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EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

Gregory W. Kleffner 

AMENDED AGREEMENT 
 WITH

 STEIN MART, INC. 

This Agreement (this “Agreement”) entered into in the City of Jacksonville and State of Florida between Stein Mart,
Inc., a Florida corporation and its divisions, subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Company”), and Gregory W. Kleffner (“Executive”), is made as of August 1, 2017 (the “Effective
Date”). 
 In consideration of the promises and mutual covenants contained herein, the parties, intending to be legally bound,
agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1.    TERM OF EMPLOYMENT 

(a)    Term. The Company agrees to employ Executive, and Executive agrees to be employed by the
Company, for a period of two (2) year(s) beginning on the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”). After the end of the initial Term and any successive Renewal Term (as defined herein), this Agreement shall automatically renew for
another two (2) year Term (each, a “Renewal Term” and, together with the Initial Term and any other Renewal term, the “Term”), unless either party gives written notice that this Agreement shall not renew upon sixty
(60) days notice before the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term. 
 SECTION 2.    DEFINITIONS 

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of Stein Mart, Inc. and any of its divisions, affiliates or
subsidiaries. 
 “Cause” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following: 

(a)    Executive has been convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony involving
dishonesty, theft, misappropriation, embezzlement, fraud crimes against property or person, or any act of moral turpitude which negatively impacts the Company; or 

 (b)    Executive intentionally furnishes materially false,
misleading, or omissive information concerning a substantial matter to the Company or persons to whom the Executive reports; or 

(c)    Executive intentionally fails to fulfill any assigned responsibilities for compliance with the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or violates the same; or 
 (d)    Executive intentionally and wrongfully
damages material assets of the Company; or 
 (e)    Executive intentionally discloses Confidential
Information of the Employer; or 
 (f)    Executive engages in any activity which would constitute a
breach of the duty of loyalty; or 
 (g)    Executive breaches any stated employment policy or provision
of the Company’s Ethics Policy which could reasonably be expected to expose the Company to liability or negatively impact the Company or its business reputation, or 

(h)    Executive commits a material breach of this Agreement, or 

(i)    Executive engages in acts or omissions which constitute a failure to follow reasonable and lawful
directives of the Company, provided, however, that such acts or omissions are not cured by Executive within five (5) days following the Company’s giving notice to Executive that the Company considers such acts or omissions to be
“Cause” under this Agreement. 
 Failure to meet performance standards or objectives that does not involve any acts or omissions indentified in
(a) through (i) above shall not constitute Cause for purposes hereof. 
 “Change in Control” means the occurrence of
any of the following: (a) the Board approves the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a single transaction or series of related transactions; (b) the Company sells and/or one or more shareholders sells a
sufficient amount of its capital stock (whether by tender offer, original issuance, or a single or series of related stock purchase and sale agreements and/or transactions) sufficient to confer on the purchaser or purchasers thereof (whether
individually or a group acting in concert) beneficial ownership of at least 35% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company; (c) the Company is party to a merger, consolidation or combination, other than any merger,
consolidation or combination that would result in the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company (or 

  
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such surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or combination; or (d) a majority of the board of directors consists of individuals who are not Continuing
Directors (for this purpose, a Continuing Director is an individual who (i) was a director of the Company on July 1, 2017 or (ii) whose election or nomination as a director of the Company is approved by a vote of at least a majority
of the directors then comprising the Continuing Directors). For purposes hereof, the definition of a Change of Control shall be construed and interpreted so as to comply with the definition contained in Code Section 409A. 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code shall be
deemed to refer to any successor provision thereto and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 “Compensation
Committee” means the Company’s Compensation Committee or, if no such committee exists, the term Compensation Committee shall mean the Company’s Board of Directors. 

“Continuation Period” means a period following the Termination Date of the Executive’s employment with the
company equal to: 
 (a) twelve (12) months (i) following a termination by the Company due to a
non-renewal of the Term of this Agreement under §5(a) hereof, or (ii) following a termination by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason under §5(b) hereof, or 

(b) twenty-four (24) months following a termination (i) by the Company without Cause following a Change in Control under
§5(f)(i) hereof, or (ii) by the Executive for Good Reason following a Change in Control under §5(b) as the definition of Good Reason is expanded in §5(b)(i) hereof. 

The Continuation Period is zero months following (i) a termination by the Company for Cause, (ii) a termination by the Executive without Good
Reason, or (iii) a delivery of a non-renewal notice by the Executive to the Company under §5(a) hereof. 

“Current Insurance Coverage” means medical, dental, life and accident and disability insurance with coverage
consistent with the lesser of (i) the coverage in effect at Executive’s termination, or (ii) the coverage in effect from time to time as applied to persons in positions similar to the position held by Executive at the time of
termination. 
 “Disability” means Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or cause, which
results in the Executive being unable to perform his duties with Company on a full-time basis for a period of six (6) consecutive months. Any dispute as to disability shall be conclusively determined by written opinions rendered by two
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physicians, one selected by Executive, and one selected by Company; provided that if such opinions are conflicting, then such physicians shall select a mutually agreeable third physician whose
opinion shall be conclusive and binding. 
 “Earned Bonus” means the bonus paid, if any, pursuant to the
Company’s incentive compensation plans in effect from time to time. Earned Bonus shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number of days during such year that Executive was employed to 365. 

“Good Reason” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following: 

 

	 	(i)	a material and continuing failure to pay to Executive compensation and benefits (as described in Section 4) that have been earned, if any, by Executive, except failure to pay or provide
compensation or benefits that are in dispute between the Company and the Executive unless such failure continues following the resolution of such dispute; or 

  

	 	(ii)	a substantial reduction in Executive’s compensation or benefits (as described in Section 4) and no other members covered under an employment agreement are receiving similar reductions; or

  

	 	(iii)	any failure by the Company to comply with any of the material provisions of this Agreement and which is not remedied by the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice thereof given by Executive; or

  

	 	(iv)	any requirement that Executive perform duties that, in the good faith and reasonable professional judgment of Executive, after consultation with the Board of Directors of the Company, are inconsistent with ethical or
lawful business practices; or 

  

	 	(v)	Executive’s being required to relocate to a principal place of employment more than one-hundred (100) miles from his current principal place of employment in
Jacksonville, Florida during the Term unless the Company shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses related thereto; or 

  
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	 	(vi)	If there occurs a material change in Executive’s duties, roles, or responsibilities.    Examples of “material change” include, but are not limited to substantial reduction of
Executive’s authority to make decisions relating to his or her business responsibilities; Executive being required to assume or perform substantially greater responsibilities (without additional compensation) than previously required to
perform; substantial reduction of Executive’s responsibilities for personnel matters relating to his or her business operations;; any restructuring or reassignment of any of the Executive’s responsibilities, in a manner that diminishes
them or is materially adverse to the Executive; and other substantial changes in Executive’s terms or conditions of employment not related to Executive’s principal business responsibilities. Good Reason pursuant to this subsection shall
not exist unless (a) Executive has consulted with management senior to Executive and his or her supervisor, in a good faith effort to resolve the issues giving Executive reason to believe a “material change” has occurred; and
(b) Executive gives written notice of Executive’s resignation for Good Reason under this paragraph within eight months following the commencement of the “material change”. 

“Termination Date” means the date of Executive’s termination of employment, or if the Executive continues to
provide services to Stein Mart, Inc. or its 409A affiliates following his termination of employment, such later date as is considered a separation from service from Stein Mart, Inc. and its 409A affiliates within the meaning of Code
Section 409A. For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive’s “termination of employment” shall be presumed to occur when Stein Mart, Inc. and the Executive reasonably anticipate that no further services will be performed by the
Executive for Stein Mart, Inc. and its 409A affiliates or that the level of bona fide services the Executive will perform as an employee of Stein Mart, Inc. and its 409A affiliates will permanently decrease to no more than 20% of the average level
of bona fide services performed by the Executive (whether as an employee or independent contractor) for Stein Mart, Inc. and its 409A affiliates over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or such lesser
period of services). Whether the Executive has experienced a termination of employment shall be determined by Stein Mart, Inc. in good faith and consistent with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive takes a
leave of absence for purposes of military leave, sick leave or other bona fide reason, the Executive will not be deemed to have experienced a termination of employment for the first six (6) months of the leave of absence, or if longer, for so
long as the Executive’s right to reemployment is provided either by statute or by contract, including this Agreement; provided that if the leave of absence is due to a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months, where such impairment causes the Executive to be unable to perform the duties of his position of employment or any substantially similar position of
employment, the leave may be extended by Stein Mart, Inc. for up to 29 months without causing a termination of employment. For purposes hereof, the term “409A affiliate” means each entity that is

  
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required to be included in Stein Mart, Inc.’s controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code, or that is under common control with Stein Mart, Inc.
within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code; provided, however, that the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used in place of the phrase “at least 80 percent” each place it appears therein or in the regulations
thereunder. 
 SECTION 3.     TITLE, POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

(a)    Title. Executive shall be an Executive Vice-President Chief Financial Officer of the
Company or such other title as designated by the Chief Executive Officer or the Company’s Board of Directors. 

