Document:

Exhibit 4.7

 

EXECUTIVE
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of February 11, 2019 is made and entered into
by and between Immuron Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Australia (the “Company”), and Gary
Jacob an individual (the “Executive”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

The
Company desires to employ Executive and Executive wishes to be employed by the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement.

 

In
consideration of the mutual promises and agreements set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

1. Employment.
The Company hereby agrees to employ Executive and Executive hereby accepts such continued employment and agrees to perform Executive’s
duties and responsibilities in accordance with the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

1.1 Duties
and Responsibilities. Executive shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. During the Employment Term
(as defined in Section 1.2 hereof), Executive shall perform all duties and accept all responsibilities incident to such
position and other appropriate duties as may be assigned to Executive by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”)
from time to time and all employees of the Company will report to Executive or his, direct or indirect, subordinate, provided
the chief financial officer, general counsel and chief compliance officer (or persons performing substantially similar functions)
will also report to the Board (and/or one of its committees) on a dotted line basis. In addition, Executive will be appointed
to the Board on the Effective Date, as defined below, and nominated for election upon expiration of his term as a director while
he serves as Chief Executive of the Company. The Board shall retain full direction and control of the manner, means and methods
by which Executive performs the services for which he is employed hereunder and of the place or places at which such services
shall be rendered. The Company shall provide Executive reasonable office space and staff assistance (and such other staff as)
appropriate for Executive’s position and adequate for the performance of his duties and responsibilities in New York City,
which location shall be Executive’s primary work location.

 

1.2 Employment
Term. The term of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall commence as of February 11, 2019 (the “Effective
Date’’) and shall continue for thirty-six (36) months, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section
4 hereof. The term of Executive’s employment shall be automatically renewed for successive one (1) year periods until
Executive or the Company delivers to the other party a written notice of their intent not to renew the Employment Term such written
notice to be delivered at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Employment Term. The period commencing as of the
Effective Date and ending thirty-six (36) months thereafter or such later date to which the term of Executive’s employment
under the Agreement shall have been extended is referred to herein as the “Employment Term.”

 

     

     

    

 

1.3 Extent
of Service. During the Employment Term, Executive agrees to use Executive’s best efforts to carry out the duties
and responsibilities under Section 1.1 hereof and to devote substantially all Executive’s business time, attention
and energy thereto, and Executive may not serve as a director on any entity’s board of directors without prior written consent
of the Company’s Board, which consent may be withheld by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, however,
he will be permitted to (i) engage in charitable and civic activities, (ii) serve on up to two outside boards of for-profit entities
which do not compete or otherwise are adverse in interest to the Company or any of its affiliates, and (iii) manage his personal
and family financial matters and investments, in each case, to the extent such activities do not individually or in the aggregate
materially interfere with Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company or create any actual or potential conflict
of interests with the Company’s business.

 

1.4 Base
Salary. The Company shall pay Executive a base salary (the “Base Salary”) at the annual rate of $350,000
(U.S.), payable at such times as the Company customarily pays its other senior level executives (but in any event no less often
than monthly). Executive’s Base Salary may be increased, by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case
all references to Base Salary in this Agreement shall refer to such increased or decreased amount.

 

1.5 Cash
Incentive Compensation. For each fiscal year of the Company which began during the Employment Term (i.e., starting with
the fiscal year which will begin on July 1, 2019) and for portion of the Company’s fiscal year which ends on June 30, 2019,
Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus (“Annual Bonus”) of up to 50% of the Base Salary
(the “Target Bonus”). The Annual Bonus will be subject to the achievement of Company and individual performance
goals established by the Board or the committee thereof in consultation with the Executive. The actual amount of the Annual Bonus,
if any, will be determined in the good faith discretion of the Board (or the committee thereof) based on achievement of performance
goals. Except as otherwise provided herein, Executive must be employed by the Company on June 30 of the applicable fiscal year
of the Company for which the Annual Bonus is payable in order to earn and receive such Annual Bonus. Any earned Annual Bonus will
be subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings, and paid no later than September 14 of the fiscal year following the
fiscal year for which it was earned.

 

1.6 Equity
Incentive Compensation. The Company will grant Executive within 30 days of the Effective Date 5,000,000 stock options
(the “Options”) pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan with an exercise price per share equal to
AUD50 cents/share of Company’s common stock. Options shall have a term of five (5) years. Options will expire earlier upon
Executive’s resignation without Good Reason or termination for Cause.

 

1.7 Other
Benefits. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in the vacation and paid time off policies
of the Company, as in effect from time to time, on the same basis as other similarly situated senior executives of the Company,
provided that Executive shall have no less than four (4) weeks of vacation and ten (10) days of sick/carer’s leave per annum.
The Executive is entitled to take paid long service leave in accordance with the statutory rules applying in Australia.

 

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1.8 Reimbursement
of Expenses. Executive shall be provided with reimbursement of reasonable and necessary expenses related to Executive’s
employment by the Company on a basis no less favorable than that which may be authorized from time to time by the Board, in its
sole and absolute discretion, for senior level executives as a group, subject to Executive’s itemization and substantiation
of such expenses.

 

1.9 Legal
Expenses. Executive shall be reimbursed all of his legal fees up to a maximum of US$10,000 incurred in connection with
negotiation of this Agreement and related equity documents. The Company will pay any stamp duty assessed on or in relation to
this Agreement.

 

1.10 Indemnification.
Except in the case of Executive acts described in paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 4.4, clause.(ii) of this Agreement,
Executive shall be entitled to be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by law for any actions or omissions he undertook
in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder and shall be entitled to advancement of expenses related to defense
or prosecution of any actions, suits or proceedings. Executive will be covered by the directors and officers insurance coverage
maintained by the Company for its directors and officers including coverage for actions, suits or proceedings brought after Executive’s
employment with the Company but relating to periods during his employment with the Company. The provisions of this paragraph will
survive termination of Executive’s employment and will remain in effect through any applicable statutes of limitation.

 

2. Confidential
Information. Executive recognizes and acknowledges that by reason of Executive’s employment by and service to the
Company before, during and, if applicable, after the Employment Term, Executive will have access to certain confidential and proprietary
information relating to the Company’s business, which may include, but is not limited to, trade secrets, trade “know-how,’’
product development techniques and plans, formulas, customer lists and addresses, financing services, funding programs, cost and
pricing information, marketing and sales techniques, strategy and programs, computer programs and software and financial information
(collectively referred to herein as “Confidential Information”). Executive acknowledges that such Confidential
Information is a valuable and unique asset of the Company and Executive covenants that he will not, unless expressly authorized
in writing by the Company, at any time during the course of Executive’s employment use any Confidential Information or divulge
or disclose any Confidential Information to any person, firm or corporation except in connection with the performance of Executive’s
duties for and on behalf of the Company and in a manner consistent with the Company’s policies regarding Confidential Information.
Executive also covenants that at any time after the termination of such employment he will not, directly or indirectly, use any
Confidential Information or divulge or disclose any Confidential Information to any person, firm or corporation, unless (a) such
information is in the public domain through no fault of Executive; (b) when required to do so by a court of law, by any governmental
agency having supervisory authority over the business of the Company or by any administrative or legislative body (including a
committee thereof) with apparent jurisdiction to order Executive to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information; (c)
to Executive’s attorney and a court of law with proper jurisdiction or arbitrator to the extent necessary to defend or establish
any claim the Company has brought against Executive or that Executive may have against the Company. All Confidential Information
(including, without limitation, in any computer or other electronic format) which comes into Executive’s possession during
the course of Executive’s employment shall remain the property of the Company. Unless expressly authorized in writing by
the Company, Executive shall not remove any Confidential Information from the Company’s premises, except in connection with
the performance of Executive’s duties for and on behalf of the Company and in a manner consistent with the Company’s
policies regarding Confidential Information. Upon termination of Executive’s employment, Executive agrees to immediately
return to the Company all Confidential Information (including, without limitation, in any computer or other electronic format)
in Executive’s possession and all other property of the Company and its affiliates in Executive’s possession including,
but not limited to, all Company-owned computer equipment (hardware and software), telephones, facsimile machines, tablet computers
and other communication devices, credit cards, office keys, security access cards, badges, identification cards and all copies
(including drafts) of any documentation or information (however stored) relating to the business of the Company and its affiliates,
its current or prospective customers, clients, products or services provided that Executive may retain (x) Executive’s personal
financial, insurance, identification and health records or documents and (y) the contact information of his personal contacts
and any portion of his personal correspondence to the extent such retained portion does not contain Confidential Information.

