Document:

EX-10.49

 Exhibit 10.49 

OFFICE DEPOT, INC. 

RETENTION AGREEMENT 
 This
Retention Agreement (hereinafter, the “Agreement”), by and between Office Depot, Inc. (the “Company”) and Steven M. Schmidt (“Executive”), is effective as of the date signed by Executive below (the “Effective
Date”). Both the Company and Executive are hereinafter individually referred to as a “Party” and jointly referred to as “Parties” in this Agreement. 

WHEREAS, Executive currently serves as President, International for the Company; and 

WHEREAS, Executive is party to a Change in Control Agreement with the Company dated December 16, 2010, and amended from time to time
thereafter (the “CIC Agreement”), under which Executive may become entitled to severance benefits upon his separation of employment with the Company; and 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Staples, Inc. and Staples AMS, Inc. dated as of February 4,
2015 (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which, subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the Company would be merged with and into Staples AMS, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Staples, Inc. (the “Merger”);
and 
 WHEREAS, Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to assure that the Company will
continue to have the dedication of Executive through the Merger process and therefore desires to provide Executive with a cash payment if Executive remains employed by the Company for a specified period of time; and 

WHEREAS, any compensation to which Executive may become entitled under this Agreement shall be in addition to any compensation to which
Executive may become entitled under any other agreement or arrangement pursuant to which Executive and the Company are parties from time to time, including but not limited to the CIC Agreement; and 

WHEREAS, the Company and Executive have determined it is in their mutual best interests to enter into this Agreement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and provisions contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
Parties hereto agree as follows: 
  

	1.	DEFINITIONS 

 For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings specified below: 
 1.1 “Agreement” shall mean this Retention Agreement. 

1.2 “Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 

 1.3 “Cause” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following: 

(a) the continued failure of Executive to perform substantially Executive’s duties with the Company or one of its
affiliates (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Executive by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company which
specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or Chief Executive Officer believes that Executive has not substantially performed Executive’s duties and providing Executive with thirty (30) days to cure, or 

(b) the engaging by Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct in violation of the Company’s Code of Ethical
Behavior. 
 Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the
instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Company or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and in the best interests
of the Company. The cessation of employment of Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors, finding that, in
the good faith opinion of the Board, Executive is guilty of the conduct described in subsection (a) or (b) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. 

1.4 “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement. 

1.5 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. 
 1.6 “Company” shall mean Office Depot, Inc. or any successor to its business and/or assets. 

1.7 “Effective Date” shall mean the date this Agreement is signed by Executive. 

1.8 “Executive” shall mean Steven M. Schmidt. 

1.9 “Final Payment Date” shall mean March 15, 2016. 

1.10 “Merger” shall mean the merger of the company with and into Staples AMS, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Staples,
Inc., pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. 
 1.11 “Merger Agreement” shall mean
the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 4, 2015, which the Company has entered into with Staples, Inc. and Staples AMS, Inc. 

1.12 “Merger Termination Date” shall mean the date on which the Merger Agreement terminates pursuant to a final and
non-appealable judgment, injunction, order or decree of the Federal Trade Commission prohibiting the consummation of the Merger. 

  
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 1.13 “Notice of Separation” shall mean a written notice from the Company to
Executive under Section 3.6 specifying the Separation Date and which, if required by this Agreement, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances relating to the basis for Executive’s separation from employment. 

1.14 “Party” or “Parties” shall mean the Company and Executive individually or collectively, respectively.

 1.15 “Retention Payment” shall be as defined in Section 2.1. 

1.16 “Revocation Period” shall be as defined in Section 2.2(a). 

1.17 “Separation Date” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Separation (which may be immediate) as the effective
date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company initiated by the Company without Cause. 
  

	2.	RETENTION PAYMENT 

 2.1 In General. Executive will vest in a
retention payment of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) (the “Retention Payment”) if Executive remains actively employed until the first to occur of: 
  

	 	(a)	the Closing Date; 

  

	 	(b)	the Merger Termination Date; 

  

	 	(c)	the Separation Date; and 

  

	 	(d)	the Final Payment Date. 

