Document:

Indemnification Agreement, issued by Biovest to Alan M. Pearce

 Exhibit 10.10 
 

 
 INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
 THIS AGREEMENT, made on this 11th day of January 2007, by and between Biovest International, Inc. (“Biovest”), a Delaware corporation with a place of business at 324 South Hyde Park Ave., Suite 350, Tampa FL 33606, and Alan M. Pearce,
with an address of 13766 E. Yucca Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, (“Guarantor”) is as follows: 
 In consideration of Guarantor performing
certain services for Biovest, to wit, acting as a Guarantor in connection with the guaranty (the “Guaranty”) of a loan transaction from Pulaski Bank and Trust Company (the “Pulaski Loan”) to Biovest in an aggregate amount of
$164,625.00, Biovest hereby indemnifies Guarantor and agrees and undertakes to hold Guarantor harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, actions, causes of actions, and liabilities of any kind, including without limitation attorneys’
fees and costs associated with enforcement of the Guaranty, to the fullest extent permitted by law arising in connection with the guaranty of repayment of the Pulaski Loan, including, but not limited to, any amounts, funds, assets, or collateral
advanced or paid by Guarantor in connection with the guaranty of the Pulaski Loan. 
 This Indemnification shall not become enforceable by Guarantor, and
Guarantor shall not attempt to enforce or collect reimbursement, or exercise any rights in respect, of amounts paid by Guarantor on account of, or related to, the Guaranty, unless and until the following conditions are met: 
 (i) the Guarantor shall have provided written notice to Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. c/o Laurus Capital Management, LLC, 825 Third Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10022 (or such other address designated by Laurus in writing) of Pulaski Bank and Trust
Company’s demand of payment (each, a “Demand”) by the Guarantor under the Guaranty and the payment of such Demand by the Guarantor (each, a “Demand Payment”), (ii) the Guarantor shall have provided to Biovest and Laurus
with written notice of its demand for indemnification in respect of the Demand Payment (“Payment and Indemnification Demand Notice”) and (iii) a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days shall have elapsed after the
receipt by Laurus of the Payment and Indemnification Demand Notice. Guarantor shall only be permitted to provide Biovest and Laurus with one Payment and Indemnification Demand Notice in any three hundred and sixty five (365) day period.

  
  

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 This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, between the parties hereto (the “Parties”)
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the final and complete understanding and agreement between the Parties concerning the subject matter hereof and shall be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the
Parties and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement may only be amended or modified by a further written agreement executed by an authorized representative of each Party hereto. 
 This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one
agreement. It is understood and agreed that if facsimile copies of this Agreement bearing facsimile signatures are exchanged between the Parties, such copies shall in all respects have the same weight, force and legal effect and shall be fully as
valid, binding, and enforceable as if such signed facsimile copies were original documents bearing original signature. 
  

			
	Biovest International, Inc.
		
	By:	 	/s/ James A. McNulty
		 	James A. McNulty, CFO & Secretary

  

	
	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	
	/s/ Alan M. Pearce
	Alan M. Pearce

  

			
	Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Eugene Grin
	Name:	 	Eugene Grin
	Title:	 	Director

  
  

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 www.biovest.com t: 813 864 2554 f: 813 258 1621Indemnification Agreement, issued by Biovest to Dennis L. Ryll, M.D

 Exhibit 10.11 
 

 
 INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
 THIS AGREEMENT, made on this 11th day of January 2007, by and between Biovest International, Inc. (“Biovest”), a Delaware corporation with a place of business at 324 South Hyde Park Ave., Suite 350, Tampa FL 33606, and Dennis L. Ryll,
M.D., with an address of 2595 Red Springs Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89125, (“Guarantor”) is as follows: 
 In consideration of Guarantor
performing certain services for Biovest, to wit, acting as a Guarantor in connection with the guaranty (the “Guaranty”) of a loan transaction from Pulaski Bank and Trust Company (the “Pulaski Loan”) to Biovest in an aggregate
amount of $823,250.00, Biovest hereby indemnifies Guarantor and agrees and undertakes to hold Guarantor harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, actions, causes of actions, and liabilities of any kind, including without limitation
attorneys’ fees and costs associated with enforcement of the Guaranty, to the fullest extent permitted by law arising in connection with the guaranty of repayment of the Pulaski Loan, including, but not limited to, any amounts, funds, assets,
or collateral advanced or paid by Guarantor in connection with the guaranty of the Pulaski Loan. 
 This Indemnification shall not become enforceable by
Guarantor, and Guarantor shall not attempt to enforce or collect reimbursement, or exercise any rights in respect, of amounts paid by Guarantor on account of, or related to, the Guaranty, unless and until the following conditions are met:

