NOTICE OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

United Allergy Services, Inc. (referred to as UAS) wants to focus on its mission of being a
leader in allergy testing and custom allergy solutions, and treating patients with specific allergy
concerns as unique individuals. We sincerely hope that all employment experiences at UAS are
positive, mutually beneficial, and gratifying. Legal disputes between UAS and employees may
arise from time-to-time, however. Because UAS wants to avoid the cost, distraction, and
disruption of protracted litigation through the court system in those circumstances where legal
disputes may arise between UAS and employees, UAS has made the business decision to
implement a policy that will require all legal claims and disputes that employees may have against
UAS (and its agents acting in the course and scope of their authority) or that UAS (and its agents
acting in the course and scope of their authority) may have against employees to be resolved
exclusively through final and binding arbitration.
Arbitration is a procedure in which a dispute is submitted, by an agreement of the parties, to an
experienced neutral person (i.e., an arbitrator) who makes a binding decision on the legal dispute.
In choosing arbitration, the parties choose to resolve their legal disputes through the private
dispute resolution procedure instead of going to court.
As a condition of employment with UAS, all employees will be required to sign the Arbitration
Agreement and return it to Human Resources. You should feel free to consult with and receive
legal advice from an attorney of your choice regarding the terms and conditions of the Arbitration
Agreement. Any such legal advice shall be at your expense.
Unlike the policies, procedures, and guidelines contained in UASs Employee Handbook, the
Arbitration Agreement will be a legally binding and enforceable contract between you and UAS.
The contract will require you and UAS to submit to final and binding arbitration any legal claims
and disputes that arise between you and UAS (other than those claims specifically excluded in the
Arbitration Agreement). Nothing in the Arbitration Agreement should be construed, however, to
alter the at will nature of your employment relationship with UAS in any way.
CURRENT EMPLOYEES: FAILURE TO SIGN AND RETURN THE ARBITRATION
AGREEMENT TO HUMAN RESOURCES WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS AFTER YOU
RECEIVE IT WILL RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT.
CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT: FAILURE TO SIGN AND RETURN THE
ARBITRATION AGREEMENT TO HUMAN RESOURCES WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS
AFTER YOUR FIRST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT WILL RESULT IN THE TERMINATION
OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT.

You may receive a fully-executed copy of the Arbitration Agreement by requesting it from Human
Resources. You should direct any questions about the Arbitration Agreement to Human Resources
at 210-265-3181.

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ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT is between United Allergy Services, Inc. (UAS) and
the undersigned employee of UAS (Employee).
UAS and Employee both agree to submit to final and binding arbitration all legal claims and
disputes between them (other than those claims expressly excluded in this Arbitration
Agreement). The parties agree that final and binding arbitration of covered claims and disputes
shall be the sole and exclusive way covered claims and disputes are resolved. By agreeing to
arbitrate, the parties are not giving up any substantive rights under federal, state or local law.
Rather, the parties are only agreeing to submit covered claims and disputes to an arbitral forum,
rather than a judicial (court) forum.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the matters covered by this Arbitration Agreement
include all legal claims between UAS and Employee (other than those claims expressly excluded
in this Arbitration Agreement), based on any law (whether federal, state or local law, and whether
statutory, regulatory, case law or otherwise) and concerning any subject matter, whether the
claims arose in the past, arise in the present, or may arise in the future. Claims covered by this
Arbitration Agreement include, but are not limited to, the following:

Claims arising out of Employees application for employment with UAS;

Claims arising out of Employees employment with UAS;
Claims arising out of the ending of Employees employment with UAS;
Claims for employment discrimination (such as, without limitation, discrimination
based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability,
religion, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status),
harassment, and retaliation;
Claims for breach of promise or contract, whether implied or express, oral or written;
Claims for retaliation for engaging in a legally protected activity and/or whistleblowing;
Claims for breach of any company policy, practice, or benefit plan;
Claims for violation of public policy;
Claims under any federal, state or local disability or leave laws (such as, without
limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act);
Claims under any wage and hour laws;
Claims for intentional or other torts (such as, without limitation, negligence,
defamation, fraud, invasion of privacy, and infliction of emotional distress);
Claims for statutory violations;
Claims for wrongful discharge;
Claims for personal, emotional, physical, economic, or reputational injury; and
Claims concerning the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of
this Arbitration Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything else in this Arbitration Agreement, the following claims are expressly
excluded from (not covered by) this Arbitration Agreement:
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Claims for benefits under workers compensation or unemployment compensation

laws;
Claims for benefits under a company benefit plan that has binding arbitration
procedures in the governing plan documents; and
Claims for temporary or preliminary injunctive relief, regardless of the basis for the
claim.

