exv10w15







Exhibit 10.15




America Service Group Inc. (the “Company”)




Summary of 2011 Director and Executive Officer Compensation




	I.	 	DIRECTOR COMPENSATION. Directors who are employees of, or paid consultants to, the
Company do not receive additional compensation for serving as directors of the Company. The
following table sets forth current rates of cash compensation for the Company’s
non-employee directors.





	 	 	 	 	 

	Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
	 	$	156,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Annual retainer
	 	$	40,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Board meeting attendance fee
	 	$	1,500	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Audit Committee Chair annual retainer
	 	$	15,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Audit Committee meeting fee for all Audit Committee
meetings held on a date other than a Board meeting date
	 	$	2,500	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Incentive Stock and Compensation Committee Chair and
Annual retainer
	 	$	10,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Chair
and Ethics and Quality Assurance Committee Chair
annual retainer
	 	$	7,500	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Committee meeting fee for all committee meetings other
than Audit Committee held on a date other than a Board
meeting date
	 	$	1,000	 






     The Board compensation program provides that each new Director (as defined by the 2009
Equity Incentive Plan) upon election to the Board receive 5,000 restricted shares of the
Company’s common stock. Under the terms of the restricted shares, each new Director shall
have the right, among other rights, to receive cash dividends on all of the shares and to
vote such shares until the Director’s right to such shares is forfeited of becomes
nonforfeitable. These shares become nonforfeitable in equal annual installments over four
years beginning on the first anniversary of the date the shares are issued.



     In addition, the Board compensation program provides that each non-employee director
will receive 4,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock on an annual basis. Each
non-employee director shall have the right, among other rights, to receive cash dividends on
all of these shares and to vote such shares until the non-employee director’s right to such shares is forfeited or becomes nonforfeitable. These shares become nonforfeitable in equal
annual installments over three years beginning on the first anniversary of the date the shares are issued.



 









 






	II.	 	EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. The following table sets forth the current
annual base salaries provided to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and most highly
compensated executive officers.





	 	 	 	 	 
	Executive Officer	 	Current Salary	 
	Richard Hallworth
	 	$	571,000	 
	Michael W. Taylor
	 	 	420,000	 
	Dr. Carl J. Keldie
	 	 	361,000	 
	Jonathan B. Walker
	 	 	270,000	 
	J. Scott King
	 	 	235,000	 





          In addition to their base salaries, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and most highly
compensated executive officers are also eligible to:




	 	•	 	receive cash bonuses under the Company’s Annual Incentive Compensation Plan;






	 	•	 	participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program, which currently involves the
award of stock options or restricted stock pursuant to the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive
Plan; and






	 	•	 	participate in the Company’s broad-based benefit programs generally available to its
salaried employees, including health, disability and life insurance programs, 401(k) Plan
and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.