Discretionary Acceleration. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Board or any Committee may, in its sole discretion, declare at any time that the Option shall be immediately exercisable.

Discretionary Acceleration or Delay of Payments. To the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and the treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate or delay the time or schedule of a payment under this Plan.

Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Award shall become immediately exercisable in whole or in part, free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in whole or in part, as the case may be.

Acceleration. If any Event of Default shall occur, at the election of the Lender, all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable without notice or demand, except with respect to Obligations payable on DEMAND, which shall be due and payable on DEMAND, whether or not an Event of Default has occurred.

Acceleration. Upon and at any time following the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Agent may, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to the Agent and the Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or at law or in equity, take such action, without notice or demand (and the Borrowers hereby expressly waive any such notice or demand), that the Agent deems advisable to protect and enforce its and the Lender’s rights against the Borrowers and in and to the Properties and the Collateral, including declaring the Obligations to be immediately due and payable, and the Agent and/or the Lender may enforce or avail itself of any or all rights or remedies provided in the Loan Documents against the Borrowers, the Properties and the Collateral, including all rights or remedies available at law or in equity; and upon and at any time following any Event of Default described in [[clauses (f), (g) or (h) of Section 8.1]1]1]] above, the Obligations of the Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall immediately and automatically become due and payable in full, without notice or demand, and the Borrowers hereby expressly waive any such notice or demand, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Options shall become immediately exercisable in full or in part, that any Restricted Stock Awards shall be free of some or all restrictions, or that any other stock-based Awards may become exercisable in full or in part or free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in full or in part, as the case may be, despite the fact that the foregoing actions may # cause the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code if a change in control of ​ occurs, or # disqualify all or part of the Option as an Incentive Stock Option.

If an Event of Default is outstanding, the Facility Agent may, and must if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower:

Discretionary Plan; Employment. The Plan is discretionary in nature and may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time. With respect to the Plan, # each grant of Stock Units is a one-time benefit which does not create any contractual or other right to receive

The President will have an MIP Discretionary Fund equivalent to a set percentage of the total Guideline Incentives for all participants.

Prior to July 1, 2002, a person may not enhance the amounts credited under this Plan by making discretionary employee contributions to the person's Savings Plan account.

Discretionary Company Contributions. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee prior to awarding any Discretionary Company Contributions, amounts credited to a Participant’s Discretionary Company Contributions Account shall be vested to the same extent as the Participant’s matching contributions account under the Qualified Plan.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following limitations shall apply with respect to the vesting schedules established for the Awards made under the Discretionary Grant Program, subject to the acceleration provisions in Paragraph C.2 below and Section IV of this Article Two:

Acceleration Generally Prohibited. No acceleration of payments under the Plan shall be permitted except as authorized by the Regulations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

Sale Event Acceleration. In the event of a Sale Event (as defined in the Company’s 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”)), the equity retainer awards granted to Outside Directors pursuant to this Policy shall become 100% vested and, if applicable, exercisable.

Stay of Acceleration If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of such Subsidiary Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Agreement shall nonetheless be payable by ​ hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

Acceleration, Extension, Etc. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, # accelerate the date or dates on which all or any particular Option or Options may be exercised or # extend the period or periods of time during which all, or any particular, Option or Options may be exercised.

Acceleration of Distributions. The Plan Administrator in its sole discretion may exercise discretion on behalf of the Company to accelerate the distribution of any payment under this Plan to the extent allowed under Code section 409A.