SNYDERS-LANCE, INC. 2016 Key Employee Incentive Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, the Company grants to you the option to purchase from the Company the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock stated above at the option price per share stated above (the “Option”). The Option is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. By accepting this Agreement, you acknowledge having read the Prospectus and agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, this Agreement and the Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan for Officers and Key Managers for 2016 effective May 4, 2016.

The Option vests and is exercisable by you as stated in the schedule above and in the event of a Change in Control as defined in the Plan. The manner of exercising the Option and the method for paying the applicable option price shall be as set forth in the Plan. You cannot exercise the Option for less than 100 shares unless such lesser number is the total number of shares for which the Option is exercisable at such time. No fractional shares will be issued. Any applicable withholding taxes must also be paid by you in accordance with the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of the Option shall be issued solely in your name. The right to purchase shares pursuant to the Option shall be cumulative so that when the right to purchase an additional installment of shares has vested pursuant to the schedule above, such shares or any part thereof may be purchased thereafter until the expiration of the Option.

In the event of your termination of employment with the Company or its subsidiaries, the Option shall expire on the earlier of the Expiration Date stated above or the following cancellation date depending on the reason for termination:

You agree that, upon request, you will furnish a letter agreement providing that you will not distribute or resell in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, any of the shares acquired upon your exercise of the Option, that you will indemnify and hold the Company harmless against all liability for any such violation and that you will accept all liability for any such violation.

The existence of the Option shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

Any notice which either party hereto may be required or permitted to give to the other shall be in writing and may be delivered personally, by intraoffice mail, by email, by fax or by mail, postage prepaid, to such address and directed to such person(s) as the Company may notify you from time to time; and to you at your address as shown on the records of the Company from time to time, or at such other address as you, by notice to the Company, may designate in writing from time to time.