Document:

Agreement between AtriCure, Inc. and Julie Piton

 Exhibit 10.1 

AGREEMENT 

BETWEEN 
 ATRICURE,
INC. AND JULIE PITON 
 AtriCure, Inc. and Julie Piton (“Executive”) enter into this Agreement (the
“Agreement”), effective on the date falling eight days after the date of signature below (the “Effective Date”). 
 WHEREAS, Executive was employed as Vice President Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer for AtriCure, Inc. (the “Company”); 

WHEREAS, Executive has voluntarily terminated her employment effective April 30, 2012; 

WHEREAS, the parties are desirous of resolving all matters concerning Executive’s employment with the Company and thereof based upon
a mutual understanding, with finality and without further expenditure of time, effort, money, and without admitting that any unlawful or improper action occurred; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and mutual promises herein contained, it is agreed as follows: 
 1. Executive’s last day working as Chief Financial Officer of AtriCure is April 30, 2012 (the “Termination Date”). Executive’s employment and all positions held within the
Company shall end on the Termination Date. 
 2. Provided Executive executes this Agreement and does not revoke any provision
hereof pursuant to Paragraph 6(b), the Company hereby agrees to pay Executive through the Termination Date, the following amounts: 
 (a) All accrued and unpaid base salary through the Termination Date. 
 (b)
Executive will be paid for any accrued and unused vacation per AtriCure’s policy, less all applicable withholding taxes.

(c) Executive’s stock options and restricted stock shall continue to vest during the payroll periods described in Paragraph 2(d)
below and shall be governed by AtriCure’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan; provided, however, that all awards of equity-based compensation, including stock options and restricted stock (collectively, “Executive Stock Awards”) granted to
Executive by Company shall be exercisable through April 30, 2013. After April 30, 2013, none of the unvested or unexercised Executive Stock Awards shall become vested or exercisable notwithstanding the terms and conditions of any award
agreement or plan document. 
 (d) Separation pay equal to twelve (12) months of Executive’s base salary payable in
equal installments for 24 payroll periods (12 months) according to AtriCure’s ordinary payroll practices, less all applicable withholding taxes. 
 Executive acknowledges and agrees that, other than as specifically set forth in this Agreement, Executive is not and will not be due any additional compensation, including, but not limited to,
compensation for unpaid salary, unpaid bonus, severance, vacation pay from the Company, and any other compensation after the Date of Termination, except as provided herein. The Company agrees to indemnify Executive to the extent provided in its
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws. 
 3. AtriCure will provide Executive with a letter of reference in a form acceptable to
Executive and AtriCure and signed by the Chief Executive Officer. AtriCure will respond to inquiries generally consistent with the letter of reference. Executive shall provide the Company not later than 4:00 p.m. Cincinnati, Ohio time on
April 26, 2012 a proposed statement subject to Company consideration to be included in any filing required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that describes her termination. Any communications to third parties shall be consistent
with such statement. 

