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Exhibit 10.1

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, effective as of May 1, 2013 (the “Agreement”), between BOND LABORATORIES, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and MICHAEL ABRAMS “Executive”).

WHEREAS, the Executive and Company intend for this Agreement to be legally binding as of the date hereof;

WHEREAS, the Company, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively the “Affiliates”) are engaged in the business of providing innovative proprietary nutritional supplements for numerous commercial and individual clients which are national and international, and are not confined to any geographic area (the “Business”); and

WHEREAS, the Executive is or shall become familiar with confidential information and trade secrets associated with the business of the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

	
Section 1.  

	
Employment.

The Company shall employ the Executive, and the Executive accepts employment with the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement for the period beginning on the date hereof and ending as provided in Section 4 (the “Employment Period”).

	
Section 2.  

	
Position and Duties.

(a) During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and shall have the usual and customary duties, responsibilities and authority for such position, subject to the power of the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) (i) to expand or limit such duties, responsibilities and authority and (ii) to override the actions of the Executive.  The Executive shall, if so requested by the Company, also serve without additional compensation, as a director of the Company or as an officer, director or manager of any entities from time to time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by Company or its Affiliates.

(b) The Executive shall report to the CEO of the Company and shall devote his best efforts and substantially all of his active business time and attention (except for permitted vacation periods and reasonable periods of illness or other incapacity) to the business and affairs of the Company and its Affiliates.  The Executive shall perform his duties and responsibilities to the best of his ability in a diligent and professional manner.  During the Employment Period, the Executive shall not engage in any business activity which, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, conflicts with the duties of the Executive hereunder, whether or not such activity is pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage.

(c) The foregoing restrictions shall not limit or prohibit the Executive from engaging in passive investment, inactive business ventures and community, charitable and social activities, and other such outside business activities not interfering with the Executive’s performance and obligations hereunder,.  Executive shall disclose the nature of his involvement in any such outside business activities to the Board of Directors.

 

  

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Section 3.  

	
Salary and Benefits.

(a) During the Employment Period, the Executive’s salary shall be $ 200,000 per annum (the “Salary”), which Salary shall be payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices and subject to withholding and other payroll taxes.  The Executive shall be eligible for merit increases during the Employment Period at the sole discretion of the CEO and compensation committee of Board of Directors of the Company.  In addition, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all employee benefit programs from time to time for which senior executive employees of the Company and its Affiliates are generally eligible.  The Executive shall be eligible to participate in all insurance plans available generally from time to time to executives of the Company and its Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, the Executive shall be entitled to receive insurance benefits consistent with past practice at no additional cost, charge or offset to Executive.

(b) During the Employment Period, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in the course of performing their duties under this Agreement which are consistent with the Company’s and its Affiliates’ policies in effect from time to time with respect to travel, entertainment and other business expenses, automobile fuel expense, subject in all instances to the Company’s requirements with respect to reporting and documentation of such expenses.  There shall be no cap on expenses for phone usage.

(c) During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to three (3) weeks (for clarity, which is the equivalent of fifteen (15) days) of paid vacation leave which shall include leave for vacation, accruing pro-rata during each 12-month period worked, commencing on the date hereof.  The Company’s Vacation policy, as modified by the Company from time to time, is incorporated by reference to this Agreement, and shall govern the details of the vacation leave.  In addition, the Executive shall be entitled to five (5) days of Occasional Time Off (“OTO”) to be used for illness, injury or personal matters.  The Company’s Occasional Time Off policy, as modified by the Company from time to time, is incorporated by reference to this Agreement and shall govern the details of any OTO leave.

(d) The Executive shall be entitled to additional option grants, which shall be determined in good faith by the compensation committee of the Board in its sole discretion consistent with the Company’s option plan(s) then in effect.  All such grants, if any, shall be subject to a three (3) year vesting period as specifically provided for in each option plan(s).

(e) The Executive shall be eligible for an annual cash bonus, which shall be determined in good faith by the compensation committee of the Board in its sole discretion in connection with the annual meeting or other such time, as the case may be, as determined by such committee.

(f) In the event there is a change of control, as defined below, of the Company, then the surviving corporation or the acquiring corporation shall assume the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, including any stock or stock option agreements that Executive has with the Company. In the event any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation refuses to assume such obligations and/or to substitute similar stock awards for those outstanding under any agreement between Executive and the Company, then the Executive shall be entitled to accelerated vesting of all unvested shares subject to such agreements, if any, such that all shares will be vested and fully exercisable as of the date of the Change of Control. Change of Control means: (i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity and in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation or merger own less than fifty percent (50%) of the surviving entity’s voting power immediately after the transaction (iii) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving entity but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise, and in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such reverse merger own less than fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s voting power immediately after the transaction; or (iv) at any time after the Company’s first registration statement registering securities of the Company is declared effective, an acquisition by any person, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, or any comparable successor provisions (excluding shareholders of the Company with respect to shares and voting power beneficially held by them as of the date of this Agreement, any employee benefit plan, or related trust, sponsored or maintained by the Company or subsidiary of the Company or other entity controlled by the Company) of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or comparable successor rule) of securities of the Company representing at least fifty per cent (50%) of the voting power entitled to vote in the election of directors, excluding from such percentage securities beneficially owned by stockholders of the Company immediately prior to and after such event.

 

  

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Section 4.  

	
Term.

(a) Unless renewed by the mutual agreement of the Company and the Executive, the Employment Period shall end on April 30, 2016; provided, however, that (i) the Employment Period shall terminate prior to such date upon the Executive’s resignation, death or Disability (as defined in the following sentence), and (ii) the Employment Period may be terminated by the Company at any time prior to such date for Cause (as defined below) or without Cause.  For purposes of this Agreement “Disability” means any long-term disability or incapacity which (i) renders the Executive unable to substantially perform their duties hereunder for one hundred twenty (120) days during any 12-month period or (ii) is predicted to render the Executive unable to substantially perform their duties for one hundred twenty (120) days during any 12-month period based, in the case of this clause (ii) only, upon the opinion of a physician mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Executive, in each case as determined by the Board (excluding the Executive if they should be a member of the Board at the time of such determination) in its good faith judgment; provided, however, that no action shall be taken hereunder that precludes Executive from making a claim under any separate long-term disability policy maintained by the Company.  The last day on which Executive is employed by the Company, whether separation is voluntary or involuntary and is with or without Cause, is referred to as the “Termination Date.”

(b)           If the Employment Period is terminated by the Company without Cause, then so long as the Executive executes (and does not revoke) a release (the “Release”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, the Executive shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to 50% of the Executive’s Salary, and the Company will pay the Employee’s portion of health insurance premiums for six (6) months after the Termination Date, unless the Executive has breached the provisions of this Agreement, in which case the provisions of Section 9 shall apply.  Such payments of the Salary as severance shall be made periodically in the same amounts and at the same intervals as if the Employment Period had not ended and Salary otherwise continued to be paid.  If the Employment Period is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Death, the Executive is entitled to the benefits described in this subsection 4(b) however, the Release described above shall not be required.

(b) If the Employment Period is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by reason of the Executive’s resignation or Disability, the Executive shall be entitled to receive their Salary only to the extent such amount has accrued through the Termination Date.

(c) Except as otherwise required by law (e.g., COBRA) or as specifically provided herein, all of the Executive’s rights to salary, severance, fringe benefits and bonuses hereunder (if any) accruing after the Termination Date shall cease upon the Termination Date.  In the event the Executive is terminated by the Company without Cause, the sole remedy of the Executive and/or their successors, assigns, heirs, representatives and estate shall be to receive the severance payments described in Section 4(b).  In the event the Executive is terminated by the Company for Cause or if the Employment Period is terminated by reason of the Executive’s resignation, death or Disability, the sole remedy of the Executive and/or their successors, assigns, heirs, representatives and estate shall be to receive the payment (if any) described in Section 4(b) or 4(c), as applicable.  Under no circumstances will the Executive be entitled to payment for accrued and unused paid time off upon the termination of the Employment Period.

(e)           For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall be defined as follows:

	
  

	
i.

	
an act of fraud, embezzlement, or theft in connection with Executive’s job duties or in the course of Executive’s employment with the Company;

	
  

	
ii.

	
intentional damage by executive to Company property;

	
  

	
iii.

	
unauthorized disclosure by Executive of Company trade secrets or proprietary information;

	
  

	
iv.

	
violation, including a plea of nolo contendre by Executive of any federal, state, or local law, ordinance, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses);

 

  

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v.

	
any breach by Executive of corporate fiduciary duties owed to the Company;

	
  

	
vi.

	
willful failure or refusal by Executive to perform the duties required by the Executive’s position with the Company; or

	
  

	
vii.

	
refusal by Executive to assist in litigation, arbitration, or other disputes involving the Company.

