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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between ProPetro Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Newton W. Wilson III (“Employee”) effective as of September 25, 2019 (the “Effective Date”). 
1.Employment.  During the Employment Period (as defined in Section 4), the Company or another member of the Company Group (as defined in Section 2) shall employ Employee, and beginning on September 30, 2019, Employee shall serve as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company and in such other position or positions as may be assigned from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).  
2.    Duties and Responsibilities of Employee.
(a)    During the Employment Period, Employee shall devote Employee’s best efforts and full business time and attention to the businesses of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries as may exist from time to time (collectively, the “Company Group”). Employee’s duties and responsibilities shall include those normally incidental to the position(s) identified in Section 1, as well as such additional duties as may be assigned to Employee by the Board or the Company’s Principal Executive Officer from time to time, which duties and responsibilities may include providing services to other members of the Company Group in addition to the Company.  Employee may, without violating this Section 2(a), (i) as a passive investment, own publicly traded securities in such form or manner as will not require any services by Employee in the operation of the entities in which such securities are owned; (i) engage in charitable and civic activities; and (i) with the prior written consent of the Board, engage in other personal and passive investment activities, in each case, so long as such ownership, interests, or activities do not interfere with Employee’s ability to fulfill Employee’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement and are not inconsistent with Employee’s obligations to any member of the Company Group or competitive with the business of any member of the Company Group and are otherwise in compliance with applicable law and all policies and codes of conduct established by any member of the Company Group and applicable to Employee.
(b)    Employee hereby represents and warrants that Employee is not the subject of, or a party to, any non-competition, non-solicitation, restrictive covenant, or non-disclosure agreement, or any other agreement, obligation, restriction, or understanding that would prohibit Employee from executing this Agreement or fully performing each of Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, or would in any manner, directly or indirectly, limit or affect any of the duties and responsibilities that may now or in the future be assigned to Employee hereunder.  Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees that Employee is strictly prohibited from using or disclosing any confidential information belonging to any prior employer in the course of performing services for any member of the Company Group, and Employee promises that Employee shall not 

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do so.  Employee shall not introduce documents or other materials containing confidential information of any prior employer to the premises or property (including computers and computer systems) of any member of the Company Group.
(c)    Employee owes each member of the Company Group fiduciary duties (including (i) duties of loyalty and disclosure, including the duty of loyalty as an attorney for each member of the Company Group, as required under Texas law, and (i) such fiduciary duties that an officer of the Company has under Delaware law), and the obligations described in this Agreement are in addition to, and not in lieu of, the obligations Employee owes each member of the Company Group under statutory and common law.
3.    Compensation.  
(a)    Base Salary.  During the Employment Period, Employee shall be paid an annualized base salary of $400,000 (the “Base Salary”) in consideration for Employee’s services under this Agreement, payable in substantially equal installments in conformity with customary payroll practices for Company officers (“Officers”), but no less frequently than monthly.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Salary may be reduced as part of a general reduction in base salaries that affects all Officers in substantially the same proportions.
(b)    Annual Bonus.  Beginning in 2020, Employee shall be eligible to earn an annual cash bonus with a target value of  75% of Employee’s Base Salary for each complete calendar year that Employee is employed by any member of the Company Group hereunder (the “Annual Bonus”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall be eligible to receive a pro rata bonus for the portion of the 2019 calendar year that Employee is employed by any member of the Company Group hereunder (the “2019 Bonus”).  The amount of the Annual Bonus (and the 2019 Bonus) actually paid to Employee for any given calendar year remains subject to the terms and conditions of the ProPetro Holding Corp. Senior Executive Incentive Bonus Plan, as in effect from time to time, and the attainment of the applicable performance targets established by the Board (or a committee thereof) annually, in its sole discretion. Each Annual Bonus (and the 2019 Bonus), if any, shall be paid as soon as administratively feasible after the Board (or a committee thereof) certifies whether the applicable performance targets for the applicable year have been achieved, but in no event later than March 15 following the end of the year for which the bonus was earned (the “Bonus Year”).  Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3(b) to the contrary, no Annual Bonus (or the 2019 Bonus), if any, nor any portion thereof, shall be payable for any Bonus Year unless Employee remains continuously employed by any member of the Company Group from the Effective Date through December 31 of the applicable Bonus Year.  
(c)    Retention Bonuses.  Employee shall be paid a cash retention bonus equal to $25,000 on each of the first and second anniversaries of the Effective Date, provided that Employee 

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remains continuously employed by any member of the Company Group through the applicable anniversary date.
(d)    Benefits.  During the Employment Period, Employee shall be eligible to participate in the same benefit plans and programs in which other Officers or similarly situated executives of the Company are eligible to participate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s vehicle allowance program), subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and programs in effect from time to time.  No member of the Company Group shall, by reason of this Section 6, be obligated to institute, maintain, or refrain from changing, amending, or discontinuing, any such plan or policy, so long as such changes are applicable to the Officers and similarly situated executives of the Company generally.
(e)    Vacation.  Employee will be eligible to receive four (4) weeks of paid vacation for each full calendar year that Employee is employed by any member of the Company Group.  Any vacation shall be taken at the reasonable and mutual convenience of the Company and Employee and in accordance with any applicable Company policy, as in effect from time to time.  
4.    Term of Employment.  The initial term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall be for the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the second anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”).  On the second anniversary of the Effective Date and on each subsequent anniversary thereafter, the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall automatically renew and extend for a period of  twelve (12) months (each such twelve (12)-month period being a “Renewal Term”) unless written notice of non-renewal is delivered by either party to the other not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Employee’s employment pursuant to this Agreement may be terminated at any time in accordance with Section 6.  The period from the Effective Date through the expiration of this Agreement or, if sooner, the termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to this Agreement, regardless of the time or reason for such termination, shall be referred to herein as the “Employment Period.”
5.    Business Expenses.  Subject to Section 22, the Company shall reimburse Employee for Employee’s reasonable out-of-pocket business-related expenses actually incurred in the performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement so long as Employee timely submits all documentation for such expenses, as required by Company policy in effect from time to time.  Any such reimbursement of expenses shall be made upon or as soon as practicable following receipt of such documentation (but in any event not later than the close of Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense is incurred by Employee).  In no event shall any reimbursement be made to Employee for any expenses incurred after the date of Employee’s termination of employment with all of the members of the Company Group. 

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6.    Termination of Employment.
(a)    Company’s Right to Terminate Employee’s Employment for Cause.  The Company shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder at any time for Cause.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: 
(i)    Employee’s material breach of this Agreement or any other written agreement between Employee and any member of the Company Group, including Employee’s material breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant made under any such agreement;
(ii)    Employee’s material breach of any policy or code of conduct established by any member of the Company Group and applicable to Employee;
(iii)    Employee’s violation of any law applicable to the workplace (including any law regarding anti-harassment, anti-discrimination, or anti-retaliation);
(iv)    Employee’s gross negligence, material misconduct reflecting negatively on the Company, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, theft, or embezzlement; 
(v)    the conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of Employee for, or plea of nolo contendere by Employee to, any felony (or state law equivalent) or any crime involving moral turpitude; 
(vi)    Employee’s material failure or refusal, other than due to Disability, to perform Employee’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement or to follow any lawful directive from the Board or the Company’s Principal Executive Officer, as determined by the Board; 
(vii)    Employee’s unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of illegal drugs on the Company’s premises or while performing Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder;
(viii)    failure of Employee, in connection with his work on behalf of the Company Group, to exercise that degree of care, skill, and diligence as lawyers of ordinary skill and knowledge commonly possess and exercise, or the failure of Employee to act with undivided loyalty on behalf of the Company Group; or
(ix)    Employee’s failure to maintain a license to practice law in the State of Texas or failure to maintain good standing with the State Bar of Texas.
For items (i), (ii), (iii), (vi), (viii), and (ix) above, such item will not be considered a breach unless the Company provides Employee written notice of the existence of such condition(s) within thirty 

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(30) days after the initial occurrence of such condition(s) and the condition(s) specified in such notice are not corrected for fifteen (15) days following Employee’s receipt of such written notice; provided, however, that Employee shall not be provided with an opportunity to correct such condition(s) if the Board determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such condition(s) cannot be corrected.
(b)    Company’s Right to Terminate without Cause.  The Company shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder without Cause at any time and for any reason, or no reason at all, upon thirty (30) days’ advance written notice to Employee or continued payment of Employee’s Base Salary in lieu of such notice.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s non-renewal of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, shall not constitute a termination without Cause by the Company. 
(c)    Employee’s Right to Terminate for Good Reason.  Employee shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder at any time for Good Reason.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean:
(i)    a material diminution in Employee’s Base Salary or authority, duties, and responsibilities with the Company or its Subsidiaries, including his removal as an Officer; provided, however, that if Employee is serving as an officer or a member of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of any member of the Company Group or any other entity in which a member of the Company Group holds an equity interest, in no event shall the removal of Employee as an officer or a board member of a member of the Company Group other than the Company, regardless of the reason for such removal, constitute Good Reason; provided, further, that a reduction in Employee’s Base Salary in connection with a general reduction in base salaries that affects all Officers and similarly situated executives of the Company in substantially the same proportions will not constitute Good Reason; provided, further, that a temporary reduction in Employee’s authority, duties, and responsibilities in connection with any internal investigation by the Company, including an investigation into whether circumstances constituting Cause exist, shall not constitute Good Reason;
(ii)    a material breach by the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement; or
(iii)    the relocation of the geographic location of Employee’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles from the location of Employee’s principal place of employment as of the Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(c) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any assertion by Employee of a termination for Good Reason shall not 