 (i) the Guarantor shall have provided written notice to Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. c/o Laurus Capital Management, LLC, 825 Third Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10022 (or such other address designated by Laurus in writing) of Pulaski Bank and Trust
Company’s demand of payment (each, a “Demand”) by the Guarantor under the Guaranty and the payment of such Demand by the Guarantor (each, a “Demand Payment”), (ii) the Guarantor shall have provided to Biovest and Laurus
with written notice of its demand for indemnification in respect of the Demand Payment (“Payment and Indemnification Demand Notice”) and (iii) a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days shall have elapsed after the
receipt by Laurus of the Payment and Indemnification Demand Notice. Guarantor shall only be permitted to provide Biovest and Laurus with one Payment and Indemnification Demand Notice in any three hundred and sixty five (365) day period.

  
  

 324 S Hyde Park Avenue Suite 350 Tampa, Florida 33606 
 www.biovest.com t: 813 864
2554 f: 813 258 1621 
  

 

 
 This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, between the parties hereto (the “Parties”)
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the final and complete understanding and agreement between the Parties concerning the subject matter hereof and shall be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the
Parties and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement may only be amended or modified by a further written agreement executed by an authorized representative of each Party hereto. 
 This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one
agreement. It is understood and agreed that if facsimile copies of this Agreement bearing facsimile signatures are exchanged between the Parties, such copies shall in all respects have the same weight, force and legal effect and shall be fully as
valid, binding, and enforceable as if such signed facsimile copies were original documents bearing original signature. 
  

			
	Biovest International, Inc.
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ James A. McNulty

		 	James A. McNulty, CFO & Secretary
	
	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	
	 /s/ Dennis L. Ryll

	Dennis L. Ryll, M.D.
	
	Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Eugene Grin

	 Name: Eugene Grin
 Title:  
Director

  
  

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 www.biovest.com t: 813 864 2554 f: 813 258 1621Change of Control Severence Agreement

 Exhibit 10.01 
 CHANGE OF CONTROL 
 SEVERANCE AGREEMENT 
 AGREEMENT, dated as of the 18th day of January, 2007 (this “Agreement”), by and between Valero Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and William R. Klesse (the “Executive”). 
 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”), has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change
of Control (as defined herein). The Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction of the Executive by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened Change of Control and to encourage the
Executive’s full attention and dedication to the current Company in the event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and to provide the Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements upon a Change of Control that ensure that the
compensation and benefits expectations of the Executive will be satisfied and that are competitive with those of other corporations. Therefore, in order to accomplish these objectives, the Board has caused the Company to enter into this Agreement.

 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 
 Section 1. Certain Definitions. (a) “Effective Date” means the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined herein) on which a Change of Control occurs.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Change of Control occurs and if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably
demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment (1) was at the request of a third party that has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (2) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of
a Change of Control, then “Effective Date” means the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment. 
 (b)
“Change of Control Period” means the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the third anniversary of the date hereof; provided, however, that, commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each
annual anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof, the “Renewal Date”), unless previously terminated, the Change of Control Period shall be automatically extended so as to terminate three years from such
Renewal Date, unless, at least 60 days prior to the Renewal Date, the Company shall give notice to the Executive that the Change of Control Period shall not be so extended. 
 (c) “Affiliated Company” means any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company. 
 (d) “Change of Control” means: 
 (1) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) 