(b)    Powers and Responsibilities. 

 

	 	(i)	Executive shall use Executives best efforts to faithfully perform the duties of his employment and shall perform such duties as are usually performed by a person serving in Executive’s position with a business
similar in size and scope as the Company and such other additional duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Company which are reasonable and consistent with the Company’s operations, taking into account officer’s expertise and
job responsibilities. Executive agrees to devote Executive’s full business time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company.    Executive shall serve on such boards and in such offices of the Company or its
subsidiaries as the Company’s Board of Directors reasonably requests without additional compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive may sit on the board of another company with pre-approval
from the CEO as long as his efforts in that regard do not conflict with important meetings and events of the Company and as long as the other company is not a direct competitor to the Company (i.e., off-price
retail clothing or department store). 

  

	 	(ii)	Executive, as a condition to his employment under this Agreement, represents and warrants that he can assume and fulfill responsibilities described in Section 3(b)(i) without any risk of violating any non-compete or other restrictive covenant or other agreement to which he is a party. During the Employment Term Executive shall not enter into any agreement that would preclude, hinder or impair his ability to
fulfill responsibilities described in Section 3(b)(i) specifically or this Agreement generally. 

 SECTION
4.    COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
 (a)    Annual Base Salary.
Executive’s base salary shall be $389,000 per year (“Annual Base Salary”) as of the Effective Date, which amount may be periodically reviewed at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. The Annual Base Salary and
any payments to the Executive during any Continuation Period shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices and 

  
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policies (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) and shall be subject to such withholdings as required by law or as otherwise permissible under such practices or policies. 

(b)    Earned Bonus; Incentive Compensation; Executive shall be eligible to receive an Earned
Bonus.    Executive shall also be eligible to participate in such annual and long term incentive plans as are in effect from time to time as applicable to persons at Executive’s level of authority and position. Nothing in
this Section 4(b) guarantees that any Earned Bonus or other incentive compensation will be paid. 

(c)    Key Employee Retention Bonus. If Executive is still with the Company in his current position
on April 1, 2018, Company shall pay to Executive a one-time retention bonus of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000) payable on April 15, 2018. Further, Executive will receive an
annual Key Employee Retention Bonus of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000) if he is still with the company on April 1, 2019 and April 1, 2020. Such bonuses in the years 2019 and 2020, will be paid by April 15 of
those successive years. Any Key Employee Retention Bonus will only be paid if the Earned Bonus in paragraph (b) of this section is less than $150,000. Executive will earn the Key Employee Retention Bonus or the Earned Bonus, but not both,
depending on which has the greater value. 
 (d)    Employee Benefit Plans. Executive shall be
entitled to receive the benefits described in Schedule A attached hereto, if and for as long as the Company sponsors such plans and such plans remain in effect for other executives with the same level of status as Executive. 

(e)    Stock Options. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may grant rights to Executive under
the Stein Mart, Inc. Omnibus Plan (the “Option Plan”) on terms set by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee. 

(f)    Deferred Compensation. Executive will participate in the Stein Mart Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan (the “Deferred Compensation Plan”).    The Company reserves the right to alter, modify, revise or eliminate the Deferred Compensation Plan provided that any such change to the terms will
apply to Executive and similarly situated participants. 
 (g)    Vacation, Holidays and Salary
Continuation. Executive shall receive a total of 27 days of paid vacation, or holidays on a pro rata basis during any 365 day period of the Term. The amount may be adjusted in accordance with the Company’s standard policy or as
directed by the Company’s Board of Directors. Any vacation or holiday leave time not used during any 365 day period of the Term will not carry forward to the next 365 period and will be forfeited. 

  
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 (h)    Expense Reimbursements. Executive shall have
the right to expense reimbursements in accordance with the Company’s standard policy on expense reimbursements as in effect from time to time. 

(i)    Indemnification. With respect to Executive’s acts or failures to act during his
employment in his capacity as an officer, employee or agent of the Company, Executive shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company, and to liability insurance coverage (if any), on the same basis as other officers of the Company. Executive
shall be indemnified by Company, and Company shall pay Executive’s related expenses when and as incurred, all to the full extent permitted by law. Subject to applicable law, the Company reserves the right to discontinue indemnification in the
event the Company determines that the Executive has breached this Agreement or the Executive has advances, or intends to advance, a business or legal position contrary to the Company’s interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall
not be entitled to any indemnification if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that any act or omission of Executive was material to the cause of action so adjudicated and that such act or omission constituted: (i) a criminal
violation, unless Executive had reasonable cause to believe that Executive’s conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful, (ii) a transaction from which Executive derived an improper personal
benefit, or (iii) willful misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interests of the Company. 

(j)    Automobile Allowance. The Company will pay Executive $1,100 per month (paid quarterly) which
shall be used for the lease, purchase, maintenance and/or operation of a vehicle that Executive is to use for business travel or may use for personal travel. Executive shall be solely responsible for any taxes associated with the automobile
allowance afforded to him. Executive shall be expected to maintain a valid driver’s license and retain appropriate automobile and liability insurance coverage. 

(k)    Other Perquisites. The Company will provide Executive with such other perquisites as may be
made generally available to others in a similar level of executive position within the Company. 
 SECTION 5.    TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT 
 (a)    General; Non- Renewal. The Board
of Directors shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment and this Agreement at any time with or without Cause, and Executive shall have the right to terminate his employment and this Agreement at any time with or without Good
Reason; provided that obligations under this Section 5, Section 6 and Section 7 shall survive termination of the Agreement. Executive may only be terminated by a unanimous vote of the independent members of the Board of
Directors. In the event the Company (A) delivers written notice of non-renewal of this Agreement to the Executive not less than sixty (60) 

  
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days prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term or (B)_delivers written notice to the Executive not less than sixty (60) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or any
Renewal Term that the Company intends to amend this Agreement to contain compensation and benefits materially less advantageous to the Executive than those set forth in this Agreement as of the Effective Date, then upon termination of the
Executive’s employment, (i) the Company shall pay the Executive his normal base twelve (12) months salary over a six month period beginning six (6) months following the Termination Date (subject in each case to such withholdings
as required by law), and (ii) the Company shall continue until the earlier to occur of the end of the Continuation Period or until such time as the Executive commences a new job, to maintain in effect for such Executive at the Company’s
cost the Executive’s Current Insurance Coverage; provided that if the taxable value of the continued life and accident and disability coverage to Executive during the first six (6) months following the Termination Date exceeds the
annual dollar limit in effect under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) for the year of such termination, then the Executive shall pay the premiums in excess of such limit for such coverage during such six (6)-month period and after the end of such six
(6)-month period, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for the amount of the premiums paid by the Executive, without interest thereon. If the Executive delivers written notice of non-renewal of this
Agreement to the Company not less than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term and the Company is otherwise willing to continue this Agreement for a Renewal Term without material revision to the
Executive’s compensation and benefits the Executive shall be deemed to have terminated his employment without Good Reason upon the expiration of the then current Term of this Agreement. 

(b)    Termination by Board of Directors without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason. If
(i) the Board of Directors terminates Executive’s employment without Cause, or (ii) Executive resigns for Good Reason, then in either of those circumstances, the Company’s only obligation to Executive under this Agreement (except
as provided in §5(f) hereof) shall be to pay Executive his earned but unpaid base salary, if any, up to the date of his termination of employment, plus 100% of his current total Annual Base Salary as specified in Section 4(a) (subject to
such withholdings as required by law) payable in periodic payments (consistent with the payroll periods then in effect) for twelve (12) consecutive months beginning six (6) months following the Termination Date. During the Continuation
Period the Executive shall also continue to receive, at the Company’s cost, the Current Insurance Coverage; provided that if the taxable value of the continued life and accident and disability coverage to Executive during the first six
(6) months following the Termination Date exceeds the annual dollar limit in effect under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) for the year of such termination, then the Executive shall pay the premiums in excess of such limit for such coverage
during such six (6)-month period and after the end of such six (6)-month period, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for the amount of the premiums paid by the Executive, without interest thereon. 

  
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 (c)    Termination by the Board of Directors for Cause or
by Executive without Good Reason. If the Board of Directors of the Company terminates Executive’s employment for Cause or Executive resigns without Good Reason, the Company’s only obligation to Executive under this Agreement shall be
to pay Executive his earned but unpaid base salary, if any, up to the date of his termination of employment, and the Company shall have no obligation to pay any Earned Bonus or Incentive Compensation with respect to the year during which the
Termination Date occurs. The Company shall only be obligated to make such payments and provide such benefits under any employee benefit plan, program or policy in which Executive was a participant as are explicitly required to be paid to Executive
by the terms of any such benefit plan, program or policy following the Termination Date. 

