Separation Agreement

A lump-sum payment in the amount of $300,000, such amount representing nine (9) months of severance, less all applicable federal, state, local and other legally required or authorized deductions, payable on the Company’s first regularly scheduled payroll date following the Effective Date; and

For the period of July 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023, the Company will pay the costs of your COBRA health insurance if you enroll in COBRA coverage to the extent provided in Section 4 below.

You have returned to Company all Company documents (and any copies, duplicates, or replicas thereof), and property, including, without limitation, the laptop computer that was provided to you by Company any of its subsidiaries, and their respective divisions, affiliates, parents, subsidiaries and related entities (collectively, the “Company Affiliates”) during your employment, and that you will abide by any and all common law and/or statutory obligations relating to protection and non-disclosure of the Company’s and Company’s Affiliates’ trade secrets and/or confidential and proprietary documents and information.

In the event that you receive an order, subpoena, request, or demand for disclosure of Company’s trade secrets and/or confidential and proprietary documents and information from any court or governmental agency, or from a party to any litigation or administrative proceeding, you shall as soon as reasonably possible and prior to disclosure notify the Company of same, in order to provide Company with the opportunity to assert its respective interests in addressing or opposing such order, subpoena, request, or demand.

You agree that all information relating in any way to this Agreement, including the terms and amount of financial consideration provided for in this Agreement, shall be held confidential by you and shall not be publicized or disclosed to any person (other than an immediate family member, legal counsel or financial advisor, provided that any such individual to whom disclosure is made agrees to be bound by these confidentiality obligations), business entity or government agency (except as mandated by state or federal law).

You previously executed a Noncompetition, Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement dated March 14, 2016 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) and you shall honor and abide by the terms and provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive the termination of your employment with Company.

You will not make any statements that are disparaging about, or adverse to, the interests or business of Company, any Company Affiliate and their respective officers, directors, employees, and direct or indirect controlling shareholders) including, without limitation, any statements that disparage any person, product, service, finances, financial condition, capability or any other aspect of the business of Company or any Company Affiliate (including its officers, directors, employees, and direct or indirect shareholders).  “Disparaging” statements are those that, directly or indirectly, impugn the character, honesty, integrity or morality or business acumen or abilities in connection with any aspect of the operation of business of the individual or entity being disparaged.  The Company agrees that it will cause the current members of the Company’s Board of Directors to not make any statements that are disparaging about, or adverse to, the interests of, you.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section does not prohibit you, the Company or the members of the Company’s Board of Directors from cooperating or testifying truthfully in any internal Company or government inquiry or in which you are required to testify pursuant to subpoena or other valid legal process.

Your breach of any of the foregoing covenants by you shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and shall relieve Company of any further obligations hereunder and, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedy available to Company, shall entitle Company to recover any Separation Benefits already paid to you pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement.

You hereby agree and acknowledge that by signing this Agreement and accepting the Separation Benefits, and for other good and valuable consideration provided for in this Agreement, you are waiving and releasing your right to assert any form of legal claim against Company, any of Company Affiliates, their respective successors, predecessors and assigns and each of their respective owners, shareholders, partners, directors, officers, employees, trustees, agents, successors and assigns (the “Company Parties”) whatsoever for any alleged action, inaction or circumstance existing or arising from the beginning of time through the Effective Date.  Your waiver and release herein is intended to bar any form of legal claim, charge, complaint or any other form of action (jointly referred to as “Claims”) against Company or any of Company Parties seeking any form of relief including, without limitation, equitable relief (whether declaratory, injunctive or otherwise), the recovery of any damages or any other form of monetary recovery whatsoever (including, without limitation, back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, emotional distress damages, punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and any other costs) against Company or any Company Party, for any alleged action, inaction or circumstance existing or arising through the Effective Date. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you specifically waive and release Company and Company Parties from any waivable Claim arising from or related to your employment relationship with Company through the Effective Date including, without limitation:

Claims under any Connecticut (or any other state) or federal discrimination, fair employment practices, or other employment related statute, regulation or executive order (as amended through the Effective Date), including but not limited to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (the “ADEA”) and Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (the “OWBPA”) (29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.), the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.), the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (42 U.S.C. §2000ff et seq.), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq.), the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.), the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, and the Connecticut Equal Pay for Equal Work statute.

