Document:

Exhibit
10.1

 

EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT

 

This
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of the 18th day of July 2022 (the “Effective
Date”), by and between Celsion Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Corinne Le Goff, an
individual (the “Executive”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS,
the Company desires to employ the Executive to serve in the capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and
to cause the Executive to be nominated to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS,
the Executive desires to be employed and serve in such capacities on such terms and conditions.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties, intending to be legally
bound, agree as follows:

 

		1.	Employment
                                            Duties and Acceptance.

 

(a)
In accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby employs the Executive, for the Employment Period (as
hereinafter defined), to render full-time services to the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer and to perform the
customary duties and bear the customary responsibilities of such positions and such other duties and responsibilities, commensurate
with such positions, as the Executive shall be directed as is customary from time to time by the Board to perform or bear, which
duties and responsibilities shall be consistent with the provisions of the Bylaws of the Company in effect on the date hereof that
relate to or bear upon the duties of the President and Chief Executive Officer, all in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.

 

(b)
As of the Effective Date, the Executive hereby accepts such employment and agrees to render the services described above, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)
The Executive further agrees to accept election and to serve during all or any part of the Employment Period as a director of the
Company without any compensation therefor other than that specified in this Agreement, if appointed or elected to such position by
the Board or the stockholders of the Company. At all times during the Employment Period, the Company shall include the Executive in
the management slate for election as a director at every stockholders’ meeting at which her term as a director would otherwise
expire. At the request of the Board, following termination of this Agreement, the Executive promptly shall tender her resignation as
a director of the Company.

 

(d)
The principal place of employment of the Executive hereunder shall at all times during the Employment Period be in the greater
Princeton, New Jersey area or such other location(s) as may be mutually acceptable to the Executive and the Board.

 

(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, although the Executive shall provide services as a full-time employee, it is
understood that the Executive, with prior notification to the Board, may (1) participate in professional activities; (2) publish
academic articles; (3) support non- competing external research programs; and (4) participate in community and/or philanthropic
activities; and (5) remain on the board of directors of two companies, other than the Company, provided that until December 31,
2022, the Executive may serve on a third board of directors at which date the Executive agrees to terminate such position
(collectively, “Permitted Activities”); provided, that such Permitted Activities do not interfere with the
Executive’s duties or services to the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Executive shall not,
at any particular time after December 31, 2022, serve on more than two boards of directors (or similar governing bodies) of entities
(other than the Company (and its subsidiaries)).

 

    	 

     

    

 

		2.	Period
                                            of Employment.

 

The
period of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement (the “Employment Period”) shall commence as of the Effective
Date and may be terminated by the Company or the Executive pursuant to Section 6, 7 or 8 of this Agreement, as the case may be. In the
event of a termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment by either party hereto, the terminating party shall notify
the other party in writing in advance that the Executive’s employment is being terminated in accordance with this Agreement and
such notice will specify the type of termination and the facts and circumstances claimed to provide the basis for termination.

 

		3.	Compensation
                                            and Benefits.

 

(a)
As compensation for the services rendered or to be rendered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will pay the Executive an annual
base salary in the amount of $624,000 (the “Base Salary”). The Executive’s Base Salary hereunder shall be reviewed
in the first quarter of 2024 and at least annually thereafter during the Employment Period for adjustment upward (but not downward)
in the discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board. The Executive’s Base Salary, as so adjusted, shall
be considered the new Base Salary for all purposes of this Agreement. The Base Salary shall be paid in accordance with the
Company’s standard payroll practices applicable to its senior executives.

 

(b)
The Company agrees that the Executive shall be eligible for an annual performance bonus from the Company with respect to each fiscal
year of the Company that ends during the Employment Period, pursuant to the Company’s management incentive bonus program, or
policy or practice of the Board or Compensation Committee, in effect from time to time. The Executive’s target annual
performance bonus shall be equal to seventy-two percent (72.0%) of the Base Salary, but the actual amount of any such performance
bonus shall be determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board in its sole and absolute discretion, consistent
with the Company’s performance, the Executive’s contribution to the Company’s performance and the provisions of
any such applicable incentive bonus program, policy or practice; provided, however, that such annual performance bonus shall
not exceed ninety-five percent (95%) of the Base Salary for the fiscal year to which the bonus applies except pursuant to a specific
finding by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board that a higher percentage is appropriate. The annual performance
bonus for the Company’s 2022 fiscal year shall be prorated from the Effective Date. Any annual performance bonus shall be paid
not later than two and one-half months after the end of the fiscal year to which the bonus relates.

 

(c)
The Company shall pay the Executive a signing bonus of $50,000 (the “Signing Bonus”) on the first regularly scheduled
payroll date following the Effective Date. If the Executive’s employment is terminated due to the Executive’s
resignation without Good Reason or by the Company for Cause at any time prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the
Executive will promptly repay the Signing Bonus in full to the Company.

 

    	 

     

    

 

(d)
As a material inducement to the Executive accepting employment with the Company, on the first day following the Effective Date and
subject to approval by the Board (or the Compensation Committee of the Board), the Company will grant to the Executive the following
equity awards (the “Initial Awards”):

 

(i) A
stock option to purchase 177,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Stock Option”) outside of the Company’s
2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Stock Incentive Plan”) as an “inducement grant” (within the meaning
of NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)) having substantially the same terms, definitions and provisions of the Stock Incentive Plan. The Stock
Option will have a per share exercise price equal to the last quoted per share sales price of a share of Company common stock as of the
close of business on the date of grant as reported by NASDAQ. The Stock Option will vest and become exercisable with respect to twenty
five percent (25%) of the shares subject thereto on the first anniversary of the Effective Date and the remaining seventy-five percent
(75%) in equal quarterly installments thereafter, such that the Stock Option will be fully vested and exercisable on the fourth (4th)
anniversary of the Effective Date, subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Company through each applicable vesting
date. The Stock Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3(f) and in a stock option agreement to be entered
into by the Company and the Executive, which shall evidence the grant of the Stock Option.

 

(ii)
A restricted stock award consisting of 53,000 restricted shares of Company common stock (the “Restricted Stock Award”)
outside of the Stock Incentive Plan as an “inducement grant” (within the meaning of NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)) having
substantially the same terms, definitions and provisions of the Stock Incentive Plan. The Restricted Stock Award will cliff vest on
the first anniversary of the Effective Date, subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Company through each
such vesting date. The Restricted Stock Award shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3(f) and in a
restricted stock award agreement to be entered into by the Company and the Executive, which shall evidence the grant of the
Restricted Stock Award.

 

(e) In
addition to the Initial Awards, the Company agrees to grant to the Executive, during the Employment Period, at the time of its usual
annual grant to employees for the applicable year, such options and/or other equity awards with respect to shares of the Company’s
common stock as the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board shall determine.

 

(f) In
the event of a Change in Control (as defined in Section 12) of the Company, all options and other equity awards, including the Initial
Awards, granted by the Company to the Executive prior to such event, shall immediately vest and, in the case of options and similar awards,
become and remain fully exercisable through their respective original maximum terms (provided that, after giving effect to such accelerated
vesting and providing the Executive a reasonable opportunity to exercise such vested options and similar awards, such options and awards
shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable plan and/or award agreement in connection with a Change in Control and similar events
as provided therein) and otherwise in accordance with their respective terms and conditions.

 

(g) The
Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses actually incurred or paid by the Executive during the Employment
Period in the performance of services under this Agreement, upon presentation of expense statements or vouchers or such other supporting
information as may reasonably be required pursuant to the standard policies of the Company in effect from time to time. The Executive
agrees to promptly submit and document any reimbursable expenses in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies
to facilitate the timely reimbursement of such expenses. Additionally, the Executive shall receive a $12,000 annual allowance to be used
at the Executive’s discretion; with respect to fiscal year 2022, the Executive shall receive $5,490.41 of such allowance on or
around the Effective Date and for future fiscal years, such allowance shall be payable immediately following the date of the Company’s
annual meeting of stockholders. The $12,000 allowance will be grossed up for tax purposes at the rate of 25%. Such allowance and related
tax gross-up shall be paid not later than two and one-half months after the end of the year to which the allowance relates.

 

    	 

     

    

 

(h) During
the Employment Period, the Company shall, at its election, provide the Executive with term life insurance at a level equal to one (1)
times her Base Salary, or provide coverage for the Executive at such level.

 

(i) During
the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in all qualified and non-qualified savings and retirement plans,
and all other compensation and benefit plans and programs, including welfare and fringe benefit programs, that are generally made available
by the Company to other senior executives of the Company, in each case in accordance with the eligibility and participation provisions
of such plans and programs and as such plans or programs may be in effect from time to time.

 

(j) The
Executive shall be eligible for paid vacation of three (3) weeks for calendar year 2022 and five (5) weeks per calendar year beginning
in 2023 and thereafter during the Employment Period, in each case, to be taken in accordance with the vacation policy of the Company
as in effect from time to time. Under the current vacation policy, in the event that Executive does not utilize all of her vacation in
any calendar year, she may carry forward up to two (2) weeks (ten (10) days) for up to one (1) calendar year, and unused vacation days
shall not otherwise accumulate.