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be effective unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) the condition described in Section 6(c)(i), (ii) or (iii) giving rise to Employee’s termination of employment must have arisen without Employee’s consent; (B) Employee must provide written notice to the Board of the existence of such condition(s) within thirty (30) days after the initial occurrence of such condition(s); (C) the condition(s) specified in such notice must remain uncorrected for fifteen (15) days following the Board’s receipt of such written notice; and (D) the date of Employee’s termination of employment must occur within seventy-five (75) days after the initial occurrence of the condition(s) specified in such notice.
(d)    Death or Disability.  Upon the death or Disability of Employee, Employee’s employment with all members of the Company Group shall automatically (and without any further action by any person or entity) terminate with no further obligation under this Agreement of either party hereunder.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Disability” shall exist if the Board determines that Employee is unable to perform the essential functions of Employee’s position (after accounting for reasonable accommodation, if applicable and required by applicable law), due to physical or mental impairment that continues, or can reasonably be expected to continue, for a period in excess of one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days or one hundred eighty (180) days, whether or not consecutive (or for any longer period as may be required by applicable law), in any twelve (12)-month period.  
(e)    Employee’s Right to Terminate for Convenience.  In addition to Employee’s right to terminate Employee’s employment for Good Reason, Employee shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder for convenience at any time and for any other reason, or no reason at all, upon thirty (30) days’ advance written notice to the Company; provided, however, that if Employee has provided notice to the Company of Employee’s termination of employment, the Company may determine, in its sole discretion, that such termination shall be effective on any date prior to the effective date of termination provided in such notice (and, if such earlier date is so required, then it shall not change the basis for Employee’s termination of employment nor be construed or interpreted as a termination of employment pursuant to Section 6(b)).
(f)    Effect of Termination. 
(i)    If Employee’s employment hereunder is terminated prior to the expiration of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 6(b), or if this Agreement is terminated by Employee for Good Reason pursuant to Section 6(c), then so long as (and only if) Employee: (A) executes on or before the Release Expiration Date (as defined in Section 6(f)(iii)), and does not revoke within any time provided by the Company to do so, a release of all claims in a form acceptable to the Company (the “Release”), which Release shall release each member of the Company Group and their respective affiliates, and the foregoing entities’ respective shareholders, members, partners, officers, managers, directors, fiduciaries, employees, representatives, 

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agents, and benefit plans (and fiduciaries of such plans) from any and all claims, including any and all causes of action arising out of Employee’s employment with the Company and any other member of the Company Group or the termination of such employment, but excluding all claims to severance payments Employee may have under this Section 6 and further excluding any right Employee had for indemnification as an employee or officer of the Company; and (A) abides by the terms of each of Sections 8, 9 and 10, then the Company shall make severance payments to Employee in a total amount equal to the sum of equal to one (1) times (or, if such termination occurs within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control (as defined below in this Section 6(f)(i)), one and one-half (1.5) times) the sum of Employee’s (i) target Annual Bonus and (i) Base Salary, in each case, for the year in which such termination occurs (such total severance amount being referred to as the “Severance Amount”).  Subject to the provisions of Section 22, the Severance Amount shall be paid in equal installments over the twelve (12)-month period (the “Severance Period”) following the date on which Employee’s employment terminates (the “Termination Date”), at the same time and in the same manner as the Annual Base Salary would have been paid had the Employee remained in active employment during the Severance Period, in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices in effect on the Date of Termination; provided that any installment that would otherwise have been paid prior to the first normal payroll payment date occurring on or after the sixtieth (60th) day following the Date of Termination (such payroll date, the “First Payment Date”) shall instead be paid on the First Payment Date.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6(f)(i), to the extent, if any, that the aggregate value of the Severance Amount that would otherwise be paid pursuant to this Section 6(f)(i) after March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs (the “Applicable March 15”) exceeds the maximum exemption amount under 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A), then such excess shall be paid to Employee in a lump-sum on the Applicable March 15 (or the first Business Day (as defined below in this Section 6(f)(i)) preceding the Applicable March 15 if the Applicable March 15 is not a Business Day) and the installments of the Severance Amount payable after the Applicable March 15 shall be reduced by such excess (beginning with the installment first payable after the Applicable March 15 and continuing with the next succeeding installment until the aggregate reduction equals such excess).  “Change in Control” shall mean any event that constitutes both a “Change in Control” within the meaning of the ProPetro Holding Corp. 2017 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) and a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).  “Business Day” shall mean any day except a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to be closed.
(ii)    For the avoidance of doubt, the Severance Amount (and any portion thereof) shall not be payable if Employee’s employment hereunder terminates upon (i) the 

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expiration of the then existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, as a result of a non-renewal of the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement by the Company or Employee pursuant to Section 4, (i) the Company’s termination of Employee’s employment for Cause, as described in Section 6(a), (i) Employee’s termination of employment for convenience (i.e., without Good Reason), as described in Section 6(e), or (i) termination of Employee’s employment by reason of death or Disability.  Notwithstanding the above, if Employee’s employment terminates due to the non-renewal of this Agreement by the Company, so long as (and only if) Employee: (A) executes on or before the Release Expiration Date, and does not revoke within any time provided by the Company to do so, a Release (as described in Section 6(f)(i)) and (B) abides by the terms of each of Sections 8, 9 and 10, then the Company shall pay Employee a pro rata portion of the target value of his Annual Bonus for the year of his termination of employment, which amount shall be paid on the First Payment Date. 
(iii)    If the Release is not executed and returned to the Company on or before the Release Expiration Date, and the required revocation period has not fully expired without revocation of the Release by Employee, then Employee shall not be entitled to any portion of the Severance Amount.  As used herein, the “Release Expiration Date” is that date that is twenty-one (21) days following the date upon which the Company delivers the Release to Employee (which shall occur no later than seven (7) days after the Termination Date) or, in the event that such termination of employment is “in connection with an exit incentive or other employment termination program” (as such phrase is defined in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967), the date that is forty-five (45) days following such delivery date.
(g)    After-Acquired Evidence.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Company determines that Employee is eligible to receive the Severance Amount pursuant to Section 6(f) but, after such determination, the Company subsequently acquires evidence or determines that: (i) Employee has failed to abide by the terms of Sections 8, 9 or 10; or (ii) a Cause condition existed prior to the Termination Date that, had the Company been fully aware of such condition, would have given the Company the right to terminate Employee’s employment pursuant to Section 6(a), then the Company shall have the right to cease the payment of any future installments of the Severance Amount and Employee shall promptly return to the Company all installments of the Severance Amount received by Employee prior to the date that the Company determines that the conditions of this Section 6(g) have been satisfied.

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7.    Disclosures.  
(a)    Conflicts of Interest.
(i)    Employee hereby represents and warrants that as of the Effective Date there exist (A) no actual or potential Conflicts of Interest and (A) no current or pending lawsuits, claims or arbitrations filed against or involving Employee or any trust or vehicle owned or controlled by Employee.
(ii)    Promptly (and in any event, within three (3) Business Days) upon becoming aware of (A) any actual or potential Conflict of Interest or (A) any lawsuit, claim or arbitration filed against or involving Employee or any trust or vehicle owned or controlled by Employee, in each case, Employee shall disclose such actual or potential Conflict of Interest or such lawsuit, claim or arbitration to the Board.  
(iii)    A “Conflict of Interest” shall exist when Employee engages in, or plans to engage in, any activities, associations, or interests that conflict with, or create an appearance of a conflict with, Employee’s duties, responsibilities, authorities, or obligations for and to any member of the Company Group.  
(b)    License to Practice Law.  
(i)    Employee hereby represents and warrants that as of the Effective Date Employee is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, is in good standing with the State Bar of Texas, and is not subject to any disciplinary proceedings.  
(ii)    Promptly (and in any event, within three (3) Business Days) upon becoming aware that (A) Employee’s license to practice law in the State of Texas has been or will be revoked or suspended or (A) Employee has become subject to a disciplinary proceeding with the State Bar of Texas, Employee shall disclose such information to the Board. 
8.    Confidentiality.  In the course of Employee’s employment with the Company and any other member of the Company Group and the performance of Employee’s duties on behalf of the Company Group hereunder, Employee will be provided with, and will have access to, Confidential Information (as defined in Section 8(d)).  In consideration of Employee’s receipt and access to such Confidential Information, and as a condition of Employee’s employment, Employee shall comply with this Section 8.  
(a)    Both during the Employment Period and thereafter, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or by directive of the Board, Employee shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any person or entity and shall not use any Confidential Information 

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except for the benefit of the Company Group.  Employee recognizes the attorney-client privilege that exists between Employee and each member of the Company Group, which protects communications between Employee and each member of the Company Group and understands that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of such privilege by any member of the Company Group.  Further, Employee agrees to maintain all applicable attorney-client and attorney work product privileges that apply as a result of his employment under this Agreement.  Employee shall follow all Company Group policies and protocols regarding the security of all documents and other materials containing Confidential Information (regardless of the medium on which Confidential Information is stored).  The covenants of this Section 8(a) shall apply to all Confidential Information, whether now known or later to become known to Employee during the period that Employee is employed by or affiliated with any member of the Company Group.
(b)    Notwithstanding any provision of Section 8(a) to the contrary, Employee may make the following disclosures and uses of Confidential Information:
(i)    disclosures to other employees of a member of the Company Group who have a need to know the information in connection with the businesses of the Company Group;
(ii)    disclosures to customers and suppliers when, in the reasonable and good faith belief of Employee, such disclosure is in connection with Employee’s performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement and is in the best interests of the Company Group;
(iii)    disclosures and uses that are approved in writing by the Board; or
(iv)    disclosures to a person or entity that has (x) been retained by a member of the Company Group to provide services to one or more members of the Company Group, and (y) agreed in writing to abide by the terms of a confidentiality agreement.
(c)    Upon the expiration of the Employment Period, and at any other time upon request of the Company, Employee shall promptly surrender and deliver to the Company all documents (including electronically stored information) and all copies thereof and all other materials of any nature containing or pertaining to all Confidential Information and any other Company Group property (including any Company Group-issued computer, mobile device, or other equipment) in Employee’s possession, custody, or control and Employee shall not retain any such documents or other materials or property of the Company Group.  Within ten (10) days of any such request, Employee shall certify to the Company in writing that all such documents, materials, and property have been returned to the Company.
(d)    All trade secrets, non-public information, designs, ideas, concepts, improvements, product developments, discoveries, and inventions, whether patentable or not, that 