 

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3. Non-Competition;
Non-Solicitation.

 

3.1 Non-Compete.
Executive hereby acknowledges that during the Employment Term, Executive shall have access to important Company Confidential Information,
customers, suppliers and employees and shall become knowledgeable about the Company’s business operations, all of which
are vital to the Company’s competitiveness in the markets in which it operates. Executive therefore covenants and agrees
that during the Employment Term and for a period of 1 year thereafter (the “Restricted Period”), Executive
will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service or on
behalf of others, whether or not for compensation, engage in any business activity, or have any interest in any person, firm,
corporation or business, through a subsidiary or parent entity or other entity (whether as a shareholder, agent, joint venturer,
security holder, trustee, partner, executive, creditor lending credit or money for the purpose of establishing or operating any
such business, partner or otherwise) with any Competing Business in the Covered Area. For the purpose of this Section 3.1,
(i) “Competing Business” means any biotechnology or pharmaceutical company, any contract manufacturer, any
research laboratory or other company or entity (whether or not organized for profit) that has, or is seeking to develop, one or
more products or therapies that is related to, similar to or otherwise competitive with those offered or provided by the Company
and (ii) “Covered Area” means all geographical areas of the United States, Australia and other jurisdictions where
Company then has offices and/or sells its products directly or indirectly through distributors and/or other sales agents. Notwithstanding
anything in Section 3.1 to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Executive from (a) being a passive owner of
not more than 5% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded so long as Executive does not
have any active participation in the business of such corporation, or (b) being a passive investor in a hedge fund, private equity
fund or other similar alternative investment vehicles so long as such investment represents less than 2% of the equity interests
in any such fund or vehicle and Executive does not work for, provide services to, consult with, or play any active role in the
activities of such fund or vehicle, its investment manager or any of their respective investments. any active role in such lines
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3.2 Non-Solicitation.
Executive further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Executive will not (a) solicit or induce, or attempt to solicit or
induce, any person or entity that is at the time of the termination of employment, a supplier of the Company and/or its affiliates
to divert all or any part of such person or entity’s business from the Company or any of its affiliates to any other person,
entity or competitor, (b) induce or attempt to induce, directly or indirectly. any person to leave his or her employment or service
with the Company and/or its affiliates, (c) hire any employee or independent contractor of the Company and/or its affiliates,
or (d) assist any other person or entity in any way to do, or attempt to do, anything prohibited by Section 3.2 (a),
(b) or (c). The foregoing will not prohibit Executive from (1) soliciting or hiring the individual who served as
his personal secretary as of the last day of the Employment Term; (2) providing general advice or serving solely as a third-party
reference for any employee of the Company upon such employee’s or such employee’s potential employer’s request,
so long as in serving as a reference Executive does not take any actions that encourage such employee to terminate his or her
employment with the Company and the potential employer to which Executive is providing the reference is unrelated to Executive,
(3) during the Employment Term, encouraging an employee to leave employment with the Company in the good faith performance of
Executive’s duties to the Company, for example, as part of Executive’s responsibility to terminate the employee’s
employment, or (4) general advertisement or solicitation for employment that does not target and is not specifically directed
at employees of the Company.

 

3.3 Tolling;
Remedies. Executive acknowledges and agrees that his obligations provided herein are necessary and reasonable in order
to protect the Company and its affiliates and their respective business and Executive expressly agrees that monetary damages would
be inadequate to compensate the Company and/or its affiliates for any breach by Executive of his covenants and agreements set
forth herein. Accordingly, Executive agrees and acknowledges that any such violation or threatened violation of Sections 2,
3.1, 3.2 will cause irreparable injury to the Company and that, in addition to any other remedies that may be available,
in law, in equity or otherwise, the Company and its affiliates shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the threatened
breach of Sections 2, 3.1, 3.2 or the continuation of any such breach by Executive without the necessity
of proving actual damages. If Executive breaches Sections 2, 3.1, 3.2, the Company shall be entitled to cease
making any severance payments being made pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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4. Termination:

 

4.1 Termination
Without Cause or for Good Reason.

 

(a) If
this Agreement (1) expires as a result of the Company’s provision of written notice to Executive of its election not to
renew the Employment Term in accordance with Section 1.2 hereof or (2) is terminated by the Company other than for
Cause (as defined in Section 4.4 hereof) or as a result of Executive’s death or permanent disability , or by
Executive for Good Reason (as defined in Section 4.1(b) hereof) (each, a “Qualifying Termination”),
Executive shall receive (i) accrued but unpaid Base Salary through the termination date, payable in accordance with the Company’s
then current payroll practices, but no later than 30 days following Executive’s termination date, (ii) reimbursement of
any unreimbursed business expenses incurred prior to the termination date in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable
expense reimbursement policy of the Company, as in effect from time to time, (iii) other vested rights and benefits (including
with respect to Executive’s equity interests in the Company) to which Executive is otherwise entitled pursuant to applicable
law or pursuant to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and agreements governing such rights and benefits and (iv)
the Annual Bonus, if any, for the year ending immediately prior to the year in which the termination date occurs that Executive
would have earned based on actual performance to the extent not already paid to Executive prior to the termination date pursuant
to Section 1.5 of this Agreement, which shall be payable when it otherwise would have been payable pursuant to Section 1.5 (collectively,
the “Accrued Obligations”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Options shall be treated in accordance
with Section 1.6. For purposes of this Agreement, “Severance Period” means (1) a period of three months, if
termination occurs during the first year of the Employment Term, (2) a period of six months, if termination occurs following the
first year of the Employment Term if Company’s market capitalization exceeded at any time prior to such termination AUD50,000,000,
and (3) twelve months, if termination occurs following the second year of the Employment Term if Company’s market capitalization
exceeded at any time prior to such termination AUD75,000,000 dollars. Further, provided Executive timely executes a general release
of all claims against the Company in a form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Release’’) and the Release
becomes effective within 60 days following the date of Executive’s termination, then Executive shall receive or commence
receiving the following additional payments (the “Severance Payment”):

 

(i) continuation
of Executive’s Base Salary (disregarding any reduction to Executive’s Base Salary that may give rise to a termination
by Executive for Good Reason) during the Severance Period, which shall be paid to Executive in the same manner as Executive received
his Base Salary (that is, by direct deposit or check, as applicable) in substantially equal installments; provided, however, that
if the 60 day period for the Release to become effective begins in one calendar year and ends in a second calendar year, the first
installment of the Severance Payment shall not be paid until the second calendar year and shall include all amounts that would
have been paid prior to such date if such delay had not applied; and

 

(ii) pro-rata
Target Bonus.

