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EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

GLOBAL EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT INC. 

CHANGE IN CONTROL AND SEVERANCE PLAN 

FOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT 

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has adopted this Change in Control and Severance
Plan for Senior Management (this “Plan”), effective as of April 3, 2017, for the benefit of executives and other members of the senior management of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) who are eligible to
participate in this Plan. 
  

	1.	Purposes 

 The purposes of this Plan are as follows: 

To reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of Participants (as defined below) to their assigned duties without the
distraction arising from the possibility of a Change in Control (as defined below) of the Company; 
 To enable and encourage Participants
to focus their attention on obtaining the best possible outcome for the Company’s shareholders and to make an independent evaluation of all possible transactions, without being influenced by their personal concerns regarding the possible impact
of various transactions on the security of their jobs and benefits; and 
 To provide severance payments and benefits to any Participant who
incurs a qualifying termination of employment under the circumstances described herein, whether within a certain period surrounding a Change in Control or outside of such period. 

 

	2.	Defined Terms 

 For purposes of this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated below: 
 (a) “Base Salary” means, as to any Participant, the amount the Participant is entitled
to receive as annual base salary, in each case without reduction for any pre-tax contributions to benefit plans. Base Salary does not include bonuses, incentives, commissions, overtime pay, shift pay, premium pay, cost of living allowances or income
from stock options, stock grants or other incentives awarded under the Equity Plan or otherwise. 
 (b)
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 (c) “Cause” means, for purposes of
any payments and benefits under this Plan, with respect to any Participant, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (i) a material violation of any Company policy, including but not limited to any policy contained in the
Company’s Code of Ethics; (ii) embezzlement from, or theft of property belonging to, the Company or any Subsidiary; (iii) willful failure to perform, or gross negligence in the performance of, assigned duties; (iv) material
breach of fiduciary duty to the Company Group (including, without limitation, acting in competition with, or taking other adverse action against, the Company Group during the period of Participant’s employment with the Company Group, including
soliciting employees of 

 
the Company Group for alternative employment); or (v) other intentional misconduct, whether related to employment or otherwise, which has, or has the potential to have, a material adverse
effect on the business conducted by the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case, subject to the procedural requirements set forth in Section 9.2. 

(d) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. 

(e) “Change in Control” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Equity Plan. 

(f) “Change in Control Protection Period” means the period beginning 120 days prior to the date of a Change in
Control and ending on the second anniversary of such Change in Control. 
 (g) “Change in Control Severance
Multiple” means the following number, as applicable: (i) 2.0 with respect to the Tier I Participant, (ii) 1.0 with respect to any Tier II Participant, and (iii) 0.5 with respect to any Tier III Participant. 

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

(i) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board. 

(j) “Company” means Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. 

(k) “Company Group” means the Company (or, following a Change in Control, the surviving corporation) and each
of its Subsidiaries. 
 (l) “Date of Termination,” means (i) if the Participant’s employment is
terminated by the Company for Cause or, by a Tier I or Tier II Participant for Good Reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination (as determined in accordance with the terms of this Plan), (ii) if the Participant’s employment is
terminated by the Company other than for Cause, the date on which the Company notifies the Participant of such termination, (iii) if the Participant resigns without Good Reason, the date on which the Participant notifies the Company of such
termination, and (iv) if the Participant’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the date of the Participant’s death or the 30th day after receipt of such Notice of Termination by the Participant, as the case may
be. 
 (m) “Disability” means a Participant’s physical or mental incapacitation such that for a period
of six (6) consecutive months, or for an aggregate of nine (9) months in any twenty-four (24) consecutive month period, the Participant is unable to perform substantially his or her duties. Any question as to the existence of a
Participant’s physical or mental incapacitation as to which the Participant or such Participant’s representative, as applicable, and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually
acceptable to the Participant or such Participant’s representative, as applicable, and the Company. If the Participant or such Participant’s representative, as applicable, and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent
physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two (2) physicians shall select a third (3rd) who shall make such determination in writing. The determination of Disability made in writing to the Company and the Participant or such
Participant’s representative, as applicable, shall be final and conclusive for all purposes under this Plan. 

  
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 (n) “Effective Date” means April 3, 2017. 

(o) “Eligible Employee” means any employee of the Company Group unless that employee is a party to any
individual employment agreement, offer letter or any other similar agreement with any member of the Company Group that provides for severance payments or benefits of any kind upon a termination of employment with the Company Group (excluding, for
the avoidance of doubt, any award agreement evidencing the grant of an Equity Award that provides for accelerated or continued vesting, exercisability and/or settlement upon or following a termination of employment), where that employee has not
affirmatively elected in writing to forego the payments and benefits under such agreement or offer letter in favor of the payments and benefits under this Plan. 

(p) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

(q) “Equity Award” means each stock option, restricted stock unit or other equity or equity-based compensation
award in respect of Shares granted to a Participant under the Equity Plan or any other equity-based compensation plan maintained by the Company. 

(r) “Equity Plan” means the Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan,
as may be amended or restated from time to time or any successor to such plan. 
 (s) “Good Reason” means
the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the prior written consent of a Tier I or Tier II Participant: 

(i) A material adverse change in the Participant’s duties or responsibilities (such that the compensation paid to the
Participant would not continue to be deemed rational based on the Participant’s revised duties or responsibilities); 

(ii) A reduction of more than 15% in the Participant’s Base Salary as in effect for the 12-month period immediately prior
to such reduction, other than in connection with an across-the-board reduction of the base salaries of similarly situated employees or due to changes in the Participant’s duties and responsibilities with the Participant’s prior written
consent; 
 (iii) A reduction of more than 15% in the Participant’s annual target bonus as in effect immediately prior
to such reduction or the Participant becoming ineligible to participate in bonus plans applicable to similarly situated employees, other than in connection with an across-the-board reduction of the annual target bonuses of similarly situated
employees or due to changes in the Participant’s duties and responsibilities with the Participant’s prior written consent; 

  
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 (iv) The failure of any successor to the Company to assume this Plan upon a
Change in Control pursuant to Section 11; or 
 (v) A change in the Participant’s principal place of work to a
location of more than 50 miles in each direction from the Participant’s principal place of work immediately prior to such change in location; provided, that such change increases the Participant’s commute from the Participant’s
principal residence by more than 50 miles in each direction and more than 3 times per week on average; 
 provided,
that (x) the Participant provides a Notice of Termination to the Company within 90 days of the initial existence of the facts or circumstances constituting such event, (y) the Company fails to cure such facts or circumstances within 30
days after receipt of such Notice of Termination and (z) the Date of Termination of the Participant occurs no later than 30 days after the expiration of the such cure period. 

(t) “Non-Change in Control Severance Multiple” means the following number as applicable: (i) 1.75 with
respect to the Tier I Participant, (ii) 1.0 with respect to any Tier II Participant, and (iii) 0.5 with respect to any Tier III Participant. 

(u) “Non-Section 16 Participant” means any Participant who is not a Section 16 Person. 

(v) “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which shall (i) indicate the specific termination
provision in this Plan relied upon, (ii) set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of a Participant’s employment under the provision so indicated, and (iii) if the Date of
Termination is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specify the Date of Termination (which date shall be not more than 30 days after the giving of such notice). 

(w) “Participant” means each of the Tier I Participants, the Tier II Participants, and the Tier III
Participants (collectively, the “Participants”). 
 (x) “Performance-Vesting Equity Award”
means any Equity Award that is not a Time-Vesting Equity Award. For the avoidance of doubt, a Performance-Vesting Equity Award shall include any Equity Award that is either expressly and exclusively subject to performance-based vesting or a hybrid
of time-based vesting and performance-based vesting. 
 (y) “Qualifying Termination” means a termination of
employment with the Company Group either by (i) the Company (other than for Cause) or (ii) a Participant for Good Reason. For purposes of clarification, the termination of a Participant’s employment by reason of the Participant’s
death or Disability shall not be deemed a Qualifying Termination. 
 (z) “Restricted Period” means the
following period of months commencing upon a Qualifying Termination: (i) with respect to the Tier I Participant, 21 months, (ii) with respect to any Tier II Participant, 12 months, and (iii) with respect to any Tier III
Participant, 6 months, which period may be reduced or eliminated, in each case, (A) by the Committee (in respect of any Section 16 Participant) or the Company (in respect of any Non-Section 16 Participant), or (B) to the extent
required to comply with the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which the Participant was primarily providing services to the Company immediately prior to such termination. 

  
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 (aa) “Section 16 Participant” means any Participant who is a
Section 16 Person. 
 (bb) “Section 16 Person” means an officer of the Company who is subject to the
reporting rules under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 (cc) “Separation from
Service” has the meaning set forth in Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)). 

(dd) “Share” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Equity Plan. 

(ee) “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations
beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such
chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Subsidiary on a date after the Effective Date shall be considered a Subsidiary commencing as of such date. 

(ff) “Tier I Participant” means the Chief Executive Officer, unless he or she affirmatively elects in writing
to be treated as a Tier II Participant hereunder. 
 (gg) “Tier II Participant” means (i) any
Section 16 Person (other than the Chief Executive Officer, unless he or she affirmatively elects in writing to be treated as a Tier II Participant) whom the Committee has designated as a Tier II Participant or (ii) any employee of the
Company who is not a Section 16 Person whom the Chief Executive Officer has designated as a Tier II Participant, in each case, pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Plan. 

