not the surviving entity
(other than a merger which is effected solely to change the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company and results in a reclassification,
conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares of Common Stock) (each of items (i), (ii) and
(iii) being referred to as a “Sale Event”), then, in each case, the Company shall, upon request of the Holder, redeem
this Note in cash for 150% of the principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest through the date of redemption, or at the
election of the Holder, such Holder may convert the unpaid principal amount of this Note (together with the amount of accrued
but unpaid interest) into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such Sale Event at the Conversion Price.

 

(e)
  In case of any Sale Event (not to include a sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets) in connection with which this Note is not redeemed or converted, the Company shall cause effective provision
to be made so that the Holder of this Note shall have the right thereafter, by converting this Note, to purchase or convert this
Note into the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification,
capital reorganization or other change, consolidation or merger by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock that could
have been purchased upon exercise of the Note and at the same Conversion Price, as defined in this Note, immediately prior to
such Sale Event. The foregoing provisions shall similarly apply to successive Sale Events. If the consideration received by the
holders of Common Stock is other than cash, the value shall be as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or successor
person or entity acting in good faith.

 

5.  No
provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal
of, and interest on, this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the form, herein prescribed.

 

6.  The
Company hereby expressly waives demand and presentment for payment, notice of non-payment, protest, notice of protest, notice
of dishonor, notice of acceleration or intent to accelerate, and diligence in taking any action to collect amounts called for
hereunder and shall be directly and primarily liable for the payment of all sums owing and to be owing hereto.

 

 

 

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7.  The
Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, which may be incurred by the
Holder in collecting any amount due under this Note.

 

8.  If
one or more of the following described “Events of Default” shall occur:

 

(a)  The
Company shall default in the payment of principal or interest on this Note or any other note issued to the Holder by the Company;
or

 

(b)  Any
of the representations or warranties made by the Company herein or in any certificate or financial or other written statements
heretofore or hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Note, or
the Securities Purchase Agreement under which this note was issued shall be false or misleading in any respect; or

 

(c)  The
Company shall fail to perform or observe, in any respect, any covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of
the Company under this Note or any other note issued to the Holder; or

 

(d)  The
Company shall (1) become insolvent; (2) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature; (3) make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence proceedings for its dissolution; (4) apply for or consent to the appointment
of a trustee, liquidator or receiver for its or for a substantial part of its property or business; (5) file a petition for bankruptcy
relief, consent to the filing of such petition or have filed against it an involuntary petition for bankruptcy relief, all under
federal or state laws as applicable; or

 

(e)  A
trustee, liquidator or receiver shall be appointed for the Company or for a substantial part of its property or business without
its consent and shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days after such appointment; or

 

(f)  Any
governmental agency or any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any governmental agency shall assume custody or
control of the whole or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of the Company; or

 

(g)  One
or more money judgments, writs or warrants of attachment, or similar process, in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in
the aggregate, shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its properties or other assets and shall remain unpaid,
unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of fifteen (15) days or in any event later than five (5) days prior to the date of
any proposed sale thereunder; or

 

(h)  The
Company shall have defaulted on or breached any term of any other note of similar debt instrument into which the Company has entered
and failed to cure such default within the appropriate grace period; or

 

 

 

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(i)  The
Company shall have its Common Stock delisted from an exchange (including the OTC Market Exchange) or, if the Common Stock trades
on an exchange, then trading in the Common Stock shall be suspended for more than 10 consecutive days or ceases to file its 1934
act reports with the SEC;

 

(j)  If
a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company on the date hereof are no longer serving as members of the
Board;

 

(k)  The
Company shall not deliver to the Holder the Common Stock pursuant to paragraph 4 herein without restrictive legend within 3 business
days of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion; or

 

(l)
  The Company shall not replenish the reserve set forth in Section 12, within 3 business
days of the request of the Holder.

 

(m)  The
Company shall not be “current” in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

(n)
  The Company shall lose the “bid” price for its stock in a market (including
the OTC marketplace or other exchange); or

 

Then,
or at any time thereafter, unless cured within 5 days, and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have
been waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default) at the option
of the Holder and in the Holder’s sole discretion, the Holder may consider this Note immediately due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or (further) notice of any kind (other than notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived,
anything herein or in any note or other instruments contained to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Holder may immediately,
and without expiration of any period of grace, enforce any and all of the Holder’s rights and remedies provided herein or any
other rights or remedies afforded by law. Upon an Event of Default, interest shall accrue at a default interest rate of 24% per
annum or, if such rate is usurious or not permitted by current law, then at the highest rate of interest permitted by law. In
the event of a breach of Section 8(k) the penalty shall be $250 per day the shares are not issued beginning on the 4th
day after the conversion notice was delivered to the Company. This penalty shall increase to $500 per day beginning on the 10th
day. The penalty for a breach of Section 8(n) shall be an increase of the outstanding principal amounts by 20%. In case
of a breach of Section 8(i), the outstanding principal due under this Note shall increase by 50%. If this Note is not paid at
maturity, the outstanding principal due under this Note shall increase by 10%. Further, if a breach of Section 8(m) occurs or
is continuing after the 6 month anniversary of the Note, then the Holder shall be entitled to use the lowest closing bid price
during the delinquency period as a base price for the conversion. For example, if the lowest closing bid price during the delinquency
period is $0.01 per share and the conversion discount is 50% the Holder may elect to convert future conversions at $0.005 per
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If
the Holder shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, including, without limitation, engaging
an attorney, then if the Holder prevails in such action, the Holder shall be reimbursed by the Company for its attorneys’
fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

Make-Whole
for Failure to Deliver Loss. At the Holder’s election, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the
conversion shares by the by the 3rd business day following the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Company and if the Holder
incurs a Failure to Deliver Loss, then at any time the Holder may provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable
to the Holder in respect of the Failure to Deliver Loss and the Company must make the Holder whole as follows:

 

Failure
to Deliver Loss = [(Highest VWAP for the 30 trading days on or after the day of exercise) x (Number of conversion shares)]

 

The
Company must pay the Failure to Deliver Loss by cash payment, and any such cash payment must be made by the third business day
from the time of the Holder’s written notice to the Company.