 

(k) During
the Employment Period, Executive will relocate her primary residence to the New Jersey area within a reasonable period of time following
the Effective Date and, in connection with such relocation, (i) the Company will reimburse the Executive for amounts not to exceed $75,000
annually for the rental cost of a leasing accommodation and related temporary living in the New Jersey area during the period in which
the Executive retains her primary residence in the Massachusetts area but not to exceed two years from the Effective Date, and (ii) in
the event of a sale of the Executive’s existing primary residence in the Massachusetts area, the Company will reimburse the Executive
for reasonable costs incurred for the relocation of the Executive’s personal goods to the New Jersey area, with such reimbursement
payment for the relocation of personal goods to be grossed up for federal and state income taxes, if applicable, in each case, subject
to the Executive’s presentation of expense statements or vouchers or such other supporting information as may reasonably be required
pursuant to the standard policies of the Company in effect from time to time. Any such reimbursement payments and, solely with respect
to clause (ii), any tax gross-up payment shall be paid not later than two and one-half months after the end of the year to which the
payment relates. If the Executive’s employment is terminated due to the Executive’s resignation without Good Reason or by
the Company for Cause, in either case, at any time prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, the Executive will promptly
repay in full to the Company all monies provided to the Executive under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

 

		4.	Confidentiality.

 

The
Executive acknowledges and agrees that the “Employee Proprietary Information and Ownership of Inventions Agreement” annexed
hereto as Exhibit A shall be deemed incorporated in and made a part of this Employment Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, the Executive shall continue to be bound by the terms of such Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement for
a period of five (5) years after the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment for any reason. The Executive
and the Company agree that following termination of the Executive’s employment and this Agreement for any reason the Proprietary
Information and Inventions Agreement shall be applicable only to material, non-public, proprietary information of the Company.

 

		5.	Non-Competition,
                                            Non-Solicitation and Non-Disparagement.

 

(a) During
the Employment Period, the Executive shall not (1) provide any services, directly or indirectly, to any other business or commercial
entity without the consent of the Board or (2) participate in the formation of any business or commercial entity without the consent
of the Board; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 5(a) shall be deemed to prohibit the Executive from acquiring,
solely as an investment, shares of capital stock (or other interests) of any corporation (or other entity) not exceeding two percent
(2%) of such corporation’s (or other entity’s) then-outstanding shares of capital stock (or other interests) and, provided
further, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit the Executive’s Permitted Activities pursuant to Section 1(e).

 

    	 

     

    

 

(b) If
the Executive’s employment and this Agreement is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined in Section 6(c)) or if the Executive
terminates employment and this Agreement pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof, or if the Executive is entitled to receive severance payments
in connection with a termination of her employment in accordance with Section 9(c)(i) or 9(d)(i), then for a period of two (2) years
following the date of termination the Executive shall not (1) provide any services, directly or indirectly, to any other business or
commercial entity in the Company’s Field of Interest (as defined in Section 12), (2) attempt to persuade or encourage customers
or suppliers of the Company not to do business with the Company and/or to do business with a competitor of the Company, (3) participate
in the formation of any business or commercial entity engaged primarily in the Company’s Field of Interest, or (4) directly or
indirectly employ, or seek to employ or secure the services in any capacity of, any person employed at that time by the Company or any
of its Affiliates, or otherwise encourage or entice any such person to leave such employment; provided, however, that nothing contained
in this Section 5(b) shall be deemed to prohibit the Executive from acquiring, solely as an investment, shares of capital stock (or other
interests) of any corporation (or other entity) in the Company’s Field of Interest not exceeding two percent (2%) of such corporation’s
(or other entity’s) then outstanding shares of capital stock (or other interests) and, provided further, that nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit Executive’s Permitted Activities pursuant to Section 1(e).

 

(c) At
no time during the Employment Period or thereafter will the Executive knowingly make any written or oral untrue statement or any statement
that disparages the Company or its Affiliates or will the Company knowingly make any written or oral untrue statement or any statement
that disparages the Executive. Notwithstanding this provision, the Executive may confer in confidence with her legal representatives
and make truthful statements as required by law or valid subpoena.

 

(d) If
the Executive commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 5 or Exhibit A, the
Company shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Agreement or Exhibit A, as the case may be, specifically
enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause
irreparable injury to the Company and that money damages will not provide an adequate remedy to the Company.

 

(e) If
any of the covenants contained in this Section 5 or Exhibit A or any part hereof or thereof, is hereafter construed to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable by a court or regulatory agency or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, such court, agency or tribunal shall
have the power, and hereby is directed, to substitute for or limit such provision(s) in order as closely as possible to effectuate the
original intent of the parties with respect to such invalid, illegal or unenforceable covenant(s) generally and so to enforce such substituted
covenant(s). Subject to the foregoing, the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any one or more of the covenants contained in
this Section 5 shall not affect the validity of any other provision hereof, which shall be given full effect without regard to the invalid
portions.

 

(f) If
any of the covenants contained in this Section 5 or Exhibit A, or any part hereof or thereof, is held to be unenforceable because
of the duration of such provision, the area covered thereby or the extent thereof, the parties hereto agree that the tribunal making
such determination shall have the power, and hereby is directed, to reduce the duration, area and/or extent of such provision and, in
its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable.

 

    	 

     

    

 

(g) Anything
else contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the parties hereto intend to and hereby do confer jurisdiction to enforce
the covenants contained in this Section 5 and Exhibit A upon the courts of any state within the geographical scope of such covenants.
In the event that the courts of any one or more of such states shall hold any such covenant wholly unenforceable by reason of the breadth
of such scope or otherwise, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such determination not bar or in any way affect the Company’s
right to the relief provided above in the courts of any other state within the geographical scope of such other covenants, as to breaches
of such covenants in such other jurisdictions, the above covenants as they relate to each state being, for this purpose, severable into
diverse and independent covenants.

 

		6.	Termination
                                            by the Company.

 

During
the Employment Period, the Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment if any one or more of the following
shall occur:

 

 (a) The Executive shall die during the Employment Period; provided, however, that the Executive’s legal representatives, heirs and estate shall be entitled to receive (1) the Executive’s Base Salary through the date which is ninety (90) days after the Executive’s date of death and (2) a pro rata annual performance bonus (prorated by multiplying the full year bonus that otherwise would be due by the percentage derived from dividing the number of days in the then-current year prior to the death of the Executive by three hundred sixty-five (365) with respect to the fiscal year of the Company during which death occurs). Upon the Executive’s death, stock options previously granted to the Executive that are vested and fully exercisable at the time of death shall remain fully exercisable, by the Executive’s legal representatives, through their respective original maximum terms (provided that such options shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable plan and/or award agreement in connection with a Change in Control and similar events as provided therein) and otherwise in accordance with their respective terms and conditions. All stock options and stock awards (and similar equity rights) that have not vested prior the date of death shall be forfeited.

 

(b) The
Executive shall become physically or mentally disabled so that the Executive is unable substantially to perform her services with or
without a reasonable accommodation required by law, hereunder for a period of one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days, or (2) shorter
periods aggregating one hundred eighty (180) days during any twelve (12) month period; provided, however, that the Company may
terminate the Executive’s employment under this Section 6(b) only upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice given by the
Company to the Executive. Notwithstanding such disability the Company shall continue to pay the Executive her Base Salary through the
date of such termination. In addition, the Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata annual performance bonus (prorated by multiplying
the full year bonus that otherwise would be due by the percentage derived from dividing the number of days in the then-current year prior
to the termination on account of disability of the Executive by three hundred sixty-five (365) with respect to the fiscal year of the
Company during which such termination occurs). Upon such a disability, stock options previously granted to the Executive that are vested
and fully exercisable at the time of disability shall remain fully exercisable, by the Executive or her legal representatives, should
she have such, through their respective original maximum terms (provided that such options shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable
plan and/or award agreement in connection with a Change in Control and similar events as provided therein) and otherwise in accordance
with their respective terms and conditions. All stock options and stock awards (and similar equity rights) that have not vested prior
to the date of disability shall be forfeited by the Executive.

 

    	 

     

    

 

(c) The
Executive acts, or fails to act, in a manner that provides Cause for termination. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause”
means (1) the Executive’s indictment for, or conviction of, any crime or serious offense involving money or other property that
constitutes a felony in the jurisdiction involved; (2) the Executive’s willful and ongoing neglect of, or failure to discharge,
duties (including fiduciary duties) responsibilities and obligations with respect to the Company hereunder, provided such willful and
ongoing neglect or failure remains uncured for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice describing the same in reasonable detail
is given to the Executive by the Company; (3) the Executive’s violation of any of the restrictive covenants set forth in Section
5 hereof or the Executive’s material breach of any provisions of Section 14 hereof or Exhibit A hereto; or (4) any act of
fraud or embezzlement by the Executive involving the Company or any of its Affiliates. All determinations of Cause for termination pursuant
to this Section 6 shall be made by the Board, and shall require at least a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire Board excluding the Executive,
should she then be a member of the Board.

 

(d) The
Company terminates this Agreement and the Executive’s employment for any reason other than for Cause.

 

		7.	Termination
                                            by the Executive.

 

(a)
Good Reason. The Executive may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder and this Agreement for
Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means the occurrence, without the Executive’s written consent
of any of the following events:

 

(i) any
material adverse change in the Executive’s authority, duties or responsibilities, titles or offices (including reporting responsibility);

 

(ii) a
material reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or target annual performance bonus opportunity;

 

(iii)
a material breach by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement; or

 

(iv)
the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption in writing of its obligation to perform this Agreement by any successor to all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company upon a merger, consolidation, sale or similar transaction;

 

provided,
that the Executive’s termination shall only constitute a termination for Good Reason if (x) the Executive provides the Company
with written notice detailing the specific condition alleged to constitute Good Reason within 30 days after the initial occurrence of
such condition, (y) the Company fails to cure such condition within 30 days after the Company’s receipt of such notice, and (z)
the date of the Executive’s termination of employment occurs within 30 days following the expiration of the Company’s cure
period.

