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NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 2, 2001

 Exhibit 10.78 
  
 NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT 
  
 April 2, 2001 
  
 Dear Mr. Broekmate: 
  
 In
consideration of your employment by Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (including its subsidiaries and related companies, the “Company”), you hereby covenant and agree with the Company as follows: 
  
 1. The term of this Agreement shall be for a period commencing on the date
hereof and ending 12 months from the date of termination of your employment by the Company. 
  
 2. Non-Competition. 
  

	 	(a)	 	During Period of Employment. During the period during which you are employed by the Company, you will not, directly or indirectly, without the Company’s prior written
consent, provide any Services (as hereinafter defined) to any Competitor of the Company (as hereinafter defined). The term “Competitor of the Company” shall refer to those companies listed on Exhibit A hereto. The term
“Services” shall include any association with an individual or entity, whether alone or as a partner, joint venturer, officer, director, employee, consultant, agent, independent contractor or stockholder of any such entity, or any
engagement or financial interest in any business activity. 

  

	 	(b)	 	Following Termination of Employment at Employee’s Discretion. If you voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company, your obligation not to provide Services to a
Competitor of the Company under Section 2(a) shall continue for a period of four (4) months from your last day of employment with the Company. 

  

	 	(c)	 	Following Termination of Employment at Company’s Discretion. In the event your employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for reasons other than
“Cause” (as defined below), at the Company’s option, your obligation not to provide Services to a Competitor of the Company under Section 2(a) shall continue for a period of up to six months following your last day of employment
provided that during such time, the Company continues your salary at the same level as it existed immediately prior to your last day of employment. If the Company intends to exercise this option, it will inform you in writing of its decision and
specify the time period for which your obligation not to provide Services to a Competitor will continue within two weeks following your last day of employment. 

  

	 	(d)	 	Notices. During the term of this Agreement, you will inform the Company of the name of any new entity or employer with whom you become associated following termination of
your employment with the Company. 

  

	 	(e)	 	Other. The ownership by you of not more than one percent of the shares of stock of any corporation having a class of equity securities actively traded on a national
securities exchange or on the Nasdaq Stock Market shall not be deemed, in and of itself, to violate the prohibitions of this paragraph. 

  

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	 	(f)	 	TRADOS Advisory Board. During the period of your employment with the Company, you shall not serve on the advisory board of TRADOS Corporation. 

  
 3. During the term hereof, you will not, directly or indirectly, employ, or
knowingly permit any other company or business organization which employs you or is directly or indirectly controlled by you to employ, any person who is employed by the Company at any time during the term hereof, or in any manner seek to induce any
such person to leave his or her employment with the Company. 
  
 4. During the term of this Agreement, you will not solicit or do business with, directly or indirectly, any present or past customer of the Company, or any prospective customer of the Company with whom you have had contact, in connection
with any business activity which would violate any other provision of this Agreement. 
  
 5. You hereby represent that, except as you have disclosed in writing to the Company on Exhibit B hereto, you are not a party to, or bound by the terms of, any agreement with any previous employer or other
party to refrain from using or disclosing any trade secret or confidential or proprietary information in the course of your employment with the Company or to refrain from competing, directly or indirectly, with the business of such previous employer
or any other party. You further represent that your performance of all the terms of this Agreement and as an employee of the Company does not and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired
by you in confidence or in trust prior to your employment with the Company, and you will not disclose to the Company or induce the Company to use any confidential or proprietary information or material belonging to any previous employer or others.

  
 6. You agree that the breach of this Agreement by you will
cause irreparable damage to the Company and that in the event of such breach the Company shall have, in addition to any and all remedies of law, the right to an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent the violation of
your obligations hereunder. 
  
 7. You understand that this
Agreement does not create an obligation on the Company or any other person or entity to continue your employment. 
  
 8. Any amendment to or modification of this Agreement, and any waiver of any provision hereof, shall be in writing. Any waiver by the Company of a breach
of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be original and both of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument. 
  
 9. You hereby agree that each provision
herein shall be treated as a separate and independent clause, and the unenforceability of any one clause shall in no way impair the enforceability of any of the other clauses herein. Moreover, if one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement shall for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to scope, 
  

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 activity or subject so as to be unenforceable at law, such provision or provisions shall be construed by the appropriate
judicial body by limiting and reducing it or them, so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with the applicable law as it shall then appear. 
  
