Exhibit 10.1
SEPARATION** AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL **CLAIMS
ThisSeparationAgreementandReleaseofAllClaims(this“Agreement”)ismadebyand between James Rhyu, his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns (collectively referredtothroughoutthis Agreement as“Employee”) andStride, Inc., includingitssubsidiaries, successors and assigns (“Stride,” “Company” or “Employer”) (collectively referred to as the “Parties” or individually referred to as a “Party”).
WHEREAS, thePartieshavepreviouslyenteredintothatcertainEmploymentAgreement (as defined below) and that certain Employee Confidentiality, Proprietary Rights and Non-Solicitation Agreement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, Employee has resigned his employment and from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and as Chair of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, in each case effective July 29, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to resolve any and all disputes, claims, complaints, grievances,charges,actions,petitionsanddemandsthatEmployeemayhaveagainsttheCompany and any of the Releasees (as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the severance payments and benefits described in Section 2 below, and in consideration of the mutual promises made herein, the Company and Employee hereby agree as follows:
1.Last** Day of Employment.**** **Employee’slastdayofemploymentwasJuly29,2026 (the “Separation Date”).The parties acknowledge and agree that all amounts payable under this Agreement are intended to fit within the “short term deferral” exception under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code or the “separation pay plan” exception specified in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(9),orbothofthem,andshallbeinterpretedinamannerconsistentwiththeapplicable exceptions.
2.Consideration.** **In consideration for Employee’s signing this Agreement within the time period set forth herein and allowing it to become effective, and Employee’s compliance with its terms and the terms of the Employee Confidentiality, Proprietary Rights and Non-Solicitation Agreement, Stride agrees:
a.tocontinuetopayEmployee’scurrentannualbasesalary(atarateof $1,000,000 per annum) for a period of twenty-four (24) months following the Separation Date, whichshallbepayable, lessstandardpayroll deductionsandwithholding, inequalinstallmentsat the same time and in the same manner as such base salary was paid prior to the Separation Date; provided, that any payments required to be made prior to the thirtieth (30th) day following the Separation Date (the “First Pay Date”) shall be paid in a single lump sum on the first regularly scheduled payroll date on or following the First Pay Date;
b.to pay an amount equal to Employee’s annual bonus earned for the 2026 fiscalyearbasedonactualperformance(asdeterminedbytheBoardorCompensationCommittee of the Boardin goodfaith), less standard payroll deductions and withholding, payable as soon as practicable after the Separation Date;
c.topayanamountequaltoEmployee’sannualbonusforthe2027fiscalyear, prorated for the portion of the 2027 fiscal year that has elapsed as of the Separation Date, based on actual performance (as determined by the Board or Compensation Committee of the Board in good faith), less standard payroll deductions and withholding, payable after the end of the 2027 fiscal year and at the same time as annual performance bonus payments are made to other senior executives of Stride, but in all events prior to September 15, 2027;
d.to provide reimbursement (or direct payment to the carrier) for the Company-paid portion of the applicable premiums for Employee and Employee’s covered dependents under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”) (at the same cost sharinglevels as ineffect for similarly-situated active employees), less standard payroll deductions and withholding (if any), for the medical, dental and vision plan benefitsinwhichEmployeewasenrolled(ifany)ontheSeparationDate,foraperiodcommencing immediately upon the Separation Date and ending on the earliest of (i) the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Separation Date, (ii) the date that Employee and/or Employee’s covered dependents become no longer eligible for COBRA, and (iii) the date Employee becomes eligible to receive healthcare coverage from a subsequent employer (and Employee agrees to promptly notify Stride of such eligibility); subject to the conditions precedent that Employee returns all required forms and information to elect the COBRA benefit within the time period defined by regulation and Employee timely pays the remaining amounts due for the COBRA coverage; and
e.to permit Employee to continue to vest in (i) those time-based Company restrictedstockawardsEmployeeheldasoftheSeparationDatescheduledtovestinAugust2026 pursuanttotheirterms(consistingof44,187sharesof Companyrestrictedstock intheaggregate) and (ii) the performance stock units granted to Employee on August 18, 2023 and held by Employee as of the Separation Date that are eligible to vest, based on actual performance, on certification of the Company’s operating income for the performance period that ended on June 30, 2026, pursuant totheirterms (consisting of 265,340 performance stockunits earnedbased on actual performance) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, all of Employee’s outstanding Company restricted stock awards and performance stock units as of the Separation Date, other than those that remain eligible to vest under this clause (e), were forfeited as of the Separation Date).