 

Any
termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder by the Executive pursuant to this Section 7(a) due to the
occurrence of any of the events specified herein shall only be effective if such event also results in a material change to the employment
relationship between the Executive and the Company (or any successor thereto). The foregoing provision is intended to qualify under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-1(n)(2)(i) as an involuntary separation from service and shall be determined in a manner consistent therewith.

 

(b)
Without Good Reason. The Executive may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder without Good Reason
at any time by providing 30 days’ advance written notice to the Company.

 

    	 

     

    

 

		8.	Termination
                                            by the Executive for Good Reason Following a Change in Control.

 

In
addition to the above, during the period commencing on the six (6) month anniversary of a Change in Control and ending on the one (1)
year anniversary of such Change in Control (the “Change in Control Protection Period”), the Executive may terminate employment
and this Agreement if “Good Reason” exists for the Executive’s termination pursuant to Section 7(a) above.

 

		9.	Severance
                                            and Benefit Continuation.

 

(a) Termination
for Cause or Termination Without Good Reason by the Executive. If the Company terminates this Agreement and the Executive’s
employment for Cause pursuant to Section 6(c) hereof, or if the Executive terminates employment without Good Reason pursuant to Section
7(b), no severance or benefit continuation provisions shall apply; provided, however, that the Executive shall have the same opportunity
to continue group health benefits at the Executive’s expense in accordance with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) as is available generally to other employees terminating employment with the Company. All stock options
and stock awards (and similar equity rights) held by the Executive that have vested prior to such termination of this Agreement may be
exercised by the Executive for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of termination (provided that such stock options
and awards (and similar equity rights) shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable plan and/or award agreement in connection
with a Change in Control and similar events as provided therein), at which time they shall automatically be forfeited if not exercised.
All stock options and stock awards (and similar equity rights) that have not vested prior to such termination shall be forfeited by the
Executive.

 

(b) Termination
for Death or Disability. In the event of termination of the Executive’s employment and this Agreement pursuant to Section 6(a)
or 6(b) by reason of the death or disability of the Executive, in addition to the Base Salary payments and pro rata annual performance
bonus provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 6, as applicable, the Company shall continue to provide all benefits subject to
COBRA, at its sole cost and expense, with respect to the Executive and her dependents for the maximum period provided by COBRA.

 

(c) Termination
by the Company Other Than for Cause or Termination by the Executive for Good Reason Outside of the Change in Control Protection Period.
If (1) the Company terminates this Agreement and the Executive’s employment other than for Cause pursuant to Section 6(d) or (2)
the Executive terminates this Agreement and her employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 7(a), and, in either case, such termination
does not occur during the Change in Control Protection Period, then, subject to Section 9(e):

 

(i) the
Company shall pay the Executive in accordance with its normal payroll practice an amount equal to the Executive’s Base Salary at
the annualized rate in effect on the date of such termination, such payment to be made in equal monthly installments (rounded down to
the nearest whole cent) over a period of nine (9) consecutive months following the Executive’s Separation from Service (as defined
in Section 12) (the “Severance Period”), with the first installment payable, subject to Section 15, in the month following
the month in which the Executive’s Release is effective;

 

(ii) all
Company employee benefit plans and programs (including, but not limited to, the plans and programs set forth in Section 3(i)), other
than participation in any Company tax-qualified retirement plan and any bonus, equity or other incentive plans and programs, applicable
to the Executive shall be continued for the Severance Period (or, if such benefits are not available, or cannot be provided due to applicable
law, the Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum cash amount equal to the after-tax economic equivalent thereof, provided that, with
respect to any benefit to be provided on an insured basis, such lump sum cash value shall be the present value of the premiums expected
to be paid for such coverage, and with respect to other benefits, such value shall be the present value of the expected cost to the Company
of providing such benefits, and that, in all events, such payment shall be made within ninety (90) days following the Executive’s
Separation from Service). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive becomes re-employed with another employer during the Severance
Period and is eligible to receive comparable group health insurance coverage under another employer’s plans, the Company’s
obligations under this Section shall be reduced to the extent comparable coverage is actually provided to the Executive and her dependents,
and any such coverage shall be promptly reported by the Executive to the Company. In the case of all benefits subject to COBRA, the Company
shall continue to provide such benefits at its expense with respect to the Executive and her dependents for the maximum period provided
by COBRA; and

 

    	 

     

    

 

(iii)
all stock options and awards of restricted stock (and similar equity rights), to the extent outstanding and vested on the date of such
termination of this Agreement, shall remain fully exercisable through their respective original maximum terms (provided that such stock
options and awards (and similar equity rights) shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable plan and/or award agreement in connection
with a Change in Control and similar events as provided therein) and otherwise in accordance with their respective terms and conditions.

 

(d) Termination
by the Company Other Than for Cause or Termination by the Executive Based for Good Reason During the Change in Control Protection Period.
If (1) the Company terminates this Agreement and the Executive’s employment other than for Cause pursuant to Section 6(d) or (2)
the Executive terminates this Agreement and her employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 7(a), and, in either case, such termination
occurs at any time during the Change in Control Protection Period, then, subject to Section 9(e):

 

(i) the
Company shall pay the Executive a cash lump sum equal to nine months of the Executive’s Base Salary at the annualized rate in effect
on the date of such termination, such payment to be made, subject to Section 15, in the month following the month in which the Executive’s
Release is effective;

 

(ii) all
Company employee benefit plans and programs (including, but not limited to, the plans and programs set forth in Section 3(i), other than
participation in any Company tax-qualified retirement plan) applicable to the Executive shall be continued for the Severance Period (or,
if such benefits are not available, or cannot be provided due to applicable law, the Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum cash
amount equal to the after-tax economic equivalent thereof, provided that, with respect to any benefit to be provided on an insured basis,
such lump sum cash value shall be the present value of the premiums expected to be paid for such coverage, and with respect to other
benefits, such value shall be the present value of the expected cost to the Company of providing such benefits and that, in all events,
such payment shall be made within ninety (90) days following the Executive’s Separation from Service). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the Executive becomes re-employed with another employer during the Severance Period and is eligible to receive comparable group health
insurance coverage under another employer’s plans, the Company’s obligations under this Section shall be reduced to the extent
comparable coverage is actually provided to the Executive and her dependents, and any such coverage shall be promptly reported by the
Executive to the Company. In the case of all benefits subject to COBRA, the Company shall continue to provide such benefits at its sole
cost and expense with respect to the Executive and her dependents for the maximum period provided by COBRA; and

 

(iii)
all stock options and awards of restricted stock (and similar equity rights), to the extent then vested and outstanding (after giving
effect to any accelerated vesting pursuant to Section 3(f) hereof), shall remain fully exercisable through their respective original
maximum terms (provided that, after giving effect to such accelerated vesting and providing the Executive a reasonable opportunity to
exercise such vested options and similar awards, such options and awards shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable plan and/or
award agreement in connection with a Change in Control and similar events as provided therein) and otherwise in accordance with their
respective terms and conditions.

 

    	 

     

    

 

(e) As
a condition of receiving the payments provided for in Section 9(c) or 9(d), as applicable, the Executive or her legal representatives,
should she have such, shall first execute and deliver to the Company within twenty-one (21) days (or such other period required under
applicable law) following such termination of employment a general release of all claims against the Company, its Affiliates, agents
and employees (other than any claims or rights pursuant to the Agreement or pursuant to equity or employee benefit plans), in a form
and substance satisfactory to the Company, and shall not revoke such release within any revocation period provided under applicable law
(the “Release Period”). In connection with such release by the Executive, the Company shall execute and deliver a comparable
release of claims against the Executive within the same time period following such termination of employment, and may revoke such release
if the Executive revokes her release within any revocation period provided under applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive
may elect to forego the severance payments provided herein, in which event neither party hereto shall be required to execute a release
of the other. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(e), no release to be granted by the Executive shall be required
to cause the Executive to release the Company from, waive, or forego in any way any of the Executive’s rights to indemnification
under the applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any then-existing agreement between
the Company and the Executive with respect thereto; and no release to be granted by the Company hereunder shall apply to any obligation
of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement or any act of fraud or material dishonesty by the Executive. Further, the Company acknowledges
and agrees that the Release will not include any confidentiality or non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disparagement covenants
on the Executive that exceed the scope and/or duration of those covenants set forth in Sections 4 and 5, respectively, hereof.

 

		10.	Cooperation.

 

Following
the termination of her employment, the Executive agrees to cooperate with, and assist, the Company to ensure a smooth transition in management
and, if requested by the Company, to make herself available to consult at mutually agreed upon times for up to a nine (9) month period
thereafter. At any time following the termination of her employment, the Executive will provide such information as the Company may reasonably
request with respect to any Company- related transaction or other matter in which the Executive was involved in any way while employed
by the Company. The Executive further agrees, during the Employment Period and thereafter, to assist and cooperate with the Company in
connection with the defense or prosecution of any claim that may be made against, or by, the Company or its Affiliates, in connection
with any dispute or claim of any kind involving the Company or its Affiliates, including providing testimony in any proceeding before
any arbitral, administrative, judicial, legislative or other body or agency. The Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for all
properly documented expenses reasonably incurred in connection with rendering transition services under this Section, including, but
not limited to, reimbursement for all reasonable travel, lodging, meal expenses and reasonable legal fees, and the Executive shall be
entitled to a per diem amount for her services equal to her then most recent annualized Base Salary under this Agreement, divided by
two hundred forty (240) (business days).

