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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1

ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED
EXECUTIVE DEFERRAL PLAN

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (the “Company”), hereby establishes the Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Executive Deferral Plan (the “Plan”), effective June 1, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), for the purpose of attracting and retaining high quality executives and promoting in them increased efficiency and an interest in the successful operation of the Company.  The Plan is intended to, and shall be interpreted to, comply in all respects with Code Section 409A and those provisions of ERISA applicable to an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for a select group of “management or highly compensated employees.”

		
	ARTICLE I
	

ARTICLE IIDEFINITIONS

1. “Account” or “Accounts” shall mean the bookkeeping account or accounts established under this Plan pursuant to Article 4.

2.“Base Salary” shall mean a Participant’s annual base salary, excluding incentive and discretionary bonuses, commissions, reimbursements and other non-regular remuneration, received from the Company prior to reduction for any salary deferrals under benefit plans sponsored by the Company, including but not limited to, plans established pursuant to Code Section 125 or qualified pursuant to Code Section 401(k).

3.“Beneficiary” or “Beneficiaries” shall mean the person, persons or entity designated as such pursuant to Section 7.1. 

4.“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

5.“Bonus(es)” shall mean amounts paid to the Participant by the Company in the form of discretionary or annual incentive compensation or any other bonus designated by the Committee, before reductions for contributions to or deferrals under any pension, deferred compensation or benefit plans sponsored by the Company.  

6.“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as interpreted by Treasury regulations and applicable authorities promulgated thereunder.

7.“Committee” shall mean the person or persons appointed by the Board to administer the Plan in accordance with Article 9.

8.“Company Contributions” shall mean the contributions made by the Company pursuant to Section 3.3. 

9.“Company Contribution Account” shall mean the Account maintained for the benefit of the Participant that is credited with Company Contributions, if any, pursuant to Section 4.2. 

10.“Compensation” shall mean all amounts eligible for deferral for a particular Plan Year under Section 3.1.

11.“Crediting Rate” shall mean the notional gains and losses credited on the Participant’s Account balance that are based on the Participant’s choice among the investment alternatives where made available by the Committee or upon a fixed rate of interest, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Plan.

12.“Deferral Account” shall mean an Account maintained for each Participant that is credited with Participant deferrals pursuant to Section 4.1.

13.“Director” shall mean a member of the Board. 

14.“Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean (consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A) that the Participant (a) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (b) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s Employer.  For purposes of this Plan, a Participant shall be Disabled if determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.  A Participant shall also be Disabled if determined to be disabled in accordance with the applicable disability insurance program of such Participant’s Employer, provided that the definition of “disability” applied under such disability insurance program complies with the requirements of this Section.

15.“Distributable Amount” shall mean the vested balance in the applicable Account as determined under Article 4.

16.“Eligible Executive” shall mean a highly compensated or management-level employee of an Employer selected by the Committee to be eligible to participate in the Plan. 

17.“Employer(s)” shall be defined as follows:

(a)Except as otherwise provided in part (b) of this Section, the term “Employer” shall mean the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan as a sponsor.  

(b)For the purpose of determining whether a Participant has experienced a Separation from Service, the term “Employer” shall mean:
 
(1)The entity for which the Participant performs services and with respect to which the legally binding right to compensation deferred or contributed under this Plan arises; and 
(2)All other entities with which the entity described above would be aggregated and treated as a single employer under Code Section 414(b) (controlled group of corporations) and Code Section 414(c) (a group of trades or businesses, whether or not incorporated, under common control), as applicable.  In order to identify the group of entities described in the preceding sentence, the Committee shall use an ownership threshold of at least 50% as a substitute 

for the 80% minimum ownership threshold that appears in, and otherwise must be used when applying, the applicable provisions of (A) Code Section 1563 for determining a controlled group of corporations under Code Section 414(b), and (B) Treas. Reg. §1.414(c)-2 for determining the trades or businesses that are under common control under Code Section 414(c).
 
18.“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including Department of Labor and Treasury regulations and applicable authorities promulgated thereunder.

19.“Financial Hardship” shall mean a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Code Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B))) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, but shall in all events correspond to the meaning of the term “unforeseeable emergency” under Code Section 409A.
 
20.“Fund” or “Funds” shall mean one or more of the investments selected by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Plan.

21.“Hardship Distribution” shall mean an accelerated distribution of benefits or a cancellation of deferral elections pursuant to Section 6.5 to a Participant who has suffered a Financial Hardship.

22.“Interest Rate” shall mean, for each Fund, the rate of return derived from the net gain or loss on the assets of such Fund, as determined by the Committee.

23.“Participant” shall mean any Eligible Executive who becomes a Participant in this Plan in accordance with Article 2.

24.“Participant Election(s)” shall mean the forms or procedures by which a Participant makes elections with respect to (a) voluntary deferrals of his/her Compensation, (b) if applicable, the Funds, which shall act as the basis for crediting of interest on Account balances where permitted by the Committee, and (c) the form and timing of distributions from Accounts.  Participant Elections may take the form of an electronic communication followed by appropriate confirmation according to specifications established by the Committee.

25.“Payment Date” shall mean the date by which a total distribution of the Distributable Amount shall be made or the date by which installment payments of the Distributable Amount shall commence.

(a)For benefits triggered by the Participant’s Separation from Service, the Payment Date shall be the first business day of the seventh month directly following the month in which the Separation from Service occurs, and the applicable amount shall be calculated as of the last business day of the sixth month following the month in which the Separation from Service occurs.  Subsequent installments, if any, shall be made in January of each Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the initial installment payment was payable and shall be calculated as of the last business day of the preceding December.  

(b)For benefits triggered by (i) the death of a Participant or (ii) the Disability of a Participant prior to Separation from Service, the Payment Date shall be the first business day of the month commencing after the month in which the event triggering the payout occurs, and the applicable amount shall be calculated as of the last business day of the month in which the event triggering the payout occurs.  In the case of death, the Committee shall be provided with documentation reasonably necessary to establish the fact of the Participant’s death; and

(c)The Payment Date of a Scheduled Distribution shall be the first business day of January of the Plan Year in which the distribution is scheduled to commence pursuant to the Participant Election, and the applicable Distributable Amount shall be calculated as of the last business day of the preceding December.  Subsequent installments, if any, shall be calculated as of the last business day of December of each succeeding Plan Year after the initial calculation, and shall be made in January of each Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the initial installment payment was payable.  

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Payment Date shall not be before the earliest date on which benefits may be distributed under Code Section 409A without violation of the provisions thereof, as reasonably determined by the Committee.  Payments may be made following the applicable Payment Date, provided such payments are made in accordance with Code Section 409A, including without limitation Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(d).

26.“Performance-Based Compensation” shall mean compensation the entitlement to or amount of which is contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance criteria relating to a performance period of at least 12 consecutive months, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(e).

27.“Plan Year” shall mean the calendar year, except that the first Plan Year shall begin on the Effective Date and end on the last day of the calendar year in which the Effective Date occurs.

28.“Scheduled Distribution” shall mean a scheduled distribution date elected by the Participant for distribution of amounts from the Deferral Account, including notional earnings thereon, as provided under Section 6.4. 

29.“Separation from Service” shall mean a termination of services provided by a Participant to his or her Employer, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, other than by reason of death or Disability, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h).  In determining whether a Participant has experienced a Separation from Service, the following provisions shall apply: 

(a)For a Participant who provides services to an Employer as an employee, except as otherwise provided in part (c) of this Section, a Separation from Service shall occur when such Participant has experienced a termination of employment with such employer.  A Participant shall be considered to have experienced a termination of employment when the facts and circumstances indicate that the Participant and his or her employer reasonably anticipate that either (i) no further services will be performed for the employer after a certain date, or (ii) that the level of bona fide services the Participant will perform for the employer after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to no more than 20% of the average level of bona fide services performed by such Participant (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period of services to the employer if the Participant has been providing services to the Employer less than 36 months).  