(d)    Termination for Disability. Subject to the definitions and requirements of Section 2
(“Disability”), after six (6) consecutive months of such disability leave of absence, Executive’s service may be terminated by Company. In the event Executive is terminated from employment due to Disability, the Company shall:

 (i)    pay Executive his Annual Base Salary through the end of the month in which his employment terminates as soon
as practicable after his employment terminates; provided that if such payment exceeds the applicable dollar amount in effect under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) for the year in which such termination occurs, then the payment in excess of
such applicable dollar amount shall be paid following six (6) months after the Executive’s Termination Date; 

(ii)    pay Executive his Earned Bonus, pro rata and if any, for the fiscal year in which such termination of
employment occurs, which amount shall be paid at the same time the Earned Bonus would have been paid had Executive remained in employment; 

(iii)    pay Executive an additional nine (9) months of compensation at the then-Annual Base Salary, which aggregate
amount shall be payable in equal semi-monthly installments beginning not earlier than six (6) months following the Termination Date and continuing for nine (9) months thereafter; 

(iv)    pay or cause the payment of benefits to which Executive is entitled under the terms of any disability plan of the
Company covering the Executive at the time of such Disability: 
 (v)    pay premiums for COBRA coverage as provided in
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 (vi)    make such payments and provide such benefits as otherwise called for
under the terms of each other employee benefit plan, program and policy in which Executive was a participant; provided no payments made under Section 5(d)(ii) or Section 5(d)(iii) shall be taken into account in computing any payments or
benefits described in this Section 5(d)(iv); and 
 (vii)    in the event the Executive has any options or
restricted shares (but excluding “performance shares” which shall be governed by the terms set forth in the grant as to such shares) which are not vested on the date of termination for Disability, then pay to the Executive (i) as to
any unvested options, the net value of the excess, if any, of the closing price of the Company’s shares on the NASDAQ for the day on which the termination due to Disability occurs and the exercise price of such unvested options multiplied by
the number of shares subject to options which failed to vest; and (ii) as to any unvested restricted shares, the value of the closing price of the Company’s shares on the NASDAQ for the day on which the termination due to Disability occurs
multiplied by the number of restricted shares, if any, which failed to vest due to such termination of employment for Disability. 

Notwithstanding the Executive’s Disability, during the period of Disability leave, Executive shall be paid in full (net of insurance) as
if he or she were actively performing services. Executive agrees to simultaneously utilize available leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 during such disability leave of absence. During the period of such Disability leave of absence,
the Board of Directors may designate someone to perform Executive’s duties. Executive shall have the right to return to full-time service so long as he is able to resume and faithfully perform his full-time duties. 

(e)    Death. If Executive’s employment terminates as a result of his death, the Company shall: 

(i)     pay to Executive’s estate his Annual Base Salary through the end of the month in which his
employment terminates as soon as practicable after his death; 
 (ii)    pay to Executive’s estate
his Earned Bonus, when actually determined, for the year in which Executive’s death occurs; 

(iii)    make such payments and provide such benefits as otherwise called for under the terms of each
other employee benefit plan, program and policy in which Executive was a participant; provided no payments made under Section 5(e)(ii) shall be taken into account in computing any payments or benefits described in this Section 5(e)(iii);
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 (iv)    in the event the Executive has any options or
restricted shares (but excluding “performance shares” which shall be governed by the terms set forth in the grant as to such shares) which are not vested on the date of termination for death, then pay to the Executive’s estate
(i) as to any unvested options, the net value of the excess, if any, of the closing price of the Company’s shares on the NASDAQ for the day on which the death occurred and the exercise price of such unvested options multiplied by the
number of shares subject to options which failed to vest; and (ii) as to any unvested restricted shares, the value of the closing price of the Company’s shares on the NASDAQ for the day on which the death occurred multiplied by the number
of restricted shares, if any, which failed to vest due to such termination of employment for death. 
 Any amounts payable to Executive under
this Agreement which are unpaid at the date of Executive’s death or payable hereunder or otherwise by reason of his death, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s estate; provided that if there is
a specific beneficiary designation in place for any specific amount payable, then payment of such amount shall be made to such beneficiary. 

(f)     Change in Control. If a Change in Control occurs, then for a period beginning on the
occurrence of the Change in Control and ending two years following that occurrence (the “Post Change in Control Period”): 

(i)    In addition to the other events constituting Good Reason under this Agreement, the following shall
also constitute Good Reason: if the Executive is willing and able to continue employment with the Company but the Company exercises its right to either not renew this Agreement, or only offers to renew this Agreement only under conditions or terms
which would constitute a “material change” (as that term is defined in the definition of Good Reason), provided, however, that notice of exercise of the Executive’s termination for Good Reason must be received by the Company
during the Post Change in Control Period and not later than thirty (30) days after the Company exercises its right not to renew this Agreement or to renew the Agreement only on terms which would constitute a “material change”;
and 
 (ii)    In the event of termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company pursuant
to §5(b) hereof either by the Company without Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason (as such term is expanded to include the circumstances described in §5(f)(i) above), with notice of such termination given within the Post Change in
Control Period, then the Executive shall receive the following (the “CIC Severance Payments”) in a lump sum payable in funds immediately available in Jacksonville, Florida not earlier than six (6) months following the
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(A) the total of severance payments (other than continued insurance coverage) provided under §5(b) of this Agreement (and in lieu thereof), and (B) the Earned Bonus in the year of the
Termination Date. For purposes of this subsection (f) Earned Bonus shall not be prorated and shall be an amount equal to “Target” bonus as defined in the Company’s incentive compensation plan in effect from time to time. 

(g)     Benefit Continuation. Provided Executive is eligible for COBRA coverage, and has not been
terminated from employment for Cause or resigned without Good Reason, then the Company shall pay the Executive’s COBRA premiums commencing on the date of the Executive’s termination of employment and continuing for the applicable
Continuation Period in order to continue Executive’s health insurance coverage and maintain such coverage in effect; provided that following the end of the COBRA continuation period, if Executive’s health insurance coverage is provided
under a health plan that is subject to Code Section 105(h), benefits payable under such health plan shall comply with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) and, if
necessary, the Company shall amend such health plan to comply therewith. 
 (h)     Relinquishment of
Corporate Positions. Executive shall automatically cease to be an officer and/or director of the Company and its affiliates as of his date of termination of employment. 

(i)     Limitation. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Executive’s
entitlement to or payments under any other plan or agreement shall be limited to the extent necessary so that no payment to be made to Executive on account of termination of his employment with the Company will be subject to the excise tax imposed
by Code Section 4999, but only if, by reason of such limitation, Executive’s net after tax benefit shall exceed the net after tax benefit if such reduction were not made. “Net after tax benefit” shall mean (i) the sum of all
payments and benefits that Executive is then entitled to receive under any section of this Agreement or other plan or agreement that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, less
(ii) the amount of federal income tax payable with respect to the payments and benefits described in clause (i) above calculated at the maximum marginal income tax rate for each year in which such payments and benefits shall be paid to
Executive (based upon the rate in effect for such year as set forth in the Code at the time of the first payment of the foregoing), less (iii) the amount of excise tax imposed with respect to the payments and benefits described in clause
(i) above by Section 4999 of the Code. Any limitation under this Section 5(i) of Executive’s entitlement to payments shall be made in the manner and in the order directed by Executive. 

  
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 SECTION 6.    COVENANTS BY EXECUTIVE 

(a)    Company Property. Upon the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason,
Executive shall promptly return all Company Property which had been entrusted or made available to Executive by the Company. “Property” means all records, files, memoranda, communication, reports, price lists, plans for
current or prospective business operations, customer lists, drawings, plans, sketches, keys, codes, computer hardware and software and other property of any kind or description prepared, used or possessed by Executive during Executive’s
employment by the Company (and any duplicates of any such Property) together with any and all information, ideas, concepts, discoveries, processes, intellectual property, inventions and the like conceived, made, developed or acquired at any time by
Executive individually or with others during Executive’s employment which relate to the Company or its products or services or operations. 

