Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy
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Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy
The purpose of this Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (the “Policy”) of Jounce Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is to provide a total compensation package that enables the Company to attract and retain, on a long-term basis, high-caliber directors who are not employees or officers of the Company. This Policy will become effective (the “Effective Date”) upon approval by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). In furtherance of this purpose, all non-employee directors shall be paid compensation for services provided to the Company as set forth below: This policy shall supersede any prior arrangements between the Company and the directors.
Cash Retainers
Annual Retainer for Board Membership: $35,000 for general availability and participation in meetings and conference calls of our Board. No additional compensation for attending individual Board meetings.
Additional Annual Retainer for Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board: $30,000 to acknowledge the additional responsibilities and time commitment of the Chairperson role.
Additional Annual Retainers for Committee Membership:
Audit Committee Chairperson | $15,000 |
Audit Committee member: | $7,500 |
Compensation Committee Chairperson: | $10,000 |
Compensation Committee member: | $5,000 |
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chairperson: | $8,000 |
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee member: | $4,000 |
No additional compensation for attending individual committee meetings. |
All cash retainers will be paid quarterly, in arrears, or upon the earlier of resignation or removal of the non-employee director. Cash retainers owing to non-employee directors shall be annualized, meaning that with respect to non-employee directors who join the Board during the calendar year, and with respect to all non-employee directors for 2017, such amounts shall be pro-rated based on the number of calendar days served by such director following the Effective Date.
Equity Retainers
Initial Option Grant: One-time option grant to each new non-employee director upon his/her election to the Board after the Effective Date to purchase 27,100 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock”). Such initial option grant shall be made upon the director first becoming a director. Such initial option grant shall vest in equal quarterly installments during the 12 quarters following the grant date, subject to the director’s continued service on the Board.
On the date of each Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Annual option grant to each non-employee director serving on the Board immediately following the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to purchase
13,550 shares of Common Stock. Such annual option grant shall vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders, subject to the director’s continued service on the Board.
All of the foregoing option grants will become immediately exercisable upon the death, disability of a director or upon a Sale Event (as defined in the Company’s 2017 Stock Option and Incentive Plan). In addition, if the option grants described above are in the form of options to purchase the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), to the directors will have until the earlier of one year following cessation of service as a director or the original expiration date of the option to exercise the option (to the extent vested at the date of such cessation), provided that the director has not been removed for cause.
Any stock option granted to a non-employee director pursuant to this Policy will be granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant.
Expenses
The Company shall reimburse all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by non-employee directors in attending Board and committee meetings.
ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: March 8, 2017