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Annual Compensation Limitation. The maximum Fair Market Value (determined, with respect to each Award, at the date of grant) of shares subject to Awards granted to any Eligible Director during any calendar year under the Plan, taken together with any fees payable in cash or any other form to such Eligible Director for services rendered as an Eligible Director during the calendar year, shall not exceed $750,000 in total value. Any dividends, other distributions or Dividend Equivalents that may be payable with respect to an Award will be disregarded for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 3(e).

Limitations on Director Awards. The aggregate dollar value of equity-based (based on the grant date Fair Market Value of equity-based Awards) and cash compensation granted under this Plan or otherwise during any calendar year to any one Director shall not exceed $650,000; provided, however, that in any calendar year in which a Director serves as Chairman of the Board or Lead Director, the maximum aggregate dollar value of equity-based and cash compensation to the Director may be up to $850,000, and the foregoing limit shall not count any Stock Appreciation Rights granted in conjunction with all or part of any Award granted hereunder.

The Fair Market Value of Shares that may be subject to Awards granted to any Non-Employee Director in any calendar year, together with the cash compensation paid to such Non-Employee Director in such calendar year, shall not exceed $500,000.

Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary (but subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(c)), the maximum aggregate number of Shares associated with any Award granted under the Plan during the annual director compensation period (with each such period commencing on the date of the Company’s Annual Meeting of stockholders and ending on the day prior to the subsequent Annual Meeting), to any one non-employee director of the Board shall be, together with any cash payments provided to such non-employee director, that number of Shares having a fair market value of $750,000.

Individual Limit. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the aggregate dollar value of equity-based (based on the grant date fair value of equity-based Awards as determined for financial reporting purposes) and cash compensation granted under this Plan or otherwise during any calendar year to any individual Outside Director for services in such capacity shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000); provided, however, that in the calendar year in which an Outside Director first joins the Board or is first designated as Chairman of the Board or Lead Director, the maximum aggregate dollar value of equity-based and cash compensation to the Outside Director may be up to two hundred percent (200%) of the foregoing limit. For avoidance of doubt, compensation will count towards this limit for the calendar year in which it was granted or earned, and not later when distributed, in the event it is deferred.

Individual Limit. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the aggregate dollar value of equity-based (based on the grant date fair value of equity-based Awards as determined for financial reporting purposes) and cash compensation granted under this Plan or otherwise during any calendar year to any individual Outside Director shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000); provided, however, that in the calendar year in which an Outside Director is first designated as Chairman of the Board of Directors or Lead Director, the maximum aggregate dollar value of equity-based and cash compensation to the Outside Director may be up to two hundred percent (200%) of the foregoing limit.

Per-Participant Annual Limit. The maximum number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted in any calendar year to any Key Employee during such calendar year shall not exceed the lesser of # 3,000 Shares in the aggregate, or # such number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the respective Award Date(s) of $75,000 in the aggregate. The maximum number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted in any calendar year to any Non-Employee Director during such calendar year shall not exceed the lesser of # 3,000 Shares in the aggregate, or # such number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the respective Award Date(s) of $30,000 in the aggregate.

ANNUAL LIMIT: Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or the Omnibus Equity Plan to the contrary, the maximum aggregate grant date fair value of Grants (as defined in the Omnibus Equity Plan) made to a Participant during any calendar year, plus any cash-based compensation granted to the Participant in respect of any calendar year (whether paid in cash or shares of Common Stock or on a current or deferred basis), in each case, solely with respect to the individual’s service as a Director, may not exceed $750,000 based on the aggregate Fair Market Value (as defined in the Omnibus Equity Plan and determined as of the date of grant) of any equity or equity-based Grant plus the aggregate value (determined as of the date of grant) of any cash-based compensation.

Director Compensation Limit. As further set forth in the Equity Plan, the sum of the grant date value of all equity awards granted and all cash compensation paid by the Company to a Non-Employee Director as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director shall not exceed $750,000 during any calendar year. For avoidance of doubt, compensation shall count towards this limit for the calendar year in which it is granted or earned, and not later when distributed, in the event it is deferred.

The grant date fair value of all Awards (as determined in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor thereto) granted under the Plan to any Outside Director as compensation for services as an Outside Director during any twelve (12)-month period may not exceed $400,000, provided that any Award granted to an Outside Director in lieu of a cash retainer pursuant to [Section 14(b)] will be excluded from such limit.

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