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Base Salary. The Executive shall receive a yearly Base Salary under this Agreement established as of the Effective Date. The Executive’s Base Salary will be paid by in substantially equal bi-weekly installments. The Base Salary will be reviewed annually by the CEO in coordination with the Compensation Committee and upon such review the Base Salary may be increased by the CEO in coordination with the Compensation Committee (but subject to any applicable policy, law, or exchange listing requirement); provided, however, the Base Salary under this Agreement, including as subsequently adjusted upwards, may not be decreased thereafter except in the case of an across-the-board percentage reduction in base salaries of executives at the Executive’s level affecting such executives equally. All amounts payable to the Executive under this Agreement will be subject to all required withholding by .

Annual Base Salary. The Executive shall be paid an annual base salary ("Annual Base Salary"), in equal biweekly installments or otherwise in accordance with the Company’s then-current payroll practice, at least equal to the annual rate of base salary being paid to the Executive by the Company and its Affiliated Companies as of the Effective Date. The Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually and shall be increased substantially consistent with increases in base salary generally awarded to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term "Annual Base Salary" as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so increased.

Annual Base Salary. The Executive shall be paid an annual base salary ("Annual Base Salary"), in equal biweekly installments or otherwise in accordance with the Company’s then-current payroll practice, at least equal to the annual rate of base salary being paid to the Executive by the Company and its Affiliated Companies as of the Effective Date. The Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually and shall be increased substantially consistent with increases in base salary generally awarded to other peer executives of the Company and its Affiliated Companies. Such increases shall in no event be less than the increases in the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index - U.S. City Average Index. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term "Annual Base Salary" as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so increased.

Base Salary. For services rendered by the Executive under this Agreement during the Employment Period, the Company shall pay to the Executive an annual base salary (“Base Salary”), evenly paid twice a month or on such other schedule as salaried employees of the Company are generally and regularly compensated. Effective as of January 1, 2023, through the term of this Agreement, the Base Salary shall be at the rate of no less than $650,000 per year.

Base Salary. The Company shall pay to the Executive for the performance of his duties under this Agreement an initial base salary of $525,000 per year (the “Base Salary”), payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices. Thereafter, the rate of the Executive’s Base Salary will be reviewed and adjusted as appropriate in accordance with the Company’s regular compensation review practices. Effective as of the date of any such increase, the Base Salary so increased shall be considered the new Base Salary for all purposes of this Agreement.

Base Salary. Employer shall pay to Executive an annual base salary for all services to be rendered by Executive under this Agreement of $463,500 (the "Base Salary"), which Base Salary shall be paid in accordance with Employer's normal payroll schedule, procedures and policies (which schedule, procedures and policies may be modified from time to time) and subject to applicable deductions as required by law. Employer shall review Executive's salary on an annual basis and may, in its discretion, consider and declare from time to time increases in the Base Salary that it pays Executive. Any and all increases in Executive's salary pursuant to this section shall cause the level of Base Salary to be increased by the amount of each such increase for purposes of this Agreement. The increased level of Base Salary as provided in this section shall become the level of Base Salary for the remainder of the term of this Agreement unless there is a further increase in Base Salary as provided herein.

Section # Base Salary. [[Organization A:Organization]] shall pay to the Executive a base salary of not less than the amount specified on [Schedule 1], subject to annual review and raises in such base salary. The base salary may be changed by action of [[Organization A:Organization]]'s Board of Directors, and such changes shall thereafter be included in the Executive's base salary as defined for purposes of this Agreement and [[Organization A:Organization]]'s bonus plan.

For purposes of this Agreement, the foregoing amounts which are payable during any calendar year shall be defined as the Executive's "Base Salary". The Base Salary will be paid in installments at regular intervals as is in keeping with the Company's established payroll schedule. Executive further acknowledges that he has not been promised or guaranteed that his salary will remain the same or increase by any particular amount during the term of this Agreement. The Executive will be given annual periodic performance evaluations in which the Base Salary will be evaluated and negotiated to determine when and if there will be an increase.

Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) at an annual rate at least equal to 12 times the highest monthly base salary paid or payable, including any base salary that has been earned but deferred, to the Executive by the Company and or the applicable Affiliated Entity in respect of the one-year period immediately preceding the month in which the Effective Date occurs. The Annual Base Salary shall be paid at such intervals as the Company or the applicable Affiliated Entity pays executive salaries generally. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually, beginning no more than 12 months after the last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the Effective Date. Any increase in the Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. The Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term “Annual Base Salary” shall refer to the Annual Base Salary as so increased.

Base Salary. shall pay to Executive a base salary (“Base Salary”) at a gross rate of $[—] per annum, payable in substantially equal installments in accordance with the payroll policies from time to time in effect at . Executive’s Base Salary may be subject to increase (but shall not be subject to decrease) on an annual basis as the Board of Directors shall determine.

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