In the event Company believes “Cause” exists for terminating this Agreement pursuant to this section, the Company shall give the Executive written notice of the acts or omissions under sections “v” and “vi” above constituting “Cause” (“Cause Notice”), and no termination of this Agreement shall be effective unless and until the Employee fails to cure such acts or omissions within fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of the Cause Notice.

Without limiting any other rights he may have in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that Executive may allege as provided elsewhere in this Agreement that the Company has breached this Agreement by claiming he engaged in behavior that warrants termination for “Cause.”  In the event this matter proceeds to litigation or arbitration, and “Cause” arises as an issue, the Company shall at all times have the burden of establishing “Cause.”

	
Section 5.  

	
Nondisclosure and Nonuse of Confidential Information.

(a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Employment Period or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties assigned to the Executive by the Company or is required to be disclosed by law, court order, or similar compulsion; provided, however, that such disclosure shall be limited to the extent so required or compelled; and provided, further, that the Executive shall give the Company notice of such disclosure and cooperate with the Company in seeking suitable protection.  The Executive shall take all reasonably appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information within their control and to protect such Confidential Information against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.  Upon the Company’s request, the Executive shall deliver to the Company on the Termination Date, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof regardless of the form thereof (including electronic and optical copies)) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as defined below) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under their control.

(b) As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company or any Affiliate in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof (including those obtained prior to the date hereof) concerning the Company’s or any Affiliate’s (i) business or affairs, (ii) products or services, (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) customers, clients, suppliers and publishers and customer, client, supplier and publisher lists, (xiii) other copyrightable works, (xiv) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, (xv) business strategies, acquisition plans and candidates, financial or other performance data and personnel lists and data, and (xvi) all similar and related information in whatever form.  Confidential Information shall not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date the Executive proposes to disclose or use such information.  Confidential Information shall not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.

  

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Section 6.  

	
Inventions and Patents.

The Executive agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) which relates to the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’ actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Executive (whether or not during usual business hours or on the premises of the Company or any Affiliate and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed by the Company together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, tradename and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as the “Work Product”), belong in all instances to the Company or such Affiliate.  The Executive shall promptly disclose to the Board Work Product conceived, developed or made by the Executive after the commencement of the Employment Period.  The Executive shall perform all actions reasonably requested by the Board (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm the Company’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product.  If the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure the signature of the Executive on any such papers, any executive officer of the Company shall be entitled to execute any such papers as the agent and the attorney-in-fact of the Executive, and the Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each executive officer of the Company as their agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any such papers on their behalf, and to take any and all actions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Work Product, under the conditions described in this sentence.

	
Section 7.  

	
Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation.

(a) The Executive acknowledges that:

(i) the Company and its Affiliates have developed substantial goodwill with its customers, and that such goodwill is an asset that the Company and its Affiliates are entitled to protect from misappropriation by their former employees;

(ii) an essential element of the Business is the development and maintenance of personal contacts and relationships with customers.  Because of these contacts and relationships, it is common for the Company’s and its Affiliates’ customers to develop an identification with those employees who service a customer’s needs rather than with the Company or its Affiliates themselves.  Thus the Company and its Affiliates shall invest on and after the date hereof, considerable time and money necessary for a relationship between the Executive and a customer to develop and be maintained.  The Company and its Affiliates also assist their employees in servicing clients by making available to employees (including the Executive) extensive Confidential Information for presentation of the Company’s services and by providing support services including, but not limited to, advertising, accounting, secretarial and other services; and

(iii) the opportunity for personal identification of customers of the Company and its Affiliates with a particular employee of the Company or its Affiliates creates a potential for such employee’s appropriation of the goodwill and benefits of the relationship developed with clients on behalf of and at the expense of the Company and its Affiliates.  Since the Company and its Affiliates would suffer irreparable harm if the Executive left the Company’s employ and solicited the services or other related business of customers of the Company and its Affiliates, with whom the Executive had done business and with whom had personal contact, the parties agree that it is reasonable to protect the Company and its Affiliates against solicitation activities by the Executive for a limited period of time after the Termination Date so that the Company and its Affiliates may renew or restore its business relationship with its customers.  The parties further acknowledge that the purpose and effect of the restrictions on competition contained in this Agreement are to protect the Company and its Affiliates for a limited period of time from the unfair competition by the Executive after the Termination Date.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Executive from obtaining a livelihood for themself or their family by being engaged in the Business anywhere in the country, including Omaha, Nebraska.  The intent of the parties is that the restriction on competition contained in this Agreement is limited to those customers of the Company and its Affiliates (a) that are reflected on the books of the Company and its Affiliates, and (b) with whom the Executive has done business and has had personal contact.

 

  

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(b) In light of the foregoing, the Executive agrees not to, during the Employment Period and for a period of twelve (12) months immediately following the Termination Date (with respect to all products sold or distributed by Company at the time of Executives original hire), either directly or indirectly, for the Executive or on behalf of, or in conjunction with any other person, persons, company, firm, partnership or corporation, work for, solicit, or accept business, in each case in a manner competitive with the Business products described or referenced in this Section, from customers of the Company or its Affiliates with whom the Executive had engaged in the Business as an employee of the Company and with whom the Executive had personal contact at any time within the twenty-four (24) months immediately preceding the Termination Date.  For purposes of clarification, the Executive may work for, solicit or accept business from any such customer, if such work, solicitation or business is unrelated to the Business products of the Company described herein.

The twelve (12) and twenty-four (24) month periods set forth above are agreed by the Company and the Executive to be the minimum reasonable period of time to protect the Company from appropriation of customer goodwill in that many of the services sold as part of the Business are sold and/or renewed by employees of Company, including the Executive, to Company’s customers on an annual basis.

(c) The Executive further agrees not to induce or attempt to induce, or to cause any person or other entity to induce, any person who is an employee of, or consultant to, the Company or any of its Affiliates to leave the employ or service of the Company or such Affiliate during the Employment Period, and during the twenty-four (24) month period commencing on the Termination Date.

(d) The Executive understands that the foregoing restrictions are reasonable because they have received and will receive sufficient consideration and other benefits as an employee of the Company and as otherwise provided hereunder or as described in the recitals hereto to clearly justify such restrictions.  The Executive further understands the provisions of Sections 5 through 7 are reasonable and necessary to preserve the business and goodwill of the Company and its Affiliates.

(e) The Executive shall inform any prospective or future employer of any and all restrictions contained in this Agreement and provide such employer with a copy of such restrictions (but no other terms of this Agreement), prior to the commencement of that employment.

(f)           If, at the time of enforcement of Sections 5 through 7, a court holds that the restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under the circumstances then existing, the Executive and the Company agree that the maximum period, scope or geographical area reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period, scope or area so as to protect the Company to the greatest extent possible under applicable law from improper competition.

	
Section 8.  

	
Enforcement.

Because the Executive’s services are unique and because the Executive has access to Confidential Information and Work Product, the parties hereto agree that money damages would be an inadequate remedy for any breach of this Agreement.  Therefore, in the event of a breach  of Sections 5, 6 or 7 of this Agreement, the Company and any of its Affiliates or their successors or assigns may, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in their favor at law or in equity, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive or other relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof.  The Executive agrees not to claim that the Company has adequate remedies at law for a breach of Sections 5, 6 or 7, as a defense against any attempt by the Company to obtain the equitable relief described in this Section 8.

 

  

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Section 9.  

	
Severance Payments.

In addition to the foregoing, and not in any way in limitation thereof, or in limitation of any right or remedy otherwise available to the Company, if the Executive violates any provision of the foregoing Section 5, Section 6 or Section 7, any severance payments then or thereafter due from the Company to the Executive shall be terminated forthwith and the Company’s obligation to pay and the Executive’s right to receive such severance payments shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, if and when determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, in each case without limiting or affecting the Executive’s obligations (or terminating the Non-Compete Period) under such Section 5, Section 6 and Section 7, or the Company’s other rights and remedies available at law or equity.

	
Section 10.  

	
Representations and Warranties of the Executive.

The Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that (a) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Executive does not and shall not conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which the Executive is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which the Executive is subject, (b) except as expressly permitted and disclosed pursuant to Section 2(c) above, the Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, consulting agreement, non-compete agreement, confidentiality agreement or similar agreement with any other person or entity and (c) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Executive, this Agreement will be a valid and binding obligation of the Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms.  The Executive further represents and warrants that they have not disclosed, revealed or transferred to any third party any of the Confidential Information or any of the Work Product and that they have safeguarded and maintained the secrecy of the Confidentiality Information and of the Work Product to which they have had access or of which they have knowledge.  In addition, the Executive represents and warrants that they have no ownership in nor any right to nor title in any of the Confidential Information and the Work Product.

