Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

ACCELERATED CONVERSION AND NOTE TERMINATION
AGREEMENT

 

THIS ACCELERATED CONVERSION AND NOTE
TERMINATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated OCTOBER 16, 2013, is by and among Advazis, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and JMJ FINANCIAL (“JMJ”) (together, the “Parties”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company issued $800,000
Promissory Notes to JMJ on April 26, 2013 (the “April Note”) and September 4, 2013 (the “September
Note,” and together with the April Note, the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, JMJ paid $1,000,000 Consideration
for the April Note on April 26, 2013, June 27, 2013, and August 14, 2013, and paid Consideration for the September Note on September
4, 2013, all as set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement (“Exhibit A”);

 

WHEREAS, on the date of this Agreement,
the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, including interest, OID, and any other fees, is $1,166,666.68 as set forth on Exhibit
A;

 

WHEREAS, the terms of the Notes
permit JMJ to pay additional Consideration to the Company in such amounts and at such dates as JMJ may choose in its sole discretion;

 

WHEREAS, the Company anticipates
closing of a public offering of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock pursuant to the S-1 registration statement,
file number 333-188637, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2013, as subsequently amended (the “Public Offering”);
and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires that
JMJ accelerate its conversion of the Notes into shares of common stock of the Company, that the Notes be cancelled, and that JMJ
agree to a lock-up on sales of its shares of common stock of the Company.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual promises and covenants hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

		1.	Fees. At the Closing, the Company shall pay JMJ the following Fees, which shall be added to the balance of the Notes
and which shall tack back (for purposes of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933) to the Effective Dates of each Note (as defined
in the Notes) in proportion to the outstanding balance on each Note:

 

	Accelerated Conversion Fee	 	$	125,000	 
	Note Termination Fee	 	$	150,000	 
	Lock-up Fee	 	$	125,000	 
	 	 	$	400,000	 

 

		2.	Accelerated Conversion. At the Closing, JMJ shall convert the entire $1,566,666.68 outstanding balance of the Notes
(including the Fees) into duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock of the Company at a conversion
price of $2.00 per share, which results in 783,333 shares (the “Shares”).

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

		3.	Note Termination. At the Closing, immediately following the accelerated conversion described above, the Notes shall
be cancelled and terminated with no remaining obligations by either Party.

 

		4.	Lock-Up. JMJ agrees that it shall not sell any of the Shares during the first 60 calendar days after the date of this
Agreement. JMJ also agrees that during the period starting on the 61st calendar day after the date of this Agreement through the
90th calendar day after the date of this Agreement, JMJ will limit the number of Shares it sells on any day to such number of Shares
as equals 10% of the trading volume of the Company’s common stock on such day, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the
Company. JMJ further agrees that it shall not engage in any short sales of common stock of the Company at any time.

 

		5.	Closing Conditions. The Closing is conditioned on all of the following conditions being satisfied (or waived in writing
by JMJ) on or before October 25, 2013: (i) the Public Offering has closed; (ii) the Public Offering raises net proceeds to the
Company (after underwriter’s discount) of at least $15,000,000; (iii) the Company issues at least four million shares of
common stock in the Public Offering; and (iv) the number of outstanding shares of the Company after the Public Offering (not including
shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants or other derivative securities, but including the Shares that will be issued
to JMJ under this Agreement) is at least 10 million shares; and (v) a listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange. If all of the Conditions
are not satisfied (or waived by JMJ) on or before November 2, 2013, JMJ may terminate this Agreement with written notice and it
shall be cancelled and none of the transactions contemplated herein shall occur.

 

		6.	Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall occur within
three business days following the closing of the Public Offering. The Company shall overnight the Shares to JMJ by Fedex or UPS
on or before the date of Closing. The Company shall issue the Shares in eight share certificates with Rule 144 eligibility dates
as follows:

 

	Shares	Consideration	 Rule 144 Eligible Date
	175,000 Shares	Payment 4/26/13	 October 26, 2013
	 	 	 
	60,000 Shares	Prorated Fees for 4/26/13 	 October 26, 2013
	 	Payment	 
	 	 	 
	58,334 Shares	Payment 6/27/13	 December 27, 2013
	 	 	 
	20,000 Shares	Prorated Fees for 6/27/13 	 December 27, 2013
	 	Payment	 
	 	 	 
	58,334 Shares	Payment 8/14/13	 February 14, 2014
	 	 	 
	20,000 Shares	Prorated Fees for 8/14/13 	 February 14, 2014
	 	Payment	 
	 	 	 
	291,665 Shares	Payment 9/4/13	 March 4, 2014
	 	 	 
	100,000 Shares	Prorated Fees for 9/4/13 	 March 4, 2014
	 	Payment	 
	783,333 Shares	 	 

