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Employment Agreement with Joe S. Ramey

 Exhibit 10.2 
 Execution Copy 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made by and between NuWave Energy Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Company”), and Joe S. Ramey (“Employee”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, Company desires to employ Employee on the terms and conditions, and for the consideration, hereinafter set forth and Employee desires to
be employed by Company on such terms and conditions and for such consideration; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the
mutual promises, covenants and obligations contained herein, Company and Employee agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES 
 1.1
Employment; Effective Date. Company agrees to employ Employee and Employee agrees to be employed by Company, beginning as of May 31, 2005 (the “Effective Date”) and continuing for the period of time set forth in
Article II of this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 
 1.2 Positions. From
and after the Effective Date, Company shall employ Employee in the position of Chief Executive Officer and President of Access Oil Tools, Incorporated, a Louisiana corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“AOT”), or in such
other position or positions as the parties mutually may agree. Employee shall report to Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). 
 1.3 Duties and Services. Employee agrees to serve in the positions referred to in Section 1.2 and to perform diligently and to the best of his abilities the reasonable duties and services appertaining to
such offices, as well as such additional duties and services appropriate to such offices which the parties mutually may agree upon from time to time, all as commensurate with the authority vested in Employee pursuant to this Agreement and consistent
with the governing documents of Company. Employee’s employment shall also be subject to the policies maintained and established by Company, that are of general applicability to similarly situated employees (as such policies may be amended from
time to time); provided, however, that, except as set forth in Section 8.13, no policy, procedure, course of dealing or other statement, whether written or oral, may modify this Agreement or create any other contractual obligation or term
between Employee and Company. 
 1.4 Other Interests. Employee agrees, during the period of his employment by
Company, to devote substantially all of his business time, energy and best efforts to the business and affairs of Company and its subsidiaries to ensure their continued success and development and not to engage, directly or indirectly, in any other
business or businesses, whether or not similar to that of Company, except with the consent of the Board. The foregoing notwithstanding, the parties recognize and agree that Employee may engage in passive personal investments that do not unreasonably
conflict with the business and affairs of Company or unreasonably interfere with Employee’s performance of his duties hereunder. 

 1.5 Duty of Loyalty. Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee owes a
fiduciary duty of loyalty, fidelity and allegiance to act in the best interests of Company and to do no willful act that would injure the business, interests, or reputation of Company or any of its affiliates. In keeping with these duties, Employee
shall make full disclosure to Company of all business opportunities pertaining to Company’s business and shall not appropriate for Employee’s own benefit business opportunities concerning Company’s business. If Employee’s other
business interests reasonably present a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest with Company’s business, Employee shall fully disclose the conflict or apparent conflict and Company shall resolve the conflict or apparent
conflict in a manner that fairly balances the interests of Company and Employee. 
 ARTICLE II 
 TERM AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 
 2.1 Term. Subject to Section 1.2 hereof, unless sooner terminated pursuant to other provisions hereof, Company agrees to employ Employee for the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the
second anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Primary Employment Period”). Beginning on the second anniversary of the Effective Date, such term of employment shall be extended automatically for successive one-year periods unless Company
provides Employee with notice declining to extend such term of employment (such extended term, the “Additional Employment Period”); provided, that, such term of employment shall not be extended beyond the fourth anniversary of the
Effective Date. The term of employment shall automatically terminate upon Employee’s death, if it has not been terminated earlier as provided in this Agreement. 
 2.2 Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment under this Agreement at any
time for any of the following reasons: 
 (a) upon Employee’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness or other
circumstance which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder on a full-time basis for a period of at least 120 consecutive days or for a period of 180 days during any
12-month period (“Disability”); 
 (b) for cause, which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean Employee
(i) has been convicted of, or pleaded no contest to, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony, (ii) has engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct which is materially injurious (monetarily or otherwise) to Company or any
of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, misuse of Company’s or a subsidiary’s funds or other property), (iii) has willfully refused without proper legal reason to perform Employee’s duties, provided such refusal
continues 30 days after notice from Company to Employee of such refusal and opportunity to cure, which notice refers to this Section 2.2(b)(iii), or (iv) has materially breached, as has been determined by the Board, any material provision

  

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of this Agreement or any other written agreement between Company or any of its subsidiaries and Employee or any material written corporate policy maintained
and established by Company or any of its subsidiaries that is of general applicability to similarly situated employees, and has been provided to Employee, provided such breach is not cured within 30 days after notice from Company to Employee of such
breach and opportunity to cure, which notice refers to this Section 2.2(b)(iv); or 
 (c) at any time for any other
reason whatsoever or for no reason at all, in the sole discretion of Company. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company shall not have the right to terminate
Employee’s employment under this Agreement prior to November 30, 2005 for any reason other than those contemplated by Section 2.2(a) or (b). 
 2.3 Employee’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1, Employee shall have the right to terminate his employment under this Agreement for any of the following
reasons: 
 (a) within 60 days of, and in connection with or based upon, a breach by Company of any material provision of this
Agreement or any other agreement between Company and Employee; 
 (b) within 60 days of, and in connection with or based upon,
the relocation of Employee’s office to any geographic location in excess of a 60 mile radius from the location of his office on the date hereof; 
 (c) unless with the express written consent of Employee, (i) the assignment to Employee of any duties inconsistent in any substantial respect with Employee’s position, authority or responsibilities as
contemplated by Article I of this Agreement or (ii) any other substantial change in such position, including titles, authority or responsibilities, from those contemplated by Article I of this Agreement; or 
 (d) a requirement by Company that Employee perform any act or refrain from performing any act that would be in violation of any applicable
law. 
 Prior to Employee’s termination of employment under Section 2.3 (a), (b), (c) or (d), Employee must give written notice to Company of
any such breach, relocation, assignment or change or requirement, and such breach, relocation, assignment or change must remain uncorrected for 30 days following such written notice. 
 2.4 Notice of Termination. If Company or Employee desires to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder at any time prior
to expiration of the term of employment as provided in Section 2.1, it or he shall do so by giving at least 30 days’ written notice to the other party that it or he has elected to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder and stating
the effective date and reason for such termination; provided, however, that such termination shall be effective immediately upon receipt of notice from Company that such termination is for a reason contemplated by Section 2.2(b); provided
further, however, that no such action shall alter or amend any other provisions hereof or rights arising hereunder, including, without limitation, the provisions of Articles IV, V, VI and VII hereof. 
  

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 2.5 Deemed Resignations. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Company and
Employee prior to the termination of Employee’s employment, any termination of Employee’s employment shall constitute an automatic resignation of Employee as an officer of Company and each affiliate of Company, and an automatic resignation
of Employee from the Board (if applicable) and from the board of directors of any affiliate of Company and from the board of directors or similar governing body of any corporation, limited liability company or other entity in which Company or any
affiliate holds an equity interest and with respect to which board or similar governing body Employee serves as Company’s or such affiliate’s designee or other representative. 
 ARTICLE III 
 COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
 3.1 Base Salary. During the Primary Employment Period and, if applicable, the Additional Employment Period, Employee shall
receive an annual base salary of $160,000 (“Base Salary”). Employee’s annual base salary may be reviewed by the Chief Executive Officer of Company and, in the sole discretion of the Chief Executive Officer of Company, such annual base
salary may be increased, but not decreased, effective as of any date determined by the Chief Executive Officer of Company. Employee’s base salary shall be paid in equal installments in accordance with Company’s standard policy regarding
payment of compensation to similarly situated employees but no less frequently than monthly. 
 3.2 Bonuses.

 (a) Employee shall be eligible for a bonus (the “Initial Bonus”) in an amount up to $144,000 for the calendar
year ending on December 31, 2005. The Initial Bonus, if any, (i) shall be payable to Employee within thirty (30) days after the completion of Company’s year-end audit for the calendar year ending on December 31, 2005,
(ii) shall be based upon the achievement by AOT of the targets set by the Chief Executive Officer of Company with respect to the EBITDA (as defined below) of AOT for the calendar year ending on December 31, 2005 and (iii) shall be
subject to the upward or downward adjustment by the Chief Executive Officer of Company, in his sole discretion, based on AOT’s progress in positioning the Company to meet Company’s long-term objectives. The Initial Bonus shall be
determined in accordance with the following schedule: 
  

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	 EBITDA for 2005
	  	 Amount of Initial Bonus

	(in $millions)	  	 
	EBITDA less than or equal to $5.0	  	$0
		
	EBITDA greater than $5.0 but less than $7.0	  	an amount equal to the sum of (i) 16,000 plus (ii) the product of (A) the excess of EBITDA over $5.0 million
multiplied by (B) .064
		
	EBITDA greater than or equal to $7.0 or more	  	$144,000

 (b) For purposes of this Section 3.2(a) and Section 3.2(b) below,
“EBITDA” shall mean the earnings (after the accrual of employee bonuses but before any one-time gains or losses on sales) before interest, taxes and depreciation, calculated consistent with past practices, of AOT. For purposes only with
respect to the Initial Bonus, earnings shall be calculated (A) after the payment by AOT of a consulting fee in the amount of $150,000 to an affiliate of SCF V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SCF”), but (B) before
(1) the payment by AOT of incentive compensation in the amount of $219,413 to certain of its managerial employees, (2) the payment by AOT of the aggregate amount of commissions to International Tool Company, Ltd., a Texas limited
partnership, or a successor thereto (3) the payment by AOT in the amount of $449,089 to Todd Broussard (“Broussard”) in connection with the termination of Broussard’s consulting arrangement with AOT, and (4) the payment by
AOT of legal fees and other one-time transaction costs incurred by AOT in connection with its acquisition by Company. 
 (c)
Set forth on Annex A hereto for illustrative purposes are sample calculations of the bonus payments payable in accordance with the foregoing provisions. 
 (d) Employee shall be eligible for an annual bonus for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, and any fiscal year ending during
the Additional Employment Period provided that Employee remains employed by Company or one of Company’s affiliates for all or part of such fiscal year (in the event Employee is not employed as such for all of such fiscal year, the bonus for
such year shall be prorated as appropriate). Such bonus, if any, shall be payable to Employee within thirty (30) days after the completion of Company’s year-end audit for the fiscal year in which such bonus, if any, was earned and shall be
based upon the achievement by AOT of agreed upon financial targets set by the Chief Executive Officer of Company for such fiscal year. In general, such bonus, if any, shall be payable to Employee generally consistent with the following schedule:

  

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	 Potential Bonus Payment % of Base Salary

	  	 Bonus Driver or Threshold

	10%	  	Entry Level (“EL”) or
85% of Budgeted AOT EBITDA
		
	30%	  	Expected Value (“EV”) or
100% of Budgeted AOT EBITDA
		
	50%	  	Overachievement (“OA”) or
115% of Budgeted AOT EBITDA
		
	70%	  	Stretch of 130% of Budgeted
AOT EBITDA
		
	20%	  	Discretionary based on progress versus
long-term plan, strategic development of
AOT and contribution to NuWave growth

 3.3 Other Perquisites. During his employment hereunder, Employee and,
to the extent applicable, Employee’s spouse, dependents and beneficiaries, shall be allowed to participate in all benefit plans and programs of Company (other than any annual incentive or bonus plans, programs or arrangements), including
improvements or modifications of the same, which are now, or may hereafter be, available to similarly situated employees. Company shall not, however, by reason of this Section 3.3, be obligated to institute, maintain, or refrain from changing,
amending, or discontinuing any such benefit plan or program, so long as such changes are similarly applicable to similar situated employees generally. 
 3.4 Business Expenses. During Employee’s employment hereunder, Company shall promptly reimburse Employee for all appropriately documented, reasonable business expenses incurred by Employee in the
performance of his duties under this Agreement. 
 3.5 Vacation; Holidays. Employee shall be entitled to four
(4) weeks paid vacation each year. Employee shall also be entitled to the paid holidays and other paid leave available to similarly situated employees. 
 3.6 Facilities; Automobile. 
 (a) Company will furnish Employee
office space in Lafayette, Louisiana, and equipment, supplies, and such other facilities and personnel as are reasonably necessary or appropriate for the performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement. 
 (b) Company shall provide Employee with a automobile allowance of Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) per month. Company shall reimburse
Employee for all costs of gasoline, oil, repairs, maintenance and other similar expenses incurred by Employee by reason of the use of such automobile for Company business from time to time. 
  

