ARAY Accuray Incorporated

You are cordially invited to attend the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof (the “Annual Meeting”), of Accuray Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Accuray” or the “Company”), which will be held virtually via live audio webcast on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 9:00 am PST. In order to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting, see “How can I attend the Annual Meeting virtually?” in the proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) that accompanies this Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

We are holding the Annual Meeting for the following purposes:

These items of business to be transacted at the Annual Meeting are more fully described in the Proxy Statement. In light of evolving public health and safety considerations posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Annual Meeting this year will be a virtual-only meeting of stockholders. Stockholders will be able to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting, vote their shares electronically, and submit questions during the live audio webcast of the Annual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ARAY2020 and entering their control number.

The Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. PST. Only holders of record and beneficial owners of shares of our common stock at the close of business on September 21, 2020, the record date, are entitled to notice of, to attend, and to vote at the Annual Meeting. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available by writing to the Corporate Secretary at 1310 Chesapeake Terrace, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. The stockholder list will also be available online at the virtual meeting website during the Annual Meeting to those that attend the meeting.

It is important that you use this opportunity to take part in the affairs of Accuray by voting on the business to come before the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. After reading the Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 (the “Annual Report”), you are urged to cast your vote as promptly as possible. If you are accessing the Proxy Statement and Annual Report using notice and access, you will have received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and should vote by telephone or over the Internet. If you have received your proxy materials by mail, please promptly sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card in the prepaid envelope provided to you or vote by telephone or over the Internet to ensure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting. For more information, see “Why did I receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials?” in the Proxy Statement.

All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please cast your vote as promptly as possible by telephone, Internet or by signing and dating your proxy

card and returning it promptly. This will ensure that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to, or are unable to, attend the Annual Meeting. Even if you have given your proxy, you may still attend and vote in person (virtually) at the Annual Meeting.

Medical, Wright Medical Group and Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. Ms. Huss holds a M.S. in technology management from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Illinois.

As a current Chief Executive Officer with more than 25 years of management experience in the medical device industry, and a current and former member of several public and private company boards, Ms. Huss brings to our Board extensive experience in the medical device industry, including experience in the areas of business operations, management and corporate governance.

Louis J. Lavigne, Jr. has served as a member of our Board since September 2009 and as the Chairperson of our Board since April 2010. Mr. Lavigne currently serves as a Managing Director of Laman Partners, LLC, a management consulting firm specializing in the areas of corporate finance, accounting, growth strategy and management. He also currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Rodan & Fields, LLC, a private skincare company; Zynga, Inc., a publicly held leading provider of social electronic games; and Alector, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company. In the past, Mr. Lavigne has also served on the board of directors of the following public companies: DocuSign Inc., an eSignature transaction management company, from 2013 to 2020; BMC Software, Inc., an independent systems software vendor that was acquired by a private investor group in 2013, from 2008 to 2013; Allergan, Inc., a technology-driven, global health care company that provides specialty pharmaceutical products worldwide, from 2005 to 2015; Assertio Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2013 to 2019; and Novocure Limited, an oncology company, from 2013 to 2018. Mr. Lavigne also served on the board of director of Puppet, Inc., a privately held information technology cloud automation system management company, from 2015 to 2019 and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and their foundation, from 2011 to 2020. From 1983 to 2005, Mr. Lavigne served in various executive capacities with Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology healthcare company, namely, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 2005; Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1994 to 1997; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1988 to 1994; Vice President from 1986 to 1988; and Controller from 1983 to 1986. Mr. Lavigne was named the Best CFO in Biotech in 2005 in the Institutional Investor Survey and in June 2006 he received the Bay Area CFO of the Year-Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Lavigne holds a B.S. in Finance from Babson College and an M.B.A. from Temple University.

As a former Chief Financial Officer of a large, complex publicly traded company in the healthcare industry, and a current and former member of several public company boards, Mr. Lavigne brings to our Board extensive experience in business operations and management, strategy, finance, accounting and public company governance.

If elected, Mr. Lavigne and Ms. Huss will hold office as Class II directors until our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Anne B. Le Grand has served as a member of our Board since July 2020. Since July 2019, Ms. Le Grand has served as Vice President and General Manager of Imaging, Life Sciences, Oncology and Genomics at IBM Watson Health, a machine intelligence company that is a division of the International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”), an information technology company. Ms. Le Grand also served as VP and General Manager of Imaging at IBM Watson Health from April 2016 to July 2019. Prior to her roles at IBM Watson Health, Ms. Le Grand served as Senior Vice President of Healthcare and General Manager of Therapeutics from January 2015 to April 2016 and Senior Vice President of Healthcare Business Transformation from January 2014 to January 2015 at Philips, a health technology company. Ms. Le Grand previously served in various senior leadership positions at GE Healthcare and Eastman Kodak Company and began her career at 3M Company in the Medical Imaging Division. Ms. Le Grand holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Queens University of Charlotte.

As a current and former executive with more than 25 years of experience running global healthcare businesses, Ms. Le Grand brings to our Board extensive experience in the medical device industry, including operations, management and business development.

Richard Pettingill has served as a member of our Board since May 2012. Mr. Pettingill served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minnesota’s largest healthcare organization, from 2002 until his retirement in 2009. While in this role, he also served on the board of directors of the Minnesota Hospital Association and the Minnesota Business Partnership. Prior to joining Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Mr. Pettingill served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Division of Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals, one of the largest not-for-profit managed healthcare companies in the United States, from 1996 to 2002.

Mr. Pettingill currently serves on the board of directors of Hanger, Inc., an orthotic and prosthetic solutions company. Within the last five years, Mr. Pettingill has also served on the board of directors of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a publicly traded medical services provider. Mr. Pettingill received a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University and a master’s degree in health care administration from San Jose State University. He served as a 2010 Fellow in the Advanced Leadership Initiative program at Harvard University.

As the former Chief Executive Officer of a major hospital system and a member of other public company boards, Mr. Pettingill has extensive leadership experience in the healthcare industry, including experience in the areas of business development, strategy and corporate governance, and can represent the customer perspective.

Joseph E. Whitters has served as a member of our Board since July 2018. Mr. Whitters has been an advisor/consultant to Frazier Healthcare, a private equity firm, since 2005. From 1986 to 2005, Mr. Whitters served in various capacities with First Health Group Corp., a publicly traded managed care company, most recently as its Chief Financial Officer. He also previously served as the Controller for United Healthcare Corp. from 1984 to 1986. Prior to that, Mr. Whitters served as the Manager of Accounting and Taxation for Overland Express, a publicly traded trucking company, and he began his career in public accounting with Peat Marwick (now KPMG). Mr. Whitters currently serves as a member of the board of directors of PRGX Global, Inc., a provider of recovery audit and spend analytics services, and Cutera, Inc., a global aesthetics device company. In the past five years, Mr. Whitters served on the boards of directors and audit committees of various public companies, including InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., a provider of infusion pumps and related products and services, Analogic Corporation, a healthcare and security technology solutions company, and Air Methods Corp., an air medical transportation and air tourism company. Mr. Whitters has also been an advisor or board member of several private companies. Mr. Whitters holds a B.A. in Accounting from Luther College.

As a former Chief Financial Officer with significant public company governance experience in the medical technology and medical device industry, Mr. Whitters brings to our Board extensive experience in finance, accounting, public company governance, operations and strategy.

Elizabeth Dávila has served as a member of our Board since February 2008. She also served as Vice Chairperson of our Board from September 2008 through November 2017. Ms. Dávila was the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VISX, Incorporated (“VISX”), a manufacturer of laser vision correction systems, which was acquired by Advanced Medical Optics in May 2005. Prior to becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VISX in 2001, she served as President and Chief Operating Officer of VISX from 1999 to 2001 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 1999. Ms. Dávila currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Afaxys, Inc., a private company that supplies family planning providers with pharmaceuticals and supplies as well as 416 Holdings, Inc., the private holding company for Afaxys, Inc., and Kaleido Health Solutions, Inc., a private telehealth company. In the past five years Ms. Dávila has served as a member of the board of directors of NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a private company that develops and commercializes rapid, high-sensitivity and high-throughput amplification and labeling systems for genomic analysis, which was acquired by the Tecan Group in September 2018. Ms. Dávila holds a B.S. in Chemistry from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, a M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame and a M.B.A. from Stanford University.

As a former Chief Executive Officer of VISX and a current and former member of multiple public and private company boards, Ms. Dávila has extensive healthcare industry experience in management, business development, operations, strategy and capital equipment sales.

Joshua H. Levine has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board since October 2012. He has been the President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of two other publicly traded global medical device firms, including Mentor Corporation, a surgical implant/medical device manufacturer in the aesthetics space from 2004 to 2009, and, prior to joining Accuray, with Immucor Corporation, a diagnostics manufacturer of automated instrumentation and reagents used in blood transfusion procedures. Mr. Levine currently serves on the Board of Directors of Natus Medical Incorporated, a provider of medical devices, software and services for the newborn care, neurology, sleep, hearing and balance markets. Mr. Levine holds a B.A. from the University of Arizona.

Mr. Levine brings diverse, global healthcare industry experience and a strong track record of creating and unlocking strategic value for the companies he has led. Mr. Levine’s qualifications to serve on our Board include,

among other skills and qualifications, his strategic business development skills, commercial leadership experience and executive vision. In addition, Mr. Levine brings expertise in the medical device and medical technology industries from years of experience as a chief executive officer with two other publicly traded, small cap medical device manufacturing companies.

James M. Hindman has served as a member of our Board since September 2019. Mr. Hindman served in various positions at Allergan, Inc. (“Allergan”), a multi-specialty healthcare company, from 1984 to March 2015, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including most recently as the Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Development, Chief Financial Officer from August 2014 to March 2015. Mr. Hindman served as Senior Vice President of Treasury, Risk and Investor Relations at Allergan from March 2002 to August 2014, and, from 1984 to 2002, Mr. Hindman served a variety of other finance positions at Allergan, including Senior Vice President, Finance and Controller; Vice President, Finance; Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis; and Assistant Corporate Controller. Mr. Hindman currently serves on the board of directors of Millendo Therapeutics, Inc., a public biotechnology company, Aatru Medical, a private medical device company, and Urovant Sciences, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. In the past five years, Mr. Hindman served on the board of directors of Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage medical dermatology and aesthetics company. He has also provided financial consulting services to Cidara Therapeutics, Inc., a public biotechnology company, since July 2015, and to RANI Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company, from December 2017 to December 2018. Mr. Hindman holds a B.S. in Accounting from Loyola Marymount University and a M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.

As a former Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded global healthcare company with significant financial experience in the medical device industry, Mr. Hindman brings to our Board extensive experience in business development, strategy, financial planning and reporting, and public company governance.

Jack Goldstein, Ph.D., has served as a member of our Board since May 2010. Dr. Goldstein has been an independent consultant since 2006 specializing in human medical diagnostics, biopharmaceuticals and medical devices. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Chiron Corporation from 2004 until its acquisition by Novartis in 2006, and from 2002 to 2004 he served as President of Chiron’s Blood Testing Division. From 2000 to 2002, he was a general partner at Windamere Venture Partners, a private venture capital investment fund. From 1997 to 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Applied Imaging Corporation, and from 1999 until 2002, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Applied Imaging. From 1986 to 1997, Dr. Goldstein served in various executive positions at Johnson & Johnson, including President of Ortho Diagnostic Systems and Executive Vice President of Professional Diagnostics. In the past five years, Dr. Goldstein previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a drug discovery and development company, and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Counsyl, Inc., a private medical genetics testing company. Dr. Goldstein holds a B.A. in biology from Rider University and an M.S. in immunology and a Ph.D. in microbiology from St. John’s University.

Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, in advance of his or her nomination, each director submits a contingent, irrevocable resignation that the Board may accept if that director fails to be elected by a majority of votes cast. In that situation, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee would make a recommendation to the Board about whether to accept such resignation, which the Board will promptly consider. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board may consider any factors they deem relevant in deciding whether to accept a director’s resignation.

Stockholders are not entitled to cumulate their votes in the election of directors or with respect to any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders. To be elected, directors must receive a majority of votes cast, meaning that the number of shares voted “FOR” a director’s election exceeds 50% of the number of votes cast with respect to that director’s election. You may vote either “FOR” or “AGAINST” each director nominee or you may abstain. Abstentions will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast with respect to the election of such a director, and thus will have no effect on the outcome of the vote. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE TWO NOMINEES FOR CLASS II DIRECTOR LISTED ABOVE.

If stockholders do not approve the increase in shares, we will continue to grant equity awards under the terms of the 2016 Plan as currently in effect.

The following paragraphs provide a summary of the main features of the Amended 2016 Plan and its operation. However, this summary does not provide a complete description of all of the Amended 2016 Plan’s provisions and is qualified in its entirety by the specific language of the Amended 2016 Plan. A copy of the Amended 2016 Plan is provided as Appendix A to this Proxy Statement.

The purposes of the Amended 2016 Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel; to provide additional incentive to employees, directors, and consultants; and to promote the success of our business. These incentives are provided through the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units, and performance shares as the plan administrator (as defined below) may determine.

Subject to the adjustment provisions contained in the Amended 2016 Plan, our stockholders are being asked to approve an increase in the number of shares of our common stock available for issuance under the Amended 2016 Plan by 7,920,000. If approved, the total number of shares of our common stock that will be reserved for issuance under the Amended 2016 Plan will be (i) 18,420,000 shares, plus (ii) any shares which have been reserved but not issued pursuant to any awards granted under the 2007 Plan as of November 17, 2016 and any shares subject to stock options, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, or similar awards granted under the 2007 Plan, that, on or after November 17, 2016, expire or otherwise terminate without having been exercised in full and shares issued pursuant to awards granted under the 2007 Plan that are forfeited to or repurchased by the Company, with the maximum number of shares to be added from the 2007 Plan equal to 10,084,101. The shares of our common stock may be authorized, but unissued or reacquired common stock.

If any award granted under the Amended 2016 Plan expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full or is forfeited to or repurchased by us due to failure to vest, then the expired, unexercised, forfeited, or repurchased shares of our common stock subject to such award will become available for future grant or sale under the Amended 2016 Plan. Shares of our common stock used to pay the exercise price of an award or to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to an award will not become available for future grant or sale under the Amended 2016 Plan. If an award is paid out in cash rather than shares of our common stock, such payment will not reduce the number of shares of our common stock available for issuance under the Amended 2016 Plan.

For purposes of determining the number of shares of our common stock that remain available for issuance under the Amended 2016 Plan and the number of shares of our common stock returned to the Amended 2016 Plan’s share

reserve, each share subject to an award other than an option, a stock appreciation right, or any other award that is based solely on an increase in value of the shares following the grant date will count as 1.71 shares.

The Amended 2016 Plan contains annual grant limits that were originally intended to satisfy the “performance-based compensation” provisions of Section 162(m). The “performance-based compensation” provisions of Section 162(m) were eliminated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for tax years commencing after December 31, 2017. The Company has previously granted equity awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) and has decided to retain the following limits to not inadvertently lose grandfathered status for arrangements that continue to qualify for the “performance-based compensation” exception. Accordingly, the number of shares of our common stock covered by and the initial value of awards that can be issued to any particular employee or consultant under the Amended 2016 Plan in any fiscal year are limited to the amounts set forth below:

The Amended 2016 Plan also provides that in any fiscal year, a non-employee board member may not be granted awards with a grant date fair value (determined in accordance with GAAP) exceeding $500,000. Any award granted to a participant while he or she was an employee or a consultant (other than a non-employee director) will not count for purposes of this limitation.

In the event of any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares or other securities or other change in the corporate structure affecting our common stock, the Amended 2016 Plan administrator, in order to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Amended 2016 Plan, will adjust the number and class of shares that may be delivered under the Amended 2016 Plan, and/or the number, class and price of shares of stock subject to outstanding awards, and the award grant limitations discussed above.

The Board has delegated administration of the Amended 2016 Plan to the Compensation Committee. The Board and the Compensation Committee may further delegate administration of the Amended 2016 Plan to any committee of the Board, or a committee of individuals satisfying applicable laws appointed by the Board in accordance with the terms of the 2016 Plan. For purposes of this summary of the Amended 2016 Plan, the term “administrator” will refer to the Board or any committee designated by the Board to administer the Amended 2016 Plan. To make grants to certain officers and key employees, the members of the committee must qualify as “non-employee directors” under Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In the case of awards intended to qualify for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m), administration must be by a committee comprised solely of two or more “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m).

Subject to the terms of the Amended 2016 Plan, the administrator has the sole discretion to select the service providers who will receive awards; to determine the terms and conditions of awards; to approve forms of award agreements for use with the Amended 2016 Plan; to modify or amend each award (subject to the repricing restrictions of the Amended 2016 Plan), including to accelerate vesting or waive forfeiture restrictions; and to interpret the provisions of the Amended 2016 Plan and outstanding awards. The administrator may allow a participant to defer the receipt of payment of cash or delivery of shares that otherwise would be due to such participant. The administrator may make rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws and may make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Amended 2016 Plan. The administrator will issue all awards pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Amended 2016 Plan.

The administrator may not implement a program allowing for the cancellation of awards in exchange for different awards and/or cash, the transfer of an outstanding award to a financial institution or other person or entity selected by the administrator, or the increase or reduction of the exercise price of any outstanding award.

All types of awards may be granted to our non-employee directors and to employees and consultants of any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate corporation of ours. Incentive stock options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company. As of June 30, 2020, we had approximately 929 employees (including one employee director), seven non-employee directors, and 88 consultants.

An option gives a participant the right to purchase a specified number of shares of our common stock for a fixed exercise price during a specified period of time. Each option granted under the Amended 2016 Plan will be evidenced by an award agreement specifying the number of shares of our common stock subject to the option and the other terms and conditions of the option, consistent with the requirements of the Amended 2016 Plan.

The exercise price per share of each option may not be less than the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of grant. However, any incentive stock option granted to a person who at the time of grant owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock or any parent or subsidiary corporation of ours (a “ten percent stockholder”) must have an exercise price per share equal to at least 110% of the fair market value of a share on the date of grant. The aggregate fair market value of the shares (determined on the grant date) covered by incentive stock options which first become exercisable by any participant during any calendar year also may not exceed $100,000. The fair market value of the common stock is generally the closing sales price of our stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Options will be exercisable at such times or under such conditions as determined by the administrator and set forth in the award agreement, but an option granted under the Amended 2016 Plan generally cannot vest before the one-year anniversary of the date of grant unless the vesting of such option is accelerated due to a termination of the participant’s service under certain circumstances, due to the participant’s death or disability, or upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Amended 2016 Plan). However, an option may be granted without regard to this minimum vesting limitation as long as the shares subject to such option would not represent more than 5% of the shares subject to all outstanding options, stock appreciation rights, and awards of restricted stock units under the Amended 2016 Plan.

Upon the termination of a participant’s service, the unvested portion of the participant’s option generally expires. The vested portion of the option will remain exercisable for the period following the participant’s termination of service that was determined by the administrator and specified in the participant’s award agreement, and if no such period was determined by the administrator, the vested portion of the option will remain exercisable for: (i) 3 months following a termination of the participant’s service for reasons other than death or disability (and if the participant dies within the 3-month period, the period will be extended to one year from the date of the participant’s death) or (ii) 12 months following a termination of the participant’s service due to death or disability. However, if the exercise of an option is prevented by applicable law, the exercise period may be extended under certain circumstances described in the Amended 2016 Plan. In no event will the option be exercisable after the end of the option’s term.

The term of an option will be specified in the award agreement but may not be more than ten years (or five years for an incentive stock option granted to a ten percent stockholder).

The Amended 2016 Plan provides that the administrator will determine the acceptable form(s) of consideration for exercising an option. An option will be deemed exercised when we receive the notice of exercise and full payment for the shares of our common stock to be exercised, together with applicable tax withholdings.

A stock appreciation right gives a participant the right to receive the appreciation in the fair market value of our common stock between the date an award is granted and the date it is exercised. Upon exercise of a stock appreciation right, the holder of the award will be entitled to receive an amount determined by multiplying: (i) the difference between the fair market value of a share on the date of exercise and the exercise price by (ii) the number of exercised

stock appreciation rights. We may pay the appreciation in cash, in shares of our common stock, or a combination of both. Each stock appreciation right granted under the Amended 2016 Plan will be evidenced by an award agreement specifying the exercise price and the other terms and conditions of the award.

The exercise price per share of each stock appreciation right may not be less than the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of grant.

Stock appreciation rights will be exercisable at such times or under such conditions as determined by the administrator and set forth in the award agreement, but a stock appreciation right granted under the Amended 2016 Plan generally cannot vest before the one-year anniversary of the date of grant unless the vesting of such stock appreciation right is accelerated due to a termination of the participant’s service under certain circumstances, due to the participant’s death or disability, or upon a Change in Control. However, a stock appreciation right may be granted without regard to this limitation as long as the shares subject to such stock appreciation right would not represent more than 5% of the shares subject to all outstanding options, stock appreciation rights, and awards of restricted stock units under the Amended 2016 Plan.

The term of a stock appreciation right may not be more than ten years. The terms and conditions relating to the period of exercise of stock appreciation rights following the termination of a participant’s service are similar to those for options described above.

Awards of restricted stock are rights to acquire or purchase shares of our common stock that vest in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the administrator in its sole discretion. Unless otherwise provided by the administrator, a participant will forfeit any shares of restricted stock that have not vested by the termination of the participant’s service. Each restricted stock award granted will be evidenced by an award agreement specifying the number of shares of our common stock subject to the award and the other terms and conditions of the award.

Unless the administrator provides otherwise, participants holding shares of restricted stock will have voting rights and rights to dividends and other distributions with respect to such shares without regard to vesting. However, such dividends or other distributions will be subject to the same restrictions and forfeitability provisions that apply to the shares of restricted stock with respect to which they were paid. The administrator has the discretion to reduce or waive any restrictions and to accelerate the time at which any restrictions will lapse or be removed.

A restricted stock unit represents a right to receive cash or a share of our common stock if the performance goals or other vesting criteria set by the administrator are achieved or the restricted stock unit otherwise vests. Each award of restricted stock units granted under the Amended 2016 Plan will be evidenced by an award agreement specifying the number of shares of our common stock subject to the award and other terms and conditions of the award.

The administrator may set vesting conditions based upon the achievement of company-wide, divisional, business unit or individual goals (including, but not limited to, continued employment or service), applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the administrator, in its discretion, but an award of restricted stock units granted under the Amended 2016 Plan generally cannot vest before the one-year anniversary of the date of grant unless the vesting of such award is accelerated due to a termination of the participant’s service under certain circumstances, due to the participant’s death or disability, or upon a Change in Control. However, an award of restricted stock units may be granted without regard to this minimum vesting limitation as long as the shares subject to such award would not represent more than 5% of the shares subject to all outstanding options, stock appreciation rights, and awards of restricted stock units under the Amended 2016 Plan.