Foravoidanceofdoubt,itisagreedthatEmployeeisnotrequiredtoseekoraccept other employment, or otherwise to mitigate damages, as a condition to the receipt of any of the compensation described in this Section 2, and that such compensation is not subject to offset by any compensation or other amounts Employee may receive from other sources.
3.No** Consideration Absent Execution of and Compliance With this ****Agreement.**Employeeunderstands andagrees thatEmployeewouldnotreceivetheadditionalmonies and/or
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benefitsspecifiedinSection2above,exceptforEmployee’sexecutionandnon-revocationofthis Agreement and the fulfillment of the promises contained herein.
4.Release of All Claims.** **Employee knowingly and voluntarily fully releases and forever discharges Stride, its affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, insurers, successors and assigns, and their current and former employees, attorneys, officers, directors, shareholders and agents thereof, both individually and in their business capacities, and their employee benefit plans and programs and their administrators and fiduciaries (collectively referred to throughout the remainder of this Agreement as “Releasees”), of and from any and all claims, known and unknown, asserted or unasserted (“Claims”), which the Employee has or may have against Releasees as of the date of execution of this Agreement, under any and all theories of law, including but not limited to:
| ■ | any and all claims relating to or arising out of Employee’s employment at Stride and the separationfromthatemployment,includinganyclaimsforanycompensation,wages, and bonuses to which Employee claims to be entitled to receive from Stride; |
| ■ | anyandallclaimsforanyformofdiscrimination,harassmentor retaliationonthebasisof age, sex, race, color, religion, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or disability;oranyfailuretopreventsuchdiscrimination,harassment,retaliationonthebasis of age, sex, race, color, religion, maritalstatus or disability inviolationofTitleVII of the U.S.CivilRightsActof1964,asamended,42U.S.C.§2000eet* *seq.;theCivilRightsAct of 1991, §§ 1981-1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code; or the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq; |
| ■ | any and all claims for any form of age discrimination, harassment or retaliation (or any claimforfailuretopreventsuchdiscrimination,harassmentorretaliation)prohibitedunder the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, or the Older Workers’ Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA); |
| ■ | anyandallclaimsforviolationofanyotherfederal,state,countyormunicipallaw,statute, regulation, rule, or ordinance, exceptwhennotpermitted byapplicablelaw, includingbut not limitedto claimsfor violating any provision of the UnitedStates Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (except for any vestedbenefitsunderanytaxqualifiedbenefitplan);theImmigrationReformandControl Act of 1986; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; the Fair Credit ReportingAct;theEqualPayAct;theGeneticInformationNondiscriminationActof2008; the Virginia Human RightsAct (VHRA); the Virginianswith DisabilitiesAct (VDA); the Virginia Equal Pay Act; the Virginia Genetic Testing Law; the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Act (VOSH Act); the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; the VirginiaMinimumWageAct;theVirginiaWagePaymentAct;theVirginiaWhistleblower Protection Law (Va. Code Ann. § 40.1-27.3); the Virginia Right-to-Work Law; and the Virginia Military Leave Law; |
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| ■ | any and all public policy, tort, contract or other common law claims, including but not limited to breach of any implied or express contract, breach of any implied covenant of goodfaithandfair dealing, misrepresentation, wrongfulterminationinviolationofpublic policy, constructive termination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault, battery, defamation, any form of negligence, fraud, deceit, false promise, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, negligent interference with prospective economic relations, or retaliation; |
| ■ | anyandallclaimsforpersonalinjury,includingphysicalinjury,mentalanguish,emotional distress, pain and suffering, embarrassment, humiliation, damage to name or reputation, liquidated damages, and punitive damages; and |
| ■ | anyandallclaimsforrecoveringcosts,fees,orotherexpenses,includingattorneys’fees, incurredinthesematters. |
Ifanyclaimisnotsubjecttorelease,totheextentpermittedbylaw,Employeewaivesany right or ability to be a class or collective action representative or to otherwise participate in any putative orcertified class, collective ormulti-partyactionorproceedingbased onsuch aclaimin which Employer or any other Releasee identified in this Agreement is a party.
