Executive shall receive a base salary of Seven Hundred Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($735,000) per annum for the duration of the Term (the " Base Salary "), which Base Salary shall be paid in equal semi-monthly installments in arrears.  The Compensation Committee shall review annually the Base Salary payable to Executive hereunder and may, in its sole discretion, increase (but not decrease) Executive's Base Salary.  Any such increased Base Salary shall be and become the " Base Salary " for purposes of this Agreement.