Document:

Form of Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, Brian Campbell

 Exhibit 10.7 
 FORM OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 31, 2000, and amended as of
March 1, 2001 is between EarthWeb Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), with its principal place of business at 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY, and Brian Campbell, an individual residing at
                                        
             (“Employee”). 
 In consideration of Company securing
the services of Employee and Employee’s undertaking employment with Company, Company and Employee hereby agree to be bound by and comply with the following terms and conditions and agree as follows: 
 Section 1. At-Will Employment. Employee acknowledges and agrees that his/her employment status is that of an employee-at-will and that
Employee’s employment may be terminated by Company or Employee at any time with or without cause, subject to the terms and conditions in the Addendum hereto. 
 Section 2. Compensation. In consideration of the services to be rendered hereunder, Employee shall be paid in accordance with the Addendum hereto. 
 Section 3. Employee Inventions and Ideas. 
 (a) Employee will maintain current and adequate written records on the development of, and disclose to Company, all Inventions (as herein defined). “Inventions” shall mean all ideas, potential marketing and
sales relationships, inventions, copyrightable expression, research, plans for products or services, marketing plans, computer software (including, without limitation, source code), computer programs, original works of authorship, characters,
know-how, trade secrets, information, data, developments, discoveries, improvements, modifications, technology, algorithms and designs, whether or not subject to patent or copyright protection, made, conceived, expressed, developed, or actually or
constructively reduced to practice by Employee solely or jointly with others during the term of Employee’s employment with Company, which refer to, are suggested by, or result from any work which Employee may do during his employment, or from
any information obtained from Company or any affiliate of Company. 
 (b) The Inventions shall be the exclusive property of Company, and
Employee acknowledges that all of said Inventions shall be considered as “work made for hire” belonging to Company. To the extent that any such Inventions, under applicable law, may not be considered work made for hire by Employee for
Company, Employee hereby agrees to assign and, upon its creation, automatically and irrevocably assigns to Company, without any further consideration, all right, title and interest in and to such materials, including, without limitation, any
copyright, other intellectual property rights, moral rights, all contract and licensing rights, and all claims and causes of action of any kind with respect to such materials. Company shall have the exclusive right to use the Inventions, whether
original or derivative, for all purposes without additional 

 
compensation to Employee. At Company’s expense, Employee will assist Company in every proper way to perfect Company’s rights in the Inventions and
to protect the Inventions throughout the world, including, without limitation, executing in favor of Company or any designee(s) of Company patent, copyright, and other applications and assignments relating to the Inventions. Employee agrees not to
challenge the validity of the ownership by Company or its designee(s) in the Inventions. 
 (c) Should Company be unable to secure
Employee’s signature on any document necessary to apply for, prosecute, obtain, or enforce any patent, copyright, or other right or protection relating to any Invention, whether due to Employee’s mental or physical incapacity or any other
cause, Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company and each of its duly authorized officers and agents as Employee’s agent and attorney in fact, to act for and in Employee’s behalf and stead and to execute and file any such
document, and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance, and enforcement of patents, copyrights, or other rights or protections with the same force and effect as if executed and delivered by Employee. 