 
(a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (A) the
then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that, for purposes of this Section 1(d)(1), the following acquisitions of Outstanding Company Common Stock or of Outstanding Company Voting
Securities shall not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by
the Company or any Affiliated Company or (iv) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections 1(d)(3)(A), 1(d)(3)(B) and 1(d)(3)(C); 
 (2) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual
or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; 
 (3) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (each, a “Business Combination”), in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the
individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of
the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from
such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding
shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business
Combination, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the
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 (4) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 Section 2. Employment Period. The Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its employ, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Employment Period”). The Employment Period shall terminate upon the Executive’s
termination of employment for any reason. 
 Section 3. Terms of Employment. (a) Position and Duties.
(1) During the Employment Period, (A) the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the
most significant of those held, exercised and assigned at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date and (B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at the office where the Executive was employed
immediately preceding the Effective Date or at any other location less than 35 miles from such office. 
 (2) During the Employment Period,
and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent
necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period, it shall not be a
violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal
investments, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that, to the
extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not
thereafter be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to the Company. 
 (a)
Compensation. (1) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) at an annual rate at least equal to 12 times the highest monthly
base salary paid or payable, including any base salary that has been earned but deferred, to the Executive by the Company and the Affiliated Companies in respect of the 12-month period immediately preceding the month in which the Effective Date
occurs. The Annual Base Salary shall be paid at such intervals as the Company pays executive salaries generally. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually, beginning no more than 12 months after the
last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the Effective Date. Any increase in the Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. The Annual Base Salary shall not be
reduced after any such increase and the term “Annual Base Salary” shall refer to the Annual Base Salary as so increased. 
  

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 (2) Annual Bonus. In addition to the Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be awarded,
for each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period, an annual bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) in cash at least equal to the Executive’s highest bonus earned under the Company’s annual incentive bonus plans, or any comparable
bonus under any predecessor or successor plan or plans, for the last three full fiscal years prior to the Effective Date (or for such lesser number of full fiscal years prior to the Effective Date for which the Executive was eligible to earn such a
bonus, and annualized in the case of any bonus earned for a partial fiscal year) (the “Recent Annual Bonus”). (If the Executive has not been eligible to earn such a bonus for any period prior to the Effective Date, the “Recent Annual
Bonus” shall mean the Executive’s target annual bonus for the year in which the Effective Date occurs.) Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than the end of the third month of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for
which the Annual Bonus is awarded, unless the Executive shall elect to defer the receipt of such Annual Bonus. 
 (3) Incentive,
Savings and Retirement Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies, and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the
Company and the Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive opportunities (measured with respect to both regular and special incentive opportunities, to the extent, if
any, that such distinction is applicable), savings opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and the Affiliated Companies for the
Executive under such plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective
Date to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies. 
 (4) Welfare Benefit Plans. During the Employment
Period, the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and the
Affiliated Companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, vision, disability, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to other peer
executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits that are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans,
practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to
other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies. 
 (5) Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive
shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and procedures of the Company and the Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive
at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies.

  

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 (6) Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to
fringe benefits, including, without limitation, tax and financial planning services, payment of club dues, and, if applicable, use of an automobile and payment of related expenses, in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs and
policies of the Company and the Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter
with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies. 
 (7) Office and Support Staff. During the
Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to exclusive personal secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to the most favorable of the foregoing
provided to the Executive by the Company and the Affiliated Companies at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as provided generally at any time thereafter with respect to
other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies. 
 (8) Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive
shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the most favorable plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company and the Affiliated Companies as in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding
the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies. 
 (9) Immediate Vesting of Outstanding Equity Incentive Awards. Notwithstanding any provision in the Company’s stock incentive plans or
the award agreements thereunder, effective immediately upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, (A) all stock options (incentive or non-qualified) outstanding as of the date of such Change of Control, which are not then exercisable and
vested, shall become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant and, following the Executive’s termination of employment for any reason, shall remain exercisable for the remainder of the original option term;
(B) all restrictions and deferral limitations applicable to any restricted stock awards outstanding as of the date of such Change of Control shall lapse, and such restricted stock awards shall become free of all restrictions and become fully
vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant; and (C) all performance share awards outstanding as of the date of such Change of Control for any outstanding performance periods shall fully vest and be earned and payable in
full based on the deemed achievement of performance at 200% of target level for the entire performance period. 
 Section 4.
Termination of Employment. (a) Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically if the Executive dies during the Employment Period. If the Company determines in good faith that the
Executive has a Disability (as defined herein) that has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of “Disability”), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with Section 11(b) of its intention
to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the “Disability Effective Date”),
provided that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of the Executive’s duties. 