 

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		7.	Miscellaneous

 

		7.1	Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties in respect of the assignments
contemplated hereby and there are no warranties, representations, terms, conditions, or collateral agreements expressed or implied,
statutory or otherwise, other than expressly set forth in this Agreement. This Agreement expressly supersedes and replaces any
and all prior understandings or agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

		7.2	Mutual Release. Effective immediately upon Closing, each Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its past
and present officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, representatives, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors,
heirs, successors and administrators, hereby releases and forever discharges the other Party and each of its respective past and
present affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, and assigns, and each of its respective past and present members, shareholders,
employees, agents, representatives, officers and directors, of and from any and all demands, obligations, actions, claims (for
indemnification or otherwise), causes of action, rights, debts, liabilities, damages, costs, losses, expenses and compensation
of any kind, liquidated or unliquidated, anticipated or unanticipated, known or unknown, matured or unmatured, now or hereinafter
existing; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall relieve any Party of any of its obligations under this Agreement, or
extinguish or modify any rights that any Party may have under this Agreement.

 

		7.3	No Assignment. No Party may assign any right, benefit or interest in this Agreement without the written consent of the
other party, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon,
the Assignors and the Assignee and their respective successors and assigns.

 

		7.4	Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State
of Florida, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of Florida or in the federal courts located
in Miami-Dade County, in the State of Florida. Both parties and the individuals signing this Agreement agree to submit to the jurisdiction
of such courts.

 

		7.5	Opinion of Counsel. In the event that an opinion of counsel is needed for any matter related to the Shares, JMJ has
the right to have any such opinion provided by its counsel. JMJ also has the right to have any such opinion provided by the Company’s
counsel.

 

		7.6	Counterparts and Electronic Means. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which will be deemed
to be an original and all of which will together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed copy of this Agreement
by electronic facsimile transmission or other means of electronic communication capable of producing a printed copy will be deemed
to be execution and delivery of this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have
duly executed, or caused their duly authorized representative, to execute this Agreement.

 

	JMJ FINANCIAL
	 
	By:   	/s/ Justin Keener
	Its Principal & Portfolio Manager
	 
	ADVAXIS, INC.
	 
	By: 	/s/  Daniel J. O’Connor
	Name: Daniel J. O’Connor
	Title: Chief Executive Officer
	 
	By: 	/s/ Mark J. Rosenblum
	Name: Mark J. Rosenblum
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit A

 

April Note*

 

	Date	 	Consideration Paid	 	 	OID	 	 	Interest	 	 	Balance	 
	4/26/2013	 	$	300,000	 	 	$	33,333.33	 	 	$	16,666.67	 	 	$	350,000.00	 
	6/27/2013	 	$	100,000	 	 	$	11,111.11	 	 	$	5,555.56	 	 	$	116,666.67	 
	8/14/2013	 	$	100,000	 	 	$	11,111.11	 	 	$	5,555.56	 	 	$	116,666.67	 

 

September Note

 

	Date	 	Consideration Paid	 	 	OID	 	 	Interest	 	 	Balance	 
	9/4/2013	 	$	500,000	 	 	$	55,555.56	 	 	$	27,777.78	 	 	$	583,333.34	 

 

	Outstanding Balance on the Notes as of October 16, 2013	 	$	1,166,666.68	 
	Accelerated Conversion Fee	 	$	125,000	 
	Note Termination Fee	 	$	150,000	 
	Lock-up Fee	 	$	125,000	 
	Outstanding Balance after Fees	 	$	1,566,666.68	 
	Conversion Price	 	 	$2.00 per share	 
	Number of Shares of Common Stock	 	 	783,333	 

 

* On April 26, 2013, when the April Note was issued, JMJ paid
$125,000 of Consideration towards the April Note by surrendering and exchanging a Promissory Note issued by the Company to JMJ
on December 26, 2012 with a balance of $125,000. Prior to the date of this Agreement, JMJ converted the entire balance of the
April Note attributable to the $125,000 payment of Consideration into shares of common stock of the Company.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

TEAM, INC.

