Non-EmployeeDirectors Compensation Plan

EX-10.19 6 a05-1816_2ex10d19.htm EX-10.19

Exhibit 10.19

 

Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan

 

 

 

 

 

Annual

 

 

 

Annual

 

Stock Option Grants(2)

 

 

 

Cash

 

No. of

 

Vesting

 

 

 

Compensation(1)

 

Shares

 

Period

 

Chairperson:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors

 

$

30,000

 

8,000

 

4 year

 

Audit Committee

 

$

10,000

 

5,000

 

4 year

 

Compensation Committee

 

$

3,000

 

2,000

 

4 year

 

Governance Committee

 

$

3,000

 

2,000

 

4 year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Retainer

 

$

15,000

 

8,000

 

Immediate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Membership:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audit

 

$

10,000

 

5,000

 

4 year

 

Compensation

 

$

3,000

 

2,000

 

4 year

 

Governance

 

$

3,000

 

2,000

 

4 year

 

 


(1) Cash compensation to be paid quarterly, in advance installments, due prior to the beginning of the first day of the fiscal year.

 

(2) Stock option grants to be issued as of the day of appointment, election or re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors and committees, or as soon thereafter as practical.

 

In addition to the foregoing, new non-employee directors receive “welcome grants” of 32,000 shares that vest equally over 4 years.