 

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(b) For
purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean any of the following (without Executive’s express
prior written consent):

 

(i)
a material diminution in Executive’s duties, authority and responsibilities;

 

(ii)
a material diminution in Executive’s Base Salary or target Annual Bonus opportunity;

 

(iii)
a requirement that Executive report to anyone other than the Board;

 

(iv)
a material breach by the Company of the terms of this Agreement or any other material written agreement between Executive and
the Company; or

 

(v)
the relocation of Executive’s executive offices in New York, NY by more than 50 miles from its current location.

 

provided,
however. that no event described in clause (i) through (v) shall constitute Good Reason unless (A) Executive has given
the Company written notice of the termination. setting forth the conduct of the Company that is alleged to constitute Good Reason,
within thirty (30) days of the first date on which Executive has knowledge of such conduct, and (B) Executive has provided the
Company at least thirty (30) days following the date on which such notice is provided to cure such conduct and the Company has
failed to do so. Failing such cure, a termination of employment by Executive for Good Reason shall be effective on the day following
the expiration of such cure period.

 

4.2 Voluntary
Termination by Executive: Discharge for Cause.

 

(i) The
Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for Cause (as hereinafter defined) or in the event the Company fails
in the first year of this Agreement to meet a material part of its corporate goals as determined by the Company acting in a reasonable
manner. In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or failure in the first year of
this Agreement to meet a material part of the Company’s corporate goals as determined by the Company acting in a reasonable
manner or by Executive other than for Good Reason, as a result of Executive’s permanent disability or death, prior to the
date of termination of Executive’s employment, or in connection with the Company’s provision of written notice of
its intent not to renew the Employment Term under Section 1.2, Executive shall be entitled only to receive, Accrued Obligations.

 

(ii) As
used herein, the term “Cause” shall mean (A) a material breach or material default (including, without limitation,
any material dereliction of duty) by Executive of this Agreement, except for any such breach or default which is caused by Executive’s
Permanent Disability; (B) Executive’s gross negligence, willful misfeasance or breach of fiduciary duty to the Company or
its affiliates; (C) the commission by Executive of an act or omission involving fraud, material embezzlement, material misappropriation
or material dishonesty in connection with Executive’s duties to the Company or its affiliates; (D) Executive’s
conviction of, indictment for, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, any (x) felony or (y) other crime involving fraud or
moral turpitude. For purposes of this subsection, no act or failure to act on Executive’s part shall be considered “willful”
unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was
in the best interest of the Company. With respect to clauses (A) and (B), Executive will be given notice and a 30·day period
in which to cure such breach, only to the extent such breach can be reasonably expected to be able to be cured within such period.

 

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5. General
Provisions.

 

5.1 Modification;
No Waiver. No modification, amendment or discharge of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same is in writing and signed
by all parties hereto. Failure of any party at any time to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any rights or to exercise
any elections shall in no way be considered to be a waiver of such provisions, rights or elections and shall in no way affect
the validity of this Agreement. The exercise by any party of any of its rights or any of its elections under this Agreement shall
not preclude or prejudice such party from exercising the same or any other right it may have under this Agreement irrespective
of any previous action taken.

 

5.2 Notices.
All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder or necessary or convenient in connection herewith shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail as follows (provided
that notice of change of address shall be deemed given only when received):

 

		If to
the Company, to:	 ____________

 

		If to
Executive, to:	____________

 

Or
to such other names or addresses as the Company or Executive, as the case may be, shall designate by notice to each other person
entitled to receive notices in the manner specified in this Section.

 

5.3 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to the conflicts of law provisions thereof.

 

5.4 Australian
Laws. Executive acknowledges and agrees that, as an Australian listed company, the Company is subject to the laws of the Commonwealth
of Australia and the State of Victoria and may from time to time be required to take action in compliance with those laws that
may have an impact on its performance of this Agreement. Company shall make reasonable efforts to apprise Executive in advance
of any such compliance obligation.

 

5.5 Force
Majeure. Any delay or failure of performance by either party under this Agreement will not be considered a breach of this Agreement
and will be excused to the extend caused by any occurrence beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, acts of
God, power outages, events of war or terrorism or government restrictions.

 

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5.6 Further
Assurances. Each party to this Agreement shall execute all instruments and documents and take all actions as may be reasonably
required to effectuate this Agreement. Executive hereby represents to the Company that the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by Executive and the Company and the performance by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder shall not constitute a breach
of, or otherwise contravene, or be prevented, interfered with or hindered by, the terms of any employment agreement or other agreement
or policy to which Executive is a party or otherwise bound, and further that Executive is not subject to any limitation on his
activities on behalf of the Company as a result of agreements into which Executive has entered except for obligations of confidentiality
with former employers.

 

5.7 Severability.
Should any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement or of any agreement entered into pursuant to this Agreement be determined
to be illegal or unenforceable, then such illegal or unenforceable provision shall be modified by the proper court or arbitrator
to the extent necessary and possible to make such provision enforceable, and such modified provision and all other provisions
of this Agreement and of each other agreement entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be given effect separately from the
provisions or portion thereof determined to be illegal or unenforceable and shall not be affected thereby.

 

5.8 Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs and representatives of Executive and
the assigns and successors of Company, but neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder shall be a signable
or otherwise subject to hypothecation by Executive (except by will or by operation of the laws of intestate succession or by Executive
notifying the Company that cash payment be made to an affiliated investment partnership in which Executive is a control person)
or by Company, except that Company may assign this Agreement to any successor (whether by merger, purchase or otherwise) to all
or substantially all of the stock, assets or businesses of Company, and the Company shall require any successor (whether direct
or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company
expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if
no succession had taken place.

 

5.9 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties, oral or written. No modification,
termination or attempted waiver shall be valid unless in writing. signed by the party against whom such modification, termination
or waiver is sought to be enforced.

 

5.10 Counterparts;
Electronic Signature. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be
deemed to be an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be
executed by electronic signature with original signatures to follow.

 

5.11 Cooperation.
During the three years following the Employment Term, Executive shall give Executive’s assistance and cooperation, upon
reasonable advance notice (which shall include due regard to the extent reasonably feasible for Executive’s employment obligations),
in any legal proceeding relating to Executive’s position with the Company and its affiliates, or with respect to which Executive
has knowledge which may be of assistance to the Company, including Executive’s attendance and truthful testimony where deemed
appropriate by the Company, with respect to any investigation or the Company’s (or an affiliate’s) defense or prosecution
of any existing or future claims or litigations or other proceeding relating to matters in which he was involved or had knowledge
by virtue of Executive’s employment with the Company. The Company will reimburse Executive for reasonable out-of-pocket
travel and legal costs and expenses incurred by him (in accordance with Company policy) as a result of providing such requested
assistance, subject to Executive’s itemization and substantiation of such expenses.

 

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5.12 Arbitration.
If any contest or dispute arises between the parties with respect to this Agreement or Executive’s employment or termination
thereof other than injunctive and equitable relief with regard to Sections 2 or 3 hereof or the Confidentiality
Agreement, such contest or dispute shall be submitted to binding arbitration for resolution in New York, New York in accordance
with the rules and procedures of the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”)
then in effect. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and may be entered in any court of applicable
jurisdiction. The parties shall bear their own legal fees in any arbitration and shall split the fees of the AAA and the arbitrator.

 

5.13 Withholding.
The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any amounts to be paid or benefits provided to Executive hereunder any federal,
state, local or foreign withholding, FICA and FUTA contributions. or other taxes. charges or deductions which it is from time
to time required to withhold, as well as any amounts required to be withheld under the laws of the State of Victoria and Commonwealth
of Australia.