 If Executive vests in the Retention Payment as specified above, the Company shall
make payment of the Retention Payment to Executive in a single lump sum payment within sixty (60) days following the first to occur of such dates (except as provided in Section 2.2(b) or Section 2.3 below). Upon Executive’s
receipt of the Retention Payment under this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate and the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive with respect to the subject matter under this Agreement. In the event the Company initiates the
termination of Executive’s employment for Cause or Executive initiates his termination of employment for any reason, in either case prior to the date on which Executive vests in the Retention Payment as specified above, Executive shall forfeit
the Retention Payment, this Agreement shall terminate and the Company shall have no obligation to Executive with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. 

2.2 Release of Claims. 

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) below, payment of the Retention Payment to Executive pursuant to Section 2.1
is contingent upon Executive executing and not revoking the Company’s customary release and covenant-not-to-sue agreement in favor of the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents, parent corporation or

  
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subsidiaries, affiliates or divisions, its successors, assigns, beneficiaries, servants, legal representatives, insures and heirs. The Company shall provide the proposed release to Executive not
later than seven (7) days following the date on which Executive becomes vested in the Retention Payment pursuant to Section 2.1. Executive must (i) execute and return the release to the Employer within the period specified in the
release (which will not be more than 45 days after the Employer delivers the release to Executive) and (ii) not revoke the release within any seven-day revocation period that applies to Executive under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967, as amended (the “Revocation Period”). If Executive does not execute and deliver the release to the Company within the period described in clause (i) or Executive revokes the release within the period described in clause (ii),
Executive shall forfeit the Retention Payment, this Agreement shall terminate and the Company shall have no obligation to Executive with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. 

(b) Notwithstanding Section 2.2(a) above or any other provision of this Agreement, if Executive vests in the Retention
Payment pursuant to Section 2.1 above, then the Company will make payment of the Retention Payment to Executive no later than the Final Payment Date even if Executive has not yet executed and returned to the Company the release of claims
described in Section 2.2(a) above or any Revocation Period described in Section 2.2(a) above has not yet expired. 
 2.3
Section 409A. To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall at all times be administered and construed in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, including any applicable exceptions. The Company shall have authority
to take action, or refrain from taking any action, with respect to the payments and benefits under this Agreement that is reasonably necessary to comply with Code Section 409A. To the extent that any compensation payable under this Agreement
constitutes deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A and the Department of Treasury regulations and other guidance thereunder, (i) the provisions of this Agreement that provide for payment of such compensation that is
triggered by Executive’s termination of employment shall be deemed to provide for payment that is triggered only by Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section §1.409A-1(h)
(“Separation from Service”), (ii) if, on the date of Executive’s Separation from Service, Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i)
(with such status determined by the Company in accordance with rules established by the Company in writing in advance of the “specified employee identification date” that relates to the date of such Separation from Service or in the
absence of such rules established by the Company, under the default rules for identifying specified employees under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i)) and to the extent the Company makes a good faith determination that payment of such
compensation must be delayed to comply with Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), payment of such compensation that is triggered by Executive’s Separation from Service shall be made on the first business day following the six (6) month
anniversary of the date of such Separation from Service (provided, however, that if Executive dies after the date of such Separation from Service, payment will be paid to Executive’s estate in a lump sum without regard to the six-month delay
that otherwise applies to specified employees); and (iii) if the timing of Executive’s execution of the release of claims pursuant to Section 2.2(a) above can impact the calendar year in which the Retention Payment is

  
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paid, the Retention Payment will be paid in the later calendar year. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company has made no representation regarding the tax treatment of any payment under
this Agreement and, notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, that Executive is solely responsible for all taxes due with respect to any payment under this Agreement 
  

	3.	MISCELLANEOUS 

 3.1 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in
this Agreement shall prevent or limit Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, practice, policy or program provided by the Company for which Executive may qualify, nor shall anything in this Agreement limit or otherwise
affect any rights Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the Company. 
 3.2 Employment at Will. This Agreement
shall not be considered an employment agreement and in no way guarantees Executive the right to continue in the employment of the Company or its affiliates. Executive’s employment is considered employment at will, subject to Executive’s
right to receive the Retention Payment upon certain separations from employment as provided herein. 
 3.3 Withholding. The Company
may deduct and withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. 