	
Section 11.  

	
Notices.

All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing.  Any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given when delivered personally to the recipient, telecopied to the intended recipient at the telecopy number set forth therefor below, provided that a copy is sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested), or one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested), in each case as follows:

If to the Company, to:

Bond Laboratories, Inc.

4509 South 143rd Street, Suite 1

Omaha, NE  68137

Attention:  Chief Executive Officer

Telephone:  402-884-1894

Fax:  402-884-1816

With a copy to:

McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLO

Suite 3700 First National Tower

1601 Dodge Street

Omaha, NE  68102

(402) 341-3070

Fax: (402) 341-0216

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If to the Executive, to the address set forth on the signature page hereto, or such other address as the recipient party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other party in writing in accordance herewith.  Any such communication shall be deemed to have been delivered and received (a) when delivered, if personally delivered, sent by telecopier or sent by overnight courier, and (b) on the fifth business day following the date posted, if sent by mail.  Instructions or notices of the type described in Section 4(e) may be sent by email to the Executive.

	
Section 12.  

	
General Provisions.

(a) Severability.  It is the desire and intent of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.  Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(b) Complete Agreement.  This Agreement and those documents expressly referred to herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties and supersede any prior correspondence or documents evidencing negotiations between the parties, whether written or oral, and any and all understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, whether written or oral, that may have related in any way to the subject matter of this Agreement.

(c) Successors and Assigns.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive and the Company and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, representatives and estate; provided, however, that the rights and obligations of the Executive under this Agreement shall not be assigned without the prior written consent of the Company in its sole discretion.  The Company may assign this Agreement and its rights, together with its obligations, hereunder in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets or business, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, including a merger of the Company.  The rights of the Company hereunder are enforceable by its Affiliates, who are the intended third party beneficiaries hereof.

(d)           Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTING PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION), THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA TO BE APPLIED.

(e)           Arbitration.                                Should any dispute between Company and Executive arise at any time relating to the employment relationship or this Agreement, Company and Executive will confer in good faith to promptly resolve such dispute.  Should the parties be unable to resolve the dispute, and should either party wish to pursue the dispute against the other, it is agreed that the dispute will be resolved by final and Binding Arbitration under the Employment Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.  Such arbitration shall be subject to the rules, and procedures and fee schedule in effect at the time the arbitration is requested.  The costs of such arbitration shall be born equally by the parties with their legal fees and legal costs born by each party separately.  Such arbitration decision shall be final and binding upon the parties, except that, should a court having jurisdiction find any portion of this Agreement unenforceable, the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in effect.

 

  

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(f)           Amendment and Waiver.  The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and the Executive (and in the case of Section 3(d), the Company, the Executive and Bond Laboratories, Inc.), and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

(g)           Headings.  The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(h)           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(i)           Attorneys Fees and Costs.  The parties agree that in the event either party breaches this Agreement, the non-breaching party is entitled to recover attorneys’ fees, as allowed by law, related to the enforcement of this Agreement.

[Signature page follows.]

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Employment Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

	  	
THE COMPANY:

 

BOND LABORATORIES, INC.

 

/s/ John Wilson                                                                

By:  John Wilson

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

Date:  May 8, 2013

	  	  
	  	
EXECUTIVE:

 

MICHAEL ABRAMS

 

/s/ Michael Abrams                                                                

Name:  Michael Abrams

Date:  May 1, 2013

  

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Exhibit B

Form of Release

I understand and agree completely to the severance terms set forth in the Employment Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2013 (the “Employment Agreement”), between me and Bond Laboratories, Inc. a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), with its principal executive offices in Nebraska.  I understand that I am not entitled to any severance payment unless (1) I sign and return this release to the Company and (2) I don’t revoke this Release pursuant to Section 5 hereof.

1. For and in consideration of the severance payment I am receiving from the Company, I, on my own behalf and on behalf of my successors and assigns (collectively referred to as “Releasor”), hereby release and forever discharge the Company, its predecessors, successors, corporate affiliates, parent entities and subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, employees, consultants and advisors (collectively referred to as “Releasee”), from any and all claims, counterclaims, demands, debts, actions, causes of action, suits, expenses, costs, attorneys’ fees, damages, indemnities, obligations and/or liabilities of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, which Releasor ever had, now has or hereafter can, shall or may have against Releasee, for, upon or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the date of this Release, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) all such claims and demands directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way connected with my employment with the Company and/or its affiliated entities, parents and subsidiaries or the termination of that employment; (ii) all such claims and demands related to salary, bonuses, commissions, restricted stock, unvested stock options or unvested warrants, or any other benefits or compensation which have, are or may be due to me or my beneficiaries from the Company and/or its affiliated entities, parents and subsidiaries, including vacation pay, fringe benefits, expense reimbursements, severance pay and/or any other form of compensation; (iii) any claims arising under any federal, state or local law, statute or ordinance, including, without limitation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), Chapter 48 of the Nebraska Statutes, and Nebraska’s Fair Employment Practices Act, Chapter 613 of the Nevada Revised Statutes; and (iv) any claims for breach of contract related to my employment, express or implied, including any claim for breach of any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, fraud, defamation, intentional tort, emotional distress and negligence.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, I do not release any rights I may have (a) to payment of the severance payment; (b) to payment of accrued benefits under an employee benefit plan, to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the plan documents; (c) to elect continued healthcare coverage under an employee health plan pursuant to COBRA; (d) to file, or assist in the investigation of, a charge against the Company with a state or federal agency with jurisdiction over unlawful employment practices; or (e) to apply for and receive unemployment benefits.

2. Releasor does not release any claims against Releasee that may arise after this Release has become effective.

3. I have been advised to consult independent legal counsel before signing this Release, and I hereby represent that I have executed this Release after having the opportunity to consult independent counsel and after considering the terms of this Release for at least twenty-one (21) days (although I may choose to voluntarily execute this Release earlier).  I further represent and warrant that I have read this Release carefully, that I have discussed it or have had reasonable opportunity to discuss it with my counsel, that I fully understand its terms, and that I am signing it voluntarily and of my own free will.

4. I acknowledge that the consideration for this Release is consideration to which I would not otherwise be entitled and is in lieu of any rights or claims that I may have with respect to any severance benefits or other remuneration from the Company.

  

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5. This Release shall not become effective until the eighth (8th) day following the date on which I have executed it, provided that I have not revoked it, and I may at any time prior to that effective date revoke this Release by delivering written notice of revocation to the Company pursuant to Section 11 of the Employment Agreement.

6. This Release may not be amended or modified except by a writing signed by the Company and me.  This Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nebraska without regard to principles of conflicts of laws thereunder.

Dated:           This ____ day of _________________, 201_.

WITNESSES:

	 	 	 
	  	 	
By:

	  	 	  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF ____________               )

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COUNTY OF __________                )

On this ___ day of _______________, 200_, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared _______________, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that s/he has executed the same for the purposes therein contained and acknowledged the same to be her/his free act and deed.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

 

________________________________CCPT III Exhibit 10.3

Exhibit 10.3

Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc.
2013 OMNIBUS EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLAN

ARTICLE I GENERAL                                1
1.1    Purpose                                1
1.2    Definitions of Certain Terms                        1
1.3    Administration                            7
1.4    Persons Eligible for Awards                        9
1.5    Types of Awards under Plan                        9
1.6    Shares of Common Stock Available for Awards            9
ARTICLE II AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN                    10
2.1    Agreements Evidencing Awards                    10
2.2    No Rights as a Stockholder                        10
2.3    Options                                11
2.4    Stock Appreciation Rights                        12
2.5    Restricted Shares                            13
2.6    Restricted Stock Units                              14
2.7    Dividend Equivalent Rights                        14
2.8    Other Stock-Based Awards                        14
2.9    Cash-Based Awards                            15
2.10    Individual Limitation on Awards                    15
2.11    Qualified Performance-Based Awards                15
ARTICLE III MISCELLANEOUS                            16
3.1    Amendment of the Plan                        16
3.2    Tax Withholding                            16
3.3    Required Consents and Legends                    17
3.4    Right of Offset                            18
3.5    Nonassignability; No Hedging                    18
3.6    Change in Control                            18
3.7    Right of Discharge Reserved                        19
3.8    Nature of Payments                            19
3.9    Non-Uniform Determinations                         20
3.10    Other Payments or Awards                        20
3.11    Plan Headings                                20
3.12    Termination of Plan                            20
3.13    Section 409A                                21
3.14    Governing Law                            22
3.15    Choice of Forum                            22
3.16    Waiver of Jury Trial                            23
3.17    Severability; Entire Agreement                    23
3.18    No Third Party Beneficiaries                        23
3.19    Successors and Assigns of Cole                    23
3.20    Effective Date                                23

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COLE CREDIT PROPERTY TRUST III, INC.
2013 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
1.1Purpose
The purpose of the Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) is to attract, retain and motivate officers and key employees (including prospective employees), consultants and others who may perform services for the Company (as hereinafter defined), to compensate them for their contributions to the long-term performance of the Company and to encourage them to acquire an ownership interest in the success of the Company.
		
