Equity Compensation
The equity compensation set forth below will be granted under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to the approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders. All stock options granted under this policy will be nonstatutory stock options, with an exercise price per share equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the underlying Common Stock on the date of grant, and a term of ten years from the date of grant (subject to earlier termination in connection with a termination of service as provided in the Plan).
1. Post-IPO Initial Grant: For each Eligible Director who is first elected or appointed to the Board following the Effective Date, on the date of such Eligible Director’s initial election or appointment to the Board (or, if such date is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), the Eligible Director will be automatically, and without further action by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, granted a stock option to purchase 30,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Post-IPO Initial Grant”). The shares subject to each Post-IPO Initial Grant will vest in equal monthly installments over a three year period such that the option is fully vested on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service (as defined in the Plan) through each such vesting date and will vest in full upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan).
2. Annual Grant: On the date of each annual stockholder meeting of the Company held after the Effective Date (an “Annual Meeting”), each Eligible Director who continues to serve as a non-employee member of the Board following such Annual Meeting will be automatically, and without further action by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, granted a stock option to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Annual Grant”). If an Eligible Director was elected or appointed for the first time to be an Eligible Director after the Effective Date and prior to an Annual Meeting, then the Eligible Director will be granted a prorated Annual Grant on the date of the Eligible Director’s election or appointment (the “Prorated Annual Grant”) that will be subject to the number of shares of Common Stock equal to 15,000 multiplied by a fraction (the numerator of which is equal to (i) 12 minus (ii) the number of completed months since the most recent Annual Meeting as of the Eligible Director’s date of election or appointment, and the denominator of which is 12), with the resulting number of shares rounded down to the nearest whole share. The shares subject to the Annual Grant or Prorated Annual Grant will vest in equal monthly installments over the 12 months following the date of grant, provided that the Annual Grant will in any case be fully vested on the date of Company’s next Annual Meeting, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service through such vesting date; provided, further, that the shares subject to the Annual Grant or Prorated Annual Grant will vest in full upon a Change in Control.
Non-Employee Director Compensation Limit
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate value of all compensation granted or paid, as applicable, to any individual for service as a Non-Employee Director (as defined in the Plan) shall in no event exceed the limits set forth in the Plan.
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