 

		11.	Mitigation.

 

The
Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for hereunder by seeking other employment or otherwise,
nor shall the amount of any payment provided for hereunder be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment
by another employer after the date of termination of employment by the Company.

 

    	 

     

    

 

		12.	Definitions.

 

As
used herein, the following terms have the following meaning:

 

(a) “Affiliate”
means and includes any person, corporation or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the person, corporation
or other entity in question, determined in accordance with Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(b) “Change
in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i) Any
Person, other than the Company, its Affiliates or any Company employee benefit plan (including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee),
is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of
the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Voting Securities”)
of the Company; or

 

(ii) Individuals
who constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”), as of the beginning of any twenty-four (24) month period commencing
with the Effective Date of this Agreement, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the directors. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any individual becoming a director subsequent to the beginning of such period, whose election or nomination for election by
the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then comprising the Incumbent
Directors, shall be, considered an Incumbent Director; or

 

(iii) Consummation
by the Company of a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction (a “Business Combination”),
with respect to which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of the Voting Securities
immediately prior such Business Combination (the “Incumbent Shareholders”) do not, following consummation of all transactions
intended to constitute part of such Business Combination, Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the
Voting Securities of the corporation, business trust or other entity resulting from or being the surviving entity in such Business Combination
(the “Surviving Entity”), in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of such Voting Securities immediately prior
to such Business Combination; or

 

(iv) Consummation
of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company, other than to a corporation, business trust or other entity with respect to which, following consummation of all transactions
intended to constitute part of such sale or disposition, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined Voting Securities is then Beneficially
Owned, directly or indirectly, by the Incumbent Shareholders in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities
immediately prior to such sale or disposition.

 

For
purposes of this definition, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

		(A)	“Beneficial
                                            Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act;

 

		(B)	“Exchange
                                            Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

		(C)	“Person”
                                            shall have the meaning as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

    	 

     

    

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control unless it is a “change in the ownership or effective control”
of the Company, or a change “in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company within the meaning of
Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code Section 409A”).

 

(c) “Company’s
Field of Interest” means the primary businesses of the Company as such business is being conducted, or actively contemplated, by
the Company, as determined from time to time by the Board, during the Employment Period, including, with respect to such business: (i)
any technology, product, drug or device for which the Company has filed patents, including any technology, product, drug or device that
is a spinoff of any Company patents either filed or actively contemplated to be filed (or otherwise in process), (ii) any technology,
product, drug or device for which the Company has invested resources, (iii) any technology, product, drug or device that the Company
is actively contemplating entering into, engaging in, or acquiring or (iv) any technology, product, drug or device that the Company is
then currently developing.

 

(d) As
used herein, a “Separation from Service” occurs when the Executive dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment
with the Company that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1),
without regard to the optional alternative definitions available thereunder.

 

		13.	Representations
                                            by Executive.

 

The
Executive represents and warrants that she has full right, power and authority to execute this Agreement and perform her obligations
hereunder and that this Agreement has been duly executed by the Executive and such execution and the performance of this Agreement by
the Executive do not and will not result in any conflict, breach or violation of or default under any other agreement or any judgment,
order or decree to which the Executive is a party or by which she is bound. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that any material breach
of the representations set forth in this Section 13 will constitute Cause under Section 6.

 

		14.	Tax
                                            Withholding

 

The
Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement (such as Federal, state, or foreign taxes) as shall be required to
be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

 

		15.	Section
                                            409A Compliance

 

(a) It
is intended that any amounts payable under this Agreement shall either be exempt from or comply with Code Section 409A (including the
Treasury regulations and other published guidance relating thereto) so as not to subject the Executive to payment of any additional tax,
penalty or interest imposed under Code Section 409A. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted to avoid the
imputation of any such additional tax, penalty or interest under Code Section 409A yet preserve (to the nearest extent reasonably possible)
the intended benefit payable to the Executive.

 

(b) If
the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) as of the date of the
Executive’s Separation from Service, the Executive shall not be entitled to any payment or benefit pursuant to Section 9(c) or
9(d) until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after her Separation from Service for any reason other than death, or
(ii) the date of the Executive’s death. The provisions of this Section 15(b) shall only apply if, and to the extent, required to
avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Code Section 409A. Any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive upon
or in the six (6) month period following the Executive’s Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this Section
15(b) shall be paid (without interest) as soon as practicable (and in all events within thirty (30) days) after the date that is six
(6) months after the Executive’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as practicable, and in all events within thirty
(30) days, after the date of the Executive’s death).

 

    	 

     

    

 

(c) To
the extent that any benefits pursuant to Section 9(c)(ii) or 9(d)(ii) or reimbursements pursuant to Section 3 are taxable to the Executive,
any reimbursement payment due to the Executive pursuant to any such provision shall be paid to the Executive on or before the last day
of the Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the related expense was incurred. The benefits and reimbursements
pursuant to such provisions are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit and the amount of such benefits and reimbursements
that the Executive receives in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of such benefits or reimbursements that the Executive receives
in any other taxable year.

 

(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent required to comply with Code Section 409A, a termination of employment shall
not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of amounts or benefits upon
or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of
Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “resignation,” “termination,”
“termination of employment” or like terms shall mean separation from service. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each
payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of the Section 409A of the
Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent required to comply with Code Section 409A, if the Release
Period spans two calendar years, any severance payments to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant to Section 9(c) or 9(d) d shall
be paid on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that occurs in the second calendar year.

 

		16.	Arbitration.

 

The
parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve all claims, disputes and other disagreements arising hereunder by negotiation. In the
event that a dispute between the parties cannot be resolved within thirty (30) days of written notice from one party to the other party,
such dispute shall, at the request of either party, after providing written notice to the other party, be submitted to arbitration in
Lawrenceville, New Jersey in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then in
effect. The notice of arbitration shall specifically describe the claims, disputes or other matters in issue to be submitted to arbitration.
The parties shall jointly select a single arbitrator who shall have the authority to hold hearings and to render a decision in accordance
with the arbitration rules of the AAA. If the parties are unable to agree within ten (10) days, the arbitrator shall be selected by AAA
directly The discovery rights and procedures provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall be available and enforceable in the
arbitration proceeding. The written decision of the arbitrator so appointed shall be conclusive and binding on the parties and enforceable
by a court of competent jurisdiction. The expenses of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties to the arbitration, and each
party shall pay for and bear the cost of its or her own experts, evidence and legal counsel, unless the arbitrator rules otherwise in
the arbitration. Each party agrees to use its or her best efforts to cause a final decision to be rendered with respect to the matter
submitted to arbitration within sixty (60) days after its submission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be free to pursue
its rights and remedies under Section 5 hereof and pursuant to Exhibit A hereto in any court of competent jurisdiction, without
regard to the arbitral proceedings contemplated by this Section 16.

 

    	 

     

    

 

		17.	Notices.

 

All
notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder or contemplated or in connection herewith
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if sent by private overnight mail service (delivery confirmed by such
service), registered or certified mail (return receipt requested and received), or if delivered personally, as follows (or to such other
address as either party shall designate by notice in writing to the other in accordance herewith):

 

If
to the Company:

 

Celsion
Corporation

997
Lenox Drive, Suite 100

Lawrenceville,
NJ 08648

Attention:
Chairman of the Compensation Committee Telephone: 609-896-9100

Current
Email: MTardugno@celsion.com

 

with
copies to:

 

Baker
& McKenzie LLP

452
Fifth Avenue

New
York, NY 10018

Attention:
Steven G. Canner

Telephone:
212-626-4884

Email:
Steven.Canner@BakerMcKenzie.com

 

If
to the Executive:

 

Corinne
Le Goff

 

		18.	Indemnification
                                            and Limitation of Liability.

 

The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the protections afforded by Article Ninth of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as may be amended from time to time, of the Company, and Article VI of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as may be amended from time to
time, of the Company are available to the Executive throughout the Employment Period and thereafter, in accordance with their respective
terms.

 

    	 

     

    

 

		19.	General.

 

(a) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey applicable to agreements
made and to be performed entirely in New Jersey.

 

(b) This
Agreement, together with the agreement set forth in Exhibit A hereto and the agreements reflecting the Initial Awards, sets forth the
entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements,
arrangements and understandings, written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation the Offer Letter
between the Company and the Executive, dated May 16, 2022. No representation, promise or inducement has been made by either party hereto
that is not embodied in this Agreement, and neither party hereto shall be bound by or liable for any alleged representation, promise
or inducement not so set forth. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the provisions hereof shall conflict with the terms
of any stock option grant agreement, stock award agreement or similar document granting stock options, warrants or similar rights, then
the terms of this Agreement shall control.

 

(c) This
Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms or covenants hereof may be waived, only
by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party hereto waiving compliance. The failure
of a party hereto at any time or times to require performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect the right at a later
time to enforce the same. No waiver by a party hereto of the breach of any term or covenant contained in this Agreement, whether by conduct
or otherwise, or any one or more or continuing waivers of any such breach, shall constitute a waiver of the breach of any other term
or covenant contained in this Agreement.