If a Participant is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence, the employment relationship between the Participant and the Employer shall be treated as continuing intact, provided that the period of such leave does not exceed 6 months, or if longer, so long as the Participant retains a right to reemployment with the Employer under an applicable statute or by contract.  If the period of a military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence exceeds 6 months and the Participant does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be considered to be terminated for purposes of this Plan as of the first day immediately following the end of such 6-month period.  In applying the provisions of this paragraph, a leave of absence shall be considered a bona fide leave of absence only if there is a reasonable expectation that the Participant will return to perform services for the Employer.
 
(b)For a Participant, if any, who provides services to an Employer as an independent contractor, except as otherwise provided in part (c) of this Section, a Separation from Service shall occur upon the expiration of the contract (or in the case of more than one contract, all contracts) under which services are performed for such Employer, provided that the expiration of such contract(s) is determined by the Committee to constitute a good-faith and complete termination of the contractual relationship between the Participant and such Employer. 

(c)For a Participant, if any, who provides services to an Employer as both an employee and an independent contractor, a Separation from Service generally shall not occur until the Participant has ceased providing services for such Employer as both an employee and as an independent contractor, as determined in accordance with the provisions set forth in parts (a) and (b) of this Section, respectively.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this part (c), if a Participant provides services for an Employer as both an employee and as a Director, to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h)(5) the services provided by such Participant as a Director shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Participant has experienced a Separation from Service as an employee, and the services provided by such Participant as an employee shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Participant has experienced a Separation from Service as a Director.

		
	ARTICLE III
	

ARTICLE IVPARTICIPATION

2.1Enrollment Requirements; Commencement of Participation 
 
(a)As a condition to participation, each Eligible Executive shall complete, execute and return to the Committee the appropriate Participant Elections, as well as such other documentation and information as the Committee reasonably requests, by the deadline(s) established by the Committee.  In addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary. 

(b)Each Eligible Executive shall commence participation in the Plan on the date that the Committee determines that the Eligible Executive has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the Committee, including returning all required documents to the Committee within the specified time period.

(c)If an Eligible Executive fails to meet all requirements established by the Committee within the period required, that Eligible Executive shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan during such Plan Year.

		
	ARTICLE V
	

ARTICLE VICONTRIBUTIONS & DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

1.Elections to Defer Compensation.  Elections to defer Compensation shall take the form of a whole percentage (less applicable payroll withholding requirements for Social Security and income taxes and employee benefit plans, as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee) of up to a maximum of: 

(a)    70% of Base Salary and
(b)    100% of Bonuses.

The Committee may, in its sole discretion, adjust for each Plan Year on a prospective basis the maximum deferral percentages described in this Section for one or more types of Compensation (including, without limitation, for particular types of Bonuses) and for one or more subsequent Plan Years; such revised deferral percentages shall be indicated on a Participant Election form approved by the Committee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the maximum deferral percentages be adjusted after the last date on which deferral elections for the applicable type(s) of Compensation must be submitted and become irrevocable in accordance with Section 3.2 below and the requirements of Code Section 409A.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may determine that one or more types of Compensation shall not be made available for deferral for one or more Plan Years and, consistent with such determination, the impacted types of Compensation shall not appear on a Participant Election form.

2.Timing of Deferral Elections; Effect of Participant Election(s). 

(a)General Timing Rule for Deferral Elections.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.2, in order for a Participant to make a valid election to defer Compensation, the Participant must submit Participant Election(s) on or before the deadline established by the Committee, which shall be no later than the December 31st preceding the Plan Year in which such compensation will be earned.
  
Any deferral election made in accordance with this Section 3.2(a) shall be irrevocable; provided, however, that if the Committee permits or requires Participants to make a deferral election by the deadline described above for an amount that qualifies as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may permit a Participant to subsequently change his or her deferral election for such compensation by submitting new Participant Election(s) in accordance with Section 3.2(c) below.

(b)Timing of Deferral Elections for New Plan Participants.  An Eligible Executive who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan on or after the beginning of a Plan Year, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(7)(ii) and the “plan aggregation” rules provided in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(c)(2), may be permitted to make an election to defer the portion of Compensation attributable to services to be performed after such election, provided that the Participant submits Participant Election(s) on or before the deadline established by the Committee, which in no event shall be later than thirty (30) days after the Participant first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan.

If a deferral election made in accordance with this Section 3.2(b) relates to compensation earned based upon a specified performance period, the amount eligible for deferral shall be equal to (i) the total amount of compensation for the performance period, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining in the service period after the Participant’s deferral election is made, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the performance period.
 
Any deferral election made in accordance with this Section 3.2(b) shall become irrevocable no later than the 30th day after the date the Participant first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan.

(c)Timing of Deferral Elections for Performance-Based Compensation.  Subject to the limitations described below, the Committee may determine that an irrevocable deferral election for an amount that qualifies as Performance-Based Compensation may be made by submitting Participant Election(s) on or before the deadline established by the Committee, which in no event shall be later than six (6) months before the end of the performance period.  

In order for a Participant to be eligible to make a deferral election for Performance-Based Compensation in accordance with the deadline established pursuant to this Section 3.2(c), the Participant must have performed services continuously from the later of (i) the beginning of the performance period for such compensation, or (ii) the date upon which the performance criteria for such compensation are established, through the date upon which the Participant makes the deferral election for such compensation.  In no event shall a deferral election submitted under this Section 3.2(c) be permitted to apply to any amount of Performance-Based Compensation that has become readily ascertainable.

(d)Timing Rule for Deferral of Compensation Subject to Risk of Forfeiture.  With respect to compensation (i) to which a Participant has a legally binding right to payment in a subsequent year, and (ii) that is subject to a forfeiture condition requiring the Participant’s continued services for a period of at least twelve (12) months from the date the Participant obtains the legally binding right, the Committee may determine that an irrevocable deferral election for such compensation may be made by timely delivering Participant Election(s) to the Committee in accordance with its rules and procedures, no later than the 30th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right to the compensation, provided that the election is made at least twelve (12) months in advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition could lapse, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(5). 

Any deferral election(s) made in accordance with this Section 3.2(d) shall become irrevocable no later than the 30th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right to the compensation subject to such deferral election(s).
  
(e)Separate Deferral Elections for Each Plan Year.  In order to defer Compensation for a Plan Year, a Participant must submit a separate deferral election with respect to Compensation for such Plan Year by affirmatively filing a Participant Election during the enrollment period established by the Committee prior to the beginning of such Plan Year (or at such other time contemplated under this Section 3.2), which election shall be effective on the first day of the next following Plan Year (unless otherwise specified on the Participant Election).

3.Company Contributions.  The Company shall have the discretion to make Company Contributions to the Plan at any time and in any amount on behalf of any Participant.  Company Contributions shall be made in the complete and sole discretion of the Company and no Participant 

shall have the right to receive any Company Contribution in any particular Plan Year regardless of whether Company Contributions are made on behalf of other Participants.

4.Investment Elections. 
 
(a)Participant Designation.  At the time of entering the Plan and/or of making a deferral election under the Plan, the Participant may be permitted by the Committee to designate, on a Participant Election provided by the Committee, the Funds in which the Participant’s Accounts shall be deemed to be invested for purposes of determining the amount of earnings and losses to be credited to each Account.  In such event, the Participant may specify that all or any percentage of his or her Accounts shall be deemed to be invested, in whole percentage increments, in one or more of the Funds selected as alternative investments under the Plan from time to time by the Committee pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.  If a Participant fails to make an election among the Funds, or if no election is permitted by the Committee at the time of entering the Plan and/or making a deferred election under the Plan, the Participant’s Account balance shall automatically be allocated into a default Fund determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  A Participant may be permitted to change any designation made under this Section as permitted by the Committee by filing a revised election, on a Participant Election provided by the Committee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose limitations on the frequency with which one or more of the Funds elected in accordance with this Section may be added or deleted by such Participant; furthermore, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose limitations on the frequency with which the Participant may change the portion of his or her Account balance allocated to each previously or newly elected Fund.
 