	1.2
	Definitions of Certain Terms

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
1.2.1“Award” means an award made pursuant to the Plan.
1.2.2“Award Agreement” means the written document by which each Award is evidenced, and which may, but need not be (as determined by the Committee) executed or acknowledged by a Grantee as a condition to receiving an Award or the benefits under an Award, and which sets forth the terms and provisions applicable to Awards granted under the Plan to such Grantee. Any reference herein to an agreement in writing will be deemed to include an electronic writing to the extent permitted by applicable law.
1.2.3“Board” means the Board of Directors of Cole.
1.2.4“Business Combination” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.5“Certificate” means a stock certificate (or other appropriate document or evidence of ownership) representing shares of Common Stock.
1.2.6“Cause” means (a) with respect to a Grantee employed pursuant to a written employment agreement in effect on the date of the Grantee's termination, which agreement includes a definition of “Cause,” “Cause” as defined in that agreement, or (b) with respect to any other Grantee, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement:
(a)Grantee's conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere with respect to, (A) a felony (other than with respect to driving under the influence) or (B) a crime involving moral turpitude, fraud, forgery, embezzlement, or similar conduct under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or under the laws of any other jurisdiction;

(b)Grantee's attempted commission of, or participation in, a fraud or act of dishonesty against Cole or any Subsidiary or any client of Cole or of any Subsidiary;
(c)Grantee's intentional, material violation of any material contract or agreement between the Grantee and Cole or any Subsidiary or any generally applicable code of conduct which is distributed in writing to the Company's employees;
(d)any act or omission by Grantee involving malfeasance or gross negligence in the performance of Grantee's duties and responsibilities to the material detriment of the Company; or
(e)Grantee's disqualification or bar by any governmental or self-regulatory authority from serving in the capacity required by his or her job description or such Grantee's loss of any governmental or self-regulatory license that is reasonably necessary for such Grantee to perform his or her duties or responsibilities, in each case as an Employee or a Consultant, as applicable, of the Company.
1.2.7“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following events:
(a)individuals who, immediately following the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of Cole in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of Cole as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(b)any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), is or becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d‐3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Cole representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of Cole's then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board (“Cole Voting Securities”); provided, however, that the event described in this paragraph (b) shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control by virtue of an acquisition of Cole Voting Securities:  (A) by Cole or any Subsidiary (B) by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by Cole or any Subsidiary, (C) by any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) by Christopher H. Cole or any group or entity of which Christopher H. Cole is a member or participant, or (E) pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in paragraph (c) of this definition);

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(c)the consummation of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving Cole that requires the approval of Cole's stockholders, whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction, or sale of all or substantially all of Cole's assets (a “Business Combination”), unless immediately following such Business Combination:  (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of (x) the entity resulting from such Business Combination (the “Surviving Entity”), or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of at least 95% of the voting power, is directly or indirectly represented by Cole Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is directly or indirectly represented by shares into which such Cole Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of such Cole Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination, (B) no person (other than (I) any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Entity or the parent or (II) Christopher H. Cole or any group or entity of which Christopher H. Cole is a member or participant), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the parent (or, if there is no parent, the Surviving Entity) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the parent (or, if there is no parent, the Surviving Entity) following the consummation of the Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the approval by the Board of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination (any Business Combination which satisfies all of the criteria specified in (A), (B) and (C) of this paragraph (c) shall be deemed to be a “Non-Qualifying Transaction”); or
(d)the stockholders of Cole approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of Cole.
1.2.8“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rulings and regulations thereunder.
1.2.9“Cole” means Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc. or a successor entity contemplated by Section 3.6.
1.2.10“Cole Voting Securities” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.11“Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.1.
1.2.12“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other securities or property issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to Section 1.6.3.
1.2.13“Company” means Cole and any of its Subsidiaries.

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1.2.14“Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.2.
1.2.15“Consultant” means any individual who provides bona fide consulting or advisory services to the Company (other than in respect of service as a non-employee director of Cole) pursuant to a written agreement.
1.2.16“Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.4.
1.2.17“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.
1.2.18“Employee” means an active employee of the Company.
1.2.19“Employment” means a Grantee's performance of services for the Company, as determined by the Committee. The terms “employ” and “employed” will have their correlative meanings. The Committee in its sole discretion may determine (a) whether and when a Grantee's leave of absence results in a termination of Employment, (b) whether and when a change in a Grantee's association with the Company results in a termination of Employment and (c) the impact, if any, of any such leave of absence or change in association on outstanding Awards. Unless expressly provided otherwise, any references in the Plan or any Award Agreement to a Grantee's Employment being terminated will include both voluntary and involuntary terminations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award subject to Section 409A (and not exempt therefrom), a termination of Employment occurs when a Grantee experiences a “separation from service” (as such term is defined under Section 409A).
1.2.20“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
1.2.21“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock, the closing price reported for the Common Stock on the applicable date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange or, if not so reported, as determined in accordance with a valuation methodology approved by the Committee, unless determined as otherwise specified herein. For purposes of the grant of any Award, the applicable date will be the trading day on which the Award is granted or, if the date the Award is granted is not a trading day, the trading day immediately prior to the date the Award is granted. For purposes of the exercise of any Award, the applicable date is the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company or, if such date is not a trading day, the trading day immediately following the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company.
1.2.22“Good Reason” means (a) with respect to a Grantee employed pursuant to a written employment agreement in effect on the date of the Grantee's termination, which agreement includes a definition of “Cause,” “Cause” as defined in that agreement, or (b) with respect to any other Grantee, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, and in the absence of written consent of a Grantee:

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(a)there is a material and adverse change in the Grantee's position or authority with Cole or any Subsidiary, other than an isolated and insubstantial action not taken in bad faith;
(b)there is a diminution of the Grantee's base salary in effect immediately before a Change in Control by more than 10%, unless such diminution applies to all similarly situated employees; or
(c)there is a relocation that would result in the Grantee's principal location of employment being moved thirty-five (35) miles or more away from his or her current principal location and, as a result, the Grantee's commute increasing by thirty-five (35) miles or more.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, placing the Grantee on a paid leave for up to 90 days, pending the determination of whether there is a basis to terminate the Grantee for Cause, shall not constitute a Good Reason event.  If the Grantee does not deliver to Cole a written notice of termination within 30 days after the Grantee has knowledge that an event constituting Good Reason has occurred, the event will no longer constitute Good Reason.  In addition, the Grantee must give Cole and 90 days to cure the event constituting Good Reason from the date Cole receives such written notice of termination.
1.2.23“Grantee” means an Employee or Consultant who receives an Award.
1.2.24“Incentive Stock Option” means a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock that is intended to be an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Sections 421 and 422 of the Code, as now constituted or subsequently amended, or pursuant to a successor provision of the Code, and which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option in the applicable Award Agreement.
1.2.25“Incumbent Directors” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.26“Non-Qualifying Transaction” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.27“Outside Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
1.2.28“Performance Goals” means the goals determined by the Committee, in its discretion, to be applicable to a Grantee with respect to an Award. As determined by the Committee, the Performance Goals applicable to an Award may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement using certain Company or individual performance measures. The Performance Goals may differ from Grantee to Grantee and from Award to Award. Any criteria used may be measured in absolute terms or relative to comparative companies. Such Performance Goals may include, but are not limited to: (i) enterprise value or value creation targets; (ii) revenue; (iii) after-tax or pre-tax profits (including net operating profit after taxes) or net income, including without limitation that attributable to continuing and/or other 

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operations; (iv) operational cash flow or earnings before income tax or other exclusions (including free cash flow, cash flow per share or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); (v) reduction of, or other specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of increase in, all or a portion of the Company's bank debt or other long-term or short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations of the Company, which may be calculated net of cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Committee; (vi) earnings per share, earnings per diluted share or earnings per share from continuing operations; (vii) return on capital employed (including, without limitation, return on invested capital or return on committed capital) or return on assets; (viii) return on stockholder equity; (ix) market share or market penetration; (x) fair market value of the Shares; (xi) the growth in the value of an investment in Common Stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends; (xii) reduction of, or other specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of or increase in, all or a portion of controllable expenses or costs or other expenses or costs (including selling, general and administrative expenses of costs (excluding advertising)); (xiii) economic value added targets based on a cash flow return on investment formula; (xiv) customer service measures or indices (including net promoter score); (xv) new orders; (xvi) objectively identified strategic business criteria, including business expansion goals, leasing or other occupancy measures and goals relating to acquisitions, dispositions or strategic transactions; (xvii) lease up performance or other occupancy measures; (xviii) increase or rate of increase in funds from operations; (xix) increase or rate of increase in funds from operations per share; or (xx) the Company's published ranking against its peer companies, including based on shareholder return or increase in funds from operations per share.
1.2.29“Plan Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.1.
1.2.30“Qualified Performance-Based Award” means an Award intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption.
1.2.31“Section 16(b)” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.3.
1.2.32“Section 162(m) Exemption” means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, including any amendments or successor provisions to that section, and any regulations and other administrative guidance thereunder, in each case as they may be from time to time amended or interpreted through further administrative guidance.
1.2.33“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, including any amendments or successor provisions to that section, and any regulations and other administrative guidance thereunder, in each case as they may be from time to time amended or interpreted through further administrative guidance.
1.2.34“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.