(hh) “Tier III Participant” means (i) any Section 16 Person (other than the Chief Executive Officer)
whom the Committee has designated as a Tier III Participant or (ii) any employee of the Company who is not a Section 16 Person whom the Chief Executive Officer has designated as a Tier III Participant in this Plan, in each case, pursuant
to Section 4.1. 
 (ii) “Time-Vesting Equity Award” means any Equity Award that is expressly and
exclusively subject to periodic or cliff time-based vesting. 
  

	3.	Administration 

 3.1 This Plan shall be interpreted, administered, and operated by the
Committee, which may delegate its duties and powers in whole or in part to any subcommittee thereof or such other persons from time to time as it may designate. The Committee is authorized to interpret this Plan, to establish, amend, and rescind any
rules and regulations relating to this Plan, to resolve ambiguities under this Plan, and to make any other determinations that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of this Plan. The Committee may correct any defect

  
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or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable. The Committee shall have the full power and
authority, in its sole discretion but subject to the provisions of this Plan, including, without limitation, the provisions giving the Chief Executive Officer the exclusive right to determine whether any Eligible Employee who is not a
Section 16 Person shall be a Tier II Participant or a Tier III Participant, to determine who shall be a Participant and to establish the terms and conditions of any payment or benefit payable under this Plan. Any decision of the Committee in
the interpretation and administration of this Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but not limited to, Participants and their
beneficiaries or successors). 
 3.2 All expenses and liabilities which members of the Committee incur in connection with the administration
of this Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Committee may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers, or other persons in connection with such administration, and the Committee, the Company and the Company’s officers
and directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons. No member of Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination, or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Plan, and
all members of the Committee shall be fully protected by the Company in respect of any such action, determination, or interpretation. 
  

	4.	Eligibility and Participation 

 4.1 Each Eligible Employee who is either (i) a
Section 16 Person who has been designated to participate in this Plan as a Tier I, Tier II or Tier III Participant by the Committee, in its sole discretion, or (ii) an employee who is not a Section 16 Person who has been designated to
participate in this Plan as a Tier II or Tier III Participant by the Chief Executive Officer, in his sole discretion, shall become a Participant and be eligible to receive payments and benefits under this Plan. If the Chief Executive Officer
designates an employee who is not a Section 16 Person to participate in this Plan as a Tier II or Tier III Participant, the Chief Executive Officer shall notify the Committee at its next regularly-scheduled meeting of such designation. Promptly
following such designation by the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, the Company shall provide written notice substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Designation Letter”) to each
Participant with respect to the Participant’s designation as a Tier I, Tier II, or Tier III Participant in this Plan. 
 4.2 None of the
Participants shall be eligible to receive any severance payments or benefits under any other severance plan, policy, or program of the Company Group as in effect from time to time. Any severance payments or benefits payable to a Participant under
this Plan shall be in lieu of any severance payments or benefits to which such Participant may otherwise have been entitled to pursuant to (a) any other severance plan, policy or program of the Company Group as in effect from time to time, and
(b) any individual employment agreement, offer letter, or any other similar agreement with any member of the Company Group that provides for severance payments or benefits of any kind upon a termination of employment with the Company Group
(excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any award agreement evidencing the grant of an Equity Award that provides for accelerated or continued vesting, exercisability and/or settlement upon or following a termination of employment), where the
Participant has affirmatively elected in writing to forego the payments and benefits under such agreement, offer letter, or similar agreement in favor of the payments and benefits under this Plan. 

  
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	5.	Termination Benefits and Payments 

 5.1 Qualifying Termination Outside of the Change
in Control Protection Period. If a Participant incurs a Qualifying Termination at any time outside of the Change in Control Protection Period, the Participant shall be entitled to receive the following payments and benefits, subject to
Section 5.3 and Section 14.2: 
 (a) A single lump-sum payment within 10 days after the Date of Termination (or
earlier, to the extent required by applicable law), in an aggregate amount equal to (i) the Participant’s earned but unpaid Base Salary and accrued but unpaid vacation pay (if any) through the Date of Termination, and (ii) subject to
submission by the Participant of supporting documentation, any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by the Participant through the Date of Termination in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement policy (the amounts described in clauses
(i) and (ii), collectively, the “Accrued Obligations”); 
 (b) A single lump-sum payment on the first
payroll date following the date on which the Release (as defined below) becomes irrevocable, in an amount equal to (i) the Participant’s applicable Non-Change in Control Severance Multiple, multiplied by (ii) the Participant’s
Base Salary, as in effect on the Date of Termination (without giving effect to any reduction in Base Salary that constitutes Good Reason); provided, that, to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code, if the Release
Period spans two calendar years, such amount shall be paid on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that occurs in the second calendar year; 

(c) Any unpaid bonus that would have become payable to the Participant in respect of any fiscal year that ends on or before the
Date of Termination, where the Participant remained employed through the full fiscal year or performance period but incurs a Qualifying Termination prior to the payment date for such bonus, payable in a single-lump sum on the later of (i) the
date on which such bonus would have been paid to the Participant if he had remained employed on the payment date or (ii) the first payroll date following the date on which the Release (as defined below) becomes irrevocable (or, to the extent
required to comply with Section 409A of the Code, if the Release Period spans two calendar years, the first regularly scheduled payroll date that occurs in the second calendar year); 

(d) A pro rata annual bonus for the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs in an amount equal to the product of:
(i) the actual annual bonus such Participant would have earned for the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs if he had remained employed with the Company Group on the applicable payment date for such annual bonus (but with 100% of
such annual bonus calculated solely based on the applicable Company performance metrics with respect to such fiscal year and without regard to any assessment of personal performance) and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of days elapsed through the Date of Termination in the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs and the denominator of which shall be 365, payable in a single lump-sum on the date on which such annual bonus would have been paid to
the Participant if he had remained employed on the payment date. 

  
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 (e) Any cash, retention, or similar incentive compensation awards (including a
cash long-term incentive plan) (other than Equity Awards) held by the Participant as of the Date of Termination having a performance or vesting period that exceeds one year shall be subject to the terms of the applicable plan or grant document with
respect to any vesting or payment thereof; provided, that if the applicable plan or grant document does not expressly provide for the treatment of such award upon a Qualifying Termination, then the Committee (in respect of any Section 16
Participant) or the Chief Executive Officer (in respect of any Non-Section 16 Participant) shall determine, in good faith, the treatment of such award consistent with the principles of this Plan, so long as all Participants so affected who then
hold such an award are treated in a similar manner in respect of such award; 
 (f) If the Participant elects to receive
group health insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) following the termination of the Participant’s employment, then the difference between the full monthly COBRA premium
payment and the current monthly premium the Participant would have paid as an active employee shall be paid to the Participant as currently taxable compensation in substantially equal monthly installments over the 12-month period for Tier I and Tier
II Participants, and over the 6 month period for Tier III Participants, commencing as of the first day of the month immediately following the Date of Termination (the “Continuation Period”) (any continuation of such coverage shall
run concurrently with any period of continuation coverage required under COBRA); provided, that the Participant shall timely elect such coverage and continue to pay the same amount of monthly premium as in effect for an active employee with
the same coverage; provided, further, that if the Participant becomes employed with another employer during the Continuation Period and is eligible to receive group health insurance coverage under such employer’s plans, the
Company’s obligations under this Section 5.1(f) shall be reduced to the extent comparable coverage is actually provided to the Participant and the Participant’s covered dependents, and any such coverage shall be reported by the
Participant to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) if any plan pursuant to which the Company is providing such coverage is not, or ceases prior to the expiration of the Continuation Period to be, exempt from the application of
Section 409A of the Code under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(a)(5), or (B) the Company is otherwise unable to continue to cover the Participant under its group health plans or the continuation of such coverage would result in
adverse tax consequences for the Participant or the imposition of fines or penalties on the Company, then, in either case, an amount equal to the difference between the full monthly COBRA premium payment and the current monthly premium the
Participant would have paid as an active employee shall thereafter be paid to the Participant as currently taxable compensation in a single lump sum; 

(g) Upon written request by the Participant, the Company shall, at its sole expense, provide the Participant with reasonable
outplacement services with a well-known and reputable outplacement agency for Continuation Period applicable to such Participant under Section 5.1(f) above; and 

  
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 (h) With respect to Tier I and Tier II Participants only, to the extent not
previously vested as of the Date of Termination, any outstanding Equity Awards held by the Participant shall vest and become exercisable as follows; provided, that if the applicable award agreement evidencing any such Equity Award provides
for more favorable vesting, then the terms of such award agreement shall instead govern the treatment of such Equity Award: 

(i) With respect to any Time-Vesting Equity Award held by the Tier I or Tier II Participant, the vesting of such Equity Award
will immediately accelerate with respect to a portion of the unvested Shares subject thereto in an amount equal to (A) the total number of Shares granted under the Equity Award multiplied by a fraction, not to exceed 1, the numerator of which
is (x) the number of days the Participant was employed from the Time-Vesting Equity Award’s grant date to the Date of Termination, plus (y) 365 days, and the denominator of which is the number of days from the grant date to the final
vesting date of such Equity Award, less (B) the number of Shares granted under the Equity Award that had vested prior to the Date of Termination, if any; and 

(ii) With respect to any Performance-Vesting Equity Award held by the Participant, unvested Shares subject thereto shall be
eligible to vest and, if applicable, become exercisable, in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement evidencing such Performance-Vesting Equity Award. 