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are conceived, made, developed, or acquired by or disclosed to Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, during the period that Employee is employed by any member of the Company Group (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on the Company’s premises or otherwise) that relate to any member of the Company Group’s businesses or properties, products, or services (including all such information relating to corporate opportunities, operations, future plans, methods of doing business, business plans, strategies for developing business and market share, research, financial and sales data, pricing terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or acquisition targets or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within customers’ organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names and marks) is defined as “Confidential Information.”  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 including or embodying any of such information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, inventions, and other similar forms of expression are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the applicable member of the Company Group and be subject to the same restrictions on disclosure applicable to all Confidential Information pursuant to this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure or wrongful act of Employee or any of Employee’s agents; (i) was available to Employee on a non-confidential basis before its disclosure by a member of the Company Group; or (i) becomes available to Employee on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a member of the Company Group; provided, however, that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other obligation with respect to confidentiality to, a member of the Company Group.  
(e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Employee from lawfully: (i) initiating communications directly with, cooperating with, providing information to, causing information to be provided to, or otherwise assisting in an investigation by, any governmental authority regarding a possible violation of any law; (i) responding to any inquiry or legal process directed to Employee from any such governmental authority; (i) testifying, participating or otherwise assisting in any action or proceeding by any such governmental authority relating to a possible violation of law; or (i) making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law.  Additionally, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (A) is made (1) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney and (1) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; (A) is made to the individual’s attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against the individual 

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for reporting a suspected violation of law; or (A) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.  Nothing in this Agreement requires Employee to obtain prior authorization before engaging in any conduct described in this paragraph, or to notify the Company that Employee has engaged in any such conduct. 
9.    Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.
(a)    The Company shall provide Employee access to Confidential Information for use only during the Employment Period, and Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Company Group will be entrusting Employee, in Employee’s unique and special capacity, with developing the goodwill of the Company Group, and in consideration of (i) the Company providing Employee with access to Confidential Information, (i) the Company granting certain equity awards to Employee pursuant to the Plan concurrent with effectiveness of this Agreement, and (i) as an express incentive for the Company to enter into this Agreement and employ Employee, Employee has voluntarily agreed to the covenants set forth in this Section 9.  Employee agrees and acknowledges that the limitations and restrictions set forth herein, including geographical and temporal restrictions on certain competitive activities, are reasonable in all respects, do not interfere with public interests, will not cause Employee undue hardship, and are material and substantial parts of this Agreement intended and necessary to prevent unfair competition and to protect the Company Group’s Confidential Information, goodwill, and legitimate business interests.
(b)    During the Prohibited Period, Employee shall not, without the prior written approval of the Board, directly or indirectly, for Employee or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person or entity of any nature:
(i)    engage in or participate within the Market Area in competition with any member of the Company Group in any aspect of the Business, which prohibition shall prevent Employee from directly or indirectly: (A) owning, managing, operating, or being an officer or director of, any business that competes with any member of the Company Group in the Market Area or (A) joining, becoming an employee or consultant of, or otherwise being affiliated with, any person or entity engaged in, or planning to engage in, the Business in the Market Area in competition, or anticipated competition, with any member of the Company Group in any capacity (with respect to this clause (B)) in which Employee’s duties or responsibilities are the same as or similar to the duties or responsibilities that Employee had on behalf of any member of the Company Group; or
(ii)    appropriate any Business Opportunity of, or relating to, any member of the Company Group located in the Market Area;

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(c)    During the Prohibited Period Employee shall not, without prior written approval of the Board, directly or indirectly, for Employee or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person or entity of any nature:
(i)    solicit, canvass, approach, encourage, entice, or induce any customer or supplier of any member of the Company Group to cease or lessen such customer’s or supplier’s business with any member of the Company Group; or
(ii)    solicit, canvass, approach, encourage, entice, or induce any employee or contractor of any member of the Company Group to terminate his, her, or its employment or engagement with any member of the Company Group.
(d)    Because of the difficulty of measuring economic losses to the Company Group as a result of a breach or threatened breach of the covenants set forth in Section 8 and in this Section 9, and because of the immediate and irreparable damage that would be caused to the members of the Company Group for which they would have no other adequate remedy, the Company and each other member of the Company Group shall be entitled to enforce the foregoing covenants, in the event of a breach or threatened breach, by injunctions and restraining orders from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security.  The aforementioned equitable relief shall not be the Company’s or any other member of the Company Group’s exclusive remedy for a breach but instead shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies available to the Company and each other member of the Company Group at law and equity.
(e)    The covenants in this Section 9, and each provision and portion hereof, are severable and separate, and the unenforceability of any specific covenant (or portion thereof) shall not affect the provisions of any other covenant (or portion thereof).  Moreover, in the event any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the scope, time or territorial restrictions set forth are unreasonable, then it is the intention of the parties that such restrictions be enforced to the fullest extent which such arbitrator or court deems reasonable, and this Agreement shall thereby be reformed.
(f)    The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(i)    “Business” shall mean the business and operations that are the same or substantially similar to those performed by the Company and any other member of the Company Group for which Employee provides services or about which Employee obtains Confidential Information during the Employment Period, which business and operations include hydraulic fracturing services,  cementing and acidizing operations,  coiled tubing operations,  flowback-control and methanol pumping equipment rentals, and  pre-set surface drilling services.

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(ii)    “Business Opportunity” shall mean any commercial, investment, or other business opportunity relating to the Business. 
(iii)    “Market Area” shall mean a one hundred mile radius surrounding any location at which any member of the Company Group operates.
(iv)    “Prohibited Period” shall mean the period during which Employee is employed by any member of the Company Group and continuing for a period of twelve (12) months following the date that Employee is no longer employed by any member of the Company Group.
(g)    Nothing in this Section 9 shall be interpreted or applied in a manner to prevent or restrict Employee from practicing law, as it is the intent of this Section 9 to create certain limitations on Employee’s business activities only, and not to create limitations that would restrict Employee from practicing law.  Employee acknowledges and agrees that, both before and after the Termination Date, Employee shall be bound by all ethical and professional obligations (including those with respect to conflicts and confidentiality) that arise from Employee’s provision of legal services to, and acting as legal counsel for, the Company and, as applicable, the other members of the Company Group.
10.    Ownership of Intellectual Property.  Employee agrees that the Company shall own, and Employee shall (and hereby does) assign, all right, title, and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, ideas, and information authored, created, contributed to, made, or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Employee during the period in which Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with any member of the Company Group that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation, or development, to any member of the Company Group’s businesses or actual or anticipated research or development, or (a) were developed on any amount of the Company’s or any other member of the Company Group’s time or with the use of any member of the Company Group’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as “Company Intellectual Property”), and Employee shall promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company.  All of Employee’s works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Employee is employed by or affiliated with any member of the Company Group and in the scope of Employee’s employment or engagement shall be deemed to be “works made for hire” within the meaning of the Copyright Act.  Employee shall perform, during, and after the period in which Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with any member of the Company Group, all acts deemed necessary by the Company to assist each member of the Company Group, at the Company’s expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property.  Such acts may include execution of 

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documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (i) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (i) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property.
11.    Arbitration.  
(a)    Subject to Section 11(b), any dispute, controversy, or claim between Employee and any member of the Company Group arising out of or relating to this Agreement or Employee’s employment or engagement with any member of the Company Group (“Disputes”) will be finally settled by arbitration in Midland County, Texas in accordance with the then-existing American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) Employment Arbitration Rules.  The arbitration award shall be final and binding on both parties.  Any arbitration conducted under this Section 11 shall be private, and shall be heard by a single arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) selected in accordance with the then-applicable rules of the AAA.  The Arbitrator shall expeditiously hear and decide all matters concerning the Dispute.  Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the Arbitrator shall have the power to (i) gather such materials, information, testimony, and evidence as the Arbitrator deems relevant to the Dispute before him or her (and each party will provide such materials, information, testimony, and evidence requested by the Arbitrator), and (i) grant injunctive relief and enforce specific performance.  All Disputes shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and each party hereto hereby foregoes and waives any right to arbitrate any Dispute as a class action or collective action or on a consolidated basis or in a representative capacity on behalf of other persons or entities who are claimed to be similarly situated, or to participate as a class member in such a proceeding.  The decision of the Arbitrator shall be reasoned, rendered in writing, be final and binding upon the disputing parties, and the parties agree that judgment upon the award may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction.  The party whom the Arbitrator determines is the prevailing party in such arbitration shall receive, in addition to any other award pursuant to such arbitration or associated judgment, reimbursement from the other party of all reasonable legal fees and costs associated with such arbitration and associated judgment.
(b)    Notwithstanding Section 11(a), either party may make a timely application for, and obtain, judicial emergency or temporary injunctive relief to enforce any of the provisions of Sections 8 through 10; provided, however, that the remainder of any such Dispute (beyond the application for emergency or temporary injunctive relief) shall be subject to arbitration under this Section 11.
(c)    By entering into this Agreement and entering into the arbitration provisions of this Section 11, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THEY ARE KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVING THEIR RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL.

