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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.

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.

Annual Equity Grant. Each Non-Employee Director who is serving on the Board as of each meeting of the Company’s stockholders and will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director immediately following such meeting shall automatically receive an annual equity grant under the 2016 Plan having a grant date fair value of $250,000 as of the date of grant (the “Annual Equity Grant”) as of the date of each annual meeting of stockholders. The Non-Employee Director may elect to receive the Annual Equity Grant in the form of # 100% stock options, # 100% restricted stock awards, # 100% restricted stock units, # 50% stock options and 50% restricted stock awards or # 50% stock options and 50% restricted stock units (the “Annual Grant Election”). The number of options granted will be calculated using # a grant-date stock price equal to the 45-trading day trailing average at the closing on the grant date and # the applicable Black-Scholes ratio. The number of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units granted will be calculated using a grant-date stock price equal to the 45-trading day trailing average at the closing on the grant date. The stock options, restricted stock awards or restricted stock units, as applicable, subject to the Annual Equity Grant shall vest in substantially equal quarterly installments through the first anniversary of the date of the grant or, if earlier, on the date of the next annual meeting (the “Annual Vesting Schedule”), in either case, subject to such Non-Employee Director’s continued service on the Board through such vesting date. If a Non-Employee Director is first elected to the Board other than on the date of the annual stockholder meeting, such Non-Employee Director shall receive an Annual Equity Grant as of the date of first being appointed to the Board that will be prorated based on the number of days remaining between his or her election and the next anticipated annual stockholder meeting. Such Non-Employee Director’s stock options, restricted stock awards or restricted stock units, as applicable, shall vest with respect to a pro-rated portion of the Annual Equity Grant on the first vesting date following the date such Non-Employee Director joins the Board (based on the time served before such vesting date) and thereafter in accordance with the Annual Vesting Schedule as if such Director had been serving on the Board from the applicable annual meeting , subject to such Non-Employee Director’s continued service on the Board through such vesting date. For purposes of clarity, a Non-Employee Director elected on the date of the annual stockholder meeting will receive both the Initial Equity Grant and the Annual Equity Grant.

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.

Annual Awards. A Non-Employee Director who will begin serving or will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director immediately following any annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders after the Effective Date (an “Annual Meeting”) shall be automatically granted, on the date of such Annual Meeting, an award of restricted stock units (a “Annual Award”) with respect to that number of shares of Company common stock calculated by dividing # $275,000 by # the per share Fair Market Value (as defined in the Equity Plan) of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, rounded down to the next whole number of shares.

Annual Awards. A Non-Employee Director who will begin serving or will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director immediately following any annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders after the Effective Date (an “Annual Meeting”) shall be automatically granted, on the date of such Annual Meeting, an award of restricted stock units (a “Annual Award”) with respect to that number of shares of Company common stock calculated by dividing # $175,000 by # the per share Fair Market Value (as defined in the Equity Plan) of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, rounded down to the next whole number of shares.

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”) after the IPO 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 $100,000 (as determined based on the average trading price of the shares of common stock for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of grant 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, a Non-Employee Director elected for the first time to the Board at an Annual Meeting shall receive only an Annual Award in connection with such election, and shall not receive any Partial Year Annual Award (as defined below) on the date of such Annual Meeting as well.

Annual Awards. A Non-Employee Director who has served at least six (6) months prior to, and will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director immediately following, any annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders after the Effective Date (an “Annual Meeting”) shall be automatically granted, on the date of such Annual Meeting, an award of restricted stock units (a “Annual Award”) with respect to that number of shares of Company common stock calculated by dividing # $180,000 by # the per share Fair Market Value (as defined in the Equity Plan) of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, rounded down to the next whole number of shares.

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”) after the Company consummates its initial public offering 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 option to purchase a number of shares of common stock at a per-share exercise price equal to the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of such Annual Meeting (or on the last preceding trading day if the date of the Annual Meeting is not a trading day) that have an aggregate Grant Date Value on the date of grant of $100,000 (subject to adjustment as provided in the Equity Plan) and # restricted stock units with an aggregate value on the date of grant of $100,000 (with the number of shares of common stock underlying each such award subject to adjustment as provided in the Equity Plan). The awards described in this [Section 3(b)] shall be referred to as the “Annual Awards.” For the avoidance of doubt, a Non-Employee Director elected for the first time to the Board at an Annual Meeting shall receive only an Annual Award in connection with such election, and shall not receive any Initial Award on the date of such Annual Meeting as well.

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