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Item 9B. Other Information

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Item 9B. Other Information

On March 29, 2018, our Board of Directors approved a special retention incentive award for Mary Dillon, our Chief Executive Officer, which will vest based on her continued employment with the Company through September 30, 2021, consisting of:

·an award of 24,478 restricted stock units (the Time Vested RSUs) which have a grant date fair value equal to $5,000,000; and
·an award of performance based restricted stock units (the Performance RSUs) which will have a value equal to (a) $5,000,000, if our average closing share price for either the 20 trading days or 30 calendar days preceding September 30, 2021 equals $300, or (b) $10,000,000, if our average closing share price for either the 20 trading days or 30 calendar days preceding September 30, 2021 equals or exceeds $350. If our average closing share price is greater than $300, but less than $350, the value of her shares will be interpolated between the $5,000,000 and $10,000,000 values. To the extent our average closing share price is determined by our Board of Directors in its sole discretion to be (i) falsely depressed by a disruption with respect to our share price or an abnormal market disruption (including, without limitation, a natural disaster or a terrorist attack), or (ii) inflated due to the existence of material non-public information that upon disclosure is expected to have a significant adverse impact on our share price, then our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may adjust the measurement period of 20 trading days or 30 calendar days preceding September 30, 2021 to (A) a time period preceding such disruption, (B) shorten or lengthen the measurement period or (C) disregard the period of such disruption.

Should Ms. Dillon resign with the consent of our Board of Directors or if she is terminated without “Cause” or terminates for “Good Reason” (both as defined in her amended employment letter) prior to September 30, 2021, and she provides a general release of claims, then she will vest in the Time Vested RSUs on such termination and the Performance RSUs will remain eligible to vest on September 30, 2021 depending upon our average closing share price as described above. Ms. Dillon will be issued the vested Time Vested RSUs and the number of shares with a value equal to the Performance RSUs on September 30, 2021, but she is restricted from selling any such shares until September 30, 2022.

On March 29, 2018, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors also amended Ms. Dillon’s severance benefits as originally set forth in her June 20, 2013 employment letter. As amended, in the event Ms. Dillon’s employment is terminated without “Cause” or she resigns for “Good Reason” (as such terms are defined in her amended employment letter), she will be entitled to the following, subject to her providing a general release of claims:

·severance pay for a period of 24 months in a monthly amount equal to the sum of (a) her monthly base salary then in effect plus (b) her target bonus for the year of termination divided by 12; and
·any bonus actually earned, pro-rated based on the percentage of the fiscal year Ms. Dillon is employed by the Company.

The forgoing descriptions of Ms. Dillon’s special retention incentive award and amended severance benefits are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the award agreement and the amendment to her employment letter, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.17 and 10.18, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

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