All other benefits, if any, due to the Participant following a termination pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be determined in accordance with the plans,
policies and practices of the Company as in effect from time to time; provided, that the Participant shall not be entitled to any severance payments or benefits under (1) any other severance plan, policy or program of the Company Group
as in effect from time to time, or (2) any individual employment agreement, offer letter, or any other similar agreement with any member of the Company Group that provides for severance payments or benefits of any kind upon a termination of
employment with the Company Group (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any award agreement evidencing the grant of an Equity Award that provides for accelerated or continued vesting, exercisability and/or settlement upon or following a
termination of employment), where the Participant has affirmatively elected in writing to forego the payments and benefits under such agreement, offer letter, or similar agreement in favor of the payments and benefits under this Plan. The
Participant shall not accrue any additional compensation or other benefits under this Plan following such termination of employment other than as expressly set forth herein. 

5.2 Qualifying Termination During the Change in Control Protection Period. If a Participant incurs a Qualifying Termination at any time
during the Change in Control Protection Period, the Participant shall be entitled to receive the following payments and benefits, subject to Section 5.3 and Section 14.2: 

  
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 (a) The Participant shall be entitled to payment of the Accrued Obligations in a
single lump-sum within 10 days after the Date of Termination (or earlier, to the extent required by applicable law); 
 (b) A
single lump-sum payment on the first payroll date following the date on which the Release (as defined below) becomes irrevocable, in an amount equal to (i) the Participant’s applicable Change in Control Severance Multiple, multiplied by
(ii) the sum of the Participant’s Base Salary and the Participant’s annual target bonus, in each case, as in effect on the Date of Termination (without giving effect to any reduction in Base Salary or annual target bonus,
respectively, that constitutes Good Reason); provided, that, to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code, if the Release Period spans two calendar years, such amount shall be paid on the first regularly scheduled
payroll date that occurs in the second calendar year; 
 (c) A pro rata annual bonus for the fiscal year in which the Date of
Termination occurs in an amount equal to the product of: (i) the greater of (A) the actual annual bonus such Participant would have earned for the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs if he had remained employed with the
Company Group on the applicable payment date for such annual bonus (but with 100% of such annual bonus calculated solely based on the applicable Company performance metrics with respect to such fiscal year and without regard to any assessment of
personal performance) and (B) the Participant’s target level annual bonus, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days elapsed through the Date of Termination in the fiscal year in which the Date of
Termination occurs and the denominator of which shall be 365, payable in a single lump-sum on the date on which such annual bonus would have been paid to the Participant if he had remained employed on the payment date; 

(d) The Participant shall be entitled to the payments and benefits provided in Sections 5.1(c), (e), (f) and (g), subject
to the terms and conditions thereof, including, without limitation, the requirement that a condition to the Participant’s right to receive such payments and benefits is the Participant’s execution, delivery and non-revocation of the
Release; and 
 (e) To the extent not previously vested as of the Date of Termination, subject to the terms of any applicable
award agreement evidencing any such Equity Award, any outstanding Equity Awards (including any such Equity Awards that are assumed, converted or replaced pursuant to Section 6) held by the Participant shall vest and, if applicable, become
exercisable as follows (in lieu of the vesting described in Section 5.1(h)); provided, that if the applicable award agreement evidencing any such Equity Award provides for more favorable vesting, then the terms of such award agreement
shall instead govern the treatment of such Equity Award: 
 (i) With respect to any Time-Vesting Equity Award held by the
Participant, the vesting of such award will immediately accelerate with respect to all of the unvested Shares subject thereto, unless otherwise provided in an award agreement evidencing such Time-Vesting Equity Award. With respect to any
Time-Vesting Equity Award that is a stock option, in order to accomplish the intention of this Section 5.2(e), and notwithstanding any provision of the 

  
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applicable award agreement or the Equity Plan under which such Time-Vesting Equity Award was granted to the contrary, if the Participant experiences a Qualifying Termination prior to the
occurrence of a Change in Control, any portion of such Time-Vesting Equity Award that is an unvested stock option shall remain outstanding (but shall not be exercisable) for a period of 120 days following the Date of Termination and, (A) if a
Change in Control occurs during such 120-day period, such unvested stock option shall become fully vested upon the occurrence of such Change in Control and shall be exercisable for a period of 20 days following such Change in Control (or, if
earlier, the date on which the term of such stock option would expire) or (B) if a Change in Control does not occur prior to the expiration of such 120-day period, the unvested stock option shall automatically expire upon the expiration of such
120-day period. 
 (ii) With respect to any Performance-Vesting Equity Award held by the Participant, unvested Shares subject
thereto shall be eligible to vest and become exercisable in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement evidencing such Performance-Vesting Equity Award. 

(f) Non-Qualifying Termination. If a Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated either (i) by the
Company for Cause, (ii) by a Participant without Good Reason or (iii) due to the Participant’s death or Disability, then the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary or estate, as applicable) shall be entitled to payment of
the Accrued Obligations in a single lump-sum within 10 days after the Date of Termination (or earlier, to the extent required by applicable law). In no event shall any such Participant otherwise be eligible to receive any payments or benefits under
this Plan, except to the extent explicitly required by applicable law; provided, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine to provide for the full or partial vesting of any Equity Award held by the Participant as of the Date
of Termination. 
 5.3 Release and Other Conditions to Severance. Any payments or benefits that may be provided to a Participant under
Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 of this Plan (other than payment of the Accrued Obligations) shall be conditioned upon the following events: 

(a) The Participant’s execution, delivery and non-revocation of an effective release of claims against the Company Group,
in substantially the Company’s standard form for personnel who are similarly situated to the Participant (the “Release”), which Release shall be delivered to the Participant within 5 days following the Date of Termination and
which must be executed (and not revoked) by the Participant within sixty (60) days following the Date of Termination (the “Release Period”); 

(b) At the Company’s request, the Participant’s return of all property belonging to the Company Group (including, but
not limited to, any Company Group-provided laptops, computers, cell phones, wireless electronic mail devices or other equipment, or documents and property belonging to the Company Group); and 

(c) The Participant’s continued compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 7. 

  
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 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Committee determines, in its reasonable good faith and
discretion, that a Participant has not satisfied any of the conditions precedent or subsequent in Section 7, (i) any entitlement of the Participant to receive any payments or benefits due under this Plan (other than payment of the Accrued
Obligations) shall be forfeited, and (ii) the Participant shall be obligated to promptly repay the Company all amounts of payments and benefits the Participant previously received under this Plan (other than the Accrued Obligations);
provided, that if a court subsequently determines that the Participant did satisfy such conditions, the Participant’s entitlement to receive such payments and benefits shall be reinstated in accordance with the terms thereof. 

 

	6.	Treatment of Equity Awards Held by Non-Terminated Participants upon a Change in Control 

If a Participant remains employed with the Company Group on the date on which a Change in Control occurs, any outstanding Equity Awards then
held by the Participant shall, effective upon the consummation of such Change in Control, be treated as follows: 
 (a) With
respect to each Time-Vesting Equity Award held by the Participant: 
 (i) If such Time-Vesting Equity Award is assumed,
converted or replaced by the surviving corporation (including the Company if the Company is the surviving corporation) or its parent with equity or equity-based awards in respect of a publicly traded security having an equivalent value and vesting
schedule to those applicable to such Time-Vesting Equity Award immediately prior to such Change in Control, such award as so-assumed, converted or replaced, as applicable, shall remain eligible to vest and become exercisable in accordance with its
terms, subject to fully accelerated vesting in the event of a Participant’s Qualifying Termination with the surviving corporation or its parent, as applicable, that occurs at any time on or prior to the second anniversary of such Change in
Control. 
 (ii) If such Time-Vesting Equity Award is not so assumed, converted or replaced, the vesting of such award will
immediately accelerate with respect to all of the unvested Shares subject thereto. 
 (b) With respect to any
Performance-Vesting Equity Award held by the Participant, unvested Shares subject thereto shall be eligible to vest and, if applicable, become exercisable in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement evidencing such
Performance-Vesting Equity Award. 
  

	7.	Restrictive Conditions 

 As a condition precedent and subsequent to the receipt of any
actual payments and benefits provided to a Participant under Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 of this Plan (other than payment of the Accrued Obligations), the Participant, in order to accept any such benefits and payments under this Plan, must
comply with the restrictive conditions precedent and subsequent to receipt thereof, as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto (the terms of which shall be incorporated into the Release), for the Restricted Period. Upon completion of the
Restricted Period, Participant must certify (in writing) to the Company his or her compliance with such 

  
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conditions. For the avoidance of doubt, the restrictive conditions set forth on Exhibit B shall apply in addition to (and shall not be limited by the provisions of) any other
non-competition, non-pooling, non-solicitation, confidentiality, non-disparagement or similar covenants or conditions to which a Participant is subject pursuant to any other plan or agreement containing restrictive covenants or conditions to which
such Participant is a party with any member of the Company Group (or, in the case of any plan, as a recipient of any award or benefits thereunder), such that the longest and broadest of such restrictions shall apply (without duplication). 