3.4 Assignment. This Agreement is personal to Executive and, without the prior written consent of the Company, shall not be assignable
by Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and any assignment in violation of this Agreement shall be void. 

3.5 Successors; Binding Agreement. In addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to the Company, 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 expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement, in the same manner
and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. 
 3.6 Notices. All
notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or seven days after mailing if mailed first class, certified mail, postage prepaid,
addressed as follows: 
  

			
	If to the Company:	  	Office Depot, Inc.
		  	c/o EVP, General Counsel
		  	6600 North Military Trail
		  	Boca Raton, Florida 33496
		
	If to Executive:	  	To Executive’s last known address on file with the Company.

  
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 Any Party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be delivered
or mailed by giving notice thereof to the other Party in the same manner provided herein. 
 3.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement
sets forth the entire agreement of the Parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and, except as otherwise provided herein, supersedes all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or
warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of any Party hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein, and any prior agreement of the Parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein is
hereby terminated and canceled. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either Party, which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. None of the
Parties shall be liable or bound to any other Party in any manner by any representations and warranties or covenants relating to such subject matter except as specifically set forth herein. 

3.8 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any applicable law
or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner
materially adverse to any Party. Upon any such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original
intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible. 

3.9 Waiver. Failure of either Party to insist, in one or more instances, on performance by the other in strict accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of any right granted in this Agreement or the future performance of any such term or condition or of any other term or condition of this Agreement, unless such
waiver is contained in a writing signed by the Party making the waiver. No failure or delay by either Party in exercising any right or power hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment of any steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. 

3.10 Amendments and Modifications. No provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived or discharged except by a written
document signed by Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company. 
 3.11 Governing Law. The validity and effect of this
Agreement shall be governed by and be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida. 
 [signature page follows]

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on the dates specified below. 

EXECUTIVE: 
  

							
	By:	  	 /s/ Steven M. Schmidt
	    	DATE:	  	 April 7, 2015

		  	 Steven M. Schmidt
	    		  	
			
	EMPLOYER:	    		  	
				
	By:	  	 /s/ Roland C. Smith
	    	DATE:	  	 April 7, 2015

		  	 Roland C. Smith
	    		  	
		  	 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
	    		  	

  
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 Exhibit 10.1 
  

 
 April 22, 2016 
 VIA
EMAIL 
 Ken Ludlum 
 [PRIVATE ADDRESS] 

 

	Re:	Separation Agreement 

 Dear Ken: 

As agreed, your employment will terminate and this letter contains the terms of the separation agreement (the “Agreement”) which
CareDx, Inc. (the “Company”) is offering to you to aid in your employment transition. 
 1. Separation. Your
employment with the Company will terminate on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, the (“Separation Date”). Your title has transitioned from Chief Financial Officer to Senior Financial Advisor on Wednesday, April 6, 2016.

 2. Accrued Salary and Vacation. The Company will pay you all accrued salary, and all accrued and unused vacation earned
through the Separation Date, subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings. You are entitled to these payments by law, regardless of whether or not you sign this Agreement. 

3. Severance Payment. Although the Company is not otherwise obligated to do so, if, on or within twenty-one (21) days from date of
this Agreement, you sign, date, return this Agreement to the Company, and you do not revoke the Agreement within seven days of execution, the Company will allow you to allow you to remain on payroll at 100% of your current monthly salary for the
month of April 2016 (or, gross payment of $27,083.33) and 100% of your current monthly salary for the month of May 2016 (or, gross payment $27,083.33), subject to applicable deductions and withholdings (the “Severance”). You
will be paid these amounts on the last and 15th of each month, consistent with standard payroll practices. It is intended that the Severance payment is exempt from Internal Revenue Code Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections
1.409A-1(b)(4) and 1.409A-1(b)(9). 
 4. Health Insurance. To the extent provided by the federal COBRA law or, if applicable,
state insurance laws (collectively, “COBRA”), and by the Company’s current group health insurance policies, you are eligible to continue your group health insurance benefits at your own expense after the Separation Date. Later, you
may be able to convert to an individual policy through the provider of the Company’s health insurance, if you wish. On or after the Separation Date, you will receive a separate notice describing your rights and obligations under COBRA laws.