 4. Beginning on the Termination Date, Executive shall be eligible to elect COBRA
continuation coverage under the group medical, dental, vision and/or FSA plan generally available to other employees of the Company. If Executive exercises her rights under COBRA, AtriCure will make all required COBRA payments due on
Executive’s behalf during the payroll periods described above in Paragraph 2 (d). 
 5. (a) Unless otherwise
specified herein, Executive agrees that she shall honor and abide by all agreements she signed upon commencement of employment or during employment with the Company, including, but not limited to non-competition, proprietary information, inventions
agreement, confidentiality agreements, conflict of interest agreements, arbitration agreements, and business conduct agreements. AtriCure will consider in good faith any reasonable modifications to Executive’s non-competition covenants, which
still protect the legitimate business interests of AtriCure. 
 (b) Without limiting any contractual, statutory or other
obligations of the Executive and except to the extent otherwise expressly given written consent by the Company in its sole discretion, Executive agrees she will not, directly or indirectly, do any of the following during the twelve (12) month
period immediately following the Date of Termination, anywhere within the United States (or any other country in which the Company is doing business): (i) induce any employee of the Company to leave the employ of the Company; (ii) induce
any customer, consultant, vendor, advisor, physician, clinical investigator, university, hospital or other party having a business or professional relationship with the Company to cease or adversely change its relationship with the Company;
(iii) counsel or advise or engage in (whether as an employee, consultant, proprietor, partner, director or otherwise), or have any ownership interest in (except for up to 1% of the outstanding shares of a publicly traded company), or
participate in the financing, operation, management or control of , any other person, firm, corporation, or other entity engaged in or conducting business which is the same as, or competing with, the business being conducted by the Company
(including, without limitation, any person, firm, corporation or other entity that designs, manufactures, develops, distributes, markets, promotes or sells any medical devices that may compete with any of the Company’s devices). Executive
acknowledges that compliance with this paragraph is necessary to protect the national and international business and goodwill of the Company and that breach of any of these provisions will irreparably and continually damage the Company for which
money damages may not be adequate. In the event that Executive breaches this paragraph, the Company will cease making any remaining unpaid severance benefits and require reimbursement of any prior benefits paid to Executive under this Agreement. In
addition, the Company shall be entitled to preliminarily and/or permanently enjoin Executive from violating this paragraph in order to prohibit such harm. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit the Company from also pursuing any
other remedy available to it, the parties having agreed that all remedies are to be cumulative. 
 (c) Executive will not,
directly or indirectly, divert or attempt to divert or take advantage of or attempt to take advantage of any actual or potential business opportunities of AtriCure (e.g., joint ventures, other business combinations, investment opportunities,
potential investors in AtriCure, and other similar opportunities) which Executive became aware of during her employment with AtriCure. 
 (d) Executive agrees she will not, directly or indirectly, disparage or criticize the Company, any of its employees, directors or officers or issue any communication, written or otherwise, that reflects
adversely on or encourages any adverse action against the Company, except to the extent testifying truthfully under oath pursuant to any lawful court order or subpoena or otherwise truthfully responding to or providing disclosures required by law.
The Company agrees that it shall direct its executive officers and Board of Directors that they will not, directly or indirectly, disparage or criticize the Executive, or issue any communication, written or otherwise, that reflects adversely on or
encourages any adverse action against the Executive, except to the extent testifying truthfully under oath pursuant to any lawful court order or subpoena or otherwise truthfully responding to or providing disclosures required by law. 

(e) If Executive violates her obligations under this Agreement, Executive acknowledges that AtriCure has the right to discontinue any
further payments and to cancel this Agreement with no further obligations to Executive. 
 6. (a) Executive, on behalf of
Executive and Executive's heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, affiliates and agents, does hereby knowingly and voluntarily release, acquit, and forever discharge the Company, successors, assigns, and past, present, and future directors,
officers, employees, trustees, and shareholders of the Company (the "Released Parties") from and against any and all charges, complaints, claims, cross-claims, third-party claims, counterclaims, contribution claims, liabilities, obligations,
promises, agreements, controversies, 

