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Annual LTIP Option Award
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Annual LTIP Option Award. For each fiscal year of the Company, except as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, the Annual LTIP Option Award with respect to each Participant # shall vest as to one-fourth of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Annual LTIP Option Award on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant Date, subject to the Participant’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting date (except as may be otherwise provided in the Award Agreement), and # shall have such other terms and conditions as shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement approved by the Committee.

Annual LTIP PSU Award. For each fiscal year of the Company, the Annual LTIP PSU Award with respect to each Participant # shall vest based on performance criteria determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, which criteria may include (without limitation) targeted or growth of revenue, cash flow, earnings per share, earnings before one or more of interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, return on equity, income or net income, operating income or net operating income, gross margin, operating margin, or profit margin; # shall provide a target percentage range for the actual number of LTIP PSUs that may become vested, based on the level of achievement of the foregoing or other performance measure(s), as determined by the Committee; # may provide that the payout based on the actual number of LTIP PSUs be modified based on performance criteria determined by the Committee; and # have such other terms and conditions as shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement approved by the Committee.

New Hires and Promotions. For new hires and promotions of individuals, Annual LTIP RSU Awards, Annual LTIP PSU Awards and/or Annual LTIP Option Awards shall be made based on the determination of the Committee upon the recommendation of the CEO as to # whether or not the individual will participate in the LTIP during the year of hire or promotion, # the applicable Aggregate Target Value, # whether or not the Aggregate Target Value shall be prorated based on the hiring or promotion date of such individual, # whether or not the Aggregate Target Value shall be reduced by any other award made to such individual during the applicable year (e.g., a previous annual award or a new hire recruitment award), # the actual number of LITP RSU Awards, LTIP PSU Awards and/or Annual LTIP Option Awards to be granted, and # the first vesting date for any Annual LTIP RSU Award or Annual LTIP Option Award.

Annual Equity Grants. Each fiscal year of the Company, with respect to each Executive Participant other than the CEO, # 33% of the Participant’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an annual award (the “Annual LTIP RSU Award”) in the form of restricted stock units with time-based vesting requirements, paid out in shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “LTIP RSUs”), # 33% of the Participant’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an annual award (the “Annual LTIP PSU Award”) in the form of restricted stock units with performance-based vesting requirements, paid out in shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “LTIP PSUs”), and # 33% of the Participant’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an annual award (the “Annual LTIP Option Award”) in the form of nonqualified stock options with time-based vesting requirements (“LTIP Options”). Each fiscal year of the Company, with respect to the CEO, # 25% of the CEO’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an Annual LTIP RSU Award in the form of LTIP RSUs, # 50% of the CEO’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an Annual LTIP PSU Award in the form of LTIP PSUs, and # 25% of the CEO’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an Annual LTIP Option Award in the form of LTIP Options. Each fiscal year of the Company, with respect to each Other Participant, 100% of the Participant’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an Annual LTIP RSU Award in the form of LTIP RSUs.

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 AWARD. The Committee shall establish the amount of the annual award or awards to be granted to each Participant. These awards will be granted for attainment of annual, calendar year, goals. Any annual awards made to Participants under the Plan will be performance-based compensation to the maximum extent possible subject to the attainment of pre-established objective performance goals established by the Committee.

Option Award. Subject to the approval and sole discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, Employee shall be granted a non-qualified option (the “Option”) to acquire 100,000 shares of common stock (the “Shares”), which shall be subject to the terms of the Company’s 2015 Stock Option Plan or 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, in each case as amended from time to time, and any associated equity and/or grant agreement required to be entered into by Employee and the Company. The Shares will be subject to a performance-based vesting schedule to be determined by the Compensation Committee in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer. The exercise price of the Shares shall be determined on the first or fifteenth of the month following the Compensation Committee’s approval of the Option.

Annual Award Limits. Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the following Annual Award Limits, subject to any adjustment under Section 4.5. The maximum number of Shares with respect to which Options or other Awards may be granted to any Non-employee Director in any calendar year shall not exceed 10,000. The maximum number of Shares with respect to which Options or SARs may be granted to any Employee who is a Participant in any calendar year shall be 2,000,000 Shares. For any Awards other than Options or SARs and that are denominated in Shares, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be delivered pursuant to such Awards granted in any calendar year shall be 400,000 Shares for any Employee who is a Participant. For any Awards that are denominated in cash, the maximum aggregate amount of cash that may be paid with respect to all such Awards granted in any calendar year shall be $20,000,000 for any Employee who is a Participant.

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 Incentive Award.Annual Incentive Award” shall mean the annual incentive compensation (including for this purpose any long term performance share awards, restricted stock, stock options or any other equity based award) paid or payable or granted during the applicable fiscal year or any award to the extent specified by the Committee in the relevant award agreement or any other equity based awards in each case paid or payable or granted in lieu of annual non-equity incentive compensation for that fiscal year; provided further that, # the grant date fair value of any equity based award granted as annual incentive compensation shall be included in the computation of the annual incentive amounts paid or granted in any applicable fiscal year based upon the grant date fair value of such award for accounting purposes and # any dividend equivalents paid or payable with respect to such an equity based award shall not be considered annual incentive compensation.

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