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Award” means an Annual Incentive Award under the Plan, whether in the form of cash, stock, restricted stock, stock units or other forms of stock-based awards, or any combination thereof, provided that any such stock-based awards shall be issued pursuant to and be subject to the terms and conditions of the Stock Plan.

Eligibility. Non-statutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, Performance Shares, Other Stock-Based Awards, or Performance Cash Awards may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees only.

Additional Limitations for Other Stock-Based Awards. The terms of all Awards granted to a California Participant under Section 8 of the Plan shall comply, to the extent applicable, with Sections 260.140.42, 260.140.45 and 260.140.46 of the California Code of Regulations.

Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Performance-Based Awards to a Plan participant in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.

This Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) has been established to advance the interests of Planet Fitness, Inc. (the “Company”) by providing for the grant of Cash Incentive Awards (as defined below) to eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, including Cash Incentive Awards intended to qualify for the performance-based compensation exemption (“Exempt Cash Incentive Awards”) under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (Section 162(m) of the Code, together with the regulations thereunder, “[Section 162](m)”), to the extent applicable.

Performance Award” means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 7, to receive Awards or cash settled payments based upon performance criteria specified by the Administrator.

The Committee may grant long term performance cash awards to any Participant in its sole discretion. Payment of cash awards will be based on the attainment of specified performance goals over a designated performance period in excess of one year. Performance awards for the Chief Executive Officer, the other four highest compensated officers of the Company and such other senior executives as designated by the Committee are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and shall be made in accordance with the requirements thereof. Performance goals for this purpose will be based on objective criteria specifically defined by the Committee on a Company, business unit or peer group comparison basis, which may include or exclude specified items of an unusual or nonrecurring nature and are based on one or more of the following: earnings per share, net income, return on assets, return on sales, return on capital, return on equity, return on revenue, cash flow, cost reduction, total shareholder return, economic value added, cash flow return on investment, and cash value added.

AUTHORITY TO GRANT RESTRICTED CASH AWARDS. From time to time, the Board or the Plan Administrator may grant a Restricted Cash Award to any Eligible Employee.

"Performance-Based Awards" means certain Other Stock-Based Awards granted pursuant to [Section 9(b)].

Treatment of Equity Awards with Performance-Based Vesting. Upon a Change in Control, any equity award with performance-based vesting held by the Executive shall be deemed earned either at target or based on actual achievement of the performance metric, if higher, but the shares deemed earned shall remain subject to time-based vesting over the remaining performance measurement period.

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