5.Claims** Not Released.**** **Thisreleasedoesnotreleaseclaimsthatcannotbereleased as a matter of law, including, butnot limited to, Employee’s right to report possible violations of federal law or regulationto any governmental agency or entityin accordance withthe provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 806 oftheSarbanes-Oxley Act of2002, oranyother whistleblowerprotectionprovisions ofstate orfederallaworregulationandanyrighttoreceiveanawardforinformationprovidedthereunder, Employee’s right to file a charge with or participate in a charge by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any other local, state, or federal administrative bodyor government agency that is authorized to enforce or administer laws related to employment, against the Companyfordiscrimination(withtheunderstandingthatEmployee’sreleaseofclaimshereinbars EmployeefromrecoveringsuchmonetaryrelieffromtheCompanyoranyReleaseeforanyalleged discriminatory treatment), claims for unemployment compensation or any state disability insurance benefits pursuant to the termsof applicable state law, claimsto continued participation in certain of theCompany’sgroup benefitplanspursuant to the termsand conditionsofCOBRA, claims to any benefit entitlements vested as of theSeparation Date, pursuant to the written terms of Stride health, welfare, or retirement benefit plans, Employee’s right to indemnification by the Company or any of its affiliates pursuant to contract, the Company’s governing instruments, or applicable law, or Employee’s rights as a shareholder of the Company.
| 6. | Representations** and Warranties. |
Employee represents and warrants that Employee has not previously filed, and will nothereafterfileorcauseorpermittobefiledonEmployee’sbehalf,anylawsuitsoranycharges,
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complaints, petitions, or other accusatory pleadings or statements against any of the Releasees in any court, with any governmental agency, or in any other forum based upon, arising out of or related in any way to Employee’s employment with or severance of employment with Stride. Employee acknowledges that Employee has been informed under this Agreement that an individual may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i) made in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Employee also acknowledges that Employee has been informed under this Agreement that an individual suing an employer for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law may disclose a trade secret to theirattorneyandusethetradesecretinformationinthecourtproceeding,solongasanydocument containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does notdisclose the tradesecret exceptpursuanttocourtorder.Employeeunderstandsandagreesthatthefilingofanyaction,other than one to collect the consideration promised hereunder or as explicitly permitted in this Agreement, would be a material breach of this Agreement and would make Employee liable for the repayment of all consideration paid to Employee. It is understood that the remainder of this Agreement would, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect.
Employee represents and warrants that neither Stride nor its legal counsel has made any representations regarding the proper tax treatment of the consideration set out in Section 2.
Employee represents and warrants that Employee has been granted all leave to which Employeewasentitledunder theFamilyandMedicalLeaveAct, theAmericanswithDisabilities Act or related state or local leave or disability accommodation laws.
Employee represents and warrants that Employee has no known work-related injuries or occupational diseases.
Employee represents and warrants that Employee has not been retaliated against for reporting any allegations of wrongdoing by Releasees, including any allegations of corporate fraud.
EmployeerepresentsandwarrantsthatEmployeehasnoknowledgeofanyfactsthatwould give rise to any claim that could be brought by or on behalf of any federal, state, or local agency with respect to Stride.