After an award of restricted stock units has been granted, the administrator has the discretion to reduce or waive any restrictions or vesting criteria that must be met to receive a payout or to accelerate the time at which any restrictions will lapse or be removed. A participant will forfeit any unearned restricted stock units upon termination of his or her service. The administrator in its sole discretion may pay earned restricted stock units in cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of both.

Performance units and performance shares are awards that will result in a payment to a participant only if performance goals established by the administrator are achieved or the awards otherwise vest. Performance units will

have an initial value established by the administrator on or before the date of grant. Each performance share will have an initial value equal to the fair market value of a share on the grant date. Performance units and performance shares will result in a payment to a participant only if the performance goals or other vesting criteria set by the administrator are achieved or the awards otherwise vest.

Each award of performance units or performance shares granted under the Amended 2016 Plan will be evidenced by an award agreement specifying the performance period and other terms and conditions of the award. The administrator may set vesting criteria based upon the achievement of company-wide, divisional, business unit or individual goals (including, but not limited to, continued employment or service), applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the administrator, in its discretion.

After an award of performance units or performance shares has been granted, the administrator has the discretion to accelerate, reduce, or waive any performance objectives or other vesting provisions for such performance units or performance shares, but may not increase the amount payable at a given level of performance.

The administrator has the discretion to pay earned performance units or performance shares in the form of cash, shares of our common stock (which will have an aggregate fair market value equal to the earned performance units or performance shares at the close of the applicable performance period), or a combination of both.

A participant will forfeit any performance units or performance shares that have not been earned or have not vested as of the termination of his or her service with us.

The granting and/or vesting of awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares and performance units, and other incentives under the Amended 2016 Plan may be made subject to the attainment of performance goals relating to one or more business criteria that were originally intended to qualify for the “performance-based compensation” exception under Section 162(m). As noted earlier in this proposal, the “performance-based compensation” provisions of Section 162(m) were eliminated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for tax years commencing after December 31, 2017. The Company has previously granted equity awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) and has decided to retain provisions relating to Section 162(m) that no longer apply to future equity awards so as to not inadvertently lose grandfathered status for arrangements that continue to qualify for the “performance-based compensation” exception. Accordingly, provisions in the Amended 2016 Plan that permitted awards to be granted or earned based on achievement of pre-established performance criteria that had previously been approved by stockholders remain in the plan, but no longer have any practical effect.

To the extent necessary to comply with the “performance-based compensation” provisions of Section 162(m) for any grandfathered awards, following the completion of each performance period applicable to such awards, the administrator will certify in writing whether the applicable performance goals have been achieved for such performance period. A participant will be eligible to receive payment pursuant to an award for a performance period only if the performance goals for such period are achieved.

Awards generally are not transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution. However, the administrator may permit an award other than an incentive stock option to be assigned or transferred during a participant’s lifetime (i) under a domestic relations order, official marital settlement agreement, or other divorce or separation agreement, (ii) to a “family member” (within the meaning of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) in connection with the participant’s estate plan, or (iii) or as required by law.

In the event of a proposed dissolution or liquidation of our company, the administrator will notify each participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. An award will terminate immediately prior to consummation of such proposed action to the extent the award has not been previously exercised.

The Amended 2016 Plan provides that, in the event of a merger or Change in Control, each award will be treated as the administrator determines, including that each award be assumed or substantially equivalent awards substituted by the acquiring or succeeding corporation or its affiliate. The administrator will not be required to treat all outstanding awards the same in the transaction.

If the successor corporation does not assume or substitute for the award, the participant will fully vest in and have the right to exercise all of his or her outstanding options and stock appreciation rights, and all restrictions on restricted stock and restricted stock units will lapse. With respect to awards with performance-based vesting that are not assumed or substituted for, unless the applicable award agreement provides otherwise, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at target levels (prorated based on the portion of the performance period that has elapsed as of immediately prior to the transaction), and all other terms and conditions will be deemed met. In addition, if an option or stock appreciation right is not assumed or substituted for, the administrator will notify the participant in writing or electronically that the option or stock appreciation right will be exercisable for a period of time determined by the administrator, in its sole discretion, and the option or stock appreciation right will terminate upon the expiration of such period.

For awards granted to our non-employee directors that are assumed or substituted for in a merger or Change in Control, upon the termination of a non-employee director’s service as a director of ours or the successor corporation (other than a voluntary resignation that is not made at the acquirer’s request), then (i) the non-employee director will fully vest in and have the right to exercise all of his or her outstanding options and stock appreciation rights, (ii) all restrictions on the non-employee director’s restricted stock and restricted stock units will lapse, and (iii) with respect to the non-employee director’s awards with performance-based vesting, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at target levels (prorated based on the portion of the performance period that elapsed as of immediately prior to the transaction) and all other terms and conditions will be deemed met.

Each award under the Amended 2016 Plan will be subject to any clawback policy of ours, and the administrator also may specify in an award agreement that the participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an award will be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events.

The Amended 2016 Plan includes a recoupment policy, which provides that in the absence of a clawback policy, in the event the Company is required to restate its financial results or materially reduce publicly disclosed backlog figures, the Board will review the conduct of executive officers in relation to the restatement. If the Board determines that an executive officer has engaged in misconduct, or otherwise violated the Company's Code of Conduct and Ethics, and that such misconduct or violation contributed to the restatement or to the improper inclusion of a proposed system sale in publicly disclosed backlog, then the Board may, in its discretion, take appropriate action to remedy the misconduct or violation, such as seeking reimbursement of any portion of any performance-based or incentive compensation paid or awarded to the executive officer that is greater than what would have been paid or awarded if calculated based on the restated financial results or materially reduced backlog figures, to the extent not prohibited by governing law.

The administrator may require a participant to forfeit, return, or reimburse us all or a portion of the award and any amounts paid under the award in order to comply with such clawback policy, the recoupment policy described above, or applicable laws.

The Amended 2016 Plan will automatically terminate ten years from the date that the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan was originally adopted by the Board, unless terminated at an earlier time by the Board. The administrator may amend, alter, suspend, or terminate the Amended 2016 Plan at any time; provided that no amendment may be made without stockholder approval to the extent approval is necessary or desirable to comply with any applicable laws. No amendment, alteration, suspension, or termination may impair the rights of any participant unless mutually agreed otherwise between the participant and the administrator.

The following summary is intended only as a general guide to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of participation in the Amended 2016 Plan. The summary is based on existing U.S. laws and regulations as of the Record

Date, and there can be no assurance that those laws and regulations will not change in the future. The summary does not purport to be complete and does not discuss the tax consequences upon a participant’s death, or the provisions of the income tax laws of any municipality, state or foreign country in which the participant may reside. As a result, tax consequences for any particular participant may vary based on individual circumstances.

A participant recognizes no taxable income for regular income tax purposes as a result of the grant or exercise of an option that qualifies as incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code. If a participant exercises the option and then later sells or otherwise disposes of the shares of our common stock acquired through the exercise the option after both the two-year anniversary of the date the option was granted and the one-year anniversary of the exercise, the participant will recognize a capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the sale price of the shares and the exercise price, and we will not be entitled to any deduction for federal income tax purposes.

However, if the participant disposes of such shares either on or before the two-year anniversary of the date of grant or on or before the one-year anniversary of the date of exercise (a “disqualifying disposition”), any gain up to the excess of the fair market value of the shares of our common stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price generally will be taxed as ordinary income, unless the shares are disposed of in a transaction in which the participant would not recognize a loss (such as a gift). Any gain in excess of that amount will be a capital gain. If a loss is recognized, there will be no ordinary income, and such loss will be a capital loss. Any ordinary income recognized by the participant upon the disqualifying disposition of the shares generally should be deductible by us for federal income tax purposes, except to the extent such deduction is limited by applicable provisions of the Code.

For purposes of the alternative minimum tax, the difference between the option exercise price and the fair market value of the shares of our common stock on the exercise date is treated as an adjustment item in computing the participant’s alternative minimum taxable income in the year of exercise. In addition, special alternative minimum tax rules may apply to certain subsequent disqualifying dispositions of the shares or provide certain basis adjustments or tax credits for purposes.

A participant generally recognizes no taxable income as the result of the grant of such an option. However, upon exercising the option, the participant normally recognizes ordinary income equal to the amount that the fair market value of the shares of our common stock on such date exceeds the exercise price. If the participant is an employee, such ordinary income generally is subject to withholding of income and employment taxes. Upon the sale of the shares of our common stock acquired by the exercise of a nonstatutory stock option, any gain or loss (based on the difference between the sale price and the fair market value on the exercise date) will be taxed as capital gain or loss. No tax deduction is available to us with respect to the grant of a nonstatutory stock option or the sale of the shares acquired through the exercise of the nonstatutory stock option.

In general, no taxable income is reportable when a stock appreciation right is granted to a participant. Upon exercise, the participant generally will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the fair market value of any shares of our common stock received. Any additional gain or loss recognized upon any later disposition of the shares would be capital gain or loss.

A participant acquiring shares of restricted stock generally will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the shares on the vesting date. If the participant is an employee, such ordinary income generally is subject to withholding of income and employment taxes. The participant may elect, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code, to accelerate the ordinary income tax event to the date of acquisition by filing an election with the Internal Revenue Service no later than thirty days after the date the shares are acquired. Upon the sale of shares of our common stock acquired pursuant to a restricted stock award, any gain or loss, based on the difference between the sale price and the fair market value on the date the ordinary income tax event occurs, will be taxed as capital gain or loss.

There are no immediate tax consequences of receiving an award of restricted stock units. A participant who is awarded restricted stock units generally will be required to recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the fair

market value of shares of our common stock issued to such participant at the end of the applicable vesting period or, if later, the settlement date elected by the administrator or a participant. Any additional gain or loss recognized upon any later disposition of any shares received would be capital gain or loss.

A participant generally will recognize no income upon the grant of a performance share or a performance unit award. Upon the settlement of such awards, participants normally will recognize ordinary income in the year of receipt in an amount equal to the cash received and the fair market value of any unrestricted shares of our common stock received. If the participant is an employee, such ordinary income generally is subject to withholding of income and employment taxes. Upon the sale of any shares of our common stock received, any gain or loss, based on the difference between the sale price and the fair market value on the date the ordinary income tax event occurs, will be taxed as capital gain or loss.

Section 409A provides certain requirements for non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements with respect to an individual’s deferral and distribution elections and permissible distribution events. Awards granted under the Amended 2016 Plan with a deferral feature will be subject to the requirements of Section 409A. If an award is subject to and fails to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A, the recipient of that award may recognize ordinary income on the amounts deferred under the award, to the extent vested, which may be prior to when the compensation is actually or constructively received. Also, if an award that is subject to Section 409A fails to comply with Section 409A’s provisions, Section 409A imposes an additional 20% federal income tax on compensation recognized as ordinary income, as well as interest on such deferred compensation.

We generally will be entitled to a tax deduction in connection with an award under the Amended 2016 Plan in an amount equal to the ordinary income realized by a participant and at the time the participant recognizes such income (for example, upon the exercise of a nonstatutory stock option) except to the extent such deduction is limited by applicable provisions of the Code. Special rules limit the deductibility of compensation paid to our chief executive officer and other “covered employees” as determined under Section 162(m) and applicable guidance. Under Section 162(m), the annual compensation paid to any of these specified executives will be deductible only to the extent that it does not exceed $1,000,000 in any taxable year. For tax years beginning before January 1, 2018, compensation in excess of $1,000,000 could be deducted if it qualified as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m); however, this exception has been repealed effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, such that compensation paid to our covered employees in excess of $1,000,000 will not be deductible unless it qualifies for transition relief applicable to certain arrangements in place as of November 2, 2017 that has not been materially modified after that date.