NOTICE OF GRANT

 

for Stock Units awarded under the

Team, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan

 

Team, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted to Participant (as designated below) a long-term incentive award pursuant to the Team, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and/or restated, the “Plan”) and subject to the additional terms and conditions provided under the Team, Inc. Stock Unit Award Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A (“Award Agreement”).  By continuing to provide services to the Company and/or any of its Affiliates, Participant is deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions of this Notice of Grant, the Award Agreement and the Plan.  Any capitalized terms not defined herein are defined in the Plan and/or the Award Agreement.

 

	
1.  

	
Grant Terms:

 

	 	
Participant Name: 

	
_____________________

 

	 	
Date of Grant: 

	
October 15, 2013

 

	 	
Dollar Value on Date of Grant:

	
$_____________

 

	 	
Number of Stock Units: 

	
________________

 

	
2.  

	
Vesting Schedule: The Participant’s Stock Units shall become vested in accordance with the following schedule:

 

	 	
Number of Stock Units

	  	
Scheduled Vesting Date

	 	  	  	
October 15, 2014

	 	  	  	
October 15, 2015

	 	  	  	
October 15, 2016

	 	  	  	
October 15, 2017

 

Except as provided in the Plan or the Award Agreement, the Participant’s right to receive any amounts under this Notice or the Award Agreement shall be forfeited on the date Participant ceased to be employed by the Company and its Affiliates.

  

	  	
TEAM, INC.

	
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

	  	
PARTICIPANT

	  	  
	  	  
	
By: ___________________________

	
By:  _________________________

	
Philip J. Hawk

	
Printed Name: _________________

	
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

	
Date Signed: __________________

 

  

  

  

Exhibit “A”

Team, Inc.

Stock Unit Award Agreement

 

for Stock Units awarded under the

Team, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

This Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into between Team, Inc. (the “Company”) and each individual (the “Participant”) who holds a Notice of Stock Unit Award Certificate (the “Award Certificate”), incorporated herein by reference.

 

1.           Stock Unit Award.

 

On the Date of Grant specified on the Award Certificate, the Company has awarded to the Participant, a Stock Unit which represents an unfunded, unsecured promise by the Company to deliver common shares of the Company (“Shares”) pursuant to the vesting schedule on the Participant’s Award Certificate.

 

This Stock Unit has been granted under the Team, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and/or restated, the “Plan”) and will include and be subject to all provisions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference, and will be subject to the provisions of this Agreement.  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement which are not specifically defined will have the meanings defined under the Plan.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.

 

2.           Terms and Conditions.

 

(A)           Vesting Date.  Subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement, the Stock Units issued to Participant will vest on the Vesting Dates (as defined below) listed in the Award Certificate.

 

(B)           Settlement of Units.  Except as provided in Subsection (C) below, the Company will issue one Share to Participant on the date each Stock Unit is scheduled to become vested under the terms of the Award Certificate (“Vesting Date”).  As a ministerial matter, the Company shall cause the issuance and delivery of Shares to the Participant as soon as practicable after each designated Vesting Date and in any event within twenty (20) business days after such designated Vesting Date; provided, however, that such delivery shall be deemed effected for all purposes when a stock transfer agent shall have deposited such Shares according to the delivery instructions; and provided further that if any law, regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or other body having jurisdiction shall require the Company or the Participant to take any action in connection with the delivery of the Shares, then, subject to the other provisions of this Section, the date on which such delivery shall be deemed to have occurred shall be extended for the period necessary to take and complete such action, it being understood that the Company shall have no obligation to take and complete any such action.

 

  

  

  

 

(C)           Accelerated Vesting.

 

(i)           Death.  If Participant dies while actively employed by the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, all of Participant’s Stock Units will automatically vest and the Company shall immediately thereafter issue one Share to Participant for each of his or her Stock Units.

 

(ii)           Change of Control.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, upon a Change of Control of the Company all Stock Units granted the Participant under this Agreement will vest and the Company shall immediately thereafter issue one Share to Participant for each of his or her Stock Units.

 

(D)           Rights as a Stockholder.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the Participant shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder with respect to the Stock Units.  A Participant shall have no right to receive dividend equivalent payments with respect to Shares that may be received pursuant to the Award Certificate and this Agreement.

 

(E)           Non-Transferability of Stock Unit.  This Stock Unit may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution, or pursuant to a court order in the event of divorce.  The terms of the Plan, this Agreement and the Award Certificate shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs, successors, representatives and assignees of Participant.

