EX-10.55 8 ex10-55.htm FORM OF CONTINGENT STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.55 to NSE FORM 10-K Non-Management Director Compensation

NON-MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

It is currently the Company's policy to compensate non-management members of its Board of Directors as follows:

1.   Annual Retainers:

    $35,000 for Board service

    $10,000 for service as Lead Independent Director

    $15,000 for Audit Committee Chair

    $10,000 for Compensation Committee Chair and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee Chair

2.   Meeting Attendance:

    $1,500 per Board meeting attended

    $1,500 per committee meeting attended

    $1,000 per committee meeting attended by chairperson (in addition to $1,500 above)

3.   Stock:

    2,500 contingent stock award upon election to the Board that vest in two equal annual installments provided the director remains serving as a director as follows:
six months from grant        1,250 day prior to annual meeting       1,250

    10,000 option grant per year (vests on the day before the next annual stockholders’ meeting)