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 3.7 Indemnity and Insurance. Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
Employee for any liability incurred by reason of any act or omission performed by Employee while acting in good faith on behalf of Company and within the scope of the authority of Employee pursuant to this Agreement and to the fullest extent
provided under Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and any other applicable law. Company shall provide, as long as Employee is an executive or director of the Company, that Employee is covered by directors and officers insurance
to the fullest extent that Company provides to any of its other executives or directors. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 PROTECTION OF INFORMATION 
 4.1
Access to Information. Company shall, during the time that Employee is employed by Company, (a) disclose or entrust to Employee, or provide Employee access to, or place Employee in a position to create or develop trade
secrets or confidential information belonging to Company or its affiliates, (b) place Employee in a position to develop business goodwill belonging to Company or its affiliates or (c) disclose or entrust to Employee business opportunities
to be developed for Company or its affiliates. 
 4.2 Disclosure to and Property of Company. All information,
trade secrets, designs, ideas, concepts, improvements, product developments, discoveries and inventions, whether patentable or not, that are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Employee, individually or in conjunction with other employees or
agents, during the term and in the scope of his employment that relate to Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ business, products or services (including, without limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities,
research, financial and sales data, pricing terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer’s organizations or within the
organization of acquisition prospects, or exploration, production, marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names and marks) and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such information, ideas, concepts, improvements,
discoveries, inventions and other similar forms of expression (collectively, “Confidential Information”) shall be the sole and exclusive property of Company or its subsidiaries. Employee agrees to perform all actions reasonably requested
by Company or its subsidiaries to establish and confirm such exclusive ownership. Upon termination of Employee’s employment by Company, for any reason, Employee promptly shall deliver all writings or materials of any type in his possession or
control embodying such Confidential Information and work product, and all copies thereof, to Company. “Confidential Information” does not, however, include any information that, at the time of disclosure by Company, is available to the
public other than as a result of any act of Employee. 
 4.3 No Unauthorized Use or Disclosure. Employee agrees
that Employee will preserve and protect the confidentiality of all Confidential Information and work product of Company and its subsidiaries, and will not, at any time during or, for two (2) years after the termination of Employee’s
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and shall not remove from Company premises, and will use his best efforts to prevent the removal from Company premises of, Confidential Information or work
product of Company or its subsidiaries, or make any use thereof, in each case, except in the carrying out of Employee’s responsibilities hereunder. Employee shall inform all persons or entities to whom or to which any Confidential Information
shall be disclosed by him in accordance with this Agreement about the confidential nature of such Confidential Information. Employee shall have no obligation hereunder to keep confidential any Confidential Information if and to the extent disclosure
thereof is specifically required by law; provided, however, that in the event disclosure is required by applicable law and Employee is making such disclosure, Employee shall provide Company with prompt notice of such requirement, and shall use his
commercially reasonable efforts to give such notice prior to making any disclosure, so that Company may seek an appropriate protective order. At the request of Company, Employee agrees to deliver to Company, at any time during the term of
employment, all Confidential Information that he may possess or control. Upon the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, Employee shall deliver to Company all Confidential Information that he may
possess or control. 
 4.4 Ownership by Company. If, during Employee’s employment by Company, Employee
creates any original work of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression which is the subject matter of copyright (such as videotapes, written presentations on acquisitions, computer programs, drawings, maps, architectural renditions,
models, manuals, brochures, or the like) relating to the business, products, or services of Company and its affiliates, whether such work is created solely by Employee or jointly with others (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on
Company’s premises or otherwise), Employee shall disclose such work to Company. Company shall be deemed the author of such work if the work is prepared by Employee in the scope of Employee’s employment; or, if the work is not prepared by
Employee within the scope of Employee’s employment but is specially ordered by Company or its affiliates as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work,
as a compilation, or as an instructional text, then the work shall be considered to be work made for hire and Company or its affiliates shall be the author of the work. If such work is neither prepared by Employee within the scope of Employee’s
employment nor a work specially ordered and is deemed to be a work made for hire, then Employee hereby agrees to assign, and by these presents does assign, to Company all of Employee’s worldwide rights, titles, and interests in and to such work
and all rights of copyright therein. 
 4.5 Assistance by Employee. During the period of Employee’s
employment by Company, Employee shall assist Company and its nominee, at any time, in the protection of Company’s or its subsidiaries’ worldwide right, title and interest in and to Confidential Information and the execution of all formal
assignment documents requested by Company or its nominee and the execution of all lawful oaths and applications for patents and registration of copyright in the United States and foreign countries. After Employee’s employment with Company
terminates, at the request and cost of Company or its subsidiaries, Employee shall reasonably assist Company and its nominee, at reasonable times and for reasonable periods, in the protection of Company’s or its subsidiaries’ worldwide
right, title and interest in and to Confidential Information and the execution of all formal assignment documents requested by Company or its nominee and the execution of all lawful oaths and applications for patents and registration of copyright in
the United States and foreign countries, all as may be requested by Company from time to time. 
  

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 4.6 Remedies. Employee acknowledges that money damages would not be
sufficient remedy for any breach of this Article IV by Employee, and Company or its subsidiaries shall be entitled to enforce the provisions of this Article IV by terminating payments then owing to Employee under this Agreement and/or by
specific performance and injunctive relief as remedies for such breach or any threatened breach. Company’s recovery of money damages for any breach of this Article IV shall be limited to the amount of actual damages suffered by Company or its
subsidiaries as a result of such breach plus reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection therewith. 
 ARTICLE V 

STATEMENTS CONCERNING COMPANY AND EMPLOYEE 
 5.1 Statements by Employee. Employee shall refrain, both during and after the termination of the employment relationship for a period of two (2) years, from publishing any oral or written statements about
Company, any of its affiliates or any of such affiliates’ officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives that (a) are slanderous, libelous or defamatory, (b) disclose private information about or Confidential Information
of Company, any of its affiliates or any of such affiliates’ business affairs, officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives, or (c) place Company, any of its affiliates, or any of such affiliates’ officers, employees,
consultants, agents or representatives in a false light before the public. A violation or threatened violation of this prohibition may be enjoined by the courts. The rights afforded Company and its affiliates under this provision are in
addition to any and all rights and remedies otherwise afforded by law. 
 5.2 Statements by Company. Company
shall refrain, both during and after the termination of the employment relationship for a period of two (2) years, from publishing any oral or written statements about Employee, any of his affiliates or any of such affiliates’ officers,
employees, consultants, agents or representatives that (a) are slanderous, libelous or defamatory, (b) disclose private information about or confidential information of Employee, any of his affiliates or any of such affiliates’
business affairs, officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives, or (c) place Employee, any of his affiliates, or any of such affiliates’ officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives in a false light before the
public. A violation or threatened violation of this prohibition may be enjoined by the courts. The rights afforded Employee and his affiliates under this provision are in addition to any and all rights and remedies otherwise afforded by law.

 ARTICLE VI 
 EFFECT OF
TERMINATION ON COMPENSATION 
 6.1 Termination By Expiration, Death or Disability. Except as
provided in Section 6.2 or 6.3 below, if Employee’s employment hereunder shall terminate (a) upon expiration of the Primary Employment Period or, if applicable, the Additional Employment Period as provided in Section 2.1 or
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termination of his employment; provided, further, that if such termination occurs for a reason other than those encompassed by Section 2.2(b), then
Company shall (i) pay to Employee a prorated bonus in accordance with the terms herein for the calendar year during which such termination occurs, and any accrued vacation and holiday pay as of the date of termination, and (ii) provide, as
applicable, Employee and his family continued coverage for such period under all health, life, disability and similar employee benefit plans and programs of Company on the same basis as they were entitled to participate immediately prior to such
termination (provided that such continued participation is possible under the general terms and provisions of such plans and programs). 
 6.2 Termination By Company. If Employee’s employment hereunder shall be terminated by Company prior to expiration of the Primary Employment Period or, if applicable, the Additional Employment Period as
provided in Section 2.1, then, upon such termination, regardless of the reason therefor, all compensation and benefits to Employee hereunder shall terminate contemporaneously with the termination of such employment; provided, however, that if
such termination occurs for a reason other than those encompassed by Section 2.2(a) or (b), then Company shall continue to pay to Employee (or, upon Employee’s death following such termination, his beneficiaries or estate) Employee’s
then current base salary pursuant to Section 3.1 for the shorter of (a) 12 months from the date of such termination or (b) the unexpired portion, if any, of the Primary Employment Period or, if applicable, the Additional Employment
Period; provided, further, that if such termination occurs for a reason other than those encompassed by Section 2.2(b), then Company shall (i) pay to Employee a prorated bonus in accordance with the terms herein for the calendar year
during which such termination occurs, and any accrued vacation and holiday pay as of the date of termination, and (ii) provide, as applicable, Employee and his family continued coverage for such period under all health, life, disability and
similar employee benefit plans and programs of Company on the same basis as they were entitled to participate immediately prior to such termination (provided that such continued participation is possible under the general terms and provisions of
such plans and programs). 
 6.3 Termination By Employee. If Employee’s employment hereunder shall be
terminated by Employee prior to expiration of the Primary Employment Period or the Additional Employment Period as provided in Section 2.1, then, upon such termination, regardless of the reason therefor, all compensation and benefits to
Employee hereunder shall terminate contemporaneously with the termination of such employment except for the payment to Employee of a prorated bonus in accordance with the terms herein for the calendar year during which such termination occurs;
provided, however, that, in addition to the payment of any such bonus, if such termination occurs for a reason encompassed by Section 2.3(a), or (b), (c) or (d), then Company shall (i) continue to pay to Employee (or, upon
Employee’s death following such termination, his beneficiaries or estate) Employee’s then current base salary pursuant to Section 3.1 for the shorter of (a) 12 months from the date of such termination or (b) the unexpired
portion, if any, of the Primary Employment Period or, if applicable, the Additional Employment Period, and pay to Employee any accrued vacation and holiday pay as of the date of termination, and (ii) provide, as applicable, Employee and his
immediate family continued coverage for such period under all health, life, disability and similar employee benefit plans and programs of Company on the same basis as they were entitled to participate immediately prior to such termination (provided
that such continued participation is possible under the general terms and provisions of such plans and programs). 
  

