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The Chairman of the Board shall be entitled to an additional Equity Retainer equal to $50,000.

*At least 50% of Retainer must be selected in equity (in the form of DXLG Stock and/or DXLG Deferred Stock or any combination thereof) (the minimum is “Required Equity”).

Generally. Prior to the first day of each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, each Director may elect to defer payment of 100% of the Director’s Retainer Fees to be earned in such calendar year, that will be credited to the Participant’s Account. The election may also designate whether the Director’s Retainer Fees will be deferred into the Cash Sub-Account or the Equity Sub-Account. If such a choice is provided and a Director elects to defer his or her Director Retainer Fees into the Equity Sub-Account, the amount of such equity deferral shall be capped at the maximum annual individual share limit set forth in the Stock Plan, if any, and any Director Retainer Fees in excess of such cap automatically shall be deferred into the Cash Sub-Account. To be effective, such election must be completed and delivered to the Company prior to the first day of the calendar year in which the services relating to the Retainer Fees are performed. Any election made under this Section shall become irrevocable as of December 31 of the year prior to the year in which the services relating to the Retainer Fees are performed.

Equity. Notwithstanding the terms of any stock option agreement, restricted stock agreement or other stock award (“Equity Awards”), other than Equity Award terms more favorable to the Covered Employee, the portion of any unvested Equity Awards held by the Covered Employee on the Date of Termination (other than Equity Awards that vest on the basis of performance and do not provide solely for time-based vesting) which would have vested if the Covered Employee had remained employed by the Company or Applicable Subsidiary during the applicable Severance Period shall immediately vest upon the Release Effective Date.

Equity. The equity awards held by the Executive shall continue to be governed by the terms and conditions of the Company’s applicable equity incentive plan(s) and the applicable award agreement(s) governing the terms of such equity awards held by the Executive (collectively, the “Equity Documents”); provided, however, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Documents, Section 6(a)(ii) of this Agreement shall apply in the event of a termination by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason in either event within the Change in Control Period (as such terms are defined below).

Equity. During the Employment Term, Executive will be eligible to receive equity awards pursuant to any plans or arrangements the Company may have in effect from time to time. The Board or Committee will determine in its discretion whether Executive will be granted any equity awards and the terms of any equity award in accordance with the terms of any applicable plan or arrangement that may be in effect from time to time.

Equity. Within 5 days of the Date of Hire, the Employee shall be eligible to participate in Kaleido’s equity incentive program and be granted, at such time as the Board determines, an option to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock (such equity award is referred to as the “Equity Award”). Subject to the Board’s approval of the Equity Award, the Equity Award will vest according to the following schedule: 25% of the Equity Award will vest on the first anniversary of the Date of Hire, and the remaining 75% of the Equity Award will vest in equal installments at the end of each calendar quarter over the next three years, provided that, in each case, that the Employee continues to provide continuous services to the Company as of each such vesting date. The grant of the Equity Award will be conditioned upon, among other things, the Employee’s execution of all necessary documentation relating to the Equity Award as determined by the Company (all such documentation is collectively referred to as the “Equity Award Documentation”). In all respects, these options will be governed by the 2019 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and the applicable Stock Option Agreement.

Equity. Upon the commencement of your employment with the Company (the “Commencement Date”), the Company hereby grants to you, under the 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), incentive stock options (or to the extent incentive stock options may not be granted, non-statutory stock options) to purchase shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on the Commencement Date; that the number of shares of Common Stock as to which such options shall be exercisable shall be equal to the number of shares of Common Stock that has a Black Scholes value as of the Commencement Date equal to $1,125,000 (as calculated using the same methodology that the Company then uses to calculate the value of stock awards for purposes of the Company’s financial statements); and that such grant of stock options shall be made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a stock option agreement that shall be entered into with you, containing such terms and in such form consistent with the form of agreement previously approved by the Epizyme Board of Directors and the 2013 Plan and providing generally, among other things, for such stock options to have a ten-year term and to vest over four years with 25% of the option vesting on the first anniversary of the Commencement Date and the balance of the option vesting thereafter in 36 equal monthly installments with the first such installment vesting on the date one month after the first anniversary of the Commencement Date.

Equity. On or as soon as practicable following the Effective Date, as an inducement to enter into this Agreement, the Company will grant Executive an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with a per-share exercise price equal to the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, as determined by the Board or the compensation committee thereof. 1/4th of the shares underlying the Stock Option will vest and become exercisable on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and 1/48th of the shares underlying the Stock Option will vest and become exercisable on a monthly basis thereafter, such that 100% of the shares underlying the Stock Option shall be vested and exercisable as of the four-year anniversary of the grant date, in each case so long as Executive remains employed by the Company through each applicable vesting date. The Stock Option will be subject to terms and conditions consistent with those provided in the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, and will be governed in all respects by the terms of the stock option agreement to be entered into between Executive and the Company. Further details regarding the Stock Option will be provided to Executive upon approval of such grant by the Board.

Equity. Executive’s outstanding equity awards (the “Awards”), including those granted pursuant to the Stoke 2014 Equity Incentive Plan or the Stoke 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (as applicable, the “Plans”), shall continue to be governed by the terms the Plans and any applicable agreement. The Awards shall also be subject to the terms of Executive’s Change of Control Severance Agreement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that Executive has no right to receive any additional stock options, other awards, or any other securities of Stoke pursuant to this Agreement.

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