Claims under any Connecticut (or any other state) or federal employment related statute, regulation or executive order (as amended through the Effective Date) relating to wages, hours or any other terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.), the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.), the Family and Medical Leave Act (29 U.S.C. §2601 et seq.), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. § 1000 et seq.), COBRA (29 U.S.C. § 1161 et seq.), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq.), and any similar Connecticut or other state or federal statute, and specifically including Claims related to salary, overtime, commissions, vacation pay, holiday pay, sick leave pay, dismissal pay, bonus pay, severance pay, or retaliation.

Claims under any Connecticut (or any other state) or federal common law theory, including, without limitation, wrongful discharge, breach of express or implied contract, promissory estoppel, unjust enrichment, breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, termination in violation of public policy, defamation, interference with contractual relations, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, promissory estoppel, fraudulent inducement, invasion of privacy, misrepresentation, deceit, fraud or negligence or any claim to attorneys’ fees under any applicable statute or common law theory of recovery.

Claims under any Connecticut (or any other state) or federal statute, regulation, or executive order (as amended through the Effective Date) relating to whistleblower protections, violation of public policy, or any other form of retaliation or wrongful termination, including but not limited to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Connecticut Whistleblower Protection Act and any similar Connecticut or other federal, state or local statute.

Claims under any Company employment, compensation, bonus, benefit, stock option, incentive compensation, restricted stock, restricted stock unit,and/or equity plan, program, policy, practice or agreement, including, without limitation, the Option Agreement, The Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the Plan and your transfer letter with Company dated March 16, 2016.

Any other Claim arising under other local, state or federal law.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 7 does not:

Release Company or any Company Party from any obligation expressly set forth in this Agreement.

Waive or release any legal claims to vested benefits under Company’s employee benefit plans, including Company’s 401(k) plan.

Waive or release any legal claims which you may not waive or release by law, including obligations under workers’ compensation laws.

Waive or release any legal claims to indemnification under the Indemnification Agreement dated as of June 10, 2021 (the “Indemnification Agreement”) between you and Company or under Company’s director and officers’ insurance policies in effect from time to time.

Prohibit you from (i) filing a charge with, or participating in or assisting with an investigation or proceeding conducted by, any governmental, regulatory and/or administrative entity or agency (including the Securities Exchange Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and/or OSHA); (ii) filing and, including as provided for under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and Regulation 21F thereunder), maintaining the confidentiality of, a claim with a governmental, regulatory and/or administrative entity or agency that is responsible for enforcing a law; or (iii) providing truthful information to a governmental, regulatory and/or administrative entity or agency, or court, in response to compulsory legal process or as otherwise required by law or legal process or as permitted by Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or Regulation 21F thereunder); provided, however, you waive the right to recover any personal damages or other personal relief based on any claim, cause of action, demand, lawsuit or similar that is waived pursuant to this Agreement and brought by you or on your behalf by any third party, including as a member of any class or collective action, except that you do not waive any right to receive and fully retain any monetary award from a government-administered whistleblower award program for providing information to a government agency, including but not limited to damages or relief that may be available to you pursuant to such a program under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

You acknowledge that you may later discover facts in addition to or different from those which you now believe to be true with respect to the matters released in this Agreement.  You, however, agree that you have taken that possibility into account in reaching this Agreement, and that the release in this Agreement will remain in effect as a full and complete release for all claims existing as of the date you execute this Agreement, notwithstanding the discovery or existence of additional or different facts.  You acknowledge and agree that, but for providing this waiver and release, you would not be receiving the Separation Benefits provided to you under the terms of this Agreement.