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Annual Bonus. Executive shall be eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus based on Executive’s achievement of performance objectives established by the Board or its Compensation Committee upon recommendation of the CEO, such bonus to be targeted at 40% of Executive’s Annual Base Salary (the “Annual Bonus”). If your initial date of employment is after April 1st of the applicable year, your performance bonus will be prorated to reflect your service. If you are hired after October 1st, you will not be eligible for a performance bonus in the year that you are hired. You must be employed at the Company at the time bonuses are paid to be eligible to receive such bonus. Any Annual Bonus approved by the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board shall be paid at the same time annual bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company generally, subject to Executive’s continuous employment through the date of approval.

Annual Bonus. In addition to Base Salary, the Executive will be eligible to earn a Bonus for each fiscal year ending during the Protected Period. For each such Bonus, the Target Opportunity will be at least equal to the target opportunity for which the Executive is eligible for the fiscal year in which the Change in Control occurs, as such target opportunity has been established by the Company for such year under the Company’s annual bonus plan, or any comparable successor plan. If the Company has not yet established a Target Opportunity for the Executive for the fiscal year in which the Change in Control occurs, then the Target Opportunity shall be at least equal to the last such target opportunity established by the Company for the Executive. Each such Bonus will be paid no later than 2-1/2 months following the end of the fiscal year for which the Bonus is awarded, unless the Executive has elected to defer receipt of all or part of the Bonus pursuant to a deferral plan sponsored by the Company.

Annual Reports. Within ninety (90) days after the close of each of the Company’s fiscal years (or such earlier date on which such statements are required to be filed with the Commission), annual audited consolidated financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries, including a consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such period, related statement of consolidated income, statement of consolidated shareowners’ equity, and statement of cash flows, all prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, accompanied by an unqualified audit report of independent auditors acceptable to the Lenders;

Annual Grant. Each Director will be granted annually an Option with a grant-date value of approximately $115,000 determined using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model and a Restricted Stock Unit Award with a grant-date value of approximately $115,000, in each case rounded down to the nearest whole share. The Restricted Stock Units granted under this Section 7(a) shall be in addition to any RSUs granted to any Director pursuant to Section 6.

