Document:

Form of Change of Control Agreement, Two Year Letter April 1, 2002

 
EXHIBIT
10.9(iv) 
 
April 1, 2002 
 
Name 
Address 
City, State, Zip Code 
 
Dear             : 
 
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Georgia-Pacific Corporation (the “Company”) has given careful consideration to the potential impact upon you (the “Executive”) and
other officers in the event of a threatened or actual Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company. 
 
The Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction to you of the personal uncertainties and risks that would be created by a pending or threatened Change of Control, and
considers it in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to encourage you to give your full attention and dedication to the Company’s business and affairs in the event of any such Change of Control. In order to accomplish this,
the Board has approved specified compensation and benefit arrangements for you in the event of a Change of Control, which are designed to meet your reasonable expectations with respect to such matters, and enable the Company to be competitive with
similar practices of other corporations. This letter agreement (the “Agreement”) sets forth terms and conditions of the Company’s agreement with you concerning such arrangements. 
 
1. In this Agreement, the terms set forth below have the
meanings ascribed to them: 
 
(a) The
“Effective Date” shall mean the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined below) on which a Change of Control (as defined below) occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control
occurs and if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated within one year prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment (i) was
at the request of a third party which had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Effective
Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment. 

 
(b) The
“Change of Control Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the third anniversary of the date hereof; provided, however, that commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each annual
anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Renewal Date”), unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to its terms, the Change in Control Period shall be
automatically extended so as to terminate three years from such Renewal Date. 
 
(c) A “Change of Control” shall mean: 
 
(i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”))(a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, the following acquisitions shall
not constitute a Change of Control: (A) any such acquisition by a Person who on the date of this Agreement was the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; (B) any such acquisition directly from the Company,
including without limitation a public offering of securities; (C) any such acquisition by the Company; (D) any such acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliated
Companies; or (E) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C) of subparagraph (iii) below; 
 
(ii) Individuals who constitute the Board as of the date of this Agreement (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date of this Agreement whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of
at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office is
in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election or removal of the directors of the Company or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies of consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;

 
(iii) Consummation of a
reorganization, merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), 
 

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in each case
unless, following such Business Combination: (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the corporation resulting from the Business Combination (including, without
limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more Affiliated Companies) (the “Successor Entity”) in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; and (B) no Person (excluding any Successor Entity or any employee benefit plan, or related trust, of
the Company or such Successor Entity) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Successor Entity, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to
the Business Combination; and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Successor Entity were members of the Incumbent Board (including persons deemed to be members of the Incumbent Board by reason of the proviso to
subparagraph (ii) above) at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or 
 
(iv) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 
 
Notwithstanding anything in this definition to the contrary,
none of the following actions shall constitute a Change of Control with respect to the Company or an Affiliated Company: (A) the transfer by the Company to an Affiliated Company of substantially all of its assets (irrespective of whether the
Company’s obligations under this Agreement are transferred to and assumed by such Affiliated Company), or (B) an initial public offering of the common stock of such Affiliated Company or the distribution or dividend of the common stock of such
Affiliated Company to the Company’s stockholders. 
 
(d) “Affiliated Company” shall mean any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Company. 
 
2. The Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its employ, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the
Company subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the third anniversary of such date (the “Employment Period”); provided, however, that unless notice of termination
of this Agreement shall have been given by either the Company or the Executive prior to such third anniversary of the Effective Date, the 
 

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Employment Period shall be
automatically renewed on such anniversary and on each succeeding anniversary of the Effective Date for successive one year periods until any such notice of termination shall have been given. 
 
(a) During the Employment Period, (i) the Executive’s
position (including offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held at any time during the 120-day period immediately
preceding the Effective Date and (ii) the Executive’s services shall be performed at the location where the Executive was employed immediately preceding the Effective Date or at any office or location of the Company in the Atlanta, Georgia,
metropolitan area. 
 
(b) During the Employment
Period (excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled), the Executive agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent
necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period it shall not be a
violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal investments, so long
as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that any such
activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed
to interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to the Company. 
 
(c) During the Employment Period: 
 
(i) Base Salary. The Executive shall receive an annual base salary (“Annual Base Salary”), which shall be
paid no less frequently than monthly and which shall be equal to no less than the base salary paid to the Executive by the Company and its Affiliated Companies at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date. During the Employment
Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed no more than 12 months after the last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the Effective Date and thereafter at least annually. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit
or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Executive’s Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced during the Employment Period, and the term Annual Base Salary as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base
Salary as in effect at the time of any determination made pursuant to this Agreement. 
 