 

(F)           Responsibility for Taxes.  Regardless of any action the Company or an Affiliate takes with respect to any or all income tax, payroll tax or other tax-related withholding (“Tax Related Items”), the Participant acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax Related Items legally due by him or her is and remains the Participant’s responsibility and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Stock Unit grant, including the grant of Stock Units, the vesting of Stock Units, the conversion of the Stock Units into Shares or the receipt of an equivalent cash payment, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired and the receipt of any dividends or dividend equivalents; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Stock Unit to reduce or eliminate the Participant’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

 

Prior to the issuance of Shares on a designated delivery date or the receipt of an equivalent cash payment, the Participant shall pay, or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company (in its sole discretion) to satisfy all withholding and payment on account obligations of the Company or any of its Affiliates.  In this regard, Participant authorizes the Company or its Affiliate, as applicable, to withhold all applicable Tax Related Items legally payable by Participant from Participant’s wages or other cash compensation payable to Participant by the Company or its Affiliate, as applicable, or from any equivalent cash payment received upon vesting of the Stock Units.  Alternatively, the Company may, in its sole discretion, (i) sell or arrange for the sale of Shares to be issued on the vesting of Stock Units to satisfy the withholding or payment on account obligation, and/or (ii) withhold in Shares, provided that the Company and Participant’s actual Employer (defined below) shall withhold only the amount of Shares necessary to satisfy the minimum withholding amount.  Participant shall pay to the 

 

  

  

  

 

Company or to the Employer any amount of Tax Related Items that the Company may be required to withhold as a result of the Participant’s receipt of Stock Units, the vesting of Stock Units, the receipt of a dividend equivalent cash payment, or the conversion of vested Stock Units to Shares that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described.  The Company may refuse to deliver Shares to Participant if Participant fails to comply with his or her obligation in connection with the Tax Related Items as described herein.  For purposes of this provision, the terms “Employer” means the Company (if the Participant is employed by the Company) or the Affiliate of the Company that employs the Participant.

 

To the extent that any portion of the Stock Units is treated as includible in Participant’s income prior to the date that shares are delivered to Participant under this Agreement, the Company and the Participant’s Employer, as applicable, are hereby authorized and directed to either (i) require Participant to make payment of such taxes to the Company or Participant’s Employer, as applicable, through delivery of cash or a cashier’s check within five (5) calendar days after the Company or the Participant’s Employer, as applicable, is required to remit such taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, or (ii) withhold from Participant’s regular wages, bonus or other compensation payments the amount of any tax required to be withheld.

 

For Participants employed at international (non-US) locations:

 

The Company or Participant’s Employer, as applicable, will assess its requirements regarding tax, social insurance and any other payroll tax (“Tax Obligations”) withholding and reporting in connection with the Stock Units or Shares. These requirements may change from time to time as laws or interpretations change. Regardless of the actions of the Company or Participant’s Employer, in this regard, Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the ultimate liability for any and all Tax Obligations is and remains his or her responsibility and liability and that the Company and Participant’s Employer make no representations nor undertakings regarding treatment of any Tax Obligation as a result of the grant or vesting of the Stock Units, and Participant agrees to make arrangements satisfactory to the Company or Participant’s Employer, as applicable, to satisfy all withholding requirements. Employee authorizes the Company or Participant’s Employer, as applicable, to withhold all applicable Tax Obligations legally due from Participant from his or her wages or other cash compensation to be paid him or her by the Company or Participant’s Employer.

 

(G)           Expiration.  The Participant will forfeit all unvested Stock Units upon Termination of Employment for any reason, other than death, a Change of Control, or a Special Vesting Agreement (as defined below).

 

(H)           Legality of Initial Issuance.  No Shares shall be issued upon the vesting of a Stock Unit unless and until the Company has determined that:

 

(i)   The Company and, if applicable, the Participant have taken any or all actions required to register the Shares pursuant to all applicable securities laws or to perfect an exemption from the registration requirements thereof;

 

  

  

  

 

(ii)   Any applicable listing requirement of any stock exchange or other securities market on which Shares are listed has been satisfied; and

 

(iii)   The Participant has taken actions, satisfactory to the Company, to pay applicable taxes as described in Subsection 2(F).

