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Base Annual Retainer. Each year, subject to Section 3, Section 4 and Section 5, each Non-Employee Director will be paid an annual retainer of $250,000 (as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 3, the “Base Annual Retainer”). The Base Annual Retainer will be paid 20% in cash and 80% in ZSUs. Subject to Section 4 and Section 5, the ZSU portion of the Base Annual Retainer will be granted on the date that such Non-Employee Director is elected or appointed to the Board (the “Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date”). The number of ZSUs granted will be calculated using the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Class A common stock of the Company as of the Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date, rounded down to the nearest whole ZSU. Subject to Section 3, the ZSU portion of the Base Annual Retainer will vest as follows: 25% of the granted ZSUs will vest every three months from the Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date, with the remainder vesting upon the earlier of # the one-year anniversary of the date of the most recent regular annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) or # the date of the next Annual Meeting, subject to the applicable Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service through each vesting date. The cash portion of the Base Annual Retainer will be paid on a quarterly basis in accordance with the vesting schedule of the ZSU portion of the Base Annual Retainer and shall also be subject to the applicable Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service through each vesting date.

Base Annual Retainer. Each year, subject to Section 3, Section 4 and Section 5, each Non-Employee Director will be paid an annual retainer of $275,000 (as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 3, the “Base Annual Retainer”). The Base Annual Retainer will be paid $50,000 in cash and $225,000 in RSUs. Subject to Section 4 and Section 5, the RSU portion of the Base Annual Retainer will be granted on the date that such Non-Employee Director is elected or appointed to the Board (the “Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date”). The number of RSUs granted will be calculated using the average closing price of the Class A common stock of the Company on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any successor listing or exchange) over a 30-trading day period ending on the Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date, rounded down to the nearest whole RSU. Subject to Section 3, the RSU portion of the Base Annual Retainer will vest as follows: 25% of the granted RSUs will vest every three months from the Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date, with the remainder vesting upon the earlier of # the one-year anniversary of the date of the most recent regular annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) or # the date of the next Annual Meeting, subject to the applicable Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service through each vesting date. The cash portion of the Base Annual Retainer will be paid on a quarterly basis in accordance with the vesting schedule of the RSU portion of the Base Annual Retainer and shall also be subject to the applicable Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service through each vesting date.

Base Annual Retainer. If a Non-Employee Director is elected or appointed to the Board at any time other than at an Annual Meeting, the Base Annual Retainer for the initial term that lasts from the date of election or appointment until the first Annual Meeting to occur thereafter will be reduced on a pro-rata basis, such that the amount payable will be equal to the Base Annual Retainer multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 12 minus the whole number of months from the date of the preceding Annual Meeting until the date of election or appointment and the denominator of which is 12. Subject to Section 4 and Section 5, the ZSU portion of the prorated Base Annual Retainer will be granted on the Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date. The number of ZSUs granted will be calculated using the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Class A common stock of the Company as of the Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date, rounded down to the nearest whole ZSU.

Base Annual Retainer. If a Non-Employee Director is elected or appointed to the Board at any time other than at an Annual Meeting, the Base Annual Retainer for the initial term that lasts from the date of election or appointment until the first Annual Meeting to occur thereafter will be reduced on a pro-rata basis, such that the amount payable will be equal to the Base Annual Retainer multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 12 minus the whole number of months from the date of the preceding Annual Meeting until the date of election or appointment and the denominator of which is 12. Subject to Section 4 and Section 5, the RSU portion of the prorated Base Annual Retainer will be granted on the Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date. The number of RSUs granted will be calculated using the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Class A common stock of the Company as of the Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date, rounded down to the nearest whole RSU.

The ZSU portion of any pro-rated Base Annual Retainer and other pro-rated annual retainer that is subject to vesting requirements (each, a “Vesting Retainer”) will vest as follows. First, calculate the number of ZSUs subject to each “ZSU Vesting Installment”. The ZSU Vesting Installment for a grant of ZSUs for the ZSU portion of a pro-rated Base Annual Retainer to a given Non-Employee Director shall be equal to 25% of the number of ZSUs (rounded down to the nearest whole ZSU) that would have been granted to the Non-Employee Director if such Non-Employee Director had been eligible to receive a non-prorated Base Annual Retainer, using the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Class A common stock of the Company as of such Non-Employee Director’s Base Annual Retainer Vesting Start Date. A number of ZSUs equal to the ZSU Vesting Installment shall vest on each date that the ZSU portion of a non-prorated Base Annual Retainer vests under Section 1 above during the period commencing on the date of the Non-Employee Director’s election or appointment to the Board and ending on the date of the earlier of # the one-year anniversary of the most recent Annual Meeting, or # the next Annual Meeting; provided however, that if the period between the date of election or appointment and the first vesting date is less than 3 months, the number of ZSUs that vest on such first vesting date will be equal to the total number of ZSUs granted minus the total number of ZSUs that will vest for each subsequent vesting date until (and including) the earlier of # the one-year anniversary of the most recent Annual Meeting, or # the next Annual Meeting.

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