 damages, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, demands, costs, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature
whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, which, at any time up to and including the date on which Executive signs this Agreement, exist, have existed, or may arise from any matter
whatsoever occurring, including, but not limited to, any claims arising out of or in any way related to Executive's employment with the Released Parties and the termination thereof, which Executive, or any of her heirs, executors, administrators,
assigns, affiliates, and agents ever had, now has, or at any time hereafter may have, own, or hold against any of the Released Parties based on any matter (known or unknown) existing on or before the date on which Executive signs this Agreement.
Executive acknowledges that in exchange for this release, the Company is providing Executive with total consideration, financial or otherwise, which exceeds that which Executive might otherwise have been entitled without the release. By executing
this Agreement, Executive is waiving, without limitation, all claims against the Released Parties arising under federal, state, and local labor laws, any employment-related claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”), and any other restriction on the right to terminate employment. Nothing herein shall release any party from any obligation under this Agreement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that this release and the covenant not to sue set
forth in paragraph (c) are essential and material terms of this Agreement and that, without such release and covenant not to sue, no agreement would have been reached by the parties and no benefits would have been paid. Executive understands
and acknowledges the significance and consequences of this release and this Agreement. 
 (b) EXECUTIVE SPECIFICALLY WAIVES AND
RELEASES THE RELEASED PARTIES FROM ALL CLAIMS EXECUTIVE MAY HAVE AS OF THE DATE EXECUTIVE SIGNS THIS AGREEMENT REGARDING CLAIMS OR RIGHTS ARISING UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967, AS AMENDED, 29 U.S.C. § 621
(“ADEA”). EXECUTIVE FURTHER AGREES: (A) THAT EXECUTIVE’S WAIVER OF RIGHTS UNDER THIS RELEASE IS KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OLDER WORKER’S BENEFIT PROTECTION ACT OF 1990; (B) THAT EXECUTIVE
UNDERSTANDS THE TERMS OF THIS RELEASE; (C) THAT EXECUTIVE HEREBY IS AND HAS BEEN ADVISED IN WRITING BY THE COMPANY TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY PRIOR TO EXECUTING THIS RELEASE; (D) THAT THE COMPANY HAS GIVEN EXECUTIVE A PERIOD OF AT LEAST
TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO CONSIDER THIS RELEASE; (E) THAT EXECUTIVE REALIZES THAT FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE’S EXECUTION OF THIS RELEASE, EXECUTIVE HAS SEVEN (7) DAYS IN WHICH TO REVOKE THIS RELEASE BY WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE
UNDERSIGNED; AND (F) THAT THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT IF EXECUTIVE CHOOSES TO SO REVOKE, AND IF EXECUTIVE CHOOSES NOT TO SO REVOKE, THAT THIS AGREEMENT AND RELEASE THEN BECOME EFFECTIVE AND ENFORCEABLE UPON
THE EIGHTH DAY AFTER EXECUTIVE SIGNS THIS AGREEMENT. 
 (c) To the maximum extent permitted by law, Executive covenants not to
sue or to institute or cause to be instituted any action in any federal, state, or local court against the Released Parties, including, but not limited to, any of the claims released in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent Executive or any of the Released Parties from instituting any action (i) to enforce the terms of this Agreement; (ii) to file a charge, testify, assist or participate in any manner in an investigation, hearing or proceeding
conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or similar state agency; however, Executive may not recover any additional compensation or damages as a result of any such participation; (iii) to enforce any rights Executive may have to
recover vested benefits under ERISA; or to assert claims that might arise after the date Executive signs the Agreement. 
 (d)
Executive represents and warrants that: (i) Executive has not filed or initiated any legal, equitable, administrative, or other proceeding(s) against any of the Released Parties; (ii) no such proceeding(s) have been initiated against any
of the Released Parties on Executive’s behalf; (iii) Executive is the sole owner of the actual or alleged claims, demands, rights, causes of action, and other matters that are released in this Paragraph 6; (iv) the same have not been
transferred or assigned or caused to be transferred or assigned to any other person, firm, corporation or other legal entity; (v) Executive has the full right and power to grant, execute, and deliver the releases, undertakings, and agreements
contained in this Agreement; (vi) Executive has not used any proprietary or confidential information of the Company for her own benefit, or disclosed any such information, directly or indirectly, to any third party, except as such disclosure is
permitted under the terms of the relevant confidentiality agreements between him and the Company; and (vii) Executive confirms that she has returned to the Company all documents, materials, recordable media and tangible matter (together with
all copies thereof) required to be returned by him to the Company under such agreements as well as any other computer or communication equipment or other property of the Company in her possession or control. 

 (e) The consideration offered herein is accepted by Executive as being in full accord,
satisfaction, compromise and settlement of any and all claims or potential claims, and Executive expressly agrees that Executive is not entitled to and shall not receive any further payments, benefits (except vested ERISA benefits), or other
compensation or recovery of any kind from the Company or any of the other Released Parties. Executive further agrees that in the event of any further proceedings whatsoever based upon any matter released herein, the Company and each of the other
Released Parties shall have no further monetary or other obligation of any kind to Executive, including without limitation any obligation for any costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by or on behalf of Executive. 

7. Executive acknowledges by signing this Agreement that Executive has read and understands this document, that Executive has conferred
with or had the opportunity to confer with Executive’s attorney regarding the terms and meaning of this Agreement, that Executive has had sufficient time to consider the terms provided for in this Agreement, that no representations or
inducements have been made to Executive except as set forth in this Agreement, and that Executive has signed the same KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY. 
 8. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement shall be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.
The provisions of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed solely in accordance with the internal laws of the state of Ohio. In the event that any paragraph, subparagraph, or provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be partially
contrary to governing law or otherwise partially unenforceable, the paragraph, subparagraph, or provision and this Agreement shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and if any paragraph, subparagraph, or provision of this Agreement
shall be determined to be totally contrary to governing law or otherwise totally unenforceable, the paragraph, subparagraph, or provision shall be severed and disregarded and the remainder of this Agreement shall be enforced to the maximum extent
permitted by law. 
 9. Executive agrees that neither this Agreement nor the performance by the parties hereunder constitutes an
admission by any of the Released Parties of any violation of any federal, state, or local law, regulation, common law, breach of any contract, or any other wrongdoing of any type. Executive and Company agree that this Agreement satisfies and
discharges any and all obligations of the parties hereto under Section 8(f) of the Employment Agreement entered into as of January 5, 2007, as amended, between Executive and Company. 

