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Annual Equity Award
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Annual Equity Award. Each year, the Board or Compensation Committee will grant each continuing Non-Employee Director # a stock option to purchase 6,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Annual Option Grant”) and # an award of 3,000 Restricted Stock Units (“Annual RSU”). Subject to the such Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service, each Annual Option Grant shall vest in equal increments monthly over a period of twelve months from the first day of the month following the date of grant. Each Annual RSU shall vest in full on March 1st of the year following the year in which the Annual RSU is granted. To be eligible to receive an Annual Grant, a Non-Employee Director must have # served on the Board as of December 31 of the prior year, or # served on the Board for six (6) or more months by the date of the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders.

Annual Equity Award. With respect to each Company fiscal year that ends during the Term, commencing in fiscal year 2023, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual equity compensation award with respect to an aggregate target number of shares of [[Novanta:Organization]] common stock equal to the quotient of # a dollar amount determined by the Committee or the Board in its discretion, divided by # the closing price per share of [[Novanta:Organization]] common stock on the grant date (each such award, an “Annual Equity Award”). The form of each Annual Equity Award (i.e., options, restricted stock units, performance stock units or other equity-based compensation awards), and the terms and conditions of each Annual Equity Award shall be determined by the Committee or the Board in its discretion and shall be set forth in one or more written award agreements between [[Novanta:Organization]] and the Executive; provided that each Annual Equity Award shall be granted at the same time (generally, in February of the fiscal year in question) as, and, except as set forth in this Agreement, shall be subject to the same vesting schedule (including performance vesting) and other general terms and conditions as, annual equity awards made to other senior executives of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for fiscal year 2023, it will be recommended to the Committee or the Board, as applicable, that the Executive’s Annual Equity Award have a minimum dollar amount of $640,000.

Equity Award. The Executive will be eligible [[Organization A:Organization]] receive equity awards, if any, at such times and on such terms and conditions as the Board shall, in its sole discretion, determine.

Annual Equity Award. A person who is a Non-Employee Director immediately following each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders and who will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director following such annual meeting shall be automatically granted, on the second market trading day following the date of each such annual meeting, a restricted share unit award with a grant date value equal to $150,000 (the “Annual Equity Award”). The Annual Equity Award shall vest on the earlier of the first anniversary date of the grant date or the date of the Company’s next subsequent annual meeting of stockholders following the grant date.

Pro-Rated Annual Equity Award. On the date of a person’s initial appointment as a Non-Employee Director (or, if such date is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), and provided such person has not otherwise received an Annual Equity Award for the relevant year under Section 3(a), the Non-Employee Director shall be automatically granted a restricted share unit award with a grant date value equal to $160,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 365 less the number of days that have elapsed since the date of the Company’s last annual meeting of stockholders and the Non-Employee Director’s date of initial appointment, and the denominator of which is 365 (the “Pro-Rated Award”). The Pro-Rated Award shall vest on the date of the Company’s next subsequent annual meeting of stockholders following the date of the Non-Employee Director’s appointment to the Board.

Pro-Rated Annual Equity Award. On the date of a person’s initial appointment as a Non-Employee Director (or, if such date is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), and provided such person has not otherwise received an Annual Equity Award for the relevant year under Section 3(a), the Non-Employee Director shall be automatically granted a restricted share unit award with a grant date value equal to $150,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 365 less the number of days that have elapsed since the date of the Company’s last annual meeting of stockholders and the Non-Employee Director’s date of initial appointment, and the denominator of which is 365 (the “Pro-Rated Award”). The Pro-Rated Award shall vest on the date of the Company’s next subsequent annual meeting of stockholders following the date of the Non-Employee Director’s appointment to the Board.

Annual Equity Award. Each Non-Employee Director shall be entitled to an annual grant of Restricted Stock Units under the Plan covering shares of Common Stock with a grant date Fair Market Value of $130,000 (the “Annual Equity Award”). The Annual Equity Award shall be granted as of the next business day after the date of the Company’s annual stockholders meeting, without any requirement of additional Board action in connection therewith, and will vest on the first to occur of # date of the Company’s next regular annual stockholders meeting in the year following the year of grant, # the date of the Non-Employee Director’s Separation from Service due to death or Disability, or # the date of a Change in Control, subject to continued service as a Non-Employee Director through the applicable vesting date. Any Annual Equity Award that does not vest on or prior to the date of the Non-Employee Director’s Separation from Service shall be immediately forfeited. The Restricted Stock Units shall be granted pursuant and subject to the terms set forth in the written agreement previously approved by the Board and duly executed by an executive officer of the Company. Unless a deferral election is made as provided below, the Restricted Stock Units will be distributed in actual shares of Common Stock, or, at the Company’s election, cash, in either case promptly (within 30 days) upon vesting.

Equity Award. Subject to approval by the compensation committee of the Board or a majority of the Company’s Independent Directors as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(a)(2), and as a material inducement to the Executive entering into employment with the Company and serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, on or about the Effective Date, the Company shall grant the Executive:

Equity Award. The Executive will be eligible [[Organization A:Organization]] receive equity awards, if any, at such times and on such terms and conditions as the Board shall, in its sole discretion, determine.

Annual Equity Award. A person who is a Non-Employee Director immediately following each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders and who will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director following such annual meeting shall be automatically granted, on the second market trading day following the date of each such annual meeting, a restricted share unit award with a grant date value equal to $160,000 (the “Annual Equity Award”). The Annual Equity Award shall vest on the earlier of the first anniversary date of the grant date or the date of the Company’s next subsequent annual meeting of stockholders following the grant date.

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