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Exhibit 10.3

NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between MiMedx Group, Inc., (the “Company”) and Name (“Employee”). In consideration of the employment or continued employment of the Employee and the salary and other remuneration and benefits paid by the Company to the Employee while Employee is employed by the Company, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties agree:
1. Employee Acknowledgments
		
	(a)
	The Employee agrees that the Company is engaged in the highly competitive business of an integrated developer, processor and/or marketer of (i) collagen based biomaterials and products, (ii) bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane, (iii) other amnion-based products, (iv) tissue regeneration products, and (v) other existing or future products developed, manufactured, marketed, authorized, offered or provided by the Company (the “Business”).  

		
	(b)
	The restrictive covenant set forth below in Section 2 is essential for the Company to protect its: (i) trade secrets (as defined by the Georgia Trade Secrets Act of 1990, or similar state law, or the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016); (ii) valuable confidential information; (iii) substantial relationships with specific prospective or existing customers; (iv) customer good will associated with (A) the Business, including, but not limited to, by way of trade name, trademark, service mark, or trade dress, (B) a specific geographic location; or (C) a specific marketing or trade area; or (v) extraordinary or specialized training.

		
	(c)
	Employee: (i) by reason of the Company’s investment of time, training, money, trust, exposure to the public, or exposure to customers, vendors, or other business relationships during the course of Employee’s employment with the Company will attain a high level of influence or credibility with the Company’s customers, vendors, or other business relationships; or (ii) by reason of working for the Company, will be in possession of selective or specialized skills, learning, or abilities, or customer contacts or customer information, or confidential information.

		
	(d)
	In the course of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee has done or will do one or more of the following (i) customarily and regularly solicit for the Company customers or prospective customers; (ii) customarily and regularly engage in making sales or obtaining orders or contracts for products or services to be performed by others; (iii) perform the following duties: (A) have a primary duty of managing the Company or a customarily recognized department or subdivision of the Company; (B) customarily and regularly direct the work of two or more other employees; or (C) have the authority to hire or fire other employees or have particular weight given to suggestions and recommendations as to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion, or any other change of status of other employees; or (iv) perform the duties of a key employee or professional, as such terms are defined under the Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act.

2. Non-Competition

During Employee’s employment with the Company and for a period of one (1) year following the termination of Employee’s employment for any reason (the “Termination Date”), Employee shall not, within the Territory (as such term is defined below in Section 2 of this Agreement), either directly or indirectly, (i)  provide the same or similar services, engage in the same or similar activities, or manage the same or similar services as those provided or engaged in by Employee for or on behalf of the Company within two (2) years prior to the Termination Date for any business offering products or services competitive with those offered by the Company; or (ii)  serve in a general management capacity or engage in general management activities for any business offering products or services competitive with those offered by the Business. 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Territory” means any state in which Employee performs services on behalf of the Company and any U.S. state in which a customer to which Employee provides services on behalf of the Company is located at any time during Employee’s relationship with the Company.  Employee agrees and acknowledges that as of the Effective Date, the Employee will be providing services on behalf of the Company in each of the U.S. states indicated below.  The Employee further agrees and acknowledges that from time to time during the course of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee may begin to provide services in other U.S. states not indicated below in which a customer to which Employee provides services on behalf of the Company after the Effective Date, is located (“Additional States”). Upon the Employee’s Termination Date, the combination of the states indicated below plus such Additional States shall form the Territory in which this Agreement is enforced. Such Additional States and the states indicated below will be limited to those in which the above-described services were provided by the Employee on behalf of the Company within two (2) years prior to the Termination Date.

