Directors' Compensation Summary for Non-Employee Directors

Summary

This summary outlines the compensation for non-employee directors serving on the company's board. Each director receives an annual retainer of $74,000, split equally between cash and restricted shares of common stock. Directors are also granted stock options: 10,000 shares upon election and 5,000 shares annually after each shareholder meeting. Directors may choose to receive additional restricted shares instead of the cash portion of their retainer. The compensation plan is governed by the Directors Stock Plan, which has been approved by shareholders.

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Exhibit 10-s-1

 

DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION SUMMARY

 

Our non-employee directors receive a retainer at the rate of $74,000 per year for service on our board of directors, payable as follows: $37,000 of the retainer is paid in cash (in quarterly installments of $9,250 at the beginning of each quarter) and $37,000 of the retainer is paid as restricted shares of our common stock valued at the closing price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions reporting system on the date this annual retainer payment is made (usually on October 1). Under the Directors Stock Plan, which has been approved by our shareowners, each non-employee director is granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares of our common stock effective upon election as a director. In addition, each non-employee director is granted an option to purchase 5,000 shares of our common stock on an annual basis immediately after each annual meeting of our shareowners beginning with the shareowners’ meeting following the first anniversary of Board service. Each director will have the option each year to determine whether to defer all or any part of the cash portion of his or her retainer by electing to receive additional restricted shares of our common stock valued at the closing price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions reporting system on the date the cash portion of the retainer payment would otherwise be paid.