 

	8.	Limitation on Payments 

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Plan to the contrary, if any payment or benefit received or to be received by a Participant, whether pursuant to the terms of this Plan or any other plan, arrangement or agreement (all such payments and benefits being hereinafter referred to as the
“Total Payments”), would be subject (in whole or part), to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then, after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided
by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other plan, arrangement or agreement, the Total Payments shall be reduced as set forth herein, to the extent necessary so that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax, but only
if the net amount of such Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal
exemptions attributable to such reduced Total Payments), is greater than or equal to the net amount of such Total Payments without such reduction (but after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments
and the amount of Excise Tax to which the Participant would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such unreduced Total
Payments). The Total Payments shall be reduced by the Company in its reasonable discretion to achieve the highest after-tax benefit to the Participant; provided, that no such reduction shall apply to any such payment or benefit that
constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) to the extent that such reduction would result in any prohibited acceleration or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code.

 (b) For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax,
(i) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Participant shall have waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code shall be
taken into account, (ii) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of an independent nationally recognized accounting firm or consulting firm (“Independent Advisors”) selected by the
Company, does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such Total
Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of Independent Advisors, constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the Base Amount (as
defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation, and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Independent
Advisors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. 

  
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	9.	Termination Procedure 

 9.1 Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of a
Participant’s employment by the Company with or without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other party given in accordance with Section 12. The failure by the Participant 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 Participant or the Company, respectively, under this Plan or preclude the
Participant or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Participant’s or the Company’s rights under this Plan. 

9.2 Procedure for Termination for Cause. Any termination of the employment of a Participant shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless
and until (a) the Participant has been provided written notice detailing the facts or circumstances constituting such Cause event at least 30 days before the proposed Date of Termination; provided, that the Company shall have the right
to suspend the Participant with pay during such period, (b) the Participant has been provided with a reasonable opportunity, together with counsel for the Participant (at the Participant’s option and expense), to be heard by the Committee
(in respect of any Section 16 Participant) or a panel of senior executive officers of the Company (in respect of any Non-Section 16 Participant) regarding any disputed facts prior to such proposed Date of Termination, and (c) to the
extent capable of cure, the Participant fails to cure such facts or circumstances within such 30 day period; provided, that the Committee or such panel of senior executive officers of the Company, as applicable, shall determine in good faith
whether such Cause event exists following such hearing and, if applicable, whether and how such Cause event is capable of being cured. If it is determined that no such Cause event exists and the Company determines to terminate the Participant’s
employment with the Company, then such termination shall constitute a termination without Cause for purposes of this Plan. 
  

	10.	No Mitigation or Offset 

 The Company agrees that, in order for a Participant to be
eligible to receive the payments and other benefits described herein, the Participant is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Participant by the Company pursuant to Section 5.1 or
5.2. Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Plan (other than pursuant to Section 5.1(f)) shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Participant following the Date of Termination as the result of
employment by another employer or otherwise, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Participant to the Company, or otherwise. 
  

	11.	Successors; Binding Agreement 

 11.1 The Company shall 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 expressly assume this Plan and all obligations of the Company hereunder in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Company would be so obligated if no such succession had taken place. 

  
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 11.2 This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, its permitted
successors and assigns. 
 11.3 No right or interest of a Participant under this Plan may be assigned, transferred or alienated, in whole or
in part, either directly or by operation of law, and no such right or interest shall be liable for or subject to any debt, obligation or liability of such Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant dies while any amount would still
be payable to the Participant hereunder (other than amounts which, by their terms, terminate upon the death of the Participant) if the Participant had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance
with the terms of this Plan to the executors, personal representatives or administrators of the Participant’s estate. 
  

	12.	Notices 

 For the purpose of this Plan, notices and all other communications provided for
in this Plan shall be given in writing and delivered by hand or sent by overnight courier, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices
delivered by the Company to the Participant, 5 days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Participant at the last address the Participant provided to the Company and, if to the Company, to the address set forth
below, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon actual receipt: 

To the Company: 

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. 

Attention: General Counsel 

4553 Glencoe Ave., Suite 300 

Los Angeles, CA 90292 

(310) 437-6000 
  

	13.	Claims Procedure; Arbitration 

 13.1 Claims Procedure. 

(a) With respect to any claim for benefits which are provided exclusively under this Plan, the claim shall be approved or
denied by the Committee (in respect of any Section 16 Participant) or a panel of senior executive officers of the Company (in respect of any Non-Section 16 Participant) within 90 days following the receipt of the information necessary to
process the claim. If the Committee denies a claim for benefits in whole or in part, it will give written notice of the decision to the claimant or the claimant’s authorized representative, which notice will set forth in a manner calculated to
be understood by the claimant, stating the specific reasons for such denial, make specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision was based, and provide any other additional information, as applicable, required by
Section 503 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder. 

  
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 (b) With respect to any claim for benefits which, under the terms of this Plan,
are provided under another employee benefit plan or program maintained by any member of the Company Group, the Committee shall determine claims regarding the Participant’s eligibility under this Plan in accordance with the preceding
Section 13.1(a), but the administration of any other claim with respect to such benefits (including the amount of such benefits) shall be subject to the claims procedure specified in such other employee benefit plan or program. 

(c) Appeals with respect to any claim for benefits which, under the terms of this Plan, are provided under another employee
benefit plan maintained by any member of the Company Group (e.g., group health, life insurance, etc.), shall be subject to the claims and appeals procedure specified in such other employee benefit plan. 

13.2 Arbitration. If a Participant and the Company are unable to resolve any controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, this
Plan (after giving effect to Section 13.1), other than any claim with respect to Section 7 (which claim must be brought in court), which cannot be settled amicably by the parties, such controversy shall be finally, exclusively, and
conclusively settled by mandatory arbitration conducted expeditiously in accordance with the provisions of the arbitration rules of the state in which the Participant is or was last employed by the Company (e.g., in California, the California
Arbitration Act) or in absence of state law, the Federal Arbitration Act, and shall be heard before a retired State or Federal judge in the county containing the Company’s office in which the Participant is or was last employed. The decision of
the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon all parties thereto and shall be rendered pursuant to a written decision, which contains a detailed recital of the arbitrator’s reasoning. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction thereof. Each party shall pay his or its own costs for the arbitration, with the cost of the arbitrator to be equally divided between the parties; provided, that the Company shall reimburse the Participant for
reasonable attorneys’ fees and other actual costs incurred by the Participant in connection with such action if the Participant substantially prevails on at least one material issue in such arbitration (or any related litigation). 

13.3 Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right to
enforce the provisions of Section 7 through an action, suit or proceeding brought in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court, and each Participant consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such
courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such action, suit or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to a jury trial and any objection that such party may now or hereafter have
to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; provided, that any action, suit or proceeding
seeking to enforce a final judgment rendered in such court or an arbitral award pursuant to Section 13.2 may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
  

	14.	Section 409A 

 14.1 To the extent applicable, this Plan shall be interpreted and
applied consistent and in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the

  
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contrary, to the extent that the Committee determines that any payments or benefits under this Plan may not be either compliant with or exempt from Section 409A of the Code and related
Department of Treasury guidance, the Committee may in its sole discretion adopt such amendments to this Plan or take such other actions that the Committee determines are necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the compensation and benefits
payable under this Plan from Section 409A of the Code and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of such compensation and benefits, or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury
guidance; provided, that this Section 14.1 shall not create any obligation on the part of the Committee to adopt any such amendment or take any other action. 

14.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, no amounts shall be paid to any Participant under this Plan during the 6-month
period following such Participant’s Separation from Service to the extent that the Committee reasonably determines that paying such amounts at the time or times indicated in this Plan would result in a prohibited distribution under
Section 409A(a)(2)(b)(i) of the Code. If the payment of any such amounts is delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then on the first business day following the end of such 6-month period (or such earlier date upon which such amount can
be paid under Section 409A of the Code without resulting in a prohibited distribution, including as a result of the Participant’s death), the Participant shall receive payment of a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amount that would
have otherwise been payable to the Participant during such 6-month period without interest thereon. 
 14.3 Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Plan providing for the payment of amounts or benefits upon or following
a termination of employment unless such termination is also a Separation from Service with the Company, and, for purposes of any such provision of this Plan, references to a “resignation,” “termination,” “termination of
employment” or like terms shall mean Separation from Service. 
 14.4 For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each payment made
under this Plan shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. 
 14.5
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, except to the extent any expense, reimbursement or in-kind benefit provided pursuant to this Plan does not constitute a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of
the Code, (a) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the Participant during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the
Participant in any other calendar year; (b) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Participant is entitled to be reimbursed shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable
expense is incurred; and (c) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits hereunder may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. 
  