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 6.4 No Duty to Mitigate Losses. Employee shall have no duty to find new
employment following the termination of his employment under circumstances which require Company to pay any amount to Employee pursuant to this Article VI. Any salary or remuneration received by Employee from a third party for the provision of
personal services (whether by employment or by functioning as an independent contractor) following the termination of his employment under circumstances pursuant to which Section 6.2 or 6.3 applies shall not reduce Company’s
obligation to make a payment to Employee (or the amount of such payment) pursuant to the terms of any such Section. 
 6.5
Liquidated Damages. In light of the difficulties in estimating the damages for an early termination of this Agreement, Company and Employee hereby agree that the payments, if any, to be received by Employee pursuant to
Section 6.2 or 6.3 shall be received by Employee as liquidated damages. 
 6.6 Release and Full
Settlement. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, as a condition to the receipt of any payments under this Section 6, an Employee shall first execute a release, in a form reasonably acceptable to Company, releasing
Company, Parent, its subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, partners, officers, directors, employees and agents from any and all claims and from any and all causes of action of any kind or character including, but not limited to, all claims or
causes of action arising out of such Employee’s employment with Company or the termination of such employment, but excluding all claims to payments the Employee may have under this Agreement. The performance of Company’s obligations
hereunder and the receipt of any benefits provided hereunder by such Employee shall constitute full settlement of all such claims and causes of action. 
 ARTICLE VII 
 NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT 
 7.1 Definitions. As used in this Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 “Business” means the business and operations as are currently being performed by Company and its subsidiaries, including the manufacture, sale,
service and rental of capital equipment and tools used in the drilling, workover or production phases of the oilfield services and equipment industry. 
 “Prohibited Period” means the period during which Employee is employed by Company hereunder and a period of two years thereafter. 
 “Restricted Area” means the State of Texas and each of the parishes in the State of Louisiana set forth on Annex B hereto. 

7.2 Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. Employee and Company agree to the non-competition and non-solicitation provisions
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and confidential information of Company or its affiliates disclosed or entrusted to Employee by Company or its affiliates or created or developed by Employee
for Company or its affiliates, the business goodwill of Company or its affiliates developed through the efforts of Employee and/or the business opportunities disclosed or entrusted to Employee by Company or its affiliates and (iii) as an
additional incentive for Company to enter into this Agreement. 
 (a) Subject to the exceptions set forth in section 7.2(b)
below, Employee expressly covenants and agrees that during the Prohibited Period, (i) he will refrain from carrying on or engaging in, directly or indirectly, the Business in the Restricted Area and (ii) he will not, and he will cause his
affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, join, become an employee of, control or participate in or be connected with or loan money to or sell or lease equipment to any business, individual, partnership, firm, corporation or
other entity which engages in the Business in the Restricted Area; provided, however, Employee may sell or lease real property to any business, individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity which engages in the Business in the
Restricted Area. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 7.2(a), Employee or any of his
affiliates may own an aggregate of not more than 2.5% of the outstanding stock of any class of any corporation engaged in the Business, if such stock is listed on a national securities exchange or regularly traded in the over-the-counter market by a
member of a national securities exchange, without violating the provisions of Section 7.2(a), provided that neither Employee nor any of his affiliates has the power, directly or indirectly, to control or direct the management or affairs of any
such corporation and is not involved in the management of such corporation. 
 (c) Employee further expressly covenants and
agrees that during the Prohibited Period, he will not, and he will cause his affiliates not to (i) engage or employ, or solicit or contact with a view to the engagement or employment of, any person who is an officer or employee of Company or
its affiliates or (ii) canvass, solicit, approach or entice away or cause to be canvassed, solicited, approached or enticed away from Company or its affiliates any person who or which is a customer of Company or its affiliates during the period
during which Employee is employed by Company. 
 7.3 Relief. Employee and Company agree and acknowledge that the
limitations as to time, geographical area and scope of activity to be restrained as set forth in Section 7.2 are reasonable and do not impose any greater restraint than is necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of Company.
Employee and Company also acknowledge that money damages would not be sufficient remedy for any breach of this Article VII by Employee, and Company or its affiliates shall be entitled to enforce the provisions of this Article VII by
terminating payments then owing to Employee under this Agreement or otherwise and to specific performance and injunctive relief as remedies for such breach or any threatened breach. Such remedies shall not be deemed the exclusive remedies for a
breach of this Article VII but shall be in addition to all remedies available at law or in equity, including the recovery of damages from Employee and his agents. 
  

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 7.4 Reasonableness; Enforcement. Employee hereby represents to Company that
he has read and understands, and agrees to be bound by, the terms of this Article VII. Employee acknowledges that the geographic scope and duration of the covenants contained in this Article VII are the result of arm’s-length
bargaining and are fair and reasonable in light of (a) the nature and wide geographic scope of the operations of the Business, (b) Employee’s level of control over and contact with the Business in all jurisdictions in which it is
conducted, (c) the fact that the Business is conducted throughout the Restricted Area and (d) the amount of compensation that Employee is receiving in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder. It is the desire and intent of
the Parties that the provisions of this Article VII be enforced to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Legal Requirements, whether now or hereafter in effect and therefore, to the extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements,
Employee and Company hereto waive any provision of applicable Legal Requirements that would render any provision of this Article VII invalid or unenforceable. 
 7.5 Reformation. Company and Employee agree that the foregoing restrictions are reasonable under the circumstances and that any breach of the covenants contained in this Article VII
would cause irreparable injury to Company. Employee understands that the foregoing restrictions may limit Employee’s ability to engage in certain businesses anywhere in the United States during the Prohibited Period, but acknowledges that
Employee will receive sufficiently high remuneration and other benefits from Company to justify such restriction. Further, Employee acknowledges that his skills are such that he can be gainfully employed in non-competitive employment, and that the
agreement not to compete will in no way prevent him from earning a living. Nevertheless, if any of the aforesaid restrictions are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unreasonable, or overly broad as to geographic area or time, or
otherwise unenforceable, the parties intend for the restrictions therein set forth to be modified by the court making such determination so as to be reasonable and enforceable and, as so modified, to be fully enforced. By agreeing to this
contractual modification prospectively at this time, Company and Employee intend to make this provision enforceable under the law or laws of all applicable States so that the entire agreement not to compete and this Agreement as prospectively
modified shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be rendered void or illegal. Such modification shall not affect the payments made to Employee under this Agreement. 
 ARTICLE VIII 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 8.1 Notices. For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when received if delivered personally or by courier, (b) on the date receipt is acknowledged if delivered by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested or (c) one day after
transmission if sent by facsimile transmission with confirmation of transmission, as follows: 
  

			
	If to Employee, addressed to:	 	Mr. Joe S. Ramey
		 	3711 Melancon Road
		 	Broussard, Louisiana 70518
		 	Facsimile: (___) ___-____

  

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	If to Company, addressed to:	 	NuWave Energy Technologies, Inc.
		 	c/o SCF-V, L.P.
		 	600 Travis, Suite 6600
		 	Houston, Texas 77002
		 	Attention: David Baldwin
		 	Facsimile: (713) 227-7850

 or to such other address as either party may furnish to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that
notices or changes of address shall be effective only upon receipt. 
 8.2 Applicable Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction. 
 (a) This Agreement is entered into under, and shall be governed for all purposes by, the laws
of the State of Texas. 
 (b) With respect to any claim or dispute related to or arising under this Agreement, the parties
hereto hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, forum and venue of the state and federal courts located in Harris County, Texas. 
 8.3 No Waiver. No failure by either party hereto at any time to give notice of any breach by the other party of, or to require compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a
waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. 
 8.4
Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of that provision shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. 
 8.5
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement. 
 8.6 Withholding of Taxes and Other Employee Deductions. Company may withhold from any benefits and payments made pursuant to
this Agreement all federal, state, city and other taxes as may be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling and all other normal employee deductions made with respect to Company’s employees generally. 
 8.7 Headings. The Section headings have been inserted for purposes of convenience and shall not be used for interpretive
purposes. 
 8.8 Gender and Plurals. Wherever the context so requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine
or neuter, and the singular number includes the plural and conversely. 
 8.9 Affiliate. As used in this
Agreement, the term “affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a particular person, any entity which owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, such person. 
  

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 8.10 Assignment. This Agreement and the rights hereunder are personal in
nature and may not be assigned by Company or Employee without the prior written consent of the other. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. 
 8.11 Term. This Agreement has a term co-extensive with the term of employment provided in
Section 2.1; provided, that termination shall not affect any right or obligation of any party which is accrued or vested prior to such termination and, without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, the provisions of Articles IV, V, VI
and VII shall survive any termination of the employment relationship and/or of this Agreement. 
 8.12 Entire
Agreement. Except as provided in the written benefit plans and programs referenced in Section 3.3, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the
covenants, promises, representations, warranties and agreements between the parties with respect to employment of Employee by Company. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, all understandings and agreements preceding the date of
execution of this Agreement and relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and effect. 
 8.13 Modification; Waiver. Any modification to or waiver of this Agreement will be effective only if it is in writing and signed by the party to be charged. 
 [Signature page follows.] 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

  

			
	NuWave Energy Technologies, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David C. Baldwin

	Name:	 	David C. Baldwin
	Title:	 	 Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
 and President

	
	/s/ Joe S. Ramey
	Joe S. Ramey

 JOE S. RAMEY 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 SIGNATURE PAGE 

 ANNEX A 
 SAMPLE BONUS PAYMENT CALCULATIONS 
  

	(A)	If EBITDA of $5.25 million is achieved with respect to the calendar year ending on December 31, 2005, the bonus payment payable to Employee for such year shall be $32,000.

  

	(B)	If EBITDA of $6.0 million is achieved with respect to the calendar year ending on December 31, 2005, the bonus payment payable to Employee for such year shall be $80,000.

  

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 ANNEX B 
 NON-COMPETITION PARISHES 
  

					
	Acadia Parish	  	Allen Parish	  	Ascension Parish
			
	Assumption Parish	  	Avoyelles Parish	  	Beauregard Parish
			
	Bienville Parish	  	Bossier Parish	  	Caddo Parish
			
	Calcasieu Parish	  	Caldwell Parish	  	Cameron Parish
			
	Catahoula Parish	  	Claiborne Parish	  	Concordia Parish
			
	De Soto Parish	  	East Baton Rouge Parish	  	East Carroll Parish
			
	East Feliciana Parish	  	Evangeline Parish	  	Franklin Parish
			
	Grant Parish	  	Iberia Parish	  	Iberville Parish
			
	Jackson Parish	  	Jefferson Parish	  	Jefferson Davis Parish
			
	Lafayette Parish	  	Lafourche Parish	  	La Salle Parish
			
	Lincoln Parish	  	Livingston Parish	  	Madison Parish
			
	Morehouse Parish	  	Natchitoches Parish	  	Orleans Parish
			
	Ouachita Parish	  	Plaquemines Parish	  	Pointe Coupee Parish
			
	Rapides Parish	  	Red River Parish	  	Richland Parish
			
	Sabine Parish	  	St. Bernard Parish	  	St. Charles Parish
			
	St. Helena Parish	  	St. James Parish	  	St. John the Baptist Parish
			
	St. Landry Parish	  	St. Martin Parish	  	St. Mary Parish
			
	St. Tammany Parish	  	Tangipahoa Parish	  	Tensas Parish
			
	Terrebonne Parish	  	Union Parish	  	Vermilion Parish
			
	Vernon Parish	  	Washington Parish	  	Webster Parish
			
	West Baton Rouge Parish	  	West Carroll Parish	  	West Feliciana Parish
			
	Winn Parish	  		  	

  

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 Forum Oilfield Technologies 
  

							
	From:	  	James R. Burke	  		  	
				
	To:	  	Joe Ramey	  	December 31, 2006	  	
				
	Joe:	  		  		  	

 This is just to confirm our conversation of last week regarding salaries and options etc. but first let me
congratulate you on a great year for Access and also for the great start you and Mardy are having at Pipe Wranglers. Let’s hope ‘07 can be another great year of growth for both companies and for the Tubular Handling Division overall.