10. The rights and benefits under this Agreement are personal to Executive and such rights and benefits shall not be subject to
assignment, alienation, or transfer, except to the extent such rights and benefits are lawfully available to the estate or beneficiaries of Executive upon death. 
 11. Executive agrees that she will assist and cooperate with the Company, in all reasonable respects, in connection with the defense or prosecution of any claim that may be made against or by the Company,
regarding any ongoing or future investigation or dispute or claim of any kind involving the Company, whether civil, administrative or criminal, and as otherwise reasonably requested by the Company. 

12. Each party hereby consents to and submits to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Butler County, Ohio and,
except as provided in any existing or future agreement between the parties regarding arbitration, any action or suit under this Agreement shall be brought in the federal or state court with appropriate jurisdiction over the subject matter
established or sitting in such city, and each party hereby agrees not to raise in connection therewith, and hereby waives, any defenses based upon the venue, the inconvenience of the forum, the lack of personal jurisdiction, the sufficiency of
service of process or the like in any such action or suit brought in accordance with this Paragraph. 
 13. Except as and to the
extent as may be otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any service of process hereunder) shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or via prepaid, receipted overnight
courier service (such as FedEx), or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the addresses for the parties set forth on the first page of this Agreement or to such other address as either party shall
designate to the other party by written notice in like manner, with all notices to the Company to be further addressed “Attention: Vice President of Human Resources”. All notices shall be deemed given and received upon actual delivery.

 14. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and same instrument. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by exchange of facsimile copies showing the signatures of the parties hereto, and those signatures need not be on
the same copy. The facsimile copies showing the signatures of the parties will constitute originally signed copies of the same agreement requiring no further execution. 
 15. Subject to Paragraph 5(a), this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Company and Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof. Executive affirms that, in entering into this
Agreement, she is not relying upon any other oral or written promise or statement made by anyone at any time on behalf of the Company. This Agreement may not be changed or altered, except by a writing signed by the Company and Executive. 

 

					
	ATRICURE, INC.	 	    Julie Piton
			
	By:          /s/ Robert
Ward                        	 	Sign:	 	/s/ Julie Piton
	                Robert Ward	 	Dated:	 	April 30, 2012
	                 Vice President, Human
Resources
 Dated:     April 30, 2012Form of Performance Share Unit Award Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.29 
 R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY 
 PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARD (2004 PIP)

 This Performance Unit Award (“Award”) is granted as of March 2, 2012 (the “Grant Date”),
by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (the “Company”) to XXXXXXXXX (“Grantee”). 
 1. Grant
of Award. The Company hereby credits to Grantee XXXXX stock units (the “Performance Units”), subject to the restrictions and on the terms and conditions set forth herein. This Award is made pursuant to the provisions of the R.
R. Donnelley & Sons Company 2004 Performance Incentive Plan (“2004 PIP”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the 2004 PIP. Grantee shall indicate acceptance of this Award by signing and
returning a copy hereof. 
 2. Determination of Achievement; Distribution of Award. 

(a) The number of shares of common stock, par value $1.25 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) payable in respect of
the Performance Units will be determined based on the attainment of Cumulative Calculated Cash Flow against the “Cumulative Calculated Cash Flow Matrix” as shown on Attachment A hereto. Promptly following the filing of the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (or promptly following such earlier date as of which, pursuant to Section 4 hereof, to be made), the Committee (as defined in the 2004 PIP) shall determine the attainment
against the Cumulative Calculated Cash Flow Matrix of the Company’s Cumulative Calculated Cash Flow. 
 (b) Distribution
with respect to this Award shall be made to Grantee as soon as practicable following the determination described in (a) above but no later than 60 days thereafter. Distribution of this Award may be made in Common Stock, cash (based upon the
fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of distribution) or any combination thereof as determined by the Committee. 

3. Dividends; Voting. 
 (a) No dividends or dividend equivalents will accrue with respect to the Performance Units. 
 (b) Grantee shall have no rights to vote shares of common stock represented by the Performance Units unless and until distribution with respect to this Award is made in Common Stock pursuant to paragraph
2(b) above. 
 4. Treatment upon Separation or Termination. 

