Common use of SECTION 2872 Clause in Contracts

SECTION 2872. If an employment agreement entered into after January 1, 1980 contains a provision requiring the employee to assign or offer to assign any of his or her rights in any invention to his or her employer, the employer must also, at the time the agreement is made, provide a written notification to the employee that the agreement does not apply to an invention which qualifies fully under the provisions of Section 2870. In any suit or action arising thereunder, the burden of proof shall be on the employee claiming the benefits of its provisions. The Restricted Stock Unit Agreement offered by Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) to you, dated February 27, 2025, contains non-competition covenants in Sections 1(a)(i) and 1(a)(ii) of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement attached as Appendix A thereto (including Appendix B thereto), which could restrict your options for subsequent employment following the date of your termination of employment with the Company Group. You acknowledge and agree that your acceptance of this Award shall be not effective until the date which is fourteen (14) days after you were provided with this notice of the non-competition covenants provided in your Agreement. Acknowledged via signed email and returned to the Company. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meaning given to such terms in the Plan and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all provisions of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the Award Notice apply to Non-U.S. Participants except to the extent supplemented or modified by this Appendix C or Appendix D.

SECTION 2872. If an employment agreement entered into after January 1, 1980 contains a provision requiring the employee to assign or offer to assign any of his or her rights in any invention to his or her employer, the employer must also, at the time the agreement is made, provide a written notification to the employee that the agreement does not apply to an invention which qualifies fully under the provisions of Section 2870. In any suit or action arising thereunder, the burden of proof shall be on the employee claiming the benefits of its provisions. The Restricted Stock Performance Share Unit Agreement offered by Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) to you, dated February 2728, 20252024, contains non-competition covenants in Sections 1(a)(i) and 1(a)(ii) of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement attached as Appendix A thereto (including Appendix B thereto), which could restrict your options for subsequent employment following the date of your termination of employment with the Company Group. You acknowledge and agree that your acceptance of this Award shall be not effective until the date which is fourteen (14) days after you were provided with this notice of the non-competition covenants provided in your Agreement. Acknowledged via signed email and returned to the Company. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein will shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Plan and the Restricted Stock Performance Share Unit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all provisions of the Restricted Stock Performance Share Unit Agreement and the Award Notice apply to Non-U.S. Participants except to the extent supplemented or modified by this Appendix C or Appendix D.

SECTION 2872. If an employment agreement entered into after January 1, 1980 contains a provision requiring the employee to assign or offer to assign any of his or her rights in any invention to his or her employer, the employer must also, at the time the agreement is made, provide a written notification to the employee that the agreement does not apply to an invention which qualifies fully under the provisions of Section 2870. In any suit or action arising thereunder, the burden of proof shall be on the employee claiming the benefits of its provisions. The Restricted Stock Unit Agreement offered by Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) to you, dated February 2728, 20252024, contains non-competition covenants in Sections 1(a)(i) and 1(a)(ii) of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement attached as Appendix A thereto (including Appendix B thereto), which could restrict your options for subsequent employment following the date of your termination of employment with the Company Group. You acknowledge and agree that your acceptance of this Award shall be not effective until the date which is fourteen (14) days after you were provided with this notice of the non-competition covenants provided in your Agreement. Acknowledged via signed email and returned to the Company. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meaning given to such terms in the Plan and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all provisions of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the Award Notice apply to Non-U.S. Participants except to the extent supplemented or modified by this Appendix C or Appendix D.