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Annual Bonus. Executive shall be eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus based on Executive’s achievement of performance objectives established by the Board or its Compensation Committee upon recommendation of the CEO, such bonus to be targeted at 40% of Executive’s Annual Base Salary (the “Annual Bonus”). If your initial date of employment is after April 1st of the applicable year, your performance bonus will be prorated to reflect your service. If you are hired after October 1st, you will not be eligible for a performance bonus in the year that you are hired. You must be employed at the Company at the time bonuses are paid to be eligible to receive such bonus. Any Annual Bonus approved by the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board shall be paid at the same time annual bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company generally, subject to Executive’s continuous employment through the date of approval.

Annual Bonus. Executive is eligible to earn a target annual bonus of 100% of Executive’s Base Salary based upon achievement of performance objectives to be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion after conferring with Executive and payable upon achievement of those applicable objectives, subject to minimum and maximum limits as established by the Committee (the “Annual Bonus”). If the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines the applicable performance objectives are achieved in a manner that would result in a payment of the Annual Bonus (or portion thereof), such amount will be paid when practicable after the Committee determines the relevant performance objectives have been achieved, subject to Executive being employed on the date of payment; provided, however, that if the Employment Term is not extended as a result of a notice from the Company or Executive to the other, Executive only shall be required to be employed on the last day of a performance period in order to be eligible for the annual bonus for such performance period and the annual bonus for such performance period shall be paid no later than 2 1⁄2 months following the end of such performance period . The Committee may modify the structure and performance objectives used for Annual Bonus determinations.

Bonus. Executive will be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus of up to % of Executive’s Base Salary. Executive’s annual target bonus percentage, whether Executive receives an annual bonus for any given year, and the amount of any such annual bonus, will be determined by the Board in its sole discretion based upon the Company’s and Executive’s achievement of objectives and milestones to be determined on an annual basis by the Board in consultation with Executive. Bonuses are generally paid by March 15 following the applicable bonus year, and Executive must be an active employee on the date any Annual Bonus is paid in order to earn any such Annual Bonus. Executive will not be eligible for, and will not earn, any Annual Bonus (including a prorated bonus) if Executive’s employment terminates for any reason before the date Annual Bonuses are paid.

Annual Bonus. Executive shall also be eligible to receive, in addition to the Base Salary, an annual bonus having a target amount equal to 55% of Executive's Base Salary ("Target Bonus"), with the actual amount being determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board in its discretion taking into account the Company's performance and Executive's individual performance. In order to receive a Target Bonus, Executive must be employed by Employer on the date the bonus is paid.

Annual Review; Bonus Opportunity. Each year during the Term of Employment, on the anniversary date of the CEO Start Date (expected to be September 1st), Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual performance bonus (a “Bonus”), payable in cash for each fiscal year within the Term of Employment, in an amount of 20% percent of the Annual Base Salary amount applicable to such year of service of the Executive as determined by the Board in its sole discretion. Actual payment of any Bonus shall be in an amount determined by the satisfaction of quantifiable and qualitative performance criteria established by the Board. Any Bonus earned by Executive shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s compensation and payroll Policies and practices in effect from time to time. In order to earn and be eligible to receive any Bonus, Executive must be employed by the Company on the last day of the fiscal year to which such Bonus relates.

Annual Bonus. In addition to his Base Compensation, Executive shall be eligible to receive each year during the Term, a cash incentive payment (“Bonus”) in an amount determined by the Board based on Executive’s individual performance, the performance of Company and performance goals established by the Board. The target Bonus shall be an amount equal to 75% of Executive’s Base Compensation in effect at the time the Bonus is determined (“Target Bonus”). Such Bonus, if any, shall be paid not later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Bonus was earned. Except as otherwise stated expressly in this Agreement, Executive must be employed with Company through December 31 of the calendar year during which the Bonus is earned to receive any part of the Bonus payment.

Cash Bonus. You will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus of up to 35% of Executive’s Base Salary (the “Annual Bonus”), based on previous year performance. In determining whether to grant a bonus, in its discretion, the Board of Directors of the Company will take into account your performance and milestone achievements. Bonus payments are subject to approval and discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company. Performance objectives will be defined in alignment with the corporate goals. Target annual cash bonus is to be paid within 90 days of the subsequent year. Executive must remain an active employee through the end of any given calendar year in order to earn an Annual Bonus for that year.

Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual target bonus (a “Bonus”) if, as reasonably determined by the Board or, to the extent delegated by the Board, the Committee one or more of the performance targets annually determined by the Board or the Committee (“Performance Targets”) is achieved. If all of the Performance Targets are achieved, the Bonus will equal not less than 40 percent of the Executive’s Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). In the event that less than all of the Performance Targets are met by Executive, the Bonus paid in respect of this paragraph may be less than the Target Bonus. Except as set forth in Section 5(a) hereof, the Executive must be employed by the Company on the day any such earned Bonus is paid which shall be not later than 2½ months after the end of each calendar year. The Executive’s target bonus opportunity as a percentage of Base Salary may be reviewed periodically and adjusted in the sole discretion of the Board. After any such adjustment, the term “Target Bonus” shall refer to the increased amount.

Annual Bonus Compensation. During the Term, Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Company’s annual incentive plan for executive officers (or any successor thereto). Based upon attainment of performance goals predetermined by the Compensation Committee, Executive shall be entitled to an Annual Bonus payment at a target level of 50% of Executive’s Annual Salary. The Compensation Committee shall review the target annual bonus percentage during the Term and may increase such percentage as it may deem advisable (such target annual bonus, as the same may be increased, the “Target Annual Bonus”).

Incentive Compensation. In addition to the Base Salary, Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual performance cash bonus of up to 35% of Base Salary, less applicable employment taxes and payroll deductions. This bonus is contingent upon the Executive’s achievement of performance goals for the applicable annual bonus period. Executive’s annual performance goals shall be established by the Board of Directors (or if authority is delegated by the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors) within ninety (90) days of the beginning of each such year. The achievement of any performance goals shall be determined by the Board of Directors (or if authority is delegated by the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors). Subject to the provisions of Section 7 of this Agreement regarding payments in connection with termination of employment, in order to be eligible to receive the annual bonus pursuant to this Section 4.2, Executive must be employed on the last day of the given year for which the bonus amount is earned. Payment of each annual bonus shall be made in a lump sum payment not later than March 15 of the year following the year for which the bonus is earned.

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