  

	 	1)	Your salary will be increased to $175,000 for 2007 

  

	 	2)	You will be issued options on 350 shares of Forum stock at an option price of $200 per share. These options will be dated December 31, 2006, will vest, on a straight line
basis, over four years and will have a life of five years. 

  

	 	 3)
	 Your bonus for 2007 will be calculated in accordance with your Employment Agreement dated May 31st, 2005 

 In order to
enhance Forum’s cash flow in the coming year; 20% of the bonus calculated as outlined above, (5% for each goal) will be dependent on Access and Pipe Wranglers achieving the following working capital related goals: 
 Access 
  

	 	a)	Days of receivable collections to be less than 53. (Calculated as the average of the days outstanding at the end of each quarter). 

  

	 	b)	Inventory turns at the end of the year to equal or be greater than 3.3, again calculated as the average of the turns at the end of each quarter. 

 Pipe Wranglers: 
  

	 	a)	Days of receivable collections to be less than 55. (Calculated as the average of the days outstanding at the end of each quarter). 

  

	 	c)	Inventory turns at the end of the year to equal or be greater than 3.5, calculated as the average of the turns at the end of each quarter. 

  

	 	4)	The other members of you team will receive the following options, under the same terms as outlined above; 

  

							
		 	 Robert Dugal
	  	200	  	
		 	 Keanon Hanks
	  	100	  	
		 	 Shawn Romero
	  	100	  	
		 	 Shannon Horton
	  	100	  	
		 	 Mardy Mattson
	  	200	  	
		 	 Paul O’Riordan
	  	200	  	
		 	 Darren Shiels
	  	100	  	
		 	                                    Regards,	  		  	
		 	                                    James R. Burke
	  		  	

  

 19Employment Agreement with Charles E. Jones

 Exhibit 10.3 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made
by and between Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Charles E. Jones (“Executive”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Executive
on the terms and conditions, and for the consideration, hereinafter set forth and Executive desires to be employed by the Company on such terms and conditions and for such consideration. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and obligations contained herein, the Company and Executive agree as
follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 
 For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized words shall have the meanings indicated below: 
 1.1 “Average Annual Bonus” shall mean the greater of (a) the bonus for Target Entry Level for the year of the Date of Termination, or (b) if
applicable, the average annual bonus paid during any of the three full fiscal years (or if less than three full fiscal years were worked such lesser number of full fiscal years) preceding the Date of Termination. 
 1.2 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 1.3 “Cause” shall mean: 
 (a) Executive’s conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or a
breach of trust as regards the Company or any of its affiliates; 
 (b) Executive’s commission of any act of theft, fraud, embezzlement
or misappropriation against the Company or any of its affiliates that is materially injurious to any such entity regardless of whether a criminal conviction is obtained; 
 (c) Executive’s willful and continued failure to devote substantially all of his business time to the Company’s business affairs (excluding failures due to illness, incapacity, vacations, incidental civic
activities, and incidental personal time) which failure is not remedied within a reasonable time after written demand is delivered by the Company, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that Executive has
failed to devote substantially all of his business time to the Company’s business affairs; 
 (d) Executive’s unauthorized
disclosure of confidential information of the Company or any of its affiliates that is materially injurious to any such entity; or 

 (e) Executive’s knowing or willful material violation of federal or state securities laws, as
determined in good faith by the Board. 
 For purposes of this definition, no act, or failure to act, on Executive’s part shall be deemed
“willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that Executive’s action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. 
 1.4 “Change of Control” shall mean any transaction or event pursuant to which SCF V, L.P., together with its affiliates (collectively,
“SCF”), cease to collectively own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities if but only if, one of the following occurs after such transaction or event:

 (a) any person or group of persons (other than SCF) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding beneficial ownership arising solely as a result of a person being a party to a stockholder agreement or similar arrangement that is entered into prior to an underwritten initial public offering of the
Company), directly or indirectly, of securities in the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities; 
 (b) a change in the majority of the membership of the Board occurs without approval by two-thirds of the directors who are Continuing Directors. For these purposes “Continuing Directors” are
persons who (A) were members of the Board on the Effective Date, (B) are new directors whose election was approved by two-thirds of the members of the Board who were directors on the Effective Date (“Approved
Directors”), or (C) are new directors whose election was approved by two-thirds of the members of the Board who were directors on the Effective Date or are subsequently Approved Directors; 
 (c) the Company is merged, consolidated or combined with another corporation or entity, whose securities are not publicly traded at the time of such
merger, consolidation or combination, including without limitation, a reverse or forward triangular merger, and the Company’s stockholders immediately prior to such transaction own less than 55% of the outstanding voting securities of the
surviving or resulting corporation or entity immediately after the transaction; or 
 (d) there is a disposition, transfer, sale or exchange
of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or stockholder approval of a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 
 1.5
“Change of Control Payout Period” shall mean a period of two years commencing on the Date of Termination, which termination is covered by Section 7.3 hereof. 
 1.6 “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination relating to termination of Executive’s employment with the Company. 
 1.7 “Good Reason” shall mean any of the following events without the consent of the Executive: 
 (a) a material diminution in the Executive’s base compensation; or 
  

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 (b) a material diminution in the Executive’s authority, duties, or responsibilities; or 

(c) a material diminution in the authority, duties, or responsibilities of the supervisor to whom the Executive is required to report, including a
requirement that the Executive report to a corporate officer or employee instead of reporting directly to the Board; or 
 (d) a material
change in the geographic location at which the Executive must perform services. In connection with Executive’s employment by the Company, the Executive’s principal business address shall be at the Company’s current principal executive
offices in Houston, Texas, or in such other place as the Executive and the Company may agree. 
 The Executive is required to provide notice to the Company
of the existence of the conditions described above in this Section 1.7 (a) through (d) within a period not to exceed 90 days from the initial existence of the condition, upon the notice of which the Company must be provided a period
of at least 30 days during which it may remedy the condition. 
 1.8 “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice delivered to the
other party indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon for termination of Executive’s employment and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of
Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. 
 1.9 “Protective Period” shall mean the period that commences six months
prior to and ends two years following the effective date of a Change of Control. 
 1.10 “Severance Payout Period” shall mean a period of
two years commencing on the Date of Termination, which termination is covered by Section 7.2 hereof. 
 1.11 “Target Entry Level” shall
mean the first performance level determined and defined by the Board, of which the Executive must achieve to receive an annual bonus according to the schedule set forth in Section 4.2 hereof. 
 1.12 “Target Expected Value” shall mean the second performance level determined and defined by the Board, of which the Executive must achieve to receive
an annual bonus according to the schedule set forth in Section 4.2 hereof. 
 1.13 “Target Over Achievement” shall mean the third
performance level determined and defined by the Board, of which the Executive must achieve to receive an annual bonus according to the schedule set forth in Section 4.2 hereof. 
 1.14 “Termination Base Salary” shall mean (a) Executive’s annual base salary at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of Termination is given, or (b) for purposes of a termination
that is covered by Section 7.3 hereof, if greater than the amount set forth in Section 1.14(a), Executive’s annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control. 
  

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 ARTICLE II 
 EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES 
 2.1 Employment; Effective Date. The Company agrees to employ Executive, and
Executive agrees to be employed by the Company, beginning as of October 1, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) and continuing for the period of time set forth in Article III of this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. 
 2.2 Positions. From and after the Effective Date, the Company shall employ Executive in the position of President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company or in such other position or positions as the parties mutually may agree, and Executive shall report to the Board. On the Effective Date, the Company shall cause Executive to be elected to serve on the Board as
a full member thereof, and thereafter the Company shall use reasonable efforts to continue to cause Executive to be nominated to serve on the Board. It is the intention of the parties that Executive will be elected to and will serve on the Board
while serving hereunder as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. 
 2.3 Duties and Services. Executive agrees to serve in the
positions referred to in Section 2.2 hereof and to perform diligently and to the best of his abilities the duties and services appertaining to such offices, as well as such additional duties and services appropriate to such offices which the
parties mutually may agree upon from time to time. Executive’s employment shall also be subject to the policies maintained and established by the Company that are of general applicability to the Company’s employees, as such policies may be
amended from time to time. 
 2.4 Other Interests. Executive agrees, during the period of his employment by the Company, to devote
substantially all of his business time, energy and best efforts to the business and affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge and agree that Executive may (a) engage in and manage his
passive personal investments, and (b) engage in charitable and civic activities; provided, however, that the activities described in clauses (a) and (b) shall be permitted so long as such activities do not conflict with the business
and affairs of the Company or interfere with Executive’s performance of his duties hereunder. 
 2.5 Duty of Loyalty. Executive
acknowledges and agrees that Executive owes a fiduciary duty of loyalty, fidelity and allegiance to act in the best interests of the Company and to do no act that would materially injure the business, interests, or reputation of the Company or any
of its affiliates. In keeping with these duties, Executive shall make full disclosure to the Company of all business opportunities pertaining to the Company’s business and shall not appropriate for Executive’s own benefit business
opportunities concerning the subject matter of the fiduciary relationship. 
 ARTICLE III 
 TERM AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 
 3.1
Term. This Agreement shall be for an initial term that continues in effect through the third anniversary of the Effective Date. The term of this Agreement shall automatically be 

  

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extended for an additional term of one year, as of each of the first and second anniversary date of the Effective Date that occurs while this Agreement
is in effect. The term of this Agreement, however, may be terminated by written Notice of Termination of this Agreement provided to the Executive, and in the event any such Notice of Termination is delivered to the Executive then, notwithstanding
the preceding sentence concerning automatic renewals, the term of this Agreement shall terminate at the expiration of the Change of Control Payout Period in the event Section 7.3 is applicable, the Severance Payout Period in the event
Section 7.2 is applicable, or the Date of Termination. The Term shall not automatically expire immediately upon the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, but rather
shall expire pursuant to the time period set forth in this Section 3.1. 
 3.2 Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 3.1, the Company may terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement at any time for any of the following reasons by providing Executive with a Notice of Termination: 
 (a) upon the Executive being unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months as determined by a doctor jointly selected by the Executive (or Executive’s representative legally authorized to act on
Executive’s behalf) and the Board of Directors of the Company; or 
 (b) Executive’s death; or 
 (c) for Cause; or 
 (d) for any other reason
whatsoever or for no reason at all, in the sole discretion of the Company. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not have the right to
terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement prior to the date that is six months after the Effective Date for any reason other than Cause. 
 3.3 Executive’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1, Executive shall have the right to terminate his employment under this Agreement by providing the Company with a Notice of Termination
at any time for any reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of Executive. 
 3.4 Deemed Resignations. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing
by the Company and Executive prior to the termination of Executive’s employment, any termination of Executive’s employment shall constitute an automatic resignation of Executive as an officer of the Company and each affiliate of the
Company, and an automatic resignation of Executive from the Board (if applicable) and from the board of directors of any affiliate of the Company and from the board of directors or similar governing body of any corporation, limited liability entity
or other entity in which the Company or any affiliate holds an equity interest and with respect to which board or similar governing body Executive serves as the Company’s or such affiliate’s designee or other representative. 
  

