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Assumption or Replacement
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Assumption or Replacement. If the Company is the surviving entity and an outstanding Award is not adjusted as necessary to preserve the intrinsic value of the Award or if the Company’s successor does not irrevocably assume the Company’s obligations under this Plan or replace the outstanding Awards with Awards having substantially the same intrinsic value and having terms and conditions no less favorable to the Participant than those applicable to the Awards immediately prior to the Change in Control then, without any action by the Committee or the Board, each such outstanding Award granted under the Plan shall become immediately vested and, if applicable, exercisable, in full.

Change in Control in which Awards are Assumed or the Company is the Surviving Entity. If a Change in Control occurs and the Company is the surviving entity and any adjustments necessary to preserve the intrinsic value of the Participant’s outstanding Awards have been made, or the Company’s successor at the time of the Change in Control irrevocably assumes the Company’s obligations under this Plan or replaces the Participants’ outstanding Awards having substantially the same intrinsic value and having terms and conditions no less favorable to the Participant than those applicable to the Participants’ Awards immediately prior to the Change in Control, then such Awards or their replacement awards shall become immediately exercisable, in full, only if within two years after the Change in Control the Participant’s employment:

In the event of a Change in Control of the Company, the Committee, as constituted before such Change in Control, shall provide for an outstanding Award to become fully vested, settled, and/or exercisable (in full for time-based Awards and at the greater of target or actual performance levels for performance-based Awards) in the event the Award is not assumed, or new rights substituted therefore, by the acquiring or surviving corporation in such Change in Control; and shall cause any such assumption or substitution to provide that the assumed or substituted Award shall become fully, vested, settled, and/or exercisable (in full for time-based Awards and at the greater of target or actual performance levels for performance-based Awards) in the event of an involuntary termination of employment without Cause or for Good Reason in connection with the Change in Control. In addition, the Committee shall make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control and to retain the economic value of the Award.

If the surviving or successor entity (which may include the Company), or such entity’s parent corporation, continues, assumes or replaces this Award (with such adjustments as may be required or permitted by [Section 17] of the Plan), this Award or its replacement shall remain outstanding and be governed by its terms, including Section 3(c)(3) below; provided, however, that this Award shall be deemed achieved as to the Units for any Measurement Period for which the Committee has not yet certified the performance results, without regard to satisfaction of the performance goals set forth on [Exhibit A], and such Units shall be the “Achieved Units” and such Achieved Units shall vest on the last day of the Measurement Period. For these purposes, this Award shall be considered assumed or replaced if, in connection with the Change in Control, either # the contractual obligations represented by the Award are expressly assumed by the surviving or successor entity (or its parent corporation) with appropriate adjustments to the number and type of securities subject to the Award that preserves the intrinsic value of the Award existing at the time of the Change in Control, or # you have received a comparable equity-based award that preserves the intrinsic value of this Award existing at the time of the Change in Control and contains terms and conditions that are substantially similar to those of this Award.

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