Director Compensation Arrangements
Exhibit 10.26
Director Compensation Arrangements
The following summarizes the compensation arrangements established between NeuroMetrix, Inc. (the Company) and its directors through verbal agreements effective for the period from May 18, 2005 through December 31, 2005:
The non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board), other than those affiliated with venture capital firms that were stockholders of the Company as of the effective date of the initial public offering of the Company (i.e. William Laverack, Jr.), will receive annual cash compensation in the amount of $5,000 for service as a member of the Board, which will be paid following each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company. In addition, these non-employee directors will receive the sum of $1,000 for each board or committee meeting that they attend, provided that they will not be entitled to additional compensation for attending committee meetings that occur on the same day as a board meeting at which they attend. This cash compensation will be in addition to any stock options or other equity compensation that the Company determines to grant to the directors on a case by case basis. The non-employee members of the Board that are affiliated with venture capital firms that were stockholders of the Company as of the effective date of the initial public offering of the Company will not be compensated for serving as directors, although the Company will reimburse these directors for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in attending board or committee meetings. Dr. Gozani, the only employee member of the Board, will not be separately compensated for his service on the Board.
The following summarizes the compensation arrangements established between the Company and its directors through verbal agreements effective from and after January 1, 2006:
Each of the non-employee members of the Board, other than those affiliated with venture capital firms that were stockholders of the Company as of the effective date of the initial public offering of the Company (i.e., William Laverack, Jr.), will receive annual cash compensation in the amount of $10,000 for service as a member of the Board, which will be paid following each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company. On January 1, 2006, each of these non-employee directors will be paid this annual cash compensation, on a pro rata basis, for the period from January 1, 2006 to the anticipated date of the 2006 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company, less a pro rata portion of any annual cash compensation previously paid to such director attributable to this period. In addition, each of these non-employee directors will receive the sum of $1,500 for each Board or Committee meeting that he attends, provided that such director will not be entitled to additional compensation for attending committee meetings that occur on the same day as a board meeting he attends. This cash compensation will be in addition to any stock options or other equity compensation that the Company determines to grant to the directors on a case by case basis.
The non-employee members of the Board that are affiliated with venture capital firms that were stockholders of the Company as of the effective date of the initial public offering of the Company will not be compensated for serving as directors, although the Company will reimburse these directors for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in attending board or committee meetings. Dr. Gozani, the only employee member of the Board, will not be separately compensated for his service on the Board.