K&E DRAFT: 12/17/13 Attorney Work Produk CUTION VERSION Privileged & Confide SEPARATION AND MUTUAL RELEASE AGREEMENT THIS SEPARATION AND MUTUAL RELEASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of the day of December, 2013, by and among, B.R. GUEST PARENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("BRG Parent"), SOF U.S. RESTAURANT CO-INVEST HOLDINGS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Stanwood"), and STEPHEN P. HANSON ("Executive"), SPH FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Hanson Member"), SPH FAMILY HOLDINGS SUB, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("BRG Member", and together with Executive and Hanson Member, the "Hanson Parties", and together with BRG Parent and Stanwood, the "Parties"). WHEREAS, Executive has been employed by BRG Parent under terms set forth in that certain Employment Agreement dated as of February 23, 2007 (the "Executive Employment Agreement"), attached hereto as Schedule I, by and between Executive and B.R. Guest Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly known as elevenseven Holdings, L.L.C.) ("BRG Holdings Sub"); On December 30, 2008, BRG Holdings Sub assigned its rights and obligations under the Executive Employment Agreement to BRG Parent pursuant to that certain Novation Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2008, by and among Executive, BRG Parent and BRG Holdings Sub; SPH Restaurant Enterprises, Inc. (f/k/a B R Guest, Inc.), a New York corporation, as predecessor-in-interest to BRG Member, Executive, as predecessor-in-interest to Hanson Member, and Starwood entered into that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of BRG Parent, dated as of December 30, 2008 attached hereto as Schedule II (as such agreement shall have been amended and supplemented from time to time prior to the date of this Agreement, the "LLC Agreement"); Executive has decided to resign from BRG Parent. BRG Parent has requested of the Executive that he remain as a Consul