Section 4. Proprietary Information. 
 (a) Employee will not disclose or use, at any time either during or after the term of employment, except at the request of Company or an affiliate of Company, any Confidential Information (as herein defined). “Confidential
Information” shall mean all Company proprietary information, technical data, trade secrets, and know-how, including, without limitation, research, product plans, customer lists, customer preferences, marketing plans and strategies, software,
developments, inventions, discoveries, processes, ideas, formulas, algorithms, technology, designs, drawings, business strategies and financial data and information, including but not limited to Inventions, whether or not marked as
“Confidential.” “Confidential Information” shall also mean any and all information received by Company from customers, vendors and independent contractors of Company or other third parties subject to a duty to be kept
confidential. 
 (b) Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that all personal property, including, without limitation, all books, manuals,
records, reports, notes, contracts, lists, blueprints, and other documents, or materials, or copies thereof, Confidential Information as defined in Section 4(a) above, and equipment furnished to or prepared by Employee in the course of or
incident to his employment, including, without limitation, records and any other materials pertaining to Inventions, belong to Company and shall be promptly returned to Company upon termination of employment. Following termination, Employee will not
retain any written or other tangible or electronic material containing any Confidential Information or information pertaining to any Invention. 
 Section 5. Limited Agreement Not to Compete. 
 (a) While employed by Company and for a period of nine (9) months
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not, directly or indirectly, as an employee, employer, consultant, agent, principal, partner, manager, stockholder, officer, director, or in any other
individual or representative capacity, engage or participate in any business that is competitive with the business of Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee may own less than two percent (2%) of any class of stock or security of any
corporation, which competes with Company listed on a national securities exchange. 
 (b) While employed by Company and for a period of
twelve (12) months after the termination of Employee’s employment with Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment any person who was employed by Company at the time of Employee’s termination from
Company. 
 Section 6. Company Resources. Other than incidental personal use, Employee may not use any Company equipment for
personal purposes without written permission from Company. Employee may not give access to Company’s offices or files to any person not in the employ of Company without written permission of Company. 
 Section 7. Post-Termination Period. Because of the difficulty of establishing when any idea, process or invention is first conceived or
developed by Employee, or whether it results from access to Confidential Information or Company’s equipment, facilities, and data, Employee agrees that any idea, invention, research, plan for products or services, marketing plan, computer
software (including, without limitation, source code), computer program, original work of authorship, character, know-how, trade secret, information, data, developments, discoveries, technology, algorithm, design, patent or copyright, or any
improvement, rights, or claims related to the foregoing, shall be presumed to be an Invention if it is conceived, developed, used, sold, exploited or reduced to practice by Employee or with the aid of Employee within one (1) year after
termination of employment. Employee can rebut the above presumption if he/she proves that the idea, process or invention (i) was first conceived or developed after termination of employment, (ii) was conceived or developed entirely on
Employee’s own time without using Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel or Confidential Information, and (iii) did not result from or is not derived directly or indirectly, from any work performed by Employee for
Company or from work performed by another employee of the Company to which Employee had access. 
 Section 8. Injunctive Relief.
Employee agrees that the remedy at law for any breach of the provisions of Section 3, Section 4 or Section 5 of this Agreement shall be inadequate, the Company will suffer immediate and irreparable harm, and Company shall be entitled
to injunctive relief in addition to any other remedy at law which Company may have. 
 Section 9. Severability. In the event any
of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 
  

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 Section 10. Survival. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14 and the
Addendum shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 
 Section 11. Representations and Warranties. Employee represents and
warrants that Employee is not under any obligations to any third party which could interfere with Employee’s performance under this Agreement, and that Employee’s performance of his obligations to Company during the term of his employment
with Company will not breach any agreement by which Employee is bound not to disclose any proprietary information including, without limitation, that of former employers; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event employee determines
that an action which the Company requests him to pursue would cause him to so violate any such agreement, so informs the Company, and the Company instructs him to proceed with such action, Employee’s proceeding with such action shall not be
deemed to be a violation of this representation and warranty. 
 Section 12. Governing Law. The validity, interpretation,
enforceability, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to its conflict of law rules. 
 Section 13. Not Used 
 Section 14.
General. This Agreement supersedes and replaces any existing agreement between Employee and Company relating generally to the same subject matter, and may be modified only in a writing signed by the parties hereto. Failure to enforce any
provision of the Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any term herein. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein. Employee agrees that he/she will not assign, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or by operation of law, any rights or obligations under this Agreement. Any purported assignment, transfer, or disposition shall be null and void. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent
the consolidation of Company with, or its merger into, any other corporation, or the sale by Company of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, or the assignment by Company of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations
hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors, and permitted assigns, and shall not benefit any person or entity
other than those enumerated. 
 Section 15. Employee Acknowledgement. Employee acknowledges (i) that he/she has consulted
with or has had the opportunity to consult with independent counsel of his own choice concerning this Agreement and has been advised to do so by the Company, and (ii) that he/she has read and understands the Agreement, is fully aware of its
legal effect, and has entered into it freely based.on his own judgment. 
  

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	 AGREED TO:

	
	 EARTHWEB INC.

