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Continuation of Dividend Equivalents
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Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. No dividends, dividend equivalents or distributions will be paid with respect to Shares subject to an Option or SAR Award. Any dividends or distributions paid with respect to Shares that are subject to the unvested portion of a Restricted Stock Award will be subject to the same restrictions as the Shares to which such dividends or distributions relate, except for regular cash dividends on Shares subject to the unvested portion of a Restricted Stock Award that is subject only to service-based vesting conditions. In its discretion, the Committee may provide in an Award Agreement for a Stock Unit Award or an Other Stock-Based Award that the Participant will be entitled to receive dividend equivalents on the units or other Share equivalents subject to the Award based on dividends actually declared and paid on outstanding Shares. The terms of any dividend equivalents will be as set forth in the applicable Agreement, including the time and form of payment and whether such dividend equivalents will be credited with interest or deemed to be reinvested in additional units or Share equivalents. Dividend equivalents paid with respect to units or Share equivalents that are subject to the unvested portion of a Stock Unit Award or an Other Stock-Based Award whose vesting is subject to the satisfaction of specified performance objectives will be subject to the same restrictions as the units or Share equivalents to which such dividend equivalents relate. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide in an Agreement for restrictions on dividends and dividend equivalents in addition to those specified in this Section 6(h). Any Shares issued or issuable during the term of this Plan as the result of the reinvestment of dividends or the deemed reinvestment of dividend equivalents in connection with an Award shall be counted against, and replenish upon any subsequent forfeiture, the Plan’s share reserve as provided in Section 4.

Dividend Equivalents. If a right to dividend equivalents for Restricted Stock Units is included in the Award Agreement, then dividend equivalents in an amount equal to any cash dividends declared and paid with respect to the shares of Stock shall be paid to the Participant at the time specified in the Award Agreement. Dividend equivalents may, at the Committee’s discretion, be held in escrow (with or without the accrual of interest), or be reinvested into additional shares of Stock subject to the same vesting or performance conditions as the underlying Restricted Stock Unit.

Dividend Equivalents. The Administrator is authorized to grant to Participants dividend equivalents based on the dividends declared on Shares that are subject to any outstanding Restricted Stock Unit. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator or in the Award Agreement, for an Award of Restricted Stock Units that is subject to performance-based vesting conditions, dividend equivalents shall be accrued only with respect to the target number of Restricted Stock Units, and additional dividend equivalents will not be earned for any Restricted Stock Units earned in excess of target. Dividend equivalents shall be credited as of dividend payment dates during the period between the date the Restricted Stock Unit Award is granted and the date the Restricted Stock Unit Award is vested, paid or expired. Such dividend equivalents shall be converted to cash, Shares or additional Restricted Stock Units by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Administrator. Dividend equivalents accruing on unvested Restricted Stock Units shall, as provided in the Award Agreement, either # be reinvested in the form of additional Shares, which shall be subject to the same vesting provisions as provided for in the Restricted Stock Unit Award or # be held by the Company under the same vesting provisions in an account allocated to the Participant and accumulated, with or without interest in the Administrator’s discretion, until the date upon which the Restricted Stock Unit Award becomes vested. For the avoidance of doubt, no dividend equivalents or accrued interest, if any, may be paid before the underlying Restricted Stock Units vest, and to the extent an Award of Restricted Stock Units is terminated, cancelled or forfeited in whole or in part, due to failure to meet performance conditions or otherwise, any dividend equivalents and accrued interest if any, credited with respect to such Award shall be terminated, cancelled or forfeited at the same time and to the same extent as such Award.

Dividend Equivalents. The Administrator is authorized to grant to Participants dividend equivalents based on the dividends declared on Shares that are subject to any outstanding Restricted Stock Unit. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator or in the Award Agreement, for an Award of Restricted Stock Units that is subject to performance-based vesting conditions, dividend equivalents shall be accrued only with respect to the target number of Restricted Stock Units, and additional dividend equivalents will not be earned for any Restricted Stock Units earned in excess of target. Dividend equivalents shall be credited as of dividend payment dates during the period between the date the Restricted Stock Unit Award is granted and the date the Restricted Stock Unit Award is vested, paid or expired. Such dividend equivalents shall be converted to cash, Shares or additional Restricted Stock Units by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Administrator. Dividend equivalents accruing on unvested Restricted Stock Units shall, as provided in the Award Agreement, either # be reinvested in the form of additional Shares, which shall be subject to the same vesting provisions as provided for in the Restricted Stock Unit Award or # be held by the Company under the same vesting provisions in an account allocated to the Participant and accumulated, with or without interest in the Administrator’s discretion, until the date upon which the Restricted Stock Unit Award becomes vested. For the avoidance of doubt, no dividend equivalents or accrued interest, if any, may be paid before the underlying Restricted Stock Units vest, and to the extent an Award of Restricted Stock Units is terminated, cancelled or forfeited in whole or in part, due to failure to meet performance conditions or otherwise, any dividend equivalents and accrued interest, if any, credited with respect to such Award shall be terminated, cancelled or forfeited at the same time and to the same extent as such Award.