 

5.14 Section
409A.

 

(i) The
parties agree that this Agreement shall be interpreted to comply with or be exempt from Section 409A of the Code and the regulations
and guidance promulgated thereunder to the extent applicable (collectively “Section 409A”), and all provisions
of this Agreement shall be construed in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Code Section
409A.

 

(ii) A
termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the
payment of any amounts or benefits considered “nonqualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A upon or
following a termination of employment unless and until such termination is also a “separation from service” within
the meaning of Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,”
“termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.” If Executive
is deemed on the date of termination to be a ‘‘specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Section
409A(a)(2)(B), then with regard to any payment or the provision of any benefit that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation
under Section 409A payable on account of a “separation from service,” such payment or benefit shall be made
or provided at the date which is the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of such
“separation from service” of Executive, and (ii) the date of Executive’s death (the “Delay Period”).
Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 5.12(ii) (whether they
would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or reimbursed
on the first business day following the expiration of the Delay Period to Executive in a lump sum and any remaining payments and
benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein.

 

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(iii) With
regard to any provision here.in that provides for reimbursement of costs and expenses or in-kind benefits. except as permitted
by Section 409A, (x) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another
benefit, (y) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits, provided during any taxable year shall not
affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement. or in-kind benefits, to be provided in any other taxable year, provided, that,
this clause (y) shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Code Section 105(b)
solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period the arrangement is in effect and (z) such payments shall
be made on or before the last day of Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense occurred.

 

(iv) For
purposes of Section 409A, Executive’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated
as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment
period with reference to a number of days (e.g., “payment shall be made within thirty (30) days following the date of termination”),
the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Company.

 

[signature
page follows]

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF. the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	 	IMMURON
                                         LIMITED
	 	 	 
		By:	

	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Gary
                                         Jacob
	 	Executive

 

 

 

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Exhibit
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Release

 

In
consideration for Immuron Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Australia (the “Company”) paying or providing,
as applicable, Gary Jacobs (“Executive”) the Severance Payments, as defined in the Employment Agreement by and between
the Company and the Executive, dated as of February 11, 2019 (the “Employment Agreement”), Executive knowingly and
voluntarily waives and releases all rights and claims, known and unknown, which Executive may have against the Company or any
of its respective subsidiaries, affiliates or successors, or any of their current or former officers, directors, managers, employees,
agents, insurance carriers, auditors, accountants, attorneys or representatives in their capacities as such (collectively, the
“Releasees”), including any and all charges, complaints, claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, contracts,
controversies, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, demands, costs, losses, debts and expenses of any kind related
to Executive’s employment or termination of employment with the Company. This includes claims for employment discrimination,
harassment, wrongful termination, constructive termination, violation of public policy, breach of any express or implied contract,
breach of any implied covenant, fraud, intentional or negligent misrepresentation, emotional distress, defamation, or any other
claims, actual or potential, which in any way arise from or are related to Executive’s relationship with the Company, including,
without limitation, relating to Executive’s compensation, the termination of the employment relationship, or any other conduct
of the Company occurring prior to the execution of this General Release. This also includes a release of any claims under any
federal, state or local laws or regulations, including, but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended,
42 U.S.C. § 2000, et seq.; Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.; the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.; Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 621,
et seq.; Civil Rights Act of 1866, and Civil Rights Act of 1991; 42 U.S.C. § 1981, et seq.; Equal Pay Act, as amended,
29 U.S.C. § 206(d); regulations of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, 41 C.F.R. Section 60, et seq.; The Family
and Medical Leave Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C.
§ 201 et seq.; the Executive Retirement Income Security Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.; the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq.; the Federal False Claims Act, as amended,
31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.; the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002; and any other federal, state or local laws of similar effect. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, Executive
does not release any claims which Executive may have to the following (collectively, the “Unreleased Claims”): (i)
claims for unemployment compensation or any state disability insurance benefits pursuant to the terms of applicable state law,
(ii) Executive’s right to continued participation in the Company’s group benefit plans pursuant to the terms and conditions
of COBRA, if applicable (iii) Executive’s right to any Severance Payments or Accrued Benefits, as defined in the Employment
Agreement, (iv) Executive’s right to any equity-based or similar type of award or incentive granted to Executive during
employment with the Company (or any related agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Releasee), (v) Executive’s
right to indemnification, (vi) Executive’s right to enforce the terms of this General Release, (vii) claims arising after
the date Executive signs this General Release, (viii) claims that cannot lawfully be released or (ix) Executive’s right
to bring to the attention of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims of discrimination; provided, however, that Executive
does release Executive’s right to secure any damages for alleged discriminatory treatment. The matters that are the subject
of the releases referred to above (and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Unreleased Claims) shall be referred to collectively
as the “Released Matters.”

 

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2.Executive
warrants and represents that (a) Executive has not filed or authorized the filing of any complaints, charges or lawsuits against
the Company with any governmental agency or court regarding any claims released in this General Release, and that if, unbeknownst
to Executive, such a complaint, charge or lawsuit has been filed on Executive’s behalf, Executive will immediately cause
it to be withdrawn and dismissed, (b) Executive has reported all hours worked as of the date of this General Release and has been
paid all compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits to which Executive may be entitled and no other compensation,
wages, bonuses, commissions and/or benefits are due to Executive, except as provided in this General Release (including any Unreleased
Claim), (c) Executive has no known workplace injuries or occupational diseases and has been provided and/or has not been denied
any leave requested under the Family and Medical Leave Act or any state law counterpart, (d) Executive is executing this General
Release voluntarily and without any duress or undue influence on the part or behalf of the Company, with full understanding of
the terms and consequences, and (e) upon the execution and delivery of this General Release by the Executive, this General Release
will be a valid and binding obligation of Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

3. Executive
understands and acknowledges that:

 

(a) This
General Release constitutes a voluntary waiver of any and all rights and claims Executive has against the Releases, or any of
them, as of the date Executive executes this General Release, for claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
29 U.S.C. 621, et seq.

 

(b) Executive
has waived rights or claims pursuant to this General Release and in exchange for consideration, the value of which exceeds payment
or remuneration to which Executive was already entitled.

 

(c) Executive
is hereby advised to consult with an attorney of Executive’s choosing concerning this General Release prior to executing
it.

 

(d) Executive
has been afforded a period of [twenty-one (21) / forty-five (45)] days to consider the terms of this General Release and in the
event Executive should decide to execute this General Release in fewer than [twenty-one (21) / forty-five (45)] days, Executive
has done so with the express understanding that Executive has been given and declined the opportunity to consider this General
Release for a full [twenty-one (21) / forty-five (45)] days, and waives the balance of the [twenty-one (21) / forty-five (45)]
day period.

 

(e) Executive
may revoke this General Release at any time during the seven (7) days following the date of execution of this General Release,
and this General Release shall not become effective or enforceable until such revocation period has expired. Executive understands
that if Executive does not sign this General Release or Executive signs and subsequently revokes this General Release before it
becomes effective, Executive shall not be entitled to any of the Severance Benefits or to Bonus Severance.

 

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	EXECUTIVE
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	

        Gary
        Jacob
	 
	Date:
    11 February, 2019	 

 

 

A-2Exhibit 10.1

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of August 5, 2019, by and between AGILE THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Dennis P. Reilly (the “Executive”), collectively referred to as the “parties.”

