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Annual Discretionary Bonus Program
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Annual Bonus. For each complete calendar year, Employee shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) of up to 45% of the Base Salary in accordance with Company policy and procedure for granting of a management specified employee bonus, based on achievement of Company and individual performance targets that will be set by the Company as part of the annual budget process and within the Company’s sole discretion. The determination as to whether applicable targets have been achieved, and whether and to what extent any Annual Bonus is to be paid with respect to such targets, shall be made in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company. Any Annual Bonus so determined shall be paid in the month of March following the applicable bonus year, no later than March 31, less such deductions as are required by law or that Employee may elect in accordance with Company policy and procedure. Employee must be fully and actively employed as of the payment date and must not have provided notice of termination for any reason prior to the payment date to be entitled to the Annual Bonus. The Annual Bonus shall be reviewed at least annually by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and may increase (but not decrease) at the Board’s sole and absolute discretion.

“(c) Annual Bonus. For each complete calendar year starting with the year ended 2023, Employee shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus of up to 50% of the Base Salary in accordance with Company policy and procedure for granting of a management specified employee bonus, based on achievement of Company and individual performance targets that will be set by the Company as part of the annual budget process and within the Company’s sole discretion (the “Annual Bonus”). The determination as to whether applicable targets have been achieved, and whether and to what extent any Annual Bonus is to be paid with respect to such targets, shall be made in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company. Any Annual Bonus so determined shall be paid in the month of March following the applicable bonus year, no later than March 31, less such deductions as are required by law or that Employee may elect in accordance with Company policy and procedure. Employee must be fully and actively employed as of the payment date and must not have provided notice of termination for any reason prior to the payment date to be entitled to the Annual Bonus.”

Annual Bonus. For each complete calendar year, Employee shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) of up to 50% of the Base Salary (the “Annual Bonus Target”) in accordance with the Company’s Annual Incentive Compensation Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. Employee must be fully and actively employed, in good standing, as of the payment date and must not have provided notice of termination for any reason prior to the payment date to be entitled to the Annual Bonus.

Annual Bonus Opportunity. Employee shall be eligible to receive an annual incentive bonus opportunity under the Company’s annual incentive plan for each calendar year included in the Employment Term during which Employee is an employee of the Company, including for calendar year 2022 a full year annual bonus taking into consideration the above Annual Base Salary with such opportunity to be earned based upon attainment of performance objectives established by the Company Board or a committee thereof ("Annual Bonus"). Employee's target Annual Bonus shall be 110% of the Employee's then current Annual Base Salary and Employee’s maximum Annual Bonus shall be 200% of the Employees’ current target Annual Bonus (the Annual Bonus is referred to as the "Annual Bonus Opportunity"). Employee's Annual Bonus Opportunity may be periodically reviewed and increased by the Company. Employee’s Annual Bonus is subject to any Company policy. If owed pursuant [[Organization A:Organization]] terms of the plan, the Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than the March 15th first following the calendar year to which the Annual Bonus relates. Except as otherwise provided otherwise herein or by the Company Board or a committee thereof, no Annual Bonus shall be paid to Employee unless Employee is employed by the Company or an affiliate thereof, on the last day of the measurement period; provided, however, that Employee shall remain eligible for a pro-rata Annual Bonus based on Employee’s period of employment with the Company during the final year of the Employment Term, if the Employment Term ends prior [[Organization A:Organization]] end of the calendar year by the Company’s decision not to renew the Agreement, or by not offering to renew the agreement on substantially similar terms and conditions;

The Employee shall be entitled to a discretionary bonus payment for each calendar year that ends during the Employment, with a target annual bonus amount at 55% of the Base Salary paid in such calendar year (the “Annual Bonus”). Whether to grant an Annual Bonus, and in what amount, are determinations to be made in the discretion of the Company based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, achievement of objectives established by the Board (and/or the Compensation Committee thereof (the “Compensation Committee”)) and specific annual objectives for your position set by the Board and/or the Compensation Committee. Since one of the objectives of the Annual Bonus is employee retention, in order to remain eligible and receive any Annual Bonus, you must be employed through the end of the calendar year and still be employed by the Company at the time it makes bonus payments to employees for that year -- generally during the first quarter of the following year.”

Each calendar year, Executive will be eligible to earn an additional cash bonus with a target bonus of fifty percent (50%) of the Base Salary (the “Annual Bonus”), based upon the Board’s assessment of Executive’s individual performance and the Company’s attainment of targeted goals as set by the Board in its sole discretion. The actual amount of such Annual Bonus will be determined by the Board (or a committee of the Board) in its sole discretion. Your receipt of the Annual Bonus shall be conditioned upon your achievement of performance objectives set by the Board in writing after consultation with you in the applicable calendar year. The Board will determine in its sole discretion whether such performance objectives have been achieved. The Annual Bonus for any given year will be payable between January 1 and March 15 in the year immediately following the year to which the performance relates. An Annual Bonus will not be earned if your employment ends for any reason before the final day of the bonus year.

Annual Bonus. Eligibility for an Annual Bonus is based on financial and performance criteria established by Company and approved in the annual budget, and will be paid no later than March 15 each calendar year following the year in which the Bonus was earned. For Calendar Year 2013, Employee’s Target Bonus shall be $375,000.00; of this amount, $187,500.00 shall be guaranteed, and $187,500.00 shall be based on MBO’s based on Employee’s individual performance, as established by Employee and his manager upon his employment. Subsequent to Calendar Year 2013, Employee’s Target Bonus shall be 100% of his Base Salary. The payment of any Bonus shall be within the Short-Term Deferral period under the Internal Revenue Code Section 409A (“[Section 409A]”) and applicable regulations.

Annual Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, Employee will be eligible for an annual performance bonus, to be payable upon achievement of performance goals and objectives to be mutually agreed upon by the Employee and the Company’s Board of Directors in advance of the relevant performance period. The Employee shall be entitled to twice (2x) the Base Salary in any given year subject to the following performance criteria:

Bonus. For calendar year 2016 and each subsequent calendar year that ends during the Term, Employee will be eligible to receive an annual performance-based cash bonus (the “Annual Bonus”). The payment and amount of any Annual Bonus will be determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee thereof (excluding Employee, if then a Board member), in its sole and absolute discretion, pursuant to the Company’s Executive Annual Incentive Plan or another bonus plan established by the Company, and conditioned upon the achievement of mutually agreed upon objectives for Employee and for the Company established at the beginning of each calendar year, with a target Annual Bonus equal to sixty percent (60%) of the Base Salary for achievement of 100% of the performance objectives. Any dispute regarding whether Employee has met the objectives shall be determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee thereof (excluding Employee, if then a Board member) in the exercise of its sole discretion.

Annual Bonus. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s executive bonus plan, under which a discretionary bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) may be awarded by the Board for each calendar year, payable in cash in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Company’s then applicable short-term bonus or other cash incentive program (each, a “Bonus Program”). The Executive’s aggregate target bonus award for each calendar year will be 30% of his then Base Salary (the “Target Annual Bonus”). The Executive’s actual Annual Bonus may range from a minimum amount of 0% to a maximum of 30% of his Base Salary, and will be determined by the Company and will be contingent upon the attainment of performance goals reasonably established in good faith by the Company. The target date for any Annual Bonus compensation payable to the Executive shall be March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year to which such Annual Bonus relates, subject to the approvals required above. Such Annual Bonuses, if any, are awarded in part to incentivize the Executive to remain in the Company’s employ, therefore it is a condition of any award that the Executive remain employed by the Company through the date the Annual Bonus is paid, except as set forth in Section 5 herein.

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