(b)Investment Funds. The Committee may select, in its sole and absolute discretion, each of the types of commercially available investments communicated to the Participant pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section to be the Funds.  Where made available for selection by the Participants, the Interest Rate of each such commercially available investment shall be used to determine the amount of earnings or losses to be credited to the Participant’s Account under Article IV.  The Participant’s choice among investments, where applicable, shall be solely for purposes of calculation of the Crediting Rate on Accounts.  The Company and the Employers shall have no obligation to set aside or invest amounts as directed by the Participant and, if the Company and/or the Employer elects to invest amounts as directed by the Participant, the Participant shall have no more right to such investments than any other unsecured general creditor.

(c)    Fixed Rate of Return.  Notwithstanding Sections 3.4(a) and 3.4(b) above, the Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, that for one or more Plan Years the Crediting Rate for Participant Accounts under the Plan shall be based upon a fixed rate of return selected by the Committee, and no Participant designation among Funds shall be permitted during such period. 

5.Distribution Elections.

(a)Initial Election.  At the time of making a deferral election under the Plan, the Participant shall designate the time and form of distribution of deferrals made pursuant to such election (together with any earnings credited thereon) from among the alternatives specified under Article VI for the applicable distribution.  Such distribution election(s) for a given Plan Year shall relate solely to that Plan Year.  A new distribution election may be made at the time of subsequent deferral elections with respect to deferrals in Plan Years beginning after the election is made, in accordance with the Participant Election forms.  
  

(b)Modification of Elections.  A distribution election with respect to previously deferred amounts may only be changed under the terms and conditions specified in Code Section 409A and this Section.  Except as permitted under Code Section 409A, no acceleration of a distribution is permitted.  A subsequent election that delays or changes the form of payment upon Separation from Service or as a Scheduled Distribution for a Plan Year shall be permitted if and only if all of the following requirements are met: 

(1)the new election does not take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the new election is made;

(2)the new election delays payment for at least five (5) years from the date that payment would otherwise have been made or commenced, absent the new election; and 

(3)in the case of payments made according to a Scheduled Distribution, the new election is made not less than twelve (12) months before the date on which payment would have been made (or, in the case of installment payments, the first installment payment would have been made) absent the new election.

For purposes of application of the above change limitations, installment payments shall be treated as a single payment under Code Section 409A.  Only one (1) change shall be allowed to be made by a Participant with respect to each Plan Year’s election as to the benefits to be received by such Participant upon Separation from Service.  In addition, only one (1) change shall be allowed to be made by a Participant with respect to each Plan Year’s Scheduled Distribution election, if any.  Election changes made pursuant to this Section shall be made in accordance with rules established by the Committee and shall comply with all requirements of Code Section 409A and applicable authorities.

		
	ARTICLE VII
	

ARTICLE VIIIACCOUNTS

1.Deferral Accounts.  The Committee shall establish and maintain a Deferral Account for each Participant under the Plan.  In the event the Committee permits designation of Funds by the Participant, each Participant’s Deferral Account shall be further divided into separate subaccounts (“Fund Subaccounts”), each of which corresponds to a Fund designated pursuant to Section 3.4.  A Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited as follows:

(a)As soon as reasonably practicable after amounts are withheld and deferred from a Participant’s Compensation, the Committee shall credit the Participant’s Deferral Account with an amount equal to the Compensation deferred by the Participant; where Participant designation of Funds is permitted by the Committee, the portion of the Participant’s deferred Compensation designated under Section 3.4 to be deemed to be invested in a Fund shall be credited to the applicable Fund Subaccount;

(b)Where applicable, on each business day the Fund Subaccounts of a Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited with earnings or losses in an amount equal to that determined by multiplying the balance credited to such Fund Subaccount as of the prior day, less any distributions valued as of the end of the prior day, by the Interest Rate for the corresponding Fund as determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.4(b);
 

(c)In the event the Committee determines a fixed rate of return for determining the Crediting Rate applicable to Participant Accounts in accordance with Section 3.4(c), the Participant Accounts shall be adjusted to reflect the applicable Crediting Rate on the date or dates determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; and
 
(d)In the event that a Participant elects for a given Plan Year’s deferral of Compensation a Scheduled Distribution, all amounts attributed to the deferral of Compensation for such Plan Year shall be accounted for in a manner which allows separate accounting for the deferral of Compensation and deemed earnings and losses associated with amounts allocated to each such separate Scheduled Distribution.

2.Company Contribution Account.  The Committee shall establish and maintain a Company Contribution Account for each Participant under the Plan.  In the event the Committee permits designation of Funds by the Participant, each Participant’s Company Contribution Account shall be further divided into separate Fund Subaccounts corresponding to the Fund designated pursuant to Section 3.4(a).  A Participant’s Company Contribution Account shall be credited as follows:

(a)As soon as reasonably practicable after a Company Contribution is made, the Company shall credit the Participant’s Company Contribution Account with an amount equal to the Company Contributions made on behalf of that Participant; where Participant designation of Funds is permitted by the Committee, the portion of the Company Contributions designated under Section 3.4 to be deemed to be invested in a certain Fund shall be credited to the applicable Fund Subaccount; 

(b)Where applicable, on each business day the Fund Subaccounts of a Participant’s Company Contribution Account shall be credited with earnings or losses in an amount equal to that determined by multiplying the balance credited to such Fund Subaccount as of the prior day, less any distributions valued as of the end of the prior day, by the Interest Rate for the corresponding Fund as determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.4(b); and

(c)In the event the Committee determines a fixed rate of return for determining the Crediting Rate applicable to Participant Accounts in accordance with Section 3.4(c), the Participant Company Contribution Accounts shall be adjusted to reflect the applicable Crediting Rate on the date or dates determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

3.Trust.  The Company shall be responsible for the payment of all benefits under the Plan.  At its discretion, the Company may establish one or more grantor trusts for the purpose of providing for payment of benefits under the Plan.  Such trust or trusts may be irrevocable, but the assets thereof shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors.  Benefits paid to the Participant from any such trust or trusts shall be considered paid by the Company for purposes of meeting the obligations of the Company under the Plan.

4.Statement of Accounts.  The Committee shall provide each Participant with electronic statements at least quarterly setting forth the Participant’s Account balance as of the end of each applicable period.

		
	ARTICLE IX
	

ARTICLE XVESTING 

1.Vesting of Deferral Accounts.  The Participant shall be vested at all times in amounts credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account.

2.Vesting of Company Contribution Account.  Amounts credited to the Participant’s Company Contribution Account shall be vested based upon the schedule or schedules determined by the Company in its sole discretion and communicated to the Participant.  

		
	ARTICLE XI
	

ARTICLE XIIDISTRIBUTIONS

1.Separation from Service Distributions.  Except as otherwise provided herein, in the event of a Participant’s Separation from Service, the Distributable Amount credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account and Company Contribution Account (excluding any Scheduled Distributions that commenced distribution prior to the Separation from Service) shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum on the Payment Date following the Participant’s Separation from Service, unless the Participant has made an alternative benefit election on a timely basis to receive substantially equal annual installments over up to ten (10) years.  In accordance with a Participant Election approved by the Committee, for each Plan Year the Participant may elect a separate form of distribution applicable upon Separation from Service for the deferrals and Company Contributions, if any, attributable to such Plan Year.  A Participant may delay and/or change the form of payment applicable upon Separation from Service for one or more Plan Years, provided any such revised election complies with the requirements of Section 3.5.

2.Disability Distributions. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the event of a Participant’s Disability prior to Separation from Service, the Distributable Amount credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account and Company Contribution Account (excluding any Scheduled Distributions that commenced distribution prior to the Disability) shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum on the Payment Date following the Participant’s Disability.
 