 

Recitals:

 

The Company desires to continue to employ the Executive and to have the benefit of the Executive’s skills and services, and the Executive desires to accept such employment with the Company, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

In consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                         EMPLOYMENT

 

a.                                      Position.  The Company wishes to employ the Executive as Chief Financial Officer of the Company reporting to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and the Executive hereby agrees to continue in such position for the term of this Agreement and to perform those duties and responsibilities as shall be assigned to the Executive by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or its designee and that are consistent with the Executive’s position.

 

b.                                      The Executive’s Commitment.  The Executive shall consider the Executive’s employment by the Company as the Executive’s principal employment, shall devote the Executive’s necessary time and attention to the Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, and shall perform the Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the best of the Executive’s abilities.  While subject to any provision of this Agreement, the Executive shall maintain loyalty to the Company and shall take no action that would directly or indirectly promote any competitor or injure the Company’s interests.  Subject to the foregoing, the Executive may engage in other business activities to the extent that they do not interfere with the Executive’s obligations under this Agreement, provided that each of those activities is first disclosed to and approved by the Board.  Schedule A to this Agreement contains a list of the other business activities in which the Executive is currently engaged and, to the extent applicable, the dates by which certain of those activities will be terminated.

 

SECTION 2.                         TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

 

a.                                      Term.  The Executive’s employment with the Company shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue until terminated in accordance with Section 2b, 2c, 2d, or 2e hereof.

 

 

b.                                      Termination for “Reasonable Cause.”  The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Company at any time, without prior notice, upon a showing of “Reasonable Cause,” as defined below.  Should the Executive’s employment be terminated by the Company for “Reasonable Cause,” no severance or other unearned compensation shall be payable by the Company to the Executive nor shall the Company be obligated to continue to provide to the Executive at the Company’s expense, or reimburse the Executive for, any health insurance benefits after the effective date of the termination.  “Reasonable Cause” shall be defined for the purposes of this Agreement as being any of the following:

 

(i)                                     any act or omission by the Executive that reasonably constitutes dishonesty, disloyalty, fraud, deceit, gross negligence, willful misconduct, or recklessness, including, but not limited to the Executive’s willful violation of the Company’s bylaws or code of regulations, and that is directly or indirectly materially detrimental to the Company’s best interest;

 

(ii)                                  the Executive’s intentional failure to perform any lawful duties assigned to the Executive by the Board or its designee after receiving notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure;

 

(iii)                               the commission of any act by the Executive that constitutes a felony under the laws of the United States or the state of the Company’s principal place of business; and

 

(iv)                              any material breach by the Executive of Section 5, 6, 7, or 8 of this Agreement.

 

Furthermore, the termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason other than for Good Reason pursuant to Section 2d shall be deemed to be a termination of the Executive’s employment for “Reasonable Cause” without any notice or other action on the part of the Company.

 

c.                                       Death or Disability.  The Executive’s employment shall terminate immediately upon the Executive’s death.  The Executive’s employment shall terminate immediately upon disability of the Executive to the extent consistent with applicable law.  For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall be deemed to have a “disability” if, in the reasonable opinion of the Board, the Executive is unable to perform the essential functions of the Executive’s job, with or without reasonable accommodation(s), for at least ninety (90) consecutive days because of illness, incapacity, or physical or mental disability, and the Executive’s inability to do so perform poses an undue hardship for the Company.

 

d.                                      Termination by the Executive for Good Reason.  The Executive may resign from employment with the Company for Good Reason, but only in accordance with the terms of this Section 2d.  “Good Reason” shall be deemed to exist with respect to any termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment for any of the following reasons: (i) the relocation of the office of the Company at which the Executive is principally employed to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from the location of such office as of the date of this Agreement; (ii) any failure by the Company to comply with any material term of this Agreement; or (iii) the demotion of the Executive to a lesser position than described in Section 1a hereof or a substantial

 

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diminution of the Executive’s authority, duties, or responsibilities as in effect on the date of this Agreement or as may be hereafter increased; provided, however, that “Good Reason” shall not include a termination of the Executive’s employment pursuant to Sections 2b or 2c hereof or, following a Change of Control (as defined in Section 4d below), a reduction in title, position, responsibilities, or duties solely by virtue of the Company being acquired and made part of, or operated as a subsidiary of, a larger company or organization, so long as such new duties and responsibilities are reasonably commensurate with the Executive’s experience.

 

The Executive may not resign with Good Reason pursuant to this Section 2d, and shall not be considered to have done so for any purpose of this Agreement, unless (i) the Executive, within sixty (60) days after the initial existence of the act or failure to act by the Company that constitutes “Good Reason” within the meaning of this Agreement, provides the Company with written notice that describes, in particular detail, the act or failure to act that the Executive believes to constitute “Good Reason” and identifies the particular clause of this Section 2d that the Executive contends is applicable to such act or failure to act; (ii) the Company, within thirty (30) days after its receipt of such notice, fails or refuses to rescind such act or remedy such failure to act so as to eliminate “Good Reason” for the termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment relationship with the Company, and (iii) the Executive actually resigns from employment with the Company on or before that date that is six (6) calendar months after the initial existence of the act or failure to act by the Company that constitutes “Good Reason.”  If the requirements of the preceding sentence are not fully satisfied on a timely basis, then the resignation by the Executive from the Executive’s employment with the Company shall not be deemed to have been for “Good Reason,” the Executive shall not be entitled to any of the benefits to which the Executive would have been entitled if the Executive had resigned from employment with the Company for “Good Reason,” and the Company shall not be required to pay any amount that would otherwise have been due to the Executive under Section 4a had the Executive resigned with “Good Reason.”

 

e.                                       Other Termination.  The Executive’s employment may also be terminated by the Company for any reason other than as set forth in Section 2b, 2c, or 2d.

 

SECTION 3.                         COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES

 

a.                                      Salary.  The Company shall pay the Executive an annual base salary at the rate of $350,000 (the “Base Salary”), payable in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices in effect from time to time.

 

b.                                      Bonus.  The Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus (“Annual Bonus”).  The Executive’s Annual Bonus Target shall be 40% of the Executive’s Base Salary.  Whether the bonus will be awarded to the Executive and the amount of the annual bonus shall be determined by the Board or its Compensation Committee based upon achievement of such goals that shall be established by the Board.  The bonus, if awarded to the Executive, shall be paid within two and one-half (2 1⁄2) months after the close of each fiscal year.  The Annual Bonus for 2019, if any, will be pro-rated based on the number of full days of service with the Company in 2019 from the commencement date of the Executive’s employment until December 31, 2019.

 

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c.                                       Equity Program.  The Executive shall be eligible to participate in equity incentive programs established by the Company from time to time in the future to provide stock options and other equity-based incentives to key employees of the Company.  All such stock options and other equity-based incentives shall be awarded in the discretion of the Board pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2014 Amended and Restated Incentive Compensation Plan and/or such other plans as shall from time to time be established by the Company (the “Equity Plan”).  Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee, the Executive will be granted an initial stock option under the Company’s Equity Plan exercisable for the purchase of 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  The per-share exercise price of the stock option will be equal to the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock at the closing price at the end of the day on the date of grant, which will be the date of the Executive’s first day of employment with the Company.  The stock option will vest as follows, provided that the Executive continues to be employed by the Company on each respective vesting date: 25% on the first anniversary date of the commencement date of the Executive’s employment, and the balance in 36 substantially equal monthly installments beginning in the thirteenth month after the commencement date of the Executive’s employment, and vesting will accelerate upon a Change of Control of the Company (as defined in the Equity Plan).  The stock option will be subject to the terms of the Equity Plan and a stock option agreement to be executed by the Executive as a condition to the grant.