 

(d) This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, heirs, distributees,
successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign its rights and obligation under this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the Executive, except to a successor to substantially all the Company’s business that expressly assumes the Company’s
obligations hereunder in writing. For purposes of this Agreement, “successors” shall mean any successor by way of share exchange,
merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. The
Executive may not assign, transfer, alienate or encumber any rights or obligations under this Agreement, except by will or operation
of law, provided that the Executive may designate beneficiaries to receive any payments permitted under the terms of the Company’s
benefit plans.

 

[Signature
Page follows.]

 

    	 

     

    

 

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Agreement under its or her seal effective as of the date first above written.

 

	 	CELSION
    CORPORATION
	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Michael H. Tardugno
	 	By:	Michael
    H. Tardugno                                
	 	Title: 	Executive
    Chairman of the Board of Directors
	 	 	 
	 	EXECUTIVE
	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Corinne Le Goff
	 	Corinne Le Goff

 

[Signature
page to Employment Agreement]

 

    	 

     

    

 

Exhibit
A

 

Employee
Proprietary Information and Ownership of Inventions Agreement

 

(Attached)

 

    	A-1Exhibit 10.2

 

EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT 

 

This
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of the 18th day of July 2022 (the “Effective
Date”), by and between Celsion Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Michael H. Tardugno,
an individual (the “Executive”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS,
the parties hereto previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of March 30, 2016 (the
“Prior Employment Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS,
the parties hereto now desire to enter into this Agreement, which shall supersede and replace the Prior Employment Agreement in its entirety
effective as of the Effective Date, and the Prior Agreement shall terminate, not be renewed, and have no further force or effect as of
the Effective Date;

 

WHEREAS,
the Company desires to retain the Executive to serve in the capacity of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company
on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS,
the Executive desires to accept employment in such capacity on such terms and conditions.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties, intending to be legally
bound, agree as follows:

 

	 	1.	Employment
    Duties and Acceptance. 

 

(a)
In accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby employs the Executive, for the Term (as hereinafter defined), to render
service to the Company as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and to perform the customary duties and bear the customary responsibilities
of such position and such other duties and responsibilities, commensurate with such position, as the Executive shall be directed from
time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to perform or bear, which duties and responsibilities
shall be consistent with the provisions of the Bylaws of the Company in effect on the date hereof that relate to or bear upon the duties
of the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)
As of the Effective Date, the Executive hereby accepts such employment and agrees to render the services described above, in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)
The Executive further agrees to accept election and to serve during all or any part of the Term as a director of the Company without
any compensation therefor other than that specified in this Agreement, if elected to such position by the Board or the stockholders of
the Company. At all times during the Term, the Company shall include the Executive in the management slate for election as a director
at every stockholders’ meeting at which his term as a director would otherwise expire. At the request of the Board, following termination
or expiration of this Agreement, the Executive promptly shall tender his resignation as a director of the Company.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(d)
The principal place of employment of the Executive hereunder shall at all times during the Term be in the Lawrenceville, New Jersey area
or such other location(s) as may be mutually acceptable to the Executive and the Board. The Executive will maintain a residence in New
Jersey and will file New Jersey tax returns so long as the Company remains eligible for New Jersey State Economic Development incentives.

 

(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, although the Executive shall provide services as an employee, it is understood that
the Executive may (1) participate in professional activities; (2) publish academic articles; (3) support non-competing
external research programs; and (4) participate in community and/or philanthropic activities (collectively, “Permitted Activities”),
provided, that such Permitted Activities do not interfere with the Executive’s duties or services to the Company.

 

	 	2.	Term
    of Employment. 

 

The
initial term of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the Effective Date and
shall end on the December 31, 2024, unless sooner terminated by the Company or the Executive pursuant to Section 6, 7 or 8 of this
Agreement, as the case may be, or voluntarily by the Executive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless notice is given by the Executive
or the Company to the other at least three (3) months prior to the expiration of the Term of this Agreement (including at least
three (3) months prior to the expiration of any extension hereof, as provided below), the Term automatically shall be extended by
one (1) year from the date it would otherwise end (whether upon expiration of the initial Term or any extension(s) thereof), unless
sooner terminated pursuant to Section 6, 7 or 8 hereof or voluntarily by the Executive. In the event of such an automatic extension,
the term “Term,” as used herein, shall include each and any such extension.

 

	 	3.	Compensation
    and Benefits. 

 

(a)
As compensation for the services rendered or to be rendered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall pay the Executive an annual
base salary (the “Base Salary”), which, during the period from the Effective Date through and including December 31, 2022
shall be in the amount of $500,000 (the actual amount payable during such partial period in 2022 will be $240,000), and, during the period
from January 1, 2023 through and including December 31, 2024 shall be in the amount of $350,000. The Executive’s Base Salary hereunder
shall be reviewed at least annually during the Term of the Agreement for adjustment upward (but not downward) in the discretion of the
Board. The Executive’s Base Salary, as so adjusted, shall be considered the new Base Salary for all purposes of this Agreement.
The Base Salary shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices applicable to its senior executives.

 

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(b)
The Company agrees that the Executive shall be eligible for an annual performance bonus from the Company with respect to each fiscal
year of the Company that ends during the Term, pursuant to the Company’s management incentive bonus program, or policy or practice
of the Board or Compensation Committee of the Board, in effect from time to time. The amount of any such performance bonus shall be determined
by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board in its sole and absolute discretion, consistent with the Company’s performance,
the Executive’s contribution to the Company’s performance and the provisions of any such applicable incentive bonus program,
policy or practice; provided, however, that such annual performance bonus shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of
the Base Salary for the fiscal year to which the bonus applies except pursuant to a specific finding by the Board that a higher percentage
is appropriate. Any such annual performance bonus shall be paid not later than two and one-half months after the end of the fiscal year
to which the bonus relates.

 

(c)
The Company agrees to grant to the Executive, during the Term, at the time of its usual annual grant to employees for the applicable
year, such options and/or other equity awards with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock as the Board or the Compensation
Committee of the Board shall determine. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in Section 12) of the Company, all such
options and other equity awards granted by the Company to the Executive prior to such event, shall immediately vest and, in the case
of options and similar awards, become and remain fully exercisable through their respective original maximum terms (provided that, after
giving effect to such accelerated vesting and providing the Executive a reasonable opportunity to exercise such vested options and similar
awards, such options and awards shall be subject to earlier termination in connection with a Change in Control and similar events as
provided in the applicable plan and/or award agreement) and otherwise in accordance with their respective terms and conditions.

 

(d)
The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses actually incurred or paid by the Executive during the Term
in the performance of services under this Agreement, upon presentation of expense statements or vouchers or such other supporting information
as may reasonably be required pursuant to the standard policies of the Company in effect from time to time. The Executive agrees to promptly
submit and document any reimbursable expenses in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies to facilitate the
timely reimbursement of such expenses.

 

(e)
During the Term, the Company shall, at its election, reimburse the Executive for term life insurance at a level equal to one (1) times
his Base Salary, or provide coverage for the Executive at such level.

 

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(f)
During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in all qualified and non-qualified savings and retirement plans, and
all other compensation and benefit plans and programs, including welfare and fringe benefit programs that are generally made available
by the Company to other senior executives of the Company, in each case, in accordance with the eligibility and participation provisions
of such plans and programs and as such plans or programs may be in effect from time to time.

 

(g)
During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible for paid vacation of eight (8) weeks per calendar year taken in accordance with
the vacation policy of the Company. In the event that Executive does not utilize all of his vacation in any calendar year, he may carry
forward up to five (5) weeks (twenty-five (25) days) for up to one (1) calendar year. Unused vacation days shall not otherwise
accumulate.

 

	 	4.	Confidentiality.
    

 

The
Executive acknowledges and agrees that the “Employee Proprietary Information and Ownership of Inventions Agreement” annexed
hereto as Exhibit A, previously signed by the Executive, will continue in full force and effect pursuant to its terms, and shall be deemed
incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Executive shall continue
to be bound by the terms of such Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement for a period of five (5) years after the expiration
or termination of this Agreement for any reason. The Executive and the Company agree that following expiration or termination of this
Agreement for any reason the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement shall be applicable only to material, non-public, proprietary
information of the Company.

 

	 	5.	Non-Competition,
    Non-Solicitation and Non-Disparagement. 

 

(a)
During the Term, the Executive shall not (1) provide any services, directly or indirectly, to any other business or commercial entity
without the consent of the Board or (2) participate in the formation of any business or commercial entity without the consent of
the Board; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 5(a) shall be deemed to prohibit the Executive from
acquiring, solely as an investment, shares of capital stock (or other interests) of any corporation (or other entity) not exceeding five
percent (5%) of such corporation’s (or other entity’s) then-outstanding shares of capital stock (or other interests)
and, provided further, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit the Executive’s Permitted Activities pursuant
to Section 1(e).

 

(b)
If this Agreement is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined in Section 6(c)) or if the Executive terminates this Agreement
other than in accordance with Section 7 or 8 hereof, or if the Executive is entitled to receive severance payments in connection
with a termination of his employment in accordance with Section 9(c)(i) or 9(d)(i), then for a period of two (2) years following
the date of termination the Executive shall not (1) provide any services, directly or indirectly, to any other business or commercial
entity in the Company’s Field of Interest (as defined in Section 12), (2) solicit any customers or suppliers of the Company,
(3) attempt to persuade or encourage customers or suppliers of the Company not to do business with the Company and/or to do business
with a competitor of the Company, (4) participate in the formation of any business or commercial entity engaged primarily in the
Company’s Field of Interest, or (5) directly or indirectly employ, or seek to employ or secure the services in any capacity
of, any person employed at that time by the Company or any of its Affiliates, or otherwise encourage or entice any such person to leave
such employment; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 5(b) shall be deemed to prohibit the Executive from acquiring,
solely as an investment, shares of capital stock (or other interests) of any corporation (or other entity) in the Company’s Field
of Interest not exceeding two percent (2%) of such corporation’s (or other entity’s) then outstanding shares of capital
stock (or other interests) and, provided further, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit Executive’s Permitted
Activities pursuant to Section 1(e). This Section 5(b) shall be subject to written waivers, which may be obtained by the Executive
from the Company.

