Document:

Employment Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 

 

 

 August 9, 2010 

Bradley Abelow 
 49 Clinton Avenue 

Montclair, NJ 07042 
  

	Re:	MF Global – Employment Agreement 

Dear Bradley: 
 This is your
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) with MF Global Holdings Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“MF Global”). This Agreement sets forth the terms of your employment
with MF Global and its subsidiaries and affiliates (together, the “MF Global Group”). 
  

	1.	Terms Schedule 

 Some of the terms of your
employment are in the attached schedule (your “Schedule”), which is part of this Agreement. 
  

	2.	Term of Your Employment 

The term of this Agreement began on the “Commencement Date” set forth in your Schedule and will end at the close of
business on March 31, 2013 (the “Agreement Term”). All references to “your employment” in this Agreement will refer to your employment during the Agreement Term. 

Commencing April 1, 2013, the Agreement Term will extend for successive two (2) year periods upon written notice by
MF Global to you not later than six (6) months prior to the expiration of the initial or any successive term of this Agreement. You may provide written notice of non-extension within one (1) month after such notice by MF Global
(“Non-Extension Notice”) if MF Global does not offer to extend the Agreement Term on terms and conditions (including payment of your Salary and Bonus, participation in executive compensation plans and employee benefit programs and
severance benefits) that are substantially similar to those in effect immediately prior to the expiration of the Agreement Term (taking into account any extensions), provided that MF Global will have 30 days to cure the terms and conditions of its
offer to extend the Agreement Term before such Non-Extension Notice becomes effective. Upon the expiration of the Agreement Term (taking into account any extensions), you will continue to be an employee of MF Global “at-will” (unless and
until MF Global or you gives written notice to the other of termination). 
 The provisions of Sections 5(d), 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and
13, and the provisions of the Schedule applicable thereto, shall survive the termination of the Agreement Term and any concurrent or subsequent termination of your employment thereunder and shall continue to be in effect thereafter to the extent
applicable, provided that Section 9 shall survive only respecting a change in ownership or control contemplated thereunder occurring on or prior to such termination irrespective of when payments thereunder may be made; Section 6 and the
provisions of the Schedule applicable thereto, shall survive any termination of your employment occurring prior to the expiration of the Agreement Term; and Section 6(g), and the provisions of the Schedule applicable thereto, shall survive any
termination of your employment in connection with the expiration of the Agreement Term. 
 MF Global Holding USA Inc. 

717 Fifth Avenue 

9th Floor 
 New York,
New York 10022-8101 
 Tel 212-589-6200 

Fax 212-589-6250 

www.mfglobal.com 

	3.	Your Position, Performance and Other Activities 

  

	 	(a)	Position. You will be employed in the position stated in your Schedule. 

 

	 	(b)	Authority, Responsibilities, and Reporting. Your authority, responsibilities and reporting relationships will correspond to your position and will include any
particular authority, responsibilities and reporting relationships consistent with your position that MF Global’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) or any officer of the MF Global Group to whom you report may assign to you from
time to time. Any specific reporting relationship provided in your Schedule replaces the relationship provided in this Section 3(b), and any specific authority or responsibility provided in your Schedule is in addition to that provided in this
Section 3(b). 

  

	 	(c)	Performance. During your employment, you will devote substantially all of your business time and attention to the MF Global Group and will use good faith
efforts to discharge your responsibilities under this Agreement to the best of your ability. 

  

	 	(d)	Other Activities. During your employment, you will not render any business, commercial or professional services to any non-member of the MF Global Group.
However, you may (1) serve, without Board approval, on civic, educational or charitable boards or committees and, with the prior written approval of the Board, on other corporate boards or committees (which approval previously was granted for
those boards and committees set forth in the Schedule), (2) manage personal investments, or (3) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions, so long as the activities in clauses
(1) through (3) above do not significantly interfere with your performance of your responsibilities under this Agreement. 

  

	4.	Your Compensation 

  

	 	(a)	Salary. You will receive an annual base salary (your “Salary”). The starting amount of your Salary is in your Schedule. MF Global will
review your Salary at least annually and may increase it at any time for any reason. However, your Salary may not be decreased at any time (including after any increase) other than as part of an across-the-board salary reduction that applies in the
same manner to all similarly situated executives, and any increase in your Salary will not reduce or limit any other obligation to you under this Agreement. Your Salary will be paid in accordance with the MF Global Group’s normal practices for
similarly situated executives. 

  

	 	(b)	Bonus. You will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (your “Bonus”) for each fiscal year of MF Global ending during your employment, which may
be paid in a combination of cash and equity-based awards. The amount and form of your Bonus, including the amount payable upon achievement of target-level performance, for each fiscal year (if any) will be determined by the Board (or a committee of
the Board) and paid in a manner consistent with other similarly situated executives. 

  

	 	(c)	Stock Option Grant. You will be eligible to receive a Stock Option Grant in accordance with your Schedule. 

 

	 	(d)	Other Executive Compensation Plans. You will be entitled to participate in all of the MF Global Group’s executive compensation plans, including any
management incentive plans, long-term compensation plans, equity compensation option plans and deferred compensation plans, on a basis that is at least as favorable as that provided to other similarly situated executives of the MF Global Group.

  

					
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	5.	Your Benefits 

  

	 	(a)	Employee Benefit Plans. During your employment, you will be entitled to participate in the MF Global Group’s employee benefit and welfare plans, including
plans providing retirement benefits or medical, dental, hospitalization, life or disability insurance, on a basis that is at least as favorable as that provided to other similarly situated executives of the MF Global Group. 

 

	 	(b)	Vacation. You will be entitled to paid annual vacation on a basis that is at least as favorable as that provided to other similarly situated executives of the MF
Global Group. 

  

	 	(c)	Business Expenses. You will be reimbursed for all business and entertainment expenses incurred by you in performing your responsibilities under this Agreement.
However, your reimbursement will be subject to the MF Global Group’s normal practices for similarly situated executives, provided that such reimbursements pursuant to this Section 5(c) will be paid no later than the end of the
calendar year following the year in which such reimbursable expenses were incurred. 

  

	 	(d)	Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted under the By-Laws of MF Global as in effect on your Execution Date set forth below and with any subsequent
changes mandated by applicable law (“By-Laws”), MF Global will indemnify you against any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, against you arising by reason of
your status as a director, officer, employee and/or agent of the MF Global Group during your employment, and for your period of employment you are an “Officer” as provided in the By-Laws. You will at all relevant times be covered under any
contract of directors and officers liability insurance that covers directors of MF Global (other than any coverage that specifically covers solely independent directors). 

 

	 	(e)	Additional Benefits. During your employment, you will be provided the additional benefits stated in your Schedule. 

 

	6.	Termination of Your Employment 

  

	 	(a)	No Reason Required. You or MF Global may terminate your employment at any time for any reason, or for no reason, subject to compliance with Section 6(c).

  

	 	(b)	Related Definitions. 

