that, in the event of certain corporate transactions, awards held by individuals whose service has not terminated at the effective time of the corporate transaction will become fully vested and all shares of common stock subject to such awards will be issued on the effective date of the corporate transaction.

that, in the event of certain corporate transactions, all shares of common stock subject to awards held by individuals whose service has terminated prior to the date of the corporate transaction will be issued on the effective date of the corporate transaction (with no additional vesting acceleration).

that a “good reason resignation” shall only occur if (i) a participant in the Severance Plan notifies the Company in writing within 60 days after the occurrence of the event constituting “good reason” that he or she intends to terminate his or her employment no earlier than 30 days after providing such notice, (ii) the Company does not cure such condition within 30 days following its receipt of such notice or states in writing that it does not intend to attempt to cure such condition, and (iii) the participant resigns from employment within 30 days following the end of the period within which the Company was entitled to remedy the condition constituting “good reason” but failed to do so.

that cash severance payments shall be made in a lump sum rather than either lump sum or salary continuation at the Board’s discretion.

that if any of the benefits under the Severance Plan constitute “deferred compensation” under 409A and the recipient of the benefit is a “specified employee” of the Company (as such term is defined in 409A) then, solely to the extent necessary to avoid the incurrence of adverse personal tax consequences under 409A, the timing of the payments shall be delayed until the earlier of (i) the date that is six months and one day after the participant’s separation from service and (ii) the date of the participant’s death.