Document:

Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.

 Exhibit 10.15 
 NEWPORT CORPORATION 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 
 (as amended effective as of January 1, 2006) 
 This AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (the “Plan”) is established by NEWPORT CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) effective as of
April 1, 2003, and amended effective as of January 1, 2006 (the “Effective Date”). 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Company established an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) effective January 1, 1995, adopted by the
Company’s Board of Directors and approved by the Company’s stockholders, which was amended on May 28, 1997, March 20, 1998, and May 30, 2001, and terminates on December 31, 2004; 
 WHEREAS, the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the ESPP effective as of January 1, 1995 was
250,000 shares, which number of shares was increased to 650,000 shares effective as of May 28, 1997, and further increased to 1,950,000 shares effective as of May 30, 2000, as a result of the Company’s three-for-one stock split; and

 WHEREAS, on March 21, 2003, the Company’s Board of Directors approved, subject to stockholder approval, an amendment and
restatement of the ESPP, to be effective April 1, 2003, extending the term of the ESPP for a period of ten (10) years expiring March 31, 2013, and increasing the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for
issuance thereunder by an additional 2,000,000 shares. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby amends and restates the ESPP in its entirety as
hereinafter set forth. 
 ARTICLE I 
 PURPOSE OF THE PLAN 
 1.1 Purpose. The Company has determined that it is in its best interests to
provide an incentive to attract and retain employees and to increase employee morale by providing a program through which employees may acquire a proprietary interest in the Company through the purchase of shares of the common stock of the Company
(“Company Stock”). The Plan is hereby established by the Company to permit employees to subscribe for and purchase directly from the Company shares of the Company Stock at a discount from the market price, and to pay the purchase price in
installments by payroll deductions. The Plan is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”). The provisions of
the Plan are to be construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. The Plan is not intended to be an employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and therefore is not
required to comply with that Act. 
 ARTICLE II 
 DEFINITIONS 
 2.1 Compensation. “Compensation” means the amount
indicated on the Form W-2, including any elective deferrals with respect to a plan of the Company qualified under either Section 125 or Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, issued to an employee by the Company. 

2.2 Employee. “Employee” means each person currently employed by the Company or any of its United States operating
subsidiaries on a full time basis (persons who customarily average more than twenty (20) hours per week and are customarily employed for more than five (5) months in any calendar year), any portion of whose income is subject to withholding
of income tax or for whom Social Security retirement contributions are made by the Company and any person qualifying as a common law employee of the Company. 
  

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 2.3 Effective Date. “Effective Date” means April 1, 2003. 
 2.4 5% Owner. “5% Owner” means an Employee who, immediately after the grant of any rights under the Plan, would own Company Stock
or hold outstanding options to purchase Company Stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company. For purposes of this Section, the ownership attribution rules of Code Section 425(d) shall
apply. 
 2.5 Grant Date. “Grant Date” means the first day of each Offering Period (January 1, April 1,
July 1 and October 1) under the Plan. 
 2.6 Participant. “Participant” means an Employee who has satisfied
the eligibility requirements of Section 3.1 and has become a participant in the Plan in accordance with Section 3.2. 
 2.7
Plan Year. “Plan Year” means the twelve consecutive month period ending on December 31. 
 2.8 Offering
Period. “Offering Period” means the three consecutive month periods coinciding with the calendar quarter (January 1 through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30 and
October 1 through December 31) each Plan Year. 
 2.9 Purchase Date. “Purchase Date” means the last day of
each Offering Period (March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31). 
 ARTICLE III 
 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION 
 3.1 Eligibility. Each Employee of the Company is eligible to become a Participant in the Plan on the first day of each calendar quarter coincident with or next following the date of commencement of each such Employee’s
employment with the Company. 
 3.2 Participation. An Employee who has satisfied the eligibility requirements of
Section 3.1 may become a Participant in the Plan upon his or her completion and delivery to the Human Resources Department of the Company of a subscription agreement provided by the Company (the “Subscription Agreement”) authorizing
payroll deductions. Payroll deductions for a Participant shall commence on the Grant Date coincident with or next following the filing of the Participant’s Subscription Agreement and shall remain in effect until revoked by the Participant by
the filing of a notice of withdrawal from the Plan under Article VIII or by the filing of a new Subscription Agreement providing for a change in the Participant’s payroll deduction rate under Section 5.2. 
 3.3 Special Rules. Under no circumstances shall: 
 (a) A 5% Owner be granted a right to purchase Company Stock under the Plan; or 
 (b) A Participant be entitled to purchase Company Stock under the Plan which, when aggregated with all other employee stock purchase plans
of the Company, exceeds an amount equal to the Aggregate Maximum. “Aggregate Maximum” means an amount equal to $25,000 worth of Company Stock (determined using the fair market value of such Company Stock at each applicable Grant Date)
during each Plan Year. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 OFFERING PERIODS 
 4.1 Offering Periods. The initial grant of the right to
purchase Company Stock under the Plan shall commence on the Effective Date and terminate on the next Purchase Date. Thereafter, the Plan shall provide for Offering Periods commencing on each Grant Date and terminating on the next following Purchase
Date. 
  