  

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“Disability” means the absence of the Executive from the Executive’s duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive business
days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness that is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative.

 (b) Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause.
“Cause” means: 
 (1) the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially the
Executive’s duties (as contemplated by Section 3(a)(1)(A)) with the Company or any Affiliated Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness or following the Executive’s delivery of a
Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company that specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company believes that the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive’s duties, or 
 (2) the willful engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct that is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company. 
 For purposes of this Section 4(b), no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Executive shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or
without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or a senior officer of the Company or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best
interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than
three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel for the Executive,
to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in Section 4(b)(1) or 4(b)(2), and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. 
 (c) Good Reason. The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Executive voluntarily without
Good Reason. “Good Reason” means: 
 (3) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any respect
with the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 3(a)(1)(A), or any other action by the Company that results in a diminution in
such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and that is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the
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 (4) any failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions of Section 3(b),
other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and that is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; 
 (5) the Company’s requiring the Executive (i) to be based at any office or location other than as provided in
Section 3(a)(1)(B), (ii) to be based at a location other than the principal executive offices of the Company if the Executive was employed at such location immediately preceding the Effective Date, or (iii) to travel on Company
business to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to the Effective Date; 
 (6) any purported
termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by this Agreement; or 
 (7) any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy Section 10(c). 
 For purposes of this Section 4(c), any good
faith determination of Good Reason made by the Executive shall be conclusive. The Executive’s mental or physical incapacity following the occurrence of an event described above in clauses (1) through (5) shall not affect the
Executive’s ability to terminate employment for Good Reason. 
 (d) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company
for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 11(b). “Notice of Termination” means a written notice that (1) indicates
the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (2) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the
provision so indicated, and (3) if the Date of Termination (as defined herein) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the Date of Termination (which Date of Termination shall be not more than 30 days after the giving of
such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company,
respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s respective rights hereunder. 
 (e) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (1) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for
Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified in the Notice of Termination, as the case may be, (2) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other
than for Cause or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination, and (3) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of
Termination shall be the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be. 
 Section 5.
Obligations of the Company upon Termination. (a) Good Reason; Other Than for Cause, Death or Disability. If, during the Employment Period, the Company 

  

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terminates the Executive’s employment other than for Cause or Disability or the Executive terminates employment for Good Reason: 
 (1) the Company shall pay to the Executive, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination, the aggregate of the
following amounts: 
 (A) the sum of (i) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination,
(ii) the product of (x) the Recent Annual Bonus and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination and the denominator of which is 365, and (iii) any
accrued vacation pay, in each case, to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the “Accrued Obligations”); 
 (B) the amount equal to the product of (i) three and (ii) the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and
(y) the Recent Annual Bonus; 
 (C) an amount equal to the excess of (i) the actuarial equivalent of the benefit
under the Company’s qualified defined benefit retirement plan (the “Retirement Plan”) (utilizing actuarial assumptions no less favorable to the Executive than those in effect under the Retirement Plan immediately prior to the
Effective Date) and any excess or supplemental retirement plan in which the Executive participates (collectively, the “SERP”) that the Executive would receive if the Executive’s employment continued for three years after the Date of
Termination, assuming for this purpose that (x) the Executive’s age and service credit increase during the three-year period, (y) all accrued benefits are fully vested and (z) the Executive’s compensation in each of the
three years is that required by Sections 3(b)(1) and 3(b)(2), over (ii) the actuarial equivalent of the Executive’s actual benefit (paid or payable), if any, under the Retirement Plan and the SERP as of the Date of Termination; and