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 ARTICLE IV 
 COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
 4.1 Base Salary. During the term of this Agreement, Executive shall receive
a minimum annual base salary of $475,000. Executive’s annual base salary shall be reviewed annually by the Board (or a committee thereof) and, in the sole discretion of the Board (or a committee thereof), such annual base salary may be
increased (but not decreased) effective as of any date determined by the Board (or a committee thereof). Executive’s base salary shall be paid in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s standard policy regarding payment of
compensation to executives but no less frequently than monthly. In calendar year 2007, only the pro rata portion of Executive’s base salary for the period beginning October 1, 2007 or such other date as the Company and Executive shall
agree (the “Employment Commencement Date”), and ending December 31, 2007, will be payable pursuant to this Section 4.1. 
 4.2 Bonuses. Executive shall receive annual bonuses based on performance criteria determined in the discretion of the Board, after reasonable consultation with Executive. The Board shall set forth three performance targets.
The first performance target shall be the Target Entry Level, the second the Target Expected Value, and the third the Target Over Achievement. The amount of the Executive’s bonus in a year shall be determined by the performance target achieved
and the chart set forth in this Section 4.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be eligible for a bonus for the period beginning on the Employment Commencement Date and ending on December 31, 2007 (the “2007
Bonus”) based on performance achieved during the calendar year ending on December 31, 2007. The 2007 Bonus, if any, shall be payable to Executive by March 15, 2008. The 2007 Bonus, if any, shall be an amount equal to
A multiplied by B, where: A equals a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the period beginning on the Employment Commencement Date and ending on December 31, 2007, and the
denominator of which is 365; and B equals the bonus determined according to the following chart assuming that 2007 was not a prorated year: 
  

			
	 Target
	  	 Bonus

	 Target Entry Level
	  	50% of Base Salary
		
	 Target Expected Value
	  	100% of Base Salary
		
	 Target Over Achievement
	  	150% of Base Salary

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the targets set forth in the schedule above may be adjusted by the Board based on
any substantial acquisitions or divestitures, or significant increases or decreases in capital expenditures, that occur after the Employment Commencement Date. In addition, if a level of performance is achieved that is in between any of the three
levels set forth above, the Executive shall be entitled to an extra percentage of Base Salary, in addition to the percentage of Base Salary payable due to the achievement of the performance target, equal to the product of (a) 50% of Base Salary
and (b) the quotient of (i) the difference between the performance level actually achieved and the performance target achieved, and (ii) the performance target achieved. For clarity purposes, if the performance target is based on
EBITDA, the Target Entry Level is $1,000,000 of EBITDA, the Target Expected Value is $2,000,000 of EBITDA, and the Target 

  

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Over Achievement is $3,000,000 of EBITDA, Base Salary equals $475,000 and actual EBITDA is $1,200,000, the Executive would be entitled to a bonus calculated
as follows: 
 $237,500 + ((.5) x $475,000)(($1,200,000 - $1,000,000)/$1,000,000) = $285,000 
 Notwithstanding the formula above, the Company and the Executive may agree to a bonus calculation modification that utilizes multiple factors as opposed to a single
factor; however, this modification may in no case reduce the Executive’s ultimate bonus potential to less than 150% of the Executive’s Base Salary. 
 4.3 Initial Stock Option Grant. The Company shall grant to the Executive, as of the Effective Date, as a matter of separate inducement and not in lieu of any salary or other compensation, the right and option to purchase (the
“Initial Option”) a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to $1,000,000, divided by the initial exercise price of $300.00 (rounded down to the nearest whole share). The terms of the Initial Option, except
as set forth in this Agreement, shall be governed by the latest equity based compensation plan adopted by the Company allowing for the grant of nonqualified stock options and the Company’s latest standard stock option agreement used for senior
executives. The Initial Option, except as provided herein, granted hereunder is intended to constitute an option which is not designed to qualify as an incentive stock option pursuant to Section 422 of the Code. The Initial Option will be 100%
vested and exercisable as of the Effective Date, and will have an expiration date of the date that is one year following the Effective Date; however, should the Executive terminate his employment with the Company without Good Reason prior to the
expiration date, the Initial Option shall expire on the Date of Termination. 
 4.4 Additional Stock Option Grants and Restricted Stock. On the
Effective Date, the Executive shall be issued a number of shares of restricted common stock of the Company equal to $1,500,000 divided by $300.00 (rounded to the nearest whole share). The terms of such restricted stock, except as set forth in this
Agreement, shall be governed by the latest equity based compensation plan, adopted by the Company, allowing for the grant of restricted stock and the Company’s standard restricted stock agreement used for senior executives. Except as elsewhere
provided in this Agreement, such restricted common stock shall cumulatively vest 25% upon each anniversary of the Effective Date, as demonstrated by the table below in this Section 4.4, provided the Executive remains employed as of each such
anniversary of the Effective Date. 
 The Company shall grant to the Executive, as of the Effective Date, as a matter of separate inducement and not in lieu
of any salary or other compensation, the right and option to purchase (the “Option”) a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to $1,800,000, divided by the initial exercise price of $300.00 (rounded down to
the nearest whole share). The terms of the Option, except as set forth in this Agreement, shall be governed by the latest equity based compensation plan adopted by the Company allowing for the grant of nonqualified stock options and the
Company’s latest standard stock option agreement used for senior executives. The Option granted hereunder is intended to constitute an option which is not designed to qualify as an incentive stock option pursuant to Section 422 of the
Code. The Option shall become exercisable in cumulative installments of 25% upon each anniversary of the Effective Date, as demonstrated by the table below in this Section 4.4, provided the Executive remains employed as of each such anniversary
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	 On or After Each of the Following Vesting Dates
	  	Cumulative
Percentage of
Shares for
Which the
Option is
Exercisable and
the
Restricted
Stock Shall Vest	 
	 First Anniversary of the Effective Date
	  	25	%
	 Second Anniversary of the Effective Date
	  	50	%
	 Third Anniversary of the Effective Date
	  	75	%
	 Fourth Anniversary of the Effective Date
	  	100	%