 

9.  In
case any provision of this Note is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be excessive in scope or otherwise invalid or
unenforceable, such provision shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, so that it is enforceable to the maximum extent
possible, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Note will not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.

 

10.  Neither
this Note nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated other than by a written instrument signed by the
Company and the Holder.

 

11.  The
Company represents that it is not a “shell” issuer and has never been a “shell” issuer or that if it previously
has been a “shell” issuer that at least 12 months have passed since the Company has reported form 10 type information
indicating it is no longer a “shell issuer. Further. The Company will instruct its counsel to either (i) write a 144 opinion
to allow for salability of the conversion shares or (ii) accept such opinion from Holder’s counsel.

 

12.  The
Company shall issue irrevocable transfer agent instructions reserving 4,026,000 shares of its Common Stock for conversions under
this Note (the “Share Reserve”). Upon full conversion of this Note, any shares remaining in the Share Reserve shall
be cancelled. The Company shall pay all transfer agent costs associated with issuing and delivering the share certificates to
Holder. If such amounts are to be paid by the Holder, it may deduct such amounts from the Conversion Price. The company should
at all times reserve a minimum of four times the amount of shares required if the note would be fully converted.  The Holder
may reasonably request increases from time to time to reserve such amounts. The Company will instruct its transfer agent to provide
the outstanding share information to the Holder in connection with its conversions.

 

13.  The
Company will give the Holder direct notice of any corporate actions, including but not limited to name changes, stock splits,
recapitalizations etc. This notice shall be given to the Holder as soon as possible under law.

 

14.  If
it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury,
the applicable provision shall automatically be revised to equal the maximum rate of interest or other amount deemed interest
permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not seek to claim
or take advantage of any law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or a portion of the principal or interest
on this Note.

 

15.  This
Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York applicable to contracts made and wholly to be
performed within the State of New York and shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each party hereto. The Holder and
the Company hereby mutually waive trial by jury and consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the courts of the State of
New York or in the Federal courts sitting in the county or city of New York. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and
the facsimile transmission of an executed counterpart to this Agreement shall be effective as an original.

 

 

 

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:
                           

 

		HEALTHLYNKED CORP.

	 	 	 
	 	By:	     
	 	 	 
	 	Title:	 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Copy

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered by and between Gary Swidler (“Executive”) and Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and is effective as of August 8, 2018 (the “Effective Date”).  
WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish its right to the services of Executive, in the capacity described below, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and Executive is willing to accept such employment on such terms and conditions.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, Executive and the Company have agreed and do hereby agree as follows:
1A.    EMPLOYMENT. During the Term (as defined below), the Company shall employ Executive, and Executive shall be employed, as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. During Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall do and perform all services and acts necessary or advisable to fulfill the duties and responsibilities as are commensurate and consistent with Executive’s position and shall render such services on the terms set forth herein. During Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “Reporting Officer”) and be based in New York City. Executive shall have such powers and duties with respect to the Company as may reasonably be assigned to Executive by the Reporting Officer, to the extent consistent with Executive’s position. Executive agrees to devote substantially all of Executive’s working time, attention and efforts to the Company and to perform the duties of Executive’s position in accordance with the Company’s written policies as in effect from time to time.
2A.    TERM. This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for a period of one (1) year.  This Agreement shall automatically be renewed for successive one-year periods (ending on an anniversary of the Effective Date) unless one party hereto provides written notice to the other, at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the then current one-year employment period, that it elects not to extend this Agreement, which notice shall be irrevocable (any such notice, a “Non-Renewal Notice”).  The period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary hereof or, if the Agreement is renewed pursuant to the prior sentence, the last day of the last one-year renewal period, shall be referred to hereinafter as the “Term.”  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Executive’s employment with the Company is “at will” and may be terminated at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without cause, by the Company or Executive.  Executive’s rights to payments upon certain termination of employment is governed by Section 1 of the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto. 
3A.    COMPENSATION.
(a)    BASE SALARY. During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, the Company shall pay Executive an annual base salary of $550,000 (the “Base Salary”), payable in equal biweekly installments (or, if different, in accordance with the Company’s payroll practice as in effect from time to time). The Base Salary may be increased from time to time 

  

in the discretion of the Company. For all purposes under this Agreement, the term “Base Salary” shall refer to the Base Salary as in effect from time to time. 
(b)    DISCRETIONARY BONUS. During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, Executive shall be eligible to receive discretionary annual bonuses (payable at the same time as bonuses of other executives at the Company, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year with respect to which such bonuses are payable), as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board, in consultation with the Reporting Officer.
(c)    BENEFITS. From the Effective Date through the date of termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall be entitled to participate in any welfare, health and life insurance, pension benefit and incentive programs as may be adopted from time to time by the Company on the same basis as that provided to similarly situated senior executives of the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Executive shall be entitled to the following benefits: 
(i)    Reimbursement for Business Expenses. During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, the Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Executive in performing Executive’s duties for the Company, on the same basis as similarly situated senior executives and in accordance with the Company’s policies as in effect from time to time.
(ii)    Vacation. During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation each year, in accordance with the plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company applicable to similarly situated senior executives of the Company generally.
4A.    NOTICES. All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by first-class mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested, or by hand delivery, overnight delivery by a nationally recognized carrier, facsimile transmission or PDF, in each case to the applicable address set forth below (or, if by facsimile transmission or PDF, to a facsimile transmission number or email account provided by the other party), and any such notice is deemed effectively given when received by the recipient (or if receipt is refused by the recipient, when so refused):
If to the Company:        Match Group, Inc. 
                    8750 North Central Expressway 
                    14th Floor
Dallas, TX 75231
Attention:  General Counsel

		
	If to Executive:
	At the most recent address for Executive on record at the Company.