		
	 Sign:
	 	  

	 Date:
	 	  

	
	 BRIAN P. CAMPBELL

		
	 Sign:
	 	  

	 Date:
	 	  

  

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 Addendum to Employment Agreement – Brian Campbell (employee) 
 Section 1. Title and Job Description 
 The Employee shall be employed on a full-time basis, as Vice President and General Counsel and, in such capacity, shall be the chief legal officer of the Company and responsible for the operation of the legal department and any other
responsibilities reasonably assigned by the Company from time to time. 
 In such capacity and in the performance of his or her duties
hereunder, the Employee shall as appropriate under the circumstances, report to the board of directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer and/or other select officers, on legal issues affecting the Company and
the operation of the legal department. 
 The Employee shall be located in EarthWeb’s New York offices currently located in New York
City or within 40 miles of New York City. 
 Severance 
 If, at any time during the first year of the term of the Employment Agreement, (i) Company terminates Employee’s employment without “cause”, or (ii) a “change of control” occurs and
thereafter the Employee is terminated, or after a change in control, employee voluntarily terminates his employment with the company for “good reason.” Company shall pay Employee a lump sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of
Employee’s annual base salary. If any such event occurs after the first anniversary of the Employment Agreement, Company shall pay Employee a lump sum equal to seventy-five (75%) of Employee’s annual base salary, 
 For the purpose of this section, “cause” is defined as: embezzlement; misappropriation of funds; conviction of a felony or commission of any
act which would rise to the level of a felony; commission of other acts of dishonesty, fraud or deceit; material breach of any provision of this Agreement; habitual or willful neglect of duties; breach of fiduciary duty to the Company involving
personal profit; or significant violation of Company policy or other contractual, statutory or common law duties to the Company. 
 “Good Reason” shall exist if Company, without Employee’s consent, materially reduces Employee’s base salary or total package of annual compensation and benefits, materially diminishes Employee’s position, authority,
duties or responsibilities or requires Employee to report to an office that is more than 40 miles from the office to which Employee regularly reports. 
 Change of Control 
 For the purpose of this section, a “Change of Control” shall be defined
as: 
 a. sale of all or substantially all the assets of the company. 
  

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 b. complete merger with or acquisition of another company resulting in which EarthWeb is not the
surviving company. 
 In the event of a “Change of Control,” Employee shall be entitled to additional vesting of fifteen percent
(15%) of previously granted unvested stock options. 
 Section 2. Compensation 
 In consideration of the services to be rendered hereunder: Employee shall be paid an annual base salary of $175,000 per year plus a bonus (prorated based
on period of service in year of hire) of up to 25% of employee’s annual base salary. Bonus compensation will be determined by the Chief Financial Officer and the Board of Directors. 
 Employee shall receive 40,000 Stock Options to be granted on the administration date following date of employment, made pursuant to the terms and
conditions of EarthWeb’s 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, and option-granting documents and subject to approval by the board. 
  

			
	 AGREED TO BY:

	
	 EARTHWEB INC.

		
	 Sign:
	 	  

	 Date:
	 	  

	
	 BRIAN P. CAMPBELL

		
	 Sign:
	 	  

	 Date:
	 	  

  

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 Special Severance Provisions 
 The following provisions apply only (i) in the event of the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Company and (ii) to the extent that the
net after-tax amount of severance payable pursuant to this First Amendment exceeds the net after-tax amount of severance payable under the change of control protections, if any, contained in the Employment Agreement. 
 Section 1. Severance. In lieu of any severance pay or severance benefits otherwise payable to the Employee under any plan, policy, program or
arrangement of the Company or its subsidiaries, the following shall apply: 
 (a) If there is a Termination (as herein defined) of the
Employee’s employment with the Company at any time within twelve (12) months after the occurrence of a Change of Control (as herein defined), such Employee shall be entitled to receive a lump-sum severance payment equal to (i) one
hundred percent (100%) of such employee’s then current salary plus (ii) the amount of such employee’s most recently paid regular bonus (excluding special bonuses) attributable to a full calendar year’s service to the Company
(or, if higher, the amount of the bonus attributable to a calendar year’s service which was paid to the Employee immediately prior to the Change of Control). All outstanding Stock Options granted to the Employee which are not vested and
exercisable as of the date of Termination shall become vested and exercisable as of such date and shall remain exercisable for the periods prescribed in the Stock Option Plan. The Employee, such Employee’s spouse and eligible dependents will
continue to be provided with medical and dental benefits for the twelve (12)-month period following such Employee’s Termination on the same basis as provided to active employees of the Company. Following such twelve (12)-month period, the
Employee, such Employee’s spouse and eligible dependents will begin eligibility for continuation of medical and dental coverage in accordance with Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The
Employee shall have no duty to mitigate damages by seeking other employment. The Company shall have no right to offset hereunder with respect to any compensation or benefits received by the Employee from or in connection with any employment
subsequent to such Employee’s Termination of employment with the Company. 
 (b) If the Employee voluntarily terminates employment with
the Company for any reason other than “Good Reason” (as herein defined) during the twelve (12)-month period following a Change of Control as described in Section 2(a) below, the Employee will not be entitled to any severance payment
or acceleration of the vesting of any unvested Stock Options. 
 Section 2. Definitions. 
 (a) For purposes of these Special Severance Provisions only, a “Change of Control” of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred if at any
time on or after the date of the Employment Agreement one or more of the following events shall have occurred: 
  