  

	 	(1)	 “Cause” means any of the following: (A) your continued and willful failure to perform substantially your responsibilities to the
MF Global Group under this Agreement, after demand for substantial performance has been given by the Board or any officer of the MF Global Group to whom you report that specifically identifies how you have not substantially performed your
responsibilities; (B) your willful engagement in illegal conduct or in gross misconduct in connection with the business of the MF Global Group; (C) your conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony; (D) your
willful and material breach of the MF Global Group’s written code of conduct and business ethics or other material written policy, material procedure or material guideline relating to personal conduct in effect from time to time or
Section 7 or 8; (E) your willful attempt to obstruct or willful failure to cooperate with any investigation authorized by the 

 

					
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Board or any governmental or self-regulatory entity; or (F) your disqualification or bar by any governmental or self-regulatory authority from serving in the capacity contemplated by this
Agreement or your loss of any governmental or self- regulatory license that is reasonably necessary for you to perform your responsibilities to the MF Global Group under this Agreement, if (i) the disqualification, bar or loss
continues for more than 60 days and (ii) during that period the MF Global Group uses its good faith efforts to cause the disqualification or bar to be lifted or the license replaced. While any disqualification, bar or loss continues during your
employment, you will serve in the capacity contemplated by this Agreement to whatever extent legally permissible and, if your employment is not permissible, you will be placed on leave (which will be paid in full to the extent legally permissible).

	 

 For purposes of this definition, (i) no act or omission by you will be
“willful” unless it is made by you in bad faith or without a reasonable belief that your act or omission was in the best interests of the MF Global Group and (ii) any act or omission by you based on authority given pursuant to a
resolution duly adopted by the Board will be deemed made in good faith and in the best interests of the MF Global Group. 
 Any
determination of Cause by MF Global shall be made by a resolution approved by a majority of the members of the Board, provided that no such determination may be made until you have been given written notice detailing the specific Cause event and,
except for conditions set forth at clauses (C) or (F), an opportunity on at least fifteen (15) days advance written notice to appear (with legal counsel) before the Board to discuss the specific circumstances alleged to constitute a Cause
event. In addition, the Board must give you notice and 10 days to cure the first event constituting Cause under Section 6(b)(1)(D) or (E) (unless the event cannot be cured). 

 

	 	(2)	“Good Reason” means any of the following: (A) any material and adverse change in your position with the MF Global Group; or (B) any
material diminution in your authority, responsibilities and reporting relationships as provided in Section 3(b) (and your Schedule); or (C) any material failure by MF Global to comply with Section 4 (and your Schedule); or (D) MF
Global requiring you to be based at any office more than 35 miles from the place of employment stated in your Schedule (however, travel required by MF Global in connection with your duties will not constitute Good Reason); or (E) any purported
termination by MF Global of your employment that is in breach of this Agreement; (F) any failure by MF Global to comply with Section 11(c); or (G) any material breach of this Agreement by MF Global not otherwise specifically provided
for in this Section 6(b)(2). 

 If you do not give a Termination Notice within 90 days after the initial
existence of an event constituting Good Reason, the event will no longer constitute Good Reason. In addition, (i) an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure by MF Global under Section 6(b)(2)(A) through (C) that is not in bad
faith and is cured promptly on your giving MF Global notice will not constitute Good Reason and (ii) you must give MF Global notice and 30 days to cure the event constituting Good Reason. 

 

	 	(3)	 “Disability” means your absence from your responsibilities with MF Global on a full-time basis for 130 business days in any
consecutive 12 months as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness or injury. If MF Global determines in 

 

					
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good faith that your Disability has occurred, it may give you a Termination Notice. If within 30 days of the Termination Notice you do not return to full-time performance of your
responsibilities, your employment will terminate. If you do return to full-time performance in that 30-day period, the Termination Notice will be cancelled for all purposes of this Agreement. Except as provided in this Section 6(b)(3), your
incapacity due to mental or physical illness or injury will not affect MF Global’s obligations under this Agreement (including that such illness or injury will not constitute a basis for Cause). 

 

	 	(c)	Advance Notice Generally Required. 

  

	 	(1)	To terminate your employment, either you or MF Global must provide a Termination Notice to the other. A “Termination Notice” is a written notice that
states the specific provision of this Agreement on which termination is based, including, if applicable, the specific clause of the definition of Cause or Good Reason and a reasonably detailed description of the facts that permit termination under
that clause; provided that the failure to include any fact in a Termination Notice that contributes to a showing of Cause or Good Reason does not preclude either party from asserting that fact in enforcing its rights under this Agreement.

  

	 	(2)	You and MF Global agree to provide 60 days’ advance Termination Notice of any termination, unless your employment is terminated by MF Global for Cause or
because of your Disability or death. Accordingly, the effective date of early termination of your employment will be 60 days after Termination Notice is given except that (A) the effective date will be the date of ME Global’s
Termination Notice if your employment is terminated by MF Global for Cause, although MF Global may provide a later effective date in the Termination Notice, (B) the effective date will be 30 days after Termination Notice is given if your
employment is terminated because of your Disability, and (C) the effective date will be the time of your death if your employment is terminated because of your death. 

 

	 	(d)	With Good Reason or Without Cause. If MF Global terminates your employment without Cause or you terminate your employment for Good Reason prior to the expiration
of the Agreement Term: 

  

	 	(1)	MF Global will pay the following as of the end of your employment: (A) your unpaid Salary through the date of termination, (B) your Salary for any accrued but
unused vacation through the date of termination, and (C) any accrued expense reimbursements and other cash entitlements (including for accrued expense reimbursement for which supporting documentation is submitted within a reasonable time after
termination of your employment) (together, your “Accrued Compensation”). In addition, MF Global will pay you any amounts and provide you any benefits that are required, or to which you are entitled, under any plan, contract or
arrangement of the MF Global Group as of the end of your employment (together, the “Other Benefits”). 

  

	 	(2)	MF Global will pay your Earned Bonus. Your “Earned Bonus” means any earned but unpaid Bonus for the fiscal year ending upon or immediately before the
end of your employment. 

  

	 	(3)	 MF Global will pay your Accrued Bonus. Your “Accrued Bonus” means, to the extent not previously awarded or paid, your Bonus for the
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performance goals (taking into account, to the extent consistent with any applicable requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, the status of such performance goals at the date of
termination and disregarding any subjective performance goals and any other exercise by the Board or any committee thereof of negative discretion) multiplied by the number of days of your employment since the fiscal year ending before such
date of termination divided by 365. 

  

	 	(4)	MF Global will pay your Severance Pay. Your “Severance Pay” means (A) the sum of your Salary and your annual target Bonus for the fiscal year in
which the Termination Notice is given (or if such target Bonus has not yet been established for such fiscal year, the target Bonus for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the Termination Notice is given) multiplied by (B) the
severance multiplier provided on your Schedule (your “Severance Multiplier”). 