The benefits that will be awarded or paid under the Amended 2016 Plan are not currently determinable. Any future awards granted to eligible participants under the Amended 2016 Plan will be made at the discretion of the administrator, and no such determination as to future awards or who might receive them has been made.

The number of awards that an employee, director, or consultant may receive under the Amended 2016 Plan is in the discretion of the administrator and therefore cannot be determined in advance. The following table sets forth: (i) the aggregate number of shares of common stock subject to options granted under the Existing 2016 Plan during fiscal year 2020 to each of our named executive officers; executive officers, as a group; directors who are not employees, as a group; and all employees who are not executive officers, as a group; (ii) the average per share exercise price of such options; (iii) the aggregate number of shares subject to RSUs, PSUs, and MSUs (at target) granted under the Existing 2016 Plan during fiscal year 2020 to each of our named executive officers; executive officers, as a group; directors who are not executive officers, as a group; and all employees who are not executive officers, as a group; and (iv) the grant-date value of shares subject to such options, RSUs, PSUs, and MSUs.

The Amended 2016 Plan must be approved by a majority of the votes cast, meaning that the Amended 2016 Plan will be approved only if the number of votes “FOR” approval of the Amended 2016 Plan exceeds the number of votes “AGAINST” approval of the Amended 2016 Plan. Abstentions will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast with respect to the proposal regarding the Amended 2016 Plan, and thus will have no effect on the outcome of the vote. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

The following paragraphs provide a summary of the principal features of the Amended ESPP and its operation. However, this summary is not a complete description of all of the provisions of the Amended ESPP and is qualified in its entirety by the specific language of the Amended ESPP. A copy of the Amended ESPP is provided as Appendix B to this Proxy Statement.

The purpose of the Amended ESPP is to provide eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase shares of our common stock through contributions, generally through payroll deductions. The Amended ESPP permits the Board or the Compensation Committee (referred to herein as the “administrator”) to grant purchase rights that qualify for preferential tax treatment under Code Section 423 (the “423 Component”). In addition, the Amended ESPP authorizes the grant of purchase rights that do not qualify under Code Section 423 (the “Non-423 Component”), pursuant to rules, procedures or sub-plans adopted by the Board or a committee of the Board (including the Compensation Committee) administering the Amended ESPP that are designed to achieve desired tax or other objectives.

The Amended ESPP will be administered by the Board or a committee consisting of at least two members of the Board, each of whom is a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Compensation Committee currently administers the Amended ESPP, but the Board may at any time exercise the rights and duties of the administrator of the Amended ESPP.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Amended ESPP, the administrator has the power to interpret the Amended ESPP and the terms of the options; to adopt, interpret, amend, or revoke any rules for the administration, interpretation, and application of the Amended ESPP; to delegate ministerial duties to any of the Company’s employees; to designate separate offerings under the Amended ESPP; to designate subsidiaries of the Company as participating in the 423 Component or Non-423 Component; to determine eligibility; to adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Amended ESPP; to adopt rules and procedures regarding eligibility to participate, the definition of “compensation” for purposes of the Amended ESPP, handling of contributions, making of contributions to the Amended ESPP, establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary designation requirements, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates that vary with applicable local requirements; to determine that, to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f), the terms of an option granted under the Amended ESPP or an offering to citizens or residents of a non-U.S. jurisdiction will be less favorable than the terms of options granted under the Amended ESPP or the same offering to employees resident solely in the U.S.; and to utilize the services of an agent to assist in the administration of the Amended ESPP. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the administrator will be final and binding upon all participants, the Company and all other interested persons.

Generally, our employees and the employees of our designated subsidiaries who customarily work more than 20 hours per week and more than five months per calendar year are eligible to participate in the Amended ESPP. However, no employee is eligible to participate in the Amended ESPP if, immediately after the election to participate, such employee would own stock (including stock such employee may purchase under outstanding rights under the Amended ESPP) representing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of our stock or the stock of any of our parent or subsidiary corporations. In addition, no employee is permitted to participate if the rights of the employee to purchase our common stock under the Amended ESPP and all similar purchase plans maintained by us or our subsidiaries would accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of the fair market value of such stock (determined at the time the right is granted) for each calendar year. As of June 30, 2020, approximately 806 employees were eligible to participate in the ESPP.

Subject to certain adjustments set forth in the Amended ESPP, our stockholders are being asked to approve an increase to the number of shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP equal to

1,500,000 shares. If the Amended ESPP is approved by our stockholders, the total number of shares of our common stock that will be reserved for issuance under the Amended ESPP will be 12,263,101 shares (inclusive of the foregoing 1,500,000 share increase).

Eligible employees become participants in the Amended ESPP by executing a subscription agreement and filing it with us 15 days (or such shorter or longer period as may be determined by the Amended ESPP’s administrator) prior to the applicable enrollment date. By enrolling in the Amended ESPP, a participant is deemed to have elected to purchase the maximum number of whole shares of our common stock that can be purchased with the compensation withheld during each offering period for which the participant is enrolled. Once an employee becomes a participant in the ESPP, the employee automatically will participate in each successive offering period until the employee withdraws from the ESPP or the employee’s employment with the Company or one of the Company’s designated subsidiaries terminates.

Offerings; exercise dates. The Amended ESPP will have successive offering periods, with the length of each offering period determined by the administrator up to a maximum of 27 months. As currently operated, a new 12-month offering period will begin on June 1^st and December 1^st of each year during the term of the Amended ESPP. Each offering period will have two successive purchase periods (each approximately 6 months in length). Purchases will be made once during each purchase period on the last trading day of such purchase period (the “exercise date”). If the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the exercise date is less than the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the first trading day of the offering period, participants will be withdrawn from such offering period following their purchase of shares on the exercise date and will be automatically re-enrolled in a new offering period. The Amended ESPP’s administrator may change the duration and timing of offering periods and purchase periods under the Amended ESPP.

Price and payment. Employees electing to participate in the Amended ESPP will authorize payroll deductions made on each pay day during each offering period until the employee instructs us to stop the deductions or until the employee’s employment is terminated. Participants may contribute from 1% to 10% of their compensation through payroll deductions, and the accumulated deductions will be applied to the purchase of shares of our common stock on each exercise date. Compensation for purposes of the Amended ESPP includes an employee’s base straight time gross earnings and commissions but excludes payments for overtime, shift premium, incentive compensation, incentive payments, bonuses, expense reimbursements, fringe benefits and other compensation. A participant generally may not make contributions into his or her account other than through payroll deductions. During an offering period, a participant generally may change the rate of payroll deductions, including reducing the contribution rate to 0%, but the administrator has the discretion to limit the type and number of such rate changes during any offering period. Participant contributions are generally credited to the participant’s account, withheld in whole percentages (from 1% to 10% of “compensation”), and are included with the Company’s general funds.

The purchase price per share of our common stock generally will be equal to 85% of the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the first trading day of the applicable offering period or, if lower, 85% of the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the last trading day of the applicable purchase period. No employee is permitted to purchase more than 2,500 shares during each purchase period. The administrator has the ability to change the purchase price per share of our common stock and purchase limits for future offering periods. The fair market value of a share of our common stock on any date generally will equal the closing sales price of a share on The Nasdaq Stock Market for such date, or if no sale occurred on such date, the first trading date immediately prior to such date during which a sale occurred, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Amended ESPP’s administrator may deem reliable for such purposes.

Termination of participation. Employees may withdraw from an offering period and end their participation in the Amended ESPP at any time during the offering period. Once a participant withdraws from an offering period, however, that participant may not participate again in the same offering period and would be required to deliver a new subscription agreement to the Company in order to participate in a future offering period. In addition, participation in the Amended ESPP automatically will end in the event a participant ceases to qualify as an eligible employee for any reason. Upon termination of participation in the Amended ESPP, the former participant’s payroll deductions not already used to purchase shares of our common stock under the Amended ESPP will be returned to him or her.

In the event of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Company’s common stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, appropriate adjustments will be made to the number of shares of our common stock available for issuance under the Amended ESPP, the purchase price and number of shares of our common stock covered by options outstanding under the Amended ESPP, and the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be purchased by each participant during each purchase period.

In the event of the Company’s proposed dissolution or liquidation, the administrator will shorten any purchase periods then in progress by setting a new purchase date and any offering periods will end on the new purchase date. The new purchase date will be prior to the dissolution or liquidation. If the administrator shortens any purchase periods then in progress, the administrator will notify each participant in writing, at least ten business days prior to the new purchase date, that the purchase date has been changed to the new purchase date and that the right to purchase shares of our common stock under the ESPP will be exercised automatically on the new purchase date, unless the participant has already withdrawn from the offering period.

In the event of a merger or Change in Control (as defined in the Amended ESPP), the outstanding rights under the Amended ESPP will be assumed or an equivalent right substituted by the successor company or its parent or subsidiary. If the successor company or its parent or subsidiary refuses to assume the outstanding rights or substitute an equivalent right, then the purchase period then in progress will be shortened by setting a new exercise date prior to the effective date of the transaction and all outstanding purchase rights will automatically be exercised on the new exercise date. The purchase price will be equal to 85% of the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the first trading day of the applicable offering period in which an acquisition occurs or, if lower, 85% of the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date the purchase rights are exercised.

The Board may at any time and for any reason terminate or amend the Amended ESPP. Generally, no amendment may make any change in any option previously granted which adversely affects the rights of any participant without such participant’s consent, provided that an offering period may be terminated by the Board if it determines that the termination of the offering period or the Amended ESPP is in the best interests of our company and our stockholders. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code, we will obtain stockholder approval of any amendment to the Amended ESPP.

Without stockholder consent and without regard to whether any participant rights may be considered to have been “adversely affected,” the Amended ESPP’s administrator may change the offering periods or purchase periods, designate separate offerings, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an offering period, and establish such other limitations or procedures as it determines consistent with the Amended ESPP. In addition, in the event the Board determines that the ongoing operation of the Amended ESPP may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Board may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify or amend the Amended ESPP to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequence. Such modifications or amendments will not require stockholder approval or the consent of any of the Amended ESPP’s participants.

The Amended ESPP will remain in effect until terminated by the Amended ESPP’s administrator.

Participation in the Amended ESPP is voluntary and is dependent on each eligible employee’s election to participate and his or her determination as to the level of payroll deductions. Accordingly, future purchases under the Amended ESPP are not determinable. Non-employee directors are not eligible to participate in the Amended ESPP. No purchases have been made under the Amended ESPP since its adoption by the Board.

The following brief summary of the effect of the U.S. federal income taxation upon the participant and the Company with respect to the shares of our common stock purchased under the Amended ESPP does not purport to be complete and does not discuss the tax consequences of a participant’s death or the income tax laws of any state or foreign country in which the participant may reside.

The Amended ESPP, and the right of U.S. participants to make purchases thereunder, is intended to qualify under the provisions of Sections 421 and 423 of the Code. Under these provisions, no income will be taxable to a participant until the shares of our common stock purchased under the Amended ESPP are sold or otherwise disposed of. Upon sale or other disposition of the shares, the participant will generally be subject to tax in an amount that depends upon the holding period. If the shares of our common stock are sold or otherwise disposed of more than two years from the first day of the applicable offering period and one year from the applicable date of purchase, the participant will recognize ordinary income measured as the lesser of (i) the excess of the fair market value of the shares of our common stock at the time of such sale or disposition over the purchase price or (ii) an amount equal to 15% of the fair market value of the shares of our common stock as of the first day of the applicable offering period. Any additional gain will be treated as long-term capital gain. If the shares of our common stock are sold or otherwise disposed of before the expiration of these holding periods, the participant will recognize ordinary income generally measured as the excess of the fair market value of the shares of our common stock on the date the shares are purchased over the purchase price. Any additional gain or loss on such sale or disposition will be long-term or short-term capital gain or loss, depending on how long the shares have been held from the date of purchase. The Company generally is not entitled to a deduction for amounts taxed as ordinary income or capital gain to a participant except to the extent of ordinary income recognized by participants upon a sale or disposition of shares of our common stock prior to the expiration of the holding periods described above.