 

d.                                      Health and Long-Term Disability Insurance.  The Executive shall be entitled to participate in such employee benefit plans (collectively the “Plans”) as are implemented by the Company and available to executive officers of the Company.  The Company shall have the right, from time to time and in its sole discretion, to modify and amend the Plans and benefits provided to its executive officers and other employees, including the Executive.   In addition to any key man insurance taken out by the Company, and provided that the Executive can pass the required physical examinations, during the term of this Agreement the Company shall, at its election, either provide to the Executive or reimburse the Executive for the premiums for term life insurance in an amount equal to two times the sum of the Executive’s Base Salary plus target Annual Bonus, up to $1,000,000, with Executive designating the beneficiary of such policy.

 

e.                                       Vacation.  The Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation per year during the term of the Executive’s employment pursuant to this Agreement, provided that such vacation shall be taken at times mutually agreeable to the Executive and the Company and otherwise pursuant to applicable workplace policies governing the use of vacation.  Vacation shall be administered according to the applicable policies of the Company.

 

f.                                        Effect of Termination on Salary and Benefits.  The Executive’s Base Salary and benefits under this Section 3 shall terminate effective immediately on the date of the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company, and from that date the Executive shall be entitled to severance benefits under Section 4 if and only to the extent such benefits are then payable in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

g.                                      Effect of Termination on Other Provisions.  This Agreement shall continue in effect upon and after the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason necessary to enforce the provisions of this Agreement that apply subsequent to any such termination,

 

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including any provisions relating to confidentiality, invention assignment, non-solicitation, and non-competition.

 

h.                                      Expense Reimbursement.  The Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s business and the Executive’s performance of the Executive’s obligations under this Agreement, in accordance with the applicable expense reimbursement policy of the Company, upon submission by the Executive to the Company of such written evidence of such expense as the Company may require.  Any disputes as to the eligibility of an expense for reimbursement shall be resolved in the sole discretion of the Company.

 

i.                                         Housing Allowance.  During the period of August 5, 2019 to December 31, 2019, the Company will pay the Executive a housing allowance of $5,000 (less any applicable withholding taxes) per calendar month.  The housing allowance be paid no later than the 5th day of each calendar month.

 

j.                                         Recovery of Incentive Compensation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Executive agrees that all incentive compensation, including cash and equity awards payable to the Executive under this Agreement or otherwise, shall be subject to any clawback policy adopted or implemented by the Board and all other applicable Company policies, consistent with applicable law.

 

SECTION 4.                         PAYMENTS AND BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION

 

a.                                      Payments and Benefits upon Termination.  Subject to the satisfaction of the terms of Section 4b, if during the term of this Agreement (i) the Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 2e (i.e., other than a termination for Reasonable Cause pursuant to Section 2b or a termination upon death or disability pursuant to Section 2c), or the Executive resigns from employment with the Company with Good Reason pursuant to Section 2d (each a “Qualifying Termination”), or (ii) the Executive’s employment under this Agreement terminates due to the Executive’s disability pursuant to Section 2c, the Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company the benefits set forth in subsection (i), (ii), or (iii) below, as applicable.

 

(i)                                     Qualifying Termination Not in Connection with a Change of Control.  If the Qualifying Termination occurs prior to the effective date of a Change of Control, or the Qualifying Termination occurs more than 12 months after a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to:

 

A.                                    continuation of the Executive’s Base Salary (at the salary rate then in effect) for six (6) months if the Qualifying Termination occurs prior to February 3, 2020, after which the Executive shall vest an additional 1 month of salary continuation for each additional month served through July 31, 2020 after which time the Executive shall be entitled to twelve (12) months salary continuation (the “Severance Period”), in accordance with the Company’s payroll schedule, commencing on the sixtieth (60th) day after the Executive’s effective date of termination, with the first such installment payment including any unpaid severance payments

 

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that would have been made on the normal payroll dates occurring during the first sixty (60) days following the date of termination, provided that if there is a Change of Control before all of the payments under this subsection (A) have been paid, such remaining payments shall be accelerated and paid in a lump sum within sixty (60) days following the Change of Control to the extent permitted by section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); and

 

B.                                    provided that the Executive is eligible for and timely elects to receive continued health coverage under the Company’s health plan under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”), and the Executive pays the full monthly COBRA premium cost for such health coverage, the Company shall reimburse the Executive monthly an amount equal to the monthly COBRA premium paid by the Executive, less the amount that the Executive would be required to contribute for similar coverage under the Company’s medical plan if the Executive were an active employee for the Company, for the Severance Period, or until the Executive becomes employed by another employer offering any such benefits (whichever is earlier).  The Executive agrees to provide the Company with notice of eligibility under another health plan within two (2) weeks of such eligibility.  Such amounts shall commence on the sixtieth (60th) day after the Executive’s effective date of termination, with the first such installment payment including any unpaid severance payments that would have been made on the normal payroll dates occurring during the first sixty (60) days following the date of termination.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company reserves the right to restructure the foregoing reimbursement arrangement in any manner necessary or appropriate to avoid penalties or adverse tax consequences to the Executive or the Company or any affiliate, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

(ii)                                  Qualifying Termination In Connection with Change of Control.  If the Qualifying Termination occurs on the date of, or within 12 months after, the effective date of a Change of Control (a “CoC Qualifying Termination”), the Executive shall be entitled to the same payments and benefits set forth under Section 4a(i) above, except that (A) the Severance Period for purposes of Sections 4a(i)(A) and (B) shall extend for twelve (12) months instead of the period set forth in Section 4a(i)(A), (B) the continued salary payments in Section 4a(i)(A) shall be paid in a lump sum within sixty (60) days following the Executive’s termination date, instead of in the form of installment payments, (C) the Executive shall be entitled to a lump sum payment equal to the Executive’s target Annual Bonus for the year in which the Executive’s CoC Qualifying Termination occurs, payable within sixty (60) days following the Executive’s termination date, and (D) each equity award granted to the Executive under the Equity Plan shall automatically vest in full upon the CoC Qualifying Termination.

 

(iii)                               Disability.  If the Executive’s employment under this Agreement terminates due to a disability pursuant to Section 2c, either before or after a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to the same payments and benefits set forth under Section 4a(i) above.

 

(iv)                              No Duplication of Benefits.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Executive shall be eligible to receive payments under subsection (i), (ii), or (iii) of this Section 4a (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be eligible to receive payments under more than

 

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one such subsection).  Additionally, the Executive shall not be eligible to participate in the Company’s Change of Control Severance Plan, or any successor plan.

 

b.                                      Execution of Release.  The Executive shall not be entitled to any payments or benefits under Section 4a unless the Executive executes and does not revoke a Release and Agreement (the “Release”), as drafted by the Company at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment, including, but not limited to:

 

(i)                                     an unconditional release of all rights to any claims, charges, complaints, or grievances, known or unknown to the Executive, against the Company or its affiliates or assigns, through the date of the Executive’s termination from employment other than post termination payments and benefits pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(ii)                                  a representation and warranty that the Executive has not filed or assigned any claims, charges, complaints, or grievances against the Company or its affiliates, or assigns;

 

(iii)                               an agreement not to use, disclose, or make copies of any confidential information of the Company, as well as to return any such confidential information and property to the Company upon execution of the Release; and

 

(iv)                              an agreement to indemnify the Company, or its affiliates or assigns, in the event that the Executive breaches any portion of the Agreement or Release.

 

c.                                       No Admission.  The Executive acknowledges such a Release shall not be construed as an admission by the Company or any other releasee of any wrongdoing whatsoever against the Executive, and all of the releasees specifically deny any such wrongdoing.