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(ii) Annual Incentive Payment. The Executive shall be provided (for each calendar year during the Employment Period), an annual incentive opportunity at least equal to the highest annual incentive opportunity in effect for the
Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately prior to the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, the annual incentive opportunity provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the
Company and its Affiliated Companies (the “Annual Incentive Opportunity”); provided, however, that the actual annual incentive payment made to the Executive for the year in which the Effective Date occurs shall in no event be less than the
target incentive under the Economic Value Incentive Plan or any successor plan (the “EVIP”) for such year. Each such annual incentive shall be paid no later than the end of the second month of the calendar year next following the calendar
year for which the annual incentive is awarded, unless the Executive shall elect to defer the receipt of such annual incentive in accordance with the terms of any applicable deferred compensation plan. 
 
(iii) Incentive, Savings and Retirement
Plans. The Executive shall be entitled to participate in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies, but in no event
shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive opportunities (measured with respect to both regular and special incentive opportunities, to the extent, if any, that such distinction is applicable), savings
opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its Affiliated Companies for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies and
programs as in effect at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and
its Affiliated Companies. 
 
(iv)
Welfare Benefit Plans. The Executive and the Executive’s family shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and its
Affiliated Companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, executive life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to other peer
executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans,
practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time 
 

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during the
120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. 
 
(v) Expenses. The Executive shall be
entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and procedures of the Company and its Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at any
time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies.

 
(vi) Fringe Benefits. The
Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits in accordance with the plans, practices, programs and policies of the Company and its Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the
Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. 
 
(vii) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation on terms no less
favorable than those provided for in the vacation policies, programs and practices of the Company and its Affiliated Companies in effect for elected officers of the Company generally at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the
Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. 
 
3. The Executive’s employment shall terminate under the following circumstances: 
 
(a) Upon the Executive’s death during the Employment
Period. 
 
(b) If the Company determines in good
faith that Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of Disability set forth below), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with Section 13 of this Agreement of its intention
to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the “Disability Effective Date”),
provided that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of the Executive’s duties. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean the absence of the Executive from
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full-time basis for 180 consecutive business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical
illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and reasonably acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative. 
 
(c) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment
during the Employment Period for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: 
 
(i) the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially the Executive’s duties with the
Company or one of its Affiliated Companies (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness); provided, however, that if any such Cause relates to the Executive’s obligations under this
Agreement or is otherwise susceptible to cure, the Company shall not terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder unless the Company first gives the Executive written notice of its intention to terminate and of the specific grounds for such
termination, and the Executive has not, within 20 business days following receipt of the notice, cured such Cause, or, in the event such Cause is not susceptible to cure within such 20 business day period, the Executive has not taken all reasonable
steps within such 20 business day period to cure such Cause as promptly as practicable thereafter; or 
 
(ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably
injurious to the Company; or 
 
(iii) the Executive’s conviction of a felony involving dishonesty or moral turpitude. 
 
For purposes of this Section 3(c), no act or failure to act on the part of the Executive shall be considered “willful” unless it
is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a
resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Company or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by
the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of the resolution duly
adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an
opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), 
 

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finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in
subparagraphs (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. 
 
(d) The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean: 
 
(i) the assignment to the Executive of any
duties inconsistent in any adverse respect with the Executive’s position (including offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 2(a) of this Agreement, or any other action by the
Company which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities; or 
 
(ii) any failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions of Section 2(c)(i)—(iv) of this Agreement; or

 
(iii) the Company’s
requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location other than as provided in Section 2(a) hereof; or 
 
(iv) any purported termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by
this Agreement. 
 
excluding, for purposes of clauses (i) to (iv)
above, an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive. 
 
(e) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good
Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 13 of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates
the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the
provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than thirty days after the giving of such notice). The
failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder, or
preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder. 
 

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(f) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if the
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt during the Employment Period of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein, as the case may be, (ii) if
the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date during the Employment Period on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination, (iii) if the
Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date during the Employment Period of the death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be, and (iv) if the
Executive resigns for reasons that do not constitute Good Reason, the Date of Termination shall be the last day of the month during the Employment Period in which such resignation occurs. 
 
4. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than
for Cause, death or Disability, or the Executive shall terminate employment for Good Reason, then: 
 
(a) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the
following amounts: 
 
(i) the sum
of (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (B) the product of (x) the greater of the Executive’s target incentive under the EVIP for the year in which the Effective Date
occurs or the highest annual incentive paid or payable (including any bonus or portion thereof that has been deferred) to the Executive in the last two completed calendar years (the “Annual Incentive”) and (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days in the current calendar year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, and (C) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in
clauses (A), (B), and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”); and 
 
(ii) an amount equal to the product of (A) two and (B) the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary at the rate
in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, and (y) the Annual Incentive. 
 
(b) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination an amount equal to (A) the contributions the Company would have made for the benefit of the
Executive to the Company’s qualified and non-qualified pension and 401(k) plans (other than the Officer Retirement Agreements), assuming (i) the Executive continued as an employee of the Corporation for a period of two years beginning on the
Executive’s Date of Termination , (ii) the Executive’s compensation ineach of the two years is the 
 

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sum of the Annual Base Salary and the Annual Incentive, and (iii) the Executive during such period
contributed six percent of his Annual Base Salary (as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination) to the 401(k) plan, and (B) the total of the interest payable on each such contribution from the date such contribution would have been
made to the end of such period, calculated at the interest crediting rate in effect on the Date of Termination under the Company’s Salaried Pension Plan; 
 
(c) for two years after the Executive’s Date of Termination or for any longer period as may be required by the terms of the
appropriate plan, program, practice or policy, the Company shall provide benefits to the Executive and the Executive’s family at least equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and
policies described in Section 2(c)(iv) of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the
Company and its Affiliated Companies and their families, at no additional cost to the Executive other than the cost of such benefits to the Executive as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination. If, at the end of this two year period
of continued health and welfare benefit coverage, the Executive is at least age 55 and has 10 years of service (determined as if the Executive had remained employed by the Company during the two year period of continued benefit coverage), the
Company shall provide the Executive (and the Executive’s eligible dependents) with retiree medical and dental benefit coverage no less favorable than the coverage provided to retirees of the Company (and their dependents) during the 120-day
period immediately preceding the Effective Date. In the event the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer-provided plan or becomes eligible for Medicare,
the medical and other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan or Medicare, as applicable, during such applicable period of eligibility. 
 
(d) the Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with up to $25,000 of
outplacement services, the scope and provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in his sole discretion; 
 
(e) the Executive shall receive two years of age and service credit for all purposes under his or her Officer Retirement Agreement
commencing on the Date of Termination, the benefit under such agreement shall be paid to Executive in a single lump sum (determined using the “applicable mortality table” and “applicable interest rate” as defined in Internal
Revenue Code section 417(e) as of the date of determination) within 30 days after the Date of Termination, and the non-competition clause in such agreement shall be waived for all purposes; 
 

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(f) all awards made or granted under any of the Company’s stock-based compensation
plans shall be exercisable or payable in accordance with the terms of such plans; and 
 
(g) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is
eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company or its Affiliated Companies (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Other Benefits”). 
 
5. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason
of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for the payment of Accrued Obligations and the
timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of Other
Benefits (as defined in Section 4 (g)), such term as utilized in this Section 5 shall include, without limitation, and the Executive’s estate and/or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, benefits at least equal to the most favorable
benefits provided by the Company and Affiliated Companies to the estates and beneficiaries of peer executives of the Company and such Affiliated Companies under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to death benefits, if any, as in
effect with respect to other peer executives and their beneficiaries at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive’s estate and/or the Executive’s beneficiaries, as in
effect on the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies and their beneficiaries. 
 
6. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, this
Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash
within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of Other Benefits (as defined in Section 4 (g)), such term as utilized in this Section 6 shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date
to receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those generally provided by the Company and its affiliated accompanies to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices
and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or
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generally with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies and their
families. 
 
7. If the Executive’s employment
shall be terminated for Cause during the Employment Period, or if the Executive voluntarily terminates employment for reasons that do not constitute Good Reason during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations
to the Executive, other than for payment to the Executive (a) his Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (b) the amount of any compensation previously deferred by the Executive under any applicable deferred compensation plan, and (c)
Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid. 
 
8. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies and for which the
Executive may qualify, nor, subject to Section 13 (f), shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies. Amounts which are
vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall
be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement; provided, however, that payments under this Agreement shall be in lieu of any payments to which Executive
may be entitled under any Company severance plan for salaried employees. 
 
9. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim,
right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. Except as provided in Section 4(c), in no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts
payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal
fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this
Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable Federal rate
provided for in Section 7872(f) (2) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). except that the Executive shall pay his own legal fees and expenses if any arbitrator or 
 

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relevant trier-of-fact
determines that the Executive’s claim or position was frivolous and without reasonable foundation. 
 
10. (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution
by the Company or its Affiliated Companies to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but not including any additional payments required under
this Section 10) (a “Payment”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, or any interest or penalties are incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such
interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company an additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount that allows
Executive to retain that part of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments after deducting from the Gross-up Payment all taxes (including, without limitation, the Excise Tax on the payments, the Excise Tax on the
Gross-Up Payment, any income taxes and all interest and penalties imposed with respect to any of such taxes). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10(a), if it shall be determined that the Executive is entitled to a Gross-Up
Payment, but that the Payments do not exceed 110% of the greatest amount (the “Reduced Amount” that could be paid to the Executive such that the receipt of Payments would not give rise to any Excise Tax, then no Gross-Up Payment shall be
made to the Executive and the Payments, in the aggregate, shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount.  
 
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 10(c), all determinations required to be made under this Section 10, including whether and when a
Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Company for this purpose prior to the
Effective Date (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment, or such
earlier time as is requested by the Company. In the event that the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of Control, the Executive shall appoint another nationally recognized
accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Gross-Up
Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 10, shall be timely paid by the Company on behalf of the Executive directly to the appropriate taxing authorities. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the
Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that 
 

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Gross-Up Payments which should
have been made (“Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder will not have been made by the Company. In the event that the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 10(c), and the Executive
thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to the appropriate taxing authorities
for the benefit of the Executive. 
 
(c) The
Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later
than ten business days after the Executive is informed in writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the
expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which it gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing
prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall: 
 
(i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim; 
 
(ii) take such action in connection with
contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company; 
 
(iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith
in order effectively to contest such claim; and 
 
(iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; 
 
provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and
hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the
foregoing provisions of this Section 9(c), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with
the taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and 
 

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the Executive agrees to
prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay
such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax
(including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment
of taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with
respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority. 
 
(d) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount
advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 10(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the Company’s complying with the requirements of Section 10(c)) promptly pay to
the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 10(c), a determination is
made that the Executive shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such
determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to be paid. 
 
11. Confidential Information.

 
(a) The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary
capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the
Executive’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After
termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information,
knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 11 
 

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constitute a basis for
deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement. 
 
(b) Without intending to limit the remedies available to the Company, the Executive acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 11 may result in material and
irreparable injury to the Company and the Affiliated Companies for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, the
Company shall be entitled to seek a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this Section 11 or such other relief as may be required specifically to
enforce the covenants. 
 
12.
Successors. 
 
(a) This Agreement is
personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by the Executive’s legal representatives. 
 
(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 
 
(c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.
As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

 
13. Miscellaneous.

 
(a) 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. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be
amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. 
 
(b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 
 

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	  If to the Executive:
	   	  Name

	  	   	  Address

	  	   	  City, State Zip Code

	
	  If to the Company:
	   	  Georgia-Pacific Corporation

	  	   	  133 Peachtree Street, NE

	  	   	  Atlanta, GA 30303

	  	   	  Attention: General Counsel

 
or to such other address
as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee. 
 
(c) If the final determination of a court or arbitral panel of competent jurisdiction declares, after the
expiration of the time within which judicial or arbitral review (if permitted) of such determination may be perfected, that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, (i) the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement
shall be unimpaired and (ii) the invalid or unenforceable term or provision shall be deemed replaced by a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or
provision. 
 
(d) The Company may withhold from any
amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. 
 
(e) The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of
this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(d)(i)-(iv) of this Agreement,
shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement. 
 
(f) The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the
Executive and the Company, prior to the Effective Date the employment of the Executive by the Company is “at will” and, subject to Section 1(a), the Executive’s employment and/or this Agreement may be terminated prior to the Effective
Date by either the Executive, or by vote of the Board of Directors of the Company, in which case the Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement; provided, that this 
 

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Agreement may not be
terminated by the Company if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection
with or anticipation of a Change of Control. From and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the
Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization of its Board of Directors, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written. 
 