_____Employee Initial    Page 1 of 3

	
				
	☒ Alabama
	 ☒ Indiana
	 ☒ Nebraska
	☒ Rhode Island

	☒ Alaska
	 ☒ Iowa
	 ☒ Nevada
	☒ South Carolina

	☒ Arizona
	 ☒ Kansas
	 ☒ New Hampshire
	☒ South Dakota

	☒ Arkansas
	 ☒ Kentucky
	 ☒ New Jersey
	☒ Tennessee

	☒ California
	 ☒ Louisiana
	 ☒ New Mexico
	☒ Texas

	☒ Colorado
	 ☒ Maine
	 ☒ New York
	☒ Utah

	☒ Connecticut
	 ☒ Maryland
	 ☒ North Carolina
	☒ Vermont

	☒ Delaware
	 ☒ Massachusetts
	 ☒ North Dakota
	☒ Virginia

	☒ Florida
	 ☒ Michigan
	 ☒ Ohio
	☒ Washington

	☒ Georgia
	 ☒ Minnesota
	 ☒ Oklahoma
	☒ West Virginia

	☒ Hawaii
	 ☒ Mississippi
	 ☒ Oregon
	☒ Wisconsin

	☒ Idaho
	 ☒ Missouri
	 ☒ Pennsylvania
	☒ Wyoming

	☒ Illinois
	 ☒ Montana
	 
	☒ District of Columbia

3. Severability
If any part or provision in this Agreement is determined to be in violation of any law, rule or regulation or otherwise unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the validity of any other part or provision of this Agreement, but such other parts or provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Each provision, paragraph, and subparagraph of this Agreement is severable from every other provision, paragraph and subparagraph and constitutes a separate and distinct covenant. If a court should determine not to enforce a covenant as written due to overbreadth,  whether  due to too great a period of time, too large a territory, or too broad a scope of prohibited activities, the covenant shall be deemed to be modified to permit its enforcement to the maximum extent permitted by law.  The covenants in this Agreement are independent of any other rights or obligations between the parties, and any dispute between the parties as to any such right or obligations shall not delay, preclude or otherwise limit the enforcement of any rights or obligations in this Agreement.
4. Successors
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and the Employee, Employee’s heirs, executors and administrators.
5. Injunctive Relief
The Employee understands, acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any of the covenants and promises contained in this Agreement, the Company shall suffer irreparable injury for which there is no adequate remedy at law, and the Company will therefore be entitled to injunctive relief from the courts enjoining said breach or threatened breach. The Employee further acknowledges that the Company also shall have the right to seek a remedy at law as well as or in lieu of equitable relief in the event of any such breach.
6. Tolling
In the event the enforceability of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be challenged in a court of competent jurisdiction and Employee is not enjoined from breaching any of the restrictive covenants, then if a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the challenged restrictive covenant(s) is enforceable, the time periods set forth herein shall be deemed tolled upon the filing of the lawsuit challenging the enforceability of this Agreement until the dispute is finally resolved and all periods of appeal have expired.  

7.  Reasonableness of Restrictions
Employee warrants that the restraints imposed upon Employee under Section 2 above: (i) are reasonable, (ii) do not and would not impose an undue economic hardship upon Employee, (iii) are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Company and the Business, and (iv) are reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area.  
8.  Waiver of Breach
The Company’s waiver of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the Employee does not waive any subsequent breach by the Employee, nor does the Company’s failure to take action against any other employee for similar breaches operate as a waiver by the Company of a breach.

_____Employee Initial    Page 2 of 3

9. Entire Agreement and Modification
This Agreement represents the entire understanding between Employee and the Company on a matter addressed herein and may not be modified, changed or altered by any promise or statement of any other employee of the Company other than in a writing signed by Employee and an authorized representative of Company. This Agreement supersedes and entirely replaces any other all prior discussions, agreements, and understandings of every kind and nature, whether oral or in writing, between the parties with respect to the subject matters addressed herein. The waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by any employee shall not be construed as a waiver of rights with respect to any subsequent breach by Employee.
10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue
This Agreement has been entered into under and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia.  The parties agree that the state and federal courts located in Cobb County, Georgia shall be the sole and exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all disputes between the parties under this Agreement.  Employee hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Cobb County, Georgia for adjudication of all disputes between the parties under this Agreement or otherwise related to the parties’ relationship.  Employee hereby waives any objections or defenses to jurisdiction or venue in any such proceeding before such court. 

