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Grant of Stock Options. In recognition of Employee’s importance and value to the Company and as an additional inducement for Employee to enter into this Agreement, but subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the vesting/exercisability schedule set forth below, and the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Company’s form of Stock Option Agreement, the Company hereby grants to Employee on the later of the Effective Date or the date that this Agreement has been signed by the Employee and the Company (the “Option Grant Date”), stock options to purchase 125,000 shares (the “Options”) of the Company’s common stock, par value per share (the “Common Stock”). With respect to the Options that first become exercisable in each of 2018, 2019, and 2020, those Options of which the aggregate exercise price is up to but not more than shall be incentive stock options under the Plan and within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the remainder of the Options that become exercisable in that year shall be non-qualified stock options under the Plan. In other words, of the 41,666 Options that first become exercisable in , that portion of those Options whose aggregate exercise price is not more than (for example, 14,285 Options if their exercise price is each) shall be incentive stock options. Resales of shares of common stock underlying all the Options will be covered by the Company’s registration statement on Form S-8. The price per share of the Options shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as that term is defined below) of the Common Stock on the Option Grant Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Fair Market Value” shall mean the Volume Weighted Average Traded Price (as defined below) of the Common Stock on the Option Grant Date on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”). Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, 41,666, 41,667, and 41,667 of the Options shall become exercisable on the first, second, and third anniversaries, respectively, of the Option Grant Date, and all the Options will expire on the seventh anniversary of the Option Grant Date unless exercised prior to that date. As used in this Agreement, the term “Volume Weighted Average Traded Price” shall mean, for a given day, the sum of sale prices for all shares traded during that day, divided by the total aggregate number of shares traded during that day.

This Stock Option is granted under and pursuant to the Plan and is subject to each and all of the provisions thereof.

By its approval of this Agreement, the Company’s Board of Directors has approved the issuance to Executive of an option to acquire 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, under and pursuant to the provisions of the 2007 Stock Option Plan, as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors and as approved by the Company’s Shareholders (the “Plan”) and on the terms set forth in the Stock Option Agreement annexed to this Agreement as [Exhibit A] (the “Option Agreement”), which provides inter alia that such option shall vest as set forth below, and be exercisable at the exercise price of per share (which is the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock on the date hereof) at any time during the five (5) year period following the date hereof (subject to earlier termination as provided under the Plan):

Stock Options. You will also be granted a non-qualified stock option to purchase a number of shares of the common stock of the Company equal to 0.65% of the Company’s fully-diluted common stock. The exercise price per share will be equal to the fair market value per share on the grant date of such options by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. You will vest in 25% of the option shares on the first anniversary of the commencement of employment and 1/36th of the option shares each month thereafter. The terms and conditions of the options will be more fully described in the Company’s Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and Stock Option Agreement to be provided to you.

Stock Options. Any outstanding stock options held by an employee as of the date of his or her Qualifying Retirement shall be exercisable only to the extent such stock options are exercisable as of such date or become exercisable pursuant to the terms of the underlying option award agreements and shall remain exercisable until the option expiration date.

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Stock Options. While you are employed by the Company, you will be eligible to participate in the Parent’s 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan or such other equity-based long-term incentive compensation plan, program or arrangement generally made available to similarly situated senior executives of the Company from time to time (the “Plan”), as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Board of Directors of the Parent (the “Parent Board”) or authorized committee thereof.

Stock Options. In connection with this First Amendment, Employee will be awarded non-qualified stock options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value per shares (the “New Options”). [Section 3(d)(i)] of the Employment Agreement, as amended by this First Amended, shall be deemed to apply to the New Options.

Stock Options. The Committee (or, with respect to Directors, the Board) may grant Options in accordance with the Plan, the terms and conditions of which shall be set forth in an Agreement. Each Option and Option Agreement shall be subject to the following conditions:

Vesting Period: Ratably over four (4) years, with twenty-five percent (25%) becoming exercisable on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the grant date, except as provided in the Plan.

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Stock Options. The Executive shall be granted stock options under the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan entitling him to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price calculated as the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Closing Date, as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement (to which this Agreement is an exhibit), which options shall vest 40% after 24 months and thereafter the remaining 60% in equal monthly installments over the following 36 months, pursuant to a customary stock option agreement that will contain the terms pertaining to the stock options set forth in this [Section 3(b)], which the Executive and the Company shall enter into within ten (10) business days after this Agreement is executed by both of the parties.

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