Accelerated Vesting. In its discretion, the Committee may provide in the grant of any Award or at any other time may take such action as it deems appropriate to provide for acceleration of the exercisability or vesting in connection with a Change in Control of each or any outstanding Award or portion thereof and shares acquired pursuant thereto upon such conditions, including termination of the Participant’s Service prior to, upon, or following such Change in Control, and to such extent as the Committee shall determine.

Change in Control and Other Events. In the event of a Change in Control or other changes in the Company or the outstanding Stock by reason of a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange or other relevant change occurring after the date of the grant of any Award, the Committee, acting in its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any holder, may exercise any power enumerated in Section 3 (including the power to accelerate vesting, waive any forfeiture conditions or otherwise modify or adjust any other condition or limitation regarding an Award) and may also effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual holder:

Acceleration and Termination. In addition, in the event of a Change in Control in which the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue outstanding Awards or substitute similar stock awards for such outstanding Awards, then the Committee may in its discretion and upon at least 10 days’ advance notice to the affected persons, accelerate the vesting (and exercisability, as applicable) of outstanding Awards in full or in part to a date prior to the effective time of the Change in Control and, to the extent not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to the effective time of the Change in Control, cancel all outstanding Awards upon or immediately before the Change in Control (but subject to the condition that the Change in Control actually occur) and pay to the holders of such cancelled Awards, in cash or stock, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards (including, at the discretion of the Committee, any unvested portion of the Award) immediately prior to cancellation based upon the value per share of Common Stock received or to be received or deemed received by other stockholders of the Company in the event. In the case of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right with an exercise price that equals or exceeds the price paid for a share of Common Stock in connection with the Change in Control, the Committee may cancel the Option or Stock Appreciation Right without the payment of consideration therefor.

Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting. The Committee shall have the power to accelerate the time at which an Award may first be exercised or the time during which an Award or any part thereof will vest (or restrictions lapse), notwithstanding the provisions in the Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest (or restrictions lapse); provided that if such action is taken in connection with a Change in Control, such action shall be made only in accordance with the provisions of Sections 11 and 12.

Change in Control. A Stock Award may be subject to additional acceleration of vesting and exercisability upon or after a Change in Control as may be provided in the Stock Award Agreement for such Stock Award or as may be provided in any other written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant, but in the absence of such provision, no such acceleration will occur.

The Committee may provide in any Award Agreement that acceleration of the vesting, exercisability of, or the lapse of restrictions or deemed satisfaction of performance goals with respect to any outstanding Awards in connection with a Change of Control may occur only if # the Change of Control occurs and # the Grantee’s Employment is terminated by the Company or any successor entity thereto without “cause” (as defined in the Award Agreement) or by the Grantee for “good reason” (as defined in the Award Agreement), in either case, on or within two (2) years after a Change of Control. In the event of such a termination without cause or for good reason, unless the Committee determines otherwise, with respect to each such Grantee who is an Employee or a Consultant, # each Award granted to such Grantee prior to the Change of Control will become fully vested (including the lapsing of all restrictions and conditions) and, as applicable, exercisable, # any outstanding performance-based Awards will be deemed earned at the target level with respect to all open performance periods and # any Shares deliverable pursuant to restricted stock units will be delivered promptly (but no later than 15 days) following such Grantee’s termination of Employment. Unless the Committee determines otherwise or the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise, with respect to a Grantee who is a Director, each Award will become fully vested (including the lapsing of all restrictions and conditions) and, as applicable, exercisable upon a Change of Control, and any Shares deliverable pursuant to restricted stock units will be delivered promptly (but no later than 15 days) following such Change of Control.

Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as such term is defined in the Participant’s employment agreement) affecting the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, the Committee # shall provide for the acceleration of any time period relating to the vesting of the Award and shall issue the remaining number of shares not yet vested, immediately before the closing of the transaction resulting in the Change of Control, subject to applicable tax withholding, or # provide for payment to the Participant of cash or other property with a fair market value equal to the remaining number of shares not yet vested, immediately before such closing.

Change in Control. The following provisions will apply to Awards in the event of a Change in Control unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or any other written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant or unless otherwise expressly provided by the Board at the time of grant of an Award. If a Change in Control occurs and as of, or within twelve (12) months after, the effective time of such Change in Control a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates due to an involuntary termination (not including death or Disability) without Cause, then, as of the date of the involuntary termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service, the vesting and exercisability (if applicable) of each then outstanding Award held by the Participant shall be accelerated to the extent of fifty percent (50%) of the then unvested portion of each such outstanding Award. As a condition of a Participant’s entitlement to the vesting acceleration described in this Section 9(d), the Participant may be required to execute a release of claims and/or other related termination agreements with the Company.