Either party may change such party’s address for notices by notice duly given pursuant hereto. 

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5A.    GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION. This Agreement and the legal relations thus created between the parties hereto (including, without limitation, any dispute arising out of or related to this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed under and in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without reference to its principles of conflicts of laws. Any dispute between the parties hereto arising out of or related to this Agreement will be heard exclusively and determined before an appropriate federal court located in the State of New York, or an appropriate New York state court, and each party hereto submits itself and its property to the exclusive jurisdiction of the foregoing courts with respect to such disputes. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that this Agreement was executed and delivered in the State of New York and that, in the course of performing duties hereunder for the Company, Executive shall have multiple contacts with the business and operations of the Company, as well as other businesses and operations in the State of New York, and that for those and other reasons this Agreement and the undertakings of the parties hereunder bear a reasonable relation to the State of New York. Each party hereto (i) agrees that service of process may be made by mailing a copy of any relevant document to the address of the party set forth above, (ii) waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the courts referred to above on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise as regards any dispute between the parties hereto arising out of or related to this Agreement, (iii) waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue in the courts referred to above as regards any dispute between the parties hereto arising out of or related to this Agreement and (iv) agrees that a judgment or order of any court referred to above in connection with any dispute between the parties hereto arising out of or related to this Agreement is conclusive and binding on it and may be enforced against it in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
6A.    COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 
7A.    STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Executive expressly understands and acknowledges that the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference, deemed a part of this Agreement and are binding and enforceable provisions of this Agreement. References to “this Agreement” or the use of the term “hereof” shall refer to this Agreement and the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto, taken as a whole.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer and Executive has executed and delivered this Agreement on August 8, 2018.
	
	
	MATCH GROUP, INC.

	 

	/s/ Jared Sine

	By:  Jared Sine

	Title:  General Counsel & Secretary

	 

	 

	/s/ Gary Swidler

	GARY SWIDLER

                        

  

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.    TERMINATION OF EXECUTIVE’S EMPLOYMENT.
(a)    DEATH. In the event Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by reason of Executive’s death, the Company shall pay Executive’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, within thirty (30) days of Executive’s death (or such earlier date as may be required by law) in a lump sum in cash, (i) Executive’s Base Salary through the end of the month in which his death occurs and (ii) any Accrued Obligations (as defined in Section 1(f) below). In addition, any incentive equity or equity-linked awards in or relating to equity of the Company or its subsidiaries (e.g., restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, phantom stock or similar instruments) that are outstanding and unvested as of the date of such termination of employment and that would have vested at any time through the first anniversary of the date of the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company (the “Termination Date”) shall vest upon Executive’s death and shall be settled in accordance with their terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) any amounts that would vest under this provision but for the fact that outstanding performance conditions have not been satisfied shall vest only if, and at such point as, such performance conditions are satisfied, and (B) the terms of any future awards may be varied in the governing documents of such award.
(b)    DISABILITY. If, as a result of Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness (“Disability”), Executive shall be unable to substantially perform Executive’s duties with the Company for a period of four (4) consecutive months and, within thirty (30) days after written notice of a pending termination for Disability is provided to Executive by the Company (in accordance with Section 4A hereof), Executive shall not have been able to substantially perform Executive’s duties, Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated by the Company for Disability. During any period prior to such termination during which Executive is absent from the full-time performance of Executive’s duties with the Company due to Disability, the Company shall continue to pay Executive’s Base Salary at the rate in effect at the commencement of such period of Disability, offset by any amounts payable to Executive under any disability insurance plan or policy provided by the Company. Upon termination of Executive’s employment due to Disability, the Company shall pay Executive within thirty (30) days of such termination (or such earlier date as may be required by law) in a lump sum in cash (i) Executive’s Base Salary through the end of the month in which termination occurs, offset by any amounts payable to Executive under any disability insurance plan or policy provided by the Company; and (ii) any Accrued Obligations.
(c)    TERMINATION FOR CAUSE; TERMINATION BY EXECUTIVE WITHOUT GOOD REASON. Upon the termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause (as defined below) or by Executive without Good Reason (as defined below), the Company shall have no further obligation hereunder, except for the payment of any Accrued Obligations. As used herein, “Cause” shall mean: (i) the plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, or conviction for, a felony offense by Executive; provided, however, that (A) after indictment, the Company may suspend Executive from the rendition of services, but without limiting or modifying in any other way the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and (B) Executive’s employment shall be immediately reinstated if the indictment is dismissed or otherwise dropped and there is not otherwise 