	15.	Termination and Amendment 

 This Plan, including any Designation Letter, may be amended
or terminated, and any provision thereof may be modified (or waived), for one or more Participants at any time by the 

  
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Committee (in respect of any Section 16 Participant) or the Chief Executive Officer (in respect of any Non-Section 16 Participant) in its sole discretion; provided, that any such
amendment, termination or modification adverse to any Participant (including without limitation, any amendment or modification resulting in the removal of a Participant from this Plan or in the demotion of a Participant from a Tier II Participant to
a Tier III Participant) shall not become effective until the date which is (i) in respect of any Participant who is employed outside of the Change in Control Period, the later of 2 years from the Effective Date or 12 months following the date
of such amendment, termination or modification or (ii) in respect of any Participant who is employed during the Change in Control Period, the latest of (x) 2 years from the Effective Date, (y) 12 months following the date of such
amendment, termination or modification or (z) the expiration of the Change in Control Period, in any case, so long as such amendment, termination or modification does not affect any benefits to which a Participant is entitled pursuant to a
termination of employment or resignation occurring prior to the date such amendment, termination or modification becomes effective. 
  

	16.	Miscellaneous 

 16.1 No Waiver. No waiver by the Company or any Participant, as
the case may be, at any time of any breach by the other party of, or of any lack of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Plan to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or
conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. All other plans, policies, and arrangements of the Company Group in which a Participant participates during the term of this Plan shall be interpreted so as to avoid the duplication of
benefits paid hereunder. 
 16.2 No Right to Employment. Nothing contained in this Plan or any documents relating to this Plan shall
(i) confer upon any Participant any right to continue as a Participant or in the employ or service of any member of the Company Group, (ii) constitute any contract or agreement of employment, or (iii) interfere in any way with any
“at-will” nature (if applicable) of the Participant’s employment with the Company Group. 
 16.3 Benefits not
Assignable. Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, no right or interest of any Participant under this Plan shall be assignable or transferable, in whole or in part, either directly or by operation of law or otherwise, including, without
limitation, by execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or in any manner; no attempted assignment or transfer thereof shall be effective; and no right or interest of any Participant under this Plan shall be liable for, or subject to, any
obligation or liability of such Participant. When a payment is due under this Plan to a Participant who is unable to care for his or her affairs, payment may be made directly to the Participant’s legal guardian or personal representative. 

16.4 Tax Withholding. All amounts payable hereunder shall be subject to withholdings for applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S.
taxes and other required payroll deductions, including, in respect of any Equity Awards, under any Company “withhold to cover” or “sell to cover” program as then in effect. 

16.5 No Effect on Other Benefits. Amounts payable hereunder shall not be counted as compensation for purposes of determining benefits
under other benefit plans, programs, policies, and agreements, except to the extent expressly provided therein or herein. 

  
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 16.6 Governing Law. It is intended that this Plan be an “employee welfare benefit
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA, and this Plan shall be administered in a manner consistent with such intent. This Plan and all rights hereunder shall be governed, construed, and interpreted in accordance with ERISA and,
to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of Delaware. 
 16.7 Unfunded Obligation. All amounts payable under
this Plan shall constitute an unfunded obligation of the Company. Payments shall be made, as due, from the general funds of the Company. This Plan shall constitute solely an unsecured promise by the Company to provide such benefits to Participants
to the extent provided herein. For avoidance of doubt, any pension, health, or life insurance benefits to which a Participant may be entitled under this Plan shall be provided under other applicable employee benefit plans of the Company Group. This
Plan does not provide the substantive benefits under such other employee benefit plans, and nothing in this Plan shall restrict the ability of any member of the Company Group to amend, modify or terminate such other employee benefit plans (whether
before or after a Change in Control (but subject to Section 5.2 or 6, as applicable, following a Change in Control)). 
 16.8
Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Plan shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Plan, which shall remain in full force and effect. 

16.9 Recovery of Overpayments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power, discretion, and authority to take any
and all actions it deems necessary or advisable to recover any overpayments made under this Plan, including deducting the amount of any such overpayments made to any Participant from any future payments or benefits to be made or provided to such
Participant. 
 *        *        * 

As adopted by the Compensation Committee 
 of the Board of
Directors of Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. 
 on April 3, 2017. 

GLOBAL EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT INC. 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Stephen Ballas

			
	Name: Stephen Ballas
	 Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary

  
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 Exhibit A 

Form of Designation Letter 

See attached. 

  
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 GLOBAL EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

 4553 GLENCOE AVE., SUITE 300 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90292 

(310) 437-6000 
 [INSERT DATE] 

[INSERT NAME] 
 c/o Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. 

4553 Glencoe Ave., Suite 300 
 Los Angeles, CA 90292 

 

	 	Re:	Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. Change in Control 

	 	  	and Severance Plan for Senior Management 

 Dear [NAME]: 

This letter agreement (the “Designation Letter”) relates to the Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. Change in Control and
Severance Plan for Senior Management (the “Plan”). Through this Designation Letter, you are being offered the opportunity to become a participant in the Plan. 

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”) has designated you as a Tier [__] Participant (as defined in the Plan) and
thereby you are eligible to receive the severance and other benefits set forth in the Plan subject to the terms and conditions thereof. A copy of the Plan has been made available to you. You should read it carefully and become comfortable with its
terms and conditions and those set forth below. 
 By accepting this Designation Letter, you acknowledge the following provisions: 

 

	 	•	 	that you have received and reviewed a copy of the Plan; 

  

	 	•	 	that you understand that participation in the Plan requires that you agree to the terms of the Plan and that you irrevocably and voluntarily agree to those terms (including by participating in the Plan you forfeit any
severance payments and benefits to which you may be entitled under your employment agreement, offer letter, or other agreement); and 

  

	 	•	 	that you have had the opportunity to carefully evaluate this opportunity and desire to participate in the Plan according to the terms and conditions set forth therein. 

You hereby agree that (i) your acceptance of this Designation Letter will result in your participation in the Plan subject to the terms
and conditions thereof and (ii) this Designation Letter may not be amended, modified, or terminated except pursuant to Section 15 of the Plan. 

To comply with applicable law and to administer the Plan appropriately, the Company and its agents may accumulate, hold and process your
personal data and/or “sensitive personal data” within the meaning of applicable law (“Personal Data”). Personal Data includes, but is not limited to, the information provided to you as part of the Plan and any changes
thereto (e.g., benefits and payments set forth in the Plan), other appropriate personal and financial data about 

 
you (e.g., name, home address, telephone number, date of birth, nationality, and social security number), and information about your participation in the Plan. By accepting this
Designation Letter, you give your explicit consent to the Company’s accumulating, transferring, and processing Personal Data as necessary or appropriate for Plan administration. Your Personal Data will be retained only as long as is necessary
to administer your participation in the Plan. By accepting this Designation Letter, you also give your explicit consent to the Company’s transfer of Personal Data outside the country in which you reside and to a country outside the European
Economic Area (including the United States of America, if applicable) where the same level of data protection laws may not apply as in your home country. The legal persons for whom your Personal Data are intended (and by whom your Personal Data may
be transferred, processed or exchanged) include the Company, its subsidiaries (or former subsidiaries as are deemed necessary) and any other person that the Company retains or utilizes for Plan administration purposes. You have the right to request
a list of the names and addresses of any potential recipients of your Personal Data and to review and correct your Personal Data by contacting the Company’s General Counsel. By accepting this Designation Letter, you acknowledge your
understanding that the transfer of the information outlined here is important to Plan administration and that failure to consent to the transmission of such information may limit or prohibit your participation in the Plan. 

This Designation Letter is subject in all respects to the terms and provisions of the Plan, as amended from time to time. In the event of any
conflict between the terms of this Designation Letter and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern. 
 Your participation
in the Plan will be effective upon your acceptance of this Designation Letter. You will be deemed to have accepted the terms of this Designation Letter unless you otherwise notify the Company in writing within 15 days after the date of your receipt
of this Designation Letter. 
  

			
	 Sincerely,
  

GLOBAL EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

 
			
		
	By:	 	 

 
			
	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  
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 Exhibit B 

Restrictive Conditions 

As a condition precedent and subsequent to the receipt of any actual payments and benefits provided to a Participant under Section 5.1 or
Section 5.2 of the attached Plan (other than payment of the Accrued Obligations), the Participant, in order to accept any such benefits and payments, must comply with the following restrictive conditions precedent and subsequent to receipt
thereof, as set forth below. 
 1. Confidentiality. The protection of confidential information and trade secrets is essential for
Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”), its subsidiaries from time to time (collectively with the Company, the “Company Group”) and employees’ future security. Notwithstanding this Section 1 or anything else
to the contrary in the Plan, any confidentiality or non-disclosure provision does not prohibit or restrict the Participant from responding to any inquiry about the Plan or its underlying facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other self-regulatory organization or governmental entity. The Participant understands and acknowledges that the Participant does not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and that
Participant is not required to notify the Company that Participant has made such reports or disclosures. 
 (a) You must
acknowledge that all forms, documents, papers, records, files, computer software, application systems and programs, and other materials prepared or received by you that pertain to the Company Group’s business, including appraisal reports and
all supporting documentation, Company Group letters to you and copies of letters sent by you, are the property of the Company Group; provided, however, that you may have a copy of any documents you signed relating to the obtaining or holding
of employment with the Company Group if required by applicable law. You further acknowledge that all information, including information in electronic form, disclosed to or developed by you during your employment by the Company Group relating to the
Company Group’s business, including, without limitation, the Company Group’s strategies and business plans, the identity of and information concerning potential or actual clients, and specialized techniques developed or used by the Company
Group are the exclusive property of the Company Group. 
 (b) You agree to maintain as confidential and not to disclose to
others or use for any purpose, for so long as you continue to hold or possess it, any Confidential Information to which you have or had access or exposure as a result of the performance of your services for the Company Group. 

