PLC Systems Inc. Compensatory Arrangements for Non-Employee Directors
PLC Systems Inc. provides compensation to its non-employee directors, paying $12,000 per year to each director and $24,000 per year to the chairman, with additional payments for committee service. Directors are reimbursed for reasonable expenses related to board duties. Non-employee directors also receive stock options: new directors get an initial grant of 30,000 shares vesting over three years, while annual grants of 15,000 shares (30,000 for the chairman) vest quarterly. All options are priced at fair market value on the grant date.
EXHIBIT 10.27
Compensatory Arrangements with Non-Employee Directors
Each non-employee director (other than the chairman of the board) of PLC Systems Inc. (the “Company”) receives $12,000 per year and the chairman of the board receives $24,000 per year, paid in quarterly installments. In addition, non-employee directors (other than the chairman of the board) who serve as chairman of a committee, or who serve on more than one committee, receive an additional $500 per quarter. The Company reimburses its directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board of directors and committees of the board of directors.
The Company also grants stock options to its non-employee directors. Generally, on the date of their initial election to the board of directors, new non-employee directors receive an initial grant of an option to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that vests in installments over three years. Once the initial grant has fully vested, non-employee directors (other than the chairman of the board) receive an annual grant of an option to purchase 15,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that generally vests in four equal quarterly installments. The chairman of the board receives an annual grant of an option to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that generally vests in four equal quarterly installments. The annual grants are generally made on the date of the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders. All such options have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