  

	 	(5)	All service-based vesting (and, if applicable, non-performance-based exercise) conditions relating to share options, restricted shares and other equity-based
compensation awarded by MF Global to you will be deemed fully satisfied. The settlement of the awards will continue in accordance with the relevant award agreement (except that share options will remain outstanding for at least 12 months after the
end of your employment (or, it earlier, until they would have expired but for your termination)) and, it applicable, performance terms will continue in effect and be measured without regard to your termination. Any securities so issued or awarded
will remain subject to such restrictions on transfer as are required by applicable securities laws. The benefit provided for by this Section 6(d)(5) is referred to as “Accelerated Vesting”. 

 

	 	(6)	Subject to (i) your timely election of continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended
(“COBRA”) following notice to you from MF Global of your COBRA rights and (ii) your compliance with the obligations in Sections 7 and 8, for a period of up to 18 months following your termination of employment (provided you
remain eligible for COBRA continuation coverage), MF Global will make available health benefit coverage substantially equivalent to that available before the date of termination and will pay you a monthly amount equal to the difference between the
applicable COBRA premium and the amount you would have paid for such coverage if you were an active employee of the MF Global Group unless and until, respecting such payment, you become eligible to receive substantially similar or improved health
benefits from a subsequent employer (whether or not you accept such benefits). Payment will be paid in advance on the first payroll day of each month, beginning with the month after your date of termination (except that any payments otherwise due
within the first 54 days following the date of termination will instead be paid on the 55th day). You will notify MF Global of your eligibility for health benefits from a subsequent employer within 30 days of such eligibility.

  

	 	(7)	During the number of years equal to your Severance Multiplier, you will be entitled to life insurance coverage on a basis that is substantially equivalent to that
available as an active-employee before the date of termination unless you become eligible to receive substantially similar or improved life insurance benefits from another employer (whether or not you accept such benefits). You will notify MF Global
of your eligibility for life insurance benefits from a subsequent employer within 30 days of such eligibility. Following such period of continued coverage, you will be entitled to continue such life insurance coverage at your sole expense in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable policy. 

  

					
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	 	(e)	For Cause or Without Good Reason. If MF Global terminates your employment for Cause or you terminate your employment without Good Reason, MF Global will pay your
Accrued Compensation and your Other Benefits. 

  

	 	(f)	For Your Disability or Death. If your employment terminates as a result of your Death or Disability, MF Global will pay your Accrued Compensation, Earned Bonus
and Accrued Bonus and will provide your Other Benefits and Accelerated Vesting. In addition, MF Global will pay you an amount equal to your annual Salary then in effect (your “Disability/Death Pay”). 

 

	 	(g)	On Expiration of this Agreement. If your employment terminates in connection with the expiration of the Agreement Term as a result of MF Global not providing
notice of extension of the Agreement Term in accordance with Section 2 or your providing a Non- Extension Notice, you will receive your Accrued Compensation, your Other Benefits and your Earned Bonus. In addition, you will receive the other
termination benefits set forth in your Schedule. 

  

	 	(h)	Condition. Within 10 days after the date of your termination of employment pursuant to Section 6(d), (f) or (g), MF Global will tender to you (or your
estate) an agreement releasing from all liability (other than the payments and benefits contemplated by this Agreement) each member of the MF Global Group and any of their respective past or present officers, directors, employees or agents, and
imposing no other covenants upon you than are then effective under this Agreement or as provided in this Section 6(h), and setting forth your payments, benefits and other entitlements due under Section 6(d), (f) or (g), as applicable.
MF Global will not be required to make the payments and provide the benefits and other entitlements (other than the Accrued Compensation and Other Benefits) due under Section 6(d), (f) or (g), as applicable, unless you (or your estate)
execute and deliver such agreement to MF Global within 55 days following such date of termination, which you (or your estate) do not revoke. This agreement will be in the form normally provided by the MF Global Group to similarly situated executives
at the time, which form, for the avoidance of doubt, will include a mutual non-disparagement covenant satisfactory to MF Global. If MF Global fails to tender such agreement to you (or your estate) within 10 days after the date of your termination of
employment, the condition of payment under this Section 6(h) will be deemed satisfied. 

  

	 	(i)	Timing. All Accrued Compensation will be paid promptly after the end of your employment. Subject to Section 6(h), any Earned Bonus or Accrued Bonus due will
be paid in accordance with the form and timing provisions contemplated by Section 4(b) and any Severance Pay or Disability/Death Pay will be paid in one cash lump sum on the 55th day following the end of your employment. The benefits provided
in this Section 6 will begin at the end of your employment. 

  

	 	(j)	Section 409A. 

  

	 	(1)	It is the parties’ intention that the payments and benefits to which you could become entitled in connection with your employment under this Agreement be exempt
from or comply with Section 409A (“Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this
Section 6(j) shall qualify and supersede all other provisions of this Agreement as necessary to fulfill the foregoing intention while to the maximum possible extent preserving the 

 

					
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economic terms otherwise intended hereunder. If you or MF Global believes, at any time, that any of such payment or benefit is not so exempt or does not so comply, you or MF Global will promptly
advise the other party and will negotiate reasonably and in good faith to amend the terms of such arrangement such that it is exempt or complies (with the most limited possible economic effect on you and on MF Global) or to mitigate any additional
tax or interest (or both) that may apply under Section 409A if exemption or compliance is not practicable. MF Global agrees that it will not, without your prior written consent, knowingly take any action, or knowingly refrain from taking any
action, other than as required by law, that would result in the imposition of tax or interest (or both) upon you under Section 409A, unless such action or omission is pursuant to your written request. 

 

	 	(2)	To the extent applicable, each and every payment made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment and not as one of a series of
payments treated as a single payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii). 

  

	 	(3)	If you are a “specified employee” (determined by MF Global in accordance with Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2)) as of
your separation from service as defined for purposes of Section 409A (a “Separation from Service”) with MF Global, and if any payment, benefit or entitlement provided for in this Agreement or otherwise both (i) constitutes
a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of and subject to Section 409A (“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”) and (ii) cannot be paid or provided in a manner otherwise provided herein without subjecting
you to additional tax or interest (or both) under Section 409A, then any such payment, benefit or entitlement that is payable during the first six (6) months following the Separation from Service shall be paid or provided to you in a lump
sum cash payment to be made on the earlier of (x) your death and (y) the first business day of the seventh (7th) month immediately following your Separation from Service. 

 

	 	(4)	Except to the extent any reimbursement, payment or entitlement under this Agreement does not constitute Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, (i) the amount of
expenses eligible for reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit (as defined in Section 409A) to you during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or provided as in-kind benefits to you in
any other calendar year (subject to any lifetime and other annual limits provided under MF Global’s health plans), (ii) the reimbursements for expenses for which you are entitled shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year
following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred, or (iii) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. 

 

	 	(5)	Any payment or benefit paid or provided under Section 6 hereof or otherwise paid or provided due to a Separation from Service that is exempt from Section 409A
pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) will be paid or provided to you only to the extent the expenses are not incurred or the benefits are not provided beyond the last day of your second taxable year following your taxable
year in which the Separation from Service occurs; provided, however that MF Global reimburses such expenses no later than the last day of the third taxable year following your taxable year in which your Separation from Service occurs.

