Signing Bonus The Company will pay the Executive a one-time signing bonus in the gross amount of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000.00), payable on the next regular payroll date following the Commencement Date.
Cash Incentive Bonus The pro rata share of any Cash Incentive Bonus that would have been paid to the Executive had the Executive not been terminated Without Cause based on the extent to which performance standards are met on the last day of the year in which the Executive is terminated Without Cause.
Transaction Bonus In addition, in the event of a transaction involving a Change in Control, in a transaction approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, which transaction results in the receipt by the Company’s stockholders of consideration with a value representing, in the sole judgment of the Board of Directors, a significant premium over the average of the closing prices per share of the Company’s common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market for 20 trading days ending one day prior to the public announcement of such transaction (a “Change in Control Transaction”), Executive shall be paid a Transaction Bonus at the closing of such a transaction in the amount equal to one (1) times 50% of Executive’s Base Salary in effect immediately preceding the closing of such a transaction. Executive shall also be paid said Transaction Bonus if the Company enters into a transaction approved by the Board of Directors which is not a Change in Control Transaction, but which, nonetheless, involves a significant change in the ownership of the Company or the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company, and which results in significant additional value for the Company’s stockholders, as determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion and as specifically designated a significant event by the Board of Directors (a “Significant Event”). In the event Executive receives a Transaction Bonus, no Achievement Bonus will be paid to Executive in the year in which such Transaction Bonus is paid. If the Company enters into a transaction which is a Change in Control Transaction, then all of the Executive’s stock options received before the date of the transaction shall become exercisable in full and all of the shares of the common stock of the Company awarded to Executive under the Company’s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (or any subsequent plan) shall become fully vested. If the Company enters into a transaction which is not a Change in Control Transaction but which is a Significant Event, then the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that all, or a portion, of the Executive’s stock options received before the effective date of the transaction shall become exercisable in full and all, or a portion, of the shares of the common stock of the Company awarded to Executive under the Company’s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (or any subsequent plan) shall become fully vested.
Special Bonus In addition to the Annual Base Salary and Annual Bonus payable as hereinabove provided, if the Executive remains employed with the Company or its affiliated companies through the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall pay to the Executive a special bonus (the "Special Bonus") in recognition of the Executive's services during the crucial one-year transition period following the Change of Control in cash equal to the sum of (A) the Executive's Annual Base Salary and (B) the Highest Annual Bonus. The Special Bonus shall be paid no later than 30 days following the first anniversary of the Effective Date.
Bonus Amount For purposes of this Agreement, "Bonus Amount" shall mean the greater of (a) the target annual bonus payable to the Executive under the Incentive Plan in respect of the fiscal year during which the Termination Date occurs or (b) the highest annual bonus paid or payable under the Incentive Plan in respect of any of the three full fiscal years ended prior to the Termination Date or, if greater, the three (3) full fiscal years ended prior to the Change in Control.