 4.5 Other Perquisites. During his employment hereunder, the Company shall provide Executive with the
same perquisite benefits made available to other senior executives of the Company. 
 4.6 Equity Based Compensation and Performance Awards.
During the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall be eligible to receive equity based compensation awards. 
 4.7 Expenses. The
Company shall promptly reimburse the Executive for all reasonable legal expenses that the Executive has incurred in connection with entering into the employ of the Company and all reasonable business expenses incurred by the Executive in performing
services hereunder, including all expenses of travel and living expenses while away from home on business or at the request of and in the service of the Company; provided, in each case, that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in accordance
with the policies and procedures established by the Company. 
 4.8 Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to 25 days of vacation per year
other than for 2007. For 2007, the Executive shall be entitled to 10 days of vacation. 
 4.9 Services Furnished. The Executive shall at all
times be provided with office space and such other facilities and services as are suitable to his position and no less favorable than those being provided to the Executive by the Company as of the date hereof. 
 4.10 Offices. Subject to Articles II, III, and IV hereof, the Executive agrees to serve without additional compensation, if elected or appointed thereto,
as a director of any of the Company’s subsidiaries and as a member of any committees of the board of directors of any such corporations, and in one or more executive positions of any of the Company’s subsidiaries; provided, that the
Executive is indemnified for serving in any and all such capacities on a basis no less favorable than is currently or may be provided to any other director of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or in connection with any such executive position,
as the case may be. 
 ARTICLE V 
 PROTECTION OF INFORMATION 
 5.1 Disclosure to and Property of the Company. For purposes of this Article V, the term “the
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“employment” or similar terms shall include a director and/or consulting relationship. All information, trade secrets, designs, ideas, concepts,
improvements, product developments, discoveries and inventions, whether patentable or not, that are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Executive, individually or in conjunction with others, during the period of Executive’s employment by
the Company (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on the Company’s premises or otherwise) that relate to the Company’s or any of its affiliates’ business, trade secrets, products or services (including, without
limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities, product specification, compositions, manufacturing and distribution methods and processes, research, financial and sales data, pricing terms, evaluations, opinions,
interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer’s organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or exploration, production, marketing
and merchandising techniques, prospective names and marks) and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, inventions and other similar forms of expression (collectively,
“Confidential Information”) are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company or its affiliates. Moreover, all documents, videotapes, written presentations, brochures, drawings, memoranda, notes, records, files,
correspondence, manuals, models, specifications, computer programs, E-mail, voice mail, electronic databases, maps, drawings, architectural renditions, models and all other writings or materials of any type embodying any of such information, ideas,
concepts, improvements, discoveries, inventions and other similar forms of expression (collectively, “Work Product”) are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company (or its affiliates). Executive agrees to
perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company or its affiliates to establish and confirm such exclusive ownership. Upon termination of Executive’s employment by the Company, for any reason, Executive promptly shall deliver such
Confidential Information and Work Product, and all copies thereof, to the Company. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 5.1, the terms “Confidential Information” and “Work Product” do not, however,
include (a) any information that, at the time of disclosure by the Company, is available to the public other than as a result of any act of Executive, or (b) any information that Executive possessed prior to the Effective Date, or
(c) becomes available to the Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors; provided, that such source is not
known by the Executive to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to the Company or any of its subsidiaries. 
 5.2
Disclosure to Executive. The Company will disclose to Executive, or place Executive in a position to have access to or develop, Confidential Information and Work Product of the Company (or its affiliates); and/or will entrust Executive
with business opportunities of the Company (or its affiliates); and/or will place Executive in a position to develop business good will on behalf of the Company (or its affiliates). 
 5.3 No Unauthorized Use or Disclosure. Executive agrees to preserve and protect the confidentiality of all Confidential Information and Work Product of the Company and its affiliates. Executive agrees
that he will not, at any time during or after the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, make any unauthorized disclosure of, and he shall not remove from the Company premises, Confidential Information or Work Product of the
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Executive’s responsibilities hereunder. Executive shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all persons or entities to whom any Confidential
Information shall be disclosed by him hereunder to preserve and protect the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. Executive shall have no obligation hereunder to keep confidential any Confidential Information if and to the extent
disclosure thereof is specifically required by law; provided, however, that in the event disclosure is required by applicable law, Executive shall provide the Company with prompt notice of such requirement prior to making any such disclosure, so
that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order. At the request of the Company at any time, Executive agrees to deliver to the Company all Confidential Information that he may possess or control. Executive agrees that all Confidential
Information of the Company (whether now or hereafter existing) conceived, discovered or made by him during the period of Executive’s employment by the Company exclusively belongs to the Company (and not to Executive), and upon request by the
Board for specified Confidential Information, Executive will promptly disclose such Confidential Information to the Company and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company to establish and confirm such exclusive ownership. Affiliates of
the Company shall be third party beneficiaries of Executive’s obligations under this Article V. As a result of Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive may also from time to time have access to, or knowledge of, Confidential
Information or Work Product of third parties, such as customers, suppliers, partners, joint venturers, and the like, of the Company and its affiliates. Executive also agrees to preserve and protect the confidentiality of such third party
Confidential Information and Work Product. 
 5.4 Ownership by the Company. If, during Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive
creates any work of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression that is the subject matter of copyright (such as videotapes, written presentations, or acquisitions, computer programs, E-mail, voice mail, electronic databases, drawings,
maps, architectural renditions, models, manuals, brochures, or the like) relating to the Company’s business, products, or services, whether such work is created solely by Executive or jointly with others (whether during business hours or
otherwise and whether on the Company’s premises or otherwise), including any Work Product, the Company shall be deemed the author of such work if the work is prepared by Executive in the scope of Executive’s employment; or, if the work is
not prepared by Executive within the scope of Executive’s employment but is specially ordered by the Company as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary
work, as a compilation, or as an instructional text, then the work shall be considered to be work made for hire and the Company shall be the author of the work. 
 5.5 Assistance by Executive. During the period of Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive shall assist the Company and its nominee, at any time, in the protection of the Company’s or its affiliates’
worldwide right, title and interest in and to Confidential Information and Work Product and the execution of all formal assignment documents requested by the Company or its nominee and the execution of all lawful oaths and applications for patents
and registration of copyright in the United States and foreign countries. After Executive’s employment with the Company terminates, at the request from time to time and expense of the Company or its affiliates, Executive shall reasonably assist
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Information and Work Product and the execution of all formal assignment documents requested by the Company or its nominee and the execution of all lawful
oaths and applications for patents and registration of copyright in the United States and foreign countries. 
 5.6 Remedies. Executive
acknowledges that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Article V by Executive, and the Company or its affiliates shall be entitled to enforce the provisions of this Article V by terminating payments then owing to
Executive under this Agreement or otherwise and to specific performance and injunctive relief as remedies for such breach or any threatened breach. Such remedies shall not be deemed the exclusive remedies for a breach of this Article V but shall be
in addition to all remedies available at law or in equity, including the recovery of damages from Executive and his agents. However, if it is determined that the Executive has not committed a breach of this Article V, then the Company shall resume
the payments and benefits due under this Agreement and pay to Executive and his spouse, if applicable, all payments and benefits that had been suspended pending such determination. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND EXECUTIVE 
 6.1 Statements by Executive. Executive shall refrain, both during and after the termination of the employment relationship, from publishing any oral or
written statements about the Company, any of its affiliates or any of the Company’s or such affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives that (a) are slanderous, libelous or defamatory,
(b) disclose Confidential Information of the Company, any of its affiliates or any of the Company’s or any such affiliates’ business affairs, directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives except as permitted
by Article V hereof, or (c) place the Company, any of its affiliates, or any of the Company’s or any such affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives in a false light before the public. A
violation or threatened violation of this prohibition may be enjoined by the courts. The rights afforded the Company and its affiliates under this provision are in addition to any and all rights and remedies otherwise afforded by law. 
 6.2 Statements by the Company. The Company shall refrain, both during and after the termination of the employment relationship, from publishing any oral or
written statements about Executive, any of his affiliates or any of such affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives that (a) are slanderous, libelous or defamatory, (b) disclose confidential
information of Executive, any of his affiliates or any of such affiliates’ business affairs, directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives, or (c) place Executive, any of his affiliates, or any of such
affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents or representatives in a false light before the public. A violation or threatened violation of this prohibition may be enjoined by the courts. The rights afforded Executive and his
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 ARTICLE VII 
 EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT ON COMPENSATION 
 7.1 Certain Terminations. If Executive’s
employment hereunder shall terminate for any reasons except for those terminations of employment that are subject to Sections 7.2 and 7.3 hereof, then all compensation and all benefits to Executive hereunder shall continue to be provided until
the date of such termination of employment and such compensation and benefits shall terminate contemporaneously with such termination of employment. 
 7.2 By the Company Without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason and Other Than During the Protective Period. Subject to Section 7.3 hereof, if any such termination shall be by Executive for Good Reason or by the Company
for any reason other than those encompassed by Sections 3.2(a) (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.2(d) hereof), or 3.2(b), or 3.2(c) hereof (and any such termination does not occur within the Protective Period), then Executive shall
receive the following compensation and benefits from the Company (but no other compensation or benefits after such termination): 
 (a) the
Company shall pay to Executive when otherwise due Executive’s Termination Base Salary through the Date of Termination; 
 (b) the
Company shall pay to Executive a bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurred in an amount determined in good faith by the Board in accordance with the performance criteria established pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof and based on
the Company’s performance relative to such criteria for such year through the Date of Termination, which amount, however, shall not be less than the bonus for Target Entry Level and shall be prorated through and including the Date of
Termination (based on the ratio of the number of days Executive was employed by the Company during such year to 365), payable in a lump-sum within 30 days following such Date of Termination; 
 (c) effective as of the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay to Executive an amount equal to two times the sum of the Termination Base Salary and
the Average Annual Bonus, payable in a lump-sum within 30 days following such Date of Termination; 
 (d) in the event the Executive
terminates his employment for Good Reason or the Company terminates the Executive’s employment for any reason (including, notwithstanding the foregoing, a termination encompassed by Section 3.2(a) hereof) other than those encompassed by
Section 3.2(b) and 3.2(c) hereof, upon such termination the Company will take one of the following actions (as determined by the Board in its sole discretion) (i) provide that the restricted stock (to the extent not previously vested) will
become 100% vested, or (ii) offer to repurchase all of the Company’s common stock purchased by the Executive, if any, pursuant to the Initial Option at a price equal to the per share exercise price of the Initial Option (as adjusted for
stock splits and stock dividends and regardless of the fair market value of such common stock at the time of repurchase), it being the expressed intent of the parties that the Executive receive an amount equal to the amount paid for the
Company’s common stock 
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 (f) Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be entitled to exercise his respective
grants of vested stock options until one year following the Date of Termination, but no later than the expiration of the original term of each stock option. 
 The Company’s offer to repurchase shares pursuant to Section 7.2(d) will be delivered in writing to the Executive within 15 days following the Date of Termination. The Company’s offer to repurchase must be accepted by the
Executive within 30 days following the date notice of the Company’s offer is given to the Executive. If the Executive accepts in writing the Company’s offer to repurchase such shares the repurchase will occur at the Company’s
corporate offices within 45 days following the date such acceptance is given to the Company. If the Company offers to repurchase its common stock as described in Section 7.2(d) hereof, the Executive will not be entitled to the additional
vesting described in Section 7.2(d)(i) hereof regardless of whether the Executive timely accepts such offer, 
 7.3 By the Company Without Cause
or by Executive for Good Reason During the Protective Period. In the event that, within the Protective Period and prior to the expiration of the term provided in Section 3.1 hereof, either Executive voluntarily terminates employment
with the Company for Good Reason or the Company terminates Executive’s employment for any reason other than those encompassed by Sections 3.2(a) (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.3(e) hereof), or 3.2(b), or 3.2(c) hereof, then, in
lieu of the compensation and benefits described in Section 7.2 hereof, Executive shall receive the following compensation and benefits from the Company (but no other compensation or benefit after such termination): 
 (a) the Company shall pay to Executive when otherwise due Executive’s Termination Base Salary through the Date of Termination; 
 (b) the Company shall pay to Executive a bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurred in an amount determined in good faith by the Board
in accordance with the performance criteria established pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof and based on the Company’s performance relative to such criteria for such year through the Date of Termination, which amount, however, shall not be less
than the bonus for the Target Entry Level and shall be prorated through and including the Date of Termination (based on the ratio of the number of days Executive was employed by the Company during such year to 365), payable in a lump sum within
30 days following such Date of Termination; 
 (c) effective as of the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay to Executive an amount
equal to two times the sum of the Termination Base Salary and the Average Annual Bonus, payable in a lump-sum within 30 days following such Date of Termination; 
 (d) all restricted stock and options granted pursuant to Section 4.4 not yet vested as of the Date of Termination shall become 100% vested; 
 (e) in the event the Company terminates the Executive’s employment for the reason encompassed by Section 3.2(a) hereof, upon such termination
the Company will take one of the following actions (as determined by the Board in its sole discretion) (i) provide that the restricted stock (to the extent not previously vested) will become 100% vested, or (ii) offer to repurchase all of
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Option at a price equal to the per share exercise price of the Initial Option (as adjusted for stock splits and stock dividends and regardless of the fair
market value of such common stock at the time of repurchase), it being the expressed intent of the parties that the Executive receive an amount equal to the amount paid for the Company’s common stock. 
 (f) Executive shall become fully vested in Executive’s accrued benefits under all qualified pension, nonqualified pension, profit sharing, 401(k),
deferred compensation and supplemental plans maintained by the Company for Executive’s benefit, except to that the extent the acceleration of vesting of such benefits would violate any applicable law or require the Company to accelerate the
vesting of the accrued benefits of all participants in such plan or plans, in which case the Company shall pay Executive a lump sum payment, within 30 days following the Date of Termination, in an amount equal to the present value of such unvested
accrued benefits. The lump sum shall be determined on a present value basis using the interest rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code, on the Date of Termination. In addition, if such a lump sum payment is payable, the Company shall
make an additional gross-up payment to Executive in an amount such that the net amount of the lump sum payment and such additional gross-up payment retained by Executive, after the calculation and deduction of all federal, state and local income tax
and employment tax (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes) on such lump sum payment and additional gross-up payment, and taking into account any lost or reduced tax deductions on account of such gross-up payment,
shall be equal to such lump sum payment; 
 (g) Executive (or in the event of his death, his estate) shall be entitled to exercise his
respective grants of vested stock options until one year following the Date of Termination, but no later than the expiration of the original term of each stock option; 
 (h) the Company shall provide Executive with the additional benefits described in Section 7.4 hereof; and 
 (i) effective as of the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay to Executive an amount equal to two times the amount the Company would be required to contribute on Executive’s behalf under all qualified pension, nonqualified
pension, profit sharing, 401(k), deferred compensation and supplemental plans based on Executive’s Termination Base Salary and the applicable maximum Company contribution percentages in effect as of the Date of Termination, payable in a lump
sum within 30 days following such Date of Termination. 
 The Company’s offer to repurchase shares pursuant to Section 7.3(e) will be
delivered in writing to the Executive within 15 days following the Date of Termination. The Company’s offer to repurchase must be accepted by the Executive within 30 days following the date notice of the Company’s offer is given to the
Executive. If the Executive accepts in writing the Company’s offer to repurchase such shares the repurchase will occur at the Company’s corporate offices within 45 days following the date such acceptance is given to the Company. If the
Company offers to repurchase its common stock as described in Section 7.3(e) hereof, the Executive will not be entitled to the additional vesting described in Section 7.3(e)(i) hereof regardless of whether the Executive timely accepts such
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 7.4 Additional Benefits. 
 (a) Throughout the term of the Severance Payout Period for a termination of Executive’s employment covered by Section 7.2 hereof, or throughout the term of the Change of Control Payout Period for a
termination of Executive’s employment covered by Section 7.3 hereof, the Company shall continue to provide Executive and Executive’s eligible family members, based on the cost sharing arrangement between Executive and the Company on
the Date of Termination, with medical and dental health benefits and disability coverage and benefits at least equal to those which would have been provided to Executive if Executive’s employment had not been terminated or, if more favorable to
Executive, as in effect generally at any time during such Severance Payout Period or Change of Control Payout Period, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Executive becomes re-employed and is eligible to receive medical, dental and
disability benefits under another employer’s plans, the Company’s obligations under this Section 7.4 shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by Executive during the Severance Payout Period or Change of
Control Payout Period, as applicable, and any such benefits actually received by Executive shall be promptly reported by Executive to the Company. In the event Executive is ineligible under the terms of the Company’s benefit plans or programs
to continue to be so covered, the Company shall provide Executive with substantially equivalent coverage through other sources or will provide Executive with a lump sum payment in such amount that, after all taxes on that amount, shall be equal to
the cost to Executive of providing Executive such benefit coverage. The lump sum shall be determined on a present value basis using the interest rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code, on the Date of Termination. In addition, if
such a lump sum payment is payable, the Company shall make an additional gross-up payment to Executive in an amount such that the net amount of the lump sum payment and such additional gross-up payment retained by Executive, after the calculation
and deduction of all federal, state and local income tax and employment tax (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes) on such lump sum payment and additional gross-up payment, and taking into account any lost or
reduced tax deductions on account of such gross-up payment, shall be equal to such lump sum payment. Such additional gross-up payment shall be made in a lump sum payment within 30 days following the Date of Termination. For the sake of clarity,
Executive shall be entitled to all of the insurance and benefits provided by this Section 7.4(a), and such benefits shall not be mitigated, in the event that as of the Date of Termination or at any time during the Severance Payout Period or
Change of Control Payout Period, as applicable, Executive is receiving medical, dental, health, disability or life benefits or insurance through the plans or obligations of a former employer. 
 (b) If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive with Good Reason, the Company shall provide Executive with
a lump sum payment, in lieu of outplacement services, equal to 15% of Executive’s Termination Base Salary. Such lump sum payment shall be made within 30 days following the Date of Termination. This lump sum amount shall be subject to the
gross up provisions of Section 7.4(a). 
 (c) If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive
with Good Reason, the Company shall provide Executive with a lump sum payment, in lieu of an automobile allowance, equal to the monthly car allowance, if any, in effect on the date of the Date of Termination, multiplied by the number of months
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Payout Period or Change of Control Payout Period, as applicable. Such lump sum payment shall be made within 30 days following the Date of Termination. This
lump sum amount shall be subject to the gross up provisions of Section 7.4(a). 
 7.5 No Duty to Mitigate Losses. Executive shall have no
duty to find new employment following the termination of his employment under circumstances which require the Company to pay any amount to Executive pursuant to this Article VII. Any salary or remuneration received by Executive from a third party
for the provision of personal services (whether by employment or by functioning as an independent contractor) following the termination of his employment under circumstances pursuant to which Sections 7.2 or 7.3 and 7.4 apply shall not reduce the
Company’s obligation to make a payment to Executive (or the amount of such payment) pursuant to the terms of any such Section. 
 ARTICLE VIII 
 NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT 
 8.1 Definitions. As used in this Article VIII, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 “Business” means (a) during the period of Executive’s employment by the Company, the core products and services provided by the Company and their respective subsidiaries during such period and other
products and services that are functionally equivalent to the foregoing, and (b) during the portion of the Prohibited Period that begins on the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, the services provided by the Company
and their respective subsidiaries at the time of such termination of employment and other services that are functionally equivalent to the foregoing. 
 “Competing Business” means any business, individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity which wholly or in any significant part engages in any business competing with the Business
in the Restricted Area. In no event will the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries be deemed a Competing Business. 
 “Governmental Authority” means any governmental, quasi-governmental, state, county, city or other political subdivision of the United States or any other country, or any agency, court or instrumentality, foreign or
domestic, or statutory or regulatory body thereof. 
 “Legal Requirement” means any law, statute, code, ordinance,
order, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, certificate, license, authorization, or other directional requirement (including, without limitation, any of the foregoing that relates to environmental standards or controls,
energy regulations and occupational, safety and health standards or controls including those arising under environmental laws) of any Governmental Authority. 
 “Prohibited Period” means the period during which Executive is employed by the Company hereunder and (a) throughout the term of the Change of Control Payout Period for a termination of
Executive’s employment covered by Section 7.3 hereof, or (b) throughout the term of the Severance Payout Period for a termination of Executive’s employment covered by Section 7.2 hereof, or (c) for a period equal to the
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the Company, but in no event less than six (6) months or more than two (2) years from the termination of Executive’s employment covered by
Section 7.1 hereof (but shall not apply to termination reasons encompassed in Sections 3.2(a) or 3.2(b), as a result of the expiration of the term of this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, or the exception stated in
Section 8.2(a) below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Prohibited Period shall immediately terminate (x) on the date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company if such termination is for the reason encompassed in
Section 3.2(a) hereof or (y) on the date the Company breaches its obligations under either Section 7.2 or 7.3 hereof (if and as applicable) (it being understood and agreed, however, that Executive shall continue to be entitled to
receive all consideration required to be paid under Section 7.2 or 7.3 hereof (if and as applicable)). 
 “Restricted
Area” means the State of Texas and any other geographical area in which the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries engage in the Business during the period during which Executive is employed hereunder. 
 8.2 Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. Executive and the Company agree to the non-competition and non-solicitation provisions of this Article VIII
(i) as part of the consideration for the compensation and benefits to be paid to Executive hereunder, (ii) to protect the trade secrets and confidential information of the Company or its affiliates disclosed or entrusted to Executive by
the Company or its affiliates or created or developed by Executive for the Company or its affiliates, the business goodwill of the Company or its affiliates developed through the efforts of Executive and/or the business opportunities disclosed or
entrusted to Executive by the Company or its affiliates and (iii) as an additional incentive for the Company to enter into this Agreement. 
 (a) Subject to the exceptions set forth in section 8.2(b) below, Executive expressly covenants and agrees that during the Prohibited Period (i) he will refrain from carrying on or engaging in, directly or indirectly, any Competing
Business in the Restricted Area and (ii) he will not, and he will cause his affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, join, become an employee of, control or participate in or be connected with or loan money to, sell or
lease equipment to or sell or lease real property to any business, individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity which engages in a Competing Business in the Restricted Area; provided, however, for purposes of this Section 8.2(a)
only, in the event Executive terminates his employment pursuant to Section 3.3. for any reason other than Good Reason, Executive’s Prohibited Period will end on the Executive’s Date of Termination; provided, further, however, that
Executive shall be subject to the covenants set forth in this Section 8.2(a) in such case during the Prohibited Period, for so long as, but only so long as, during each month of the Prohibited Period the Company pays the Executive 1/24 of the
amount (prorated for partial months) he would have received pursuant to Section 7.2(c) if Executive was entitled to a payment pursuant to Section 7.2(c) (it being acknowledged that the Executive’s responsibility to comply with the
covenants of this Section 8.2(a) shall end as of the month the Company fails to make the payment contemplated by this proviso and that the Company has the right to stop such payments whenever it so chooses). 
 (b) Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 8.2(a), Executive or any of his affiliates may own an aggregate of not more than 2.5% of
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securities exchange, without violating the provisions of Section 8.2(a), provided that neither Executive nor any of his affiliates has the power,
directly or indirectly, to control or direct the management or affairs of any such corporation and is not involved in the management of such corporation. 
 (c) Executive further expressly covenants and agrees that during the Prohibited Period, he will not, and he will cause his affiliates not to (i) engage or employ, or solicit or contact with a view to the
engagement or employment of, any person who is an officer or employee of the Company or any of their respective affiliates or (ii) canvass, solicit, approach or entice away or cause to be canvassed, solicited, approached or enticed away from
the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries any person who or which is a customer of any of such entities during the period during which Executive is employed by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions of clause
(i) of this Section 8.2(c) shall not apply with respect to (A) an officer or employee whose employment has been involuntarily terminated by his or her employer (other than for cause), (B) an officer or employee who has
voluntarily terminated employment with the Company and their respective affiliates and who has not been employed by any of such entities for at least one year, (C) an employee who is paid on an hourly basis, or (D) an officer or employee
who responds to a general solicitation that is not specifically directed at officers and employees of the Company or any of their respective affiliates. 
 (d) The Executive may seek the written consent of the Company, which may be withheld for any or no reason, to waive the provisions of this Article VIII on a case by case basis. 
 (e) The restrictions contained in Section 8.2 shall not apply to any product or services that the Company provided during the Executive’s
employment but that the Company no longer provides at the Date of Termination. 
 8.3 Relief. Executive and the Company agree and
acknowledge that the limitations as to time, geographical area and scope of activity to be restrained as set forth in Section 8.2 hereof are reasonable and do not impose any greater restraint than is necessary to protect the legitimate business
interests of the Company. Executive and the Company also acknowledge that money damages would not be sufficient remedy for any breach of this Article VIII by Executive, and the Company or its affiliates shall be entitled to enforce the provisions of
this Article VIII by terminating payments then owing to Executive under this Agreement or otherwise and to specific performance and injunctive relief as remedies for such breach or any threatened breach. Such remedies shall not be deemed the
exclusive remedies for a breach of this Article VIII but shall be in addition to all remedies available at law or in equity, including the recovery of damages from Executive and his agents. However, if it is determined that the Executive has not
committed a breach of this Article VIII, then the Company shall resume the payments and benefits due under this Agreement and pay to the Executive and his spouse, if applicable, all payments and benefits that had been suspended pending such
determination. 
 8.4 Reasonableness; Enforcement. Executive hereby represents to the Company that he has read and understands,
and agrees to be bound by, the terms of this Article VIII. Executive acknowledges that the geographic scope and duration of the covenants contained in this Article VIII are the result of arm’s-length bargaining and are fair and reasonable in
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and wide geographic scope of the operations of the Business, (b) Executive’s level of control over and contact with the Business in all
jurisdictions in which it is conducted, (c) the fact that the Business is conducted throughout the Restricted Area and (d) the amount of compensation that Executive is receiving in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder.
It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Article VIII be enforced to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Legal Requirements, whether now or hereafter in effect and therefore, to the extent permitted by
applicable Legal Requirements, Executive and the Company hereby waive any provision of applicable Legal Requirements that would render any provision of this Article VIII invalid or unenforceable. 
 8.5 Reformation. The Company and Executive agree that the foregoing restrictions are reasonable under the circumstances and that any breach
of the covenants contained in this Article VIII would cause irreparable injury to the Company. Executive understands that the foregoing restrictions may limit Executive’s ability to engage in certain businesses anywhere in the United States
during the Prohibited Period, but acknowledges that Executive will receive sufficiently high remuneration and other benefits from the Company to justify such restriction. Further, Executive acknowledges that his skills are such that he can be
gainfully employed in non-competitive employment, and that the agreement not to compete will not prevent him from earning a living. Nevertheless, if any of the aforesaid restrictions are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unreasonable,
or overly broad as to geographic area or time, or otherwise unenforceable, the parties intend for the restrictions herein set forth to be modified by the court making such determination so as to be reasonable and enforceable and, as so modified, to
be fully enforced. By agreeing to this contractual modification prospectively at this time, the Company and Executive intend to make this provision enforceable under the law or laws of all applicable States so that the entire agreement not to
compete and this Agreement as prospectively modified shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be rendered void or illegal. Such modification shall not affect the payments made to Executive under this Agreement. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 EXCISE TAXES AND
GROSS-UP PAYMENTS 
 9.1 Excise Taxes and Gross-Up Payments. 
 (a) If any payment or benefit received or to be received by Executive in connection with a Change in Control of the Company or termination of
Executive’s employment (whether payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, a stock option plan or any other plan or arrangement with the Company) (the “Total Payments”) will be subject to the excise tax imposed by
Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that the net amount of
the Total Payments and the Gross-Up Payment retained by Executive after the calculation and deduction of all Excise Taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes) on the Total Payments and all federal, state and local
income tax, employment tax and Excise Tax (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes) on the Gross-Up Payments provided for in this Section 9.1, and taking into account any lost or reduced tax deductions on account
of the Gross-Up Payments, shall be equal to the Total Payments. 
  