 

d.                                      Definition of Change of Control.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Change of Control” means:

 

(i)                                     any merger or consolidation in which voting securities of the Company possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the person holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction and the composition of the Board following such transaction is such that the directors of the Company prior to the transaction constitute less than 50% of the Board membership following the transaction;

 

(ii)                                  any acquisition, directly or indirectly, by a person or related group of persons (other than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) of beneficial ownership of voting securities of the Company possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities; provided, however, that, no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur by reason of the acquisition of shares of the Company’s capital stock by an investor or group of investors in the Company in a capital-raising transaction; or

 

(iii)                               any sale, transfer, exclusive worldwide license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

 

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e.                                       Parachute Provisions.  In the event the Company determines in good faith that any payments or benefits (whether made or provided pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise) (“Total Payments”) provided to the Executive would otherwise exceed the amount (the “Safe Harbor Amount”) that could be received by the Executive without the imposition of an excise tax under section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), then the Total Payments shall be reduced to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to assure that their aggregate present value, as determined in accordance the applicable provisions of section 280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder, does not exceed the greater of the following dollar amounts: (i) the Safe Harbor Amount, or (ii) the greatest after-tax amount payable to the Executive after taking into account any excise tax imposed under section 4999 of the Code on the Total Payments.  The Company shall pay all of the fees, including legal and accounting fees, associated with calculating the amounts set forth in this subsection 4e.

 

SECTION 5.                         CONFIDENTIALITY AND INVENTIONS

 

a.                                      Confidential Information.  Confidential Information means trade secrets, know-how, and other information relating to the Company’s business and not generally available to the public, which is disclosed to the Executive or with which the Executive becomes familiar during the Executive’s term of employment with the Company.  Confidential Information includes information relating to the Company’s business practices and prospective business interests, products, processes, equipment, manufacturing operations, marketing programs, research, product development, and engineering.  From the date of this Agreement and during or after the Executive’s term of employment, unless the Executive receives the Company’s written consent or except as permitted by Section 5(e), the Executive will not disclose, use, disseminate, lecture upon, or publish any part of the Company’s Confidential Information, whether or not developed by the Executive.  Also, the Executive will have the same obligations with respect to the secret or confidential information of any other company or individual (including the Company’s parent company), to which the Executive gains access in connection with the Executive’s employment.  The Executive agrees that the Executive will not disclose to the Company or induce the Company to use any secret confidential information of others, including former employers, with whom the Executive has obligations of secrecy.  The Executive expressly agrees to be solely and individually liable to any previous employers for any breach of the Executive’s obligations to those previous employers, contractual or otherwise.

 

b.                                      Inventions.  Inventions means discoveries, improvements, and ideas, whether patentable or not, made by the Executive solely or jointly with others, that relate to the business of the Company, including any of its products, processes, equipment, manufacturing operations, marketing programs, research, product development, or engineering activities.  The Executive agrees that the Executive will promptly disclose to the Company all Inventions (including those in the formative stages) that relate to the business of the Company made during the Executive’s term of employment whether or not during the Executive’s normal working hours.  The Executive agrees that the Executive will also promptly disclose to the Company any Inventions that relate to the business of the Company made during the period of one (1) year after the termination of the term of the Executive’s employment that relate to or constitute an improvement upon the Company’s Confidential Information.  The Executive shall keep and maintain written records concerning such Inventions and make these available to the Company at

 

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all times.  The Company will hold such written records with the same degree of care as it does with other business documents of a confidential nature.

 

c.                                       Assignment of Inventions.  Inventions made in accordance with this Section 5 shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, except that the Executive shall retain full rights and title to any Inventions to which all of the following conditions apply:

 

(i)                                     no equipment, supplies, facilities, or Confidential Information of the Company was used in the Invention’s development;

 

(ii)                                  the Invention was developed entirely on the Executive’s own time;

 

(iii)                               the Invention does not relate to the Company’s business or to the Company’s actual or clearly anticipated research and development program; and

 

(iv)                              the Invention does not result from any work performed by the Executive for the Company.

 

During and after the Executive’s term of employment, the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative shall, at the Company’s request and expense, execute domestic and foreign patent applications and assignments to the Company concerning Inventions owned by the Company under this section, and take all other actions as the Company may request to perfect and maintain the Company’s rights in same.

 

d.                                      Documents.  The Executive acknowledges that all originals and copies of drawings, blueprints, manuals, reports, notebooks, computer programs, photographs and any other recorded, written, or printed matter relating to research, manufacturing operations, or the business affairs of the Company made or received by the Executive during the Executive’s employment are the property of the Company.  The rights comprised in the copyright of any of the above documents made by the Executive during the Executive’s employment shall be owned exclusively by the Company.  The Executive agrees to promptly surrender such property at the request of the Company and will not retain such property or copies thereof after termination of the term of the Executive’s employment.  The Executive agrees to similarly return all other property of the Company such as equipment, samples, and models.

 

e.                                       Permitted Conduct.  Nothing in this Agreement, including in this Section 5, restricts or prohibits the Executive or the Executive’s counsel from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiry from, volunteering information to, or providing testimony before a self-regulatory authority or a governmental, law enforcement, or regulatory authority, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the Department of Labor (“DOL”), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), FINRA, the Congress, and any agency Inspector General (collectively, the “Regulators”), from participating in any reporting of, investigation into, or proceeding regarding suspected violations of law, or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of state or federal law or regulation.  The Executive does not need the prior authorization of the Company to engage in such communications with the Regulators, respond to such inquiries from the

 

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Regulators, provide Confidential Information or documents containing Confidential Information to the Regulators, or make any such reports or disclosures to the Regulators.  The Executive is not required to notify the Company that the Executive has engaged in such communications with the Regulators.  The Executive recognizes and agrees that, in connection with any such activity outlined above, the Executive must inform the Regulators that the information the Executive is providing is confidential.  Despite the foregoing, the Executive is not permitted to reveal to any third-party, including any governmental, law enforcement, or regulatory authority, information the Executive came to learn during the course of the Executive’s employment with the Company that is protected from disclosure by any applicable privilege, including but not limited to the attorney-client privilege and/or attorney work product doctrine.  The Company does not waive any applicable privileges or the right to continue to protect its privileged attorney-client information, attorney work product, and other privileged information.

 

SECTION 6.                         RESTRICTIVE COVENANT

 

During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not engage in any “competitive business.”  As used in this Agreement, a “competitive business” shall mean any business that is engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, distribution, licensing or sale of technology, products, or services relating to hormonal contraception; provided, however, that a “competitive business” shall not include the acquiring, surviving, or licensing company in a Change of Control transaction if the Executive shall become an employee of or a consultant to such company with the knowledge and consent of the Company.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Restricted Period” shall mean the period from and after the date of this Agreement and through the six (6) month period after the termination of the term of the Executive’s employment hereunder, provided that the Restricted Period shall be for a period of twelve (12) months (instead of six (6) months) after January 1, 2020 or after the termination of the term of the Executive’s employment hereunder if the Executive has a CoC Qualifying Termination.

 

SECTION 7.                         NON-SOLICITATION

 

a.                                      Non-Solicitation of Customers.  During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not solicit, entice or induce any person, firm or company with which or for which, at any time during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the termination, the Executive has had personal dealings, contact or responsibility as a customer or client of the Executive, and in respect of whom the Executive has had access to confidential information to become in competition with the Executive or to become a client or customer of the Executive or any other person, firm, company, or association with whom the Executive has an interest, and the Executive shall not approach any such person, firm, company, or association for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly approve the taking of such actions by any other person or entity.