grounds to terminate Executive’s employment for Cause; (ii) a material breach by Executive of a fiduciary duty owed to the Company; (iii) a material breach by Executive of any of the covenants made by Executive in Section 2 hereof; (iv) Executive’s continued willful failure to perform or gross neglect of the material duties required by this Agreement (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness); or (v) a knowing and material violation by Executive of any material Company policy pertaining to ethics, wrongdoing or conflicts of interest, which policy had been provided to Executive in writing or otherwise made generally available prior to such violation; provided, that in the case of conduct described in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above which is capable of being cured, Executive shall have a period of ten (10) days after Executive is provided with written notice (specifying in reasonable detail the acts or omissions believed to constitute Cause and the steps necessary to remedy such condition, if curable) in which to cure, which such notice specifically identifies the breach, the nature of the willful or gross neglect or the violation that the Company believes constitutes Cause.   
(d)    TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR DEATH, DISABILITY OR CAUSE OR RESIGNATION BY EXECUTIVE FOR GOOD REASON. If Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated prior to the expiration of the Term by the Company for any reason other than Executive’s death, Disability or Cause, or if Executive terminates Executive’s employment hereunder prior to the expiration of the Term for Good Reason, then:
(i)    the Company shall pay to Executive an amount equal to the Base Salary that would have been paid to Executive for the twelve (12) months from the Termination Date (the “Severance Period”) if Executive had remained employed during such period in the time and manner set forth below; 
(ii)    the Company shall pay Executive within thirty (30) days after the Termination Date (or such earlier date as may be required by applicable law) in a lump sum in cash any Accrued Obligations; and
(iii)    any incentive equity or equity-linked awards in or relating to equity of the Company or its subsidiaries (e.g., restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, phantom stock or similar instruments), that are outstanding and unvested at the time of such termination of employment and that would have vested at any time through the first anniversary of the Termination Date, shall vest immediately upon such termination and shall be settled in accordance with their terms.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) any amounts that would vest under this provision but for the fact that outstanding performance conditions have not been satisfied shall vest only if, and at such point as, such performance conditions are satisfied, and (2) the terms of any future awards may be varied in the governing documents of such award; and
(iv)    the Company shall, during the Severance Period, provide Executive with continued coverage under the Company’s group health plan, at the Company’s cost, or with an additional monthly payment in an amount necessary to cover the full premiums for continued healthcare coverage under the Company’s plans through COBRA, at the same coverage level as in effect for Executive as of the Termination Date. The payment under this clause (iv) shall be grossed up for applicable taxes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Executive obtains alternative employment during the Severance Period offering employer-paid healthcare coverage that is no 

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less favorable than the benefits provided under the Company’s group health plan, Executive shall enroll in and obtain coverage under such new employer’s plan at the earliest opportunity and the Company’s obligations under this clause (iv) shall cease as of the effective date of such alternate coverage.
The payments and severance benefits described in Section 1(d), with the exception of Section 1(d)(ii), shall be subject to Executive’s compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in Section 2 hereof and Executive’s execution within twenty-one (21) days following the Termination Date (or such longer period as may be required by applicable law) and non-revocation (during the applicable revocation period) of a general release of the Company and its affiliates, in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”). Any severance benefits due to Executive pursuant to Section 1(d)(i) shall be paid in equal biweekly installments (or, if different, in accordance with the Company’s payroll practice as in effect immediately prior to Executive’s Termination Date) over the course of the twelve (12) month period beginning on the first business day of the second month following the month in which Executive’s Separation from Service (as such term is defined below) took place (plus interest on the amount delayed from the Termination Date to the date payment begins at the then applicable borrowing rate of the Company as of the commencement of such delay).  Any benefits due to Executive pursuant to Section 1(d)(iv) shall be paid through the Company’s payroll on the first regularly scheduled pay date of each month.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean actions taken by the Company resulting in a material negative change in the employment relationship. For these purposes, a “material negative change in the employment relationship” shall include, without limitation, the occurrence of any of the following without Executive’s prior written consent:  (A) requiring Executive to report to any person or persons other than the Reporting Officer, (B) a material diminution in title or the assignment of duties and responsibilities to, or limitation on duties of, Executive inconsistent with Executive’s position as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, including if the Executive is no longer Chief Financial Officer of a publicly-traded company, excluding for this purpose any such instance that is an isolated and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith or that is authorized pursuant to this Agreement, (C) any material reduction in Executive’s Base Salary, (D) requiring Executive’s principal place of business to be in a location more than fifty (50) miles outside of New York City, New York or (E) any material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other written agreement between Executive and the Company or any Company affiliate; provided that in no event shall Executive’s resignation be for “Good Reason” unless (x) an event or circumstance constituting “Good Reason” shall have occurred and Executive provides the Company with written notice thereof within thirty (30) days after Executive has knowledge of the occurrence or existence of such event or circumstance, which notice specifically identifies the event or circumstance that Executive believes constitutes Good Reason, (y) the Company fails to correct the circumstance or event so identified within thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice, and (z) Executive resigns within ninety (90) days after the date of delivery of the notice referred to in clause (x) above.
(e)    OFFSET. If Executive obtains other employment during the period of time in which the Company is required to make payments to Executive pursuant to Section 1(d)(i) above, the amount of any installment payments remaining to be made to Executive thereunder at the time such other employment commences shall be reduced, on a dollar for dollar basis, in the order of 

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the scheduled dates of payment of such remaining installments (taking into account any delay in any installment payment required under Section 9A of the Agreement) by the amount of compensation received by Executive from such other employment on or prior to the scheduled date of payment of each such remaining installment. For purposes of this Section 1(e), Executive shall have an obligation to inform the Company regarding Executive’s employment status following termination and during the period of time in which the Company is making payments to Executive under Section 1(d)(i) above.
(f)    ACCRUED OBLIGATIONS. As used in this Agreement, “Accrued Obligations” shall mean the sum of (i) any portion of Executive’s accrued but unpaid Base Salary through the date of death or termination of employment for any reason, as the case may be; (ii) any unreimbursed business expenses; (iii) the value of any accrued and unused vacation days; and (iv) any compensation previously earned but deferred by Executive (together with any interest or earnings thereon) that has not yet been paid and that is not otherwise scheduled to be paid at a later date pursuant to any deferred compensation arrangement of the Company to which Executive is a party, if any (provided, that any election made by Executive pursuant to any deferred compensation arrangement that is subject to Section 409A regarding the schedule for payment of such deferred compensation shall prevail over this Section 1(f) to the extent inconsistent herewith).
(g)    NON-RENEWAL. If the Company delivers a Non-Renewal Notice to Executive then, provided Executive’s employment hereunder continues through the expiration date then in effect, effective as of such expiration date, Executive’s employment with the Company automatically will terminate and the Company and Executive shall have the same rights and obligations hereunder as they would if the Company had terminated Executive’s employment hereunder at the end of the Term for any reason other than Executive’s death, Disability or Cause. 
(h)    RESIGNATION FROM ALL POSITIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, upon the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, unless otherwise requested by the Board, Executive shall immediately resign as of the Termination Date from all positions that Executive holds with the Company and any of its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, all boards of directors of any subsidiary of the Company or any parent company of the Company. Executive hereby agrees to execute any and all documentation to effectuate such resignations upon request by the Company.  
(i)    POST-TERMINATION EXERCISE PERIOD FOR STOCK OPTIONS.  In the event of Executive’s termination of employment for any reason other than a termination of employment for Cause, any vested options to purchase Company stock, subsidiary stock or parent stock (including options vesting as a result of an acceleration of vesting upon a termination of employment without Cause or for Good Reason), shall remain exercisable through the date that is six (6) months following the Termination Date or, if earlier, through the scheduled expiration date of such options.