(b)    Trade Secrets. Executive agrees that Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the
benefit of the Company and shall not directly or indirectly use or disclose any Trade Secret that Executive may have acquired during the term of Executive’s employment by the Company for so long as such information remains a Trade Secret.
“Trade Secret” means information, including, but not limited to, technical or non-technical data, a formula, a pattern, a compilation, a program, a device, a method, a technique, a
drawing or a process that (1) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being generally readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or
use and (2) is the subject of reasonable efforts by the Company to maintain its secrecy. This Section 6(b) is intended to provide rights to the Company which are in addition to, not in lieu of, those rights the Company has under the common
law or applicable statutes for the protection of trade secrets. 
 (c)    Confidential
Information. During the Employment Term and continuing thereafter indefinitely, Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company, and shall not directly or indirectly use or disclose, any Confidential Information that
Executive may have acquired (whether or not developed or compiled by Executive and whether or not Executive is authorized to have access to such information) during the term of, and in the course of, or as a result of Executive’s employment by
the Company without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors unless and except to the extent that such disclosure is (i) made in the ordinary course of Executive’s performance of his duties under this Agreement or
(ii) required by any subpoena or other legal process (in which event Executive will give the Company prompt notice of such subpoena or other legal process in order to permit the Company to seek appropriate protective orders).
“Confidential Information” means any secret, confidential or proprietary information possessed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including, without limitation, trade secrets, customer or supplier lists,
details of client or consultant contracts, current and anticipated customer requirements, pricing policies, price lists, market studies, 

  
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business plans, operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, advertising campaigns, information regarding customers or suppliers, computer software programs (including object code and
source code), data and documentation data, base technologies, systems, structures and architectures, inventions and ideas, past current and planned research and development, compilations, devices, methods, techniques, processes, financial
information and data, business acquisition plans and new personnel acquisition plans and the terms and conditions of this Agreement that has not become generally available to the public. 

(d)    Remedies. Executive recognizes that his duties will entail the receipt of Trade Secrets and
Confidential Information as defined in this Section 6. Those Trade Secrets and Confidential Information have been developed by the Company at substantial cost and constitute valuable and unique property of the Company. Accordingly, the
Executive acknowledges that protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information is a legitimate business interest. If the Executive shall breach the covenants contained in this Section 6, the Company shall have no further obligation to
make any payment to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement and may recover from the Executive all such damages as it may be entitled to at law or in equity. In addition, the Executive acknowledges that any such breach is likely to result in
irreparable harm to the Company. The Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the covenants in this Section 6, including entry of a temporary restraining order in state or federal court, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief
against activities in violation of this Section 6, or both, or other appropriate judicial remedy, writ or order, in addition to any damages and legal expenses which the Company may be legally entitled to recover. Executive acknowledges and
agrees that the covenants in this Section 6 shall be construed as agreements independent of any other provision of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and Executive, and that the existence of any claim or cause of action
by Executive against the Company, whether predicated upon this Agreement or any other agreement, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of such covenants. 

(e)    Non-Solicitation. During the Employment Term and for
a period of two years hereafter (such period is referred to as the “No Recruit Period”), the Executive will not solicit or attempt to solicit, either directly or indirectly, any person that he knows or should reasonably know to be an
employee of the Company, whether any such employees are now or hereafter through the No Recruit Period so employed or engaged to terminate or alter their employment with the Company.    The foregoing is not intended to limit any
legal rights or remedies that any employee of the Company may have under common law with regard to any interference by Executive at any time with the contractual relationship the Company may have with any of its employees. 

  
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 (f)    Reasonable and Continuing Obligations.
Executive agrees that Executive’s obligations under this Section 6 are obligations which will continue beyond the date Executive’s employment terminates and that such obligations are reasonable, fair and equitable in scope. The terms
and duration are necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests and are a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement. Executive further acknowledges that the consideration for this Section 6 is his
employment or continued employment. Executive will not be paid any additional compensation for application or enforcement of the restrictive covenants contained in this Section 6. 

(g)    Work Product. The term “Work Product” includes any and all information, programs,
concepts, processes, discoveries, improvements, formulas, know-how and inventions, in any form whatsoever, relating to the business or activities of the Company, or resulting from or suggested by any work
developed by the Executive in connection with the Company, or by the Executive at the Company’s request. Executive acknowledges that all Work Product developed during the Term is property of the Company and accordingly, Executive does hereby
irrevocably assign all Work Product developed by the Executive to the Company and agrees: (a) to assign to the Company, free from any obligation of the Company to the Executive, all of the Executive’s right, title and interest in and to
Work Product conceived, discovered, researched, or developed by the Executive either solely or jointly with others during the term of this Agreement and for three (3) months after the termination or nonrenewal of this Agreement; and (b) to
disclose to the Company promptly and in writing such Work Product upon the Executive’s acquisition thereof. 

(h)    Cooperation. During and subsequent to termination of the employment of the Executive, the
Executive will cooperate with Company and furnish any and all complete and truthful information, testimony or affidavits in connection with any matter that arose during the Executive’s employment, that in any way relates to the business or
operations of the Company or any of its subsidiary corporations, divisions or affiliates, or of which the Executive may have any knowledge or involvement; and will consult with and provide information to Company and its representatives concerning
such matters. Subsequent to the termination of the employment of the Executive, the parties will make their best efforts to have such cooperation performed at reasonable times and places and in a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with any
other employment in which Executive may then be engaged. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring the Executive to provide any testimony, sworn statement or declaration that is not complete and truthful. If Company
requires the Executive to travel outside the metropolitan area in the United States where the Executive then resides to provide any testimony or otherwise provide any such assistance, then Company will reimburse the Executive for any reasonable,
ordinary and necessary travel and lodging expenses incurred by Executive to do so provided the Executive submits all documentation required under Company’s standard travel expense reimbursement policies and as otherwise may be required to
satisfy any requirements under applicable tax laws for Company to deduct those expenses. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring the Executive to provide any testimony or affidavit that is not complete and truthful

  
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 SECTION 7.    MISCELLANEOUS 

(a)    Notices. Notices and all other communications shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when personally delivered or when mailed by United States registered or certified mail. Notices to the Company shall be sent to: 

STEIN MART, INC 
 Attention:
General Counsel 
 1200 Riverplace Boulevard, 10th Floor 

Jacksonville, FL 32207 

Facsimile: (904) 346-1297 

Notices and communications to Executive shall be sent to the address Executive most recently provided to the Company. 

(b)    No Waiver. No failure by either the Company or Executive at any time to give notice of any
breach by the other of, or to require compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement. 

(c)    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by Florida law without reference to the
choice of law principles thereof. 
 (d)    Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor in interest to the Company or any segment of such business. The Company may assign this Agreement to any affiliate or successor that acquires all or substantially all of the assets and business
of the Company or a majority of the voting interests of the Company. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by operation of law, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business
and/or assets of Company) to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement,
“Company” shall mean Company as defined above and, unless the context otherwise requires, any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.
Executive’s rights and obligations under this Agreement are personal and shall not be assigned or transferred. 

  
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 (e)    Other Agreements. This Agreement replaces and
merges any and all previous agreements and understandings regarding all the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment relationship with the Company, and this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Company and Executive with
respect to such terms and conditions. 
 (f)    Amendment. No amendment to this Agreement shall be
effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Company and by Executive. 
 (g)    Invalidity and
Severability. If any part of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, the remaining part shall be unaffected and shall continue in full force and effect, and the invalid or otherwise
unenforceable part shall be deemed not to be part of this Agreement. 
 (h)    Litigation. In the
event that either party to this Agreement institutes litigation against the other party to enforce his or its respective rights under this Agreement, each party shall pay its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with such litigation. As a
material part of the consideration for this Agreement, BOTH PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY A JURY in the event of any litigation arising from this Agreement. All legal actions arising out of or connected with this Agreement must be
instituted solely in the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida, or in the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, and all parties hereto do hereby agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of
such courts. Each of the parties hereby expressly and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of any such action and expressly and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may
have or hereafter may have to the laying of venue of any such action brought in any such court and any claim that any such action has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of litigation to enforce this
Agreement, the costs including reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable expenses of the prevailing party shall be paid by the party which did not prevail. 

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

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Executive have executed this Agreement effective as of
the Effective Date. 
  

							
	STEIN MART, INC.	  		  	EXECUTIVE
				
	By:	  	 /s/ D. Hunt Hawkins
	  		  	 /s/ Gregory W. Kleffner

	Name:	  	D. Hunt Hawkins	  		  	
	Title:	  	Chief Executive Officer	  		  	
	Date:	  	August 1, 2017	  		  	Date: August 1, 2017

  
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 SCHEDULE A 

BENEFITS 
  

	1.	Retirement Plan/Life Insurance/AD&D 

 The Executive shall be entitled to participate
in all retirement plans and will be entitled to life insurance and AD&D benefits which other senior executives of the Company or affiliates of the Company are eligible. 
  

	2.	Long-Term Disability 

 The Executive shall be entitled to participate in all Long-Term
and Life Time Disability plans which other senior executives of the Company or affiliates of the Company are eligible. 
  