The Amended ESPP must be approved by a majority of the votes cast, meaning that the Amended ESPP will be approved only if the number of votes “FOR” approval of the Amended ESPP exceeds the number of votes “AGAINST” approval of the Amended ESPP. Abstentions will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast with respect to the proposal regarding the Amended ESPP, and thus will have no effect on the outcome of the vote. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

The Compensation Committee will continue to analyze our executive compensation policies and practices and adjust them as appropriate to reflect our performance and competitive needs.

The proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present at the Annual Meeting, in person (virtually) or by proxy, and entitled to vote on the proposal. Abstentions will be treated as being present and entitled to vote on the proposal and, therefore, will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding on the Board or the Compensation Committee. However, the Compensation Committee, which is responsible for designing and approving our executive compensation program, and the Board value the opinions expressed by our stockholders and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our NEOs.

Based on the information provided above and within “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” in this Proxy Statement, we request that you indicate your support for our executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices by voting in favor of the following resolution:

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE ADVISORY APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

as well as, to a very limited extent, specifically designated non-audit services that, in the opinion of the Audit Committee, will not impair the independence of the registered public accounting firm. Pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services and is generally subject to a specific budget. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval, including the fees for the services performed to date. In addition, the Audit Committee also may pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis, as required.

The proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present at the Annual Meeting, in person (virtually) or by proxy, and entitled to vote on the proposal. Abstentions will be treated as being present and entitled to vote on the proposal and, therefore, will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2021.

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the material elements of our executive compensation program during fiscal 2020. It also provides an overview of our executive compensation philosophy, including our principal compensation policies and practices. Finally, it analyzes how and why the Compensation Committee arrived at its specific compensation decisions for our NEOs in fiscal 2020 and discusses the key factors that the Compensation Committee considered in determining NEO compensation, which included stockholder feedback and the results of our 2019 say-on-pay vote.

In fiscal 2020, we achieved financial results that were overall lower than expected, including the following:

Our Board and management are committed to maintaining sound and effective compensation and governance programs, with policies and programs reflecting best practices and designed to build value for our stockholders. At our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, approximately 10.5% of the votes cast were voted in favor of the compensation of our then-named executive officers and, indirectly, our executive compensation program.

The Compensation Committee was very concerned by the low level of support for the compensation of our then-named executive officers at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. As a result, the Compensation Committee reviewed the voting recommendations of ISS and Glass Lewis, each of which were critical of our fiscal 2019 executive compensation programs, and consulted with Compensia, Inc., its independent compensation consultant, to better understand the low level of support, explore methods to better align executive compensation with Company performance, and seek to address any executive compensation policies and practices from fiscal 2019 that were identified as being problematic.

In addition to the foregoing, the Company continued its investor outreach efforts to engage with stockholders and better understand their perspectives on a variety of matters, including the Company’s performance, governance, human capital management, and executive compensation. These engagements with stockholders included meetings with members of our executive team, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and on occasion the Chairman of our Board, who was also the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee at the time. These interactions included the following:

In fiscal 2020, we held over 25 such meetings with one or more institutional stockholders so that they could provide feedback to our executive officers and, in some instances, directly to the Chairman of our Board. In the aggregate, the institutional stockholders that participated in such meetings in fiscal 2020 held over 17% of our outstanding common stock and included five of our largest 25 stockholders, in each case as of September 30, 2019. Further, in an effort to continue to increase the level of stockholder engagement, for fiscal 2021, the Compensation Committee has invited each of our top 15 institutional stockholders as of July 1, 2020 to discuss our executive compensation programs, policies, and practices.

In evaluating our executive compensation program, policies, and practices for fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee was careful to consider the feedback from our stockholders, including the results of our fiscal 2019 say-on pay vote, which received the lowest level of stockholder support in the Company’s history, as well as the criticism and analysis set forth in the ISS and Glass Lewis reports. Taking in account the foregoing, as well as other factors described in “—Long-term Incentive Compensation” below, the Compensation Committee, which had already made certain changes to our fiscal 2020 executive compensation program relative to our fiscal 2019 program, further reviewed our executive compensation program and affirmed the following changes:

In addition to the foregoing, concerned in part by the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation, the independent members of our Board:

The Compensation Committee recognizes the importance of having on-going and open conversations with our stockholders to solicit their feedback. We value the insights gained from such conversations and find them to be helpful even when points of view vary. The Compensation Committee, as well as the independent members of our

Board, will consider such stockholder feedback when adopting policies and practices affecting our executive compensation program and will continue to seek on-going opportunities to have dialogues with our stockholders. The Compensation Committee is committed to maintaining or bettering such level of stockholder engagement going forward.

Based on its desire to incentivize our senior leadership team for fiscal 2020, which it believes embodies the appropriate experience and skills to successfully execute our long-term business objectives, and taking into account the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation, the Compensation Committee (and, in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board) took the following actions with respect to the compensation of our NEOs:

We believe that there should be a strong relationship between pay and performance, and our executive compensation program reflects this belief. In particular, annual cash incentive award opportunities and long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity awards represent a majority of the target total direct compensation opportunities of our executive officers, including our NEOs, as reflected in the charts below. These variable compensation elements are considered “at risk” as they are directly dependent upon the achievement of pre-established performance objectives and/or stock price performance.

We structured our annual cash incentive award opportunities to focus on the achievement of specific short-term financial performance goals that are aligned with our business strategy and would further our longer-term growth objectives. If our annual cash incentive awards had not been eliminated for fiscal 2020, our annual Company Bonus Plan would have funded only if we achieved multiple pre-established financial performance objectives, placing our NEOs’ target annual cash incentive opportunities entirely at risk. However, concerned in part by the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation, the independent members of our Board eliminated the annual cash incentive awards for 2020.

Our long-term incentive compensation program was revised for fiscal 2020 to be comprised of a combination of options to purchase shares of our common stock, service-based RSU awards and, with respect to our CEO, a performance-based PSU award in lieu of a service-based RSU award. The Compensation Committee believes that this combination of awards appropriately balances the various objectives of the long-term incentive compensation program because it promotes long-term value creation critical to driving stockholder value, directly aligns executive compensation with stockholder interests through share ownership, and encourages our key executives to remain engaged with our organization through the vesting date of the awards, which is typically a multi-year period.

The following charts illustrate the mix of the fiscal 2020 target total direct compensation opportunities for our NEOs between base salary, target annual cash incentive opportunities and long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity awards, which are further discussed under the heading “Compensation Elements” below. The following charts exclude Ms. Winter, who was newly hired in fiscal 2020, and Messrs. Hadjadjeba and Kirkpatrick, each of whom left the Company in fiscal 2020.

The following chart illustrates the allocation of the fiscal 2020 target and realized direct compensation for our NEOs between base salary, annual cash incentive opportunities and long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity awards; however, they exclude Ms. Winter, who was newly hired in fiscal 2020, and Messrs. Hadjadjeba and Kirkpatrick, each of whom left the Company in fiscal 2020. A significant portion of the “at-risk” cash compensation of our NEOs was not earned as a result of the elimination of our fiscal 2020 annual cash incentive awards despite our achievement of pre-established performance metrics selected under the Company Bonus Plan. Additionally, due to our stock price performance, which faced downward pressure resulting in part from industry conditions and overall economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, none of the stock options granted during or prior to fiscal 2020 to our NEOs, including our CEO, were “in-the-money” based on the closing market price of our common stock on June 30, 2020, the last business day of fiscal 2020, demonstrating the option awards’ strong alignment between stockholder value creation and executive compensation.

In addition, as a result, at least in part, of our performance in fiscal 2020, no shares of our common stock were earned or issued with respect to (i) the PSU award granted to our CEO in fiscal 2020, (ii) the second performance period (beginning on November 1, 2016 and ending on October 31, 2019) under our 2017 MSU Program or (iii) the first performance period (beginning on November 1, 2017 and ending on October 31, 2019) under our 2018 MSU Program.

Target total direct compensation in the chart above includes base salary, target annual cash incentive award opportunities and the grant date fair value of equity awards but excludes other compensation as reported in the Fiscal 2020 Summary Compensation Table under “Executive Compensation” below. Realized compensation includes base salary paid and the value of time-based RSU awards granted prior to, but vesting in, fiscal 2020. Realized compensation excludes any annual cash incentive awards as none were earned or paid due to the elimination of our annual cash incentive awards under the Company Bonus Plan for fiscal 2020. Neither the PSU award granted to our CEO in fiscal 2020 nor any of the MSU awards granted in fiscal 2017 or fiscal 2018 were earned for the performance periods ending in fiscal 2020 and no stock options were exercised by our executive officers in fiscal 2020.

To achieve our objectives, we need a highly talented and seasoned management team with the integrity, skills and dedication necessary to oversee a dynamic and growing organization and the vision to anticipate and respond to future market developments. Our executive officers must be capable of fulfilling our long-term business strategy, including expanding the growth of our products into the market.

Accordingly, the overarching compensation philosophy approved by the Compensation Committee for fiscal 2020 was grounded in the following principles and objectives:

Consistent with this philosophy, a significant portion of our NEOs’ target total direct compensation in fiscal 2020 was comprised of variable cash incentives (i.e., annual cash incentive opportunities) and equity-based compensation, consisting of stock options and RSU awards or PSU awards, in order to align compensation with our business performance and the long-term interests of our stockholders.

The compensation ultimately earned by our NEOs in fiscal 2020 reflects the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation. As a result of these uncertainties, the base salaries of our executive officers, including our NEOs, were temporarily reduced beginning June 1, 2020 and the annual cash incentive awards under the Company Bonus Plan (described below) were eliminated and as such were not earned by our NEOs in fiscal 2020 (other than with respect to Ms. Winter, who was guaranteed a minimum cash incentive award pursuant to her employment agreement). Additionally, as a result of our stock price performance, the stock options granted in fiscal 2020 did not have any realizable value as of June 30, 2020, the last business day of fiscal 2020, even assuming such awards were exercisable on such date and no shares of our common stock were earned or issued in respect of (i) the PSU award granted to our CEO in fiscal 2020, (ii) the second performance period (beginning on November 1, 2016 and ending on October 31, 2019) under the 2017 MSU Program or (iii) the first performance period (beginning on November 1, 2017 and ending on October 31, 2019) under the 2018 MSU Program.

The compensation of our executive officers, including our NEOs, consisted of the following elements at the beginning of fiscal 2020:

We maintain sound corporate governance standards as reflected in our executive compensation policies and practices. The following policies and practices were in effect in fiscal 2020:

The Compensation Committee oversees our executive compensation philosophy and administers our executive compensation program. The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing the performance and approving the compensation of our executive officers, including our NEOs (other than our CEO). The independent members of our Board are responsible for reviewing the performance of our CEO and approving his compensation. The Compensation Committee is also responsible for reviewing and recommending to our Board the compensation of our non-employee directors and establishing and regularly reviewing the compensation and benefits policies for our executive officers. For additional information on the Compensation Committee, including the scope of its authority, see “Corporate Governance and Board of Directors Matters—Compensation Committee,” below.