	  
	
	

	  Name

	
	  GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

	
	  By:
	  	

	  	  	  A. D. Correll
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

 

18Form of Change of Control Agreement, Three Year Letter April 1, 2002

 
EXHIBIT
10.9(v) 
 
April 1, 2002 
 
Dear: 
 
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Georgia-Pacific Corporation
(the “Company”) has given careful consideration to the potential impact upon you (the “Executive”) and other officers in the event of a threatened or actual Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company. 
 
The Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction to
you of the personal uncertainties and risks that would be created by a pending or threatened Change of Control, and considers it in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to encourage you to give your full attention and dedication to
the Company’s business and affairs in the event of any such Change of Control. In order to accomplish this, the Board has approved specified compensation and benefit arrangements for you in the event of a Change of Control, which are designed
to meet your reasonable expectations with respect to such matters, and enable the Company to be competitive with similar practices of other corporations. This letter agreement (the “Agreement”) sets forth terms and conditions of the
Company’s agreement with you concerning such arrangements. 
 
1. In this Agreement, the terms set forth below have the meanings ascribed to them: 
 
(a) The “Effective Date” shall mean the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined below) on which a Change of
Control (as defined below) occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated within one year prior to the date on which the Change
of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party which had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in
connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Effective Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment. 
 
(b) The “Change of Control Period” shall mean the
period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the third anniversary of the date hereof; 

provided, however, that commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each annual
anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Renewal Date”), unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to its terms, the Change in Control Period shall be
automatically extended so as to terminate three years from such Renewal Date. 
 
(c) A “Change of Control” shall mean: 
 
(i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”))(a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, the following acquisitions shall
not constitute a Change of Control: (A) any such acquisition by a Person who on the date of this Agreement was the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; (B) any such acquisition directly from the Company,
including without limitation a public offering of securities; (C) any such acquisition by the Company; (D) any such acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliated
Companies; or (E) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C) of subparagraph (iii) below; 
 
(ii) Individuals who constitute the Board as of the date of this Agreement (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date of this Agreement whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of
at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office is
in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election or removal of the directors of the Company or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies of consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;

 
(iii) Consummation of a
reorganization, merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case unless, following such Business
Combination: (A) all or 
 

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substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of
Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors of the corporation resulting from the Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or
through one or more Affiliated Companies) (the “Successor Entity”) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; and (B) no Person
(excluding any Successor Entity or any employee benefit plan, or related trust, of the Company or such Successor Entity) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of
the Successor Entity, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination; and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Successor Entity were members of the Incumbent Board (including
persons deemed to be members of the Incumbent Board by reason of the proviso to subparagraph (ii) above) at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or 
 
(iv) Approval by the shareholders of the
Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 
 
Notwithstanding anything in this definition to the contrary, none of the following actions shall constitute a Change of Control with respect to the Company or an Affiliated Company: (A) the transfer by the Company to an Affiliated
Company of substantially all of its assets (irrespective of whether the Company’s obligations under this Agreement are transferred to and assumed by such Affiliated Company), or (B) an initial public offering of the common stock of such
Affiliated Company or the distribution or dividend of the common stock of such Affiliated Company to the Company’s stockholders. 
 
(d) “Affiliated Company” shall mean any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Company.

 
2. The Company hereby agrees to continue the
Executive in its employ, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the Company subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the third anniversary of such date
(the “Employment Period”); provided, however, that unless notice of termination of this Agreement shall have been given by either the Company or the Executive prior to such third anniversary of the Effective Date, the 
 

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Employment Period shall be automatically renewed on such anniversary and on each succeeding anniversary of
the Effective Date for successive one year periods until any such notice of termination shall have been given. 
 
(a) During the Employment Period, (i) the Executive’s position (including offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority,
duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date and (ii) the Executive’s services shall
be performed at the location where the Executive was employed immediately preceding the Effective Date or at any office or location of the Company in the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area. 
 
(b) During the Employment Period (excluding any periods of
vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled), the Executive agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the
responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the
Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal investments, so long as such activities do not
significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have been
conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed to interfere with the
performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to the Company. 
 
(c) During the Employment Period: 
 
(i) Base Salary. The Executive shall receive an annual base salary (“Annual Base Salary”), which shall be paid no less frequently than monthly and which shall be equal to no less than
the base salary paid to the Executive by the Company and its Affiliated Companies at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed no more than 12 months after the
last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the Effective Date and thereafter at least annually. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.
Executive’s Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced during the Employment Period, and the term Annual Base 
 

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Salary as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as in effect at the
time of any determination made pursuant to this Agreement. 
 
