Acceleration Generally Prohibited. No acceleration of payments under the Plan shall be permitted except as authorized by the Regulations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

Prohibited Acceleration/Distribution Timing. This Section shall take precedence over any other provision of the Plan to the contrary. No provision of this Plan shall be followed if following the provision would result in the acceleration of the time or schedule of any payment from the Plan # as would require income tax to a Participant prior to the date on which the amount is distributable to or on behalf of the Participant under

Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Award shall become immediately exercisable in whole or in part, free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in whole or in part, as the case may be.

Acceleration. If any Event of Default shall occur, at the election of the Lender, all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable without notice or demand, except with respect to Obligations payable on DEMAND, which shall be due and payable on DEMAND, whether or not an Event of Default has occurred.

Acceleration. Upon and at any time following the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Agent may, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to the Agent and the Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or at law or in equity, take such action, without notice or demand (and the Borrowers hereby expressly waive any such notice or demand), that the Agent deems advisable to protect and enforce its and the Lender’s rights against the Borrowers and in and to the Properties and the Collateral, including declaring the Obligations to be immediately due and payable, and the Agent and/or the Lender may enforce or avail itself of any or all rights or remedies provided in the Loan Documents against the Borrowers, the Properties and the Collateral, including all rights or remedies available at law or in equity; and upon and at any time following any Event of Default described in [clauses (f), (g) or (h) of Section 8.1] above, the Obligations of the Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall immediately and automatically become due and payable in full, without notice or demand, and the Borrowers hereby expressly waive any such notice or demand, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Options shall become immediately exercisable in full or in part, that any Restricted Stock Awards shall be free of some or all restrictions, or that any other stock-based Awards may become exercisable in full or in part or free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in full or in part, as the case may be, despite the fact that the foregoing actions may # cause the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code if a change in control of [[Organization A:Organization]] occurs, or # disqualify all or part of the Option as an Incentive Stock Option.

Prohibited Actions. The Employee shall not, during the Restriction Period, directly or indirectly, solicit, entice, persuade, induce or cause:

Prohibited Indemnification. No indemnification pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid by the Company on account of any Proceeding in which final unappealed judgment beyond the right of appeal is rendered against Indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of any federal, state, or local laws.

Prohibited Conduct. During the period of your employment with the Company or any Related Company, and for a period ending twelve (12) months following a termination of your employment for any reason with the Company or any Related Company, you shall not, without the prior written consent of the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Verizon (or her or his designee):

Prohibited Conduct. In consideration of the grant by the Company of the PBRSUs and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, you and the Company, intending to be legally bound, agree to the provisions regarding “Prohibited Conduct” set forth on Annex A to this Agreement. Annex A to this Agreement is part of this Agreement.