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Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the provisions of the Plan (including, but not limited to, Section 13 of the Plan (Change in Control)), and this Agreement, after the Vesting Date as set forth in Paragraphs 3 or 7, as applicable, vested Restricted Stock Units will be settled in cash as soon as reasonably practicable following the Vesting Date; provided, however, that in no event shall such Restricted Stock Units be settled more than sixty (60) days after such Vesting Date. On such date, the Company shall pay to the Participant, in a lump sum, a cash amount equal to the value of the Restricted Stock Units based upon the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Vesting Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the actual date of settlement for the vested Restricted Stock Units shall be known as the “Settlement Date.”

Payment after Vesting. Subject to Section 10, any Restricted Stock Units that vest will be settled by payment to Participant (or in the event of Participant’s death, to his or her properly designated beneficiary or estate) in whole Shares. Subject to the provisions of the next paragraph, and in either case, such payment will be made as soon as practicable after vesting, but in no event shall such payment be made after the later of # the 15th day of the 3rd month following the end of the calendar year in which the Restricted Stock Units vest or # the 15th day of the 3rd month following the end of the Company’s tax year in which the Restricted Stock Units vest. In no event will Participant be permitted, directly or indirectly, to specify the taxable year of payment in settlement of any Restricted Stock Units payable under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Restricted Stock Units that satisfy all or a portion of the Time-Based Component on or prior to the satisfaction of the Performance-Based Component and vest on the date the Performance-Based Component is satisfied will be settled to Participant in Shares in equal installments on the five (5) consecutive trading days immediately following the date the Performance-Based Component is satisfied.

Section # Settlement of Restricted Stock Unit Awards. The Corporation shall issue to a Participant on the date on which Restricted Stock Units subject to the Participant’s Restricted Stock Unit Award vest or on such other date determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement one share of Stock (and/or any other new, substituted or additional securities or other property pursuant to an adjustment described in Section 3.2) for each Restricted Stock Unit then becoming vested or otherwise to be settled on such date, subject to the withholding of applicable taxes, if any. If permitted by the Committee, the Participant may elect, consistent with the requirements of Section 409A and in accordance with such procedures as the Committee may specify from time to time, to defer receipt of all or any portion of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to this Section 7.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in any Award Agreement for settlement of any Restricted Stock Unit Award by payment to the Participant in cash of an amount equal to the Fair Market Value on the vesting date of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to this Section 7.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Stock issued or cash paid to the Participant in settlement of the Restricted Stock Units will be issued or paid, as applicable, as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable vesting date but in no event later than March 15th of the year following such vesting date (unless such Restricted Stock Unit has been deferred as permitted by the Committee under this Section 7.6).

9.4Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. The Company shall issue to a Participant on the date on which Restricted Stock Units vest or on such other date set forth in the Award Agreement one share of Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit then becoming vested or otherwise to be settled on such date, subject to the withholding of applicable taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide for settlement of any Restricted Stock Units by payment to the Participant in cash of an amount equal to the Fair Market Value on the payment date of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to this [Section 9.4]. The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in any Award Agreement evidencing Restricted Stock Units that, if the settlement of the Award with respect to any shares would otherwise occur on a day on which the sale of such shares would violate the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, then the settlement with respect to such shares shall occur on the next day on which the sale of such shares would not violate the Insider Trading Policy.

Restricted Stock Units shall be settled on the basis of one Share for each vested Restricted Stock Unit. The Company shall distribute to the Grantee Shares equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 above, on or before the end of the thirteenth month following the Vesting Date (such date of distribution, the "Settlement Date"). The Company’s obligations to the Grantee with respect to vested Restricted Stock Units will be satisfied in full upon the distribution of one Share for each Restricted Stock Unit. On the Settlement Date(s), the Company shall credit the number of Shares to be distributed to the Grantee as of that Settlement Date to a book-entry account in the name of the Grantee held by the Company’s transfer agent. In no event may any Settlement Date be accelerated except in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.

Settlement. Upon the vesting of and/or lapsing of any other restrictions (i.e., settlement) with respect to each Restricted Stock Unit, the Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Company such number of shares of Common Stock or (if so provided in the applicable Award agreement or otherwise determined by the Board) an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such number of shares of Common Stock as are set forth in the applicable Restricted Stock Unit agreement, or a combination thereof. The Board may, in its discretion, provide that settlement of Restricted Stock Units shall be deferred, on a mandatory basis or at the election of the Participant in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code (“[Section 409A]”).

Normal Settlement. Except in the event of # a Participant’s Separation from Service during the Period of Restriction because of death or Disability or # a Change-in-Control that occurs prior to the Lapse Date, the Restricted Stock Units shall be settled in cash no later than the 60th day after the Lapse Date. On such date, the Company shall pay to the Participant, in a lump sum, a cash amount equal to the aggregate value of the Restricted Stock Units based upon the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Lapse Date.

Settlement. Upon the vesting of each Restricted Stock Unit, the Company shall deliver to the Grantee on such vesting date or as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than sixty (60) days thereafter, either # one (1) share of Common Stock or # in the Administrator’s sole discretion, an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of # share of Common Stock on the vesting date. No fractional Shares shall be delivered; the Company shall pay cash in respect of any fractional Shares. The Company may deliver such shares either through book entry accounts held by, or in the name of, the Grantee or cause to be issued a certificate or certificates representing the number of Shares to be issued in respect of the Restricted Stock Units, registered in the name of the Grantee.

Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. Subject to [Section 13] hereof, as soon as administratively practical following each vesting date, and in any event no later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such vesting date occurs, the Company shall # issue and deliver to the Grantee the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Vested Units; and # enter the Grantee's name on the books of the Company as the shareholder of record with respect to the shares of Common Stock delivered to the Grantee.

Settlement. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, a Participant’s Restricted Stock Units which vest shall be immediately settled by the issuance and delivery to the Participant of one share of Company Stock for each vested Restricted Stock Unit or the payment of cash in an amount equal to the number of shares for which the Restricted Stock Unit vested multiplied by the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock on the vesting date, or a combination thereof as determined by the Committee.

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