	3.	Medical/Dental Benefits 

 The Executive shall be entitled to medical/dental benefits
which other senior executives of the Company or affiliates of the Company are eligible. 
  

	4.	Unavoidable Change in Travel Arrangements 

 In the event Executive has arranged for
travel between Jacksonville and Los Angeles, the Company will reimburse Executive for any change fees or fare increases resulting from any change in Executive’s itinerary made at the request of the Company. 

 

	5.	Benefit Plans 

 Executive’s eligibility to participate in the aforementioned Benefit Plans
is subject to the terms and condition of the specific plan documents and any conflict between this Agreement and the plan documents shall be controlled by the terms of the plan. The Company reserves the right to amend, modify or cancel any of the
benefit plans currently provided. 

  
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Execution Copy

      Exhibit 10.1
     
EMPLOYMENT AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

This Employment and Severance Agreement (“Agreement”) is made by and between Xperi Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Jon Kirchner (“Executive”), effective as of April 28, 2017 (such date, the “Effective Date”).  For purposes of this Agreement (other than Section 1(c) below), the “Company” shall mean the Company and its subsidiaries.
The parties agree as follows:
1.    Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)    “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b)    “Cause” shall mean any of the following: (i) Executive’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his or her duties to the Company and its affiliates; (ii) Executive’s willful and habitual neglect of or failure to perform Executive’s duties of consulting or employment (which neglect or failure is not caused by Executive’s illness or mental or physical disability), which neglect or failure is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is received by Executive (it being agreed that a failure of the Company and its affiliates to meet performance objectives shall not, alone, constitute a failure by Executive to perform his duties); (iii) Executive’s commission of any material act of fraud, dishonesty or financial or accounting impropriety with respect to the Company and its affiliates which results in a personal benefit to Executive; (iv) Executive’s failure to cooperate with the Company and its affiliates in any investigation or formal proceeding initiated by a governmental authority or otherwise approved by the Board or the Audit Committee of the Board (which failure is not caused by Executive’s illness or mental or physical disability), which failure is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is received by Executive; (v) Executive’s conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to felony criminal conduct (other than moving vehicle violations); (vi) Executive’s material violation of the Company’s Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement (as defined below) or similar agreement that Executive has entered into with the Company and its affiliates; or (vii) Executive’s material breach of any obligation or duty under this Agreement or material violation of any written employment or other Company policies that have previously been furnished to Executive, which breach or violation is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is received by Executive, if such breach or violation is capable of being cured.
(c)    “Change in Control” shall mean and include each of the following:
    
(i)    A transaction or series of transactions (other than an offering of the Company’s common stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, an employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or a “person” that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company’s securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or

(ii)    The consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (x)

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a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination or (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in any single transaction or series of related transactions or (z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case other than a transaction:

(A)    Which results in the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such person, the “Successor Entity”)) directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and

(B)    After which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of this Section 1(c)(ii)(B) as beneficially owning fifty percent (50%) or more of combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction.

The Board shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its reasonable discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control of the Company has occurred pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto.  
        
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, if a Change in Control would give rise to a payment or benefit event with respect to any payment or benefit hereunder that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation,” the transaction or event constituting the Change in Control must also constitute a “change in control event” (as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)) in order to give rise to the payment or benefit, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code.

(d)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations and other interpretive guidance thereunder.

(e)    “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events or conditions without Executive’s written consent:  

(i)    a material diminution in Executive’s authority, duties or responsibilities (it being agreed that Executive not serving as the chief executive officer of a publicly-traded entity is a material diminution in Executive’s authority, duties, and responsibilities for this purpose);
(ii)    a material diminution in Executive’s base compensation or target annual bonus opportunity, unless such reduction is imposed across-the-board to senior management of the Company (and Executive and the Company agree that without limiting any argument that a lesser diminution is material, any diminution of ten percent (10%) or more measured against Executive’s base compensation and target bonus opportunity as in effect on the Effective Date shall be deemed material for purposes of this clause (ii)); 
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geographic location at which Executive must perform his or her duties by more than forty-five (45) miles shall constitute a material change for purposes of this Agreement); 
(iv)    any other action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company or any successor or affiliate of its obligations to Executive under this Agreement; or

(v)    the failure of the Board to appoint Executive as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on or before June 1, 2017.

Executive must provide written notice to the Company of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events or conditions without Executive’s written consent within ninety (90) days of Executive learning of the occurrence of such event.  The Company or any successor or affiliate shall have a period of thirty (30) days to cure such event or condition after receipt of written notice of such event from Executive.  Any voluntary Separation from Service for “Good Reason” following such thirty (30) day cure period must occur no later than the date that is six (6) months following the occurrence of one of the foregoing events or conditions without Executive’s written consent.  

(f)    “Permanent Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform the essential functions of his or her position, with or without reasonable accommodation, for a period of at least one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days because of a physical or mental impairment.

                   (g)     “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. 

(h)    “Stock Awards” means all stock options, restricted stock units and such other equity-based awards granted pursuant to the Company’s equity award plans or agreements.  

2.    Term.  

(a)    The initial term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall continue through June 1, 2020, and shall automatically extend for an additional twelve (12) months (such extension, if it occurs, also considered to be part of the “Term”) unless either party provides the other party at least ninety (90) days’ advanced written notice of non-renewal prior to the expiration of the initial three-year Term.  In the event the Company chooses not to renew this Agreement so that the Term is not extended for the fourth (4th) year, the Executive’s employment will be deemed terminated without Cause as of immediately prior to the expiration of the initial three-year Term.  In the event the Term expires at the end of the fourth (4th) year, such expiration shall not be deemed a termination without Cause and Executive shall not be entitled to severance hereunder as a result of such expiration.     

(b)    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2(a), the then-effective Term shall automatically be extended in the event that the Term would otherwise expire during the period commencing upon the first public announcement of a definitive agreement that would result in a Change in Control (even though still subject to approval of the Company’s stockholders and other conditions and contingencies) and ending on the date that is eighteen (18) months following the occurrence of such Change in Control.  Such extension shall be upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement as then in effect and shall expire upon the later of (i) the first to occur of (A) the first public announcement of the termination of such definitive agreement or (B) the date that is eighteen (18) months following the occurrence of such Change in Control, or (ii) June 1, 2021. In the event the Term expires pursuant to the preceding sentence, such expiration shall not be deemed a termination without Cause and Executive shall not be entitled to severance hereunder as a result of such expiration.     

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(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligation of the Company to make payments or provide benefits pursuant to this Agreement to which Executive has acquired a right in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement prior to the expiration of the Term shall survive the termination of this Agreement until such payments and benefits have been provided in full.  

3.    Duties.  Effective as of the Effective Date, the Executive shall continue to serve as the Company’s President.  On or before June 1, 2017, the Executive shall be appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, reporting to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), and thereafter Executive shall serve in such capacity.  Executive shall devote his full business time, efforts, and skill to the performance of his duties to the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be permitted to serve on boards of directors (or similar bodies) of non-profit and charitable organizations, and, with the consent of the Board, boards of directors of other for profit entities, so long as such duties do not materially interfere with his ability to perform his duties to the Company.  So long as Executive is serving as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, (i) the Company shall use its best efforts, subject to the Board’s exercise of its fiduciary duties under applicable law, to cause Executive to be recommended and nominated for service on the Board at every appropriate opportunity, and (ii) upon the resignation of any existing member of the Board, Executive shall be appointed to fill the open Board seat if Executive is not already a member of the Board; provided that the Company shall not be so obligated if Cause exists for the removal of Executive from the Board or for the failure to nominate or elect Executive to the Board. Executive shall be subject to and comply with the policies and procedures generally applicable to senior executives of the Company to the extent the same are not inconsistent with any term of this Agreement.

4.    Compensation.  

(a)     Cash Compensation.  During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to an annual base salary of (i) prior to June 1, 2017, $550,000 per annum, and (ii) from and after June 1, 2017, $600,000 per annum (the “Base Salary”), payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices.  Executive shall be entitled to an annual bonus with a target amount of 100% of Base Salary and a maximum payout amount of 200% of Base Salary for over-performance, payable in accordance with the Company’s standard bonus arrangements for executive officers  as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board.