 5. Stock Options. Vesting of your outstanding stock options and any other equity awards
(the “Options”) will cease on the Separation Date and your unvested shares shall terminate. Your Options, including your rights to exercise vested shares, if any, are governed by the terms of your operative agreements with the
Company and the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. You will have 90 days post the Separation Date to exercise your options (including restrictive stock options).  

6. No Other Compensation or Benefits. You acknowledge that, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, you have not earned and
will not receive from the Company any additional compensation (including base salary, bonus, incentive compensation, variable compensation, or equity), severance, or benefits on or after the Separation Date, with the exception of any vested benefits
you may have under the express terms of a written ERISA-qualified benefit plan (e.g., 401(k) account) or any vested Options (if timely exercised by you). By way of example, but not limitation, you represent and warrant that you have not earned, and
are not owed, any commissions, bonus, or incentive compensation that has not already been paid to you. 
 7. Expense
Reimbursements. You agree that, within thirty (30) days of the Separation Date, you will submit your final documented expense reimbursement statement reflecting all business expenses you incurred through the Separation Date, if any, for
which you seek reimbursement. The Company will reimburse you for these expenses pursuant to its regular business practice. 
 8.
Return of Company Property. By the close of business on the Separation Date, you agree to return to the Company all Company documents (and all copies thereof) and other Company property which you have in your possession or control, including,
but not limited to, Company files, clinical data, research and development information, operational and personnel information, sales and marketing information, customer lists, prospect information, notes, drawings, records, plans, forecasts,
reports, financial data, payroll information, spreadsheets, studies, analyses, proposals, agreements, specifications, code, software, databases, computer-recorded information, tangible property and equipment (including, but not limited to,
computers, facsimile machines, mobile telephones, servers), credit cards, entry cards, identification badges and keys; and any materials of any kind which contain or embody any proprietary or confidential information of the Company (and all
reproductions thereof in whole or in part). You agree that you will make a diligent search to locate any such documents, property and information within the required timeframe. In addition, if you have used any personally owned computer, server,
e-mail system, mobile phone, portable electronic device (e.g., BlackBerry), (collectively, “Personal Systems”) to receive, store, prepare or transmit any Company confidential or proprietary data, materials or information, then no
later than within three (3) business days after the Separation Date, you will provide the Company with a computer-useable copy of all such information and then permanently delete and expunge all such Company confidential or proprietary
information from such Personal Systems without retaining any copy or reproduction in any form. You agree to provide the Company access to your Personal Systems, as requested, for the purpose of verifying that the required copying and/or deletion is
completed. Your timely compliance with this paragraph is a condition precedent to your receipt of the severance benefits hereunder. 

  
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 9. Proprietary Information Obligations. You acknowledge and reaffirm your continuing
obligations under your At-Will Employment, Confidential Information, Invention Assignment, and Arbitration Agreement (the “Confidential Information Agreement”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit
A.  
 10. Confidentiality. The provisions of this Agreement shall be held in strictest
confidence by you and the Company and shall not be publicized or disclosed in any manner whatsoever; provided, however, that: (a) you may disclose this Agreement in confidence to your immediate family; (b) the parties may disclose
this Agreement in confidence to their respective attorneys, accountants, auditors, tax preparers, and financial advisors; (c) the Company may disclose this Agreement to fulfill standard or legally required corporate reporting or disclosure
requirements; and (d) the parties may disclose this Agreement insofar as such disclosure may be necessary to enforce its terms or as otherwise required by law. 

11. Nondisparagement. You agree not to disparage the Company, and the Company’s officers, directors, employees, shareholders and
agents, in any manner likely to be harmful to them or their business, business reputation or personal reputation, and the Company agrees to direct its officers and directors not to disparage you in any manner likely to be harmful to your business,
business reputation or personal reputation; provided that both you and the Company may respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by legal process or in the course of a government investigation.

