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Incentive Stock Option
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Incentive Stock Option. An Option that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code.

Non-Incentive Stock Option. The Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

Incentive Stock Option Limit. Each Option shall be designated in the Option Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Optionee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 6(a): # Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted and # the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted.

Incentive Stock Option; Disqualifying Disposition. Although this Option is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), the Company makes no representation as to the tax treatment upon exercise of this Option or sale or other disposition of the shares covered by this Option, and the Holder is advised to consult a personal tax advisor. Upon a Disqualifying Disposition of shares received upon exercise of this Option, the Holder will forfeit the favorable income tax treatment otherwise available with respect to the exercise of this Option. A “Disqualifying Disposition” shall have the meaning specified in Section 421(b) of the Code; as of the date of grant of this Option a Disqualifying Disposition is any disposition (including any sale) of such shares before the later of # the second anniversary of the date of grant of this Option and # the first anniversary of the date on which the Holder acquired such shares by exercising this Option, provided that such holding period requirements terminate upon the death of the Holder. The Holder shall notify the Company in writing immediately upon making a Disqualifying Disposition of any shares of Common Stock received pursuant to the exercise of this Option, and shall provide the Company with any information that the Company shall request concerning any such Disqualifying Disposition.

Stock Incentive. A recommendation will be submitted to the board of directors of the Company to grant you options to acquire 33,360 shares of common stock, with a strike price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the day of the grant. The stock options will be subject to the terms of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Equity Plan”) and a stock option grant document. Vesting will occur over a four-year period with a one-year cliff (25% vested after 12 months with 2.083% vesting at the end of each month thereafter). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company closes a Series C financing transaction or there is a Sale Event (as defined in the Equity Plan), then the one-year cliff vesting shall not apply, and you shall vest monthly in your award starting on the first full month following your date of hire. In addition, upon a Sale Event you shall immediately accelerate in your vesting such that 50% of your then unvested shares shall accelerate and vest as of the Sale Event.

Stock Option. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, CFO will be granted an option to purchase up to 1,191,695 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Base Option”) pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). The Base Option shall be subject to vesting such that, subject to CFO’s continued employment with the Company, 1/4 of the shares subject to the Base Option shall vest as of the first anniversary of the Effective Date and l/48th of the shares subject to the Base Option shall vest in equal monthly installments on the monthly anniversary of the Effective Date of each month for the 36 months thereafter. The exercise price per share of the Base Option will be equal to the fair market value of a single share of Common Stock on the date the Base Option is granted, as determined in good faith by the Board. The Base Option will be governed by the Plan and shall be granted pursuant to a separate stock option grant notice and stock option agreement.

Stock Option. Subject to the approval of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, Executive will be granted an option to purchase 210,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to the closing trading price of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant or the trading day immediately preceding the date of grant if the date of grant is not a trading day. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the option will vest on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and the remaining shares subject to the option will vest in substantially equal monthly installments over the next 36 months thereafter, subject to Executive’s continued service to the Company through the applicable vesting date. This option will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2022 Employment Inducement Award Plan and a stock option agreement to be entered into between Executive and the Company.

Incentive Stock Options. An Option that the Board intends to be an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code (an “Incentive Stock Option”) shall only be granted to employees of , any of ’s present or future parent or subsidiary corporations as defined in [Sections 424(e) or (f)])] of the Code, and any other entities the employees of which are eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options under the Code, and shall be subject to and shall be construed consistently with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. An Option that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be designated a “Nonstatutory Stock Option.” The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Option (or any part thereof) that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option is not an Incentive Stock Option or if the Company converts an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

Incentive Stock Options. The per-Share Exercise Price under an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date; provided, however, if, on the Grant Date, the Participant (together with persons whose stock ownership is attributed to the Participant pursuant to Code Section 424(d)) owns securities possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its

Other Rules Applicable to Incentive Stock Options. No Option that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be invalid for failure to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

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