(b)     Equity Compensation. On June 1, 2017 (the “Grant Date”), Executive will be granted such number of restricted stock units (the “RSUs”) as is determined by dividing (i) $14,500,000 by (ii) the ten (10)-day weighted average volume closing price for the Company’s common stock for the ten (10) trading days commencing on and including May 4, 2017.  The RSUs will be granted under the Company’s Sixth Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  Thirty percent (30%) of the RSUs (the “Time-Based RSUs”) shall vest subject to solely to continued employment, with 25% of such Time-Based RSUs vesting on each of the next four anniversaries of the Grant Date.  The remaining RSUs (the “Performance-Based RSUs”) shall vest based on the Company’s performance for each of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, with up to twenty-five percent (25%) of such Performance-Based RSUs eligible to vest each year at “target” performance based on the Company’s performance, which annual performance targets shall be determined by mutual agreement between Executive and Company’s Compensation Committee and subject to increased settlement for over-performance, and proportional settlement for under-performance, (meaning, for the avoidance of doubt, that Executive may vest in up to 200% of the Performance-Based RSUs each year at “maximum” performance and as few as 0% of the Performance-Based RSUs may vest in the event of underperformance).  The RSUs shall otherwise reflect the Company’s standard terms and conditions for RSU awards, provided that the award agreement will allow net settlement of the award at Executive’s election for purposes of satisfying Executive’s tax withholding upon vesting of the RSUs (which net settlement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan and the award agreement).
  

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5.    Severance.  

(a)    If Executive has a Separation from Service as a result of Executive’s discharge by the Company without Cause or by reason of Executive’s resignation for Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of any severance benefits to which Executive may otherwise be entitled under any severance plan or program of the Company, the benefits provided below, which, with respect to clause (ii) and clause (vii)(B), will be payable in a lump sum on the day that is sixty (60) days following the date of Executive’s Separation from Service:

(i)    The Company shall pay to Executive his or her fully earned but unpaid Base Salary, when due, through the date of Executive’s Separation from Service at the rate then in effect, reimbursement of business expenses incurred prior to the date of Executive’s Separation from Service and properly submitted in accordance with Company policy, plus all other benefits, if any, under any Company group retirement plan, nonqualified deferred compensation plan, equity award plan or agreement, health benefits plan or other Company group benefit plan to which Executive may be entitled pursuant to the terms of such plans or agreements at the time of Executive’s Separation from Service, plus all amounts required to be paid to Executive under applicable law (the “Accrued Obligations”);

(ii)    Subject to Section 5(c) and Executive’s continued compliance with Section 6, Executive shall be entitled to receive severance pay in an amount equal to two-hundred percent (200%) multiplied by the sum of (x) Executive’s annual Base Salary as in effect immediately prior to the date of Executive’s Separation from Service (ignoring any reduction in Base Salary in the event a reduction in Base Salary triggered Executive’s resignation for Good Reason), plus (y) Executive’s target annual bonus for the calendar year in which Executive’s Separation from Service occurs (provided that, in the event Executive’s Separation from Service occurs more than sixty (60) days prior to a Change in Control or more than eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, such bonus shall be prorated for the portion of the calendar year that has elapsed prior to the date of Executive’s Separation from Service); 

(iii)     Subject to Section 5(c) and Executive’s continued compliance with Section 6, for the period beginning on the date of Executive’s Separation from Service and ending on the date which is twenty-four (24) full months following the date of Executive’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, the date on which the applicable continuation period under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”) expires) (the “COBRA Coverage Period”), the Company shall continue to provide Executive and his or her eligible dependents who were covered under the Company’s health insurance plans as of the date of Executive’s Separation from Service with health (including medical and dental) insurance benefits substantially similar to those provided to Executive and his or her dependents immediately prior to the date of such Separation from Service.  If any of the Company’s health benefits are self-funded as of the date of Executive’s Separation from Service, or if the Company cannot provide the foregoing benefits in a manner that is exempt from or otherwise compliant with applicable law or the provision of such benefits may result in the Company incurring penalties under applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code and Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act), instead of providing continued health insurance benefits as set forth above, the Company shall instead pay to Executive an amount equal to the monthly premium payment for Executive and his or her eligible dependents who were covered under the Company’s health plans as of the date of Executive’s Separation from Service (calculated by reference to the premium as of the date of Separation from Service) as currently taxable compensation, in substantially equal monthly installments over the COBRA Coverage Period (or the remaining portion thereof); 
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to the number of covered shares that would vest over the twelve (12) month period following the date of Executive’s Separation from Service had Executive remained continuously employed by the Company during such period, and vesting of all Stock Awards with performance-based vesting scheduled to be measured with respect to the fiscal year in which the Separation of Service occurs shall vest based on performance being deemed satisfied at target, with such acceleration to be effective as of the date of Executive’s Separation from Service (provided that payment or settlement of such Stock Awards may be delayed as provided in the grant documents to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code); provided, however, that in the event Executive’s Separation from Service occurs within sixty (60) days prior to a Change in Control or within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, the vesting and/or exercisability of each of Executive’s outstanding Stock Awards shall be accelerated, and vesting of all Stock Awards with performance-based vesting shall vest based on performance being deemed satisfied at target, with such acceleration to be effective as of the later of (A) the date of Executive’s Separation from Service or (B) the date of the Change in Control (provided that payment or settlement of such Stock Awards may be delayed as provided in the grant documents to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code).  Nothing in this Section 5(a)(iv) shall be construed to limit any more favorable vesting applicable to Executive’s Stock Awards in the Company’s equity plan(s) and/or the stock award agreements under which the Stock Awards were granted.  The foregoing provisions are hereby deemed to be a part of each Stock Award and to supersede any less favorable provision in any agreement or plan regarding such Stock Award; 
(v)     Subject to Section 5(c) and Executive’s continued compliance with Section 6, a post-termination exercise period for outstanding stock options covering shares of Company common stock of twelve (12) months; provided, however, that in no event may an option be exercised after the expiration of its maximum stated term;
(vi)    Subject to Section 5(c) and Executive’s continued compliance with Section 6, to the extent there remains any unpaid amount under the 2016 Executive Retention Bonus Plan as reflected by the Letter Agreement issued to Executive thereunder (the “Retention Plan”), any unpaid portion of Executive’s full Bonus Amount (as defined in the Retention Plan) paid less applicable withholdings on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that occurs on or after June 1, 2018 (and in any event, no later than June 30, 2018);
(vii)    Subject to Section 5(c) and Executive’s continued compliance with Section 6, if Executive’s Separation from Service as a result of Executive’s discharge by the Company without Cause or by reason of Executive’s resignation for Good Reason occurs prior to June 1, 2017, or if Executive resigns for Good Reason as a result of the Company’s violation of clause (v) of the definition of Good Reason, then, in addition to the amounts and benefits set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) above, Executive shall be entitled to receive (A) additional severance pay in the amount, if any, by which (1) the amounts that would have been payable to Executive pursuant to Sections 3(c)(ii)(II) and 3(c)(vi) of the Severance Agreement (as defined below) as of the date of Executive’s Separation from Service if such Severance Agreement had remained in effect through such date and such amounts were payable to Executive exceed (2) the amounts payable to Executive pursuant to Section 5(a)(vi) above, which excess (if any) shall be payable in a lump sum on the day that is sixty (60) days following the date of Executive’s Separation from Service; (B) if the RSUs described in Section 4(b) have not been granted to Executive prior to the date of Executive’s Separation from Service, additional severance pay in the amount of $3,625,000, payable in a lump sum on the day that is sixty (60) days following the date of Executive’s Separation from Service; (C) the full acceleration of vesting of Executive’s outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights that were outstanding as of December 1, 2016 and an extension of the exercise period of Executive’s stock options and stock appreciation rights until the earlier of (1) five (5) years from the date of Executive’s Separation from Service, or (2) the remaining life of the equity grants; and (D) eighteen (18) months outplacement services provided by an outplacement vendor selected by the Company.

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(b)    Other Terminations.  If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, by Executive without Good Reason, as a result of Executive’s death or Permanent Disability, or as a result of the expiration of the Term (other than as a result of the termination of the Term by reason of the Company choosing not to renew this Agreement so that the Term is not extended for the fourth (4th) year), the Company shall not have any other or further obligations to Executive under this Agreement (including any financial obligations) except that Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Obligations.  The foregoing shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any and all other rights and remedies which may be available to the Company under the circumstances, whether at law or in equity.

(c)    Release.  As a condition to Executive’s receipt of any post-termination benefits pursuant to Section 5(a) above (other than the Accrued Obligations), Executive shall execute and not revoke a general release of all claims in favor of the Company (the “Release”) in the form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A (and any applicable revocation period applicable to such Release shall have expired) within the sixty (60) day period following the date of Executive’s Separation from Service.  