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 ARTICLE V 
 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS 
 5.1 Participant Election. Within the Subscription
Agreement, each Participant shall designate the amount of payroll deductions to be made from his or her paycheck to purchase Company Stock under the Plan. The amount of payroll deductions shall be designated as a whole percentage of
Participant’s Compensation, not to exceed 15% of Compensation for any Plan Year. The amount so designated within the Subscription Agreement shall be effective as of the next Grant Date and shall continue until terminated or altered in
accordance with Section 5.2 below. 
 5.2 Changes in Election. A Participant may terminate participation in the Plan at
any time prior to the close of an Offering Period as provided in Article VIII. A Participant may decrease the rate of payroll deductions at any time during any Offering Period by completing and delivering to the Human Resources Department of the
Company a new Subscription Agreement setting forth the desired change. A Participant may also terminate payroll deductions and have accumulated deductions for the Offering Period applied to the purchase of Company Stock as of the next Purchase Date
by completing and delivering to the Human Resources Department a new Subscription Agreement setting forth the desired change. Any change under this Section shall become effective on the next payroll period (to the extent practical under the
Company’s payroll practices) following the delivery of the new Subscription Agreement. 
 5.3 Participant Accounts. The
Company shall establish and maintain a separate account (“Account”) for each Participant. The amount of each Participant’s payroll deductions shall be credited to his or her Account. No interest will be paid or allowed on amounts
credited to a Participant’s Account. All payroll deductions received by the Company under the Plan are general corporate assets of the Company and may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose. The Company is not obligated to segregate
such payroll deductions. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 GRANT OF PURCHASE RIGHTS 
 6.1 Right to Purchase Shares. On each Grant Date,
each Participant shall be granted a right to purchase at the price determined under Section 6.2 that number of whole shares of Company Stock that can be purchased or issued by the Company based upon that price with the amounts held in his
Account. In the event that there are amounts held in a Participant’s Account that are not used to purchase Company Stock, such amounts shall remain in the Participant’s Account and shall be eligible to purchase Company Stock in any
subsequent Offering Period. 
 6.2 Purchase Price. The purchase price for any Offering Period shall be ninety-five percent
(95%) of the Fair Market Value of the Company Stock on the Purchase Date. 
 6.3 Fair Market Value. “Fair Market
Value” on any given date means the value of one share of Company Stock, determined as follows: 
 (a) If the Company
Stock is then listed or admitted to trading on the Nasdaq National Market System or a stock exchange which reports closing sale prices, the Fair Market Value shall be the closing sale price on the date of valuation on the Nasdaq National Market
System or principal stock exchange on which the Company Stock is then listed or admitted to trading, or, if no closing sale price is quoted or no sale takes place on such day, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing sale price of the Company
Stock on the Nasdaq National Market System or such exchange on the next preceding day on which a sale occurred. 
 (b) If the
Company Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading on the Nasdaq National Market System or a stock exchange which reports closing sale prices, the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Company Stock
in the over-the-counter market on the date of valuation. 
  

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 (c) If neither (a) nor (b) is applicable as of the date of valuation, then the
Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Administrator (defined in Section 9.1(a) below) in good faith using any reasonable method of evaluation, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on all interested parties. 
 ARTICLE VII 
 PURCHASE OF STOCK