(a) Notwithstanding any other agreement with Grantee to the contrary, if Grantee terminates his employment for Good Reason (as defined in
the Grantee’s employment agreement) or the Company terminates the Grantee’s employment without Cause (as defined in the Grantee’s employment agreement) the Performance Units shall vest and be payable, if at all, on the same terms and
conditions that would have applied had Grantee’s employment not terminated (i.e., performance measured on December 31, 2014). 
 (b) Notwithstanding any other agreement with Grantee to the contrary, if Grantee’s employment terminates by reason of death or Disability (as defined as “total and permanent”

  
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disability under the Company’s long-term disability plan for senior executives), fifty percent of any unvested Performance Units shall vest and become payable, assuming the attainment of
target performance (100% achievement) or, if greater, based on actual performance through the date of death or determination of Disability. 
 (c) If Grantee’s employment terminates by reason of retirement on or after age 65 or by reason of a Qualifying Retirement (together, “Retirement”), a pro-rated portion of the Performance
Units shall vest and be payable, if at all, on the same terms and conditions that would have applied had Grantee’s employment not terminated (i.e., performance measured on December 31, 2014). The pro-rated portion of the Performance Units
shall be determined by multiplying the total number of Performance Units by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of days between March 2, 2012 and the date of Grantee’s termination by reason of Retirement and the
denominator of which is 1035. A “Qualifying Retirement” is defined as 
 (i) Grantee is an active participant in a
Company sponsored retirement benefit plan and is eligible to commence benefits thereunder at the time of cessation of employment and the Company has not terminated Grantee’s employment for cause (a Grantee that is a participant in the
Retirement Benefit Plan of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (the “RR Donnelley Pension Plan”) is eligible to commence benefits under the plan if Grantee is eligible to commence benefits under the traditional formula of the RR
Donnelley Pension Plan, or would have been eligible to commence benefits under the traditional formula of the RR Donnelley Pension Plan had Grantee been a participant in the traditional formula of the RR Donnelley Pension Plan during his or her
service with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and/or any subsidiary at the time of cessation of employment); 
 (ii)
Grantee is not an active participant in a Company sponsored retirement benefit plan but Grantee would have been eligible to commence benefits under the traditional formula of the RR Donnelley Pension Plan had Grantee been a participant in the
traditional formula of the RR Donnelley Pension Plan during his or her service with the Company and/or any subsidiary at the time of cessation of employment; or 
 (iii) a cessation of employment that the Committee determines is a Qualifying Retirement. 
 (d) Notwithstanding any other agreement with Grantee to the contrary, if Grantee’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or is terminated by Grantee other than for Good Reason or by
reason of Retirement, any unvested Performance Units shall be forfeited. 
 5. Treatment upon Change in Control.
Notwithstanding anything provided in the 2004 PIP or any other agreement with Grantee to the contrary, upon the Acceleration Date associated with a Change in Control, all of the Performance Units shall vest and become payable at the mid performance
level with respect to that number of shares of Common Stock that would be payable or, if greater, based on actual performance through the Change in Control Date. 

  
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 6. Withholding Taxes 

(a) As a condition precedent to the issuance to Grantee of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Award, the Grantee shall, upon
request by the Company, pay to the Company such amount of cash as the Company may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over as income or other withholding taxes (the “Required
Tax Payments”) with respect to the Award. If Grantee shall fail to advance the Required Tax Payments after request by the Company, the Company may, in its discretion, deduct any Required Tax Payments from any amount then or thereafter payable
by the Company to Grantee. 
 (b) Grantee may elect to satisfy his obligation to advance the Required Tax Payments by any of the
following means: (1) a cash payment to the Company, (2) delivery to the Company of previously owned whole shares of Stock for which Grantee has good title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, having a fair market value,
determined as of the date the obligation to withhold or pay taxes first arises in connection with the Award (the “Tax Date”), equal to the Required Tax Payments, or (3) directing the Company to withhold a number of shares of Common
Stock otherwise issuable to Grantee pursuant to this Award having a fair market value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the Required Tax Payments or any combination of (1)-(3). Any fraction of a share of Common Stock that would be required to
satisfy such an obligation shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by Grantee. No certificate representing a share of Common Stock shall be delivered until the Required Tax Payments have been satisfied in full. For
purposes of this Award, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on a specified date shall be determined by reference to the closing stock price in trading of the Common Stock on such date, or, if no such trading in the Common Stock occurred
on such date, then on the next preceding date when such trading occurred. 
 7. Miscellaneous 