2. Restrictions. In order to preserve the Confidential Information, and to protect the Company Group’s proprietary interest in its
trade secrets, and to protect the goodwill of the Company Group, and in consideration of the payments and benefits contained in the Release and other good and valuable consideration, you must agree that, for the Restricted Period, you will not,
directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, induce or attempt to induce, on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person or organization, any of the Company Group’s clients whom you solicited or with whom you substantially and directly dealt
or became acquainted while you were employed with the Company Group for the purpose of either (a) inducing said client to terminate, diminish, 

 
or materially alter in a manner harmful to the Company Group its relationship with the Company Group, or (b) providing, or offering to provide, Conflicting Services to said client; or
(ii) solicit for employment, hire or attempt to hire, on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person or organization, any of the Company Group’s consultants, personnel or employees (or anyone who was a client, consultant, member of
the Company Group’s personnel or employee at any time within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding your Date of Termination), in each case, to the extent permitted by the jurisdiction of your employment. In addition, during
the Restricted Period, you must not disparage, criticize or ridicule, or otherwise engage in any conduct that is injurious to the reputation or interest of the Company Group. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the provisions
of this paragraph exceed the time, geographic or scope limitations permitted by applicable law, then such provisions shall nevertheless be enforceable by such court against you upon such shorter term, or within such lesser geographic area or scope,
as may be determined by such court to be reasonable and enforceable. 
 3. Definitions. Defined terms used in this Exhibit B and not
otherwise defined in the Plan shall have the meaning set forth below: 
 (a) “Confidential Information” means any
information, data and know-how relating to the business of the Company Group or its clients and referral sources that is developed by or disclosed to you or known by you as a result of your relationship with the Company Group (whether constituting a
trade secret or not, and whether or not labelled in writing as “confidential”), including, without limitation, the following information: financial information, supply and service information, marketing information, personnel information,
the identity of and information concerning potential or actual clients, and specialized techniques developed or used by the Company Group. The term “Confidential Information” does not include information that (i) has become a part of
the public domain other than as a result of its wrongful disclosure, or (ii) is or hereafter becomes lawfully obtainable from other sources without an obligation of confidentiality. Any combination of information shall not be deemed within the
foregoing exception merely because individual features are in the public domain if the combination itself is not in the public domain. 

(b) “Conflicting Services” means services of any entity (other than the Company Group) that are the same or
substantially similar to those services of the Company Group (x) provided by you (directly or indirectly through others) during the twelve (12) months preceding your Date of Termination, or (y) about which you acquired Confidential
Information or trade secrets during your employment by the Company Group. 
 (c) “Territory” means any national,
state, provincial, territorial or other jurisdiction globally in which you performed services for the Company Group at any time during the twelve (12) months prior to your Date of Termination, including but not limited to any such jurisdiction
in which you, directly or indirectly through others, provided the Company Group’s services to clients or marketed or offered to provide the Company Group’s services. 

  
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Exhibit 10.6

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of December 14, 2016 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CDTI” or the “Company”), and Steve Golden (“Executive”).  
WHEREAS, CDTI and Executive desire to enter into an agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment with CDTI;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties and the mutual benefits they will gain by the performance thereof, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties do hereby agree as follows:
1.Employment.

CDTI employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment with CDTI, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement for the period beginning on January 1, 2017 and ending on December 31, 2018. This Agreement supersedes and replaces any other employment or consulting agreement between Executive and CDTI, its subsidiaries, affiliates or related entities.
2.Position and Duties.

(a)Executive shall serve as Chief Technology Officer of CDTI and shall have the normal duties, responsibilities and authority of such position, subject to the power of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors of CDTI (“Board”) to expand or limit such duties, responsibilities and authority.  
  
(b)Executive shall report to the Chief Executive Officer.  Executive shall devote Executive’s best efforts and all of Executive’s business time and attention (except for permitted vacation periods, reasonable periods of illness or other incapacity) to the business and affairs of CDTI.  Executive shall perform Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder to the best of Executive’s abilities in a diligent, trustworthy, businesslike and efficient manner.  

(c)Executive will be subject to, and will comply with, the policies, standards and procedures generally applicable to senior management employees of CDTI from time to time.

3.Compensation and Benefits.

(a)Base Salary.  Executive will receive an annual base salary of $250,000 per year, effective as of the January 1, 2017, less applicable payroll withholdings and payable in accordance with CDTI’s normal payroll practices.  This salary shall be subject to annual review by CDTI in accordance with its general policies as in effect from time to time.  

(b)Annual Bonus.  Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus based on CDTI’s achievement of financial objectives established by the Board and the Executive’s achievement of agreed-to personal business objectives. The amount of any Annual Bonus will be based upon the degree to which such objectives are met, and will vary from 0% of Base Salary to a maximum of 85% of Base Salary 

with a target of 40% of Base Salary and with payout at the discretion of the Board. The Annual Bonus will be prorated based on the number of days Executive is employed during a calendar year.  The bonus with respect to any calendar year shall be paid no later than 45 days from the date on which audited financial statements covering such calendar year are filed on Form 10-K.

(c)Equity Incentive.  All of Executive’s unvested stock options will vest immediately upon Executive’s Termination Without Cause or Resignation for Good Reason concurrent with or subsequent to a Change in Control. “Change in Control” means a change in ownership or control of CDTI effected through any of the following transactions: 

(i)A merger, consolidation or other reorganization, unless securities representing more than fifty-one percent (51%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor company are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the persons who beneficially owned CDTI’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction; or 

(ii)A sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of CDTI’s assets in liquidation or dissolution of CDTI; or 

(iii)The acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group of persons (other than CDTI or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, CDTI), of beneficial ownership of securities possessing more than fifty-one percent (51%) of the total combined voting power of CDTI’s outstanding securities pursuant to a transfer of the then issued and outstanding voting securities of CDTI by one or more of CDTI’s shareholders; or

(iv)During any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director of the Board subsequent to the date of adoption of this Plan whose election, or a nomination for election by CDTI’s shareholders, was approved by the vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (other than an election or nomination of any individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors of the Board, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the legal jurisdiction of the Corporation’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Corporation’s securities immediately before such transaction. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan or the agreement evidencing the Option, including without limitation vesting terms or the definition of “Cause,” the terms of this Agreement shall govern. 

(d)Fringe Benefits.  Executive shall be entitled to participate in all of CDTI’s employee benefit programs for which CDTI employees are generally eligible, subject to the terms and conditions of such programs.  Those programs currently include group medical, dental and vision insurance; 401(k) plan; life insurance; short-term and long-term disability insurance; and paid vacation and sick leave.  All benefits are subject to change at the sole discretion of the Board and/or CDTI.

(i)Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of vacation per year, with a maximum accrual of eight (8) weeks. Such vacation time shall accrue and will be paid out upon termination of employment subject to customary payroll withholding in accordance with CDTI’s general practices.

(e)Reimbursement of Business Expenses.  CDTI shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable expenses incurred by Executive in the course of performing Executive’s duties under this Agreement which are consistent with CDTI’s policies in effect from time to time with respect to travel, entertainment and other business expenses, subject to CDTI’s requirements with respect to reporting and documentation of such expenses.  Such reimbursements shall be payable in accordance with CDTI’s general reimbursement practices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any reimbursement of expenses or in-kind benefit Executive is entitled to receive shall, to the extent subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, be subject to the following: (x) such reimbursements shall be paid no later than the last day of Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred, (y) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, during any taxable year of Executive shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year of Executive, and (z) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. 

4.Termination.

