(d) Proration of Retainers. With respect to any Compensation Year quarter in which a Non-Employee Director’s service as a member of the Board is terminated, such Non-Employee Director will be entitled to receive a prorated portion of the Cash Retainer and any Committee Retainer(s) for such partial quarter of service, payable as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of the Non-Employee Director’s separation from service. In the event a new Non-Employee Director is elected or appointed to the Board following the beginning of a Compensation Year quarter, such Non-Employee Director will be entitled to receive a Cash Retainer and any applicable Committee Retainer(s) for such Compensation Year quarter, which will be prorated based on the date of appointment or election and payable in accordance with the schedule set forth in Section 2(c).
Section 3. Equity Compensation.
(a) Generally. Equity awards will be granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan.
(b) Initial Equity Award. Each individual who becomes a Non-Employee Director after the Effective Date will, as promptly as practicable following the commencement of such Non-Employee Director’s service as such, be granted an initial award of Options (or, in the full and sole discretion of the Committee, RSUs) having an aggregate grant date fair value determined by the Committee in its full and sole discretion (the “Initial Equity Grant”). Each Initial Equity Grant will vest in equal annual installments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date of the Initial Equity Grant, subject to the Non-Employee Director’s continuous service as a member of the Board through the applicable vesting date. Shares in respect of any vested RSUs will be delivered to the Non-Employee Director within 60 days following the applicable vesting date.
(c) Annual Equity Awards. On the trading day following each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders after the Effective Date, each individual who is then a Non-Employee Director shall be granted an award of Options (or, in the full and sole discretion of the Committee, RSUs) having an aggregate grant date fair value of $200,000 (the “Annual Equity Award”). Each Annual Equity Award will vest in equal annual installments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date of the Annual Equity Award, subject to the Non-Employee Director’s continuous service as a member of the Board through the applicable vesting date. Shares in respect of any vested RSUs will be delivered to the Non-Employee Director within 60 days following the applicable vesting date.
Section 4. Expenses; Other Benefits. The Company will reimburse each Non-Employee Director for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Non-Employee Director for attending meetings of the Board of any committee thereof; provided that such Non-Employee Director timely submits to the Company appropriate documentation substantiating such expenses in accordance with the Company’s expense policy, as in effect from time to time. The Company may also provide Non-Employee Directors with other reasonable perquisites and benefits as determined by the Committee from time to time.
Section 6. Section 409A of the Code. This Policy and any compensation granted hereunder is intended to comply with, or be exempt from, the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A”), and the provisions of the Policy shall be interpreted in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A, and the Policy shall be operated accordingly. If any provision of the Policy would otherwise frustrate or conflict with this intent, the provision, term or condition shall be interpreted and deemed amended so as to avoid this conflict. If any compensation granted hereunder includes a “series of installment payments” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations), a Non-Employee Director’s right to such series of installment payments shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments and not as a right to a single payment, and if any compensation granted hereunder includes “dividend equivalents” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-3(e) of the Treasury Regulations), a Non-Employee Director’s right to such dividend equivalents shall be treated separately from the right to other amounts under the compensation granted hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Policy, to the extent compliance with the requirements of Treas.