 

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(c)
At no time during the Term of this Agreement or thereafter will the Executive knowingly make any written or oral untrue statement or
any statement that disparages the Company or its Affiliates or will the Company knowingly make any written or oral untrue statement or
any statement that disparages the Executive. Notwithstanding this provision, the Executive may confer in confidence with his legal representatives
and make truthful statements as required by law.

 

(d)
If the Executive commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 5 or Exhibit A, the
Company shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Agreement or Exhibit A, as the case may be, specifically enforced
by any court having equity jurisdiction, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable
injury to the Company and that money damages will not provide an adequate remedy to the Company.

 

(e)
If any of the covenants contained in this Section 5 or Exhibit A or any part hereof or thereof, is hereafter construed to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable by a court or regulatory agency or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, such court, agency or tribunal shall
have the power, and hereby is directed, to substitute for or limit such provision(s) in order as closely as possible to effectuate the
original intent of the parties hereto with respect to such invalid, illegal or unenforceable covenant(s) generally and so to enforce
such substituted covenant(s). Subject to the foregoing, the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any one or more of the covenants
contained in this Section 5 shall not affect the validity of any other provision hereof, which shall be given full effect without
regard to the invalid portions.

 

(f)
If any of the covenants contained in this Section 5 or Exhibit A, or any part hereof or thereof, is held to be unenforceable because
of the duration of such provision, the area covered thereby or the extent thereof, the parties hereto agree that the tribunal making
such determination shall have the power, and hereby is directed, to reduce the duration, area and/or extent of such provision and, in
its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable.

 

(g)
Anything else contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the parties hereto intend to and hereby do confer jurisdiction
to enforce the covenants contained in this Section 5 and Exhibit A upon the courts of any state within the geographical scope of
such covenants. In the event that the courts of any one or more of such states shall hold any such covenant wholly unenforceable by reason
of the breadth of such scope or otherwise, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such determination not bar or in any way affect
the Company’s right to the relief provided above in the courts of any other state within the geographical scope of such other covenants,
as to breaches of such covenants in such other jurisdictions, the above covenants as they relate to each state being, for this purpose,
severable into diverse and independent covenants.

 

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	 	6.	Termination
    by the Company. 

 

During
the Term of this Agreement, the Company may terminate this Agreement if any one or more of the following shall occur: 

 

(a)
The Executive shall die during the Term; provided, however, that the Executive’s legal representatives shall be entitled
to receive (1) the Executive’s Base Salary through the date which is ninety (90) days after the Executive’s date
of death and (2) a pro rata annual performance bonus (prorated by multiplying the full year bonus that otherwise would be due by
the percentage derived from dividing the number of days in the then-current year prior to the death of the Executive by three hundred
sixty-five (365) with respect to the fiscal year of the Company during which death occurs). Upon the Executive’s death, stock
options previously granted to the Executive that are vested and fully exercisable at the time of death shall remain fully exercisable,
by the Executive’s legal representatives, through their respective original maximum terms (subject to earlier termination in connection
with a Change in Control and similar events as provided in the applicable plan and/or award agreement) and otherwise in accordance with
their respective terms and conditions. All stock options and stock awards (and similar equity rights) that have not vested prior the
date of death shall be forfeited.

 

(b)
The Executive shall become physically or mentally disabled so that the Executive is unable substantially to perform his services hereunder
for (1) a period of one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days, or (2) shorter periods aggregating one hundred eighty (180) days
during any twelve (12) month period; provided, however, that the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment under
this Section 6(b) only upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice given by the Company to the Executive. Notwithstanding
such disability the Company shall continue to pay the Executive his Base Salary through the date of such termination. In addition, the
Executive shall be entitled to a pro rata annual performance bonus (prorated by multiplying the full year bonus that otherwise would
be due by the percentage derived from dividing the number of days in the then-current year prior to the termination on account of disability
of the Executive by three hundred sixty-five (365) with respect to the fiscal year of the Company during which such termination
occurs). Upon such a disability, stock options previously granted to the Executive that are vested and fully exercisable at the time
of disability shall remain fully exercisable, by the Executive or his legal representatives, should he have such, through their respective
original maximum terms (subject to earlier termination in connection with a Change in Control and similar events as provided in the applicable
plan and/or award agreement) and otherwise in accordance with their respective terms and conditions. All stock options and stock awards
(and similar equity rights) that have not vested prior to the date of disability shall be forfeited by the Executive.

 

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(c)
The Executive acts, or fails to act, in a manner that provides Cause for termination. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause”
means (1) the Executive’s indictment for, or conviction of, any crime or serious offense involving money or other property
that constitutes a felony in the jurisdiction involved; (2) the Executive’s willful and ongoing neglect of, or failure to
discharge, duties (including fiduciary duties), responsibilities and obligations with respect to the Company hereunder, provided
such neglect or failure remains uncured for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice describing the same is given to the
Executive by the Company; (3) the Executive’s violation of any of the non-competition provisions of Section 5 hereof
or the Executive’s material breach of any provisions of Section 13 hereof or Exhibit A hereto, or (4) any act of fraud
or embezzlement by the Executive involving the Company or any of its Affiliates. All determinations of Cause for termination pursuant
to this Section 6 shall be made by the Board and shall require at least a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire Board excluding
the Executive, should he then be a member of the Board.

 

	 	7.	Termination
    by the Executive. 

 

The
Executive may terminate this Agreement on written notice to the Company in the event of a material breach of the terms of this Agreement
by the Company if such breach continues uncured for thirty (30) days after written notice describing the breach is first given by
the Executive to the Company; provided, however, that the Executive may terminate this Agreement if such breach is for the payment
of money and continues uncured for ten (10) days after written notice describing such breach is first given by the Executive. The
Executive may also terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Company if any one or more of the following shall occur:

 

(a)
loss of material duties or authority of the Executive as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and such loss continues
for thirty (30) days after written notice by the Executive of such loss is given to the Company;

 

(b)
a Prohibited Event occurs, provided that the Executive gives written notice of termination within ninety (90) days after
such occurrence and such Prohibited Event is not remedied within thirty (30) days after such notice. For this purpose, a “Prohibited
Event” exists if the Executive is not continuously Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company during the Term;

 

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(c)
the Company shall make a general assignment for benefit of creditors, or any proceeding shall be instituted by the Company seeking to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief,
or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking
entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part
of its property, or the Company shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this Section 7(c);

 

(d)
an involuntary petition shall be filed or an action or proceeding otherwise commenced against the Company seeking reorganization, arrangement
or readjustment of the Company’s debts or for any other relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any other
bankruptcy or insolvency act or law, state or federal, now or hereafter existing and shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period
of thirty (30) days;

 

(e)
a receiver, assignee, liquidator, trustee or similar officer for the Company or for all or any part of its property shall be appointed
involuntarily; or

 

(f)
a material breach by the Company of any other material agreement with the Executive shall occur, if such breach continues uncured for
thirty (30) days after written notice by the Executive describing such breach is first given to the Company; provided, however,
that the Executive shall be permitted to terminate this Agreement if such breach is for the payment of money and continues uncured for
ten (10) days after written notice describing such breach is first given by the Executive to the Company.

 

Any
termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder by the Executive pursuant to this Section 7 due to the occurrence
of any of the events specified herein shall only be effective if such event also results in a material change to the employment relationship
between the Executive and the Company (or any successor thereto). The foregoing provision is intended to qualify under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(n)(2)(i) as an involuntary separation from service and shall be determined in a manner consistent therewith.

 

	 	8.	Termination
    Following a Change in Control. 

 

In
addition to the above, during the period commencing on the six (6) month anniversary of a Change in Control and ending on the two
(2) year anniversary of such Change in Control, the Executive may terminate this Agreement upon expiration of ninety (90) days’
prior written notice to the Company if “Good Reason” exists for the Executive’s termination. For this purpose, termination
for “Good Reason” shall mean a termination by the Executive of his employment hereunder following the occurrence, without
his prior written consent, of any of the following events, unless the Company fully cures all grounds for such termination within thirty
(30) days after the Executive’s notice:

 

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(i)
any material adverse change in the Executive’s authority, duties, titles or offices (including reporting responsibility), or any
significant increase in the Executive’s business travel obligations, from those existing immediately prior to the Change in Control;

 

(ii)
any failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participated immediately prior to such
Change in Control and which is material to the Executive’s total compensation, including but not limited to the Company’s
stock option, bonus and other plans or any substitute plans adopted prior to the Change in Control, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied
in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or any failure by the Company to continue the
Executive’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis no less favorable to the Executive, both
in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Executive’s participation relative to other participants, as existed
immediately prior to such Change in Control;

 

(iii)
any failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive
under any of the Company’s retirement, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans, programs or arrangements
in which the Executive was participating immediately prior to such Change in Control, the taking of any action by the Company that would
directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any perquisite enjoyed by the Executive at
the time of such Change in Control, or the failure by the Company to maintain a vacation policy with respect to the Executive that is
at least as favorable as the vacation policy (whether formal or informal) in place with respect to the Executive immediately prior to
such Change in Control; or

 

(iv)
the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption in writing of its obligation to perform this Agreement by any successor to all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company upon a merger, consolidation, sale or similar transaction.

