Board Discretion. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, each Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award. The terms of each Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat Participants uniformly.

Board Resolutions. Duly executed resolution of the board of directors of Seller, substantially in the form attached as [Schedule 3.2.1(i)] hereto;

BOARD APPROVAL. If the Shares covered by this Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan as last approved by the Board, then this award shall be void with respect to such excess shares, unless Board approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. If Shares covered by this Agreement are granted prior to any required approval of the Plan by the Board of the Company, any such grant shall be subject to the condition subsequent of such Board approval but shall be deemed effective as of the Grant Date as listed in the Grant Notice.

Board Action. The Board, acting in its absolute discretion, has the right to grant Options to Eligible Employees, Directors and Consultants under this Plan from time to time. Each grant of an Option to an Eligible Employee, Director or Consultant will be evidenced by an Option Certificate, and each Option Certificate will set forth the number of Shares that may be purchased under the Option, the Option Price, and such additional terms and conditions of such grant (including, without limitation, vesting requirements) as may be determined by the Board.

Directors are expected to prepare for, attend, and contribute meaningfully in all Board and applicable committee meetings in order to discharge their obligations. Consistent with their fiduciary duties, directors are expected to maintain the confidentiality of the Board and its committee’s deliberations in accordance with SEC, NASDAQ and FINRA requirements.

The Board develops and maintains a process whereby the Board, its committees and its members are subject to annual evaluation and self-assessment. The Corporate Governance Committee oversees this process.

During calendar year 2022, each non-employee member of the Board was entitled to receive an aggregate of $140,000 in cash and restricted stock. The cash portion of the compensation was paid quarterly in $12,500 increments. The remainder of such compensation was paid in restricted shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, and vested on December 31, 2022 to individuals who were on the Board on December 31, 2022.

“Continuing Manager” means any member of the Board who: # was a member of the Board at the Effective Time; or # becomes a member of the Board following the approval of a majority of the Continuing Managers who were members of the Board at the time of such approval.

The Bank shall pay to the Executive an annual base salary of $130,000 payable in equal semi-monthly installments or at such other intervals as shall be agreed upon by the parties. This compensation shall be subject to any required or authorized deductions. The Executive's annual base salary may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the normal business practices of the Bank, as determined by the President / CEO and, if so adjusted, the obligation of the Bank hereunder to pay the Executive's annual base salary shall thereafter relate to such adjusted annual base salary. Compensation of the Executive by annual base salary payments shall not prevent the Executive from participating in any other compensation or benefit plan of the Bank in which the Executive is entitled to participate, and participation in any such other compensation or benefit plan shall not in any way limit or reduce the obligation of the Bank to pay the Executive's annual base salary hereunder.

Compensation. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled, for the duties to be performed by it hereunder, to a fee of $2,500.00, which fee shall be paid upon execution of this Agreement by the Company. In addition, the Company shall be obligated to reimburse Escrow Agent for all fees, costs and expenses incurred or that become due in connection with this Agreement or the Escrow Account, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. Neither the modification, cancellation, termination or rescission of this Agreement nor the resignation or termination of the Escrow Agent shall affect the right of the Escrow Agent to retain the amount of any fee which has been paid, or to be reimbursed or paid any amount which has been incurred or becomes due, prior to the effective date of any such modification, cancellation, termination, resignation or rescission. To the extent the Escrow Agent has incurred any such expenses, or any such fee becomes due, prior to any disbursements hereunder, the Escrow Agent shall advise the Transaction Parties that the Escrow Agent shall retain the funds from such disbursement and shall thereafter have the right to retain such funds.