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 (b) All determinations required to be made under this Section 9.1, including whether and when the
Gross-Up Payments are required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payments, and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations (consistent with the provisions of the Section 9.1), shall be made by the Company’s independent
certified public accountants (the “Accountants”). The Accountants shall provide Executive and the Company with detailed supporting calculations with respect to such Gross-Up Payments within 15 business days of the
receipt of notice from Executive or the Company that Executive has received or will receive a Total Payment. In the event that the Accountants are also serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of
Control, Executive shall appoint another nationally recognized public accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accountants hereunder). All fees and expenses of the
Accountants shall be borne solely by the Company. All determinations by the Accountants shall be binding upon the Company and Executive. 
 (c) For the purposes of determining whether any of the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, such Total Payments will be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code, and all “parachute payments” in excess of the “base amount” (as defined under Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless and except to the extent that
in the opinion of the Accountants such payment (in whole or in part) either do not constitute “parachute payments” or represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the
Code) in excess of the “base amount” or such “parachute payments” are otherwise not subject to such Excise Tax. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payments, Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income
taxes at the highest applicable marginal rate of federal income taxation for the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payments are to be made and to pay any applicable state and local income taxes at the highest applicable marginal rate of taxation
for the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payments are to be made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that could be obtained from the deduction of such state or local taxes if paid in such year (determined without regard to
limitations on deductions based upon the amount of Executive’s adjusted gross income); and to have otherwise allowable deductions for federal, state and local income tax purposes at least equal to those disallowed because of the inclusion of
the Gross-Up Payments in Executive’s adjusted gross income. 
 (d) To the extent practicable, any Gross-Up Payments shall be paid by the
Company at the time Executive is entitled to receive the Total Payments and in no event will any Gross-Up Payments be paid later than 30 days after the receipt by Executive of the Accountant’s determination. As a result of uncertainty in
the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accountants hereunder, it is possible that the Gross-Up Payments made will have been an amount less than the Company should have paid pursuant to this
Section 9.1 (the “Underpayment”). In the event that the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 9.1 and Executive is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Underpayment shall be promptly paid by
the Company to or for Executive’s benefit. 
 (e) Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue
Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payments. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable after Executive is informed in 