3.Death Benefits.  Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, in the event that the Participant dies prior to complete distribution of his or her Accounts under the Plan, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall receive a death benefit equal to the Distributable Amount (or remaining Distributable Amount in the event installment payments have commenced) credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account and Company Contribution Account in a lump sum on the Payment Date following the Participant’s death.

4.Scheduled Distributions. 
 
(a)Scheduled Distribution Election.  Participants shall be entitled to elect to receive a Scheduled Distribution from the Deferral Account applicable to all of the Participant’s Compensation deferrals for a particular Plan Year.  In the case of a Participant who has elected to receive a Scheduled Distribution, on the applicable Payment Date such Participant shall receive the Distributable Amount with respect to the applicable Plan Year’s Compensation deferrals, including any earnings thereon, which have been elected by the Participant in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Plan.  The Committee shall determine the earliest commencement date that may be elected by 

the Participant for each Scheduled Distribution and such date shall be indicated on the Participant Election.  The Participant may elect to receive the Scheduled Distribution in a single lump sum or substantially equal annual installments over a period of up to five (5) years.  A Participant may delay and/or change the form of payment for a Scheduled Distribution, provided such revised election complies with the requirements of Section 3.5.  By way of clarification, the Company Contribution Account shall not be distributable as a Scheduled Distribution.

(b)Relationship to Other Benefits. 

(1)In the event of a Participant’s Separation from Service, Disability or death prior to the initial Payment Date for a Scheduled Distribution, such Scheduled Distribution shall not be distributed under this Section 6.4, but rather shall be distributed in accordance with the other applicable Section of this Article VI.

(2)In the event of a Participant’s Separation from Service or Disability after one or more Scheduled Distributions has commenced installment payments on the applicable Payment Date, such Scheduled Distribution(s) shall continue to be paid at the same time and in the same form as if the Separation from Service or Disability, as applicable, had not occurred.

(3)In the event of a Participant’s death after one or more Scheduled Distributions has commenced installment payments on the applicable Payment Date, the remaining Distributable Amount of such Scheduled Distribution(s) shall be distributed in accordance with Section 6.3.

5.Hardship Distributions.

(a)Upon a finding that the Participant has suffered a Financial Hardship, in accordance with Code Section 409A, the Committee may, at the request of the Participant, accelerate distribution of benefits and/or approve cancellation of deferral elections under the Plan, subject to the following conditions:

(1)The request to take a Hardship Distribution shall be made by submitting a form provided by the Committee.

(2)Upon a finding that the Participant has suffered a Financial Hardship in accordance with Treasury Regulations promulgated under Code Section 409A, the Committee may, at the request of the Participant, accelerate distribution of benefits and/or approve cancellation of current deferral elections under the Plan in the amount reasonably necessary to alleviate such Financial Hardship.  The amount distributed pursuant to this Section with respect to the Financial Hardship shall not exceed the amount necessary to satisfy such Financial Hardship, plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship).

(3)The amount (if any) determined by the Committee as a Hardship Distribution shall be paid in a single cash lump sum as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar month in which the Hardship Distribution determination is made by the Committee.

(b)In the event a Participant receives a hardship distribution under an Employer’s qualified 401(k) plan pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.401(k)-1(d)(3), the Committee may (i) cancel the 

Participant’s current deferral elections under this Plan and/or (ii) preclude the Participant from submitting additional deferral elections pursuant to Article III, to the extent deemed necessary to comply with Treas. Reg. §1.401(k)-1(d)(3).

6.6    Limited Cashouts.  Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, distribute in a mandatory lump sum any Participant’s entire Deferral Account and/or Company Contribution Account under the Plan, provided that any such distribution is made in accordance with the requirements of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(j)(4)(v) or its successor (each such payment, a “Limited Cashout”).  Specifically, any such Limited Cashout pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be subject to the following requirements:

(a)The Committee’s exercise of discretion to make the Limited Cashout shall be evidenced in writing no later than the date of the lump sum payment;

(b)The lump sum payment shall result in the termination and liquidation of the entirety of the Participant's Deferral Account and/or Company Contribution Account under the Plan, as applicable, as well as the Participant’s interest in all other plans, agreements, methods, programs, or other arrangements with respect to which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(c)(2) with the Account(s) that is being distributed from this Plan; and

(c)    The lump sum payment (and the Participant’s entire interest in any and all other “plans” that would be aggregated with the Account(s) being distributed from this Plan in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(c)(2)) is not greater than the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) at the time of the Limited Cashout.

Any such Limited Cashout shall be calculated as of the last business day of the month in which the Committee’s determination to make the Limited Cashout occurs, and such lump sum payment shall be made within sixty (60) days following such determination.

		
	ARTICLE XIII
	

PAYEE DESIGNATIONS AND LIMITATIONS

1.Beneficiaries.

(a)Beneficiary Designation.  The Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons as Beneficiary (both primary and contingent) to whom payment under the Plan shall be made in the event of the Participant’s death.  If the Participant names someone other than his or her spouse as a Beneficiary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine that spousal consent is required to be provided in a form designated by the Committee, executed by such Participant's spouse and returned to the Committee.  The Beneficiary designation shall be effective when it is submitted to and acknowledged by the Committee during the Participant’s lifetime in the format prescribed by the Committee.
 
(b)Absence of Valid Designation.  If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above, or if every person designated as Beneficiary predeceases the Participant or dies prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, then the Committee shall deem the Participant’s estate to be the Beneficiary and shall direct the distribution of such benefits to the Participant’s estate.

2.Payments to Minors.  In the event any amount is payable under the Plan to a minor, payment shall not be made to the minor, but instead such payment shall be made (a) to that person’s living parent(s) to act as custodian, (b) if that person’s parents are then divorced, and one parent is the sole custodial parent, to such custodial parent, to act as custodian, or (c) if no parent of that person is then living, to a custodian selected by the Committee to hold the funds for the minor under the Uniform Transfers or Gifts to Minors Act in effect in the jurisdiction in which the minor resides.  If no parent is living and the Committee decides not to select another custodian to hold the funds for the minor, then payment shall be made to the duly appointed and currently acting guardian of the estate for the minor or, if no guardian of the estate for the minor is duly appointed and currently acting within sixty (60) days after the date the amount becomes payable, payment shall be deposited with the court having jurisdiction over the estate of the minor.

3.Payments on Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity.  In the event that any amount becomes payable under the Plan to a person who, in the sole judgment of the Committee, is considered by reason of physical or mental condition to be unable to give a valid receipt therefore, the Committee may direct that such payment be made to any person found by the Committee, in its sole judgment, to have assumed the care of such person.  Any payment made pursuant to such determination shall constitute a full release and discharge of any and all liability of the Committee and the Company under the Plan.

ARTICLE VIII
LEAVE OF ABSENCE

		
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ARTICLE XVLEAVE OF ABSENCE
1.Paid Leave of Absence.  If a Participant is authorized by the Participant's Employer to take a paid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer, and such leave of absence does not constitute a Separation from Service, (a) the Participant shall continue to be considered eligible for the benefits provided under the Plan, and (b) deferrals shall continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Article III.

2.Unpaid Leave of Absence.  If a Participant is authorized by the Participant's Employer to take an unpaid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer for any reason, and such leave of absence does not constitute a Separation from Service, such Participant shall continue to be eligible for the benefits provided under the Plan.  During the unpaid leave of absence, the Participant shall not be allowed to make any additional deferral elections.  However, if the Participant returns to employment, the Participant may elect to defer for the Plan Year following his or her return to employment and for every Plan Year thereafter while a Participant in the Plan, provided such deferral elections are otherwise allowed and a Participant Election is delivered to and accepted by the Committee for each such election in accordance with Article III above.

ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATION

		
	ARTICLE XVI
	 

ARTICLE XVIIADMINISTRATION
1.Committee. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee appointed by the Board, which shall have the exclusive right and full discretion (a) to appoint agents to act on its behalf, (b) to select and establish Funds, (c) to interpret the Plan, (d) to decide any and all matters arising hereunder (including the right to remedy possible ambiguities, inconsistencies, or admissions), (e) to make, amend and rescind such rules as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan and (f) to make all other determinations and resolve all questions of fact necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan, including determinations regarding eligibility for benefits payable under the Plan.  All interpretations of the Committee with respect to any matter hereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons affected thereby.  No member of the Committee or agent thereof shall be liable for any determination, decision, or action made in good faith with respect to the Plan.  The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee and its agents from and against any and all liabilities, costs, and expenses incurred by such persons as a result of any act, or omission, in connection with the performance of such persons’ duties, responsibilities, and obligations under the Plan, other than such liabilities, costs, and expenses as may result from the bad faith, willful misconduct, or criminal acts of such persons.
 
2.Claims Procedure.  Any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary may file a written claim with the Committee setting forth the nature of the benefit claimed, the amount thereof, and the basis for claiming entitlement to such benefit.  The Committee shall determine the validity of the claim and communicate a decision to the claimant promptly and, in any event, not later than ninety (90) days after the date of the claim.  The claim may be deemed by the claimant to have been denied for purposes of further review described below in the event a decision is not furnished to the claimant within such ninety (90) day period.  If additional information is necessary to make a determination on a claim, the claimant shall be advised of the need for such additional information within forty-five (45) days after the date of the claim.  The claimant shall have up to one hundred eighty (180) days to supplement the claim information, and the claimant shall be advised of the decision on the claim within forty-five (45) days after the earlier of the date the supplemental information is supplied or the end of the one hundred eighty (180) day period.  Every claim for benefits which is denied shall be denied by written notice setting forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant (a) the specific reason or reasons for the denial, (b) specific reference to any provisions of the Plan (including any internal rules, guidelines, protocols, criteria, etc.) on which the denial is based, (c) description of any additional material or information that is necessary to process the claim, and (d) an explanation of the procedure for further reviewing the denial of the claim and shall include an explanation of the claimant’s right to submit the claim for binding arbitration in the event of an adverse determination on review.

3.Review Procedures.  Within sixty (60) days after the receipt of a denial on a claim, a claimant or his/her authorized representative may file a written request for review of such denial.  Such review shall be undertaken by the Committee and shall be a full and fair review. The claimant shall have the right to review all pertinent documents.  The Committee shall issue a decision not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of a request for review from a claimant unless special circumstances, such as the need to hold a hearing, require a longer period of time, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the claimant’s request for review.  The decision on review shall be in writing and shall include specific 

reasons for the decision written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant with specific reference to any provisions of the Plan on which the decision is based and shall include an explanation of the claimant’s right to submit the claim for binding arbitration in the event of an adverse determination on review.

		
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ARTICLE XIXMISCELLANEOUS

1.Termination of Plan.  Although each Employer anticipates that it will continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that any Employer will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time in the future.  Accordingly, each Employer reserves the right to terminate the Plan with respect to all of its Participants.  In the event of a Plan termination, no new deferral elections shall be permitted for the affected Participants and such Participants shall no longer be eligible to receive new Company Contributions.  However, after the Plan termination the Account balances of such Participants shall continue to be credited with deferrals attributable to any deferral election that was in effect prior to the Plan termination to the extent deemed necessary to comply with Code Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations, and additional amounts shall continue to be credited or debited to such Participants’ Account balances pursuant to Article IV.  In addition, following a Plan termination, Participant Account balances shall remain in the Plan and shall not be distributed until such amounts become eligible for distribution in accordance with the other applicable provisions of the Plan.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) or as otherwise permitted under Code Section 409A, the Employer may provide that upon termination of the Plan, all Account balances of the Participants shall be distributed, subject to and in accordance with any rules established by such Employer deemed necessary to comply with the applicable requirements and limitations of Code Section 409A.

2. Amendment.  Any Employer may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part with respect to that Employer.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification shall be effective to decrease the value of a Participant's vested Account balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is made.

3.Unsecured General Creditor.  The benefits paid under the Plan shall be paid from the general assets of the Company, and the Participant and any Beneficiary or their heirs or successors shall be no more than unsecured general creditors of the Company with no special or prior right to any assets of the Company for payment of any obligations hereunder. It is the intention of the Company that this Plan be unfunded for purposes of ERISA and the Code.

4.Restriction Against Assignment.  The Company shall pay all amounts payable hereunder only to the person or persons designated by the Plan and not to any other person or entity.  No part of a Participant’s Accounts shall be liable for the debts, contracts, or engagements of any Participant, Beneficiary, or their successors in interest, nor shall a Participant’s Accounts be subject to execution by levy, attachment, or garnishment or by any other legal or equitable proceeding, nor shall any such person have any right to alienate, anticipate, sell, transfer, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any benefits or payments hereunder in any manner whatsoever.  No part of a Participant’s Accounts shall be subject to any right of offset against or reduction for any amount payable by the Participant or Beneficiary, whether to the Company or any other party, under any arrangement other than under the terms of this Plan.

 
5.Withholding.  The Participant shall make appropriate arrangements with the Company for satisfaction of any federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements, Social Security and other employee tax or other requirements applicable to the granting, crediting, vesting or payment of benefits under the Plan.  There shall be deducted from each payment made under the Plan or any other Compensation payable to the Participant (or Beneficiary) all taxes that are required to be withheld by the Company in respect to such payment or this Plan.  To the extent permissible under Code Section 409A, the Company shall have the right to reduce any payment (or other Compensation) by the amount of cash sufficient to provide the amount of said taxes. 
 
6.Code Section 409A.  The Company intends that the Plan comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A (and all applicable Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder) and shall be operated and interpreted consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation that the Plan complies with Code Section 409A.  

7.Effect of Payment.  Any payment made in good faith to a Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims against the Committee, its members, the Employer and the Company.  
 
8.Errors in Account Statements, Deferrals or Distributions.  In the event an error is made in an Account statement, such error shall be corrected on the next statement following the date such error is discovered.  In the event of an operational error, including, but not limited to, errors involving deferral amounts, overpayments or underpayments, such operational error shall be corrected in a manner consistent with and as permitted by any correction procedures established under Code Section 409A.  If any portion of a Participant’s Account(s) under this Plan is required to be included in income by the Participant prior to receipt due to a failure of this Plan to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, the Committee may determine that such Participant shall receive a distribution from the Plan in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the portion of his or her Account required to be included in income as a result of the failure of the Plan to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, or (ii) the unpaid vested Account balance.

9.Domestic Relations Orders.  Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, in the event that the Committee receives a domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p)(1)(B), pursuant to which a court has determined that a spouse or former spouse of a Participant has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan, the Committee shall have the right to immediately distribute the spouse’s or former spouse’s vested interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan to such spouse or former spouse to the extent necessary to fulfill such domestic relations order, provided that such distribution is in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A. 

10.Employment Not Guaranteed.  Nothing contained in the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as a contract of employment or as giving any Participant any right to continue the provision of services in any capacity whatsoever to the Employer.

11.No Guarantee of Tax Consequences.  The Employer, Company, Board and Committee make no commitment or guarantee to any Participant that any federal, state or local tax treatment will apply or be available to any person eligible for benefits under the Plan and assume no liability whatsoever for the tax consequences to any Participant.

12.Successors of the Company.  The rights and obligations of the Company under the Plan shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the successors and assigns of the Company.