 (D) an amount equal to the sum of the Company matching or other Company contributions under the Company’s qualified
defined contribution plans and any excess or supplemental defined contribution plans in which the Executive participates that the Executive would receive if the Executive’s employment continued for three years after the Date of Termination,
assuming for this purpose that (x) the Executive’s benefits under such plans are fully vested, (y) the Executive’s compensation in each of the three years is that required by Sections 3(b)(1) and 3(b)(2) and (z) to the
extent that the Company contributions are determined based on the contributions or deferrals of the Executive, that the Executive’s contribution or deferral elections, as appropriate, are those in effect immediately prior the Date of
Termination; and 
 (2) for three years after the Executive’s Date of Termination, or such longer period as may be
provided by the terms of the appropriate plan, program, practice or policy, the Company shall continue benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family at least equal to those that would have been provided to them in accordance with

  

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the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 3(b)(4) and 3(b)(6) if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated or, if
more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies and their families, provided, however, that, if the Executive becomes
reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive the benefits described in Section 3(b)(4) under another employer provided plan, the medical and other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such
other plan during such applicable period of eligibility. For purposes of determining eligibility (but not the time of commencement of benefits) of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the
Executive shall be considered to have remained employed (for purposes of both age and service credit) until three years after the Date of Termination and to have retired on the last day of such period; 
 (3) during the 12-month period following the Date of Termination, the Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the
Executive with outplacement services the scope and provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in the Executive’s sole discretion, provided that, the cost of such outplacement shall not exceed $25,000 (as adjusted for inflation
based on the Consumer Price Index or another nationally recognized published inflation index); and 
 (4) to the extent not
theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or that the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract
or agreement of the Company and the Affiliated Companies (such other amounts and benefits, the “Other Benefits”). 
 (b)
Death. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, the Company shall provide the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries with the Accrued Obligations and the
timely payment or delivery of the Other Benefits, and shall have no other severance obligations under this Agreement. The Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30
days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of the Other Benefits, the term “Other Benefits” as utilized in this Section 5(b) shall include, without limitation, and the Executive’s estate and/or beneficiaries
shall be entitled to receive, benefits at least equal to the most favorable benefits provided by the Company and the Affiliated Companies to the estates and beneficiaries of peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies under such
plans, programs, practices and policies relating to death benefits, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their beneficiaries at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more
favorable to the Executive’s estate and/or the Executive’s beneficiaries, as in effect on the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies and their beneficiaries.

