Delegation of Authority; Appointment of Agents. The Committee may # allocate any of its responsibilities, powers and discretion under the Plan to one or more members of the Committee, and # appoint a Plan administrator or any other agent, and delegate to them such powers and duties in connection with the administration of the Plan as the Committee may from time to time prescribe. The actions taken by any member or members of the Committee or any other such persons in the exercise of responsibilities, powers and discretion delegated hereunder shall have the same valid and binding effect under the Plan as action by the full Committee.

Delegation of Authority to Grant Awards. Subject to applicable law, the Administrator, in its discretion, may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or his or her delegate (the “Delegate”) all or part of the Administrator’s authority and duties with respect to the granting of Awards to individuals who are not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and not the Delegate. Any such delegation by the Administrator shall include a limitation as to the amount of Stock underlying Awards that may be granted during the period of the delegation and shall contain guidelines as to the determination of the exercise price and the vesting criteria. The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Administrator’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.

7.2Scope and Delegation of Authority.

APPENDIX # – DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY ARTICLE I

Delegation by the Committee. The Committee may delegate to one or more individuals, pursuant to a written delegation, the day-to-day administration of the Plan and any of the functions assigned to it in this Plan, except that any such delegation shall not include the Committee’s authority and responsibility to grant Awards and interpret and construe the Plan under [Sections 3.2(a)-(e) and (p)])])]. Any actions taken by any delegatees of the Committee pursuant to such written delegation of authority shall be deemed to have been taken by the Committee. Such delegation may be revoked at any time.

Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority; Delegation. At any time that a member of the Committee is not a Qualified Member, any action of the Committee relating to an Award granted or to be granted to a Participant who is then subject to section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company, or relating to a [Section 162(m)] Award, may be taken either # by a subcommittee, designated by the Committee, composed solely of two or more Qualified Members, or # by the Committee but with each such member who is not a Qualified Member abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such action; provided, however, that, upon such abstention or recusal, the Committee remains composed solely of two or more Qualified Members. Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the abstention or recusal of such non-Qualified Member(s), shall be the action of the Committee for purposes of this Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, the full Board may take any action relating to an Award granted or to be granted to an Eligible Person who is then subject to section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company, provided that such Award is not a [Section 162(m)] Award. The Committee may delegate to a member of the Board, officers or managers of the Company or any Subsidiary, or committees thereof, the authority, subject to such terms as the Committee shall determine, to perform such functions of the Committee under the Plan, including administrative functions, as the Committee may determine, to the extent that such delegation will not violate state corporate law, will not result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) for Awards granted to Eligible Persons subject to section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company and will not cause Awards intended to be [Section 162(m)] Awards to fail to so qualify. The Committee may appoint agents to assist it in administering this Plan.

Delegation; Expenses. The appropriate officer(s) of the Company as designated by the Plan Administrator are authorized to act on behalf of the Plan Administrator for the day-to-day administration of the Plan, subject to the authority of the Plan Administrator. Expenses of the administration of the Plan may be borne by the Company or may be deducted from Participants’ Accounts at the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator.

Delegation to Other Committees or Officers. To the extent applicable law permits, the Board may delegate to another committee of the Board, or the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company, any or all of their respective authority and responsibility as an Administrator of the Plan; provided that no such delegation is permitted with respect to Stock-based Awards made to [Section 16] Participants at the time any such delegated authority or responsibility is exercised unless the delegation is to another committee of the Board consisting entirely of Non-Employee Directors. If the Board or the Committee has made such a delegation, then all references to the Administrator in this Plan include such other committee or one or more officers to the extent of such delegation.

AUTHORITY. Each party has all necessary power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by each party hereto.

Authority. The execution, delivery and performance by ​ of each of this Agreement and the Note (collectively, the "Transaction Documents"), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby # are within the corporate authority of ​ and # have been duly authorized by all necessary actions on the part of ​.