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2.    CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; NON-COMPETITION; NON-SOLICITATION; AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
(a)    CONFIDENTIALITY. Executive acknowledges that, while employed by the Company, Executive has occupied and will occupy a position of trust and confidence. The Company has provided and shall provide Executive with “Confidential Information” as referred to below. Executive shall not, except as Executive in good faith deems appropriate to perform Executive’s duties hereunder or as required by applicable law or regulation, governmental investigation, subpoena, or in connection with enforcing the terms of this Agreement (or any agreement referenced herein) without limitation in time, communicate, divulge, disseminate, disclose to others or otherwise use, whether directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, nothing contained herein shall prohibit Executive from (i) filing a charge with, reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to, participating in any investigation by, or cooperating with any governmental agency or entity or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation and/or (ii) communicating directly with, cooperating with, or providing information (including trade secrets) in confidence to, any federal, state or local government regulator (including, but not limited to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the U.S. Department of Justice) for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or from providing such information to Executive’s attorney or in a sealed complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other governmental proceeding.  Pursuant to 18 USC Section 1833(b), Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (x) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (y) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
“Confidential Information” shall mean information about the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, and their respective businesses, employees, consultants, contractors, clients and customers that is not disclosed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for financial reporting purposes or otherwise generally made available to the public (other than by Executive’s breach of the terms hereof or the terms of any previous confidentiality obligation by Executive to the Company) and that was learned or developed by Executive in the course of employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including (without limitation) any proprietary knowledge, trade secrets, data, formulae, information and client and customer lists and all papers, resumes, and records (including computer records) of the documents containing such Confidential Information. Executive acknowledges that such Confidential Information is specialized, unique in nature and of great value to the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, and that such information gives the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates a competitive advantage. Executive agrees to deliver, return to the Company (or destroy, to the extent physically returning the following is not possible), at the Company’s written request at any time or upon termination or expiration of Executive’s employment or as soon thereafter as possible, whether kept in tangible form or intangible form in the cloud or otherwise, all documents, computer tapes and disks, records, lists, data, drawings, prints, notes and written and digital information (and all copies thereof) furnished by the 

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Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates or prepared by Executive in the course of Executive’s employment by the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates; provided, that, Executive may retain Executive’s personal effects, copies of documentation reasonably necessary for Executive to prepare Executive’s tax returns and documents relating to Executive’s compensation. As used in this Agreement, “subsidiaries” and “affiliates” shall mean any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.
(b)    NON-COMPETITION. 
(i)    In consideration of this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Executive, Executive hereby agrees and covenants that, during Executive’s employment with the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, engage in or become associated with a Competitive Activity. 
(ii)    For purposes of this Section 2(b), a “Competitive Activity” means engaging in the business of providing online or app-based dating services or in such other business involving the provision of the same or similar products or services that any business of the Company is engaged in providing as of the Termination Date (the “Company Products or Services”), provided such business or endeavor is in the United States, or in any foreign jurisdiction in which the Company provides, or has provided during the Term, the relevant Company Group Products or Services.
(iii)    For purposes of this Section 2(b), Executive shall be considered to have become “associated with a Competitive Activity” if Executive becomes directly or indirectly involved as an owner, principal, employee, officer, director, independent contractor, representative, stockholder, financial backer, agent, partner, member, advisor, lender, consultant or in any other individual or representative capacity with any individual, partnership, corporation or other organization that is engaged in a Competitive Activity. 
(iv)    Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 2(b), (A) Executive may become employed by or provide services to a partnership, corporation or other organization that is engaged in a Competitive Activity so long as Executive has no direct or indirect responsibilities or involvement in the Competitive Activity, and (B) Executive may own, for investment purposes only, up to five percent (5%) of the outstanding capital stock of any publicly-traded corporation engaged in a Competitive Activity if the stock of such corporation is either listed on a national stock exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market System and if Executive is not otherwise affiliated with such corporation.  
(c)    NON-SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES. Executive recognizes that Executive possesses and will possess Confidential Information about other employees, consultants and contractors of the Company and its subsidiaries relating to their education, experience, skills, abilities, compensation and benefits, and inter-personal relationships with suppliers to and customers of the Company and its subsidiaries. Executive recognizes that the information Executive possesses and will possess about these other employees, consultants and contractors is not generally known, is of substantial value to the Company and its subsidiaries in developing their respective businesses 

