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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="id025f679e8f94649b204b006c55e3f6d_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2022 Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and Award Notice</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">You have been chosen to participate in the 2022 Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (&#8220;STIP&#8221;) of CURO Group Holdings Corp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) based on your expected contributions to the Company&#8217;s financial objectives for the 2022 plan year, which is from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Purpose</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The purpose of the STIP is to incent and reward eligible employees for their material contributions to the operating and financial performance of the Company.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Eligibility Criteria</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Identified employees of the Company and any of its subsidiaries, hired before October 1 of the plan year, are eligible to participate in the STIP. Further eligibility requirements are as follows&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">  </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;padding-left:9pt">New hires&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Employees hired into a STIP eligible position during the plan year, and before October 1, are eligible to participate in the STIP. Unless otherwise agreed, the STIP payment will be pro-rated based on the employee&#8217;s hire date. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;padding-left:9pt">Promotions&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> Employees promoted into a STIP eligible role during the plan year, and before October 1, are eligible to participate in the STIP. Unless otherwise agreed, the STIP payment will be pro-rated based on the employee&#8217;s promotion date. </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;padding-left:9pt">Leave of Absences&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Employees on an unpaid leave of absence longer than 30 calendar days will receive a pro-rated incentive payment based on the paid time worked during the plan year.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Plan Design</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">You are eligible to receive an award of </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">____%</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> of your base salary as of December 31, 2022 (&#8220;Eligible STIP Compensation&#8221;), under the STIP. The amount of Eligible STIP Compensation you actually earn, if any, will be determined based on achievement of two separate Company performance objectives approved by the Company&#8217;s Compensation Committee (the &#8220;Committee&#8221;), as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1.  Company Risk Adjusted Revenue</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> &#8211; 50% of Eligible STIP Compensation is based on the Company&#8217;s Risk Adjusted Revenue (&#8220;Risk Adjusted Revenue&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Company&#8217;s Risk Adjusted Revenue objective for the 2022 plan year is $_______________ (&#8220;Target Risk Adjusted Revenue&#8221;). Awards payable under the STIP attributable to the Company&#8217;s 2022 adjusted risk revenue will be calculated based on the following&#58;</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:45.328%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:52.472%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Company Risk Adjusted Revenue*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">STIP Award Based on Company </font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Risk Adjusted Revenue</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Less than 95% of Target Risk Adjusted Revenue</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#b4c6e7;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">None</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">95% of Target Risk Adjusted Revenue</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#d9e2f3;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">50% of Risk Adjusted Revenue STIP Compensation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">95.10% to 99.99% of Target Risk Adjusted Revenue</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#b4c6e7;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">50% of Risk Adjusted Revenue STIP Compensation </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">plus</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> a percentage of Risk Adjusted Revenue STIP Compensation calculated on a pro rata basis (based on the amount by which Company adjusted risk revenue exceeds 95% of the Target Risk Adjusted Revenue)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">100% of Target Risk Adjusted Revenue</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#d9e2f3;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">100% of Risk Adjusted Revenue STIP Compensation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">100.10% to 104.99% of Target Risk Adjusted Revenue</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#b4c6e7;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">100% of Risk Adjusted Revenue STIP Compensation </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">plus</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> a percentage of Risk Adjusted Revenue STIP Compensation calculated on a pro rata basis (based on the amount by which Company adjusted risk revenue exceeds the Target Risk Adjusted Revenue)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">105% or more of Target Risk Adjusted Revenue</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#d9e2f3;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">150% of Risk Adjusted Revenue STIP Compensation</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*The Company&#8217;s risk adjusted revenue as a percentage of the Target Risk Adjusted Revenue will be rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of 1%.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2.  Company Adjusted Pre-Tax Income </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8211; 50% of Eligible STIP Compensation is based on the Company&#8217;s Adjusted Pre-Tax Income (&#8220;Adjusted Pre-Tax Income&#8221;). </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Company&#8217;s adjusted pre-tax income objective for the 2022 plan year is $________________ (&#8220;Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income&#8221;). Awards payable under the STIP attributable to the Company&#8217;s 2022 adjusted pre-tax income will be based on the following&#58; </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.917%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:52.883%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Company Adjusted Pre-Tax Income*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">STIP Award Based on Company Adjusted </font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Pre-Tax Income</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Less than 90% of Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#b4c6e7;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">None</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">90% of Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#d9e2f3;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">50% of Pre-Tax Income STIP Compensation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">90.10% - 99.99% of Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#b4c6e7;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">50% of Pre-Tax Income STIP Compensation </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">plus</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> a percentage of Pre-Tax Income STIP Compensation calculated on a pro rata basis by the Committee (based on the amount by which Company adjusted pre-tax income exceeds 90% of the Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">100% of Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#d9e2f3;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">100% of Pre-Tax Income STIP Compensation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">100.10% to 109.99% of Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#b4c6e7;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">100% of Pre-Tax Income STIP Compensation </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">plus</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> a percentage of Pre-Tax Income STIP Compensation calculated on a pro rata basis by the Committee (based on the amount by which Company adjusted pre-tax income exceeds the Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#4472c4;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">110% or more of Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#d9e2f3;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-left:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-right:0.5pt solid #ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">150% of Pre-Tax Income STIP Compensation</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*The Company&#8217;s adjusted pre-tax income as a percentage of the Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income will be rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of 1%.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Note&#58; The Company reserves the right to adjust the Target Risk Adjusted Revenue and&#47;or Target Adjusted Pre-Tax Income objectives to account for the financial impact of acquisitions or other significant Company events during the year.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">General Provisions</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Form of Payment</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Company expects awards earned under the STIP to be paid in cash, less all required withholdings and deductions, no later than March 15, 2023. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion and as approved by the Committee, to change the form of any award earned. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Termination of Employment</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">To earn an award under the STIP, you must be employed by the Company for the entire performance period and be an active employee at the time of payment, unless otherwise (i) required by state law, (ii) provided in an employment agreement between you and the Company or (iii) determined by the Committee. 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If any provision is determined to be unenforceable, in whole or in part, then such provision shall be modified so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. If such provision cannot be modified to be enforceable, the provision shall be severed from the STIP to the extent unenforceable. The remaining provisions and any partially enforceable provisions shall remain in full force and effect.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline">Acknowledgement </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">I have received and reviewed a copy of this 2022 Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and Award Notice. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">PARTICIPANT</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">           Signature</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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