extent compliance with the requirements of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(2) (or any successor provision) is necessary to avoid the application of an additional tax under Code Section 409A to payments due to Employee upon or following her separation from service, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (or any otherwise applicable plan, policy, agreement or arrangement), any such payments that are otherwise due within six months following Employee’s separation from service will be deferred without interest and paid to Employee in a lump sum immediately following that six month period. For purposes of the application of Code Section 409A, each payment in a series of payments will be deemed a separate payment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except to the extent any expense, reimbursement or in-kind benefit provided to the Employee does not constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and its implementing regulations and guidance, (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the Employee during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the Employee in any other calendar year, (ii) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Employee is entitled to be reimbursed shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred and (iii) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits hereunder may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.
7. Indemnification. The Company agrees that if Employee is made a party (or is threatened to be made a party to) any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of her service (including past service) as an officer, director, employee, agent, or the like of the Company, or by reason of her service at the request of the Company as an officer, director, employee, agent, or the like of another entity, including, without limitation, as a fiduciary of an employee benefit plan sponsored or established by the Company (any such service for a subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture or other entity in which the Company has an ownership or other financial interest, or as a fiduciary of any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any such other entity, shall be presumed to be at the request of the Company), then Employee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by applicable law (including advancements for all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Employee, subject to any repayment undertakings required by Delaware law), and such indemnification shall continue even if Employee has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, agent, or the like of the Company for any reason.
8. Insurance. During the Term and for a period of six (6) years thereafter (regardless of the reason for the termination of Employee’s employment), the Company shall maintain suitable directors and officers insurance coverage for Employee in her respective roles and shall name Employee as an additional insured under such insurance policies, which policies shall be no less favorable to Employee than such insurance policies that cover OraSure’s directors during such time period.
9. Non-Solicitation; Non-Competition. During her employment with the Company and for eighteen (18) months following the cessation of that employment for any reason, Employee agrees that, unless she obtains written agreement from the Board of Directors, she will not directly or indirectly (including, for avoidance of doubt, either personally or through or on behalf of any other person):
(a) recruit, solicit, or hire any executive or employee of the Company or its affiliates (collectively, the “Company Group”);
(b) induce or solicit any current or prospective customer, client, or supplier of the Company Group to cease being a customer, client or supplier or divert Company Group business away from any customer, client, or supplier of the Company Group; or