 7.1 Purchase of Company Stock. Absent an election by the Participant to terminate and have his or her Account
returned, on each Purchase Date, the Plan shall purchase on behalf of each Participant the maximum number of whole shares of Company Stock at the purchase price determined under Section 6.2 above as can be purchased with the amounts held in
each Participant’s Account. The Plan shall not be required to purchase any fractional shares of Company Stock. In the event that there are amounts held in a Participant’s Account that are not used to purchase Company Stock, all such
amounts shall be held in the Participant’s Account and carried forward to the next Offering Period. 
 7.2 Delivery of Company
Stock. 
 (a) Company Stock acquired under the Plan may either be issued directly to Participants or may be issued to
a contract administrator (the “Agent”) engaged by the Administrator under Article IX to carry out responsibilities under the Plan. If the Company Stock is issued in the name of the Agent, all Company Stock so issued (“Plan Held
Stock”) shall be held in the name of the Agent for the benefit of the Plan. The Agent shall maintain accounts for the benefit of the Participants which shall reflect each Participant’s interest in the Plan Held Stock. Such accounts shall
reflect the number of shares of Company Stock that are being held by the Agent for the benefit of each Participant. 
 (b) Any
Participant may elect to have the Company Stock purchased under the Plan from his or her Account be issued directly to the Participant. Any election under this paragraph shall be on the forms provided by the Company and shall be issued in accordance
with paragraph (c) below. 
 (c) In the event that Company Stock under the Plan is issued directly to a Participant, the
Company will deliver to each Participant a stock certificate or certificates issued in his name for the number of shares of Company Stock purchased as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date. The time of issuance and delivery of shares may be
postponed for such period as may be necessary to comply with the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the listing requirements of any securities exchange on which the Company Stock may then be listed, or the
requirements under other laws or regulations applicable to the issuance or sale of such shares. 
 ARTICLE VIII 
 WITHDRAWAL 
 8.1 In
Service Withdrawals. At any time prior to the Purchase Date of an Offering Period, any Participant may withdraw the amounts held in his Account by executing and delivering to the Human Resources Department for the Company written notice of
withdrawal on the form provided by the Company. In such a case, the entire balance of the Participant’s Account shall be paid to the Participant, without interest, as soon as is practicable. Upon such notification, that Participant shall cease
to participate in the Plan for the remainder of the Offering Period in which the notice is given. Any Employee who has withdrawn under this Section shall be excluded from participation in the Plan for the remainder of the Offering Period and the
next succeeding Offering Period, but may then be reinstated as a Participant for a subsequent Offering Period by executing and delivering a new Subscription Agreement to the Company. 
 8.2 Termination of Employment. 
 (a) In the event that a Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason, the Participant shall cease to participate in the Plan on the date of termination. As soon as is practical following
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date of termination, the entire balance of the Participant’s Account shall be paid to the Participant or his beneficiary, without interest. 

(b) A Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares of Company Stock purchased under the
Plan or any cash from the Participant’s Account in the event of his or her death subsequent to a Purchase Date, but prior to delivery of such shares and cash. In addition, a Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to
receive any cash from the Participant’s Account under the Plan in the event of his death prior to a Purchase Date under paragraph (a) above. 
 (c) Any beneficiary designation under paragraph (b) above may be changed by the Participant at any time by written notice. In the event of the death of a Participant, the Company may rely upon the most recent
beneficiary designation it has on file as being the appropriate beneficiary. In the event of the death of a Participant and no valid beneficiary designation exists or the beneficiary has predeceased the Participant, the Company shall deliver any
cash or shares of Company Stock to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed to the knowledge of the Company, the Company, in its sole discretion, may deliver such
shares of Company Stock or cash to the spouse or any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 PLAN ADMINISTRATION

 9.1 Plan Administration. 
 (a) Authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan shall be vested in the Board of Directors of the Company,
or a committee thereof (herein referred to as the “Administrator”). The Administrator shall have all powers necessary to supervise the administration of the Plan and control its operations. 
 (b) In addition to any powers and authority conferred on the Administrator elsewhere in the Plan or by law, the Administrator shall have
the following powers and authority: 
 (i) To designate agents to carry out responsibilities relating to the Plan; 

(ii) To administer, interpret, construe and apply this Plan and to answer all questions which may arise or which may be raised under
this Plan by a Participant, his beneficiary or any other person whatsoever; 
 (iii) To establish rules and procedures from
time to time for the conduct of its business and for the administration and effectuation of its responsibilities under the Plan; and 
 (iv) To perform or cause to be performed such further acts as it may deem to be necessary, appropriate, or convenient for the operation of the Plan. 
 (c) Any action taken in good faith by the Administrator in the exercise of authority conferred upon it by this Plan shall be conclusive
and binding upon a Participant and his or her beneficiaries. All discretionary powers conferred upon the Administrator shall be absolute. 
 9.2 Limitation on Liability. No Employee of the Company or member of the Administrator shall be subject to any liability with respect to his duties under the Plan unless the person acts fraudulently or in bad faith. To the
extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each member of the Administrator, and any other Employee of the Company with duties under the Plan who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or
completed proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the person’s conduct in the performance of his duties under the Plan. 
  