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(d)    Nothing in this Section 11 shall prohibit a party to this Agreement from (i) instituting litigation to enforce any arbitration award or (i) joining the other party to this Agreement in a litigation initiated by a person or entity that is not a party to this Agreement.  Further, nothing in this Section 11 precludes Employee from filing a charge or complaint with a federal, state or other governmental administrative agency.
12.    Defense of Claims.  During the Employment Period and thereafter, upon request from the Company, Employee shall cooperate with the Company Group, at the Company Group’s expense, in the defense of any claims or actions that may be made by or against any member of the Company Group that relate to Employee’s actual or prior areas of responsibility.  
13.    Withholdings; Deductions.  The Company Group may withhold and deduct from any benefits and payments made or to be made pursuant to this Agreement (a) all federal, state, local, and other taxes as may be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling and (a) any deductions consented to in writing by Employee.
14.    Title and Headings; Construction.  Titles and headings to Sections hereof are for the purpose of reference only and shall in no way limit, define, or otherwise affect the provisions hereof.  Any and all Exhibits or Attachments referred to in this Agreement are, by such reference, incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes.  Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to laws, regulations, contracts, documents, agreements, and instruments refer to such laws, regulations, contracts, documents, agreements, and instruments as they may be amended from time to time, and references to particular provisions of laws or regulations include a reference to the corresponding provisions of any succeeding law or regulation.  All references to “dollars” or “$” in this Agreement refer to United States dollars.  The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder”, and other compounds of the word “here” shall refer to the entire Agreement, including all Exhibits attached hereto, and not to any particular provision hereof.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the word “or” is not exclusive.  Wherever the context so requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine or neuter, and the singular number includes the plural and conversely.  All references to “including” shall be construed as meaning “including without limitation.”  Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved against any party hereto, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise.  On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by each of the parties hereto and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to fairly accomplish the purposes and intentions of the parties hereto.
15.    Applicable Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.  This Agreement shall in all respects be construed according to the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.  With respect to any claim or dispute related to or arising under this Agreement, the parties hereby consent to the arbitration provisions of Section 11 and recognize and agree that should any resort to a court be 

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necessary and permitted under this Agreement, then they consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, forum, and venue of the state and federal courts (as applicable) located in Midland County, Texas.
16.    Entire Agreement and Amendment.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, between the parties hereto concerning the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument executed by both parties hereto.
17.    Waiver of Breach.  Any waiver of this Agreement must be executed by the party to be bound by such waiver.  No waiver by either party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party, or of compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party, will operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by such other party or any similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any subsequent time.  The failure of either party hereto to take any action by reason of any breach will not deprive such party of the right to take action at any time.
18.    Assignment.  This Agreement is personal to Employee, and neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder shall be assignable or otherwise transferred by Employee.  The Company may assign this Agreement without Employee’s consent, including to any member of the Company Group and to any successor to or acquirer of (whether by merger, purchase, or otherwise) all or substantially all of the equity, assets or businesses of the Company.
19.    Notices.  Notices provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly received (a) when delivered in person, (a) when sent by facsimile transmission (with confirmation of transmission) on a Business Day to the number set forth below, if applicable; provided, however, that if a notice is sent by facsimile transmission after normal business hours of the recipient or on a non-Business Day, then it shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day after it is sent, (a) on the first Business Day after such notice is sent by express overnight courier service, or (a) on the second Business Day following deposit with an internationally-recognized second-day courier service with proof of receipt maintained, in each case, to the following address, as applicable:
If to the Company, addressed to: 
 
ProPetro Holding Corp. 
1706 Midkiff, Bldg. B 
Midland, Texas 79107
If to Employee, addressed to: 
 
Newton W. Wilson III 

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1403 Community Lane 
Midland, Texas 79701
20.    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including by electronic mail or facsimile, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a copy hereof containing multiple signature pages, each signed by one party, but together signed by both parties hereto.
21.    Deemed Resignations.  Except as otherwise determined by the Board or as otherwise agreed to in writing by Employee and any member of the Company Group prior to the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or any member of the Company Group, any termination of Employee’s employment shall constitute, as applicable, an automatic resignation of Employee: (a) as an officer of the Company and each member of the Company Group; (a) from the Board; and (a) from the board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) of any member of the Company Group and from the board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) of any corporation, limited liability entity, unlimited liability entity, or other entity in which any member of the Company Group holds an equity interest and with respect to which board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) Employee serves as such Company Group member’s designee or other representative. 
22.    Section 409A.  
(a)    Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all provisions of this Agreement are intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and the applicable Treasury regulations and administrative guidance issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) or an exemption therefrom and shall be construed and administered in accordance with such intent. Any payments under this Agreement that may be excluded from Section 409A either as separation pay due to an involuntary separation from service or as a short-term deferral shall be excluded from Section 409A to the maximum extent possible. For purposes of Section 409A, each installment payment provided under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment. Any payments to be made under this Agreement upon a termination of Employee’s employment shall only be made if such termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” under Section 409A.  
(b)    To the extent that any right to reimbursement of expenses or payment of any benefit in-kind under this Agreement constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) any such expense reimbursement shall be made no later than the last day of Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which such expense was incurred by Employee, (i) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind 

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benefits provided during any taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits to be provided in any other taxable year; provided, that the foregoing clause shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Section 105(b) of the Code solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period in which the arrangement is in effect.  
(c)    Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if any payment or benefit provided for herein would be subject to additional taxes and interest under Section 409A if Employee’s receipt of such payment or benefit is not delayed until the earlier of (i) the date of Employee’s death or (i) the date that is six (6) months after the Termination Date (such date, the “Section 409A Payment Date”), then such payment or benefit shall not be provided to Employee (or Employee’s estate, if applicable) until the Section 409A Payment Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement are exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A and in no event shall any member of the Company Group be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest, or other expenses that may be incurred by Employee on account of non-compliance with Section 409A.
23.    Effect of Termination.  The provisions of Sections 6, 8-13 and 21 and those provisions necessary to interpret and enforce them, shall survive any termination of this Agreement and any termination of the employment relationship between Employee and any member of the Company Group.
24.    Third-Party Beneficiaries.  Each member of the Company Group that is not a signatory to this Agreement shall be a third-party beneficiary of Employee’s obligations under Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 21 and shall be entitled to enforce such obligations as if a party hereto.
25.    Severability.  If an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement (or portion thereof) is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of that provision (or portion thereof) 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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employee and the Company each have caused this Agreement to be executed and effective as of the Effective Date.

EMPLOYEE

/s/ Newton W. Wilson III    
Newton W. Wilson III

PROPETRO HOLDING CORP.

By:    /s/ Dale Redman    
Name: Dale Redman___________________
Title: Chief Executive Officer____________

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    EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTExhibit

Exhibit 10.1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between Flotek Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and TengBeng Koid (“Employee”) as of June 4, 2020, but effective as of the date that Employee begins employment with the Company (the “Effective Date”).
1.Employment.  During the Employment Period (as defined in Section 4), the Company or one of its subsidiaries shall employ Employee, and Employee shall serve, as President Global Business and in such other position or positions as may be assigned from time to time by the Company.
2.    Duties and Responsibilities of Employee.
(a)    During the Employment Period, Employee shall report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and shall devote Employee’s best efforts and full business time and attention to the businesses of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries as may exist from time to time (collectively, the “Company Group”) as may be requested by the Company from time to time.  Employee’s duties and responsibilities shall include those normally incidental to the position(s) identified in Section 1, as well as such additional duties as may be assigned to Employee by the Company from time to time, which duties and responsibilities may include providing services to other members of the Company Group in addition to the Company.  Employee may, without violating this Section 2(a), (i) as a passive investment, own publicly traded securities in such form or manner as will not require any services by Employee in the operation of the entities in which such securities are owned; (ii) engage in charitable and civic activities; or (iii) with the prior written consent of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), engage in other personal and passive investment activities, in each case, so long as such ownership, interests or activities do not interfere with Employee’s ability to fulfill Employee’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement and are not inconsistent with Employee’s obligations to any member of the Company Group or competitive with the business of any member of the Company Group. 
(b)    Employee hereby represents and warrants that Employee is not the subject of, or a party to, any employment, non-competition, non-solicitation, restrictive covenant or non-disclosure agreement, or any other agreement, obligation, restriction or understanding that would prohibit Employee from executing this Agreement or fully performing each of Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, or would in any manner, directly or indirectly, limit or affect any of the duties and responsibilities that may now or in the future be assigned to Employee hereunder.  Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees that Employee is strictly prohibited from using or disclosing any confidential information belonging to any prior employer in the course of performing 

services for any member of the Company Group, and Employee promises that Employee shall not do so.  Employee shall not introduce documents or other materials containing confidential information of any prior employer to the premises or property (including computers and computer systems) of any member of the Company Group.
(c)    Employee owes each member of the Company Group fiduciary duties (including (i) duties of loyalty and disclosure and (ii) such fiduciary duties that an officer of the Company has under the laws of the State of Delaware), and the obligations described in this Agreement are in addition to, and not in lieu of, the obligations Employee owes each member of the Company Group under statutory and common law.
3.    Compensation.  
(a)    Base Salary.  During the Employment Period, the Company shall pay to Employee an annualized base salary of $350,000, in consideration for Employee’s services under this Agreement, payable in substantially equal installments in conformity with the Company’s customary payroll practices for similarly situated employees as may exist from time to time, but no less frequently than monthly.  Employee’s annualized base salary, as adjusted from time to time, is hereafter referred to as the “Base Salary.”
(b)    One-Time Cash Bonus. The Company shall pay a one-time cash bonus of $75,000 to Employee, which shall be paid within 30 days of the Effective Date. 
(c)    Annual Bonus.  Employee shall be eligible for discretionary bonus compensation with a target amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of Employee’s Base Salary for each complete calendar year that Employee is employed by the Company hereunder (the “Annual Bonus”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall be eligible to receive the full Annual Bonus for the 2020 calendar year (the “2020 Bonus”) as though Employee been employed by the Company for the full calendar year.  The performance targets that must be achieved in order to be eligible for certain bonus levels shall be established by the Board (or a committee thereof) annually, in its sole discretion, and communicated to Employee in the applicable calendar year (the “Bonus Year”).  Each Annual Bonus (and the 2020 Bonus), if any, shall be paid as soon as administratively feasible after the Board (or a committee thereof) certifies whether the applicable performance targets for the applicable Bonus Year have been achieved.  
(d)    Equity Awards.  Subject to approval by the Board (or a committee thereof), Employee will be eligible to receive (i) 200,000 shares of restricted Company common stock (“RSAs”) and (ii) stock options to purchase 300,000 shares of Company common stock (“Options,” with the RSAs, the “Equity Awards”), with each such Option having an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Option grant date.  The Equity Awards granted under this paragraph (c) are expected to be granted on or about the Effective Date.

