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As a participant in the Company's annual incentive plan, you will be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus (the "Annual Bonus") provided threshold performance goals are achieved. Your annual target incentive opportunity will be 75% of your annual base salary and your annual maximum incentive opportunity will be 100% of your annual base salary, in each case, subject to performance goals, terms and conditions established by the Compensation Committee. You will be eligible for a target incentive opportunity for your first year of employment which shall not be prorated.. Any Annual Bonus payable with respect to a fiscal year will be paid during the following fiscal year at the same time as the annual incentives are paid generally to other members of the executive team, provided that you are actively employed on the payment date.

Annual Incentive Bonus. Following the end of each fiscal year and subject to the approval by the Company’s Board of Directors in its sole discretion, you will be eligible to earn an incentive bonus, based on your performance and the Company’s performance, each during the applicable fiscal year, and subject to your continued employment in good standing on the date of payment of such incentive bonus. Your target annual incentive bonus opportunity shall be up to 40% of your base salary. Because of your start date, in accordance with the Company’s policy, the first year you will be eligible for a bonus is 2023.

Annual Discretionary Incentive Bonus Opportunity. Employee will have a graduated annual, cash incentive bonus opportunity of 100% of Base Salary for performance at target (and less or no bonus for performance less than target) and up to 200% of Base Salary (or such higher percentage as the Compensation Committee may determine) for performance in excess of target. Performance will be measured against annual financial targets approved by the Compensation Committee which, in the Compensation Committee’s discretion, may be intended to qualify the cash incentive bonus as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m). Actual bonus amounts paid for particular levels of performance will be as determined by the Compensation Committee, and such bonus amounts will be paid in cash within 2-1/2 months after the end of each fiscal year.

Annual Incentive Compensation. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to participate in an annual cash bonus program maintained for senior executive officers of the Company (the “Annual Incentive Program” or the “Plan”), with a minimum target annual bonus equal to 75% of Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”) for each year during the Employment Period in which Executive participates in the Annual Incentive Program; provided, however, that any bonus related to calendar year 2016 # shall be prorated for the period between the Effective Date and December 31, 2016, and # shall not be less than the full amount of the bonus for the prorated period, as calculated per the terms of the Company’s existing Performance Bonus Plan. The actual amount of the annual bonus earned by and payable to Executive for any year or portion of a year, as applicable, shall be determined upon the satisfaction of goals and objectives established by the Compensation Committee pursuant to the Plan, and shall be subject to such other terms and conditions of the Annual Incentive Program as in effect from time to time, provided that all awards shall be designed in a manner such that the annual bonus will be treated as “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”). Each bonus paid under the Annual Incentive Program shall be paid to Executive no later than March 15th of the calendar year following the calendar year for which the bonus is earned.

Cash Incentive Bonus: You will continue to be eligible to receive annual bonus compensation under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s annual cash incentive program based on the achievement of goals established by the Compensation Committee and/or the Board from time-to-time. For 2023, your target bonus opportunity under the program will be equal to 70% of your annual base salary amount.

Annual Incentive Bonus Plan. With respect to each year during Executive’s employment hereunder, Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual cash incentive bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) pursuant to the terms of the 2014 Annual Incentive Compensation Plan or any successor plan thereto, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Annual Incentive Plan”). Executive’s target incentive opportunity under the Annual Incentive Plan shall be 80% of Base Salary (as at the beginning of the applicable performance period). Executive has been determined by the Committee (as defined in the Annual Incentive Plan) to be a Participant (as defined in the Annual Incentive Plan) under the Annual Incentive Plan, and Executive’s Performance Goals (as defined in the Annual Incentive Plan) shall be determined by the Committee (as defined in the Annual Incentive Plan) in accordance with Section 5 of the Annual Incentive Plan (or the corresponding section of any successor plan). The Annual Bonus for a year (if any) shall be paid to Executive in accordance with Section 6 of the Annual Incentive Plan (or the corresponding section of any successor plan).

You will be eligible to receive a discretionary annual cash bonus having a payout at the target level of performance of fifty percent (50%) of your Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”) for each calendar year that you are employed by the Company, payable during the first calendar quarter of the year following the year to which the bonus relates, subject to your continued employment through the payment date. Such bonus will be subject to your successful achievement of performance goals set by the CEO or the Board (or committee thereof), in their sole discretion, including, without limitation, goals based on the operating results of the Group or your individual performance.

In this position, your base salary will be $225,000 per year, payable (less payroll deductions and all required withholdings) in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll policies. Your target bonus for each fiscal year will be fifty percent (50%) of your base salary, for a total cash compensation target of $337,500, provided that you may earn a bonus of up to a maximum of seventy percent (70%) of your base salary. Your base salary and bonus will be prorated for any partial fiscal year of your employment with the Company. The Board will determine the financial targets that will govern bonus payouts, consistent with the targets and structure of the Incentive Compensation Plan adopted by the Company for a given fiscal year. Payouts of the bonus will be made in accordance with the terms of the applicable Incentive Compensation Plan. During your employment, you will also be eligible to participate in the benefit programs made available to Company executives, in accordance with the terms of such plans and as such plans or programs may be in effect from time to time, and to earn accrued vacation in accordance with the Company’s vacation policies as in effect from time to time.

Annual Incentive Compensation. Employee shall receive an annual incentive bonus opportunity payable each September after the close of the fiscal year, at a target of 30% of base compensation and variable from 0% to 200% of target based on a combination of the achievement of certain financial metrics and individual performance against individual strategic goals set by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Employer. For fiscal year 2017, (July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017) the Employee shall receive an annual incentive of no less than the pro-rated 100% target, based on results achieved, which will be pro-rated to the Effective Date.

•Your cash bonus opportunity is 80% of your annual base salary. The achievement of the cash bonus will be dependent upon Company and individual performance and can range from 0% to 200% of target. Bonuses are determined after year-end, subject to approval by the Compensation Committee, and are typically paid in February. Your first eligible cash bonus opportunity will be for fiscal year 2024, which, if performance is achieved, will be paid in February 2025. You will not be eligible to receive a cash bonus for performance in fiscal year 2023.

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