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Termination by Death or Disability. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement, if an Optionee’s employment or provision of services terminates by reason of death or Disability, any Stock Option held by such Optionee shall be fully vested upon such death or termination of employment or provision of services and may thereafter be exercised for a period of one year from the date of such death, Disability or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is shorter.

Termination by Death or Disability. In the event of the Participant's Termination of Employment by reason of death or Disability, all outstanding Options granted to that Participant shall immediately vest as of the date of Termination of Employment and may be exercised, if at all, no more than five (5) years from the date of the Termination of Employment, unless the Options, by their terms, expire earlier.

Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after grant, if a Participant’s employment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company terminates for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement, the Stock Option will cease vesting as of the date of such termination of employment, and the Stock Option will terminate on the earlier to occur of the stated expiration date or 90 days after termination of the employment. If a Participant dies during the 90 day period following the termination of the employment or business relationship, any unexercised Stock Option held by the Participant, or Transferred by the Participant in accordance with Section 5.6, shall be exercisable, to the full extent that such Stock Option was exercisable at the time of death, for a period of one year after the date of death of the Participant or until the expiration of the stated term of the Stock Option, whichever occurs first.

If such termination is due to death or Disability, all Options held by such Grantee shall vest immediately on the date of such Grantee’s death or Disability and all such Options shall be exercised within one (1) year of the date of death or Disability.

Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability or Retirement. In the event the employment of a Participant with the Company is terminated by reason of death, Disability, or Retirement, any outstanding Options shall vest 100% and be deemed exercisable in full as of such termination. Such options may be exercised at any time prior to the expiration date of the Options or within three years after such date of termination, whichever period is the shorter. However, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, the favorable tax treatment prescribed under Section 422 of the Code shall not be available if such options are not exercised within three months after date of termination, or twelve months in the case of Disability, provided such Disability constitutes total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. If an Incentive Stock Option is not exercised within three months of termination due to Retirement, it shall be treated as a Nonstatutory (Nonqualified) Stock Option for the remainder of its allowable exercise period.

Disability and Death. If a Grantee becomes Disabled while rendering Continuous Services to the Company or a Subsidiary, or dies while employed by the Company or Subsidiary or within three months thereafter, vested Options then held may be exercised by the Grantee, the Grantee’s personal representative, or by the person to whom the Option is transferred by the laws of descent and distribution, in whole or in part, at any time within one year after the termination because of the Disability or death or any lesser period specified in the Award Agreement (but in no event after the earlier of # the expiration date of the Option as set forth in the Award Agreement, and # ten years from the Grant Date (five years for a Ten Percent Stockholder if the Option is an Incentive Stock Option).

Termination due to Disability or Death. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and set forth in the relevant grant agreement, upon termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service by reason of Disability or death, such Participant’s Options shall become or remain fully vested and shall be exercisable by such Participant (or, in the case of death, by his or her estate) for not later than the earlier of one year after the termination date or the expiration of the term of the Options.

Involuntary Termination Without Cause. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement, if an Optionee’s employment or provision of services terminates involuntarily without Cause, and for reasons other than death, Disability or Retirement, any Stock Option held by such Optionee may thereafter be exercised, to the extent it was exercisable at the time of termination, for a period of three months from the date of such termination of employment or provision of services or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is shorter, and any Stock Option that is unvested or unexercisable at the date of termination shall thereupon terminate.

Termination on Account of Death or Disability. If the Optionee has a Termination of Employment on account of death or Disability (even during the first 12 months following the Grant Date), any unexercised Options, whether or not vested on the date of the Optionee’s Termination of Employment, may be exercised at any time within three years after such Termination of Employment (but not beyond the Expiration Date); and in the case of death, the Options may be exercised by # the Optionee’s personal representative or by the person to whom the Options are transferred by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution or # the Optionee’s beneficiary designated in accordance with Section 8 of the Plan.

If the Participant’s termination of employment is by reason of death or the Participant is determined to be disabled under the provisions of the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s long-term disability plan, then any vesting period with respect to the Option shall be deemed to be satisfied and the Option shall become fully vested and exercisable (by the Participant or the Participant’s estate, beneficiary or legal representative, as the case may be) at the date of such termination of employment or the first day on which the Participant is determined to be disabled under such long-term disability plan, as the case may be, until the date that is five (5) years following the date of such termination of employment or the first day of disability as determined under such long-term disability plan, as the case may be.

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