EXHIBIT 10.1
Cinedigm Digital Cinema
Corporation
Management Annual Incentive
Plan
Plan
Document
Effective – April 1,
2009
The purposes of
the Plan are to promote the success of the Company; to provide
certain Employees with an opportunity to receive incentive
compensation dependent upon that success; and to attract, retain
and motivate such individuals.
Award - means any payment earned in accordance with
the provisions of the Plan.
Board of
Directors - The Board of
Directors of the Company.
Cause - Either (a) cause as defined in a
Participant’s employment contract or, in the absence of such
a definition, (b) cause as determined by the Committee.
Committee – The Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors of the Company
Company - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corporation and its
successors.
Compensation
Formula - means, for a
Performance Period, one or more formulas or standards established
by the Committee for purposes of determining whether or the extent
to which an Award has been earned based on the level of performance
attained with respect to one or more Performance Goals.
Compensation Formulas may vary from Performance Period to
Performance Period and from Participant to Participant and may be
established individually, alternatively, or in any
combination.
Disability - means (a) disability as defined in a
Participant’s employment contract or, in the absence of such
a definition, (b) total disability within the meaning of the
Company’s long-term disability plan as in effect from time to
time or (c) if there is no such plan at the applicable time,
physical or mental incapacity as determined solely by the
Committee.
Employee - An employee of the Company.
Payment
Date - The date any
Awards payable under the Plan are paid to Participants
Participant - An Employee designated from time to time by
the Committee to participate in the Plan.
Performance
Goal – The level of
performance that is established by the Committee as the performance
goal with respect to the performance measure. Performance Goals may
vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from
Participant to Participant and may be established individually,
alternatively, or in any combination.
Performance
Measure - One or more
measures selected by the Committee to measure Company, Segment,
Division, or individual performance for a Performance Period.
Performance Measures may vary from Performance Period to
Performance Period and from Participant to Participant and may be
established individually, alternatively, or in any combination, and
subject to such modifications or variations as the Committee may
specify.
Performance
Period – means one
or more periods of time as the Committee may designate over which
the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be
measured.
Plan – This Cinedigm Management Annual
Incentive Plan (MAIP)
Retirement - means retirement from the employ of the
Company (other than for Cause) at or after the age 65 or, if prior
to age 65 but at or after age 55, with the advance consent of the
Committee.