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 ARTICLE X 
 COMPANY STOCK 
 10.1 Limitations on Purchase of Shares. The maximum number of
shares of Company Stock that shall be made available for future sale under the Plan shall be 2,178,205 shares, subject to adjustment under Section 10.4 below. The shares of Company Stock to be sold to Participants under the Plan will be either
purchased in broker’s transactions in accordance with the requirements of federal securities laws or issued by the Company. If the total number of shares of Company Stock that would otherwise be issuable or purchasable pursuant to rights
granted pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Plan at the Purchase Date exceeds the number of shares then available under the Plan, the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares remaining available in as uniform and equitable a manner as
is practicable. In such event, the Company shall give written notice of such reduction of the number of shares to each participant affected thereby and any unused payroll deductions shall be returned to such participant if necessary. 
 10.2 Voting Company Stock. The Participant will have no interest or voting right in shares to be purchased under Section 6.1 of the
Plan until such shares have been purchased. 
 10.3 Registration of Company Stock. Shares to be delivered to a Participant
under the Plan will be registered in the name of the Participant unless designated otherwise by the Participant. 
 10.4 Changes in
Capitalization of the Company. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Company Stock covered by each right under the Plan which has not yet been exercised and the number of shares of Company
Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but have not yet been placed under rights or which have been returned to the Plan upon the cancellation of a right, as well as the Purchase Price per share of Company Stock covered by each
right under the Plan which has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Company Stock resulting from a stock split, stock dividend, spin-off, reorganization,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of shares or the like. Such adjustment shall be made by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided
herein, no issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Company
Stock subject to any right granted hereunder. 
 10.5 Merger of Company. In the event that the Company at any time proposes to
merge into, consolidate with or to enter into any other reorganization pursuant to which the Company is not the surviving entity (including the sale of substantially all of its assets or a “reverse” merger in which the Company is the
surviving entity), the Plan shall terminate, unless provision is made in writing in connection with such transaction for the continuance of the Plan and for the assumption of rights theretofore granted, or the substitution for such rights of new
rights covering the shares of a successor corporation, with appropriate adjustments as to number and kind of shares and prices, in which event the Plan and the rights theretofore granted or the new rights substituted therefore, shall continue in the
manner and under the terms so provided. If such provision is not made in such transaction for the continuance of the Plan and the assumption of rights theretofore granted or the substitution for such rights of new rights covering the shares of a
successor corporation, then the Administrator shall cause written notice of the proposed transaction to be given to the persons holding rights not less than 10 days prior to the anticipated effective date of the proposed transaction, and, concurrent
with the effective date of the proposed transaction, such rights shall be exercised automatically in accordance with Section 7.1 as if such effective date were a Purchase Date of the applicable Offering Period unless a Participant withdraws
from the Plan as provided in Section 8.1. 
  

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 ARTICLE XI 
 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 
 11.1 Amendment and Termination. The Plan shall terminate
on March 31, 2013. Since future conditions affecting the Company cannot be anticipated or foreseen, the Company reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time. Upon termination of the Plan, all benefits shall become
payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment or termination shall affect rights previously granted, nor may an amendment make any change in any right previously granted which adversely affects the rights of any Participant.
In addition, no amendment may be made without prior approval of the stockholders of the Company if such amendment would: 
 (a) Increase the number of shares of Company Stock that may be issued under the Plan; 
 (b) Materially modify the
requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan; or 
 (c) Materially increase the benefits which accrue to
Participants under the Plan. 
 11.2 Stockholder Approval. Continuance of the Plan and the effectiveness of any right granted
hereunder shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company, within twelve months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 11.3 Benefits Not Alienable. Benefits under the Plan may not be assigned or alienated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Any attempt at
assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds in accordance with Article VIII. 
 11.4 No Enlargement of Employee Rights. This Plan is strictly a voluntary undertaking on the part of the Company and shall not be deemed to
constitute a contract between the Company and any Employee or to be consideration for, or an inducement to, or a condition of, the employment of any Employee. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed to give the right to any Employee to be
retained in the employ of the Company or to interfere with the right of the Company to discharge any Employee at any time. 
 11.5
Governing Law. To the extent not preempted by Federal law, all legal questions pertaining to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of California. 
 11.6 Non-business Days. When any act under the Plan is required to be performed on a day that falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday,
that act shall be performed on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. Notwithstanding the above, Fair Market Value shall be determined in accordance with Section 6.3. 
 11.7 Compliance With Securities Laws. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan, the Administrator shall administer the Plan in such a way
to insure that the Plan at all times complies with any requirements of Federal Securities Laws. For example, affiliates may be required to make irrevocable elections in accordance with the rules set forth under Section 16b-3 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. 
  

 7Form of Management Employment and Noncompetition Agreement

 Exhibit 10.4 
 C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. 
 and Subsidiaries 
 MANAGEMENT-EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT 
 (Key Employee) 
 This Management-Employee Agreement, dated as of
                     (“Agreement”), is made and entered into between C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and its subsidiaries (“Employer”) and
                                        
(“Key Employee”). 
 WHEREAS, Key Employee is currently employed by Employer in a position which both the Employer and Key Employee agree is of
critical importance to the operation of Employer’s business; and 
 WHEREAS, as a condition of employment, Key Employee agrees to be bound by and
conduct himself in accordance with this Agreement. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual obligations incurred and benefits obtained hereunder,
the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Employer and Key Employee agree as follows: 
 1. Employment. Employer hereby employs Key Employee,
and Key Employee accepts such employment and agrees to perform services for Employer, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. 
 2.
Term. Employer and Key Employee mutually agree that this Agreement shall become effective when executed by Key Employee and shall remain in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with Section 6. Upon termination, Key
Employee shall remain obligated to comply with all of the post-employment obligations contained in the Agreement, including, but not limited to, the restrictive covenants contained in Section 7 of this Agreement. 
 3. Performance of Duties. Key Employee agrees to serve Employer faithfully and to the best of Key Employee’s ability and to devote Key Employee’s full
time, attention and efforts to the business and affairs of Employer during the term of Key Employee’s employment. Key Employee hereby confirms that Key Employee is under no contractual commitments inconsistent with Key Employee’s
obligations set forth in this Agreement and that, during the term of this Agreement, Key Employee will not render or perform any services for any other corporation, firm, entity, or person that are inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement
or that would otherwise impair Key Employee’s ability to perform Key Employee’s duties hereunder. 