13.Notice.  Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Company or the Participant under this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, in the case of the Company, to the principal office of the Company, directed to the attention of the Committee, and in the case of the Participant, to the last known address of the Participant indicated on the employment records of the Company.  Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.  Notices to the Company may be permitted by electronic communication according to specifications established by the Committee.
14.Headings.  Headings and subheadings in this Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof.
15.Gender, Singular and Plural.  All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the identity of the person or persons may require.  As the context may require, the singular may be read as the plural and the plural as the singular. 
16.Governing Law.  The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for a select group of “management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA and therefore to be exempt from Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA.  To the extent any provision of, or legal issue relating to, this Plan is not fully preempted by federal law, such issue or provision shall be governed by the laws of the State of Indiana.
17.Entire Agreement.  Unless specifically indicated otherwise, this Plan supersedes any and all prior communications, understandings, arrangements or agreements between the parties, including the Employer, the Company, the Board, the Committee and any and all Participants, whether written, oral, express or implied relating thereto.
18.Binding Arbitration.  Any claim, dispute or other matter in question of any kind relating to this Plan which is not resolved by the claims procedures under this Plan shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the applicable employment dispute resolution rules of the American Arbitration Association.  Notice of demand for arbitration shall be made in writing to the opposing party and to the American Arbitration Association within a reasonable time after the claim, dispute or other matter in question has arisen.  In no event shall a demand for arbitration be made after the date when the applicable statute of limitations would bar the institution of a legal or equitable proceeding based on such claim, dispute or other matter in question.  The decision of the arbitrators shall be final and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.  The arbitrators may award reasonable fees and expenses to the prevailing party in any dispute hereunder and shall award reasonable fees and expenses in the event that the arbitrators find that the losing party acted in bad faith or with intent to harass, hinder or delay the prevailing party in the exercise of its rights in connection with the matter under dispute.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board has approved the adoption of this Plan as of the Effective Date and has caused the Plan to be executed by its duly authorized representative this 8th day of May, 2019.
ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED

By        
Name    
TitleEX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

EXECUTION VERSION 

VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT 

This VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 9, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is by and among (i) OceanFirst
Financial Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), (ii) Joseph Murphy, Sr. (“Sr.”), (iii) JoAnn Murphy (“JM”) and (iv) Value Investors, Inc. (“Value” and, together with JM,
the “Shareholders” and, each, a “Shareholder”). The Shareholders and Sr. are collectively referred to herein as the “Shareholder Parties” and, each, a “Shareholder Party”.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Merger Agreement (as defined below). 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Country Bank Holding Company, Inc., a New York corporation (the
“Company”), Parent and Midtown Merger Sub Corp., a New York corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger
Agreement”) pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “First-Step Merger”), with the Company surviving as a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of Parent, (ii) immediately thereafter, the Company, as the surviving corporation in the First-Step Merger, will merge with and into Parent (the “Second-Step Merger” and, together with the First-Step Merger, the
“Integrated Mergers”), with Parent being the surviving corporation in the Second-Step Merger and (iii) at the Effective Time, the shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company (“Company Common
Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than the Exception Shares) will, without any further action on the part of the holder thereof, be automatically converted into the right to receive the Merger
Consideration as set forth in the Merger Agreement; 
 WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, and except as otherwise specifically set forth
herein, each Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner of, has the sole right to dispose of and has the sole right to vote, the number of shares of Company Common Stock set forth below such Shareholder’s signature on the
signature page hereto (such shares of Company Common Stock, together with any other capital stock of the Company acquired by either Shareholder after the execution of this Agreement and any other securities issued by the Company that are entitled to
vote on the adoption of the Merger Agreement held or acquired by either Shareholder (whether acquired heretofore or hereafter), being collectively referred to herein as the “Shares”); 

WHEREAS, as used herein, (a) the term “Value Shares” means the Shares held by Value and (b) the term
“Pledged Shares” means only that number of Shares held by JM that is set forth on the signature page hereto opposite the heading “Encumbrances:”; 

WHEREAS, receiving the Requisite Company Vote is a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and

 WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement for Parent to enter into the Merger Agreement and incur the obligations therein, Parent has
required each of the Shareholder Parties enter into this Agreement. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

Section 1.    Agreement to Vote; Restrictions on Voting and Transfers; Waiver of Dissenter’s
Rights. 
 (a)    Agreement to Vote the Shares. From the date hereof until the Expiration Time (the
“Voting Period”), at any meeting (whether annual or special and each adjourned or postponed meeting) of the Company’s shareholders, however called, and on every action or approval by written consent of the shareholders of the
Company with respect to any of the following matters, (x) with respect to all Shares held of record by such 

 
Shareholder, each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to and (y) with respect to all of the Value Shares, each of JM and Sr. hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees to cause Value to: 
 (i)    appear at such meeting or otherwise cause all of such Shares to be counted as
present thereat for purposes of calculating and establishing a quorum; and 
 (ii)    vote or cause to be voted all of
such Shares, (A) in favor of (1) the adoption of the Merger Agreement, the First-Step Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (2) the adjournment or postponement of the Company Meeting, if
(x) as of the time for which the Company Meeting is originally scheduled, there are insufficient shares of Company Common Stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Company
Meeting or (y) on the date of the Company Meeting, the Company has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares necessary to obtain the Requisite Company Vote, (B) against any Acquisition Proposal, without regard to any
recommendation to the shareholders of the Company by the Board of Directors of the Company concerning such Acquisition Proposal, and without regard to the terms of such Acquisition Proposal, or other proposal made in opposition to or that is
otherwise in competition or inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (C) against any agreement, amendment of any agreement or amendment of any organizational document (including the Company Certificate and the
Company Bylaws), or any other action that is intended or would reasonably be expected to prevent, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or discourage any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (D) against any action,
agreement, transaction or proposal that would reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or other obligation of the Company in the Merger Agreement or in any representation or warranty of the
Company in the Merger Agreement becoming untrue or incorrect. 
 (b)    Restrictions on Transfers. 

(i)    Each Shareholder hereby agrees that, from the date hereof until the date of termination of the Merger Agreement in
accordance with its terms, such Shareholder shall not, directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, give, pledge, grant a security interest in, encumber, assign, grant any option for the sale of or otherwise transfer or dispose, or enter into any
agreement, arrangement or understanding to take any of the foregoing actions with respect to (each, a “Transfer”), any Shares, other than a Transfer of Shares for bona fide estate planning purposes to such Shareholder’s
(A) affiliates (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or (B) immediate family members (together, “Permitted Transferees”); provided that as a condition to such Transfer, such Permitted Transferee shall be required to
execute a joinder to this Agreement; provided, further, that such Transferring Shareholder shall remain jointly and severally liable for any breaches by any such Permitted Transferee of the terms hereof. Each Shareholder further agrees
to authorize and request the Company to notify the Company’s transfer agent that there is a stop transfer order with respect to all of the Shares owned by such Shareholder and that this Agreement places limits on the Transfer of such
Shareholder’s Shares. 
 (ii)    Each of JM and Sr. hereby agrees that, from the date hereof until the date of
termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, such party shall not, directly or indirectly, Transfer any shares of capital stock of Value, other than a Transfer thereof for bona fide estate planning purposes to such party’s
Permitted Transferees; provided that as a condition to such Transfer, such Permitted Transferee shall be required to execute a joinder to this Agreement with respect to the Value Shares; provided, further, that such Transferring
party shall remain jointly and severally liable for any breaches by any such Permitted Transferee of the terms hereof. 

(c)    Transfer of Voting Rights. Each Shareholder hereby agrees that such Shareholder shall not, and each of JM
and Sr. shall cause Value not to, deposit any of the Shares or shares of capital stock of Value in a voting trust, grant any proxy or power of attorney or enter into any voting agreement or similar agreement or arrangement in contravention of the
obligations of such Shareholder under this Agreement with respect to any of the Shares. 

  
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 (d)    Acquired Shares. Any Shares or other voting securities of
the Company with respect to which beneficial ownership is acquired by any Shareholder or any of such Shareholder’s controlled affiliates (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include other family members other than such
Shareholder’s spouse and children sharing the same household), including, without limitation, by purchase, as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such Shares or upon
exercise or conversion of any securities of the Company, if any, after the execution hereof (in each case, a “Share Acquisition”) shall automatically become subject to the terms of this Agreement and shall become “Shares”
for all purposes hereof. If any controlled affiliate (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include other family members other than such Shareholder’s spouse and children sharing the same household) of such Shareholder acquires Shares by
way of a Share Acquisition, such Shareholder will cause such controlled affiliate to comply with the terms of this Agreement applicable to such Shareholder. 