At the beginning of each fiscal year, our Board, after consulting with management, establishes our corporate performance objectives, and the Compensation Committee, after consulting with management, reviews and approves the individual performance objectives for each executive officer (other than our CEO) and makes decisions with respect to any base salary adjustment, target annual cash incentive award opportunities and equity awards for our executive officers, including our NEOs (other than our CEO), for the upcoming fiscal year. The independent members of our Board, based on the recommendations of the Compensation Committee, approve the individual performance objectives for our CEO and make decisions with respect to his base salary adjustment, target annual cash incentive award opportunity and equity awards. After the end of the fiscal year, the Compensation Committee assesses the performance of our executive officers, including our NEOs (other than our CEO), to determine the payouts for the annual cash incentive award opportunities for the previous year, and the independent members of our Board assess the performance of our CEO to determine his annual cash incentive award payout in light of the previously established performance objectives. In May 2020, due in part to the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation, the independent members of our Board, consistent with its authority to make adjustments to the cash incentive award payouts and base salaries, approved the elimination of the annual cash incentive awards for fiscal 2020 as well as temporary decreases in base salary for all of our executive officers, including our NEOs, beginning June 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

To aid in its deliberations, each fiscal year our CEO provides recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding the individual compensation elements for each of our executive officers, including our NEOs (other than himself). Prior to formulating these recommendations, our CEO conducts an annual performance review of our other executive officers to evaluate their performance for the prior fiscal year based on the objectives previously established by the Compensation Committee. Our CEO then presents the results of these evaluations, along with his recommendations with regard to their compensation for the current fiscal year, including base salary adjustments, target annual cash incentive award opportunities and payouts and equity awards, to the Compensation Committee for its consideration. In advance of making such recommendations, our CEO often reviews market data provided by the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant and takes into consideration such factors as our compensation philosophy, achievement of individual performance goals and objectives and internal pay equity.

Our CEO also assists our Board in formulating our performance objectives for the fiscal year and the Compensation Committee in developing the individual performance objectives for each executive officer. The Compensation Committee reviews, discusses and modifies such recommendations as it deems appropriate and then recommends to our Board for approval.

Similarly, our CEO’s performance is reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee as well as the other independent members of our Board as part of their deliberations with respect to his compensation. The Compensation Committee makes recommendations regarding the compensation of our CEO to the independent members of our Board, who approve all elements of our CEO’s compensation.

Typically, our CEO is present at Compensation Committee meetings where executive compensation and corporate and individual performance are discussed and evaluated (except when his own compensation and performance are determined or reviewed). From time to time, our CFO, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, who oversees our Human Resources function, may also attend Compensation Committee meetings at which executive compensation matters are discussed and participate in those discussions (except when their own compensation and performance are discussed or reviewed).

The Compensation Committee has retained Compensia, Inc. (“Compensia”) as its advisor to provide advice with respect to our executive and non-employee director compensation programs. Compensia advises the Compensation Committee with respect to trends in executive compensation, the development of the Peer Group (as defined below), the determination of compensation programs, the assessment of competitive pay levels and mix (for example, the proportion of fixed pay to incentive pay and the proportion of annual cash pay to long-term incentive pay) and setting compensation levels. Compensia also consults with the Compensation Committee to formulate and design new programs to better align our executive officers’ performance with the interests of our stockholders.

Compensia did not perform any other services for us or the Compensation Committee in fiscal 2020. Based on its review, the Compensation Committee has determined that Compensia’s services did not raise any conflict of interest and, after consideration of the factors set forth in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq Listing Rules, determined that Compensia was independent within the meaning of those rules.

For fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee determined the compensation of our executive officers, including our NEOs, including the allocation between cash and equity compensation based on an analysis of the data reflected in the Radford April 2019 High-Tech Industry Survey (the “Radford Survey”) for companies with $200 million to $1.5 billion in annual revenue, as well as an assessment of our performance and compensation practices against a peer group of 13 medical device companies (the “Peer Group”) with whom we compete for executive talent, which are in our industry sector or which have comparable financial and organizational characteristics (collectively, the “Relevant Market Data”). The Peer Group of 13 medical device companies was recommended by Compensia and submitted to the Compensation Committee for its review and approval. The Peer Group for fiscal 2020 was approved by the Compensation Committee in April 2019.

The criteria used to develop the fiscal 2020 Peer Group include the following:

The following table summarizes our relative positioning to the fiscal 2020 Peer Group when the Compensation Committee conducted its annual review of our executive compensation program at the end of fiscal 2019.

The Compensation Committee annually reviews the composition of the Peer Group to ensure it is the most relevant set of companies to use for comparison purposes.

In evaluating the base salaries of our executive officers for fiscal 2020, establishing target annual cash incentive award opportunities and granting equity awards, the Compensation Committee reviewed the Relevant Market Data to inform its decisions on individual compensation elements, in particular the competitive reasonableness of such elements and to ensure that its decisions were consistent with our compensation philosophy and strategy. While the Compensation Committee considered the Relevant Market Data, it did not make its decisions solely based on targeting compensation to specific benchmarks against the Relevant Market Data. Instead, the Compensation Committee took an approach consistent with its intention to (i) set performance objectives for cash incentive compensation so that target level payouts would only be made if our executive officers and the Company performed at a superior level that would be difficult to achieve and (ii) provide our executive officers with the ability to earn above-market compensation for exceptional performance that furthered our long-term financial and strategic goals.

As part of our annual executive compensation approval process, with the assistance of Compensia, the Compensation Committee reviews each executive officer’s compensation history for the past five years or, if an executive officer was hired within the past five years, since his or her date of hire, including each compensation element and how it compared to the Relevant Market Data for the most recent fiscal year. The Compensation Committee also reviews tally sheets setting forth the expected value of annual compensation and benefits for each executive officer, including our NEOs, which includes base salaries, potential annual cash incentive payouts and minimum and maximum levels, long-term incentive compensation, including the mix of equity awards and the number of shares of our common stock subject to outstanding stock options, RSU awards and MSU awards granted, including the fair value at grant, and the annualized cost of other benefits.

These tally sheets also set forth the accumulated value of the compensation and benefits for each executive officer, including our NEOs, which includes the accumulated value of equity awards and the accumulated value of potential payouts under different separation from employment scenarios, including under our post-employment compensation arrangements. Reviewing tally sheets each year facilitates the Compensation Committee’s evaluation of the reasonableness of the total accumulated value of the compensation and benefits provided to each executive officer, including our NEOs. For fiscal 2020, the tally sheets served to assist the Compensation Committee and, in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board, in understanding the total annual compensation opportunity for each executive officer and relative compensation among our executive officers, but did not affect any specific decision relating to our executive officers’ compensation.

We believe that a competitive base salary is the essential foundation to providing an appropriate total direct compensation package for our executive officers, including our NEOs. We use base salary to fairly and competitively compensate our executive officers for the jobs we ask them to perform. We view base salary as the most stable component of our executive compensation program, as this amount is not at risk.

The Compensation Committee and, in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board, makes adjustments to base salary when it believes there is a deviation from market based on a review of the Relevant Market Data, when an individual is promoted or assumes an increase in responsibility or when the Compensation Committee determines that an individual’s performance warrants an adjustment. The Compensation Committee (or in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board) reviews the base salary levels of our executive officers each year to determine whether an adjustment is warranted.

In October 2019, in an effort to maintain NEO base salaries at the middle of the competitive market positioning and to appropriately reflect executive performance and responsibilities in fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee (and, in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board) moderately increased the base salaries of our NEOs (including our CEO) by approximately 3%-5% from their final fiscal 2019 salary levels. However, in May 2020, due in part to the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation, our Board approved temporary base salary reductions of 25% for our CEO and 15% for all other executive officers, including our NEOs, for the period beginning June 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The base salaries of each of our NEOs as of the end of fiscal 2019 and 2020 are shown below:

The annual base salaries earned and paid to our NEOs are reported in the Fiscal 2020 Summary Compensation Table under “Executive Compensation” below.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainties surrounding its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation, the independent members of our Board declined to make any adjustments to the metrics or targets underlying the Company Bonus Plan for fiscal 2020. Instead, in May 2020, the independent members of our Board decided to eliminate the annual cash incentive awards under such plan, other than for Ms. Winter, who was guaranteed a cash incentive award opportunity of at least 60% of her base salary (as defined under our Company Bonus Plan) pursuant to her employment agreement. Typically, the annual cash incentive awards under our Company Bonus Plan serve to reinforce our performance-based culture. The Compensation Committee believes in providing our executive officers, including our NEOs, with a target total cash compensation opportunity above the market median tied to the achievement of challenging, pre-established corporate performance objectives that are aligned with our business strategy. Historically, due to the challenging nature of the objectives that the Compensation Committee established, payouts under our Company Bonus Plan have averaged approximately 54% of their target level from fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2019. As with base salary, each executive officer’s target annual cash incentive award opportunity is set with reference to his or her performance over the previous fiscal year as evaluated by our CEO or, in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board, his or her experience and responsibilities, the critical nature of his or her position relative to our success, our retention needs, the Relevant Market Data, and our CEO’s recommendation with respect to our other NEOs.

At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Compensation Committee reviews and approves the corporate performance objectives and related target levels for the current fiscal year’s annual cash incentive awards and reviews and approves the target annual cash incentive award opportunity for each executive officer, including our NEOs, but excluding our CEO, whose target annual cash incentive award opportunity is reviewed and approved by the independent members of our Board. The table below sets forth, for fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2020, the target annual cash incentive award opportunity for each of our NEOs as a percentage of base salary and in absolute dollars. The Compensation Committee recognizes that the performance of certain of our NEOs has a greater potential to directly impact the successful implementation of our overall strategy and achievement of our financial and strategic performance and, given that the Company Bonus Plan only includes corporate performance objectives, the Compensation Committee believes it is appropriate that the target annual cash incentive award opportunities of these executive officers should be higher than the opportunities of other executive officers.

All employees, including our NEOs, are eligible to participate in the Company Bonus Plan, which was adopted by the Compensation Committee. For fiscal 2020, our annual cash incentive awards were designed to reward our executive officers, including our NEOs, based solely on our financial performance. In establishing the fiscal 2020 cash incentive award program for our executive officers, including our NEOs, the Compensation Committee determined that their award opportunities should be directly linked to achieving multiple corporate financial performance objectives. For fiscal 2020, due in part to the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation, the independent members of our Board exercised negative discretion to eliminate the cash incentive award in its entirety for all employees, including our NEOs, other than Ms. Winter who was guaranteed a cash incentive award opportunity of at least 60% of her base salary (as defined under our Company Bonus Plan) pursuant to her employment agreement.

The bonus pool under the Company Bonus Plan would have funded only if the corporate financial performance objectives established by the Compensation Committee were achieved at pre-established threshold levels.

Accordingly, if the bonus pool did not fund, no executive officer would be entitled to any annual cash incentive award payout under the Company Bonus Plan, regardless of his or her individual performance. To the extent that the bonus pool was funded, the Company Bonus Plan entitled each executive officer to an actual cash incentive award payout as determined by the formula below, provided that the Compensation Committee or our Board could exercise positive or negative discretion to increase or reduce the overall funding percentage and/or to increase or reduce any individual

award payout.