 4. Compensation. 
 4.01 Base Salary. As compensation for all services to be rendered by Key Employee under this Agreement, Employer shall pay to Key Employee an annualized salary which shall be set on an annual basis in
accordance with Employer’s standard practices and procedures. Key Employee’s salary shall be paid in accordance with Employer’s normal payroll procedures and policies, as such procedures and policies may be modified from time to time.

 4.02 Annual Bonus. Key Employee may also be eligible to receive an annualized bonus in an amount to be determined in the sole discretion of
Employer’s management or the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, if applicable. 
 4.03 Participation in Benefits.
During the term of Key Employee’s employment by Employer, Key Employee shall be entitled to participate in the employee benefit plans offered generally by Employer to its employees, to the extent that Key Employee’s position, tenure,
salary, health, and other qualifications make Key Employee eligible to participate. Key Employee’s participation in such benefit plans shall be subject to the terms of the applicable plans, as the same may be amended from time to time. Employer
does not guarantee the adoption or continuance of any particular employee benefit plan during Key Employee’s employment, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or shall in any way restrict the right of Employer, to amend, modify or
terminate any of its benefit plans during the term of Key Employee’s employment. 
 4.04 Equity Grants. Key Employee shall be eligible to
participate in Employer’s 1997 Omnibus Stock Plan and any successor plans. Grants made under Employer’s 1997 Omnibus Stock Plan and any successor plans are made in the sole discretion of Employer. The nature and amount of any equity grants
made by Employer to Key Employee shall be determined in the sole discretion of Employer’s management or the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, if applicable. The terms and conditions of Key Employee’s
entitlement to any equity compensation shall be determined by the terms of the equity grant. 
 4.05 Expenses. In accordance with Employer’s
normal policies for expense reimbursement, Employer will reimburse Key Employee for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Key Employee in the performance of Key Employee’s duties under this Agreement, subject to the presentment of
receipts or other documentation acceptable to Employer. 
 5. Other Employment Policies. As a condition precedent to Employer’s hiring or
continued employment of Key Employee and Employer’s performance of his obligations hereunder, Key Employee agrees that he shall comply with all of the applicable policies, rules, or codes of conduct generally in effect for employees of Employer
during the Term. 

 6. Termination. 
 6.01 Termination Due to Key Employee’s Death or Total Disability. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of Key Employee’s death, or in the event of Key Employee’s total
disability which results in Key Employee’s inability to perform the essential functions of Key Employee’s position with or without reasonable accommodation, provided Key Employee has exhausted Key Employee’s entitlement to any
applicable leave, if Key Employee desires to take and satisfies all eligibility requirements for such leave. 
 6.02 Termination by Employer for
Cause. Key Employee’s employment pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate immediately in the event Employer shall determine, in its sole discretion, that there is “cause” to terminate Key Employee’s employment, included but
not limited to any of the following: 
 (i) Key Employee’s material breach of any contractual obligation to Employer under the terms of this Agreement or
any other agreement between Key Employee and Employer, or of any fiduciary duty to Employer; 
 (ii) Key Employee’s indictment on or conviction for any
crime involving moral turpitude or any felony; 
 (iii) Key Employee’s failure to carry out any reasonable directive of Employer; 
 (iv) Key Employee’s embezzlement or misappropriation of funds or other assets of Employer; 
 (v) Any failure by Key Employee to comply with any policy, rule or code of conduct generally applicable to Employer’s employees or to Employer’s management employees such as Key Employee; or 
 (vi) A demonstrated lack of commitment of Key Employee to Employer, or conduct by Key Employee which is detrimental to Employer, or Key Employee’s failure to
perform the assigned duties of his position at a level of individual performance adequate to Employer; provided that, Key Employee shall have thirty (30) days to cure any such lack of commitment or failure after Employer provides Key Employee
written notice of the actions or omissions constituting the lack of commitment, detrimental conduct or failure. 
 6.03 Termination by Employer without
Cause. Employer may immediately terminate Key Employee’s employment at any time and for any reason. 

 6.04 Termination by Key Employee. Key Employee may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving fifteen
(15) days written notice thereof to Employer. Upon notice of termination by Key Employee, Employer may at its option elect to have Key Employee cease to provide services immediately, provided that during such 15-day notice period, Key Employee
shall be entitled to earn and be paid his base salary. 
  