 

Any
termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder by the Executive pursuant to this Section 8 due to the occurrence
of any of the events specified herein shall only be effective if such event also results in a material change to the employment relationship
between the Executive and the Company (or any successor thereto). The foregoing provision is intended to qualify under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(n)(2)(i) as an involuntary separation from service and shall be determined in a manner consistent therewith.

 

	 	9.	Severance
    and Benefit Continuation. 

 

(a)
Termination for Cause or Voluntary Termination by the Executive. If the Company terminates this Agreement for Cause pursuant to
Section 6(c) hereof, or if the Executive voluntarily terminates this Agreement other than pursuant to Section 7 or 8 hereof
(which termination alone shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement), no severance or benefit continuation provisions shall apply;
provided, however, that the Executive shall have the same opportunity to continue group health benefits at the Executive’s
expense in accordance with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) as is available generally
to other employees terminating employment with the Company. All stock options and stock awards (and similar equity rights) held by the
Executive that have vested prior to such termination of this Agreement may be exercised by the Executive for a period of one hundred
eighty (180) days after the date of termination (subject to earlier termination in connection with a Change in Control and similar
events as provided in the applicable plan and/or award agreement), at which time they shall automatically be forfeited if not exercised.
All stock options and stock awards (and similar equity rights) that have not vested prior to such termination shall be forfeited by the
Executive. For purposes of this Agreement, an election by the Company not to renew this Agreement beyond the end of the then-current
Term shall be considered a termination of this Agreement Other Than for Cause.

 

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(b)
Termination for Death or Disability. In the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b) by reason
of the death or disability of the Executive, in addition to the Base Salary payments and pro rata annual performance bonus provided for
in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 6, as applicable, the Company shall continue to provide all benefits subject to COBRA,
at its sole cost and expense, with respect to the Executive and his dependents for the maximum period provided by COBRA.

 

(c)
Termination by the Company Other Than for Cause or Termination by the Executive Based on a Material Breach by the Company (Other than
Death or Disability) Outside of Change in Control Protection Period. If (1) the Company terminates this Agreement and the Executive’s
employment other than pursuant to Section 6 hereof or (2) the Executive terminates this Agreement and his employment pursuant
to Section 7, and in each case the termination of employment does not occur on or within two (2) years following the consummation
of a Change in Control, then, subject to Section 9(e):

 

(i)
the Company shall pay the Executive in accordance with its normal payroll practice an amount equal to the Executive’s Base Salary
at the annualized rate in effect on the date of such termination, such payment to be made in equal monthly installments (rounded down
to the nearest whole cent) over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months following the Executive’s Separation from Service (as
defined in Section 12) (the “Severance Period”), with the first installment payable, subject to Section 15(b), in the month
following the month in which the Executive’s Separation from Service occurs;

 

(ii)
all Company employee benefit plans and programs (including, but not limited to, the plans and programs set forth in Section 3(f)),
other than participation in any Company tax-qualified retirement plan and any bonus, equity or other incentive plans and programs, applicable
to the Executive shall be continued for the Severance Period (or, if such benefits are not available, or cannot be provided due to applicable
law, the Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum cash amount equal to the after-tax economic equivalent thereof, provided that,
with respect to any benefit to be provided on an insured basis, such lump sum cash value shall be the present value of the premiums expected
to be paid for such coverage, and with respect to other benefits, such value shall be the present value of the expected cost to the Company
of providing such benefits, and that, in all events, such payment shall be made within ninety (90) days following the Executive’s
Separation from Service). In the case of all benefits subject to COBRA, the Company shall continue to provide such benefits at its expense
with respect to the Executive and his dependents for the maximum period provided by COBRA; and

 

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(iii)
all stock options and awards of restricted stock (and similar equity rights), to the extent outstanding and vested on the date of such
termination of this Agreement, shall remain fully exercisable through their respective original maximum terms (subject to earlier termination
in connection with a Change in Control and similar events as provided in the applicable plan and/or award agreement) and otherwise in
accordance with their respective terms and conditions.

 

(d)
Involuntary Termination Other Than for Cause, Termination by the Executive Based on a Material Breach by the Company or for Good Reason
(Other than Death or Disability), or Nonrenewal by the Company During the Change in Control Protection Period. If (1) the Company
terminates this Agreement and the Executive’s employment other than pursuant to Section 6 hereof or (2) the Executive
terminates this Agreement and his employment pursuant to Section 7 or 8, and in each case the termination of employment occurs on
or within two (2) years of the consummation of a Change in Control of the Company, then, subject to Section 9(e):

 

(i)
the Company shall pay the Executive a cash lump sum equal to one (1) times the Executive’s Base Salary at the annualized rate
in effect on the date of such termination, such payment to be made, subject to Section 15(b), in the month following the month in which
the Executive’s Separation from Service occurs;

 

(ii)
all Company employee benefit plans and programs (including, but not limited to, the plans and programs set forth in Section 3(f),
other than participation in any Company tax-qualified retirement plan) applicable to the Executive shall be continued for one (1) year
from the date of such termination of employment (or, if such benefits are not available, or cannot be provided due to applicable law,
the Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum cash amount equal to the after-tax economic equivalent thereof, provided that,
with respect to any benefit to be provided on an insured basis, such lump sum cash value shall be the present value of the premiums
expected to be paid for such coverage, and with respect to other benefits, such value shall be the present value of the expected cost
to the Company of providing such benefits and that, in all events, such payment shall be made within ninety (90) days following the Executive’s
Separation from Service). In the case of all benefits subject to COBRA, the Company shall continue to provide such benefits at its sole
cost and expense with respect to the Executive and his dependents for the maximum period provided by COBRA; and

 

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(iii)
all stock options and awards of restricted stock (and similar equity rights), to the extent then vested and outstanding (after giving
effect to any accelerated vesting pursuant to Section 3 (c) hereof), shall remain fully exercisable through their respective
original maximum terms (provided that, after giving effect to such accelerated vesting and providing the Executive a reasonable opportunity
to exercise such vested options and similar awards, such options and awards shall be subject to earlier termination in connection with
a Change in Control and similar events as provided in the applicable plan and/or award agreement) and otherwise in accordance with their
respective terms and conditions as if no Change in Control had occurred.

 

(e)
The payments provided in Section 9(c) and 9(d) are intended as enhanced severance for a termination by the Company without Cause,
or a termination by the Executive in the circumstances provided. As a condition of receiving such payments, the Executive or his legal
representatives, should he have such, shall first execute and deliver to the Company within twenty-one (21) days (or such other period
required under applicable law) following such termination of employment a general release of all claims against the Company, its Affiliates,
agents and employees (other than any claims or rights pursuant to the Agreement or pursuant to equity or employee benefit plans), in
a form and substance satisfactory to the Company, and shall not revoke such release within any revocation period provided under applicable
law (the “Release Period”). In connection with such release by the Executive, the Company shall execute and deliver a comparable
release of claims against the Executive within the same period following such termination of employment, and may revoke such release
if the Executive revokes his release within any revocation period provided under applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive
may elect to forego the severance payments provided herein, in which event neither party shall be required to execute a release of the
other. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(e), no release to be granted by the Executive shall be required to
cause the Executive to release the Company from, waive, or forego in any way any of the Executive’s rights to indemnification under
the applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any then-existing agreement between the Company
and the Executive with respect thereto; and no release to be granted by the Company hereunder shall apply to any obligation of the Executive
pursuant to this Agreement or any act of fraud or material dishonesty by the Executive. In addition, any release provided by one party
to the other party pursuant to this Section 9(e) shall be null and void if the other party does not timely provide the release required
hereunder (or, in the case of the release provided by the Company, if the Executive revokes his release within any revocation period
provided by applicable law).

 

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	 	10.	Cooperation.
    

 

Following
the termination of his employment, the Executive agrees to cooperate with, and assist, the Company to ensure a smooth transition in management
and, if requested by the Company, to make himself available to consult during regular business hours at mutually agreed upon times for
up to a three (3) month period thereafter. At any time following the termination of his employment, the Executive will provide such
information as the Company may request with respect to any Company- related transaction or other matter in which the Executive was involved
in any way while employed by the Company. The Executive further agrees, during the Term of this Agreement and thereafter, to assist and
cooperate with the Company in connection with the defense or prosecution of any claim that may be made against, or by, the Company or
its Affiliates, in connection with any dispute or claim of any kind involving the Company or its Affiliates, including providing testimony
in any proceeding before any arbitral, administrative, judicial, legislative or other body or agency. The Executive shall be entitled
to reimbursement for all properly documented expenses reasonably incurred in connection with rendering transition services under this
Section, including, but not limited to, reimbursement for all reasonable travel, lodging, meal expenses and legal fees, and the Executive
shall be entitled to a per diem amount for his services equal to his then most recent annualized Base Salary under this Agreement, divided
by two hundred forty (240) (business days).

 

	 	11.	No
    Mitigation. 

 

The
Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for hereunder by seeking other employment or otherwise,
nor shall the amount of any payment provided for hereunder be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment
by another employer after the date of termination of employment by the Company.