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1.2.35“Subsidiary” means any entity in which Cole has a direct or indirect ownership interest of 50% or more of the total combined voting power of the then outstanding securities or interests of such corporation or other entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, or in which Cole has the right to receive 50% or more of the distribution of profits or 50% of the assets upon liquidation or dissolution.
1.2.36“Surviving Entity” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.37“Ten Percent Stockholder” means a person owning stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of Cole and of any Subsidiary.
1.3Administration
1.3.1The Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee of the Board as the Board may designate (as constituted from time to time, and including any successor committee, the “Committee”), will administer the Plan. In particular, the Committee will have the authority in its sole discretion to:
a.exercise all of the powers granted to it under the Plan;
b.construe, interpret and implement the Plan and all Award Agreements;
c.prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules governing the Committee's own operations;
d.make all determinations necessary or advisable in administering the Plan;
e.correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan;
f.amend the Plan to reflect changes in applicable law but, subject to Section 1.6.3 or as otherwise specifically provided herein, no such amendment shall adversely impair the rights of the Grantee of any Award without the Grantee's consent;
g.grant Awards and determine who will receive Awards, when such Awards will be granted and the terms of such Awards, including setting forth provisions with regard to the effect of a termination of Employment on such Awards;
h.amend any outstanding Award Agreement in any respect, including, without limitation, to (1) accelerate the time or times at which the Award becomes vested, unrestricted or may be exercised (and, in connection with such acceleration, the Committee may provide that any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to such Award will be restricted shares, which are subject to vesting, transfer, forfeiture or repayment provisions similar to those in the Grantee's underlying Award), (2) accelerate the time or times at which shares of Common Stock are delivered under the Award (and, 

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without limitation on the Committee's rights, in connection with such acceleration, the Committee may provide that any shares of Common Stock delivered pursuant to such Award will be restricted shares, which are subject to vesting, transfer, forfeiture or repayment provisions similar to those in the Grantee's underlying Award), (3) waive or amend any goals, restrictions or conditions set forth in such Award Agreement, or impose new goals, restrictions and conditions or (4) reflect a change in the Grantee's circumstances (e.g., a change to part-time employment status or a change in position, duties or responsibilities), provided that, subject to Section 1.6.3 or as otherwise specifically provided herein, no such amendment shall adversely impair the rights of the Grantee of any Award without the Grantee's consent; and
i.determine at any time whether, to what extent and under what circumstances and method or methods (1) Awards may be (A) settled in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property (in which event, the Committee may specify what other effects such settlement will have on the Grantee's Award, including the effect on any repayment provisions under the Plan or Award Agreement), (B) exercised or (C) canceled, forfeited or suspended, (2) shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award may be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Grantee thereof or of the Committee, (3) to the extent permitted under applicable law, loans (whether or not secured by Common Stock) may be extended by the Company with respect to any Awards and (4) Awards may be settled by Cole, any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates or any of its or their designees.
1.3.2Actions of the Committee may be taken by the vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting (which may be held telephonically). Any action may be taken by a written instrument signed by a majority of the Committee members, and action so taken will be fully as effective as if it had been taken by a vote at a meeting. The determination of the Committee on all matters relating to the Plan or any Award Agreement will be final, binding and conclusive. The Committee may allocate among its members and delegate to any person who is not a member of the Committee or to any administrative group within the Company, any of its powers, responsibilities or duties.
1.3.3Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that no transaction under the Plan is subject to (and all such transactions will be exempt from) the short-swing recovery rules of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (“Section 16(b)”).  Accordingly, the composition of the Committee shall be subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate to permit transactions pursuant to this Plan to be exempt (pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) from Section 16(b), and no delegation of authority by the Committee shall be permitted if such delegation would cause any such transaction to be subject to (and not exempt from) Section 16(b).
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be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the administration of the Plan, including the grant of Awards hereunder. Each Covered Person will be indemnified and held harmless by Cole against and from (a) any loss, cost, liability or expense (including attorneys' fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Covered Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Covered Person may be a party or in which such Covered Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any Award Agreement, in each case, in good faith and (b) any and all amounts paid by such Covered Person, with Cole's approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Covered Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Covered Person, provided that Cole will have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and, once Cole gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, Cole will have sole control over such defense with counsel of Cole's choice. The foregoing right of indemnification will not be available to a Covered Person to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or other final adjudication, in either case, not subject to further appeal, determines that the acts or omissions of such Covered Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Covered Person's bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct. The foregoing right of indemnification will not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which Covered Persons may be entitled under The Third Articles of Amendment & Restatement of Cole and Cole's Amended and Restated Bylaws (each as may be amended from time to time), as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that Cole may have to indemnify such persons or hold them harmless.
1.4Persons Eligible for Awards
Awards under the Plan may be made to Employees and, for Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, Consultants (other than non-employee directors of Cole).
		
	1.5
	Types of Awards under Plan

Awards may be made under the Plan in the form of any of the following, in each case in respect of Common Stock: (a) stock options, (b) stock appreciation rights, (c) restricted shares, (d) restricted stock units, (e) dividend equivalent rights, (f) other stock-based or stock-related Awards (including performance awards), and (g) cash-based Awards that the Committee determines to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan and the interests of the Company.
		
	1.6
	Shares of Common Stock Available for Awards

1.6.1Common Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 1.6, the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards under the Plan is 40,196,534. Such shares of Common Stock may, in the discretion of the Committee, be either authorized but unissued shares or shares previously issued and reacquired by Cole. Shares of Common Stock issued in connection with awards that are assumed, converted or substituted as a result of the Company's acquisition of another company (including by way of merger, combination or similar transaction) will not count against the number of shares that may be issued under the Plan.  Notwithstanding the 

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foregoing, the maximum aggregate number of shares available for issuance pursuant to Incentive Stock Options under the Plan is 2,000,000.
1.6.2Replacement of Shares. If any Award is forfeited, expires, terminates or otherwise lapses, in whole or in part, without the delivery of Common Stock, then the shares of Common Stock covered by such forfeited, expired, terminated or lapsed award will again be available for grant under the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, the following will not again become available for issuance under the Plan: (A) any shares of Common Stock withheld in respect of taxes, (B) any shares tendered or withheld to pay the exercise price of stock options, (C) any shares repurchased by the Company from the Grantee with the proceeds from the exercise of stock options and (D) any shares subject to stock appreciation rights but not issued on exercise as a result of the operation of Section 2.4.4.
1.6.3Adjustments. The Committee will adjust the number of shares of Common Stock authorized pursuant to Section 1.6.1, adjust the individual Grantee limitations set forth in Sections 2.3.1 and 2.4.1 and 2.10 and adjust the terms of any outstanding Awards (including, without limitation, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Award, the type of property to which the Award relates and the exercise or strike price of any Award), in such manner as it deems appropriate (including, without limitation, by payment of cash) to prevent the enlargement or dilution of rights, or otherwise as it deems appropriate, for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock (or issuance of shares of stock other than shares of Common Stock) resulting from a recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, spinoff, splitup, combination, reclassification or exchange of shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, rights offering, separation, reorganization or liquidation, or any other change in the corporate structure or shares of Cole, including any extraordinary dividend or extraordinary distribution. After any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 1.6.3, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each outstanding Award will be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
ARTICLE II
AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN
2.1Agreements Evidencing Awards
Each Award granted under the Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will contain such provisions and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate. Unless otherwise provided herein, the Committee may grant Awards in tandem with or in substitution for or in satisfaction of any other Award or Awards granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of Cole. By accepting an Award pursuant to the Plan, a Grantee thereby agrees that the Award will be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
		
	2.2
	No Rights as a Stockholder

No Grantee (or other person having rights pursuant to an Award) will have any of the rights of a stockholder of Cole with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to an Award until 

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the delivery of such shares.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.6.3, no adjustments will be made for dividends, distributions or other rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, Common Stock, other securities or other property) for which the record date is before the date the Certificates for the shares are delivered, or in the event the Committee elects to use another system, such as book entries by the transfer agent, before the date in which such system evidences the Grantee's ownership of the shares.
		