Dividend Equivalents. Dividend equivalents may be credited in respect of shares of Common Stock covered by a Restricted Stock Unit Award, as determined by the Board and contained in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. At the sole discretion of the Board, such dividend equivalents may be converted into additional shares of Common Stock covered by the Restricted Stock Unit Award in such manner as determined by the Board. Any additional shares covered by the Restricted Stock Unit award credited by reason of such dividend equivalents will be subject to all of the same terms and conditions of the underlying Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement to which they relate. To the extent permitted under applicable stock exchange listing standards, any dividend equivalents paid or credited under the Plan with respect to Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall not be applied against the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan.

No dividends or dividend equivalents may be awarded with respect to any Options or SARs. An Award (other than Options or SARs) may, if so determined by the Committee, provide the Participant with the right to receive dividend payments, or, in the case of Awards that do not involve the issuance of Shares concurrently with the grant of the Award, dividend equivalent payments with respect to Shares subject to the Award (both before and after the Shares are earned, vested or acquired), which payments may be either made currently, credited to an account for the Participant, or deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares which shall thereafter be deemed to be part of and subject to the underlying Award, including the same vesting and performance conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Awards subject to performance conditions, any such dividend or dividend equivalent payments shall not be paid currently and instead shall either be credited to an account for the Participant or deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares. Dividend or dividend equivalent amounts credited to an account for the Participant may be settled in cash or Shares or a combination of both, as determined by the Committee, and shall be subject to the same vesting and performance conditions as the underlying Award.

Dividend Equivalent Rights. No dividends or dividend equivalents shall be paid on Options or SARs. The Committee may at the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, or Other Stock-Based Award provide that any dividends declared on common stock or dividend equivalents be either:

Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. The Committee in its sole discretion may provide a Participant as part of an Award with dividends, dividend equivalents, or similar payments in respect of Awards, payable in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, on a current or deferred basis, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, payment directly to the Participant, withholding of such amounts by the Company subject to vesting of the Award or reinvestment in additional shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or other Awards; provided, that no dividends, dividend equivalents or other similar payments shall be payable in respect of outstanding # Options or SARs; or # unearned Performance Compensation Awards or other unearned Awards subject to performance or time-vesting conditions (although dividends, dividend equivalents or other similar payments may be accumulated in respect of unearned Awards and paid within fifteen (15) days after such Awards are earned and become payable or distributable).

Voting Rights, Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions. Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by Restricted Stock Units until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). However, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Restricted Stock Unit Award that the Participant shall be entitled to Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the date such Award is granted and ending, with respect to each share subject to the Award, on the earlier of the date the Award is settled or the date on which it is terminated. Dividend Equivalent Rights, if any, shall be paid by crediting the Participant with a cash amount or with additional whole Restricted Stock Units as of the date of payment of such cash dividends on Stock, as determined by the Committee. The number of additional Restricted Stock Units (rounded to the nearest whole number), if any, to be credited shall be determined by dividing # the amount of cash dividends paid on the dividend payment date with respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the Restricted Stock Units previously credited to the Participant by # the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on such date. Such cash amount or additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting, and shall be settled in the same manner and at the same time as the Restricted Stock Units originally subject to the Restricted Stock Unit Award. In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.4, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the Participant’s Restricted Stock Unit Award so that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than regular, periodic cash dividends) to which the Participant would be entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon settlement of the Award, and all such new, substituted or additional securities or other property shall be immediately subject to the same Vesting Conditions as are applicable to the Award. Dividend Equivalent Rights shall not be paid on unvested Restricted Stock Units but may be accumulated and paid upon vesting or settlement of the Restricted Stock Units, as applicable.

Dividend Equivalents. To the extent expressly provided in the applicable Award Agreement, an award of Restricted Stock Units may include Dividend Equivalents, which shall be upon terms and conditions, and may be subject to restrictions, all as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.

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