XENOPORT INC
EXHIBIT 10.25
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.25</B></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>XenoPort, Inc.</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Term Sheet for Director Cash Compensation</B></FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective immediately upon approval, the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of XenoPort, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), approved a policy regarding cash compensation for its
non-employee directors. The policy provides that:
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    <TD>each non-employee director will receive $20,000 per year for service as a board
member;</TD>
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    <TD>the lead independent director of the Board will receive an additional $10,000
per year for service as lead independent director of the Board;</TD>
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    <TD>each non-employee director will receive an additional $2,000 for each Board
meeting attended in person ($1,000 for meetings attended by video or telephone
conference);</TD>
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    <TD>the chairman of the audit committee will receive an additional $10,000 per year
for service as chairman of the audit committee;</TD>
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    <TD>each member of the audit committee will receive $2,000 per committee meeting
attended in person (or by video or telephone conference);</TD>
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    <TD>the chairmen of each of the compensation committee and nominating and corporate
governance committee will each receive an additional $5,000 per year for service as
chairmen of the compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees;
and</TD>
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    <TD>each member of the compensation and nominating and corporate governance
committees will receive $500 per committee meeting attended in person (or by video
or telephone conference).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All of the Company&#146;s directors are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending
Board and committee meetings and for the reasonable expenses incurred by directors to attend
programs designed to provide continuing education regarding the appropriate role of directors in a
public company.
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