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Overview and Objectives
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Base Salary, Benefits and Perquisites
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Cash Bonuses and Commissions
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Equity Based Compensation
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Retirement and Termination of Service Arrangements
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Exculpation, Indemnification and Insurance
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Non-Employee Directors Compensation
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| H. | Miscellaneous | 9 |
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Introduction
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Objectives
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Compensation should be aligned with our long-term
goals. Promoting the Company's goals and purposes, its work program and its policy with a long-term view;
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Compensation should serve to attract and retain
the best executives, while maintaining our risk policy. Creating appropriate incentives to attract, retain, reward, and motivate
highly skilled individuals while considering, among others, the Company's risk management policy. To that end, this Policy is designed, among others, to align the interests of the Executives with those of Radware and, at the same, creating
appropriate balances, such as imposing limitations on cash bonus, commissions and equity based compensation ("Variable Pay") so as to ensure adequate control of risks;
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Compensation should be appropriate for our
business. Creating a compensation package that matches the Company's size and nature of operations, while
taking into account the Company's global nature with a global workforce;
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Compensation should be competitive. Providing a competitive compensation package to attract, retain, reward, and motivate highly skilled individuals, including by providing
increased rewards for superior individual and corporate performance; and
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Compensation should be correlated to individual as
well as overall performance. With respect to Variable Pay, compensating based on the individual's contribution to achieving the
Company's objectives and generating its profits, with a long-term perspective and in accordance with the individual's role and contribution to the Company.
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Process and Elements of Compensation
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the educational, professional experience and accomplishments of the Executive;
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his or her position, responsibilities and prior compensation arrangements. This includes additional compensation for such additional duties and positions in Radware
which go beyond the Executive's capacity according to his or her employment agreement;
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compensation for comparably situated executives;
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the Executive's past performance and expected contribution to our future growth and profitability;
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existing and previous employment agreements with the Executive;
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the relation between the compensation of the Executive and that of other employees in Radware; and
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any requirements prescribed by applicable law (including, for purposes of this Policy, applicable securities laws and stock exchange regulations) from time to time.
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Overall Compensation - Ratio between Fixed and Variable Pay
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Range for Fixed Pay* out of the Total Compensation
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Range for Variable Pay out of the Total Compensation**
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CEO
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15-40%
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60-85%
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Non-Sales Executives
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30-60%
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40-70%
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Sales Executives
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10-50%
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50-90%
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Intra-Company Compensation Ratio
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Base Salary
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Benefits and Perquisites
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Vacation of up to 24 days per annum;
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Sick days of up to 30 days per annum;
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Convalescence pay according to applicable law;
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Monthly contribution for a study fund, as allowed by applicable law and with reference to the practice in peer group companies;
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Radware shall contribute on behalf of the Executive to an insurance policy or a pension fund, or to a policy and a fund, as allowed by law and with reference to the
practice in peer group companies;
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Radware shall contribute on behalf of the Executive to funds toward work disability insurance, as allowed by applicable law and with reference to the practice in peer
group companies; and
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Life and health insurance.
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Cash Bonuses and Commissions
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The Objective
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Bonuses and Commissions
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The annual bonus of our CEO will be based upon achievement of milestones and targets and the measurable results of the Company, as compared to our budget and/or work
plans (including product roadmap or the like) for the relevant year.
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Such measurable criteria will initially be determined at the beginning of each fiscal year (or start of employment, as applicable) and may include (but is not limited
to) any one or more of the following criteria: financial results of the Company, including profits and revenues; product releases; software quality; efficiency metrics; internal and external customer satisfaction; execution of projects,
etc.
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A portion of up to 10% of the annual bonus may be based on the achievement and performance of individual key performance indicators (KPIs), as approved by the
Compensation Committee and the Board.
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In any case, the total amount of the annual bonus for the CEO will not exceed 133% of the CEO’s annual base salary.
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The annual bonus of the Non-Sales Executives will be based upon achievement of milestones and targets and the measurable results of the Company, as compared to our
budget and/or work plan for the relevant year.
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Such measurable criteria will initially be determined at the beginning of each fiscal year (or start of employment, as applicable) and may include (but is not limited
to) any one or more of the following criteria: financial results of the Company, including profits and revenues; product releases; software quality; efficiency metrics; internal and external customer satisfaction; execution of projects,
etc.
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A portion of the annual bonus may be based on the achievement and performance of pre-determined individual KPIs.
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In any case, the total amount of the annual bonus for any Non-Sales Executive will not exceed the amount of one annual base salary of such Executive.
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The annual bonus and/or commissions of the Sales Executives will be comprised from bonuses and commissions based upon achievement of targets of revenues and/or gross
profit generated by the individual and/or his/her team or division and/or the Company, as initially determined at the beginning of each fiscal year (or start of employment, as applicable).
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In any case, the total amount of the annual bonus and commissions for any Sales Executive will not exceed the amount of four annual base salaries of such Executive.
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Board's Discretion; Special Bonus
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Executives may receive a special bonus based on outstanding personal achievement as shall be approved by the Compensation Committee and the Board. Similarly, the
Board may, in extraordinary conditions, reduce the bonus and commissions to which an Executive would otherwise be entitled. However, in both cases, such increase or decrease may be by no more than 20% of the bonus or commissions described
above (as applicable) for any year.