11. Employee’s Status

Nothing in this Agreement will be construed as constituting a commitment, guarantee, agreement or understanding of any kind or nature that the Company will continue to employ Employee, nor will this Agreement affect in any way the right of the Company to terminate the employment of Employee at any time and for any reason whatsoever. By Employee’s execution of this Agreement, Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee’s employment with the Company is “at will”.  No change of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company will result in, or be deemed to be, a modification of the terms of this Agreement. 

12. Future Employment
For so long as the restricted period in Section 2 of this Agreement remains in effect, Employee shall provide any employers or prospective employers with a copy of this Agreement.  For so long as the restricted periods in the covenants in this Agreement remain in effect, the Employee also expressly consents to the Company providing a copy of this Agreement to any of the Employee’s future employers.
 

 
13. Prevailing Party
If the Company is the prevailing party in any proceeding or action at law or in equity brought by the Company to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, Employee shall reimburse the Company for the costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expert fees) incurred by the Company in such proceeding.

The parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement on the date identified below.

Employee has carefully read and understands the provisions of this Agreement and has had the opportunity to seek independent legal advice prior to signing this Agreement. Employee represents and warrants that Employee has entered into this Agreement voluntarily and after consulting with whomsoever Employee wished.

Executed this ___________day of _________________________, 20______.
                              (day)                                    (month)                                 (year)

_____Employee Initial    Page 3 of 3

	
		
	 
	File Copy

	
			
	 
	 
	MiMedx Group, Inc.

	 
	 
	 

	Name
	 
	By: Thornton A. Kuntz, Jr.
       Senior Vice President, Administration

_____Employee Initial    Page 1 of 2Exhibit

                                                                                   