	6.05	Effect of and Compensation Upon Termination. 

 A. If this Agreement
is terminated in accordance with Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03 or 6.04, Key Employee shall not be entitled to receive any additional compensation under this Agreement after the effective date of such termination. 
 B. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, should Key Employee’s employment be terminated for any reason, he will not earn and will have no right to
receive any compensation except as expressly provided in this Agreement or in the terms and conditions of a compensation plan or program expressly referenced herein. 
 C. Notwithstanding any termination of Key Employee’s employment with Employer, Key Employee, in consideration of Key Employee’s employment hereunder to the date of such termination, shall remain bound by the
provisions of this Agreement which specifically relate to periods, activities or obligations upon or subsequent to the termination of Key Employee’s employment, including, but not limited to, the covenants contained in Section 7 hereof.

 6.06 Surrender of Records and Property. Upon termination of Key Employee’s employment with Employer for any reason, Key Employee shall deliver
promptly to Employer all records, manuals, books, blank forms, documents, letters, memoranda, notes, notebooks, reports, computer disks, computer software, computer programs (including source code, object code, on-line files, documentation, testing
materials and plans and reports) designs, drawings, formulae, data, tables or calculations or copies thereof, which are the property of Employer or which relate in any way to the business, products, practices or techniques of Employer, and all other
property, trade secrets and confidential information of Employer, including, but not limited to, all tangible, written, graphical, machine readable and other materials (including all copies) which in whole or in part contain any trade secrets or
confidential information of employer which in any of these cases are in Key Employee’s possession or under Key Employee’s control. 
 7. Restrictive Covenants. 
 7.01 Noncompetition. In consideration of Key Employee’s employment hereunder,
and the significant financial benefits Key Employee will receive under the Employees’ 1997 Omnibus Stock Plan, and any successor plans, Key 

 Employee agrees that, during the “Restricted Period” (as hereinafter defined), Key Employee shall not, directly
or indirectly, engage in any “Competing Business Activity” (as hereinafter defined), in any manner or capacity, including but not limited to as an advisor, principal, agent, consultant, partner, officer, director, shareholder, employee, or
member of any association. 
 (i) Geographical Extent of Covenant. The obligations of Key Employee under this Section 7 shall apply anywhere
within the continental United States. 
 (ii) Limitation on Covenant. Ownership by Key Employee, as a passive investment, of less than five percent of
the outstanding shares of capital stock of any corporation listed on a national securities exchange or publicly traded in the over-the-counter market shall not constitute a breach of this Section 7.01. 
 (iii) Competing Business Activity. As used in this Section 7.01, “Competing Business Activity” shall mean any business activities that are
competitive with the business conducted by Employer at or prior to the date of the termination of Key Employee’s employment, or any prospective business activity or relationship of which Key Employee was aware prior to termination, including,
but not limited to: 
 (a) freight contracting, freight brokerage, contract logistics, freight forwarding or backhauling, or custom house brokerage business;
or 
 (b) any activities that are carried out by a business that competes directly or indirectly with Employer in the contracting, arranging, providing,
procuring, furnishing or soliciting of distributors, freight contracting, freight brokerage, contract logistics, freight forwarding or backhauling, custom house brokerage or transportation services; or 
 (c) any activity conducted by a business engaged in the transportation or logistics industries as a shipper, receiver or carrier; or 
 (d) the provision of payment, financing, and information services to entities engaged in the transportation industry, or 
 (e) the purchase, sale and sourcing of fresh fruits and vegetables. 
 7.02
Nonsolicitation, Non-hire and Noninterference. During the Restricted Period, Key Employee shall not (a) induce or attempt to induce any employee of Employer to leave the employ of Employer, or in any way interfere adversely with the
relationship between any such employee and Employer; (b) induce or attempt to induce any employee of Employer to work for, render services to, provide advice to, or supply confidential business information or trade secrets of Employer to any
entity engaged in a Competing Business Activity; (c) recruit, employ, or otherwise pay for services rendered by, any employee of Employer in any business enterprise with which Key Employee may be associated, 