 

b.                                      Non-Solicitation of Employees.  During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not solicit, entice, or induce any person, whom at any time during the twelve (12)months immediately preceding the termination, was and remains an employee of the Company in a senior managerial capacity, or as a highly skilled employee with access to and responsibility for

 

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any confidential information, to become employed or engaged by the Executive or any person, firm, company, or association in which the Executive has an interest, and the Executive shall not approach any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly approve the taking of such actions by any other person or entity.

 

SECTION 8.                         REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY BY THE EXECUTIVE

 

The Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company, the same being part of the essence of this Agreement that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Executive is not a party to any agreement, contract, or understanding, and that no facts or circumstances exist, that would in any way restrict or prohibit the Executive in any material way from undertaking or performing any of the Executive’s obligations under this Agreement.  The foregoing representation and warranty shall remain in effect throughout the term of the Executive’s employment hereunder.

 

SECTION 9.                         REMEDIES

 

a.                                      Equitable Relief.  The parties acknowledge and agree that irreparable harm would result in the event of a breach or threat of a breach by the Executive of Section 5, 6, 7, or 10 or the making of any untrue representation or warranty by the Executive in this Agreement.  Therefore, in such an event, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:

 

(i)                                     the Company shall be entitled to a restraining order, order of specific performance, or other injunctive relief, without showing actual damage and without bond or other security; and

 

(ii)                                  the Company’s obligation to make any payment or provide any benefit under this Agreement, including without limitation any severance benefits, shall immediately cease.

 

b.                                      Remedies Not Exclusive.  The Company’s remedies under this Section 9 are not exclusive, and shall not prejudice or prohibit any other rights or remedies under this Agreement or otherwise.  To the extent required to be enforceable by applicable law, the cessation of the Company’s obligation to make payments or continue benefits under this Section 9 shall be deemed to be in the nature of liquidated damages.

 

SECTION 10.                  RETURN OF COMPANY PROPERTY

 

Immediately upon termination of the term of the Executive’s employment or upon the Company’s earlier request, the Executive shall return to the Company all Confidential Information and other items described in Section 5 and all originals and copies of any other property or information owned by the Company or relating to its business, that the Executive has in the Executive’s possession or under the Executive’s control, including all credit cards, papers, books, equipment, files, and samples.  To the extent that the Executive made use of the Executive’s own personal computing device(s) (e.g., PDA, laptop, iPad, thumbdrive, etc.) during and in connection with the term of the Executive’s employment, the Executive agrees to deliver such personal computing device(s) to the Company for review and permit the Company to delete all of the Company’s Confidential Information from such personal computing device(s), and/or

 

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permit the Company to remotely delete all of the Company’s Confidential Information from such personal computing device(s).

 

SECTION 11.                  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

a.                                      Notices.  Unless otherwise agreed in writing by a party entitled to notice, all notices required by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when physically delivered to and acknowledged by receipt by a party or its duly authorized attorney or legal representative, or when deposited postage paid, registered or certified mail, addressed to the party at its principal business or residence as set forth in the Company’s records or as known to or reasonably ascertainable by the party required to give notice.

 

b.                                      General Rules of Construction.  The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting of this Agreement.  If a question concerning intent or interpretation arises, no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of authorship.  Any reference to any federal, state, local, or foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all related rules and regulations unless the context requires otherwise.

 

c.                                       Meaning of Certain Words.  The word “including” shall mean “including without limitation.”

 

d.                                      Waivers.  No assent, express or implied, by any party to any breach or default under this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of or assent to any breach or default of any other provision of this Agreement or any breach or default of the same provision on any other occasion.

 

e.                                       Binding Effect; No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement shall bind and benefit the parties and their respective heirs, devisees, beneficiaries, grantees, donees, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to confer any rights or benefits on third party beneficiaries.

 

f.                                        Assignment.  Neither party may assign this Agreement or any interest herein without the other’s prior written consent; provided that the Company may assign its interest to another entity that it controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with or to a successor in interest upon a Change of Control.

 

g.                                      Captions.  Titles or captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience and are not intended to affect the substantive meaning of any provision.

 

h.                                      Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement, including the Confidential Information provision of this Agreement, is found in binding arbitration or by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the attempt shall first be made to read that provision in such a way as to make it valid and enforceable in light of the parties’ apparent intent as evidenced by this Agreement.  If such a reading is impossible, the tribunal having jurisdiction may revise the provision in any reasonable manner, to the extent necessary to make it binding and enforceable.  If no such revision is possible, the offending provision shall be

 

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deemed stricken from the Agreement, and every other provision shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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

 

j.                                         Survival.  The provisions of this Agreement that by their terms are intended to continue beyond the termination of the term of the Executive’s employment shall survive such termination of employment and shall continue in effect for the respective periods therein provided or contemplated.

 

k.                                      Tax Withholding.  All payments under this Agreement shall be made subject to applicable tax withholding, and the Company shall withhold from any payments under this Agreement all federal, state, and local taxes as the Company is required to withhold pursuant to any law or governmental rule or regulation.  The Executive shall be solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes due with respect to any payment received under this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Executive’s employment.

 

l.                                         Section 409A.  This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”), and shall in all respects be administered in accordance with Section 409A.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, distributions may only be made under this Agreement upon an event and in a manner permitted by Section 409A or an applicable exemption.  If the payment of severance benefits would otherwise be accelerated under this Agreement and paid in a lump sum upon a Change of Control, and such Change of Control is not a “change in control event” under Section 409A, such severance payments shall not be accelerated and shall instead be paid on the regularly scheduled payment date.  Severance benefits provided under this Agreement are intended to be exempt from Section 409A under the “separation pay exception” to the maximum extent applicable.  Further, any payments that qualify for the “short-term deferral” exception or another exception under Section 409A shall be paid under the applicable exception.  All separation payments to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement may only be made upon a “separation from service” under Section 409A.  For purposes of Section 409A, each payment hereunder shall be treated as a separate payment and the right to a series of payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.  With respect to payments that are subject to Section 409A, in no event may the Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of a payment, and if a payment that is subject to execution of a Release Agreement could be made in more than one taxable year, payment will be made in the later taxable year.  If and to the extent that reimbursements or other in-kind benefits under this Agreement constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A, such reimbursements or other in-kind benefits shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, although the Company has made every effort to ensure that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement comply with Section 409A, in no event shall the Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest, or other expenses that may be incurred by the Executive on account of non-compliance with Section 409A.

 

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m.                                  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the United States and the State of New Jersey.

 

n.                                      Board Information.  The Executive shall at all times promptly give to the Board (in writing if so requested) all such information as it may require in connection with matters relating to the Executive’s employment or with the Company or the business of the Company.

 

o.                                      Effective Date.  This Agreement shall be effective immediately on the date duly executed by both parties.

 

p.                                      Full Agreement; Modification.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties concerning its subject matter and supersedes all other oral or written understandings, discussions, and agreements, and may be modified only in a writing signed by both parties.  The parties acknowledge that they have read and fully understand the contents of this Agreement and execute it after having an opportunity to consult with legal counsel.

 

q.                                      Counterparts; Delivery.  This Agreement may be executed by the parties in separate counterparts and may be delivered by either or both parties by facsimile or electronic transmission.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date specified above.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
AGILE   THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/S/   Dennis P. Reilly
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/S/Al   Altomari
    
	
Name:   Dennis P. Reilly
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Al   Altomari
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chairman   and Chief Executive Officer
    

 

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