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(e)    Long-Term Incentive Plan.  In lieu of participation in the long term incentive plan applicable to other similarly-situated employees of the Company, for the portion of the Employment Period on or after January 1, 2021, Employee shall be eligible to receive annual awards under the Company’s 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan or such other equity incentive plan of the Company as may be in effect from time to time (the “Incentive Plan”), equal to 150% of annual base salary in equity awards. All awards granted to Employee under the Incentive Plan, if any, shall be in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the Board or a committee thereof shall determine from time to time, and shall be subject to and governed by the terms and provisions of the Incentive Plan as in effect from time to time and the award agreements evidencing such awards.  Nothing herein shall be construed to give Employee any rights to any amount or type of grant or award except as provided in an award agreement and authorized by the Board or a committee thereof.

(f)    Conditions of Awards.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Equity Awards granted under paragraphs (d) and (e) above will be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions (including vesting conditions) as provided in the award agreements and other governing documents under which the Equity Awards are granted.  
4.    Term of Employment.  The initial term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall be for the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on December 31, 2022 (the “Initial Term”).  On the first day following the Initial Term and each subsequent anniversary thereafter, the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall automatically renew and extend for a period of twelve (12) months (each such twelve (12)-month period being a “Renewal Term”) unless written notice of non-renewal is delivered by either party to the other not less than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Employee’s employment pursuant to this Agreement may be terminated at any time in accordance with Section 7.  The period from the Effective Date through the expiration of this Agreement or, if sooner, the date on which Employee’s employment terminates pursuant to this Agreement, regardless of the time or reason for such termination (the “Termination Date”), shall be referred to herein as the “Employment Period.”
5.    Business Expenses.  Subject to Section 23, the Company shall reimburse Employee for Employee’s reasonable out-of-pocket business-related expenses actually incurred in the performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement so long as Employee timely submits all documentation for such expenses, as required by Company policy in effect from time to time.  Any such reimbursement of expenses shall be made by the Company upon or as soon as practicable following receipt of such documentation (but in any event not later than the close of Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense is incurred by Employee).  In no event 

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shall any reimbursement be made to Employee for any expenses incurred after the date of Employee’s termination of employment with the Company.
6.    Benefits.  
(a)    During the Employment Period, Employee shall be eligible to participate in the same benefit plans and programs in which other similarly situated Company employees are eligible to participate, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and programs in effect from time to time.  The Company shall not, however, by reason of this Section 6, be obligated to institute, maintain, or refrain from changing, amending, or discontinuing, any such plan or policy, so long as such changes are similarly applicable to similarly situated Company employees generally.
(b)    During the Employment Period, Employee shall be eligible to take 20 days of paid time off per year (which will be prorated for 2020) in accordance with the Company’s paid time off policy as in effect from time to time.  Any accrued but unused paid time off entitlement at the end of each calendar year or the end of the Employment Period will be treated in accordance with the Company’s paid time off policy as in effect from time to time.
7.    Termination of Employment.
(a)    Company’s Right to Terminate Employee’s Employment for Cause.  The Company shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder at any time for Cause.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: 
(i)    Employee’s material breach of this Agreement or any other written agreement between Employee and one or more members of the Company Group, including Employee’s material breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made under any such agreement;
(ii)    Employee’s material breach of any policy or code of conduct established by a member of the Company Group and applicable to Employee;
(iii)    Employee’s violation of any law applicable to the workplace (including any law regarding anti-harassment, anti-discrimination or anti-retaliation);
(iv)    Employee’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, theft, malfeasance, dishonesty, embezzlement or misappropriation of the property of any member of the Company Group; 
(v)    the commission by Employee of, or conviction or indictment of Employee for, or plea of nolo contendere by Employee to, any felony (or state law equivalent) or any crime involving moral turpitude; or

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(vi)    Employee’s willful failure or refusal, other than due to Disability (as defined below), to perform Employee’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement or to follow any lawful directive from the Company, as determined by the Company; provided, however, that if Employee’s actions or omissions as set forth in this Section 7(a)(vi) are of such a nature that the Company determines that they are curable by Employee, such actions or omissions must remain uncured thirty (30) days after the Company first provided Employee written notice of the obligation to cure such actions or omissions.
(b)    Company’s Right to Terminate for Convenience.  The Company shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment for convenience at any time and for any reason, or no reason at all, upon sixty (60) days’ advance written notice to Employee.
(c)    Employee’s Right to Terminate for Good Reason.  Employee shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment with the Company at any time for Good Reason.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean:
(i)    a material diminution in Employee’s Base Salary other than a general reduction in Base Salary that affects all similarly situated executives of the Company in substantially the same proportion;
(ii)    a material diminution in Employee’s authority, duties and responsibilities with the Company Group; provided, however, that if Employee is serving as an officer or member of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of any member of the Company Group or any other entity in which a member of the Company Group holds an equity interest, in no event shall the removal of Employee as an officer or board member, regardless of the reason for such removal, constitute Good Reason; or
(iii)    the relocation of the geographic location of Employee’s principal place of employment by more than seventy-five (75) miles from the location of Employee’s principal place of employment as of the Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(c) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any assertion by Employee of a termination for Good Reason shall not be effective unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) the condition giving rise to Employee’s claim of Good Reason must have arisen without Employee’s consent; (B) Employee must provide written notice to the Board of the existence of such condition(s) within thirty (30) days after the initial occurrence of such condition(s); (C) the condition(s) specified in such notice must remain uncorrected for thirty (30) days following the Board’s receipt of such written notice; and (D) the date of Employee’s termination of employment must occur within thirty (30) days after the end of the period referenced in clause (C).  Further notwithstanding the foregoing, no suspension of Employee or reduction in Employee’s authority, duties and responsibilities in conjunction with 

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any leave required, or other action taken by the Company as part of any investigation into alleged wrongdoing by Employee shall give rise to Good Reason.
(d)    Death or Disability.  Upon the death or Disability of Employee, Employee’s employment with the Company shall automatically (and without any further action by any person or entity) terminate with no further obligation under this Agreement of either party hereunder.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Disability” shall exist if the Board determines that Employee is unable to perform the essential functions of Employee’s position (after accounting for reasonable accommodation, if applicable and required by applicable law), due to physical or mental impairment that continues, or can reasonably be expected to continue, for a period in excess of one hundred-twenty (120) consecutive days or one hundred-eighty (180) days, whether or not consecutive (or for any longer period as may be required by applicable law), in any twelve (12)-month period.
(e)    Employee’s Right to Terminate for Convenience.  In addition to Employee’s right to terminate Employee’s employment for Good Reason, Employee shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment with the Company for convenience at any time and for any other reason, or no reason at all, upon sixty (60) days’ advance written notice to the Company; provided, however, that if Employee has provided notice to the Company of Employee’s termination of employment, the Company may determine, in its sole discretion, that such termination shall be effective on any date prior to the effective date of termination provided in such notice (and, if such earlier date is so required, then it shall not change the basis for Employee’s termination of employment nor be construed or interpreted as a termination of employment pursuant to Section 7(b)).  
(f)    Effect of Termination. 
(i)    If Employee’s employment hereunder is terminated prior to the expiration of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 7(b), or is terminated by Employee for Good Reason pursuant to Section 7(c), then so long as (and only if) Employee: (A) executes on or before the Release Expiration Date (as defined below), and does not revoke within any time provided by the Company to do so, a release of all claims in a form acceptable to the Company (the “Release”), which Release shall release each member of the Company Group and their respective affiliates, and the foregoing entities’ respective shareholders, members, partners, officers, managers, directors, fiduciaries, employees, representatives, agents and benefit plans (and fiduciaries of such plans) from any and all claims, including any and all causes of action arising out of Employee’s employment with the Company and any other member of the Company Group or the termination of such employment, but excluding all claims to severance payments Employee may have under this Section 7; and (B) abides by the terms of each of Sections 9, 10 and 11, then the Company shall provide Employee with the payments 