Employee represents and warrants that all ofEmployer’s decisions regardingEmployee’s employment and separation therefrom(including but not limited to pay and benefits) throughthe date of Employee’s separation of employment were not discriminatory based on age, disability, race, color, sex, religion, national origin or any other classification protected by law.
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EmployeerepresentsandwarrantsthatEmployeehasbeenpaidatleasttheminimumwage to which Employee was entitled.
EmployeerepresentsandwarrantsthatEmployeehasreceivedallpaidsickleavetowhich Employee was entitled.
Employee represents and warrants that during the period from the Separation Date and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, for the consideration provided hereunder, Employee agrees to cooperate with and assist Stride in any audits, internal investigations or administrative, judicial or other proceedings without additional compensation.
Employee represents and warrants thatEmployeehas submitted to Stride allexpenses for whichEmployeebelievesEmployeeisentitledtoreimbursement andthatEmployeehasreceived reimbursement for all such expenses.
Employee represents and warrants that Employee has been paid or has received all compensation, wages, bonuses and/or benefits which are due and payable to Employee as of the date Employee signs this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.
| 7. | Restrictive** Covenants.** |
a.Employee acknowledges his prior execution of that certain (i) Employee Confidentiality, Proprietary Rights and Non-Solicitation Agreement (the “Employee Confidentiality, Proprietary Rights and Non-Solicitation Agreement”) and (ii) Agreement to Arbitrate(the“AgreementtoArbitrate”),eachofwhichwereexecutedbyEmployeeinconnection with his employment with the Company. Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees that the EmployeeConfidentiality,ProprietaryRightsandNon-SolicitationAgreementandAgreement to Arbitrate remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms and such agreements are expressly incorporated herein by reference. In addition, during the period in which Employee is receiving any compensation from the Company (including and no less than the severance period specifiedinSection2(a)above)andforatwelve(12)-monthperiodthereafter,Employeeshallnot engagein, orbeemployedby, abusinessororganizationthatrendersthesameorsimilarservices as the Company or otherwise competes with the Company or its business. In applying this non-competition provision, the Company will not unreasonably withhold its consent for future employment with entities that are not direct competitors or do not offer substantially the same or similar services as the Company.
b.Employee represents and warrants that no later than the Separation Date Employee has returned or will return to Stride all Stride equipment and property (and, all equipment and property of Stride’s customers and vendors) that was in the Employee’s care, custodyorcontrol.“Property”asusedinthisAgreementincludes,butisnotlimitedto, hard-copy files,electronicfiles,datacompilations,correspondence,calendarappointmentsandresponses,e-mails(includingattachments),voicemails,educationrecords(asdefinedintheFamily
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Educational Rights and Privacy Act), images, video files, video-conference records, personal working files and notes, text messages, and electronic messages sent or received via electronic messaging applications, without regard towhether such items (tangible or intangible) are located at Employee’s home, off-site storage, personal or work computers, cell phones, laptops, tablets, and desktops, “cloud” storage, network storage, portable hard drives, disks, CD-ROM or flash drives,personale-mailaccounts,personalsoftwareandappaccounts,personalphoneaccountsor any other location. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee and the Company agree that Employee may retain Stride computers disclosed by Employee to the Company, subject to the Company’s remote removal of all user data from such devices.
c.Employee represents and warrants that Employee is in possession of all of Employee’s property that Employee had at Stride’s premises and that Stride is not in possession of any of Employee’s property.