 

3.           Return of Share Value.

 

(A)           By accepting this Award, Participant hereby agrees that if the Company determines that Participant engaged in Conduct Detrimental to the Company (as defined below) during his or her employment with the Company and/or an Affiliate, or during the one-year period following the Participant’s Termination of Employment, Participant shall be required, upon demand, to return to the Company, in the form of a cash payment, the Returnable Share Value (defined below) and all unvested amounts are forfeited.  Participant understands and agrees that the repayment of the Returnable Share Value is in addition to and separate from any other relief available to the Company and/or Participant’s Employer, due to Participant’s Conduct Detrimental to the Company, including injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and damages.

 

(B)           By accepting this Award, Participant hereby agrees that if the Participant’s Termination of Service with the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, is designated by the Committee as a Special Vesting Agreement, Participant may be permitted to continue to become vested in the Shares.  If that occurs, in addition to the restriction above in Subsection (A) concerning conduct during employment and for one year after Termination of Employment, Participant agrees that he or she will not engage in Conduct Detrimental to the Company during the remaining vesting period as provided in the Award Certificate.  If Participant engages in Conduct Detrimental to the Company during the remaining portion of the vesting period, then Participant shall (i) forfeit all of the unvested Shares, and (ii) be required, upon demand, to return to the Company, in the form of a cash payment, the Returnable Share Value paid to date.  Participant understands and agrees that the repayment of the Returnable Share Value is in addition to and separate from any other relief available to the Company due to Participant’s Conduct Detrimental to the Company, including injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and damages.

 

4.           Definitions.

 

The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this Agreement:

 

(A)           “Conduct Detrimental to the Company” means:

 

(i)           Participant engages in Serious Misconduct (whether or not such Serious Misconduct is discovered by the Company prior to the Participant’s Termination of Employment);

 

(ii)           Participant breaches his or her obligations to the Company, or an Affiliate, with respect to confidential and proprietary information or trade secrets;

 

(iii)           Participant Competes with the Company or an Affiliate;

 

  

  

  

 

(iv)           Participant directly or indirectly, solicits, recruits, advises, attempts to influence or otherwise induce or persuade, directly or indirectly (including encouraging another person to influence, induce or persuade), any customer or vendor of the Company or any of its Affiliates to materially decrease or terminate its relationship with the Company or its Affiliates, within the geographic area that Participant had direct business responsibility for during the term of his/her employment with the Company or with an Affiliate;

 

(v)           Participant directly or indirectly, solicits, recruits, advises, attempts to influence or otherwise induce or persuade, directly or indirectly (including encouraging another person to influence, induce or persuade), any person employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates to leave the employ of the Company or any of its Affiliates (except for those actions that are within the scope of Participant’s employment that are taken on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates); or

 

(vi)           Participant seeks to have any of the obligations listed above in (i)-(v) found unenforceable or invalid for any reason.

 

Participant acknowledges that the Conduct Detrimental to the Company is worthy of protection by these promises due to the nature of the harm that would be caused by such actions because Participant acknowledges that the Company and, if applicable, its Affiliate, has promised and the Participant has been entrusted with access to significant confidential or trade secret or propriety information of the Company or its Affiliates, as well as access to relationships and information regarding the Company’s or its Affiliates’ customers, vendors, and employees.

 

(B)           “Compete.”  For purposes of this provision, Participant shall be deemed to “compete” with the Company if he or she, directly or indirectly:

 

(i)           Is a principal, owner, officer, director, shareholder or other equity owner (other than a holder of less than 5% of the outstanding shares or other equity interests of a publicly traded company) of a Direct Competitor (as defined below);

 

(ii)           Is a partner or joint venture in any business or other enterprise or undertaking with a Direct Competitor; or

 

(iii)           Serves or performs work (including consulting or advisory services) for a Direct Competitor, that is similar in a material way to the work that Participant performed for the Company or any of its Affiliates, in the twelve months preceding the Participant’s Termination of Employment, or that involves the use of the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’, confidential, trade secret or proprietary information.

 

(C)           “Direct Competitor” means any entity, or other business concern that within the geographic area that Participant had direct business responsibility for during the term of his employment with the Company or its Affiliates, offers or plans to offer products or services that are materially competitive with any of the products or services being manufactured, offered or marketed, or that are actively developed, by the Company or any of its Affiliates, as of the date Participant’s Service ends.

