ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
EXHIBIT 10.12
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    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7530</div>
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    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">9 Cedar Brook Drive</div>
    <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cranbury, NJ 08512</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Tel:&#160; (646) 440-9100</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">April 29, 2021</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Isabel Carmona</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Dear Isabel,</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is pleased to offer you a position as SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer starting on June 28, 2021, reporting to Gaurav Shah, CEO. This is a
      full-time position located at our Cranbury, NJ location.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">The starting base salary will be <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">$350,000&#160; per year, and you will </font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus of up to </font><a name="z_DV_M32"></a><a name="z_DV_M33"></a><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">35%
        of your full year base salary payable in 2022 for your 2021 performance.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">You will also have healthcare benefits from the first day of employment, the opportunity to participate in a Rocket-sponsored 401(k) plan with 4%
      match and immediate 100% vesting, and 17 days of paid vacation annually.&#160; Our schedule of paid holidays includes a Rocket-wide winter break from December 25 &#8211; January 1 of each year.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">In addition, subject to applicable approval by the Board of Directors, you will be issued stock options to purchase 75,000 common ordinary shares of Rocket
      Pharmaceuticals, Inc. pursuant to the applicable share option plan and your option agreement.&#160; Employee shares vest over a three year period: 1/3 after one year, and the remaining 2/3 vesting quarterly over the subsequent two years.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Your employment will be &#8220;at-will.&#8221; This means that either you or Rocket may terminate your employment at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause.&#160;
      This letter does not constitute a binding agreement and is not an employment contract, and Rocket may change your terms and conditions of employment at any time.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Your employment at Rocket is contingent upon: (i) your providing proof of your right to work in the United States; (ii) your signing our standard Proprietary
      Information; Inventions Assignment Agreement; and Non-Solicitation/Non-Competition agreement; and (iii) if requested by Rocket, satisfactory results of a drug test and/or background test.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Please confirm your acceptance of this offer by signing and returning this letter by April 30, 2021.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">We look forward to welcoming you to Rocket!</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Sincerely,</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Gaurav D. Shah, MD</div>
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