Deference to Committee Determinations. The Committee shall have the discretion to interpret or construe ambiguous, unclear, or implied (but omitted) terms in any fashion it deems to be appropriate in its sole discretion, and to make any findings of fact needed in the administration of the Plan or Award Agreements. The Committee’s prior exercise of its discretionary authority shall not obligate it to exercise its authority in a like fashion thereafter. The Committee’s interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan, or of any Award or Award Agreement, shall be final, binding, and conclusive. The validity of any such interpretation, construction, decision or finding of fact shall not be given de novo review if challenged in court, by arbitration, or in any other forum, and shall be upheld unless clearly made in bad faith or materially affected by fraud.

Determinations by the Committee. All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Committee regarding the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan, and the terms and conditions of or operation of any Award granted hereunder, shall be final and binding on all Participants, Beneficiaries, heirs or other persons holding or claiming rights under the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems relevant, in its sole and absolute discretion, to making such decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any officer or other employee of the Company and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select.

Determinations. All determinations regarding the application of this Paragraph 7 shall be made by an independent accounting firm or consulting group with nationally recognized standing and substantial expertise and experience in performing calculations regarding the applicability of Section 280G of the Code and the Excise Tax retained by the Company prior to the date of the applicable change in ownership or control (the “[[Unknown Identifier]] Firm”). For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, # no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which # does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of [Section 280G(b)(4)(A)] of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, or # constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of [Section 280G(b)(4)(B)] of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation, # no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which Executive shall have waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code shall be taken into account, and # the value of any non-cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the [[Unknown Identifier]] Firm in accordance with the principles of [Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4)])] of the Code. All determinations related to the calculations to be performed pursuant to this “[Section 280G] Treatment” section shall be done by the [[Unknown Identifier]] Firm. The [[Unknown Identifier]] Firm will be directed to submit its determination and detailed supporting calculations to both Executive and the Company within fifteen (15) days after notification from either the Company or Executive that Executive may receive payments which may be “parachute payments.” Executive and the Company will each provide the [[Unknown Identifier]] Firm access to and copies of any books, records, and documents as may be reasonably requested by the [[Unknown Identifier]] Firm, and otherwise cooperate with the [[Unknown Identifier]] Firm in connection with the preparation and issuance of the determinations and calculations contemplated by this Agreement. The fees and expenses of the [[Unknown Identifier]] Firm for its services in connection with the determinations and calculations contemplated by this Agreement will be borne solely by the Company.

Corporation Determinations. In the event of your termination of Employment, the determination of the reason for such termination and the applicable treatment under this Section 2 shall be made by the Corporation in its sole discretion.

Rate Determinations. The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations hereunder, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive and binding except in the case of manifest error. In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than the consultation rights of the Borrower pursuant to the definition of Conforming Changes). The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.

Accountants’ Determinations. Unless the Company and Executive otherwise agree in writing, any determination required under this Section 8 shall be made in writing by the Company’s independent public accountants immediately prior to the Change of Control (the “Accountants”), whose determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Executive and the Company for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 8, the Accountants may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of [Section 280G] and [Section 4999]. The Company and Executive shall furnish to the Accountants such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section 8. The Company shall bear all costs the Accountants may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this Section 8. If a reduction in the Payments constituting “parachute payments” as defined in [Section 280G] is necessary so that benefits are delivered to a lesser extent, reduction shall occur in the following order: # reduction of the cash severance payments; # cancellation of accelerated vesting of equity awards that do not qualify for special valuation under Q&A 24(c) of the regulations under [Section 280G]; # cancellation of other equity awards; and # reduction of continued employee benefits. In the event that the accelerated vesting of equity awards is to be cancelled, such vesting acceleration shall be cancelled in the reverse chronological order of Executive’s equity awards’ grant dates.

Determinations Binding. All determinations made by the Auditor under this Section 3.7 shall be binding upon the Company and the Officer.

Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) or a committee of two or more members appointed by the Board of Directors (the “Committee”). If the Board of Directors does not appoint a Committee, reference to the Committee hereinbelow, shall mean the Board of Directors. At the time that the Corporation has a class of equity securities which are registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or is a publicly-held corporation under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m), membership in the Committee is limited to Non-Employee Directors as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and outside directors as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27(e)(3). The Committee shall select one of its members as Chairman and shall appoint a Secretary, who need not be a member of the Committee. The Committee shall hold meetings at such times and places as it may determine and minutes of such meetings shall be recorded. Acts by a majority of the Committee in a meeting at which a quorum is present and acts approved in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee shall be valid acts of the Committee.

Committee. The Committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 16 of the Plan, or if no such Committee has been appointed, the Board.

Committee. "Committee" means the Human Resources & Compensation Committee of the Board and if no such named committee shall be designated by the Board, it shall mean the Committee of the Board most nearly performing the duties of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee as defined at the time of its elimination as a Board Committee.