EX-10.9





 Exhibit 10.9 
  





 
 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY 

SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL ON 

JANUARY 12, 2021 
  

 
 Each member of the Board of
Directors (the “Board”) of Lucira Health, Inc. (the “Company”) who is a non-employee director of the Company (each such member, a “Non-Employee Director”) will receive the compensation described in this Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (the “Director Compensation
Policy”) for his or her Board service. 
 The Director Compensation Policy may be amended at any time in the sole discretion of
the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board. 
 ANNUAL CASH COMPENSATION 

Commencing at the beginning of the first calendar quarter following the closing of the initial public offering (the
“IPO”) of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), each Non-Employee Director will receive the cash compensation set forth below for service on the
Board. The annual cash compensation amounts will be payable in equal quarterly installments, in arrears following the end of each quarter in which the service occurred, pro-rated for any partial months of
service. All annual cash fees are vested upon payment. 
  

	1.	 Annual Board Service Retainer: 



	 	(a)	 All Eligible Directors: $35,000 



	 	(b)	 Chairperson of the Board: $40,000 



 

	2.	 Annual Committee Chair Service Retainer: 



	 	(a)	 Chairperson of the Audit Committee: $20,000 



	 	(b)	 Chairperson of the Compensation Committee: $13,000 



	 	(c)	 Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: $10,000 



 

	3.	 Annual Committee Member Service Retainer: 



	 	(a)	 Member of the Audit Committee: $10,000 



	 	(b)	 Member of the Compensation Committee: $6,500 



	 	(c)	 Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: $5,000 



EQUITY COMPENSATION 

Equity awards will be granted under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). 

(a) Initial Appointment Equity Grant. On appointment to the Board, and without any further action of the Board or Compensation Committee
of the Board, at the close of business on the day of such appointment, a Non-Employee Director will automatically receive a Nonstatutory Stock Option to purchase Common Stock having a value of $220,000 based
on the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the underlying Common Stock on the date of grant (the “Initial Grant”). One-third of the shares subject to the Initial Grant will vest on the one year anniversary of
the grant date, and thereafter one-thirty-sixth of the shares subject to the Initial Grant will vest on a monthly basis, subject to the Non-Employee Director’s continuous service with us on each applicable vesting date. 

  
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 (b) Automatic Equity Grants. Without any further action of the Board or Compensation
Committee of the Board, at the close of business on the date of each Annual Meeting of the Company’s Stockholders, each person who is then a Non-Employee Director will automatically receive a Nonstatutory
Stock Option to purchase Common Stock having a value of $110,000 based on the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the underlying Common Stock on the date of grant (the “Annual Grant”). Each Annual Grant will vest
upon the earlier of the one-year anniversary measured from the date of grant and the date of the next Annual Meeting of the Company’s Stockholders. 

(c) Vesting; Change of Control. All vesting is subject to the Non-Employee Director’s
“Continuous Service” (as defined in the Plan) on each applicable vesting date. Notwithstanding the foregoing vesting schedules, for each Non-Employee Director who remains in Continuous
Service with the Company until immediately prior to the closing of a “Change of Control” (as defined in the Plan), the shares subject to his or her then-outstanding equity awards will become fully vested immediately prior to
the closing of such Change of Control. 
 (d) Calculation of Value of a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The value of a Nonstatutory Stock
Option to be granted under this Director Compensation Policy will be determined based on the Fair Market Value per share on the grant date. 

(e) Remaining Terms. The remaining terms and conditions of each Nonstatutory Stock Option, including transferability, will be as set
forth in the Company’s standard Option Agreement, in the form adopted from time to time by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board. 

EXPENSES 
 The Company will
reimburse Non-Employee Director for ordinary, necessary and reasonable out-of-pocket travel expenses to cover in-person attendance at and participation in Board and committee meetings; provided, that the Non-Employee Director timely submit to the Company appropriate
documentation substantiating such expenses in accordance with the Company’s travel and expense policy, as in effect from time to time. 

  
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