OYO Geospace Corporation Fiscal Year 2012 Bonus Plan



 Exhibit 10.1 
 OYO Geospace Corporation 
 FY 2012 Bonus Program

 The FY 2012 bonus program is comprised of two different pools, or “Tiers.” No bonuses are earned until after the company
earns a 5% return on its Stockholders Equity (referred to as the “Minimum Hurdle”), which allows the company to earn a minimum pretax profit of approximately $8,850,000 before any bonus accruals begin. The distributions of bonuses under
the bonus program are submitted to the Compensation Committee each year for approval. 
 Tier 1—Employee Profit Sharing Plan

 Participants: 

This plan includes all employees of the company (except our Russian employees who are rewarded under a small local plan). The Tier 1 program focuses each
employee toward maximizing the company’s profits, improving the company’s cohesiveness and morale. The participants must have been employed by the company for at least three months and be employed at the time of bonus disbursal.

 Method of Accrual: 

The company accrues bonus expense each month by dividing the Minimum Hurdle by 12 months (yielding a monthly Minimum Hurdle of $738,000). If the monthly
Minimum Hurdle is achieved, then 15.3% of any pretax profit in excess of the monthly Minimum Hurdle is accrued and added to the bonus pool. In subsequent months, the year-to-date financials are used. Therefore, the previous month’s calculation
plus the current month’s calculation are used to test the cumulative monthly Minimum Hurdles required for the Bonus Plan. As a result the previous month’s accrual may increase if the monthly Minimum Hurdle is reached, or decrease if the
current month’s Minimum Hurdle is not achieved. This process continues every month until the end of the year. 
 The Tier 1 “Profit
Sharing” level is capped at $2,250,000 for fiscal year 2012. Monthly testing continues to insure the Tier 1 portion of the bonus plan remains earned, and this portion of the bonus plan can decrease if the minimum level of earnings is not
attained in future months. 
 Distribution of the Tier 1 Bonus Pool: 
 The Tier 1 bonus pool is allocated to each department based upon each department’s relative annual payroll as a percentage of the company’s total annual payroll. Upon determining each
department’s relative share of the Tier 1 bonus pool, a “recommended” calculation is made to distribute the Tier 1 bonus allocation to each employee in the department based on such employee’s relative annual payroll of the total
department’s annual payroll. Each department’s manager is allowed to increase or decrease the 







 
“recommended” calculation by up to twenty percent. This adjustment right gives the manager an opportunity to set goals for their group, reward individuals who “go beyond the call
of duty” or withhold partial payment for those that cannot or will not go the extra mile. However, every employee receives at least 80% of the recommended amount. 
 Tier 2—Management Bonus Plan 
 Participants: 

Various management teams characterized by their level of responsibility and capability of making a significant impact on the company are included in this
portion of the plan. These groups include an engineering group, manufacturing group, executive officers and key employees responsible for profit and loss centers as well as a few key employees that support key programs or activities in the company.
The number of eligible participants in each group could increase or decrease based on individual performance, or as the relative size of each department changes. 
 Method of Accrual: 
 There is no accrual for the Tier 2 portion of the bonus plan
until the Tier 1 profit sharing plan is fully funded. After fully funding the Tier 1 plan, the same 15.3% accrual rate continues whereby a bonus pool is set aside to fund the Tier 2 management bonus plan. The cap for the Tier 2 bonus pool is
$2,530,000. Certain individuals, other than senior executive officers, will have goals and tasks to accomplish during fiscal year 2012. 

Distribution of the Tier 2 Bonus Pool: 
 Other than the Compensation Committee which determines the amount of the targeted bonus each executive officer will receive, the manager of each Tier 2 bonus plan participant must determine how much of
the targeted bonus each Tier 2 employee will receive. 

  
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