Exhibit 10.4

EMPLOYEE INVENTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between MiMedx Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and Name (the “Employee”), (together referred to as “Parties,” or individually as “Party”). In consideration of the employment of the Employee and the salary and other remuneration and benefits paid by the Company to the Employee while Employee is employed by the Company, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties, and effective as of the date hereof, Employee hereby agrees as follows:
1. Inventions.  Employee agrees that all Subject Inventions conceived or first reduced to practice by Employee as part of, or related to, Employee’s employment by the Company, and all patent rights and copyrights in and to such Subject Inventions will become the property of the Company.  Employee hereby irrevocably assigns and agrees to assign to the Company or Company’s designee, without further consideration, all of Employee’s entire right, title, and interest in and to all Subject Inventions, other than the Excluded Inventions, including, without limitation, all rights to obtain, register, perfect, and enforce patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property protection for the Subject Inventions.  
2. Copyrights.  Employee agrees to assign and hereby does assign to the Company all right, title and interest in and to all copyrights that Employee may have now, or in the future, in and to such Subject Works.  To the fullest extent possible, the Subject Works shall be deemed a “work made for hire” for the purposes of U.S.  Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.  § 101 et seq., as amended.  In addition, to the extent that Employee has any right of attribution and/or integrity in or to any specific portion of the Subject Works under the laws of the United States of America (including but not limited to 17 USC 106A) or any foreign country, Employee hereby waives (a) any right to prevent the distortion, mutilation, modification or destruction of the original art and (b) any right to require that Employee’s name be used in association with that specific portion of the Subject Works or with any work based thereon.  The waiver specified by this Section 4 shall be for the benefit of the Company and shall survive the expiration or termination for any reason of Employee’s employment by the Company.
3. License.  To the extent that the Company's use or exploitation of the Subject Inventions or Subject Works made or contributed by Employee hereunder may require a license from Employee under any other proprietary rights held by Employee, Employee hereby grants the Company a fully-paid, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license, with unlimited right to sublicense, to make, use, sell, copy, modify, prepare derivative works of, publish, distribute, perform, display and otherwise exploit such Subject Inventions or Subject Works.  The Company may freely transfer or assign its rights generally in the Subject Inventions or Subject Works.
4. Invention Disclosure.  Employee will disclose promptly and in writing to the Company, all Inventions and Works which Employee has conceived, made, will make or have reduced or will reduce to practice as part of, or related to, Employee’s employment by the Company; and Employee will make such disclosures in a form that will allow the Company to determine if any such Inventions or Works are Subject Inventions or Subject Works as applicable. Employee hereby represents to the Company that, except in relation to the Excluded Inventions, Employee owns no Inventions, patent registrations or applications, or copyright registrations or applications, individually or jointly with others.
5. Cooperation in Patent and Copyright Applications and Ownership Rights.   Employee agrees that should the Company elect to file an application for patent or copyright protection, either in the United States, or in any foreign country, on a Subject Invention or Subject Work of which Employee is or was an inventor, creator or author, Employee will execute all necessary truthful papers, including formal assignments to the Company relating to such patent and/or copyright applications and provide all such cooperation and assistance as is reasonably required for the orderly prosecution of any such applications or assignments.  Employee further agrees that he or she will execute and deliver to the Company, its successors and assigns, any assignments and documents the Company requests for the purpose of establishing, evidencing, and enforcing or defending its complete, exclusive, perpetual, and worldwide ownership of all right, title, and interest of every kind and nature, in and to a Subject Invention or Subject Work, and Employee constitutes and appoints the Company as his or her agent and attorney‐in‐fact to execute and deliver any such assignments or documents, including applications for patent or copyright protection, this power and agency being coupled with an interest and being irrevocable.  Employee’s obligations under this Section 5 shall continue during the term of the Employee’s employment with the Company and shall survive the termination or expiration for any reason or no reason of the Employee’s employment with the Company.
6. Representations and Prior Agreements.   Employee represents and warrants to the Company that no provision of any agreement by which Employee is bound (i) prohibits or in any way restricts Employee’s employment by the Company or (ii) requires Employee to assign or otherwise transfer to any person or entity, other than the Company, any Work or Invention created, conceived or first reduced to practice by Employee as part of or related to Employee’s provision of employment services.  In addition, Employee represents and warrants to the Company that (a) Employee will not use any Trade Secrets of any third party in Employee’s provision of employment services and the Subject Inventions and (b) except as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company, the Subject Works will contain only original Inventions and Works conceived, developed and reduced to practice by Employee.
7. Agreements With Third Parties.  Employee acknowledges that the Company from time to time may have agreements with other persons which impose obligations or restrictions on the Company regarding Inventions or Works made during the course of work under such agreements or regarding the confidential nature of such work.  Employee agrees to be bound by all such obligations or restrictions and to take all action necessary to discharge the obligations of the Company thereunder.
8. Employee Indemnification.   Employee hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees and shareholders, from and against any and all claims and liabilities and any and all damages, costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees incident thereto, (i) for property damage, death or bodily injury suffered by any person arising from any neglect, act or omission or willful misconduct of Employee; (ii) related to or arising from Employee’s failure to perform or any other breach of the obligations set forth above for Employee and (iii) any breach of the warranties and representations made by Employee in Section 7 above. 
9. Notices.   All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and by any one or more of the following means:  (i) if mailed by prepaid certified mail, return receipt requested, at any time other than during a general discontinuance of postal service due to strike, lockout or otherwise, such notice shall be deemed to have been received on the date shown on the receipt; (ii) if telecopied, such notice shall be followed forthwith by letter by first class mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to have been received on the next business day following dispatch by telecopy and acknowledgment of receipt by the recipient's telecopy machine; (iii) if delivered by hand, such notice shall be deemed effective when delivered; or (iv) if delivered by national overnight courier, such notice shall be deemed to have been received on the next business day following delivery to such courier.  All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be given to the Parties hereto at the following addresses:
If to the Company:
MiMedx Group, Inc.
1775 West Oak Commons Ct., NE
Marietta, GA  30062
Attn:  General Counsel
Facsimile: (770) 590-3567

If to Employee:

____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________

10. Choice of Law and Forum Selection.  All provisions of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia without reference to principles of conflict of laws.  Any lawsuit, claim, or other legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in or covering Cobb County Georgia, and the Employee and the Company hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in or covering Cobb County Georgia.  In the event Company is the prevailing party in any such proceeding, the Employee shall reimburse the Company for the costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by the Company in such proceeding.
11. Injunctive Relief.  Employee understands, acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any of the covenants and promises contained in this Agreement, the Company shall suffer irreparable injury for which there is no adequate remedy at law, and the Company will therefore be entitled to injunctive relief from the federal or state courts located in or covering Cobb County Georgia enjoining said breach or threatened breach.  The existence of any claim or cause of action by Employee against the Company, including any dispute relating to the termination of this Agreement, shall not constitute a defense to enforcement of the covenants and promises contained herein by injunction. Employee further acknowledged that the Company also shall have the right to seek a remedy at law as well as or in lieu of equitable relief in the event of any such breach.

12. Miscellaneous.  In the event of any breach or threatened breach of this agreement Employee agrees that money damages alone would not be a sufficient remedy, and, accordingly, the Company shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and specific performance to enforce the provisions of this Agreement without being required to show any actual damage or to post any bond or other security, but nothing herein shall preclude the Company from pursuing any action or other remedy for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement.
    
This Agreement will be binding upon Employee and inure to the benefit of the Company and its respective successors and assigns. Employee may not assign Employee’s duties and obligations hereunder.  Any Section of this Agreement whose terms, conditions or obligations have not been, or cannot be, fully performed prior to the termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason shall survive such termination or expiration of this Agreement, along with all definitions required by such Section.  Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable.  If any term or provision hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Agreement.
    
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Company and Employee with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all previous agreements between the Company and Employee relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.  No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed waived, amended or modified by the Company, unless such waiver, amendment or modification is made in writing and signed by the Company and Employee.  

    

13. Definitions.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
 “Excluded Invention” means any Invention listed on Exhibit “A” of this Agreement that existed prior to Employee’s employment by the Company and would be a Subject Invention if such Invention was or is made during Employee’s employment by the Company.
“Invention” means any idea, discovery, whether or not patentable, including, but not limited to, any useful process, method, formula, technique, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, algorithm or computer program, as well as improvements thereto, which is new or which Employee has a reasonable basis to believe may be new.
“Subject Invention” means any Invention which is conceived by Employee alone or in a joint effort with others and which indirectly or directly results from Employee’s employment by the Company.
“Subject Work” means any Work which is conceived by Employee alone or in a joint effort with others and which indirectly or directly results from Employee’s employment by the Company.
 “Work” means a copyrightable work of authorship, including without limitation, any technical description for products, user’s guides, illustrations, advertising materials, computer programs (including the contents of read only memories) and any contribution to such material.
14. Acknowledgement.  Employee understands that this Agreement, as a condition of Employee’s retention by the Company, (a) contains an assignment of certain patent rights, copyrights and related rights to inventions and works of authorship that Employee conceives while providing services to the Company, (b) may affect Employee’s rights to inventions and works of authorship owned by Employee at the time Employee’s employment by the Company commences, and (c) imposes upon Employee certain confidentiality restrictions with respect to Confidential Information and Trade Secrets belonging to the Company.  Employee has read this Agreement carefully and has been given the opportunity to have this Agreement reviewed by Employee’s legal counsel before signing.

Employee has carefully read and understands the provisions of this Agreement, and has the opportunity to seek independent legal advice prior to signing the Agreement.  Nothing contained in this Agreement creates a contractual right to employment for a definite term, and either Party may terminate the employment subject to this Agreement with or without cause at any time, and for any reason, including no reason.  Employee represents and warrants that Employee has entered into this Agreement voluntarily and after consulting with whomsoever Employee wished, intending to be legally bound.

  Executed this      day of     ,     .
(day)    (month)    (year)

	
			
	 
	 
	MiMedx Group, Inc.

	 
	 
	 

	Name
	 
	By: Thornton A. Kuntz, Jr.
       Senior Vice President, Administration

	 
	 
	 

                    

Exhibit “A”

Excluded Inventions, Improvements, and
Original Works of Authorship

	
			
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______Employee Initial            Page 1 of 4

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