  

					
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	 	(6)	It is the parties’ intention that the definition of Good Reason and the separation- from-service procedures specified in Section 6(c) hereof satisfy the
conditions set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(n)(2) for a termination for Good Reason to be treated as an “involuntary separation from service” for purposes of Section 409A. 

 

	 	(7)	Any dispute resolution payment (including related reimbursable expenses, fees and other costs) that does not constitute a “legal settlement” in accordance
with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(11) will be paid by MF Global to you not later than the last day of your taxable year following the year in which the dispute is resolved. 

 

	 	(8)	Any payment, benefit or entitlement provided for in this Agreement that constitutes Nonqualified Deferred Compensation due upon a termination of employment shall be
paid or provided to you only upon a Separation from Service. 

  

	7.	Proprietary Information. 

  

	 	(a)	Definition. “Proprietary Information” means confidential or proprietary information concerning (1) the MF Global Group’s businesses,
strategies, operations, financial affairs, organizational matters, personnel matters, budgets, business plans, marketing plans, studies, policies, procedures, products, ideas, processes, software systems, trade secrets and technical know-how,
(2) any other matter relating to the MF Global Group and (3) any matter relating to clients of the MF Global Group or other third parties having relationships with the MF Global Group. Proprietary Information may include information
furnished to you orally or in writing (whatever the form or storage medium) or gathered by inspection, in each case before or after the date of this Agreement. However, Proprietary Information does not include information (1) that was or
becomes generally available to you on a non-confidential basis, if the source of this information was not reasonably known to you to be bound by a duty of confidentiality, (2) that was or becomes generally available to the public, other than as
a result of a disclosure by you, directly or indirectly, that is not authorized by the MF Global Group or (3) that you can establish was independently developed by you without reference to any Proprietary Information. 

 

	 	(b)	Use and Disclosure. You will obtain or create Proprietary Information in the course of your involvement in the MF Global Group’s activities and may already
have Proprietary Information. You agree that the Proprietary Information is the exclusive property of the MF Global Group, and that, during your employment, you will use and disclose Proprietary Information only for the MF Global Group’s
benefit and in accordance with any restrictions placed on its use or disclosure by the MF Global Group. After your employment, you will not use or disclose any Proprietary Information. In addition, nothing in this Agreement will operate to weaken or
waive any rights the MF Global Group may have under statutory or common law, or any other agreement, to the protection of trade secrets, confidential business information and other confidential information. 

 

	 	(c)	Return of Proprietary Information. When your employment terminates, you agree to return to MF Global all Proprietary Information, including all notes, mailing
lists, rolodexes and computer files that contain any Proprietary Information. You agree to do anything reasonably requested by MF Global in furtherance of perfecting the MF Global Group’s possession of, and title to, any Proprietary Information
that was at any time in your possession. 

  

					
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	 	(d)	Limitations. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits you from providing truthful testimony concerning the MF Global Group to governmental, regulatory or
self-regulatory authorities. 

  

	8.	On-going Restrictions on Your Activities 

  

	 	(a)	Related Definitions. This Section uses the following defined terms: 

“Competitive Enterprise” means any business enterprise that either (1) engages in any activity anywhere (x) as
a futures commission merchant, broker dealer or similarly situated intermediary or (y) that is an activity in which MF Global Group is engaged on your date of termination and which represents more than 10% of MF Global’s pre-tax net income
during the four completed fiscal quarters immediately prior to your date of termination or (2) holds a 5% or greater equity, voting or profit participation interest in any enterprise that engages in such an activity. 

“Client” means any client or prospective client of the MF Global Group to whom you provided services or for whom you
transacted business. 
 “Solicit” means any direct or indirect communication of any kind, regardless of who
initiates it, that in any way invites, advises, encourages or requests any person to take or refrain from taking any action. 
  

	 	(b)	Your Importance to the MF Global Group and the Effect of this Section 8. You acknowledge that: 

 

	 	(1)	In the course of your involvement in the MF Global Group’s activities, you will have access to Proprietary Information and the MF Global Group’s client base
and will profit from the goodwill associated with the MF Global Group. On the other hand, in view of your access to Proprietary Information and your importance to the MF Global Group, if you compete with the MF Global Group for some time after your
employment, the MF Global Group will likely suffer significant harm. In return for the benefits you will receive from the MF Global Group and to induce MF Global to enter into this Agreement, and in light of the potential harm you could cause the MF
Global Group, you agree to the provisions of this Section 8. MF Global would not have entered into this Agreement if you did not agree to this Section 8. 

 

	 	(2)	This Section 8 limits your ability to earn a livelihood in a Competitive Enterprise and your relationships with Clients. You acknowledge, however, that complying
with this Section 8 will not result in severe economic hardship for you or your family. 

  

	 	(c)	 Transition and Other Assistance. During the 60 days after Termination Notice has been given, you will take all actions the MF Global Group may
reasonably request to maintain for the MF Global Group the business, goodwill and business relationships with any Clients. In addition, while you are employed, and continuing after the termination of your employment with MF Global for a period of
two (2) years, upon receipt of reasonable notice from MF Global (including outside counsel), you will respond and provide information with regard to matters in which you have knowledge as a result of your employment with MF Global, and will
provide assistance to MF Global in the defense or prosecution of any claim that may be made by or against the MF Global Group. Such cooperation shall include, without limitation, serving as a witness at trial or hearing, being deposed, and
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determined to be necessary by MF Global (including outside counsel) at its sole discretion, for the defense or prosecution of a claim. During the two (2) year period after termination of
your employment with MF Global, MF Global shall reimburse you for all pre-approved, reasonable expenses in connection therewith, including travel expenses, and shall compensate you at a daily rate equal to your Salary on the date your employment
terminated, divided by 200, with days used for preparation, travel and other related matters being included for purposes of determining the compensation due to you. To the extent reasonably practicable, MF Global shall provide you with notice at
least 20 days prior to the date on which any such travel is required. 

  

	 	(d)	Non-Competition. Until the end of the period stated in the Schedule, you will not directly or indirectly: 

 

	 	(1)	hold a 5% or greater equity, voting or profit participation interest in a Competitive Enterprise; or 

 

	 	(2)	associate (including as a director, officer, employee, partner, sole proprietor, consultant, agent or advisor) with a Competitive Enterprise and in connection with your
association engage, or directly or indirectly manage or supervise personnel engaged, in any activity: 

  

	 	(A)	that is substantially related to any activity that you were engaged in, 

  

	 	(B)	that is substantially related to any activity for which you had direct or indirect managerial or supervisory responsibility, or 

 

	 	(C)	that calls for the application of specialized knowledge or skills substantially related to those used by you in your activities; 

in each case, for the MF Global Group at any time during the year before the end of your employment (or, if earlier, the year
before the date of determination). 
  