	2.3
	Options

2.3.1Grant. Stock options may be granted to eligible recipients in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee may determine; provided, however, that the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which stock options may be granted under the Plan to any one individual in any one calendar year may not exceed 2,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6.3).
2.3.2Incentive Stock Options.  At the time of grant, the Committee will determine (a) whether all or any part of a stock option granted to an eligible Employee is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option and (b) the number of shares subject to such Incentive Stock Option; provided, however, that (1) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the option is granted) of the stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an eligible Employee during any calendar year (under all such plans of Cole and of any Subsidiary) will not exceed $100,000 and (2) no Incentive Stock Option (other than an Incentive Stock Option that may be assumed or issued by the Company in connection with a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies) may be granted to a person who is not eligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. The form of any stock option which is entirely or in part intended to be an Incentive Stock Option will clearly indicate that such stock option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or, if applicable, the number of shares subject to the portion of the option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.  No Incentive Stock Options may be granted unless stockholder approval is obtained in accordance with the regulations promulgated under Section 422 of the Code.
2.3.3Exercise Price. The exercise price per share with respect to each stock option will be determined by the Committee but will not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, 110% of the Fair Market Value).
2.3.4Term of Stock Option. In no event will any stock option be exercisable after the expiration of ten years (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, five years) from the date on which the stock option is granted.
2.3.5Exercise of Stock Option and Payment for Shares. A stock option may be exercised at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as will be determined by the Committee at the time the stock option is granted and set forth in the Award Agreement. Subject to any limitations in the applicable Award Agreement, any shares not acquired pursuant to the exercise of a stock option on the applicable vesting date may be acquired 

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thereafter at any time before the final expiration of the stock option. To exercise a stock option, the Grantee must give written notice to Cole specifying the number of shares to be acquired and accompanied by payment of the full purchase price therefor (i) in cash or by certified or official bank check or in another form as determined by the Company, including: (a) personal check, (b) shares of Common Stock, based on the Fair Market Value as of the exercise date, of the same class as those to be granted by exercise of the stock option, (c) any other form of consideration approved by the Company and permitted by applicable law and (d) any combination of the foregoing or (ii) at the election of the Grantee and to the extent permitted by applicable law, by a cashless exercise procedure (a) by Cole withholding a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to pay the exercise price per share (based on the Fair Market Value as of the exercise date) or (b) through an independent broker-dealer. Any person exercising a stock option will make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may in its discretion deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance by Cole, on terms acceptable to Cole, with the provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable legal requirements. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates and issuing stop transfer notices to agents and registrars. If a Grantee so requests, shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a stock option may be issued in the name of the Grantee and another jointly with the right of survivorship.  If the method of payment employed upon exercise so requires, and if applicable law permits, a Grantee may direct Cole to deliver the share certificate(s) to the Grantee's broker-dealer.
2.3.6Repricing. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.3, reducing the exercise price of stock options issued and outstanding under the Plan, including through amendment, cancellation in exchange for the grant of a substitute Award or repurchase for cash or other consideration (in each case that has the effect of reducing the exercise price), will require approval of Cole's stockholders.
2.4Stock Appreciation Rights
2.4.1Grant. Stock appreciation rights may be granted to eligible recipients in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee may determine; provided, however, that the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which stock appreciation rights may be granted under the Plan to any one individual in any one calendar year may not exceed 2,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6.3).
2.4.2Exercise Price. The exercise price per share with respect to each stock appreciation right will be determined by the Committee but will not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock.
2.4.3Term of Stock Appreciation Right. In no event will any stock appreciation right be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date on which the stock appreciation right is granted.
2.4.4Exercise of Stock Appreciation Right and Delivery of Shares. Each stock appreciation right may be exercised in such installments as may be determined in the Award 

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Agreement at the time the stock appreciation right is granted. Subject to any limitations in the applicable Award Agreement, any stock appreciation rights not exercised on the applicable installment date may be exercised thereafter at any time before the final expiration of the stock appreciation right. To exercise a stock appreciation right, the Grantee must give written notice to Cole specifying the number of stock appreciation rights to be exercised. Upon exercise of stock appreciation rights, shares of Common Stock, cash or other securities or property, or a combination thereof, as specified by the Committee equal in value to (a) the excess of (1) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise over (2) the exercise price of such stock appreciation right multiplied by (b) the number of stock appreciation rights exercised will be delivered to the Grantee. Any person exercising a stock appreciation right will make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may in its discretion deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance by Cole, on terms acceptable to Cole, with the provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable legal requirements. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates and issuing stop transfer notices to agents and registrars. If a Grantee so requests, shares purchased may be issued in the name of the Grantee and another jointly with the right of survivorship.
2.4.5Repricing. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.3, reducing the exercise price of stock appreciation rights issued and outstanding under the Plan, including through amendment, cancellation in exchange for the grant of a substitute Award or repurchase for cash or other consideration (in each case that has the effect of reducing the exercise price), will require approval of Cole's stockholders.
2.5Restricted Shares
2.5.1Grants. Subject to Section 2.10, the Committee may grant or offer for sale restricted shares in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. The terms and conditions set forth by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement may relate to vesting and nontransferability restrictions that will lapse upon the achievement of one or more goals related to the completion of service by the Grantee or the achievement of Performance Goals, as determined by the Committee at the time of grant. Upon the delivery of such shares, the Grantee will have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the restricted shares, subject to any other restrictions and conditions as the Committee may include in the applicable Award Agreement. Each Grantee of an Award of restricted shares will be issued a Certificate in respect of such shares, unless the Committee elects to use another system, such as book entries by the transfer agent, as evidencing ownership of such shares. In the event that a Certificate is issued in respect of restricted shares, such Certificate may be registered in the name of the Grantee but will be held by Cole or its designated agent until the time the restrictions lapse.
2.5.2Right to Vote and Receive Dividends on Restricted Shares. Each Grantee of an Award of restricted shares will, during the period of restriction, be the beneficial and record owner of such restricted shares and will have full voting rights with respect thereto. Unless the 

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Committee determines otherwise in an Award Agreement, during the period of restriction, all ordinary cash dividends or other ordinary distributions paid upon any restricted share will be paid to the relevant Grantee (any extraordinary dividends or other extraordinary distributions will be treated in accordance with Section 1.6.3).
2.6Restricted Stock Units
Subject to Section 2.10, the Committee may grant Awards of restricted stock units in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. A Grantee of a restricted stock unit will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of Cole until delivery of shares of Common Stock, cash or other securities or property is made as specified in the applicable Award Agreement. The terms and conditions set forth by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement may relate to vesting and nontransferability restrictions that will lapse upon the achievement of one or more goals related to the completion of service by the Grantee or the achievement of Performance Goals, as determined by the Committee at the time of grant. On the delivery date specified in the Award Agreement, the Grantee of each restricted stock unit not previously forfeited or terminated will receive one share of Common Stock, cash or other securities or property equal in value to a share of Common Stock or a combination thereof, as specified by the Committee.
		
	2.7
	Dividend Equivalent Rights

The Committee may include in the Award Agreement with respect to any Award a dividend equivalent right entitling the Grantee to receive amounts equal to all or any portion of the regular cash dividends that would be paid on the shares of Common Stock covered by such Award if such shares had been delivered pursuant to such Award. The Grantee of a dividend equivalent right will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of Cole until payment of such amounts is made as specified in the applicable Award Agreement. In the event such a provision is included in an Award Agreement, the Committee will determine whether such payments will be made in cash, in shares of Common Stock or in another form, the time or times at which they will be made, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee will deem appropriate.
		
	2.8
	Other Stock-Based Awards

Subject to Section 2.10, the Committee may grant other types of stock-based or stock-related Awards (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted shares of Common Stock and the grant of performance based awards) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. The terms and conditions set forth by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement may relate to vesting and nontransferability restrictions that will lapse upon the achievement of one or more goals related to the completion of service by the Grantee or the achievement of Performance Goals, as determined by the Committee at the time of grant. Such Awards may entail the transfer of actual shares of Common Stock to Award recipients and may include Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.

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	2.9
	Cash-Based Awards

Subject to Section 2.10, the Committee may grant cash-based Awards in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. Cash-Based Awards that are Qualified Performance-Based Awards shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.11.
		
