During the Period of Employment, the Company shall pay Executive, and Executive agrees to accept from the Company, in payment for her services, a base salary of five hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars ($583,000) per year (“ Base Salary ”), payable in accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices in effect from time to time (but in no event less frequently than in monthly installments). The Board shall consider not less frequently than annually upward adjustment to Executive’s Base Salary. The determination of whether Executive’s Base Salary will be upwardly adjusted is within the sole and absolute discretion of the Board of Directors.