(a)Employment At-Will and Termination.  Executive’s employment with CDTI will be “at will” (i.e., either Executive or CDTI may terminate Executive’s employment at any time for any reason, with or without Cause).  Executive’s employment and this Agreement may be terminated as follows:

(i)Either party may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment for any reason upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other party that this Agreement is being terminated;

(ii)The parties may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment for any reason without notice upon mutual written agreement of the parties;

(iii)CDTI may terminate Executive’s employment and this Agreement immediately upon written notice to Executive at any time that the Board has determined that there is Cause for such termination.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean Executive’s (A) gross negligence or severe or continued misconduct in the performance of Executive’s material duties; (B) commission of or pleas of “guilty” or “no contest” to a felony offense or commission of any unlawful or criminal act which would be detrimental to the reputation or character of CDTI; (C) participation in fraud or an act of dishonesty against CDTI; (D) intentional material damage to or misappropriation of CDTI property; material breach of company policies or regulations, or (E) material breach of this Agreement that is not cured to CDTI’s reasonable satisfaction within five (5) days after written notice thereof to Executive (provided that any such breach which is not capable of cure, shall immediately constitute “Cause”); 

(iv)This Agreement shall terminate immediately upon Executive’s death or Disability.  “Disability” means Executive’s physical or mental incapacity to perform a substantial portion of his duties and responsibilities for any period or periods which, in the aggregate, total 90 or more calendar days within any 12-month period; or  

(v)Executive may resign for Good Reason.  For purposes of this Agreement, Executive will have Good Reason to terminate Executive’s employment with CDTI upon the occurrence of any 

of the following:  (A) a material diminution in the nature or scope of Executive’s responsibilities, duties or authority; (B) CDTI’s requirement that Executive be based at any location more than 50 miles from CDTI’s office location in Oxnard, CA; (C) any other action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by CDTI of this Agreement; or (D) a material diminution in Executive’s Base Salary unless such reduction is part of an across-the-board reduction for the Chief Executive Officer and his/her direct reports (except that an across-the-board reduction resulting in the diminution in Executive’s Base Salary due to or within six (6) months of a Change in Control is excluded and still constitutes Good Reason). Executive may not resign for Good Reason unless (A) Executive provides written notice of Executive’s intent to resign to the Board and of the occurrence of a condition constituting Good Reason for resignation under this paragraph within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of such, (B) CDTI has not remedied the alleged violation(s) within thirty (30) days of receipt of such written notice, and (C) Executive’s employment terminates no later than one hundred twenty (120) days following the initial existence of such condition.  For purposes of this paragraph written notice must include a detailed description of the facts and circumstances of the violation allegedly constituting Good Reason and such notice must be given in accordance with applicable CDTI policy, or in the absence of such policy, to the Chair of the Board or the General Counsel of CDTI.
  
(b)Payments Upon Termination.  Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive any salary and benefits that are accrued and unpaid as of the date of termination.  
(i)Termination for Cause or Resignation.  If Executive resigns Executive’s employment for any reason other than for Good Reason pursuant to Paragraph 4(a)(v) above, is terminated by CDTI or the Board for Cause pursuant to Paragraph 4(a)(iii), or is terminated by mutual agreement of the parties pursuant to Paragraph 4(a)(ii) above, all compensation and benefits will cease immediately and Executive will receive none of the Severance Benefits (as defined below) or any other severance pay.
  
(ii)Termination Without Cause or Executive’s Resignation for Good Reason.  If Executive resigns for Good Reason under Paragraph 4(a)(v) above or Executive’s employment with CDTI is terminated by CDTI for any reason other than for Cause (and not as a result of Executive’s death or Disability) or Disability or by mutual agreement of the parties pursuant to Paragraph 4(a)(ii) above, subject to Paragraph 4(c) below, Executive will receive the following compensation (“Severance Benefits”): 
		
	(A)
	an amount equal to six (6) months of Executive’s current base salary at the time of termination (less required withholdings) payable in installments pursuant to the Company’s regular payroll practices commencing on the first payroll date occurring on or after the later of the expiration of the revocation period of the Release (as defined below) or 35 days after Executive’s termination date; 

		
	 (B) 
	for a period of six (6) months following Executive’s termination date, Company payment of continuation coverage under COBRA (section 4980 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of Executive’s medical, dental and vision coverage under the Company’s group health plan as in effect immediately before Executive’s termination, after which Executive may elect continuation coverage at his own expense under COBRA and the California Continuation Benefits Replacement Act (“Cal-COBRA”); provided, however, that such extended Company-paid coverage will only be provided to the extent that it is not determined by the Company to be discriminatory under section 105(h) of the Code or under any other section of the Code or other applicable law.  If the extension of such 

Company-paid coverage is determined by the Company to be discriminatory under section 105(h) of the Code or other applicable law, (including but not limited to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the 2010 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act), then in lieu of paying the COBRA premiums for such continuation coverage, the Company, in its sole discretion, may elect to instead pay Executive on the first day of each month of any remaining portion of such twelve-month period, a fully taxable cash payment equal, on an after-tax basis, to the COBRA premiums for that month, subject to applicable tax withholdings (such amount, the “Special Severance Payment”), for the remainder of such period.  Executive may, but is not obligated to, use such Special Severance Payment toward the cost of COBRA premiums; and 
		
	(C) 
	an amount equal to a prorated portion (based on the number of full months of Executive’s employment during the year of termination) of Executive’s Annual Bonus for the year in which the termination occurs calculated and payable pursuant to the terms of the applicable bonus program in effect as determined by the Board; provided, however, that such payment shall be made to the Executive no later than 45 days from the date on which audited financial statements covering such calendar year are filed on Form 10-K.  

(iii)    Disability.  If Executive’s employment is terminated due to Disability, subject to Paragraph 4(c) below, Executive will receive the following compensation (“Severance Benefits”):  
		
	(A) 
	an amount equal to three (3) months of Executive’s current base salary at the time of termination (less required withholdings) payable in installments pursuant to the Company’s regular payroll practices commencing on the first payroll date occurring on or after the later of the expiration of the revocation period of the Release (as defined below) or 35 days after Executive’s termination date; 

		
	(B)
	for the period of three (3) months following Executive’s termination date, Company payment of continuing coverage under COBRA of medical, dental and vision coverage under the Company’s group health plan in effect immediately before Executive’s termination, after which Executive may elect continuation coverage at his own expense under COBRA (and Cal-COBRA; provided, however, that such Company-paid extended coverage will only be provided to the extent that it is not determined by the Company to be discriminatory under section 105(h) of the Code or under any other section of the Code or other applicable law.  If the extension of such Company-paid coverage is determined by the Company to be discriminatory under section 105(h) of the Code or other applicable law, (including but not limited to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the 2010 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act), then in lieu of paying the COBRA premiums for such continuation coverage, the Company, in its sole discretion, may elect to instead pay Executive on the first day of each month of any remaining portion of such six-month period, a fully taxable cash payment equal, on an after-tax basis, to the COBRA premiums for that month, subject to applicable tax withholdings (such amount, the “Special Severance Payment”), for the remainder of such period.  Executive may, but is not obligated to, use such Special Severance Payment toward the cost of COBRA premiums; and 

		
	(C) 
	an amount equal to a prorated portion (based on the number of full months of Executive’s employment during the year of termination) of Executive’s Annual Bonus for the year in which the termination occurs calculated and payable pursuant to the terms of the applicable bonus program in effect as determined by the Board; provided, however, that such payment shall be made to the Executive no later than within 45 days from the date on which audited financial statements covering such calendar year are filed on Form 10-K.

		
	 (D)
	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any benefits that Executive shall become entitled to receive under CDTI’s long-term disability insurance program as it may from time to time be in effect shall reduce the Severance Benefits payable under this Paragraph 4(b)(ii). 

(c)Release and Commencement of Severance Benefits.  As a condition of receiving any Severance Benefits under this Paragraph 4, Executive is required to sign (and not revoke) a Severance Agreement and Release of All Claims (“Release”) against CDTI and related entities and individuals, in a form to be provided by CDTI, within 45 days after his termination date.  Payment of Severance Benefits shall not commence until after the time for revocation of the Release has expired (if the period for signing and not revoking the Release begins in one taxable year for the Executive and ends in the subsequent taxable year, the payment of any Severance Benefits will begin in the second taxable year).

(d)409A.  The parties intend that the Severance Benefits provided under this Agreement will be deemed not to be deferred compensation subject to section 409A of the Code (“section 409A”) to the maximum extent provided in the exceptions provided in the Treasury Regulations for short term deferrals (section 1.409A-1(b)(4)) and separation pay plans (section 1.409A-1(b)(9)).  All Severance Benefits shall be paid within the period ending no later than the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year in which the Executive’s separation from service occurs, in conformance with section 1.409A-1(b)(9) of the Treasury Regulations.  To the extent that the payment of any amount under this Paragraph 4 constitutes deferred compensation, any payment or benefit due upon Executive’s termination of employment will only be paid or provided to Executive once Executive’s termination qualifies as a “separation from service” under section 409A.  If Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of section 409A, any such payment scheduled to occur during the first six (6) months following Executive’s separation from service shall not be paid until the earlier of the date of Executive’s death or the first regularly scheduled payroll date following the six (6) month anniversary date of such separation from service and shall include payment of any amount that was otherwise scheduled to be paid prior thereto. It is the intent of the Company and Executive that any right of Executive to receive installment payments hereunder shall, for all purposes of Section 409A, be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. While the Company intends that income provided to Executive pursuant to this Agreement will not be subject to taxation under Section 409A, the Company does not guarantee any particular tax effect for income provided to Executive pursuant to this Agreement.  In any event, except for the Company’s responsibility to withhold applicable income and employment taxes from compensation paid or provided to Executive, the Company shall not be responsible for the payment of any applicable taxes on compensation paid or provided to Executive pursuant to this Agreement. 

(e)Return of Property.  Upon termination of Executive’s employment or whenever requested by CDTI, Executive will immediately return all CDTI property, tangible or (where returnable) intangible, in Executive’s possession.

(f)Upon termination of Executive’s employment with CDTI for any reason, Executive shall promptly resign from any position as an officer, director or fiduciary of CDTI.
  
