Compensation Committee Discretion. In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Compensation Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Measures without obtaining shareholder approval of such changes, the Compensation Committee shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder approval. In addition, the payment or vesting of an Award that is designated as Performance-Based Compensation may be based on Performance Measures in addition to or other than those set forth in Section 11.1.

Committee Discretion. In the event that applicable tax or securities laws or regulations or court or regulatory decisions change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Measures without obtaining stockholder approval of such changes, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining stockholder approval. In addition, in the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Awards that shall not qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and base vesting on Performance Measures other than those set forth in Section 12.1.

In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing performance measures without obtaining shareholder approval of such changes, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder approval. In addition, in the event that the Committee may make such grants for the Performance-Based Exception, the Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and, thus, which use performance measures other than those specified above. To the extent that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Awards in compliance with the Performance-Based Exception, the Committee must certify, in writing, prior to the payment of any compensation under the Award, that the performance goals and any other material terms were in fact satisfied.