Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination. The Company, acting through the Board of Directors (including through the Compensation Committee of the Board) or through the Committee, may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, except that no amendment, modification, suspension or termination shall have any retroactive effect to reduce any amounts allocated to a Participant’s Accounts or adversely affect his or her right to vest thereunder in accordance with the Plan provisions previously in effect. A termination of the Plan shall not cause the acceleration of payments under the Plan unless the Committee determines, after consultation with counsel, that the terms and conditions of such termination are within exceptions provided by the Regulations to the general [Section 409A] prohibition against acceleration. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee shall have the right and power to adopt any and all such amendments to the Plan as it shall deem necessary or advisable to ensure compliance with Section 409A and the Regulations, including amendments with retroactive effect.

Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination. Subject to Section 19.3, the Compensation Committee may, at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, modify, suspend, or terminate the Plan and any Award Agreement in whole or in part; provided, however, that, without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders and except as provided in Section 4.4 hereof, Options issued under the Plan will not be repriced, replaced, or regranted through cancellation, or by lowering the Option Price of a previously granted Option, and no amendment of the Plan shall be made without shareholder approval if shareholder approval is required by law, regulation, or stock exchange rule, including, but not limited to, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, if applicable, the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.

Article # Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination

Amendment, Modification, Termination. The Program may at any time be terminated, or at any time or from time to time be amended or otherwise modified, prospectively, by the Company; provided, however, that no such termination, amendment or modification of the Program shall operate to:

unless such Participant expressly consents in writing to such amendment, suspension, or termination.

Amendment, Suspension, or Termination. The Board and/or the Committee, in its sole discretion, may amend or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. The amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan will not, without the consent of the Participant, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Actual Award theretofore earned by such Participant. No award may be granted during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan.

Amendment, Modification, and Termination. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Board may at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part without the approval of the Company's shareholders, except to the extent the Board determines it is desirable to obtain approval of the Company's shareholders, to comply with the requirements for listing on any exchange where the Company's Shares are listed, or for any other purpose the Board deems appropriate.

Termination, Suspension or Amendment of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, modify, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time, subject to all applicable laws and to the rules and regulations of the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange (or any successor organizations) respecting shareholder approval or other requirements; provided that, without shareholder approval the Board may not # increase the maximum number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan (other than increases due to changes in capitalization referred to in [Section 4(B)] hereof), or # change the class of Employees eligible for Incentive Stock Options. No such amendment, alteration, modification, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall materially and adversely affect any right acquired by any Participant or beneficiary of a Participant under the terms of an Award granted before the date of such amendment, alteration, modification, suspension, discontinuation or termination, unless such Participant or beneficiary shall consent.

5.8Amendment, Suspension and Termination. To the extent permitted by the Plan, this Option Agreement may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Administrator or the Board; provided, however, that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, no amendment, modification, suspension or termination of this Option Agreement shall adversely affect the Option in any material way without the prior written consent of the Optionee.

Section #Termination, Suspension or Amendment