Final and binding arbitration of claims and disputes covered by this Arbitration Agreement shall
be initiated by filing a claim with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and will be
administered by the AAA under its Employment Arbitration Rules (the Rules) existing at the
time arbitration is initiated. Employee may access and review the Rules at www.adr.org.
Procedures for any arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement shall include the following:

UAS shall pay all required AAA fees (including filing fees) and arbitrator fees;
Claims must be filed with AAA within the time limit established by the applicable
statute of limitations;
The arbitration must be conducted within 50 miles of Employees work location,
unless the parties agree to a different location;
The arbitrator must be neutral;
Discovery procedures must be sufficient to prosecute and defend claims, as
determined by the arbitrator;
The arbitrators award must be in writing;
All remedies (including but not limited to all damages, and attorneys fees and costs)
available in court are available from the arbitrator;
The arbitration proceedings and hearing shall be kept confidential;
The arbitration award shall be kept confidential, except as needed to appeal or to
enforce the arbitrators award; and
The arbitration award shall not be used as precedent in any other arbitration or in a
court proceeding unrelated to appeal or enforcement of the arbitration award.

Arbitration of claims and disputes covered by this Arbitration Agreement shall proceed solely on
an individual basis. Employee and UAS agree that each has no right for any claims or disputes to
be arbitrated on a class or collective action basis or brought in a purported representative capacity
on behalf of others. Employee and UAS expressly waive the right to arbitrate claims or disputes
covered by this Arbitration Agreement as a class action, collective action, or other representative
capacity.
Employee acknowledges that he/she has been given the opportunity to consult with and receive
independent legal advice from an attorney regarding the terms and conditions of this Arbitration
Agreement. Employee understands that by signing this Arbitration Agreement he/she is giving up
the right to have matters subject to this Arbitration Agreement resolved in a court of law. UAS
is also giving up this right.
In the event a court determines that any provision of this Arbitration Agreement is
unenforceable, that provision shall be disregarded, and the remainder of the Arbitration
Agreement shall be enforceable.
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The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Arbitration Agreement shall
prevent or preclude Employee from filing a complaint, claim or charge with the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor
Relations Board, or any other federal, state or local administrative agency with the authority to
investigate complaints, claims or charges of unlawful harassment, discrimination, wage and
hour law violations, unfair labor practices, or other similar statutory violations, and Employee is
not hereby waiving Employees right to do the same.
Employee acknowledges that this Arbitration Agreement shall remain in full force after the ending
of Employees employment with UAS, including during any subsequent re-employment by UAS
of Employee.
This Arbitration Agreement does not alter the at-will status of any Employee. Employee
acknowledges that Employee may resign at any time, and UAS may terminate Employee at any
time, with or without cause and with or without notice.
This Arbitration Agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
In this Arbitration Agreement, UAS means United Allergy Services, Inc., and its agents
(including without limitation officers, directors, and managers) acting in the course and scope of
their authority.
This Arbitration Agreement supersedes all prior arbitration agreements between UAS and
Employee.

EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGES HE/SHE HAS CAREFULLY READ THIS

ARBITRATION AGREEMENT; EMPLOYEE UNDERSTANDS ITS TERMS; AND
EMPLOYEE UNDERSTANDS HE/SHE IS GIVING UP HIS/HER RIGHT TO A TRIAL
IN COURT.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH
MAY BE ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.

Employees Signature

Date

Employees Name (Printed Legibly)

United Allergy Services, Inc.

By: Authorized Representative

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