 

For fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee established three corporate financial performance objectives: gross system dollars into backlog, total revenue and adjusted EBITDA for purposes of the Company Bonus Plan. These performance objectives were applied in the same manner to all of our executive officers, including our NEOs. The Compensation Committee established target levels and minimum funding thresholds with respect to each performance objective, thereby requiring that we achieve the minimum threshold set for each objective in order for any funding to occur with respect to that objective. The performance objectives and their relative weightings, target levels and minimum funding thresholds for fiscal 2020, as well as the actual performance attained, were as follows:

Each performance objective other than adjusted EBITDA was calculated on a GAAP basis, consistent with the GAAP financial measures reported in our quarterly earnings releases adjusted for constant currency. For purposes of the Company Bonus Plan, “adjusted EBITDA,” a non-GAAP financial measure, was calculated by excluding any bonus accrual amounts and foreign exchange fluctuations. All three measures were measured on a constant foreign currency basis using exchange rates set in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019. The Compensation Committee could, in its discretion, approve exclusions in the nature of one-time occurrences, extraordinary items or events outside management’s control. To be reported in our backlog, an order must have met our fiscal 2020 backlog criteria as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2020.

Each year, the Compensation Committee assesses corporate performance with respect to each of the three performance measures and determined whether threshold performance had been achieved for each measure. The funding with respect to each performance measure was based on a funding slope in a straight line from 50% at the minimum threshold level, to 100%, at the target level. In the event any of the performance measures was achieved at greater than the target level, the funding would also be based on a straight line from 100% at the target level to the maximum funding opportunity at 120% funding for the total revenue and gross dollars into backlog measures and 150% funding for the adjusted EBITDA measure. As a result of the annual cash incentive award being eliminated for fiscal 2020, such assessment by the Compensation Committee was not formally performed for fiscal 2020; however, the amounts that our NEOs would have been eligible for under the Company Bonus Plan for the fiscal 2020 performance period were presented to the Compensation Committee for reference.

Based on our actual corporate performance results, the funding methodology would have resulted in funding of the bonus pool at approximately 79% of the target level for fiscal 2020. Based on this performance level, if the target annual cash incentive awards had not been eliminated, the target annual cash incentive award opportunities and hypothetical payouts made to our NEOs fiscal 2020 performance, other than (i) Ms. Winter, who did receive an actual payout of her guaranteed cash incentive award as noted in footnote 2 of the table below and (ii) Mr. Hadjadjeba, who did not have a target annual cash incentive award opportunity approved in fiscal 2020 due to his termination from the Company effective August 31, 2019, would have been as follows:

As a result of the elimination of the annual cash incentive award for fiscal 2020, no annual cash incentive award payouts for fiscal 2020 performance were made to our NEOs other than Ms. Winter, who was guaranteed an annual cash incentive award of 60% of her base salary (as defined in the Company Bonus Plan) pursuant to her employment agreement, and such amount is reported in the Fiscal 2020 Summary Compensation Table under “Executive Compensation” below.

We believe that long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity awards provide a strong alignment between the interests of our stockholders and our executive officers, including our NEOs, and serve as an important retention tool, especially given the highly competitive environment in which we compete to attract and retain talent. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee seeks to motivate and retain our executive officers through the use of equity awards consistent with the reasonable management of our overall equity compensation expense and stockholder dilution. The Compensation Committee and, in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board, grants equity awards to our executive officers, including our NEOs, at the beginning of each fiscal year, as a reward for past corporate and individual performance, as an incentive for future performance and to satisfy our retention objectives.

In the past, our executive officers have been granted service-based RSU awards, performance-based equity in the form of MSU awards, including MSUs that have performance periods that continue through October 2020, and stock options to purchase shares of our common stock, all of which, to the extent they remain outstanding, continue to provide incentive to our executive officers to drive stockholder value over the relevant vesting or performance period, as applicable.

For fiscal 2020, in response to feedback received as a result of the fiscal 2019 say-on-pay vote and given the continued desire to (i) drive alignment between executive interests and the interests of our stockholders, (ii) properly incentivize our executive officers to effectively execute our growth strategy, including our near-term and long-term growth strategy in China with our joint venture, and (iii) retain our executive officers in light of recent voluntary resignations of senior executives discussed in more detail below, the Compensation Committee, and in the case of

our CEO, the independent members of our Board, granted equity awards under our long-term incentive compensation program to our executive officers in the form of (i) a mix of options to purchase shares of our common stock and RSU awards to our executive officers, excluding our CEO but including our other NEOs, and (ii) a mix of options to purchase shares of our common stock and a PSU award in the case of our CEO.

The Compensation Committee believes this mix of options and RSU awards is appropriate for our NEOs (other than our CEO) because it provides a balance between a meaningful incentive (given that stock options only provide value to the optionee in the event that our stock price increases following the date of grant) and retention (given that RSU awards only vest and become payable based upon continued service over time). In fiscal 2019 and 2020, four of our senior executives voluntarily resigned from the Company, including our former Chief Financial Officer, former General Counsel, and former Chief Operations Officer. As a result, retention continued to be a concern in fiscal 2020 and played a significant role in determining the new equity mix of each executive officer’s equity awards for fiscal 2020. The time-vested RSU awards offer more certainty in value delivery (while still being stockholder-aligned) thereby driving executive retention. All of the equity awards granted to our NEOs have either a four-year or three-year vesting period, which incentivize continued service with the Company over the vesting period and help achieve our retention objectives as well. In addition, similar to the fiscal 2019 decision to grant only options, the Compensation Committee continues to believe that options have a strong performance orientation since they only provide value if the stock price increases. Further, with respect to our CEO, who received a PSU award rather than an RSU award, the independent members of our Board believe the use of PSUs over RSUs or solely options establishes a stronger connection between the compensation of our CEO and the achievement of performance goals that are important for long-term stockholder value creation.

Consistent with the Compensation Committee’s and our Board’s intent to align executive interests with those of our stockholders:

Historically, the size of an executive officer’s equity award is determined by the Compensation Committee and, in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board, after considering his or her performance against his or her individual goals and objectives over the last fiscal year as evaluated by our CEO (or, in the case of our CEO, as evaluated by the independent members of our Board), an evaluation of his or her target total direct compensation, an evaluation of his or her accumulated equity holdings, the critical nature of his or her position relative to our success, our retention needs, the Relevant Market Data, internal parity, role hierarchy and such other factors as the Compensation Committee or the independent members of our Board, as applicable, determines relevant.

In fiscal 2019, in addition to the foregoing factors, in response to several voluntary departures of senior executives, the Compensation Committee, and in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board, sought to provide a meaningful incentive to our executive officers by granting options with a higher grant date fair value than in the prior year to provide stronger motivation to execute our growth strategy and thereby drive stockholder value creation with a view that equity grants in fiscal 2020 would have a lower grant date fair value. As a result, the equity awards granted in fiscal 2020 to our NEOs had a grant date fair value that was approximately 28% lower than the grant date fair value of their respective fiscal 2019 equity awards.

In addition, outside of our long-term incentive compensation program, we granted Ms. Winter inducement awards consisting of an option to purchase shares of our common stock and an RSU award, as discussed in further detail below.

For fiscal 2020, after assessing their individual performance, our CEO recommended equity award amounts to the Compensation Committee for each of our executive officers, including each of our other NEOs, other than himself. The Compensation Committee reviewed our CEO’s recommendations and, after assessing each of the factors described above, determined the equity awards to be granted for each executive officer as set forth below.

For our CEO, the independent members of our Board assessed his individual performance and the factors described above to determine the equity awards to be granted to him and granted him an option to purchase shares of our common stock and a PSU award as set forth below.

For fiscal 2020, in an effort to better align CEO compensation with the Company’s performance and therefore stockholder value creation, the independent members of our Board granted a PSU award to our CEO for 418,490 shares of our common stock. The award was meant to be a realistic depiction of the one-year financial aspirations of the Company which, while achievable, was designed to be challenging and to only reward our CEO for overperformance. The PSU award provided for a fixed payout based on the achievement of a rigorous performance goal that required the Company’s total revenue (excluding any product revenue from China) in fiscal 2020 to be at least $8.0 million, or over 2%, above our annual operating plan in order for any PSUs to vest (the “Performance Goal”), which directly linked our CEO’s pay to Company performance. In setting the Performance Goal, the independent members of our Board took into consideration the fact that, from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2019, the Company achieved 96% of revenue pursuant to its operating plan and had not exceeded its revenue plan in any such fiscal year. As such, the independent members of our Board believed that the Company historically adopts reasonable revenue plans, the fiscal 2020 revenue plan was reasonable and a performance target of at least $8.0 million, or over 2%, above such revenue plan for fiscal 2020 (excluding any product revenue from China) would be a difficult goal to achieve. Additionally, in establishing the Performance Goal, the independent members of our Board wanted our CEO to focus a sufficient portion of his efforts during the year on growing our business in regions outside of China given that many of the factors affecting the Company’s performance in China were subject to local regulatory processes and therefore outside of management’s control. The independent members of our Board believed the Performance Goal would properly incentivize and motivate our CEO to achieve a key financial metric that would drive stockholder value creation. If the Performance Goal was achieved, the PSU award would vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the two-year period following such achievement. If the Performance Goal was not achieved, the PSU award would not vest and would be cancelled. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Company and the economy as a whole, the independent members of our Board declined to exercise any discretion to provide for any mid-year adjustments of the Performance Goal. Subsequently, in August 2020, the Compensation Committee determined that the Performance Goal had not been met and the PSU award was cancelled.

Pursuant to Ms. Winter’s employment agreement and as a material inducement for her to accept employment with the Company as our Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, we agreed to grant Ms. Winter equity awards consisting of an option to purchase 275,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $2.60 per share (the “Inducement Option”) and an RSU award covering 375,000 shares of our common stock (the “Inducement RSU,” and with the Inducement Option, the “Inducement Awards”). The Inducement Option had a grant date of October 31, 2019 and will vest as to 25% of the shares subject to the Inducement Option on October 31, 2020, with the remaining shares vesting monthly at the rate of 1/48th of the original number of shares subject to the option over the 36-month period thereafter, subject to Ms. Winter’s continued service through each such date. The Inducement RSU had a grant date of October 31, 2019 and will vest as to 25% of the shares subject to the Inducement RSU on each anniversary of the grant date, subject to Ms. Winter’s continued service through each such date.

In fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee (or, in the case of our CEO, the independent members of our Board) granted each NEO equity awards in the following amounts, other than Mr. Hadjadjeba, who left the Company effective August 31, 2019 and was not granted equity awards in fiscal 2020:

From fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2018, the Compensation Committee approved a Market Stock Unit program for each such fiscal year for our executive officers, including our NEOs (each, an “MSU Program”). The MSU Programs provided for the grant of MSU awards to our executive officers thereby providing for the opportunity to earn shares of our common stock based on our actual total stockholder return (“TSR”) as measured against the Russell 2000 Index over two-year and three-year performance periods. In fiscal 2020, while no MSU awards were granted, Messrs. Levine and Spine, two of our NEOs, continued to have outstanding MSU awards granted under the fiscal 2017 MSU Program and the 2018 MSU Program, the second performance period of which ends on October 31, 2020.

For each MSU award previously granted, 50% of the shares of our common stock subject to the award will be earned at the end of each performance period, subject to meeting minimum performance thresholds and following an upward or downward adjustment based on our actual performance. The MSU Programs use the Russell 2000 Index as the performance benchmark and requires that our TSR meet that of the Russell 2000 Index for each performance period in order for the target number of shares of our common stock allocated to that performance period to be earned by each participating executive officer. The actual number of shares earned is calculated on a sliding scale based on stock price performance above and below the Russell 2000 Index, up to a maximum of 150% of the target number of shares. Beginning in fiscal 2017, we provided that no shares above target may be earned if our stock price performance is negative. For purposes of the MSU Programs, TSR is measured as the average closing price of our common stock for the last fiscal quarter of the performance period (adjusted for dividends, if any) less the average closing price of our common stock for the fiscal quarter preceding the performance period divided by the average closing price for the fiscal quarter preceding the performance period.