(a) The Company shall pay all original issue or transfer taxes with respect to the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock pursuant
hereto and all other fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith, and will use reasonable efforts to comply with all laws and regulations which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, shall be applicable
thereto. 
 (b) Nothing in this Award shall confer upon Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any other
company that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate Grantee’s employment at any time. 
 (c) No interest shall accrue at any time on this Award or the Performance Units. 

(d) This Award shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the state of Illinois. 

(e) This Award shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors to the Company. 

(f) Neither this Award nor the Performance Units nor any rights hereunder or thereunder may be transferred or assigned by Grantee other
than by will or the laws of descent and 

  
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distribution or pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures approved by the Company or other procedures approved by the Company. Any other transfer or attempted assignment, pledge or
hypothecation, whether or not by operation of law, shall be void. 
 (g) The Committee, as from time to time constituted, shall
have the right to determine any questions that arise in connection with this Agreement or the Performance Units. This Agreement and the Performance Units are subject to the provisions of the Plan and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith.

 (h) If there is any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Award and the terms and conditions of the
Employment Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement shall control. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this Award to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer. 
  

			
	R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
		
	 By:
	 	

	 Name:
	 	 Thomas Carroll

	 Title:
	 	 EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer

 All of the terms of this Agreement are accepted as of this    day
of                    , 2012. 
  

	
	
	
	  
	Grantee:

  
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 Attachment A 

DEFINITIONS: 
 “Calculated Cash Flow” for a fiscal year shall be equal to Adjusted EBITDA for such year less capital expenditures (as reported in the Financial Statements) for such year plus the amount if
positive and less if negative of the Change in Working Capital for such year from the immediately preceding year. Calculated Cash Flow shall be adjusted by the Committee, as it shall deem reasonably necessary and appropriate, to avoid any increase
or diminution in the opportunity conveyed by the Performance Units that could result from (whether at the time of or subsequent to) any acquisition or disposition of any business or division (whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, sale or
purchase of assets, or otherwise) made by the Company 
 “Adjusted EBITDA” for a year shall be equal to, each amount
for such year, non-GAAP EBITDA excluding pension, postretirement benefits and stock-based compensation expense and LIFO inventory provisions expense or income, each as reported in the Financial Statements. 

“Change in Working Capital” for a year shall be equal to the change in accounts receivable, inventories and accounts payable
each as reported in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in the Financial Statements for such year over such amounts as reported in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in the Financial Statements for the prior year. 

“Cumulative Calculated Cash Flow” shall equal the sum of the Calculated Cash Flow amounts for the years ended December 31,
2012, 2013 and 2014. 
 “Financial Statements” shall mean the Company’s consolidated financial statements
included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the applicable year. 
 CUMULATIVE CALCULATED CASH FLOW
MATRIX: 
 The attainment of Cumulative Calculated Cash Flow shall be compared to the matrix below to determine the payout
under the Performance Units, if any. Cumulative Calculated Cash Flow and the related payout shall be interpolated between $2.328 billion and 3.104 billion. 

  
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 PSU payout based on target attainment 

 

																					
	 target in billions
	  	Cumulative
Calculated Cash
Flow	 	  	Payout (in shares)	 
	  	  	Percentage	 	 	Quinlan	 	  	Paloian	 	  	Knotts	 
	 Min
	  	$	2.328	  	  	 	50	% 	 	 	76,000	  	  	 	21,500	  	  	 	19,000	  
		  	$	2.484	  	  	 	60	% 	 	 	91,200	  	  	 	25,800	  	  	 	22,800	  
		  	$	2.639	  	  	 	70	% 	 	 	106,400	  	  	 	30,100	  	  	 	26,600	  
		  	$	2.794	  	  	 	80	% 	 	 	121,600	  	  	 	34,400	  	  	 	30,400	  
		  	$	2.949	  	  	 	90	% 	 	 	136,800	  	  	 	38,700	  	  	 	34,200	  
	 Max (target)
	  	$	3.104	  	  	 	100	% 	 	 	152,000	  	  	 	43,000	  	  	 	38,000	  

  
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