 10. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
  
 11. The term “Company” shall include Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.,
and any subsidiaries, subdivisions or affiliates. The Company shall have the right to assign this Agreement to its successors and assigns, and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by said successors
or assigns. Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by signing and returning one copy to the undersigned. 
  

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	Very truly yours,
	
	LIONBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Roger O. Jeanty

	Name:	 	Roger O. Jeanty
	Title:	 	President

  

	
	 AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED as of
 the date first above
written:

	
	 /s/ Henri Broekmate

	
	

	
	 Address:

	
	

  
  
  
  

 4AMENDMENT DATED 7/2/03 TO THE DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN GE FUEL CELL

 Exhibit 10.30 
  
 CONFIDENTIAL 
  
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRIBUTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into effective as of this 2nd day of July, 2003, between Plug Power Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PP”), and GE Fuel Cell Systems, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company (“GEFCS”). GEFCS and PP are referred to individually herein as a “Party”, and collectively as the “Parties”.  
  
 WHEREAS, GEFCS and PP entered into the certain Amended and Restated Distributor Agreement dated August 21, 2001 (the
“Agreement”), and the Agreement set forth, among other things, GEFCS’s exclusive right to market, distribute, sell, lease, and finance (collectively referred to herein as “Sell” or “Sale”) Products (as defined in
the Agreement). 
  
 WHEREAS, PP has developed the GenCore and
On-Site Hydrogen Generation (OSHG) lines of Products. GenCore is defined as any Product being fueled directly by hydrogen gas, and used (i) in applications where the customer’s requirement is for back-up power when the customer’s primary
power source is not available, or (ii) for power quality improvement when the quality of the power being provided by the customer’s primary power source does not meet the customer’s specifications. However, in the case of (ii), the GenCore
product definition does not include applications that supplement the customer’s primary power needs. OSHG is defined as any Product that converts natural gas, LPG, or other forms of hydrocarbon fuel, into hydrogen gas, for use, as hydrogen gas,
in commercial or industrial applications. 
  
 WHEREAS, under the
Agreement, GEFCS has exclusive rights to Sell GenCore and OSHG Products in the Territory (as defined in the Agreement). 
  
 WHEREAS, GEFCS and PP now desire to amend the Agreement in order to allow PP to provide non-exclusive distribution rights to third parties interested in
Selling the GenCore and/or OSHG line of Products, and/or for PP to Sell the GenCore and/or OSHG line of Products directly to end-consumers. 
  
 WHEREAS, after the Initial Periods (as defined herein), PP agrees to pay GE Microgen Inc., or such other entity as GE may specify in its sole discretion,
a Commission (as defined herein) on the sale of each GenCore and OSHG Product sold by PP to any entity other than GEFCS. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows: 

 1. Agreement Revision 
  
 A. Section 2.1 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: 
  
 Appointment. Subject to the terms and conditions and for the Term of this Agreement, with the exception of the
GenCore and OSHG line of Products, SUPPLIER hereby appoints DISTRIBUTOR, and DISTRIBUTOR accepts such appointment, as SUPPLIER’s distributor in the Territory to exclusively market, distribute, sell, lease, and finance (collectively referred to
herein as “Sell” or “Sale”) Products and the output of Products (e.g., capacity, energy, heat) to Customers for their own use or resale, and to exclusively provide Services to Customers. SUPPLIER hereby appoints DISTRIBUTOR, and
DISTRIBUTOR accepts such appointment, as SUPPLIER’s distributor in the Territory to non-exclusively market, distribute, sell, lease, and finance (collectively referred to herein as “Sell” or “Sale”) the GenCore and OSHG line
of Products and the output of the GenCore and OSHG line of Products (e.g., capacity, energy, heat, hydrogen gas) to Customers for their own use or resale, and to non-exclusively provide Services to Customers. 
  