d.Employee represents and warrants that Employee will not make any negative, disparaging, detrimental or derogatory comments about the Releasees or otherwise communicatewithinvestorsor otherthirdpartiesregardingthebusinessof theCompany. For the purpose of this Agreement, “disparage” includes, without limitation, making comments or statementsonsocialmediaor theinternet, or toanypersonor entityincluding, butnotlimitedto, the press and/or media, currentor former employees of the Company, significant shareholders of the Company, or any entity with whom the Company has a business relationship, that would adversely affect in any manner (a) the conduct of the business of the Company or any of the Releasees (including, but not limited to, any business plans or prospects) or (b) the reputation of the Company or any of the Releasees. This does not in any way restrict or impede theEmployee fromexercisingprotectedrights,includingrightsunder federalsecuritieslawsor theDodd-Frank Act, to the extent that such rights cannot be waived by agreement or from complying with any applicable law or regulation or avalid order of acourt of competent jurisdiction or anauthorized government agency, provided that such compliance does not exceed that required by the law, regulation, or order.The Employee shall promptlyprovidewrittennoticeof anysuchorder tothe General Counsel at Stride, Inc., 11720 Plaza America Drive, Reston, VA 20190.
8.Agreement** to Arbitrate.**** **EmployerandEmployeeagreethatanydispute,claimor controversy that may arise, whether before, on or after the date of execution of this Agreement, between them arising from or relating to Employee’s employment or the termination of Employee’s employment shall be resolved pursuant to the Agreement to Arbitrate. However, nothinginthisAgreementortheAgreementtoArbitratewilllimittherightofeitherpartytobring a motion or petition in either federal or state court to compel arbitration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Agreement to Arbitrate, or to have judgment entered on any award or determination of an arbitrator resulting from an arbitration conducted pursuant to the Agreement to Arbitrate.
9.Governing Law and Interpretation.** **This Agreement shall be governed and conformedin accordancewiththelawsoftheCommonwealthofVirginiawithout regard to its
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conflict of laws provisions. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable from every other provision of this Agreement. Should any provision of this Agreement be declared illegal or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction and cannot be modified to be enforceable, excluding the release language, such provision shall immediately become null and void, leaving the remainder of this Agreement in full force and effect.
10.Effective Date.** **Employee has seven (7) calendar days after Employee signs this Agreement to revoke it, and this Agreement will become effective on the day immediately following the seventh (7th) calendar day after Employee signed this Agreement, so long as it has beensignedbythePartiesandhasnotbeenrevokedbyEmployeebeforethatdate.Anyrevocation withinthisseven(7)calendardayperiodmustbesubmitted,inwriting,totheGeneralCounselof Strideandstate,“IherebyrevokemyacceptanceofourSeparationAgreementandReleaseofAll Claims.”The revocation must be personally delivered to the General Counsel or his designee, or mailed to General Counsel, Stride, Inc., 11720 Plaza America Drive, Reston, VA 20190 and postmarked within seven (7) calendar days after Employee signs this Agreement.
11.Nonadmission** of Wrongdoing.**** **ThePartiesagreethatneitherthisAgreementnor the furnishing of the consideration for this Agreement shall be deemed or construed at any time for any purpose as an admission by Employee or Releasees of wrongdoing or evidence of any liability or unlawful conduct of any kind.
12.Amendment.** **This Agreementmay not bemodified, alteredorchanged exceptin writing and signed by both Parties wherein specific reference is made to this Agreement.
13.Entire Agreement.** **This Agreement, the Employee Confidentiality, Proprietary Rights and Non-Solicitation Agreement and the Agreement to Arbitrate set forth the entire agreementbetweenthePartieshereto,andfullysupersedesanyprioragreementsorunderstandings betweentheParties,includingthatcertainemploymentletteragreementdatedFebruary25,2022, between the Parties, as amendedbythatcertainFirst Amendment totheEmployment Agreement between the Parties dated March 25, 2025 (together, the “Employment Agreement”), except: (a) the Employee Confidentiality, Proprietary Rights and Non-Solicitation Agreement; (b) Employee’s Inventions Owned Prior to Employment Agreement, (c) Employee’s Agreement to Arbitrate, and (d) Section 11.1 and Section 18 of the Employment Agreement, each of which is incorporated herein by reference and shall continue to apply following the Separation Date. Employee acknowledges that Employee has not relied on any representations, promises, or agreementsof anykindmadetoEmployeeinconnectionwithEmployee’sdecisiontoacceptthis Agreement, exceptforthosesetforthinthisAgreement.Ifanyprovisionof anyagreement,plan, program, policy, arrangementorotherwritten document between orrelatingtotheCompany and Employee conflicts with any provision of this Agreement, the Employee Confidentiality, ProprietaryRightsandNon-SolicitationAgreementandtheAgreementtoArbitrate,theprovision of this Agreement, the Employee Confidentiality, Proprietary Rights and Non-Solicitation Agreement and the Agreement to Arbitrate, as applicable, shall control and prevail.