	2.10
	Individual Limitation on Awards

The maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which restricted shares, restricted stock units and other types of stock-based or stock-related Awards (including any associated dividend equivalent rights), that are, in each case, Qualified Performance-Based Awards, may be granted under the Plan to any one individual in any one calendar year may not exceed 2,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6.3). In addition, no individual may be granted in any calendar year cash-based Awards that are Qualified Performance-Based Awards that have an aggregate maximum payment value in excess of $10,000,000.
		
	2.11
	Qualified Performance-Based Awards

2.11.1The provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that all options and stock appreciation rights granted hereunder to any Employee who is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) in the tax year in which such option or stock appreciation right is expected to be deductible to the Company to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption. All such Awards shall therefore be considered Qualified Performance-Based Awards, and this Plan shall be interpreted and operated consistent with that intention (including, without limitation, to require that all such Awards be granted by a committee composed solely of members who satisfy the requirements for being “outside directors” for purposes of the Section 162(m) Exemption (“Outside Directors”)). When granting any Award other than an option or stock appreciation right, the Committee may designate such Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, based upon a determination that (i) the recipient is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) with respect to such Award, and (ii) the Committee wishes such Award to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and the terms of any such Award (and of the grant thereof) shall be consistent with such designation (including, without limitation, that all such Awards be granted by a committee composed solely of Outside Directors).
2.11.2Each Qualified Performance-Based Award (other than an option or stock appreciation right) shall be earned, vested and/or payable (as applicable) upon the achievement of one or more written, objective Performance Goals approved by stockholders in accordance with the Section 162(m) Exemption, together with the satisfaction of any other conditions, such as continued employment, as approved by the Committee for a performance period of not less than one year established by the Committee (i) while the outcome for that performance period is substantially uncertain and (ii) no more than 90 days after the commencement of the performance period to which the Performance Goal relates. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, (i) the Committee may provide, either in connection with the grant thereof or by amendment thereafter, that achievement of the 

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Performance Goals referred to in the immediately preceding sentence will be waived upon the death or disability of the grantee of such Award, and (ii) the provisions of Section 3.6 shall apply notwithstanding this Section 2.11.
2.11.3Following the completion of each performance period, the Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine whether the applicable Performance Goals have been met with respect to a given Grantee and, if they have, shall so certify and ascertain the amount of the applicable Qualified Performance-Based Award.  No Qualified Performance-Based Awards will be paid for such performance period until such certification is made by the Committee.  The amount of the Qualified Performance-Based Award actually paid to a given Grantee may be less (but not more) than the amount determined by the applicable Performance Goals formula, at the discretion of the Committee.
2.11.4The full Board shall not be permitted to exercise authority granted to the Committee to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause an Award designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award not to qualify, or to cease to qualify, for the Section 162(m) Exemption.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
3.1Amendment of the Plan
3.1.1Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or in an Award Agreement, the Board may from time to time suspend, discontinue, revise or amend the Plan in any respect whatsoever but, subject to Section 1.6.3 or as otherwise specifically provided herein, no such amendment shall materially adversely impair the rights of the Grantee of any Award without the Grantee's consent.
3.1.2Unless otherwise determined by the Board, stockholder approval of any suspension, discontinuance, revision or amendment will be obtained only to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable laws, regulations or rules of a securities exchange or self-regulatory agency; provided, however, if and to the extent the Board determines that it is appropriate for Qualified Performance-Based Awards to meet the Section 162(m) Exemption, no amendment that would require stockholder approval in order for amounts paid pursuant to the Plan to constitute performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code will be effective without the approval of Cole's stockholders as required by Section 162(m) of the Code and, if and to the extent the Board determines it is appropriate for the Plan to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, no amendment that would require stockholder approval under Section 422 of the Code will be effective without the approval of Cole's stockholders.
3.2Tax Withholding
Grantees shall be solely responsible for any applicable taxes (including, without limitation, income and excise taxes) and penalties, and any interest that accrues thereon, that they 

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incur in connection with the receipt, vesting or exercise of any Award. As a condition to the delivery of any shares of Common Stock, cash or other securities or property pursuant to any Award or the lifting or lapse of restrictions on any Award, or in connection with any other event that gives rise to a federal or other governmental tax withholding obligation on the part of the Company relating to an Award (including, without limitation, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax), (a) the Company may deduct or withhold (or cause to be deducted or withheld) from any payment or distribution to a Grantee whether or not pursuant to the Plan (including shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable), (b) the Committee will be entitled to require that the Grantee remit cash to the Company (through payroll deduction or otherwise) or (c) the Company may enter into any other suitable arrangements to withhold, in each case in an amount sufficient in the opinion of the Company to satisfy such withholding obligation; provided that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Grantee may elect to pay withholding taxes by (i) Cole withholding a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to pay the withholding taxes (based on the Fair Market Value as of the date of the taxable event) or (ii) an independent broker-dealer arrangement to sell a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to pay the withholding taxes; provided, however, that, subject to Section 3.13, this Section 3.2 shall be implemented in a manner intended to not result in tax penalties to Grantees under Section 409A of the Code.
		
	3.3
	Required Consents and Legends

3.3.1If the Committee at any time determines that any Consent (as hereinafter defined) is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of any Award, the delivery of shares of Common Stock or the delivery of any cash, securities or other property under the Plan, or the taking of any other action thereunder (each such action, a “Plan Action”), then such Plan Action will not be taken, in whole or in part, unless and until such Consent will have been effected or obtained to the full satisfaction of the Committee. The Committee may direct that any Certificate evidencing shares delivered pursuant to the Plan will bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on transferability as the Committee may determine to be necessary or desirable, and may advise the transfer agent to place a stop transfer order against any legended shares.
3.3.2The term “Consent” as used in this Article III with respect to any Plan Action includes (a) any and all listings, registrations or qualifications in respect thereof upon any securities exchange or under any federal, state, or local law, or law, rule or regulation of a jurisdiction outside the United States, (b) any and all written agreements and representations by the Grantee with respect to the disposition of shares, or with respect to any other matter, which the Committee may deem necessary or desirable in order to comply with the terms of any such listing, registration or qualification or to obtain an exemption from the requirement that any such listing, qualification or registration be made, (c) any and all other consents, clearances and approvals in respect of a Plan Action by any governmental or other regulatory body or any stock exchange or self-regulatory agency, (d) any and all consents by the Grantee to (i) the Company's supplying to any third party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan, (ii) the Company's deducting amounts from the Grantee's wages, or another arrangement satisfactory to the Committee, to reimburse the 

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Company for advances made on the Grantee's behalf to satisfy certain withholding and other tax obligations in connection with an Award and (iii) the Company's imposing sales and transfer procedures and restrictions and hedging restrictions on shares of Common Stock delivered under the Plan and (e) any and all consents or authorizations required to comply with, or required to be obtained under, applicable local law or otherwise required by the Committee. Nothing herein will require the Company to list, register or qualify the shares of Common Stock on any securities exchange.
3.4Right of Offset
The Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing, automobile or other employee programs) that the Grantee then owes to the Company and any amounts the Committee otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award provides for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A, the Committee will have no right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement if such offset could subject the Grantee to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A in respect of an outstanding Award.
		
	3.5
	Nonassignability; No Hedging

Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, no Award (or any rights and obligations thereunder) granted to any person under the Plan may be sold, exchanged, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or hedged, in any manner (including through the use of any cash-settled instrument), whether voluntarily or involuntarily and whether by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and all such Awards (and any rights thereunder) will be exercisable during the life of the Grantee only by the Grantee or the Grantee's legal representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may permit, under such terms and conditions that it deems appropriate in its sole discretion, a Grantee to transfer any Award to any person or entity that the Committee so determines. Any sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.5 will be null and void and any Award which is hedged in any manner will immediately be forfeited. All of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award Agreements will be binding upon any permitted successors and assigns.
		