(d)    Exclusive Remedy.  Except as otherwise expressly required by law (e.g., COBRA) or as specifically provided herein, all of Executive’s rights to salary, severance, benefits, bonuses and other amounts hereunder (if any) accruing after the termination of Executive’s employment shall cease upon such termination.  In the event of a termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, and except in the event of violation of applicable law by the Company relating to Executive’s employment or the termination thereof, Executive’s sole remedy shall be to receive the payments and benefits described in this Section 5.  
(e)    No Mitigation.  Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 5 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Section 5 be reduced by any compensation earned by Executive as the result of employment by another employer or self-employment or by retirement benefits; provided, however, that loans, advances or other amounts owed by Executive to the Company and its affiliates may be offset by the Company against amounts payable to Executive under this Section 5.    
(f)    Return of the Company’s Property.  If Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason, the Company shall have the right, at its option, to require Executive to vacate his or her offices prior to or on the effective date of termination and to cease all activities on the Company’s behalf.  Upon the termination of his or her employment in any manner, as a condition to Executive’s receipt of any post-termination benefits described in this Agreement, Executive shall immediately surrender to the Company all lists, books and records of, or in connection with, the Company’s business, and all other property belonging to the Company and its affiliates, it being distinctly understood that all such lists, books and records, and other documents, are the property of the Company and its affiliates.  Executive shall deliver to the Company a signed statement certifying compliance with this Section 5(f) prior to the receipt of any post-termination benefits described in this Agreement.
(g)    Best Pay Provision.

                   (i)     If any payment or benefit Executive would receive under this Agreement, when combined with any other payment or benefit Executive receives pursuant to the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company and its affiliates (“Payment”), would (A) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (B) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then such Payment shall be either (1) the full amount of such Payment or (2) such lesser amount (with cash payments being reduced before stock option compensation) as would result in no portion of the Payment being subject to the Excise Tax, whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state and local employment taxes, 

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income taxes, and the Excise Tax, results in Executive’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the Payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax.

(ii)     All determinations required to be made under this Section 5(g), including whether and to what extent the Payments shall be reduced and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the nationally recognized certified public accounting firm used by the Company immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control or, if such firm declines to serve, such other nationally recognized certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the Company (the “Accounting Firm”).   The Accounting Firm shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to Executive and the Company at such time as is requested by the Company.  All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.  Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon Executive and the Company.  For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 5(g), the Accounting Firm may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good-faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code.

6.    Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights.  Executive and the Company have executed the Company’s Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference (the “Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement”).  The Company shall be entitled to cease all severance payments and benefits to Executive in the event of his or his material breach of this Section 6.  Nothing in this Agreement or in the Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement shall be deemed to restrict Executive’s right to communicate directly with, cooperate with, provide information to, or report possible violations of federal law or regulation to, any governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any other whistleblower protection provisions of state or federal law or regulation, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the U.S. Department of Justice. 
7.    Agreement to Arbitrate.  Any dispute, claim or controversy based on, arising out of or relating to Executive’s employment or this Agreement shall be settled by final and binding arbitration in San Jose, California, before a single neutral arbitrator in accordance with the Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “Rules”) of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”), and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.  The Rules may be found online at www.jamsadr.com.  Arbitration may be compelled pursuant to the California Arbitration Act (Code of Civil Procedure §§ 1280 et seq.).  If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator, one shall be appointed by JAMS in accordance with its Rules.  Each party shall pay the fees of its own attorneys, the expenses of its witnesses and all other expenses connected with presenting its case; provided, however, Executive and the Company agree that, to the extent permitted by law, the arbitrator may, in his or her discretion, award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party; provided, further, that the prevailing party shall be reimbursed for such fees, costs and expenses within forty-five (45) days following any such award, but in no event later than the last day of Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the fees, costs and expenses were incurred; provided, further, that the parties’ obligations pursuant to this sentence shall terminate on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of Executive’s termination of employment; provided, however, that Executive shall retain the right to file administrative charges with or seek relief through any government agency of competent jurisdiction, and to participate in any government investigation, including but not limited to (a) claims for workers’ compensation, state disability insurance or unemployment insurance; (b) claims for unpaid wages or waiting time penalties brought before the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement; provided, however, that any appeal from an award or from denial of an award of wages and/or waiting time penalties shall be arbitrated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and (c) claims for administrative relief from the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and/or 

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the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (or any similar agency in any applicable jurisdiction other than California); provided, further, that Executive shall not be entitled to obtain any monetary relief through such agencies other than workers’ compensation benefits or unemployment insurance benefits.  Other costs of the arbitration, including the cost of any record or transcripts of the arbitration, JAMS’ administrative fees, the fee of the arbitrator, and all other fees and costs, shall be borne by the Company.  This Section 7 is intended to be the exclusive method for resolving any and all claims by the parties against each other for payment of damages under this Agreement or relating to Executive’s employment; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor the submission to arbitration shall limit the parties’ right to seek provisional relief, including without limitation injunctive relief, in any court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 1281.8 or any similar statute of an applicable jurisdiction.  Seeking any such relief shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such party’s right to compel arbitration.  Both Executive and the Company expressly waive their right to a jury trial.

8.    At-Will Employment Relationship.  Executive’s employment with the Company is at-will and not for any specified period and may be terminated at any time, with or without Cause or advance notice, by either Executive or the Company.  Any change to the at-will employment relationship must be by specific, written agreement signed by Executive and an authorized representative of the Company.  Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or should be construed to contradict, modify or alter this at-will relationship. 
9.    General Provisions.
9.1    Successors and Assigns.  The rights of the Company under this Agreement may, without the consent of Executive, be assigned by the Company, in its sole and unfettered discretion, to any person, firm, corporation or other business entity which at any time, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, directly or indirectly, acquires all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Company.  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company expressly to assume and to agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place; provided, however, that no such assumption shall relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder; provided, further, that the failure of any such successor to so assume this Agreement shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement.  As used in this Agreement, the “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise. Executive shall not be entitled to assign any of Executive’s rights or obligations under this Agreement.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  
9.2    Severability.  In the event any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to allow enforceability of the provision as so limited, it being intended that the parties shall receive the benefit contemplated herein to the fullest extent permitted by law.  If a deemed modification is not satisfactory in the judgment of such arbitrator or court, the unenforceable provision shall be deemed deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby. 
9.3    Interpretation; Construction.  The headings set forth in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be used in interpreting this Agreement.  This Agreement has been drafted by legal counsel representing the Company, but Executive has participated in the negotiation of its terms.  Furthermore, Executive acknowledges that Executive has had an opportunity to review and revise the Agreement and have it reviewed by legal counsel, if desired, and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement.  Either party’s failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not 

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in any way be construed as a waiver of any such provision, or prevent that party thereafter from enforcing each and every other provision of this Agreement.
9.4    Governing Law and Venue.  This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of California applicable to contracts made and to be performed wholly within such State, and without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.  Any suit brought hereon shall be brought in the state or federal courts sitting in Santa Clara County, California, the Parties hereby waiving any claim or defense that such forum is not convenient or proper.  Each party hereby agrees that any such court shall have in personam jurisdiction over it and consents to service of process in any manner authorized by California law.
9.5    Notices.  Any notice required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered as follows with notice deemed given as indicated:  (a) by personal delivery when delivered personally; (b) by overnight courier upon written verification of receipt; (c) by telecopy or facsimile transmission upon acknowledgment of receipt of electronic transmission; or (d) by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, upon verification of receipt.  Notice shall be sent to Executive at the address set forth in the Company’s personnel records and to the Company at its principal place of business, or such other address as either party may specify in writing.
9.6    Survival.  Sections 1 (“Definitions”), 2 (“Term”), 5 (“Severance”), 6 (“Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights”), 7 (“Agreement to Arbitrate”) and 9 (“General Provisions”) of this Agreement shall survive termination of Executive’s employment by the Company.
9.7    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement and the Retention Plan incorporated herein by reference together constitute the entire agreement between the parties in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and supersede all prior or simultaneous representations, discussions, negotiations, and agreements, whether written or oral, including, without limitation, any employment agreement or offer letter executed by the Company and Executive in effect prior to the Effective Date, that certain Severance Agreement effective as of December 1, 2016 between the Company and Executive (the “Severance Agreement”) and that certain Change in Control Severance Agreement made by and between the Company and Executive effective as of December 1, 2016.  This Agreement may be amended or modified only with the written consent of Executive and an authorized representative of the Company.  No oral waiver, amendment or modification will be effective under any circumstances whatsoever. 
9.8    Code Section 409A.  
(a)    To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Code Section 409A and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder.  Each series of installment payments made under this Agreement is hereby designated as a series of “separate payments” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.
(b)    If Executive is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code), as determined by the Company in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, on the date of Executive’s Separation from Service, to the extent that the payments or benefits under this Agreement are subject to Section 409A of the Code and the delayed payment or distribution of all or any portion of such amounts to which Executive is entitled under this Agreement is required in order to avoid a  prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then such portion deferred pursuant to this Section 9.8(b) shall be paid or distributed to Executive in a lump sum on the earlier of (i) the date that is six (6)-months following Executive’s Separation from Service, (ii) the date of Executive’s death or (iii) the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code.  Any remaining payments due under the Agreement shall be paid as otherwise provided herein.