 12. No Admissions. The promises and payments in consideration of this Agreement shall not be construed to be an admission of
any liability or obligation by either party to the other party, and neither party makes any such admission. 
 13. Cooperation and
Assistance. You agree that you will not voluntarily provide assistance, information or advice, directly or indirectly (including through agents or attorneys), to any person or entity in connection with any claim or cause of action of any kind
brought against the Company, nor shall you induce or encourage any person or entity to bring such claims. However, it will not violate this Agreement if you testify truthfully when required to do so by a valid subpoena or under similar compulsion of
law, or if you cooperate in the course of a government investigation. Further, you agree to voluntarily cooperate with the Company if you have knowledge of facts relevant to any threatened or pending litigation against the Company by making yourself
reasonably available without further compensation for interviews with the Company or its legal counsel, for preparing for and providing deposition testimony, and for preparing for and providing trial testimony. 

14. Release of Claims.  

(a) General Release. In exchange for the consideration provided to you under this Agreement to which you would not otherwise be
entitled, including but not limited to the severance benefits, you hereby generally and completely release the Company and its current and former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors,
parent and subsidiary entities, insurers, affiliates, and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) of and from any and all claims, liabilities and obligations, both known and unknown, that arise out of or are in any way related to
events, acts, conduct, or omissions occurring prior to or on the date you sign this Agreement (collectively, the “Released Claims”). 

  
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 (b) ADEA and Older Workers Benefit Protection Act Waiver. Employee, being forty
(40) years of age or older, acknowledges that he is waiving and releasing any rights he may have under the Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”), and that this waiver and release is knowing and
voluntary. Employee and the Company agree that this waiver and release does not apply to any rights or claims that may arise under the ADEA after the Effective Date of this Agreement, as defined herein. Employee acknowledges that the
consideration given for the waiver and Agreement is in addition to anything of value to which he is already entitled. He further acknowledges that he has been advised in writing, as required by the ADEA, that: 

(i) He should, and is hereby affirmatively instructed to, consult with an attorney prior to signing this Agreement; 

(ii) He has twenty-one (21) days in which to consider this Agreement (although he may choose voluntarily to sign it earlier);

(iii) He has seven (7) days following the date they sign this Agreement to revoke the Agreement; 

(iv) This Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired at 12:01 a.m. on the eighth
(8th) day following Employee’s execution of this Agreement (“Effective Date”); 
 (v) Nothing in this Agreement prevents
or precludes Employee from challenging or seeking a determination in good faith of the validity of this wavier under the ADEA, nor does it impose a condition precedent, penalties or costs for doing so; and 

(vi) Should Employee choose to revoke this Agreement following his execution of same, he must do so by notifying Company prior to the
Effective Date of the Agreement. Any revocation within this period must: (1) clearly state that Employee is revoking this Agreement; (2) must be in writing and be signed by Employee; and (3) must be delivered to Company to
the attention of Matthew Meyer, Chief Business Officer, 3260 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane, California 94005, Phone (415) 287-2393 and Fax (415) 287-2461. 

(c) Scope of Release. The Released Claims include, but are not limited to: (i) all claims arising out of or in any way related to
your employment with the Company, or the termination of that employment; (ii) all claims related to your compensation or benefits from the Company, including salary, bonuses, commissions, vacation pay, expense reimbursements, severance pay,
fringe benefits, stock, stock options, or any other ownership interests in the Company; (iii) all claims for breach of contract, wrongful termination, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (iv) all tort claims,
including claims for fraud, defamation, emotional distress, and discharge in violation of public policy; and (v) all federal, state, and local statutory claims, including claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, attorneys’ fees,
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the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (as amended (“FMLA”), the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”),
the California Labor Code (as amended), and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (as amended). 
 (d) Excluded Claims.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following are not included in the Released Claims (the “Excluded Claims”): (i) any rights or claims for indemnification you may have pursuant to any written indemnification agreement with
the Company to which you are a party, the charter, bylaws, or operating agreements of the Company, or under applicable law; (ii) any rights or claims which are not waivable as a matter of law; and (iii) any claims for breach of this
Agreement. In addition, nothing in this Agreement prevents you from filing, cooperating with, or participating in any proceeding before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the California Department of Fair
Employment and Housing, or any other government agency, except that you acknowledge and agree that you are hereby waiving your right to any monetary benefits in connection with any such claim, charge or proceeding. You hereby represent and warrant
that, other than the Excluded Claims, you are not aware of any claims you have or might have against any of the Released Parties that are not included in the Released Claims. 

