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Initial Grant. Following the Effective Date, each new Outside Director will receive an initial, one-time stock option grant to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Initial Grant”). 33.3% of the shares subject to the Initial Grant shall vest and become exercisable on the first anniversary of the applicable vesting commencement date and the remaining 66.7% of the shares subject to the Initial Grant shall vest and become exercisable in 24 equal monthly installments thereafter; provided, however, that all vesting ceases if the director ceases to provide services to the Company, unless the Board of Directors determines that the circumstances warrant continuation of vesting.

Initial Grant. Upon initial election to the Board, each new Outside Director will receive an initial, one-time stock option grant of common stock of the Company (the “Initial Grant”), with a Value of $60,000, an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant, and a term of ten years, that vests annually (25% per year) over four years; provided, however, that all vesting ceases if the director resigns from our Board or otherwise ceases to serve as a director, unless the Board determines that the circumstances warrant continuation of vesting. This Initial Grant applies to Outside Directors who are first elected to the Board subsequent to the Company’s initial public offering.

Initial Grant. Each Outside Director shall receive, upon his/her first election to the Board, an initial grant (the “Initial Grant”) of 20,000 options for shares of the Company’s common stock. The date of the Initial Grant shall be the date of the Annual Meeting at which the Outside Director is first elected to the Board or, if the Outside Director is elected to the Board other than at an Annual Meeting, the date of such election. The exercise price of the options shall be the closing price of the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of grant of the options. Options shall vest over a 12 month period in equal quarterly installments, effective immediately upon grant and subject to continued service as an Outside Director. The term of each option shall be ten years from the date the option is granted.

Initial Options. Each individual who first becomes an Outside Director following the Effective Date will be granted a nonstatutory stock option (an “Initial Option”) to purchase 12,100 Shares. The Initial Option will be automatically granted on the first trading date on or after the date on which such individual first becomes an Outside Director, whether through election by the stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board to fill a vacancy. If an individual was a member of the Board and also an employee, becoming an Outside Director due to termination of employment will not entitle the Outside Director to an Initial Option. Each Initial Option will vest as to 1/3rd of the Shares subject to the Initial Option on the one-year anniversary of the date the applicable Outside Director’s service as an Outside Director commenced and as to 1/36th of the Shares subject to the Initial Option each month thereafter, in each case subject to the Outside Director continuing to be a Service Provider through the applicable vesting date. Each Initial Option will become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to a Change in Control, subject to the Outside Director continuing to be a Service Provider at the time of the Change in Control.

Initial Grant: For each Eligible Director who is first elected or appointed to the Board, on the date of such Eligible Director’s initial election or appointment to the Board (or, if such date is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), the Eligible Director will be granted a stock option to purchase 24,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Grant”). The shares subject to each Initial Grant will vest in equal monthly installments over a three year period such that the option is fully vested on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service (as defined in the Plan) through each such vesting date and will vest in full upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan).

Initial Grant: For each Eligible Director who is first elected or appointed to the Board, on the date of such Eligible Director’s initial election or appointment to the Board (or, if such date is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), the Eligible Director will be automatically, and without further action by the Board or Compensation Committee of the Board, granted a stock option to purchase 22,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Grant”). The shares subject to each Initial Grant will vest in equal monthly installments over a three year period such that the option is fully vested on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service (as defined in the Plan) through each such vesting date and will vest in full upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan).

Initial Grants: For each Eligible Director who is first elected or appointed to the Board following the Effective Date, on the date of such Eligible Director’s initial election or appointment to the Board (or, if such date is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), the Eligible Director will be automatically, and without further action by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, granted a stock option to purchase 16,667 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Grant”). The shares subject to each Initial Grant will vest in equal monthly installments over a three year period such that the option is fully vested on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service through each such vesting date and will vest in full upon a Change in Control, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service through such date.

Annual Grant. On the date of the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, each Outside Director who will continue as a member of the Board of Directors following such annual meeting of stockholders will receive a stock option grant on the date of such Annual Meeting to purchase 12,500 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Annual Grant”). All of the shares subject to the Annual Grant shall vest and become exercisable upon the earlier to occur of # the first anniversary of the grant date or # the date of the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that all vesting ceases if the director ceases to provide services to the Company, unless the Board of Directors determines that the circumstances warrant continuation of vesting.

Initial Grant for New Directors. Without any further action of the Board, each person who is elected or appointed for the first time to be a Non-Employee Director will automatically, upon the date of his or her initial election or appointment to be a Non-Employee Director, be granted a Nonstatutory Stock Option to purchase 20,335 shares of Company common stock (the “Initial Grant”). Each Initial Grant will vest and become exercisable in a series of three successive equal annual installments over the three-year period measured from the date of grant, subject to the Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service through each applicable vesting date.

Initial Grant: For each Eligible Director who is first elected or appointed to the Board following the Effective Date, on the date of such Eligible Director’s initial election or appointment to the Board (or, if such date is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), the Eligible Director will be automatically, and without further action by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, granted a stock option to purchase 33,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Grant”). The shares subject to each Initial Grant will vest in equal monthly installments over a three year period such that the option is fully vested on the third anniversary of the date of grant,

Initial Grant: On the date of the Eligible Director’s initial election to the Board, for each Eligible Director who is first elected to the Board on or following the Effective Date (or, if such date is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), the Eligible Director will be automatically, and without further action by the Board or Compensation Committee of the Board, granted a stock option for 46,000 shares (the “Initial Grant”). The shares subject to each Initial Grant will vest in equal annual installments over a three year period such that the option is fully vested on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service (as defined in the Plan) through each such vesting date and will vest in full upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan).

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