	 	(e)	Non-Solicitation of Clients. Until the end of the period stated in the Schedule, you will not attempt to Solicit any Client to transact business with a
Competitive Enterprise or to reduce or refrain from doing any business with the MF Global Group. 

  

	 	(f)	Non-Solicitation of MF Global Group Employees. Until the end of the period stated in the Schedule, you will not attempt to Solicit anyone who is then an employee
of the MF Global Group (or who was an employee of the group within the prior six (6) months) to resign from the MF Global Group or to apply for or accept employment with any Competitive Enterprise. 

 

	 	(g)	Notice to New Employers. Before you accept employment with any other person or entity while any of Section 8(c), (d), (e) or (f) is in effect, you
will provide the prospective employer with written notice of the provisions of this Section 8. You will deliver a copy of the notice required by the preceding sentence to MF Global no later than 30 days after commencing employment with such
prospective employer. 

  

	9.	Effect of Excise Tax and Limits on Golden Parachute Payments. 

  

	 	(a)	 Contingent Reduction of Parachute Payments. If there is a change in ownership or control of MF Global that would cause any payment or
distribution by any member of the MF Global Group or any other person or entity to you or for your benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or

  

					
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otherwise) (a “Payment”) to be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (such excise tax, together with any interest or penalties incurred by you with
respect to such excise tax, the “Excise Tax”), then you will receive the greatest of the following, whichever gives you the highest net after-tax amount (after taking into account federal, state, local and social security taxes):
(1) the Payments or (2) one dollar less than the amount of the Payments that would subject you to the Excise Tax (the “Safe Harbor Amount”). If a reduction in the Payments is necessary so that the Payments equal the Safe
Harbor Amount and none of the Payments is Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, then the reduction shall occur in the manner you elect in writing prior to the date of payment. If any Payment constitutes Nonqualified Deferred Compensation or if you
fail to elect an order, then the Payments to be reduced will be determined in a manner which has the least economic cost to you and, to the extent the economic cost is equivalent, will be reduced in the inverse order of when payment would have been
made to you, until the reduction is achieved. 

  

	 	(b)	Determination of the Payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 9, including whether and when the Safe Harbor Amount is required
and the amount of the reduction of the Payments and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a certified public accounting firm designated by MF Global and reasonably acceptable to you (the
“Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to MF Global and you within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from you that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by
MF Global. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by MF Global. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon MF Global and you. You shall cooperate with any reasonable requests by the MF Global Group in
connection with any contests or disputes with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the Excise Tax. 

  

	10.	Effect on Other Agreements; Entire Agreement. 

This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and MF Global with respect to the relationship contemplated by this Agreement and
supersedes any earlier agreement, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. In entering into this Agreement, no party has relied on or made any representation, warranty, inducement, promise or understanding that is not
in this Agreement. 
  

	11.	Successors. 

  

	 	(a)	Payments on Your Death. If you die and any amounts become payable under this Agreement (including payments under Section 5(c), Section 5(d) and
Section 6), MF Global will pay those amounts to your estate. 

  

	 	(b)	Assignment by You. You may not assign this Agreement without MF Global’s consent. Also, except as required by law, your right to receive payments or
benefits under this Agreement may not be subject to execution, attachment, levy or similar process. Any attempt to effect any of the preceding in violation of this Section 11(b), whether voluntary or involuntary, will be void.

  

	 	(c)	Assumption by any Surviving Company. Before the effectiveness of any merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction (including an
exchange offer combined with a merger or consolidation) involving MF Global (a “Reorganization”) or any sale, lease or other disposition (including by way of a series of transactions or by way of merger, consolidation, stock sale or
similar transaction involving one or more subsidiaries) of all or substantially all of MF Global’s consolidated assets (a “Sale”), 

 

					
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MF Global will cause (1) the Surviving Company to unconditionally assume this Agreement in writing and (2) a copy of the assumption to be provided to you. The “Surviving
Company” means (i) in a Reorganization, the entity resulting from the Reorganization or (ii) in a Sale, the entity that has acquired all or substantially all of the assets of MF Global. After the Reorganization or Sale, the
Surviving Company will be treated for all purposes as MF Global under this Agreement; provided that, if more than 50% of the voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Company is beneficially owned by a second entity (the
“Parent Company”), (x) the determination of whether a material and adverse change in your position or a material diminution in your authority, responsibilities and reporting relationships for purposes of Section 6(b)(2)(A)
or (B) has occurred in connection with or following a Reorganization or Sale shall be determined by reference to the Parent Company and (y) such a material and adverse change and a material diminution shall be deemed to have occurred under
Section 6(b)(2)(A) and (B) unless immediately following such Reorganization or Sale, and thereafter during the Agreement Term, you are the senior-most operating officer of the Parent Company, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of the
Parent Company. This Section 11(c) shall apply to each Reorganization and Sale occurring during the Agreement Term. 
	 

  

	12.	Disputes. 

  

	 	(a)	Employment Matter. This Section 12 applies to any controversy or claim between you and the MF Global Group arising out of or relating to or concerning this
Agreement, or any aspect of your employment with MF Global or the termination of that employment (together, an “Employment Matter”). 

  

	 	(b)	Mandatory Arbitration. Subject to the provisions of this Section 12, any Employment Matter will be finally settled by arbitration in the County of
New York administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules then in effect. However, the rules will be modified in the following ways: (1) each arbitrator will agree to treat as confidential evidence
and other information presented to the same extent as the information is required to be kept confidential under Section 7, (2) a decision must be rendered within 10 business days of the parties’ closing statements or submission of
post-hearing briefs and (3) the arbitration will be conducted before a panel of three arbitrators, one selected by you within 10 days of the commencement of arbitration, one selected by MF Global in the same period and the third selected
jointly by these arbitrators (or, if they are unable to agree on an arbitrator within 30 days of the commencement of arbitration, the third arbitrator will be appointed by the American Arbitration Association; provided that the arbitrator shall be a
partner or former partner at a nationally recognized law firm other than a law firm, or individual, who provided services to MF Global or you at any time during the previous 10 years). Notwithstanding the preceding, to the extent the rules of any
self-regulatory organization applicable to the MF Global Group require an Employment Matter to be arbitrated by different arbitration rules, such required arbitration rules will apply. 

 

	 	(c)	Limitation on Damages. You and the MF Global Group agree that there will be no punitive damages payable as a result of any Employment Matter and agree
not to request punitive damages. 

  

	 	(d)	Injunctions and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards. You or the MF Global Group may bring an action or special proceeding in a state or federal court of competent
jurisdiction sitting in the County of New York to enforce any arbitration award under Section 12(b). Also, the MF Global Group may bring such an action or proceeding, in addition to its rights under Section 12(b) and whether or not an
arbitration proceeding has been or is ever initiated, to temporarily, preliminarily or permanently enforce any part of Sections 7 

  

					
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and 8. You agree that (1) your violating any part of Sections 7 and 8 would cause damage to the MF Global Group that cannot be measured or repaired, (2) the MF Global Group therefore is
entitled to an injunction, restraining order or other equitable relief restraining any actual or threatened violation of those Sections, (3) no bond will need to be posted for the MF Global Group to receive such an injunction, order or other
relief and (4) no proof will be required that monetary damages for violations of those Sections would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate. 