(ii) Annual Incentive Payment. The Executive shall be provided (for each calendar year during the Employment Period), an annual incentive opportunity at least equal to the highest annual
incentive opportunity in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately prior to the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, the annual incentive opportunity provided generally at any time after the
Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies (the “Annual Incentive Opportunity”); provided, however, that the actual annual incentive payment made to the Executive for the year in which the Effective
Date occurs shall in no event be less than the target incentive under the Economic Value Incentive Plan or any successor plan (the “EVIP”) for such year. Each such annual incentive shall be paid no later than the end of the second month of
the calendar year next following the calendar year for which the annual incentive is awarded, unless the Executive shall elect to defer the receipt of such annual incentive in accordance with the terms of any applicable deferred compensation plan.

 
(iii) Incentive, Savings and
Retirement Plans. The Executive shall be entitled to participate in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies, but in
no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive opportunities (measured with respect to both regular and special incentive opportunities, to the extent, if any, that such distinction is applicable),
savings opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its Affiliated Companies for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies
and programs as in effect at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company
and its Affiliated Companies. 
 
(iv) Welfare Benefit Plans. The Executive and the Executive’s family shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the
Company and its Affiliated Companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, executive life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to
other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, 
 

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policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits which are less favorable, in the
aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided
generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. 
 
(v) Expenses. The Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred
by the Executive in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and procedures of the Company and its Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if
more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. 
 
(vi) Fringe Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits in accordance
with the plans, practices, programs and policies of the Company and its Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in
effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. 
 
(vii) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation on terms no less favorable than those provided for
in the vacation policies, programs and practices of the Company and its Affiliated Companies in effect for elected officers of the Company generally at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable
to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. 
 
3. The Executive’s employment shall terminate under the following circumstances: 
 
(a) Upon the Executive’s death during the Employment
Period. 
 
(b) If the Company determines in good
faith that Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of Disability set forth below), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with Section 13 of this Agreement of its intention
to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by 
 

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the Executive (the “Disability Effective Date”), provided that, within the 30 days after such
receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of the Executive’s duties. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executive’s duties with the Company
on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and reasonably acceptable to the
Executive or the Executive’s legal representative. 
 
(c) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: 
 
(i) the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially the
Executive’s duties with the Company or one of its Affiliated Companies (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness); provided, however, that if any such Cause relates to the
Executive’s obligations under this Agreement or is otherwise susceptible to cure, the Company shall not terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder unless the Company first gives the Executive written notice of its intention to
terminate and of the specific grounds for such termination, and the Executive has not, within 20 business days following receipt of the notice, cured such Cause, or, in the event such Cause is not susceptible to cure within such 20 business day
period, the Executive has not taken all reasonable steps within such 20 business day period to cure such Cause as promptly as practicable thereafter; or 
 
(ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably
injurious to the Company; or 
 
(iii) the Executive’s conviction of a felony involving dishonesty or moral turpitude. 
 
For purposes of this Section 3(c), no act or failure to act on the part of the Executive shall be considered “willful” unless it
is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a
resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Company or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by
the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and 
 

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until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of the resolution duly adopted by the
affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity,
together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraphs (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.

 
(d) The Executive’s employment may be
terminated by the Executive for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean: 
 
(i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any adverse respect with the Executive’s position
(including offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 2(a) of this Agreement, or any other action by the Company which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or
responsibilities; or 
 
(ii) any
failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions of Section 2(c)(i)—(iv) of this Agreement; or 
 
(iii) the Company’s requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location other than as provided in Section
2(a) hereof; or 
 
(iv) any
purported termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by this Agreement. 
 
excluding, for purposes of clauses (i) to (iv) above, an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith which is remedied by the
Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive. 
 
(e) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 13 of
this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such
notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than thirty days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes
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showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively,
hereunder, or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder. 
 
(f) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if the Executive’s employment
is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt during the Employment Period of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein, as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date during the Employment Period on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination, (iii) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date during the Employment Period of the death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be, and (iv) if the Executive resigns
for reasons that do not constitute Good Reason, the Date of Termination shall be the last day of the month during the Employment Period in which such resignation occurs. 
 
4. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than
for Cause, death or Disability, or the Executive shall terminate employment for Good Reason, then: 
 
(a) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the
following amounts: 
 
(i) the sum
of (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (B) the product of (x) the greater of the Executive’s target incentive under the EVIP for the year in which the Effective Date
occurs or the highest annual incentive paid or payable (including any bonus or portion thereof that has been deferred) to the Executive in the last three completed calendar years (the “Annual Incentive”) and (y) a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of days in the current calendar year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, and (C) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in
clauses (A), (B), and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”); and 
 
(ii) an amount equal to the product of (A) three and (B) the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary at the
rate in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, and (y) the Annual Incentive. 
 
 

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(b) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the
Date of Termination an amount equal to (A) the contributions the Company would have made for the benefit of the Executive to the Company’s qualified and non-qualified pension and 401(k) plans (other than the Officer Retirement Agreements),
assuming (i) the Executive continued as an employee of the Corporation for a period of three years beginning on the Executive’s Date of Termination, (ii) the Executive’s compensation in each of the three years is the sum of the Annual Base
Salary and the Annual Incentive, and (iii) the Executive during such period contributed six percent of his Annual Base Salary (as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination) to the 401(k) plan, and (B) the total of the interest payable
on each such contribution from the date such contribution would have been made to the end of such period, calculated at the interest crediting rate in effect on the Date of Termination under the Company’s Salaried Pension Plan; 
 
(c) for three years after the Executive’s Date of
Termination or for any longer period as may be required by the terms of the appropriate plan, program, practice or policy, the Company shall provide benefits to the Executive and the Executive’s family at least equal to those which would have
been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 2(c)(iv) of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect
generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies and their families, at no additional cost to the Executive other than the cost of such benefits to the Executive as in effect
immediately prior to the Date of Termination. If, at the end of this three year period of continued health and welfare benefit coverage, the Executive is at least age 55 and has 10 years of service (determined as if the Executive had remained
employed by the Company during the three year period of continued benefit coverage), the Company shall provide the Executive (and the Executive’s eligible dependents) with retiree medical and dental benefit coverage no less favorable than the
coverage provided to retirees of the Company (and their dependents) during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date. In the event the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other
welfare benefits under another employer-provided plan or becomes eligible for Medicare, the medical and other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan or Medicare, as applicable, during such
applicable period of eligibility. 
 
(d) the
Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with up to $25,000 of outplacement services, the scope and provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in his sole discretion; 
 
(e) the Executive shall receive three years of age and service
credit for all purposes under his or her Officer Retirement Agreement commencing on the 
 

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Date of Termination, the benefit under such agreement shall be paid to Executive in a single lump sum
(determined using the “applicable mortality table” and “applicable interest rate” as defined in Internal Revenue Code section 417(e) as of the date of determination) within 30 days after the Date of Termination, and the
non-competition clause in such agreement shall be waived for all purposes; 
 
(f) all awards made or granted under any of the Company’s stock-based compensation plans shall be exercisable or payable in accordance with the terms of such plans; and 
 
(g) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the
Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company or
its Affiliated Companies (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Other Benefits”). 
 
5. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, this Agreement
shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for the payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be
paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of Other Benefits (as defined in Section 4 (g)), such term as utilized in this Section
5 shall include, without limitation, and the Executive’s estate and/or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, benefits at least equal to the most favorable benefits provided by the Company and Affiliated Companies to the estates and
beneficiaries of peer executives of the Company and such Affiliated Companies under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to death benefits, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their beneficiaries at any
time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive’s estate and/or the Executive’s beneficiaries, as in effect on the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other peer
executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies and their beneficiaries. 
 
6. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the
Executive, other than for payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the
provision of Other Benefits (as defined in Section 4 (g)), such term as utilized in this Section 6 shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to 
 

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receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those generally provided by
the Company and its affiliated accompanies to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other peer executives and
their families at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect at any time thereafter generally with respect to other peer
executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies and their families. 
 
7. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for Cause during the Employment Period, or if the Executive voluntarily terminates employment for reasons that do not constitute Good Reason
during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for payment to the Executive (a) his Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (b) the amount of any compensation
previously deferred by the Executive under any applicable deferred compensation plan, and (c) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid. 
 
8. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy
or practice provided by the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor, subject to Section 13 (f), shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any contract
or agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company
or any of its Affiliated Companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement; provided, however,
that payments under this Agreement shall be in lieu of any payments to which Executive may be entitled under any Company severance plan for salaried employees. 
 
9. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder
shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. Except as provided in Section 4(c), in no event shall the Executive be obligated to
seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment.
The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) 
 

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by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any
provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the
applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f) (2) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). except that the Executive shall pay his own legal fees and expenses if any arbitrator or relevant trier-of-fact
determines that the Executive’s claim or position was frivolous and without reasonable foundation. 
 
10. (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution
by the Company or its Affiliated Companies to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but not including any additional payments required under
this Section 10) (a “Payment”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, or any interest or penalties are incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such
interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company an additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount that allows
Executive to retain that part of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments after deducting from the Gross-up Payment all taxes (including, without limitation, the Excise Tax on the payments, the Excise Tax on the
Gross-Up Payment, any income taxes and all interest and penalties imposed with respect to any of such taxes). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10(a), if it shall be determined that the Executive is entitled to a Gross-Up
Payment, but that the Payments do not exceed 110% of the greatest amount (the “Reduced Amount” that could be paid to the Executive such that the receipt of Payments would not give rise to any Excise Tax, then no Gross-Up Payment shall be
made to the Executive and the Payments, in the aggregate, shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount.  
 
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 10(c), all determinations required to be made under this Section 10, including whether and when a
Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Company for this purpose prior to the
Effective Date (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment, or such
earlier time as is requested by the Company. In the event that the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of Control, the Executive shall appoint another nationally recognized
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hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees and
expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 10, shall be timely paid by the Company on behalf of the Executive directly to the appropriate taxing authorities. Any
determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is
possible that Gross-Up Payments which should have been made (“Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder will not have been made by the Company. In the event that the Company exhausts its remedies
pursuant to Section 10(c), and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the
Company to the appropriate taxing authorities for the benefit of the Executive. 
 
(c) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payment. Such
notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten business days after the Executive is informed in writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested
to be paid. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which it gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such
claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall: 
 
(i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such
claim; 
 
(ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from
time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company; 
 
(iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim; and 
 
(iv) permit the Company to participate in any
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provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including
additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed
as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(c), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may
pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or
contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall
determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold the
Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance; and further
provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore,
the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the
Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority. 
 
(d) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 10(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the
Company’s complying with the requirements of Section 10(c)) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Executive of an
amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 10(c), a determination is made that the Executive shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest
such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up
Payment required to be paid. 
 
11. Confidential
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(a) The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all
secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive’s employment by the Company
or any of its Affiliated Companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with
the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those
designated by it. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 11 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement. 
 
(b) Without intending to limit the remedies available to the
Company, the Executive acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 11 may result in material and irreparable injury to the Company and the Affiliated Companies for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it
will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled to seek a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction
restraining the Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this Section 11 or such other relief as may be required specifically to enforce the covenants. 
 
12. Successors. 
 
(a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall
not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives. 
 
(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 
 
(c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to
perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined
and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise. 
 
 

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13. Miscellaneous. 
 
(a) 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. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed
by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. 
 
(b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, addressed as follows: 
 
If to the Executive: 
 

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	  If to the Company:
	  	  Georgia-Pacific Corporation

	  	  	  133 Peachtree Street, NE

	  	  	  Atlanta, GA 30303

	  	  	  Attention: General Counsel

 
or to such other address
as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee. 
 
(c) If the final determination of a court or arbitral panel of competent jurisdiction declares, after the
expiration of the time within which judicial or arbitral review (if permitted) of such determination may be perfected, that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, (i) the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement
shall be unimpaired and (ii) the invalid or unenforceable term or provision shall be deemed replaced by a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or
provision. 
 
(d) The Company may withhold from any
amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. 
 
(e) The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of
this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(d)(i)-(iv) of this Agreement,
shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement. 
 
(f) The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the
Executive and the Company, prior to the Effective Date the employment of the Executive by the Company is “at will” and, subject to Section 1(a), the Executive’s employment and/or this Agreement may be terminated prior to the Effective
Date by either the Executive, or by vote of the Board of Directors of the Company, in which case the Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement; provided, that this Agreement may not be terminated by the Company if it is reasonably
demonstrated by the Executive that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control.
From and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
 

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

	   

	   
   
 
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
   
   

	  By
	  	   

	  	  	  A. D. Correll
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

 

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