 (c) Disability. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the
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Executive with the Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or delivery of the Other Benefits, and shall have no other severance obligations under this
Agreement. The Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of the Other Benefits, the term “Other Benefits” as utilized in this
Section 5(c) shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those generally provided by the Company and the Affiliated
Companies to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during
the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect at any time thereafter generally with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the
Affiliated Companies and their families. 
 (d) Cause; Other Than for Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment is
terminated for Cause during the Employment Period, the Company shall provide to the Executive (1) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (2) any accrued vacation pay, and (3) the Other Benefits, in
each case, to the extent theretofore unpaid, and shall have no other severance obligations under this Agreement. If the Executive voluntarily terminates employment during the Employment Period, excluding a termination for Good Reason, the Company
shall provide to the Executive the Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or delivery of the Other Benefits, and shall have no other severance obligations under this Agreement. In such case, all the Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the
Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. 
 Section 6. Non-exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in
this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or the Affiliated Companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor, subject to
Section 11(f), shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any other contract or agreement with the Company or the Affiliated Companies. Amounts that are vested benefits or that the Executive is
otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any other contract or agreement with the Company or the Affiliated Companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan,
policy, practice or program or contract or agreement, except as explicitly modified by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive receives payments and benefits pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, the Executive
shall not be entitled to any severance pay or benefits under any severance plan, program or policy of the Company and the Affiliated Companies, unless otherwise specifically provided therein by a specific reference to this Agreement. 
 Section 7. Full Settlement. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its
obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other claim, right or action that the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other
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payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement, and such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other
employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses that the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive
or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this
Agreement), plus, in each case, interest on any delayed payment at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). 
 Section 8. Certain Additional Payments by the Company. 
 (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by
the Company or its Affiliated Companies to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any additional payments
required under this Section 8) (a “Payment”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax,
together with any such interest and penalties, collectively the “Excise Tax”), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that, after payment by the Executive
of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including, without limitation, any income taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment,
the Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments. 
 (b) Subject to
the provisions of Section 8(c), all determinations required to be made under this Section 8, including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required, the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at
such determination, shall be made by Ernst & Young, LLP, or such other nationally recognized certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the Executive, subject to the Company’s approval which will not be unreasonably
withheld (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment or
such earlier time as is requested by the Company. In the event that the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of Control, the Executive, subject to the Company’s approval
which will not be unreasonably withheld, may appoint another nationally recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees and
expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 8, shall be paid by the Company to the Executive within 5 days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s
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Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm
hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments that will not have been made by the Company should have been made (the “Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event the Company exhausts its
remedies pursuant to Section 8(c) and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly
paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive. 
 (c) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any
claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable, but no later than 10 business days after the Executive is informed
in writing of such claim. The Executive shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the
date on which the Executive gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such
period that the Company desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall: 
 (1) give the Company any information
reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim, 
 (2) take such action in connection with contesting such claim
as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, 
 (3) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, and 
 (4) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; 
 provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties)
incurred in connection with such contest, and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs
and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(c), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest, and, at its sole discretion, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative
appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the applicable taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole discretion, either pay the tax claimed to the appropriate taxing authority on behalf of the Executive and direct the
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administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided,
however, that, if the Company pays such claim and directs the Executive to sue for a refund, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or
penalties) imposed with respect to such payment or with respect to any imputed income in connection with such payment; and provided, further, that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable
year of the Executive with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which the Gross-Up
Payment would be payable hereunder, and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority. 
 (d) If, after the receipt by the Executive of a Gross-Up Payment or payment by the Company of an amount on the Executive’s behalf
pursuant to Section 8(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to the Excise Tax to which such Gross-Up Payment relates or with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the Company’s complying
with the requirements of Section 8(c), if applicable) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after payment by the Company of an amount on
the Executive’s behalf pursuant to Section 8(c), a determination is made that the Executive shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest
such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then the amount of such payment shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to be paid. 
 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8, the Company may, in its sole discretion, withhold and pay to the Internal
Revenue Service or any other applicable taxing authority, for the benefit of the Executive, all or any portion of any Gross-Up Payment, and the Executive hereby consents to such withholding. 
 Section 9. Confidential Information. The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or
confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or the Affiliated Companies, and their respective businesses, which information, knowledge or data shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive’s employment
by the Company or the Affiliated Companies and which information, knowledge or data shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination
of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to
anyone other than the Company and those persons designated by the Company. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 9 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the
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 Section 10. Successors. (a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive, and, without
the prior written consent of the Company, shall not be assignable by the Executive other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal
representatives. 
 (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. Except
as provided in Section 10(c), without the prior written consent of the Executive, this Agreement shall not be assignable by the Company. 
 (c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this
Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. “Company” means the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets
as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise. 
 Section 11. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have
no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified other than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. 
 (b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 
  

			
	 if to the Executive:
	  	At the most recent address on file in the Company’s records
		
	 if to the Company:
	  	Valero Energy Corporation
		  	One Valero Way
		  	San Antonio, Texas 78249
		  	Attention: Corporate Secretary

 or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith.
Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee. 
 (c) The invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. 
 (d) The Company may
withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such United States federal, state or local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. 
 (e) The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any
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may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 4(c)(1) through
4(c)(5), shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement. 
 (f) The
Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by the Company is “at will” and, subject to
Section 1(a), prior to the Effective Date, the Executive’s employment may be terminated by either the Executive or the Company at any time prior to the Effective Date, in which case the Executive shall have no further rights under this
Agreement. From and after the Effective Date, except as specifically provided herein, this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the
authorization from the Board, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  
  

	
	
	
	        /s/ William R. Klesse
	William R. Klesse

  
  
  

			
	 VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION

		
	By:	 	/s/ Gregory C. King
	 Name:
	 	Gregory C. King
	 Title:
	 	President

  

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