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and in securing and retaining customers, and has been and will be acquired by Executive because of Executive’s business position with the Company. Executive agrees that, during Executive’s employment with the Company, and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, Executive will not, directly or indirectly, solicit, recruit or hire any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or any individual who was an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries at any time during the six (6) months prior to such act of hiring, solicitation or recruitment) for the purpose of being employed by Executive or by any business, individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity on whose behalf Executive is acting as an agent, representative or employee and that Executive will not convey any such Confidential Information or trade secrets about other employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any other person except within the scope of Executive’s duties hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive is not precluded from soliciting or hiring any individual who (i) responds to any public advertisement or general solicitation, or (ii) has been terminated by the Company prior to the solicitation. 
(d)    NON-SOLICITATION OF BUSINESS PARTNERS. During Executive’s employment with the Company, and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, persuade or encourage any business partners or business affiliates of the Company or its subsidiaries to cease doing business with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or to engage in any business competitive with the Company or its subsidiaries. 
(e)    PROPRIETARY RIGHTS; ASSIGNMENT. All Employee Developments are and shall be made for hire by Executive for the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. “Employee Developments” means any discovery, invention, design, method, technique, improvement, enhancement, development, computer program, machine, algorithm or other work or authorship that (i) relates to the business or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (ii) results from or is suggested by any undertaking assigned to Executive or work performed by Executive for or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, whether created alone or with others, during or after working hours (including before the Effective Date). All Confidential Information and all Employee Developments shall remain the sole property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Executive has not acquired and shall not acquire any proprietary interest in any Confidential Information or Employee Developments developed or acquired during the Term or during Executive’s employment with the Company before the Effective Date. To the extent Executive may, by operation of law or otherwise, acquire any right, title or interest in or to any Confidential Information or Employee Development, Executive hereby assigns to the Company all such proprietary rights. Executive shall, both during and after the Term, upon the Company’s request, promptly execute and deliver to the Company all such assignments, certificates and instruments, and shall promptly perform such other acts, as the Company may from time to time in its discretion deem necessary or desirable to evidence, establish, maintain, perfect, enforce or defend the Company’s rights in Confidential Information and Employee Developments. 
(f)    COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, Executive shall adhere to the policies and standards of professionalism set forth in the Company’s Policies and Procedures as they may exist from time to time.

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(g)    SURVIVAL OF PROVISIONS. The obligations contained in this Section 2 shall, to the extent provided in this Section 2, survive the termination or expiration of Executive’s employment with the Company and, as applicable, shall be fully enforceable thereafter in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in any state that any restriction in this Section 2 is excessive in duration or scope or is unreasonable or unenforceable under the laws of that state, it is the intention of the parties that such restriction may be modified or amended by the court to render it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by the law of that state.
3.    TERMINATION OF PRIOR AGREEMENTS/EXISTING CLAIMS/AUTHORITY. Except for any agreements relating to currently outstanding equity or equity-linked awards as of the date of this Agreement (which remain outstanding, but subject to the terms of this Agreement), this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and, as of the Effective Date, terminates and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has made, and is not making, and in executing this Agreement, Executive has not relied upon, any representations, promises or inducements except to the extent the same is expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Company represents that it has due authority to enter into this Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate action to enter into this Agreement and provide the compensation set forth herein.
4.    ASSIGNMENT; SUCCESSORS. This Agreement is personal in its nature and none of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the others, assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder, other than Executive to Executive’s heirs and beneficiaries upon Executive’s death to the extent provided in this Agreement; provided that in the event of the merger, consolidation, transfer, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company with or to any other individual or entity, this Agreement shall, subject to the provisions hereof, be binding upon and inure to the benefit of such successor and such successor shall discharge and perform all the promises, covenants, duties, and obligations of the Company hereunder, and in the event of any such assignment or transaction, all references herein to the “Company” shall refer to the Company’s assignee or successor hereunder. 
5.    WITHHOLDING. The Company shall make such deductions and withhold such amounts from each payment and benefit made or provided to Executive hereunder, as may be required from time to time by applicable law, governmental regulation or order.
6.    WAIVER; MODIFICATION. Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants, or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, or condition, nor shall any waiver or relinquishment of, or failure to insist upon strict compliance with, any right or power hereunder at any one or more times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times. This Agreement shall not be modified in any respect except by a writing executed by each party hereto. 

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7.    SECTION 409A OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.  
(a)    This Agreement is not intended to constitute a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder (“Section 409A”).  It is intended that any amounts payable under this Agreement and the Company’s and Executive’s exercise of authority or discretion hereunder shall comply with and avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest under Section 409A of the Code.  This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted consistent with that intent.
(b)    For purposes of this Agreement, a “Separation from Service” occurs when Executive dies, retires or otherwise has a termination of employment with the Company that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1), without regard to the optional alternative definitions available thereunder.
(c)    If Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) as of the date of Executive’s Separation from Service, Executive shall not be entitled to any payment or benefit pursuant to clause (i) of Section 1(d) until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after Executive’s Separation from Service for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of Executive’s death.  The provisions of this paragraph shall only apply if, and to the extent, required to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Section 409A.  Any amounts otherwise payable to Executive upon or in the six (6) month period following Executive’s Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this Section 6(b) shall be paid (without interest) as soon as practicable after the date that is six (6) months after Executive’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as practicable after the date of Executive’s death). 
(d)    To the extent that any reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement is taxable to Executive, Executive shall provide the Company with documentation of the related expenses promptly so as to facilitate the timing of the reimbursement payment contemplated by this paragraph, and any reimbursement payment due to Executive pursuant to such provision shall be paid to Executive on or before the last day of Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the related expense was incurred.  Such reimbursement obligations pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit and the amount of such benefits that Executive receives in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of such benefits that Executive receives in any other taxable year.
(e)    In no event shall the Company be required to pay Executive any “gross-up” or other payment with respect to any taxes or penalties imposed under Section 409A with respect to any benefit paid to Executive hereunder.  The Company agrees to take any reasonable steps requested by Executive to avoid adverse tax consequences to Executive as a result of any benefit to Executive hereunder being subject to Section 409A, provided that Executive shall, if requested, reimburse the Company for any incremental costs (other than incidental costs) associated with taking such steps.  All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement may only be made upon a “separation from service” under Section 409A. 