 

	 	(e)	Jurisdiction and Choice of Forum. You and the MF Global Group irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in
the County of New York over any Employment Matter that is not otherwise arbitrated or resolved according to Section 12(b). This includes any action or proceeding to compel arbitration or to enforce an arbitration award. Both you and the MF
Global Group (1) acknowledge that the forum stated in this Section 12(e) has a reasonable relation to this Agreement and to the relationship between you and the MF Global Group and that the submission to the forum will apply even if the
forum chooses to apply non-forum law, (2) waive, to the extent permitted by law, any objection to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding covered by this Section 12(e) in the forum stated in this
Section, (3) agree not to commence any such action or proceeding in any forum other than the forum stated in this Section 12(e) and (4) agree that, to the extent permitted by law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any such action
or proceeding in any such court will be conclusive and binding on you and the MF Global Group. However, nothing in this Agreement precludes you or the MF Global Group from bringing any action or proceeding in any court for the purpose of enforcing
the provisions of Sections 12(b), 12(d) and this 12(e). 	 

  

	 	(f)	Waiver of Jury Trial. To the extent permitted by law, you and the MF Global Group waive any and all rights to
a jury trial with respect to any Employment Matter. 

  

	 	(g)	Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York applicable to contracts made
and to be performed entirely within that State. 

  

	 	(h)	Costs. MF Global will pay all costs of the arbitration except, if applicable, your petitioner’s filing fee. If the arbitrator or court of competent
jurisdiction determines that you have prevailed on the issues in dispute in the arbitration or court proceeding, as the case may be, MF Global will, upon presentment of appropriate documentation, pay or reimburse any reasonable expenses, including
reasonable attorney’s fees, you incur as a result of any Employment Matter. 

  

	13.	General Provisions. 

  

	 	(a)	Construction. 

  

	 	(1)	References (A) to Sections are to sections of this Agreement unless otherwise stated; (B) to any contract (including this Agreement) are to the
contract as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time; (C) to any statute, rule or regulation are to the statute, rule or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time (and,
in the case of statutes, include any rules and regulations promulgated under the statute) and to any section of any statute, rule or regulation include any successor to the section; (D) to any
governmental authority include any successor to the governmental authority; (E) to any plan include any programs, practices and policies; (F) to any entity include any corporation, limited liability company,

  

					
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partnership, association, business trust and similar organization and include any governmental authority; and (G) to any affiliate of any entity are to any person or other entity
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the first entity. 

  

	 	(2)	The various headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of any provisions or
Sections of this Agreement. 

  

	 	(3)	Unless the context requires otherwise, (A) words describing the singular number include the plural and vice versa, (B) words denoting any gender
include all genders and (C) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” 

 

	 	(4)	It is your and MF Global’s intention that this Agreement not be construed more strictly with regard to you or MF Global. 

 

	 	(b)	Withholding. You and the MF Global Group will treat all payments to you under this Agreement as compensation for services. Accordingly, the MF Global Group may
withhold from any payment any taxes that are required to be withheld under any law, rule or regulation. 

  

	 	(c)	Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found by any court of competent jurisdiction (or legally empowered agency) to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable for any reason, then (1) the provision will be amended automatically to the minimum extent necessary to cure the illegality or invalidity and permit enforcement and (2) the remainder of this Agreement will not be affected. In
particular, if any provision of Section 8 is so found to violate law or be unenforceable because it applies for longer than a maximum permitted period or to greater than a maximum permitted area, it will be automatically amended to apply for
the maximum permitted period and maximum permitted area. 

  

	 	(d)	No Set-off or Mitigation. Your and MF Global’s respective obligations under this Agreement will not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or
other right you or any member of the MF Global Group may have against each other or anyone else. You do not need to seek other employment or take any other action to mitigate any amounts owed to you under this Agreement, and those amounts will not
be reduced if you do obtain other employment (except as this Agreement specifically states). 

  

	 	(e)	Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed given (1) on the business day
sent, when delivered by hand or facsimile transmission (with confirmation) during normal business hours (with a notice contemporaneously given by another method specified in this Section 13(e)), (2) on the business day after the business
day sent, if delivered by a nationally recognized overnight courier or (3) on the third business day after the business day sent if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, in each case to the following address or
number (or to such other addresses or numbers as may be specified by notice that conforms to this Section 13(e)): 

 If to
you, to your last address (or to the last facsimile number) shown on the payroll records of MF Global. 
  

					
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 If to MF Global or to any other member of the MF Global Group, to: 

MF Global Holdings Ltd. 

717 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor 

New York, New York 10022 

Attention: General Counsel 

Facsimile: 212-589-6215 
  

	 	(f)	Consideration. This Agreement is in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in it. You and MF Global acknowledge the receipt and sufficiency of
the consideration to this Agreement and intend this Agreement to be legally binding. 

  

	 	(g)	Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived but only if the amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an
amendment, by you and MF Global or, in the case of a waiver, by the party that would have benefited from the provision waived. Except as this Agreement otherwise provides, no failure or delay by you or the MF Global Group to exercise any right or
remedy under this Agreement will operate as a waiver, and no partial exercise of any right or remedy will preclude any further exercise. 

  

	 	(h)	Representations. You represent and warrant to MF Global that: (1) you have the legal right to enter into this Agreement and to perform all of the
obligations on your part to be performed hereunder in accordance with its terms, (2) you are not a party to any contract, agreement or understanding, written or oral, which could prevent you from entering into this Agreement or performing all
of your duties and obligations hereunder, and (3) you are not a party to any agreement containing any non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality or other restrictions on your activities. You further represent and warrant to MF Global
that, to the best of your knowledge, information and belief, you are not aware of any action taken by you (or any failure to act) that could form the basis for a breach of fiduciary duty or related claim against you by any current or former
employer. 

  

	 	(i)	Recoupment. 

  

	 	(1)	 In the event of a restatement of MF Global’s consolidated financial statements (beginning with the financial statements for the quarterly period
next following the date of this Agreement), MF Global shall have the right to take appropriate action to recoup from you any portion of any Bonus and other equity or non-equity compensation received by you the grant of which was tied to the
achievement of one or more specific performance targets, with respect to the period for which such financial statements are restated (“Recoupment Amount”), regardless of whether you engaged in any misconduct or were at
fault or responsible in any way for causing the restatement, if, as a result of such restatement, you otherwise would not have received such Bonus or other compensation (or portion thereof). In the event MF Global is entitled to, and seeks,
recoupment under this Section 13(i), you shall promptly reimburse the Recoupment Amount to which MF Global is entitled to recoup hereunder. In the event you fail to make prompt reimbursement of any such Recoupment Amount to which MF Global is
entitled to recoup and as to which MF Global seeks recoupment hereunder, you acknowledge and agree that MF Global shall have the right to (i) deduct such Recoupment Amount from the compensation or other payments due to you from MF Global or
(ii) to take any other appropriate action to recoup such Recoupment 

  

					
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Amount. For purposes of this Section 13(i), the Recoupment Amount shall be calculated on an after-tax basis unless such restatement results from your misconduct within the meaning of
Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 

  

	 	(2)	You acknowledge that MF Global does not waive its right to seek recoupment of any Recoupment Amount as described under this Section 13(i) for failure to demand
repayment or reduce the payments made to you. Any such waiver must be done in a writing that is signed by both MF Global and you. 

