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Discretionary Bonus. For each calendar year during the Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus subject to the terms of the bonus plan established by the Board (the “Annual Bonus”). As of the Effective Date, the Executive’s annual target bonus opportunity shall be equal to 100% of Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”), based on the achievement of performance goals established by the Board. For the 2018 calendar year, Executive will be eligible for a prorated Annual Bonus determined by multiplying the Annual Bonus (if any) by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of days Executive works in calendar year 2018 and the denominator of 365.

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.

Bonus. Executive will be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus of up to % of Executive’s Base Salary. Executive’s annual target bonus percentage, whether Executive receives an annual bonus for any given year, and the amount of any such annual bonus, will be determined by the Board in its sole discretion based upon the Company’s and Executive’s achievement of objectives and milestones to be determined on an annual basis by the Board in consultation with Executive. Bonuses are generally paid by March 15 following the applicable bonus year, and Executive must be an active employee on the date any Annual Bonus is paid in order to earn any such Annual Bonus. Executive will not be eligible for, and will not earn, any Annual Bonus (including a prorated bonus) if Executive’s employment terminates for any reason before the date Annual Bonuses are paid.

Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual target bonus (a “Bonus”) if, as reasonably determined by the Board or, to the extent delegated by the Board, the Committee one or more of the performance targets annually determined by the Board or the Committee (“Performance Targets”) is achieved. If all of the Performance Targets are achieved, the Bonus will equal not less than 40 percent of the Executive’s Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). In the event that less than all of the Performance Targets are met by Executive, the Bonus paid in respect of this paragraph may be less than the Target Bonus. Except as set forth in Section 5(a) hereof, the Executive must be employed by the Company on the day any such earned Bonus is paid which shall be not later than 2½ months after the end of each calendar year. The Executive’s target bonus opportunity as a percentage of Base Salary may be reviewed periodically and adjusted in the sole discretion of the Board. After any such adjustment, the term “Target Bonus” shall refer to the increased amount.

Bonus. During the Employment Period, Executive will participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan applicable to senior executives and thereunder be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus (the “Bonus”) in the amount of 60% of the Base Salary upon achievement of target-level performance (the “Target Bonus”). The actual amount of any Bonus shall be determined pursuant to the annual bonus plan, which shall be determined by the Board. All Bonuses shall be paid in the calendar year following the calendar year to which they relate at the same time bonuses are paid to other senior executives of the Company, and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make payment of any such Bonus by March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year to which such Bonus relates. To the extent any terms of the applicable bonus plan conflict with the terms of this Agreement, the plan’s terms shall control. In addition, the Company may amend, restate or terminate its bonus plan in its sole discretion from time to time and Executive’s receipt of any bonus is subject to meeting eligibility requirements.

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.

Bonus. During the Period of Employment, the Executive will be entitled to participate in a cash bonus program. For any fiscal year of the Company that occurs during the Period of Employment, the bonus program for such fiscal year will be based on certain financial, operational, or other metrics or goals, and may include a component based on the Executive’s individual performance and contributions to the Company, all as determined by the Board (or a committee thereof) in its sole discretion. The Executive’s target bonus for a fiscal year (commencing with fiscal year 2018) shall be 100% of the Executive’s Base Salary for such fiscal year, with the Executive’s actual bonus for any year to be determined by the Board (or a committee thereof). The Executive’s bonus (if any) for a particular fiscal year shall be paid not later than two and one-half months following the end of that fiscal year. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 3, the Executive must be employed by the Company on the date that the Company actually pays bonuses under such program for a particular fiscal year in order to be considered for and to have earned his bonus (if any) for such fiscal year.

Bonus. With respect to each fiscal year that ends during the Employment Term, commencing with fiscal year 2024, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a bonus in such amounts and based upon achievement of such corporate and/or individual performance and other criteria as shall be approved by the Compensation Committee from time to time, with a target amount, if such performance and other criteria are achieved, of eighty-five percent (85%) of the Base Salary (the “Target Bonus Amount”), which bonus shall be paid in a manner consistent with the Company’s bonus practices then in effect. The Target Bonus Amount and the maximum payout for any subsequent renewal Term of the Agreement shall be determined by the Compensation Committee. To be eligible to receive a bonus, the Executive must be employed by the Company on the date the bonus is paid.

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.

Annual Bonus. In addition to his Base Compensation, Executive shall be eligible to receive each year during the Term, a cash incentive payment (“Bonus”) in an amount determined by the Board based on Executive’s individual performance, the performance of Company and performance goals established by the Board. The target Bonus shall be an amount equal to 75% of Executive’s Base Compensation in effect at the time the Bonus is determined (“Target Bonus”). Such Bonus, if any, shall be paid not later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Bonus was earned. Except as otherwise stated expressly in this Agreement, Executive must be employed with Company through December 31 of the calendar year during which the Bonus is earned to receive any part of the Bonus payment.

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