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• Compensation Plan As compensation for the Executive's services under this Agreement, Executive shall be entitled to receive during his employment the base salary and fringe benefits in accordance with this Section 3 and in accordance with the compensation plan fixed for each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the current fiscal year, and bonuses in accordance with Section 4 and stock options in accordance with Section 5.

• Incentive Compensation Plan In addition to receipt of Basic Compensation under the Employment Agreement, you shall participate in the Incentive Compensation Plan for Executive Officers of the Company (the “Compensation Plan”) and shall be eligible to receive incentive compensation under the Compensation Plan as may be awarded in accordance with its terms.

• Management Incentive Plan “Management Incentive Plan” shall mean the Company’s bonus program, as implemented by the Company’s board of directors from time to time and pursuant to which the Executive may receive incentive-based compensation at fiscal year end.

• Incentive Compensation Plans The occurrence of any of the following: (i) a material reduction by the Corporation in the Executive’s (A) annual incentive compensation target or maximum opportunity, or (B) long-term incentive compensation target or maximum opportunity (measured based on grant date fair value of any equity-based awards), in each case, as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, or (ii) a change in the performance conditions, vesting, or other material terms and conditions applicable to annual and/or long-term incentive compensation awards granted to Executive after the Change in Control which would have the effect of materially reducing the Executive’s aggregate potential incentive compensation from the level in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control; or

• Long-term Incentive Compensation Programs During the Employment Period, the Executive shall participate in all long-term incentive compensation programs (including, without limitation, programs providing for the grant of stock options and other equity-based awards) for key executives at a level that is commensurate with the Executive's participation in such plans immediately prior to the Effective Date, or, if more favorable to the Executive, at the level made available to the Executive or other similarly situated officers at any time thereafter.

• Long-Term Incentive Compensation Subject to the Executive’s continued employment hereunder, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in any equity incentive plan for executives of the Firm as may be in effect from time to time, in accordance with the terms of any such plan.

• Executive Compensation Plans Executive shall be entitled during the Term to participate, without discrimination or duplication, in executive compensation plans and programs intended for general participation by senior executives of the Bank, as presently in effect or as they may be modified or added to by the Bank from time to time, subject to the eligibility and other requirements of such plans and programs, including without limitation any stock option plans, plans under which restricted stock/restricted stock units, performance-based restricted stock/restricted stock units or performance-accelerated restricted stock/restricted stock units (collectively, “stock plans”) may be awarded, other annual and long-term cash and/or equity incentive plans, and deferred compensation plans. The Bank makes no commitment under this Section 5(a) to provide participation opportunities to Executive in all plans and programs or at levels equal to (or otherwise comparable to) the participation opportunity of any other executive.

• Incentive Plan During the Term, the Employee shall be eligible for incentive compensation in accordance with the Res-Care, Inc. Non-Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). Shortly after the beginning of each calendar year, the Company’s Board of Directors will establish a target of earnings before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (“EBITDA”), for such calendar year (the “Annual EBITDA Target”). In no event shall Employee earn any amount under the Incentive Plan for any calendar year during the Term unless the actual Company EBITDA for such calendar year equals or exceeds ninety percent (90%) of the Annual EBITDA Target for such calendar year. For all purposes of this Employment Agreement, in determining the actual EBITDA of the Company and its subsidiaries for each calendar year, the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) may make such good faith adjustments to EBITDA as it determines in its sole discretion are appropriate to reflect non-recurring or unusual items, including, without limitation, to give effect on a pro forma basis to any acquisition of stock or assets of other persons by the Company or a subsidiary thereof. The amount payable under the Incentive Plan to Employee for each full calendar year during the Term shall equal the Base Salary actually paid to the Employee for such calendar year multiplied by the sum of the Approved Professional Performance Percentage and the Approved Company Performance Percentage (as determined below) for such calendar year. The maximum percentage of the Approved Professional Performance Percentage for Employee shall be thirty percent (30%) and the maximum percentage of the Approved Company Performance Percentage shall be seventy percent (70%). The sum of the Approved Professional Performance Percentage and the Approved Company Performance Percentage for each calendar year shall be referred to herein as the “Incentive Percentage.” For each calendar year the maximum Incentive Percentage shall be one hundred percent (100%).

• Equity Incentive Compensation During the term of employment hereunder the Executive shall be eligible to participate, in an appropriate manner relative to other senior executives of the Parent and its subsidiaries, in any equity-based incentive compensation plan or program approved by the Board from time to time, including (but not by way of limitation) any plan providing for the granting of (a) options to purchase stock of the Parent, (b) restricted stock of the Parent or (c) similar equity-based units or interests.

• Compensation Plans Following any termination of the Executive's employment, the Company shall pay the Executive all unpaid amounts, if any, to which the Executive is entitled as of the Date of Termination under any compensation plan or program of the Company, at the time such payments are due.