 connected or affiliated; or (d) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other
business relation of Employer to cease doing business with Employer, or in any way interfere with the then existing business relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation and Employer. 
 7.03 Indirect Competition or Solicitation. Key Employee agrees that, during the Restricted Period, Key Employee will not, directly or indirectly, assist, solicit
or encourage any other person in carrying out, directly or indirectly, any activity that would be prohibited by the provisions of this Section 7 if such activity were carried out by Key Employee, either directly or indirectly; and, in
particular, Key Employee agrees that Key Employee will not, directly or indirectly, induce any employee of Employer to carry out, directly or indirectly, any such activity. 
 7.04 Notification of Employment. If at any time during the Restricted Period Key Employee accepts new employment or becomes affiliated with a third party, Key Employee shall immediately notify Employer of the
identity and business of the new Employer or affiliation. Without limiting the foregoing, Key Employee’s obligation to give notice under this Section 7.04 shall apply to any business ventures in which Key Employee proposes to engage, even
if not with a third-party Employer (such as, without limitation, a joint venture, partnership or sole proprietorship). Key Employee hereby consents to Employer notifying any such new Employer or business venture of the terms of the covenants in this
Section 7.04. 
 7.05 Restricted Period. As used in this Section 7, “Restricted Period” shall mean for the period between the
Effective Date and two (2) years after the termination of Key Employee’s employment with Employer for any reason (whether such termination is occasioned by Key Employee or Employer). 
 7.06 Set-Off Right. In the event Key Employee breaches any of the covenants set forth in this Section 7 or in Section 8, Key Employee acknowledges and
agrees that Employer may set-off any loss, cost, damage, liability or expense (including, without limitation, lost profits and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) against amounts otherwise payable under this Agreement or any other
agreement between Employer and its affiliates and Key Employee. Neither the exercise of nor failure to exercise such right of set-off or to give notice of a claim therefor will constitute an election of remedies or limit Employer in any manner in
the enforcement of any other remedies available to it. 
 7.07 Liquidated Damages. In addition, because determining damages with complete precision is
difficult in the case of a breach of a covenant under Section 7 or in Section 8, Key Employee hereby agrees that if Key Employee breaches any of the covenants contained in this agreement, Employer is entitled to damages in the amount of
five times the Key Employee’s Compensation for the most recent twelve month period of time. Compensation for this purpose shall include: salary, bonus, and an annualized amount for any equity or incentive compensation. 

 8. Confidential Information. In consideration for Employer’s promises under this Agreement and because Key
Employee’s duties as a senior management employee will necessitate his having access to and being entrusted with confidential and proprietary information relating to Employer’s business and customers, Key Employee agrees that during his
employment with Employer and thereafter, Key Employee shall not disclose to a third party or use for his personal benefit Confidential Information of Employer. “Confidential Information” means all information written (or generated/stored
on magnetic, digital, photographic or other media) or oral, relating to any aspect of Employer’s existing or reasonably foreseeable business which is disclosed to Key Employee or conceived, discovered or developed by Key Employee, and which is
not generally known or proprietary to Employer. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, Employer’s strategic and other business plans, designs, customers, suppliers, and Employer’s marketing, accounting, merchandising, and
information-gathering techniques and methods, and all accumulated data, listings, or similar recorded matter used or useful in food sales, freight contracting and freight forwarding and backhauling (all modes), and customs house brokerage
operations, including but not limited to the customer and carrier lists, business forms, weekly loading lists, service contracts, all pricing information, computer programs, tariff information and marketing aids. 
 All Information disclosed to Key Employee or to which Key Employee has access during the period of this employment, for which there is any reasonable basis to believe
is, or which appears to be treated by Employer as Confidential Information, shall be presumed to be Confidential Information under this Agreement. In addition, Key Employee shall comply with the terms of any Confidentiality Agreement by which
Employer is bound to a third party. Key Employee’s disclosure to attorneys, accountants and other advisors at the Employer’s request, or in the performance of Key Employee’s duties, shall not be treated as a violation of this
Agreement. 
 9. Inventions. 
 9.01 Key Employee shall communicate to Employer as promptly and fully as practicable all Inventions (as defined below) which are (or were) conceived or reduced to practice by Key Employee (alone or jointly with others) (1) during Key
Employee’s employment with Employer, (2) within one (1) year following the termination of Key Employee’s employment with Employer for any reason (and whether occasioned by Key Employee or Employer). Key Employee hereby assigns to
Employer and/or its nominees, all of Key Employee’s right, title, and interest in such Inventions, and all of Key Employee’s right, title, and interest in any patents, copyrights, patent applications or copyright applications based
thereon. Key Employee shall assist Employer and/or its nominees (without 

 charge but at no expense to Key Employee) at any time and in every proper way to obtain for its and/or their own
benefits, patents and copyrights for all such Inventions anywhere in the world and to enforce its and/or their rights in legal proceedings. 
 9.02 As used
in this Section, the term “Invention” includes, but is not limited to, all inventions, discoveries, improvements, processes, developments, designs, know-how, data, computer programs and formulae, whether patentable or unpatentable or
protectable by copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property law. 
 9.03 Any provision in this Section requiring Key Employee to assign Key
Employee’s rights in any Invention does not apply to an Invention which qualifies for exclusion under the provisions of Minnesota Statute Section 181.78. That section provides that the requirement to assign “does not apply to an
invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the employer was used and which was developed entirely on the employee’s own time, and (1) which does not relate (a) directly to the business of the
employer or (b) to the employer’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (2) which does not result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.” Key Employee understands that Key Employee
bears the burden of proving that an Invention qualifies for exclusion under Minnesota Statute Section 181.78. 
 9.04 Notwithstanding any of the
foregoing, Key Employee also assigns to Employer (or to any of its nominees) all rights which Key Employee may have or acquire in any Invention, full title to which is required to be in the United States by a contract between Employer and the United
States or any of its agencies. 
 9.05 Key Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Employer and each of its duly authorized officers and agents
as Key Employee’s agent and attorney-in-fact to act for and in Key Employee’s behalf and stead to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance, and enforcement of patents,
copyrights and other proprietary rights with the same force and effect as if executed and delivered by Key Employee. 
 10.
Miscellaneous. 
 10.01 Disputes. The Compensation Committee of Employer’s Board of Directors, or its delegate, shall be the sole arbiter
and judge regarding any disputes under this agreement. 
 10.02 Governing Law and Venue Selection. This Agreement is made under and shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof, or of any of the 