	3.6
	Change in Control

3.6.1Unless otherwise determined by the Committee (or unless otherwise set forth in an employment agreement or an Award Agreement), if a Grantee's Employment is terminated by Cole or any successor entity thereto without Cause, or if the Grantee terminates employment for Good Reason, in each case upon or within two years after a Change in Control, each Award granted to such Grantee prior to such Change in Control shall become fully vested (including the lapsing of all restrictions and conditions) and, as applicable, exercisable as of the date of such 

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termination of Employment, and any shares of Common Stock deliverable pursuant to restricted stock units shall be delivered promptly (but no later than 15 days) following such Grantee's termination of Employment.
3.6.2In the event of a Change in Control, a Grantee's Award shall be treated in accordance with one or more of the following methods as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and, subject to Section 3.13, in a manner determined by the Committee to not result in tax penalties to the Grantee under Section 409A of the Code: (i) provide for assumption of or the issuance of substitute awards that will substantially preserve the otherwise applicable terms of any affected Awards previously granted under the Plan, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; (ii) cancel such awards for fair value (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee) which, in the case of stock options and stock appreciation rights, may equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction to holders of the same number of shares of Common Stock subject to such stock options or stock appreciation rights over the aggregate exercise price of such stock options or stock appreciation rights, as the case may be; or (iii) provide that for a period of at least 20 days prior to the Change in Control, any stock options or stock appreciation rights will be exercisable as to all shares of Common Stock subject thereto (but any such exercise will be contingent upon and subject to the occurrence of the Change in Control and if the Change in Control does not take place within a specified period after giving such notice for any reason whatsoever, the exercise will be null and void) and that any stock options or stock appreciation rights not exercised prior to the consummation of the Change in Control will terminate and be of no further force and effect as of the consummation of the Change in Control. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, terminate any stock option or stock appreciation right for which the exercise price is equal to or exceeds the per share value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction without payment of consideration therefor.
3.7Right of Discharge Reserved
Neither the grant of an Award nor any provision in the Plan or in any Award Agreement will confer upon any Grantee the right to continued Employment by the Company or affect any right which the Company may have to terminate or alter the terms and conditions of such Employment.
		
	3.8
	Nature of Payments

3.8.1Any and all grants of Awards and deliveries of Common Stock, cash, securities or other property under the Plan will be in consideration of services performed or to be performed for the Company by the Grantee. Awards under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be made in substitution in whole or in part for cash or other compensation otherwise payable to a Grantee. Only whole shares of Common Stock will be delivered under the Plan. Awards will, to the extent reasonably practicable, be aggregated in order to eliminate any fractional shares. Fractional shares may, in the discretion of the Committee, be forfeited or be settled in cash or otherwise as the Committee may determine.

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3.8.2All such grants and deliveries of shares of Common Stock, cash, securities or other property under the Plan will constitute a special discretionary incentive payment to the Grantee and will not be required to be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of the Grantee for the purpose of determining any contributions to or any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit-sharing, bonus, life insurance, severance or other benefit plan of the Company or under any agreement with the Grantee, unless the Company specifically provides otherwise.
3.9Non-Uniform Determinations
3.9.1The Committee's determinations under the Plan and Award Agreements need not be uniform and any such determinations may be made by it selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan (whether or not such persons are similarly situated). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee will be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations under Award Agreements, and to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements, as to (a) the persons to receive Awards, (b) the terms and provisions of Awards and (c) whether a Grantee's Employment has been terminated for purposes of the Plan.
3.9.2To the extent the Committee deems it necessary, appropriate or desirable to comply with foreign law or practices and to further the purposes of the Plan, the Committee may, without amending the Plan, establish special rules applicable to Awards to Grantees who are foreign nationals, are employed outside the United States, or both, and grant Awards (or amend existing Awards) in accordance with those rules.
3.10Other Payments or Awards
Nothing contained in the Plan will be deemed in any way to limit or restrict the Company from making any award or payment to any person under any other plan, arrangement or understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in effect.
		
	3.11
	Plan Headings

The headings in the Plan are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the provisions hereof.
		
	3.12
	Termination of Plan

The Board reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however, that in any case, the Plan will terminate May 8, 2023, and provided further, that all Awards made under the Plan before its termination will remain in effect until such Awards have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreements, and provided further that no Awards (other than a stock option or stock appreciation right) that are intended to be Qualified Performance-Based Awards shall be granted on or after the five-year anniversary of the stockholder approval of the Plan unless the Performance Goals are reapproved (or other designated performance goals are approved) by the stockholders no later 

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than the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which stockholders previously approved the Performance Goals.
		
	3.13
	Section 409A

3.13.1It is the intention of the Company that no Award shall be “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A, unless and to the extent that the Committee specifically determines otherwise , and the Plan and the terms and conditions of all Awards shall be interpreted, construed and administered in accordance with this intent, so as to avoid the imposition of taxes and penalties on Grantees pursuant to Section 409A.  Any Award that is “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A is intended to be compliant with Section 409A and shall be construed and administered consistent with this intent.  The Company shall have no liability to any Grantee or otherwise if the Plan or any Award, vesting, exercise or payment of any Award hereunder is subject to the additional tax and penalties under Section 409A.
3.13.2Without limiting the generality of Section 3.13, with respect to any Award made under the Plan that is intended to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A:
a.any payment due upon a Grantee's termination of Employment from the Company shall be paid only upon such Grantee's “separation from service” from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A;
b.if a Grantee is a “specified employee” (as such term is defined in Section 409A and as determined by the Company) as of the Grantee's termination of Employment, any payments (whether in cash, shares or other property) to be made with respect to the Award upon the Grantee's termination of Employment will be accumulated and paid (without interest) on the earlier of (i) first business day of the seventh month following the Grantee's “separation from service” (as such term is defined and used in Section 409A) or (ii) the date of the Grantee's death; if any payment to be made with respect to such Award would occur at a time when the tax deduction with respect to such payment would be limited or eliminated by Section 162(m) of the Code, such payment may be deferred by the Company under the circumstances described in Section 409A until the earliest date that the Company reasonably anticipates that the deduction or payment will not be limited or eliminated;
c.if the Award includes a “series of installment payments” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations), the Grantee's right to the series of installment payments shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments and not as a right to a single payment;
d.if the Award includes “dividend equivalents” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-3(e) of the Treasury Regulations), the Grantee's right to the dividend equivalents shall be treated separately from the right to other amounts under the Award; and

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e.to the extent required in order to avoid the imposition of any interest, penalties and additional tax under Section 409A, for purposes of Section 3.6, a Change in Control shall not have occurred unless such Change in Control is a “change in the ownership or effective control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of Cole, in each case, as determined in accordance with Section 409A, and, if such Change in Control has not occurred, the issuance or transfer of the Award shall occur on the date of Grantee's “separation from service” as determined in accordance with Section 409A.
3.14Governing Law
THE PLAN WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.
		
	3.15
	Choice of Forum

3.15.1The Company and each Grantee, as a condition to such Grantee's participation in the Plan, hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in Maricopa County, Arizona, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to or concerning the Plan. The Company and each Grantee, as a condition to such Grantee's participation in the Plan, acknowledge that the forum designated by this Section 3.15.1 has a reasonable relationship to the Plan and to the relationship between such Grantee and the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein will preclude the Company from bringing any action or proceeding in any other court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of Section 3.15.1.
3.15.2The agreement by the Company and each Grantee as to forum is independent of the law that may be applied in the action, and the Company and each Grantee, as a condition to such Grantee's participation in the Plan, (i) agree to such forum even if the forum may under applicable law choose to apply non-forum law, (ii) hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted  by applicable law, any objection which the Company or such Grantee now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any court referred to in Section 3.15.1, (iii) undertake not to commence any action arising out of or relating to or concerning the Plan in any forum other than the forum described in this Section 3.15 and (iv) agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court will be conclusive and binding upon the Company and each Grantee.
3.15.3Each Grantee, as a condition to such Grantee's participation in the Plan, hereby irrevocably appoints the General Counsel of Cole as such Grantee's agent for service of process in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to or concerning the Plan, who will promptly advise such Grantee of any such service of process.
3.15.4Each Grantee, as a condition to such Grantee's participation in the Plan, agrees to keep confidential the existence of, and any information concerning, a dispute, 

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controversy or claim described in Section 3.15, except that a Grantee may disclose information concerning such dispute, controversy or claim to the court that is considering such dispute, controversy or claim or to such Grantee's legal counsel (provided that such counsel agrees not to disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or defense of the dispute, controversy or claim).
3.16Waiver of Jury Trial
EACH GRANTEE WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN.
		
	3.17
	Severability; Entire Agreement

If any of the provisions of the Plan or any Award Agreement is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision will be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability and the remaining provisions will not be affected thereby; provided that if any of such provisions is finally held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable because it exceeds the maximum scope determined to be acceptable to permit such provision to be enforceable, such provision will be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder. The Plan and any Award Agreements contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties between them, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter thereof.
		
	3.18
	No Third Party Beneficiaries

Except as expressly provided in an Award Agreement, neither the Plan nor any Award Agreement will confer on any person other than the Company and the Grantee of any Award any rights or remedies thereunder.  The exculpation and indemnification provisions of Section 1.3.4 will inure to the benefit of a Covered Person's estate and beneficiaries and legatees.
		
	3.19
	Successors and Assigns of Cole

The terms of the Plan and Awards hereunder will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Cole and any successor entity contemplated by Section 3.6.
		
	3.20
	Effective Date

The Plan became immediately effective upon its adoption by the Board on May 8, 2013 (the “Effective Date”).

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