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14.No Assignment of Claims/No Bankruptcy.** **Employee stipulates that Employee has not sold, assigned or transferred any of the claims that Employee is releasing, and Employee agrees to indemnify and defend Stride from any and all claims brought against Stride by anyone to whom Employee has assigned, sold or transferred any such claims. Employee represents that, as of the date on which Employee signs this Agreement, Employee has not filed for bankruptcy.
15.Agreement Voluntarily Entered Into.** **Employee acknowledges that Employee has had the right and opportunity to review the terms and meaning of this Agreement with an attorney. Employee further acknowledges Employee has carefully read and fully understands all of the provisions of this Agreement. Employee voluntarily and of free will enters into this Agreement.
16.Execution** in Counterparts.**** **ThisAgreementmaybeexecutedincounterpartsand by facsimile transmission of signatures. The parties agree their signatures on the facsimile transmissionsorviaPDFattachmentshallbefullybindingupontheminthesamemannerasifthe parties had each signed the same original document.
EMPLOYEE IS ADVISED THAT EMPLOYEE HAS TWENTY-ONE (21) CALENDAR** DAYS TO CONSIDER THIS AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT **EMPLOYEE DOES NOT EXECUTE AND RETURN THIS AGREEMENT BY SUCH DATE AND TIME, THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT AND EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SEVERANCE BENEFITS HEREUNDER. EMPLOYEE ALSO IS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY PRIOR TO EMPLOYEE’S SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT.
THIS** AGREEMENT APPLIES TO ANY RIGHTS OR CLAIMS THAT WERE **OR COULD HAVE BEEN ASSERTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEE AS OF THE DATE THIS AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED, AND DOES NOT PERTAIN TO ANY EVENTS THAT MAY TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE PARTIES SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
EMPLOYEE AGREES THAT ANY MODIFICATIONS, MATERIAL OR OTHERWISE,** MADE TO THIS AGREEMENT BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN EMPLOYEE AND STRIDE DOES NOT RESTART OR AFFECT IN ANY MANNER **THE ORIGINAL CONSIDERATION AND REVOCATION PERIODS, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
EMPLOYEE FREELY AND KNOWINGLY, AND AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION, ENTERS INTO THIS AGREEMENT INTENDING TO WAIVE, SETTLE** AND RELEASE ALL CLAIMS EMPLOYEE HAS OR MIGHT HAVE ****AGAINST **RELEASEES.
[Signature* Page *Follows]
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ThePartiesknowinglyandvoluntarilysignthisAgreementasofthedate(s)setforthbelow:
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| Employee | ** ** | Stride, Inc. | |||
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| By: | James Rhyu | | Greerson G. McMullen, Sr. | ||
| | | ExecutiveVicePresident,General Counsel & Secretary | |||
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| Date: | September 11,2026 | | Date: | |
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ThePartiesknowinglyandvoluntarilysignthisAgreementasofthedate(s)setforthbelow:
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| Employee | ** ** | Stride, Inc. | ||
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| By: | | | By: |  |
| | James Rhyu | | | Greerson G. McMullen, Sr. |
| | | | ExecutiveVicePresident,General Counsel & Secretary | |
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| Date: | | | Date: | September 21,2026 |
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