Annual Bonus. In addition to Annual Base Salary, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this paragraph (b), the Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period an annual cash bonus (the "Annual Bonus") equal to a percentage of his Annual Base Salary. Such percentage shall be substantially consistent with the targeted percentages generally awarded to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies, but at least equal to the higher of # the percentage obtained by dividing his targeted annual bonus for the then current fiscal year by his then Annual Base Salary or # the average percentage of his annual base salary (as in effect for the applicable years) that was paid or payable, including by reason of any deferral, to the Executive by the Company and its Affiliated Companies as an annual bonus (however described, including as annual incentive compensation) for each of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the Effective Date occurs (or, if higher, for each of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which a Change of Control occurs, if a Change of Control occurs following the Effective Date). For the purposes of any calculation required to be made under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, an annual bonus shall be annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve full months or with respect to which the Executive was employed for, and received pro-rated annual incentive compensation with respect to, less than the full twelve months, and, if the Executive has not been employed for the full duration of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the year in which the Effective Date occurs, the average shall be calculated over the duration of the Executive's employment in such period. Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than the end of the second month of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded, unless the Executive otherwise elects to defer the receipt of such Annual Bonus in accordance with a deferred compensation plan of the Company or its Affiliated Companies that complies with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The foregoing provisions of this paragraph # shall be qualified by the following terms and conditions. If # as of the end of any fiscal year during the Employment Period the Executive is a “Covered Employee” as defined in Code Section 162(m), (B) Code Section 162(m) remains in effect as of the end of such fiscal year and as of such date is applicable to the payment of an Annual Bonus for such fiscal year and # the Executive participated for such fiscal year in an Annual Incentive Plan (as hereinafter defined), the Annual Bonus for such fiscal year shall be paid to the Executive pursuant to the Annual Incentive Plan, rather than in accordance with the first four sentences of this paragraph (b), in the amount, at the time and upon the other terms and conditions specified in such Annual Incentive Plan; provided, however, that if a Change of Control occurs before such payment is made, the Executive shall be paid, in lieu of such amount and on the date on which such Change of Control occurs, as follows: # as the Annual Bonus for such fiscal year, an amount equal to the greater of # the maximum amount payable to the Executive under the Annual Incentive Plan for such fiscal year assuming achievement thereunder of the Corporate Performance Objective (as hereinafter defined) for such fiscal year and # the maximum amount payable in accordance with the first four sentences of this paragraph (b) and (B) as Annual Bonuses for all prior fiscal years ended during the Employment Period, an amount equal to the aggregate amount, if any, by which the maximum amount otherwise payable in accordance with the first four sentences of this paragraph # for all such prior fiscal years exceeds the aggregate amount of all Annual Bonuses previously paid to the Executive for such prior fiscal years pursuant to the Annual Incentive Plan or otherwise under this paragraph (b). If, as of the end of any fiscal year for which an Annual Bonus is payable pursuant to this paragraph (b), the Executive is not, and at any time during the three full fiscal years preceding such date was not, a “Covered Employee” as defined in [Section 162(m)], the Executive shall be paid the Annual Bonus for such fiscal year in accordance with the first four sentences of this paragraph (b); provided, however, that the amount of the Annual Bonus so paid to the Executive shall be reduced by the amount, if any, of the annual cash bonus paid to the Executive for such fiscal year pursuant to an Annual Incentive Plan. For purposes of this paragraph (b), “Annual Incentive Plan” means an annual cash incentive compensation plan of the Company that # is intended to result in, and, in the opinion of a nationally reputable law firm having significant experience with Code Section 162(m), does result in, the payment of qualified performance-based compensation for purposes of Code Section 162(m) (assuming solely for this purpose achievement of the Corporate Performance Objective to which the payment of such compensation is subject), # conditions the payment of all compensation pursuant thereto on the achievement of a Corporate Performance Objective that is generally applicable to all participants in such plan, and # is administered, and includes a Corporate Performance Objective that is selected, in a manner that is consistent in all material respects with past practice as applied to the most recent annual cash incentive compensation plan of the Company that was in effect prior to the date of this Agreement (December 31, 2009) for which the applicable Corporate Performance Objective was achieved. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Corporate Performance Objective” to which any payment of compensation is subject shall mean the objective performance objective which is selected and established by the Compensation Committee of the Board for purposes of making such payment fully deductible for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Code Section 162(m).

Annual Award. On the first Trading Day immediately following each Annual Meeting of the Company’s stockholders (an “Annual Meeting”) that occurs after the Effective Date, each Outside Director who has been serving as an Outside Director for at least six (6) months as of the date of such Annual Meeting automatically will be granted an award of Options (an “Annual Award”) to purchase a number of Shares having a Value of $379,000, with any resulting fraction rounded down to the nearest whole Share. Each Annual Award will be scheduled to vest on the earlier of # the one-year anniversary of the date the Annual Award is granted or # the day prior to the date of the Annual Meeting next following the date the Annual Award is granted, in each case, subject to the Outside Director continuing to be Service Provider through the applicable vesting date.

Annual Retainers. Each Non-Employee Director shall receive an annual retainer of $75,000 for service on the Board. Each Non-Employee Director shall also receive $5,000 annually in addition to the annual retainer for serving as a Board Chair for one of the three (3) established Board Committees: Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Annual Awards. Each Non-Employee Director who # serves on the Board as of the date of any annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (an “Annual Meeting”) and # will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director immediately following such Annual Meeting shall be automatically granted, on the date of such Annual Meeting, an award of restricted stock units that have an aggregate fair value on the date of such Annual Meeting of $200,000 (as determined in accordance with ASC 718 and with the number of shares of common stock underlying such award subject to adjustment as provided in the Equity Plan). The awards described in this Section 2(a) shall be referred to as the “Annual Awards.” For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company’s Annual Meeting does not occur by June 30 of each calendar year, each Non-Employee Director shall be automatically granted an Annual Award on June 30.

Annual Bonus. The reference in [Section 3(c)] of the Employment Agreement to “35%” is hereby deleted and replaced with “40%.”

ANNUAL BONUS. During the employment period, the Employee will be eligible for an annual bonus under

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