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and benefits set forth in Sections 7(f)(i)(A), 7(f)(i)(B), 7(f)(i)(C), and 7(f)(i)(D) below (collectively, the “Severance Benefits”): 
(A)    severance payments to Employee in a total amount equal to six (6) months’ worth of Employee’s Base Salary for the year in which such termination occurs (such total severance payments, the “Salary Continuation”), and such Salary Continuation will be divided into substantially equal installments paid over the six (6)-month period following Termination Date (the “Severance Period”), provided that, subject to Section 23(d), on the Company’s first regularly scheduled pay date that is on or after the date that is sixty (60) days after the Termination Date (the “First Payment Date”), the Company shall pay to Employee, without interest, a number of such installment payments equal to the number of such installment payments that would have been paid during the period beginning on the Termination Date and ending on the First Payment Date had the installments been paid on the Company’s regularly scheduled pay dates on or following the Termination Date, and each of the remaining installments shall be paid on the Company’s regularly scheduled pay dates during the remainder of such six (6)-month period;
(B)    a pro-rated payment equal to the number of months served divided by 12 or 50% (whichever is higher) of the Annual Bonus for the Bonus Year that includes the Termination Date, with the amount of the Annual Bonus to be determined by the Board (or a committee thereof) based on actual performance for the entire Bonus Year that includes the Termination Date, to be paid to Employee when annual bonuses for the applicable year are paid to similarly situated executives of the Company, but in no event later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs;
(C)    any earned but unpaid Annual Bonus for the calendar year immediately preceding the Termination Date, determined without regard to the requirement that Employee remain employed through the date of payment, to be paid to Employee when such bonus would otherwise become payable in accordance with Section 3(c) hereof, but in no event (x) earlier than 60 days following the Termination Date or (y) later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs; and
(D)    during the portion, if any, of the Severance Period that Employee elects to continue coverage for Employee and Employee’s spouse and eligible dependents, if any, under the Company’s group health plans pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), the Company shall promptly reimburse Employee on a monthly basis for the difference 

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between the amount Employee pays to effect and continue such coverage and the employee contribution amount that similarly situated employees of the Company pay for the same or similar coverage under such group health plans (the “COBRA Benefit”).  Each payment of the COBRA Benefit shall be paid to Employee on the Company’s first regularly scheduled pay date in the calendar month immediately following the calendar month in which Employee submits to the Company documentation of the applicable premium payment having been paid by Employee, which documentation shall be submitted by Employee to the Company within thirty (30) days following the date on which the applicable premium payment is paid.  Employee shall be eligible to receive such reimbursement payments for coverage up to the earliest of: (x) the last day of the Severance Period; (y) the date Employee is no longer eligible to receive COBRA continuation coverage; and (z) the date on which Employee becomes eligible to receive coverage under a group health plan sponsored by another employer (and any such eligibility shall be promptly reported to the Company by Employee); provided however that the election of COBRA continuation coverage and the payment of any premiums due with respect to such COBRA continuation coverage shall remain Employee’s sole responsibility, and the Company shall not assume any obligation for payment of any such premiums relating to such COBRA continuation coverage.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the COBRA Benefit cannot be provided in the manner described above without penalty, tax or other adverse impact on the Company or any other member of the Company Group, then the Company and Employee shall negotiate in good faith to determine an alternative manner in which the Company may provide substantially equivalent benefits to Employee without such adverse impact on the Company or such other member of the Company Group.
(ii)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Severance Benefits (and any portion thereof) shall not be payable if Employee’s employment hereunder terminates (A) pursuant to any of the circumstances described in Sections 7(a), 7(d), or 7(e) above..
(iii)    If the Release is not executed and returned to the Company on or before the Release Expiration Date, and any required revocation period has not fully expired without revocation of the Release by Employee, then Employee shall not be entitled to any portion of the Severance Benefits.  As used herein, the “Release Expiration Date” is that date that is twenty-one (21) days following the date upon which the Company delivers the Release to Employee (which shall occur no later than seven (7) days after the Termination Date) or, in the event that such termination of employment is “in connection with an exit incentive or other employment termination program” (as such phrase is defined in the Age 

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Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967), the date that is forty-five (45) days following such delivery date.
(iv)    After-Acquired Evidence.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Company determines that Employee is eligible to receive the Severance Benefits pursuant to Section 7(f) but, after such determination, the Company subsequently acquires evidence or determines and provides Employee with written notice that: (i) Employee has failed to abide by the terms of Sections 9, 10 or 11; or (ii) a Cause condition existed prior to the Termination Date that, had the Company been fully aware of such condition, would have given the Company the right to terminate Employee’s employment pursuant to Section 7(a), then the Company shall have the right to cease providing the Severance Benefits and Employee shall promptly return to the Company all Severance Benefits received by Employee prior to the date that the Company determines that the conditions of this Section 7(g) have been satisfied; provided, however, Employee will only be required to return such Severance Benefits if the Company provides the written notice required under this Section 7(g) no later than the date that is twelve (12) months after the Termination Date.
8.    Disclosures.  
(a)    Employee hereby represents and warrants that as of the Effective Date there exist (i) no actual or potential Conflicts of Interest and (ii) no current or pending lawsuits, claims or arbitrations filed against or involving Employee or any trust or vehicle owned or controlled by Employee.
(b)    Promptly (and in any event, within three (3) business days) upon becoming aware of (i) any actual or potential Conflict of Interest or (ii) any lawsuit, claim or arbitration filed against or involving Employee or any trust or vehicle owned or controlled by Employee, in each case, Employee shall disclose such actual or potential Conflict of Interest or such lawsuit, claim or arbitration to the Board.  
(c)    A “Conflict of Interest” shall exist when Employee engages in, or plans to engage in, any activities, associations, or interests that conflict with, or create an appearance of a conflict with, Employee’s duties, responsibilities, authorities, or obligations for and to any member of the Company Group.  
9.    Confidentiality.  In the course of Employee’s employment with the Company and the performance of Employee’s duties on behalf of the Company Group hereunder, Employee will be provided with, and have access to, Confidential Information (as defined below).  In consideration of Employee’s receipt and access to such Confidential Information, and as a condition of Employee’s employment hereunder, Employee shall comply with this Section 9. 

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(a)    Both during the Employment Period and thereafter, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or by directive of the Board, Employee shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any person or entity and shall not use any Confidential Information except for the benefit of the Company Group.  Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee would inevitably use and disclose Confidential Information in violation of this Section 9 if Employee were to violate any of the covenants set forth in Section 10.  Employee shall follow all Company Group policies and protocols regarding the security of all documents and other materials containing Confidential Information (regardless of the medium on which Confidential Information is stored).  Except to the extent required for the performance of Employee’s duties on behalf of the Company Group, Employee shall not remove from facilities of any member of the Company Group any equipment, drawings, notes, reports, manuals, invention records, computer software, customer information, or other data or materials that relate in any way to the Confidential Information, whether paper or electronic and whether produced by Employee or obtained by the Company Group.  The covenants of this Section 9(a) shall apply to all Confidential Information, whether now known or later to become known to Employee during the period that Employee is employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group.
(b)    Notwithstanding any provision of Section 9(a) to the contrary, Employee may make the following disclosures and uses of Confidential Information:
(i)    disclosures to other employees of a member of the Company Group who have a need to know the information in connection with the businesses of the Company Group;
(ii)    disclosures to customers and suppliers when, in the reasonable and good faith belief of Employee, such disclosure is in connection with Employee’s performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement and is in the best interests of the Company Group;
(iii)    disclosures and uses that are approved in writing by the Board; or
(iv)    disclosures to a person or entity that has (x) been retained by a member of the Company Group to provide services to one or more members of the Company Group and (y) agreed in writing to abide by the terms of a confidentiality agreement.
(c)    Upon the expiration of the Employment Period, and at any other time upon request of the Company, Employee shall promptly surrender and deliver to the Company all documents (including electronically stored information) and all copies thereof and all other materials of any nature containing or pertaining to all Confidential Information and any other Company Group property (including any Company Group-issued computer, mobile device or other equipment) in Employee’s possession, custody or control and Employee shall not retain any such documents or 

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other materials or property of the Company Group.  Within five (5) days of any such request, Employee shall certify to the Company in writing that all such documents, materials and property have been returned to the Company.
(d)    “Confidential Information” means all confidential, competitively valuable, non-public or proprietary information, designs, ideas, concepts, improvements, product developments, discoveries and inventions, whether patentable or not, that are or have been conceived, made, developed or acquired by or disclosed to Employee (whether conveyed orally or in writing), individually or in conjunction with others, during the period that Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on the Company’s premises or otherwise) including: (i) technical information of any member of the Company Group, its affiliates, its customers or other third parties, including computer programs, software, databases, data, ideas, know-how, formulae, compositions, processes, discoveries, machines, inventions (whether patentable or not), designs, developmental or experimental work, techniques, improvements, work in process, research or test results, original works of authorship, training programs and procedures, diagrams, charts, business and product development plans, and similar items; (ii) information relating to any member of the Company Group’s businesses or properties, products or services (including all such information relating to corporate opportunities, operations, future plans, methods of doing business, business plans, strategies for developing business and market share, research, financial and sales data, pricing terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or acquisition targets or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within customers’ organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names and marks); (iii) other valuable, confidential information and trade secrets of any member of the Company Group, its affiliates, its customers or other third parties; and (iv) this Agreement.  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 including or embodying any of such information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, inventions and other similar forms of expression are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company or the other applicable member of the Company Group and be subject to the same restrictions on disclosure applicable to all Confidential Information pursuant to this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure or wrongful act of Employee or any of Employee’s agents; (ii) was available to Employee on a non-confidential basis before its disclosure by a member of the Company Group; or (iii) becomes available to Employee on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a member of the Company Group; provided, however, 