5.Protection of Confidential Information.
(a)Executive acknowledges that in connection with his employment with CDTI, Executive will be given access to or will obtain Confidential Information (as defined below) with respect to CDTI’s business and employees.  Executive will use the Confidential Information only to carry out Executive’s job duties under this Agreement.  Executive will hold this information strictly confidential and will not use or disclose it, except in performance of Executive’s obligations to CDTI, without CDTI’s express written consent.  Executive’s obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information of CDTI and to refrain from using such information for any improper purpose will continue during Executive’s employment with CDTI and at all times thereafter, unless and to the extent that such Confidential Information (i) was otherwise available to Executive from a source other than CDTI, (ii) becomes generally known to, and available for use by, the public other than as a result of the acts or omissions of the Executive in contravention of this Paragraph 5, or (iii) is required to be disclosed by applicable law, court order or other legal process.  

(b)Executive shall deliver to CDTI at the termination of his employment, or at any other time CDTI may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information, Work Product (as defined below) or the business of CDTI which Executive may then possess or have under Executive’s control.  

(c)“Confidential Information” includes but is not limited to the following:  (i) trade secrets, ideas, processes, formulas, data, programs, other works of authorship, knowhow, improvements, discoveries, developments, designs and techniques; (ii) information regarding plans for research, development, new products, marketing and selling, business plans, budgets and unpublished financial statements, licenses, prices, costs, supplies, customers and information regarding the skills and compensation of other employees, directors or consultants of CDTI or any Affiliate; (iii) confidential marketing information (including without limitation marketing strategies, customer or client names and requirements for product and services, prices, margins and costs); and (iv) other confidential business information of CDTI or any Affiliate.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate” means any trade or business under common control with CDTI, as that term is defined in sections 414(b) and 414(c) of the Code.
 
6.Protection of Intellectual Property.  

Executive agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, techniques, processes, algorithms, data, databases, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, and all similar or related information, all software, copyrights, and other works of authorship, all other intellectual property or proprietary rights (including any patents, registrations or similar rights that may issue from the foregoing), and all tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing (in any form or medium, whether now known or hereafter existing), which relate to CDTI’s or any Affiliate’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed, contributed to, or made by Executive while employed by CDTI or any Affiliate thereof (collectively, “Work Product”), belong to and are the property of CDTI or such Affiliate, as applicable, and Executive hereby assigns to CDTI or such Affiliate, as applicable, any right, title and interest Executive may have in and to the Work Product, free and clear of any claims for compensation or restrictions on the use or ownership thereof.  Executive will promptly disclose such Work Product to CDTI and perform all actions reasonably requested by CDTI (whether during or after his employment) to establish, record, perfect and otherwise confirm such 

ownership, and protect, maintain and enforce CDTI’s and the Affiliate’s rights, as applicable, in such Work Product (including, without limitation, by executing assignments, consents, powers of attorney, and other instruments and providing affidavits and testifying in any proceeding).  
7.Post-Employment Covenants.

(a)Non-Solicitation of Employees.  For a period of two (2) years following termination of Executive’s employment with CDTI, Executive shall not knowingly solicit or encourage, directly or indirectly, in person or through others, any employee of the Company whom Executive worked with at the Company or any Affiliate to terminate his or her relationship with the Company or its Affiliate or to alter his or her relationship with the Company to the Company’s detriment; provided, however, that generalized advertisement of employment opportunities including in trade or industry publications (not focused specifically on or directed in any way at the employees or an employee of CDTI) shall not be deemed to cause a breach of this Paragraph 7(a).
  
(b)Non-Solicitation of Customers. For a period of two (2) years following termination of Executive’s employment with CDTI, Executive shall not knowingly solicit, divert or take away, or attempt to solicit, divert or take away, any person, firm or company that was, at any time during the period of twelve (12) months preceding the termination of Executive’s employment, a client of CDTI and with whom during that twelve (12) month period Executive had business dealings on behalf of CDTI or any Affiliate, for the purpose of selling or providing a product or service that competes with or displaces a product or service of CDTI that Executive had some material involvement in or received Confidential Information about while employed by CDTI. 

(c)If, at the time of enforcement of this Paragraph 7, a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under circumstances then existing with respect to (i) any part of the time period covered by these covenants, (ii) any activity covered by these covenants, or (iii) any other aspect of these covenants, any adverse determination will be implemented as narrowly as possible and will not affect these covenants with respect to any other time period, activity or other aspect covered by these covenants.  

(d)Enforcement.  Each of the parties acknowledges that (i) the covenants and restrictions contained in this Paragraph 7, and the protections for Confidential Information and Work Product under Paragraphs 5 and 6, are necessary, fundamental and required for the protection and continued conduct of CDTI’s business, (ii) such covenants and restrictions relate to matters which are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and which give these covenants a special, unique value and (iii) breach of these covenants may cause CDTI or its Affiliates irreparable harm which cannot be adequately compensated by monetary damages, and therefore in the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, CDTI or its Affiliates or their applicable successors or assigns may, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in their favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or immediate injunctive or other relief in order to enforce, or prevent any breaches of, the provisions of this Agreement.  Executive agrees that the restrictions contained in Paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 are reasonable.
 
8.General Provisions.

(a)Arbitration.  Except for claims for injunctive relief brought pursuant to Paragraph 7, any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the employment relationship created by this Agreement, including the termination of that relationship and any allegations of unfair or discriminatory treatment arising under state or federal law or otherwise, will be resolved exclusively by 

final and binding arbitration, except where the law specifically forbids the use of arbitration as a final and binding remedy.  The arbitration shall be administered by the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (“JAMS”) (www.jamsadr.com) and shall be conducted exclusively under the then-current Employment Arbitration Rules & Procedures and JAMS Policy on Employment Arbitration Minimum Standards of Procedural Fairness, and the California Code of Civil Procedure (available at www.jamsadr.com). The arbitration will take place before a single neutral arbitrator in Ventura, California.  CDTI shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of the arbitrator in connection with the Arbitration.  Executive shall be responsible for his attorney fees and any costs required by JAMS necessary to commence the arbitration, if so commenced at Executive’s request, but in no event shall Executive be responsible for any costs beyond those which Executive would be required to incur if Executive filed a civil action in court concerning the dispute or controversy.  The parties shall have all the rights, remedies and defenses available in a civil action for the dispute or controversy.  The arbitrator shall issue a written award that includes the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions, and shall have the authority to assess attorneys’ fees and costs of the prevailing party to the losing party.  The arbitrator will not have the authority to amend, modify, supplement or change the terms and conditions of employment as set forth in this Agreement.  This arbitration provision will not prohibit either party from seeking injunctive relief pending the outcome of the arbitration or an order confirming or vacating the award in a court of competent jurisdiction.
  
(b)Severability.  Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

(c)Complete Agreement.  This Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or between the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof.  There are no other agreements or understandings, written or oral, in effect between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, unless expressly referenced in this Agreement. 

(d)Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement.  Facsimile or scanned and emailed counterpart signatures to this Agreement shall be acceptable and binding on the parties hereto.

(e)Successors and Assigns.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive, CDTI and their respective successors and assigns; provided that the rights and obligations of Executive under this Agreement shall not be assignable.

(f)Governing Law and Jurisdiction.  All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California.  Except as provided in Paragraph 8(a), each of the parties hereto submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court sitting in the County of Ventura, California.  

(g)Waiver of Jury Trial.  AS A SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR INDUCEMENT FOR EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT (AFTER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL), EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(h)Amendment and Waiver.  The provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only with the prior written consent of CDTI (as approved by the Board) and Executive.

(i)Representations and Warranties of Executive.  Executive hereby represents and warrants that Executive’s employment with CDTI on the terms and conditions set forth herein and Executive’s execution and performance of this Agreement do not constitute a breach or violation of any other agreement, obligation or understanding with any third party.  Executive represents that Executive is not bound by any agreement or any other existing or previous business relationship which conflicts with, or may conflict with, the performance of Executive’s obligations hereunder or prevent the full performance of Executive’s duties and obligations hereunder.

(j)No Strict Construction.  The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

(k)No Third Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors or permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.

(l)Notices.  All notices, requests and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered by email or facsimile transmission, personal delivery with written receipt, or mail delivery by overnight courier prepaid, using the following contact information:

If to Executive:  Steve Golden
584 Dentro Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93111 
email:  sgolden@cdti.com 

		
	If to CDTI:
	Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.

1621 Fiske Place
Oxnard, CA 93033
Attention:  Michelle Garzon, HR Manager 
Fax:  805-205-1308
email: mgarzon@cdti.com

(m)    Survival.  The covenants contained in Paragraphs 4(b), 5, 6 and 7 will survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement. 
(n)    Review and Enforceability of Agreement.  Executive represents and warrants that prior to executing this Agreement, Executive reviewed each and every provision of this Agreement and 

understands same, and that Executive had a full opportunity to have this Agreement review by legal counsel of Executive’s own choosing.  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first written above.
	
		
	

/s/ Steven Golden
	CLEAN DIESEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

/s/ Michelle Garzon

	Steven Golden
	Michelle Garzon

	Executive
	Human Resources Manager

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