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Equity Retainer
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Equity. As a material inducement to accept the Company’s offer of employment, the Company will recommend to the Board (or a committee thereof) that the Executive be granted, subject to the Executive’s acceptance of this Agreement and commencement of employment, # an option to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “New Hire Stock Option”) and # a restricted stock unit award for 45,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “New Hire RSUs” and together with the New Hire Stock Option, the “New Hire Equity Awards”). As an inducement that is material to the Executive’s employment with the Company, the New Hire Equity Awards will be granted to the Executive under the Company’s 2020 Inducement Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”) pursuant to the inducement grant exception under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4). The New Hire Equity Awards will have the following terms:

Equity. Each of Executive’s then outstanding Equity Awards, including awards that would otherwise vest only upon satisfaction of performance criteria subject to the following sentence, shall accelerate and become vested and exercisable as to 100% of the then unvested shares subject to the Equity Award. For awards that would otherwise vest only upon satisfaction of performance criteria, the foregoing acceleration shall be based on achievement of performance criteria at target levels, except to the extent otherwise provided in the award agreement evidencing such award. Subject to Section 4, the accelerated vesting described above shall be effective as of the Separation. “Equity Awards” means all options to purchase shares of the Company common stock as well as any and all other stock-based awards granted to the Executive, including but not limited to stock bonus awards, restricted stock, restricted stock units or stock appreciation rights

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.

Equity. Except as provided in Section 3 below, nothing herein shall amend or supersede the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, as restated and amended, or any grants of options or restricted stock provided to Employee, if any, thereunder (collectively, the “Equity Agreement”). Employee will be entitled to exercise only those stock options granted under the Equity Agreement that are vested as of the Separation Date (“Vested Options”) as detailed in the Equity Ownership Report attached hereto as [Exhibit A], and only in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Equity Agreement. Any stock options that are unvested as of the Separation Date will revert to the Company on the Separation Date. Employee acknowledges and agrees that he/she does not now, and will not in the future, have rights to vest in any other stock options or equity under any stock option or other equity plan (of whatever name or kind) that Employee participated in, or was eligible to participate in, during his/her employment with the Company.

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. Subject to approval by the Board, you will receive stock options to purchase 75,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock for a price per share equal to the fair market value of one share of the Common Stock on the date of the option grant as determined by the Board and pursuant and subject to the terms of the Company’s Option Agreement (which must be executed to receive the grant). The stock options will vest (become exercisable) as follows: 12.5% of the shares underlying the options shall vest upon the six (6) month anniversary of your employment commencement date and 1/42nd of the remainder of such shares will vest on a monthly basis in forty-two (42) equal monthly installments with the first such installment vesting on the seven (7) month anniversary of your employment commencement date, subject to your continued employment with the Company through each vesting date.

Equity. Any outstanding unvested equity awards shall continue to vest during the Transition Period and, if the Company terminates the Transition Period without Cause pursuant to Section 1(i) below, then a portion of your outstanding unvested equity awards shall accelerate and vest, at the date of such termination, to the same extent as they would have vested had you remained in service until April 30, 2020, subject to your satisfaction of the conditions for receipt of the Severance Benefits (as set forth below). If you resign your employment during the Transition Period, no amount of unvested equity awards shall be accelerated.

Equity. In addition to the equity awards currently outstanding, Executive will be eligible to be considered for the grant of stock options and/or other equity-based awards commensurate with Executive’s position and responsibilities. The amount, terms and conditions of any stock option or other equity-based award will be determined by the Board of Directors or an appropriate committee thereof in its discretion and set forth in the applicable equity plan and other documents governing the award.

Equity. You acknowledge and agree that the equity awards granted to you under the terms of the Company’s plans will be administered in accordance with the terms of their respective plans and grant agreements.

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