  

	 	(3)	The rights contained in this Section 13(i) shall be in addition to, and shall not limit, any other rights or remedies that MF Global may have under law or in
equity, including, without limitation, any rights MF Global may have under any other MF Global recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with you. 

 

	 	(j)	Third Party Beneficiaries. Subject to Section 11, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their
respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns. This Agreement does not confer any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities to any entity or person other than you and MF Global and your and MF Global’s permitted
successors and assigns. 

  

	 	(k)	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, will constitute
one agreement. 

  

			
	 Very truly yours,
  

MF GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.

 

 

	By:	 	Thomas Connolly
	Title:	 	Global Head of Human Resources

 Accepted and agreed:

  

							
	
 

	 		 	 20 AUGUST 2010
	 	
	Bradley Abelow	 		 	Date	 	

  

					
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 Terms Schedule 

to Employment Agreement of 

Bradley Abelow 
  

			
	Name	  	Bradley Abelow
		
	Commencement Date	  	September 7, 2010
		
	Position	  	 You will serve as Chief Operating Officer of MF Global

 
 Your employment will be based in New York, New York. You acknowledge that your duties
will require substantial travel to other offices.

		
	Reporting, Authority and Responsibilities	  	You will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of MF Global.
		
	Other Activities	  	 So long as they do not interfere with your responsibilities for the Firm, you are authorized to undertake commitments to non-profit
civic activities. The following are approved:
  

A.     The Century Foundation, Trustee

 
 B.     Just Vision,
Board Member
  

C.     Regional Plan Association, Board member

 
 D.     US
Environmental Protection Agency, Chairman of the Finance Board
  

E.     Yale School of Management, Donaldson Fellow

 
 Any additional non-profit or civic activities which you deem to be significant should
only be accepted in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer.
  

Additionally, you are authorized to undertake the following outside business activities:

 
 A.     New World
Capital, Senior Advisor
  

B.     Coolerado Corporation, Board Member

 
 Any additional outside business activities require prior approval of the Chief
Executive Officer.

		
	Starting Salary	  	$1,500,000 per year.
		
	Bonus	  	 Your Bonus under this Agreement will be paid in a combination of cash and equity-based awards as determined by the Board (or a
committee of the Board). The target for each of the cash and equity-based awards is $1,500,000 for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2010.
  

The cash portion of your Bonus will be determined based on the achievement of individual and performance goals under the terms of the applicable bonus
plan or programs established by the Board (or a committee of the Board), provided that for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, your cash Bonus will not be less than $1,500,000. This minimum amount will not be subject to the recoupment provisions
described in Section 13 (i) in this agreement.

			
		  	The equity-based award portion of your Bonus will be granted under the MF Global Holdings Ltd. Amended and Restated 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan (or a successor plan) and shall
be subject to the terms of that plan and the terms of your award agreement under that plan (including vesting and performance conditions).
		
	Additional Benefits	  	Reimbursement of expenses for financial, tax and estate planning in an amount not to exceed $50,000 per calendar year.
		
	Stock Option Grant	  	 MF Global will recommend to the Board (or a committee of the Board) that you be granted a nonqualified stock option (the “Stock
Option Grant”) to purchase 1,750,000 shares of common stock of MF Global. The per-share exercise price will be equal to the closing price per share of common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the grant date. The stock option will be
granted under a non-stockholder approved arrangement outside of any MF Global equity plan pursuant to the New York Stock Exchange’s “inducement exception.” You agree that the granting of the stock option is an inducement material
to your decision to enter into this Agreement and accept employment with MF Global. The terms and conditions of the stock option will be substantially similar to those of MF Global’s Amended and Restated 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan
(except that they will not be granted under that plan) and the award agreements thereunder and the Stock Option Grant will become vested and exercisable in respect of one-third of the Stock Option Grant on each of the first, second and third
anniversaries of the grant date.
  
 The shares of common stock of MF Global
underlying the Stock Option Grant shall be timely registered on Form S-8. Since this is an inducement award, it will not be subject to the recoupment provisions described in Section 13 (i) in this agreement.

		
	Severance Period	  	Your Severance Multiplier will be 2.
		
	 Additional Entitlements on Termination of Employment in Connection with Expiration

of the Agreement Term
	  	 If, in connection with a termination of employment contemplated by Section 6(g), MF Global provided notice of extension of the
Agreement Term in accordance with Section 2 and you provided timely notice of non-extension in accordance with that Section, you will be entitled to (1) your Bonus for the fiscal year ending on the expiration of the Agreement Term in accordance with
the form and timing provisions contemplated by Section 4(b), except that all service-based vesting conditions of any equity-based award constituting part of such Bonus will be deemed fully satisfied, (2) the service-based vesting conditions of
one-third of any equity-based award constituting part of your Bonus for the first prior fiscal year will be deemed fully satisfied and (3) the service-based vesting conditions of two-thirds of any equity-based award constituting part of your Bonus
for the second prior fiscal year will be deemed fully satisfied, or in the case of clauses (2) and (3) such greater portion of the award as may be set forth in the terms of award or otherwise by the Board (or a committee of the Board).

 
 If, in connection with a termination of employment contemplated by Section 6(g), MF
Global did not provide notice of extension of the

  

					
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		  	 Agreement Term in accordance with Section 2, then you will be entitled to (1) your Bonus for the fiscal year ending on the expiration
of the Agreement Term in accordance with the form and timing provisions contemplated by Section 4(b), except that all service-based vesting conditions of any equity-based award constituting part of such Bonus will be deemed fully satisfied and (2)
the service-based vesting conditions of any equity-based award constituting part of your Bonus for the first prior fiscal year and second prior fiscal year will be deemed fully satisfied.

 
 The settlement of the awards will continue in accordance with the relevant award
agreement and, if applicable, performance terms will continue in effect and be measured without regard to your termination.
  

In the event of a termination of employment contemplated by Section 6(g), the restrictions set forth in Section 8(d) shall not apply unless MF Global pays
you a cash lump sum amount equal to $2 million on the 55th
day following the end of your employment; provided, such $2 million amount shall not be payable to you (but the restrictions set forth in Section 8(d) shall nevertheless apply) unless you satisfy the condition of payment in Section
6(h).

		
	Non-Competition Period	  	6 months after termination of employment with the MF Global Group.
		
	 Non-Solicitation Period for

Clients
	  	6 months after termination of employment with the MF Global Group.
		
	Non-Solicitation Period for Employees	  	6 months after termination of employment with the MF Global Group.

