FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORP
EX-10.23
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<p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.23</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BOARD OF
DIRECTORS COMPENSATION</font></u></b></h1>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
non-employee directors of the Company &nbsp;are compensated through a
combination of cash and equity-based compensation.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following is a summary of the cash compensation paid to the Company&#146;s
non-employee directors.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><!-- SET mrlShadeRow --><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Annual Retainer</u></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Directors</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30,000</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><!-- SET mrlShadeRow --></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additional</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100,000</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 28.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-28.0pt;"><!-- SET mrlShadeRow --><b>B.&nbsp;&nbsp;Regularly Scheduled Board of <br>
  Directors <br>
  <u>Meetings</u></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Directors</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,500</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 28.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-28.0pt;"><!-- SET mrlShadeRow --><b>C.&nbsp;&nbsp;Regularly Scheduled <br>
  <u>Committee </u><br>
  <u>Meetings</u></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Members</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,000</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 28.0pt;text-indent:-28.0pt;"><!-- SET mrlShadeRow --><b>D.&nbsp;&nbsp;Special <br>
  Teleconference <br>
  <u>Meetings</u></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Directors</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">750</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><hr size="1" width="160" noshade color="black" align="left" style="width:120.0pt;"></div>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font></b>Each director, including the Chairman, of the Company
receives a fee of $2,500 per month. <br>
Mr. Donald Smith receives additional compensation of $8,333.34 per month for
serving as Chairman of the Board.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font></b>Each director of the Company receives $1,500, plus expenses,
for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors attended.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font></b>Each member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee
and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives a fee of $1,000,
plus expenses, for each regularly scheduled committee meeting attended. Each
member of the Audit Committee receives a fee of $1,500, plus expenses, for
attendance at the annual Audit Committee meeting.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">D.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font></b>Each director receives a fee of $750 for participating in
special teleconference meetings.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition to cash
compensation, on annual basis, the non-employee directors are awarded stock
options and/or restricted stock units under the Company&#146;s equity incentive
plans.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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