Effective Date. This amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be effective as of January 1, 2023.

Effective Date. The provisions of this Article IV A will apply for purposes of determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning with the 2003 calendar year.

Effective Date. The Plan shall be effective as of September 3, 1998 (the “Effective Date”), shall be unlimited in duration and, in the event of Plan termination, shall remain in effect as long as any Awards under it are outstanding.

Effective Date. The effective time and date of this Agreement shall be deemed to be 12:00:01 o’clock, a.m., Eastern Time, on the date first set forth above (the “Effective Date”).

Effective Date. This Plan has been approved by the Board, but it will only become effective (the “Effective Date”) on the date after it is approved by the affirmative vote of the Company’s shareholders at the 2022 Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The Plan, as amended and restated, is effective as of September 13, 2018.

Effective Date. The Effective Date shall be the date when the last one of the Buyer or Seller executes this Agreement.

Effective Date. The Effective Date shall have occurred.

Effective Date. The effective date of this Agreement (the "Effective Date") shall be the date on which # a Potential Change of Control occurs, # the Company’s shareholders approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, # a Change of Control occurs pursuant to [Section 2(a)(1) or (2)])] below, or # a definitive agreement is signed by the Company which provides for a transaction that, if approved by shareholders or consummated, as applicable, would result in a Change of Control pursuant to [Section 2(a)(3) or (4)])] below; provided, however, that any of the foregoing which may have occurred prior to the date hereof shall be disregarded. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if, prior to the Effective Date, the Executive's employment with the Company or its Affiliated Companies was terminated by the Company or its Affiliated Companies, or both, as applicable, other than for Cause or Disability (each as defined below) or by the Executive for Good Reason (as defined below) and the Executive can reasonably demonstrate that such termination (or the event constituting Good Reason) took place # at the request or direction of a third party who took action that caused a Potential Change of Control or # in contemplation of an event that would give rise to an Effective Date, an Effective Date will be deemed to have occurred (“Deemed Effective Date”) immediately prior to the Date of Termination (as defined in [Section 6(e)] below), provided that a Change of Control occurs within a six-month period following such Date of Termination. As used in this Agreement, the term "Affiliated Companies" shall include any corporation or other entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company and the term “Subsidiary” shall mean # any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) with respect to which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other ownership interests or # any other related entity which may be designated by the Board as a Subsidiary, provided such entity could be considered a subsidiary according to generally accepted accounting principles.

Effective Date. The Plan was adopted by the Company effective as of December 1, 2001.