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Equity Retainer
Equity Retainer contract clause examples

Retainer Grant. Each Non-Employee Director may elect to convert all of his or her cash compensation under Section 1 for the first calendar quarter that commences after the IPO Date and any subsequent calendar quarter into an RSU Award (each, a “Retainer Grant”) in accordance with this Section 2(a) (such election, a “Retainer Grant Election”). If a Non-Employee Director timely makes a Retainer Grant Election pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii), on the first business day following the applicable Retainer Accrual Date to which the Retainer Grant Election applies, and without any further action by the Board or Compensation Committee, such Non-Employee Director automatically will be granted an RSU Award covering a number of shares of Common Stock equal to # the aggregate amount of cash compensation otherwise payable to such Non-Employee Director under Section 1 on the Retainer Accrual Date to which the Retainer Grant Election applies divided by # the closing sales price per share of the Common Stock on the applicable Retainer Accrual Date (or, if such date is not a business day, on the first business day thereafter), rounded down to the nearest whole share. Each Retainer Grant will be fully vested on the applicable grant date.

Initial Grant for New Directors. Without further action by the Board or Compensation Committee of the Board, each person who after the IPO Date is elected or appointed for the first time to be a Non-Employee Director, will automatically, on the date of his or her initial election or appointment to be a Non-Employee Director (or, if such date is not a business day, the first business day thereafter), be granted an RSU Award covering a number of shares of Common Stock equal to # $120,000 divided by # the closing sales price per share of the Common Stock on the applicable grant date rounded down to the nearest whole share (each, an “Initial Grant”). Each Initial Grant will vest in a series of three equal annual installments on each of the first, second and third year anniversaries of the applicable grant date, subject to the Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service on each vesting date. Additionally and without further action by the Board or Compensation Committee of the Board, each person who is a Non-Employee Director as of the IPO Date will automatically, on the second trading day after the IPO Date, be granted an RSU Award for 7,500 shares of Common Stock (each, an “IPO Initial Grant”). Each IPO Initial Grant will vest in three equal installments on the day before each of the first, second and third Annual Meeting of the Company stockholders that occurs following the IPO Date, subject to the Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service on each vesting date.

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