(e) Waiver of Unknown Claims. In giving the releases set forth in this Agreement, which include claims which may be unknown to you at
present, you acknowledge that you have read and understand Section 1542 of the California Civil Code which reads as follows: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her
favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.” You hereby expressly waive and relinquish all rights and benefits under that section and any law
or legal principle of similar effect in any jurisdiction with respect to your release of claims herein, including but not limited to the release of unknown and unsuspected claims. 

15. Representations. You hereby represent that (a) you have been paid all compensation owed and for all time worked, (b) you
have received all the leave and leave benefits and protections for which you are eligible pursuant to FMLA, CFRA, any applicable laws or Company policies, and (c) you have not suffered any on-the-job injury or illness for which you have not
already filed a workers’ compensation claim. 
 16. Dispute Resolution. To ensure rapid and economical resolution of any
disputes regarding this Agreement, the parties hereby agree that any and all claims, disputes or controversies of any nature whatsoever arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement, or its interpretation, enforcement, breach, performance or
execution, your employment with the Company, or the termination of such employment, including but not limited to statutory claims, shall be resolved, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by final, binding and confidential arbitration in San
Francisco, CA conducted before a single arbitrator by JAMS, Inc. (“JAMS”) or its successor, under the then applicable JAMS arbitration rules. The parties each acknowledge that by agreeing to this arbitration procedure, they waive
the right to resolve any such dispute, claim or demand through a trial by jury or judge or by administrative proceeding. You will have the right to be represented by legal counsel at any arbitration proceeding. The arbitrator shall:
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applicable law in a court proceeding; and (b) issue a written statement signed by the arbitrator regarding the disposition of each claim and the relief, if any, awarded as to each claim,
the reasons for the award, and the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prevent either you or the Company from obtaining injunctive relief in court to prevent
irreparable harm pending the conclusion of any arbitration. 
 17. Miscellaneous. This Agreement, including the Confidential
Information Agreement, constitutes the complete, final and exclusive embodiment of the entire agreement between you and the Company with regard to the subject matter hereof. It is entered into without reliance on any promise or representation,
written or oral, other than those expressly contained herein, and it supersedes any other agreements, promises, warranties or representations concerning its subject matter. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by
both you and a duly authorized officer of the Company. This Agreement will bind the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of both you and the Company, and inure to the benefit of both you and the Company, their heirs, successors
and assigns. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, this determination shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement and the provision in question shall be modified so as to be
rendered enforceable in a manner consistent with the intent of the parties insofar as possible under applicable law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to conflicts of
law principles. Any ambiguity in this Agreement shall not be construed against either party as the drafter. Any waiver of a breach of this Agreement, or rights hereunder, shall be in writing and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any successive
breach or rights hereunder. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts which shall be deemed to be part of one original, and facsimile signatures shall be equivalent to original signatures. 

If this Agreement is acceptable to you, please sign and date below and return the fully signed Agreement to me within fourteen (21) days of your receipt
of this Agreement. The Company’s offer contained herein will automatically expire if we do not receive the fully signed Agreement from you within this timeframe. 

Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the Company and I wish you the best in your future endeavors. 

 

			
	 Sincerely,
  

CareDx, Inc.

		
	By:	 	/s/ Peter Maag
		 	 Peter Maag
 President & CEO

  
  

	
	UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED:
	
	/s/ Ken Ludlum
	Ken Ludlum
	
	April 22, 2016
	Date

  
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