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that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other obligation with respect to confidentiality to, a member of the Company Group.  
(e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Employee from lawfully: (i) initiating communications directly with, cooperating with, providing information to, causing information to be provided to, or otherwise assisting in an investigation by, any governmental authority (including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) regarding a possible violation of any law; (ii) responding to any inquiry or legal process directed to Employee from any such governmental authority; (iii) testifying, participating or otherwise assisting in any action or proceeding by any such governmental authority relating to a possible violation of law; or (iv) making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law.  Additionally, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (A) is made (1) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney and (2) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; (B) is made to the individual’s attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against the individual for reporting a suspected violation of law; or (C) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.  Nothing in this Agreement requires Employee to obtain prior authorization before engaging in any conduct described in this paragraph, or to notify the Company that Employee has engaged in any such conduct. 
1.    Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement.
(a)    The Company shall provide Employee access to Confidential Information for use only during the Employment Period, and Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Company Group will be entrusting Employee, in Employee’s unique and special capacity, with developing the goodwill of the Company Group, and in consideration of the Company providing Employee with access to Confidential Information and as an express incentive for the Company to enter into this Agreement and employ Employee hereunder, Employee has voluntarily agreed to the covenants set forth in this Section 10.  Employee agrees and acknowledges that the limitations and restrictions set forth herein, including geographical and temporal restrictions on certain competitive activities, are reasonable in all respects, do not interfere with public interests, will not cause Employee undue hardship, and are material and substantial parts of this Agreement intended and necessary to prevent unfair competition and to protect the Company Group’s Confidential Information, goodwill and legitimate business interests.
(b)    During the Prohibited Period, Employee shall not, without the prior written approval of the Board, directly or indirectly, for Employee or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person or entity of any nature:

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(i)    engage in or participate within the Market Area in competition with any member of the Company Group in any aspect of the Business, including by directly or indirectly: (A) owning, managing, operating, or being an officer or director of, any business that competes with any member of the Company Group in the Market Area, or (B) joining, becoming an employee or consultant of, or otherwise being affiliated with, any person or entity engaged in, or planning to engage in, the Business in the Market Area in competition, or anticipated competition, with any member of the Company Group in any capacity (with respect to this clause (B)) in which Employee’s duties or responsibilities are the same as or similar to the duties or responsibilities that Employee had on behalf of any member of the Company Group;
(ii)    appropriate any Business Opportunity of, or relating to, any member of the Company Group located in the Market Area;
(iii)    solicit, canvass, approach, encourage, entice or induce any customer or supplier of any member of the Company Group to cease or lessen such customer’s or supplier’s business with any member of the Company Group; or
(iv)    hire any employee or contractor of any member of the Company Group or solicit, canvass, approach, encourage, entice or induce any employee or contractor of any member of the Company Group to terminate his, her or its employment or engagement with any member of the Company Group.
(c)    Because of the difficulty of measuring economic losses to the Company Group as a result of a breach or threatened breach of the covenants set forth in Section 9 and in this Section 10, and because of the immediate and irreparable damage that would be caused to the members of the Company Group for which they would have no other adequate remedy, the Company and each other member of the Company Group shall be entitled to enforce the foregoing covenants, in the event of a breach or threatened breach, by injunctions and restraining orders from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security.  The aforementioned equitable relief shall not be the Company’s or any other member of the Company Group’s exclusive remedy for a breach but instead shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies available to the Company and each other member of the Company Group at law and equity.
(d)    The covenants in this Section 10, and each provision and portion hereof, are severable and separate, and the unenforceability of any specific covenant (or portion thereof) shall not affect the provisions of any other covenant (or portion thereof).  Moreover, in the event any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the scope, time or territorial 

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restrictions set forth are unreasonable, then it is the intention of the parties that such restrictions be enforced to the fullest extent which such arbitrator or court deems reasonable, and this Agreement shall thereby be reformed.
(e)    The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(i)    “Business” shall mean the business and operations that are the same or similar to those performed by the Company and any other member of the Company Group during the Employment Period, which business and operations include (A) the development, manufacture, and delivery of prescriptive chemistry-based technology and related services, including specialty and commodity chemicals to clients in the energy (e.g. oil and gas), industrial cleaning, and agricultural industries around the world, and (B) the business of developing and selling oil and gas analyzers and measurement tools and related software and providing data analytics and data services in the oil and gas industry.
(ii)    “Business Opportunity” shall mean any commercial, investment or other business opportunity relating to the Business. 
(iii)    “Market Area” shall mean shall mean the geographic area within (A) the state of Texas and (B) a 200-mile radius of any office or other facility of the Company or any other member of the Company Group or any work site (including any project site, customer office or any other facility owned, operated, serviced or managed by a member of the Company Group) where Employee worked or for which Employee had direct or indirect responsibility during the Employment Period with the Company or any other member of the Company Group;
(iv)    “Prohibited Period” shall mean the period during which Employee is employed by any member of the Company Group and continuing for a period of twelve (12) months following the date that Employee is no longer employed by any member of the Company Group.
(f)    Subject to Section 9(e) above, Employee agrees that during the period from and after the Effective Date, Employee will not, and will cause Employee’s affiliates to not, make, publish, or communicate any disparaging or defamatory comments regarding any member of the Company Group or any of their respective current or former directors, officers, members, managers, partners, executives or direct or indirect owners (including equityholders).
2.    Ownership of Intellectual Property.  
(a)    Employee agrees that the Company shall own, and Employee shall (and hereby does) assign, all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret 

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rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, developments, improvements, innovations, works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, ideas, formulae, processes, techniques, data and information authored, created, contributed to, made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Employee during the period in which Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, whether or not registerable under U.S. law or the laws of other jurisdictions, that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation or development, to any member of the Company Group’s businesses or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of the Company’s or any other member of the Company Group’s time or with the use of any member of the Company Group’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential Information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as “Company Intellectual Property”), and Employee shall promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company in writing.  To support Employee’s disclosure obligation herein, Employee shall keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all Company Intellectual Property made by Employee (solely or jointly with others) during the period in which Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group in such form as may be specified from time to time by the Company.  These records shall be available to, and remain the sole property of, the Company at all times.
(b)    All of Employee’s works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Employee is employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group and in the scope of Employee’s employment or engagement shall be deemed to be “works made for hire” within the meaning of the Copyright Act.  To the extent any right, title and interest in and to Company Intellectual Property cannot be assigned by Employee to the Company, Employee shall grant, and does hereby grant, to the Company Group an exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, transferable, irrevocable, worldwide license (with rights to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicensees) to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, export, reproduce, practice and otherwise commercialize such rights, title and interest.  
(c)    Employee recognizes that this Agreement will not be deemed to require assignment of any invention or intellectual property that Employee developed entirely on Employee’s own time without using the equipment, supplies, facilities, trade secrets, or Confidential Information of any member of the Company Group.  In addition, this Agreement does not apply to any invention that qualifies fully for protection from assignment to the Company under any specifically applicable state law or regulation.
(d)    To the extent allowed by law, this Section applies to all rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like, including without limitation those rights set forth in 17 U.S.C. §106A (collectively, “Moral Rights”).  To the 

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extent Employee retain any Moral Rights under applicable law, Employee hereby ratifies and consents to any action that may be taken with respect to such Moral Rights by or authorized by the Company or any member of the Company Group, and Employee hereby waives and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect to such Moral Rights.  Employee shall confirm any such ratifications, consents, waivers, and agreements from time to time as requested by the Company.
(e)    Employee hereby represents and warrants that there are no Prior Inventions, and Employee shall make no claim of any rights to any Prior Inventions.  If, in the course of Employee’s employment with or affiliation with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employee incorporates into the product, process, or device of any member of the Company Group a Prior Invention, the Company Group is hereby granted and will have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use, import, export, offer for sale, sell and otherwise commercialize such Prior Invention as part of or in connection with such product, process, or device of any member of the Company Group.  “Prior Inventions” shall mean all inventions (whether or not patentable), original works of authorship, designs, know-how, mask works, ideas, information, developments, improvements, and trade secrets of which Employee is the sole or joint author, creator, contributor, or inventor that were made or developed by Employee prior to Employee’s employment with or affiliation with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, or in which Employee asserts any intellectual property right, and which are applicable to or relate in any way to the business, products, services, or demonstrably anticipated research and development or business of any member of the Company Group.
(f)    Employee shall perform, during and after the period in which Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, all acts deemed necessary or desirable by the Company to permit and assist each member of the Company Group, at the Company’s expense, in obtaining and enforcing the full benefits, enjoyment, rights and title throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property and Confidential Information assigned, to be assigned, or licensed to the Company under this Agreement.  Such acts may include execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property or Confidential Information.
(g)    In the event that the Company (or, as applicable, a member of the Company Group) is unable for any reason to secure Employee’s signature to any document required to file, prosecute, register, or memorialize the assignment of any patent, copyright, mask work or other applications or to enforce any patent, copyright, mask work, moral right, trade secret or other proprietary right under any Confidential Information or Company Intellectual Property (including 

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derivative works, improvements, renewals, extensions, continuations, divisionals, continuations in part, continuing patent applications, reissues, and reexaminations of such Company Intellectual Property), Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and each of the Company’s duly authorized officers and agents as Employee’s agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and on Employee’s behalf and instead of Employee, (i) to execute, file, prosecute, register and memorialize the assignment of any such application, (ii) to execute and file any documentation required for such enforcement, and (iii) to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the filing, prosecution, registration, memorialization of assignment, issuance, and enforcement of patents, copyrights, mask works, moral rights, trade secrets or other rights under the Confidential Information or Company Intellectual Property, all with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Employee.
(h)    In the event that Employee enters into, on behalf of any member of the Company Group, any contracts or agreements relating to any Confidential Information or Company Intellectual Property, Employee shall assign such contracts or agreements to the Company (or the applicable member of the Company Group) promptly, and in any event, prior to Employee’s termination.  If the Company (or the applicable member of the Company Group) is unable for any reason to secure Employee’s signature to any document required to assign said contracts or agreements, or if Employee does not assign said contracts or agreements to the Company (or the applicable member of the Company Group) prior to Employee’s termination, Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company (or the applicable member of the Company Group) and each of the Company’s duly authorized officers and agents as Employee’s agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and on Employee’s behalf and instead of 
 