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 (i) the direct or indirect acquisition by any person or related group of persons (other than an
acquisition from or by the Company or by a Company-sponsored employee benefit plan or by a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities; or 

(ii) any stockholder-approved transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or 
 (iii) the Company adopts any plan of liquidation providing for the distribution of all or substantially all of its assets; or 
 (iv) the consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company or the acquisition of assets or stock of another corporation (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (a) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were
the beneficial owners, respectively, of the outstanding common stock and outstanding company voting securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then
outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination
(including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions
as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the outstanding Company common stock and outstanding Company voting securities, as the case may be, (b) no person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business
Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common
stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and
(c) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the incumbent board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the
board of directors, providing for such Business Combination; or 
 (v) a change in the composition of the Board over a period of thirty-six
(36) months or less such that a majority of the Board members (rounded up to the next whole number) ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who are continuing directors.

  

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 (b) For purposes of these Special Severance Provisions only, “Cause” shall mean
(i) embezzlement by the Employee, (ii) misappropriation by the Employee of funds of the Company, (iii) conviction of a felony, (iv) commission of any other act of dishonesty which causes material economic harm to the Company,
(v) acts of fraud or deceit by the Employee which causes material economic harm to the Company, (vi) material breach of any provision of the Employment Agreement by the Employee, (vii) willful failure by the Employee to substantially
perform such Employee’s duties hereunder, (viii) willful breach of fiduciary duty by the Employee to the Company involving personal profit or (ix) significant violation of Company policy of which the Employee is made aware (or such
Employee should reasonably be expected to be aware) or other contractual, statutory or common law duties to the Company. No act, or failure to act on the part of the Employee, shall be deemed willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the
Employee in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Employee’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. 
 (c) For purposes of these Special Severance Provisions only, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) a diminution in the responsibilities, title, duties and reporting lines of the Employee compared to those existing immediately prior to
a Change of Control, (ii) a reduction in salary, incentive compensation and other employee benefits of the Employee compared to those existing immediately prior to the Change of Control, (iii) relocation of the Employee to an office more
than 40 miles from the principal office at which the Employee is employed immediately prior to the Change of Control, (iv) any breach by the Company of the Employment Agreement or (v) the failure of any successor to assume, in writing, all
obligations under the Employment Agreement (including these Special Severance Provisions thereto). 
 (d) For purposes of these Special
Severance Provisions only, “Termination” shall mean termination of the Employee’s employment without Cause or by the Employee for Good Reason. 
 Section 3. Excise Tax. In the event that the Employee becomes entitled to the payments and benefits provided in Section 1 (the “Severance Payments”) of these Special Severance Provisions, if
any of the Severance Payments will be subject to the excise tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed under Section 4999 of the Code, the Company shall pay to the Employee an additional amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”) such that the net
amount retained by the Employee, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Severance Payments and any Federal, state and local income and employment tax and Excise Tax upon the payments and benefits provided for by Section 3 of these Special
Severance Provisions, shall be equal to the Severance Payments. For purposes of determining whether any of the Severance Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, (i) any other payments or benefits received
or to be received by the Employee in connection with a change in ownership or control (within the meaning of section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) of the Company or the Employee’s termination of employment by the
Company without Cause or by the Employee for Good Reason (whether pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement and these Special Severance Provisions or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any person whose actions result
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change of control or any person affiliated with the Company or such person) shall be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of section
280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of section 280G(b)(1) of the Code shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of tax counsel selected by the Company’s’
independent auditors and reasonably acceptable to the Employee such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code, or such excess parachute
payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” allocable to such reasonable compensation, or are
otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax, (ii) the amount of the Severance Payments which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the total amount of the Severance Payments or (B) the amount of
excess parachute payments within the meaning of section 280G(b)(1) of, the Code (after applying clause (i), above), and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Company’s
independent auditors in accordance with the principles of sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the Employee shall be deemed to pay Federal income taxes at the highest marginal
rate of Federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of the Employee’s residence on the date of
termination, net of the maximum reduction in Federal income taxes which could be obtained from the deduction of such state and local taxes. 
 Section 4. All amounts payable hereunder shall be subject to and paid net of, all required withholding taxes. 
 Section 5. Except as otherwise expressly amended by these Special Severance Provisions, the Employment Agreement remains in full force and effect and the Employment Agreement as amended herein shall comprise the terms of
Employee’s employment with the Company. 
  