(e)    No Inconsistent Agreements. Each Shareholder and Sr. shall not enter into any agreement, contract or
understanding with any person (as defined in the Merger Agreement) prior to the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant a proxy or power of attorney or give instructions with respect to the
voting of the Shares in any manner which is inconsistent with this Agreement. 
 (f)    Waiver of Dissenter’s
Rights. Each Shareholder Party hereby waives any appraisal or dissenter’s rights that such Shareholder Party may have under applicable Law with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. 

Section 2.    Grant of Irrevocable Proxy. 

(a)    In furtherance of Section 1, each Shareholder hereby irrevocably appoints Parent and up
to two (2) of Parent’s designated representatives, and each of them individually, as such Shareholder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of
substitution and resubstitution) for and in the name, place and stead of such Shareholder, to attend all meetings (whether annual or special and each adjournment or postponement thereof) of the Company’s shareholders, however called, and to
vote such Shareholder’s Shares at any such meeting of the shareholders of the Company (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) or in any action by written consent of the shareholders of the Company in lieu of such a meeting, in each case,
solely on the matters and in the manner specified in Section 1 hereof (each, an “Irrevocable Proxy”). Each Irrevocable Proxy shall expire on the first day after the expiration of the Voting Period. 

(b)    Each Shareholder hereby affirms that the Irrevocable Proxy granted by such Shareholder pursuant to this
Section 2 is given by such Shareholder in connection with, and in consideration of, the execution of the Merger Agreement by Parent, and that such Irrevocable Proxy has been granted to secure the performance of the duties
of such Shareholder under this Agreement. 
 (c)    Each Irrevocable Proxy granted pursuant to this
Section 2 is deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy. Each Shareholder hereby revokes any and all prior proxies granted by such Shareholder to the extent inconsistent with the
Irrevocable Proxy granted pursuant to this Agreement. Each Irrevocable Proxy granted hereunder shall terminate, and any underlying appointment shall automatically be revoked and rescinded and of no force and effect, upon the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with its terms. 
 Section 3.    Certain Obligations. Each Shareholder Party shall
not, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such Shareholder Party’s controlled affiliates (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include other family members other than such Shareholder’s spouse and children sharing the
same household) and Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (a) solicit, initiate, encourage (including by providing information or assistance) or knowingly facilitate any inquiries, proposals or offers with respect to, or the making or
completion of, any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (b) provide or cause to be provided any non-public information or data relating to the
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with, or have any discussions with, any person relating to or in connection with an actual or proposed Acquisition Proposal (provided that such Shareholder Party may refer any such person to the
provisions of this Section 3), (c) engage in any discussions or negotiations concerning an Acquisition Proposal (provided that such Shareholder Party may refer any such person to the provisions of this
Section 3) or otherwise take any action to encourage or knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement an Acquisition Proposal, (d) approve, recommend, agree to or accept, or propose publicly to
approve, recommend, agree to or accept, any Acquisition Proposal, (e) solicit proxies or become a “participant” in a “solicitation” (as such terms are defined in the Exchange Act) with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or
otherwise encourage or assist any person in taking or planning any action that would reasonably be expected to compete with, restrain or otherwise serve to interfere with or inhibit the timely consummation of the Integrated Mergers in accordance
with the terms of the Merger Agreement, (f) initiate a shareholders’ vote or action by consent of the Company’s shareholders with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (g) become a member of a “group” (as such term is
used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) with respect to any voting securities of the Company that takes, or intends to take, any action in support of an Acquisition Proposal or (h) approve, endorse, recommend, agree to or accept, or
propose to approve, endorse, recommend, agree to or accept, or execute or enter into, any letter of intent, agreement in principle, merger agreement, investment agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement related to
any Acquisition Proposal Nothing contained herein shall prohibit JM or Sr., in such party’s capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, from taking any action in such capacity to the extent such action is expressly permitted
by Sections 6.3 and 6.13 of the Merger Agreement. 

Section 4.    Lock-Up. 

(a)    From the Effective Time until the day immediately following the six month anniversary of the Closing Date (the
“Lock-Up Period”), each Shareholder shall not, and, with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock issued to Value pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each of JM and Sr. shall cause Value not
to (i) Transfer, directly or indirectly, any of the shares of Parent Common Stock issued to such Shareholder pursuant to the Merger Agreement (all such shares, the “Locked-Up Shares”) or
(ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Locked-Up Shares, except, in each case, that
(A) following the one month anniversary of the Closing Date and during the remaining portion of the Lock-Up Period, the Shareholders may Transfer, in the aggregate, up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the
Locked-Up Shares, (B) each Shareholder may Transfer Shares to a Permitted Transferee and (C) JM may pledge, as security for a margin loan, any Locked-Up Shares held of record by JM (it
being understood that no other Shareholder Party shall pledge any shares of Parent Common Stock beneficially owned by such Shareholder Party); provided that as a condition to such Transfer under clause (B), such Permitted
Transferee shall be required to execute a joinder to this Agreement; provided, further, that such Transferring Shareholder shall remain jointly and severally liable for any breaches by any such Permitted Transferee of the terms hereof.

 (b)    Each stock certificate or book-entry notation evidencing Value’s ownership of Parent Common Stock must
bear the following legend: 
 “THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR THIS BOOK-ENTRY NOTATION ARE SUBJECT TO
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST 9, 2019, BY AND AMONG THE OWNER OF SUCH SECURITIES, OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP. AND CERTAIN OTHER PARTIES THERETO AND MAY ONLY BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE TERMS THEREOF.” 
 (c)    Each Shareholder hereby agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer
instructions with Parent’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Locked-Up Shares held by such Shareholder except in compliance with this Agreement. 

  
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 Section 5.    Representations, Warranties and Support
Covenants. 
 (a)    Representations and Warranties. Each Shareholder represents and warrants to Parent as
follows and, with respect to the applicable representations and warranties set forth below, Sr. represents and warrants to Parent as follows: 

(i)    Power and Authority; Consents. Such Shareholder Party has the capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement
and fully understands the terms of this Agreement. With respect to Value, Value has the full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and no further corporate action on the part of Value is required for Value to execute
and deliver this Agreement or perform its obligations hereunder. No filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity is necessary on the part of such Shareholder Party for the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by such Shareholder Party, the performance by such Shareholder Party of such Shareholder Party’s obligations hereunder or the consummation by such Shareholder Party of the transactions contemplated hereby. 

(ii)    Due Authorization. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Shareholder Party and, in
the case of Value, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Shareholder Party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Value.

 (iii)    Binding Agreement. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Parent, this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of such Shareholder Party, enforceable against such Shareholder Party in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions). 