Employee to execute said assignments and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the execution of said documents.
3.    Arbitration.
(a)    Subject to Section 12(b), any dispute, controversy or claim between Employee and any member of the Company Group arising out of or relating to this Agreement or Employee’s employment or engagement with any member of the Company Group will be finally settled by arbitration in Houston, Texas, in accordance with the then-existing American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) Employment Arbitration Rules.  The arbitration award shall be final and binding on both parties.  Any arbitration conducted under this Section 12 shall be private, and shall be heard by a single arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) selected in accordance with the then-applicable rules of the AAA.  The Arbitrator shall expeditiously hear and decide all matters concerning the dispute.  Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the Arbitrator shall have the power to (i) gather such materials, information, testimony and evidence as the Arbitrator deems relevant to the dispute before him or her (and each party will provide such materials, information, 

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testimony and evidence requested by the Arbitrator), and (ii) grant injunctive relief and enforce specific performance.  All disputes shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and each party hereto hereby foregoes and waives any right to arbitrate any dispute as a class action or collective action or on a consolidated basis or in a representative capacity on behalf of other persons or entities who are claimed to be similarly situated, or to participate as a class member in such a proceeding.  The decision of the Arbitrator shall be reasoned, rendered in writing, be final and binding upon the disputing parties and the parties agree that judgment upon the award may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction.  The party whom the Arbitrator determines is the prevailing party in such arbitration shall receive, in addition to any other award pursuant to such arbitration or associated judgment, reimbursement from the other party of all reasonable legal fees and costs associated with such arbitration and associated judgment.
(b)    Notwithstanding Section 12(a), either party may make a timely application for, and obtain, judicial emergency or temporary injunctive relief to enforce any of the provisions of Sections 9 through 11; provided, however, that the remainder of any such dispute (beyond the application for emergency or temporary injunctive relief) shall be subject to arbitration under this Section 12.
(c)    By entering into this Agreement and entering into the arbitration provisions of this Section 12, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THEY ARE KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVING THEIR RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL.
(d)    Nothing in this Section 12 shall prohibit a party to this Agreement from (i) instituting litigation to enforce any arbitration award, or (ii) joining the other party to this Agreement in a litigation initiated by a person or entity that is not a party to this Agreement.  Further, nothing in this Section 12 precludes Employee from filing a charge or complaint with a federal, state or other governmental administrative agency.
4.    Defense of Claims.  During the Employment Period and thereafter, upon request from the Company, Employee shall cooperate with the Company Group in the defense of any claims or actions that may be made by or against any member of the Company Group that relate to Employee’s actual or prior areas of responsibility.
5.    Withholdings; Deductions.  The Company may withhold and deduct from any benefits and payments made or to be made pursuant to this Agreement (a) all federal, state, local and other taxes as may be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling and (b) any deductions consented to in writing by Employee.
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hereof.  Any and all Exhibits or Attachments referred to in this Agreement are, by such reference, incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes.  Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to laws, regulations, contracts, documents, agreements and instruments refer to such laws, regulations, contracts, documents, agreements and instruments as they may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, and references to particular provisions of laws or regulations include a reference to the corresponding provisions of any succeeding law or regulation.  All references to “dollars” or “$” in this Agreement refer to United States dollars.  The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and other compounds of the word “here” shall refer to the entire Agreement, including all Exhibits attached hereto, and not to any particular provision hereof.  The word “or” is not exclusive.  Wherever the context so requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine or neuter, and the singular number includes the plural and conversely.  All references to “including” shall be construed as meaning “including without limitation.”  Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved against any party hereto, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise.  On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by each of the parties hereto and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to fairly accomplish the purposes and intentions of the parties hereto.
7.    Applicable Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.  This Agreement shall in all respects be construed according to the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.  With respect to any claim or dispute related to or arising under this Agreement, the parties hereby consent to the arbitration provisions of Section 12 and recognize and agree that should any resort to a court be necessary and permitted under this Agreement, then they consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, forum and venue of the state and federal courts (as applicable) located in Houston, Texas.
8.    Entire Agreement and Amendment.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, between the parties hereto concerning the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that the provisions of this Agreement are in addition to and complement (and do not replace or supersede) any other written agreement(s) or parts thereof between Employee and any member of the Company Group that create restrictions on Employee with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation or non-disparagement.  In entering into this Agreement, Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees that Employee has received all sums and compensation that Employee has been owed, is owed or ever could be owed pursuant to the agreement(s) referenced in the previous sentence and for services provided to any member of the Company Group through the date that Employee signs this Agreement, with the exception of any unpaid base salary for the pay period that includes the date on which Employee signs this Agreement.  This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument executed by both parties hereto.

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9.    Waiver of Breach.  Any waiver of this Agreement must be executed by the party to be bound by such waiver.  No waiver by either party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party, or of compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party, will operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by such other party or any similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any subsequent time.  The failure of either party hereto to take any action by reason of any breach will not deprive such party of the right to take action at any time.
10.    Assignment.  This Agreement is personal to Employee, and neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder shall be assignable or otherwise transferred by Employee.  The Company may assign this Agreement without Employee’s consent, including to any member of the Company Group and to any successor to or acquirer of (whether by merger, purchase or otherwise) all or substantially all of the equity, assets or businesses of the Company.
11.    Notices.  Notices provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly received (a) when delivered in person, (b) when sent by electronic mail transmission (with confirmation of receipt) on a business day to the e-mail address set forth below, if applicable, (c) on the first business day after such notice is sent by express overnight courier service, or (d) on the second business day following deposit with an internationally-recognized second-day courier service with proof of receipt maintained, in each case, to the following address, as applicable, or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party:
If to the Company, addressed to:
Flotek Industries, Inc. 
Attn: General Counsel 
10603 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N., Suite 300 
Houston, Texas 77043
If to Employee, addressed to: Employee’s most recent address in the records of the Company.
12.    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including by electronic mail or facsimile, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a copy hereof containing multiple signature pages, each signed by one party, but together signed by both parties hereto.
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of Employee’s employment with the Company or any member of the Company Group, any termination of Employee’s employment shall constitute, as applicable, an automatic resignation of Employee: (a) as an officer of the Company and each member of the Company Group; (b) from the Board; and (c) from the board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) of any member of the Company Group and from the board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) of any corporation, limited liability entity, unlimited liability entity or other entity in which any member of the Company Group holds an equity interest and with respect to which board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) Employee serves as such Company Group member’s designee or other representative. 
14.    Section 409A.  
(a)    Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all provisions of this Agreement are intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), and the applicable Treasury regulations and administrative guidance issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) or an exemption therefrom and shall be construed and administered in accordance with such intent.  Any payments under this Agreement that may be excluded from Section 409A either as separation pay due to an involuntary separation from service or as a short-term deferral shall be excluded from Section 409A to the maximum extent possible.  For purposes of Section 409A, each installment payment provided under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment.  Any payments to be made under this Agreement upon a termination of Employee’s employment shall only be made if such termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” under Section 409A.  
(b)    To the extent that any right to reimbursement of expenses or payment of any benefit in-kind under this Agreement constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) any such expense reimbursement shall be made by the Company no later than the last day of Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which such expense was incurred by Employee, (ii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (iii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided during any taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits to be provided in any other taxable year; provided, that the foregoing clause shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Section 105(b) of the Code solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period in which the arrangement is in effect.  
(c)    Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if any payment or benefit provided for herein would be subject to additional taxes and interest under Section 409A if Employee’s receipt of such payment or benefit is not delayed until the earlier of (%3) the date of Employee’s death and (%3) the date that is six (6) months after the Termination 

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Date (such date, the “Section 409A Payment Date”), then such payment or benefit shall not be provided to Employee (or Employee’s estate, if applicable) until the Section 409A Payment Date.
(d)    To the extent that the aggregate amount of the Salary Continuation installments that would otherwise be paid pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(f)(i) after March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs (the “Applicable March 15”) exceeds the maximum exemption amount under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A), then such excess shall be paid to Employee in a lump sum on the Applicable March 15 (or the first business day preceding the Applicable March 15 if the Applicable March 15 is not a business day) and the Severance Benefits payable after the Applicable March 15 shall be reduced by such excess (beginning with the installment first payable after the Applicable March 15 and continuing with the next succeeding installment until the aggregate reduction equals such excess).
(e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement are exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A and in no event shall any member of the Company Group be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by Employee on account of non-compliance with Section 409A.
15.    Clawback.  To the extent required by applicable law or any applicable securities exchange listing standards, or as otherwise determined by the Board (or a committee thereof), amounts paid or payable under this Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of any applicable clawback policies or procedures adopted by any member of the Company Group, which clawback policies or procedures may provide for forfeiture and/or recoupment of amounts paid or payable under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each member of the Company Group reserves the right, without the consent of Employee, to adopt any such clawback policies and procedures, including such policies and procedures applicable to this Agreement with retroactive effect.
16.    Effect of Termination.  The provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 22 and those provisions necessary to interpret and enforce them, shall survive any termination of this Agreement and any termination of the employment relationship between Employee and the Company.
17.    Third-Party Beneficiaries.  Each member of the Company Group that is not a signatory to this Agreement shall be a third-party beneficiary of Employee’s obligations under Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 and 22 and shall be entitled to enforce such obligations as if a party hereto.

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18.    Severability.  If an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement (or portion thereof) is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of that provision (or portion thereof) 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employee and the Company each have caused this Agreement to be executed and effective as of the Effective Date.

	
		
	EMPLOYEE

	 
	 

	/s/ TengBeng Koid

	TengBeng Koid

	 
	 

	
			
	FLOTEK INDUSTRIES, INC.

	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ John W. Gibson, Jr.

	Name:
	John W. Gibson, Jr.

	Title:
	President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman

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