			
	 AGREED TO BY:

	
	 EARTHWEB INC.

		
	 Sign:
	 	  

	
	 BRIAN P. CAMPBELL

		
	 Sign:
	 	  

  

 A-6Form of Stock Award Agreement under the 2007 Equity Plan

 Exhibit 10.11 
  
 Dice Holdings, Inc. 
 2007 EQUITY
AWARD PLAN 
 NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
 THIS NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of
            , 2007 (the “Date of Grant”), is made by and between Dice Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
            (the “Participant”). 
  
 R E C I T A L S: 
 WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Dice Holdings,
Inc. 2007 Equity Award Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to which options may be granted to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock; and 
 WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant to the Participant a nonqualified stock option to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock provided for herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the covenants of the parties contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves, their successors and assigns, hereby agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Grant of Option. 

 The Company hereby grants on the
Date of Grant to the Participant an option (the “Option”) to purchase             shares of Common Stock (such shares of Common Stock, the “Option
Shares”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and as otherwise provided in the Plan. The Option is not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
  

	 	2.	Option Subject to Plan; Requirement to Enter into Shareholders Agreement. 

 (a) By entering into this Agreement, the Participant agrees and acknowledges that the Participant has received and read a copy of the Plan, and to the extent (i) the Participant is a Management Shareholder, as
such term is defined in the Institutional and Management Shareholders Agreement, dated             , 2007, among the Company, the Quadrangle entities named therein, the General Atlantic
entities named therein and the Management Shareholders named therein (the “Institutional Shareholders Agreement”) or (ii) the Participant is an eFG Shareholder, as such term is defined in the Second Amended and Restated Shareholders
Agreement, dated             , 2007, between the Company and the eFG Shareholders named therein (the “eFG Shareholders Agreement”), the Participant agrees to be bound by all the
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Plan and the Institutional Shareholders Agreement or the eFG Shareholders Agreement, as applicable, and, immediately prior to the exercise of the Option (or
any portion thereof), shall execute and return to the Company the Joinder Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B. 
 (b) The Plan is hereby
incorporated herein by reference. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and any capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the
definitions set forth in the Plan. The Committee shall have final authority to interpret and construe the Plan and this Agreement and to make any and all determinations under them, and its decision shall be binding and conclusive upon Participant
and his legal representative in respect of any questions arising under the Plan or this Agreement. In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and any terms or provisions of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions
of this Agreement will govern and prevail. 
  

	 	3.	Terms and Conditions. 

 (a) Option Price.
The price at which the Participant shall be entitled to purchase the Option Shares upon the exercise of all or any portion of the Option shall be $             per Option Share. 

(b) Expiration Date. Subject to Section 7(c) of the Plan, the Option shall expire at the end of the period commencing on the Date of Grant
and ending at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the day preceding the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant (the “Option Period”). 
 (c) Exercisability of the Option. The Vesting Commencement Date shall be             . The Option may be exercised only by written notice,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A (or a successor form provided by the Committee) delivered in person or by mail in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof and accompanied by payment therefor. The purchase price of the Option
Shares shall be paid by the Participant to the Company in a manner permitted under Section 7(d) of the Plan. 
 (d) Compliance with
Legal Requirements. The granting and exercising of the Option, and any other obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any regulatory
or governmental agency as may be required. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Option Shares as the Committee may consider appropriate and may require the Participant to make such representations and
furnish such information as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of Option Shares in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. 
 (e) Transferability. The Option shall not be transferable by the Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

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 (f) Rights as Stockholder. The Participant shall not be deemed for any purpose to be the owner of
any shares of Common Stock subject to this Option unless, until and to the extent that (i) this Option shall have been exercised pursuant to its terms, (ii) the Company shall have issued and delivered to the Participant the Option Shares,
and (iii) the Participant’s name shall have been entered as a stockholder of record with respect to such Option Shares on the books of the Company. 
 (g) Tax Withholding. Prior to the delivery of a certificate or certificates representing the Option Shares, the Participant must pay to the Company in cash (by check or wire transfer) any such additional amount
as the Company determines that it is required to withhold under applicable federal, state or local tax laws in respect of the exercise or the transfer of Option Shares; provided that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, allow such
withholding obligation to be satisfied by any other method described in Section 15(e) of the Plan. 
  