(iv)    Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
such Shareholder Party does not, and the performance by such Shareholder Party of such Shareholder Party’s obligations hereunder and the consummation by such Shareholder Party of the transactions contemplated hereby does not and will not,
violate or conflict with, or constitute a default under (x) any agreement, instrument, contract or other obligation or any order, arbitration award, judgment or decree to which such Shareholder Party is a party or by which such Shareholder
Party or such Shareholder Party’s property or assets is bound, (y) any statute, rule or regulation to which such Shareholder Party or such Shareholder Party’s property or assets is subject or (z) in the case of Value, its
organizational documents, including any stockholder agreement. Except for this Agreement and, in the case of clause (B) below, the pledge of Shares by JM as collateral for loans with an approximate balance of $2.1 million (as of the
date of this Agreement) from S&T Bank, 800 Philadelphia Avenue, Indiana, Pennsylvania, as in effect on the date hereof (the “Loan Agreement”), such Shareholder Party is not, and each controlled affiliate (which, for the
avoidance of doubt, shall not include other family members other than such Shareholder Party’s spouse and children sharing the same household) of such Shareholder Party is not, a party to any (A) voting agreement, voting trust or any other
contract with respect to the voting of any Shares or (B) any other contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the transfer or ownership (but not voting rights) of any Shares. No Shareholder Party has appointed or granted
a proxy or power of attorney to any person with respect to any Shares. 
 (v)    Ownership of Shares. Except for
restrictions in favor of Parent pursuant to this Agreement and transfer restrictions of general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the “blue sky” laws of the various States of the United
States, each Shareholder owns, beneficially and of record, all of the Shares set forth below such Shareholder’s signature on the signature page hereto free and clear of any (A) proxy or other voting restriction or (B) security
interest or other lien, other than, in the case of this clause (B), the security interest with respect to the Pledged Shares created by the Loan Agreement. Each Shareholder has sole voting power and sole power of disposition with respect to such
Shareholder’s Shares (other than the Pledged Shares in the case of JM having the sole power of disposition) with no restrictions on such Shareholder’s rights of voting or disposition pertaining thereto (other than the Pledged

  
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Shares in the case of restrictions on JM’s rights of disposition), and no person other than such Shareholder has any right to direct or approve the voting or disposition thereof (other than
the Pledged Shares in the case of the right to direct or approve the disposition of the Pledged Shares). JM and Sr. together have the power and authority to cause Value to vote the Value Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement without
any further approval or consent of any person. As of the date hereof, the number of the Shares beneficially owned by each Shareholder is set forth below such Shareholder’s signature on the signature page hereto. Each Shareholder has possession
of an outstanding certificate or outstanding certificates representing all of such Shareholder’s Shares (other than Shares held in book-entry form) and such certificate or certificates does or do not contain any legend or restriction
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. 

(vi)    Legal Actions. There is no action, suit, investigation, complaint or other proceeding pending against such
Shareholder Party or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder Party, any other person or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder Party, threatened against such Shareholder Party or any other person that restricts or prohibits (or, if successful, would
restrict or prohibit) the exercise by Parent of its rights under this Agreement or the performance by any party of its obligations under this Agreement. 

(vii)    Reliance. Such Shareholder Party understands and acknowledges that Parent is entering into the Merger
Agreement in reliance upon such Shareholder Party’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and the representations and warranties of such Shareholder Party contained herein. 

(b)    Support Covenants. From the date hereof until the Expiration Time: 

(i)    Each Shareholder Party agrees not to take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such
Shareholder Party contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing, impeding, or, in any material respect, delaying, interfering with or adversely affecting the performance by such Shareholder Party of his, her or its
obligations under this Agreement. 
 (ii)    Each Shareholder hereby agrees to promptly notify Parent of the number of
Shares, if any, acquired in any Share Acquisition by such Shareholder after the execution hereof. 
 (iii)    Each
Shareholder Party hereby authorizes Parent and the Company to publish and disclose in any announcement or disclosure required by applicable Law and any periodic report or proxy statement filed in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement such Shareholder Party’s identity and ownership of the Shares and shares of capital stock of Value and the nature of such Shareholder Party’s obligation under this Agreement. 

Section 6.    Further Assurances. From time to time, at the request of Parent and without further
consideration, each Shareholder Party shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 

Section 7.    Termination. This Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (a) the Effective Time and
(b) the date of termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Expiration Time”); provided that (i) Section 4 shall survive the Expiration Time in accordance with
its terms, (ii) Section 6 shall survive the Expiration Time until the date on which Section 4 no longer applies and (iii) this Section 7 and
Section 8 shall survive the Expiration Time indefinitely; provided, further that no such termination or expiration shall relieve any party hereto from any liability for any breach of this Agreement occurring
prior to such termination. 
 Section 8.    Miscellaneous. 

(a)    Expenses. All expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses. 

  
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 (b)    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, telecopied or emailed (with confirmation), mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) or delivered by an express courier (with confirmation) to the parties
at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice): 
 (i)    If to
Parent, to: 
 OceanFirst Financial Corp. 

110 West Front Street 

Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 

Attention:     Christopher D. Maher 

Facsimile:    (732)
349-5070 
 Email:
         cmaher@oceanfirst.com 
 with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

Four Times Square 

New York, New York 10036 

Attention: David Ingles 

Facsimile: (917) 777-2697 

Email: David.Ingles@skadden.com 

(ii)    If to any Shareholder Party, to the address of such Shareholder Party set forth below such Shareholder
Party’s signature on the signature pages hereto. 
 (c)    Amendments, Waivers. This Agreement may not be
amended, changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto. 

(d)    Successors and Assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder
shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except Parent may, without the consent of any Shareholder Party, assign any of its rights and
delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement to any affiliate of Parent. Any purported assignment in contravention hereof shall be null and void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of
and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 
 (e)    Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein. 

(f)    No Partnership, Agency, or Joint Venture. This Agreement is intended to create, and creates, a contractual
relationship and is not intended to create, and does not create, any agency, partnership, joint venture or any like relationship between the parties hereto. 

(g)    Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

(h)    Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any

  
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respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such
jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction such that the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion thereof shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable. 

(i)    Specific Performance; Remedies Cumulative. The parties hereto agree that Parent would incur irreparable
harm if any provision of this Agreement were not performed by each Shareholder Party in accordance with the terms hereof, that there would be no adequate remedy at law for Parent with regard to any breach of any provision herein, and, accordingly,
that Parent shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent any breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which Parent may be entitled at
law or in equity. Each Shareholder Party hereby further waives (a) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any requirement under any Law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite
to obtaining equitable relief. Each Shareholder Party agrees that such party will not, and will direct its Representatives not to, object to Parent seeking an injunction or the granting of any such remedies on the basis that Parent has an adequate
remedy at law. 
 (j)    No Waiver. The failure of any party hereto to exercise any right, power or remedy
provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other party hereto with its obligations hereunder, and any custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms
hereof, shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its right to exercise any such or other right, power or remedy or to demand such compliance. 

(k)    Governing Law. This Agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any applicable conflicts of law principles. 

(l)    Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party agrees that it will bring any action or proceeding in respect of any
claim arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby exclusively in any federal or state court sitting in the State of Delaware (the “Chosen Courts”), and, solely in connection with claims
arising under this Agreement or the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement, (i) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, (ii) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding
in the Chosen Courts, (iii) waives any objection that the Chosen Courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party and (iv) agrees that service of process upon such party in any such action or proceeding will be
effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 8(b). 
 (m)    Waiver of Jury
Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO INTENTIONALLY, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AT THE TIME OF INSTITUTION OF THE APPLICABLE LITIGATION, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT: (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND
(IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8(m). 

  
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 (n)    Drafting and Representation. The parties hereto have
participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. 

(o)    Name, Captions, Gender. Section headings of this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms. 

(p)    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or other electronic means and in any number of
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the
same counterpart. 
 [Signature Pages Follow] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of
the date first written above. 
  

			
	OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher D. Maher

		 	Name: Christopher D. Maher
		 	Title:   Chairman, President & CEO

 [Signature Page to Voting and Support Agreement] 

 
			
	    	 	 /s/ Joseph M. Murphy

		 	Joseph Murphy, Sr.

 
			
		
	Address:	 	
                

		 	
                

 
			
	
	SHAREHOLDERS
	
	VALUE INVESTORS, INC.

 
			
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Joseph M. Murphy

		 	Name: Joseph M. Murphy
		 	Title:   Chairman
		
	By:	 	 /s/     JoAnn Murphy

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 
			
	
	 Number of shares of Company Common Stock:

		 	 182 shares

	 Address:
	 	
              
  

		 	
              
  

 
			
		
		 	 /s/     JoAnn Murphy

		 	     JoAnn
Murphy

 
			
	
	 Number of shares of Company Common Stock:

	             
	 	 727
shares

 
			
		
	Encumbrances:	 	 554
shares

 
			
	 Address:
	 	
                

		 	
                

 [Signature Page to Voting and Support Agreement]

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