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8.    REDUCTION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in any other agreement between Executive and the Company or any plan maintained by the Company, if there is a Section 280G Change in Control (as defined in Section 8(e)(i) below), the following rules shall apply:
(a)    Except as otherwise provided in Section 8(c) below, if it is determined in accordance with Section 8(d) below that any portion of the Contingent Compensation Payments (as defined in 8(e)(ii) below) that otherwise would be paid or provided to Executive or for her benefit in connection with the 280G Change in Control would be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (“Excise Tax”), then such Contingent Compensation Payments shall be reduced by the smallest total amount necessary in order for the aggregate present value of all such Contingent Compensation Payments after such reduction, as determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, not to exceed the Excise Tax Threshold Amount (as defined in Section 8(e)(iii) below). 
(b)    If the Auditor (as defined in Section 8(d) below) determines that any reduction is so required, the Payments to be reduced, and the reduction to be made to such Payments, shall be determined by the Auditor in its sole discretion in a manner which will result in the least economic cost to Executive, and if the reduction with respect to two or more Payments would result in equivalent economic cost to Executive, such Payments shall be reduced in the inverse chronological order of the dates on which such Payments were otherwise scheduled to be made to Executive, until the required reduction has been fully achieved.
(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, no reduction in any of the Executive’s Contingent Compensation Payments shall be made pursuant to Section 8(a) above if it is determined in accordance with Section 8(d) below that the After Tax Amount of the Contingent Compensation Payments payable to Executive without such reduction would exceed the After Tax Amount of the reduced Contingent Compensation Payments payable to her in accordance with Section 8(a) above. For purposes of the foregoing, (x) the “After Tax Amount” of the Contingent Compensation Payments, as computed with, and as computed without, the reduction provided for under Section 8(a) above, shall mean the amount of the Contingent Compensation Payments, as so computed, that Executive would retain after payment of all taxes (including without limitation any federal, state or local income taxes, the Excise Tax or any other excise taxes, any medicare or other employment taxes, and any other taxes) imposed on such Contingent Compensation Payments in the year or years in which payable; and (y) the amount of such taxes shall be computed at the rates in effect under the applicable tax laws in the year in which the 280G Change in Control occurs, or if then ascertainable, the rates in effect in any later year in which any Contingent Compensation Payment is expected to be paid following the 280G Change in Control, and in the case of any income taxes, by using the maximum combined federal, state and (if applicable) local income tax rates then in effect under such laws.
(d)    A determination as to whether any Excise Tax is payable with respect to Executive’s Contingent Compensation Payments and if so, as to the amount thereof, and a determination as to whether any reduction in Executive’s Contingent Compensation Payments is required pursuant to the provisions of Sections 8(a) and 8(c) above, and if so, as to the amount of 

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the reduction so required, shall be made by no later than 15 days prior to the closing of the transaction or the occurrence of the event that constitutes the 280G Change in Control. Such determinations, and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations, shall be made by an independent auditor (the “Auditor”) jointly selected by Executive and the Company, all of whose fees and expenses shall be borne and directly paid solely by the Company. The Auditor shall be a nationally recognized public accounting firm which has not, during the two years preceding the date of its selection, acted in any way on behalf of the Company or any of its affiliates. If Executive and the Company cannot agree on the firm to serve as the Auditor, then Executive and the Company shall each select one accounting firm and those two firms shall jointly select the accounting firm to serve as the Auditor. The Auditor shall provide a written report of its determinations, including detailed supporting calculations, both to Executive and to the Company. The determinations made by the Auditor pursuant to this Section 8(d) shall be binding upon Executive and the Company.
(e)    For purposes of the foregoing, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(i)    “280G Change in Control” shall mean a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, as determined in accordance with section 280G(b)(2) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder.
(ii)    “Contingent Compensation Payment” shall mean any payment or benefit in the nature of compensation that is to be paid or provided to Executive or for her benefit in connection with a 280G Change in Control (whether under this Agreement or otherwise, including by the entity, or by any affiliate of the entity, whose acquisition of the stock of the Company or its assets constitutes the Change in Control) if Executive is a “disqualified individual” (as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Code) at the time of the 280G Change in Control, to the extent that such payment or benefit is “contingent” on the 280G Change in Control within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder.
(iii)    “Excise Tax Threshold Amount” shall mean an amount equal to (x) three times Executive’s “base amount” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, less (y) $1,000.
9.    HEADING REFERENCES. Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose. References to “this Agreement” or the use of the term “hereof” shall refer to these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Employment Agreement attached hereto, taken as a whole.
10.    REMEDIES FOR BREACH. 
(a)    Executive expressly agrees and understands that Executive will notify the Company in writing of any alleged breach of this Agreement by the Company, and the Company will have thirty (30) days from receipt of Executive’s notice to cure any such breach. Executive expressly agrees and understands that in the event of any termination of Executive’s employment by the Company during the Term, the Company’s contractual obligations to Executive shall be 

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fulfilled through compliance with its obligations under Section 1 of the Standard Terms and Conditions. 
(b)    Executive expressly agrees and understands that the remedy at law for any breach by Executive of Section 2 of the Standard Terms and Conditions will be inadequate and that damages flowing from such breach are not usually susceptible to being measured in monetary terms. Accordingly, it is acknowledged that, upon Executive’s violation of any provision of such Section 2, the Company shall be entitled to obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction immediate injunctive relief and obtain a temporary order restraining any threatened or further breach as well as an equitable accounting of all profits or benefits arising out of such violation. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit the Company’s remedies at law or in equity for any breach by Executive of any of the provisions of this Agreement, including Section 2, which may be pursued by or available to the Company.
11.    SEVERABILITY. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any portion of this Agreement is in violation of any law or public policy, only the portions of this Agreement that violate such law or public policy shall be stricken. All portions of this Agreement that do not violate any statute or public policy shall continue in full force and effect. Further, any court order striking any portion of this Agreement shall modify the stricken terms as narrowly as possible to give as much effect as possible to the intentions of the parties under this Agreement.
12.    INDEMNIFICATION.   The Company shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless for acts and omissions in Executive’s capacity as an officer, director or employee of the Company to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries and affiliates shall indemnify Executive for any losses incurred by Executive as a result of acts described in Section 1(c) of the Standard Terms and Conditions of this Agreement.
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:  
 
Date: August 8, 2018
	
	
	MATCH GROUP, INC.