With respect to the second performance period of the 2017 MSU Program, which ended October 31, 2019, the Compensation Committee determined that, based on a comparison of our TSR relative to the TSR of the Russell 2000 Index, the shares of our common stock subject to the awards had not been earned and, accordingly, the MSU awards associated with the second performance period were cancelled.

With respect to the first performance period of the 2018 MSU Program, which ended October 31, 2019, the Compensation Committee determined that, based on a comparison of our TSR relative to the TSR of the Russell 2000

Index, the shares of our common stock subject to the awards had not been earned and, accordingly, the MSU awards associated with the first performance period were cancelled.

The equity awards granted to our NEOs in fiscal 2020 are reported in the Fiscal 2020 Summary Compensation Table under “Executive Compensation” below. Additional information about these awards, including the number of shares of our common stock subject to each award and the award’s grant date fair value and applicable vesting schedules, is reported in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards For Fiscal 2020 Table under “Executive Compensation” below.

Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines to help ensure that we are managed in the best long-term interests of our stockholders, to promote effective functioning of the Board and its committees and to provide a flexible framework within which our Board may conduct its oversight of our business. The Corporate Governance Guidelines require that our executive officers and non-employee members of our Board own shares of our common stock as follows:

Our executive officers and non-employee directors have five years from the date of election or appointment to attain such ownership levels. We expect each executive officer and non-employee director to retain at least 25% of the net shares of our common stock he or she receives pursuant to all equity awards granted by us (excluding shares sold to cover (i) the exercise price of any stock options and/or (ii) associated withholding and other taxes), until the foregoing ownership levels are achieved. As of the last day of fiscal 2020, all of our NEOs and all of our non-employee directors were in compliance with such stock ownership requirements or were on track to be in compliance within the appropriate timeframe.

The Company Bonus Plan, 2007 Incentive Award Plan, and the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan each include a compensation recovery (“clawback”) provision, which provides that, in the event we are required to restate our financial results or materially reduce publicly disclosed backlog figures, our Board will review the conduct of our executive officers in relation to the restatement. If it determines that an executive officer has engaged in misconduct, or otherwise violated our Code of Conduct and Ethics, and that such misconduct or violation contributed to the restatement or to the improper inclusion of a proposed system sale in publicly disclosed backlog, then our Board may, in its discretion, take appropriate action to remedy the misconduct or violation, including, without limitation, seeking reimbursement of any portion of any performance-based or incentive compensation paid or awarded to the executive officer that is greater than what would have been paid or awarded if calculated based on the restated financial results or materially reduced backlog figures, to the extent not prohibited by governing law. These provisions will be updated and revised consistent with any changes in applicable laws, including the adoption of rules implementing Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

We maintain an insider trading policy that prohibits trading in shares of our common stock while in possession of material, non-public information, unless trading is in connection with a previously established Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1 plan, or if sold automatically by us on the date of vesting to cover and pay the withholding tax requirements in accordance with Company policy.

In addition, our insider trading policy prohibits all of our employees, including our executive officers, consultants and our non-employee Board members from engaging any speculative transactions in our securities,

including purchasing on margin, holding Company securities in margin accounts, purchasing financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds), engaging in short sales, engaging in transactions in put options, call options or other derivative securities, or engaging in any other forms of hedging transactions.

Our employees, including our executive officers, consultants and the non-employee Board members are also prohibited from pledging or using our securities as collateral for loans.

Historically, the Compensation Committee has granted stock options, RSU awards and/or performance-based equity awards (PSU awards or MSU awards) to our employees, including our executive officers, when they first join us. Typically, new hire stock options, RSU awards and performance-based equity awards are granted at the first meeting of the Compensation Committee in the month following an employee’s first day of employment.

Follow-on awards are considered as part of our fiscal review process. We do not seek to time the grant of stock options, RSU awards or performance-based equity awards to take advantage of information, either positive or negative, about the Company that has not been publicly disclosed.

We grant stock options with an exercise price that is equal to the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of grant. We do not have a policy of granting stock options with an exercise price that is less than the fair market value of our common stock. The exercise price for our stock options is based on the closing price per share of our common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the date of grant.

Other than our tax-qualified Section 401(k) employee savings plan described in the following paragraph and our Swiss pension plan that is generally available to our Swiss employees, including Mr. Hadjadjeba, we do not currently maintain, nor do we have plans to provide, pension arrangements, retirement plans or nonqualified deferred compensation plans or arrangements for our executive officers, including our NEOs.

We maintain a tax-qualified Section 401(k) employee savings plan that provides all regular employees with an opportunity to save for retirement on a tax-advantaged basis. Under this plan, participants may elect to defer a portion of their annual compensation on a pre-tax basis and have it contributed to the plan subject to applicable annual Internal Revenue Code limits. Pre-tax contributions are allocated to each participant’s individual account and are then invested in selected investment alternatives according to such participant’s directions. Typically, we match 50% of each participant’s contributions to the plan, up to a maximum contribution by a participant of six percent of his or her base salary per year; however, in light of the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact or anticipated impact on the Company and its performance, including its potential impact on revenue and cash generation, we suspended such match effective May 24, 2020 and will reevaluate reinstating matching contributions at the end of calendar year 2020. One hundred percent of our matching contributions made to the Section 401(k) employee savings plan on behalf of an employee vest on the first anniversary of such employee’s service. As a tax-qualified retirement plan, contributions to the plan and earnings on those contributions are not taxable to participants until distributed from the plan and all contributions are deductible by us when made.

We view this plan as serving two important objectives. First, it encourages our executive officers, including our NEOs, and other employees to commit to long-term service with us. Second, it enables them to save a portion of their annual compensation for their eventual retirement.

Given that the amounts set aside for retirement under the plan are largely drawn from participants’ annual compensation and our matching contribution is modest, the Compensation Committee does not consider plan participation when making compensation decisions for our executive officers, including our NEOs.

We provide health and welfare benefits to our executive officers, including our NEOs, on the same terms and conditions as all of our full-time, salaried employees. These benefits include group medical, life and disability insurance.

In circumstances where we are recruiting a candidate who would have to move to accept our job offer, we may agree to reimburse certain of such employee’s relocation expenses.

Generally, we do not provide perquisites or other personal benefits to our executive officers, including our NEOs, except for those who are employed internationally in accordance with local customs and regulations. To the extent that any NEO was granted a perquisite or other personal benefit that is subject to disclosure, such perquisite or other personal benefit has been reported in the Fiscal 2020 Summary Compensation Table below.

Effective January 1, 2020, we entered into amended and restated employment agreements with each of our then-current executive officers, including Messrs. Levine, Hamamatsu, Spine, and Chew as well as Ms. Winter, to document the material terms and conditions of each executive officer’s employment, including his or her annual base salary and target annual cash incentive award opportunity. Each executive officer’s employment agreement has a three year term (with automatic successive three year term renewal unless we or the executive officer provides timely notice of non-renewal) and specifies the payments and benefits that each executive officer will receive upon a potential termination of his or her employment under certain circumstances, including in connection with a change in control of the Company. In addition, in order to induce Ms. Winter to join the Company and leave her former employer, including the bonus she would have earned, Ms. Winter’s employment agreement also provides for a $150,000 sign-on bonus to be paid in two equal installments, the first installment to be paid within 30 days following October 21, 2019 and the second installment to be paid within 180 days of October 31, 2019, in each case subject to Ms. Winter being an employee in good standing on such payment date. Mr. Winter is required to repay the sign-on bonus if she resigns voluntarily without “good reason” or is terminated by the Company for “cause” (as such terms are defined in her employment agreement) at any time prior to the first anniversary of her employment start date.

The employment agreements with our executive officers also protect our interests in the event of a termination of employment by stipulating the rights and responsibilities of the parties and prohibiting these individuals from engaging in certain specific activities harmful to us, including disclosing our confidential information, soliciting our employees and engaging in certain competitive business activities.

These post-employment compensation arrangements were provided for the following reasons:

The Compensation Committee believes that these agreements serve several other important objectives. First, they provide a desired level of transparency, both within and outside the Company. They also assure our executive officers that their severance payments and benefits are based on a consistent framework that differentiates the level of payments and benefits between individuals based on their position and level of responsibility. In addition, this approach is easier for us to administer.

Generally, our executive officers, including our NEOs, are eligible for severance payments and benefits in the event of the termination of their employment by us without “cause” or by the executive officer for “good reason,” in each case, provided that the executive officer executes a general release of claims in favor of the Company. In addition, our executive officers, including our NEOs, are eligible for certain enhanced severance payments and benefits in the event such termination of employment without cause or resignation for good reason occurs within three months prior to or 18 months following a change in control of the Company (i.e., a “double-trigger” arrangement). Further, our executive officers, including our NEOs, are not entitled to a “gross-up” payment for excise taxes in connection with a change in control of the Company. We believe that the agreements offer payments and benefits that are generally comparable to the payments and benefits of similarly situated executives at the companies in our compensation peer group.

For additional information, see “—Executive Compensation—Potential Payments and Benefits Upon Termination or Change in Control” below.

Generally, Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code disallows a tax deduction to any publicly-held corporation for any remuneration in excess of $1 million paid in any taxable year to its chief executive officer and certain other highly compensated current and former executive officers. For tax years beginning before January 1, 2018, remuneration in excess of $1 million was exempt from this limit and, therefore, could be deducted if it qualified as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m).

The exception from Section 162(m)’s deduction limit for performance-based compensation has been repealed, effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, such that compensation paid to our covered executive officers in excess of $1 million will not be deductible unless it qualifies for transition relief applicable to certain arrangements in place as of November 2, 2017 that has not been subsequently materially modified. The Compensation Committee seeks to operate our executive compensation program to maximize the deductibility of the remuneration paid to our NEOs to the extent that it believes that doing so is in our best interests. Consequently, in determining which compensation elements are to be paid to our executive officers, and how they are weighted, the Compensation Committee takes into account whether a particular form of compensation will be deductible under Section 162(m), but retains discretion to award compensation that is not deductible under Section 162(m) if it believes that doing so is in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.

While we cannot predict how the $1 million deduction limit may impact our executive compensation program in future years, the Compensation Committee intends to maintain an approach to executive compensation that strongly links pay to performance. However, the Compensation Committee may, in its judgment, authorize and pay compensation that is not fully tax deductible when it believes that such compensation is in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.

We follow ASC Topic 718 for our stock-based awards. ASC Topic 718 requires companies to measure the compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors, including stock options, RSU awards and performance-based equity awards (PSUs and MSUs), based on the grant date “fair value” of these awards. This calculation is performed for accounting purposes and reported in the compensation tables below, even though our NEOs may never realize any value from their awards. ASC Topic 718 also requires companies to recognize the compensation cost of their stock-based compensation awards in their income statements over the period that an executive officer is required to render service in exchange for the option or other award.

For performance unit awards, stock-based compensation expense recognized may be adjusted over the performance period based on interim estimates of performance against their pre-established performance objectives.

The following table sets forth information regarding awards granted under our annual cash incentive plan and equity awards granted under our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan or other stand-alone plan/agreement to each of our NEOs during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 other than Mr. Hadjadjeba, our former Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, whose employment with the Company was terminated effective August 31, 2019 and was not granted such awards in fiscal 2020.