  

					
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	  		  	Page 3Senior Management Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.1 

NOVATEL WIRELESS, INC. 

SENIOR MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN 

Fiscal Year 2010 
 I.
INTRODUCTION 
 A. Objective of the Bonus Targets: This Plan is intended to provide eligible senior management of Novatel
Wireless, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) with the target metrics in connection with their respective bonus opportunity related to their contributions to the success and strategic growth of the Company. Participation in the Plan
and the payment of any sums hereunder shall be at the sole and absolute discretion of the Company. 
 B. Participants: This Plan,
as determined by the Company on a fully discretionary basis, applies solely to regular employees of the Company who are senior executive officers (“Plan Participants”), whom the Company determines meet the eligibility requirements set
forth in Section III. For purposes of this Plan and unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the term “regular employee” means an individual who is deemed by the Company to be both an employee of the Company and employed for an
unspecified or indefinite period of time. 
 C. Effective Date: Fiscal Year 2010 (January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010).

 D. Changes in Targets: The Company reserves the right to modify the targets in whole or in part, at any time. Any such
modification or termination must be approved in writing by either (i) the CEO, except with respect to his own targets or bonus payments, or (ii) resolution of the Compensation Committee or Board of Directors. 

E. Authority: The Company reserves the right to interpret this document on a fully discretionary basis. Nothing in this Plan is intended to
create an entitlement to any employee for any incentive payment hereunder except as the Company may determine in its discretion. 
 II. BONUS
TARGET FACTOR 
 A. Bonus Target Factor will be determined by reference to Corporate Targets and Individual Objectives.
Corporate Targets will be determined by assigning a weight of between 0 and 0.70 based on achievement of Corporate Targets. Individual Objectives will be determined by assigning a weight of between 0 and 0.30 based on achievement of Individual
Objectives. The Bonus Target Factor will be the sum of the Corporate Target Factor and the Individual Objectives Factor. 
 B.
Corporate Targets are based on an evaluation of the Company’s financial performance for the Fiscal Year as set forth in Annex A hereto. 

 C. Individual Objectives are based on an evaluation of a Plan Participant’s performance and
contributions for the Fiscal Year based on the criteria for his or her respective position as set forth in Annex A hereto. 
 III.
ELIGIBILITY 
 A. Eligibility: A Plan Participant must satisfy each of the following eligibility requirements to be considered
for the Incentive Payment hereunder. 
 1. The Plan Participant must be deemed by the Company to be employed by the Company as a regular
employee in an incentive-eligible position before the first working day of the last fiscal quarter of the Fiscal Year, and must be employed as a regular employee in an incentive-eligible position on the last working day of the Fiscal Year; a person
is not eligible to be a Plan Participant during any period in which such person is providing services to the Company as a temporary employee, intern or as an independent contractor, consultant, or agent under a written or oral contract, and must not
be classified by the Company as a temporary employee, independent contractor, consultant, or agent (whether or not such classification is upheld upon review by a governmental, judicial or other agency); provided however, that should such person
become a regular employee at any time during the Fiscal Year before the first working day of the last fiscal quarter of the Fiscal Year, and remain employed as a regular employee in an incentive-eligible position on the last working day of the
Fiscal Year, such person would be eligible to be considered for an Incentive Payment for such portion of the Fiscal Year. 
 2. Unless otherwise
required by law, in no event will an employee be eligible to receive an incentive hereunder unless he/she is employed on the last working day of the Fiscal Year in the capacity, or comparable capacity, such Plan Participant is employed on the date
such person becomes eligible as a Plan Participant. 
 3. Plan Participants meeting all eligibility requirements hereunder who have less than
one year of service will be eligible to receive a discretionary incentive that is prorated from the effective date of participation in the plan up to and including the last working day of the Fiscal Year. Unless otherwise required by law, in no
event will an employee be eligible to receive an incentive hereunder unless he/she is employed on the last working day of the Fiscal Year in the capacity, or comparable capacity, such Plan Participant was employed when he or she became eligible as a
Plan participant. 
 IV. PARTICIPANTS AND INCENTIVE TARGET PERCENTAGE 

A. Participants and Incentive Target Percentage. The current Plan Participants in the Plan are those set forth below. The Incentive Target
Percentage for each such Participant is a target percentage of each Participant’s base salary as follows and may be changed at the discretion of the Company at any time during the Fiscal Year. The actual percentage of base salary eventually
paid to any Plan Participant pursuant to the Plan may be smaller or larger than the percentages shown below, depending on the achievement of Corporate Targets and Individual Objectives in the Fiscal Year. 

				
	 Plan Participant
	  	Incentive Target Percentage	 
	 CEO
	  	100	% 
	 CFO
	  	50	% 
	 Senior VP Research and Development
	  	50	% 
	 Chief Marketing Officer
	  	50	% 
	 Senior VP Business Affairs & General Counsel
	  	50	% 
	 Senior VP Operations
	  	50	% 

 B. Elements of
Calculation:  
 Incentives under this Plan are calculated on a fully discretionary basis, in accordance with the following formula:

  

																	
	 Base Salary
	 	X	 	 Incentive

Target

Percentage
	  	X	  	Bonus
 Target

Factor
	  	X	  	Pro-
 ration

Factor
	  	=	  	Total Annual
Incentive

 1.
Base Salary shall mean the annual base salary for each Plan Participant set forth above in effect at the end of Q4 2010. 
 2. Proration Factor
accounts for the number of calendar days during the Fiscal Year that such Plan Participant was in an incentive-eligible position. For example, the Proration Factor for a Plan Participant who has been in the Plan the entire year will be 1.00. For a
Plan Participant who has been in the Plan for 6 months, this factor will be 0.50. 
 C. Incentive Formula and Calculation Example:
Assuming a base salary of $250,000, Incentive Target Percentage of 50%, Corporate Target Factor of 0.70 and Individual Objective Factor of 0.20, and a Proration Factor of 1.00, the Total Annual Incentive for such a Plan Participant meeting all
eligibility requirements, would be calculated as follows: 
 Sample Calculation 

 

																	
	 Base Salary
	 		 	Incentive Objective Percentage	 		 	Bonus Target Factor	 		 	 Pro-

ration

Factor
	 		 	Total Annual Incentive
	 $250,000
	 	X	 	0.50	 	X	 	0.90	 	X	 	1.0	 	=	 	$112,500*

  

	*	

 less any appropriate withholdings. 

In this example, the total incentive equals 45% of base salary. 

 D. At Will Employment. Subject to any written employment agreement or other written agreement between
the Company and any employee, (1) the Company is an at-will employer, which means that an employee’s employment can be terminated by an employee or the Company at any time with or without cause, (2) the Company reserves the right to
modify an employee’s duties, title or other terms and conditions of employment with or without cause, (3) this Plan cannot and should not be interpreted to alter the at-will nature of the employment relationship between the Company and any
Plan Participant and (4) the at-will nature of any employment relationship cannot be modified except in a written document signed by the Company’s CEO.

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