	 

	/s/ Jared Sine

	By:  Jared Sine

	Title:  General Counsel & Secretary

	 

	 

	/s/ Gary Swidler

	GARY SWIDLER

Exhibit A
Form of Release
THIS RELEASE (the “Release”) is entered into between Gary Swidler (“Executive”) and Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for the benefit of the Company. The entering into and non-revocation of this Release is a condition to Executive’s right to receive certain payments and benefits under Sections 1(d)(i) and (iii) of the employment agreement entered into by and between Executive and the Company, dated as of August 8, 2018 (the “Employment Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in the Employment Agreement.
Accordingly, Executive and the Company agree as follows.
1.    In consideration for the payments and other benefits provided to Executive by the Employment Agreement, to which Executive is not otherwise entitled, and the sufficiency of which Executive acknowledges, Executive represents and agrees, as follows:
(a)    Executive, for Executive’s self and Executive’s heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors and assigns (collectively “Releasers”), hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases, acquits and forever discharges and agrees not to sue the Company or any of its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates and related entities and their current and former directors, officers, shareholders, trustees, employees, consultants, independent contractors, representatives, agents, servants, successors and assigns and all persons acting by, through or under or in concert with any of them (collectively “Releasees”), from all claims, rights and liabilities up to and including the date of this Release arising from or relating to Executive’s employment with, or termination of employment from, the Company, and from any and all charges, complaints, claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, controversies, damages, actions, causes of actions, suits, rights, demands, costs, losses, debts and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected and any claims of wrongful discharge, breach of contract, implied contract, promissory estoppel, defamation, slander, libel, tortious conduct, employment discrimination or claims under any federal, state or local employment statute, law, order or ordinance, including any rights or claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (“ADEA”), or any other federal, state or municipal ordinance relating to discrimination in employment.  Nothing contained herein shall restrict the parties’ rights to enforce the terms of this Release.
(b)    To the maximum extent permitted by law, Executive agrees that Executive has not filed, nor will Executive ever file, a lawsuit asserting any claims which are released by this Release, or to accept any benefit from any lawsuit which might be filed by another person or government entity based in whole or in part on any event, act, or omission which is the subject of this Release.
(c)    This Release specifically excludes (i) Executive’s rights and the Company’s obligations to provide severance payments under Section 1 of the Employment Agreement; (ii) Executive’s right to indemnification under Section 12 of the Standard Terms and Conditions attached to the Employment Agreement or otherwise under the Company’s organizational documents, applicable insurance policies or applicable law; (iii) Executive’s right to assert claims for workers’ compensation or unemployment benefits; (v) Executive’s vested rights under any retirement or welfare benefit plan of the Company or under any equity or equity-linked award that remains 

outstanding following the Termination Date (as defined in the Employment Agreement); or (vi) any other rights that may not be waived by an employee under applicable law.  Nothing contained in this Release shall release Executive from Executive’s obligations, including any obligations to abide by restrictive covenants, under the Employment Agreement that continue or are to be performed following termination of employment. 
(d)    The parties agree that this Release shall not affect the rights and responsibilities of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (hereinafter “EEOC”) to enforce ADEA and other laws.  In addition, the parties agree that this Release shall not be used to justify interfering with Executive’s protected right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC.  The parties further agree that Executive knowingly and voluntarily waives all rights or claims (that arose prior to Executive’s execution of this Release) the Releasers may have against the Releasees, or any of them, to receive any benefit or remedial relief (including, but not limited to, reinstatement, back pay, front pay, damages, attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees) as a consequence of any investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC.
2.    Executive acknowledges that the Company has specifically advised Executive of the right to seek the advice of an attorney concerning the terms and conditions of this Release.  Executive further acknowledges that Executive has been furnished with a copy of this Release, and Executive has been afforded forty-five (45) days in which to consider the terms and conditions set forth above prior to this Release.  By executing this Release, Executive affirmatively states that Executive has had sufficient and reasonable time to review this Release and to consult with an attorney concerning Executive’s legal rights prior to the final execution of this Release.  Executive further agrees that Executive has carefully read this Release and fully understands its terms.  Executive understands that Executive may revoke this Release within seven (7) days after signing this Release.  Revocation of this Release must be made in writing and must be received by the General Counsel at the Company, 8750 North Central Expressway, 14th Floor, Dallas, TX 75231 within the time period set forth above.
3.    This Release will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicting provision or rule (whether of the state of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of New York to be applied.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the state of New York will control the interpretation and construction of this agreement, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply. The provisions of this Release are severable, and if any part or portion of it is found to be unenforceable, the other paragraphs shall remain fully valid and enforceable.  
4.    This Release shall become effective and enforceable on the eighth day following its execution by Executive, provided Executive does not exercise Executive’s right of revocation as described above.  If Executive fails to sign and deliver this Release or revokes Executive’s signature, this Release will be without force or effect, and Executive shall not be entitled to the payments and benefits of Section 1(d), with the exception of Section 1(d)(i) of the Employment Agreement.
	
					
	 
	 
	 
	Gary Swidler
	 

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