 B. Section 2.2 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following: 
  
 SUPPLIER’s Non-Compete. During the
term of this Agreement and except as otherwise provided herein, with the exception of the GenCore and OSHG line of Products, SUPPLIER and its Affiliates shall not, directly or indirectly, Sell Products or PEM Fuel Cell-Powered Generator Sets,
components, replacement parts, upgrades, accessories, or improvements that compete with Products, Sell the output of PEM Fuel Cell-Powered Generator Sets that compete with the Products, or provide Services to Customers in the Territory, except that
(i) SUPPLIER may, for the sole purpose of Product testing and research and development, deal directly with and provide Product and Services to governmental entities (e.g., State of New York, NYSERDA, U.S. Department of Energy), (ii) SUPPLIER may,
for the sole purpose of Product testing and research and development, deal directly with, sell Product to, and provide Services to, quasi-public entities (e.g., Long Island Power Authority, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) provided that
SUPPLIER and DISTRIBUTOR mutually agree to allow SUPPLIER to enter into such transactions and SUPPLIER and DISTRIBUTOR agree on appropriate compensation to GE MicroGen or its Affiliate, and (iii) if the Parties mutually agree that a specific market
opportunity (e.g., applications, geographic market) may be better served by a distributor (including SUPPLIER) other than DISTRIBUTOR, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to determine the compensation that should be paid to GE MicroGen or its
Affiliate for DISTRIBUTOR forgoing its exclusive distribution rights to that opportunity. SUPPLIER acknowledges that it is not authorized to use DISTRIBUTOR’s Trademark for any purpose related to the GenCore and OSHG line of Products
(including, but not limited too, marketing, sales or service of this line of Products), unless expressly permitted in writing to do so by DISTRIBUTOR 

 The following article 3.4 is added to Article 3 of the Agreement: 
  
 3.4 Commission Payment 
  
 PP shall pay GE Microgen Inc., or such other entity as GE may specify in its
sole discretion, a Commission, defined as 5% of PP’s Net Sales as defined herein, on each GenCore or OSHG Product sold by Plug Power to any entity other than GEFCS, after the Initial Period for such Product. For the GenCore line of Products,
the Initial Period begins upon execution of the Amendment, and ends upon the earlier of: i) November 1st, 2004, or
ii) after PP has sold 465 of the GenCore Products. For the OSHG line of Products, the Initial Period begins upon execution of the Amendment, and ends upon the earlier of: i) October 1st, 2005, or ii) after PP has sold 71 of the OSHG Products. 
  
 For purposes of this Section 3.4, Net Sales shall mean the gross amounts invoiced by PP, Affiliates or permitted sub licensees on account of sales of the
GenCore Products or the OSHG Products to entities other than GEFCS, after the Initial Period for such Products, less the total of: 
  

	 	(i)	trade, cash and/or quantity discounts actually allowed that are not already reflected in the amount invoiced; 

  

	 	(ii)	excise, sales, or other consumption taxes (whether value added, or other tax not based on PP’s income) and customs duties, to the extent such taxes are remitted to the
applicable taxing authority; 

  

	 	(iii)	freight, insurance and other transportation charges, to the extent included in the invoice price and separately identified on the invoice or other documentation maintained in the
ordinary course of business; 

  

	 	(iv)	amounts repaid or credited by reason of returns, rejections or defects, or because of chargebacks, retroactive price reductions, refunds or billing errors; and

  

	 	(v)	sales or other commissions paid to third parties, if any. 

  
 Solely for the purposes of the definition of Net Sales and this Section 3.4, the term “Affiliate” means, with respect to PP, any person or
entity which directly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with, PP. 
  
 This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Amendment. 

 This Amendment shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation
against the Party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted. 
  
 Except as
expressly set forth herein, this Amendment in no way alters or affects any other terms of the Agreement, which otherwise remains in full force and effect. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have entered into and executed this Amendment as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	PLUG POWER, INC.
			
	 	 	By:	 	 /s/    Mark Sperry        

	 	 	 Name:
	 	Mark Sperry
	 	 	 Title:
	 	Chief Marketing Officer

  

					
	GE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS, L.L.C.
			
	 	 	 By:
	 	 /s/    Frank Scovello        

	 	 	 Name:
	 	Frank Scovello
	 	 	 Title:
	 	President GE Fuel Cell Systems, L.L.C.

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