  

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writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. Executive shall not
pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30 day period following the date on which Executive gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes, interest and/or penalties with respect to
such claim is due). If the Company notifies Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such 30 day period that it desires to contest such claim, Executive shall: 
 (i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim; 
 (ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time,
including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company; 
 (iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to effectively contest such claim; and 
 (iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claims; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection
with such contest and shall indemnify Executive for, advance expenses to Executive for, defend Executive against and hold Executive harmless from, on an after-tax basis, any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect
thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of all related costs and expenses. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.1, the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest
and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct Executive to pay the tax claimed
and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the
Company shall determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs Executive to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to Executive, on an interest-free basis, and shall indemnify Executive
for, advance expenses to Executive for, defend Executive against and hold Executive harmless from, on an after-tax basis, any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or
with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance (including as a result of any forgiveness by the Company of such advance); provided, further, that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to the payment of taxes for the
taxable year of Executive with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up
Payments would be payable hereunder and Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority. 
  

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 (f) The Gross-Up Payments shall be paid to Executive during Executive’s employment,
or following the termination of Executive’s employment, as determined under the foregoing provisions; provided, however, such benefits and payments shall be paid not later than fifteenth day of the third month following the later of the end of
the taxable year of Executive in which Executive’s Date of Termination occurs, or the end of the taxable year of the Company (or any successor thereto) in which such Executive’s Date of Termination occurs. 
 ARTICLE X 
 DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

 10.1 Dispute Resolution. If any dispute arises out of this Agreement, the “complaining party” shall give the
“other party” written notice of such dispute. The other party shall have 10 business days to resolve the dispute to the complaining party’s satisfaction. If the dispute is not resolved by the end of such period, either disputing party
may require the other to submit to non-binding mediation with the assistance of a neutral, unaffiliated mediator. If the parties encounter difficulty in agreeing upon a neutral unaffiliated mediator, they shall seek the assistance of the American
Arbitration Association in the selection process. If mediation is unsuccessful, the complaining party may by written notice (the “Notice”) demand arbitration of the dispute as set out below, and each party hereto expressly
agrees to submit to, and be bound by, such arbitration. 
 (a) Each party will, within 10 business days of the Notice, nominate an
arbitrator, who shall be a non-neutral arbitrator. Each nominated arbitrator must be someone experienced in dispute resolution and of good character without moral turpitude and not within the employ or direct or indirect influence of the nominating
party. The two nominated arbitrators will, within 10 business days of nomination, agree upon a third arbitrator, who shall be neutral. If the two appointed arbitrators cannot agree on a third arbitrator within such period, the parties may seek such
an appointment through any permitted court proceeding or by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). The three arbitrators will set the rules and timing of the arbitration, but will generally follow the rules of the AAA
and this Agreement where same are applicable and shall provide for a reasoned opinion. 
 (b) The arbitration hearing will in no event take
place more than 180 days after the appointment of the third arbitrator. 
 (c) The mediation and the arbitration will take place in Houston,
Texas unless otherwise unanimously agreed to by the parties. 
 (d) The results of the arbitration and the decision of the arbitrators will
be final and binding on the parties and each party agrees and acknowledges that these results shall be enforceable in a court of law. 
 (e)
All costs and expenses of the mediation and arbitration shall be born equally by the Company and the Executive. The Arbitrator shall award the prevailing party its reasonable attorneys fees incurred in connection with the dispute. 
  

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 ARTICLE XI 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 11.1 Successor Agreement. The Company will require any successor (whether
direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform if no succession had taken place. Failure of the successor to so assume shall constitute a breach of this Agreement and entitle Executive to the benefits hereunder as if triggered by a termination not for Cause.

 11.2 Notices. For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when received if delivered personally or by courier, (b) on the date receipt is acknowledged if delivered by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested or (c) one day after
transmission if sent by facsimile transmission with confirmation of transmission, as follows: 
  

			
	If to Executive, addressed to:	 	Charles E. Jones
		 	2 Holly Ridge Drive
		 	Kingwood, Texas 77339
		
	If to the Company, addressed to:	 	
		 	Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc.
		 	Attn: Chairman of the Board
		 	One New BriarLake Plaza
		 	Suite 1175
		 	2000 West Sam Houston Parkway South
		 	Houston, Texas 77042

 or to such other address as either party may furnish to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that
notices or changes of address shall be effective only upon receipt. 
 11.3 Applicable Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.

 (a) This Agreement is entered into under, and shall be governed for all purposes by, the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to
conflicts of laws principles thereof. 
 (b) With respect to any claim or dispute related to or arising under this Agreement, the parties
hereto hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, forum and venue of the state and federal courts located in the State of Texas. 
 11.4 No
Waiver. No failure by either party hereto at any time to give notice of any breach by the other party of, or to require compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar
provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. 
 11.5 Severability. If a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of that provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all
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 11.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement. 
 11.7 Withholding of Taxes and Other
Executive Deductions. The Company may withhold from any benefits and payments made pursuant to this Agreement all federal, state, city and other taxes as may be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling and all
other normal Executive deductions made with respect to the Company’s employees generally. 
 11.8 Headings. The Section
headings have been inserted for purposes of convenience and shall not be used for interpretive purposes. 
 11.9 Gender and
Plurals. Wherever the context so requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine or neuter, and the singular number includes the plural and conversely. 
 11.10 Affiliate. As used in this Agreement, the term “affiliate” as used with respect to a particular person or entity shall mean any other person or entity which
owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, such particular person or entity. 
 11.11
Assignment. This Agreement and the rights hereunder are personal in nature and may not be assigned by the Company or Executive without the prior written consent of the other. In addition, any payment owed to Executive hereunder
after the date of Executive’s death shall be paid to his estate. Subject to the preceding provisions of this Section 11.11, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns. 
 11.12 Term. Termination of this Agreement shall not affect any right or obligation of any party which is accrued
or vested prior to such termination. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, the provisions of Articles V, VI, VII and VIII shall survive any termination of the employment relationship and/or of this Agreement. 
 11.13 Entire Agreement. Except as provided in any signed written agreement contemporaneously or hereafter executed by the Company and
Executive, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the covenants, promises, representations, warranties and agreements between the parties with respect to employment
of Executive by the Company. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, all understandings and agreements preceding the date of execution of this Agreement and relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no
further force and effect. 
 11.14 Modification; Waiver. Any modification to or waiver of this Agreement will be effective only
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 11.15 Actions by the Board. Any and all determinations or other actions required of the Board
hereunder that relate specifically to Executive’s employment by the Company or the terms and conditions of such employment shall be made by the members of the Board other than Executive, and Executive shall not have any right to vote or decide
upon any such matter. 
 11.16 Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to Executive that the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors. Executive represents and warrants to the Company that (a) he does not have any agreements with his prior employer that will
prohibit him from working for the Company or fulfilling his duties and obligations to the Company pursuant to this Agreement and (b) he has complied with all duties imposed on him with respect to his former employer, e.g., Executive does not
possess any tangible property belonging to his former employer. 
 11.17 Insurance and Indemnification. The Company shall provide
the Executive with the same errors and omissions insurance as provided to other similarly situated officers in the Company. The parties acknowledge that the Company and the Executive will enter into a separate indemnification agreement. 

11.18 Compliance With Internal Revenue Code Section 409A. 
 (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all lump sum payments and gross up payments to be made pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid not
later than the fifteenth day of the third month following the later of the end of the taxable year of Executive in which Executive’s Date of Termination occurs, or the end of the taxable year of the Company (or any successor thereto) in which
such Date of Termination occurs. 
 (b) This Agreement is not intended to provide for any deferral of compensation subject to Code
Section 409A and, accordingly, the benefits provided pursuant to this Agreement are intended to be paid not later than the later of: (i) the fifteenth day of the third month following Executive’s first taxable year in which such
benefit is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, and (ii) the fifteenth day of the third month following the first taxable year of the Company in which such benefit is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, as
determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and any Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. The date determined under this subsection is referred to as the “Short-Term Deferral Date.” 

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event that any benefits provided pursuant to this Agreement are not actually or
constructively received by the Executive on or before the Short-Term Deferral Date, to the extent such benefit constitutes a deferral of compensation subject to Code Section 409A, then: (i) subject to clause (ii), such benefit shall be
paid upon Executive’s Separation from Service with respect to the Company and its affiliates, and (ii) if Executive is a “specified employee,” as defined in Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), with respect to the Company and its
affiliates, such benefit shall be paid upon the date which is six months after the date of Executive’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, the date of Executive’s death). In the event that any benefit provided for in this Agreement is
subject to this subsection, such benefit shall be paid on the sixtieth day following the payment date determined under this subsection, and shall be made subject to the requirements of Sections 7.2 and 7.3, as applicable. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of October 1, 2007.

  

			
	Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc.
		
	By:	 	/s/ David C. Baldwin
	Name:	 	David C. Baldwin
	Title:	 	Director
	
	/s/ Charles E. Jones
	Charles E. Jones

  

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