 

  

  

  

 

(D)           “Special Vesting Agreement” means an agreement in which the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, elects to permit some or all of the Participant’s Stock Units to continue vesting following the Participant’s Termination of Employment with the Company or with an Affiliate, as applicable, in exchange for Participant’s strict compliance with designated post-termination conditions, as determined by the Committee pursuant to a written agreement executed at the time the Participant’s Termination of Employment occurs.

 

(E)           “Returnable Share Value” means a cash amount equal to the gross value of the Shares that were issued to Participant in the one-year period prior to the Company’s determination that Participant engaged in Conduct Detrimental to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, determined as of the date such Shares were issued to Participant and using the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Company’s common stock on that date.  For purposes of clarity, if a Participant’s shares have an extended vesting period due to a Special Vesting Agreement, then the Returnable Share Value amount shall include all shares that became vested during the one-year period ending on the date the Participant first engaged in an action that is treated as Conduct Detrimental to the Company.

 

(F)           “Serious Misconduct” shall mean embezzlement or misappropriation of Company, or Affiliate, funds or other Company, or Affiliate, assets, including confidential or trade secret information, commission of an illegal act or the willful failure to comply with the policies and procedures of the Company, or an Affiliate, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

 

(G)           “Service” shall mean the period during which a Participant is considered to be an employee of the Company or of an Affiliate, and shall not include any notice period.

 

5.           Additional Provisions

 

(A)           Notices.  The Company may deliver any notice required by the terms of this Agreement in writing or by electronic means.  Any such notice that is given in writing shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit with the U.S. Postal Service, by registered or certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid.  The notice shall be addressed to the Company at its principal executive office and to the Participant at the address that he or she most recently provided to the Company.

 

(B)           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the Award Certificate and the Plan constitute the entire contract between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof.  They supersede all other agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) which relate to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that the provisions of the Plan shall continue to apply, and further provided that in case of inconsistencies or ambiguities, the provisions of the Plan shall prevail over the provisions of this Agreement or the Award Certificate.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

 

(C)           Governing Law.  This Agreement and the Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas, United States of America. The 

 

  

  

  

 

venue for any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be Harris County, Texas, United States of America, and the courts sitting exclusively in Harris County, Texas, United States of America shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate such disputes. Each party hereby expressly consents to the exercise of jurisdiction by such courts and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to such laying of venue (including the defense of inconvenient forum).

 

(D)           Administration.  Any determination by the Company and its counsel in connection with any question or issue arising under this Agreement, the Award Certificate, or the Plan shall be conclusive and binding on the Participant and all other persons, having an interest hereunder.

 

(E)           Successors and Assigns.  The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and its successors and assigns and to the Participant, the Participant’s executors, administrators, heirs, successors, representatives and assignees.

 

(F)           Electronic Delivery.  The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to the Stock Unit granted under and participation in the Plan or future Stock Units that may be granted under the Plan by electronic means or to request Participant’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means.  Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, to agree to participate in the Plan and sign the Agreement through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.

 

(G)           Code Section 409A.  This Agreement is intended to comply with the provisions of Code Section 409A and this Agreement and the Plan shall, to the extent practicable, be construed in accordance therewith.  To the extent there is any ambiguity in this Agreement as to its compliance with Section 409A, this Agreement shall be read to conform with the requirements of Section 409A, and the Company may at its sole discretion amend or replace this Agreement to cause this Agreement to comply with Section 409A. Neither the Company nor Participant shall have the right to accelerate or defer the delivery of any amount payable under this Agreement except to the extent specifically permitted or required by Code Section 409A.  Terms defined in this Agreement and the Plan shall have the meanings given such terms under Code Section 409A if and to the extent required to comply with Code Section 409A.  In any event, the Company makes no representations or warranty and shall have no liability to Participant or any other person if any provisions of or payments under this Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A but not to satisfy the conditions of that section.

 

(H)           Employment Relationship.  For purposes of this Agreement, Participant shall be considered to be in the employment of the Company as long as Participant remains an employee of either the Company or an Affiliate.  Nothing in the adoption of the Plan or the award of the Stock Units thereunder pursuant to this Agreement shall confer upon Participant the right to continued employment by the Company or affect in any way the right of the Company to terminate such employment at any time.  Unless otherwise provided in a written employment 

 

  

  

  

 

agreement or by applicable law, Participant’s employment by the Company shall be on an at-will basis, and the employment relationship may be terminated at any time by either Participant or the Company for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.  Any question as to whether and when there has been a Termination of Employment, and the cause of such termination, shall be determined by the Committee, and its determination shall be final.

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