 

	 	12.	Definitions.
    

 

As
used herein, the following terms have the following meaning:

 

(a)
“Affiliate” means and includes any person, corporation or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control
with the person, corporation or other entity in question, determined in accordance with Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.

 

(b)
“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i)
Any Person, other than the Company, its Affiliates or any Company employee benefit plan (including any trustee of such plan acting as
trustee), is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Voting
Securities”) of the Company; or

 

(ii)
Individuals who constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”), as of the beginning of any twenty-four (24) month
period commencing with the Effective Date of this Agreement, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any individual becoming a director subsequent to the beginning of such period, whose election or nomination
for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then comprising
the Incumbent Directors, shall be, considered an Incumbent Director; or

 

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(iii)
Consummation by the Company of a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction (a “Business
Combination”), with respect to which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of
the Voting Securities immediately prior such Business Combination (the “Incumbent Shareholders”) do not, following consummation
of all transactions intended to constitute part of such Business Combination, Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, fifty percent
(50%) or more of the Voting Securities of the corporation, business trust or other entity resulting from or being the surviving
entity in such Business Combination (the “Surviving Entity”), in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of
such Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination; or

 

(iv)
Consummation of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, other than to a corporation, business trust or other entity with respect to which, following consummation
of all transactions intended to constitute part of such sale or disposition, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined Voting
Securities is then Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by the Incumbent Shareholders in substantially the same proportion as
their ownership of the Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or disposition.

 

For
purposes of this definition, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(A)
“Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act;

 

(B)
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

(C)
“Person” shall have the meaning as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control unless it is a “change in the ownership or effective control”
of the Company, or a change “in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company within the meaning of
Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code Section 409A”).

 

(c)
“Company’s Field of Interest” means the primary businesses of the Company as described in the Company’s then
two most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (subject to any further
description of such businesses that may be included in any Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K thereafter filed
by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission) or as determined from time to time by the Board during the Term.

 

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(d)
As used herein, a “Separation from Service” occurs when the Executive dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment
with the Company that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1),
without regard to the optional alternative definitions available thereunder.

 

	 	13.	Representations
    by Executive. 

 

The
Executive represents and warrants that he has full right, power and authority to execute this Agreement and perform his obligations hereunder
and that this Agreement has been duly executed by the Executive and such execution and the performance of this Agreement by the Executive
do not and will not result in any conflict, breach or violation of or default under any other agreement or any judgment, order or decree
to which the Executive is a party or by which he is bound. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that any material breach of the representations
set forth in this Section 13 will constitute Cause under Section 6.

 

	 	14.	Tax
    Withholding. 

 

The
Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement (such as Federal, state, local or foreign taxes) as shall be required
to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

 

	 	15.	Section
    409A Compliance. 

 

(a)
It is intended that any amounts payable under this Agreement shall either be exempt from or comply with Code Section 409A (including
the Treasury regulations and other published guidance relating thereto) so as not to subject the Executive to payment of any additional
tax, penalty or interest imposed under Code Section 409A. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted to avoid
the imputation of any such additional tax, penalty or interest under Code Section 409A yet preserve (to the nearest extent reasonably
possible) the intended benefit payable to the Executive.

 

(b)
If the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) as of the date of
the Executive’s Separation from Service, the Executive shall not be entitled to any payment or benefit pursuant to Section 9(c)
or 9(d) until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after his Separation from Service for any reason other than death,
or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. The provisions of this Section 15(b) shall only apply if, and to the extent, required
to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Code Section 409A. Any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive
upon or in the six (6) month period following the Executive’s Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this Section
15(b) shall be paid (without interest) as soon as practicable (and in all events within thirty (30) days) after the date that is six
(6) months after the Executive’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as practicable, and in all events within thirty
(30) days, after the date of the Executive’s death).

 

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(c)
To the extent that any benefits pursuant to Section 9(c)(ii) or 9(d)(ii) or reimbursements pursuant to Section 3(d) or 3(e) are taxable
to the Executive, any reimbursement payment due to the Executive pursuant to any such provision shall be paid to the Executive on or
before the last day of the Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the related expense was incurred. The benefits
and reimbursements pursuant to such provisions are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit and the amount of such
benefits and reimbursements that the Executive receives in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of such benefits or reimbursements
that the Executive receives in any other taxable year.

 

(d)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent required to comply with Code Section 409A, a termination of
employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of amounts
or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within
the meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “resignation,”
“termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean separation from service. For purposes of
Section 409A of the Code, each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning
of the Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent required to comply with Code
Section 409A, if the Release Period spans two calendar years, any severance payments to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant
to Section 9(c) or 9(d) shall be paid on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that occurs in the second calendar year.

 

	 	16.	Arbitration.
    

 

The
parties hereto shall attempt in good faith to resolve all claims, disputes and other disagreements arising hereunder by negotiation.
In the event that a dispute between the parties hereto cannot be resolved within thirty (30) days of written notice from one party
to the other party, such dispute shall, at the request of either party, after providing written notice to the other party, be submitted
to arbitration in Lawrenceville, New Jersey in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
effect. The notice of arbitration shall specifically describe the claims, disputes or other matters in issue to be submitted to arbitration.
The parties hereto shall jointly select a single arbitrator who shall have the authority to hold hearings and to render a decision in
accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. If the parties hereto are unable to agree within ten (10) days,
the arbitrator shall be selected by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for Howard County. The discovery rights and procedures provided
by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall be available and enforceable in the arbitration proceeding. The written decision of the
arbitrator so appointed shall be conclusive and binding on the parties hereto and enforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction. The
expenses of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties hereto to the arbitration, and each party shall pay for and bear the
cost of its or his own experts, evidence and legal counsel, unless the arbitrator rules otherwise in the arbitration. Each party agrees
to use its or his best efforts to cause a final decision to be rendered with respect to the matter submitted to arbitration within sixty
(60) days after its submission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be free to pursue its rights and remedies under
Section 5 hereof and pursuant to Exhibit A hereto in any court of competent jurisdiction, without regard to the arbitral proceedings
contemplated by this Section 16.

 

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	 	17.	Notices.
    

 

All
notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder or contemplated or in connection herewith
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if sent by private overnight mail service (delivery confirmed by such
service), registered or certified mail (return receipt requested and received), telecopy (confirmed receipt by return fax from the receiving
party) or if delivered personally, as follows (or to such other address as either party shall designate by notice in writing to the other
in accordance herewith):

 

If
to the Company:

 

Celsion
Corporation

997
Lenox Drive, Suite 100

Lawrenceville,
NJ 08648

Attention:
Chairman of the Compensation Committee

Telephone:
609-896-9100

Fax:
609-896-2200

 

with
copies to:

 

Baker & McKenzie
LLP

452
Fifth Avenue

New
York, NY 10018

Attention:
Steven G. Canner

Telephone:
212-626-4884

Fax:
212-310-1884

 

If
to the Executive:

 

Michael
Tardugno

 

 

	 	18.	Indemnification
    and Limitation of Liability.

 

The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the protections afforded by Article Ninth of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as may be amended from time to time, of the Company, and Article VI of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as may be amended from time to
time, of the Company are available to the Executive throughout the Term and thereafter, in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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	 	19.	General.
    

 

(a)
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey applicable to agreements
made and to be performed entirely in New Jersey.

 

(b)
This Agreement, together with the agreement set forth in Annex A hereto, sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties
hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings, written or oral,
relating to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation the Prior Employment Agreement. This Agreement hereby supersedes
and replaces the Prior Employment Agreement in its entirety effective as of the Effective Date, and the Prior Agreement shall terminate
and have no further force or effect as of the Effective Date. No representation, promise or inducement has been made by either party
hereto that is not embodied in this Agreement, and neither party hereto shall be bound by or liable for any alleged representation, promise
or inducement not so set forth. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the provisions hereof shall conflict with the terms
of any stock option grant agreement, stock award agreement or similar document granting stock options, warrants or similar rights, then
the terms hereof shall control.

 

(c)
This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms or covenants hereof may be waived,
only by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party hereto waiving compliance. The
failure of a party hereto at any time or times to require performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect the right at
a later time to enforce the same. No waiver by a party hereto of the breach of any term or covenant contained in this Agreement, whether
by conduct or otherwise, or any one or more or continuing waivers of any such breach, shall constitute a waiver of the breach of any
other term or covenant contained in this Agreement.

 

(d)
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, heirs,
distributees, successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign its rights and obligation under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of the Executive, except to a successor to substantially all the Company’s business that expressly assumes
the Company’s obligations hereunder in writing. For purposes of this Agreement, “successors” shall mean any successor
by way of share exchange, merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction, or the sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company. The Executive may not assign, transfer, alienate or encumber any rights or obligations under this Agreement, except
by will or operation of law, provided that the Executive may designate beneficiaries to receive any payments permitted under the
terms of the Company’s benefit plans.

 

[Signature
Page follows.]

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Agreement under its or his seal effective as of the date first above
written.

 

	[SEAL]	Celsion
    Corporation
	 	 	 
	 	By:
    	/s/
    Robert W. Hooper
	 	Print
    Name:	Robert
    W. Hooper
	 	 	Director
    and Chairman of Compensation Committee
	 	 
	

    [SEAL]
	 
	 	By:
    	/s/
    Michael H. Tardugno
	 	Print Name:	Michael H. Tardugno
	 	 	Executive Chairman of
    the Board of Directors

 

[Signature
page to Employment Agreement]

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

Exhibit
A

 

Employee
Proprietary Information and Ownership of Inventions Agreement

 

(Attached)

 

    	A-1

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