	 	4.	Miscellaneous. 

 (a) Employment Agreement.
This Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Option are subject to any provisions concerning stock options of any employment agreement in effect from time to time between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate that has been approved
by the Board or a committee thereof, which provisions are hereby incorporated herein by reference. In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and any terms or provisions of such employment agreement concerning stock
options, the applicable terms and provisions of such employment agreement will govern and prevail. 
 (b) Notices. All notices,
demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be by registered or certified first-class mail, return receipt requested, telecopier, courier service or personal delivery: 
 if to the Company: 
 Dice Holdings, Inc.

 3 Park Avenue, 33rd Floor 
 New
York, New York 10016 
 Attention: Secretary 
 if
to the Participant, at the Participant’s last known address on file with the Company. 
 All such notices, demands and other communications shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when delivered by courier, if delivered by commercial courier service; five (5) business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and
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 (c) Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and each other provision of this Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent permitted by law. 
 (d) No Rights to Employment. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving the Participant any right to be retained, in any
position, as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or its Affiliates or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the right of the Company or its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to remove, terminate or discharge the
Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever. 
 (e) Registration Rights. Promptly following the “First Public
Offering” (as that term is defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement), the Company shall register all the Option Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Option on Form S-8 (or a successor or other available form). 
 (f) Beneficiary. The Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of a beneficiary on such form as may be prescribed by the
Committee and may, from time to time, amend or revoke such designation. If no designated beneficiary survives the Participant, the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate shall be deemed to be the Participant’s beneficiary.

 (g) Successors. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and
assigns, and of the Participant and the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Participant. 
 (h) Entire
Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4(a) hereof, this Agreement and the Plan contain the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersede all prior
communications, representations and negotiations in respect thereto, and the Participant agrees and acknowledges that this Agreement supersedes all prior stock option agreements between the Participant and the Company, and that all such prior
agreements are void and unenforceable. No change, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same be in writing and signed by the parties hereto. 
 (i) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to
principles of conflicts of law thereof, or principals of conflicts of laws of any other jurisdiction which could cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. 
 (j) Headings. The headings of the Sections hereof are provided for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or
construction, and shall not constitute a part, of this Agreement. 

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 (k) Signature in Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 
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intentionally left blank; signature page to follow] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day first written above.

  

			
	Dice Holdings, Inc.
		
	By:	 	  
		 	 Name:                 
 Title:                   

	
	  
	[Name of Participant]

  
  
  
  
 [Signature Page to Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement] 

 Annex A 
 NOTICE OF OPTION EXERCISE 
 PURSUANT TO THE DICE HOLDINGS, INC. 
 2007 EQUITY AWARD PLAN 
 To exercise your option
to purchase shares of Dice Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) Common Stock (“Shares”), please fill out this form and return it to the Secretary of the Company, together with a check in the amount of the exercise
price due, which is the product of the number of Shares with respect to which you are exercising the option and the per share exercise price. You are not required to exercise your option with respect to all Shares thereunder. You also must
include, as applicable, a check in the amount of any required payroll tax withholding and income tax withholding due in connection with your exercise unless the Board administering the Dice Holdings, Inc. 2007 Equity Award Plan specifically provides
for such obligation to be satisfied in a different manner. 
 I hereby exercise my right to purchase
            Shares under the option granted to me pursuant to the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between myself and the Company, dated as of
            , 200  . I am vested in my option as to the Shares being purchased hereunder. I have enclosed one or more checks covering both the exercise price of
$             and the required payroll tax withholding and income tax withholding of $            . (Please contact the office of
the Secretary of the Company to determine the amount of any required payroll tax withholding and income tax withholding.) I hereby represent that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, I am legally entitled to exercise this option. 
  

											
	Signature:  	  	  	  		  		  		  	
						
	Printed Name:  	  	  	  		  		  		  	
						
	Social Security Number:  	  	  	  		  		  		  	
						
	Date:

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