 United States of America. The parties agree that any litigation in any way relating to this Agreement or to Key
Employee’s employment by Employer, including but not limited to the termination of this Agreement or of Key Employee’s employment, will be venued in the State of Minnesota, Hennepin County District Court, or the United States District
Court for the District of Minnesota. Key Employee and Employer hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of these courts and waive any objection that such venue is inconvenient or improper. 
 10.03 Prior Agreements. This Agreement (including other agreements specifically mentioned in this Agreement) contains the entire agreement of the parties relating
to the employment of Key Employee by Employer and the other matters discussed herein and supersedes all prior promises, contracts, agreements and understandings of any kind, whether express or implied, oral or written, with respect to such subject
matter (including, but not limited to, any promise, contract or understanding, whether express or implied, oral or written, by and between Employer and Key Employee) and the parties hereto have made no agreements, representations or warranties
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement which are not set forth herein or in the other agreements mentioned herein. 
 10.04 Withholding
Taxes. Employer may take such action as it deems appropriate to insure that all applicable federal, state, city and other payroll, withholding, income or other taxes arising from any compensation, benefits or any other payments made pursuant to
this Agreement. or any other contract, agreement or understanding which relates, in whole or in part, to Key Employee’s employment with Employer or any Employer Affiliate, are withheld or collected from Key Employee. 
 10.05 Amendments. No amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be deemed effective unless made in writing and signed by Key Employee and Employer.

 10.06 No Waiver. No term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived, nor shall there be any estoppel to enforce any
provisions of this Agreement, except by a statement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver or estoppel is sought. Any written waiver shall not be deemed a continuing waiver unless specifically stated, shall operate
only as to the specific term or condition waived, and shall not constitute a waiver of such term or condition for the future or as to any act other than as specifically set forth in the waiver. 
 10.07 Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, by any party without the written consent of the other party, except that Employer
may, without the consent of Key Employee, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Employer affiliate or to any corporation, firm or 

 other business entity with or into which Employer may merge or consolidate, or to which Employer may sell or transfer all
or substantially all of its assets, or of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity investment and of the voting control is owned, directly or indirectly, by, or is under common ownership with, Employer. After any such assignment by
Employer, Employer shall be discharged from all further liability hereunder and such assignee shall thereafter be deemed to be Employer for the purposes of all provisions of this Agreement including this Section 10.06. 
 10.08 Injunctive Relief. Key Employee acknowledges and agrees that the services to be rendered by Key Employee hereunder are of a special, unique and
extraordinary character, that it would be difficult to replace such services and that any violation of Sections 6.06, 7, 8, or 9 hereof would be highly injurious to Employer and/or to any Employer Affiliate, and that it would be extremely difficult
to compensate Employer and/or any Employer Affiliate fully for damages for any such violation. Accordingly, Key Employee specifically agrees that Employer or any Employer Affiliate, as the case may be, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent
injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of Sections 6.06, 7, 8, or 9 hereof, and that such relief may be granted without the necessity of proving actual damages and without necessity of posting any bond. This provision with respect to injunctive
relief shall not, however, diminish the right of Employer or any Employer Affiliate to claim and recover damages, or to seek and obtain any other relief available to it at law or in equity, in addition to injunctive relief. 
 10.09 Severability. To the extent any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be
deemed to be deleted from this Agreement as to that jurisdiction only, and the validity and enforceability of the remainder of such provision and of this Agreement shall be unaffected. In furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, Key
Employee expressly agrees that should the duration of, geographical extent of, or business activities covered by, any provision of this Agreement be in excess of that which is valid or enforceable under applicable law in a given jurisdiction, then
such provision, as to such jurisdiction only, shall be construed to cover only that duration, extent or activities that may validly or enforceably be covered. Key Employee acknowledges the uncertainty of the law in this respect and expressly
stipulates that this Agreement shall be construed in a manner that renders its provisions valid and enforceable to the maximum extent (not exceeding its express terms) possible under applicable law in each applicable jurisdiction. All gender
references made herein are neutral, and references to “he,” “himself,” and “his” shall be deemed to mean “she,” “herself,” or “hers”. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth in
the first paragraph. 
  

			
	 C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.

		
	 By
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	
	
	 KEY EMPLOYEE:

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