On termination of your appointment, you will deliver to the Company all books, documents, papers and other property of or relating to the business of the Company which are in your possession, custody or power by virtue of your position as an independent director of the Company.
Committees
In connection with your appointment, you and the Board have agreed that you will serve as a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee and chairman of one of the aforementioned committees. Compensation associated with committee service is addressed in the Remuneration section of this appointment letter.
Remuneration
The Company’s independent director compensation program is described generally below. The Board or the applicable committee reserves the right to adjust the remuneration of directors from time to time.
In consideration of your services and in accordance with the Company’s compensation arrangements for independent directors, you will receive annual cash compensation of $[ ] payable quarterly in advance on the first business day of each calendar quarter. Your first cash compensation payment on the Effective Date will likely comprise a pro-rata amount from the Effective Date through to the end of the relevant calendar quarter and thereafter quarterly payments in advance of each calendar quarter.
Further, in addition to cash compensation, you may be entitled to receive restricted ordinary shares of the Company and/or options to purchase to same on such terms and conditions as may be determined at a later date.
Expenses
The Company will reimburse you for reasonable and properly documented expenses incurred in performing your duties provided such expenses are pre-approved by the Company.
Non-Competition
You agree and undertake that you will not, so long as you are a member of the Board and for a period of 12 months following termination of this Agreement for whatever reason, directly or indirectly as owner, partner, stockholder, employee, broker, agent principal, corporate officer, director, licensor or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in, become financially interested in, be employed by, or have any connection with any business or venture that is engaged in any activities involving services or products which compete, directly or indirectly, with the services or products provided or proposed to be provided by the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates; provided however that you may own securities of any public corporation which is engaged in such business but in an amount not to exceed at any one time, one percent of any class of stock or securities of such company, so long as you have no active role in the publicly owned company as director, employee, consultant or otherwise.