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Compensation Recovery ("Clawback")
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In the event of an accounting restatement, Radware shall be entitled to recover from any Executive bonus or commissions in the amount of the excess over what would
have been paid under the accounting restatement, with a three-year look-back. The compensation recovery will not apply to former Executives of Radware.
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Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the compensation recovery will not be triggered in the event of a financial restatement required due to changes in the applicable
financial reporting standards.
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Nothing in this Section 4 derogates from any other "clawback" or similar provisions regarding disgorging of profits imposed on Executives by virtue of applicable law
or other Company practices.
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Equity Based Compensation
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The Objective
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General guidelines for the grant of awards
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The equity based compensation may be in a form of a mixture of various types of equity based instruments, which includes, without limitation, stock options and
restricted stock units.
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The equity based compensation shall be granted from time to time and individually determined and awarded according to the performance, educational background, prior
business experience, aptitude, qualifications, role and the personal responsibilities of the Executive.
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Equity based compensation for Radware's Executives shall vest over a minimum of three (3) years.
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The fair market value of the equity based compensation for the Executives will be determined according to acceptable valuation practices at the time of grant. Such
fair market value shall not exceed the equivalent of five (5) annual salary for each Executive per year of vesting, on a linear basis (“Equity
Cap”).
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The vesting and/or the grant of such equity based compensation may be contingent upon the increase in the market price of Radware's ordinary shares.
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The Board may, following approval by the Compensation Committee, (1) extend the period of time for which an award of an Executive is to remain exercisable, (2) make
provisions with respect to the acceleration of the vesting period of any Executive's awards, including, without limitation, in connection with a corporate transaction involving a change of control, and (3) for the sake of clarity, permit
the grant of equity-based awards by any subsidiaries of Radware (whether wholly owned or not) to Executives; provided that the aforesaid principles (including vesting period and Equity Cap) shall apply, subject to applicable changes.
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Retirement and Termination of Service Arrangements
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Radware may provide an Executive a prior notice of termination of up to six (6) months, during which the Executive may be entitled to all or a portion of his or her
compensation elements, and to the continuation of vesting of his options or other awards. Unless the Company decides to release the Executive from this obligation, the Executive will be required to continue performing all roles and
responsibilities during the notice period.
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Radware may provide an additional adaptation or transition period during which the Executive will be entitled to up to six (6) months of continued base salary,
benefits and perquisites. Additionally, the Board may, upon approval by the Compensation Committee, approve to extend the vesting of Executive's options or other awards during such period. In this regard, the Compensation Committee and
Board of Directors shall take into consideration the Executive's term of employment, the Executive's compensation during employment with the Company, the Company's performance during such period, and the contribution of the Executive in
achieving the Company's goals and the circumstances of termination.
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Radware may provide additional retirement and terminations benefits and payments as may be required by applicable law (e.g., mandatory severance pay under Israeli
labor laws), or which will be comparable to customary market practices, including, without limitation, release of pension and provident funds and/or manager insurance policies contributed and accrued to the benefit of such Executive through
the date of termination (or, if and when there is a shortfall in the amount of such funds, including in the case of resignation, supplementing such shortfall amount) to the Executive and/or any person designated by him or her.
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Exculpation, Indemnification and Insurance
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Except as may be otherwise approved from time to time by the shareholders, Radware may exempt its Directors and Executives from the duty of care.
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Radware may indemnify the Directors and Executives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, for any liability and expense that may be imposed on them, as
shall be provided in an indemnity agreement between such individuals and Radware.
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Radware will provide "Directors and Officers Insurance" for its Directors and Executives, with aggregate coverage that will not exceed the higher of (A) US$50
million and (B) 25% of its shareholders’ equity, unless otherwise determined by the shareholders from time to time.
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Radware may also purchase such D&O insurance with respect to specific events, such as public offerings, or with respect to periods of time following which the
then existing insurance coverage ceases to apply, such as “run-off” coverage in connection with a change in control; provided that the aggregate coverage therefor shall not exceed the aggregate coverage at such time for the D&O
Insurance.
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The non-employee members of Radware's board may (and, in the case of statutory external directors, shall) be entitled to remuneration and refund of expenses according
to the provisions of the Companies Regulations (Rules on Remuneration and Expenses of Outside Directors), 5760-2000, as amended by the Companies Regulations (Relief for Public Companies Traded in Stock Exchange Outside of Israel), 2000, as
such regulations may be amended from time to time.
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It is hereby clarified that such non-employee directors may be granted equity based compensation which shall vest over a period of not less than three (3) years, and
having a fair market value (determined according to acceptable valuation practices at the time of grant) not to exceed, with respect to each director, US$450,000 per year of vesting, on a linear basis, subject to applicable law and
regulations.
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This Policy will remain in effect for a period of three years since the last date this Policy (or an amendment thereto) was approved. The Compensation Committee and
the Board shall review and reassess the adequacy of this Policy from time to time, as required by the Companies Law.
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This Policy is designed solely for the benefit of Radware and none of the provisions thereof are intended to provide any rights or remedies to any person other than
Radware. In particular, this Policy does not, and shall not be deemed to, grant any rights to the Company’s directors and Executives to receive any elements of compensation set forth in this Policy. The elements of compensation to which a
director or Executive will be entitled will be exclusively those that are determined and approved specifically in relation to him or her in accordance with the approval requirements of the Companies Law.
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