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(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in-kind benefits and reimbursements provided under this Agreement during any tax year of Executive shall not affect in-kind benefits or reimbursements to be provided in any other tax year of Executive and are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, reimbursement requests must be timely submitted by Executive and, if timely submitted, reimbursement payments shall be made to Executive as soon as administratively practicable following such submission, but in no event later than the last day of Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred.  In no event shall Executive be entitled to any reimbursement payments after the last day of Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred.  This section shall only apply to in-kind benefits and reimbursements that would result in taxable compensation income to Executive.
                  9.9    Consultation with Legal and Financial Advisors.  By executing this Agreement, Executive acknowledges that this Agreement confers significant legal rights, and may also involve the waiver of rights under other agreements; that the Company has encouraged Executive to consult with Executive’s personal legal and financial advisors; and that Executive has had adequate time to consult with Executive’s advisors before executing this Agreement. The Company shall reimburse Executive’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with negotiating and executing this Agreement up to a maximum of $30,000; provided, however, that all such reimbursement shall be paid no later than the end of the calendar year following the year in which the applicable expense was incurred.

9.10    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
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THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HAVE READ THE FOREGOING AGREEMENT AND FULLY UNDERSTAND EACH AND EVERY PROVISION CONTAINED HEREIN. WHEREFORE, THE PARTIES HAVE EXECUTED THIS AGREEMENT ON THE DATES SHOWN BELOW.
XPERI CORPORATION

Dated:     April 29, 2017                By:    /s/ Paul Davis                    
Name:     Paul Davis
Title:    Senior Vice President and General Counsel  

EXECUTIVE

Dated:     April 28, 2017                    /s/ Jon Kirchner                    
Jon Kirchner

                        

            

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EXHIBIT A

GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS

[The language in this Release may change based on legal developments and evolving best practices; provided, however, that no new post-termination covenants shall be imposed on Executive; this form is provided as an example of what will be included in the final Release document.]
This General Release of Claims (“Release”) is entered into as of this _____ day of ________, ____, between Jon Kirchner (“Executive”), and Xperi Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) (collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, Executive and the Company are parties to that certain Employment and Severance Agreement dated as of April 28, 2017 (the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Parties agree that Executive is entitled to certain severance benefits under the Agreement, subject to Executive’s execution of this Release; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive now wish to fully and finally to resolve all matters between them.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of, and subject to, the severance benefits payable to Executive pursuant to the Agreement, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged by Executive, and which Executive acknowledges that he or she would not otherwise be entitled to receive, Executive and the Company hereby agree as follows:
1.    General Release of Claims by Executive.  
(a)    Executive, on behalf of himself or herself and his or her executors, heirs, administrators, representatives and assigns, hereby agrees to release and forever discharge the Company and all predecessors, successors and their respective parent corporations, affiliates, related, and/or subsidiary entities, and all of their past and present investors, directors, shareholders, officers, general or limited partners, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives, and the employee benefit plans in which Executive is or has been a participant by virtue of his or her employment with or service to the Company (collectively, the “Company Releasees”), from any and all claims, debts, demands, accounts, judgments, rights, causes of action, equitable relief, damages, costs, charges, complaints, obligations, promises, agreements, controversies, suits, expenses, compensation, responsibility and liability of every kind and character whatsoever (including attorneys’ fees and costs), whether in law or equity, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, suspected or unsuspected (collectively, “Claims”), which Executive has or may have had against such entities based on any events or circumstances arising or occurring on or prior to the date hereof or on or prior to the date hereof, arising directly or indirectly out of, relating to, or in any other way involving in any manner whatsoever Executive’s employment by or service to the Company or the termination thereof, including any and all claims arising under federal, state, or local laws relating to employment, including without limitation claims of wrongful discharge, breach of express or implied contract, fraud, misrepresentation, defamation, or liability in tort, and claims of any kind that may be brought in any court or administrative agency including, without limitation, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000, et seq.; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.; the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991; 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, et seq.; the Age Discrimination 

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in Employment Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 621, et seq. (the “ADEA”); the Equal Pay Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 206(d); regulations of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, 41 C.F.R. Section 60, et seq.; the Family and Medical Leave Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.; and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, California Government Code Section 12940, et seq.
Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, Executive does not release the following claims:
(i)    Claims for unemployment compensation or any state disability insurance benefits pursuant to the terms of applicable state law; 
(ii)    Claims for workers’ compensation insurance benefits under the terms of any worker’s compensation insurance policy or fund of the Company; 
(iii)    Claims pursuant to the terms and conditions of the federal law known as COBRA; 
(iv)    Claims for indemnity under the bylaws of the Company, as provided for by California law or under any applicable insurance policy or indemnification agreement with respect to Executive’s liability as an employee, director or officer of the Company;
(v)    Claims based on any right Executive may have to enforce the Company’s executory obligations under the Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Claims to enforce the Company’s obligations to pay or provide payments and benefits that are contingent on the effectiveness of this Release); and
(vi)    Claims Executive may have to vested or earned compensation and benefits.
(b)    EXECUTIVE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE OR SHE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF AND IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS:
“A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER, MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
BEING AWARE OF SAID CODE SECTION, EXECUTIVE HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS HE OR SHE MAY HAVE THEREUNDER, AS WELL AS UNDER ANY OTHER STATUTES OR COMMON LAW PRINCIPLES OF SIMILAR EFFECT.
(c)      Executive acknowledges that this Release was presented to him or her on the date indicated above and that Executive is entitled to have twenty-one (21) days’ time in which to consider it.  Executive further acknowledges that the Company has advised him or her that he or she is waiving his or her rights under the ADEA, and that Executive should consult with an attorney of his or her choice before signing this Release, and Executive has had sufficient time to consider the terms of this Release.  Executive represents and acknowledges that if Executive executes this Release before twenty-one (21) days have elapsed, Executive does so knowingly, voluntarily, and upon the advice and with the approval of Executive’s legal counsel (if any), and that Executive voluntarily waives any remaining consideration period.

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(d)      Executive understands that after executing this Release, Executive has the right to revoke it within seven (7) days after his or her execution of it.  Executive understands that this Release will not become effective and enforceable unless the seven (7) day revocation period passes and Executive does not revoke the Release in writing.  Executive understands that this Release may not be revoked after the seven (7) day revocation period has passed.  Executive also understands that any revocation of this Release must be made in writing and delivered to the Company at its principal place of business within the seven (7) day period.
(e)      Executive understands that this Release shall become effective, irrevocable, and binding upon Executive on the eighth (8th) day after his or her execution of it, so long as Executive has not revoked it within the time period and in the manner specified in clause (d) above.  Executive further understands that Executive will not be given any severance benefits under the Agreement unless this Release is effective on or before the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of Executive’s Separation from Service (as defined in the Agreement).
(f)    Nothing in this Release shall be deemed to restrict Executive’s right to communicate directly with, cooperate with, provide information to, or report possible violations of federal law or regulation to, any governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any other whistleblower protection provisions of state or federal law or regulation, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the U.S. Department of Justice.
2.    No Assignment.  Executive represents and warrants to the Company Releasees that there has been no assignment or other transfer of any interest in any Claim that Executive may have against the Company Releasees.  Executive agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company Releasees from any liability, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred as a result of any such assignment or transfer from Executive.
3.    Severability.  In the event any provision of this Release is found to be unenforceable by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to allow enforceability of the provision as so limited, it being intended that the parties shall receive the benefit contemplated herein to the fullest extent permitted by law.  If a deemed modification is not satisfactory in the judgment of such arbitrator or court, the unenforceable provision shall be deemed deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby. 
4.    Interpretation; Construction.  The headings set forth in this Release are for convenience only and shall not be used in interpreting this Agreement.  This Release has been drafted by legal counsel representing the Company, but Executive has participated in the negotiation of its terms.  Furthermore, Executive acknowledges that Executive has had an opportunity to review and revise the Release and have it reviewed by legal counsel, if desired, and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Release.  Either party’s failure to enforce any provision of this Release shall not in any way be construed as a waiver of any such provision, or prevent that party thereafter from enforcing each and every other provision of this Release.
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suit brought hereon shall be brought in the state or federal courts sitting in Santa Clara County, California, the Parties hereby waiving any claim or defense that such forum is not convenient or proper.  Each party hereby agrees that any such court shall have in personam jurisdiction over it and consents to service of process in any manner authorized by California law.
6.    Entire Agreement.  This Release and the Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the Parties in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and supersede all prior or simultaneous representations, discussions, negotiations and agreements, whether written or oral.  This Release may be amended or modified only with the written consent of Executive and an authorized representative of the Company.  No oral waiver, amendment or modification will be effective under any circumstances whatsoever.  
7.    Counterparts.  This Release may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties have executed the foregoing Release as of the date first written above.

EXECUTIVE                        XPERI CORPORATION
            
By:                          
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EXHIBIT B
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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